The Express.
London, England, 1852-10-11 00:00:00

NAVAL

ADMIRALTY, OCT. 9.—APPOINTMENTS.—CIerk in
Charge: Joseph Singleton, Trident. Ititto: W. B.
Mainprice, Ceylon. Clerk's assistant C. K. Foulkes fas•
pregnable. LMst . F. 0. Probyn, I.4tnet. T., he
commander, reserved list: W. W. Eytun. To be ret':ed
commander, 1816: Jun Gamine
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 10.— The Bittern, 12, Cain..
mender Vsnsittart, and Doting, 12, Cummouler
both arrived at Spithead yesterday from Sheerness. TLey
left the Noes in cumpany, and have thus had a trill: of
their sailing qualities. the Bittern arrived .t Spithe..d at
about 7 in the morning, but the Daring did not to
anchor till 4 in the afternoon—being a difference of at I not
9 hours. The Bittern was constructed by Sir W. Sera., ,ds
and the Daring by Mr. White, of flown. The first nan.cd
goes to the But Indies and the last to the
West Indies, to relieve tto Sappho, 12, Culll.
Islander the lion. A. A. Cochrane. The Oriental Queen,
convict ship, arrived at Spithead yesterday (ruin Grameced.
She will take in convicts at this port for conveyance to
Hobart. Town. The Archer, 11, screw stcara.sitrop, Lams
mender Strange, came into huhu, r on Friday evening. She
is to be paid down. The Encounter, 14, screw steara-sioop,
Captain O'Callaghan, is nearly complete iu her crew, .44
will go to Spithead shortly. The Teramint, 24,
frigate, Captain G. Gifford, is painting ship. She wad be
ready to receive her crew from her hulk about
Tuesday. The Wup, 14, screw etram•sluop, Coins
maneer Lord John Hay, at Woolwich, and thu
Niger, 14, screw steam pimp, Commander Heath, at
this port, are to proceed to the lelediterrancan. to relieve
the Scourge, 6, steam sloop, Commander Lord F. H. K.rr,
and the Spiteful, 6, ate in sloop, Commander G. Parker,
the two last-named mends having completed their perod:
of service, both having been commissiout el in the early part
of October, 1849. The Inflexible, 6, steam .lunp,
mender Witolridire, se ordered to proceed to Li.bon. The
officers and crew of the Arrogant, 46, screw steam frigate,
subscribed a day's pay each to the Birkenhead Subscription
Fund prior to being paid eft Ihe committee met on Se-
turday at the Royal Naval College, in this dock-
yard, and relieved a number of persons who
lost relatives in that unfortunate shipwreck. The
following are the terms on which the goverement con-
tracted on Friday for the year's supply of beef and pork
for the navy : Beef, 3,060 therms and 5,050 barrels • pork,
2,400 tierces and 2,200 barrels. The beef was tekeii at
61.2 a. Gd. to 61. 16s. per tierce for Irish, and 51. 16.. for
American. The pork was taken at 51. 12s. to 5/. 19s. per
tierce for Irish, and U. 6s. for Hamburg. Of this quantity
Masers. Alien and Anderson took 1.300 tierces and 500
barrels of pork, at 31. 17s. to 61. 18a. 10.1. and 1,600 barrels
of beef at 31. 16s. Sd. to V. 19s. court-martial is
ordered to assemble on board the Victory, flag ship, to-
morrow, to try the gunner of the Blenheim, 60, Inc
drunkenness. _

DEVONPORT, Ocr. 10. The Lively likchtcr,
Harttleld, w,seter, arrived on Thursday, wi'h ordnance
stores, from Pembroke, and is now loading with stores ,•or
Portsmouth. The Haaleverer lighter, Itoss, master, &MEd
on Thursday with' stores for the Eastern Dockyard. '1 ho
Sinhad lighter, Follett, master, orris.. d yesterday (Satur-
day), with stores from Portsmouth. The Lianet, brig, as
commissioned yesterday (Saturday) by C. mniander H.
Need ; she is to have a complement of tt olScr rs ao•I mut.
The Cornwallis, 72, store ship, for Her.; Kong, wil lease
this port during the present month fur her destination.
The Seagull and Scout, brigs, were docked on Tkursday,
for the purpose of being broken up.

