The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-07 00:00:00

NAVAL.

The Rluidamanthas and Dee, steam troop-ships, arrived at
Devonport, on Thursday, from Cork, with the sth Fusiliers
on board.

THE CHANNEL FLEET.—It is expected that this fleet will
arrive at Spithead .bon, the 16th instant.—The &movie (s.)
arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday afternoon from Wool-
wich. She is to convey a portion of the 74th Regiment from
that garrison to Scotland.—The Gladiator (s. f.) is also to
embark part of the 74th Regiment.—The Recruit, 12, Com-
mander Slade, which arrived at Portsmouth, on Wednesday,
from the eastward, and was inimeeted on Thursday by Rear-
Admiral Dundas and Captain Berkeley, requires some altera-
tions, which have been found requisite during the passage from
Sheerness. There is very little doubt that the experimental
firing from the Excellent at iron vessels has determined the
Admiralty not to contract for building any more iron brigs,
and that the Recruit, and three or four now constructing,
will be the last. The Hound was on Thursday inspected by
Rear-Admiral Dundee, Captain Berkeley, and the Hon. Mr.
Cowper, at Spithead, who highly approved of her fittings
and the appearance of her crew. She is ordered to be
detained, and will probably have her destination to the Coast
of Africa changed. If some defects in the Recruit can be
made good forthwith, it is expected the two brigs will
be sent to Vice Admiral Sir W. Parker, to try their rate of
sailing.
We are enabled to state that Captain Sir Thomas Boar-
chier, K.C.8., will shortly succeed Captain W. H. Shirreff
as Captain-Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard, Captain
Shirrers period of service in the dosigard (five years) hay
ingjust expired. The salary is 1, par annum with a
residence in the dockyard. This rinsing hies his pay
as captain of the Podiers, 72, the amiimary gmmd-ahip at
Chatham, which he will also cemasiaL Bir Thomas com-
manded the Blonde in the open eras w tba scot of China,
and migunanded a brigade of Isere. at din gnocce of Can-.
too. He assisted also at the Gado( of Assay eadOlikeltse,
in 1841, and at the attack on the Maim mop at ftaton,
Weaning, Bitumen., and the city of Chim-Kiattg, in
1842. Forhis services on these cretiageas ha was sagdaated

• Knight-Commander of the Bath.
Captain Francis B. Loch, whose period of seethe as
Superintendent of the Quarantine studio& et Sti:=
Creek, has also expired, has been mappeinted for
term of live years—salary
from6ool. to /004
Captains Sir John Hill and Alexander Salim are named
as likely to succeed Captain Arthur in the Baperintendent-

BOW-STREET.—CAUTION TO THE FREQEENTERR OF
PEHLIC BATHS.— IVillians Curtis was charged with stealing
a gold watch, with chain, seal, &e., attached, the property of
Mr. Healey, a gentleman residing in Soho-square; Elizabeth
Gould and Joseph Styles were -charged with receiving the
same, well knowing them to have been stolen.—lt appeared,
from the statement of the prosecutor, that on Thursday, the
27th ult., he paid a visit to the well-known baths in Holborn,
for the purpose of enjoying a dip, that having divested him.
self of his clothes, and deposited them in one of the boxes
erected on the margin of the bath, he plunged in, and afforded
the spectators a few practical lesions in the art of swimming.
Unfortunately, while he was so engaged, some other parties,
of whose presence he was not aware, gave some private
lessons in the art of " diving," not into the water, but intothe
pockets of his unmentionables, from which they abstracted
the above mentioned articles. He discovered his loss on his
return to the box, and immediately gave due notice
thereof to a constable who attends the baths ta the pur-
pose of protecting the property of the visitors, upon which
some inquiries were instituted, the result of which was, that
the prisoner Curtis, who was one of the men employed at the
baths, was stepeeted to he the thief, but in consequence of
which directions were given to certain parties to keep a
watch on his movements, and not to allow him to leave the
baths, without previously undergoing the ceremony of a
search; but the prisoner, as soon as he became aware that
he was likely to be " wanted," retired through a back door,
notwithstanding the vigilance of his watchers, who returned
hint as honest. No further tidings were beard of the thief,
but subsequent inquiries led to the discovery that the pro-
perty stolen was pledged by the prisoner Curtis, the very day
after the robber!, whereupon he was taken into custody,
and, in consequence of a statement he made, implicating the
other prisoners, they were also introduced to the notice of
the magistrates.—llie prisoners were all remanded for a
week.—The magistrate afterwards observed, that the baths
did not appear to be so carefully watched as they ought
to be.

