The Express.
London, England, 1849-11-23 00:00:00

THE BRITISH FLEET IN THE DARDANELLES.

The list of the ships forming the British squadron
is the Dardanslles is ea follows:
Same

Queen, 110 guns, Captain Wise, Admiral Sir William
Parker, G.C.B.
Howe, 120 gnu, Captain Sir Imes Stirling.
Caledonia, 120 gam, Captain T. W. Carter.
Priam Regent, 92 pans, Captain Martin.
Powerful, 84 guns, Captain the Hon. H. 8. Dead's.
Veepance, 84 guns, Captain the B <rl of Hardwkke.
Bellerophon, 78 guns, C•ptaia (no name mentiosed).
Sntastana
Odin, 660 hone power, 12 gams, Cept.Hon. F. T. Pelham.
Wagon, 660 hone power, 6 guns, Capt. W. H. Hall.
Bulldog, 600 horse power, 6 gone, Commander Key.
Hoeamond, 287 horse power, 3 gene, Csaamander Foot.
Ardent, 200 bon* power, 4 suns, Lieu. Bowel.
Tartarus, 186 horse power, 4 guns, Commander Sir Gs&
fray Webster, But.

DREADFUL MILL ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF Lint AT
Pazeros.—Yesterday ae accident warred at the extensive
manefectoey el Messrs. Swanson, Birlity, end Co., cotton
spinners, Fishwick (is the suburbs of Preston), by whisk
one man wee killed on the spot, sad another so dreadfully
mutilated that he will in all probability have expired helot e
this owlets the aye of the reader. It appears that on Wed-
nesday awning, Mr. Oddy, the guesser of the mill, fancied
he perceived as escape of gas, and gave orders for en exami-
nation of the pips. Yesterday niorning a labourer, aimed
Lawson, proceeded to search foe the leakage; it being dark,
he procured a lamp, when the gas tram the main pipe lame-
diately ignited at the month of a sewer. The coast quence
was, that the whole of the lights in the sorb east
portion of the mill were exdaguisked, upon which
the weavers instantly threw their looms out of gear.
The engine being dies relieved of a great pro.
portion of its weight, became ungovernable and
ran wild acquiri..g• melt a velocity fro.n the
impetus thus given to it, that the fly-wheel was spluttered to
pieces. This engine (which was a smaller one, there Wipe
two in the factory) was situated at the east end of the large
mill, and worked the looms is the north-west mill. The or-
dinary speed of the fly-wheel was about fifty revolutions
p.r minute. One of the edemas of the large engine war
broken off, and the fragments scattered in various directions
—seas to one end end some to the other ad of the engine
house, whisk is 80 fest Wag. A partition well, two test
thick, dividing the engine nem, was levelled with the
ground by the force of the shock. and part of the fl-or
of the beam chamber la the large engine house was difple cod.
John Cooks, elegise tinter, a pan about 60 years of ego,
was dreadfully injured wielleteedsovouriag, is was supposed,
to stop his engine: his MOM arm was sore off near to the
shoulder joint. He was Israel by a trarreasat et the fly
wheel, and fell adepts of Pa fist through a kils which
had been made is the floor. The atop valve sad
chest of the engine (which wee of 40.borse power)
havieg bees broken off, ceased it to Pop. Shortly after
the accident, H. Kirkham, manager in the Christie.
toss, was found lying behind the door of the south
musses to the engine-house. He was quite dead, having
been struck out the hood by • fragment of the wheel, and his
legs also being broken. Ks was 24 years of ego. A 'rag-
meet of the ilyewheei pmeemeed the wall at the north end
of the sugingarosa. whisk ie *Mess inches AUL Lustier
fragment was theses Om& the window at the PPP sail
of men sogbilionse. TDB small segios-house, whale
the soieWty ..caned, is IS Pa by 10 feet. The engine ens.
Mined eriespeindealy damp. The windows at seek
sod of the onglowbsoss were shattered to pieces. A pords•
of the Pak kea.it to levee hundred I. amber, will be
illeprivoi of Peek hr • abort tines by the seeded
AUTUMNAL SHEEP SICLAEING.—Tte crime er
slipping sheep and puluining the wool has become of fre-
quent occurretee in this district, end numerous are the eds.
plaints mad* of depredations of this description ; where
who have wattled with anxiety the safety of their Sp*,
throughout the most trying .sons, have suddenly bole
shorn of their hopes, and bad their prospects blighted by
some cunning workman skilled in the handicraft of ..deeds
of darknem." More than an unusual degree of expecte-
tica was created during the past week, in the hope
that some of the depredators would be apprehended, but
this astkip Won, as will be seen, was doomed to dire!).
pliefenient. A large quantity of wool was discovered in
a been situate In a lonely put of the road near Bran-
' *Waite, and information was sent to the superintendent of
at Workington to that effect. Superintendent Dobson
ly despatched a man to keep watch at the pleat
diaing tie night, but was unsatiemiefel, the offenders not
daring to approach their hidden treasure. Rs left word with
1161.0 varies who were at work adjoining the barn to keep
'Patch doting his absence to partake of refrphseat, sad the
Pool war safe up to flys o'slock in ties sushi'. The police
officer, bowever, did not arrive at his station until seven
o'clock, and within these two louts the hers bad been coin-
fleeced of its Patents. and the detective taught •
retse:alFthat we possum* he will not readily Pere. Hopis
are still entertained that the parties will be bests &to jos-
tles, and that this growing evil, if not sieWsly
will be checked at knot for a eseima.—Ormberinneligaraogelet!