AN EXTRAORDINARY BIIOT.—We hear, from time
to time, of wonderful shots by those who term themselvt s
"old gunners," whether on the moors with grlutic and
ptarmigan, in the woods with cocks and pheasants, or on
the low grounds with decks, wiegeons, and teals. But
whattook place on Thursday last, at Wentworth Park, is
so extraordinary as to be entitled to special notice, and of
i being put down n the note-hooks of ill .• old hares." On
the clay just mentioned Mr.Palmer,bead park. keepe r to Earl
Fitswillism, accompanied by hie eon, who is under park-
keeper, went out for the purpose of killing a stag. In
consequence, however, of the deer being very wild, which
is always the case at this period of the v'eson, the latter
levelled his rifle, and, taking a steady aim, shot rat a stag
which was bounding along at full speed. The ball struck
him behind the ear. The fatal messenger then passed
along the seek-bone, through the star, and killed at the
same time a fine old buck through the head, ,a.e of s herd
which was following the stag. This double al.ot is leech red
the more surprising by the circumstance that the buck, at
the momeat, was about 16 yards behind the situ?, and in ra-
ther an opposite direction.—Donnncr Gazelle.
'IIIE MILITIA FORCIL—GLOUCESTER, SATURDAY.
—Every exertion has been made in the several districts of
this large twenty for several weeks past to pot the required
number of volunteers without having recourse to the ballot.
The number required for the whole county is only 1,210,
and of this number 972 have been enrolled. Furtht r meet-
ings are to be held by the lieutenancy in diff;rent datricts
to procure the remaining 268 volunteers. In some places
more than the required number have offtred ate:melees,
while in others there is a great deficiency. Renee the slum-
ber required from Bristol is 364 but only 56 have offered ;
while at Cirencester, there are 103 volutteen, the due pro-
portion for that town being *illy 46. Tie lieutenancy, at a
meeting just held, bays resolved to call out the volunteers
immediately, anal accordingly they are ordered oat on
Friday next for 21 days service—to meet at Gloucester end
Cirencester. _ _ _ _

Coarows Dudes.—The Board of Cutout= have
now directed that in all oases of OTeIpIITMC:I4 of duties the
parties be immediately apprised thereof in writing, agree-
ably to the subjoined form, which is to be filled op in the
office where the error may be discovered, and signed by
the principal of the department. The folios-My lathe 'lnns
of notice to be used in the matter >—" Gentlemen, I have to
acquaint you that you have made an over-entry. the parti-
culars of which 1 subjoin, and request that when you apply
fur the return of the same you will be phrased to tiring this
notice with you. 1 am, Itc." The notice is to comprise
' the date of entry, name of ship, number of puelteger, and
the description of goods and the quantity emoted.
SUICIDE OF A BANKER.—James Term E.g.,
banker, of Birmingham, and who bits generahy resole 1 at
:Vesely Hall, near that town, committed suicide at Brighton
on Friday. Mr. Taylor, who wee 71 yearn of ape, had cone
to Brighton about • month ago for the benefit of his
I health, Übe had been unwell fur some months past. S:nce
his arrival in Brighton he had been In very low spirits, and
,on Friday afternoon be took a drive with his wife and son,
and returned to his residence in Cavendish.place about flee
o'clock. He went up stairs, and in a short timo atter his
hotly fell into the yard behind the house. It .10 lured
that he had climbed out of the attic window, and had cut
his throat with a riser. A medical man wee immediately
sent for, but his services were of no avail, the tinter unate
man wu quite dead. On Saturday an inquest war I eld
on the body at the Bedford Hotel, and this jury return d a
verdict of " Temporary insanity." •

SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY.

