The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-05 00:00:00

NA VAL.

ADMIRALTY, APRIL 4.—APPOINTMENTS. Cap-
tain J. C. Fitzgerald. to command the IVinchetter ; Acting
Chief Engineer C. 11. Renwick, confirmed to Phmaix ;
Second Class A,sistant Engineers, S. Harris to 1'h0r,,,..r,
and W. Saunders to flightier; Third Class Assistant Ea-
gineer W. Owen to l'huesitx.
Pounntourtt, APRIL 4.—The Duke of Welling-
ton, 131, screw steam ship, has her ordnance stores being
prepared for putting cn board. This will be done this week,
the following being the official statment of her armament :
Guns. Cwt. Length.
Lower deck f .. 10 8 inch
126 32 pounders 56 .... ffit. 6in.
6 8 inch
Middle deck 130 32 pounders., 56 . Oft. 6io.
Main deck .. 38 32 pounders 42 .... Bit. oin.
Upper deck
{2O 32 pounders 25 .... 6ft. OM.
IGS pounder

131
The Agamemnon, 91, screw steam-ship, was visited to-
day by Rear-Admiral Berkeley, one of the Lords of net
Admiralty, whe inspected her. The crew of this ship ere
not vet clear of the scarlatina, though the hulk which they
have been turned over to has been removed up the har-
bour, away from the ship herself. Oa Saturday 11 more
cues were sent to Ilaslan 11,.spital, and on Friday 13. To-
day some of the crew were returned from the huspital, re-
ported as cared.—The Isabel, Arctic discovery ship, Mr.
Kennedy, master, arrived today from Woolwich, in tow of
the African, steam•tug. She came into harbour, and will
be caulked prior to proceeding to her destination.—The
Persian, 12, Commander Mitchill, which arrived yesterday
from the West Indies, is ordered to-day to proceed forth-
with to Sheerness, to be paid off —The Echo, steam-tug,
and the Lively, ligh•er, went out of harbour to day to the
Vulcan, at Spithead, and brought in some condemned
store., as also the freight, valued at about 38,0001., brought
home by the Vulcan from Australia, which was takes
charge of by Messrs. E. and E. Emanuel, and forwarded
to London.—The Spiteful, 6, steam-sloop, sailed this morn-
ing for Woolwich, to have her machinery repaired.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, TVEIDAY, 11 A.M.
Wind W., fresh breeze, and fine.

Arrived.-Petrel, from Arica; Eliza Bell, from
Port-au-Prince; Plcncia, from Matanzas; Nfon:e-
zuma, from New York ; Hope, from Bombay ; Ca-
milla, from Gibraltar; Buscattara, from Bilboa;
Helena, from Maracaibo.

Off.—Triton, ship.
Sailed.—Pilot Fish, for Rio Janeiro; Favourite,
for Melbourne.

THE QUEEN'S :NURSE.—Among the passengers
going south by the Defiance coach this morning was Mrs.
Mackintosh, of whom we lately mentioned that it was ex-
pected she would he selected as wet nurse with reference
to the approaching confinement of her Majesty. She has
been appointed to this responsible duty, and is now on !ler
way south. Mrs. Mackint Leh is a native of Strathilaira,
near Inverness, and is a tall black-eyed, and handsome
specimen of a Highland woman. She is accompanied by
her sister and her baby. They all appeared in the most
perfect and robust health. We believe Mrs. Mackintosh
speaks English very indifferently, and relies a good dial
upon her sister to act as intt rpreter.—lhrerness Cour.ce.
SOUTH EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic receipts for
the week ending April 2,15513:—£14,244 ss. 10d.• ditto,
week ending April 3, 1852, £10,882 108. 62. Increate
in 1853, £3,361 15s. 4d.

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TILE BUSTARD OF SALISBURY PLAlN.—There are
people now in Wiltshire who recollect the time when
it was the custom fur the Mayor of Salisbury to have a
bustard as a prominent dish at the annual inauguration
feast • and these hirdF, once numerous OR the wide and th,'n
uncultivated expanse of Salisbury Plain, could at length
only be shut by means of a vehicle so covered with bushes,
and placed in their haunt*, as to enable men therein con-
cealed to bring them down at a long range. For more than
50 yearn the Wiltshire bustard has been extinct, and the
Mayor of Salisbury has been obli:ed to forego his yearly
delicacy.—Wiltshire Indritendeht.
WHITE ROSES.—In an old newspaper, the Week
Journal, or British Gazette, r, of Saturday, June 15,172.3,
I find the following paragraph :—" Monday being Ole An-
niversary of the White Roses, some persons wl.o bad
mind to boast that they hail bid decants to the goveranwrat,
put them on early in the morning ; but aha mob not lateg
such doings, gathered allow them, and demelhhed
wearers; which so terrified the crew, that not tom et them
afterwards would touch a white tote."—From Ades. and
Queries.