The Express.
London, England, 1847-11-12 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY, Four o'Clock.
On the assembling of parliament it is understood
that Lord Seymour will propose the Right Hon.
Charles Shaw Lefevre as Speaker of the House of
Commons, and that Mr. John Abel Smith will second
the motion.

By the arrival, yesterday, of her Majeety's ship
Racer, Commander Reed, there are accounts from the
River Plate, to the 22nd Sept., when Lord fiowden, the
British Ambassador, was at Rio Janeiro, with the
Eagle, 50.gnn frigate. The Racer has brought dis-
patches from his lordship and Commodore Sir Thomas
Rerbert, K.C.8., for the Admiralty and Foreign-
office.

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The arrival at Liverpool of the packet-ship Cam-
bridge, from New York, adds nothing to the intelli-
gence published in this paper last evening. We are,
however, in hourly expectation of accounts from New
York to the 23th ult., by the French steamer Missouri,
reported off Cape Clear on the afternoon of Mon-
day last, so that she will probably have reached Havre
late on Wednesday or early yesterday morning.
Advices from America to the let, by the Cambria
from Boston, may be looked for to-morrow or Mon-
day.

According to the most authentic accounts from
Switzerland, formal hostilities would not be undertaken
before the Bth, when, in all probability, a movement
would be made by the federal troops against Friburg,
and perhaps Lucerne. In the meantime, however,
collisions had taken place. The Rao Gazette of the
9th has the following from Berne :
Hostilities bare commenced near Friburg the soldiers of
the landsturm of Friburg fired some shots at the soldiers of
Berne, but without doing any execution. On the advance
of the troops of Berne the landsturm retired.
The following extract of a letter from Zurich, the
7th, published by a morning paper, gives same par-
ticulars of an affair to which we yesterday alluded :
Yesterday accounts reached us of the first blood shed in
this unfortunate war, on the frontiers of the canton of Tea
rind. The artillery officers of Uri received orders to place a
battery on the dehle of Mount St. Gothard. Not having
found a favourable position on the Uri territory, Colonel
Muller crossed into the canton of Teseino, and placed there
his cannon. The light infantry of the canton of Tersino
rushed forward and fared a volley, which killed Captain
Balthasar and Lieutenant Arnold, two young officers be-
longing to the most distinguished families in Lucerne. Those
young men are much regretted, and still thousands are
doomed to follow them in a few days. The Vorort received
this news, and an order was immediately despatched to
Colonel Lanni, commending the 6th division, to attack the
troops of Uri on the side of St. Gothard. Similar orders
have been sent to the cantons of Glans and the Orisons,
which can reach Uri by different roads. The commander of
the troops of the Orisons, who is to act against Uri, is
Colonel Edward Salis-Ssglio, brother of the general of the
Sonderbund. He is as furious a radical as his brother is a
zealous conservative.

INSUBORDINATION ON BOARD THE
SUPERB, 80, AT MALTA.
One of those bursts of general indignation, which,
especiaily on board her Majesty's ships, seldom are displayed,
took place last night (Sunday), on board the Superb, 80,
Captain Corry.
It would appear that on the preceding evening, on going
his rounds, the Commander (Wilmot) observed the deck of
the ship dirty from the spitting of the men, and as spittoons
were plentifully supplied to them, the filth was thought to
be expressly made, and the smoking was ordered to be
stopped. On Sunday, as the men were beginning to smoke,
they were ordered by an officer to put out their pipes ; this
was done by many, but immediately a frightful howl sprung
up, and in a few minutes was repeated.
The neat proceeding on the part of the men was to ex-
tinguish the lights, and then they commenced breaking the
crockery belonging to their messes, strewing the deck with
the fragments. Shots were then rolled about, the gangway
ladders removed, and a heavy 60Ib. shot was thrown from
the main to the lower deck, nearly striking a midshipman

on duty.
In the meantime the commander and hie officers ap-
peared, and were welcomed by a shower of crockery. Orders
were given to the marines to get under arms, and clear the
decks—and shortly afterwards every man was on the quarter-
deck.
Here the commander ordered the marines (who wore their
aide•arnu only) to run any man through who did net obey
his (the commander's) orders, and this order was repeated
more than once, the commander taking on himself, u he
declared, all the responsibility of the act.
In a few minutes the port watch was piped below by the
boatswain and his mates, to clear away the rubbish ; and
shortly after, the cooks of messes, to ascertain the damage
that was done. Mane of the watch went to their duty, and
several remained skulking on the deck. Reflection came to
their aid, and when they, some time after, wanted to return
to their duty, they were not allowed. Ultimately several
men were put in irons. The sentries were doubled—the
sidearms, cutlasses, and bayonets, were removed to a place
of security, and by ten o'clock all was quiet.
Nothing could exceed the coolness of Commander Wilmot
during the whole period of the row—his orders were given
clearly and distinctly, and instantly obeyed by his officers,
and the effects of discipline instantly obeyed
set at de-
fiance) were beautifully displayed, when one firm man could
send 700 of his fellows to their duty.
Captain Corry was not on board when the emeute took
place, nor was First Lieut. Bunco.
On the following morning the men were assembled on the
quarter-deck, when they were addressed by the captain.
He said he had sent for them on account of the disgrace-
ful
events of last night. On leaving his ship at nine cm.,
he did so with the pride of a man who had the command of
as fine a set of lads us could be picked up. What were his
feelings on returning on board at nine p.m., 12 hours after?
If he could but find out the fellow who threw his basin at
the commander, he would not be satisfied till he had brought
him to a court-martial and seen him swinging at the yard-
arm. He concluded by observing, that if any more filth
were made about the decks, he would stop their smoking for
a time—if it occurred a second time, he would atop the issue
of tobacco, for that was not a slop like others which men
were enti'led to have issued. The issue of tobacco was a
matter of favour.
About ten men, or at most a dozen, are in irons, and will
ptobably be brought to a court-martial in a few days.

