The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-13 00:00:00

BENGAL.

Arrivals.— Feb. 10, the French ship Combroyne, from
Bourbon ; the bark Melaine, from Coringa ; the ship
Bushire Merchant, from Bombay ; 12, the barque Delhi,
from Bombay ; 14, the Belgian barque Thodore, from
Antwerp ; the barque Trafalgar, from Sydney ; the
French ship Nouvelle Antigone, from Bourbon ; the
barque Joseph Bushby, from Mauritius ; the steam-
ship Bentinck, from Suez ; 15, the ship Fulwood,
from Liverpool ; 22, the steamer Berenice, from Ran-
goon, Feb. 17 ; the ship Shoe Gong, from Rangoon,
Feb. 17 ; 23, the American ship Edith Rose, from Mel-
bourne, Jan. 2 ; the steamer Zenobia, from Rangoon,
Feb. 20 ; 27, the ship Hydree, from the Mauritius,
Jan. 3 ; the brig Arrow, from China, Jan. 25, and Sin-
gapore, Feb. 6 ; the ship Rajasthan, from Sydney, Dec.
4 ; the steamer Tenasserim, for Moulmein, Feb. 19, and
Rangoon, Feb. 21; the Sesostris steamer, from Ran-
goon, Feb. 21 ; the American ship Valparaiso, from
San Francisco, Dec. 13, and Singapore, Feb. 4; the
American ship Witch of the Wave, from San Francisco,
Dec. 25, and Singapore, Feb. 10 ; the bark Aga Backer,
from Rangoon, Feb. 21 ; the ship Lahore (port not
mentioned), Feb. 21 ; the ship Triumph, from China,
Jan. 16, and Singapore, Feb. 3 ; the bark Mountstuart
Elphinstone, from Mauritius, Jan. 4, and Madras,
Feb. 4.

Departures.—Feb. 12.—The French ship Alcyon, for
Bourbon and Mauritius • the Arab ship Futtey Roho-
man, for Muscat ; the schooner Joseph Manock, for
Rangoon and Moulmein ; the French ship La Fayette,
for Havre and Bourbon; the French ship Padouka, for
Bourbon ; the French bark Belzance, for Bordeaux.
Feb. 13, the ship Aberfoyle, for London ; the Arab ship
Faize Robany, for Juddah ; the ship George Kendall,
for Liverpool ; the Hon. Company's steamers Sesostris
and Zenobia, for Rangoon ; Feb. 14, the ship Alfred the
Great for Liverpool ; the ship Sir George Anderson, for
London. Feb. 15, the ship Alexander Baring, for
Liverpool ; the Arab ship Fattle 13c.rry, for Juddah.
Feb. 16, the American bark Lucy L. Hall, for Boston ;
the American bark Mantanzas for Boston, Feb. 17, the
ship Josoph Sanderson, for Liverpool ; the bark John
Adam, for Bombay ; the ship Hempsyke, for London ;
the steamship Lady Jocelyn, for Southampton ; the
French ship Amed6e, for Coromandel Coast ; the ship
Lord Dalhousie, for London ; the ship Sultany, for Mau-
ritius. Feb. 18, the American ship Judge Shaw, for
Boston ; the American ship Georgia, for London ; the
steamship Shanghai, for Straits and China. Feb. 19, the
ship Sultana, for Bombay ; the ship Fatima, for Liver-
pool, via St. Helena ; the ship Marmion, for Hobson
Bay, Melbourne ; the bark Arrarat, for Bombay ; her
Majesty's ship Sybiile. Feb. 20, the American
ship
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Queen of the Pacific, for Boston ; the American
Ritson, for
John Land, for Boston • the ship
Robe
Liverpool ; the Linnet, for Rangoonlian bar
g ;the ship Sand-
ford,ue Van
for the West Indies ; thee D
Dyck, for Akyab ; the ship ./Eneas,for the Mciauritius;
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the steam-ship Bengal for Suez. the ship Sa.gof'
for Bombay ; the American ship Cairo, for Boston
and
oston ; the
Hon. Company's steamer Fire Queen, for Rangoon
Moulmein ; the French shipSalazes, for Bourbon ; the
Bordeaux French ship Cesambre, for ; the French ship
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Cid, for Havre • the ship City of Poonah, for Muscat ;
the steam-ship Pekin, for Straits and China.
HONG KONG, FEB. 25.
ARRIVALS FROM GREAT BRITAIN.
At Hong Kong, Feb. 24—The Hero, from Liverpool.
DEPARTURES FOR GREAT BRITAIN.
From Hong Kong, Feb. 12—The Walmer Castle, for
London.
Feb. 14—ILM.'s steamer Hermes, for England.
Feb. 23—The Evangeline, for Liverpool.
From Whampoa, Feb. 10—The Omymu, for Liver-
pool.
Feb. 12—The Flying Dutchman (American), for
London.

