The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-23 00:00:00

NAVAL.

ADMIRiLTY, Dec. 22. PROMOTlol4B.—Aseistant
engineers: W. ;Fermi' promoted to the first class to the
Pigmy, paddle wheel steam vessel of 100 horse power at
Deptiord ; promoted to second clue, J. W. Carpenter, to
the Creasy, 80, screw steam ship, at Chatham; and R.
Wemys, to the Bashes, 2, paddle-wheel steam packet of
350. horse power, at the Mediterranean station. Promoted
' to third class, W. Severity, to the Cressy.
APPOINTMENTS.—Captain T. S. Brock (1850), to
the Britannia, 120, flag ship at the Mediterranean station.
Chief Engineer T. Bullion (1852), to the Cressy.
Assistant• Surgeon R. P. Chapman (1843), to the Banshee.
Naval Cadet* D. M. Latham, H. Treeling, to the Royal
George, 120, screw steam ship, at Sheerness ; and A. J.
French, to the Princess Royal, 90, strew steam ship, at
Portsmouth.
Boatswain J. Morris, to the Cyclops, 6, paddle•wbeel
steam frigate of 320. horse power, at Sheerness.
Gunner E. Owen, to the Cyclops.
Carpenter J. Whalebone, to the Cyclops.
DEVONPORT, DEC. I.—Hie Sardinian Majesty's fri-
gate Eurydice, 31 guns, Captain the Marquis de Cera,
arrived hers on Monusy, from Gibraltar, bound
(Jr Boston, United States. She saluted the na-
tional flag, which was returned by the citadel, after
which she saluted the flag of Sir J. Ommanney. K.C.13.,
which was returned by the Impregnable. Collier and Co ,
the Sardinian consuls at this port, officially visited the ship
as soon as she came to an anchor, and on quitting were
complimented with the usual salutes. The Eurydice has
on board 120 men, who wiU be forwarded to Newcastle by
packet to min a frigate building there for the Sardinian
government. The captain and officers came on shore and
paid their respects to the officials in the port. The Pros-
pero steamer arrived here from Woolwich on Thursday,
wok in ces!s, and sailed on Friday for Pembroke. The
Algiers, 90, screw ship, will be launched from this d,,ckyard
on the 26th of Jammu. The Riflemen, 8, arrived in the
Sound, from Portsmouth. yesterday (Tuesday), outward
bound.

SPORTING.

TATTERSALL'S-THURSDAY..

1,300 to 106 apt to 25 apt Wild Huntsman
1,000 to 26 apt Corin, and 625 to 25 each (ic one bet)
apt Ruby and Acrobat for the Derby, were the only trans.
actions that were booked. Very few members were
present.
The room will be closed until Thursday next, the 2,9ih
instant.

SALMON IN LOCH ARD.—Mr. Ramsbottom, who is
at present stocking the Tay ponds with salmon ova, has
been commissioned by some of the proprietors of the &blur
en Loch Ard, and the streams beloogingthereunto, to stock'
them with ova.-BcoUnian.
A RELIC OF TUE OLD WORLD.—A discovery of
great interest to the science of paleontology has lately bees
made at the gates of Constantin (Algeria), while making
a cutting for the improvement of the approaches to that
city, where a great pert of:the skeleton of some gigantic
' animal was found. The thigh and leg bones, the vertebra,
the ribs, and, the upper part of the head, and several
teeth, were is a very good state of preservation. The
head is uet less than 85 centimetres from the teeth to the
nape, and 48 across the bone of the forehead. The front
part of the upper jaw has leng teeth, and also tusks,
similar to those of a wild boar. The legs of the animal are
about the size of those of a horse, and from the bend of the
ribs, it is supposed that its size must have been about four
times that of au ordivary oz. Its head is somewhat similar
to that of the hippopotamus, and its mouth must have been
of extraordinary power. No name can be assigned to this
animal, but it is coosidercd probable that it may belong to
the numerous faintly of antediluvian pachydermes. The
ground wherein it was found is composed of a sett cal-
careous rock of tertiary firma ion. It is expected that the
government will order some further ex :ovation* to lire
in de on the same spot, which rosy lead to other discoveries
interesting to science.
THU NORTHERN PORTS CLOSED BY IcE.—Yester-
..sy, notices were posted up at the It• yal Exchange, that
io consequence of the ports of liamburgh and Buttetdam
being closed by the ice, no more eteamera sill ties despatched
front the Port of London to those cities. Ar Antwerp also
the channel is frozen to a distance of 20 miles below that
city. The teethe to the north of Europe will now tolae
place Via Dover and Ostend by the Belgian Govenjumut
Railway.
BArrEasEA.—The members 9.7. a Molds of the
Literary lustitution were tot. r•,,sined on Wednesday even-
' ing by a very able lecture ;rout Mr. C. Field, on national
and domastic songs. 'the illustrations were very appro.
virile and ably executed. The entertainment gave great
satisfaction to a very respectable and numerous eadieucc.

ILaba Intelligence.

EQUITY COURTS.—YESTERDAY.
swim VICt•CILUMILLOIL
LK FART! THE VICAR 07 HENIIAM.

In this case property belonging to the Rev. Mr.
Hawkins, as vicar of Henhatn, was purchased by a railway
company. and the purchase money paid into court until a
suitable investment in other real estate could be found.
Mr. Hawkins having resigned the living an application
was now made upon the petition of Mr. Belmont, the new
vicar asking that until the investment should be made, the
dividends noon the money in court sh.iuld be paid to him.
Upon the part of the railway company no objection was
made to ;his ; but they sought to have the costs of the peti-
tion pail by the petitioning parties, in .snitch as if the
order its the first instance had been "to pay the dividends
to the Vicar of Henham for the time being," this applica-
tion might have been spared.
Mr. Giasse, Q.O , supported the petition ; Mr. T. Wood
was for the railway company.
The Vice-Chancellor certainly thought that ibis case was
a hard one; but, inasmuch as railway comranies wero
bound to pay all expenses iucidental to the purchase of land
by them, he had no alternative but to order the ci.mpany to
pay the coats of this petition.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.-YESTERDAY.