The Express.
London, England, 1848-06-15 00:00:00

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MAILS ARRITED•—DubIin, 3 ; W.,terford, 2; Donagba-
dee 1 ; Holland, 1 ; Flanders, 1 ; French, 1.
1:0NDON, June 15.—Wind this day at noon, E.N.E.,
light breeze, and tine clear weather.
LivearooL, June 14.—The Lsrne, for New Orleans,
which was on shore yesterday in the Victor a Channel,
came off on the flood, very leaky, and wu laid on
the bank alongside the Albert Dock, where she is
discharging. A large ship was seen on shore on the
Toney rocks, oil Cape Florida, 22nd May, which appa-
sently had just stone on ; two ships were seen inside Florida
Reef, near Indian Key, 15th ult., appar, ally at'anchor, with
wreckers near them. A barque was seen on shore on Apple
Island. previous to 23rd ult. The Grantee, from Loidon
to St. John's, N. 8., was wrecked near Cape Negro, the 21st
ult. ; crew and materials tamed.
LYTHAM, June It —The sloop Alice, of Conway, wee
driven on the Horse Bank this morning, and will probably
becomes wreck, as it is blowing hard, with a heavy sea ;
crew saved.

ABERDOVET, Juno 13.—The sloops Catharine end Lively
disobarged t►err cargoes (limestones) yesterday, on Buyth
Reach, and were driven on shore to•dey two idles soet• o
Me Divvy }it'll'. 9 p.111:—It Is blowing • gale from the
wekt dorth.west. _ _ _

I ',FILM:OI4HE, June 13.—The Ann, from Bristol to Dart-
mouth, drove on the rocks at the entrance of this harbour
to-day, but was hove orf, with "'instance, and has sustained
no damage.
SCILLY, June 12.—The cargo of the Familiens Nets, from
Christiana to Malaga, wh'ch was assisted into St. Mary's
Pier full of water, after having been on shore, has been dis-
charged.
DEAL, June 14.—S.E. to E.—Arrived from the river and
siled: John Bartlett, Adelaide, S.A ; Tartar, and Surge,
Hong Kong; Sir Robert Sale, Tutocoreen ; lishridee,
Bombay ; President, Aden ; Cambria, Quebec. Sailed :
Agincourt, Sydney, N.S.W. k New Z uland, Ceylon ;
Ethelred, Sierra Leone; Victoria, Valparaiso.
Part of a wredr, apparently belonging to a shipof 400 tons,
with 'ower masts standing, painted white, with the top rim
black, yard painted black and white, was pass ,d, on the
29th ult., in lat. 41 N., long. 11 W., by the Caroline, in
the Down..

DUOLIN ELECTION COMMITTEE.—The Committee
were yesterday occupied all dry wi b the argumanu of coun-
sel rYspecting the contested votes. No progress was made in
rtAucinr the sitting members' majority.

