A Contemporary Account, by A. Spinnle Shanks , Esquire, of the Official Launch of the S.B. Queen Bee (formerly known as the 123) (N.B.—S.B. denotes sail-boat, and the word official is used in connection with the launch because the S.B. Queen Bee, then known as the 123, launched herself unofficially the night before and had to be pulled on to the stocks again by one of the Cleansing Department horses.)