The Express.
London, England, 1863-11-23 00:00:00

LORD CLARENCE PAGET, M.P., AT DEAL.

On Friday night last Lord Clarenos Pagat,lLP.,
the Beardary to the Admiralty, and Mr. Knatchball.floger
sea, M.P., were pretest at • banquet gives by the Mayor of
Deal, Mr. N. IL Cavell.
Lord C. hot;, in' returning thanks for the Navy,
said the Mayor, in giving the toast of "The Army,
Navy, sod Volunteers," had alluded to what Wrf
going on in distant parts of the world, sad had
mentioned that we had a portion of our naval farces
employed in the s on of the revolt in New Zealand,
and that the navy likewise distinguished themselves in
Japan. He could only snore them that the accounts received
from New Zealsodshowed that the little forth, somerebendful
of men—which it was possible to seed to the assistance of
the mo,tary in the arduous duties they had to undertake,
had been of such peat service—by their extrexrdisery
ardour, their endurance reader suffering, and their gallantry
in action—that the general is command of the troops had
reported that he owed • peat measure of the worms of
several late eracionters to the extraordiamy besting of the
navy. (Hear.) It could not fail to be a source of Tide
to us at home that our sailors were still diatinctiebieg
themselves as they ever bed does. (Applause.) Agate, In
our sedan had been called upon to perform • very
t adieu in avenging the death of an Englishman who,
boa murdered by one of the local chieftains of that
empire ; and he was the more gratified to express his
thanks for honourable mention of the services of the airy
on that occasion, issamuch es a report had got dosed, and
bad been very largely circulated by the press smoog various
branches, of the community, that the pliant admiral
who was charged with the task of punishing the Dahnie
of Satsuma had sated with wanton cruelty in wilfully
stroyiog a large town, the town of Kagasime. He could
assure them her Majesty's government deplored the loss of
y which took place on that occasion. They deplored
rt7sut all must deplore that the property of imoicent indi-
viduals should be sacrificed in any of these warlike open&
Boos, and especially as it was probably seaceneented with
considerable bee of life. There was no intelligence what-
ever as to the lass of life, bat with regard to property we
had intelligence that the loss must have been great and
grievous. It had been assumed that Admiral Hoper aid
tenallant of and sailors ruder him wilfully ban-
s defenceless town, end destroyed the property of the
inhabitants. Now, it became him as &brother officer of
them gallant men, sod likewise as sa officer who represented
them in this country—at all events, to the House of tom-
moos—to explain that the lass of property and the dreadful
coafiagration which occurred on that occasion were due, not
to any intention, he was sure, on the part of the admiral, the
officers mod sailors of the fleet. It was not their
design to do anything but to punish this insolent daunts
who had been guilty of the murder of ao Englishman. The
settee was precipitated by fire being opened on the British
ship' by the forts of the daimio ; and it so happened that
at the time it Mew a very heavy gale of wild. To reply to
this fire in the midst of a storm, and • sea running on a lee
shore, was, as his brother sailors armed him would be aware,
• difficult and arduous enterprise, especially with the
small squadron ruder Admiral Kupds mamma&
They performed their duty nobly, however, aod he was owe
i it had not boor for the dreadful weather sad the ea-
' steadiness of the ships from the violence of the sr the fire
would bare been confined to the forts of the prince and the
public property, without any destruction to the property or
sacrifice of the lives of ionecent people, which, he wee natio-
fied, was deplored as deeply by the admiral of that nemadrem
and by every officer and man belonging to K, r
by the government and people of this country. He
bad thought it due, in justice to these gallant men, to
endeavour to correct a misappreheosioo, and remove from
their honour a charge which to sailors was nee tithe most
grievous that could be cast upon them, vie., • charge
of inhumanity. (Hem, hear.) He unhesitatingly said,
both for the army 7 mid navy of this country, that
if there was one ehaneteriatto more prominent among
them than soother, It was their humanity towards
their foes (Applause.)

