The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-06 00:00:00

COMMUNICATION BE

TWEEN GALWAY AND NEW YORK.

GALWAY, SATURDAY, JUNE 1. -- This morning, at
forty minutes past nine, the Viceroy steamer sailed from
this port for Halifax and New York. The event has
been for some time looked forward to with the utmost
anxiety, and for several days the Galwegians have been
in a perfect frenzy of excitement at the prospect of the
first Atlantic steamer leaving their harbour. If enthu-
siasm on their part could have any effect, the Viceroy's
trip would not fail of being the shortest on record.
The arrangements of the directors of the Dublin,
Cork, and Glasgow Steam ship Company, to whom
the vessel belongs, were conducted in a manner
that reflects no small credit upon them. Everything
went off without the slightest confusion or bustle.
The Viceroy left Dublin on last Monday evening, and
steamed round here, a distance of 370 miles, in
40 hours, encountering, as I am informed, very rough
weather. On her arrival in Galway she anchored in
dfrovme S.W.
eryth
the road off Mutton Island, from which point she
started this morning. So far as the weather went,
every omen was in her favour. The morning was
beautiful,
light, but what little there
was
carries a special mail-bag from the
Thw e ays
ibctleohrweoly wegin
Post-office, an express containing copies of the daily
papers, and a manuscript market note of the 30th ult.
from Havre de Grace, left London yesterday morning,
was joined at Chester by another express, con-
taining intelligence of the Liverpool markets up
to 12 o'clock on Friday, and reached here at six
o'elock this morning (nearly two hours before the
ordinary mail) ; thus making the entire journey
from London in 21 hours. The mails and
the express were put on board the steamer by the
boat belonging to the Coast Guard, which was placed
at the disposal of the authorities for the occasion by
the
Galway.
tbe
boat
GuardCMora.stLeigh iIS"
at party
off from the Dock-pier a gun was fired from the
oat putting of
the
shore, answered by one from the Viceroy, as she lay
with her steam up and her anchor " short speak,"
and the moment the mails were removed into the
ship she weighed and steamed out, amidst the
cheers of the vast crowds assembled on the piers
and quay, as well as on every available spot along
the shore, and also from the crowd of bouts in the bay.
Yesterday the directors of the steam-ship company,
all of whom attended here, entertained the members
of the County of Galway Club, and the friends of the
undertaking, at a very handsome dejeuner, on board
the vessel. The tables were laid under an ample
awning on the quarter-deck, and the feast was
graced with the presence of a large number of ladies,
who appeared to enjoy the proceedings highly. In the
evening the members of the club gave a dinner, at
which the directors of the steam-ship company, as well
as those of the Midland Great Western Railway Corn
pany, were the guests. Mr. Persse, the High Sheriff,
presided as chairman ; the vice- chair was occupied by
Lord Dunsandle, and the other places around the table
were filled by the most influential men in the county.
65 persons were present. Amongst the guests were
Mr. Joseph Boyce, the chairman of the Dublin,
Cork, and Glasgow Steam-ship Company ; Mr. J.
Ennis, chairman of the Midland Great Western Rail-
way Company ; Mr. G. W. Hemans, their engineer;
Mr. Dargan, the contractor, &c.
Last night the town was illuminated, and a display
of fireworks took place.
The sailing of the Viceroy from the port of Gal -
way is an experiment. AVhether it will be a success-
ful one or not is another matter. She has powerful
rivals to contend with ; but, although she has long
odds against her, she has had a fair start, at all
events. Her owners are confident of her making the
trip to Halifax within nine days, and there can be
little doubt that if she can do so, a steamer better
adapted to the line could accomplish it in a much
shorter time. The Viceroy was built for a Channel
steamer, and as such has shown her sailing qualities
to be excellent, but it is a far different matter to cross
the Atlantic. A statement of her principal dimen-
sions will show her inferiority in size and power to
the great vessels of the Cunard and Collins lines,
with which she will have to contend. They are as
follows :

Ft. In.
Extreme length
Breath of beam
Width over paddleboxes
Diameter of paddles .. 29 6
Diameter of cylinder
Burden, inclusive of engine-room, &c., 800 tons.
Power, 350-horse.
The dimensions of the Atlantic steamer, which
sailed on the 29th of May, are :

