The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-08 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

PORTSMOUTH, Sin. 7.
The Neptete, 120, Captain Hutton; the Malacca,
17, mew ; and the Rosamond, 6, paddle, are ordered I. be
ready for era in a few days. It is said that the destination
of the first sassed at least Is Naples, and should it be so,
the other two and soma mere vessels would ao doubt attom
party her.
The Arabia, steam transport, arrived at Bpithead this
afternoon from the East and Malta. fibs is said to bring
home the large number of 220 non commissioned others
and men, and 18 officers
The Rau, steam transport, came into harbour to•day,
and disembarked the invalids she brought home yesterday
from the Ram.

The grip •-• roil, 71, screw ship. Costal& Williams,
arrived at Bpithead this ramming from Blmernass. She
brings mead the 16 mortars elm skipped for the Baltic feet,
and takes is addition shoat the sea* number so board for
the Black Bea. She is ordered to prepare for see.
The Halmos, 17, mew sloop, Captain Farquhar, is
ordered to be ready for ma in three ur four days. Her
boilers are very defective, bat they are to be patched ap for
• few days.
The Rooosiood, 4, pada, sloop, Commander Crofton, is
to no to Spithead, and be reedy for sea in a few days.
TheWye,equa task vessel, mils twilight for Beleklare.
The Rattier, freight ship, sailed, with provialeas, die.,
to day, foc the Crimea.
The Lucifer, sultan, is to take jury masts round to
Pembroke, for the RepCse, 91, screw, about to be
lanathwi.

SHEERNESS, Bart. 7.
The Basilisk, 8 gas paddle-wheel steam sloop,
Commander Robert isomer, received orders yesterday per
telegraph to prepare for the Baltic. She takes eat with
her all the stases who formed toe crews of the mortar
vessels horse on the books of the various ships serving
in the Baltic. The fullowieg allure also take passage as
superamaerariee in her. The commanden of the vessels
named hereafter : —The Rocket, J. Campbell;
C. Ease ; Mastiff, C. J. Oenestte ; Prowler, C. Iw
Meeurler ; Beason. Mr. Horeb, ; Canon, Lord Ashley ;
Grapier, J. Hawkins; Redbreast; Surly, J. E. B.
Boyoott. She got up steam at 1 and left imardi.
atel
The Sires, 16 gun sloop, bent sails yesterday. She is •
poetess plight la her rig, aad has smutted much sues- 1
ties. dee has a very small 'sew, sad is complete within
• few potty °Meese, weathers of that also now in port
haves' velleate•red for her, but unfottuaately under
jroem, Admiralty regulations they are not permitted to
oin in ormseeptence of their being entered for general serves
and di/palmists at the diseretion of the Commander-in Chief.
Although the deatioatioa of this vessel is to her crew us-
knows, seamen volunteered for her almost enough to man •
frigate. It is the caws, not the ship, or station, seamen
appear sow tooted, ; of this we bare had many proofs within
the last 12 mouths.
THE FLOATING BATTERY OLATTON AT BRA.

