The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-09 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 9. 1855.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADMIRALTT, MARCH 8:PRO1[OTIONS. -- Second
Masten J. Thompson (1848) and F. Taylor (1848), promoted

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APPOIRTNINTS.—Lintesents C. G. G. Perceval (1864),
to the Horatio, 24, weer steam guard ship, of 250-horse
power, at Shuman ; lies. A. 0. Hobart (1845), to e,oe
Duke of Wellington, 181, screw stems ship, of 2004.0e5e
power, at Plymouth sad J. W. Minstrels! (1852), .03 the
Bulldog, 6, paddlewheel steam-ship, of 500-hone power, Is
the Bound.
Masters P. Wellington (1840), to the Tyne, 4, store-ship,
for particular 'mice ; and W. T. Mainprise (1841), to the
Victory, 101, flag ship, at Portsmouth.
Surgeon J. Whither (1855), to the Bulldog.
Aisistant-Burgeon 8. A. Willis (1853), M.D., to the Cal-
cutta, 84, at Devonport.
Clerk G. M. Blytb (1852), to the Hawke, 60, strew steam
ship, at 6hoirness.
almond Master E. P. Con (1852), to the Weser, at Ply-
-

Acting Assistant Surgeon G. T. Keels (1664), to the
Pylades, 20, screw steam corvette, of 360-horse power, at
Sheerness.

Midshipman N. D. T. Lillingston, to the Weser.
PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.
The James Watt, 91, Captain Elliott, has been
removed from the dock to the Factory Basin, and her ma-
chinery, which has been materially altered, is in a fair way
of speedy completion; these alterations are being made by
Boulton and Watt, who made the engines, which are to be
refitted end ready for trial by the 20th inst.
The Penelope, 18, Captain Sir Wm. Molineaux, Bart.,
takes out 260 Royal Artillery, for field ureic* against the
Reifies at the Cape of Giiod Hope. Artificers are now em-
ployed in making the neeessery accommodatioas on board
for them. The ship will be paid advance on Saturday, and
sail on Sunday.
The Resistance, troop ship, is alongside the Jetty, await-1
ing further orders.
The Hastings, 60, Captain Canto, and the Pembroke, 60,
Captain Seymour, screw block ships, are so far fitted out
that they are receiving their outward painting, and will be
removed from the Steam Factory Basin early neat week, as
these, and the other ships ordered to compose the Baltic
fleet, are to assemble at Spithead on the 27th inst.
The Rhadamenthus, steam transport, hauled into the
steam basic, this afternoon, to land the machinery, die, the
brought round from Woolwich :or the Queen's new yacht,
and the ship fitting out.
The Harkaway, hired freight ship, sailed to-day with
victualling stores and bale goods, from the Royal Clarence-
yard, for the Black Sea.
The Falcon, 16, Commander Pullen, is ordered to return
into harbour from Spithead, and come in this evening. We
believe the well of her propeller requires alteration same as
the Ariel's.

• The Basilisk, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Jenner, went
into the steam basin to-day, to refit.
The Arrogant, 47, Captain Yelverton, shipped her powder
and shell at Spithead, to-day. This vessel, like the Cressy,
Ajax, Imperieuse, and Bury'lis, is ordered to ship stores fur
eight months' service.
The Arabia, hired steam transport, Captain Judkins, left
, to-day, on her return to Liverpool.
The Ariel, 9, screw sloop, Commander Luce, will be an-
dceked to-morrow, and proceed to Spithead.

It is not intended to send the 32-pounder gnus from
Woolwich to Liverpool. They are to be put on board screw
linemen at the Royal Arsenal, and the steamen will proceed
direct for the Crimea.