SPLIT AMONGST TIM CONFEDERATES.—Last night
a general meeting of the Irish Confederate Club took place
at the Chartist Assembly Booms, Dean-street, S Aso. The
attendance was very numerous, in consequence of a notice
of motion having been placed on the books by Mr. Killiany
to disclaim on the part of the Irish Confederation any wish
to obtain their olijects by 'ley other m, an. than peaceful and
I gitimate agitation. Mr. Killiany, in a lucid and forcible
argument, painted out the extreme fully of supposing that
they could obtain anything by force. lie implored them,
if they had any wish that leniency should be shown by go-
vernment to Looney and the other members of the Con-
federation, to disavow this connectim with pike. and
go! s. Such bombastic stuff had already loot them some
their best men, and though Mitchel was sent to
Berinuda, the rest might make up their minds fur Norfolk
Island. Mr. Nowian opposed the in ttion. Mr. Killiany
replied; and Mr. Kona., a Chartist, denied that the people
of England were opposed to the Irish; that they would
as-ist them to obtain repeal and a separate government, if
they w.shed it ; and he advised all to arm, as September, the
shooting season was at hand. Mr. Killiany rose and de-
clared ho would the room if those s eve:Mous were not
retrarts d. This mead consids cable confusion, amidst which
Mr. Kilitany stated that his reaolu.ion was to disclaim, on the
part of the confederates, pikes, guns, and phrsical force.
This antiounc. went crated great uproar. Mr. Killiany and
the el.eroaan put on their huts, and declared the meeting
eilj to Ind. Mr. Nowise mounted the platform, and vocife-
rated for tunas to defend Looney, another person imploring
them to keep the peace, and thus it ended.
THE CHARGE OF SEDITION AGAINST THE CHART-
t-,T LEADERS —Yesterday afternoon was flan by the
,olicitor to tee treasury for the preferment of the several
;ndietwaits against Joseph Irenieua Puna, Joseph \VII-
I horns, and Ernest Charles Jones, who stand comm tted for
trial, for unlawfully, in the presence and. henries; of divers
subjects of our lady the Queen, utterine, pronouncing, and
publishing certain scan felons, wicked, and seditious words
•gaieat our sold lady the Queen and her se cerement, with
ululate excite tumult and disorder amongettheliege subjects
of our said lady the Quer n. The witnesses, eight iu number,
proceeded to the Central Criminal Court, when, having been
sworn, they went before the grand jury, and there Mr
jun., the crown-solicitor of Ireland, who was in
%teem ance with the official preceedings in the case of the
f• Queen r. John /dttchel," was first examined, to prove
officially that John Mitchel had been indicted and found I
guilty of felony, and scutenced to be transported for'
the team of fourteen years; and that the said pri-
soneis, Fussell, William., and J. nes, had utter-red,
pronounced, and punished certain malicious and
sedi•iou. word., to excite the liege subjects of the Queen
to te.torc the said John Mitchel to liberty after he had
been duly and lawfully con.icted. The necessary proaf
basing been established relative to the above conviction, the
witnesses a ere then calle 1 in, two in number, in each case,
who were shortly examined as to the words used by Fussell
and Williams at the meeting held on the 29th of May, at
Clerkeuwell.green ; and the subsequent one at Bonner's-
fields, at which Jones spoke. The time cecupied by the
whole of the witnesses before the grand jury did not exceed
one hour, when the etveral bills were f tund. The attorney-
general, the is:iciter:-general. Messrs. Bodkin, Welsley, and
Clerk, end. it is said, sided by one or two Queen's counsel.
will appear for the crown.
KING'il COLLEGE HOSPITAL.—The Lord Mayor
presided over some 150 of the friends and subscribers of this
charity at the celebration of its ninth anniversary yesterday,
at the Landon Tavern. Supporting the chairman on either
hand were—Mr. W. P. Wood, M.P., Mr. T. C. Anstev,
Mr. C. A. Moody, hI.P , Mr. Ald. Copeland. M.P.
(the treasurer to the hospital), Mr. T. Mee Lowndoe, Mr. W.
Fereuswa' Dr Guy, Mr. &tit. /Rorke', Major Moore, and