ANOTHER FLOOD IN THE NITIL—In consequence of the 1
beery rains on Saturday and Sunday lest, the Nith roes
rapidly in the evening of the latter day, and early on Mon-
day morning rolled a great body of water to the sea. This
was met by the tide, urged on by a powerful south wind,
damming back the fresh and raising the waters below the
caul to even a greater height than during the last flood in
October. The river continued large during the day, and
even rose in the afternoon. Nearly the whole of the wooden
framework erected for the railway bridge at Martintaa Las
been again swept away.

THE DIAMOND STEAM PACKET COMPANY.—On
Wednesday the annual court of proprietors of the Graves-
end and Milton Diamond Steam-packet Corn parry, was held
at the town-hall, Gravesend. Mr. Warren was called to
the chair. The receipts for the past year amounted to
24,6821. le. Id, and, after making the usual disbursements,
the profits shown on the balance-sheet for that period
amounted to 8731. 15s. Bd. The assets were 42,8681., and
the liabilities, 44,2091. The auditors wished to direct the
attention of the proprietors to the amount of pier dues paid
to the corporation of Gravesend, It appears that whilst the
packets were running at higher fares, they paid 16 per cent.
on fore-cabin passengers, whilst at the present reduced fares
they were paying 20 per cent. ; and since the formation of
the company no less • sum than 42,0001. hes been paid. A
warm debate followed, many of the shareholders murmur-
ing at the small amount of profit on such a large return, ob-
serving that in former years the profit accruing from a simi-
lar return was 3,000!., and they wished the chairman to
explain how it was that such a small amount of profit was ex•
bibited.—The chairman said it arose from the low fares at
which the packets had been running, together with the large
amount of pier dues—Mr. Ditchbarn, • director, said a ne-
gotiation was now going on between them and other com-
panies with regard to the fares, and he had no doubt a satis-
factory arrangement would now be come to.—After further
discussion, a etiolation was moved for raising the farm,
which was seconded by one of the directors, who said with-
out so doing it was impossible to carry oa the business of the
company any further.—Mr. Deputy Finnis thought it would
be prudent that a committee should be formed to see in what
position their affairs really stood. If the management was
carried on in • wholesome manner, he should have no objec-
tion to remain in it; but with their property depreciating in
value, and year after year paying no dividend, he
certainly felt that he should be glad to get out of
the concern. He thought there was a great deal
of jobbing going on among the directors.—After fur-
ther discussion, it was unanimously resolved that •
committee of nine be appointed, and that they bring up a
report to lay before the shareholders at another meeting.—
The chairman said he had intended to put it to the pro-
prietors that • dividend should be paid, to be receivable
about July next; but Mr. Finis had superseded that by
his ,notion.—The meeting was then adjourned for a few
weeks, the election of directors being deferred until such
meeting should be held.
A BURGLARY WAS COMMITTED AT BEWOLEY on
Sunday night. Mrs. Ann Oakes, • shopkeeper residing on
the Quay, went to church in the evening, leaving the house
locked up as usual, and during her absence it was entered
by some thieves, and a sum of between 301. and 401. was
stolen, besides a few plated tewpoons and a pair of sugar
tongs. The thieves broke In through a window of a kitchen
in the back part of the premises, and effected their egret
through the front door. About half-past six o'clock the
landlord of the Saracen's Head Inn, who lives next door to
Mrs. Oakes, while standing at his door, was accosted by a
young man, who asked him for a glass of ale. The landlord
went down stairs to draw the liquor, and while in the cellar
he beard Mrs. Oakes's shop door bell ring. On coming
up stairs again his customer had departed, and the landlord,
knowing that Mrs. Oakes was at church, looked in
to see if all was right, and found the door open.
There can be no doubt that at the time he was
asked for the ale the thieves were in the house, and that
this was merely • ruse to get the landlord away from the
door, in order that the parties might get clear off. Bevan,
the superintendent of police, went at an early hour next
morning to the Sow and Pigs, Dolday, where he appre-
hended three young men, named Win. bmith, James Smith,
and Osborne, who were just making preparations for their
departure. A sum of 271. was found upon them, and
amongst the silver found on Osborne was a sixpence much
defaced and battered, which Mrs. Oakes identifies so having
been amongst the money stolen; a shilling found on the
person of one of the Smiths has also been identified by Mrs.
Oakes and her daughter. The prisoners were conveyed to
Bewdley, and on Wednesday were committed to take their
trial at the nest quarter sessions. Numerous robberies have
lately occurred in the vicinity of Bewdley and Kiddermin-
ster, and the prisoners are strongly suspected of having been
concerned in them.