The Express.
London, England, 1862-08-21 00:00:00

NATAL 420) 140.11411 Y.

ADMIRALTY, Avon! 9D. --AILITOINTION/S. —Lien-
lomat M. Belie, to the Tannest.
Master 11. 0. Swaineon, to the Rattlesnake.
Clark T. A. Miller, to the Ediaburgh.
Midshipman F. A.Gardosr, GALA, awl T. Jonas, to
theghiVal‘Eaginser P. Wood, to the Rattlesnake, commis-
noes&
First Class Assistant Eiagtheers F. Wheeler and F. G.
Ford, to the Rattlesnake.
Acting First Class Anistent Engineers T. Menden, to
the Indus, for the Partridge; J. F. Moreton, to the Indus,
far the Tilbury.
Second Clan Aniline. Engineers R. Last, to the Bettie
Enke • W. 0. Stull* to Use Clorninillis, canenned ; G.
Mini, to the lade, as superenneary, iinaleumel : A. Ra-
ndy, to the Virago; J. Fraser, to the dodos. for Hospital.
Acting Second Clan Asaistant Engineers F. Moors, W.
J. Sprike„ W. B. Cleintley, and H. itawlinzattite Asia,
as attpennesiseuin ; J. Fawcett, to the
4.2lTral'OT THE LORDS OF TER` ADMITIALTT AT
Livoithoor...Yeeterday, the Admiralty yaeht Otherne
arrived in the Money, baying on bout Itssa•Aeboina F.
W. Only. amnia Edon C. 8., sod Captaki C. F. S. Wig-
boors. The Osborne is under the command of Captain
Grey. She leaves Liverpool this morning.

PORTSMOUTH. !mann W.
The Shannon, 36, acrew frigate, Captain Oliver J.
Jones, smiled from Bpitheed this siterwoon for South
America end the Pacific.
The Black Prince, 40, iroa.plated Wm* Captain
James F. B. Wainwright, is so far advanced in her
meat far sea service that she will proceed to 9

to-morrow.
The Rattle, 17, 'crew sloop, Commander Edwd. H.
Howard, riled Weal terse= for tiro East Indies sedation.
The Sprightly We= vowel, Muter-Commander Alien,
was to leave this port this evening, with Vioe•Admiral Bruce
on board en route to Guernsey. Sir Henry ?goosed' to the
I Channel sland" on his annual visit of inspeetwo to the ports
within this district. The Sprightly, it is stated, will Telma
in about three weeks.

TEE BICENTENARY OT " Br. cc
—Next Sunday the dissenters throaghoot the country in-
tend celebrating the 200th's anniverwiry of what is termed
Black Bartholomew-day'. when— oe the 24th of August,
1602-2,000 ministers left the church of England rather
than submit to the requirements of the Act of Uniformity,
midrib( every clergyman to give in his assent to the mow
oopal form of church goverannot. The subject will be
adverted to in most of the dissenting pulpits. An address
on the subject, signed by Sir S. Morton Peal, Bart., M.P.,
Mr. Samuel Morley, sod other gentlemen on behalf of the
Central United Bartholomew Committee, has bees exten-
sively circulated amoapt dissenters. They state that they
do not plellllll.lll to prescribe, or even to suggest, how next
Sooday mbe turned to men useful account ; but they,
recommend that the day may be celebrated in a spirt
worthy of the occasion it recalls. As • sort of counter
movement some high church clergymen have notified that
they will preach special sermons on tit. 13artboloniew's-day
—" that being the day on which, in the year 1662, the
orders and liturgy of the church of England were tn.
uniphantly vindicated against those who had dispossessed
the lawful ministers, and abolished the Book of Common
Prayer."
ANGLING EXTRAORDINARY. —The HOD. MT.
Dodson, brother d the Speaker of the Horne of Conunoes,
who bee bees staying is the Calakmian Hotel for some
time pest, had a tough battle with • large samosa oa Friday
am& Saturday. last in the Holm Pool, and in which be
earricreeed the wont of the eocoutithe. About six is the
wombs. whilst fishing at this part of the Ness, he hooked
e Mime, the which
tail, he knew to be of immenverse sire. The fish
wee tamed and ran dogri, pursued by
the *ogler and an assistant. He took refuge in deep
water, and the line beiog hauled in, an attempt
was made to seise bins with the gaff. but
in vain, for in a moment he had darted off
in the contrary direction, and coming to a stop,
lay sulkily at the bottom of the water. The gaff was again
tried. and with a similar result. This game cootinued till
evening set in, the pursuit of the ialmou being joined In lay •
brother angler, bat all the efforts used were in vain. De-
termined sot to lose the prise if possible, Mr. Denison kept
the fish on his lies during the whole night, cod did not lose
hold of it till 4 o'clock on Saturday morning, at which hour,
in making one of its sudden darts, the line, in ruining out,
got entangled about the person of the angler, broke in twain,
and the fish was free, after • battle of ten home ! The fish
is, believed to be one of the Isrgest ever seen in the Ness,
and could pot be Is. than 501 b. in weight—lnverness Ad-
vertiser.
TURNOUT Or SPINNERS AT BLACILBUILN.—OD
Monday aftarsoon the operative spinners in the employ of
Mama. Hopwood end Sons, Nova Scotia Mill, Blackburn,
after bolding a meeting on the premises, complained of the
bad quality of the material which they were spinuing, sad
asked for lammed pay for working it. As the mayor (Mr.
B. IL Hatchithoo) was from home, his manager tried to
persuade them to continue at work until be should return
at the sad of the week. They declined to do so, and in
consequence of what pawed the mill was entirely closed oe
Tuesday, and will, in all probability. remain so until the
return of Mr. Hutchinson. By this insane about fifty
*ousts have ceased about 400 persons to be thrown oat Of
• work.
. BILIOUS DISASTER TO A MANUFACTURING TOWN
111 Friation.—The Journal de Toulouse gives an account of
a dreadful catastrophe which has just befallen the mann.
fact aieg tows of thamet. A dreadful storm broke over
the town and nelghbearliook by night, and the rain fell
tenants. The river Arnett soon after suddenly nee to a
height of more then 30 feet, bringing down with it, in its tor-
rent, truaks al tress, beams of bowies, furniture, cattle, he.
The Tidiness of the water was such that it swept everything
before it. Yin houses sod several bridges were washed
away ; and several roads which led to the different mare.
',.feetoriea_ supplied with water power by the river, wets
liimellshai. jos lip. Upwards of 30 spinning mills are
=Pima Mu AIM d leaction from which they will not '
Aug mese Una, as all the sluices and other works on
have beim destroyed. Put of the buildings be-
to Pie iliqpi manufactory et Bassinet have been
away. The foreman of the sat bliehmwt, with his
wife mid Soar children, were drowned. A piing workman,
who was in the street, was also carried away by the torrent
aid perished. All the bodies have since been found-
Almost all the houses in the town were inundated to the
depth ef emeral feet. The ices aimed by this calamity le
kinness.