The Express.
London, England, 1865-09-18 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MADRID. Bur. 1&

A ministerial council wu held here to-clay under
the presidency of the Duke of Tetuan, at which
questions of great importance were di/mussed.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

A intritarzY, Bar. 16.—APPOIlintrarr" Cap-
tains 0. Stirling, to the Greyhound, 17. at Devonport ; A.
Wilmaltunt, from the Beeman nth* Fussed, es additional
for swam in the Priam Albert, 6, broariseed cupola ship
at Woolwich.
Lantana" R. P. Montray, late of the Handy, on the
West (bast of Atria, to the Primer Royal, 73, flag4bip at
Chios ; J. B. Tater, late maim of the Victory, to be addi.
tional of the Formidable, ing.inip at Sheerness, for service
in the Lizard, ace 11. J. Challis promoted.
Surgeons A. GAM; KB.. from the Felpr to the Grey-
hound ; B. Browninogg,, from the Carman to the Baal*
6, paddle sloop, at
Aminteut Surgeon N. T. OonsoLly, late of the Doterel
gunboat, ou the seatboset soon of Ameriesd station, to
the Lice, 60, at Grams&
Pajassaws T. R. DIM* late of the Asia, to the Gras-
honed ; W. Bogen, from the Frederick William, to the
Assiatent Paymasters E. W. Jar, late of the blinuida, to
the St. Vioessit, 26, training ship at Portsmouth ; J. B.
Cooks, from the Si. Vinosin, to the Basilisk; E. M.
Omenaairey, late of the Charybdis, to the Carjhosad.
Fiat Clan Anoint Zegieeer 0. B. Bargain, to the
ninon Boyd.
Master's Annalist W. R. Symms, to be supernumerary
to the Dm, store gap.

CHATHAM, Harr. 17.
Owing to the prevalence of cholera at Malta and
Gibraltar, ►be tiotwilimaata of Royal A:Unary wader orders
to prowled to team staikaa, will not laws Eaglaad until
rarly in the %mica year.

Tin LOB 3 OP THE CHARLIE EDWARD.--SENTESCII
oP THE NATE OF TES AU.lrrO—Os Saturday the meet
son a the Board of Trade gave judgment in this case as
follows :—ls giving judgment is this case, the court must
aprons its deep meows ot the anima assideat which had
occurred to the schooner Charles Edward, sod the nabs.
duly la s of life ooesequent thanes. The cemarent testi.
may of all the witnesses gam far to show that the 'chooser
exhibited so halite. The vessel was, however, discovered all
• distance of three-qoaters of a maw to a mile, and there-
fore is abundant time for the Aleppo to have avoided bar
had prompt measures been taken to do so, by porting tho
helm immediately sad by what in of islisitaly more iin-
poetance—slowieg the engines of the steamer, which in this
rose was sot done till the accident was unavoidable. The
court has earef oily orissidemed Use statemest made by Mr.
Mitchell. the aloes in charge of the watch, but cannot ac-
cept his explanation that he tame to the cenclmlos frees
seeing so lights, that the schooner was on the mans
course as the steamer, as • justification for
the omission to slow the engines ; as nada
the areurnstande he could not bars boss metals
that he was correct is his madmios and he should
have promptly takes any precaution to avoid as undoubted
risk. The court must, therefore, hold Mr. Mitchell
responsible under the 28th and 29th snotioes of the Moe-
'beet Shipping Anseadinsat Act, cad is ander the Deem*
of suspending his certificate, and it is hereby suspended for
the space of nisi riabodar mouths from this date ; and the
smut feels bound to add that, had it been proved that tbs
Charles Miura exhibited her lights, • mush more mac=
penalty might, and probably would, have attacked to the
officer of the watch.
THE 111171DNE AT BONN.—A. Berlin letter in the
Rhine Gaze= thus demerit= the feeling excited in the army
by the murder et Bons :—"Satisfaction is demsoded," ex-
claim the officers "from whom and far whom Lit to be u-
pward that as eminent member of the society which ferns
as oast* is the government should be dragged before the
judges for • east I That would be a bad example, sod the
more so it there is a desire to pelmet foreigners from inter-
ferias in the administration of justice in Prowls ; it would
be an attack on the honour of the nobles, and an esooarage.
meat to the pride of the middle classes, sod might Lad to
the most serious dangers for the tranquillity and safety of
the country." The officers naturally conclude by declaring
that the foreign powers have is sow= the intention to in-
terfere in this "obscure affair "rad that no ambusador his
gives himself the trouble to speak to AL de Bisuisc..k about
mach a thysteile.°
SHOCKING DELTA OF AN lIIIIKEEFEE AT BZINTOL.
—Os Saturday morning it became known in Bristol that a
highly respectable hotel-keeper of that city. Mr. William
Thomas Stott Winter, of the Royal George Hotel, Bristol,
had died under peculiar, end is a sense suspicious, axiom-
stews. The facts ham' Wee reported to the coroner,
Mr. J. B. Grindon, that gentleman at once =tad his
=mat for an inquest, which was held during the day. It
appeared from the evidence adduced that the deceased was a
married men with • young family. In the mums of the
evening of Friday he was in his bawls= se semi, rad was
seen ea late as half past 11 o'clock by his neighbours aed
friends &Mauling to his customers. After that it would
seem that some misunderstanding mined between him -ad
Mrs. Winter. They had • few words aad then the deceased,
is a moment of anger, seised • bottle containing some very
strong overproof whisky, and drank freely from it. He
most have imbibed a considerable quantity of the potent
for itedected him seriously, and in a short time he
lay down on • conch in the ber.parlorir and became
stupefied. Some of the domestics sadomoured to WOWS
him, and failing in the attempt they alarmed Mrs. W
She west to him, end (iodine him Mixable and breathieg
with greet difficulty, called in some neighbours and de-
spatched memaoson for medial aid. Dr. Mahatma, the
regular tamily =maim, soon snivel. tied Mein adminis-
tered • powerful emetic, which only 'Mod slightly, another
medical mamma was sat for. and the stomach pumpwas
used to draw dl the poisonous liquor, los applied to thehheW
and masted poultices to the feet aod lop, and all the dhoti
which skill eculd use employed. The nobsopy nun mar
recovered his esamicanum. sad after bresiblag storiomoody
till 8 o'clock. be expired. TM moms is summing sip the
facts to the jay, said of coarse if they believed that the
Gemmed took the whisky with the Istoctioa of destrtaall
himself he would ham bees guilty of the highest f
knows to the law, rad their verdict moat be feb de es He
thought, bowsaw, that they matt not adopt that view of
the as, as the induces were ausisrous in which moo
✓everted to drink nyder vexatious without istesding "Molds
The jury maimed • verdict of " Died from drinking sadist
Waits to lams"
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY A BAREMITKL—Scone
excitement was caused in the Lose Temple by the dial-
yse, that Mr. Gerdes Allen. berristerat•law, had made
an attempt to Gomm% maids by maim lie thematat his
authors 2, Dr. Jthastowdebsiblimp, where be rase
loud is • state yeste day dainties. He was
removed chancrous
Hempitel, and it is said
lbws hat lads bops et his pleovey.