The Express.
London, England, 1847-09-04 00:00:00

trbt Court.

ARDVERIKIE, TCE;DAY, Aro. 31.—Prince Albert,
atcomparlied by the Praise of Leiaingen, and attended by
the Marquis of Abercorn, the Hon. Capt. Gordon, Viscount
Jocelyn, and Mr. Anson, enjoyed the sport of shooting. In
the afternoon her Majesty and the Prince of Wales, attended
by the gentlemen and ladies in waiting, went out oa • fish
expedition on Loch Laggan. The Marquis of Abereorn
and Viscount Jocelyn will join the royal circle at dinner this
day..—SEPT. 1. Earl Grey left Ardverikie for Howick.
OSBORNE, SEPT. 2.—Prince Alfred and the Prin-
rem Alice end Helena took their usual early rides in the
pounds at Osborne this morning. The state of the tides
has prevented Prince Alfred and Princess Alioe from taking
their accustomed *ea baths for the last two mornings.

• Denpatehes from the Governor of the Cape of Good
Hope, and also from the Governor of the Mauritius, were
neared yesterday at the Colonial-offiee.—Despatches were
bunted list evening from the Colonial-office for the Governo-
r of Canada, and also for the governors of the other
North American provinces.
Mr. J. W. Sutherland and Mr. Mark Lewis Boyd
had an interview yesterday with the Commissioners of
Emigration.

We learn from the beet authority that the Queen
and Prince Cowen, wording to present arrangements, in-
tend to remain at Leman Lodge till the 18th instant, on
which day her Majesty and the mem►ers of the royal family
quit Ardverekie for Fort William, to embark on board the
royal yacht. It is now positively fixed that the royal
squadron will return by the same way to Osborne, and not
by the nerth•eastern mast, se was at one time contemplated.

(From lut night's Casette.):
W AR.OI,IIOE, ear. 3.
Thattle.—W. E. %nice, gent., to be oar., by poi., eke
.ni P. Prow.
141.—Brev. Col. 0. W. Horton, from h..p unatt, to be
riot R. Richardoon, who exch.; Major J. C. B. (Abele to be
oint-coL by our., rice noetoo, who ret.; coot. tiir U. Dwell, Bort,
• be major, by pm., vice tab= Lint. P. b. Thotegoon, to be opt.,

VT, vies Ur Z. Dwell; Cot. A. N. Ado to be Bo*, by par.,
TUllAbs=-01r. J. Tammy, from 100 LL Dm, to be err.
vliententies,p. be Ulb 1.. Dregs.
Ow. U. Mum, be V* T., le be emit., rite
llWAlRsasooloash.; R. Meander, per, be be Qom*, by per.,
vise Tv ply. app. le Milt. Time
I thb LL Diega.—Oart. IL Pole, frees amt., to be at., riotT. Ibnand, 'orb mi.; Lint. lA.Parry to be aby per.
vise Poia, we
rel. ; Oaeset T. O. A. team, be be lieut., by pox., vice
e. ben; Comet C. Z. Crops, teem 7* Lt. Deep., to be corset,
dee Wm.
let t.—Llost. T. 1.. Whitmore, lo be met, by pa., visa lent.-Itaj.
who felt Zee C. Teak to* begt.,by yw, vice ;
J. • got, lobe Sea, by put, vice Tuft; Goat. Wit O. A.
Arnie, *
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T. ANL CL, le be NIL, without per,vise Olrudot,
app. le
I.—See. J. Paratr, be* UM T., to be beat., without pen,
vim 111110,11"
be de&
Limb, from See P., to be apt.. eta Tyler,
who ea*.

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27.—Assfst.4erg. P. Illeskey, from ftd P., to be assist..
ears, vise 1110meess. ems.* Mk F.
Ink F.—Asig.4l-11. Heibeems, M.D., from 12th F., to be
aselet..sum. else 11, mem. b Ntit T.
17.asee. T. sugar Mt be psymint., vice loogferd, dim-
mng by lbe =Mimed a pa. mime mertlaL
enifelt/-11.1 lbw" pa., is to ara, by pur., vim Hughes, Idiom
. bee Mem
87111 P. isme.
its be be Itent..coL, without Do*.: BrevAlaj.
B. V. farad Se be mg., vise eiselly, , Lieut. J. B. !dimity to be wt.,
vies Layard ; Lied. H. Toney from 9th F., to be lieut., Otsveky.
4lrd P.—Ens. J. F. Giant" from let V., to be out., vice Foram.,
pea In 7th P.
4Sbe 7.—Lkeet. D. D. Wimps, Be. 17th F., to be tent., vice
se_

