The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-23 00:00:00

RIVER PLATE.

Itispatehea have been rece i;etl at the Admiralty
from (tear-Admiral Ingletteld, in the River Plate, addrewed
to the Secretary of the Admiralty, which were published is
the Gazette of last night, of which the following are copies :
H.M.S. Vernon, off Monte Video, June 17.
Sir,—Adverting to my letter, No. 94, of the 1% h in4ant, I hoc now
the tisfaction of forwarding to you, for the intermation of the Ler&
Commissioners of the Admiralty, a cope of the report I ha, e livened
from ('attain Sir Charles lloiham, of her Magstv's ship Gnroa,
acquainting me with the successful passage of the coll‘W of 111
vessels) under the protection of the English and French ...PI, of
war named in the margin,* past the batteries which General 14,-.4
had caused to be erected on the heights of San 1,,: vino, in the rivet
Parana, for the express purpose of obstructing the promsn of the
convoy down the river. Although this mots v., owing to the
grouiding of the British torque Caledonia, was not porfectly coto-
plete, yet I feel persuaded their loniships will girt the finest
credit to Captain Sir Charles 1 lothain amp hi.. 0011,404
Admiral Trehuuart, fur the able and judicious manner
which their arrangements were thole, and al.o to all
the officers, seamen, and royal marine,. serving under their
orders, for the and and steady manner in which this diftieult serriee
was performed, fortunately without a single eisua!tv in any of the
men-of-war or merchant vessels, a 611.111110:111.• which, considering
the strength of the position of the Buenos Ayrean Isdteries and .on-
tinuous fire cannot but be regarded as quite providential. 1 amt
their tartish'''. will permit me to call their attention to the mon, of
the officers whom her Charles Hotham especially brings under me
notice, as having occupied situations more prominent than others.
Their lordships will be gratified by learning, that the unanimity and
good understanding which existed between Sir Charles liotham sal
Admiral Trehouart, and the respective vessels wider their nedero, free
the minameticenient of the expedition, ha- eimtinued, without inter•
mission, to subsist between the two 'quadrat., a remark which, I am
hap s' to be able to assert, is equally applicable to all occasions *hes
English mid French have been acting together, daring the Rawl ham
the honour to hold this command. I have the honour to be, RA
(Signed) s. 11.
Rear-admiral and Commandevanschief.

The Secretary of the Admiralty.
11.M.5. Gorgon, Obligati°, 7th June. lel&
Sir, —1 have the honour to inform you that the convoy of merchant
rowels of all nation., amounting to lle in number, have itticed the
enemy's batterie+ and ob.t.tele. in the Parana, in comparative ,afetri
The severe treatment her Majesty's shine Alecto, Lizard, and
Harpy experienced from the batteries and infantry statiouol on the

