The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-01 00:00:00

TWA'S IN Till CIVIL SERVICE.

Irish Lunatic Asylums Commiuion.—The Lords
of the Treasury have applinted Mr. J. L. Donaldson and
)Jr. James Wilkes commissioners for inquring into the cost
and eciastruction of lunatic i.sylems io Ireland. Mr. Spasm I.
Shelley has been appointed secretary to the commission.
Metropolitan Pulite —The office of Junior commissionership
Of metepoPtaa police is vacant by the death of Captain
William Hay. Castoms.—The office il Com;,troller.General
of the Carton's is vacant, in consequence of the sups
Lion of Mr. Edward Owen Pemberton; Mr. George Barrett
ban been appointed clerk for general business in London;
It,. Charles S. Policia has been appointed a clerk in the
Esenstset's Office in London; Mr. James Wyrth has been
appointed a clerk in the Esaminer's Office in L 'odors; Mr.
John Ruud], !midis/rower at Grangemouth, has been
promoted to the Ails of landingwaiter at Glasgow, vice Mr.
Archibald Langwill, retired. Inland Revenue Department
(Emilie Branch).—Mr. D. M'lntyre, first clerk, Store Odin,
hes been promoted to be storekeeper, vice Mr. Johnson,
resigned; Mr. J. H. II , second clerk, Store Mee, has
been promoted to be first clerk, vice Mr. M'lntyre, pro-
moted ; Mr. E. Farncomb, third clerk. Store °dice, ban been
promoted to he second clerk, vice Mr. Harvey promoted ;
Mr. R. Lakin', dropped permit writer, has been promoted
' to be third clerk in the Store Office ; Mr. J. Turner
dropped permit writer, has been promoted to be fourth clerk
is the Store (-See, Norfolk-stmt.—Ow Sallie* Gaelic

Foar troops of th• Nth Lumen will arrive is
Dublin next week, sad will be stationed is Portobello
Bamatim bead quarters win denim immediately after, leader
W essaimad el Geleael Seine.
Five troops sad hemi-tteartwes of the Sad Draws
deards bays arrived be Dublin up to yesterday, there to be
satiated to replies the 7th Dragon Guards at Island.
bridp bermes. SW sixth mop, etatimed ia Belfast, will
snivels dae mane, sad join heed-tmarters.

(From leek night's Gaut4.)
ADMIRALTY, AUGUST 30.—This Turkish govern-
ment having conferred medal. on Commander Henry Cur
Glyn, Lieutenant Prism Reseal of Using's, sad thirty
' men belonging to her blajesty's navy, who were employed
es the Danube, in the months of July sad Amuse is hot
fear, with the imerydendew Ike sessmand of hi. Webs=
Omer Pasha, Si. Lore Cemookeismess of the
hovels, give notice tbst they have received the medals in
oiestmo, and that they are now ready for delivery at the
Admiralty, Somerset Hon*. Claimants should apply,
either personally or by letter, to the department of the
Accountant General of the Navy,produeing their certificates
for the ships to which they belonged when they performed
the service for which these medals hay; been awarded.

BOARD or TRADE, ViTHITEDAIY,--Al.7oi;sl:-.29.
The Welt Houeurable the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade sod Plantatioos have recieiviid, through
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, • ••P, of •
despatch from her Majesty's Consul General in Syria, egg•
grating that daring the unhealthy seseon at Alesandretta,
Bntith ships escaped io the Syrian traile should take oa
board at the port of Lsttsehia their cargoes of Aleppo pro.
done.

Lieutenant Walter F. Robinson (says the United
Simko Garotte) bas base appointed Flog Lieweamet to Rear
Admiral Sir George R. Sartorius, Commander-la-Chief at
Queenstows. Lieutenant Robinson Mtn old eater, having
served sourly 22 years afloat.
The (Ailed Service Gazette states that all that is
sow required to give general satisfaction to Payouters in
the Royal Navy is first, to clear the Active List of all who
are not bona fide earring men ; moon, the ciswilication to
be restored to the original number granted by their Lord-
ships in imaged by Captain Milne—vis , First Class, 40;
Semond Clem, 70; Third Class, 90; mad remainder to form
the Fourth Clem. The NU. per =nuns should be restored
to flagships.

