The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-25 00:00:00

MILITARY.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at tha
Emu India House, when Major-General William Staveley,
C. 8., was appointed Commander in-Chia of the company',
forces on the Madras establishment.

PLYMOUTIL—The intended dinner which the
friends of Mr. C. Mare, the unsestod M.P., were to have
given in honour of that gentleman, has been postponed, is
consequence of Mr. Mare's present ill-health, and of 14
being about to visit the continent.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AT BRIGIITON.—NOME-
nous CONVICTION9.—On Monday, Mr. Thomas, secretary
to the Reyal S .ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animal., appeared at the Town Hall, Brighton, before Mr.
Barrer and other magistrates, to prosecwe several persons
for cruelly ill-treating their horses, The following persons
were convicted upon the evidence of Richard Sinclair, an
officer now stationed at Brighten :—Samuel Steers, of
Brighton, omnibus proprietor, convicted of causing a home
to he cruelly ill-treated. Fined 205., and 12s. costs. The
fine waspaid.—Edw. Carlton, of 17, Eastern-road, Brighton,
was convicted of cruelly beating and otherwise ill-treating
• horse. Fined 20e, and 12a. costs, or twenty-one days
and hard labour.—William Gandy, fly-owner, for the sass
class of offence, the like fine and costs, or fourteen days to
hard labour.—John Butcher, Hy-owner, 5.., and 12.. costs.
Fine paid.—Samnel Swift, 16, Francis-street, Brighton.
10s., and 12s. costs. Fine paid.—John Message, of Sun-
street, Brighton, omnibus del. er, 55., and 12s. costs. Paid.
—William Pont, of Id, Newhaven-street, Brighton, for
working a horse with four raw places rubbed by the bar-
net., lds and 12s. eons, or fourteen days and hard labour.
—John Bignell, carman, for beating and torturing • horse.
Lis., and 12s. costs, or fourteen days hard labour. These
numerous convictions have given the greatest satisfaction
to the visitors and residents of the town, who now hop*
that a permanent stop may be put to the gross and most
disgusting barbarity daily practised upon the poor wretched
Ihorses used in the hackney conveyances for pleasure and
otherwise.

jut Court.

OSBORNE, Am 24.

The Queen and Prince a alkyd in the grounds
yee.play btu:mums.
Mr. U. lagerodi and Mr. UuchAvin arrived from London
a*.lock. bad audielll.l • her 1114 j, ley.
ine Kul ot Clarendon hid abo so audience.
Mr. K. lagess.:l deliver..l hi. letters of recall as United
State, minister, and Mr. Bachanao was presented by the
• of elated .0 on bis appointoiect to Rimed Mr. in-
▪l he Earl of ClA•tinku and Sir Charles Lyell hate left
.rte
rad Li!y C..the rine Harcourt bad the honour of
wag milord tr diaper yesterday.

M. Can de W;yer, the Belgian Minister, had an inter-
if, •it 4 thf• of Aberdsto y • day, at his official
nodfcce iu fa ning•strect.
(hue tilt use of Newcastle, Secretary of State fur
k•,,k,aiks, kit lowa yesterday afternoon for the recess.

1..,N1A.N AND NORTH WEsTF.RN RAILWAY.—We
are authorised to say that the 'curious statements re-
the future chuirmagship of this railway,
hicli have recently appeared in several papers, are
wholly incorrect.
L 000,11181: AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.—At a
touting of directors of this company, held on Tues-
day, it has been decided to recommend to the pro-
p:dots at their ensuing meeting to declare a divi-
dend fur the past half year at the rate of 31 per cent.
pr annum, and to carry forward a surplus of up-
wards of 3,O4YJi. to the next aexmot.

THE NEW AC•T To ABOLISH TRAN

PORTATION.

Yesterday the important act to substitute in cer-
ts:u cases other punishment in li. u of transportation, was
issued. It will come into force on Friday week. After the
commencement of the act (from and after the Ist of Septem-
ber) no person is to be sentenced t s transportation, except
for life. or 14 years, or upwards. Any person who might
have been sentenced to transportation fur a term less than
ll years, is to be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be
kept in penal servitude. Permits liable to transportation'
for 11 years or upward.; or fur lite, may still be sentenced to
transportation, or to penal servitude. The following term.
deems' servitude a-e to be awarded ins'cad of the present
terms et transport tin Instead of transportation for 7
pars, or fur a term not exceeding 7 years, the penal servi-
tude is to be a term of 4 year.. instead of any term of
transportation exceeding 7 year, and not exceeding
pi years, the penal servitude is to be not leas
than 4, and n t exceeding 6, years. Instead of
transportatioa exceeding 10. and not exceeding 15 years, the
penal servitude is lobe for not lea than 6, and not exceeding
eight years ; where it exceeds filmes year. the penal Oaf-
vaude is to be not less than six, and not exceeding ten
years; and instead of transportation for life, the penal ser-
vitude to be fur the term of lift; sod in every ease where,
at the discretion of the court, one of any two or more of the
terms of transportation might have been awarded, the
court shall have the like discretion to award one of the two
or mere terms of penal servitude in relath n to such term
of transportation. There arc three clauses in the act with
regard to tickets of leave in the United Kingdom, and the
system is now to be tried for the first time in this country.
It is declared to be lawful for her Majesty, by an order in
writing ' the hand and seal of one of the principal
secretaries of state, to grant to any convict now under sen-
tence of transportation, or who may hereafter be sentenced
to transportation, or to any punishment substituted for
transportation by this act, a license to be at large in the
United Kiagdom nod the Channel Islands, or in such
parts thereof respectively as in such license shall be ex-
pressed, durieg such portion of his or her term
of tronsportstion or imprisonment, and upon such
conditions in all respects as to her Mnjeety shall seem fit,
and it shall be lawful for her Majesty to revoke or slier
such license by a like order at her Majesty's pleasure. So
lose r such license shall continue in force and unrevoked
such convict shall not be liable to be imprisoned or trans-
ported by reason of his or her sentence, but shall be allowed
to gonad remaiu at large according to the terms of such
below. On a license being revoked the convict may be ap-
prehended and committed to prison. After the commence-
ment of the act per-ens convicted of larceny, after previous
conviction for felony, are not to be liable to transportation.
The act is not to affect the discretion of criminal courts as
to alternative punishment, which may be in addition to the
punishment now substituted for transportation.