The Express.
London, England, 1849-12-03 00:00:00

NAVAL.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Albrighton hounds, Tuesday, the Bell Inn, Tung ; Thurs-
day, Ironton Abbey ; Saturday, Patshull-half-past 10.
Old Berkshire hounds, Wednesday, the Bed Lion, Cum-
ner ; Friday, F. amhun Villsge ; Saturday, Oakley.housc-
half-past 10.
Lord Elcho'a hounds, Wednesday, Tugall ; Friday,
Belford; Saturday, Newbiggin-ball-put 10.
Mr. Morgan's hounds, Thursday, New Bridge Hill-half-
past 10.
Mr. Menet' Ingrant's hounds, Tuesday, Kedleston Inn ;
Thursday, Radboarae Saturday, Swarkstone Bridge-
quarter to 11.
East Basra hounds, Tuesday, Sturnier Lim; Friday,
Coins George-halt put 10
Essex Union hounds, Wednesday, Heseleigh Hall; Satur•
day, Hadleigh Common-half-put 10.
South Ems hound", Tuesday, Dog and Partridge, Stifford;
Saturday, Hutton Malting-halt p in 10.
Emit and Suffolk hounds, Tuesday, Boated Hall; Friday,,
Tattingstone White Horse-half-past 10.
Mr. Salver's hounds, Thursday, Lagrone. Furze; Satur-
day, Sladaland-haltpast 10.
Oakley hounds, Wednesday, Marston Village; Thursday,
Broughton Gorse; Saturday, Patna.
Sir B Sutton's hounds, Tunday, Stewart's Hay ; Wed-
nesday, Bonney Park ; Thursday, Keythorpe Hall ; Satur-
day , Wartnaby Stone Pita-11.
Shropshire hounds, Tuesday, Oldbury; Friday, Fox,
Albrighton.
V. W. H. hounds, Tuesday, Down Hawley; Thursday,
Ready Token; Saturday, Misserdain Park-half-put 10.
Capt. Lewis's barriers, Tuesday, Low Fitton; Friday,
Morton-bridge-half past 10.
Sinninfton bounds, Tuesday, Hosingham ; Friday, Held-
boron-bridge-9.
Hurworth hounds, Tuesday, Croft-Inidge; Saturday, High
Worsell tollbar-haltpast 10.
Hambleton hounds, Tuesday, Tom Smith's Cross; Friday,
Upsall.
Nigh Peak harriers, Tuesday, Peak Forest; Saturday,
Grouse Inn.
Morpeth harriers, Tuesday, Loughorsley Mar; Friday,
Clifton.
Tisdale hounds, Turoday, Kialey, ; Thursday, Myddleton-
bridge.
Mr. Trelawny's hounds, Tuesday, Leather Tor; Friday,
Slade Hall-half• Fast 10.
Blackdown hounds, Tuesday, Lamb Inn (Uffculna); Fri-
day, Castle Neroche, Buckland St. Mary-halt past 10.
Dumfriesshire hounds, Tuesday, Tinwald Downs; Fri
day, Lockerbie Kennel.
Mr. Drake's hounds, Tuesday, Stoke Village; Thursday,
White Cross Green; Saturday, Warden Kennel.
Mr. Phillips's bounds, Tuesday, Holton Stonepita ; Fri-
day, Tetsworth.
Lord Lone tale's barriers, Tuesday, Bellow; Saturday,
World's End-12.
Craven hounds, Wednesday, Bedwin Brail ; Friday, Hare
and Hounds, Lambourn Woodlands ; Saturday, Willard
Woods-half put 10.
Hanley hounds, Friday, Rack and Manger-half-put 10.
Berwickshire hounds, Tuesday, Preston ,• Thursday, Pal-
ton ; Saturday, Grant's House-half put 10.
H. H. bounds, Tuesday, Hinton House; Thursday, Far-
leigh House ,• Saturday, Hartley Church-quarter to 11.
