The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-20 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADMIRALTY DEC. 19.—APPOINTMILVIS. Dieu-
Want 1). Botts: to theCadmus.

Sub-LieuteimOt It. W. Evans, to the Victor,a.
Paymasters J. Martin. to the Excellent; J. D. Andrews,
to the St. Vincent ; G. H. L. Wise, to the Irresistible ; W.
Dewar, to the Defence ; O. H. Whillie, to the Dasher.
Paymaster is Charge J. L Skinner, to the Asia, for the
Osborne.
Clerk H. E. Whitley. to the Dasher.
Naval Cadets (nominated) H. E. Alexander, J. D. Harris,
mid F. H. Warren.

COMMUNICATION BETWEEN RAILWAY PASSENGERS
AND GI:MIDS.—The railway companies have, we are in-
formed, been given to understand that they must adopt
some means to establish a communication between pas.
integers and the guards of trains, or the government itself
will prescribe a method for effecting that object. A
committee of railway managers hes been formed, and they
have received plans from upwards of 201) persona, now of
which, however, have given entire satisfaction. The best
submitted are those called Tattersall's and Woodfield's; the
former effects the communication by means of mechanical
force, and the latter by means of electricity. Mr. Preece, the
superintendent of the Electric and International Company at
Southampton, hes submitted a plan to the London and South
Western Railway Company, who immediately undertook,
at their own expense, to give it • fair triaL According to
this plan a tassel is hung just above the passenger's head,
connected by • rope to catches at the opposite corner of the
carriage, and these catches in moving cause two small con-
cealed semaphore arms to project from the carriage. The
arms are connected with • small electric battery in the
guard's van, and IN they fall from a concealed vertical pool-
-000 to • horizontal projecting one they cause an electric cur.
rent to be completed and ring &Delirium bell in the van. This
bell continues to ricg while the arms project, and the latter
are placed so that they can only be restored to a vertical
position by the guard cooling to the carriage. On his look-
ing out these arms are very obvious by day, and by
night could be made by small lamps fixed and lighted
neer them. A band-rail efts along the carriage, which
lifts up or down at the doors, and by which the guard can
easily and safely peso to the carriage from which au alarm
' proceeds. The semaphore arms, when io a horizontal
po-
sition, are concealed in • nett frame which is an ornament
to the carriage, and the electric wire with a hook at the
end runs from the frame under the carriage, the wire
of oast carriage being coupled to that of another in a mo-
ment by means of the hook,. Some person, bare thought
that the use of electric betteries would be an objection, but
these batteries are now constructed so as not to require
any attention for mouths together. The expense of fitting
up the passenger rolling stock of the Load°. and South
Wisteria Company would not, it ts said , average 40s. •
carriage.
Tnamn ANouwo.—The following information u
to the state of thefishery is from the weekly report. of the
assistant river keepers of the Thames Angling Preservation
Society for the week ending December 11th, 1841
From Staines, Fletcher says, " There have been but few ash
of any sort taken this week. Due gentleman took
six jacks, one weighing tilb. The water still holds
good." Harms reports of Laleham :—" The fish-
ing has bees bad. No one comes to fish at Laleham.
fbe water is in good order for jack and perch." Rose.
well observes' " I have seen two or three brace of
very fine tut lying in holes spawning. There have been
some very good jack taken in Walton-sale this last week.
Roach fishing revery bad." Smith say., "There have been
some very good jack caught in Haniptompreserve as large as
mine pounds each, and a few perch.' From Kingston, John-
son writes, "1 have got some good roach with one gentle-
men, and with another gentleman a jack of twelve anal •
half pounds weieht. This is all the fishing I have had tills
week. The water alters more or less every day. The
dace are dropping down to Kew and Mortlake."
Ereicker says, "Then have not bees many anglers out
this week at Teddington. One gentleman took seven
and a-half dozen of dace in one day, and there have been
some more jack taken under the weir. The water is in
good fishing order." Howard, from Richmond, gives an sc. ,
count of several days' takes—one four and a-half dozen
fine dam, another two doom, and seven roach ranging
from half to one and a-half pounds weight ; another day
seven dozen of fine roach and dace ; another slay five and
a-half dozen roach and dace, the heaviest roach weighing
one pound and six *mice*. There have been quantities of
fine dace taken from the bank daily.—Weal Surettf Times. '
FROM BAR TO CHURCH AND CHURCH TO BAR.—'
Some days ago a paragraph appeared in the papers stating
that a case was ender the consideration of the bersehen of
the Inner Temple, one of whose members had been called 1
to the bar having lien ascertained to be a clergyman in
holy orders. A differeot course has been adopted by • bar.
rister of considerable practice, who has deliberately re-
nounced his profession and obtained admission into the
ranks of the niinistry. The gentleman in question, Mr.
Edward Penrose Hathaway, was educated at Queen's College,
Oxford, and graduated in 18:19, when he took classical
honours. Shortly afterwards he was called to the bar, and
at mice begs to lay the foundation of what became a lucra-
tive practice. Turning however, his thoughta to clerical
life, he obtained a "title to orders" from the Rev. Anthony
W. Tliceold, M.A., rector of the metropolitan parish of S.
Giles-in-the-Fields, and upon that title he was ordained
deacon last Sunday moraine by the Bishop of London, nu
the Chapel Royal, Whitehall. He will act es curate
of Bt. Giles's, and at the Christmas ordination of W.')
will be admitted to the priesthood of the church.
Mr. Hathaway is but one out of many barristers who have
abandoeed the law fur the Gospel. lie. Th dwell, now
Bishop of St. Davide. was called to the bar by the Society
of Lincoln's-inn is 1825, and practised until WS, when he
was ordained and appointed to the rectory of Kerby Fader-
dale. lie, flier, • well-known London incumbent, was
formeely a barrister. Stomal other instances might be
mentioned. A case of a somewhat different character front
either of the foregoing may be foiled in that of a geetletnan
who was for mime tame curate of St. George's, Hanover.
square. Mr. Hugh Weightman was educated at Trinity-
hall, Cambridge, and graduated in 1840. Shortly afterwards
he was called to the liar. He costumed in the pursuit of
his profession for some years, end in 1850 was ordained by
the late Dr. Bird Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury. Two
or three years niece he returned to his old love, and is now
satin in full practice at the bar. This case differs from that
of the gentleman called by the Society of the loner Temple,
inasmuch as when be booms a member of the bar he was •
layman.
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