The Express.
London, England, 1863-08-12 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1863.

AUSTRALIA.

MELBOURNE, Jume 25.

The shipments of gold siuce the departure of the
last mail amount to 36,250 ounces. Trade dull.
Exchange on Loudon, i per cent. premium.

CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN

MAILS.

The following telegram has been received at Mr.
Reuter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental
Steam Navigation Company :

" MALTA, Arausr 10, 9 P.Y.

"The Euxine leaves here with the above uiails
at 11 p.m. for Marseilles, where she may be ex-
pected on Thursday. The letters will be delivered
in London on Saturday morning.
The Ripon left at 6 p.m. for Southampton,
where sho may be expected about the 19th inst.
The Simla brought the mails to Suez, arriving
there on the morning of the 6th inst.

REPORTED CAPTURE OF FORT WAGNER.
A private telegram received in Liverpool yester-
day per the City of London, and which was sent on
board just before the vessel started from New York,
is thus worded :

"It is currently reported here, and generally
believed, that the Federals have captured Fort
Wagner "

FRENCH LIBERTY IN Maxim—A docree of the
Mexican Provisional Triumvirate contains the following ar-
ticles:- • " No journal shall be founded without the sutho-
risation of the goveroment. Every leading article shall be
signed by its writer. and every reproduction from another
journal by the girant. All controversy on the law* and insti-
tution given to the country by its representatives is formally
forbidden. Discnsaionspe religious subjeeta are also prob ibited,
because they might compromise the sacred interest. of the
church and diminish the public respect for the clergy.
All journals shall inert entire, free of charge and without
oote or comment, the corn muniree's addressed to them
by the administration charged with the survetllanoe of the
press. Every person named is • newspaper article has a
✓ight to demand, free of expense, the insertion, no matter
at what length, of his reply to any observation made on him.
After two avert inemnas any journal rimy be suspended
during the platen's of the adniinietration, and alter a
third definitively suppresses]. The catholic religion is re-
established, and shall henceforth be free. The church shall
exercise her authority without opposition, and the state will
consult with her ie trying to find the beet solutions for
questions that am in abeyance."
Pam man' ORPHLN ANYLUM. —A general meeting
of the committee and members of this newly-formed benevo-
lent institution roosected with the printing trade was held
last evening at the Falcon Rooms, Fetter-lane, Mr. Henry
Thomas in the chair. Mr. Glynn. the honorary secretary.
reported the progress made since the last meeting, which had
been very satisfactory. There had been • considerable
accession of subscribers. and Mr. King, of College-hill, had
consented to act as treasurer. The desirability of appointing
• collector was brought forward, and it was resolved that
Mr. Charles Reed be requested to accept the office. A
number of practical details were thee disclaimed and adopted,
hewing reference to the proper earning out the object& of
the institution, which it is desired shall)* in full operation
by the close of the present year. The names of several
gentlemen representing large establishments in the trade
were then ;Awed, with their sanction, on the committee,
sad a fresh kern of the prcepectos, as
ad ascended, Tree ordered.
ote A vof thanur ks having been given to the chairman, the
meeting joned.
CRYSTAL PRIAM ONR SHILLING DAY.—*
TUDIDAT. AOGUEIT 11. —AaISSPOSO on payment, 4,959;
I elan by NUM Utast% 907 ; total, 5,866.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