Fife hounds, Tuesday, Fordel Gate • Thursday, A.uch-
SOU Bridge; Saturday, Belliston-quitter to 11.
Badsworth hounds, Tuesday, Seausby Bar; Thursday,
Womenley Saturday, Shatton Two Gates-haltpast 10.
B. V. H. harrien, Tuesday, Manston Coppice ; Saturday,
Toomer Farm-half past 11.
Mr. Dru's hounds, Tuesday, Lougburton Common ; Fri-
day, Chultou Hirethorne.
Mr. Deacon's barriers, Wednesday, Roborough Rock ;
Saturday, Lamerten Green-10.
Harrogate harriers, Friday, Burnt Bride-half-past 10.
Norfolk stag hounds, Thursday, Marlingford Common-
half-put 11.
Bast Norfolk harriers, Friday, Baton Abbey-11.
Upton-on-Severn harriers, Tuesday, Crosebands Hanley;
Friday, Fathers, Cutlemorton-halt-past 10.
Ludlow hounds, Tuesday, Oakes; Friday, Hopton Wafday,ers.
York and Minty hounds, Tuesday, Koester ; Thurs
Pill Moor, Brafferton ; Saturday, North Drineld-halt
past 10.
Baal, hounds, Wedneaday, Tanfirld; Friday, Thu,
Perrow--haltpast 10.
Mr. Okeover's harriers, Friday, Mixon Hay.
Durham county hounds, Wednesday, Thrnlington ; Fri-
day, Whin Henna-halt past 10,
IP. B. hounds, Friday, Truck Hill.
Mr. Brand's houses, Wednesday, Coleman Gran ; Fri-
day, Stagenkoe--half-past 10.
Puckeridge heads, Wednesday., Parade ; Saturday,
Great Munden-kalf-past IS.
Duke of Cleveland's horrid', W edseaday, Winos Bridge
Friday, Lanlten-half-past 10.
Mr. Purse a hounds, Wednesday, Renshaw Cross ; Friday,
Torrington Wood-10.
Mr. Marshall's hounds, Throodey. Woodford Bridge.
Tiverton hounds, Thursday, Dnlvertpn-half-past 10.
Dulverton harriers, Friday, Storm, Baton-half-past 10.
Soutbdown hounds, Friday, Trevor Arms, Glyne.
Carli le harriers, Werlnseday, Kingmoor ; Friday, Reser- II
voir-9.
Egmont hurien, Wednesday, Spittal, near Temples
Sowerby ; Saturday, Lasonby-halt put 10.
Lord Reandale's hounds, Wednesday, Adlestrop Gat,;
Friday, Barton Bridge; Saturday, Blenheim.
Mr. Fane's harriers, Thursday, Rofford-lane ; Saturday
Wallington.
West Norfolk harriers, Wednesday, Holt Lodge-11.
;demanded had

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL.
0110SLD, Dsc. I.—The fallowing are the names of those
gentlemen who *rave obtained dunes "In Literi' Hu-
asanioibus which was published this morning, via:
I.—Gearp Frederic Lewis Bampfield, scholar of Lin•

ADMIRALTY, Dec. 1 -FIIUMOTIONB.-R. Darr. y, to be
Acting.Boat.wain ; end S. Leake, to be Acting-Carpenter.
PORTIMI .OTIA. DEC. 2.—The Fire Quern, st-v., late
port tender on this station, is ordered to be a packet on the
liolyheed station, vice the Flamer, st.-v., whose (Alarm and
crew are ordered to be turned over to the former on bringing
the Fl :met to this port. The Adventure naval store ship
sailed yesterdag morning, to land her old stores at D,nttord.
The Eurydice, 26, Capt. T. V. Anson, arrived this morning
from Devunport and Cape of Good Hope, but brings no news.
