The Express.
London, England, 1852-01-21 00:00:00

The following official
derable Litisfactiou :

will afford consi-

0 Admiralty, Jan. 19, 18.52.
" Oentlemen,—ln reply ro your leter of the 17th in.t., I
am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admi-
ralty to acquaint you that an inveNtigation (independent of
that now going on) into all the circumstances of the low of
the Amazon wdl be made by the Board of Trade, with whom
the duty of making such inquiry rests.-1 am, &c.,
" W. A. B. HAMILTON.
"To Messrs. Nash and Nash, Colonial Agents,
Westminster."

The Hecate steam-sloop, Commander Hand, despatched
by order of the Admiralty to Brest, and subsequently to
cruise in the bay, returned to Devonport yesterday,
without bringing any further intelligence of the unfor-
tunate passengers and crew of the Amason. The Hecate
sailed on the 14th, end made for Ushant. Having been,
las was supposed, within six miles of this point, blowing
a gale, with a heavy south-west swell, she was obliged
to heave-to all night. The next day, at two o'clock,
made Ushant, and having taken a pilot on board, went
into Brest, which she reached at 3 o'clock on the morning
of the 17th. Tho passengers, as is known, had all lett for
England. The boats of the Amason were in the dockyard
at Brest. Commander Hand, having communicated with
the British consul, in accordance with his instructions, pro•
ceded into the Bay. where he cruised for two days, without
falling in with anything having reference to the lost vessel.
On Monday afternoon a large piece of a wreck was washed
on shore at Bvrangeol beach, at the back of Pendennis Castle,
Falmouth, and to draw it up above high water mark it occu-
pied 3 horses. On examination there can be no doubt of its
having been a part of the Amason. Its length is about 30
feet, its breadth of five planks, stancheons of nine inches
square, with ends for rabitting. The whole piece of wreck
is straight, es if it formed originally apart of her bulwarks,
or part of her paddle. box. The wood is charred.

True AMAZON FUND.—Negotiations have been en-
tered into to obtain a perthrinance at Drury Lane Theatre
under the most illustrious patronage for the benefit of the
fund for the relief of sufferers by the loss of the Amazon..
MANSLAUGHTER. Last night Mr. W. Payne
held an inquest at lit. Bartholomew's Hospital on the body
of Mr. Thomas Mansell, aged 64, who for the last six years
kept the Flying Home, Milton-street, Cripplegate, and ex-
pired from injuries he had received in a fall occasioned by •
violent assault made upon him by a man now in custody,
whilst in a state of intoxication, and who underwent an ex•
emanation before the magistrate at Worship-street on Sa-
turday, and was reminded. Thee. Wcbb deposed to seeing
deceased assaulted on Friday afternoon, in Wilson-street,
Finsbury. The deceased endeavoured to ward off the blows ;
and in the struggle he and his assailant fell, his right thigh
being fractured by the fall; he was picked up, and conveyed
to the hospital in a cab, and his assailant taken into cus-
tody, and conveyed to the station-house.—Mark Marks
confirmed the previous witness.—Frederick Smith, house
surgeon, deposed that the deceased, when brought to the
hospital, was labouring under a compound fracture of the
right thigh. Ho went ou very well until Sunday, when
deliriwn tremens ensued, and the deceased gradually sunk,
and expired yesterday morning. The post nwriens exami-
nation proved that the death was occasioned from the deli-
riam produced by the effects of the injuries.—Police-
constable Kench, of the GI division, who took the man into
custody, stated that he bad given the name of Edward
Powell.—The jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter,"
and the coroner forthwith issued his warrant.

A CANDIDATE FOR TRANSFORTATION.—A man
named Dsudrinsont was on Saturday taken before the Tri-
bunal of Correctional Police, on the charge of rupture de
ban. The President asked why he had left the residence
assigned to him?—" I demand to be sent to Noukahiva,"
mid the prirener.—•' You do not reply to my question."—
"Oh, I beg pardon; but I have got a cold. 1 quitted my
residence to come to l'aris."—" You had no right to
some to Paris."—" That is precisely why I came. But
you must not suppose that I care about Paris. and I beg
to be sent to Noukahiva."—" Well, if you will not reply to
me, hold your tongue."—" Why did 1 COMO to Paris, you
mak ? Because I saw a placard stuck up stating that those
who might come to Paris, breaking their bay, should
be sent to Africa; I should prefer Noukahiva, but
Africa let it ho. What matter is it to me ? lam a
good-fur-nothing old hack; I have been condemned
twenty-six times. Twenty six! Having so mans condem-
nations on my bark. I don't care a straw for I. ranee. I
prefer travelling. Send me to Africa, to Noukahiva, to
Cayenne, to Calcutta, to Pekin, to Nankin, or wherever
you will—l care not. Ilere in France I only vegetate ill
prison, end is that a social 110111. ion ? lam sixty-two years
of age, and it is time for me to begin In think of settling
down to something, else what will become of me when I
am old ? You will do me a great pleasure in sending Inc
to Noukahiva."" The 'rribunal condemned the man to a
yearn' imprisonment and flee rears' surveillance of the
police. " More surveillance!" cried the prisoner. " Why
111 shall he tinder surveillance to the end of my der ! Rot
at my age it is a bore. Come now, send me to Noukahiva.'"
" The question is decided," said the president, "and hold
11 yourt
timesongue
himselfn sent
whoh as
to N 0 en
condemned
li ! What twenty-
Seven
seandalous shame."—Galigisani.