The Sun.
London, England, 1832-07-19 00:00:00

TELLERS.

uncannon,Vis.—Kilkenny Co.
Rice, Rt. Hon. T. S.—Limerick

.FOUR OF 'MINISTERS.
Paget, Sir C.—Caernarvon
. Pelham, C. A.—Lincolnshire
Phillips, C. M.—Leicestershire
Portman, E B.—Dorsetshire
Rider, T.—Kent
Robinson, Sir G.—Northampton
Russell, Sir R. G.—Think
Slaney, R. A.—Shrewsbury
Stanley, Lord—Lancashire
Stanley, E. 3.—Hindon
Strickland, o.—Yorkshire
Western, C. C.—Essex
Whitbread, W. H.—Bedford

THE ROYAL ADELAIDE.

On Tuesday last an elegant and sumptuous enter-
tainment was given by the Edinburgh and Leith
Steam C impaey, on board the new steam ship, the
Royal Adelaide, lying at St. Catherine's Dock
Quay, to a numerous party of their flieeds (many
of whom were official and scient fic gentlemen),
amounting to about three or four hundred persons.
At one o'clock the vessel was moved from her
moorings, a little below the Tower to the commo-
dious wharf lately erected I.y the St. Catherine's
Dock Company, through which the visitors were
admitted by tickets, and rec• ived on board the yes
sel by Mr. Sheriff Pine, Sir Alexander C ;chime
Mr. Joseph Adams, Mr. G. Crichton, and the other
managing Directors. A military band was statione.i
under a spacious awning on the quarter deck. Tee
vessel and the access to the wharf were gaily d.co-
iated with colours, so as to afford the company oc-
casional relief from the burning rays of the sun,
which, upon that occasion, shone most propitiously.
Ater inspecting the fore part of the vessel atel
the machinery, which unites strength and elegance
in its construction in an extraordinary degree, the
company proceeded to the large dining saloon, where
covers a ere laid fur sixty persons at a time, arid a
cold collation, consisting of a liberal supply of viands
and wines of every description, was provided for
them. Of these the visitors partook as they suc-
cessively arrived, the hours named in the invitation
having been from one to three o'clock. By these means,
this elegant repast was protracted up to the hour of
nine or ten o'clock, about which time the passen-
gers began to assemble, as the vessel was to leave
the dock that same evening for Scotland.
Among the company present we noticed several
Members of Parliament connected with Scotland,
both the Sheriffs of the City, several of the Court
of Aldermen, the Directors of St. Catherine's
Doak Company, and many Military and Naval t)f-
fivers of rank—all of whom expressed themselves
delighted with the construction and accommodations
of this extraordinary vessel.
In answer to our inquiries as to the dimensions
of the It .yal Adelaide, we ascertained her extreme
length to be one hundred and seventy-five feet, her
extreme breadth forty-four feet, and although the
breadth is less immediately at the paddle space, she
has all the capacity in her upper works of a ship of
1230 tons. She has accommodation for 114. pas-
sengers, and stowage for about 260 tons of goods,
besides a large quanti.y of fuel. The principal
cabins (which are the best ventilated we have ever
seen in any vessel, a new mode of construction hav-
ing been adopted for that purpose) are fitted up
with much elegance and taste, there being a profu li
-
sion of mirrors, which contribute much to the light-
ness as well as ornament of the apartments. These
must be varticularly commodious to the lady pas-
sengers (when they have overcome their qualmish-
tress, which in this vessel must be very slight
indeed, from its great capacity and peculiarity of
construction) when they are disposed to view their
fascinating charms.
We understand that, even with a full cargo, this
vessel has already made the passage from Leith to
London in forty-seven hours; and reasonable hopes
are entertained chat she will be able to accomplish
it in a shorter period, of at least three or four hours,
The cabin accommodation is completely separated
from the engine arid boilers, part of the stowage of
goods intervening, by which the cabin passengers
are greatly relieved of the noise and even tremulous
motion that are generally experienced on board of
strain-vessels. There are two engines, of no less
than 200 horse power. Much attention was excited
by Crptain Basil Hall's new apparatus for steering
forward when in the river navigation ; its peculiar
advantages were conspicuous to all who examined
it, and every satisfactory information was afforded
by Mr. Joseph Adams and Mr. G. Crichton, the
:miner the .Managing Dltctor in London, and the
otner at Leith, where this superb vessel was built.
tier most exttaordinai y powerful engines, we un-
derstand, were constructed at Greenock. She is

vommanded by Captain Mills, one of the roost ex-
perienced steam-navigators of the present day, he
having been engaged in that service ever since
s.eam•vessels came into general use. Sir John Mil-
ley Doyle, who, we believe, was the first in this
country to construct a steam-vessel for di,tant voy-
ages, was one of the visitors upon this occasion, and
we heard him express his highest satisfaction, sud
even admiration, of the improvements adopted in
the construction of this vessel in every particular.