The Orestes will be paid off at this port. She called at Ascen-
sion on 31st October. About 8,000 dollars in specie Lave
arrived his ship. Three marines and tour seamen inva-
lids haven sent on shore from her this afternoon.

MILITARY.
BOARD OF ORDNANCI.—Mr. G. Butler, who was the
is o board,x— • r.e
boardt h the late
has I id
ety
Ise
d.
MALTA to enquire
chief clerk in the sects ory's office, has been lately speointed
secretary
r to
oOtAhue
into and report upon the cause why the officers of the engi-
neers and ordnance departments, granted a certain sum to
procure houses, ere unable to do so at the established ,Tow-
ance. The inquiry is useful, and will we (United Since
Gcnetie) trust receive the attention necessary by the home
authorities.
Tun COIIItARD AT HMG Howo.—Mujor-General Stave-
ley is to retain this counnand, although the coon-say has
be. n stated in Pert rat contemporary papers.
erit DRAGOONS, 2ND FOOT, 17TH FGOT.—The prize
money due to these regiments fur the capture of Cekznee is
to be paid at the Royal hospital, Chelsea, on the 17th it at.
TYR RECRUITING DIsTRICT, GLASOONT.—Ca. Forbes,
late of the 92nd Highlanders, is, it is sold, to be appointed to
this district.
16ru DRAGOONS, 13TH AND 41sT Fool.—The Ghurnee
prize money due to the two first regiments, and the Lower
Sonde pine money due to the 41st, are payable on ere after
this day at Chelsea Hospital.
TRH LATR CAPT. SPEARMAN, R.-P., 51111 FOOT.-04 Fri.
day late this officer died, aged 70. He entered the army in
the year 1798, and had din the 6th Foot with great
gallairry is din Peninsuiar war. The deceased efficer had
received the silver medal for his services in the nine tot:oar-
ing smelter battles, which took place between 1810 and
1814, viz.: Bunco. Fuentes d'Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Bo
deka, Selaieance, Vittoria, Nivelle, Orthes, and Toulouse.
COURT MARTlAL.—Private Joseph Butt, of the 2nd bat-
talion of the Grenadi. r Guards, was arraigned on the 14th
ut November last, on three separate charges. Ist. For highly
insubordinate conduct on or shout the 6.h of November,
1849, at St. George's Barracks, Charing-cross., in having
mode use of the following language, viz., that it was the
adjutant's hut., and that he would poy him cut for it, or
words to that effect 2nd. For having at or about the time
and plies as stated in the lint charge, falsely and maliciously
repeated an assertion stated to have been made by him to
Private Neale, to the off et that there was a private intimacy
existing between the adjutant (the lion. Copt Percy) and
his (defendant's) wile, and that lie believed it, such conduct
being subversive of gond order and military discipline.
3rd. For having, at or about the period stated in the first
charge, whilst being marched to the guard-room for the
ahoy • offence, made use of highly improper language in
stating, " I have nothing to say against any ohs but the non-
commosiened officers ; they are always jeering me, and that
old Sergeant Murray is worst of all," or words to that
effect.
adjutant, the Hon. Captain Percy, we may add,
is son to earl Beverl. y, heir presumptive to the dukedom of
Northumberland. It appears that the adjutant hail had
a veral interviews with the prisoner's wife on the subject of
her admission into the barr cks—i. e., to reside with her
husband, and the prisoner alleged the improper intimacy to
hive taken place on those occasions. 'lbe prinocer was
found guilty of all three charges. Sentence, IS months
imprisonment with hard labour.—(S‘gued) H. I) AGUILAR,
Li'ut.-Col. Grenadier Guards, President of the Court.