'III.--C. . .
.—C. D. Code, mat, to be end, by pur., vice Lethbridge
miss app. bee bees ems
QM F.—awe. Lied.. Cal. W. Nadal Orme% to be lied..ed, with-
or=4llorrAlej. T. J. Devereil, M be une. Me Grampe ; Ma J.
08 be adJ•A eiwAgra-ssrg. T. IlVi' .101111==g;
Aatiatto J. & odneleMa. Beim Old F., to be MR.;
I.E. tram M. no. wawlitararg.
SIM R. W. B dithers le be lisat.cot waled per.; apt. C.
J. Cede le be , vise flimilibene i Lent T.J. IformayMi be MP'.,
MeMele; Lleat.ll. EOSIN% imaillth P MM Mat. dee direms,
sop. 44 0101._,1. IL Mawr tele Beet,MY Memay; Omit Cadet
H. C. •Milimil. ken the Roy. MIL Ca, to be ms, Me Meer;
L. E. Ream te be sq. • o.d. Stag. R. Smyth to be ousr.man. ;
Amid liog.J. D. Rheims, M.D. from Oth F., to be sum.; A. 8.
Allolia, goat le bearold eurg.
74th 7.—ttal. J. H. bulbs to be inigod, without par. ; Brev.-
Msg. IL C. ILioyd le be , doe Gribbe; Lieut. T. Tydd to be apt,
vise Lloyd ; Lied. R. tram 17th F., to be Mutt vice Brett,
mg. adj.; Ida J. C. Mode to be Beat, doe Tydd : Gent. Cadet B.
Toned Red Semi NIL CoL, to be sae, vies Clarke; Lieut. W. Brett
to be adj. • on 4114. H. Tyke to be quer -mast.; Moist-Burg.
H. C. IleadLl trim the rat, to to aurg. ; J. Craw, gent. to be add..
"gib P.—Capt. H. C. Tyler, from 9th F., to M apt, vice Leslie, who
etch.
Mod F.—Mol. J. J. Slater, to be lieutgol., without pur., vice
Witay, de .. ' • ltrev.-Mal. C. F. Maxwell, to bead. m, Moe deter ;
Lieut. F. W.Diggle, to be rapt, vice Maxwell; F, eg. F. 11. Garner,
to be Bent, vice thigh ; Gad. edit J. Gordon, tram Royal Mil. Col.,
to be ens., vice Garner.
84th F.—Lieut. W. IL Beatty, from 97 F., to be lieut., vice O'Shea,
whose app. has been can.
89th F.—C. Darby, pat to be mg by par., nice Hardy, who ret.
97th F.—Capt K. Patching from 10th Lt. Drag., to be apt. , vice
Mu, ray, who each.; Lieut. IL C. M`Crea, ham 17th F., to be lieut.,
vice /natty, app. to the 89th F.
Hosrirai. Brxtr.—Aealet-Surs. W. Rutherford, M.D., from 62nd
F. to be amistourg. to the forog Moe Reed, prom. In 76th I'.
Beam.— Capt. O. Pete, of i 9th L. Dram, to be major in the army.
Usirracen..—Bre..Maj. W. Bandon, tram Soya! Newfoundland I
Coot, to be maj., w dhow pur. To be mod., without pur.—Lieut. J.
Dovimart from 59rd F. ; Licht. 0. H. Meader, from I, th V.
MICIPLANDON.—LiaIIt. W. a. Lockhart. of the lath LL Dealla, has
been permitted to assume the some of Scott, in addition to and after
that of Lockhart

SOCIETY FOR THE REFORMATION OP IL'VENTLE
OFFRNDEll,—Yesterday a general quarterly court of the
committee and subscriber of this institutienwas held M the