Aar Tultilllllllo MACHINES IMINIPT MOM TOLLS
—This qmosies, es *Ma She ermine of the marowetes ot this
sail Ohm somas is Meted, see Wise* base the Wel:
busk lest tats*, eel dimmed WI& seseh
sees sod . Mr. Mooed P._ ste_esootf_l*Mour, saw
mewl the or of tell'lrWirbirsook.gata
skew nom why lee deNteeded tell MB Ids mail*.
lit. Nue*/ appeared is the part of the , paw
ems ; and Mc Mershon, of Letterheiv he Me alleslir, er
rather the Were. lit. Menhall quairdpeessel &shim eed
r;to prove that *rabble smile= are liable to toll.
164 /3; for his env*, Math dot sties waged ea Om
ether ma he had, sissera ether this., NUM eaMillere
Mends to OS thlialtlement
authorities
Jetsam sad Walker of
the wadi of these melee the
swim ertel:2* actual tnlege of the soil, sad le •
mem of worm hi esdememed to *ravines the kissed
mussel (lit. Bedew% liesphes) that say aGaohiss act este,
alip sag to add** the nil, se sot, sad ought sot to be
tamed as et re. Mr. M. ties hid he-
lms the the • • • le had thee. sub-
mitted te swassel. Tint • dial ise mashies let
to • helm (either by day el gto work by the pins),
1:181eis whose beiects ' le let or lookers] ma.
*orbit Oka he 01 IMMO hems to the hr-
mar's le *sit, t essltdi to 3 Geo. IV.,
esp. 126, s. is ha mbeadry Ti this
question Mr. Berjeast Ste I US of oral* that
a &inlet ahead* is as hapielleee et hhehmdry within the
est, ash Sat *are beteg a wassisi option of all hip*
meats of terheladry,that esemptila emsot be restrained by
a mere ettetriessal &foresee derhild from the esters of the
esempiles sod erloalterel sedum. The positive "athe-
ism ss es thismelad Weed, aa argument is the
=l.lOlllOl. eta , Mow &daft redriedoe ked beta.
as * hoplemeMe, ft would have been eigrempi.
TWO memplistele fameerof kashmir, were seseliwal se
eaMded to a ibmiustie alemesties. The out creestloa wr,
Whaeher • 11e
Wit be *Eke mean wee
hem MU es we Wittiest kokaadry, whoa 'elm tezirt
eetemarg hums the hew* belief • hmee slo has Wed
it t ToVthe quelies the based coma pm the fellowt.g
reply. Tusks
impiemmt employed for a
waren with isamert, sad Me se
oilier ramose, mese he eemilered is impleemst of her
iambi, Gad this • themidee mashies esesermaily falls
Main that Sum Atom • iteet osessliedthe bee* &-
Wei OM thesehme mashies@ we esempt hem len. Ike
beeps of the gMe wee oohed ea Mowy ail Me =perm Mil
.And the telL—ltertiempOse ry.
EMIT %ENT MD CA3l=l3l7ll' Carus SHOW.—
It hes bees Odds; to Mead* the annual cattle thew at
Costerbery; bst es ewe eseipesiatioa, plmehise lam*
wed; messedess=ar_ritoeious la sad metes% hrs.
petal to be NM Elena
Extentenos.-;-0f the greet sealgeatha freei the
Ns* of Itylvad, idirodigii he tioseded et MO, N boa-
sleet to ladies* that two *sash ea the tore* this we,
the Jam Black
sail
StaadorC ham more thee MOM las her
days, sad will sail for New Torts early in the amiss week.
—Lennie* Chrottick.