The Express.
London, England, 1850-04-08 00:00:00

DRAMA.

MACIEADT AT BIBMINOTIAN.—Thia dietin-
guidted tragedian, whose first appearance on the stage took
place at Birmingham In the year 1810, has made his farewell
visit there during five nights of the past week. The chario-
ter sustained were logo, Viryinirr, Brieteie, Werner, and
King Lear: on each occasion the house was tilled in every
=At the fall of the curtain on Friday evening Mr.
ready was called for 1 and on hie appearance, shortly
after, the entire audience roes to receive him. He then
delivered the following stilton :—" Ladles and gentlemen
For the last time I have appeared before you in a theatrical
character. An event like this in my professional life I could
net pass by is silence, for it wee here that I first ventured, in
the very dawn of youth, on an essayist that art which the libe-
ral reception bestowed on me, and the friendly predictions
attending it, encouraged me to pursue. It was here, too,
that I proposed, and indeed had mal, to make my last
on farewell a provincial stage ; but whet man proposes he
menet always answer for accomplialting, and my !election
and desire has been so far frustrated by circumstances that
wilt prevent this Wag my lest performance in the pro-
vice's before my concluding series of nights in London.
Let me mad the probably forgotten circumstance that I made
the choice of the theatre here as the scene of that youthful
experiment which was to determine my life's destiny, for I an-
ticipated from the many Mends my ormaections had drawn
around me a most indulgent jadgment, and a welcome
encouragement. I need seemly repeat to you, that in so con-
fident an expectation and treat I was not disappointed. My
reason,too,for desiring to close ray provincial esgageasnts hare
was to mark by each a token of respect— vial though
It might be—the sense I entertain of that kindness
with which you have uniformly greeted me. Since
the date of my flat performance—ainee the time when
it was announced on the first appearance of a young
gentleman on any loge—nearly finny years hove elapsed,
and during that long period ay professional visits hero
have certainly been frequent moues to satiate you. (Cries
of " No no," hem all ;sorts of the house.) Still the troops
of friends that sepvtiilly crowded round me la the My of
life have net, I th been thinned or suffered diminution
new when I have Ulm into the sere—the yellow lost
‘Applause.) Many ant MM estlsiordinary have been the
manta Ames to sftsiel Mg *Mee here ; but no 'kera-
tin' ha imenrnd In the esselmsey of that favour with which
my_
_Wee Mosperieaad ellen were received, and with
eicrirmtittie Statitelli lelossour my more matured Wi-
lber., pr must Mends who Joined
Ili dome ef oneworegensest which greeted these early
, Weir sift meats ; but I feel their genial, generous, spirit
seems to breathe strongly still, and that the old heart
still bests the ease, wooded and unchanged by
time. (Appiases.) For all these pleasing memories,
and all those substantial benefits, I am here to render
you
.my parting *mks. By ungrudging labour, and
the dub* to uphold my art—by seeking to cultivate
in It the purest taste, and by preeerviag in my study of ohs
MUM 001141111110 y, so that each should be a consistent whole,
and that each should be sumsealvely an im.,rovement on the
last—l have striven to appear not altogether unworthy of
that patronage with which you have so liberally, so heartily,
and oonetaatly befriended me. (Cheers.) I have little more
to my. I take my leave of you in my profeisional character
with Wing, d the deepest gratitude—of the mcst profound
reggent. It seems to me, in taking leave of you, that 1 am
freen Mends whose reedy help and enoonrogeount
wen wage at hand to cheer no onward through the wen-

derives of lifs's Janney. Lst as anon yaw that my attach-
ment to my boyhood's residence has sever sewed, and will
never end. And now—and in the tamp!., but t 'premise
and significant phrase, is wild I embody every heartfelt
wish for the increasing prosperity alibis great oommunity,
I bid you—meta with senefmrals of the &wpm gratitude.
the prafousdest rsopeet—a last fanwell."

