The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-30 00:00:00

NAV.AL AND MILITARY.

i011T81101:7TH, Jaw. 29.
If., Majesty's new paddle-wheel steam yacht
Victoria and Albert (late Windsor Omle), arrived at Spit-
head this morning, in company with the Geyser, 6, and
Dragon, 6, paddle sloop% from Pembroke. She was towed
into harbour at noon, to be fitted out, receive her machinery,
&a. T►e new yacht is exceedingly long, and a very hand-

some vessel. - -
The Ajax, 68, 'Crew ship, Captain Warden, went out of
harbour to Spithead to-day, being ready to commence an-
other Baltic campaign.
The James Watt, 91, screw ship, Captain Elliot, is pro-
gressing in her refit. She is having her main and amen
masts taken out.
The other men of war are also rapidly getting ready for
sea.
The Eak, 21, screw, Captain Birch, having reshipped her
mainmast, hauled off from the Dockyard to-day. It was
removed to mike some alterations, as it interfered with the
working of the screw propeller.
The Snowdown, paddle steamer, has shipped 26 wooden
huts for the Crimea this afternoon. This is positively the
last shipment of these houses, the delay having arisen from
the difficulty of procuring transports to convey them away.
The Snowdown will to-morrow take on board the labourers
from the London Docks, intended to act as landing porters
at Balaklava, under the commissariat deparment. She
will also ship the cranes and other machinery required for
, their work, and is expected to mail to-morrow evening for
her destination. She will make the peuage in about 18
days.

ADMIRALTY, JAN. 29.—APPOINTMENTS.—Lieute-
sante J. Ward (1849), and C. D. Robinson (1854). of the
Perseverance, iron screw steam store ship, of 360-horse
power, at Woolwich, to the Falcon, 17, screw steam sloop,
of 190-horse power, at Portsmouth.
Masters W. H. Balliston (1845), to the Terrible, 21, pad-
dle wheel steam frigate, of 800-horse power, Mediterranean
station; J. H. Theta (1845), to the Rodney, 90, Medi-
terranean station ; and A. F. Boner (111.54), to the Wasp,
14, screw steam sloop, of 100-horse power, Mediterranean
station.
Paymasters A. Jonas (1844), to be secretary to Admiral
H. Stuart; and T. A. Teller (1862), to be secretary to Ad-
miral M. Stopford.
Mate R. Adams (1853), of the Perseverance, to the
Falcon.
Assistant. Surgeon T. H. Wall van), confirmed to the
Lsepard, 12, paddle wheel steam trigats, of 560-horse power,
at Spithead.
Second-Masten G. D. Perry (1862), to the Beagle, 4,
screw steam vessel, of 160-horse power, Mediterranean sta-
tion; and W. C. Buck (1860), to the Prisons Royal, 91,
screw steam ship, of 400-horse power, at Decamped.
Midshipman R. T. Ades's., of the Imp6rieuse, 51, screw
steam frigate, of 300-horse power, at Portsmouth, to the
Desperate, 8, screw steam ship, of 400-horse power, sr
Sheerness.

Last week an application was made to the Board
of Directors of the Imperial Gas Light sad Coke Company
for the transfer to the government of two powerful screw
colliers, lately built for and chartered to the company by
Mean. Scott Russell and Co., of Mill Will. These
vessels (the Imperial sad New Pattie), which are of GOO
toes burden each, have been found of great convenience to
the company from the rapidity sad certainty of their
transit in the conveyance of coals bewail the North and
London ; bet on the representations made of their peculiar
Atom for the purposes of government traasport, the direc-
tors did not hesitate at this important crisis to waive their
own soovesienee, sad give up the vessels for the service of
the country. They will be at awe fitted for, sad outplayed
is, the cosmoses ef government stores to the Black Sea.
DEPARTURE Of THE PIONIZ,V6.) POE BALA-
ELATA.—The Pois=as.s.), Hall, serried away her
foremast, sad other damage, is a collision its the
Pool last Maeda week, sad whisk had the damage made
good in the Bast was MGM eat into the river
on Sunday, sad bee bass presseded die Beialdava. She
takes out 400 nos of petted pewhiees. ISO patent stoves,
740 cane of Pdse's wades, 000 gases ef whisky, besides
a variety of other selisles—all of themthe gifts of the public
for the use of the troops in the Crimea.
DEPARTURE OP TUE CANDIDATE 8.2F0R
RALLizATA.—The Candidate (e. e.), Lyre, ofond on,
chartered by the government for the mammies of
stores,
&c., for the Crimes railway m itles, left Blaskcgral
Brunswick-pier, on Sunday, for Milalaiva. Besides atonal
and railway plant, she takes out a number of navvies and
26 met borses.—ShiminpGamitte.
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