The following at. extracts from a letter sent home here
by one of the crew of the mew steam floating battery (flat-
tm, Captain A. Cumming. It is dated Vigo, August the
rola, 1866. TM writer mys—" Alter Maria( Falesouth, in tow
of the Horatio, os the 22d of Assam, we touched et Brost,
the weather looking mohair but pleasant. Oar captain
and *Seen, es well as cierselvee, were rather disappointed is
not fladisg a French floating battery them. Bans of our
came want cm shore at Um dockyard, and saw the
master shipwright of Brest yard, who told them
the Tcsaaat bad sailed. Oar akin told hen it
was very Waage we could not steer oar betterke
not nee What we were towed, that war mites oar speed
(under law) exceeded foi knots. His (the master ship-
wright's) reply wee, 'Of course not. The raiment was
quite uentasegeable at Int ; tbea we put two rudders, one
es each quarter, for the purpose of navigation; she than
steered meanly well.' All our omen then expressed a
wish that we bad two rudders, and immediately after we
left Brea we ememenosd ismatiog rudders. The after lee-
board was lashed up sad down the alter boat's davit, to act
as a qua.? rudder. This did not answer very well. Thai
we get ems of our gen davits and fitted it as follows. It was
hooked isle the sternpoot like a swinging boom to a ship's
side, goest-tack fastened, pietas of board were nailed
as the sad, guys ware taken to the after at beads,
oa melt quarter. Our ship always serried a starboard helm,
so this, rowed well on sad belayed, had a wonderful effect ;
is fact, OM knows what we shou4 have done without it.
To keep Misheard' dews w►es the ship is going through
the water, sad net ran to leeward, is all busbeg. We
had Me weather aster the; bay till the evesiag of the
29th ins t., whin the sea got up a little. Our patent rudder
was sot the slightest geed at that Mae. WI yawned
about five or sin points mak way, the Horatio
towing. It was very mideat to all that we
should loos hi es au owe book, although you
must know we bad two 13-isek hawsers, sad a 20.isolt
cable. Oar ant lieuteneat remised oa dock until tea
pm., and at twee... be tamed est, or rather jumped up
almasdiag, es the try all hands on deck.' The sables
have all parted. The ship was is s vary heavy swell. Our
steam was ordered to hi get up immediately, the Area hang
kept beaked up. We ail thought with a fair breeze, am-
tasty smog 'Rough to take a frigate ten knots, we should
have steered ; but the devil a bit. Then we rolled
in the trough of the en till our 'team was
up ; the ship gals( whichever way she liked, tad
the Horatio, sump to say, wee posher, to be seen is a
very abort time. When war steam was up we maaaged to
steam aloe' pretty fair. At daylight our welcome friend
the Horatio bore down. I tell you, savigatlag is a battery,
our dicers as will as ourselves know how to appreciate •
I Me etas frigate, which, as a sea host, the old Horatio has
proved herself. We are is sail to morrow for wherever we
can fetch our alms, say Cadiz or Gibraltar. We have
heard nothing of the Meteor at Vigo or any of the Preach
batteries. We are going to make a new Tedder, for it Is
terrible being left adrift sad not being able to steer. Oar
officers are nearly wore out—so net for any of these. A
leak was dimmed after leaving Brat; it is all, near the
abaft; it rase is about • bucket a manta; but that Is
sothieg to theme who sail is batteries If you wish all heads
as board the (Maim $ safe arrival somewhere, ray the
now rudder may itscosed."

WOOLWICH, Aim. 7.
The pass hill doing dirty at Woolwich Dockyard
wets posnaledi die imarsiag la groat of the guard room, and
an order wee rood es them, stating that voleateere wens
wasted to All op the vaesseies of 16 keepers in t►e
Crimea. Their pay vrm to be 6s. 61. per der.
The iron tubing for the transmission of shot and shell,
which Ins been laid down la varioas part. of the Aneoal,
and whisk is beteg intended oat a grist diseases into the
Hirer, on piles drives into the Teams., has been found to
answer t►e purr*, so well that orders have bees given for
the immediate manufacture of eight miles Is length of the
tubing, to be conveyed to Balaklava, to be used in the same
manse there.

DUBLIN, Sam 7.
Nearly a hundred men of the South Cork Militia
volunteered into various regiments of the line at their
pared* as Wedaseday.
Yesterday evesiss eight °Mars end 200 men of the 40th
Regiment embarked for Plymouth ess route to join the ser-
vice companies of their regiment in Australia.
The 3rd West York Militia have arrived at the asap on
the Carnet.
The safely osedust of some of the militia regiments, as
well on the Cams% es in the various garraons about the
country, has beeome a great 'lslamic*. The Northern
gives the folleerieg asesset of • row is Monaghan :
.• Mostsghea. Sept 4.—Our street was the scene last night
of rather a serfens blades affray. Some militia men mad
one or two soasery di fell out, when the militia gathered
and weak has Jibe &nab, best him, and eta him badly.
They oat bell of bids *ask him series the head with a
Witold ale bid diederately, so that the doctor had to
ells* a eheoull “eie Ile eye. Oae or two 'non persons wore
dos NIL • eleamene el the militia is said to have led theta,
&deft hewn' Add lee hi. dd. Tie magistrates were
iavesetafigg w maim today, and, I believe, the sergeaat
hes base seplimelin end deed le toe shallots, or • fort-
et bapriendoel. A Woods of the militia was fined
or • IMMO hipIiNIMINSOL The shouts and
aa/leMmthdttlto du affray and day M compared to a.
deatienarden anew The pies lea to return to their
breador ant thole deder, after whisk they pa-
ladin de lewd Ingallbar who a large amber of the non
Bud an Mad, no mask% de duty at the fair."

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