The Express.
London, England, 1848-08-01 00:00:00

SHIPPING.

MAIL% AllElVED.—Dublin, 3; Waterford, 2; Donagha-
dee, 1; Guernce: , &c., 1 ; French, 1 ; Flanders, 2.
LoNuoN, August I. Wind this day at noun, W.S.W ,
moderate breem• and cloudy, with rain.
DEAL, July 31.—S.W. to W., fresh and squally.—A.r-
rived ; Batavia, llatavia, and sailed for Amsterdam ; Cor-
nelia, St. John's, N.B. • Laurel, St. Andrew's, N. B.;
Cornelia, Nova Scotia; Douglas, Montreal; Argyra, Quebec.
Dvsomezes, July 29.—Sailed George, Quebec.
Foot's, July 29.—Arrived: St John's Packet, New-
foundland. . . . - . .

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July 28.—Arrived: Lily, Prince Elwara
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Orr Bnisroh.—Arrived : Corsair, and Secret (of Bide-
ford), Quebec.
Orr LIVERPOOL, July 3L—Arrived : Columbia', —.
KIItKALLY, July 20.—Arrive:: Ehoabeth and Mary,
. John's, N.B.
SHAXILLIN (bILE Or WIGHT), July 23.—A brig, supposed
to be French, was seen to go down near St. Catherine's
Point, Isle of Wight, on the 20th instant, b) a pilot baste
arrived here ; thi re appeared to he none on board.
LivERVUOL, July 31 —The Tremunian, of Burton, was
seen on her beam-ends, by the Mears., which was spi ken,
on the sth instant, in Ist. 51, lung. 21, by the Annie,
arrived here.
AIiEICDLEN, July 29.—The Jonge Martin, of Flensburg,
from Greenland, which put tutu this por. yesierday, ou
account of the blockade, Newts that four of the crew ot the
St. Andrew, of this port, lad died, and 14 were lying sick of
r;Ion the St. George, of London, had one man dead, several
aids of lever, and many of the crew severe y frost.bittim.
'lnc F.amingo had about 50 seals; the Fairy, of amide,
from 100 to 150.
DEAL, July 31.—The F.Alintee, for the river St. Lawrence,
has put back to tho Dee us, with loss of a .chor and elude,
having been extrkated from the Goodwin Sands.