EGYPT.
ALEXANDRIA, APRIL 3.—The Peninsular and.
Oriental Company's steamer Himalaya leaves this
day for Malta and Southampton, with upwards of
100 Passengers and the Calcutta mail of the 6th of
March.

A portion of the Egyptian Railway has been
used for the first time in the conveyance of the
Passengers from India, who came from the Nile to
the canal, near Alexandria, about 50 miles, by this
more pleasant and more speedy mode of transit.
Lord Harris, the new Governor of Madras,
arrived here yesterday by the Austrian steamer
from Trieste, and left at once in a steamer placed
at his disposal for Cairo, whence his Lordship pro-

coeds to Suez, to embark for his seat of government.
On the 28th of March eight Egyptian and Tur- A -,,,,-, w.,, t,
kish steamers left this port, with 9,000 Egyptian
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troops, placed by Abbas Pasha at the disposal of -
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the Sultan. The Sublime Porte has thus every ~,;1.,, '''" .k )
reason to be satisfied with the assistance given bif, IN- 1t:44,,,,'A , :,:.
the Viceroy of Egypt, who, besides 30,000 men; f-Lf.:
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has sent large sums of money and a quantity 40 - . --4,',P; ••
muskets for the prosecution of the war. • -.41
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A great number of vessels having come to Ales. x A ';
andria, freights have fallen to 4s. per quarter, and
the highest offer now made is 2s. Cd. per quarter.
This arises from the scarcity of shipping stuff, as
Abbas Pasha, notwithstanding that he holds im-
mense stocks of grain of all descriptions, and cot-
ton, will not sell, from some whim of his own, and
his Highness is, moreover, so much in want of
money that he is raising extra contributions from
the already over-pressed miserable inhabitants, and
all the Government officials are to be paid in paper
at a discount of 25 per cent. in lieu of cash. The
small available quantities of grain in the place
fetch high prices wheat being worth fully 435. ;
beans, 40s. ; and Indian corn, 335. per quarter free
on board, and this notwithstanding the fall in
prices in England.
Exchange on London, 98-:, piasters per pound
sterling. _

LAUNCH OF THE SCREW-SHIP PRINCE.