beigthe &nen Loren" in their respective passages up the P2llllll (111
ecimplitied in toy dispatch of the 2tlth ult.), rendered it Incumbent upon
edrairal Trehouart and myself to adopt mere' preisautica which might
tend to obviate disaster. The heights or harms= of gen Laminate
slyly fret above the river, the face is needy perpendicular, and the
a,cam from the edge of the cliff, recedes; • table land, of five or
sit rains in length, extends from one end to the other, preventing a
e{ wtl keel, with every facility for transporting artillery on travelling
varnages to My required point. At the north end of this bar-
ranee, the cliff projects and tends westerly, the offering •
point for a [eatery commanding from N. W. to b. E.
Half a mile to the southward, • position, nearly similar
bad been selected for a seem& battery, and parapets, with embra-
sure% had been selected fur single guns. along the remand( r of the
burr.aica; the general breadth of the navigable channel Is about three
quarters of a mile, widening gradually from the north.west entrance,
ith a current of three knots per hour running through. It was ob.
Om that the &cot gunnery could alone drive the enemy from their
irnins; the immense thickness of the embroures and parapets mo-
wed them from a tanking tire, and such was the ehanieter of the
ground that even with a spy glass nothing could be seen but the
wheels of a carriage or musk of a gun. Ilaving carefully weighed
there difficultie% Admiral Trehouart and I decided upon the following
plan of attack, as bent suited to the protection of our convoy :—That
the limey steamer. of both squadrons Amidst anchor and engage the
bitter** during the time the convoy were passing ; sod that a
marked rocket battery should be prepared on the island in front of the
second battery, diettun about 1,200 yards: the convoy in the meantime
;amine at allotted di:games under cover of the sailing ships and small
Mown named in the in ugin.t Accordingly, being favoured with a
breeze from the uorthward, at 8•30 A.M., on the 4th instant, I made
can eeal signal tor the steamers, einem, Firebrand, Alecto, Gassendi,
euiton, to weigh. At 10.20 A.M., tho Gorgon opened her tire ;
and the Firebrand h
oop Gamereli, having reached their appointed
mate" one thomand curds from the north battery, anchored in an
enfilading peition. 'the three remaining steamers, Gorgon, Fulton,
and Mem, proceeded poet the butteries, and anchored nine hundred
vat& from the Merano., abreeet, and two thousand from the first
hotter. (In the first gun being find from the Gorgon, the rocket
party unmarked their lottery, and opened a heavy and effective fire,
which helped to divert the enemy's attention from the three
granters who were Foaming within grape and musket range
At 10-10 A.M. the action had fairly commenced between
the batteries, field piece% infantry, and the steamers of the
combined force, and the English rocket party : a channel
51/41 yards wide was left between the ',learners and the islands for the
nosey. At 1l•50 A.M. the Dolphin, leading the convoy, pawed the
Gorgon, the respeetee ilivieions railed by in their proper order, about
twenty only remained, when I was marry to soe the British Argue
Caledonia uninjured, and with the wine dead aft, run on shore on a
snail bank off the point of the second idruel. In so ill-aseorted and
numerous a convoy of ali sue',, batty equipped, and lumbered with
enormous deck cargoes I COIU-C,I I calculated on the loss of Kline,
but I had hopol to hove been spared the pain of witnessing a fine
English barque handled in a style by no means creditable to those on
baud, and grounded without any remain under the enemy's tire. I
immediately Alecto and Ltrard to proceed to her mast-
once. At 12.50, the convoy has ing all passed, I made the general
signal to weigh. The Caledonia still remaining ininiovably
laud, she had beaten over one bunk, and lay on her port side.
with her bottom expesed to the enemy's fire, through which
tee or te'ven iibot had retandy been put and this onicers writ on
that ?week° being unanimously of *Mon that she eolith not be
got off eithout dieeturprlng her cargo, by ni) direction die was Oct on
tire to prevent her falling Into the enesnys Manila and two coasting
similarly e also destroyed. This woo the only
drawback eo a moat satisfactory day; the arrangemeute answered
even Letter than my oalleague nr myself had dared to anticipate. The
enemy brought into play mom It to 20 guns; during five months
they lied prepared heated shot and etudierl every stratagem to secure
themselves and punish us, instead of which we dismounted some of
their guns, and drove them repeatedly from others. We see elm' the
steam force in consequence id the advantage which their pivot guns
give, and it is difficult to imagine finer gunnery than they displaced.
Marvellous to air, that although each of the vernele were balled
and hit repeatedly, and that more llamas Oaree.fourtlas of the convoy
were severally struck, there i. not a man killed or wounded amongst
us. I have received every aseistance and ampere from the officers of
this squadron, but some have occupied situations more prominent
than others, and I feel it my duty to bring them to hour notice.
The of in command of the rocket party were Lieutenant L B.
Mackinnon, her Majesty's ship Alecto; First-Lieutenant C L. Bar-
rant Loyal Marine Artillery, her Majesty's ship Firebrand; Mr.
leavid Ilam, gunner, her Majeety's p&p Alecto; the party were obliged
ton:main two days and nights concealed under the enem'e now, and
they, with the marine artillery and seamen, deserve credit for the dis-
cipline and skill with which they conducted their operations, end I eon-
eider that they rendered m moot emential service. I have repeatedly de-
rived advantage from the ability and zeal of Mr. Ilenry Riker, minter
of the: ship, during my abeence from the Gorgon; he made • meet ex-
cel!ent chart of the passage and channels near San Lorenro, and he
piloted this ship, pealing she eteuni force pest the batteries, mus h to
my ssitiefeetion. Monsieur ehmeree,lieutenant commanding the French
steamer Fulton, on tieing the disc strom state of the Caledonia. Mo-
urned to her meistanee, and I hope this officer will permit me to thank
hint for his uniform :mil effirtiie en-operation. In all my communi-
cations I have alluded to the great satisfaction I have derived in
having Admiral Trchuuart ci a colleague; dining eight months we
have acted together, and I ma i* bahl to my that more perfect har-
mony and unanimity hat never existed than between the two com-
manding officers, ho whomourself and Admiral lainentrusted the
direction of the service in the lainina.—l have, Sm.,
:sicatiO Cuss. Mimeos. Ceptain.
Ilearetilmienl S. 11. Ingletield, C. 11., Commander-in-Chief.