London Tavern, Bishomeritemereet. J. 11. Gledatanee,
Esq., in the chain—Mr. Graeber, the secretary, announced,
that since the last meeting he had received a donation of 10
guineas from Lord Morpeth, 20 guineas from Col. Connop,
and 20 guineas from Mr. Beadon, the newly appointed ma-
gistrate of the Hammersmith police-court. The general
receipts of subscriptions and donations were, however, far
from being sufficient to enable the committee to carry out
the benefits intended by the founders and subscribers of the
institution. This was felt more on acc.iunt of the increase of
applications from magistrates and other influential persons
for admission of juvenile criminals into the institution, with
a view to their rescue (ruin the ruinous effecte of the conta-
mination so common by the incarceration of young chit.
dren who had been driven into crime from the
want of the care of parents, or their inability to
provide for their wants. At the present time there are 110
boys on the foundation, 43 of whom have been admitted this
year, and 60 apprenticed or discharged. It was intended to
admit several that day, but for want of funds they could not
admit to the extent n quired. The only available cash in
the hands of the banker, was 1781. The general report
showed that this philanthropic society was instituted in the
year 1788, and incorporated in the year 1306, the object of
the society being not only to reclaim juvenile delinquents
who had acquired habits of vagrancy and depravity, but to
educate and instruct them in a system of industrial occupa-
tion, added to a moral and religious education, so as to raise
them in the scale of asciety. 28 of the boys out of 62 re-
ceived du'ring the pastyear were orphans or fatherless ; and in
17 of the cases the extreme poverty or depraved character of
the parents had driven them into crime. In the last year
the admissions were 82 and discharges 38, whilst the 8:-
perms had been reduced to 3,459/.,'ortlng to the improved
efficiency of the society's educational and industrial training,
and to the better and more self-exerting spirit which had thus
been infused into the boys themselves. Since May, 1846 62
boys had been received on recommendation of association,
of magistrates in Surrey, Staffordshire, and Cheshire, end
2.5 boys had been pieced under the society's care by the
Secretary of State (Sir George Grey) from Parkhurst Prison.
From the intimation received by the committee from Sir
George Grey, and the interest manifested by the govern-
' ment in the condition et the younger duns of offenders,
the most important advantages are expected to result
from the prospect of an improvement in the laws relating to
juvenile offenders. The income of the society for the last
year amounted to 3,6721. 145., and the expenditure to
3,4591. Its. 3d., being an excess of income of 2131. 3s. 3d.
The funded property of the institution amounted to
9,6921. 185. 9d., invested in various government securities.
Several applications for admissions having bees considered
and approved, and the general routine business of the meet-
ing gone through, a vote of thanks was voted to the chair-
man, and the meetiane broke up.

ENORMOUS EXPENSE OF THE METROFOLITAN
BUILDINGS Acr.—From a return, the order for which was
obtained by Lord Morpeth at the close of lest session, and
which is now before us, we abetract the following important
particulars :—The monies paid, or to be paid, by the Woods
and Forests on account of the salaries of the referees and re-
gistrar for the years 1845 and 1846, amount to 6,0061. The
payments made, or due, by the registrar on account of Mace
staff (a surveyor, registrar's clerk, entering clerk, two sur-
veying clerks, and a messenger), and expenses of the
amount in 1845, to 1,644/. ; and in 1846, to 2,1261. These
sums are chiefly met by the office fees received by the regis-
trar, which amount in 1846 to 1,5791., and In 1846 to 1,2121.
The fees received by district eurveyorsinlB4s, or due, amount
to 16,6151., and in 1816, to 30.3031. One result to be ob-
tained from the return is that for the working of the build-
ings act during the years 1846 and 1846, no less a sum than
66,6001. has been expended in the metropolis, exclusive of
costs paid by builders and owners to their own surveyors and
solicitors in cases before the referees.—The Builder.
THE 'WRECK OF A SHIP OPP SCOTLAND.—The
melancholy wreck of an emigrant ship, briefly announced in
tke Ezpress of Tuesday to have warred during the
recent storm on the extreme north coast of Scotland, has
mated much anxiety on account of the great ion of life that
was reported to have happened. By the subjoined particu-
lars it will be seen that the number was considerably exagge-
rated, although a great sacrifice has taken place. The vessel
was the Canton, belonging to Hull, 481 tons burthen, and
although she has been engaged in the conveyance of eud-
n."she wee not employed in that trade on the present ocea-
She sailed from Hull on the 13th ult. with a miscel-
laneous cargo of merchandise for St. John's, New Bruns-
wick, having a crew on board of eighteen men, including the
captain, Mr. John Peter Tong. There also went out with
her several passengers, of whom we have only been able to
ascertain the names of two, via., Mr. and Mrs. Mosel Jordan,
from Ihraford, near Heideman,. They, it seems, were
going to join their parents in New Brunswick, who had pro-
ceeded there in the same vessel about four years ago. The
skip took the usual northerly course on leaving Hull, push.
round Pentland Frith, the last point she was heard of bun,
previous to being peen at the spot where she perished. The
following particulars relating to the catastrophe have bum
extract.ed from letters received by the owners at Hull,
_sextby
Mr. J. Aaderson, Lloyd's agent at Respond, Loch Ersikea,
and others at Dumas. The storm is described to hone bun
atilt most awful character, and its equal has not ham ex-
perienced on the northern coast for a numbsr of yawn It
commenced soon after midnight of the 21st sit., no=
terrifically the whole of the following day and AP,
the greateetdevastation among the shipping. lissilmmany
vessels which were driven on shore
sur-
veying-ship Mastiff, Capt. Beechey, near Kirk ay. A
largo., which afterwards proved to be the ill-fated vowel
in question, was seen off Dumas soon after eight
o'clock on Sunday morning. She was first dis-
cerned some distance off, apparently attempting to
run into that place for shelter. Such, however, was
impossible 'in the sea that was then raging, the
gale, which was from the N.N.E., scattering everything be-
lon it. The part of the coast for which she was fast driving
was, near the headland to the westward of Domes., wholly
inaccessible, the rocks running to en altitude of 600 feet.
For some time the crew could be observed in the rigging,
evidently with a view of obtaining assistance from the shore,
which was utterly impossible. At length the tempest hurled
the ill-fated barque against the rocks with fearful force, and
in a few seconds she was to be seen a total wreck, the surf
sweeping her fragments in every direction along the head-
land. The magistrates of the place, with Mr. Ander-
son, and moot of the influential arties in the neigh-
bourhood,i proceeded to the spot ; but it was some time
ere an attempt could be made, in consequence of the violent
state of the weather. On reaching the place where she had
been cast on the rocks, scarcely a vestige of the wreck could
be seen. The ship's papers being found, enabled the autho-
rities to ascertain her name and owners, who were apprised
of her fate, Every soul having perished, it was mere con-
jecture as to the number last. Twenty bodies were picked
up, one being that of a female; and, from the circumstance
of a seamen haying a reticule round his arm, and a quality
of ladies' wearing apparel washed upon the rocks, lamas
thought that the ship was laden with sudipmata. The
were collected and conveyed to Durum, and on the hlksw-
ing day were interred in the parish .churchyard. The fkie
lowing is a list of those who perished, with the exemption
of one or two; Yr. Moses Jordan and his wife,
Sarah Jordan. saliva of Beaked, in Heideman; John
Peter wander, belonged to Hull, left a widow
sad fee'ids Asker Predgen, tint &Beer, a native of
HA left a widow and eight children. John Klee, of Hull,
sissmuk, sanded, and several children. Joseph Shakesby,
carpenter, lived .at Hull, left a widow and four children.
W. Anises took, of Liverpool, left a widow and family.

