The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-26 00:00:00

LI VIIRPOOL.

OFFICIAL LETTER FROM ADMIRALDACRICS.

LIVERPOOL. TVDAT.
The Channel fleet left Liverpool this morniDb
about 7 o'clock, amid edemas haze and drizzling rain, whior
prevented their being much wen on either side of the elver.
TM Edgar steamed done the rivet at the rate of about nine
knots, and all the ships pulsed the bar with safety. When
the Edger came to the Bell-buoy none of the other vessels
could be seen, and she stopped nand they came up, attar
which they all proceeded in compaey to sea. On separating
from the pilots the Admiral signalled :
"Admiral Decree considers that the services of the pilots
have been creditably pefonned, sod desires that all the
pilots be informed of it." At the bell-buoy 10.30 ram."
The officen also thanked the Old Steam-tug Oeinpany far .
hating pined the steam-tug Residuum at their disposal
during the visit of the fleet to Liverpool. The follo •
'letter has been received by Mr. S. E. Graves, hum Admiral
Dames :

"Her Majesty's ship Edgar, Liverpool, Sept. 2.3.
" flir,—lt would be iirpoesible to express the universal
feeling of gratification prevailing throoghout the Cbaccal
squadron limier my command at the kind and hospitable
reception given to myself. the officers, and emu by all
climes in the tows of Liverpool; but I cameo. Isere the
Roney without espreesiug to you sod the madman MOO.
Mated with you yesterday to entertaining the seamen sad
marines of the ships my own sod their 'doom sod hearty
theake, joined with those of the rase themselves, foe t►e
maser is white that eetertaanneat wee carried out. For
t►e ummaring mensal exertimis required in orpoisin the
preparations amemary to bring such an undertelriog to a
successful tease, mid ler the triad attesties shown them by
everyone, the met) owe very much to you, and it uto toe •
subject el reel eengratulatioc that they tried to show haw
justly they appreciated it by the admirable nmeeer in which
they behaved.-1 hare the honour to be, sir, your obedient
airiest, "ti. C. D•ovmt. Itear-Admital

Gommasidiss
"3. R. Graves, Eeq., Commodore,
Royal Mooney Yacht Club."
Te this Yr. Graves replied :

" Liverpool. Sept. 24.
" Roar-Admiral Dames, Commanding Channel Squadron.
" have the honour to acknowledge the receipt a
yew vahaed favour of yesterday, and have communiented
theses to tke Emit:alive COMMILBIIO appointed to carry
out the eutertainmens recently given at St. George'eliall to
the seanese and marines of the Chaanel tron under
your couseand, and I am requested to same you tisk
the kindly sentimeots expressed by yea towards
myrelf and oolleagnes are folly appreciated, and are moat
gratifying tom. A nathering more unique is its sherrectir
or more important is its results beers:sly before bakes place
in this town, and it iv impossible for me to moves to you
any ides of the estisfactioe it bee afforded to all elsms• el
sommusity. The admirable armageinents made by
Commander Soad,, of her Majesty's ship Royal Oak, for
carryisg out the views of the committee, conpled with the
userseptionabls conduct of the men, coutribsted in us
small degree to that marked sitcom which atteaded an me
liertainment not soon to be forgotten by the inhabitants of
the tows. Permit me, in conclusion, to expires the obligor.
ties we are all ender to yourself, personally. for se
promptly sequencing in a proposal which required no
little ooefideess is your men and it must be very gratifyiag
to yos to feel that year ocedidame it eat bus riaplacei
' 8. It Cuvss."

Was.—The will of the Right Hon. William
Richard Arthur PolipTylbey.Labg-WeUesley, Earl at
Morsisierboa. of Drayeot House, Wilts, end of Wended.
Boaz was proved in her liaiesty's Court of Probate by the
exece;ers, William Bollre(ey Oleos*, Eeq., Q.C., sad
Andrew Alfred Coils Bristow. Esq., the personal gelato
being swore under 811,0001 The will, which is of great
length, wee criented I. Jam last. sad a coaled in the
month following. His lordship, who died at the aye ef
fifty, was eldest son of the fourth earl, by Ketberiss,
daughter arid heir of the late Sir J. Tyleer Long. Bert, sell
suneented to the tithe 1857, and was the heed ef the
family of Wellesley, of which the Duke of Weilingtos and
Earl Cowley represent branches. His disposable reel estates
be has devised to Earl Cowley, and has made a liberal pre-
vision for his Deet•toes) sister. Lade Victoria Leaf Wel-
lesley. There are teeny &attain** left by the will, also
legacies to servants. To each of hie executors be have* VOL.
ea
well as roaphwestary legalise to Mims. Oeverdsle aod
Lew—llliiitroted Ness.
SINGOLLIt AttOIDENT Fitoll LlGHTNl2e6.—Diteink
a tliaadars•nui erhieti pared over Canterleiry en Thais,
ssorsieg • vary extra wtheary incident occurred at the gate.
keeper's lodge oo the level erasing of the South-Eastern
Railway at St. Donitan'a.stroet, Canterbury. The light-
ping appears to have he* attracted by the telegraph wires,
and the hid pureed down the wire which connects the tele-
graph with • dial plate at the keeper's lag*, enaoged to
communicate to him the nensesary lestrnetione for opening
the gates on the ariginiseli of the twelve. The men &wither
that be beard • tremendous report, and on looking he found
that two boles were lured in the dial.plate. and o swan gee-
pips emcee to it was mitered and melting, while the gas was
ignited and horniest from the fused end, bat there
aely the residue of gas between the eroded bei
% and the adjnga-
cent station, where the meter in placed, end at which the
was lied Wee ea *seal turned off the preceding eight, the
Berne lasted bat • few minutes. The telegraph eanninni-
calico was entirely anapasoleil hetween Canterbury mid all
Mathias tris the litre for some time.
r A BOLLIt Goma. —Aftrr midnight on Thursday
Lek while Dr. Login. of Kirkwall, was returning from
visiting a patient et Hooray. alone the Stmmeessmed,
by the side of the Par of Firth. he was soddenly
startled by • lame white fowl swopping sad &skis'
about the lantern of his gig. The night was very dark,
and the fowl kept circling and farming *bent the gig, ut-
tering loud cries, which sounded somewhat unearthly
from their proximity amid the darkness. Dr. Legie, who
was greatly et a loss to know what specie* of fowl it was,
and who felt desirous le put au cod to this noplemet ie.
terruptice, which threatened to startle his bone. got =hot
the gig and save chase, hohling the lantern between him
sad the bird. He enocaedeil in laying hold on what tweed
out to be • fie* mole soles goons le full pletraqp. The bird
aereented violently when caught sod hefoce suffering**
" extreme penalty of the law" be being 'teaseled, he M-
ilian: a severe bite mu his cipter's bend, and it wee with
*risme difficulty that Dr. Lore could man* hie head
from the tenaciose and forma:ebb, bill. The feathered
highwaymen wee carried in triumph to Kirloyall. where be
is now aederroier the pr.oB of iituffing by Mr. Tboeme
Friabiater. The fowl la • splendid apeeinrea of the oaten
goose, measuring six feet from tip to tip of the sailalike
wines, and three feet two inches from the point of the bill
I. the cod of the tail.— Orkney Nowa

