The Express.
London, England, 1855-11-06 00:00:00

(Stamped ld. Additional.) [TWOPEN CE.

ingADMIKALTT, Nov. 6.—YROMoTIONO.—The follow-
promoons have bean b theard of -
ralty, inti oonsequenee ofmade the successful operationsAdmi at
Mahn= :
Lieutenant J. H. Marryat (1852), of V e Cracker, 2, gun-
, boat, in the Black Sea, promoted to the rank of °pomander.
Master B. W. Brooker (1866), of the Spiteful, 6, paddle-
wheel steam sloop, of 280 bore power, in the Baltic, bas
been offered a commission ea lierteaant in the Royal Navy.
Master J. Thomas (1828), premoted to be a retired eons-
wander.
APPOlNTNlXlll.—Lieutenant (Additional) C. C. A. Kane
(1841), of the Royal Albert, 121, screw steam ship, of 600
bow* power, in the Black Sea, for service in the Cracker.
Paymaster A. 0. Thomas (1886), to the Salamander, 6,
paddle-wheel steam sloop, of 220 horse power, at Ports-
mouth.

WOOLWICH, Nov. 6.
The undermentioned gentleman cadets, having
passed the required examinations neesseary:to qualify them
for commissions in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, have
been made lieuoinants, and have been appointed to the
following companies, theis commissions to bear date Octo-
ber 1, 1866, vie :
Charles Stewart Vardca Wilma to Captain Boxer's NW
pony, N.. 4 el the 11l Battalion, at Limenek. •
Joss De Burgh Ito:hetet to Captain Snox's company,
No. 4, of the 9th Battalion, at Athlone.
Rowland Hurd= Webster to Capt. Chancellor's company,
No. 1, of the 14th Battalion, at Dover.
Charles David Chalmers to Captain Freeth's company,
No. 3, of the 14th battalion, at Portsmouth.
Samuel Parr Lynes to Captain Waller's company, No. 2,
of the 14th battalion, at Dsvosport.
Charles Hart Pickering to Captain Middleton's company,
No. 6, of the 13th battalion, at Ipswich.
Bowes Lennon Forster to Captain biontressor's company,
No. 2, of the 6th battalion, at Leith Fort.
James Robertson to Captain Maberly's company, No. 8,
of the second battalion, at Sheerness.
The above °Man are to join their companies at the sta-
tions above mentioned on the let of December next, until
which date they have leave of absence to provide themselves
with the necessary equipments for the Artillery service.
AUOMINTATION OF ROYAL AUTILLIRT. —Her Majesty's
authority hoe boon received at Woolwich for the following
augmentation—vie , 1 sergeant to each tithe 8 companies of
the 14 battalions, 1 bombardier to each of the 8 companies,
and 14 gunners to each company, =skin a total of 112
woman additional to the regiment, 112 bombardiers ditto,
1,368 gunners and drivers ditto. To each of the 14 bans-
; lions—Farriers andearriage smiths, 5; shoeing and carriage
smiths, 20 ; ogler makers, 10; wheelers, 10 ; making a
, total of 1,837 men additional to the regiment. Orders will
hereafter be given as to the in which the promotions
of noncommissioned oilcan consequent on the above are to
be corned out.

PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 6.
The French gun-boats La Lance and La Salute
Barbs left Spithesd this morning for Cherbourg.
The Penelope, 17, stesm frigate, Cap' sin Sir W. Wise-
man, sailed for the west coaster Africa in the night.
A coart•mattial was held to-day on board the Victory,
fiagship, to try James Veinor, ordinsty seamen, belonging
to the Hastings, 60, screw ship, on the following charge:—
" For that the said James Venier, being in full pay in the
fleet as ordinary seaman of, and belonging to, H.M.S.
Hastings, did, on t►e 24th or October, 1855, desert and en-
list into her Majesty's 80. h Regiment." Captain Sir
Thomas Maitland, H.M.S. Szeellent, presided, and the
court consisted of Captains Stoptord, G. A. Eliot, G. T.
Gordon, E. Ommanney, R. Harris, G. S. Hand, W. Crispin,
and Mr. G. L. Oreethatn, deputy judge advocate of the
fleet. The prisoner, it appeared, had gone on leave of
absence on Oct. 18, with others of the same ship, on her
return from the Baltic, and before the leave had
expired he enlisted into the 80th Regiment, quar-
tered in this garrison, receiving, when attested, 51.
out of the ttgulated bounty of 81. He repettented his
name to be John Morison, and that he was a native of Liver-
pool. As several seamen had before enlisted into the
army, the sergeant major of the 80th, S Harrison, asked
him if be belonged to the navy. lie replied he did not.
Be appeared to be sober. lie was brought in by the re-
uniting sergeant of the regiment. The case was fully
proved ; the prisoner merely stating that be was in liquor
at the time. The aunt found That the charge had been
fully proved, and did adjudge the prisoner to receive 60
lashes on his bats heck with a cat-u' nine-tails, at such time
and in such manner and proportions as the commander in-
*hie( at l'oeMasosth Oswald direct, and to be isapeisoned
In
the *aunty gaol at Winchester for the specs of 12 calendar
mouths, and to be kept to herd labour during fist period."
The &stark, naval apprentices' brig, went out on a cruise
to-day.

