The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-06 00:00:00

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CHATHAM, Amtn. 6.
The Lords of the Admiralty having decided on
disposing of most of the line-of-battle and other steamers
attached to the steam reserve at this port, many of which
have for years past been blocking up the entrance to this
harbour, and costing, on an average, upward, of LOOM
per annum each to keep them in repair, an order has been
received directing the sale to Messrs. Castle and Co. of
Baltic Wharf, Millbank, of the Orion, 79, 3,281 tons, 600-
horse power ; the Cressy, 68, 2,540 tons, 400-hone power ;
the Leander, 39, 2,700 tons, 400-horse power; the Chesa-
peake, 35, 2,377 tons, 400-horse power ; and some others,
all of which have been, for some years past, lying idle in
the Medway. A number of the line-of-battle and other
steamers attached to the Portsmouth steam reserve have
likewise been purchased by the same firm. The Chesa-
peake and the other vessels will be sold with their boilers,
machinery, and engines complete.

WOOLWICH, APRIL S.

A large quantity of Palliser shot and shell is
now being shipped at the Royal Arsenal for Jamaica and
Canada.

THE AGRA BANK.—The Calcutta papers an-
nounce the re-establishment of the Agra Bank in that
capitaL So large a number of our readers are interested
in the prosperity of this institution, that we give proud.
nent insertion to the following extract from the Calcutta
Englishman of the 2nd of March:—" Yesterday, accord-
ing to promise, the Agra Bank re-opened for business in
Calcutta. We are glad to learn from our reporter.' that the
anticipations of the friends of the bank have been fully
realised. We hear that the fresh receipts, paid into the
bank yesterday, exceeded the payments on account of the
second dividend to the creditors of the old Agra and Has-
terman's Bank. The first day's work may, therefore, be
taken as • good harbinger of the future. The Agra Bank
grown up amongst us, though of somewhat ancient date now,
has been so intimately connected with the past his-
tory of India, that civilians, soldiers, merchants,
and traders will be glad to hear of its re-establishment."
So many hard things were said by the Indian newspapers
about the bank at the time of its great troubles in the
summer of last year, that we publish the above proof of
renewed confidence with much pleasure. The Agra Bank
has kept all its promises most faithfully, and there is nut
a chance of those which are yet unfulfilled being realised
with less punctuality. It was truly said by Lord Thur.
low that " confidence is a plant of slow growth ;" and
perhaps its growth is never slower than when it has once
been destroyed. But a great number of people—through
food report and evil report—maintained their faith in the
bank, and attributed to external causes, of a character
discreditable to others, the disasters which overtook it.
The readiness therefore which is now shown by customers
to trust their financial interests to the Agra Bank must be
regarded less as a restoration of confidence than as a proof
that it has never been destroyed.—Homeward Mail,
April 5.
BRITISH COLUMBIA AND THE CANADIAN CONTE-
DERACY.—Yesterday forenoon we received intelligence li
that the Legislative Council of British Columbia had on
1 the previous day declared unanimously in favour of the
incorporation of British Columbia as • province of the
Canadian confederacy ! The news was sent to us by tele-
gram rill San Francisco, by two members of the Legis-
lative Council of British Columbia. Here is the des-
patch :—" New Westminster, 8.C., March 18th, 1867.
Miter Toronto Olobe—The Legislative Council unani-
mously voted to-day to apply for the admission of British
Columbia into the confederacy. A. Dr Cosmos, F. J.
BARNARD, members." This is a most interesting move-
ment on the part of our fellow colonists on the other side
of the continent, and the first step, we trust, towards the
opening up of a route to the Pacific on British American
soiL —Toronto Globe, March 20.
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