The Express.
London, England, 1855-05-29 00:00:00

VISIT OF HER MAJESTY TO PORTSMOUTH

DOCKYARD.

PORTSMOUTH, Melt 28.
Her Majesty, Prince Albert, sod the Prtnersa
Royal, cause over to this dockyard this afternoon to pay a
von to the Cormorant, steam transport, which had em-
barked cavalry this morning fur the Crimea, and the new
royal yacht Victoria and Albert. The royal natty was se-
a,sapanieet by the Priscem Hohenlotte, Major Graves! Grey,
Captain Buckley, Captain Da Plat, etc. Her biajeor left
Osborne at a quarter to tout o'clock on board the Fairy,
screw yacht, having Captains the Hon. Joseph Dramas end
Crispin on board ; and as the yacht approached Spithead
the royal standard was saluted by the shape at Spithead, and
enheequently by those in herby'', and by the garrison at
the Saintieg Battery. The Fairy got into harbour at about
a quarter to five, sad ►an alongide the Cormorant, which
was lying at the Dockyard Jetty, having embarked to If..
morning 66 dynes and 55 men of the 17th Looter..
Twenty-sine of the horses were stabled on the weather
deck, and thirty-seven on the main deck. Hrr Majesty
meg received on passing from the Fairy to the Cormorant
by the Cummander-in-Chief, Vice Admiral Sir T. J. Coch-
rane, Admiral Superintendent Martin, ■nd other officers.
The public being excluded from the dockyard there wee
not a large number of persons presert, but still there was
sufficient to greet her Mejedy with a krariy round of
cheers. Her Majesty remained on the weather-deck a 11w
amnia, inspecting the cosdition and accommodation
made for the horses, aad then went below on tree main
deck. Here the royal pasty remained about bee minutes,
her Majesty m►ting many inquiries relative to the convey-
ance of the ►orne to the Bast. Having returned oa deck
her Maje►ty and Ike royal party pat off from the Cormorant
in the Fairy's gig and went on hoard the new royal yacht,
woieb was lying alongside the Sheers Jetty, making a
thorough inspection of this splendid ship in every depart-
ment, remaining on board about n.ll-aa-hour. Toe royal
party then returned on board the Fairy, sad at a quarter to
ax o'cloca went oat of harbour back to Osborne. Her
Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Prince,. Royal all looked
remarkably well.
In addition to the cavalry the foilowing °Scan go out in
the Cormorant:—Captain Macartney and Lieut. Lowe,
17th Lancets; Lieutenant and Adjutant Gibson, 49th
Regiment; the Rev. Mr. Maeeelr, Dr ILOWIitUO, and the
101191110, medical °Seers Ist the Turkish Coatinget t
Messrs. Williams's, Macauley, Dwyer, Mac
gregor, Od aaa iaa Cavanagh, Richardson, and White. The
Cormorant will go out of harbour to-nig►t, and sail to.
morrow for her destination.

Toe steam trenspon Norma, No, 165, arrived at Spit-
bend this morning iron the East; she brings no sick ur
wounded.

invalids brought home by the Sydney, steam tram,
sport, wen lauded this morning.
The Inperieuse, 51, sere, frigate, Captain Watson, non
into harbour this morning, to repair the defects caused by
her colli•iow with the Tartar, in the Baltic

SHEERNESS, MAY 28.

The Tartar, 20, screw steam corvette was taken its
into the fitting basin. to-day, and Embed in No. 3 dry ro
dock. A portion of her copper on both bows has been cut to
off by the ice, and her bow planks are partially damaged.
The Cornwallis, 60, strew swam snip, ;and the Powerful, ea
81, sailing ship, are °ratted to land a part of their lower deck at.
gene here, and to take on bawd the armament ammunition,
snot, shell, and iron protecting fitmen.s for the floating I:
haft ee iee Watson and Treaty, now fitting here, which wW la
be conveyed to the Battle by the tau former named ships. el,
The (Batton and Trusty will be escorted to the Baltic by 00
two efficient steam yawls. Precaution, have now been SO
taken for the security of the upper deck.
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SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 28. se.
Messrs. Cooksey, Brother., the troop-ehip vie- to
tastier, of this town, have received orders to mond the
Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Simla for sia
menthe immediately, and to-day orders were received here 1
tram the government to fit up the Simis to take out to the 11
east of war 13 officers, 350 men, and 300 horses, belongiog to to
the Artillery, also 200 toms of Oruesace stores. Captain L
Calvert, an Ordnence °Meer, has arrived hers to MIK in 10
superintending the arrangements.

DUBLIN, MAY 28. p
The provisional battalion at Limerick have already m.!
400 trained men to form soother draft, which will embark 31.
tor the mat of war is the ensoiag moth. Lieut. Mae!Wotan is
and a party of the Royal Artillery tr. m Ballincolliu embark 8,
immediately for the Crimes. A detachment of Rovil Ar• m
nasty from Portobello Barracks embarked on Sattirday tor SC
Woolwich. Major Sankey, 47th, Aaeieten'.Adjataot• 311
General in Limerick Garrison, returns to the seat at war. E
Seven regiments of Baglish midair are told nif for service r;
io Ireland. The Courtly of Limerick Militia move to the u
camp on the Curregh, on the 16th of June. The men have
been vaccinated preparatory to the encampment.
A large (weft from the 40th depot at Galway embark for 10
I Melbourne this week, to joia the service companies.
The Royal Artillery, under the command of Cu). Warde, fe
stationed at Portobello Barracks, paraded after divine ler.

