The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-09 00:00:00

THE MILITIA,

The North Gloucester Militia, under the command
of Col. liingseete, R.'embled for permanent serchm at Ci-
rencester on the 26:6 ult. The Colonel made a spirited
address, urging the men to volunteer to the support of
their brave brethren in the Crimea. Li. utenant C.irnwall
then stepped 'o too front, and asked it any men sr old vo-
'luit:eer with him for the 41st Regimtnt ? Eighty•nMe
men immediately stepped oat. Lieutenant Cornwall ob-
tains aC' MMINfiOII in the 41st Feet. The feeling oh the
men in this corps is strong, 117 having volunteered since
the 21st of November.

The City Limerick Militia Artillery corps only
want 23 men to complete their quota, and the ordi r for em-
bodying them i• daily expected. The Linter:ct Ciwonicle
stiye :—" We feel most sincere pleasure iu offering to the
commanding officers of Irish militia regiments the tr,tri,tie
example of Lieut.-Colnuel Dickson, county Limerick rrgi-
' merit, now enrolled end under daily drill at the Castle bar-
rack in this gsreison. This gallant officer, silo of tto la4e
' Major-Generat Dickson, C.D., and who scrved for several
years in the 13th Light Dragoons, has c ivi!.ie col his ar-
rangements for el :thing the regiment In uti,f,:rn nr nave
manufacture, sad procuring every single article of Vie
soldiers' kit in Ireland. The cfhcers, also, at iiia inota,ee,
have ordered their entire eutfit to be ruutio up in this
country."
The North Cork 11312 clothing has hoo n ,rilered from an
English house by OA. Hodder. Liii d Dnnarri, com-
manding the Cork City, will have the uniform made up in
Ireland. _ _ .

81.100.—A good number of volunteers have joined the
Sligo Militia, principally front the rural district'. Active
exerti,ins are now being made for tLeir ctulndiusent, and
our barracks will shortly be occupied by the alto at present
enrolled, for the purpose of being data.
Moctxottcw.—The Colonel of the Monaghan regiment
has applied to the Poor Lsw Comminicieen to he allowed to
rest a portion of the Monaghan Union Worklieure, +brit
immediately adjoins the military barracks, and which a:
present is unoceupisd, for the use of the Militia. The
Pon Law Commissionen have declined to accede to the
request.
GALWAY.—Freclerick Fled D•vereua, E‘g., eeeee•d %Al
of Ur. Devereux, of Dallyrankin. bar been anpointed to an
ensigucy in the Galway Militia, by the Moat Noble the Mar-
quis of Clanricarde.

THE ITALIAN OPERA AT PARlS.—lnlignani'd
weekly notice of this Opera we find the following surelste :
" We must not omit to notice en alurcet in.vromplu Ter.
fermiume of our old friend and favourite, IS B blue, ssme
nights since at this theatre. At a late hour in the at•er-
noon it vas annouuced to the horror thiicken director thkt
Mdme. Gawks, having just suffered a sudden and severe
attack of illness, could not possibly sing that evening. It
wu too late to substitute another opera, and the only hope
of Colonel Rawl lay in the cbliging kindners of M
Bosla. Ho hastened to her ruidenc., luckily found her at
home, acquainted her with the difficulty, ihoi though site
had not sung nor looked at the music shire her mil's! in
Paris, she at once sat down to the piano. ran cvcr the cars.
and at eight o'clock presented herself as Bahia. Ph.cards
at tt.e door simply arnounced the change, which wrs re-
ceived by the public with delight ; and th's set of com-
plaisance led to one of her most brilliant swims ; trcm
the first notes of the well known eavaana Una Voce, to the
en! of the piece, bcirg a succt,,,ion of triumphs."
The Minerrc of Athens states that • private soldier
of General May Tashi division having pi re. red that a poor
Greek family,
tutu, summed with a comrade to make the rari.ns of ene
suffice for thou both, and to give the Mbar ratters loth*
circumstance, informed the admiral of
knowing how the 'ripply came there. The captain of the
poor family. Every mnotranrinhggistuhal le
sun;:yp: oro"tip. 01:;:gl foundredoon:
theirpar
ir, am] wben the French division was tattered In the Crimea,
I that racer gase directions to hove the same quantity of food
pill cii.trihutod for a certain number of months to the pro-
Ala of the French soldier.
'NE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—A from AR
officer on board the tl,et at Hong Kong Ketes that the
tlohnegi9u'lihNeaordsr;m3rbdeir". vl'hre ship Enterprise arrived there on
three lieutenants and nr.ster hat.:
been fur upwards of fifteen mootlir, and wt ro still, larder
arrest. No officer bad been out of this paradise of a ship
during that period. The ant lieutenalit had been nude(
arrest far upwards of two years; same of the hiticers have
even been under close arrest, el:101okt! hi :net: cabins. Sir
James Stirling itu ordered that all shall butt hbtity to go
ashore, bat declines to interfere Weber.