The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-07 00:00:00

PRESERVATION OP LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK

Yesterday a meeting of the Royal National Life
Boat limitation was held at the Society's house, John-
street, Adelphi; Captain LLMSIKT Panzorr in the chair.
There were also pullet Edward Harry, Fog., Captain
McHardy, It N., Major Palmer, Hasiolppark ; Junes
Peaks, Fag., R.M. Dockyard, Woolwich; Francis Wilson,
Esq., and Captain Ward, E.N.. . . . .

Xr. Lions, the secretary, hark g read the minutes of the
previou rasetiog,the followiog rewards for rennin life from
wrecks were ordered to be granted:

A reward of 21. to two poor fishermen for their prompt
and laudable services in putting off from the shore M aloof
their curraghs to the resale of a master of a smack, who had
been thrown out of his vessel by her boom striking him, near
Dooey Island, on the Donegal coast.
A reward also of 11. 12s. was voted to a boat's crew for say-
ing four persons from a boat which had sunk in Bedwharf
Bay, on the coat of Anglesey.
Also a reward of 21. 10s. was voted to the crew of the life.
boat of the Anglesey branch of the Institution, stationed
at Cenlyn, for putting off to rescue the crew, consisting of
four men, of the sloop Ann Susannah, of Bangor, which
became a total wreck near the Slurries, on the 17th ult.

Also the silver medal of the institution to Mrs. Galbraith
and William R►e, in testimony of their humane and gallant
services to one out of three persons, who, with Rae, were
upset hem a small pant near Whitbarn, on the Durham
coast, on the 6th alt.
The special thanks of the committee were voted to the
Rev. Owen Lloyd Williams, of Liriefairyagbornwy, and 61.
to his boat's crew of five mai, for putting off
early on the morning of the 28th ult. in the Ceinlyn life-
boat, with the view of rendering assistance to the crew of
the barque Regulus, which was observed to be on shore
on the Skerries, near Holyhead.
A reward of 91. was also voted to the crew of a fiebing
smack for their praiseworthy services to two of the crew or
the American passenger-ship John Bright, which struck,
with about 460 passengers on board, on Acklow bank., on
the 24th alt.
A communication was read from Count Walewski,
thinking the institution for calling the attention of the
French government to its models of lifeboats and other
apparatu at the Paris Exhibition, and stating that the same
I would be specially examined by Prince Napoleon. In the
last number of the Lifeboat Journal of the institution a list
i.ppeued of the names of British sailors who bad recently
been rewarded by the French Emperor for their services to
the crews of French voids in distress.
Some other Imams having been transacted, the ptoma-
ins dosed.

ROYAL VICTORIA REGIA, IN THE BOTANIC GIAR-
DINI, GLASOOW.—We are happy to state that the first
bloom of this wonderful plant began to expand on Friday
last, et half-put two o'clock p.m., and continued to open
gradually during the evening, effusing such a sweet
fragrance that the viaitors, on entering the house adjoining,
•ia., the palm• house, felt it distinetly.—North British Daily
Natl.

FATAL ACCIDENT TO A CLIIIGYXAN.—Oo Friday
Mat, the Res. J. Meredith William., carets of Berriew, was
riding his pony round hie parish, u was his custom, and
minutiae about 2 p.m., met the Greyhound mach (which
was on this Magian driven by the proprietor, Mr. I. Taylor),
opposite the Red House. On passing, the pony shied, and
threw the rev. gentleman into the hedge, from which he
rebounded, and fell under the hind wheel of the comb.
The coach was immediately pallid up, and the sufferer con-
veyed into the Red House, and Mr. R. Jones, surgeon, of
Newtown, atoms sent for, who found Mr. Williams dread-
fully injured, several of his ribs being broken. The uafortu-
nategentleman died the same evening about 8 o'clock. He was
Perfectly conscious during the whole time, made his will, end
also left a statement, in writing, eminenting all pasties from
blame, and stating that the accident was unavoidable. ita
inquest was held it the Red House an the following day,
before Mr. George Matthew*, deputy coroner, when, after a
careful inquiry, a verdict of accidental death was returned.
The jury and coroner desired to express their deliberate
opinion that the road is moat dangerous in the spot when
the accident happened, and to call the attention of the proper
authorities to the same. It is very aarrow, being only 12
feet from ditch 10 ditch, and even this narrow space is very
much confined by a quantity of marl lying on the side of the
road. An almost perpendicular declivity from the road to
the canal, with • drop of sassy fest, also mean at this very
place. The deceased is said to have been the oldest English
curate is the Priacipalitv, and was very widely known and
esteemed.—Eddowees ShrepAire Joerissi.
THE Lint.—On Tuesday last, at Winchester,
Staff Sergeant Crowdy, of the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers,
trade/west this punishment is aceowdasce with the Sading
of a mart raartiol,which had sentenced him to be degraded to
the rank of private, to forfeit ell dais to a pension, to receive
fifty lashes, and to be imprisoned for six mouths for robbing
Pay-enteeat Parsill, of the same regiment, of the tam of
37L 10s., mosey he had in head as regimental account foe
=art of the men. It appears that while ::ergesat
was out as Mishima la the tows, Crowdy, by mesas
afainetbee key,lakelted the door of the room in the her-
iambs whew Parisi wee tmartered, sad where he had left
his ineb•hoz, with*, key is it. Crowdy having abstracted
the mosey, so susgisioa fell oa him for a day or two, whoa
it wee Erna that bad hunt trying to get gold fog two
pease woe* of AMT, end about that .mount of savor wee
kaolin to have hem in the cob-box. Oa searching his
room the meet SW. lfre.wae found tied up is a handkerchief
helengiag to Sergeant Parma, and which was lost at the
sum time as the meney. la the fee* of such 'einem*, it is
missed
searmielaid=dastret7ishauthe daliatitheuerstwwweesumossaute:7l.—Htoospthe
Airs

