The Express.
London, England, 1864-01-04 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADMIRALTY, JAN. 2. —APPOINTMENTS. —Captairle
T. P. Coeds, to the Sutlej, 35, at Panama, vice Cons*lly,
who is to be superseded at his own request ; Edward Codd,
to the Colossus, vice Sotheby superseded ; E. Heethcote to
thellawke, vice Coda.

Deputy inspector Geoeral of Hospitals and Fleets C. A.
Andergoo, M.D., to be inspector General of Malta Hospital,
•ice Armstrong, nuperseded at hi. own request.
Paymaster H. J. Ray. to the Lyra.
Paymasters Assistants C. H. J. (lolling' to be additional
of the Wellesley ; 0. A. Rowe, to the Virelleiley.
Acting Clerk C. F. Roherts, to the Formidable.
Clerk's Assistant F. T. Gobb. to the Jackal.
Engineers J. Clark, to tha Indus for hcepitaLtreatmetit;
0. IL Bilaaker, to the Ro3 al Oak.

CHATHAM, JAN. 3.

Mr. J. Stansfeld, M.P., one of the Lords of the
Admiralty, yesterday completed his investigations at this
dockyard, in which he has been engaged for several days,
and rn the afternoon returned to Whitehall. On the pre-
vious evening his lordship was entertained at a pawl ban-
quet by the officers of the Chatham division of Royal Ma-
rines Light Infantry, in the offimrs' mem-room.

THE WRECK OF HER MAJESTrS GUNBOAT
LIVELY.

On Saturday the particulars were received at the
Admiralty of the wreck of her Majesty's gunboat Lively
(briefly reported a day or two since), near Oostmahon, on
the Texel range of the Dutch coast, whither she had been
sent in search of the missing trawling @mocks from the
north-east onset of England. The Lively left Berwick in
pursuance of directions from the Lords of the Admiralty.
and eteirned right across the North Sea. She encouutered
the most fearfs.l weather. On nearing the Dutch coast she
was struck by • temfic sea, which swept over the vessel and
rushed down the hatchways. It was then discovered that
she bed suddenly gate into shallow water. The gale kept
increasing, the sea rising higher sod higher. The vessel was
running as well as she could, in order to clear the ground, but
the engines at times were nearly immersed in water, and as it
was clear the steamer would founder if she remained in deep
water, her head was turned towards the shore, so as to run
her aground. the only chance of escape which remained for
those who were on beard. The next moment after her
course was changed, a tremendous sea caught the ship, and
very neatly washed every one on deck overhaard. Some of her
men were much hurt. In a few minutes the steamer
bumped oo the ground, Sad the falling tide anon left her
waterlogged on the rods. The crew were then employed
in freeing the vessel of the water that was is her, and
guns were frequently fired during the night, but no as-
sistance arrived. The tide again came up, with •
heavy wind and sea. The crew were preparing to make a
raft, when two Dutch smacks hove in sight and came along-
side, but they would not stay, ►nd bad actually shoved off
before the crew of the Lively had got on board, and before
they could get the dead Dutch pilot out of the vessel.
When all were in the smack. sail was made for the shore,
but unfortunately she grounded, and remained eight or nine
hours before the tide came up, the shipwrecked crew sa-
-1 tering much from exposure to the cold and want of nourith-
I mint. They at length reached the shore, a small fishing
place, where they received all the kindness the inhabitants
could render them. The captain then telegraphed the fact
of the stranding of the steamer to England, but whether she
will he got off is • matter of some uncertainty. The Ad-
miralty have already forwarded a powerful steamer to
her aid.

Mr. G. Brackenbury, her Majesty's Consul at
Madrid, ha. been appointed Consul at Charente. The con-
sulship at Madrid will not be filled up. Mr. Ricketts has
been appointed consul at Sarawak.
. . .

A solemn service took place yesterday at the
Roman Catholic Church, Islingtoo, it bring one of the fes-
tivals connected with the name of St. John, to whom the
church in dedicated. Cardinal Wiseman occupied a tbiooe
at the side of the high altar, and twice gave to the 'seem-
bled congregation the Pontifical blesaiog. The High Mass
was celebrated by the Very Rev. Cacaos Oakley, assisted by
several other clergymen. The music was Weber's Grand
Mass in G, with full instrumental accompanimeet. The
Christman hymn, " Adeste Fideles," woe also sue,. The
sermon was preached by the Rev. J. L. Patterson (of Moot-
fields% and was partly an appeal for the new Hospital of
St. Jobs and St. Elisabeth, in Great Ormond-street, which
(with an adjoining church) has bees built at the expense of
Sir George Bowyer, Bart., M.P. There wan • large &Mead.
slice of the laity, amongst whom were his Excellency Count
de Flahaut (the French ambassador), the Countess de Fla-
haut, aed Sir George Bowyer, Bart., M.P.
RZPORTZD Loss or A LARGE PAM code SHIP.
Advice. were received on Saturday reporting the supposed
loss, as it wan believed, of a large passenger ship in the
vicinity of the Orkneys. The wreck has the appearance of
having been a large class vessel, but nothiog has been
conimuaicated as to her name. A. number of deed bodies
ars stated to have been found in a kind of cave, as if
washed in by the sea, A quantity of wrack has also bum
coat ashore.