The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-06 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADIMLAIST, OCT. 5. —APPOINTIIICITIS AND PRO-
IIRMOIL—StaIf Box= .• W. W. &yen, to be et.ff sur-
geon of Woolwich yard, vice Jacoesoe, placed oe the
retired list ; H. thiMONOIN to be Depot, laspector-Geoetel of
Bc?pitel etel Fketa. oa thentand fiat

Sieceel.elees Aa;ieteet liegieeer W. Sways% to the
issaraece.
To be First-ekes Assistant Rogiseer : C. Samoa

PORTSMOUTH, Ocr. 5.
The Tamar, lour screw stem troopship, Cantata Frede-
rick H. Stirhug, is expeeted to sail about the 15th inst. for
Gibraltar, Cape of Good Flom and Hoag Komi.
The Koonce, 22. screw corvette, Captain Coast Gleichat,
was ease °etc( Na 10 dock this afterseen, after repaire.
A court of inquiry has bees held es board the Victoria,
121, screw, on her carpenter. For some ttme past the dock-
yard hoods bare bees employed cm board fitting up and
hearths her cabins. and a large quaatity at mahogany has
bass draws from the dockyard far that purpose ; what was
met eendee should have bees rimmed to the dockyard,
isistead al which it has boos found secreted away on board
&oasis.
CHATHAM, OCT. 5.
The Amethyst, 26, having been lent by the Ad-
miralty to the Atlantic Telegraph Company, to be used in
the ',blowout of the Atlantic Telegraph cable on board the
Great Eastern, left the harbour this mornieg in um. 4 •
private steamer, but on clearing the harbour got mooned,
where she remained until floated off by the nest tido, sus-
Weiss some slight dining,. _ _

WOOLWICH, oar. S.
In accordance with garrison orders the whole of
tbs available troops aavemt4ed this moms( at half-past
11 o'clock is heavy mi.mbing order, to carry out bald-day
evolutions, and a sham fight on an extensive scale. The
Lorca was formed tato two divisions, which were ICCOM•
pealed by ammunition and ainbaLince ...moor, under char.&
• the
the Idditary Train m-sps. and swerted by detachments of
Royal &OMR..

11111TTNT IN THE DI 6RSEY.—The American packet-
&in City of Brooklyn. Captain Gales Comers, whirl left
the Mersey yesterday morels`` for New York, returned to
as aaeborage opposite the landingetages early in the after-
noon, and the captain mot to Ws police office., Liverpool, for
asnatillOa. &WAIF* that a mutiny bad broken out amongst
theme, and out of the officers had bees stabbed. Inspector
Peak* sad tour imestablee went on board at oboe, and twelve
men were given into custody. (Moot them, Andrew Peter.
see, a Lase, was charged with hawing stabbed the third
mate, J. It. Johnson, and the temaising sieves with havitg
aided Mrs, sod also with having refused to obey orders. All
the crew, shoot :'fit to number, bad bees shipped in
Liverpool oa the previous day, after Ageing articles
at tat Seam. Home, and they were ell strew,
to the officers. II aprwara that whets the vemel resebed
the month of the river the veriwia mate gave some orders
via regard to getting out the topsail, wed the man Aintree
Peterese ridiculed limn. Thereupon the third mate re-
potted the orders, and ewe bard words pealed, coding is
• steeple, dudes which the officers were throws down,
sad Petareso *tabbed the third ate is the fleshy part of
the thigh with &packet trade. After the affray It other
mss mimed to go on with their work, or to go tones.
They were all takes, is custody to the main Bridewell,
where Nimes admitted that ha bed tabled the mate,
bet amid the latter had atoned him, sad was about to strike
hie with a large iron belaying pin, and that the blow with
Ilse dile was guns 71sit wounded mum was
Mien Is lira Northers Hospital.
HORNIII•N'S Ti• is choice and stem', Mode.
Wl* le ries, said obeisant* to sea These &dramatist him
aimed ler this te• a gssreal prelanwes It la meld to packets by
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