The Express.
London, England, 1855-12-11 00:00:00

DOINGS OF THR FIREFLY.

The Firefly, 4 glum, paddlewheel trawling,
Captain Henry C. Otter, whisk arrived at Sheenier rut*
day from the Baltic, was engaged near Wan in Asp'
last, with a number of troops, amounting on the first day d
attack to $OO, sad afterwards increasing to 900, with eh*
tery of artillery. The firing of the field battery ens highly
creditable to the Hessian gunners, msay of their Mk
bursting izniediately over the ship, sad their red-bet Ail
whizzing by sloes under her stem end stern. Null*
volleys of /died rifle balls were fired by the Burin eoliths
with great aawarsoy, and numbers of them that
the vesseL All of them were of a very lsrp ski
One of the balls pulled through the standard eteA
at a computed distance of 1,600 yards. Both was their prs•
eision of firing that, had it not bean for keeping the rued
sometimes steaming ahead, at other times backing sad ill.
lug, is asto shift position, nearly all their shots work bars
told on the hull and crew, as they invariably pared at sheet
&stenos*, allowing for the vessel shifting her *tier.
The latter part of the season the Firedy was lamed in the
upper part of the Gulf of Bothnia, where the Fins wee
carrying on as extensive trade with the Russians, Ali
was effectually put a stop to for the six weeks she wel
there, curing which time her sssssssss oaken made wig
valuable additions to their surveys for the sew chute. Os
leaving Tome., the extreme north of the plf, ea dr
14th of October last, the thermometer was dove 1414
below freezing point, and, the ship being in opium dins
it became difficult to make nee of the boats. It
pleated that the Firefly will be taken into dry dock at Bbeer
nem, to ascertain if she has been injered by the beanie'
d
one of the enemy's infernal machines under her, at lAA
time fore and aft and thwartship bulkheads were disriesed
the explosion, and the vessel considerably shako. TY
Firefly brings bows two Russian soldiers, who darnel
and tame on board her when off Brandon, ithe being*
musket with bier, +hien is of very large bore. Oes stets
his &ante to be Jeff's, Drafindit the other Halle Goan&
They 'validly solicited to be allowed to join bet lath,
cages:4, end are doing duty at prevent as ordinary mama

Her Majesty has commanded the publication el
the sermon preached by the Rev. Mr. Crcl, of Errol, is
Craithie Church, in October last, daring her Majesty's
sojourn at Balmoral. Tee sermon is entitled The Bali
Sion of Common Life." It is no secret about Balmoral (wlt
the Glasgow Dimly Mail) that Prince Albert expressed
high eatisfaotion with Mr. Caird's pulpit discoid*, mi
appearance by stating that he bad not hurd a premed
like him for sesta peen, and did not expect to enjoy a Wu
pleasure for as long • period to come.
The Lords of the Admiralty have intimated this
intention of directing that two ships of the Baltic upsides
shall winter in Queenstown lisebour —one in the Shama*
and ono at Belfast.
Captain H. R. Yelverton, C. 8., of the Arrogslt
steam. frigate, has accepted the commend of a diriliosol
fleet of gunboats, forty in number, for service in the Bade

I post year.
The Government, it is said, hu asked the High'
land Society to undertake permanently the collide' of the
agricultural statistios of Scotland. The meter will be
submitted to the general meeting of the Society Led
month.
"THE MISSING CLERGlMAN.a—Thitraeati"dtg"
of this affair, which has nefortuuately at 50 us*
public notice, is as follows is said the sone epeeist
fell from the lips of the inteaded bride dories the IBA
interview, "bleb We. misconstrued by the genilesna
lea
something like a regret at the step she was abostptekit
sad. that without use seeking an eoplaastioa, be a
sew the words, which prayed upon his mind ae be Irani
into Oloscaster, and got worked up into suck a state
el
detraction that nothing could satisfy hint short of Stitt
He now writes from America in the deepest got:
despair. regretting the pain he bas caused to all P'°'!
concerned, confessing, on cooler reflection, that he bed:
• wrong interpretation upon the words then uttered.
taking all the blame upon himself.—Gloucester
DEATH OP AN ACTRESS.—Mademoiselle 124"
whose clothes caught fire during the patentee* et te
Goal WOJNOJI of the Wood, at the Plymouth Threteee!
the 20th lilt , expired on Suaday morning let, in berir
year. Mr. Fox, Mr. Whipple (the surgeon of the filth
&Mt). and Dr. Moors, were constantly atoodisiin"
elek mem, which was nratuitoosly supplied within%
assehlitseint, and the Rey. John Iletcherd, the vent "
1111..A•drows, aseidsoosty administered religious
Vie. Her medical attoudants ascribe death more to_f.
elm& on the nervous system than to the bane, which
Me superficial character. Deceased partiall beenre
piano brother and their mother, who has 'n)r2Z
ley and night since the occident.' On behalf of the roam
• subscription has been commenced. Ti. anntit;
Mud on the second night of her engsgemeet, erh _
ffes Mete weeks, whets she intended to proceed to Den
thwhowelaitheatenbzinne.engaged, on profitable tenukt•
Clusoow Arsassom Soinar.—The third r.
usual soiree at the Glasgow Atheneum wan bald
City HaU of that town on Thursday lest. TM
pyres
thronged with a brilliant assembler' of ladies asil MAI;
moo. The chairmen was the Earl of 3/Ohio"' do.
hie lordship had opened the proceeding", addresses
livered by the Lord-Aden:et', Sir M. S. Boma. l'l4:tia
The Duke of Wellington, 131, Captain of the Fleet Seismal, Ile. Alexander Haste, M.P., Protease
the Moe. F. T. Pelham, bowleg the egg of Roar Admiral Pulsator Nieto!, Mr. Walter Buchanan, sod Mr
ChiefaittJJg
of the Bettie fleet, arrived at Spitboad lest 'view, sbaksperes romped him just bees projeces_...•
the How Rickard Bauder, Dundee, QS., Oomaaadere.w Mime. Thee peeches mere soniined almost
sepias ref a literary mid educational chereeter. ,
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