Wit F. STAIBILL (L.S ) JANIS F. STRACHLN (LA.)
•J. F. PAL (I. (L ) •JOHN P. FAWILNIR (L. 8.)
AND CLANKS, Capt. •WN. NICHOLSON (LA.)
R.E. (L. 5) •WN. C. HAIN= (I. a.)

°CHAS J.GRIPPTIKL.B.) 'THAL BILLESULW (L. 8.)
•JOHN O'BILILNASIIT (L a.)

Nora —These members of the commission whom names
are marked thus (*) have signed the above report nadir
protest. Copies of the several protests am appended.

CORRERPONDBNOB BXTRAORDINARE

We have been requested to publish the following
letters, whisk have appeared In the Meutourise Morning
Herald:

Colonial Elocretary's Office, blalboarne, Jana 1, 1865.

Bir,—His Eacellency the Governor, having had under
his conaideration a report made to him by an °Moor of
police with reference to certain ezpressions used by you on
• late occasion, and also with reference to your tone end
bearing, I am directed by hie Eacelleacy to inform you that
you are unfit to have the honour of holding the appoint-
ment of a government contractor, and that your services
will henceforth be dispensed with.—l have the honour to
be, sir, your most obedient servant,
Charles B. Croons, Esq.

J. Mooas, A.C.B.
Colliogwood, June 2, 1855.

Bir,—l here the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter, informiog me that my services will henceforth
be dispensed with, in consequence of the report by an
officer of police concerning certain expressions said to have
been made use of by me, together via' my tons end bear-
ing on • late occasion. May Ibe permitted to remonstrate
against this summary deekion on the part of his Excellency,
and also to inquire what were the offensive expressions
alluded to, sad what tone and bearing hes been described
to have been uttered or displayed by me, and on what oeca-
sioo, as I am at • loss to understand how I can have
offended to such a degree as to cause his Excelling to
adopt so sodden and severe a measure .—I have the honour
to be, most obedient servant,

CHARM B. CROONS.

To the Son. the Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Jane 3, 1853.

Sir,—His Excellency the Gloverc;or having duly considered
your rt quest to be informcd of the grave charges brought
against you, which have caused your dismissal, and having
thought fit to made to such request, I am directed by his
Excellency to state that the remark you were heard to make
on the subject of his Excellency's beer at the late viceregal
ball was neither courteous nor proper; and furthermore,
that the wont of discretion was aggravated by your recum-
bent bearing and gestures while in the sot of leaving the
supper•room.

His Excellency, at the same time, directs' was to state
that although the offence would in itself come under the
head of extreme indiscretion, yet having been committed oa
a great state occasion, where court etiquette was obviously
enforced on all side'', hie Excellency had no other course
open to him than to order your immediate public dismissal
and officiol disgrace, independent of the fact of the bad
example set by you to all other government contractors,
w hose duty it is at all times, and more especially in public,
to support and countenance all articles of consumption fur-
nished by official contract.-1 have the honour to be, air,
your most obedient servant,
Charles B. Croons, Esq.

J. Moos', A.C.S.

Brunswick street, Collingwood, Jane 4.
Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
the 3rd inst., in which lam informed, by direction of Sir
Charles Hotham, that I em summarily dismissed and publicly
disgraced, and is consequence of my having uttered the ex-
clamation of " 0 lord ! " after a draught of the viceregal
beer, and for having walked rather hastily out of the supper
room wit► one hand pressed upon my external coeting.
I beg lean, in t►e most emphatic manner, to declare that
I never, for a moment, intended any personal offence
to his Excellency by the exclamation of 0 lord ! "
nor by pressing my band on the region above-mentioned,
the act and the expression being alike involuntary ; that I
could ant have supposed his Eminency would have taken it
so math to heart, not being, at this time, aware of the
contract" alluded to ; that everything I have myself, at
any time, supplied to the victualling department has always
been of the very best kind for the pries contracted for, sad
I de imet solemnly protest against this despotic order.
whereby 81r Charles Botha= hes deprived me of my poet
es a government seestracter, injured my interests, destroyed
my future rapids, and Nought to disgrace me in the eyes
of my fellow-colonists as a man of wak digestion, and &il-
-1 dent is official discretion and ball-room etiquette.—l have
the mthappiness to be, sir, your servant,

Ciwu.ss B. Cuomo.

re Ibe lbw the Citadel Sethetary.

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