The Express.
London, England, 1859-03-14 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

WOOLWICH, KAMM 13.
Mr. W. Gadding, of Woolwith. his Ibrwardei •
cornmathootos to Chime for W. =lll.llbaalle
him to bring before the silos of the
fact that he (Mr. Gosling) has encoceded b the lamas of
as usynaradeoted piece of imminence, which he Is artzhan to
submit to any tut, with a view to lie adoption by the go-
veramtat.
Au improvement is about to be carried out at the royal
arsenal by the laying down of • lint of tails from that Wats-
'Lament, to form a Junction with the Hardt Eat
at Plemetesd. The work will be carried out by tie
Diatom Railway Company, wader ea ogneessend with the
War Department; ant the line, which will be shoat half
mile in length, will plow the weal in direct commutation
with Chatham, Dover, Portsmouth, sad the south out of
England. As an auxiliary to the rapld tranantedon of guns
sad stores far the coast defences, and to naval sad military
hue stations the tine will be Ismael&

CHATHAM. ?deice lg.
Admiralty orders were yesterday received at this
dockyard directing smother Kew etwunship, to be coned
the Restismake, 20 sons, to be immediately kid doers on
one of the Terme slips.
Yesterday morning the Hos. R. Deadest, storekeeper-
general of the awry, arrived at this dockyard ham the Ado&
reAy, lot tbe pose of commencieg his annual inspection
of Me stores amd Morobottem of this estebadluessi.
warm is likely to occupy several days.
Inds oldie Admiralty haveoSto give the whole
of the labourers employed at this d sa lteroahl 14
per Weak tiering the ;fine iley ite era as pireeworie:
Captain Norton, the investor of the deetructres minas
known 110 the liquid-finsehall, paid molter visit to this gm-
risen ye.tsday aternoon for dm purpose of eabibitiog the
effects of We shell, when fired from en ordinary tided pistol.
For this purpose a lipid-Are Tat shell, adapted. to • deep-
grooved Rallald rifle, was discluirg.d from a marne pistol at
a quantity of sackcloth suspended to represent a tent. Im-
mediately oa the shell striking the material the liquid-Ore
shell buret, spattering lie formidable contents in all direr:-
rims. The results sere u nittraishing as they were tato-
factory, the movie almost buteataneoludy *siting and
burette% lam flame. Captain Norton states that he can
with this shell blow up the ammunides of an enemy at
1,1100 or 2,000 yard, distance.

WooLytmt.—Tho notices issued a short time ago
for the dismireal of a somber of are/me and labourers from
Woolwich Armed have elms been =celled, and on Satur-
day • deemed wee made for • lerge number of extra men,
who vim amontingly entered on the books of the establieb,
met, ke temporary employment, to hasteti:tbe completion of
the heavy shipment of war stores required for the colonies.
The shipwrights' downbeat of Woolwich dockyard
having augmented to a very considerable extent the work-
ing eetablishinent, is lamming with all posoble despatch
the completion of the various thips under °oust/mean, as
wall as maim preparations for hying down the two army
steamships Wolverine and Bristol. The thobers of the
Wolverine are cut out sod ready for the storke, sad We
Miami, intended to be built under the new crystal shed, le
also commenced.

Tim LATE CRUELTY TO A Fox.—The prosecu-
tion instituted by the Royal Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals against Mr. Marsh. the =MOT of the
Vine Hounds, for cruelly to a La, has emitted the indig-
nation of the lover.+ of the eh.oe residing to the district of
Kingechre. where the cruelty wee perpetravd. In the last
few days the landowners have seat the bellowing notice to
Mr. Marsh :—" rousequence of the facts adduced
to evidence before the Kuwaiti's beech of reagletrates on
the 26th ult., we feel bound to mark our muse of the wanton
cruelty and the outrage on public dec. nay of which you have
been shown to be guilty. White, therefore, we are ready
to offer every facility LT the promoti..n of legitimate sport,
we are oonstreined to forbid you or y our servants to draw
our c.iverts or to eater on our land..." This notice Is signed
by the East et Carnal roe, Earl of Portman*, Mr. W.
Beach, M.P., Rev. L. B. Wither, L'eriteasot-Colonal
Dukerley, and antral other landowoms la the Matzke of the

