The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-17 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER IT, 1857.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADIMIALST, BEPT. 16....-APPOTISTIIIIBII3..—Litus
tenants C. Le Mosuris (1850), to the Wellington, at Short-
nese ; T. L. Ward (.1853), and M. Singer (1842), to doe
Excellent, gunnery ship, Portsmouth.
Assistant-Burgersts C. Atchison (1852), to the Victory,
101, flog ship, at Portsmouth, for Hasler Hospital, and O.
B. Newton (1842), to the Royal Albert, 121, screw eternal-
ship, blcdlterrobeen station.
Clerk, F. Puler and C. E. James, to the Wellington.

DEVONCORT, SEPT. 16.
Buzzard, 6 (screw), Commander reel, sailed yes-
terday morning for the West Indite.
Cheyseire, freight stop. sailed from Ulla port on Saturday
last, with provisions for the Cape of Good Hope.
Conqueror, lot (acmes), Captain Yelverion, took on board
more stores on Monday, and reeled the same evening to re-
join the squadron in the Mediterranean, under the command
of Admiral Lord Lyons.
Agamemnon, 91 (rcrew), Master Commander Noddall,
struck topellantimula, and commenced =reefing ranting
gear yesterday, preparatory to going into the basin at Key-
ham on Thursday.
We regret to learn that the yelMw fever, from which the
ROW =fermi considerably on her purge borne from Ha-
vannah, has again made eta appearance on board the Orion,
91, screw, Captain Erskine, lying in Hartman. There have
beet. four cm= during the last three days
Niagara, American steam-ship, at this port, had her powder
taken out yesterday (Tuaday), and will be taken into dock
at Keyham to-day (Weitneeday), and land the portion of the
Tranaatbentie cable at present on board.
The entry of naval apprentices and second class boys has
been resumed by the guard ships at the several ports. The
boys mute be 90 lb.. weight, and over the age of It years.
The North of Europe Seism Packet Company a screw
steamer Powerful, 49.1 tuns, Captain Harwell, left this port
on Saturday evening, es route fur the various ports on the
West Coast of Africa.

WOOLWICH, SEPT. 16.
ROTAL ARTILT.ERT FOR INDIA.—A detachment
of 120 0011-00121111W1000E1 Olean and men of the Royal Ar-
tillery has been employed during this day in removing the
guns, limber carriages, ambulance and store waggons,
water carte, blacksmiths', wlseelwrighti, and carpenters'
stores, and the whole of the ntattrwl belonging to Lieutenant
Colonel Turner's troop of Royal Horse Artillery, and the
three field betterire about to embark for lain. The
Hydupes, which ham been fitted up in a most complete
manner for the aommaiodation of the entire force, consisting
01E40 ofocrs, nos-commissioned officer., end men, has yet
to receive a large amount of warlike stores, and, although
&general regimental order has been issued, ening the em•
katkation for to-morrow, it is not probable that the force
will leave Voolwi, h until Friday. A very large proportion
of the force about to embark in the Ilydaspes have been
actively engaged during the Crimean campaign, and are de-
corated with the Sebastopol medal, and all the clasps. In
con,* Tic!, t• of the large number of troops which bare re-
cently left headquarters, Woolwich, for foreign service, a
number of •Joilisilliee and detachments are under nden to
return to headquarters from various home statical. Re-
cruiting for the regiment le still actively progressing, at the
average rate of about, 100 pre day.

THE NEW K.C.8.-ADMIRAL SIR H. %EPPEL.