The Etna, screw steam transport, Captain Miller,
sailed from the Mersey yesterday morning for the Crimea,
with 190 horses and 200 men of the Royal Artillery. The
serew steam transport Indian, Captain M'ldaster, sails from
the same port on S iturday morning for Balaklava, with
five horses, 154 men, and 113 horses belonging to the Royal
Artillery, including 17 remount horses belonging to the
latter, and 3 belonging to Major. General Sympson and Co-
lonel Percival.
THE FLEET AT SPrrazan.—The Baltic fleet, con-
trary to the original instructions of the Admiralty, will
new, it is certain, rendezvous at Spitbead, and already a
goodly array of floating castles are at anchor in our beauti-
ful roadstead. Daily their number is increasing, and when
the whole fleet is assembled, it will present one of the
Fittest naval armaments ever seen in the world. The
Baltic fleet of last year went off to sea as each ship was got
ready, consequently no striking array met the eye to chal-
lenge admiration The fleet her Majesty reviewed the year
before last; grand and numerous as it was, will sink into in-
significance when compared with that which will assemble
here in a week or two There is every reason to believe
that her Majesty will inspect, if not review, the fleet, pre-
vious to its departure. If the French contingent of fluty
ships should juin our hundred pennants, which is by no
means unlikely, it would present a sight of grandeur and
beauty far beyond anything of the sort ever exhibited to
the eyes of an admiring people.—Portsmouth Guqrdian.
CAIRO, FEB. 24.—The first half of the 10th
Rumen has arrived at Cairo, on its way to the Crimea.
The horses are in good condition.

SPORTING.

TAT TERSALLI3—THuarmAy.

The room was very thinly attended, most of the book-
makers who started on the " spring circuit" at the begin- '
ning of the week having gone "to assist" at the Nottingham
Meeting, after renewing, with an encouraging amount of
success, their practice at Coventry on Tuesday and at Liver-
pool on Wednesday. Tne subjoined list comprises all the
bets that were laid in the course of the afternoon :
GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES.
100 to 10 apt Lord Zetland's Fandango (t)
110 to 10 Mr. Bkkhara's Pharsalus (t)
200 to 1G Lord Derby's Paletot (t)
CHESTER CUP.
1000 to 40 agst Lord Howth's Mare Antony (t)
250 to 5 Doer of Bedford's Weathercock
Mare Antony is gone into the Danbury stab.e to be prepared for
this event.

DERBY._

150 to 25 apt Mr. HZ;;;Ti it. Hubert (t and aft off)
600 to 50 Mr. Bowes's Ormolus &miens (t)
625 to 25 Mr. Howard'. Ouiatoo (t)
2000 to 30 Mr. H. T. Mamma's Sir Charge (t)

LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING.-WEDNESDAT.

GRAND : I to I apt
Trout, 4to 1 agst Mks Mawbesy, G to 1 apt Dangerous, 13 to 1 apt
Needwood, 15 to 1 apt %I to 1 each apt Peter, Little
Charby. W liwatiss Dab& IN b! each apt Janus rod Garland.
The Mum, Ma ma Sts "timmarket," ran well up In front
throwetrowL Ilisrarks Dart hi mar be last eight of hurdles, Free
Trader bog alwand. ma Wariner. la close attendance, third.
Hallway op irice Ilsosise erns beaten, and Wanderer headed
ProsTralsr. AIM szsbas ran b, the latter wan beaten by two
lesekrir 3011 third. Janos mu fowt.tb, and Dangerous filth. Be-
bind dm, at keg intervals, arm Burnt Sienna rod the Nugget.
Oarland, Boudaway, Bastion, set Trout walked in in the order

11112 Nowbray fell at Beecher's brook the second time round, and
wises severely injured that she died aeon afterward.. Her rider
wee embart. In gob. op to the brisk she was about the middle of
them*.

limns, who had ewes or her eilillepie early in the race, waa
panel up been neehlse es seed the Ira time. Peter fell at the
nesse bete leered Eseeherh.lwook the Int tine round, and Little
eel Needwood fell soon after hieing ee-
lieechebcoOk the
=tins. Half-and-Had broke down.
Two /WM= PL/a1 (460 son. One site. (20 subs.)
Mr. MagenfaMedal, by Pantaloon, 4 ps, get Sib (Qanton) 1
Mr. DPW* Mystic, 3 yrs, sst Mb (Baowden 2
Mr. W.T. Parka niece Star. 3 ern sst 101 b .. (Thorpe) 3
Mew If to 4 .at Medal, 6to 1 offered apt any ether. 4% on by
4 isagtb& A length between the seeped and third.
On the course, 1,000 to 20 was taken freely about Bolton for the
Chute Cup.

