The Express.
London, England, 1847-10-02 00:00:00

ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY.

WooLwrca.—A board of aims, oorafatiag of
Major-General J. Webber Diroctertioarnd at
she Beteirer Panne, 0.3.
LArir Isut..7lOverriFltlgAlte3tiellrAierleenyt_
Edward Fenehawe, C. 8., I of Fortification;
(acting in place of Medor-Grad J. P. Burgoyne,
11..C.8., who is at present employed en the Poor Law mea-
sure in Ireland); Lieut.-Colonel Omen, Director of the
Carriage Department; Lient.-Ceiranel Dundee, C. 8., Di-
rector of the Foundry Departommt; Lieut.-Colonel one',
of the Royal Military
Boydassembled yesterday
at the Cadets' Barracks In the Arsenal; Brigade-
Major Copings, Royal Artillery ; Captain Stotberd, Royal
Engineers, and a number of olSoers of the Royal Artillery
and Royal Engineers being also present to witness the
examination of 41 gentlemen cadets of the lint, or
clam, to ascertain their fitness for beieg passed frraa et:-
minions in the Royal Regiment of Artillery and Royal
Engineer.
The gentlemen cridetewere drawn up in line at 11o'clock,
a.m., under the command of Captain Harrison, and inspected
by Major-General Parker, and immediately after marched
to the Hall for examination, which continued until nearly
2 o'clock, when the following were recommended to the
Menet...General for commissions :

Samuel Digby Wright, Alexander Ron Clarke, Edward
Bainbridge, James Murray, Francis Horatio de Vero, George
Ranken, Augustus Young Earle, Hon. Leonard Allen Ad-
dington, Henry Rernond Peßy, Robert Mann Parsons,
Frederick Brine, Arthur Vandelenr, Arthur A'Court Fisher,
Andrew Spotswood Orr, George Montagu Stopford, Edward
Bridge, Charles Rowland Hill. Henry Reynolds Luard,
Patnck John Campbell, Francis Cornwallis Maude, Arthur
William Twigs, Reginald Curtis, Allen Sierwright, Frederic
Southcote Seale, John Boulton, John de Lettrell Sounder-
son, Montagu Stopferd Whitmore, Moutray Anketell, Philip
Dickson, Micas Clark, Francis Place, Edward Jackson
Bruce, William Powell Richards, John Edward Hope,
Henry Walpole, John Dashwood, Algernon Brandon, James
de Haviland, Sidney Carden, William Walker, George Allis
Wilkinson, William Windham Augustus Lakin. At the
conclusion of the examination a rmulation sword wee
awarded to Sidney Carden for gene re good conduct, and
the second prize, consisting of a handsome pocket sextant in
case, to Francis Horatio de Vera.

FRAUDS IN THE NAVAL STORE DEPARTMENT.—
Frauds in the department of naval stores for ships on foreign
service were discovered some time since, and several per-
sons of good position as merchants in Havre arrested.
It was understood that the frauds were chiefly in the coal
department, and an inquiry has been set on foot which, how-
ever, has led to no tive result. None of the facts of the
case have been made public, and this has given rise to the
animadverdes doom of the French journals. The National
on the subject says:—" The Minister of Marine does not
seem to undenstand the importance or character of the
Inquiry at pramt going on at Havre on the subject of fur-
nishing of sal the the state. Such gross faults as these
were lIIMOOTINI to be, cannot have occurred without
the cesudsenes, or, at least, the negligence, of the
administration. The public has learnt that certain
persons law been arrested. but no functionary of the
midst isgentmamt has, to our knowledge, been either
sespootei at ems up to justice. A letter Ikea Newcastle,
quoted by dm Natimel, Won the hot as baying bean
knows Own tar two moults_ prosins th Ow arrests above.
ussallessed. A of this Ws Is to the following
afoot :—The e of Newer& was act taken by surprise
by the measure of the French government at Havre ; the
slightest inquiry would long since have revealed the abuses
which have bean committed. But if the ministry wishes to
put an end to all frauds, and punish corruption and theft
whenever it occurs, it has only to make use of the adminis-
trative and legal documents sent from this port two months
ago, and which show completely the system by which the
contractors for stores for Algeria fulfil the conditions of
their contracts. A letter from Havre to the same journal,
also states that title government wishes to prosecute all the
contractors by which it is robbed, government has but to
make use of documents forwarded to it from that port with
respect to the contracts for Algeria.