The lion. Sir Henry Keppel, K.C.11., the Rear-
Admiral in command ot our naval forees in China, whose
ekvatioon to the dignity of a K.C.B. we chronicled yesterday
in our eoolimine, ho great nephew of the celebrated Admiral
Keppel, •ho did in 1786, hiring the fourth son of William
Charlie fourth Earl of Albemarle, by the lien. Elisabeth
Southaell, daughter of the late Lord de Cloth ord, whow tether,
the third Earl, was Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Comber-
land, at Culloden, nod was Commander-in-Chief at the re-
duetien of Havannalt. Bir Henry Keppel was born in 1809,
entered the navy in February, 1422, peed hi. examina-
tion in 18Bi, and obtained hie first coommiatioon to
the following year. In July. 1830, be joined the
Galatea (42), under Captain Charles Napier, and in
1431. the Magieienne (21), under Captain, mow Admiral,
Plumndge, then serving on the East Indian station.
Having by n promotad to the rank of commander in 1833,
he served till the spring of 1838 on board the Childers (16),
on the Ilediterranean station, and at the Cape of
Good Hoye, and breams captain in 1837. From 1811 till
his return to England in 1845, he commended the Dido (18).
In the latter vr.sel he served on the coast of China, and wee
present at the capture of Womolung and Shanghai in that
year and took part in the mention. on the Yang-Me-K hang.
InAugust, 1844, with only the Did" and the East India Com-
pany's *tamer l'legethen under hie onlero, he attacked a
horge piratical mettkieent on the comet or Borneo, where,
whAe the km of the liriti.h amounted to 32 /114.11
killed, and as many more wounded, the crime)• had five of
their town. deetnoyed, 2.0 men killed. teem thousand. of
houses, and between two and three hundred pro.. of various
derwriptime burnt, and 70 Wefts guns and 13 flap taken.
In 141.7. he publiebed an interesting account of this exploit,
under the title of a •` Narrative of the Expedition spinal
Borneo." From that dodo be was unemployed until the
breaking out of the let. war with Russia, in 1854, when he
was sent to the Haitic in command of the Bt. Jean d'Acre.
He was treated a rompanion of the bath in 18.01 for hie
Baltic service*. Baring attained the rank of rear-sdluiral ha
was sent out in command of the naval formals China early
in the present year, and our columns have sufficiently
informed our readers of hie re, out eunneses in that quarter.

ADWIR %LTV VISIT To LIVERPOOL.—LIVERPoOL,
WEI.NI,IIIAI.—Th. Admiralty yacht, Osborne, having on
board the lt,cht Hon. sir Charles Wood, M.l'., and the
Lords of the Admiralty, arrived M the Mersey this afternoon
one tour of inspeeltm. On arrival, the Osborne was saluted
by Ler Majesty's ship 11. tings (GO), at author in the
Moyne.

Vl:sett. ON FIRE IN TIIE TIIANIEs.—At eight
o'clock yesterday moister a It,. broke out on board the eddy
Item)! Gillespie, Captain liodipoes, lying on the east side of
WeWog 'Letts. London Dock, loading for Australia. It
we, speedily suppressed, the damege being eonlinid to a
foresail burnt, and round-bone, foremast, rosinstay, and
mainatay-oil partly destroyed. The fire was caused by a
.park from the funnel of the round:house.—Between 10 and '
11 o'clock on Tuesday night cenaidembie en, item, of was
,rented on the river by the eppearanee of • largo barge or
lied (batched) tighter, couipletely in n4/11(11, dreltlng up the '
river with the Sued tide among the tiers of shipping. A
number ..f boats were mound her endeavouring to get hold of
her, but the fierceness of the flames prevented them. She
conotnued her comae up until wet by the Brigade steam
floating cnicinc, which at core pound into her tomato of I
water from diff,rent branches. It eves then meertained that
her name wee the James, belooging to Messes. Dell and
Taylor, and laden with GO puncheon of rum. By the fire-
men throwing an anchor and chain Into her bows. thew et
length sa.eyeded in bringing her up near the Sheltie...ll
entrenee.4 the London boils, • here abe renminud till the tire
wan got un.kr, ik hick was not effected until the whole of the
Cant. wr dertroyrel.
GUN 1.41 LL I 8 TIIE tDR.VI .tetlev.—A letter
hem Omiend Hawdock'• term to one of the Celent,n papers
mentions that a battery was to be formed from the guns
taken from Nene Sahib. and that there would be no Ilttticult7
in moaning it, as " all the Madras Fusiliers are artillery-
men." On this • cortrepondent of the Made.. Atlienwom
remarks that it isnot generally known that the " gun drill.'
forms • regular portion of the exercise of every infantry ree
gituent, European or native. in the Merino, army, and is
reported on by the impeding officer, in like manner as is
the perttrmaao• of any other .4 a regiment's duties, eo that
in cams of emergency a Madre., regiment it perfectly inde-
pendent .4 artillerymen. For liuropesin infantry a ".-tired
knowledge of the use of military must ever be • valuable
addition to its efficiency.

