The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-22 00:00:00

NAVAL AND rizzegsr.

PORTII3IOI7III. Sam 21.

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The ail given last night at the Queen's Room.,
a aid of the Portenouth Seamen and Marne,* Orobas
Schools, and which bed the petronsge:ci the Lords of the
Admiralty, wee attended by about 180 persons, aid realised
upwards of 40i Sir Charles Wood, Rear. Adialrala Sir M.
F. F. Sotheby sad Aniseeds were present; as were also
the Consuadoe in-Chief, Vin-Admiral Sir Thane Cosh.
risk sod Lady Coolusne sad party; the Lindemann
Governs. MalotsGeneral Bruton, Mn. and Mime Brans;
Admisil As troy, Mn. sad Miss Annoy ; Admiral Sir H.
D. Chads and Lady Chad. ; Captain 81r Thomas Maitlesd.
C. 8., and Mn. Maitland; J. B. Cuter, Esq., M.P.; G.
Esq, Mn. and bliss Gillman; Mrs. and Min
Great, lbs. This morning Sir Charles Weed landed
at the dockyard from the Admiralty yacht, Black
Hirt! Eagle, at half-past ten o'clock, and treat to the
Newel College to en officers of the *lrvin. The fol-
bowies had iaterviews with Sir Chula: Yin-Admiral
Doylsk Bear-Admiral Hollisworth, Major General Evan,
A.M.; Captains B. Sharpe, S. Hopp, J. A. Punter, J. F.
3. Waisright, F. L. McClintock. B. Herrick, J. G. Gabon,
Magnin; Commodore G. T. M. Purvis (b), F. W. R.
Wier, J. Bailey, T. Mitchell, H. Goold, W. Bowden, G.
F. Meehan, C. L. Waddilove, G. F. Burgess, 8. G. Crate-
well. J.B. Elliott, B. Fern, W. Worafold, J. M. Langky,
.1. Basses, W. Douala.; Lieutenants B. M. Lusester, G.
W. Patteraoa, G. M. Chapman, W. H. Famish, 3. H.
Annett, N. B. Bodliegfield, J. Jesyree, J. B. MisiMoy, G.
H. Wall, ♦. 0. L. Lewis, J. Mainwrlgbt; the
An. R. 8. Phelps, chaplain of Portsmouth Deekyard
Dr. levier, it M., stain:gess ; Mr. Johnston, snood
master; Mr. Finebam, late master shipwright of this
yard; sad a depilation from the officers of the dock-
yard, is reforms to the system of superanaiatiou
in repo. The deputation consisted of Meson. Moody,ReseelL
Brown, and Speen. ♦ deputation of the oorporatioa of
this benegh also bad ea interview with the Fins Lord, in
referesse to a prologs fee the assetraction of a desk is the
Comber, as inlet of the sea. The deputation, whisk us-
aimed of the Meyer, Aldermen Baguet, Mr. Vasdenbargh,
and Mr. B. W. Ford, was courteously received by the Pint
Lord, but, of Want, he gave no definitive pledge en the
subject.
At 11 o'clock the mu belonging to the dockyard paned
through the master Shipwright's Offise; Bear-Admirals
Berkeley and Richards beteg mesa ; alter which they
had the remainder of the day as a holiday.

Witilet their lordship were torryieg out the above ditties
an shwa of fire in the yard was raised. An engine was la a
few Mastro maned and on the spot, bat Lrtonately there
wee no need fee her services. This afternoon the board
have impeded the lftentrieas and Victory, and to-night
antartain the leads of deputasents at the George Hotel.
Galen have been reeeived by electric telegraph to discos-
liege way farther Wynne of shells for the Crimea.
TM /Boles, shell depot, arrived at SpithmO this afternoon
from t►e &Me.

The Calcutta, 84, sailing ship, Captain Stopford, is off the
port, bat not in sight. She is from Sheerness, which she
left oss &trashy last, but has been delayed by contrary
winds.

The City of Aberdeen, Ltdy Eglintels, Volunteer, straw
transports, and Emprew Eugenie, Silting transport, hate
arrived to-day from the Crimea.
The Alder, stews transport, sailed to-day for the Crimea,
with 21 hate ands cargo of shell.

DUBLIN, Sure. 21.
All the troops encamped on the Curragh will be
reviewed to day by Lord Seaton, Commander-in-Chief of
We loran is Ireland.
A general court-martial assembled yesterday in Permoy
Barracks, to try a private of the 50th Regiment, who
deserted from the trencbu before Sebastopol, made his way
to a vessel in Selektive Harbour, then under way for Beg-
lead, and was arrested u a deserter at Devonport, whence
he was transmitted to the depot of his regiment at Fumy.
The Westmeath Militia, having been mustered in review
order, the other day, to fire a salute for the fall of Slims-
sepal, twenty of the men volunteered to in the 88th
Regiment at the seat of war.
, Lieutenant Douglas, 9th Regiment, has joined the depot
from the Crimea. He was severely wounded in the attack
OD the Reden en the 18th of June, and was since in hospital
at Malta, bat is now Teetered to health. Capt
17th, has Jolted the depot from the Crimea.