y
George Haines' t/itinXr unmake; of Woodman's?,
near Bromley, iaft a ind seven children. Charles
Riches, of Hull, able seaman. Francis Clark, able
left • wife and child at Hall. William Derby,seaman, o
Hall. Robert Johnson, ssaassa, of H.U. Richard
main, of Hull. George Smith, seaman, of Chatham.
Thames Tongs, seaman, of Stealth. Jams Moak, ma-
mas; of Hall. John Rattery,seataan, of Aberdeen. James
Drewory, William Ward, and George Cape, apprentices,
natives of Hull. The vowel and cargo are understood to be
fully insured.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
—Yesterday afternoon, between the hour, of four and live
o'clock, a workman named John Chapman, aged 47, em-
ployed on the stage in removing the scenery, stage property,
&c., being perched up on the top of the stage, lost his equi-
librium, and fell from a height of 37 feet. The poor fellow
was picked up in • shockingly mutilated condition, the
blord- streaming from his head. He was conveyrsl
@lel', to the Charing-cross Hospital, when the resident medi-
cal officer ascertained that be had fractured his skull eaten-
sively, received a compound comminuted fracture of the left
collar-brae, broken his left leg, and several ribs; so am, in
fact, to defy the moot competent human skill. Everything
that could les thought of was done, but, notwithstanding all
efforts, he expired at half-past six o'clock, about two hears
and a half after his admission.
FIRE IN RATCLIFF-HlGHWAY.—Yeaterday after-
noon, shortly after five o'clock, a fire broke out in the exten-
sive hat manufactory belonging to Mr. Stuart, in St.
George's-street, Shadwell. The preMass destroyed are those
which hare been for the last half-century known as " Salter's
Manufactory," celebrated as being the place from which a
large portion of our maritime forte has been supplied with
hats and raps. The property on the premise, the whole of
which has been totally destroyed, wu_calculated at between
2,0001. and 3,0001. The conflagration was caused by the
ignition of gas in the meter, and se rapid was the program of
the flames, that in less than ten minutes they had envelped
the whole of the premises. In the midst et the difficullim
it was found that there was a deficient supply of water ; but
even had it been otherwise the loss could scarcely have been
leas, inasmuch as fully half an hour elapsed before an engine
arrived on the spot, with the exception of the parochial en-
gine, which, for such a fire, was found to be utterly use-
less. At the time of the outbreak upwards of litty per-
sons were at work, all of whom fortunately made their
escape ; a child of Mr. Stuart's, however, must have pe-
rished, had it not been rescued by the intrepidity of one of
the workmen, who, at the risk of his own life, rushed into
a room where the child lay, and brought it away in safety.
Mr. Stuart will be a great loser by the fire, although the
property is to some extent insured.