The Express.
London, England, 1855-06-05 00:00:00

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ADMIRALTY, JUNE 4.--APPOLlTiarsuso.—......,--
. B Biektord (1848) to the Meteor,
16, Bostic, battery ;
.1
W. P.. Bonitos (1855) to the Tartar, 20. screw steam cor-
vette, of 260-horse power, at Chatham ;M. T. Parks (1861)
sad R. Rarthorn (to be additional lieuten
hone ants) t
amer,
o the
Biome, 6, paddle•wWwl steam ship, of 420
West Coat el Atria Ba
yliss
Ps A. T. Bayliss (1864) to the ISsusparoft, 70,
screw sys ms esses ship, of 350-horse power, at Plymouth.
Awistant-Surgeon U. B. Kerr, to the Alas, ecru steam-
ship, of 430-bore power, with this Baltic But.
Second Master C la. Haswell to itoWeser, at Plymouth ;
and R. Brown, to the Bt. George, at Spithead.
' Midshipmen R. B. Kerr, to the Royermassal Albert
station, 121, screw
steam-ship, of 600. hone power, Xeitlita .

POIi'.TBXOI7TR, Juni 4.
The Rockliff, No. 130, sailing transport, Captain
Duncan, arrived at Bpithead this morning from the But,
having us board 144 military invalids from the seat of war,
and has been towed into harbour this afternoon to disem-
bark them.
The Courier, No. 60, sailing transport, Captain Rudolf,
also arrived at Spithead from the But, with baggage, boxes,
parcels, as., the property of officers and men ot some four-
tun regiment', which have been foci's/dad on from the
Mediterranean stations to the seat of war.
The Bellerophon, 78, was taken up into harbour to-day,
beisg out of commission.
Aaminl SUp•TiOtelidni Martin rattans& from leave of
abeam, and re-hoisted his flag oa board the St. Vincent,
103, this morning.

SHEERNESS, Jena 4.
The Rosamond, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, is
under atlas to leave here to-morrow for Portsmouth, taking
with her in tow two mortar veer& for the Black Sea.
The Volege, floating magazine, is fully manned. In ad-
dition to her crew, she takes out 40 fleet and second clam
boys for distribution in the fleet. She only waits for another
Hester of ammunition to complete her, when she will leave
bare direct for the Baltic.
Twelve mortar vessels are ordered here immediately, to
be attached to Admiral Baynee's anew steam rquadron, in
Widen to the gun-heats "beady attached to them. Wed-
nesday next is named far their departure from the Noes ;
bat in all probability it wilt be Friday or Saturday zest'
before they will leave this pmt.
The Alban, 4, liadik-wheel steam vessel, Lieutenant-
Commander Wm. H. Fisher, Is ordered to hold herself
ready for sea, esiting Admiralty orders.
Tan Ftosrifia Htrixitnis.—lt has been ordered
'that the side propellqe screws of these vessels are to be
dhplesed with, end a greater pitch, equal to 5-9ths more,
Asa to the centre screw propellor, experiments of late'
having proved beyond all doubt that a greater rate of speed
will be obtained thereby. The Olatton, now fitting oat'
bll dry.doek, will take from 60 to 70 tons fuel, and 14 days'
revisions for her clew. Her fitment of rigging, &c., is
rapidly now, under the direction of her filet-
=sad master.
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DUBLIN, Jules 4.
tbsleft wing of the 13th Regiment hes disembarked
at Oath= Ceylon. The division consists of about 230 men,
and the dire who accompany it are Major Cole, Major
J. H. Wed, Lieutenants Price, Moore, Lock, and
Teryuin, and Assistant-Surgeon Croft.
A couple of days since Major Meredithgroundof anthe
Tipperary
d a recruitiog
etaf appeared on the parade
Militia Artillery and asked the men to volunteer for the line.
A large number said they wore ready to join the Royal
Artillery ; but, as the gallant major could only receive them
for line regiments, about forty fine young fellows stepped
out of the reeks, and have been since attested for this service.
On the following morning an order came from the general
to stop volunteering, so it was all a mistake to receive men
of their high standard for other corps besides the Royal
Artillery. "This bungling," observes the Limerick
Chronicle, "has been a source of serious annoyance to
officers and ass. Wishing to be united, the officers and
men unanimously volunteered, through Lord Donoogh-
more, for envies ia the Mediterranean or Canada."
The depot of the 3rd Belie, under Major Green, has
arrived at Cork to embark for England, where the depot
I will be quartered at Winchester. The county of Limenck
Itiiiitia are now stationed at Buttevant, in the county
I of Cork.

