The Express.
London, England, 1867-11-11 00:00:00

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PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 10.
The Plover, 3, screw-vessel, Commander James
A. Poland, is considered to have too much top-weight, and
her masts are, therefore, to be reduced. During her recent
cruise in the Channel she rolled as much as twenty de-
grees in flue weather. She came into harbour yesterday
afternoon for her rigging to be altered, and to make good
Meets.

ADMIRALTY, Nov. 9. —APPOINTMENTS. —Liente-
neat Georg* E. Barnes, to the Donegal, for service in the
Coastguard. Naval Cadet nominated, James G. Edo.
First-class Assistant Engineers Joseph D. Wilson, to the
Revenge, for tenders ; and Charles F. Gregory, to the
Zealous.

A CORPORATION MACE AT A DIESENTING CHAPEL
—Considerable stir was armed last week in Stafford on its
getting abroad that Mr. Silvester, the gentleman who
had been unanimously elected at a private meeting of the
town council as mayor for the ensuing year, and who
attends the independent chapels, purpieied departing from
immemorial usage, and instead of inviting the corporation,
borough magistrates, &c., to accompany him to the tine
old church of St. Mazy, where there are corporation stalls
with the borough arms carved upon them, intended to ask
them to go with him to Zion Chapel, where be has all his
life been a regular worshipper, for many years a leading
office-bearer and the superintendent of the
Sunday schools. In vain one and another urged
Mr. Silvester to yield the point, offering to
go with him to chapel on the following Sunday, and the
council, by a resolution carried by • large majority,
pressed the same view upon the mayor-designate, who,
however, meet courteously but firmly persisted. An
effort was made to mecum the election of another candi-
date, and it timid that by a majority of only one was this
proved to be hopeless, and at last the gentleman who pro-
posed Mr. Silvester at the private meeting declined to
nominate him on Saturday, but he was proposed by a
Roman catholic, and unanimously elected ; and though
many felt strongly on the point, Mr. Silvester, who is uni-
venallyesteemed, anti is in the commission of the peace for
the borough,was very cordially greeted on taking the chair.
Yesterday • goodly company assembled at his residence,
the bells of St. Mary'sChurch,which rang after his election
on Saturday, pealed forth the usual notes of rejoicing,
and the rector and the independent minister walked on
either side the mayor to the chapel, the former of course
going thence to his own church. The independent chapel,
with the niece and other insignia, and many unwonted
faces, spawned quite a novel aspect. A selection from the
church prayers was read.
GREAT STORM IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.
—By the arrival at Liverpool on Saturday of the
steamer Pennsylvania, intelligence wu received from
New Orleans to the effect that the towns of Brum,
Santiago, and Brownsville, Teams and the city of Mate.
moms, and the village of Bagdad, Mexico, had hem eaten.
sleety damaged by the same storm which recently devas-
tated Galveston. The steamer Pizarro, which left Brews
for New Orleans on the 2nd October, had not been beard
of up to the 2ith ult. At New Orleans it was considered
certain that she had gone down, and that all on board have
per

EVENING, NOVEMBER 11, 1867.

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METROPOLITAN COUNTY COURTA.
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Thursday. 14 : Friday, is.
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