English Gorgon, Firebrand, Dolphin, Fanny, Liraril, Harpy,
.%leeto. neh Sian Martin, Fulton, Gamienili, Coquette, Proeida.
English: Dolphin, Fanny, Lizard, llarpy.—Frenat Mar-
tin, Coquette, Frocida.

rbe Coml.

WINDSOR, TUESDAY. The Queen and Prince
Albert, accompanied by the Royal Family, and attended by
the royal suite, arrived at the Castle at half-past ouc o'clock
this afternoon, escorted by a party of Life Guards, under the
command of Lieut. George H. Cavendish, from Osborne-
house, Isle of Wight. The royal party occupied five car-
riages and four.
11.1111. the Duchess of Kent came to the Castle,
from her residence, Frogmere-house, to pay a visit to her
Majesty and her Royal Consort.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and H.R.H. the
Princess of Prussia arrived in the afternoon, from Cashios
bury-park, Herts, on a visit to the Queen.
The following are expected to arrive at the Castle
this evening, on a visit to her Majesty—His Excellency the
Chevalier Bunsen, Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Clifden,
Lord Edward Howard, Lord Ribert Grosvenor, and Colonel
Wylde. Baron Witzlehen, io attenslanee on 11.1t.11. the
Princess of Prussia, is also expected to arrive at the Castle.
The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening
will include her Majesty the Queen Dowager, JI.R.H. the
Princess of Prussia, H.A.H. the Duchess of Kent,
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, his Excellency the Cheva-
lier Bunsen, Viscount Palmerston, the Lady in waiting on
the Queen Dowager, the Countess Haack (in attendance on
the Princess of Prussia), Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Ba-
roness de Speth, the Earl of Denbigh, Viscount Clifden,
Lord Edward Howard, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Count
Puckler, and Count Witzlehen (in attendance on the Princess
of Prussia), and Col. Wylde. The band of the Life Guards
attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will after-
wards attend iu the Castle.
11.1111. the Princess of Prussia left Marlborough-
house at eight o'clock yesterday morning, for Cashiobury-
rrk, Herta, the residence of her Majesty the Queen
Dowager.

A deputation, headed by the Marquis of Sligo and
the Earl of Lucan. had an interview with Lord John Rus-
sell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street.
The Earl of Powis had an interview with Sir
George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office.
Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister,
transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office.
A deputation from the General Shipowners' Society
had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at
the office of the Board of Trade.
The Attorney-General had an interview yesterday
witk Sir George Grey, at the Home-office.
Viscount Palmerston arrived in town yesterday,
from his scat, Broadlands, Hants.

THE REGISTRATIONS.
LONDON.—The court proceeded with the claims in
St. Botulph, Aldersgate. In the course of the inquiry, Mr.
Arnold strongly censured the conduct of Mr. Piper, the col-
lector, in omitting from the list of voters several of the
claimants, whose qualifications were most undoubted. If
such a thing occurred next year, he should certainly inflict a
heavy penalty.—Mr.Wansey said that a number of elaimants
whose qualifications were perfectly good, and who were in
court all day yesterday, were not now in attendance ; he
hoped those parties would bring actions against the over-
seers for their neglect —Mr. Piper said, if such were to be
the case, it would be difficult to get persons to fill the office.
—Mr. Wansey : They had better not undertake it, if they
don't attend to their duties.
Henry William James, of Blue Lion-court, had signed
his claim as " Henry James," only. The act requires that
the Christian name at full length should be given; but,
a after hearing evidence to the effect that the claimant was
generally known as Henry James, Mr. Arnold allowed the
A claim.
4 Objection was taken, by the Tories, to Henry Alliston, of
' Shaftesbury-place, on the ground that the number of his
home was stated " 11 " instead of " 18." Mr. Arnold held
that he had power to make the alteration, which was done,
land the vote allowed. In consequence of this decision, all
similar objections—a very numerous class—were withdrawn.
—Mr. Wanscy supported an objection against William
Atkinson, of Aldersgate-street, who was described as of
%o. 66, Alderegate-street, and rated for No. 67. The
evidence showed that he occupied both premises, and
the overseer stated that he was rated for both, but only
one number was down in the rate book.—The Barrister held
thnt he had the power of alteration, and allowed the vote.
By a gross blunder of the overseers in making out the list,
" Alfred Bowness Blyth" had been substituted for " Robert
Alexander Blyth." It appeared that Alfred Boerne's was
another person, who had been altogether omitted, except in
so far is prefixing his name to that of Mr. Blyth. In the
same case there were also errors in the place of abode, and
the premises occupied. Mr. Arnold doubted his power to
comet such a tissue of blunders, and commented in strong
terms on the carelemnesof the overseers. He ultimately
decided to correct Mr. Illyth's name and description, and to
strike out Mr. Bowness'e, expressing a hope that that
gentleman would bring an action against the overseers. In
the next case, James Day, of Aldersgate-street, whose
• Christian name was entirely omitted from the list, although
it appeared regularly in the rate-book, Mr. Arnold supplied
the 01111.824011, and inflicted a fine of 20s. on the overseers,
observing that the whole list had been so carelessly got up,
that a great part of the time of the court had been occupied
in torreeting h'-under. In this instance, Mr. Day's vote had
been endangered, and he had been put to expense in attend-
ing here. Mr. Piper alleged that the omission was mei-
6nbil, and imputed the blame to the printer. The fine
would be paid out of the rates. Mr. Arnold said he hoped
this statement would receive publicity, for a niece improper
remark he had never heard. But probably the parishioners
~ would MS to this matter. After some conversaiien, Mr.
f• Arnold consented to commute the fine into a payment o: 10s.
to Mr. Day. At the close of the list, Mr. Arnold said i.:
should not grant any certificate to the overseers for the cost
of making out these lists, on account of the extremely care-
'
less way in which it had been done. Mr. Piper asked if the
overseers were to pay the expenses out of their own pockets.
Mr. Arnold said he had nothing to do with that, but he
should certainly not sign any certificate for their reimburse-
ment.
The lists of the three remaining parishes in Aldersgate-