Forty-seven wounded and disabled soldiers from the
to
Crimea arrived in Dublin yesterday, and were taken
O'Brisn's Hotel, where they will be visited to-day by the

MALTA, MAT 30.
The Medway arrived at Malta on the 28th. She
left England with 220 hones on board, with the like
number of artillery, but they met with such a fearful storm
in the Bay of Biscay that she lost 68 horses. She put into
Gibraltar and purchased the like number of males, and
then eon to Malta. She staid here some few hours
to put tcamo rights, and then left for the Crimea.

rATION OF BURMESE MEDALS.

Yesterday morning the military medals .rank.. _.
the Hon. Best India Compaay, commemorative of the recent
achievements of the British army in Burmah, and which
have already been presented to several regiments which
I took part in the campaign, where distributeduito the 51st
gCrilas,44weilelln:rhal eanltir"oarry Swmi;lin,daetr ;ianeTchesfoterr,tline
the preemies of a considerable number of spectators.
The number of medals given was upwards of 400, the
recipients including Colonel Errington, Major Anderson,
Captains Irby, Marston, Dickson, Madders, Agg, Shmedal
eaf*,
Cleeve,Mitforde (who was bottomed by having his
pinned on by Lady Smith), Lieutenant C. Acton, Ser-
geant-Major Thomas Lawrence, Quartermaster-Sergemt 1
J. B. Hyde, Orderly Clerk Sergeant 0. Tomkins, and 30
sergeants, 24 corpora* 350 privatesn, and 10 buglers.
Sir RAWLY SMITH, at the conclusion of the preeentatios,l
after addressing each soldier separately, addressed the rep-
mint collectively, as followsl—Colonsi Erringtoa, sad com-
rades of the 51st Light Infantry,—lt do more yet
highly gratifying to me to have had this
giving to each individual orlon and soldiers tireinill=74M,
granted by the Han. Hut India Company, eat given es
you by oar most gracious Sovereign. It is doubly gr=
to me, also, because it is but followiag the great
of the most wendetfel lady in the world, our own glielleme
fs=
Queen, who the other day herself—with her OW*
alb
hand—distributed to those valiant soldiers who ham
in the Crimea the medals which their blood and
had earned for them ; and I can assure you, 5 st Light
Infantry, that if it had been in her Majesty's power, the
would, with equal pleasure and honour to hermit.' bane
given you with her own hand those medals tibia I Mee
this day distributed. You must be aware, my mon, that
a soldier can die only once ; and if he dics in he \
genies el hie conatry, whether by the hand of the enmity et
of disesee,Mhids is revoked in camps, it is equally boom-
able* him emi le that erestry which upholds its Lead,
Monsen the Minus hi he world. (Rear, hear.) You,
INlaw* my maw. to priseed on another arduous service.
em_ Weems, bosom slimy of you know what it is to be
• eillier. The Ili eff • miner is not that of a feather bed.
Welkin reset • onatertable bed, but enough to eat and
ilk Omar, an d fighting is all we look forward
Irs' eml an eadeswar to keep out of hospital. And now,
Wm lid 'oldie's, ay to teach the oung ones what they have
bide k map, mcl not to expose themselves unnecessarily to
M ems, or to Irish when they had better be asleep; teach
them that one duty is to preserve ourselves for the purpose
id dwitroying ens enemy. Thee, my men, we may obtain
het gierivas remit of war—pesos. There is nothing so
itelte4m
to nations as war; therefore it becomes you all
to with the greater esergy to acquire for your
swintry *Wog of life—peace. And now, 51st Lighill
t
Wintry, go whose yen may, wsU do I know that you w
MOM that choral er of the regiment which it has earned,
Nei which is writes en its colours. Do your duty, my men,
her so one, and leek forward to promotion. 'there is no
vieelisg:/=els:dr• new in the
Majesty's sissy;
syhculnddnioitt attain
dabs aethe earn sad the country to promote those who
laves cneindlso of ipllantry, by the aids of those who
Wm MA in the ranks MIA yourselves, and are now wear-
lag ask* and am cillmes in her Maiesty's service. Bear
this is Wed, dtat by geed conduct you can attain to such a
rank, and by bad sa~ you become • diagram to your
country, which I knew you do not desire to be. Let us
therefore home lhat. by your assistance, this war will
moo be wriieriek sad that when you come to your native
Mad MN moss, yoniwill strut about the streets like gentle-
men with the modals which have been this day distributed to
sod with ethue that your gallantry will earn. Colonel
, and weenies ef the 61st Regiment, 1 wish you
41111Mallit and gni tbetows, and a oontinuenee of that
lessone end glory whisk you have previously attained.
OtClisiVedamiay next, another interesting ceremony will
Whe gem Is the barracks—dm presentation of new colours
,
lola isnlmont, In lieu of the old ones which have been
leilethdamaged in the lissirma war.

6,800
1,750
1,100

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1.200

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