NOTTINGHAM SPRING MEETING.—THIIIISDAT.
The Taut. 1-57 ARCS of 5 am. each, with 25 added ; for tluee.yr.olds
and upwards. One mile am' a quarter. (12 rubs.)
Mr. Wood's Lady Vernon, b 3 Poynton, 5 yrs, est 10th
Prime 1
Mr. T. Taylor's Black Pev (J. )a, 3 yrs, Get 7lb (Comm) 2
Mr. T. Parr's Wants**, 3 yrs, est 71b (car. est 91b (E. Forster) 3
Mr. Edwards's Small ParceL 4 yrs, set llb (Wells) 4
Bettiag : Erma on Lady Vernon, 3to 1 apt Black Pepper. Won
madly by half a kogth, a length and a half between the second and
third, and a head between the third and fourth. Pose good throughout.
Tam OILAMD STAND IlAxlnca, of .5 !pore. tub, with 43 added; the
second to ewe hie stake. T. Y.C. (5 subs.)
Mr. Mather's Era, by Pantaloon, 4 yrs. est 2 b T. Cliff) 1
Mr. T. Bancroft's Helmet, 4 yrs, let I2M (kende:li 2
Mr. Blyth's Poor Maria, 3 yrs, est 7lb
Mr. Coates Massa Mama, aged, eat (earr est 21b) (I. Hall) 4
Betting: sto 4 eget Eva, 3to 1 agst any other. Eva nude an the
running. Heaney who was last off, twit second Dime at the &s-
-tarer, and a good set-to ensued; he was beaten however by half a
length. 'Three lengths between the second and third, and between
the third and fourth._ _ _

—Tea iio;;;SloarTliranie HAINDIC*T of 10 more. each, 5 ft, 3 only
declared, with 50 added; the mead to save his stake. Mitre
I weights foe certain winner.. One mile and a half (45 subs.,ls of
edam declared.)
Mr. J. MIME'S Jaek leerninr, by Voltaire, aged, 7,1 or,
(erkroft) t
Mr. T. V. Turner's Mias Allen, 4 yrs, 6at 121 b (curled Ist)
Charlton 2
Mr. Mather's Whitelock, 4 yrs, ht Olb
Mr. Edwards's Sylvia, S yrs, sst ble (Snowden 4
Mr. Delsy's Istria Swan, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (8. Sterile, 5
.• & to 2
Swan
Jr* Le, tn 2 gist Whitelock. and Ito 1
=Slack Swan end Was AlAllen. VFOII testly by length, aim
gistnign between wood arid third, bad fourth.
. _ , _ _

each, with 10 added, for 2-yr.
olds; alb, Pet 71b; fillies, Sat 41b. %inners tattle. The stmaid to
save his stake. About lull a mile. (01 subs.)
Mr. T. Part's Coroner, by Loop-pro% Pet 71b (Wells) 1
Mr. Seadloek's Garret, Set Ida
Mr. T. Taylor's fby Mane, out of Oetrogoth's dam, est 41b
CAslarnall)
Mr. Brown's Sister to Broughton, est 41b (Charlton 3
) 4
Beath:4: 3 to 2 agst Bold Buoeleugh, 4 uapt Slater to Broughton,
sto 1 egat Garnet, li to 1 apt St. Arnant A fine race. Won ay •
Imadoi neck between mend and third, good fourth.,
The Park Stakes did not 1111.

JENNY LIND.—Our Rotterdam correspondent
writes :" Madame Goldsmidt (Jenny Lind) and her husband
have given two or three *concerts in Amsterdam, and to-
morrow (Tuesday) evenicg they intend giving a grand con-
cert at the Hague. Though the admission to their con-
certs was more than twice the sum generally charged for
first class concerts, the concert rooms were crowded.
Madame Goldsnaidt teems to have lost none of those qua-
lifications which gave such ecki to the professional perform-
ances sad personal kind-heartedness of Jenny Lind. Her
sudiesees know no bounds to,,their enthusiasm. I hear
M. and Madame Goldscaldt intend Tinting/3'4l2nd as soon,
they were completed their angsgast!nitt In Holland."

EP :ca intentgence.