ward were then gone through, but no case of interest arose.
The result of the two days' proceedings is, that four Liberal,
twenty Tory, and eleven double objections have been sus-
tain/el ; seventeen Liberal, twenty-six Tory and three
double objections have failed or been withdrawn; and
twenty-two Liberal claims have been sustained, and thirty-
two disallowed. The ward of Aldgate and Billingvgate is
expected to occupy the court the next two days.
MARYLEBON E.—At the sitting of the court yester-
day the case of Mr. Laudet, a report of which appeared in
yesterday's paper, and which was postponed for consi-
deration by the revising barrister, was called on. It appeared
from the statanent of Mr. Laudet that he ms,de no applica-
tion to be allowed to pay his rates from 6th April till the
time of the collector's death. Be had called at the house of
the collector on 2nd June, for the purpose of paving them,
and ascertained that he bad died on 28th May. fie thought
that the tender of the taxes would he sufficient to prevent
his being disfranchised. lie also called early in July, but
no collector had then been appointed, nor was there aty till
10th July, at which time he (Mr. Laudet) was out of town.
The taxes were not paid till 6th August, after his return
home. After some discussion on the hardship of the CAN
the Revising Barrister inquired if there were many
votes likely to be disputed under the same cir-
cumstances, and on being informed that there was
only that of Mr. Crickney, which had been decided the
dry before, proceeded to say that as far as Mr. Laudet was
concerned an interval of nearly two months occurred be
tween the time that the meet were due and the death of the
collector, of which he might have availed himself to make
his payment, and as there was a possibility of paying them,
Mr. Laudct suffered by his own " laches." The law
must be strictly construed, although the custom might be
not to pay the taxes as soon as they were called for.
It was also evident that there was an interval
of ten days between the appointment of the new collector
and the last day for paying the taxes; and although Mr.
Laudet was absent from home, still he should have taken
care that the payment wn. made. However he might regret
t, he felt bound to strike Mr Laudet's name from the lists.
An application was then II a !e on the part of Mr. Laudet for
a case, in order that an appeal might be prosecuted. The
Revising Barrister, however, declined to grant it, stating
that the whole question was one of fact, whether the taxes
were paid, and no point of law was involved ; ho should,
therefore, be laying himself open toe rebuke from the Court
of Common Pleas if he consented to grant an appeal. After
some progress had been made with the lists, the court ad-
journed to this day at the Idarylebone Court-house.
l'ltO VINCIAL.—I.tvEnPOOL.—The revision of the
lists for the borough of Liverpool closed on Monday. In
the mune of the proceedings, oiO householders were ob-
jected to, of whose claims 127 were allowed or withdrawn,
198 rejected with costs, and 250 rejected subject to appeal.
The objections to freemen amounted to 541, of which 230
were withdrawn, 122 allowed, anti 189 sustained with costa.

ST. PANCRAS WORKHOUSE.
THE OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION.-(CONCLCSION.)
Yesterday, on the Directors and Guardians of the
Poor of St. Pancras re-assembling, for the purpose of further
prosecuting an investigation into the charges arising out of
the inquest held on Mary Anne Jones, the Vestry-Clerk
read the following communication :