The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-14 00:00:00

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ADMIRALTY, APRIL 13.-ArpOINTMENTS. —Sur-
geon Dr. A. Watson to the .•
Amistant-Surgeona Dr. GC.llB.llthorn to the Chal-
lenger ; and Dr. B. Potter, to the Prime Consort.
Midshipman J. Hiclu to the Liverpool.
Chief-Engineer H. Brown to the Challenger.
Engineers H. Litt to the Challenger ; and J. H. Hopper-
man to the Asgard for the Watermtch.
First-class Assistant-Engineers E. J. Whitmore and T.
N. Crowder to the Challenger.

PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 13.
The St. Lawrence, Captain Toynbee, owned by
Maim Smith, Fleming, and Co., which left Calcutta on
the Bth of January, has arrived in Portamoth harbour with
the right wing of the 84th Regiment on board. The Win-
chester, Captain Gideon, owned by Mr. G. Marshall, has
also arrived from Calcutta, which port she left on the 7th
January. She brings a detachment of the 54th Regiment.
The troops will disembark from both vessel, to-morrow,
and march into quarters at the new barracks, Gosport.
The Tyburn* Captain Crate, owned by Messrs. Somas
Brothers, has arrived from Ramekin, with a detachment
of the 56th Regiment, invalids and time-expired men.
The 56th will join the headquarters at Portsmouth.

THE CATTLE PLAGUE.

OFFICIAL /11CFURNEI.

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These returns do— not profane to give the total
number of cases which have occurred in Great Britain, but
only those which have been ascertained from the official
information received at this office from inspector*, whether
appointed by the clerk of the council or by the local autho-
rities. The divisions of kngland are those of the census.
Column I only records the cases reported as having com-
memood during the weeks indicated by the headings ;
" back " cases being added to column 2.

1 2
Number Result of reported cases
attacked. from the commencement
yi - - - - e • - of the disease.
9.4
... •
C.ennts Divisious. .I.`" 4 v
el et z i 2
11 I`l' i 1 li I '
Metrop. police district 92 67 7908 3442 36 0 343 607
South Saida. Counties 8 6 6056 1615 W 211
South Mid. Countke • 396 17202 6643 BEO XS
04,61
Eastern Counties .... 217 122 1 4600 4770 7 401
South West. Counties 42 18 1634 687 776 1 72
West Mid. Counties.. 61 444 11901, 3000 0206 1316 810
North Mid. Counties 637 611 113611 6040 1 0011
North West. Counties :.: . 890 56331 10479 550761 KM 5015
Yorkshire
Northern Counties
Monmotithslid Wales 122 121 7864 623 6060, 10791 312
Scotland
.100711 1526
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Totals..

I. 11361 1

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'1111725

(Signed) ALEXANDER WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Veterinary Department of the Privy Conseil,
Office, Prince's-street? Westminster,
S.W., April Li.
. . .

Novg-62 inspectors who reported cease last week have not
reported In time for this return, : for the county of Bucking-
ham, 1 ; Cambridge, 3 ; Chester. 1 . Hertford, 1; Huntingdon, 2 ;
Lane:eater, 6 : Lincoln, fl : Norfolk, 3 : Namptm., 3 ; Nor-
thumberland, 1 ; Balop, 1: Stafford, 1 ; Seffolk, 1; ,1 ;
Yorkshire, 15 ; Metropolitan district, 7 ; Plink 2 ; and
& Them inspectors returned ISt cases Met week.

THE NORTHUMBERLAND.—TWO of the immense
timber camels or pontoons built at Woolwich Dockyard to
be leaked under the stern of the Northumberland were
yesterday floated up the river to Millwall, and four others
of the same dimensions are nearly completed. Relays of
government workmen have been employed night and day
since Saturday last at the dockyards of Woolwich and
Deptford in manufacturing and preparing every appliance
for the launch, which, it is hoped, will take place shoat
two o'clock on Monday next, when • slay high spring
tide is expected. Upwards of three hundred men
have been engaged and are now employed in the
vicinity of the monster ship in renewing and maintaining
the timbers of her ways, especially under her bows, as
upon these will be placed the powerful hydraulic rams
Which will be used in the attempt to lift the forward part
of the ship at the same time that the tide floats her stern.
The apphanoea to be used on Monday will be far more
powerful than those brought into requisition on any former
occasion, and should the tide be of the expected height a
favourable rerun is expected. The most that the ship has
been lifted at previous attempts is two inches at her stern
and half an inch at midships, but under her bows she has
never showed the least symptoms of flotation.
THZ BrICIDZ OF • BANKER AT SHXZWBBUHY.
On Thursday night a coroner's inquest was held on the
body of Mr. W. Harley Bayley, of the firm of Rocks,
Eyton, and Co., bankers, Shrewsbury, whose death by his
own hand on the previous evening we briefly recorded
yesterday. Mr. W. J. Clement, M.P., who had been the
deceased's medical attendant for many years, stated that,
during the last two years, he had shown unmistakeable
evidence of disease of the brain. He had bad three or
four attacks of epilepsy, during the last of which he was
unmalicious for some time. More recently he bad been
threatened with paralysis, and had become very unsteady
in his gait so much so that on one mouton he had to be
led home from the bank. Witness did not consider the
deceased to have been of sound mind for two years
Mr. Psele, town clerk of Shrewsbury, said
pest
.attended the inquest on behalf of the other
partners in the old bank. and wished to state, in
=ewer to the many rumours that were abroad, that the
venal half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the bank
had been held on the previous day, in which Mr. Bayley
took a part, but there was nothing in the proceedings that
would be likely to have a prejudicial effect upon him.
Everything pissed of satisfactorily, and the partners wads
the customary division of profits. One of the jurors, refac-
ing to the report meet paerally adopted in the town, to
the effect that at the meeting swish had been expressed that
Mr. Bayley should withdraw from the firm, Mr. reek
emphatically denied that it had the slightest foundation
in fact. The jury returned a verdict that " The deceased
bad destroyed himself while in an unsound state of mind."