The Express.
London, England, 1855-06-02 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

regiment.
The following is an extract from a letter from
Windermere, dated Thursday :—" Here we are for summer
pleasure; but instead of summer we find weather like
winter ;—cold biting east and north-east winds, and the
thermometer, out of the sun and at night, not much above
the freezing point. When I get up in the morning, alt of a
shiver, I expect to find the Lake a masa of ice. The coun-
try people here say—it is all the war ! "
The Photographic Society has appointed a scientific
committee to investigate the permanency of photographs,
the causes of fading, and the phenomena of the art; and it
is the intention of this committee to publish the result of
their experiments from time to time. The funds of the
Steety are made applicable to the investigalion, and Prince
Albert has contributed 601. to this special purpose.
The Rev. Charles Kingsley, having kindly taken I
charge of a clue of young men connected • ith the Mocha-
sin' Institute at Bideford, for the purpose of teaching them
drawing, has received a testimonial indicative of their r•-
speet on the occasion of his departure from the neighbour-
hood. 0 Mr. Kingsley," says the North Devon Jowled"
" leaves the town loved and respected by all who know
him."
The following are the meetings of the Literary
and Scientific Societies for the ensuing week :—Dlonday—
Entomological, 8 ; Royal Institution—General Monthly.
Tuesday—Horticultural; Royal Institution, 3—" On Vol-
taic Electricity," by Dr. Tyndall. Wednesday—Society of
Arta—Chalon Exhibition ; Ethnological, fii—" On Mr.
Hodgson's Philological Researches in the Tartar Lan-
guages," by General Briggs ; " Ethnological Notices of the
Philippine Islands taken from the Spanish, with some Ob-
servations on Races," by Mr. Kennedy. Thursday—Royal
institution, 3—" On Christian Art," by Mr. Scharf, jun. ;
Ziolognal, 3—General ; Royal, 4—Election of Fellows;
Society of Antiquaries, 8. Friday—Royal Institution, 13i
—" On Ruhmkorrs Induction Apparatus," by Professor
Faraday; Astronomical, 8; Philological, 8.
A correspondent of the Atheneum, writing from
Naples, says :—', The magnetic apparatus of Lamont was
used by Prof. Palmieri en the occasion of the earthquake
°INNIS; and the results were sash as to induce him to
think that it would not be mate, as the
IS Mn occasion of en eruption of a volcano. Anticipating,
a it has done, such a catastrophe by several days, it is one
of the meet beautiful and convincing proofs of the practical
applicability of science to the service of human beings that
modern days has furnished us with. How many lives might
have been saved—bow many may yet be saved by the
needles of Lamont !"
THE CIVIL SUNICE.—Audit Office : Mr. Henry
Glover, Temporary Clerk, has been appointed Assistant
Examiner, vice Sterling, resigned ; Mr. Henry Medgin has
been appointed Assistant Examiner, vice Fraser, resigned ;
Mr. Edward Boor has been appointed Temporary Clerk,
vice Denton, appointed to the Admirall ; Mr. Thos. Hurst
be. been appointed Temporary Clerk, vice Wroth, appointed
to the Solicitor's Department of the Inland It .
Ordnance Department: Mr. Jades Meat n has beau pro-
moted to be Senior Clerk of the First Class, vice Durrant,
superannuated ; Mr. H. L. Heaton= has been promoted to
be Senior Clerk of the Second Class, vice Maxon; Mr. H.
Bond has been promoted to be Junior Clerk of the First
Class, vice Hearsum. The following gentlemen have been
removed from the Ordnance Department, Pall-mall, to the
War Ofilos, in consequence of the Artillery and Engineer
corps having been placed under the Commander-in-Chief,
viz.:—Messes. James Mazton, First Class Senior Clerk; S.
Bennett, W. A. Cockbern, A. &Auden. Second Class Senior
Clerks; A. Keen, F. T. Woodgete, W. W. Vaseey, B. H.
Burnidge, First Class Juniors ; A. G. Hastings, W. B. Fitz-
patrick, J. 0. Neill, Second Class Juniors. Customs: Mr.
D. Evens has been appointed Clerk in the Tea Department
in London; Mr. Louis Harris has been appointed Extra
Clerk in London; Mr. 8.. Noblett has been appointed Clerk
in the East and West India Ducks in London ' • Mr. G. G.
Reid nes been appointed Clerk at Dublin. A Clerkship is
vacant in the Accountant and Comptroller General's Ofilee
of the Inland Revenue, Stamps and Taxes Department,
Somerset-house, caused by the death of Alfred Coppin Byers.
The appointment of Police Magistrate at Sydney is vannt,
wised by the death of Mr. Charles Windeyer.—Civii Ser.
vice Oarefie.
CRICEST.—ENOL•SH V. SURREY.—Thi• match
was commenced at the Oval yesterday (Friday); the sub-
joined score will show the result. No play took place on
'Thursday, owing to rain. Seen ; thumb tat iminr; 66 ;
Ragland, let innings, Vie.

- - -- -
The official Journal de St. Petersburg publishes the
following notification :
The siege of Sebastopol, in so far as our seamen of the
Black Sea are concerned, is attended with circumstance
which distinguish it from the siege of any other asell
fortress. A great many of these brave men had homes of
their own at Sebastopol, with furniture, utensils, provisions,
—ia a word, all they had been able to save during the:
time of service. While sacrificing their lives in the defeat
el Sebastopol, these heroes lose at the same time the pro
party which they might have left to their wives sad
ehfldren. The necessity of sending the latter out of
the town also involved them in expenses beyond their
means, and so drove them into debts which they
are now unable to discharge. Thus, the names of
Sebastopol have rigorously sacrificed to their country thee
blood, their property, and the inheritance of their fusilier
In order to make go d these losses as far as possible, std to
permanently assist the widows and orphans of thou who
have fallen, it has been found possible, without cattalo;
the resources of the Admiralty, to dispose in their behalf of
some buildings belonging to the palace of the Ado iolty
His Majesty the Emperor has sanctioned the plan, and he
consequently authorised the sale by auction of two houses to
Se. Petersburg, viz., the hotel of the dockyard complus
sad the hotel which was formerly a nautical school.
In execution of this supreme order his Imperial Hishes
the Grand Doke Constantine Nicolatevitcb, the Grind Ad•
astral, has deigned to entrust the state counsellor Obolreily,
director of the naval commissariat department, with the
sale, and has ordered him to make arrangements for it 15
the course of this summer. Persons desirous of ourehmer
these hotels are requested to attend at the office of the
naval victualling board, where they may inspect the Oleo
and title-deeds any day between 10 and 3 o'clock. Three
' special days have been set apart for viewing the how
' themselves' viz., every Monday, Wednesday, and Fria*
from 10 to 2.
—,---.—.-—.—.--"

THE ANGLO-SWISS LEGION.
The Meesager de Geneve says : " Colonel Faock,
Major Von Art, and Captain Baumgartner, of tie
Federal army, having accepted service in the Anglo.
Helvetic Legion, have just sent in their reeignatios
to the Federal Council, which body has refused to
accept it ; so that these officers will render themselvd
liable, in case of persistence. to being proceeded
against for disobedience to orders."
The Ticinese Gazette states that the recruiting fee
the An 10-Swiss Legion is proceeding with greet
success, especially at Berne. It is believed the logics
will consist of 3,000 men.

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