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

ROYAL CHARTER, DECLARING MANCHES-

TEA A " CITY."

On Friday morning the 'Mayor received by post
a bulky package from the llome•othce, which proved to be,
snugly encased in a neat morocco hos, a royal charter, duly
engrossed on vellums, elegantly bordered with emblems, and
to which the great seal of the United Kingdom was ap-
pended. This charter commences by reciting the former
charter of the incorporatiOn of Manchester, on the 23d of
October, 1838, constituting the inhabitants a body politic
and corporate by the style of " he Mayor, Aldermen, and
Burgesses of the Borough of Manchester." It next recites
the order iu council of the 10th August, 1847, by which,
under the powers of the act for establishing the bishopric of
Manchester, and other acts, and by the advice and sugges-
tion of the ecclesiastical commissioners, and with the con•

sent of the Right Rey. John (then) Lok Bishop of Chester,
the collegiate of the said borough was constituted for ever
thereafter a cathedral church, and the seat of a bishop,
within the province of York ; and that the dean and canons
of the said cathedral church have been constituted the dean
and chapter thereof. The charter then proceeds:—
"And whereas, it hath been further reresented unto us
that doubts have been entertained as to whether or not the
said borough of Manchester has, by virtue of its having
been erected the lee of a bishop, as aforesaid, become and
been invested with the privileges of a city; and that the
mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the said borough of
Manchester have by ther petition to us humbly besought us
to create the said borough of Manchester a city, and to con-
fer on it the name and style of ' The City of Manchester,'
and the privileges and liberties of a city ; and to confer
upon the said corporation, now known by the name of the
mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Man-
chester, in the county of Lancaster, the name and style
of The mayor, aldermen, and citizens of the City of Man-
cbest r,' in the county of Lancaster, which we aro minded
to do," &c.
Then fallow the terms of the grant, as set forth in the
mayor's official proclamation. In future, therefore' in the
terms of the charter, Manchester is for ev,r hereafter to
be, end be called aad styled • city, and to have all such
mac, liberties, privileges, and immunititf, as are incident
to a city."

NAVAL.

ADMIRALTY, APRIL 2.—APPOI
and( r Drown, second toaster, to Rolla.

-Alex-

PORTSMOUTH, MEHL 3.—Steam was got up on
board the Duke of Welliu,iton, 131, screw steam-ship, yes-
terday, for the first time. The object in view was t) (shun•
a preliminary trial of her machinery for the purpase of
asvrtaining if the various parts worked With arcutaej.
The trial took place in the .team basin, the Duke of Wel-
lington being lashed alongside the stone quay, and, as far
as it went, it is reported to have been very sttisf..ct
Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, Commanding itcyal Ei.-
aineer of this district, went down to Hurst C.istle in the
Sprightly, steamer, yesterday, to inspect the new fort in
course of c nstrnetion there.

I)EvoNPoRr, Artot 3.—The naval apprentices
exercise brig, the Nautilus, under the comm.nt of Com-
=mitt S. E. Dolling, was taken Got into the chant:el for
the instruction of the apprentices, for the hist time for
1-43, on Wednesday last. There are at present a fine at t
of boys on board the Impregnable and her tender, the Nan-
tiles. The exercise brig returned to port the same eveni-tg.
The Rhadamantbus steamer, Master J. Bela=' left for
Pembroke on Thursday, but in cons, (pence of the seocrity
of the gale, was obliged to return the next day. The Cy-
clops steamer' which brought down the machinery
for the St. dean d'Acre new strainer, sailed again
for Woolwich, on Thursday. The Brisk screw.
steamer, has been manned from the Ilcgue, steam gu ird-
ship for the purpose of testing her machinery and tr..in:
her qualities as a steam seuel, she was taken out on Thurs-
day. We hear that her speed is KO! %t ry great, but that
she is a capital sea boat. The trial is tt be prolaeged. The
Hague was paid wages on Wednesday, the S.:.nspareil en
Tuunday, and the Edinburgh on Friday. The Sinbad and
the Duck lighters sailed yestesday with stores for Wool-
wich and the eastern yards. The Vulture, Ca;itain F. H.
Glossy, went out of harbour yesterday. Toe Quern, Prince
Regent, Vengeance, Sidon, Valorous, Argus, Desperate,
Magicicnne, Arrogant, Vultuic, Leopard, and Nr.u:iius are
in the Snind; and the Irapregaahle, St. (ieorge,
reil, Edinburgh, Ilogue, Ithadamanthus, S);ph, As.,a, and
Contiance are in the harbour.

310VEMENT3.—At Gibraltar her Afijests's ships
Furious and Antelope. Her Majesty'. ship Si;n2.9n vc.th
the 76. h Regiment onboard left Gibraltar on the 4'it of
March for Halifax. At Lisbon her Majesty's •hips Fire-
brand and Inflexible, the latter abaut to Lae Lisbon
Malta.

ARRIVAL OF TILE GREAT BRITAIN.

LIVERPOOL, SATCI:DAY.

This leviathan ship, which has been anitiotn.s:y
ex-
pected fur some time past, has at h ngth arrived. Altaougig.
since the arrival of the Calcutta, adai.ing her sailing bum
the Cape of Good Hope on the 28th February, various
rumours were circulated at different times, ris to her being
" telegraphed off," all were doomed to disappointment
till this morning. whets both the semaphore and electric
telegraph set at minds at rest, by auticuacing that " the
Great Britain was off Holyhead at 6 a.m." She arrived at
the bar at 12.30 p.m., where she had to remain 3j hours,
owing to the state of the tide, it being low water when she
reached it. At three o'clock full steam was put no, and
this noble vessel entered the Mersey about trey o'clock,
amidst the enthusiastic cheers of thausands, :VStm!Aci to
witness her arrival. Owing to the discourtesy of some ot
the employes in the office of the Eagle lino of packers (of
which the Great Britain constitutes one), we are only able
to furnish meagre details.
The amount of specie brought by the Great Britain has
been variously stated, but the amount reported gateially is
103,732 ounces value about 400,0001. She carried 260 pas-
sengers, 13 of whom were from the•C.pe of Gaud Hope,
3 from St. Michael's, and 1 from Vigo. Three pass -..02(rs
were Waded at the Cape. Amongst the pasecepre tyk-
on board at the Cape were Sir Robert Stamford, Captain
It. King, and Lieutenant J. C. King (Nth), the Hun. H.
Asnesley, and Madame Caullett.
The Great Britain sailed from Melbeurne on the 4th of
January, and on the 6th of February anchored in Amos
Bay, where she remained until the' th. On t:.e 10th ot
February she anchored in Simon's Bay, where she was
delayed nine days taking in coal. She hit Table Hay on
the 20th ot February, and oa the 19:h of March arrived in
the Bay of St. Michael's, where she remained two days
taking in fuel. She sailed from thene^ on the 22a1, and
arrived off Vigo, on the Spanish cams% on the 281 h, whi re
she laid for two days, and nailed for Liverpool on the 3dth
ult.; thus making the voyage, including all detentione, in
88 days.
There was only one death on board the Grgnt Britain
since she lett Australia, viz. on February 4, Mr. Matthew
Heath, a native of Truro, Cornwall.