The Express.
London, England, 1850-06-17 00:00:00

SIR CHARLES NAPIZR AND TIM
ADMIRALTY.

The following letter Lae bee. addressed t, the
editor of a maratsg paper,
Bit,—l observe the /Waitaki', hem the alai I ewe this
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of iron of the some thickness es the Sharva's slaw The
results were rather carious.

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the esproes of Meg shrill.
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Morehisass, hos IL CHARLES NAPIER..

Met. HALE'S ROCIZT-711tIll0 A? 010011ri.
His Anal Niehaus Priam Albert having expressed a de-
sire, dumps Colonel Wylde, who was present et die re-
test esperiamem at Shernureases. to witness the firing of
some ot Mr. Hale's reckon, lir. Halo proceeded to Osborne
on, Friday manilas, and rescued ...mice that the Priam
would De present at the jett4, or landing-place as the
peso& et Osborne-hoese, at half-p it three o'clock In the
afterassa. Mr, Hale was in attendance at three
sad is a few siestas mandeied his arrearemeats
for Ming 20 10-peiseder rockets, the Hon. Colossi Grey
pointing cut the best pennon in the centre of the open
ground, betwixt the millirem of her Majesty and the water,
the direction of the rocky-tabs being to the north.west. Oa
the arrival of his Royal Highness, shortly before 4 o'clock,
Mr. Kris exhibited one of his rockets, and explained the
principle an whin it was axistruned, to be tired without
the stick always used with the service-rocket, Mr. Hate
then explained the new plan be had introduced in connexion
with the firing-:aloe to resist the resting of the ream
until it had acquired a combinable force, which I. effected
by a balsam weight, regulated to the desired resisting Dower,
and the Prime seemed iamb pleased with the simplicity of
the plae adopted. The tube hating been placed at an eleva-
tion of 12 depose, • resisting peering of Sibs. was given to the
balsam weight, the rocket, whisk his Royal Hielness
had miautely impened is hie ems lead., was placed is the
troupe-end, the port-fire applied to the quick-match by
Mr. lisle, and it instantly started In a stralghtfonemd
direction, making a beautiful flight to the distance of nearly
a mile. and alter strikieg the water was seen to ricochet to a
amid/Table distance farther. The boatswain In charge of
the landion-place then took the per:fire and fired all the
others. When the eighth cr sloth rocket was firing the
Fairy, royal steam-yacht, came rapidly mead the post from
Zan Cowes, Davies Colonel Beaverie es load. and ran
very nearly into the line of the rockets, aad the Prime was
extremely anxious to know if any danger was to be appre•
headed, as he had heard and witnessed that they could not
' be depended apse fey tilting a straight direction ; bat Mr.
Hale assured his Reyal Highness that he could now depend
upon his, and the firing was esstiated very ratisketerily,
while Colonel Bouverie wen leadiag at a short dietease
south of the station of the rocket tube. Two of the
rockets were fired without the resistance balance-
weight bong applied, and the difference was re-
usukab'er, the range being not nearly so great, and the
flight not so swift, although the direction was good, as
ware all the others without I reeption. Two of the shell-
heeded rockets burst in the air at their extreme range, and
emer.la second or two after they had struck end were under
the water, and the reports of the latter were distinctly heard
on shore. The prime was mesh gratified with the celerity
with which the rockets enold be the whole occupying
but a short time. His Royal Highness, when the rockets
were all fired, asked if they were more termini than the
usual service rocket. Mr. lisle explained, that his rockets
could be :made at fully one-third Ins expense than the
common service rockets can be made at the royal arsenal'
Mr. Hale subsequently submitted a carcase-head for a 10-
noder rocket, and filled with a composition which can-
not be ;extinguished by water, calculated to barn two
minutes on bring ignited, when the I ret part of toe rocket
composition is burnt oat, and nasal for outing are to build •
Inv. The bostsweia afterwards at it on flee, and it burst
with great intensity on the damp ground. Mr. Hale
then submitted a piece of the anapesitien with which his
rockets are chargcd, and explained to his R,ysl Highness
the amen of the ingredients and by which he fills his rockets
by hydraulic premier, which resd,ers the c imposition more
sand than when driven home by a monkey or mallet with
the hand. His Royal Highness after Waking Dlr. Bee
ettunied to Osborne house, acoompanied by the Hen. Col.
Grey and Col. Souvenir.