At the Greek Church, London-wall, prayers were
yesterday offered to the Almighty for the late King of Dee-
mark, and the Rev. N. Morphinos made an appropriate ad.
dress to the emigreption.
OFFICIAL APEOLNTERNTH—Mr. William Wilkin
and Mr. Edward Bowman Dyett have been appointed mem-
bers of the executive council of the island of Mootserrat.
Mr. Charles Garrow Blanc has been appoieted member of
the *Wades council of bar Majesty's settlements on the
river Gembin, Mr. Jobs Somers Martin bas been appointed
a member of the legislative mescal of the blood of Antigua.
The Rev. Neil John 'Mania has bees appointed minister
of the church and parish of Tiumiegarry, in the presbytery
of Cid and amity of linemen, in the room of the Rev.
Docald hi'Dosald translated to the perish of Bleat.
The MISSION To Moaocoo.—flaviug been fur-
' Dished by the Foreign-office with the papers which gave the
mission the character of • public one, Sir Mona Montilla's,
accompanied by Megan. H. °treadle. &amigos Samuel, and
Dr. Hodgkin, cruised over on Tuesday last from Dover to
Calais on their way to Madrid. with the view of there
obtaining jostioe for the Jewish primmer, in Morocco. From
Madrid they will go to Gibraltar, whence, by order of the
government, a frigate will take them over to Tangier. It is
the intention of Sir Moses to visit Tetuan also. sod if possi-
hie Fez, in order to obtain an audience of the Emperor. On
Sabbath last the worthy baronet visited the principal
synagogues, where prayers were offered up for the BOCCI=
al the mindm.—JetrisA Chemin*.
SAVAGZ ATTICIUT AT MURDER IN IRRLAND.—The
Newry Telegraph retards a savage attempt to murder a re-
spect-4ble young man named Owen Cunningham, as be pro.
ceded to the Newry market, on horseback, cm Friday.
He was attacked by three men, who knocked him off hie
bores, teat him with a staff, kicked him in the bead, fans,
bee .at, and limbs, and, though he feigned death, flung him
violently against a stone fence, and then threw him over
into an adjoining field. They followed him eve. there, and
renewed the beating, lest there should be say chance of
their victim surviving. Fortunately, the Rev. Mr. Hughes,
a Roman catholic clergyman, and two labourers ran to
the rescue. The assessing then fled ; but the priest
and the permute gave chase, and, aided by the
smutty j people, whojoined en masse in the pursuit, they
captured two of the offenders, after a long run over fields
end ditches. The Newry Telegraph states that the cease
of the outrage was the feet that Cunningham had given
evidence in an ejectment raze, and for this he was doomed
by the Ribantlmeo. The outrage ocurred on the public
road, at noonday. The two prisoners were brought back to
the spot where their victim was lying. The police soon
articled, and, securing them with handcuffs, brought them
before a magistrate, by whom the cam was remanded to
Wednesday next. Mr. Cunningham WU shoakiogly braised
and mutilated, though the assassins did not tally emceed in
their object.
EXTRAORDINARY TROTTING MATCH.—A few days
ago one of the most remarkable matches ever ksown was
ran in the north. The conditioos were to trot from New-
castle to Think and hack, 120 miles, for 801. The ponies are
the property of& Mr. Coleman, of Gateshead, mid Mr. Pink-
airy, of Neercustle, and are both renowned as fine trotting
performers. The match was made between the two owners,
to start, yoked to the light carte they usually ran about
town, from the High Level-bridge in they
to Think,
and return the following day. A start was made at 7 a.m.
Coleman's pony. reached Durham • few minute* advance,
and after • brief rest the race was resumed. Coleman's
pay reached Darliogtoo 10 minutes before the other, sad
Think at 1.40 p.m., 20 minutes before Pinkney's pony ap-
peared. The average pees had thus been about nine miles
an hour, and it is said neither poor was at all distreseed.
Oa the following morning at 7 oclock the race was re-
sumed. Pinkney s poop was allowed • considerable start,
but was overtakes and beat into Darlington by several
'Mantes. Agate Coleman allowed his adversary • good
stark but reached Durham emendate* In advance, whence
he had the road to himself. taking it easy to Newcastle,
reaching the bridgeat 4 p.m. Here the polies examined
the pony, but found him not suffering from any exhaustion
from this extraordinary feet. Fisksey's pony being beat
before getting to Durham gave op the contest, and did not
reach Newoutle for several hours.
Lansaw. Mtrwrgtomeca.—" The Emperor," says.
the Prow, "has granted from his privy puns • pension of
B,OOOE a year to the mother of Mdlie. Emma Live, and a
sum of 40,0001. to defray the expresso attendant on, the
sweated artist's illness.'
GREAT NORTHRRN HOSPITAL, HINO'S•CILOPTI.
Number@ of patients for the week readies Nov. 24 1,006, of
which 373 were sew rams.