THE BELFAST RIOTS.
GOVERNMENT INQUIRY.

I). I.yneli, Esq., and It. Smythe, Esq.. Q.C.,
the rontoliesioners appAnted by the Lord• Lieutenant to hold
a mull 14 inquiry into the riots which took place in
Belfast after the Order, anniermars this 'ear, sod than
which followed the alma% preaching In the begin-
ning of the preeent month, took their seam in the
Court-hone, Belfast, at twelve o'clock on Tuesday.
The commissioner. derided to inquire Brat fete the rioto et the

former period, and Mr. W. 8. Tracy, a megiotrate of &Rapt,
stead Ms a detail of the ocrunestres fullowing• the 12th of
July. He stated that the polies were ton few to Pee from
what party the principal acta of rioting originated ; hr could
not say which party extinguiribt‘l the lamps on the 14th
inst. ()s ths 15th, when he read the Riot Act, both patties
seemed to hare forgotten their aniorwity egein.t eat h other,
and to have turned it against the authorities. They were pelted
by both aides with the greatest impartiality. Ina 'then timo
the local potion became of very little uoe. Inning Mr. Tracy's
examination, Mr. O'Rourke state.' that two boys and • girl
n,, shot, not wontedly ; these were Itoman ratholics. The
wineries stated much damage woe done to the property of
Mr. Wettest, a eatholic show tenants had warming to knee
his hour.. Mr. Tracy was crops-examined by Mr. O'ltourk•
on the part of Mr. Walnut, and by Mr. Ilea on behalf of the
Roman catholic inhabitants. Strong hod*s of police conti-
nued to patrol the town, shish was quite tranquil

(IT BRITISH ♦VD IRT.II `44ONETIC TBLVIRAPII4

DUBLIN, Wri•vesnAv.

Belles! proclaimed yestrrilay. A proclnmstics bat bees
mule from the Curie requiring onlirenad person, to
depisit pine, pistols, sad ammunition at the police barracks,
awbor a penalty of a year's imprisonment.

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAT.—Some of the gee
USIONI in the audit and goods departments of the above com-
pany last eveniog pecvented Mr. R hi. Prat with • =mire
elver goblet, no ths occseints of hie resigning the service in
which, be nine year.' ad... Mission, is tea won tie respect of
all his fellow duke, who deybee the ken of his weitily.

Cato *nuMout.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT.—Szr. 16.
(Baum Mr. Coramisikasr Murphy.)

IN 111 01.11 IT, OTH ZUNIS/ THI

ORAIIT.—UPIDIOENT tiENFTRESP'S mows.
This inaelvent, known as the Rev. Charles Geary a di.-
seating mistletoe, deeeribed as secretary to the Indigent
(temptresses' Boine,in Fitzroy.street,Tottenham-court-road,
whose case was reported on the 14th May last, came before
the court on an adjournment.
Mr. Sergood appeared to oppose on the part of Mr. Clark,
a printer at Beth and Mr. Denney for Mr. Millen, •
printer. Mr. Reed aruppneted.
On the former O((11•1011 the in/KAI-mit did not appear until
alter the Commissioner had heard the (AU. Ile was on bail,
but at the end of the day was bought into court, end hod
remained in prison from the day of hearing on the 13th of
May.
Mr. Sergood remarked that the use afforded an illustration
of the practice of the Chief Commissioner, who had heard the
case in the absence of the insolvent.

Mr. Commissioner Murphy did not approve of the practice.
Re sent for the notes of the learned Cua mieaiooer, end re-
ferred to the report whi. b dun appeared.
Mr. &uwood submitted that the insolvent wee not entitled
to be heard. The insolvent had .elicited eubecriptiona from
the public, and there wee no amount on the schedule in
the name of a special balance-sheet, of whet he bad done
with the money.
The insolvent said he bad died en account of what he
had done with all the money he had receivtd, showing the
payments he bad made.
Mr. &mood said the notice required to be served on
creditors had not been given, and theca.' could not be heard.
Mr. Reed complained of the course which had been pur-
sued in this ciao In hearing evidence in the absence of the
insolvent, who wee prevented attending through Mims, end
against whom a good deal bad been received which he
ventured to sal toes not evidence. It wee, to say the least of
it, 3 very unfair coutse of proceeding.
Mr. Denney said Mr. Mallett's debt was MI. The in-
sett ent seemed to have victimised all the printers and pub-
habers. (A laugh.)
Mr. Beogood—And all the charitable people too.
Mr. Reed proceeded to say that • very unfair routes had
been pursued towards the insolvent, and complained that
other persons had endeavoured to prejudice the mind of the
public against boo.
Mr. Coremissiner Murphy wee free to pay that on the last
occasion a good deal of irrelevant matter had been admitted,
and although no one mold entertain more respell fur
the Chief Coiewiasioner than he did, hu considered that
evidence ought not to bo heard in the absence of en in-
solvent.