Government orders were received at Southampton
yesterday, twantermandieg the shipment of any more shell'
end shot os board the transports, sad ordering 600 tons of
hat timbers to be embarked os board the Queen of the
South, Maven, which is now ready for see. The Thames,
transport, is slim getting ready to receive hut". Last year
hate were not sent out before November and December.
Already a vast quantity of hut timbers here bees sent out
in the Colombo, Vittoria, sad Ilydupee transports from
Soathampton, beside' what have beta mot out from other
ports.

OF THE VICTORY.

BIRMINGHAM.

At a meeting yesterday, the
Mayor is the studs, and attended by Mr. Meats, LP., Mr.
Addseley, M.P , and a somber of infloontial inhabitants,
the following resoletioaa were passed : " That this mooting,
rewarding 'eels aseeeinfal operation of the tilted trans
against Russia as an additioaal eneouragement to hope for
the establishment of the liberties of the people of Europe
apes a sap sad ladies fooadation, is of opinion that the
reran important victory at Bebestopol calls for some arm-
priate demonstration of the' joy felt by all classes of society

is this borough." " That sa early day, to os hereafter
tamed, be appropriated as a day of public rejoicing os rho
amain of the recent victory at Sebastopol ; and that a
g►asnl holiday do them take plate, with thanksgiving Is
al the churches sad chapels throughout the borough, and
tlmt, W order to nable all slaws of the community to par.
taints is the celebration of the glorious event, a duster be
I melded for the poor and aged inhabitants, web dinner to
take plus is ose or more localities of the borough as may
be decided by the indigoes having sharp of the snoop-
meats of the same." A large cumber of alderman to be
entertaisod ; sad a committee was appointed to collect sub
simians, end carry oat the opirit of the resolution.

A public meeting wee held et the townhall,
is ilsstlasspton, an Thursday sight, to take into
coasideratica the beet mem of celebrating the oaptsre
of Sebastopol. The slid asegietrate, Simpson Pays.,
Seq., was is the ask. The townhall was crowded,
and gnat sambas mild set get admitteses. The
meeting was esthesiastis eso. Os the meeting being
remisded that the 20th was the sasiversary of the battle of
the Alma, the ►usiness was isterrupted to cheer the zees-
tits of that glorious battle, end the English and French
Lams who fought end woo it. Nor in the diming through
out the meeting were the Sardisians forgotten, who fought
so well at the Tchernaya. A sergeant who was at the battle
of the Alma, wes present at the meeting, and was quite&
0 lion." It was resolved by the meeting that the fall of
Sebastopol oh. old be celebrated is Southampton by n gene
rat holiday ; !bat the public buildings should be illuminated;
that there should be a display of fireworks in ioundwell•'
park ; and that a pleasure fair should be held on South.
swims common. A committee was appointed to fix an
early day for the celebration, sad to carry out the mots.
tioss of the public meeting.
The Southampton corporation have voted a coaystulatory
address to t►e Queen sad to t►e Emperor of linage, en the
"Mem of t►e allied amiss over the Russian form, at the
last mad essoseeful smolt ea Sebastopol.

A general illumination, says the Chelmsford
Citywide, is celobratios of do where of Sebastopol, took
pins ea Monday sight. Ia the sorsa of the morning digs
were hoisted at the windows sad ea the roofs of any of the
louse, the novelty of t►e rod, white, and blot, predomi-
nant, over the old red arose of St. George—a proof of the
geed kaki* 'curtained towards our gallant allies. Tits
bells rug eel curtly throughout the day, the Sego that bad
beef hoisted en t►e tower oa the receipt of the saws leaving
bees kept flying throughout the week. The militia marelod
to Moir training groaad in the course of the afternoon,
loaded by their band, sad fired a salute it honour of the
day. Thelon, whet all baboon lighted op, was Mtwara-
tog sad astmeusg. Numbers eau" in from the aeighboor-
lag towns and vUloges, and even dram a distance) of tea or
twain lanes, sad is the scaly pert of the 'Teeing the 'nuts
wore t►rongd. All pored of meet satisfactorily, without
Ito slightest Cannons" or Warty to property, without
widest, toe, of say serious elsramier ; sod op to a late Mar I
even ladies were parading N. Wein to enjoy the speetaele—
the Whets which popular feeling, by this publio manifesta-
tion otjoy, paid to the cesqueren of Sebastopol, and pro-
eledmed to mir brsthrsw is the Crimea what they wok ct
them in Begland.