Devpatehes were received yesterday at the Colo-
nist-ottice, from the Governors of Malta, the G.mbia, Qa
Mauritius, and Hong Kong.
Despatches were sent off, yesterday evening, from
the Coloniattffice for toe Governor of New South Weas.
Lieut.-General Sir E. and Lady lierrition returned
to t.wn, on Saturday, from a tour to the lakes and the north,
and leave grew Stanhope-street, on Tuesday mornine, tar
Oakley Park, Suffolk.
LIBRARY OF THE LATE REV. I). J. POWELL.—
Yeaterday, the library of the late Rev. Mr. Powell, who (Heel
a few wrests sence,..t ottenhazu,under rather peculiar circum-
stances, was brought to tl.e hammer by Mesars. Puttitk and
Simpson, at their room, 191, Piccadilly. he collection is of
a very rare read curious character, consisting of chronicle,
and heraldic works, manuscripts, paintings, &c. Yesterday,
amongst the manum.ipts sold, were lot 215, " A extra,
Le Litre do Vieillesse, translati de Latin an Francois du
cousmandement de tree excellent gloricux et noble Prince
Lays Dec de Bourbon, par moi, Laurent de Prenner, fait
einquiame jour de Novembre, 140.5," a manuscript upon
vellum, with illuminations ; and second, the " Conqueste
de Sainte Greeale," a manuscript upon velum of
the 13th century, or earlier, with numerous orna.
mental capitals, and a few illurninatiores. This WAS
from the collection of Mr. James Galway Mills. The
former realised 31. Us. and the latter 241. Mr. Powell's own
manuscript collections from the English counties realised on
an average about two guineas a lot. Among the manuscripts
to he sold this day and two lollowing days are some of an
unusually curious kind. The lint is a breviary—" itortr
Geetgii Egmoudi Episcopi U ttrajectiAbliatis Stouts Amandi,"
a manuscript upon vellum, illuminated throughout in gold
and colours. It Is supposed to be of the 15th century. It
is at present in a state of the meat perfect preservation. The
catalogue gives the following description of its principal
features
The MS. commences wills the f' Forma atwolutionis in catmints,.
hiving a painting at the head; and to thin succeeds the eo end dr,
which ocuumni t leaver, an.; ies decorated with the emblems 01 the
months. The remainder of the volume contains ninety-cam large
miniatures, of the width of the column, and varying Irmo two to five
inches In height; also sextyaine large capitals containing miniatures.
There is, brides, a multitude of smaller capitals containing minutely
lini.hed'heads,while the highly decorated Minas in gold and colours,
throughout the volume, Lire many thousand in number. To each of
the eight hundred and ninety-two pages is an elaborate howler of rich
and varied design, mostly in the arab. slue style, and each border con-
tains, on the average., :ix miniatures, heads of salon, angel., &c.,
and occasionally compositions of several figurer:, with decorations of
animal. and Bowers.
Lot 642 is also a very fine manuscript of a very early date,
Pesiterium Davidis cum Precibus." The volume corn.
I mermen with paintings of saints (mostly two on a page, the
,:ures stauding unde r Gothic arches), lack 'ing the Apostles,
s'. Edmuud, St. T. a Becket, St. Katheri. e, St. Margaret,
St. Cecilia. These embellishments, each ate at 7 inches by
41 in ties, occur), ten pages, and have appreyriate collects
on t' opposite pages. To this succeeds a series of
representing pan-ages in the bi,t, ry of the
world ..ad the lite of Christ, occupying situ en pages,
some of which contain several subjects paint d in com-
partments, others having the figures of the full site
allowed by the limit of the border (about 61 by 41 in.)
Then follows the Calendar, set the conclusion of width the
Baiter comintnces. There are ten large initial letters, con-
taining miniature', the first initial " It" having six subjects,
besides innumerable small capitals. 'the whole is illuminated
in the richest gold and colours, and the preservation is most
perfect. The writing is in a large Gothic band. There are a
gr, at number of other curiosities in the collection, which
will be doubtless eagerly bought up by antiquaries. The late
owner of the collection was of a very eccentric character, his
way of life being most exclusive and solitary, and his only
occupation being the collection of antiquarian curiosities.
A CHARTIST MEETING was held last night at the
South London Chartist Hall, Webber-street, a number of
policemen with cutlasses being placed on duty in the imme-
diate neighbourhood.—Mr. Bryson having been called
to the chair, Mr. Kydd delivered a long harangue upon
the organisation of labour, during which he was repeat-
edly cheered, especially by the female chartists, who at-
tended in considerable numbers. The presence of two
government reporters, who were taking notes, seemed to
make the speaker careful of what he advanced. Some other
parties having addressed the meeting it separated quietly.
TUE REVISED ORDNANCE ESTIMATES.—Sir,—As
your paper occasionally instructs its reeers with financial
statements, lam encouraged to call your attention to the
revised ordnance estimates of 1848.1849, by which you will
see there is a reduction of 119,8751. in the estimate pre-
sented to the House of Commons 28th July, 1848, and the
one presented to the House of Commons 14th February,
1848. This diminution of expenditure in only one depart-
ment should stimulate the advocates for economy to press on
the ministers the necessity of greater retrenchment.—X.
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A BRAZEN ItOnBERY. —On Sunday morning
several large brass plates, containing the names and profes-
sions of the occupants of most of the houses on the north
side of Great Queen street, Lincoln's-ion-fields, were
stripped off their doors. Their removal must have been a
work of some difficulty, and it is a matter of surprise how
they escaped the constables, whose duty it was to have paced
the hoaxes every ten minutes.