WAR-OFFICE, Auctin 11.
(nos LAST SIGHT'S GAZICITZ.I
3rd Regim,... of Dragoon Guards—Staff Assistant Surgeon
St. John Stanley to be assistant-surgeon, vice Richard
Thomas Golly Cation, deceased.
14th idonne—Lieutenant Francis John Stuart Hay Newton
to 'be instructor of musketry, vice Captain Lawrence
Mackenzie, who has exchanged into the 83rd Foot.
15th Hussers—Lieutenant John Robert Heron Maxwell to
be captain, by purchase, vice Arthur Randolph Mulling;
who retires ; Cornet Joseph Norton to be lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Maxwell.
16th Lancers—Cornet Richard Toinkinion has been per-
mitted to retire from the service by the sale of his coin.
mission.
Royal Engineers—Staff-Surgeon Thomas William Fox, N. 8.,
to be surgeon, vice Surgeon-Major Francis Charles
stainsley, promoted on the S&L
Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant sod Captain William Lewis
Stucley to be captain and lieutenant-colonel, by purchase,
vise Francis Wheler, Viscount Hood, who retiree ; Ensign
and Lieutenant Henry Aurelius Coventry to be lieutenant
and captain, by purchase, vice Stucley ; the Honourable
Norman de L'Aigle Grosvenor to be ensign and lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Coventry.
Coldstream Guards—Lieutenant and Captain and Brevet
Lieutenant-Colonel John Augustus Ccesollto be captain
and lieutenant-onlonel, by purchase, vies William Henry,
V' at Deegan, who retires ; Foreign and Lieutenant
teseourabie Frederick Charles Howard .to be lieu-
tenant aodcaptain, by purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant-
Colonel Coeolly ; Ensign the Houourable Frederick
Arthur Wellesley, from the Rifle Brigade, to be ensign
and lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Honourable Fred-
erick Charles Howard.
6th Regiment of Foot—Sergeant-Major Robert Hyde to be
quartermaster, vice Samuel Haden, who retires upon
temporary half-pay.
23rd Foot—Lieutenant William Joliffe Twyford to be cap-
tain, by purchase, rice &set Major &mill Granville,
who retires; Ensign Anthony Prichard Hutchinson to
be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Twyford; Ensign Wil-
liam Herbert Adams to be lieutenant by purchase, vice
Thomas James Bowyer, who retires; Gentlemen adet
Charles Newlyn Teed, from the Royal Military College,
to be ensign, by purchase, vice Hutchinson ; Gentleman
Cadet Thomas Cummings, from the Royal Military Col-
lege, to be ensign, by purchase, vice Adams.
36th Foot—Lieutenant and Adjutant Arthur Francis Kelsey
to be captain, by purchase, vice Joshua Cuoliffe Ingham,
who retires ; Lieutenant Edward Dorrien Newbolt to be
captain, by purchase, vice James Graham, who retires ;
Ensign Thomas Mercer Maxwell to be lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Kelsey ; Ensign William Edwin Price to be
lieutenant, by purchase, vice Newbolt; Gentleman Cadet
Chas. Fredk. Weston Underwood, from the Royal Military
College, to be ensign,by purchase, vice Maxwell ; Gentle-
man Cadet Thomas Henry Monteith Brown, from the
Royal Military College, to be ensign, by purchase, vim
Price ; Lieutenant William Neal to be adjutant, vice
Kelsey, promoted ; Lieutenant Thomas Esraght Percy
Tyrwhitt to be instructor of musketry, via Lieutenant
Newbolt.
31st Foot—Captain Samuel Alexander Madden to be major,
by purchase. vice John Henry Dickson, who retires; Lieu-
tenant William Charles Edward Scott to be captain, by
purchase, vice Madden • Ensign Henry Montague
Trenchard to be lieutensint, by purchase, vice Scott ;
Gentleman Cadet Donald Robert ideoqueen, from the
Royal Military College, to be ensign, by purchase, vice
Trencher&
56th Foot—The commission as adjutant of Lieutenant
Michael Clam Garsia has been antedated to the 10th of
November, 1862.
57th Foot—Ensign Arthur Cecil Meaner, to be lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Thomas H. Tragett, deceased ;
Ensign Henry Down, Cbevers Barton to be lieutenant, by
purchase, vies Manners, whose promotion, by purchase,
on the Lind May, 1863, has been cancelled ; Gentleman
Cadet Robert Joseph tiolmer, from the P.o)al Military
College, to be ensign, without purchase, vice Barton.
58th Foot—Quartermaster Patrick Hopkins, from a depot
battalion, to be quartermaster, vice Clarke, who ex-
changes.
60th Foot—Ensign Barnard Henry Davidson to be lieute-
nant, by purchase, vies Alfred Speiser Heaths* who
retires; Gentleman Cadet William Robert Green, from
the Royal Military College, to be ensign, by purchase,
the Davidson.
61st Foot—Lieuteasnt Charles Hermits Atkinson to be
instructor of musketry, vice Lieutenant William Sydney
.Nagent, who hasexchaeged into the 103rd Foot.
64th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Carr Fodor, from the let
West India Regiment, to be lieutenant, vice David Gardi-
ner, who exchanges.
65th Foot—The promotion of Lieutenant Villas Butler
has been antedated to the 18th July, 1862.
133rd Foot—Lieutenant Nicholas Pennefather to be in-
structor of musketry, vice Lieutenant William Forbes
Anderson, appointed to the School of Musketry.
88th Foot—Ensign Frederick Robert Wickham to be lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice William John Saul, who re-
tires ; Gentleman Cadet Henry Howortb, from the Royal
Military College, to be ensign, by purchase, vice
Wickham.
107th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Arthur Mosey Fisher, from
the Royal Military College, to be ensign, vies F. T.
Rogers, deceased.
108th Foot—Geotlenien Cadet Frederick East Apthorp,
from the Royal Military College, to be ensign, vice Irwin,
whose appointment on the 4th lost, has been cancelled.
let West India Regiment—Lieutenant David Gardiner,
from the 64th Foot, to be lieutenant, vice Foster, who
exchanges.
DEPOT BATTALIONS.
Captain William James Anderson, 32nd Foot, to be in-
structor of musketry, vice Captain W. H. Peter Gordon
Bluett, 10th Foot, who has held the appointment the pre-
scribed period.
Quarterinuter Joseph Clarke, from the 58th Foot, to be
quartensater, vice Hopkins, who exchanges.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals Samuel Maitland
Hadaway to be loapector-General of Hospitals, rice John
Robert Taylor, C.D., who retires upon half-pay.
Surgeon-Major Francis Charles Annesley, from the Royal
Engineers, to be Deputy lospectoxGeneral of Hospitals,
vise Samuel Maitlaud Hadaway, promoted.
Staff.Surgeou Colin Matheson Milne Miller, M.D., from
half-pay, to be staff-surgeon, vice Thomas William Fos,
M. 8., appointed to the Royal Engineers.
Staff Assistant-Surgeon William Nealor Mandel& M.D.,
has been permitted to resign his commission.
ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY.
Second Captain Charles Vaughan Arbuckle, Royal Artillery,
to be captain of a company of gentlemen cadets, vice
Second Captain Charles Hunter, who resigns that appoint.
meet only.
BREVET.
The following promotions to take place consequent on the
death of General Ulysses. Lord Downes, G.C.8., Colonel
of the 29th Foot, on the 26th July, 1863 :
Lieutenant-General Sir William John Codrington, K.C.8.,
Colonel of the '23rd Foot and Governor and Commander-
in-Chief of Gibraltar, to be general.
Major-General Alexander Fraser, Lieutenant-Colonel, on
half-pay, unattached, to have the rank of lieutenant-
general.
MsjorGeneral Sir William Henry Elliot, K.C.8., Colonel of
the 51st Foot, to be lieutenant-geuend.
Major-General Sir James Hope Grant, G.C.8., Colonel of
the 4th Human, promoted a major-general for distin-
guished service, and at presentcommandiag the troop' in
Madras, with eal rank of lieutenant-general in India, to
be placed on the fixed establishment of major-enerals.
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William Charges Wolfe, major
on half-pay, unattached, to be colonel.
Captain and Breyet-Maj,,r Archibald Campbell Snodgrass,
39th Foot, to be lieutenant-colonel.
Captain Fnucia Barry Drew, adjutant of a depot batters& I
to be major.