Yesterday another of the unrivalled fleet of screw.
steamers, belonging to the General Screw Steam Navi-
gation Company, the Prince, of 2,700 tons, 300-horse
power, 295 feet long. 43 feet 4 inches broad, and 33,i
feet deep, was launched from the gigantic establish-
ment of Messrs. Mare and Co., of Blackwall.
This ship is the twelfth of the superior fleet of this
company, including the Harbinger, of 1,000 tons, the
Queen of the South, Indiana, Lady Jocelyn, Hydaspes,
Mauritius, and the celebrated Argo, that made the pas-
sago to Australia and back in the shortest time on re-
cord, each of 1,800 tons ; and the Cicesus, Golden
Fleece, Jason, of 2,500 tons, and now the Prince, of
2,700 tons, vessels that have obtained for the company
and their builder the character of being the finest, and,
for long voyages, the fastest ships in the world.
The launch took place at half-past one in the presence
of many thousands of spectators, who clustered on the
numerous ships building at the adjoining slips, the banks
of the creek, and the shores of the Thames.
Miss Hayward, the youthful daughter of one of the
proprietors, named the ship " The Prince," in honour of
his
Royal Highness the Prince Albert, and amidst the
cheers of the multitude and the exhilirating music of a
band Playing „Rule Britannia," the beautiful fabric
glided into the waters of Bow-creek in the most majestic
style. A better launch never was seen. There was no
bustle—no fuss—nor nervousness or dreadful anxiety,
or sense of responsibility, as displayed by her Majesty's
master shipwright of Deptford Dockyard in the launch
of equal tonnage. At Mr.
of the Hannibal, a ship
Mare's establishment the order was given, half-a-dozen
men knocked away the dog shores and split out the
blacks, and off she went ; and as soon as she had cleared
the slip the preparations were immediately commenced
for laying down another 2,700 ton ship. There were no
formal congratulations of the chief of the establishment,
or his naval architect, Mr. Waterman—no unmeaning
politeness to Chatfield and Co.—no 50/. Admiralty
grant. The thing was looked upon as a matter of
course, and everybody invited himself to the launches,
right and left, of ships of similar tonnage to the Prince,
that are far advanced on the stocks, and will be ready
for taking the water by the next spring tides.
The Prince was brought up in excellent style, and
floated at her launching draught, as we feel confident
she will at her load draught, as little by the stern as will
make her one of the handsomest ships that ever floated.
The lines of the Prince are faultless ; her strength is
massive ; she is stupendous ; but so proportionately
strollg that she is one extensive mass of iron, so dove-
tailed and rivetted that she may bend like a suspension
bridge, but she can never break. Let her get ashore,
there is no loss of false keel, :19 in a wooden ship—no
no starting of timbers. As a whole, she is as flexible as
a bow ; and although she may get whore, bilge her sides,
stove a plate, knock out a few rivets, she can carry away
nothing but what is easily repaired ; there is no chance
of breaking up, and when got off with the slightest re-
pairs she is as perfect as ever in keel, plates, angle-irons,
and everything that appertains to a perfect Thames-
built ship.

The P.rince will be taken into dock to-day, and will be
at once fitted for sea. The Admiralty have wisely char-
tered two of this celebrated class of ships, Golden Fleece
and Jason ; and we doubt not that the Prince, possessing
such capacity and such stowage for the horses that are
required for the conveyance of cavalry, will be also
taken up by the Government and fitted at once ; and we
hear that at least :300 to 350 horses can be stowed com-
fortably in this ship, and, if necessity demands, she
could be ready for sea within seven weeks from this date.
We cannot conclude the notice of this launch without
remarking that in the establishment of Mare and Co.,
we have at this juncture one of the most complete re-
sources of the world—an establishment which, working
night and day, is under engagement with the Govern-
ment to build four gun-boats for the Baltic fleet, of 050
tons and 160 horse-power, to carry 6 broadside guns of
heavy calibre, and two 112 cwt. pivot-guns, within ten
weeks. The country will estimate the resources of this
establishment, when it is known that this ship, the
Prince, was launched from the slip whence the great
screw-ship Himalaya was sent into the water last year.

URREY CORNER SUBSCRIPTION,

READING, and NEWS ROOS!.

fhe time having arrived when the above large room at my Repo-
sitory will be open to subscribers, I beg to state that those members
approved of will be respectable, honourable, and responsible gentle-
men, so that the secretary can, with great confidence, transact busi-
ness for absent subscribers who may send him commissions to be
executed. The room will be always open to memb-rs, the latest
news will be published, and extensive itrormation supplied. The
entrance fee will be one guinea; the future sabscription, and all
other matters connected with the room, will ba regulated by the
committee, to whose decision I shall conform. All the daily morn-
ing, and evening and weekly papers, calendars, guides, &e., for the
information of the subscribers, will be regelarly Bled. An early
application from gentlemen desirous of becoming members will much
oblige R. is. REA, Proprietor.
J. PONSFORD, Secretary.

NOTICE.--The Nobility and Gentry are re-
quested to take notice that the MEETING of the SUB-
SCRIBEILS to the SURREY CORNER SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS
w;11 take place on SATURDAY, the 15th lost. (end not on Friday,
as previously advertised), at Four o'clock p m., when all the mem-
bers are requested to attend.
Great Central Horse and Carriage Repository, within a mile of all
the London brdges.