•
INTERCOIHISE WITH THE CONTINENT.—Our usual
returns show for the weik September 27, the following
numbers:—'through Bookeno, 2,806 • through Calais. 364.
The corresponding week lost year limes; :—Through Bou-
logne, 2,076 ; through Casio, 606. Of the number arrived
at Boulogne were 699 from Folksiness, 131 from Dover, 215
from London, 4 from Ramsgate—total, 949. From Boulogne
there were 801 to Folkestone, 281 to Dover, 288 to London,
and 6 to Baraegate—total, 1,356.

AWOTHER LINE WITH THE PAST BILOHEN.—We
have to-day to record the death of Henry Scalise, a vene-
rable old area, who lived in the neighbourhood of? Dunluy,
in the county of Antrim, and who departed this life on the
18th Ind. He lived to the mature age of 112 years, and a
few days previous to his death was capable of shearing his
ridge with any labourer in the country. His eldest child fa
now 94 years of age, and his youngest 17. He was 25 years
old at the siege of Carrickfergus, and in the 1798,
having been suspected of being arebel, was fl at Bally-
castle, where he received one hundred lashes, which be bore
with the greatest fortitude. Throughout hie long and event-
ful career he lived a warm and staunch patriot, and died
regretted by ell dames of the community.— Vindicator.
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BA/199.—T8E HERRING TRADE.—Our advices from
Stettin are to the 19th inst. The arrivals of Scotch herrings
to that date amounted to 39,180 barrels; and, although sales
were not on a large scale, the market was firm, and prices tke
turn in favour of the seller. Se dollars was paid for large
parcels, and 81 dollars in small lots. Little is doing In the
Hamburg market. Theist* arrivals are selling at prioes con-
siderably under that of Stettin. Shipment' of herrings for
the Baltic continue on a moderate scale, to which may be
attributed the arm state of the Stettin market ; and when
the German buyers are convinced they are not to receive
this year the lams coesiorasets forced upon the market
for the last two or three years, we expect prices will rally,
and present stocks be realised at remunerative rates.—NortA
British Mail.

HERRING FISHERT.—IRELAND.—Off the Irish
toast the herrings hays appeared in enormous shoals, although
peculiar in their range, for the Penzance and Bt. Ives boats
failed for mare than ten da in meeting them in the usual
tracts. Last week inendibl quantities were taken in
Dongaryan Bay, and simnel large reseals are there saving
them en noose on board, and taking them to Liverpool.
Herrings never were tiger nor in each lumbers as at this sea-
son in Greatman's and Costello Bays, Galway.

HAZEL AND BEECH Nags AND ACOHNIL—Many
tom of hazel nuts have been sent to London from Salisbury,
by railway, during the last three weeks. They were chiefly
gathered by women and children In Hanley Hunt and
Gravely Chase. Poor persons are privileged to gather them
from ten in the morning till three in the afternoon, after
which hour they are regarded as treepessen. There are
cartels ready to purchase the nuts for lid. to 2d. per gallon.
These people then bring them to Salisbury, where they are
again purchased at about 21d. per gallon, then packed in
large hempen, and sent by rail to London, where they were
at first sold at be. per sack, and, as they ripen, more is gn®,
the present price being 6s. fkl. to 7e. per salt of about 18
gallons. The fruit of beech trees was seldom known so
abundant. The worn is equally plentiful, and thousands
of swine are now being driven into the forests ; the animals
will feed upon morns and beech nub for some months to
ease.

COMMERCIAL MARKETS.
MONEY MARKET & CITY INTELLIGENCE.
Half-past One.—The events of yesterday seem to
have led to sales of stock this morning, and the quota-
tions, which had rallied materially before the final
close of business, have again receded. Consols were
last marked 841 to 5, for the account, but began this
morning at the less favourable rate of, 841 to 1 , from
which they have since advanced to 841 to I. The
excitement of the market has passed over fbr the pre-
sent, but, as the commercial pa of the month
become due on Monday, it is thought possible that it
may revive, in a degree at least, on that day. The
„bears " are, accordingly, less eager to secure the
profits they now might do on the late decline than
would otherwise be the case. The leading
feature of the morning has been a most ma-
terial fall in the unfunded debt. Exchequer
Bills have been done at the heavy discount
of 10s., and are nominally quoted at from that
rate to par. A decline of per cent. in this branch
of the debt is remarkable.
There is nothing pealing in the foreign market.
Five per Cent. Spanish Stock, 181 to 191 ; Three per