CLERICAL.
Cottrinca•tvon ow • 'taw Circling rtr Itrarcangral.—
St. Philip's Church, Bradford-road, one of the new shandies
erected by the Ten Cherehee Aserwist, has been conse-
crated by the Bishop Manshaeter. The pule alit.
Philip's is thus the Brat parish formed ender the 6th sad 7th
Vie. The Rev. W. ll'Orath meshed the seance, the
prayers being read by the newly.appointad inettrobent, the
Bev. Jana. Bardaiey, late carat* of Burnley. A large
number of the clergy of the district were present at the
ensesseathaa.

NAVAL.
Arimlair.vv, Aram —APPOINTKIXTL—Lientenanes:
11. Hervey, to Firebrand; and J. J. Rundle, to the Ceylon,
Mid/hipsters: C. Btirliag, to the Queers.
LIZIMINANT °YUAN ♦Nit A. R. ELLIOTT.—LIeat.
Graham has been suddenly and unexpectedly discharged
from prison, without any petition or solicitation from himself
or his friends, and only after it became known in aerial,
q•iareen that M►tthew Speary (armouret of the Childers),
end George Brown (seaman of the Childers), had gone be-
fore Mr. Justice Crleridge and made affidavit of many of
the enmities they had witnessed on board that vessel, and
also Nthatthe treatment received by Lieut. Graham and
Mr. Elliott was of such a allure that the skia'a company
wondered how they could have borne It so long." 1 bele
affidavits wen diet tendered before the Lord Mayor, who,
with expremions of sympathy towards the victims of naval
tyranny, regretted that he had no jurisdiction in the matter.
la addition to those 'Adults the following certificate his
been received from the petty dilate on board the Childers :
"March 25th, 1850.—We, the undersigned, hereby declare
that while serving on board H.M.S. Childers (Captain
Pit-
man), we witnessed many sets of enmity, in our opinion dis-
graeshal and injarions to the British navy, WILLIAM GILL
(CAL), Timms.. 8 (C.A.G.),Wizzum LrITY(O.I7.)
Witness, Joule Mumma, Antelope Tavern, Portern."
Mr. Elliott, who was declared the least guliy, has been
allowed to suffer his whole term of imprisonment.—Sunday
Tines.