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE.—
Mr. E. C. SMITH, Lessee, has the honour to announce that
he has placed the above-named National Establishment at the ser-
vice of the FUND in AID of the FAMILIES of the EXPEDITION-
ARY ARMY. In pursuance of this desirable object, a FANCY
FAIR will be held THIS DAY, the 13th of April, under the follow-
ing Royal and distinguished patronage:—
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glocester
Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge
The Right Hon. the Lady Mayoress
Her Grace the Duc'iess of Hamilton
Her Grace the Duc:.ess of Beaufort
Her Grace the Duchess of Montrose
Her Grve the Duchess of 'lnverness
Her Grace the Due-less of Somerset
Her Grace the Duchess of RichmoT:
' The Most Noble the Mnrchioness Of Londonderry
The Most Noble the Marchioness of IllAndt,ra
. Tue Nost .:.`•Gble the M archioness of Aviestury
The Right 11,,n. the d ountess of ches..idrfleld
The tig,f,t Hon. the Countess of Kintioul
The RI ht Hon the Countess of Gle:gall
the Right Hon. the Countess of Besoborough
The Right lion. the Countess of Heins,
The Right !on. the Countess of Shelburne
The Right Hon. the Countess of Wilton
The tight Hon. the Conntess of I)esart
The Right Hon. the Countess of Donoughmore
The Right. lion. the Viscountess Palmerston
The Right Hon, the Viscountess Maidstone
The Bight lion. the Viscountess Newport
Lady Sophia Des-Vcetts
Lady Colville
Lady Raglan
The lion. Miss Anson
Mrs. Disraeli

Mrs. J. Stanley.
Every appointment and appearance of the Theatre will be called
into requisition on this important and interesting occasion ; decora-
tions are preparing. The pit will be covered for promenade, and an
efficient band provkled for the execution of choice and new original
music. Ladies desirous of aiding by their presence this benevolent
demonstration are respectfully reminded that they should make early
application for stalls. A boo:: is now open in the lobby of the grand
entrance to receive contributions in the shape of articles intended for
sale on the occasion.

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE.
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.

Great Attraction for the Million.—SMlTH'S PROMENADE

CO si C ERTS.
Passion Week.—FOß ONE NIGHT ONLY : THIS EVEN-
ING, Thursday, April 13.—An Assemblage of Vocal and Instru-
mental Talent Unrivalled. in a Temple Decorated for the Occa-
sion. The Pit will be converted into a Grand Promenade, form-
-104 a vast Arena for the Visitors. Among a host of talent, the
following eminent artistes will have the honour of appearing :
Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss Susannah Lowe, Miss Ransford,
Miss Featherstone ; Mr. Elliot Galer, Mr. Ransford, and Mr.
Henri Drayton. Instrumentalists—Messrs. Distil), the celebrated
performers on the Sax Horns. Pianoforte—Herr Carl Wohlfson.
Concertina—Mr. It. Blagrove. Flute—Mr. R. S. Pratton. Conduc-
tor of the Vocal Music —Mr. J. F. Duggan. The Orchestra will be
most powerful and complete, consisting of 70 performers. Conductor
of the Instrumental Music—Mr. G. Haward. The programme will
comprise all the most popular selections of the day, vocal and instru-
mental, including the success:al opera of Leconie. Pit promenade
and upper boxes, le. ; dress boxes, 2s. 6d. ; private boxes, 11. ls..
155., and 10s. Doors will open at half-past 7, and commence at 8.

THEATRE ROYAh HAYMARKET.

Under the management of Mr. Ruckstone.

T'lls week being Passion Week, the Theatre will be Closed, and
will Re-open on Easter Monday, April 17, with a Comedy. Atter
woich, an entirely new an.l original extravaganza, enti led Mr.
BUCKsITONE'S VOYAGE ROUND THE, GLOBE (IN LEI:CES-
TEP.•SQCARE). written by J. R. Planche, Esq., Author of Mr.
Buckstone's Ascent of Mount Parna•su., and which will he produced
with entirely *IeNV scen-ry, ma,h'nery, dress,s, and a:-po,ntments.
Trine pal characters by Mr. Ituckitone, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Clark,
Mr. J. Marshall, Mr H. Marshall : Mr'. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Caultleid,
Miss E. ey, .Miss Lt die Thompson, Miss Laura Morris, and Miss
Featherstone, who is re-engaged at this theatre. With other En-
tertamments, The box-office will be opened on Saturday next, the
13th inst._