The Express.
London, England, 1856-02-15 00:00:00

2213 LA= WABOX or THE 10811PILINI
WILLZ& 1

Postiased Iran yesterday'. Burns rj
Rater Chutes, tided "Neer of the kg ship Jeesphise
Willis, who r and thed she was
fa a_ship of TN imelbridan
ham Lead's to Amami New maid, She INa
es the lad of Feb., mai mend
aMe lima Anima Meat 6
**sleek ha the anemone Nesers NO. newsy
sited of of 40 heads, agamla, 3 sas.to, apmeadea, 'ad
supra. The wen Moat 146 at IN penearesoa beard.
TM woo drowsed. At the time the ship left the
pert of7asds she was bun ellelime slate ha men par-
tieelar. Had suer sailed with the alp Nam ha use a
geed miler. Wbm they paned the Ilene remplead the
Mai wee 8.1. At the time elf the etalmt, • few Matte'
beilere eight, he had ebuge of the alp, sail was needing
as the 'stop, • as wad liaiddell was at the wheel, a Mr.
Ray, • passenger, was ea the pap; be is • server r; the
third ellen, Mr. Mobs., me alas there. About half sal
hoer after wan the Foram& the wind was 8.8 R. Ws
brand the yards steep, that wee what the Mad got mere
to the southward. The sight wee starlight, but the sae was
buy about hell-mss high. We bad curer, all pleb •• 1,
Mt did sot carry ell the ea that the weather wield jus-
tify, sad ssnisd In' sail he seasequeem of the hoes ea the
sea this we otherwise would hen dean After suing the
Ft Mead the sallies wee at the rated saves but. is Mar,
W.& W., her proper course.
By Dept Roberta's —At ten Mame to 8 nineteen'
bees N. sad by W., about 61 miles off; the Folkestone
Horner light is • rod light. He heard 8 bells streak
before as seeldeat. The look-out mat oe the f moose*
sand light sand em the starboard bow, which e. 11,6 his
attent'cle ; he wee the ow the port sib; of the Corp. He
ram forward to the forecastle es the starboard bow, sad he
them saw • bright white light en the starboard bow, but it
was set very vidble ; it did an appose is motios, sad be
sweat beck to the poop sums*, the light to be an Dugs-
am light, but whoa be saw it was red light he knew it was
sot Deagensee light. His 'Mermaids saw a item light, sad
whoa he lost sight of it, the vessel was pat bard c-itarbeard.
Whoa he disocnered the light of the steamboat, be saw the
collides was inevitable; the steamer came stem on fate
the anis rigging ow the starboard side. Jut before
that the sawn sum up sad repeated his laden
bard s-:tarboard. The rearm was ■ screw steamer, sad
oho mast have named her engines after she stretch the
ship, abide at did in the midship, outing lon half
through. Maw des vessel ern strewth, the captain crdand
the makes' te he hauled up, sad the actor-lards to be
mad* spore. Wieser the reported M themptalo that the
ship was flitlag with erWeet he observed the water mashies
in through a bete node by the meaner oa the starboard side
sear the meta *slag. Tbe tartan ordered the boats te he
Mend away, 's" quirt:m.o6st wss lowered, the etarbeerd
quarter beat wee also lowered, but was seen fa, • amber
of posnagen Mein jumped Mt' her, abide nand has to
mat even He observed three pmengers, bat amid net say
whether the others were enw or pesesagers. Wiesen was
thus is the poop ; he this wan to the quarter-leek to
neon the bud yard. Did not en what became of
the pensagen ia the beat; he was male to nun
the bead yard bums, the enter was ruling is, sad he
welt set get at the lee brew. He ibis west sun is to
the peep, sad asked the eeptaia whether he should threw
the Mscorp overboard, bat did set threw them all ever;
there wen • great may passesgen is the peep. Thecz
tai• bed previoulv called then all up fees below.
sot say whither sll the pessings re was in MU. Nothing
was due halter than calling tee passage,, sp. Orders
were gine to lower the boats, hut nu snail older was
gives. There were two boss, oue in meth quieter, a
boat sad sad gig, or Winch. The eiptaia pee toilets to get
thie lose-boat out about the tome time era little after he
ordered the quarter boats to be lowered. Witness west
down to the quarter-desk to obey the order. The
wit.? wee then knee-deep; the mew were set
them there. When be Massed to the poop the ship bet led
over, sad within west overboard. By chasm he get
hold of a ropes end, hell himself by the ripgiog is the
mime-top. The vessel was then ea her beam sods. Thus
were font or Awe otiose persona is the rirgiag. Ihe gumt-
ree wee ose. Heard seise hem the passengers sad grew
tress that part of the vessel which was tot immersed, calling
to the steamer; • beet aims sad took the posses oat of the
riggiog, bet whams woo sold and benumbed he c Alt sot
get ism the boat, but fell ieto the water, and was sowed by
the carpenter. The vessel wee gofer free who the Fell-
ness Light was 44 miles off N.N.W. It was a sad light be
saw. It saleht hive bees four or five Itilletee alter he law
the eteassee's light that the collides took plea. Before t a
light wee reported be wee Is immensities with smother
penes. Whoa he saw the red light, the greet light, and
the bright light, he did sot alter the course of hie
vowel, as be sew the stammer eosin stem on
to him. When be was guiding es the starbeerd
side ot the poop, ha saw the rad light and the
height light, and this kept the helm lard..-p and
briniest the ship up • point to the southward ; bet when
he caw the grist light, he knew that the cellia;oo ass is-
evit ibis, and immediately called eat to put the helm bard-s-
-et übo ird, for the porton of moiety the blow. There was
one lamp on the Joe. phis, showing three colours—a grate,
a red, and a bright iiskt. Witsesa had beta *Remained, and
received a certificate of competent» from the rout of
Trade ; and had been examined by the TEMA, House for •
Clamed
By Mr. Ballantiee—l consider tupelos capable se say
pinto sweigat• through the Chanoel, and had passed the
same saaminetios at the Trinity House.
By Mr. Peery—The bright ligtt was serried ty the
steamer at the masthead, which te mistook for Dane-
seas light. The light was flied at the bowsprit of the
Josephies Willie, and he cossidered the steam,: ought
to have seen the light before he (*item) meld have sees
the peddle boa light of the dreamer. lithe stoma had
kept her course silted of pottirg bee helm, oho would
bays passed the Josephine The steamer eat tall way
through the Josephine. If the steamer had co si hy the
vessel more lives m'ght have been eared, bat the cat tabs did
not !thew what damage am done to his ova vessel.
Hr. H. G. Bay, ciao et the pease. gore, was then tubed,
and described the aypearacce of both ernes, sod the re-
cla!te of the collides, givirg it es his op pion that if the
yowl had bees properly steered when the steamer's lights
WI re first MD, the collision would not have taken plan.
The viteer, who bad formerly been • mate of the very
neat lost, was going out in Ler ceiii his wife and brother
as passeogets. who were fortunately saved.
William Oriedell, a Haman ea board the Josephine
Willis, said—l woe at the whorl and steering W.B.W.
Heard the light reported and the mate ordered the helm he
be • little atirboardcd. I held the helm for about Are
minutes, when the captain isms rousing aft crying "hard
a•atarboard." The steamer same is ematact wits u'. When
the light was first rapt rend, I did not see soy green light. I
gat cis board the it•imner. I thick eight minutes elapsed
teem the time I ant saw the light ti 1 the cellist( n occurred.
The sails were jail littirg whoa the vessels came in contact.
We were keeping a coons right down Channel.
Jame. Smith, another •11111111111 on timed the Josephine
Willis, said—l was on the look-out with John Sheen. A
bright light • little on the startoard bow was re; rifted.
Took it to be a ship's light. Afterwards saw the red light ,•
the mate said he saw it. The balsa was statboarded. and
'levet immediately I saw the green nee'. We sever last
siblit of the green light until the ship ran into us. We
starboarded the helm after we sow the read 14th'. Tie
✓esign came stta'ght stem es to Or. Got on board the
steamer by the starboatd trearterhost, which wee dove.
There was mash ecisfusies on beard of hi r.

