The Express.
London, England, 1865-09-19 00:00:00

NAVAL-AND manusr.

A DMILLUM girt. -APPOLATIOCMIS Sub-
Liontassat G. It Noel. Is the Beellielt.
Navel Cade. H. 0. Vides, is the Comperes.

CIiATELM, SZPT. 18.
The attempt to float her Majesty's ironclad
frigate Bellerophon., 18, 1.080 horse-power. out of dock
to-day proved • failure, in coosequenoe of the tide not
rising suMeleatly high to allow of the Myst. boils( floated
off tb• blinks into the harbour. The enemy., which was
nodertaken to-day in the presence of Mr. E. J. Reed, chief
constructor of the navy, ad other ~fficials, will be renewed
to-rncarow at noon, when the tide will be at its highest.

POIIII3IIOOTIT, Sae?: 18.

The Arethusa, 39, screw Moat., Captain B.
J. J. O. Beam:Laid, arrived et Spitheed this morning frets
Sheerness, and exchanged salutes with the flag•ship of the
Commander-io-Chief, Bear-Adteintlo. G. Wellesley, C. 8.,
eating during the absence of Admiral Sir Michael Seymour,
0.C.8. The Aretbuss is under orders to praised to Ply-
mouth.
The Octavio, 39. strew frigate, Captain Charles P.
Hilly's, will premed to Spithead t041110.101F to take in her
ammunition.
The Valiant, 24, iron screw frigate, damned out of
harboar this mormieg Is charge cd the enema el the
stem reserve, for trill of her speed at the measured mils
in Stokes Bay.
The Sal , peddle despatch vessel. Commodes F. A.
Bettis, was undocked this ntoeuln‘ sad will shortly tat her
speed satinet that of the Helices, despatch versa, on a sec
trial. Both vessels ere built spot the same line but the
Helicon his a projecting stem seder water, os the same
principle as the ,crew-rem. They are of equal stems power,
and the new trial is to be thorough and comprebeadve in its
character than the mere smooth water runs at the messed
mile, end will, it is expected yield more iroportsat result&
The Tarrruls, 22. pedalo frigate. Captain G. J. Napier, is
under orders to come tato Portsmouth harbour to make good
defects.

TEE SLUM TEM:IL—The Europe of the 17th
contains the following article upon slave-dealing in pogrom :
—"Heti Bassett, bur Britannic Majesty's Chief Secretary et
State, ban addressed to the diplomatic scoots of the Queue
accredited to various maritime powers a circular tote, whose
object is to give a certain amount of uniformity to law,
puoiebiog the slave trade. The following is the snort
tenor of this circular, which is written in English, aooord-
ing to the custom of the British Foreign-aloe :—Earl
Russell oommenoes by rolling to mind that, not-
withstanding the reprobation ',Whim to the sieve.
trade in Ingram, that horrible kalifs has net
ceased to exist and to be the accrue of maradsious !mimeos.
Her Majesty's (oven:meet, actuated by the horror to
which so odious a commerce bas give. rise throughout the
world, boa arrived at the ormaludoe that nothing would be
mom efticaarious for its repreosioo than to 'whit thine guilty
of it with puoishmeot propovtiomd to the gravity of the
evil. The noble lord, ommeoesody, lays down the two fel-
lowiog propositions : That a deelerdise, sired by the
various powers, should maimilate the slave trade to piracy.
2. That the governments which should adhere to that dim
olaretiou should propose to their legislator's to apply the
penalties issued against piracy to mil such of their subjects
as should be ooevisted of haviog treasported human beings
across the seas for objects of tnallio. sod to be employed as
no matter in what countries or colonise of the
world."
TWA RZIPORM LliAol7l. —Am open-air meeting,
convened by the Poplar branch of the above league, was
held en Saturday fosses last at
of
tit Isle of Dogs.
Mr. Merles &germs hon. sec. of the Waal bunch, occu-
pied the chair. Mr. Gee. Davie moved the fellomieg moo.
lution : —"That having maturely considered the existing
stets of the repreeentatios of the Halted Kingdom, sod
that such a repressetation is a roes injustice to the working
classes, who are almost **Brady secluded from the franchlso,
notwithstanding that *sir anal and Wester timely an-
tribute to the prosporitycl the intim ; therefore this mast-
iog is of opinion that the principles al tia Reform Leaps,
presided ever by Biased Beam, Seq., at 8. Addeo,
races, Streiod—vis. Begletwred Rosidentiel Manhood
wader the Protection' of the Ballot—me deserving OfklC
street:ow support of all truss reformers is this district."
This eras seconded lay Mr. Batter Langley fobs was most
warmly received). cad carried ussairecuall. Yawed Poplar
branch ~add by Mr. Wyse, That the Poplar
branch of the Reform Logue, befog sow firmly established
is this didriot, it become, the duty of the deem and wee-
olecters to reader it their perwmal end pftvaLtheinto
Canis& A vole of thanks to the Oaks" u Beater
and the rest el the ditositistiaa. Mho Pro'
which throughout were al the most eetbudastie
cbaroreer. A large numbs, of menben were esrellel dieing
the wee*.
Oftveres Pu,s Ors Binanto DAY. •••••
MCIPIaIr, (WT. 18.—uidatialiiini se pirallet. GAO it tie
by mama tielisly 4119, TOW daltom, 7,82 L

GOTERNMTNT REKVItIILATION TO IIfBThoTORS.
Yesterday, st the Iligbpte police court, the subject of
'meaning remonerattoo is inspectors appointed ender the I
meant Grim to oounoll arse brought under the notice of I
Colonel Imam end Mr. Miles, the megistrates. AA dated I
in this journal. oo Satorda Mr. Potter, of the highway I
board, and Mr. Farmer, tie military respecter, wen ap-
pointed joint hiseeetors fit Homey, Yleetiley, sod Aims
13.2_r_rxt tinder the ordm in ermineik ria4 reported their
inp. _ Several cows had died, and the MI
bad oa Saturday and Sunday visited merino' pleites,PlS
required the ears to be buried with a quitit of lime,
preamble' she hides base removed. In ow a Mar
eased sow was toad in the highway. 001064 Jima,* said
a person allowing a diseased cow in the highway was Maki
ti:;.;..eirnalty of 20L, and from the deeps of ash a
mg the public should be guarded. Messrs. Potter
mil Farmer expressed tbair difficulty is dealing with awl
sot being veterinary surgeons, sod it wee suggested that a
Mr. Wright, who am preeent, and acquainted with the
diseases of cattle, should be pitied with them. Odom'
Jeakes eureested that he should be &palsied mother is.
mentor ; bat Ur. Mike was of opinion that be Mena be
esaulted when his assistance was required. XL Ph4hIIT
said there might be some difficulty as to the payment el
the inspectors, se " my lards" of the Treenry=seb-
jeet to three impeders. Mr. Smite Mite
Mork) mad a emesunirecion from the goesumema
pay of so inspector would be me pima • day when um
played, and 3d. per mile travelling scrums; bet the Leeds
of the Treasury would onisider whether there was edequite
messes fer the appoletseeta sad whether they were ha
111011111 KIN for the kabala The emparam lowvivvar en
Marine the documsot, to mike wfurther 111144gailaMi•
but urged oa Messrs. PoUrn sad Fernier to proceed with
, the iespectiou of mamma and other plata, and to praised
spirt all offaeders.

acourim.
The cattle plague is getting worse and worse in
Edinburth. On &turd., do tower gas twtoty sow our
a ode* eat theism &RAM were reported. Tbe Ileum
b Wee Meted to be ereeedies la Glaegew, Gages, red Weer
Dlebe.