The Express.
London, England, 1859-01-27 00:00:00

TIM LOW 0! 723 81341118 CZAR.

From later intelligence it appears that, after the
Virago lost sight of tke Cur, dm struck on the Voge Rock
off the Llsard, about 2.46 p.m. (Saturday), sad almost imam:
diately foundered. The crew were endeavouring to get to
Falmouth to repair, the screw tap of the engine having
been broken. As the veinal petted, Captain R. Jackson lan
hie lii in ti;inoave hie wife and son, all three meeting
a 'Wench death. The bug hoed at the coast-guard
station at (.udgwtth was pat off with en active crew im-
mediately the chief °Blow sew the distressed vessel, and ail
of the crew belonging to the Czar were happily saved by
their efforts. Eleven others were saved In the life-boat of
the foundered vessel, sad all brought OW shore to the
Lizard village, where they were treated with gnat tand-
em% the minister of the pariah, the Rev. P. V. Robinson,
befog particularly zealous in ministering to the wants of the
unfortunate sufferers. The first rumour stated the lose of 1163
to be confined to the captain and his family ; but however
mournful this intalligesoe, it oonveyed only a alight nolkai of
the nature of the oalamity—no less than fourteen of the pas-
sengers mod crew having met with a watery grave. The fol-
lowing are the names of those drowned, besides the captain
and his wife and eon B. Drown, second mate ;Q. Wood,
se; C. Cropley, S. Levet, M. Hall, George Jefferson.
amle Wads, anginmes; Thomas Foster, Robert Young,
Robert Barton, and James Gnome, seamen. The name ot
those who survived this distressing catastrophe are
William Tether, first mats; Master William J. Whiteside,
captain's nephew; Mr. John Nelson, chief engineer ; Henry
Jackson, Nathaniel Crooknoll, David Cattle, and John
Collier, engineers; Gene Pm, carpenter; John Night,
Joseph Rack, Jonathan Thickett, James King, John DIVAN,
H Gurthorp, James Mulvey, John Wilton, John Smith,
and Bran, KISSISII. The whole of the C7lll belonged
either to Hull or London.
The Czar was only built a few months ago by Messrs.
Martin Samuelson and Co., iron shipbuilders, of Hull, and
was admired as one of the moat perfect models of workman-
ship, as well as one of the largest vessels, ever Whin Hull,
being 740 tons burthen. She was provided with a patent
lifting screw, and contained almost every improvement which
engineering science has lately discovered. Her internal
downtime were most supseb. At the time she foundered
she was bound from London to Malta, with a general cargo
of government Mores and ether goods. The lola to the
owner, will, to a great enema at Wm, be covered by a full
insurance.

HEEt MAMMY' CHAPLLINII FOE FEBRUARY,—
The following gentlearm will set as her Majesty's chaplains
for the next mantis (February) .—Tiss Hen. and Rex.
Augustus Frederick Phipps, of Trinity College
Csmlorklge, motorge, of Buten, Suffolk; the Rer. Rawer;
Benverie, M.A., prebendary of Salisbury Cathedral end
view of Coleshill, near Farringdon, Berkshire ; the Rev.
Dr. Charles James Vaughan, head master of Harrow
School ; the Rev. Dr. W. Canton, canon residentiary of
Westminster, and rector of St. Margaret.
The Archbishop of Canterbury hu fixed Wednes-
day, the 18th of May, for the celebration of the 205th anni-
versary festival of the Sons of the Clergy, at St. Paul's
Cathednd.