The next vacancy upon the Flag Officers' Active
List (says the United Service Gaulle), will make sweeping
work. The promotion of Sir Thomas Hastings, C. 8., now
the senior qualified officer, will pl►ss Captains Eliot, Wig-
otos, and Ityves,C.B , on the Reserved List of Flag Offisers,
and give permission to the undermentioned captains to
ammo the rank of " Retired Rear Admirals," via.:—
Captains Philip Parker Kiog, Cou7tenay 'E. W. Boyle,
Rowland Malswating, John W. Watling, Richard Friel-
bass, John Lyons, Philip Westphal, Edward Sparshott,
H.R., Willis's Blight, and George Woallcombe. The last-
sassed officers, unluckily for themselves, accepted the re-
tirement on the let Octiber, 18-50, and will now experience
the mortification of seeing their juniors on the List step at
once to the Reserved Rank and 2.51. • day, while they are
only permitted "to assume" the rank of Rear-Adralral
upon 18•

The Queen's Baye and 16th Lancers have receivrd
orders to march immediately to Dublin. By the as+ re-
gime, should any cavalry be required in the Irish provinces
to quells disturbance which the constabulary are unable: • r
put down, through the wonderful agency of the telegraph,
squadrons will be "railed" to the spot in a few hours.

The ship Harken arrived at the Cape of Good
Hops on the 26th Juno, from Cork, with Pit officers and
192 men of the 2nd regiment, and three officers aoi 108
men of the 60th Rift n, on board. _ _

THE MEDICAL STAPY of the Turkish Contingent
have addressed • reeee.sriet to Lord Pennine,, complaining
that they are not given field and servants' allowances like
other officers of the force. " The pay of a surgeon is 2.3 i. per
diem; be is obliged to keep up, to render him effective,
two riding and two bat horses, which will coot him to pur-
chase at least 601. or 701. To look after these horses and his
other property, the surgeon bag to keep up three servants
at from 3e. to Ss. per diem each, out of which, with the
purchase and keeping up of his field equipments, your
lordship wall see that there is very little remaining for th •
support of his family in Eogland. The position of the ju-
nior grades, who have considerahly less pay and equal ex.
penes. in proportiqn, will, without these local allowances,
be mush more distressing." Some of the memorial's*•
tender their resignation in the f Lord Peninure
not complying with their request.
WAR MOVEMENT. IN LIVERPOOL.— The steam
transport Hulse sailed on Thurwley for Malta, with the
following officers and men, viz , fire officers of the 66th,
seven of the 92nd, three of the 97th, four of the 42nd, five
of the 71st, five of the 79th, three of the 93rd, and 780 men,
under the command of Lieutenant-Cassel Atherly, 92nd

Foot. The wow stammer Great Britain, Captain Gray,
went out of dock yesterdey at noon, and embarked in the
river about 950 men and 56 bones, comprising detachments
of the 9th, 174, 18th, 30th, 33rd, and 49th Foet ; the 4th
end 13th Lght Dragoons, and the 9th and 17th Lateen,
Bth Hussars, 2nd, 4th, sth, and Gth Dragoon Guards. The
Great Britain had on board • large quantity of buts and
storm The Canard screw steamer will sail is a day or two
with biassed shells for the Crimea. She takes oat the
following ollicen of the 57th, 93rd, 41st, and 18th Regi-
ments :—Captain Woodall, Lieutenants Russell, Wood,
Loseey, and Wilton; Ensigns Mills, Haverno, Howell,
Britton, Burgoyne, MtPhersow, and Greig ; StaTflurgeou
C. Cowen, end Pay Great, and the detachments of
the 55th, 68th, sad 89th Foot. The Admiralty agent at
this port, Captain Bevis, R.N., will receive tenders on
Tuesday for the conveyance of peat charcoal to Scutati and
Bslakleva. The vessels are to load at Dublin, and to have
immediate despatch.— brerpool Chronicl4.

EDINDIINDR, Punt, AND DUNDEE RAILWAY
C.—The baltyearly ranting of this company took
place at Ediabornh on Thursday. Sir William Dunhar,
who presided, •tared that the es of the half-yeat
amounted to 79,361/, beirg es Mena.* of 3,4631. on the
corresponding period of last year. The erpeodi,nre, how-
ever, also showed se Menem of 1,7001. for increased working
expenses (chiefly neurred is ruffian the line and plant in
• state of efficiency), and 7001. augmented tawniest,. After
payieg the preferential claims of crediton and holders of
gutranteed stock, there resoles a surplus of 1,1781.. which,
with the January surplus of 2,1631, the directors proposed
to retain for cantirgsncies, or to -ipply towards future divi-
dends. The directors hoped that the postponed claims of
the original eharsholden, who had borne with inch patience
all the vicissitudes of their affair*, would ere long meet with
some substantial acknowledgment, which their gradually
lamming traffic, and their neatly improved line and stork,
led them reasonably to eupset. The report was approved
of, sod the preferen e dividends of 4 per sent. authorised.