TREE TANEES, Nov. 5.
The Phenix, 6, screw steam sloop, Commander H.
)d. Elliott. bee arrived here from the White Sea.
When the Ptcenis was lying at Varauus there was not
less than twenty Bail of merchant vessels loaded there,
bound to Archangel—Americana, Bremens, Danes, Ham-
burghers, end Norwegians; s IPt those were known
positively to have bean loaded for E-glith interest, some of
the Americans were last from Lund, n, their port of loading ;
and at Remmersfert, a port this side of the North Cape,
about double the above number of 'weasels were waiting the
arrival of the allied blockading squadron to start on the
same errand for Archangel. About tin fifteen Bail of
our gunboats might have made a rich h had they been
there, as there wee not the slightest doubt most of the
vessels referred to contained contrabsods of war, under
neutral flags, for the Russians. All thee. vessels actually
oiled from the abovenanied ports whilst the PI moth was
lying at Vardhuus, most of them making certain of dis-
charging their cargoes and of being faded and coming out
twain clear before the ice lets in.

SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 5.
The war steam transport Ripon, Captain Cooper,
arrived here this morning from the Crimea with invalids ;
she left Balaklava on the 13th ult . and Malta on the
23rd ult. ; she had on board about 80 invalids ; most of
those who were well enough lauded to day. The rest will
land tomorrow, and be forwarded to the military and naval
hospitals. The following are e names of the passengers
in the Ripon,
_ vie.: From Beleklave, Captain Arbuthnot
and servant, Lieutenant de Winton, Quartermaster Walker,
Lieutenant Maxwell and servant, Lieutenant-Colonel Fits.
wirer, Captain Warburton, Mr. Humphries, Lieutenant-
Colonel Herbert, Captain Drewe end servant, Engirt
Young, Lieutenant Deane, Major King and t, Major
Centeno, and servant, Captain Peacock and servant, Mr.
Curry, Mr. Cole, 0 1 Bentinck end six servants, one
private Coldstream Guards, two privates Grenadier Guards,
seven nommiesarist labourers, two wash house labourers,
three distressed British subjects, John M'Bride, A.B. From
Constantinople: Major Thomas, slates n naval invalida,John
Gregory, Chas. Jamaski. From Malta : Mr. Owen, Mrs.
Penman, three children and servant, eight distressed British
seamen, five medical staff Oftil hall Colonel Aire) 'a
groom corps, Thomas Wallis, Alfred 1.4w0, John Brown,
William Laing. From Gibraltar : Maj r Strachan, Mr.
Hicks, Mr. Mulish, Quer termaster•Sergeant Goodman,
Charles Duffy, John Rice. The Ripon is taken up again
by government to convey oat to the seat of war imme-
diately 550 troops and 150 tons of coffee.
DUBLIN, Nov. 5.

The following drafts arrived in Cork in the course
of Saturday, for embarkation : From Limerick-9th l• not,
2 officen, 63 men ; 17th Foot, 1 t film, 81 men ; 69 le Foot,
1 officer. 73 men. From Fermoy—let Foot, 2 officers, 60
men ; 30th Foot, 1 officer, 36 men ; 33rd Foot, 2 cfficere, 62
men ; 49th Foot, 2 officers, 59 men ; 50. h Foot, 2 officers,
60 men ; 68th Foot, 3 oilmen, 81 men. From Buttevant-
82nd Foot, 72 men ; 62nd Foot. 2 silken, 53 men ; 90th
Foot, 1 officer, 72 men. From Temple more —s7th Foot, 2
officers, 62 men ; 62nd Foot, 21 men ; 63rd Foot, 1 officer,
81 men ; 21st Foot, 3 officer*, 176 men.
The King's County Rifles have given 150 volunteers to
the line. A draft of 50 volunteers front the sth Lancashire
Militia at Aldershott is expected in Limerick tocley, to join
the 9th Regiment of the line.
Oa Thursday the steam transport Perseverance, Captain
Harris, arrived off Queenstown, with 3 fi• Id officers, 9
captains, 11 subalterns, 4 staff, 40 sergeants, 12 drummer",
3l corporal,. 696 privates, 49 women. 67 children, sad four
horses of the 4th (or Royal South) Middl. sex Militia. The
first "ortion, numbering near 600, arrived in Cork on
Thursday. They have left for Buttevant, where they are
to be statiotted. On Friday the remainder of the South
Middlesex Militia arrived per the Prince Arthur steamer,
and proceeded to the railwaytation, accompenlian s. ied by their
Sae band, and escorted by ge crowd of civi They
started at 3 o'clock by train for Buttevant. Amongst them
is Sergeant Davis, whose bravery at
ethe battle of th
soe
many
Alma
has rendered him distinguished, ven where
parties die/stayed military prowess. The gallant sergeant
now occupies the position of colour sergeant ,n the militia;
and the extrordinsey proportions of hia physique rendered
him a conspicuous object in the regiment. Lieutenant-
Colonel Seriven, commanding the militia, introduced Davis
to General Mantel, who was present at the disenborkation,
and who put various questions to the colour sergeant relative
to his Crimean career. Davis has the Crimean medal for his
services is the eanspaign.
Colonel the Hon. H. B. Bernard, 87th, or Cork Light
Infantry, is a barrister, bat doffed the wig and gown to put
on the more admired costume of the military profession.
The Limeriek Chronicle says:—" Revert now says that
the contemplated promotions in the K.rry are not to take
vises ; and that the resignations that wore to have followed
will not, therefore, be sent to •"
is that Major Herbert, now
retire from active servies,is to
iLioni /teeniest.

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the colonel. Another story
of the 89th• who le about to
get the sec nd tasj,aity of the