Jo na Trill, boatswain e-ratte of the Josephine W illis, said
—I Dead a light reported, sad observed the red and white
together. nor 1 the order to starboard Vie helm. I was
re the meta deck when she smock. He then rook*, f get-
Mug on board the etc meet, sad the time the life boat was
Imo alongside.
The Inquiry was adjourned situ 11 o'clock tc-

Tin PRINCIPALMES.—Le Nord publishes A 1116-
aerial ti the Behan, signed, It is said, by the Matti:4lollton
sad 314 toy srds of Moldavia, &realm the Hotpotlt r*Prlase
°hike, of violatiog the coovest.oss oa which the °melba-
tion et the goverment is feuded, end torte:ally cf super.
lading the upper clergy sad the leaded p opti. t •ts la the
Dives by the Prince's saiaisten sad the heads of do pipit-
meats. The Dine whose se topo•itios is tat etuusgrd
wit►out authority, and from which rt. tigbtfal osesten are
excluded sestrary to the Orgsaie ltegu!s.ioo, 1., it is alleged,
imp sips taste, io2traeting loose, end huithseise the
tsessary slalom aty correspoudiog benefit to the country.
The mew isliee prey V:* Salta% to annul tie eels of the
Dives, ad turbid its farther seerpstioss.

PARISH AID POLICE BILLII.—na vestrymen of
the various 'emits of Loudest hare been isoled to sand
meeting this evening, in the Barl'ng•on L•eturc-]all,
"to consider and discuss the formation et
parish bills, as introduced by Lord Blamer ; t►e
Police Bile '; the prorriety of a united action ea the
part of the vestries to mere control over the pollee sad
minty rates ; and the atessaity for ebta:olog a pulia.
mentary oolonituo of inquiry Into the present metropolitan
police system."

MyttlrWENT OFTER.—At a fully attended meeting
of the Royal Geographical Society, bold os M u.day ewe&
Lag last, Admiral W. F. Bertchey in the chair, Coast
iltrzeleckl stated that, in the City, so mash importune wee
attached be the eccepation aed esttlrauset of Nottii Au-
tral a, that a mem►er of the onsiety, M. Gaielq, had limed
10,0001. at his disynial, for the proseeettaa of the exatering
is the event of the gaverniaeat taking te send
034/ Olt.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY ON :Till OPINING OP VIII
Balsam 14011111 M AND NATIONAL OALLIDT ON SO•DATO.
• ousvoostos heidea at Oah rd this shirr out (Than-
day), littlish was attoadod by about fifty el It. Mabee, a
Cirto dB: *is asiyor.,ty seal to uJumble 'slides to
ratiod to the Roaourable the Cosiness of 'he Vatted
detest !bite's sad (reload, sestina the fellowtrg
,froor !.faro this bless, sta., " That, I. the opiates
dedi us, ft would promote the sanrol sat latellestial'
=laof the • o:Wag-elapses of this rastropcsis if the
s:f natural \Warp sad of art is the iirlti4
Mann sad tho National Gallery wars opts to the palls
larpsetka attar onotrular 'stria oa esadaya," WY tarried
ala by awkarby al tam,: VA) amain taise—p'4444, 34;
lialik 14.