Yozrestotrrst, Aram 7.—By a letter from her Majesty's
ship Asia, dated 24th of February, we find that ship with
Om admiral at Panama, last arrived from Canso, and about
to proceed on a short cruise to Central America. The ad-
miral, on the death of Capt. Eden, of the Aropl-.itrite, pro-
moted Commander John Km:donee from Asia to the Am-
phitrite, the son of the admiral, Flag.lientenant G. T. P.
Hornby, being promoted t 3 the rank of commeder ; Lieut.
Morrish is appointed flag-lieutenant, and Mr. Wore, acting
mate of the Champion, appointed to Asia vice Morrish.
Lieut. Timpem, R.M., of Ads, a few days after leaving
Celiac), died of bilious fever after ten days' illness —The
French frigate &Meuse, 38, from Callao and Guayaquil.
was also at Panama, bound to Punta Arenas, which Is
eh imrortant port in the Pacific, and belones to Costa
Rica. The presence of these two ships of war irs that
part of the world was ascribed to the Nicaraguan dispute.—
fhe Blenheim, convict ship, sailed this day from Spithead
with convicts for Van Diemat's Land. The Bull dog, st-sl.,
Com. A. Key, arrived at Spithead this morning from Malta
an I Lisbon. She has brought 9 valuable Arabian steeds, in
charge of two Arabs, and 6 cases containing valuables from
the Emperor of Morocco for the Queen. Capt. R. Wright,
R. 11., Lieut. H. B. Hardman, Ensign Kirkwood, 32nd Reel-
meet, and Mr. G. 8. Sidley, assistant surgeon, and a number
of invalids from both "quadrant, have come home by Bull-
dog. Commodore Martin's squadron was at Lisbon on the
3rd of April, when Bulldog left. Spoke the steamer En-
counter. for Lisbon, on Friday. The Bulldog is ordered
into harbour to be paid off.
DEVONPORS, APRIL 6.—The Seagull packet, 6, Lisut.
Com., James Semi', arrived on Thursday evening, wiih the
South American mails, having pulsed Falmouth in a gale.
Her mails were landed at Plymouth yesterday, and for.
warded to London in the aftirnoon. She left Rio on the
22nd February, and brought 13 passengers, but very little
frieght of specie and a few boxes of disinsond". The Penguin
arrived at Rio with the out mails, on the 14th of January,
and was placed in quarantine, having touched at Bahia
and Pernambuco, where the yellow fever was raging. The
yellow fever was razing very fiercely at Rio among the
English, Swede, and German seamen. Six Englishmen died
ea the 18us of Feb , making 60 men of the countries named in
ten days. Among the English who hove fallen victims were
the captain, his wife, and mate of the Warrior, a brig belong.
lag to Androssan. The Cormorant, command, r Schoenberg,
had taken a prize, the Panties, fully equipped f,r the slave
trade, bat having no slave on board. She was one of the
Mb vessels bound to Mozambique, and was reported to have
30,000 dollars on beard, but the march bad only proved 1,000.
The Rifleman, Capt. Crofton, had also taken a prise, the
Providentia, which had been sent to St. Helena for adjudica-
dee. The Seagull was taken into harbour this day to
be overhauled, and to have her defects made good.
The Alert, 8, Commander Hugh Dunlop, arrived on Thurs.
day evening, from the coast of Africa. Her dates are Sierra
Leone, 13th January, Gambia, 10th March, and she brought
The Wolverine left Sierra Leone for the Geniuses
12th January. The Adelaide tender, and the Teague
repairing, were the only vessels at Sierra Leone The Alert
1847,.and and Boo during bee
bouff
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from the
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of deusethiberevrealvli
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em-
ployed on the Niger expeditloo. After leaving the western
isles she experienced very severe weed er. On this day week
she lost a boat overboard, and on Thursday when about 100
miles off the land was obliged to lay to, baring beet her
cruspdterßanuttstp.ruedgcrte: foofremthose tFonllierdAisle.rtbuqbroungeohtofhcanmae
from Plymouth to Sierra Leone, belonging to the Messrs.
Peaks, wrecked on her outward bound passage on the 19th
of February, in the Bay of Tout, seven mile. from Cam be
Verd. On touching the shore, which was occasioned by the
thickweather and the indrift of the bay, the vessel was sur-
rounded with many hundreds of natives, who In
two hours, literally stripped the ship, ineludirg deck house,
bulwarks, stanchions, planks, masts, and spars, and it was
only by the interference of one of the chiefs, the lives of
the master and crew were saved. The master and crew, after
much difficulty, found their way to the Gambia, and there
were token on board the Alert and brought home. One of
the unfortunate crew diet on the voyage, and another
poor fellow was eo ill on the arrival of the vessel here, that
he was at once removed to the hospital. The Alert
landed the mails yesterday, and remains on the
Sound for mutt It is supposed she will be
l'6l-I"Ch'inarri‘:"; 29th
November, sent to one of the eastern ports to paid The C
ppooyt oonluFmrbidainey,
flrt,mCsepht.inJaohasCh.aDle.
November, and brought hoed amongst other articles a
number of pikes, do., taken from the Chinese pirates. She
arrived at Singapore on 7th December, and left again on the
10th; the Albatross and Amazon were then there. She re-
mained in the Straits until the 19th of December, when she
left Java Head, and, altar a tedious pump, arrived at the
Cape of Good Hope on the 28th January, and sailed from
thence on 4:h February. Reached St. Helena on the 18th
and sailed on the 20th. Arrived at Ascension on the 25th
February, and left all well there. She brought a mail
from the Cape of Good Hope. She also brings several inva-
lids from the equadron. She reports to have fallen in with
a vessel dismasted off the Maurititui during a hurricane.
She sailed lest evening for Chatham to be paid off. The
Griffon, 3, (brigantine) Lieut. Jams F. Thurton, arrived
yesterday from the South-east Coast of America, and awaits
seders. The Sharpshooter, steam-noel, Lieut. John C.
Bailey, sailed this day for the Mediterranean. The Lily
Commander Bedford, sailed this day with mails for the
Otseet of Africa. The Archer, steam-vessel, Commander J.
.1111. strange, is to go to the coast of Africa; she is to have •
esaemeet of 160 men.
ozwrest, Aram 6.—Athol, troop ship, Master Com.
mender E. T. Pear°, landed the two companies of Royal
Artillery and a half company of Royal Sappers and Miners
at the dockyard last night. The bands at both corps were in
attendance to welcome the return of the troops, and accom-
panied them back to the barracks. The Athol, which has
been in commission about fire years, will be paid off about
the middle of next week and docked for emasculation. Built
of larch grown on the estate of the late Duke of Athol, this
skip is regarded am one of the strongest and most efficient
vessels that the government has ever pomessed. Rosa.
mond, steam sloop, Commander Foote, will be paid off
about the middle of next week. Dasher, steam vessel,
Lieutenmat Commanding J. Parke, has resumed her
station en the coast of Scotland to watch over the
fisheries. Mogen, iron steam ship, left on Thursday foe
Sheerness, to be fitted for commission. Pioneer, steam ves-
sel, will be unchecked to-day, and the Resolute and Assistance
i will be brought down from Blackwell on Monday. Owing
to the late period at which the other steam vessel Intrepid
arrived, it is not at all probable that the expedition will be
ready before the 6th or 6th of May. Dwarf, iron steam
, has been paid off and is ordered to be docked and
exasined, there being some doubt in the minds of the au-
thorities as to whether she will be again employed. Ariel,
steam vessel, which has been fitted with a smoke consuming
apparatus, is to be fitted experimentally with Tucker's patent
furnaces.

