The Express.
London, England, 1852-08-31 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

The Vienna Gazette of the 23th contains a notifica-
tion by the finance minister on the subjett of the Three
per Cents. Reichschatzscheine, or treasury notes. At
present these notes have a forced currency, but the
new ordinance provides that after the first of January,
1853, no one shall be held bound in law to take
them as payment. Holders of these notes may now
exchange them for the treasury notes with forced
currency not bearing interest, or next January for
new three per cents., without such compulsory cir-
culation.

MALTA, Anoner 25.
The fleet with Admiral Dundas is now hourly
looked for; but, with the exception of the flagship, which
will go into the Bighi Bey for a short time, the others will
lie off port. Lady Emily Dundee came up to-night in the
Growler steam sloop, and A. Stafford, Esq., will be on
board the Fury.
It is known that the fleet of screw steamers has returned
to the Channel. Before leaving, a oeneral race took place,
Britannia bring the starting poet and Trafalgar the winning
post; distance about 20 miles. In the rats Fury wag the
Ant, besting all other competitors by 20 minutes. The
order of arrival was very unfavourable to the screw. The
beautiful frigate Phaeton beat one of them, Arrogant, sail-
ing against her tail and steam. They came in as follows:-
1, Fury ; 2, Terrible ; 3, Encounter ; 4, Dauntless ; 6,
Higheyer ;6, Phaeton; 7 Vengeance; 8, Arrogant. On
leaving Gibraltar, the screws were directed to tow several
of the windbound merchant ships through the straits.
On Wednesday, 11th, • review of the blue jackets took
place on the neutral ground, in Internee of the general.
His excellency, who was attended by his suite, was much
amused with the precision and regularity with which the
various movements were executed, and the manual and
platoon exercises accomplished.
On leaving their moorings the Albion and Indefatigable
were the only Towels that went out without the aid of steam.
Britannia was towed by Spiteful; Trafalgar, by Terrible ;
Bellerophon, by Antelope.
Captain Goldmith, of the Leg-ship. has been invalided,
and is to be succeeded by Captain Carter, late of Caledonia.
Fre= Corfu, news wee received by Medina. Small-pox
among the Jews had prevailed, and a pernicious and dais-
prop fever hid made sad havoc.
Major Symonds, Resident of Cephalonia, had died of a
Amp de John'', and Mr. M•Donald, paymaster of the 30th
Regiment, bad also been carried off suddenly.
Scourge steam-frigate was lying at Corfu.

MERCHANT-SHAMEN.B ORPHAN AATLUIL The
half-yearly election of orphans for reception in the above
meritorious institution, took place yesterday at the Asylum,
Bow-road. This charity, which has been about twenty-
three years in existence, languished for some time after its
arst establishment, but subsequently, through the indefa-
tigable
teeniest of Captain Nelson, elder brother of the
Trinity House, it completely recovered itself, end is now in
acomparatively healthy and flourishing condition. At pre-
sent it contains 78 boys end 38 girls, to which must be added
the 6 boys and 3 girls of yesterday's election. They are
nearly all the orphan children of merchant ship-masters,
and are comfortably lodged, clothed, and fed under the au.
perintendanee of Mrs. Bailey, the excellent matron, and
receive • sound elementary education calculated to fit
them for the counting-house ; the fact being—
and it has some melancholy in the reading—that
the mothers shudder at the idea of sending their
sons to the profession in which the fathers had been lest.
Ample play and exercise grounds are prosided, and the
boys are regularly drilled under • military drill master. At
the conclusion of the election yesterday they went through
their exercise to the satisfaction of a crowded company, and
their healthy and cheerful appearance was the subject of
universal comet-n'. The results of the election were then
declared (for which see our advertising columns), and the
f4in rags terminated with a short address from Captain rerseonel exhorting his auditory to • continued and more
extended support of the institution. In particular, he ex-
horted shipsnasten and others connected with the sea, to
contribute even the smallest mire to a charity of which their
children bail the almost exclusive benefit. The other mem.
ben of the committee press nt were—Messrs. Charrington,
T. H. Devitt, J. (1,4 e, N. Griffiths, C. Kenriek, N. Middle-
ton, G. Ward, and P. J. Warren. Mr. Geddes, the secre-
tary, was is attendant*, and wee universally commended
for the real and success with which he had carried out the
chime of the institution.