The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-21 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADMIRALTY, MARCH 18.—APPo
gimlet), A. G. H. Hervey, to the Revenge.
a•el Cadets (nomineted)—F. G. Joe's, C. H. L. Blame,
G. P. Eleadoesou, R. 0. Bug* C. J. Poole, M. W. Ili:Grua-
gon, nod W. H. Maggots.
Aaegetoot Engiaerre.—£. Day and A. M. &meg*, leo the
Bulldog.

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AD NI IItALTT, MARCH 19. —APPOINTMENTS. —Naval
Cadet, (nominated), G. Wahnialey, J. Alleys', F. Bell, A.
W. Caen., A. G. Cuthbert, H. C. Dawson. P. A. C. De
Crespigny, A. Dove, C. S. ®toe, R. B. Yolked, 0. K.
Gordoo, M. A. Bulimia, W. P. L. Repined, R. A. Hobson,
W. A. Maher. the Hoe. B. Napier, M. P. OValleglam C.
G. Robinson, G. H. C. Stapleton, F. F. Tepper, and F. C.
Younghuaband.

CHATHAM, Hawn 20.
The Ariadne, 26, Captain E. W. Vanaittart,
mew frigate, was put out of oommiesioc, and the crew paid
off yesterday. During the time she was in commission, a
periodof upwards of four years, she was attached to the
North Americas squadron, and was employed for some time
ea the Mexican coast. Her crew have been healthy, and
there were oompamtively few deaths ou hoard. The coo-
tisuous service men were granted six weeks' leave of
absence, after which they will join the tag-ship at either of
the naval porta.

PORTSMOUTH. MAWR 20.

The Nile, 78, screw line-of-battle ship, Captain
E. K. Barnard. bearing the flag of Rear Admiral Sir Alex.
antler Miles, may be hourly expected at Spithead
from the West lodise, last from Bermuda. The Duman,
screw line-of- battle ship. bearing the flag of Rear Admiral
Sir James Hops, sailed from England about six weeks ago
to relieve the

The Adventure, 2, iron mew troop ship, Captain Marks
L. Waddilove, will embark supernumeraries to-morrow,
and is impacted to sail in the course of the day for China,
calling at Plymouth sod lrelaod. She also takes out drafts
from various regiments for service in China.

Tai ALLWED PIRACY IN CON NiCTION WITH
TEI HIIIPJObLeH L GESKITT.—At the South Lancashire
amine on Saturday, Mr. Littler, barrister, again asked Mr.
Justice Wince' opinion in this case, sod relative to the
granting of a writ of habeas corpus to bring up the three
men now in the main bridewell at Liverpool on a remaaded
charge of piracy in conoectiou with the ship Joseph
Gerrity. His lordship now said that be had looked into
theme, sad editorialised a very strong opinion upon it. It
appeared to him, and no doubt the magistrate
would take the same view, that this was a
case in which it would be an abuse that the
men should be given over to probable doom
without their having an opportunity of taking the opioiou
of the superior courts. The ptiociple, of coons, upon
which the distinction between pirates and belligerents was
based, was a very well known and simple one, but io this
ease he certainly thought it would be highly improper
for any magistrate to give up the men without consulting
the superior courts, and he felt cooficient that Mr. Raffles,
the stipendiary magistrate of Liverpool, who would ad-
indicate in this came, would not do so. Mr. Litider said,
from what he knew of Mr. Raffles, be was quite satisfied
with this expression of opinion by his lordship.
Mr. Scudamore succeeds Mr. Tilley as assistant-
sseretary and colleague of Mr. Frederick Hill, at the
General Poet-office. Mr. &sidemen was the gentleman in
the acconoteot's-offloe to whom the readmit of the Post-
, otnoe savings banks was entrusted, and who compiled the
report •pea their progress and moues.
The Lisburn bribery case came on for trial at the
amine for Belfast as Friday. It will be remembered that
Mr. John D. Barbour, who was returned an the represeeta-
tive for Lisburn in Febraary, 1863, was unseated by a deci-
sion of a committeeof the House of Commons, and a prosecu-
tion direeted against him and his brother Robert for bribery
and treating. Mr. Robert Barbour was on Friday indicted
for times offences, sad after a lengthened bearing of the
ere the jury bead a verdict of " Not guilty."