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vice yesterday to assist in presenting two exemplary artil-
lerymen with the good conduct m:dal.
Lieut.. General Fleming has admonished, in the strongest
terms, the graops In Limerick garrison on the tobjec. of the lte:1
military riots which have lately taken place theta. It ap-
pears that soma civilians of the lowest class have been im-
plicated in the assaults on the soldiers, and same have Men si
;mashed by the magistrates for their conduct on the 61
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A party of wounded men from the Crimea arrived in st
Dablin yesterday. a' To. toll‘rwiog appears in &Made? l' News Leiter: "The
galant Lieutenant.Geasral crAguiiar, c .lunet of the 23rd 141
'Welsh Fusiliers. whose death we had 113 recently to an- 30
nounce, was falter-in law to Lieutenant Colonel Lamm, 6....
the timer-secretary at the Cutts. On the Ist of May, a few ii.

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days before his lest Mem, be mote • toschiog inscription _
fur • monumental tablet, to be erected ins Weoh cathedral, N.
to the memory of the officers and men of his regiment who
tell during the present war." tk.
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ADMIRALTY, MAT 28. APPOINTMENTS.—Lieu- v...
tenant W. H. Anderson (1849), to the Hastits, 60, sere, Ms
steam-soir, at Saurus', for service in the Biter, 2 gen-
e boat, Under. tender. to
ltitdshipms■ T. Douglas, to the Duke of Wellington,l3l, to
servo stunt-ship, of 700 horsr-power, at Portsmouth. at.

THE 98TH ItiontEDS.—Another division of this lit'
fine 'Omens arrived at Chatham oa Saturday, wader the Ice
commend of Major Payton; when sic of the men 84.
were received into Fort Pitt Hospital. Bari, on Monday ILI
four companits, commanded by Colonel Raynor°, R.
carckted to the S rooa station of tte Soutb.Eastero O
Rsilway, to proceed through Loudon to the Bustopoquare
station, en route to Weetioa. The Maidstone and lord 171
Raglan are elpetted with the remaining part of the 98. h. I
The escallops health of this regiment is mainly attributable Its
to their being two years at Dugshat, in the mountainous st.
district of the Himalayas. The only melody prevalent there 161
is dysentery, occuioned by the water being charged with le
mineral elements. It is rumoured this regiment will 'lnput 6,
immediately be made up to its lull c-mplen.ent, and proceed a,.
to the Crimea. It is further reported that men volunteering at.
from the depots of other regiments into this will be allowed St.
three end four pounds. t.
DEATH OF GENERAL LORD CHARLES S. MANNERS, 124
K.C.8., COLONIL or vas 3RD DItAOOO243.—To the IS
deaths of 0 Is Sir Wm. llacheau sad Mir Olio. C. R
D'Aguilar, recorded in our memos within a weak, we nave Pis
to and that of another field officer, G I Lord Charles
Soriu rut Manners, brother of the Duke at &viand. That is
regretted nobleman succumbed on Friday to a painful nom. Le,s
plaint, after a protracted struggle of many mootbs. Lord at.
Charles Manners was a Penissular, officer, and distinguished re
nim.elf at Salamanca, Vittoria, sod Toulouse. A large rs
number of aristocratic families are placed in mourning by I 5
his death.

UNIVERSITY COLLE.GE, LONDON.

The council, et their session, on Saturday last,
received notice of tits resignation, by Mr. Graham, of the 1/1"iI
professorship of chemistry, in consequence of his having et.,
received the appointment of blaster of the Mint. The re- etA
cognation was accepted, with regret a. the km to the college
of Mr. Graham's valuable services; and the vec.ncy wee is
ordered to be advertised. At the same session, anaoucce- go I
meet was made of the following additions to toe property of r
the college :—The parliamentary library of the late Joseph
Hume, Esq., bequeathed by him to the college; the .00lhe-
won of frosils presented to the college by the late G. B.
Greenough, E.q., and delivered by his executors,
Deciams Burton, Esq., and Robert Hutton, Esq., ist
with • pressatation copy of Mr. Greenough's Phy-
sical and Geological Map of India ; and the se
portrait of Harvey, by !breech, a chef creqvre bequeathed se
to the college by the late George Field, Eq., of Islewortb. ico
Proceedings of a former sesaiou were confirmed as follows: oil
The appointment of Professor J to be Physician to the
Hospital instead of Assistant Pnyaieiso; of Dr. Thomas
Snow Beck and of Dr. John Russell Reynolds tots substi-
tutes, each for sin months, for Dr. Jetsam as Assiercat.Phy.
Wotan to the Hospital, for the year during which Dr. J
is charged with the ditties of Dr. Parkes es Physician to the Ili
Hospital mid Speciel Professor of Cittiesl Medicine; the 94.
appointment of John Dawson, E•ci , to be Professor et Hie-
dusisoi, with liberty to mach If eluga, until Igniter smog.- 11
clients shall be made. The Professorship of Brogan offered
to William Adam, Bog, having bean declined by him, "I'
proceedings for procuring instructors in that tenpins, as • u
well main Tamil sat other Wien leisure, wow pot- I Is
F osed.