Convocation, at its meeting on Friday, the 4th of
Fanny, will be prorogued to Wednesday, the 9th, when It
will proceed to badmen
It is stated that the minor canonry of Weetmin-
Me Abbey, vacant by the death of Dr. Waters, is to be
filled cap by the appointment of the Rev. S. Flood Jones,
DLA., Incumbent of St. Matthew's, Spring-gardens.
The Bishop of Caps Town announce', through the
Gip TOWN Cern lifeemin, that several schoolmasters will
arrive from England about the beginning of February.
FORGED BILLS OP EICRANOE.—Another instance
has transpired of forged bilis of exchange having been sue-
omsfully put into circulation for a large amount. They pur-
port to Wreath by the Benetton branch of the Colonial Bank
on the parent establishment in London, and are supposed to
have been manufactured and negotiated in New York,
whence, after having pissed into good hands, they have
been remitted here to newel respectable firms for colle.Won.
Those already remind at the Colonial Book amount
to an aggregate of about 9,0001., and from the meaner
in which they are numbered it ie inferred that at least a
total of 16,0001. has been pot forth. The plate itself is •
forgery of a very clumsy description, and the signatures of
the bank manager and amountant at Barbadoes have been
poorly Imitated. The bills are for 'mounts ranging from
4001. to 1,4001., and the sufferers are most probably all in
America. The Colonial Bank will of course loos nothing,
the counterfeit having at aces been detected by them. It
seems marvelloss that ear the recant expoeure of similar
frauds in Australia, sod the attention lately directed to orga-
nised forgeries of beak met in nearly all the principal com-
mercial cities of the world, any men of business oould have
allowed themselves to be dyed to meth an extent.
A FRIGHTFUL STORY.—Her Majesty's chip Cen-
turion 90, enoolotend a frightful storm of thunder end
lightning in October last, near Cats. The ship, on the
29th, at 1.30 p.m., was taken all aback in a squall from
earth-west, with thunder, lightniog, and rain. A heavy
flash of lightning struck the abip and pared off by the con-
ductors, which are reported to have bad the paint stripped
off in several plans below. The branch under the bowsprit
appeared as if it had been in the fire. No damage ensued.
Ts. tub WM so clews that it seemed am if a broadside
had been discharged. A large waterspout appeared as if
coming towards the ship. It wee dispersed by one of the
forecastle guns. Stich was the force of the electrical action
on the state of the sir at the time the discharge struck the
ship that a marine standing on the forecastle was for a time
stormed by the shock, but waa not otherwise hurt. The
lightning conductors now common in the royal navy are said
to have saved the ehlp'a meets.
SERIOUS ENCOUNTER WITH NIGHT POACHERS.—
On Saturday morning last • sanguinary affray between two
young Somerseathire farmers and a gang of poachers took
place at Pyle, in a oopee on the estate of Lord Portman, the
lad-Lieutenant of the county. Mr. Miell is a farmer, tio-
minim part of the adjoining estate, which is in the parish
of Plltoe, and It has been his practice to co-operate with hie
lordship's gamekeeper in watching the preserves. About
two o'clock, the farmer's son, George Midi, beard the report
of guns in Lord Portmatt's wood, near to his father's resi-
dence, and on Mr. um being informed of the circumstance,
he at once sallied out in quest of the poachers, aorompanied
by his two sons, George and Albert, and a servant lad. The
younger SOD and the led MOOdto watch, Mr. Wall walkiug eking
the bottom of the wood, and George Mlell taking the upper
part. The latter came up in a few minutes with three
men armed with sticks and guns. The poachers were
recognised as &thinners living in the neighbourhood, two
of them, named Hill,, bean brothere, and the third, a man
called Vining, belonging to Pilton. He followed the
poachers es they went le the edge of the wood, until
they got near to the younger Mini, when George Miell
turned end met them face to face. George Bill, one of
the gang, then fired at the laicals, who were only five or
six yards off at the time, and Albert received the contents
of the charge in his side. The brother, who had his left
arm la • sling, in consequence of a recent accident,
jumped aside, and only a small portion of the dust
altered hie arm near the elbow, George Miell, now
signalled his father, and the man who fired the ran
leaped over a gate, and ran off at the top of his speed.
George Miell now sprang at Vining, who levelled his
piece and threatened to shoot him; Miell paned aside
the gun and pulled the trigger 6o as to render it harm-
len, but it did sot go off, sod Vining, raising the weapon,
struck George Mien on the bead with the barrel, caning the
blood to flow freely. A desperate struggle now ensued, in
the course of which the poacher was disarmed ; and on Mr.
Miell, men., coming to the seen, he wee removed a prisoner
to the farm house. When medical assistance was premed.
it was found that Albert Miell was severely wounded from
the then down to the hip on the left side, a number of shots
having entered the abdomen, &e. The wounds were promptly
dressed, and the two young moo are going on favourably.
The two poachers who escaped, George Hill and his brother,
were apprehended in the course of the morning, and, to-
gether with Vinhog, ISM taken before the county magistrates
on Saturday, when the prisoners were remanded till the
injured men are sufficiently recovered to appear against
them.
THE NAILS.--SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAT.—The
Peninsular and Oriental Company's new screw steam ship
Nepaul was brought into dock this morning under the com-
mand of Captain Hicks. She was built by the Thames Iron
Ship Building Company, and la of 1,000 tons and 400-Meese
power. She is very elegantly fitted, and has accommodation
foe 80 psseengere. The length between peependiculare is
220 feet, beam 30 feet. She is fitted with atub and Sam.
mee's boilers ; and her engines, of the direct acting principle,
are from the factory of Messrs. Humphrey and Tennant, and
an of the meet compact and convenient description, and
during the worked admirably. The Nepal is
benne , and is intended to leave on theist for Mansilles.
to take the place of the Vector, for the conveyance of the
mails from thence to Alexandria. She leaves foe
Stokes Bey on Saturday foe her speed to be tested by the
measured mile. It is anticipated that she will be a fast ship.
The speed on her passage trout the Thames against • strong
bead-wind exceeded en average of 10 knots per hour. The
Fulton, which arrived lest week with the American mails, M
undergoing an overhaul In the dock. The Ripon will leave
to-morrow with the Bombay mans; oleo a mail for
Gibraltar and Malta. The Alhambra will leave to-morrow
with the mails for Vigo, Oporto, and Lisbon. The Ceylon,
with the heavy portion of the Etat India end Chin walla,
may be looked for oa Sunday next. The Parana, with the
West India and Pacific mails, may be expected on the Ist.
The Avon. with the Brazil and River Plate mails, is des on
the 4th. The Phoebe, which landed the Cape mails this
morning at Plymouth, will be here to-morrow to unload her
cargo. The Barcelona, which has been expected here froths
last few days from the Spanish ports with freight and par
sengers, will not arrive before Sunday, a telegram having
just announced that she did not leave at the time andel-
Wed
.KAFFIRS AND WHITRIL—The relative numbers
dour population is attracting apprehension, as statistics
@how that there are 4,000 more wadi -Refers in this province
than both white and coloured colonists together; and the
former are so generally dispersedover the country that envy
homestead is at their many. This state of things, without
any troops to act in emergency, is onions ; and in the event
of an outbreak,* tragedy something like the painful affair of
Chide may be expected, for which neither our colonial execu-
tive ace the Brian government ma ale soy palliative.—
Onshore s Town Jottritel, Deo. 14.