TRIAL OP • 311011.11-CONSUKING APPARATUS. The
Ada, sugen-vessel, fitted with a maokrheonsaming apparatus,
went down the river on Wednesday, on an official trial,
ander the charge of the proprietors of the invention, with
their own engineers, stoker*, and °then to navigate and
pilot the vissel. Lieut. Robertson, asaistant to Oa tale
Headereon's steam dewtat nt afloat at Woolwich, and Mr.
Taplin, assistant to the chief engineer at Woolwich, also
went in her to report the result to the Admiralty. The
vessel went down the river to Woolwich in the torenoon,
and continued running ap and down short distances until
12.20 p m , when she left Woolwich and proceeded down
the river, against tide, as far as Erith, and returned to Wool-
wich shortly aftcr 3 pm. A correspondent says :—" Oa
[hie occasion the proprietors have demonstrated that the
principle of thoroughly consuming the smoke on board
of steam-yeseels is practicable, and the firte can be
fed or stoked without any laconvesience front the
smoke, se wee the cue on former trials. The greatest, ap-
parent difficulty they have now to overcome Is, to ensure the
proper work ag, under every eircemstanoe, of the small
Wier of the donkey engine for driving the fanners. Shia
ran for five hours on Monday, with &consumption of one and
• half tons of coals, her usual ovaumptien in the sun*
period without the smoke-consuming apparatus being two
and a half toes. When the vessel started she sands 23 mvo-
_
lutions per minute, and during " -
to 211 revolution., alit 'ugh k
mash won. The wind •
vowel fairly, and she --

_ blow
presental

ing an funnel or mati.
on former trial+, of a

id during the whole trial made from fl
cough her engines ere wi wiry old and
ind blew a strong breeze, testing the
presented a singular appearance, haw-
s. The great objection which rusted
close and heated air below, strongly

mined with as uspicasast eu,pharie smell arising from ON
imperfect embattles o! the cats end smoke, was now sea-
retowliad, sad the air below in Ile psrs where the
least 's were at work woo as pi,n as on deck, with tom•
pwasivsly liale Mai is the este= ream."

MILITARY.
CANDID/TIC lON COMMISSION/ 111 111 A/MT.—LW
week 37 candidates ware essmined at Sandhurst, and of that
&umber asses 30 Inn missile rod quailed for commissions.

