ON Thursday, the 2nd inst., Messrs. Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company launched from their yard at Hull a steel
screw steamer, the Eldorado, built to the order of Messrs. Thomas Wilson, Sons, and Co., of the same town, for their passenger and
mail service between Hnll and Norway, and will run to Bergen and Stavanger. She will be a very valuable addition to the magnificent fleet of steamers which Messrs. Wilson already have engaged in the Swedish and Norwegian service, being much faster aud moro elegantly furnished than any previous ship. The following is a general description. The vessel is built of steel, and elM sed Al in the Liverpool registry. Her dimensions are 235ft. by 30ft. by 15ft. depth of hold, and, being intended exclusively for passenger traffic, is designed with very fine lines, and the utmost
available space has been set apart for passenger accommodation.
She has a long full poop and topgallant forecastle, the engines being placed as far aft as possib e; the whole of the first-class accommodation is thus provided forward of the engines and boilers under the poop. A large iron d eck house is fitted on the poop containing saloon entrance, music-room, smoke-room, chart-room, and wheel-house, and the top of this house, together with the poop deck, will afford a very spacious promenade. The saloon 11 exceptionally large, and will, like the music-room, be fitted up in a very handsome style, and lighted with the electric light; in fact, the whole of the ship will be lighted by electricity. There will be sleeping accommodation for eighty-six first-class passengers. The watertight bulkheads have been carefully constructed so as to insure the safety of the vessel as far as possible in the event of collision. Tbe collision bulkhead is designed with a conical form, and is unusually strong, in order to resist pressure in case any damage is done to the bow. The officers, engineers, and firemen are berthed aft, near the engine-room, and the crew forward into the forecastle. The 'tween decks forward will be
arranged for carrying emigrants. She will be fitted by the builders with their triple compound three-crank engines, of 300 nominal horsepower,
having cylinders 26in., 40in., and GSin. diameter, by 39in. stroke, which will be supplied with steam of 150 lb. pressure from two large steel boilers, each fitted with four of Fox's patent corrugated furnaces. These engines, it is calculated, will drive the ship at a speed of at least fourteen knots.