the Revs. Dr. Maj th Bickersteth, A. Plumptre, and Mr.
Biggs. The subscriptions announced amounted to nearly-
-2,000t, including a 601. donation from her Majesty, WI.
from the Queen Dowager, 601. from Lord Feedstock,
261. from Lord Brownlow, 251. from Lord Ilowe,
1001. from Mr. Samuel Parker; 60 guineas from Mr.
Gausses ; 50 guineas each from Mr. Luta ey, the Rev. Dr.
Sheaherd, and Mr. W. 11. Smith, jun.; 601. from Mr. Page
Wood, MP. ; 50/. from Mr. I'. Lrend,s; 20 gaMeus
each (corn Mr. Ballpett and air,- bloody, M.l'.; and .5001
front the Earl of Elleentere, subscribed by him as a testi-I
moniel of his approval of the conduct of the atuden.s of
King's College to preserve order in the late attempted 1
o .artist demonstration. There was also a consider-Wei
&lucent subscribed by the studeats of the college themselves.
It was sultgesttd by some of the speaksn that as the public
order memorial had been abandoned—perhaps chiefly from
tile reluctance of the public to subscribe to the erection of
another hospital while some of those already established were,
from want of funds, paralysed is their attempts to extend
their uslfuluess—it might he well to place the funds that
weuld have been subserPied to that purpose to the use of this
and similar institutions.
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—ROYAL GENERAL DISPENSARY.— Tho quarterly
court of the supporters of this di.pensary was held yesterday
in the board-room of the institution, Ahlersuate.street, Mr.
Herring in the chair. The returns presented by the nvelieal
officers stited that the number of patients r ceived during
the lest three months was 4,024, of which numtter 1,700
had been cured, 471 relieved, and 38 had dad, leaving
under trestrecrit 1,747. After the reception of the returns
the proceedings clued.
MOVING A Hoge.—Within the lest fortnight the
Ameri. ars Lave been out-done in this kind of work, at
Messrs Hansoms and May'a, Orwell Foundry, Ipewirh,
where a brick-huilt house, two stories high, 26 feet by IS,
bete ii.oved a distance of 70 feet, and mind 21 feet,
without austaiuing the slightest crack in the Waal or
vilingv, or even in the papering of the rooms. The
removal was accomplished under the direction and super-
intendence of Mr. Worby, the manager of the works; and
the minims operouli seems to have been this :—A series
of holes, G ite.les square, was first made through the brick.
work, close to the ground, at intervals of three feet, all
r .used the house. Through these holes were inserted me-
talevers, to, pieces of timber about 4 feet lung, and the
earth inside and out having been cleared away, the ends
w. re made to rest on blocks of wood ; so that, during the
ter/loyal of the foundation, the superstructure would rest
emir. ly on them. The next operation wee to remove the
fuundatiou, and to lay in its place long pieces of timber,
eleven inches square; three had a coat of mortar laid on,
as a bed for the brickwork, and were then lifted up to the
walls, forming a kind of framework, on which, the cants•
levers and blocks being removed, the house stood u firmly
as it did on its original foundation. The building was
then rained to the required height, one side being elevated
at a time, and a number of longitudinal timbers of great
strength laid underneath, and continued along the ground,
as far as the new foundation. As a precautionary measure
the sides of the house were bound in by means of stout
planks run up at the angler and fastened together with
iron rods. The whole of this preliminary work occupied
some time to complete, the workmen only turning to it when
they had nothing else to engage them. The timbers along
which the house was to slide, having been well greased,
three bottle-jack screws were brought to bear upon one end
of the frame-work, and the process of locomotion commenced.
The rate of travelling was about one foot in five minutes,
but as a long delay occurred each time the screws were re-
fixed and gut into play, not more than twenty-five feet
could be accomplished in a day. The house now standing
on its second foundation, note the worse for the experiment
to which it has been subjected.—S'fulk Chronkle.

ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY.—The June flower show
took place yesterday, at the gardens of this society in the
Rernt's-park, tinder a much brighter sky than we have
been favoured with for several days past. The gardens
were consequently full and the various bents crowded duriog
the day with =manna. The prise flowers were uuusually
fine. Among the newest and melt interesting may be
mentioned hrya imperial's, one of the many va-
luable plants which have been introduced from
Borneo. There was also a beautiful specimen of Sabralia,
and a new kind et Siphocompyla (S. Glanduieto). The
fern, were esceedinghy good. Among them was a fine
specimen of the thwering fern, osmunds regalis. One of the
greatest attractions of the company was, however, a case
filled with different kinds of pitcher plants. Great attrac-
tions were also put forth by Stephanotis floribunda, Alle-
mande carthartica, Pavetta Caffra, Venda Batema, and
Saccolobim gifsntum. The rose, of Paul and Son, of
Cheshunt, were very much admired. The following is a lilt
of the prises :

Yor 60 store and greenhorns plants, to Mr. Fraser; for 20 plants,
to Mr. Green, gardener to Nr E. Antrobus, Nan. ; for 10 plonto, to
Mr. Hunt, gardener to Wed Trani ; for opecimea plants, to Mr. Hunt,
for mica Massone ; for tall cacti, to Mr. Omen ; for new met, to
Mr. Green ; for specimen orchids, so Mr. Ms lam, gardener to 8.
Hacker, Erg., and to the same for new orchids; for new or rate
planto in bloom, to Mears. Lacombe, Pinar, and Co., for boys im-
periaiis, and to Merry, %liken and Sos, for boys sp. ; for Alpine
plants, to Mr. Wood, Norwood ; for 6 Cape specire of pelariccortama,
to Mr. Ataniey, gardener to Mr. Berena; for 15 Cope heaths, to Mr.
Iluat ; for 12 Cape heaths, to Messrs. Fairbeirn, Clapham ; for 6 Cape
heaths, to Mr. Mylam ; for 10 gloxinias, toMr.W. Chitty; for 4 *ler*.
dendrono, to Mr. Cole; for GO orchids, to Mr. Ifyiam ; for 15 orchids, to
Mr. Williams, gardener to Mr. Waver; fur 6 °relit is, to Mr. Dobson
and to Mr. Jack; for 12 pelargoniums, to Mr. Gook and to Mx. Bab-
oon ; fur 12 roses In pots, to Messrs. Paul and Son; for 10 *law
roam in pots, Morn. Lane and Son ; for 106 ram, to Messrs. Paul
and Bon; for 50 noes, to Mr. Parsios; for 12 new room, to Marrs.
Lane and thin; for British ferns, to Mr. A. Smith, gardener to Mr.
Anderson.

We were told that 12,000 persons had, in the mune of the
day, passed the entrance gates. Three military bands kept
up a succession of sweet sounds from different parts of the
gardens during the day. In the earlier part of it the Duke
of Cambridge paid the show a
Tug NEWSPAPInt PRESS.—In regard to the sup-
pression of cheap newspapers, the English government have
followed closely in the footsteps of Louis l'nilippe, although
in other respects the sestet's of restr.ction has not, here, been
earn dto the same extent. It will be remembered that one
of the conarqw noes of the Reform Bill was an agitation for
the abolition of the newspaper stomp and advertisement
Ant-its—an agitation which proceeded so tar, that at lint nn-
stamped newspapers were setup in defiance of tile law,and suc-
cessively established, although several hundred persons were
prosecuted, and suffered imprisonment for their publication.
At the close of 1835 the sale of unstamped newspapers was
estimated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at 200,000
weekly, the whole of which were put down by an act of the
following session, which embodied for the object some of the
most severe and despotic provisions to be found in the sta-
tute book, borrowed from the excise restrictions and regu-
liitionl. This measure, which we owe to the cabinet of
Lord Melbourne and Mr. Spring Rice (now Lord Mont-
eagle), was accompanied by what, to a certain class of au-
perficial thinkers, was considered • boon —the reduction of
the stamp and advertisement duties. The boon was a boon
only to the proprietors of the high-priced journals, who
pocketed a considerable part of the difference ; and • boon
to the rich, to whom the deference between M. and 7d. was
an immaterial object. To she poor Man, to whom the one
price or the other rendered the purchase of political intelli-
gence a rare and costly luxury, and to the whole body of the
unrepresented classes, the act was, and remains, a cruel
wruna. The evidence of the extent to which it has fettered
political discussion lies in the fact that we have not now, in
1818, a single additional stamped daily newspaper more than
the num'.er published in 1835, before the reduction of the
duty The Dail's News only takes the place of the Public
Ledger and the Morning Journal.—Wistminster Kerins.
Mist HAY.—Last week Miss Georgina Hay,
youngest daughter of Lord James flay, South•park,
Aberdeenshire, took the veil at Peril, in the Convent of the
Assumption, Itue Chaillot, Champs Ely sees. The young
novice, who is tall in stature, and bears a strong family re-
semblance to her cousin, the ltlarchioness of Douro, pro-
ceeded to the gates of the convent in bridal attire, and de-
manded admittance. Raving been received by the superior
end the nuns of the order (the latter bearing lighted tapers),
she advanced through their ranks to the cross-bearer and
km It down. After a pause, spent in prayer, the community
preceded her, at a solemnipace, into the chapel, chanting
hymns. Each nun repaired to her stall, and the novice oc-
cupied a seat prepared for het at the foot of the altar, when
the usual ceremony took place. She retired to the parlour
of the convent in the simple hahit of a nun, crowned with a
wreath of white flowers, and received visits of congratula-
tion. Amongst those present on the interesting occasion
were the Duchess de Montmorency, the Dukes de Fitzjames
and Tally yrand, together with several dignitaries of the
Catholic church and members of the National Assembly.

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