Dune.
LIFE AND DEATH or A FEMALE MISER.—Oa
Saturday morning Mr. Wakley, the °menet, received in-
fotmetion respecting the death of Rebecca Helper, aged 42
yews, who was found in a dying state at a enterable hovel,
situated at No. 4, Throe Colt-lane, Behnel- grthe under
the following circumetauee. It appears that the detailed bad
property to live upon, end the house where the bed resided
we. well furnished, bat very filthy end unwholesome. She
for some months past heel been wandering about the streets
at the wt end of London, picking up rags and bow, end
whet dinovereel on Friday she was in e dying end ex-
hauseed condition. Mr. Shaw, the eurgeon, of Cambridge-
road, was promptly in e.tendance, but the &ceased expired
shortly afterwerds. Her body was comp*, ly covered with
vermin, and she bed died upon the floor, and being without
covering sad in a state of nudity. The deceased is reported
to bate di,d worth a consid-rable nom, and a book wee dis-
covered in her room shoeing that she lad money in the
bank. The deceased has no relative*, and et meant the
perish authorities have taken charge of the deceased's effects
until Le remit of the toques% is mode known. She was
very much emulated, and it is Irby believed that the de-
ceased had died from exp:swe and starvation. An inquest
will be held on the body this (Mondey) afternoon, at the
Three Colts-tavern. Cambridgt7road.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT WOOLWICH AIBIENAL.—A
melancholy accident warred on Saturday rooming, at four
o'clock, at the estrum gates of the Arsenal Canal, by which
policocunstable W. Driver, 376 R, lost his life. It appeere to
be the practice of the men on night duty to visit each other's
beat every half hour, and give a pats-word of security. The
unfortunate deceased, having done so, was returning from
the bridge a'oug the Danko( thecae al, when, in It. darkness,
he walked tntt the water, the high wind having blown un-
cal of the gas Ism out. Potty minutes elaped before the
body wee
THE CHARGE OF HOMICIDE ON BOARD THE
aroma= BOOOM.—At the Liverpool police entre on Suer-
day, the ant and snood engineers of the steamer Bogota,
John Suchen= and ArehibJd Mitt hell, were swain brought
up on the charge of ceasing she death of Thomas Lund, n,
a firemen on board the tame vessel, by tying him np in front
of the furnace for a coce.deralde time, almost Immediately
after We release from that paitirn he having died. Mr.
Aepinell, barrister, app and to defend Buchanan;
Deighton, bantam., d fended Mitchell. Mr. Tyndall, local
solicitor br the Board of Trade, appeared to cooduot the pro-
leCLl i01:1 on behalf of the government. Mr. Aspiwal. before
the pros dings were commenced, said he thought it his duty
to mention to the court what be eons dared the very improper
conduct of some of the Liverpool newspapers stout this
car. Nobody could possibly find fault with any fair report
of what had taken place in a court of justice; but he pre.
tested sublet newspapers adding to their lepers Mamma.
tory headings, not only m the newspapers themselves, bet oleo
In placards posted throughout the town, which were %May
tole% and amid have no other tendency or intention then to
Inflame the pane mind. Whether the cue wee true or
faint, he senid it most Improper for sevagiapsis to give
more than a fell report of what actually took piece in court.
As Mr. Mansfield, the stipeudlery magistrate, who had
furiously heard the cur, was unable to attend from illness,
the primers were further remanded until Tuceday nut,
when farther evidence will to edduced. Bullet:ma's bail
was enlerged until that day ; bell for Mitchell was refused.
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