The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-20 00:00:00

LOCAL MARK MARKETs.

LivEnPoor., Aro. 19.—Caledonian, 10:—Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 4if -Landn ant North Western, ; ; 171 -Ditto (new
Mara?, 2j p. I (l-Mans), c, IL -South
Eastern and U 'Ter, 211 c. 1 —Kra and North yini,;•ng
MaseliEstr.tt, Aro. 19.—Wu have hail an Unproved
market, and prices are rather higher, but the business was no. large.
East laine.oliir• 13A One Northern, 161; and North Wes.
torn, 1 ; Shetie.d •re envier. ; I.•ineashire and Yorkshire, 4q.
taximunax, Aro. 19.—The price of shares r.ither
advsneed in this market today. liirminglmm and scar Valleys
were dote at 10; Loads and North Westerns, ut l le; New Crow.
tar. at 2; pm.; ant s•••,th st Itsnls, at 3 he,.
BeteruL, Aru. 19.—The market was dull, the only
bu.iness being in (ire it Westerns, labia, hell Mt at 72, being manewhat
under the closing Isrrtes ur Monday.
LEcus, Auu. 19.—We have had a languid market this
morning at abut,' the rates of yesterd CluouJit -Lancashire
not V-rivddre. .171: Leeds and Bradford, 1U4,; Unv6 Northern,
1.1 York and North Midlands, 161.

Porrsmovrrt DISTRICT 311IATARY SCHOOL.
P011.743101:711, A1.761.:1T IV —Au ez.uninathou of the non-
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commissionedoffieers and privates now undergoing a course
of general and military instruction at this school took place
at the Anglesey Barracks to-day. it was gone into on
account of their shortly :caving for their respective regi-
ments, and in presence of the Lieutenant-Governor of this
garrison and Commander-in-Chief of the South-western
District, Major-Gen. Lord F. Fitzelarence ; the command-
ing officer of the Itoyal Engineers, Colonel Sir F. Smith;
Colonel Campbell, of the frith mgt.; Calimel Lalzell, of
the itith ; nod sescral officers of the regiments in garri-
son. The men who have been undergoing instruction had
been selected from the Marine Artillery, Sappers and
Miners, and the 7th, 30th, 414th, 07th, 69th, and ff/th regi-
ments, and the periods during which they had received it
varied from three to nine mouths. The course of instruc-
tion to which they have been subjected may he gathered
from a statement of the subjects of the examination. This
embraced the following comprehensive course :—Arithmetic,
proportion, vulgar and decimal fractions, interest, &c. ;
algebra, simultaneous and quadratic equations; field forti-
fication, the construction aud uses of all kinds of field work;
permanent fortification, Vuuban's first system ; de-
scriptive geography, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Ame-
rica; mathematical geography, method of ascertaining
the dimensions of the earth, latitude, longitude, &c. ;
grammar, syntax, and exercises on parsing ; history, Eng-
land to the reign of George IV. ; geometry, Euclid's
Ele-
ments, Ist, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th books; mensuration, areas
and solidity of must of the geometrical figures; trigono-
metry, solution of right aunt oblique angled triangles, with
its application to the measurement of heights and distances,
&c., the use of the box sextant ; surveying, method of sur-
veying by means of the prismatic compass, reconuoisance,
sketches, &c. ; modelling, making models in sand of field
works, with plaster of Vauban's, and the modern system of
fortification. The examination in these branches of know-
ledge was very close, incidental questions being put by
Lord Frederick Fitzelarence and Colonel Sir F. Smith,
but the replies were prompt and accurate. Some
of the more difficult problems in the first four books
of Euclid's Element, were worked with great ease and
ability, and called forth the warm encomiums of the officers
present. Models were exhibited of various methods of fur.
tifications and field works, and reports of military b 70
of the locality were read, all of them the productions of tho
men under examination. The examination lasted nearly three
hours, at the conclusion of which Lord Frederick expressed
his approbation of the great progress made by the men
during the time they had been at the school. lie exhorted
them to carry the advautages of it with them to
their respective regiments, remiuding them that, if
they did so, they might, by the exercise of energy
and good conduct rise to distinction in their profession.
The door was now open to them to do this, for by the libe-
rality of the government they were enabled to aspire to be-
come commissioned officers, and if any of them succeeded in
doing so, the expense of outfit, &c., would be supplied to
them. His lordship also warmly eulogised Mr. F. Scrivener,
the master of the school, fur the ability and energy be had
displayed in the discharge of his duties.
RAILWAY TRAIN ON FIRK.—At an early hour
yesterday morning a goods train on the East Lancashire
Railway, whilst on its way to Blackburn, was discovered to
be on fire, and, though the train was brought to a stand
immediately, and all possible expedition used to disconnect
the carriages, the flames spread to five of them, doing con-
siderable damage. A spark from the engine is supposed to
have fallen on u waggon loaded with hemp, and the con-
tents of this, and of two loads of cloth on adjoining wag-
, gone, with loads of cotton waste on two other waggons, were
almost entirely destroyed. SOMC goods upon a smith car-
riage were a good deal scorched.
GLASGOW AND SOUTH WESTERN RAMA' AT.—
Trafflo for the week ending Aug. 10 : 4,4071. 3a. 5d.;
correspcoding week iu /set year, 4,0871.75. 11d.