The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-27 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MADRID, SErr. 26.

All the ministerial journals deny the report that
the Spanish fleet, under Admiral Mendez, was
about to return to Spain. As a proof to the con-
trary, they affirm that the Spanish iron-clad frigate
Zaramoza will leave shortly for the Brazils to join
the fleet.

MALTA.

VALETTA, Szrr. 24.

The Crocodile, from Queenstown, having on
board the 2nd battalion of the 16th Rifles, passed
Malta yesterday, for Alexandria,without communi-
cating with the shore.
Among civilians there were yesterday fifteen
cases of cholera and four deaths, and to-day four-
teen cases and eight deaths. The military are
healthy, and there is not a single patient in the
naval hospital.

THE BANK OF FRANCE.
PARIS, SEPT. 26.

The return of the Bank of France for the week
ending to-day shows the following changes com-
pared with that of last week :—lncrease—Bills
discounted, 6,000,000 f. ; Treasury balance,
900,000 f. Decrease—Cash in hand, 15,200,0001. ;

private accounts, 11,600,000 f. ; notes, 666,000 f. ;
advances, 200,000 f.

Yesterday the Ambassador of Austria and the
Consul-General of Liberia exchanged ratifications
of a treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation
between Austria and Liberia, at the Imperial
Austrian Embassy, in Ilelgrave-square. This is
the fifteenth treaty the negro-republic on the
West Coast of Africa has made with European and
American powers.
A PRESENT FROM THB QUEEN OF FHB BILOIANR.
—ln recognition of the hospitality allows by Captain Med-
land, of the Sth Bedfordshire Rifle Volunteers to the
offioers of the Belgic Civic Guard, who were entertained at
Dunstahle on the 18th of July last, her Majesty the
Queen of the Belgians has been pleased to forward to
Captain Medland • splendid locket, as a present to his
daughter. The locket is set with a valuable sapphire stone
and diamonds. _

ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 26. —APPOINTNENTI3.—Com-
manders Louis H. Versturme to the command of the
Rosario, complexioned; and Charles G. Linsday, to the
Helioon, for temporary service ; Navigating Lieutenant
Joseph B. Doyle, to the Waterwitch ; Sub-Lieutenant the
Hon. Cecil Cadogan, to the Waterwitch ; Navigating Mid-
shipman Henry °reeves to the Lord Warden ; Midship-
man Ronald R. M. Hall, to the Bellerophon ; Naval
Cadets (nominated) Elphinstone B. D. 0. Aplin, and the
Hon. Win. R. Herbert; Assistant-Surgeon John G. Clarke
to the Plover ; Clerk G. W. E. C. Mackay, to the Fox ;
and Assistant-Clerk William C. A. J. Robinson, to the
Plover. _ _

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vzsratrcrioN OF BATHING MACHINES.—On
Tues-
day night last • singular phenomenon was witnessed at
the favourite watering places of Ramsgate and Margate,
which was not unattended with destructive effects. The
wind had been blowing a stiffish gale from the north all
day, and on the tide Bowing the water was driven by the
force of the wind to • very unusual height. At Ramsgate
a great number of the bathing machines had been drawn
up at the base of the esplanade at the end of the wands,
and on the tide flowing to that spot, the waves, which
were very boisterous, did sad havoc to the machines.
Three or four of them were washed partially out to sea,
and as many sa half • score are completely destroyed,
while equally as many machines or more sustained very
serious damage. The destruction, no doubt, would have
been still greater had not warning been given, whereby the
respective proprietors were enabled to save • number of
their machines. At Margate several machines were
destroyed in a similar manner, but the number was not so
great as at Ramsgate.
NEGLIGENT WORKING OF A COLLIERY. —An
inquiry has been held at Denbigh, before the under-
sheriff for the county and a special jury, to WOOS dab=
in an action brought by Mr. Thomas Clayton, •
proprietor. againA, the Westminster Brymbo Coal and
Coke Company (Limited), for having so negligently worked
the coal under the plaintiff's property (the owner-
ship of the mineral being distinct from that of the
surface) as to seriously affect the surface. Mr.
lil'lntyre appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Bye-
tenham for the defendant. In consequence of the
colliery workings, which had ceased since about 1802, there
had been a constant subsidence of the plaintiff's land, out-
and outbuildings. The company bad allowed
rirgalent to go by default, and after • tedious investiga-
tion, including an inquiry into the probable time it would
take for the land to subside, which was • great point of
difference, the plaintiff's witnesses alleging thirty years,
and the defendants' from three to five, the jury found •
verdit for the plaintiff for 1,1461. 13a. sd. In a similar
action, " Hutchinson v. the same Company," the jury, by
consent, assessed the damages at 685/.
THE FACTORIF.H Aces EXTENSION.—Mr. Robert
Baker, the Inspector of Factories, met • considerable
number of the manufacturers of Birmingham yesterday
afternoon, for the purpose of conferring with them on the
verstion of the above acts as sleeting the hardware trade.
The Mayor presided.