The Express.
London, England, 1859-02-11 00:00:00

(Stamped id. Additional.) [TWOPENCE.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

WOO• WICH, FIB 1.0.
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The utmost activity now prevails at this
ta oompoquonos of the numerous companies of Royal Artil-
lery ordered .to change stations and roma, on foreign ser-
vice. The cen:Pssies ordered for ladle will be augmented,
and meat will forte a field battery. When the whole of the
contemplated slim:allow are tarried out only two battalions
—and detachments of ooh battalion of Royal
imam at woohnok as the bead-quarters of the regiment;
he
rembithg hafts= battalion will be dispersed in dhi-
done at home and kedge riNtioss.
DOCKYARD APPRiwncra.--Adzotralty orders have been
received at Woolwich Dockyard directieg csrtain alterations
la the regulations as to the setwatioa of &Mendota. Those
who have attended the dockyard school for three years will
be allowed on the recommendation of the schoolmaster
to remain another year. A periodical mischance& Is
to be made by the lespector-Genersl of Schools.
who will reeomnrrnd a proportion of the scholars to
panne a higher breach of study; and the last year of their
eppemticeship is to be served to acquiring a knowledge of
&fp-building, alvitca, equations, logarithms, trigonometry,
mechanics, de! 'Their lordships have also intimated their
Intention of Wring into coluithrstion the propriety of grant-
ing a scholarship of 201. per animus to those who may exhibit
superior abilities.

CHATHAM, Pak 10.
EXPERIMENTS wires New RIFLE Missiuts.—The
experiments for the pmpoee of publicly tenting the inven-
tions made by Ceplaia J. Norton, en old PeMnsular officer,
took place =Wads,' afteraoon on the practising ground of
the Royal Engineers, at Brompto., end notwithstanding
that the ran in torrents during the while time a number
et oaken of the Royal Engineers wens present. The Lint
portion of the afternoon was devoted to tatting • new de-
* ription of shell, celled by Captain Norton a " liquid-tiro
el=l." The merit claimed for this invention is that the
*taker= and other chemical properties contained in the
shell are of so highly inflammable • character that imme-
diately on its slaking either the sails or rigging of • ship
they biome ignited and are lbw destroyed. A number
at seeks were suspended ca the gaud to event= the walk
of • ship, and these were non wetted through by the rain.
Captain Norton having loaded • largo dile with his shall,
width is somewhat larger than a riffs ballet, Ind at the
working, and although the matmida Warsely so wet tie wide
mass was shortly in flews ; for immediat the alma strut
the sack* the bAtis =width the chemical at:toxemia:s-
tained bunt and covered the whole of the outman= Had
the seeking been dry it would have ignited the WM= it was
atrock by the dull. Copts= Norton then proceeded to ex-
periment with bin newly•mvented rifle fire-.bet, which
he hair named the "spinster" shot. This to, esseggar
le Intended, when It is Bred from a rifle, to
sit Am to the powder in ammunition we hags of
ls&
powder, and area firing dry grams j shot Ms
been fired by Ceptain Nat= at a distance of 1,800 yads.
la the =palmists yesterday • beg contakdsa skint
21ba. weight et gunpowder, mixed with a peas cams-
Illy of sawdust to increase the bulk, wee placed oa the
CDsad was saturated with the rain. On the ball being
Into the powder so aid was hanssilably perceptible ;
but after short time the gunpowder wee ignited end blew
up with a loud report. Both thee expeimenta were
mu =coaddiredthaa. pulse* satlida:tory by the carers who wit.

PLYMOUTH, FR. 9.
Bnrgeon-Mojce C. C. J. Debnege, M.D., hen been
antedated by the authorities st the War Depirtaient to verse
ca= s 1 tasdical racer fa the Wistern district, under the
of Mider-Otesral Ram

OF THE NATT.r,It is rs-

Newel in navel *Oat that the hay will be wady roan-
slenceed. The add line-of-tattle ship snob as the V nerd,
Albion, ka, will be tHecartled as rasa Era the
gowenneat, Y is soli, heehaw weefally deceived In the eon-
streceits of mow of I • ship of war. Thus it was
that math a ship he the Napoleon =add proceed to the West
Indies or any =her Meant station, and sweets 13111110001 when
it was featd that abe could not carry snakiest entwunt•
sad owls to keep to ma • weak. The
truth that the stowage of the wrosehlsery and state d
swift-going Maumee sods ao sank MOM SI 10 18101110
week vowels =ekes =hes for • toyage of • few
days. Opinions among ewe navel enthericiee appear is be
pray =softy divided as to whether lull= war sesenows d
lamer bone powr, sad in white the eapenante of fuel
would be or unnellalasd atosisers with heavy =ma-
wants trona be the bent. It is easeolatory to think the;
owink to • went of experience la naval wasters sines the
iatrodooden of war stramera other =goes are as much In
the dart as oareeives a to what kind of steamships are the
beet foe fighting. TM Yankees boast that their Marinas
sad other such ships are so swift that they could destroy
such ocroperrively slow twee's ss the Duke of Welliegtos
by rapidity of evolution ; but they forget that the Newlin=
would soon ornaluse the small gawky of fast that she can
stow away, and then she would become a helpless locos*,
00M111. _ _