A discussion arose whether tho learned Commissioner
should hear tho vane, or whether it should remain for the
Chief Conieutuioner. Ultimately the learned Commissioner
said he would hear the evidence and send it to the Chief

Subsequently the case was called on, and another discumion
took place as to the hearing of the cam, and the Commissioner
derided that he should consider the case as an original hear-
ing. and a no evidence had been given (as the insolvent wa•
absent), ha was of opinion that the schedule was not in •
proper state for hearing, which would require some time to
set right, end the raw could some before the Chief Cotu-
m6•ioner, who had originally the rase before him.
Mr. heed ►gain urged the court to hear the case, and that
it was • great hardship to keep the insolvent in prison until
the Chief Com n imionor returned.
Mr Coransimioner Murphy decided on bearing the me
during the present Oiling*, and ordered certain aut•ndmeata
to be made.

The case was appointed for the 25th instant.
Several aged females were in attendance, and were told
that they were not molted to appear et present.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.-SEPT. 16.

(Before Mr. Juana. Crompton and Mr. Baron Watson.)

THE LOSS OF LIFE ON THE NORTH Al' NT RAILWAY.

Limn,. ferry, 29 Ed nnul Wltsfen, and Join Orfiltht,
23, sunendived to take their trial upon several indictment',
charging them with manslaughter.
They pleaded not guilty to the whole of the charge.
The Bret cue rem into charged the prisoners jointly with
the mansltiighterof Ttrione Franklin..

Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Poland appeared for the prevention.
Animal Ballentine was specially retained with AD. Met-
calf to defend Griffiths, &vivant Parry was also specially
retained with Mr. Robinson to defend Perry and Whalen.
Mr. Bodkin, in opening the a am for the prosecution, said
it wan hardly no-unary for him to impress upon the jury the
importance Of the rase he wee about to lay before them when
he Mated that tlae charge sum out of a fearful collision that
took place en Sunday ereniag. the loth of June last, at the
Lewisham-nation of the North Kent Railway, and upon
which occaeion no lees than twelve unfortunate persona lost
their liven. Ile dad not state thin fact with a view in any
woy to pnjudiee the prisoner.; Lut because he felt at to Le
hi. duty to lay before them all the eircumotanoce connected
with the transaction, in crier that their meet careful
attention ghoul,' be directed to the subject, and
that they should come to a jut and righteoue con-
clusion uprn the question, whether the primoners or either of
them were proved to have ben the eau,* of this sad calamity.
He appeared on behalf of the directors of the South Eastern
Railway Company, who, up n the rue being sent for
trial by the magiotrate, felt it to be their duty to take can
that the whole of the farts should Le properly laid before •
jury, anal having done en, their duty would Le at au end,
and it would ho for the jury to soy upon throe facts what
decision ought to be e• 11110 to. learned counsel then
proceeded to give a brief outline of the circumstances con-
nected with the m itelent. It emanated that • train left
Strissi at a quarter peat nine o'clock eat Sunday night, the
Diah of June, and this train arrived at Bbielthaith at
thirty two niinutes past ten, which was • quarter of an
hour behind the poper time, and haring discharged its pas.
Itilgni at the Illlckheath Station, It proceeded on its
journey to London. Thhi train in ordinary mamas should
hero pawed the Lewisham station and gone on to New-caves,
but it appeared that upon fin arrival at Lewisham a Beck-
enham train wan exported to arrive and pus upon the main
line. and it was neemeary that the Strood train abould stop
until that train had pressed, and It was socorditigly placed
between what was coiled the iliatant danger .4041 and the
station signal, and it was while it was in this pavilion that the
accident oreurrod which was the subject of inquiry. It ape
p•areal that a second train left the Strad station for London at
half-poet 9 ai.l ale, and this train arrived at the Blackheath
station at fifty hotr minuteo put 10, that being a quarter
of on Moir behind time. The priooners Perry and Whitfen
were the driver and at. leer of the engine belonging to this
train, and the other prisoner (Griffiths) was the signal ruin
at the Blackheath nation, and the charge that was now made
anaiest thou was that by a enlpable neglect of theirdrity, and
dinregrlrd 14 the reguktione of the company, they had bees
the n•casion of the fearful accident that took place after the
departure of thee second train from the Blackheath elation.
The learned counsel then proceeded to explain that in addi-
tion to the ordinary aignala at the Mations, the cutaway
made use of telegraphic oignala from one elation to the
other, and a train wan not allowed to leave one station
until it was announced by telegraph from the succeeding
station that the line was clear, and that the train
might penned with safety. The evidence epithet Griftiths
would lee that, it being his duty to attend to the telegraphic
aignals. he had reported that ho had received the usual
erne sage that the line was clear, when in point of fact no
curb meuege bad been rent, the line at Lewlthaten being
obstructed lay the preceding train, and that in consequence
of t hie the second train had Lou aunt on, instead of being kept
back until tho lime WWI char. Mr. Bodkin went on
to any that the train driven by the prixoners
• Perry and Viliffen having started from Blackheath, it was
their duty to have attended fit the ordinary numb, and
he ahould prove that there woe the Lewisham station eignal,
and what was called the distant danger signal exhibited,
and it was the duty of three prieonera to have etoppod upon
Facing three signals, but Maenad of doing u they ran past
them, and the consequence was that there was a mast awful
collieeion with the train that had been previously 'topped, and
the last carriage 1.1 that train was actually lifted into the Mr
by the aloe k and fell into and erubed • third-elms carriage,
and the moult of the collision was that no lees than twelve
unfortunate penoengere by the train lost their liven. lle
concluded by dating that it wes under these circumstances
that the prevent charge was preferred, and it would be
foe the jury to may when they had boort the evidence
whether they could come to any other conelmien than that
the accident was ormaioned by the gross and culpable neglie
genre of the piisoners, and If obis were the moo they would
bejuatieed in convicting them upon the peeoent charge.
Rena-ant Ballantinc. rat the alma of Mr. llialkin'a Marra,
submitted that up-u the fact., as stated by him, Griffiths
could not be convicted of jointly causing the death of tho de-
ceased. Tho art imputed to him and the one imputed to the
others were quite di/ferret, and Ills learned friend ought at
leapt to say which act he relied upon as the cause of death,
and the jury could certainly not be called upon, under the
eircurnstancee elated, to say that all the pnoonera jointly
rained the death of the deceramd.

Mr. Justice Crompton expressed his opinion to be in
ercordnnee with that of the learned serjeant, and Paid that it
appeared that the prisoners c..uld not legally be jointly cn-
victed of mmuilmegbtor under tilt circurnstanoes stated by the
learned counsel for the prosecution, and that he rhould
eleet which act he should go upon as being the canes of
death.

Ttr. Bodkin sold that he bed certain! antkipated that this
objection would be taken. and he bad thetsWvs takes care to
put the court into pasmsion of all the farts. After the
opinion that had been exprefted by his lordship be should not
proceed spinet Griffiths upon this indictment, but should
• go on with the rase agalett the other two prisoners.
The jury seemdingly returned a verdict of Not Guilty sa
nprderi Griffiths, and be was removed from the bar.
Evidence was then 'Adam.' against the other prisooerA, in
the course of which Dir. Justice Crompton asked the jut/.
whether it did not appear that Whiffen wee actuslly otten,
ing to tho fire when the accident occurred, and • bother tie y
would not come to the eonelosion that there was not salli-
dent evidence to convict that primmer.
The jury said they were of opinion that there wee no case
spinet the prisoner Whiffs's.
Evidence was then given that the unfortunate skewed
was one of the stainers upon the occarion, and this closed the
caws for the prosecution.
Berjewat Parry asked his lordship whetter be thought
there really wee set ev dance against the other *Boner
(Awry) that it naosmary for hits to address the jury?