ADMIRALTY, ALGTRT 11. —APPOINTMENTS.
Naval Cadets (ROMiostßa) : Herbert it. Sdllllllol2ll and
Moultrie Salt.
Eoginver Robert Croaevraite, to the Liverpool.
Firet•onee Aenataot Eogioaer Edwin li. Cockerell, to the
Marlborough.

PORTSMOUTH, Accost. 11.

The Brisk (16) screw corvette, Captain .T. P.
Luce, arrived at Spithead early this morning, from the west
roust of Atm', and exchanged salutes with the flag-ship of
the commander-in-chirf. She sailed this afternoon for Ply-
mouth, to pay off, having been upwards of four ears in
commission._

The Royal Stuart. hired sailing transport, arrived at noon
to-day from the East ladies, with military invalids, who will
be transferred to Node! Hospital.
The Hougement, aailiog trnusport, is hourly impacted at
Spithead, from ludia, with istralWa.

CHATHAM, Auctrer 11.
A detachment of the 94th Regiment, numbering
190 Imo-commissioned officers cud men, left the Hut Bar-
racks at this garrison this morning, and proceeded to
Gravesend. where they embarked oe board one of the hired
transports far Kurrachee, for the purpose of reinforcing the
service companies of thatpiment, which are considerably
A below their proper nse . Lieutenant IL V. Corneae
and Ensign N. L. sires embarked in charge of the
detachment.

Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur-
chasing Barulroso's Pure Tea: very choice at, a.. id. and 4a.
• High Standard 'at N. id. (formerly 4s. Ii the strangest
and moat dellelous Imported. Agents In ovary town supply It
In paeksta.—LAdvartlawasnt.j

[Stamped, ld. Additional.]

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

WOLVERHAMPTON RACES.TUEBDAY.

THE Lamle Puna of 50 sovs., for horses that have
waver won a race value 50 son. at any one time ; 2.yr-olds,
fat 71b ; three, 7st 91b ; four and upwards, Bst 71b ; mares
and geldings allowed 31b. Entrance, two eon., to go to the
fund. Three-quarters of a mile.
Mr. Rich's Yast Lancashire (b b), by itataplan—Jewel.
3 Yrs, 7d 91b
Lord Wliton's Herdsman, 3 yrs, 7st 61b.... (II °datum., 2
Sir. W. Sanders's The Queen of Trumps, yrs, 66 116,
Crimshsai 3
The following deo ran: Loudon, Illtudon, HClen, and !tor-
oerrss. _ _

—fistting : Even on East Lancashire,. 9 to 4 agst Herds-
man, 10 to 1 apt any other. Won by a short head. A bad
third. Helen did not pass the post. _ _

Tar CLIVILAND Cup (is specie), by subscription of 10
soya each, 3 ft (to go to the fond), with 100 added; 3-yr-olds,
ht 71b ; four, list 12113 ; eve, tlst Mb ; six sod aged, 9st 816 ;
mares and geldings allowed 346; cats= penalties and allow-
ances. Twice round. atertisg from the Stand. (9 subs.)
Mr. W. S. Cartwright's Yalrwater, by Loup.orso—The
Bloomer, 6 )Ts, tat 2lb ,Custauce) 1
Mr. T. Musts True Heart, 2 yn, Gat 91b ,421.10) I homes 2
Betting • 10 to ion Palmate; who WW2 by two lengths.
.

THE 87APPOIDNHIEZ NURSERY HANDICAP of 100 sows.,
added to a sweepstakes of 10 sun. each, 3 ft (to the fundl,
for 2-yr•olde ; winners extra. Straight heltintle. CM subs.)
Mr. T. Allen's Geduld (b by Barbarian—Bess. Cat 'ear
get lib) IY. Adams) 1
Lonl narefonts Ilypetta. 7st 7lb 'Lanes) 2
Yr. Knights Acceptance, net alb tTnonnun I
The following also ran ildnian, King of Clubs, and Fair
Sophia.
Betting opened at 6 to 4 and closed at 100 to 30 apt By.
pais, 7to 4 apt Geduld, and 7to 2 apt Fair f3opliia.
Won by a length and a half • three lengths between second
and third ; a neck between third and fourth.

TEI3 JMOLTOARZ &WI (Handicap) of 10 son each, 5
ft, with 100 added ; Willoo7ll extra ; snood to says his
stake. One mile and a half. (16 subs.)
Mr. Thomas Hunt's Misfortune, by Longbow-Sister to
Stafford, 4 yrs, Ott tub IT. Freuch
hir. W. Hart's Middlerratch, 3 yrs. sst 12Th T Grime:gar, 2
Mr. It. Ten Broeek's Lord of Lune, 4 fra 7R ISID Inc.
7lb es.) ;Fordland 3

Jock o'Newbury &Loran.

Betting ; 2to 1 eget Lord of Lone, 9to 4 apt Jaek
Newbury, and 4to 1 each apt the other two. Won to a
canter by a length ; five lengths between second and third;
• length between third and fourth.

THE PaTEHULL Braun of 5 soya. each, 2 ft (to the feud),
with 190 added ; 2-yr-olds, 6st 101 b ; three, fiat 71b ; four,
9st 51b; five and upwards, 9st 71b; selling and other allow-
armee Three-quarters of a MHO. (18 tabs.)
Captalu Chrtatia's Lady Clllden, by Surplice-81am 6 yrs,
ust Illb (not to be sold) (Forams) I
Lord Stamford's lidoptosta 3 yrs, Dst (not to be old)
(A. Edwards) 2