Tux LATE Da. hot L—The Hey. Jame* Inman,
D.D.. min, years prokmor of mathematics at tho Royal
Naval College, Pottamouth Dokyerd, died on the 7th
ttk, aged 83. Its was the oldest of Cambridge senior
',ranee's, and has long wasessed a just celebrity in naval
circles for hit application of scb nom to navipticn and thip.
Wilding. He loomed very =ay yeses unobtrusively bat
sealonsly in his reentry's service. liledemos dates as ter
back as 1800. He mild round the world with nada»,
as astrcamese, was wrecked with him, sad took part
with lbe late lb John Franklin in that celebrated
motion in which a beet el &lush naseehaatmes bent et
the French Admiral Laois. While professor ad maths.
matins at the Royal Naval College, he reduced te metal
the }melons ill-arranged methods of navigation, sad pub-
lished several valuable works now in general nes in the naval
service; but be was best known by his having been the font
pram la this country who built shim on scientific principles,
and by hie having educated a clogs of ne n in whose hands
ties peceabed "reconstruction" at the British navy most he
pbeed. Dr. Inman'. tracelstion of "Chapman." with hie
valuable annotation., is the text-book on which all sub-e-
-geent navel writers on mehi,ecture have proceeded. His
pupils, a long list of dietingoiebel navel °Sorra, will loop
remember him ss a type of the high-minded truthful son
of fame, and the loyal, lab.,riona, unobtrusive public
sermut.—

EPOB77NG.

READING STEEPLECHASES.—Tmnsper.

HANDICAP PLATS Cl 3 tam each, with 20 &NIA Two

or.Pamir% NW Illemwelne, lastleM . IM/ 1
ytt Jahaillsnw, Mile% ,
lir.. lands Tes. lit 7th . ........W. irstaidu
Bettng :2to 1 apt Kin Corserviiis, o eget Joey, 4to
1 apt Topsy, 6 to I apt Balsarlne. A px.d taco; won
cleverly by • leapt; bad third. 13sIsar:ne and Joey nutted
b, sad Hiring •Iger retuned home by a short cut.
Tun SLAW= Orme &runPArcuAtta of 10 sore. eache
h ft., and 2 only E deflated, with 50 odd d. The second to
save We stake. About three miles. (32 subs., Bof whom
declared.)
Mr. C. Hohnia's Tateworth, apt it 12Ib ._.....111•11•68.Ju5..) I
Mc J. L. Manbyls Alfred the nat. ,roe.
94 Oa. ffleyforl 2
Wr. J. L. Sambre 111bworth Lam agni.lo4 Zb *..4ll:ooeni 3
Mr. Parson:ag.s Cant Poeta. 4Ps sin sac 104 Uto) (C Bow) T
Betting : 8 to 1 yet Steam 6 to 1 spit Chelowr on, 100
to 16 apt Kibworth 7.,eas, 7 to 1 apt Barney William., 7 to
1 agat Old Dog Trsy, 10 to 1 syst Alfred the Greet, 10 to 1
apt Corset, 100 to 8 apt Omar Pecks. Tamw,,rth made
wetly all the nuabi, and won ewily by two lengths. Kits-
worth Lass wee a bad third, Omar Paella was fourth I,
wAhleg else near. Flateatehor, The Vnexpeeted, and Thor-
de I.le walked is ; Remember, Corers. Sorry Boy, Old Dog
Tray, and FozOnnter ware pulled up beaten ma the far aide.
Bergey Williams, Chelourfon, and Escape kit.
BILLINO STESPLIEVIISSE of 6 sore. each, witb 20 aided.
One mile and • half. (4 tuba )
Mr. ',mt. pa:a aponsman. seed (401.1.104 TIO .... Menai 1
me. cupeoso a Antelope 17e11 lent
Betting: 2 to 1 on Sportsman, who won daily by two
lesgtbe; Joey wee pulled up at the distinct.
SwZIPITAILIIII Of 6 110•11. etch, with 30 aided, for 4.yv
olds and npwsrdt. To be riddm by gentlemen or farmers.
Prodwalonals. 71b extra. Winners to carry slb entre. Throe
mike. (7 cabal
Sir. John*. 21.1 Mew, 4141 ht (n. 714 Wm) .(0. Maw. 1
Cagigas lthyste m*enterer. 124 11lb .(irt. ch 111166
pat
ffle. 211
Capt. L.. PermsWawa age1,13.11.e.71h extras t Ants.).
Betties: 3 to 1 on The Minor, 6 to 1 spit any other. Won
by three quarters of a knith; Medico, who caw down
toot after stertiog, Mattel a had third. The others were
braes off.
BETTING 061 THE COURSE.
40 toCHBEEI apt OlteseChillP*(t)

Lmanzooi STREPLICRAIII.—We 1n requeeel to wats
that Freshmen is struck out of the Grand Nations,.

TATI'ERBALLI3.—TnintsDAY.

A Btu& sAernoAa.

A POINT FM LITIGATION.—A nice point, which
may unforthaately she the to Much I tigati, n, arisen out of
the recent deplurabk accid-nt at Bancon-terteco, Torquay.
It will be recoaarbered that Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hama
liag, the oecupenta of Nit. 4. whin retultred from bewail
the dibrfe caused by the fall of the high wall upon their
skalds, apartments, were both dead. At the Probate Court
of I..indua hew week an application was rude on the put of
the hobs of Edward blembling to adiaisistr h hre estate. It
wee eciat,n td Uwe, though the holy of the wile wee wens
when they way eatricattd, it could sot be prowl that do
survived her husband, and the heir-at-law to the betty wee
therefore unfitted to iaberit hie estate, sad aid the heirs of
the wit. The shod* was griated.—Bysiona istsrosl.