YllOll/11117t1CAVALI/T.—Th• nideriarntiosed repisaits
will assemble he impeeties and szereler, cis.: Lsastk Yes
seamy, at Ellentriton, Ilty 3 t flmoh Sslopims Yeomanry, ar
Shrewsbury, May 6 ; lartasertoed Yeomanry, at Hunger
teed, May ; B res Demo Yeomanry, at Teigoinouth, May
22 ; North Damn Yemaary,*at Gnat TOM/WOO, June 6 ;
peat 8 merest, at Bridpwarer, Joao l.—Military paper.
Tat TAWIT ATIPOIIITKEITS OF •DICTANT L;INZIAL
AND Cokonaz or Tan 42nD Riotous? —Up to Saturday
alight 'mildly' was known u to who would seemed to them
appoiatweata. Is feet, as the late S r John Macdonald was
burled only a few days before, It is certain that nothing could
be karma lmt Saw day. The names mentioned as probable
WO are them of Lord Fitzroy Sowereat, Sir A Woodford,
and Earl Catlett, for the dike of Adjutant• General.
litra Raorunter.-03 the 28th ultimo the Bombay,
troop ship, hating on board this regiwent, sailed frem
Gibraltar for Barbadoes.
Mowanawre or Tnoors.—We pm last week the 010,0-
1111111h1 then to take plats. The following movements take
pima during the preseat weehas _ To

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=lrk teat.... --- Deems Sheerness.
—.—Muldegar im
Ds.st.lol Fat -.-----Oellabar Neagh.
60th .eat Dew Dartmouth (Ude day.)
tea Foot Waterford.
67th Foot —....---- Inalskilke _Dhlia.
Depot. &Oh Piet ....
Pith Foe ....... —..llsestbrd Yll2Zr.
Depot, Oath hee_ . . Cestlebar.
Ist Battalion Maisel lhelsessella. Dow.
Depot, let De. Ills Ilderls lristal Dress&
Ponvenotrrn, Arhus 7.—Three compaaies of the 50th
Itseissent moved Iwo this garrison by rail, from Dam, oa
Wednesday last; were followei yesterday by_ three mom
mammies, and the head quarters' division will arrive here
is Wedgy next. Oa Marshy morning two rospanin of
the 91st Rimitent 'moved from this garrusan to Dome by the
mew eimmyeam. and were followed this monies by smother
debeehment. The remainder of the regiment will loam for
Dover us Tuesday. The 77th Rsciment oorammes moving
boss Portsmouth to Newport, in Wales, on Monday ant,
by rail to Bristol, then by stems to their destination.

SPORTING.

HOO RACES-BATrRDAY.

CLanwr Swum of 16 coon melt, 10 It, with 25 added ;
fee Syr-olds, gat 71b1 het, 10.1 10Ib ; are, tti., 1 Ist 510.
(3 rats.)
Mr. D. awklMb ad MN W Paradlar, 3 yrs .... waited ewer
PAMIRS' Puts of OM. tlis wOWWI 10 reCWWO 51. from
tho ;dub. Heels, am rout.
Mr. Marsh's Ow 1•00. list 101 b (11001
Mr. flow's 111/1/**/). Nat lilt (Owner
Mr. Draws% Tray, 11411 W .4r. %rill
Mr. Waller.* Premplai. JON e41101501121r
Mr. comoritiossimq lea SO W. Weems
Mr. Mara TM Jew, JlMab ... (Cremer
Mr. IL Strarderlrllm here, Tot Mb 'Yr. Crawley)
Woo by two lengths.
Mowswits' orator of 10 eon. each, and 20 added; list
71b mak wises 611, nat. (drabs.)
Mr. Veil% The intireser ...—........ ... -(Lord Strathmore) I
Mr. Demme% Clodemila (Captain Little) I
Mr. 1). It Missile's Leadsmen (oersor) aod Mr. Room's
be m by Ilmatandorf (Captain Little) also started. A fine
taw, with two from tbe Mat tun, woe woo by a neck.
°motors on Or= Hrirrnas' Stenos of 10 sovs.
melt, witb 26 added; lOrt 711; gaol. Ome round.

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