WO= Tall KAMM OP TU SOLI&
AXii P. TAVIITSSO OP BriILINILILILD DOCKS.

Mr. Follett moved in this ease that a •Mr. W illiams be
committed for contempt In having interfered with the re-
ceiver, who had bun appointed by the noun to Donut the
tolls payable for the use of the dock•. The interference
had been by applying to the common law courts when a
ship came into the do:its, and obtaining an order attaching
ell the tolls in the bands of the muter of the ship, I) that
not a farthing had been received.
Idr. R. Palmer, who appeared for the defendants, under-
took that no further interference should take place till
the matter had been decided upon by the court; and on
that understanding the motion was ordered to stand over
till the next seal.

IN RI MAY'S INITATX.-PRACTICI.

Upon a petition presented in this matter for the payment
of money oat of court, a question arose, whether the ex.-
' cutioa of a mortgage deed could be proved by the evidence
of a person who swore to the handwriting of the parties to
the deed, instead of examining the attesting witnesses to it
in the usual manner.

Mr. Downing appeared for the petitioner, and cited the
Common Law Procedure Act, 1854 (the 17 and 18 Via. o.
126, section 26), by which provision wss made for
the proof of instruments to the validity of which
attestation was not requisite by admission or otherwise.
There was no decision on the subject, but it was generally
thought that such mode of proof as suggested in this instance,
was admissible in this court. The provisions of the 17 and
18 Vic., c. 125, a. 103, clearly extended to the courts of
equity as well sa those of common law. •
The Vice•Chanoeller, having consulted the other judges,
said ho and they were of opinion that, in sa parte cues, suc►
las the present, the usual mode of proof must be adopted.
In cobtested cases it might be different ; but in all others,
where a deed was to be proved in this court, the attesting
witnesses most be examined.

NCIOO V7O•4IIANOILUM eta wrtUAM PAO. MOM
TSB APRICAN OVUM SHIP COMPANY V. SHANDY AND
YINNZDY.-111HCHANT SNIPPING ACT, 1854.
Mr Bolt sad Mr. Cairns applied for an injunction against
the defendants to stay proceedings in two actions brought
by the defendants against the plaintiffs to recover the value
of property lost under the following circumstances :—The
plaintiffs were the owners of a ship called the " Fore.
runner," which left the coast of Africa on a voyage
to England with a cargo, part of which be-
longed to the defendant Swangy, and having on board
the defendant Kennedy as • passenger. The vessel was
wrecked and totally lost, with her whole cargo and some of
her passengers. The defendants commenced salons for the
recovery of the property lost, and the plaintiffs thereupon
filed the present bill antler the provisions of the Merchant
Shipping Act, preying to have the value of the ship and
freight ascertained, and the persons who had any claim
against the plaintiffs in respect of the lose of the ship, and
the apportionment of the value among thine persons; and
for injunction restraining the actions at law, the plain-
tiffs admitting their liability to the extent of the *the of
the ship and freight, and stating its insufficiency to answer
all the claims which might be made.
Mr. James, Mr. Cole, and Mr. Giffard appeared for the
defendants.
The Vice-Chancellor made an order as follows:—The
menacing director of the company to make an affidavit as to
the value of the ship and freight, having regard to the act of
parliament. The value so proved to be paid into court
within one month. The injunction to stay the actions to be
granted. Advertisements to be inserted in the papers, to
discover who were the claimants against the owners of the
ship. Direct an inquiry as to the way in which the amonut
ought to be apportioned among the defendants and the
other persons who should estab!ith claims. Agjourn the
further consideration of the case; reserve costs; with

liberty to all parties to apply.

r.—MAacm 8.

COURT OF
IN RI CRIUIO AND HAY-DELAY IN DIVIDENDS.

A creditor in this case complained that the dividend bad
been delayed in consequence of the solicitor not having tar-
nished his bill of colts, and the official assignee not knowing
the amount. It was ten months, he said, since the first
dividend under the estate was declared; and the creditors
thought it &great hardship that there should be any further
delay.
His Honour said that the delay of the solicitor in not
sending in his bill of costa was nu reason at all for delaying
Ithe dividend. If solicitors did not choose to send in their
bills of costs at a proper time, let them go without any.