The Express.
London, England, 1865-10-13 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

Awns/cm Ocr. 12.—P1omirrioris.--Statt com-
mander J. F. !tees to the Flora, in mointand.
Assistaut-surpoo J. Fraser, additional, to the Prisms
Boyd.
Ambient -paymasters W. H. Aitken. to the Flom in
charge ; A. Padden, to the Priam Comport.
Clerk C. A. W. Helps, supernumerary, to the Victory.
Aasistant-rlerk G. W. !lackey, additional, to the Prince.
Boya.

PORTSMOUTH. OCT. 12.
The Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Field-
Marshal Comemeding-in-Chief, arrived at Portsmouth yee•
terday,:oe his annual visit of isepectioe. A elogular se
aided ocieurred to one of the spectators who war steadies
epos the esplanade Is frost of a line of skumishers, when
UN discharge from ace of the rifles struck the ground and
threw up some hard substance which struck the person re.
ferret to on the left temple. lafficting rather a serious
would. The troops were as the ironed upwards of the..
hours. During his stay is Portsmouth the Duke of
Cambridge is the gad of Sir George Buller.

Tun MIDDLIMIEE REGISTRATIONS.—The Barrister
holds his last earl at the vestry-kali. Kagingtos to-day,
for the revision of the Hate for the perishes of St. Luke,
Chelsea, Red dt. Mary Abbott., Sessisgtoo.
ATTIMPTED MURDIR.—LIIIZRICK, WRDNIMDAY.
—lntelligence his bees received of a murderess attempt
made by Mr. Henry Beau, at Canals, near Sniff, to take
the life of his brother, Mr. William Beau. J.P., yesterday,
by shooting him with a pistol, the contests of which lodged
in his heed, behind the right ear. It appoint that the
woauided man al y rearmed from Paris en Moody, end
last erasing, while walking with his brother-in-law (Mr.
Hunt), Mr. Henry Boon also joined them. They had not
proceeded far on the road whet the letter called Mr. Wil-
liam Bongs aside, and made an applicatioa for money to
effect some private purpose to which he was adverse. Hav-
ing been refused, he deliberately took a revolver from his
pocket and shot his brother. The sufferer anima is •
precarious state. His assailant is in custody at Bruff.
Dublin :sprat.
PROPOSED ABOLITION OP MITROPOLITAN COM-
Booets.—Yesterday, at the meeting of the Marylebene
Representative Vestry, held et the Cart-home, Mr.
Churchwardee Poised in the chair, a report wee presented
from the military committee, who had under their coon-
deratioa the subject of the cattle pique, nuommeedieg
that a petition be presented to parliament for the removal
of all cow-basses from the metropolis, the owner. being
compensated for the lea sustained thereby. Mr. Sumner
moved the adoption of the report, which we. seconded by
Mr. Harlowe. Dr. Bachboff IN; Mr. Shaw, Mr. Teaser,
red other guillemot, spoke upon the question, and the
mottos wee negatived by a large majority.
Talkie or Naw Llritimere. —Yesterday some
harbour trials were made in the Regent's Canal Dock.
Untehouss, with two he sew lifeboat.. in the preemies of
some unman of the somagittes and officers of the National
Lifeboat Institution. Bea boat is 33 fast long, sod polls
10 cars doublobasked. Their material is solid mahogany,
and they were built by the Mama Forrest, sod BON of
Lim/hones. nada the soperintemdesee of the Lifeboat
Society. The trials of both boatel were in every way satis-
factory. Their qualities of self.righting, self-ejecting of
water, sad stability, weft thoroughly tasted end (coed
complete on all respects. One of the boats is the wood
sessions gift of the Oastreercial Travellers to the Mafioso!
Institution, and is to be stationed at Castletown, Isle of
Man. On the way to her statics tete boat is to be publicly
exhibited on Use 23rd Met at Sheffield, when the red-
dest' hope to raise the cost of • lifeboat to los celled after
their tows. The other boat has been built far the Suss
Caul Ownny and is to be stationed at Port geld, sod
will leave forpa her destination either this or the early part
of sent week. It appears that the builders have now In
band for the National Lifeboat lantana about tweeity
lifeboats, for the Pasch Shipwreck Society three lifeboats,
and one or two for our colonise.
ALARMING RAILWAY COLLISION AT GATISHIAD.—
Os Tuesday night, a Dollish)* took place ea the North-
Eastern Railway at Gateshead, between a passenger tram
end a goods tram, which, while of • very alarming character,
wee fortunately and wiervellousiy not attended with any
lees of life. The loath train, which ia dos a Newest!. at
7.36, was prooeecliag at a quick rate henna the Felling
sad Gateshead, when it roe into a goods tile, which, from
some cause or other, was @tending near the engine-shoa at
the foot of Perk-lima Many of the pagengas had more
or lees prominent marks of the violence of the eollisiou to
show. Chee men is • third class carriage was thrown corn-
=lover the rail which generates the corepertmest. A
T eerlorte cesually happened, however, to a geonenum
helooging to the neighbourhood of Blaydoe, who had a
blue wooed oil the forehead, and who was so mach shake.
Set he MN scarcely able to walk even with aeslatanee. '
A iffy residing in Belgrave-terreoe seemed to be still mete
' severely hurt, having a severe cut on the forehead, and
bring greatly shaken. The See we. blocked for shall an
1 hour sad • half. The guard's vaa was far enough age el
the way; hut tea of the trucks, meal which wee seff the
llies mod the other nearly mashed to pions, bed to; beve-
moved before the passenger train could proceed. Several
personsk get at seed walked to Newcastle; bet the snajoilt,
mw led is Ow kabs, sad reached Novae/a sheet hid&
pet aloe reeks*. The engine gees ea mush ebuneeted.
but the angins-driar mewed unbtut.--11 ereastle Ora
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