WORSHIP-STREET. REVOLTING NUISANCE.
Shortly after Mr. Broughton had taken his seat, a man
named J. Gardner, of Hertford-street, Haggerstone, applied
to the court. He stated " that about half post six o'clock
that morning, as he was passing a waste piece of ground,
situated over the Kingsland-road Bridge, by the side of the
Regent's canal, where rubbish is shot, his attention
was drawn to the spot by seeing a number of persona, who
were raking over a heap of rubbish that had just been shot.
He went up to them, and was horror-stricken to find that
it consisted of nearly six cart loads of pieces of coffins and
human bones, some of which had the flesh still adhering to
them. There was also a person's head with the hair on it,
the !ice of which was so little decomposed, that it might be
identified. The coffins had very few of them been under
ground, and some were almost new. The crowd, which
consisted of the poor cottager, of the ueighbourkood and
their children, were busy an despoiling the coffins of the
metal plates and handles to sell to the marine-store dealers,
and the wood they were taking home use their fires.
Oa making inquiry, he found that the matter in
question had been brought there but a short time
before, by some carts in the employ of Mr. Gould,
the dust contractor, of Shoreditch. The effluvia was
dreadful, and the applicant, fearing the consequence*
that might arise if its removal were neglected, instantly went
to the police station in the district, and then came down to
that court. The applicant's statement crated a great sensa-
tion in court, and Mr. Broughton sent for Holland, the war-
rant offiaer, to make the necessary inquiries. After the lapse
of about three hours, Holland and the applicant returned to
the office, accompanied by Inspector Tarleton, and Waller,
the beanie of Shoreditch, and they fully corroborated the ap-
plicant's statement. Holland said that the whole place was
an a state of great excitement; on getting into the field, he
saw a great quantity of broken coffins ante human bones
strewed in all directions about the field. There wire not
then near so many as the applicant stated, but be had no
doubt but that there had been, for several men were then
busy burying the stuff. He found a skull, the jaw of which
had been tied up with a handkerchief, and which was stained
with blood; this was being kicked about. He then went
round to the marine store shops in the neighbourhood, and
found that above 201bs. of metal plates and handles had been
disposed of. He also found a quantity of coffin wood that
had been removed to the poor people's houses about the
place, and which bad been broken up for fires. From ap-
pearances ho should have thought the coffins and bodies had
also been broken up with either pickaxes or spades. On
returning to the spot he met the proprietor of the place, who
received them moat uncourteously, telling them, in answer
to their questions, that they might inquire of his boy what
they wanted to know, but that he could not spare time to
talk to them, as he bad a hot dinner waiting for him. They
then went to the boy, who said the stuff had been brought
there that morning, and that he had broken up some of the
coffins, many of which were nearly whole. They requested
him to accompany them, and make his statement to the
mag,istrate, which he refused to do without his mas-
terra unction, and the master said the boy should
not go unless he was summoned.— Inspect-r Tarle-
ton corroborated this statement, and added that he
saw the two men who had carted the stuff, and they told him
that it had been brought from a vault in Friday-street, which
they had cleared out about ten years previously. They said
the carts had been engaged the night before ; that when
they were loaded they were brought te the yard, and that
some of it had been buried in the Cambridge road. The men
expressed great wWingfiess to come forward and give the
fullest information.—Waller, the beadle, said the authorities
of the pariah wet e determined, if they could, to prosecute the
perpetrators of such a gross and inhuman outrage on publicoeny
he had himself assn a scalp, with red hair on it,
kicking about. He felt sun that many of the coffins were
almost new ones. He had .*sad the plates of some, and
would shortly be able to dareverte when they had belonged.
—The magistrate then ordered a summons to be granted for
the lad in the employ of thepropeistor of the ground, andthe
case was adjourned till this day kr forthm investigation.
Our reporter has since ameirmiesd that a churdtwerden of
one of the city churches bad neigligni Mr. Gould to clean
out the rain of Bt. Matthew's Chen* Prlday Cheap.
side. Waller, the Shama& koala, was sent OR
to take charge of all the ohm esMas end matins of bo-
dy. he Nola dad. Una his return to the Maid be boa
that many of the Us& wallows of ells hal been depo-
sited to hair sarilla the onsuki. A ciaoll* _ethwurst bases
however, were Wiwi lONNI be sassed to
be Interred to the eamoseaded paid is the liladrasy-road.