The Express.
London, England, 1850-06-15 00:00:00

NAVAL

COVILT-MAILTIAL OK illErillll7l, 8.11., AT STONS-
Hol'oc—On Trude! last the court re-resembled far the'
peppers of prowrlgating the submit OR this allese, which
IPSO that ll b• i4misasd kat Majesty's sorties.
Tun Erreor or SHOT AND SWILL Oil ens Hots, or
Ito* VSSIIIIA.—The first experiment for testing the s fleet
of shot and shell on the sides of iron vessels took plus on
Wednesday, at Portsmouth, under the sispuinuadeau of
Captain Chade, en board the' Excellent. The commander-
in chief, Admiral the Hoa. Sir Blades Gigot, Hear Admiral
Presser" and • number of naval sad military officers, were
on board her. A large butt, being • copy of • section of
the S'inoom's maindeek, had been made in the dockyard,
representing the two sides of au iron vessel, each side of the
strength end consistency of e as el the large iron steam-ships.
This butt was erected on the mud, at • distance of 460
yiuds from the Excellent, aud the practice took place at
high water, from gone 01 several calibre, and various charges
of powder, both shot and shell. were fired. At lot, reale
between the firing, boats visited the butt to examins the
effects of particular shots on the iron work. It we.
sound that on the side that the shot entered, • large and
tolerably round hole was made in the iron plate, the dream-
'imam being much Pieced and the edge turned inward.
Oa the opposite side, where the shot passed oat, the hula
was larger and else jagged. the edge of the hMe tensed out-
wards', with oecasioully wow rivets storied. Baas of the
shot on entering, and IrAst striking against angles of the
iron ribs, were brats in pieces, the fragments pealing out
at the opposite side, making holes of Jailors sizes and Me-
antime'. Shells also appeared to have • destructive • flea
on the iron work in cresting elitists's, sad the pima. of shell
passing out through the plates at the opposide side, the °B-
olas in all eases suffering sa at. Of course neither shot, nor
shell, nor grape, nor canister. would lodge in iron yawls, u
would be the cue in woidea veseele. To test the effect of
the ep:inters inside the vessel, a slight plank bulkhead had
noes run up between the iron sides of the butt. Tho was
found entirely shattered. Captain Chado will make •
report.
Pairs MONZT.—lus FROIRST.—Nstiss is given to the
officers and crew of Her Majesty's ship Ferret, George
Spnge, E.g., Commander, that an account of bouLties,
received for the undermentioned apiary, will be forthwith
deposited in the 11 gistry of the High Couto( Admiralty :
Peignoirs, captured 10:h February, 1843 ; Cutialislade,
Floe da Marius, captured 22nd Much, 1818 ; Anna Caro-
lino. Paequete do Cabo, captured 11th May, ISIS; Castro
the 3rd, raptured 11.5 June,lB4B.—Halford sad Co., Agents.
—Gazette.

TnREE Max KILLED AT LIVERPOOL. LIVER-
root., FRIDAT.—A number of new dodos are at the present
time being constructed at the monk end of the town, • eon-
iinerable number of workmen being engaged upon them.
Lest night a number c f workmen (about twenty in number)
were engsged in 'Retention on the works near • wall about
twenty feet Nett, formerly known as one of the boundary
walla of the Vauxhall Foundry Boiler-yard (whim has been
pureßased by the dock [Fasten for the purpose of being con-
verted Into a dock). Whilst engaged in this occupation,
the linkmen came close to the wall above referred to, and
having ezeaveted to • considerable depth immediately
adjacent to the feurtratios of the wall, some of the workmen
out that it was falling, and several of them made a
precipete rash from it. Others, however, maintained their
groal.d, and amongst them the three men who were killed.
Very few seconds elapsed after the first alarm wee given be-
fore the whole of the wall fell in. and ensaplttely burled three
of the workmen, besides serinuely injuring others who had
barely time to escape. It was some time before the mate-
rigs were removed. On their being cleared away, two of the
men were taken out quite dead, whilst • third was just
alive. They were all dreadfully mutilated. The face of
one of them was completely smashed in and disfigured,
whilst the man lying betide him bad sustained • frightful
fracture of the scalp. which had perforated the brain. The
third man (who was alive when found) was fearfallyerashed
shout the legs and thighs, and several parts of the body.
He did not live more than about ten minutes after his arrival
at the hospital. Some of the men who managed to get out
of the way before the wall fell had an ezaredingly narrow
reaps. Two or three more of them were more or lees in-
jur, d, having received several bruhrs, and one of them, who
made • desperate leap to clear himself from the wall, was
caught on the legs by materials as they fell, which knocked
him down and held him there for some time. We regret to
ay that the three men were all married, and have left large
families.
CORONER'S INQUEST.—DEATII PROM EXCITEMENT.
—This day, b• fore Mr. W. Baker, jun., at the Victory pub-
lic house. Nels,,n.strect, Bethnal-green, touching the
death of Margaret Wilmott, aged 30 year who was alleged
to have dad from irj arks he received from her brotheric-
law, Wm. Wheately, a greengrocer, is Saville street, in the
above parish, who hes been remanded at the Worship-street
Folic' -court, on the charge of cassieg her death. Some par-
iculase of 'hie case have already appeared in ourjoureal. The
accused had b.en separated from his wife a short time, and
on Tuesday evening last he entered the Victory, accompanied
by • strange woman, and they both seemed very such in-
toxicated. The deceased followed them in, and ran up to
the woman and "eked her "if eke was aware that she was
along with a married man ?" She appeared much excited,
and the amused raised his arm as if he was about to strike
her, but none of the witnesses could prove that any blows
were struck. The deceased suddenly fell down senseless,
and a hafts immediately afterwards expired. Mr. F. Eagle,
• surgeon, rtid when he was called to the deceased he found
her dead. Oa examining the body, he could not discover
any marks of violence. Be had since made spoil 'martens
examination of the body, and found the heart moat eaten-
lively diseased. lie attributed death to syncope, which had
been brought on by over-excitement. The jury returned a
verdict to that effect.

THE HEROINE OF THE HEART OP MID LOTHIAN.—
The Daily Post of Thursday, August 17, 1710, must be •
priceless treasure is the eye of the collector for two remark-
at le paragraphs with which it le smashed. Os one of them
was (*nodal the moat pathetic sad popular of Bootee novels
—" The Heart of Mid-Lotbian." The story of the girl
" of a fine soul," sysn as told by this paragraphist is touch-
ing. The communication is dated "Edinburgh, August
20, 1738.—Itabella Walker, wider seatearard death at Dum-
fries for child•murder, bat actually slot • remission. This
unhappy creature we, destitute of farads, and bad nose to
apply for her but an only sister, a girl et • Sae soul, that
overlooked the improbability of snemes, helpless and alone,
went to London to address the great, mid solicit so well
(sic) that she get for bar, Ant • reprieve, and now • re.
asimalea. Such another imams, of omens. friendship can
eaves be shown; it well deserved tAn Mena.n of the
greatest, who could sot but adm►re the rirtsei sad ea that
I stesuht engage to bee esase.".—Dithatee liosothold