The Lair-yearly general meeting of this company
was held at Perth on Thursday, the lion. J. C. Domini,
chairman of the company, mediae.
The report, which has already appeared, having been
ni
he Ce 1•111111 SS. is moving its adoption, said t►at t►e
Informed.% which it contained was too felt, and he trusted as
al'istictory, that he tilt it almost annmatary to oreopy the
time )(the meeting with my MilinteSel of his ore. It was
steed in it that about 1,6004. had hem taken from what was
osayideeed the reserve fowl, in order to meet the dividend
proposed. Now, the directors had formerly kept back that
is order to meet the interest due on put debts and
land wriCement.; but the latter haeint, to a great latent,
been ptid and wound op. the directors were is a position to
at .to that the sties of 2.72 V, which it was proposed to re
serve. would he amply bulletin% to meet say new demands
that might hereafter he made against the . The
chairmen then referred to the different arrangements of
the devilment. of the company t &end by the directory,
a view to Vint% r efleieney and economy, sad stated
that It was proposed to hold the future half yearly meetings
in Meech and September. He neat called the attention of
II a al areboldere ro the progrenive advence which the
e. •q o tad recen'ty made. The And desidend which the
et aii.dny hid ever t.•. 1 out of the absolute raining of the•
(vulpine win in April, 11131, when a dividend was proposed
sell declared of .as. per share. is October of the SOME year
the dividend was 3s. per share. Owing to this being the
west Lit-year, the director. Were not able to keep up the
A: r• 1 i hived ; tut in April, IX:e2, owing to their 'stressed
a dividend , 1 7.. per share wag declan d. So great
h.•l •he ir.immee et te idle been sinde thee, that it was sow
mopes.' to pay fur the• present half•year, notwithstanding
i we. the want of the two, a disidend of 3 pre cent , or
I. t.r shire; and, looking at the meat increase of
t: Li steer the conclusion or the half year, Iv. thought he
iusitied is saying that he saw no dearer of the diet-
demo; (slimy ►elow this at a future period. it would be
o'• Art..l that their trate reeeirts were increasing, while
1, .• re,tenses were diminishing ; and there were also grounds
I. r hope, in the new branch lines of railway that were in
root - I[construction. The Cried branch, in rankle's:,
was i ugly to prose a valuable feeder to the Scottish Cen-
tral It shwa); and also, from the moderate expense of its
struction, highly prutltal•le to those who had embarked
fp it. lu tonclusior. he thought they had no nesssioa to
1,11,41 for any transactions which the committee hid ceder- I
I,Lep.
Mr Bares, of Keanot, seconded the motion fur the adop-
t:••n of the report
In answer to 3 questior,
The See stated that the depreciation had was
I,elud. the 31,000/. of working ea noes.
Mr. Oft . Plied to know whether the Northern
Company we,, SOW pal imp their way, Or %nether this com-
pany ova incurring any lapease on tt sir account? Was
t':.•re any sip Mahon of getting the original outlay from
tied e loran) ?
The Cu Al UV ►x mid that since the 31st of July last every-
Crag had been paid op. With regard to the debts previously
due he had not so satisfactory en account to give. Every-
body was aware of the eseeedingly dithcult position in
which that con•piny was paced ; but mill the directors
were trying the question whether they could not legally
rear, r that which the other company would fain my was
put under the hands of a trustee, and which therefore
cowl I mit tee touched. Reference had been made to the
ac.uni with southern companies. He might say t►at
he understood no further proceedings could take pleas till
neat ye ar. l'eebably in the course of the neat spring it
might be in their power to go before the other division of
the envy, sal if they did cot receive any satisfactory pro-
politics from the southern companies, the directors would
feel it their duty to endeavour legally to obtain the hest
term• which the courts of the country would award for a
heath of agreement. At the same time, he felt assured he
spoke the mind of the directors when he said, that they
were most ready and willing to come to any compromise on
fair and honourable terms. They were most anaemia that a
eettkment should be made, provided that settlement was of
such a kind as would not prove injurious to the interests of
this company. (Applause.)
The reeolutions were then put from the chair and agreed
Li, after which the meeting betimes's&