The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-06 00:00:00

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PORTSMOUTH, Morroay Iv:wow.
Th• Crams, steam transport, arrived at Spithead
to-night from Malta, with 160 sick and wounded,
44 women, 40 children, and Lienteuent-Colonel
Cleveland. She left Halts Feb. 21. Three deaths
have occurred on board.

INDIAN OFFICERS S AND THE TURKISH I
CONNG
The following official document has been isenea

frees the War Department :
" Paper of Information for the Guidance of Officers of the
Bait India Company's /Service who may be dealrous of
employment with the Turkish Army, or with Irregular
Levies attached to the British Army during the present
War.
" The following are the advantages held out by her Ma.
Jesty's government to officers of the Hon. Beat India Com-
pany's army, whilst employed on particular service with
the force in Turkey, during the present war:
" 1. If holding a commission above the rank of subaltern
the utiliser shall receive a step of local rank by brevet; and
for distinguished conduct in the field shall be eligible to re-
ceive an additbutal step, as is the case in the Queen's army—
ii recommended by competent authority.
" 2. If the officer be a subaltern ha shall receive a step ot
honorary rank; nod having obtained that of captain he
shall be entitled for distinguished service to brevet local pro-
motion as in the preceding instance.
" 3. The pay will be the same as that of officers of similar
rank in the royal army.
" 4. Officers thus serving will be in a position to dais pen-
sions for wounds, and gratuities at the does of their ser-
ene, not exceeding those hitherto recognised by the War-
. office, and such honorary distinctions as her Majesty may
. deem fit to grant.
" 6. At this distance from the scene of operations it is bar
possible accurately to define the ditties and position which
will devolve upon officers so employed who may be under
the rasa of brigadier-general. These poiuta must be left to
local arrangement.
" 6. The time spent by such officers, with the concurrence
of the Court of Directors of the Honourable But India
Company, in such employment, will be allowed to count
as time spent in India, so far as regards the length of ser-
vice necessary to qualify such officers for retiring pensions •
and

Ofileen so employed, who may be on furlough from
India, will, after their employment under her Mejesty's
government hu terminated, be allowed the oi,tion of taking
the benefit of such portion of their furlough as bad not ex-
pired when such employment commenced.
" It is necessary to point out that as these officers, while
employed under her Majesty's government, will not be
considered as in actual service under the Last India Com-
pany, or on furlough, so no pay, or other pecuniary allow-
ance whatever, will be issued to them by that body while so
engaged."

ADMIRALTY, MARCH b.—APPOINTMENTS.—Se-
cretary's Clerk J. T. Bumf, to the Victory, 101, flag snip,
at Portsmouth.
Paymasters W. B. V. Fervor (1841), to the Rodney, 90,
Mediterranean Station ; and W. a. Richards (1863), to the
Falcon, 17, screw steam-ship, of 100-horse power, at Ports-
mouth.
Assistant .Surgeons D. W. Stephens (1848), M.D., to the
Weser ; end W.O. J. Ayr' (18513, to the Recruit, 4, steam
gun-boat, at Devonport.
Clerks 11. J. Kelly, to the 'Victory ; and R. Develop
(1847), to the James Watt, 91, screw steam-ship, of 600-
power, at Portsmouth.
Acting Aosistant-Surgeon J. Fisher (1864), to the St.
George, 120, at Bpithead.
Midshipmen A. W. Murray, from the Neptune, 120, for
particular service, to the Ariel, 9, screw exam-snip, of 60-
horse power, at Portsmouth; C. W. Blount, from the
Edinburgh, 60, screw steam-ship, of 450-hone power, at
• Portsmouth, to the Odin, 16, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, of
660-horn power, at Woolwich ; C. Mitchell, from the Esk,
20, screw steam corvette, of 260. horse power, at Ports-
mouth, to the Arrogant, 46, screw steam-frigate, of 360-
horse power, at Portsmouth; and B. Rosenburburg, from
the Driver, 6, paddle-wheel s cam-sloop, of 280. horse power,
for particular service, to the Belt.

The owners of the Imperial steam transport have
taken immediate steps to repair the injury to her boiler,
which occasioned her return to Plymouth. It is fully es-
petted that by Wednesday or Thursday she will be ready
to proceed on her voyage to Scutari. The Stella steam ship
and the *chooser Acis have also been laden with hospital
stores, and have left for Scutari.
The West India mail packet Atrato, which arrived
home yesterday, spoke 1131.8. Colossus off the Land's Bed.
She is coming home from the West Indies, to form one of
the Baltic expedition.

• PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 5.
The movements to-day among the ships fitting at I
this poet for the;Baltio have consisted in the Penelope, 16, 1
paddle frigate, Captain Sir P. Wiseman, going out et har-
bour to Spithead, on completing her refit; the Blenheim,
60, screw ship, Captain W. H. Hall, being taken out of the '
fitting buin ; the Bullish, 6, paddle sloop, Commander
Jenner, going out of dock ; the Falcon, 17, screw sloop,
Commander Pullen, adjusting her compasses, on finishing
her fit out ; the Arrogant, 46, screw frigate, Captain Eel-
Tenon. bending sails, prior to going out to Spithead ; and
the Retribution, 28, paddle frigate, Captain Fisher, going
out of dock.
The Aritl,9, screw sloop, Commander Luce, has come
into harbour to be docked, being leaky.
The new yacht Victoria and Albert hoisted the pennant
for the first time on Saturday.
The hospital cues among the sick and wounded brought
home by the Arabia, 'township, were landed this morning,
and conveyed to the military hospital in this garrison.
Some of them were very bad cue" of dysentery. The re-
mainder will land to-morrow morning, and be conveyed to
Chatham by rail, with the :exception of some men of the
Guards, who were sent off by rail this afternoon to London,
and some Royal Artillerymen, who were taken to the Artil-
lery barracks in this garrison. The Arabia was to have
taken them all round to Chatham, but her crew refused to
go ; the troops therefore land here as above stated, and the
Arabia, after coaling, will sail for Liverpool.
The Himalaya, steam troop ship, sailed last night with
horses for the Beat, calling at Cork for another batch wait-
ing her arrival, there.
The South Lincoln Militia arrived in this garrison this
morning from Chichester.

DUBLIN, MARCH 6.
Active steps are about to be taken immediately for
the formation of a camp on the Curragh of Kildare. The
commanding officer of the Royal Rani in Ireland has
announced, that he will receive proposals for the construc-
tion and erection of 430 wooden buildings, to aocommodate
ten battalions of infantry, with ten for staff purposes, and
ten others for officers' horses, on the abovenamedoelebrated
plains. The whole of the buildings are to be completed
within 60 days after the acceptance of the tender, and the
tenders are to be taken for one or more battalions, or for the
whole. It is expected that the work will be completed by
the end of May or the beginning of June.
Biz captains, six subalterns, and about 270 men of the
Cavalry Depot at Newbridge, are held in readiness to pro.
mod to Constantinople about the 10th inst.
On Thursday drafts of the following regiments arrived in
Cork bunch. from Birr and Templemote, to await the
arrival of a transport vessel, which is expected in Queens-
the 21st, 130 of the 67th, and 130 of the 62nd. During the
evening 1,400 rank and file, with 60 :officer% also arrived
from Templemore, to embark in the same transport ; 600 of
the Royal Horse Artillery, now on drill at Newbridge, are
' to sail to the But in the Himalaya, which is expected in
on Tuesday. 60 of this corps are now in Cork barracks,
awaiting the arrival of the same ship. The 33rd Regi-
moot, at present stationed at Yermoy, are expected in Cork
I to join these regiments.

'IIIR LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.—We are requested
to state that Captain Mayne, having enlisted the number of
men (upwards of 100) required from the London district, is
ordered to but up the eastern counties, and his head,
quarten will be at Norwich, in Norfolk, where he will be
most happy to receive all candidates for the Land Trans.
port Corp. This public annooncement is made to prevent
numerous applicants incurring the ezpense of coming to
London, under the idea that Captain Mayne will be there
to receive than.
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ROUTINE AT BALAILAVA.—A military correspon-
dent forwocas the *Bowing eopy of a letter from the
Crimea: Belaklays, Feb. 11.—me Harkaway has been
ordered to discharge cargo. ea she is wanted to Mob up
steles. Aseesether things which came in were several
mail of WO directed to Gallipoli, and which have been
Wen, appareetly unkaown to the authorities, since laet
at a time when the soldiers have been going bare-
Mt, mad actually dying for want of them. Besides these
there were bales of blankets, here for months, as well as
soldiers' great coats and several hundred Gregor, or fur-
Hued cloaks, brought by the Juan from ronstantinople in
December. The Columba arrived here at the end of Novem-
ber with provisions and stores on board; anises other things
300 kegs of rice. Though a list of artiolee was forwarded
to the chief of the harbour day after day (till given up as
useless), it was only a day or two since, when the affair was
named to the now admiral, that be came on board to mor-
tals the truth of the statement. The rice was *hi hoe
Deptford, directed to the hospital, Scutari, at
iTisalesti-
nople •it was reported to the head mammary there, asd
ordet4d on here. As it wee greatly wanted, ea arrivim; is
the harbour the captain reported to the commissary. sod
was told it was not wanted ; this, too, at a time when ao des
was issued to the troops, and very little eves is the hos-
pitals There are dozens of large tins of pp sisseag pow
tees now on board the Columba, most likely oaks's* to
the authorities, while morbidc diseases are takheg mitt:
troops. With very little trouble wone MOOS dm
might be exposed."
TIM Foals, THE TAY, Aberdeen, Peterhead,
Arinatts, and, Dasher are all about to be fortified.
1 The dohsees for the Forth will be erected oa Inokkeith,
obi* bee been ra:TOT to the Ordnance Department
tee Ihstim...rpese the Duke of Desdeush, to whom the
will be pretested by foetid/ado=
as ihs.'" die ells Tay ; est with a view to oom-
=soft gsvarimMt les lost Imbued Droughty