TOLEILINCZ IN ITALLY..--A corrempondant at
fittesse, Lege Maggiore, Dern... the Wowing incident :
" A moon Eagliebnien arrived 1111 the oth at the ezaelleat
Dew Masi des Isles itneromi..s, is as sides/owl dabs of Pl-
asm. H. wsa attended nal♦ by s courier. but the peg/dee(
the house were v.ry kiol, and as Etatli.h clergymen (the
Re.. Mr. Kier. who, with hi. happened to he day-
bed there), took charge of hint filoe a one for the few dkvs
that elapsed het tve•a H. an leaf .red hi. tie.th. Who, that
happened Mr. Kisg applied to the anthm-Itiee (I believe at
Tarte) to permit the interseut at the esreetery of the
di.trkt., • Roos. ostlolic nee. Permiseioe was at once
granted, and on the fueer.l ttkieg place above 200 of the
notables of the Deighlvoirlined etteaded. ineledleg roar
Roane catholic priests, is the weal habit of their posh*.
sites, who, with their I.y brethren. took off their blde sod
listened reverently to the worile our beautiful florin! set-
•

suss They all ii4onaed (as is thecostain here) to ells

home, gad before leaving. the priocited perce7;ldres sing
the Esslish clergyman. desired it might he entlerstond that
their atteedseee wee is...steel to mark their sympathy with
&Wish indium and chamfer ; that they h ,t 1 not forgotten
Ennlited sod Piedmont were brothers on the Crinsema bat-
tlefield c and that we might depend on thy place of the
young Eoglishmen's heriel Icing held a bellowed spelt. and
alike facility being afforded should a like sad aseessity ewer
agate arise.'
A DAM:MI[OCA SHOAL—On the smut of Sicily,
wee twenty.. ve miles S. W. of Comfit. Marc% he* g &ow.
oes shoal bearing the name of Graham's Shoal, sad which, in
000sequeece of the siogularity of its origin and niveterion•
disappearance. %as been long a mare* both of interest
end terms About five and thirty years ago it mar he
remembered this demise inabineriee exsresosne* made
its appearsece above wets, Red Lord F. Kerr (we
think it was) actually landed and placed oe it
the British fist. 11 was thee seistsomil to have
been the result of volcanic convulsioo, and its
sublereet disappearance. end the failure of several
ships of war gut specially to Ortlriell it, induced
the belief that it had satin* imbedded. Lyi.g almost in
the direct mall track to Illamedles, the ormunamiere of the
packet* .till doubting, regarded this poetise of their voyage
with pest botany, sad with a emenseedable cute* avoided
the locality u far ea possible. The Yalta Manuel, from
the close approach of land, in unique in whiter to sake of
greet vloistok and to strong sad delusive curreata, owing
to the flexuous scuts end headlands. When hazy weather
prevails, the dagger to ships navigating the channel
is great. I. romeettessee of repeated meresentatioris
to the goversor sod ocenmanderdochief, as order
to effect a periodical survey of the neighbourhood led
to the despatch of the gunboat Growler, under the
ommasual of eta Commander Stokes, to whom
we owe the very inipartaat intelligeeoe, received yesteborda
by telegraph from &Sauk that the shoal had been fon
sod with sly Plus feet water over it. Thst this •
have existed Mikis a few league' of the beed.quarters of
oar Ifeditermeean fleet, sad in a part of the see which ems-
ceetrates yearly its settee maritime commerce, is see of
them Iwpl ineideets which rime up I. the current of
eves* which nobody &spun exactly able to ezpisia, sad
for which nobody appears erectly Alaussable. It is of great
eseenthenes the medic ;woos should etroolate the feet of
, the discovery fee the bsullt of Mediterraetra seeigetterh—
Mahe Times, Sept. 17.

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