Till PRINCE CONSORT AND THE Tcar.—The
Sunday TSSIOS, a sporting paper, says, it is a well.known
fact that the Prince Consort entertains a most decided aver-
sion to that good old sport of horse raciag, in accordance
with LOCIOO• of German growth, and has been more than
come heard to arose himself very strongly on the subject."
CONFLAGRATION AND LOWS OF LIFE.— One of the
most calamitous conflagrations that have occurred in the me-
troptlis f,r a considerab!e time, happened this morning, at a
few minutes before 3 o'clock, fa Pecenix-street, St. Oita%
One of the tall houses (No. 12)i* that thoroughfare was dis-
covered, by a female residing therein, to he on ire. She
immediately relied an alarm, sad having opened the street-
deer, shouted " Police !" At that time there ware upon
the premises—Mr. Jinn and his family ; Mr. Bauble,
h• wife, and three children ; Mrs. Harding, a widow, and
two sons; Mr. Noland and his family, besides two or three
other familia, whole names at present are unknown.
Puliee-onstablei F 35, who was on daty in the street,
ran to the spot to render assistance, when he found
fire braking through the back parlour towards the
staircase. BOW six or seven persons at this period ran down
stairs in their night-drama and escaped, and immediately
eterwsids a huge sheet of BM* shot from the back parlour
up the staircase and cot off all means of **ape for the parties
above. A man named Kimball, who lived in the kitchens,
at the peril of losing his own life, rushed through the fire
and succeeded in pullingiusiwile out, where he returned
three times and brought h the flames his three children
When he reached the street with the last one he was nearly
suffocated with smoke. Mr. Noland, who Radon the second-
floor, =eased to ease himself and two of his daughters, but
one of his children, a girl, about 14 years of age, was burnt
to death. Having gained the middle of the stairs, the fire
rushed upon them, and ignited the night clothes of one of the
daughters. He however bummed upon them the necessity
of fighting their way through the flames to avoid being burnt
to death. One of his children, on seeing her... Later envelop: d
In fl Imo, rushed to the top of the house, hoping by that
means to neap*, but she fell amidst the fire, and when dis-
covered one of her legs was burnt off, and the whole of her
body reduced to a blackened and shrivelled mass, so that it
was impossible to identify her. Mr. Noland and his two
other daughters at length reached the street, but one of the
latter was frightfully burned. Mrs. Harping, who lived
is the upper floor, upon being aroused made an attempt to
come down stairs, when a body of sparks and volumes of het
smoke compelled her to retreat. In so doing her night-
clothes eau fire, when she rushed to the back window,
and jom oat She fell fist upon her back and was so
much in and as to be unable to move. Her sou, who lived
on the same filar' in making likens" wee terribly burned,
and was obliged to be removed to the hospital. A men
named Thomas Heather, living at the corner of the street,
was aerate by hearing violent screams proceeding from the
back of his house. He looked out of the window, and
beheld a female and two children in the next yard; the flames
at the same time rushing farionsly from the window.. He
pulled the mother and her two children over his yard wall,
and thereby saved their lives. Not more than seven of eight
minutes had elapsed from the first alarm being given before
several engines arrived. Duwdsn, one of the hOlgade en-
leasers, was Wormed that a woman was lying in the back.
yard, and at ones got over the wall, and found Mrs. Harding
dlying there gain speechless . He had her conveyed to Bt.
ale's workhouse, where she died immediately after her
admission. Tie engines were set to work, but every room
had previously taken fire, sad the flews were rolling out of
the different windows so Beady se to endanger the whole
neighbourhood. Forthwith the inmates of tha adjoining
houses rushed into the street; acne in their night clothe*
eurying with them their children or anything they could
lay their hands on. The firemen, by dint of great exertion,
succeeded by half-past 4 o'clock in subduing the flame, but
not until the premised and their contents wen destroyed
Mr. Coancaton, the principal officer of the West of Reg4ad
firemen, sooty last his lath at the fire. One of the heavy
ladders fell off a high_ wall and tore the shoulder of his coat
off. Had it fallen bolt an hods nearer It nut have broken
his head. As soon as the Was were sufficiently cooled the
remains of Miss Noland were plated in a shell and removed
to flt. Ode's workhouse.

Riscus.—A risen of stook, seised under an execu-
tion at the suit if gyege wind Synge, took pleas yesterday
at Caberhae, when the sheriff end the police acting under
his wen attacked by the country people and driven iota
:trwhen they were detai..ed until the Meek wee re-
.
the party enraged is the reams have yet bees artested.—
Clan Journal.

CRNTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
THIS DAT.

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