The Express.
London, England, 1862-06-07 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADMIRALTY. JUNE 6. —AITOIRTMINII.--Com-
mender S. J. Orville, to the Saaapareil, reosaiminionecL
Minters W. L. Southey (additional), to the Victory; G.
P. Burry (additional), to the Cutaberhind.
Paymaster W. T. B. Mika, (additional), to the Victory.
Clerk G. E Marro, to the Royal AdeLide, r supernu-
merary.

PORTSMOUTH, Juira 6.
The Rapid, No. 8, sailiug transport, arrived at
Spithead this morning from H.cg Kong, which oboe she
left on the 4th of February, calling at Batavia oe the 21st,
and Algae Bay on the 3rd of April, She only brings
home stores, sad awaits orders at Spithesd.

CHATHAM JuNz 6.
ARRIVAL OF TROOPS PROM 'NOLL—The troops
brought haw from Calcutta in the hired brceposhitmen.
namenon, 1,780 tons, Captain Hind., belonging_to
Gres°, Loudon. were tended at °rammed yesterday, when
the whole were immediately forwarded to this. garrison.
The Agamemnon sailed from Calcutta oa the 11th of
February last, rounded the Cape of Good Hope on the 7th
April, arrived at St. Helena on the 17th April and sailed
the following day, and crossed the line on the2Bth April.
Including detentions, the voyage to Gravesend occupied
113 days. The number of troops brought tome wee 173 men
of ell reeks, belonging to the 2nd Dragoon Guards, 6th Dra-
goon Overdo, Bengal Light Cavalry, Royal and Bengal Ar-
tillery,l3th (Prince Albert's Light infantry), lab, 90th, 27th
(Inankillings), 34th. 36th, 38th, 45* 514 (lEild's Own
Light 'shinny), 52nd (Light Infantry). 54511, &Mb,
82nd, Etflth (Connaught Rangers), 110th (Light Infantry),
92nd (Hiotilaaders), 97th, RISe Brigade. and the 6th Native
lefantry Regiments, with sixteen woman and children, the
whole under the command of Captain 8.8. Windham, Ride
Brigade ; Lieutenant J. Ferguson. Met Homers ; Quarter-
master H. Harvey. ItMe Brigade ; and Staff-Surgeon J. A.
M'llaan, M.D. Darter the voyage one death sod one
birth occurred on board. After the troops had beet medi-
cally inspected twenty were admitted into hospital for treat-
ment. At the date of the Agsmemooo leavi Calcutta the
Queenof the South wasembarking troops for and
the Malabar the headquarters of the 75th Regiment Both
vessels were to seam' the 90th February.

DISTEIBETION or N♦VAL PIL/Zi Mors:.—Notice
is given in yesterday's Oarelie that pretentious am sow
beteg made for the Weeded distribution of the award for
salvage of the Alma and cargo. betweee the 15th and 24th
of June, 1850 by her Majesty's ships Furious and Cyclops.
INDI♦N CADETSHIPS. —INDLA-OFFICIL, JUNE 5.
Appointments to direct cadetships I. her Majesty's Indian
service having ceased, it has bees determined that a limited
number of oimmiesions in the army shall be gives annually
to persons selected by her Majeety's Secretary of State in
Couocil from among the eons of civil and military officers
who have served in India. The cadets so selected will be
required to pees through the Royal Military Cane, at
Sandhurst, and they will be subject to the regalatioem weed
by the General Commanding. in-Chist relative to the admis-
sion, education, and military training of gentlemen cadets at
that college. The expense of the education, board, washing,
and medical attendance of the cadets so selected will be
hone by the Secretary of State for India is CounciL The
number of cadets so selected allowed to be bores on the
establishment of the college is 20. Penton' entitled to
apply for then appointments should address to the Under-
Secretary of Skate, India-office.—Gosette.
F♦T♦L ACCIDENT TO ♦ N♦VAL C♦Dsr.—We
regret to learn that Mr. Cox, a naval cadet on board her
Majesty's training ship Britansia, at Portland, accidentally
fell over the cliffs at that place ea Wednesday last, and
was killed on the spot.

MR. COBDEN ON THE ANTWERP POSTIFICA-

TIONS.

The following letter was written, it is said, in con-
sequence of ite having been stated by If. Van Byswyck, at
one of the late public meetings is Antwerp, that it was the
English government who were urging that of Belgium to
proceed, at all hazards, with the expensive works around
that city, and of as inquiry ha 'mg been made of Mr. Cobden
as to the truth ci what had thus been so openly awned :
" Manna, dame; April 24.
" Bir,—l do not know to what exleet yen may be Asti-
bed in accusing Load Palmerston of being the anther of
that ill-advised projest, the fortification ci Antwerp. You
say that such an accusation was made sealed lie lordship at
a public meeting ; but there are many assertion made at
public money in England for which it would not be way
to hod say proofs. Until, therefore, some better evidence
can be adduced, you must permit me to behove that the
affair is at least doubtful. I care little, however about
knowing is who the originator of the project, I though unmet
kelp thuakin,g that ha every pointed view it is one m which little
good eases is to be discovered. Belgium owes its existence
to moral isauesee, to the cement el the great powers, and
not to any strength of its. own. The ally risk which it runs
of losing its mutuality is that of being annexed to France,
but at the present day it is no longer the custom to annex
provinces without the consent of their population ; no long,
therefore, as you shell be lightly taxed, you will enjoy
greater liberty and greater prosperity than if you were
annexed to France, and for that reason you will most tier-
taialy prefer to remain indepeedent. Now the beet way to
secure these beseets is to avoid the burden of great arma-
=este, which would be of little avail against the only
enemy that tan absorb you, and of which the only result
will be to impose heavy charges on the people, and thus
make them reconciled to the idea of annexation. Such is
my programme of your policy, and I cannot conceive how
any statesman can act otherwise If I were the king ci the
Belgians, and wished to preserve the crown to my
ants, I should only maintain some few thousands of men. I
should consider myself as king by niece influence only, and
I should my to my powerfel neighbonre, "You bees pro.
claimed my oeutrality, and limilsed to to my paths
beset of that situate* le ark* Sisk the meat tly
taxed sad the mast preepseesektineopms sad tit, belies
am, will be the sheat swells tmedoM el amides the
attached to their isidspeedeaws.- Bat MI emeetruet 1Qa7.7
tioaa at Aatwerp, with the hhie ci =dial it the sullying
point for an army in the Inlet Of my, end Ed thus inviting
all Zama to seeks it their lattiriald; is to piece the
in so frisbed a pada* that thaw would of Gonna
prefer aaaexatioe to such a &mkt . I anal sally add, that
II you an le of say ev Mud sheers that such
ea mesas pofby has had its origia in Pcgibmil, I shall be
elefighted if yea will f urniela me with the requisite proofs,
sad I have Use honour, kc., limn= Comma,"

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