Ft. In.
Extreme length
• 276 0
Breadth of beam ....... . ...... _ 45 0
Width over paddle-boxes ...... , 75 0
Diameter of paddles ..........
Diameter of cylinder. 96
Burden, 2,860 tons
Power, 1,000-horse.
The Canada mail steamer, which was advertised to
sail from Liverpool this morning, and which will,
consequently, be the more immediate rival of the
Viceroy, is of 2,300 tons burden, and has an engine
power of 800-horse._

• The quantity of coals on board the Viceroy,
amounting to 400 tons (her entire available tonnage,
exclusive of engine-room and cabins, being
only 432 tons measurement), has sunk her very
deep in the water. She draws no less than
13 feet 6 inches. This will, of course, materially in-
terfere with her speed; and I am informed that she
cannot arrive at her proper sailing trim before three
days, at the least. Should the weather then continue
as favourable as it is at present, and the winds remain
light, she may be expected to obtain a considerable
rate of speed.

The Viceroy has the advantage of a very expe
rienced chief officer in Captain Ewing, who formerly
commanded on the West India packet station. Her
crew consists, besides the captain, of two mates,
boatswain, carpenter, seven seamen, two boys, three
engineers, nine firemen, and six coal-trimmers. She
also carries a surgeon.
From the many inquiries that were made, the
number of passengers likely to sail in this vessel has
been much exaggerated. It was confidently asserted,
a few days since, that she would take out no fewer
than 80. The actual number, however, was 31 ; or
these, 12 joined the ship only this morning, 4 of whom
had not even previously engaged births.
The expenses of the trip out and home have been
calculated at 1,3001. Towards this there have been
contributed, between the Midland Great Western
Railway Company and the inhabitants of the town
and county of Galway, about 1,000/.

THE HEALTH OF LONDON.
(From the Return of the Registrar-General.)
The public health, as indicated by the unusal light-
ness of the bills of mortality, bears at the present time
a favourable appearance. The mortality is low, not
as compared with that which prevails in places of
better sanitary
commonly observed in London' at the same period of
condition, but with what has been
former years. The deaths registered in the week end-
ing last Saturday, were 736 ; in the 22d week of the
10 years 1840-9,
they rose from 760, which was • the
lowest number, and occurred in 1842, to 960
in 1847 ; the average was 860, or if corrected for in-
crease of population, 938, the present decrease on
which therefore amounts to 202. The deaths from
diseases of the respiratory organs, exclusive of con-
sumption, were only 105, against 138 in the previous
week ; the average is 113. Consumption carried off
103 persons, the corrected average being 153, and the
lowest number in any corresponding week having
been 118. The deaths enumerated in the class of
zymotic or epidemic diseases were only 130, against
156 of the week previous ; the corrected average of
ten corresponding weeks is 190. Six children died of
small-pox, 11 children and a private of the Grenadier
Guards, aged 23 years, of measles; 17 children of
scarlatina, 21 of hooping cough, and 26 persons of
typhus, all of these epidemics showing a decrease, es.
Peoially the three first mentioned. Diarrhoea was
fatal to 15 persons 9of whom were children, the
average bring 10. this is the only epidemic amongst
those that frequently prevail to a considerable extent
which does not show a decrease on the returns of cor-
responding weeks. .

BUILDERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—The anni-
versary London Tavern, where dinner of this charity was held on Tuesday, at the
to an excellent entertainment, over which Mr. Cubitt, M.P.,
is to give. relief and grant permanent
presided, The proceedings of the evening were of the usual
character on such occasions. The seetetarY announced ere a party of about 200 guests sat down
pensions to decayed
sub-
scriptions to the amount of 4001. The object of the institu-
tionFTster bricklayers, plasterers, slaters, masons, carpenters,
joiners, plumbers, painters, glaziers, smiths, zinc workers,
paper hangers, and their
tif idows; also to give temporary
relief
to deserving workmen of masters, members of the
charity, in cases of accident. It is the intention to erect an
asylum to carry out the benevolent purposes of the charity,
and for this end a building fund has been established. The
musical arrangements of the evening were under the able
management of Mr. Genge, and Mr. Higgs was toastmaster.
NEWPORT, Jura: 5. —Sid. Cordelia and Henry, Bos-
ton, United States.