WIMBLEDON AND CROYDON RAlLWAT.—Yetter-
day the fourth half yearly le I meeting of the proprie-
tors was hell at the rifle's of the company, 31. Parliament.
street; Wm. Reed, Beg ,la the chair. The Secretary read
the report of the directors, which snowed that the line of
railway was ready for tr flle, and notice to that effect lad
been given to the Board of Trade ; and as seem as the
necessary "auction was obtained the railway would be
opened. Mr. 0. B. Bidder had entered into an agreement
with the proprietors to take a lease of the line for ten years
at Si per sent. on the share capital of the company. The
expenditure for melting the railway—iecludinc land, and
parliamentam.and legal empeases--iiidentical with theater*
capital, 45.600!. The contacted exposes' are to be paid by
debentures of the company ; and a supplementary rent is to
ne paid by the lessee equal to the interest of the debentures.
The cost of management wee expected not to exceed I per
mat. on the capital of the company. The report having
been adopted, the meeting was er ads special to approve of
the agreement entered into with Mr. Bidder, which was
agreed to. The meeting then terminated.
CORK AND YOUGHAL RAILWAY.—The half-yearly
meeting of this company was yesterday held at the King's
Arena Hotel, Bridge-street, Westminster ; Isaac Butt, E.q.,
M.P.' in the chair. The meeting having been opened with
the aewal formalities, the report stated that there was no
reason to doubt that the frontal of the line between Dub-
kettle and Midelsetou could be enmpleted within the present
year. The directors also were able to state that the whole
line from Bonhomie to Yourthal would be completed at a
more moderate rata r.t expenditure than they had ever
expected. The act authorising • branch line to Queens-1
town had received the royal assent. and the wetent, of it sees
estimated at 10,000!. The directors honed by the next
meeting to be able to announce the completion of the line
from Daskettle to Middleton. The report also stated that
the Bon. Frederick Poneonby end Charles Barrett Lea-
nerd, Beg had been elected directors. The report was
adopted, sad the meeting separated.

The fifth half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of
ratlay was held at the London Tames, Periorda7
stamina ; Lead Bosnia. the ehairmas, yreaidtsit.
Ths veal and—
" The Maims am bang is Mk eppeasialty ins-
gra
the pisprnms spas the imam* parsesof
ad
poirksitif the sompeai y slam the last vasensg. me Pro-
ram are awes, that s hol wee istoolimod into pan,.
sia fie :lbs. peepfee ehreid ibe
Ono mia ofmans ikUOL, ispisimod is pe
st ee
of Mr. CaMaimrd-
well's wolstirsa, as ossillims of gte belay applied to the
emetraion of no beings emir tea
panther, sad Obi Ser 0011111i111 the dee is assipietios
of the line to moms yam, Mom the yalsiirrisue OM. At
the last halfpenny morel mosag den ishemed
the proprieten that lbsi bill bed bees rood seisms& time in
the Home ot lbw have sow the pieseure to
Mate MO 1116 masa abeam of the
611111.1•1• ihey almwslei eirsillis es the part of the
Sala bars Oisepay is both ham, It has received the
mei swat, Gad that Mil aun of 80,6801. hm been re-
lamed ea pid so lb* ..rosy, spec • boa
given lry the company to the mows, in which members of
the board as well ma Sir Charles Fox have Maid,
engaging that the mosey shall be expended os the
bridge and approaches, and that the bridge shall
be completed within 18 months from the passing
of the set. It wee air:entry, under the resent
uprooted state of the money mernet, for the
purpoes of raising the new capital for the eaten.
moo line, to offer the encouragement of a preference
stock, hearth' 5 per cent. interest. But the board felt that
with the assured prospect of a large increase in their divi-
dend, through the improved trifle afforded by the extension
line, the propriethn would approve • policy which should
place at the disposal of the company the means of mew
Aug sash an increased value to their original uudertsaing.
The directors now mamma that they have made a cell of
21.10.. per share, payable ou the Ist of November neat, in
order to enable them to proceed with the works with that
despatch so much desired by the whole proprietary.
After some questioner particulars in the balance sheet,
which were answered by the mastery and dimmers, the
report was adopted.
Mr. G. Bley was elected auditor, upon the nomination of
Sir John Tylden, semeded ey Ns. Charles Lake; sad a
special meeting was then formed, at which • resolution,
authorial's the creation of 20,000 shares of 251. each, with a
preference interest of five per cent., wen agreed to.
The business then terminated.