The minutes having been forwarded to the Horse Guards,
were returned with the following reply ; Horse Guards,
No.. 29,1849.—5ir,—In herewith returning to you the
proceedings of the court martial held fir the trial of private
Butt, of the °Koehler Guards, which have been confirmed,
I have it in e onmand to Minim you that before his grace
the Commander-in-Chief ordered those proseedings to be
confirm d and approved, he deemed ft expedient to cause
them to be referred to hie grace's legal adviser, who has
stated it to be his opinion, with reference to she first and
second charges, that at weule appear from those charges that
the language imputed therein vs the prisoner had been wan-
tonly and deliberately used by hits ; whereas the expres-
sion complained of were drawn from him by
the questioning ef a sergeant, whieb being ac-
companied by seine irritating remarks on the
put of men in the barrack room, was calculated to excite
the prisoner's feelings, and to prompt him to the
use of angry and insubordinate language; and this being the
fact, it ought to have been alleged in the charge that what
the i rig oiler said was in anew*, to questions put to him. It
is clear that Private Neale, though not believing it, bad cir-
culated the imprudent story which he had heard from the
prisoner's wile, and it would seem probable that when his
wife's falsehood was thrown in hie teeth the pentane'. might
assert his belief in the stogy, not because he seally did
believe it, but because he was ashamed to admit that his wile
had fabricated it; or it is possible that his wife may have had
sufficient control over him to induce him to give credit to
her assertion'. But under whatever aspect this case is
viewed, it is manifest that the expriesmas co
m•
planed of were net produced by any deliberate or
insubordinate feeling, but by the irritation of the moment
and the questioning by Sergeant Basel'. The some autho-
rity has ()homed, that the third charge is scarcely ofsuffi-
dent importance to have been muds the subject of hill by
court martial. Under the above eiDleamrances,,end concur-
ring in the opinion that the expressions complained of can-
not in fairness be ascribed to a shale& and malignant pur-
poem, the Commander•in-Chief hasbeen pleased to direstt that
the imprisonment to be undergone by the peisoney shah not
exceed three months I am to add that a !meaner may
object to any individual or individuals coasposioe the court
assembled for his trial, but he has no legal right to challenge
the whole court (generally) as the prisoner assumed to have
done. I have the honour to De, sir, your obedient humble
servant, Jeute DieDoseua, Adjutant- %eneral.e-By order
of his Grace the Commander-in-Chief.—To the Officer in
&c." - -

Kato iintenteence.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—EdiTURDAY.
Met Peuts.—Baroas Ste F. POLLOCK. C. 8., as !Meows:
Semum. Jenne.
COLUNS (CLERK) lI.COLLUiII.
Tois was an action brought by a clot:omen against his
younger brother, who was a member of. the equity bar, to
recover 2,0001., money lent. Alter the opening statement
by Sir F. Thesiger, Q,C., it was arranged, on the suggestion
of Mr. Martini QC. who was counsel for the defendant,
that as the parties were so nearly related, and the evidence
consisted almost entirely of voluminous correspondence be-
tween theta, it wen id be more for the interess of both to
refer the matter to Mr. Baron Alderson, or, is the event of
his declining, to a gentleman of the bar.
Sir F. Potjock concinved in the propriety of the course
pursuod by the learned counsel, and said be would speak to
r. beton Alderson, sad mention the eireumstances under
which it miss arranged that the matter aboald be referred
to him.
A. verdict was then entered by consent for the damages
mentioned in the declaration, subject to the refe
bond. The
rence.
The next cruse called was an action upon a
plaintiff's case had not closed= the court was adjourned.
PREROGATIVE COURT.—EATURDAY.
mesas rita Illtidlallt .110MILIL FUst.
HVANB O. TILER.—JULOYINT.
The facts of thia can appeared in oar paper of the 23rd ult.
The Court, after going over the facts,
said a ques-
tion arose in argument, as to the jurisdiction of
the court in cases of this deacription. It then
quoted from Mr. Justin', Williams's work publirtied in
1830, showing the power of the court to appoint an admini
trator to tor a arty who was a lunatic. It said it re-
i fend to act
this works p
so show that the Court could Sc,t mid it

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