The Express.
London, England, 1855-05-02 00:00:00

RANK OF INDIAN OFFICERS.

(From last night's Oasetto.)

War-office, May 1.
In order to remove any doubt which may exiat as
to the rank and precedence of the officers of the
Honourable East India Company's service, it is her
Majesty's pleasure that officers of the Honourable
East India Company's service, whose commissions
shall be signed by authorities duly deputed to do so
by her Majesty, shall have rank and precedence with
officers of her Majesty's regular army, according to
the dates of their commissions, in all parts of her
Majesty's dominions or elsewhere.

BOUNTY FOR TWO YEARS' ENLISTMENTS.

The following circular has been issued for the
guidance of the recruiting department :
lions Guards, April 30, 1835.
In conformity with the order in council authorising the
enlistment of recruits between the ores of twenty-four
and thirty Roe years, for the limited term of two years, and
for any further term, not exceedieg one year, the General
Commanding-ia•Citief, with the concurrence of the Secre-
tary at War, directs it to be notified that all recruits so en-
listing will be allowed the same bounty as at present granted
to men enlisted for a longer period.

DUBLIN, APRIL 30.
The drafts at present in Cork barracks are very
etrome, emnprioing 200 men of the 3rd Bully, 120 of the
9th It. invent, 152 of the 14th, 120 of the 39th, and 120 of
the 89th, beeidee 500 men of the 2nd Bomerett Mtlitie.

The R:oyal Artillery stationed at Ballinc011ig17,:: be►n
receiving ■ good many serviceable hors.. of late, nearly 60
arriving within the space of a few days.

LErrEa hu been received by

Messrs Todd and Bums, of Dublin :-"Camp before Sabato-
pol, April 13.-Gentlemen,l beg to acknowledge the receipt of
a very large bale of clothes, mint by you from the ladies of
Ireland, for the we of the 88th R•giment under my com-
mand, which I distributed yesterday. Although the
weather is now Sae, and the men in general are well
clothed, still many of the snit's' are very acceptable, and I
beg to enure you that the men are very gratetul for them,
especially u these things are the gift of their fair country-
women, to whom, in the name of the Rangers,' 1 beg
leave to return our best thanks for their kind remem-
brance of us. I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your
faithful servant, H. SHIRLIY, Colonel, commanding 88th
111.tent.-Meaus. Todd, Burns, and Co."
:ANSPORT SERVICE.-The Admiralty have given
notice that the following ships have been engaged as re-
gular transports, aumbered as stated, many of which num-
bers, it is necessary to state, have been given in a former
Pat, but the original vessels not being now so the service,
their numbers have been given to the ships recently taken
up-namely: Noe. 1, Alma (at.) • 3, Magnet; 6, Sibella;
12, Bacchante (et.); 17, Mary Louisa; 28, Jarrow (Wt.) ;
35, Northfleet ; 87, Crest of the Wave; 38, Wide-awake;
40, Lancashire Witch; 41, Rent; 63, Iron Age (at.); 67,
Lady Russell ; 62, Onwara ; 63, Chalmers; 81, Argo (st.);
82, Alps (st.) ; 91, Ivanhoe ; 96, Arabia (at.) ; 101, Cam-
bria (at.); 107, Eden ; 119, Coldstream ; 209, Great Tag-
mania ; 210, Saldanha • 211, Zebra ; 212, Saxon (it.);
218, Condi& (at.); 214, Resolute (st.); 216, Assistance
(se.); 216, Windsor; 217, Velos. he actual number of
vessels, therefore, steamers and sailing ships, employed by
the government in the transport service, is 217.
The Transport Board has decided that in future no
transport shall leave ibis country with troops or horses with-
sot fiat-bottomed boats, suitable for disembarkation.
The invalids brought in the Victoria steamer were
landed yesterday moraing at Southampton, and sent off to
Chatham by the 9 a.m. train. The Victoria has 400 tone of
Malts stone on boud for building purlieus.

THE Bingen= MILITIA.—The Improvement in the
discipline of this regiment is very apparent. The present
strength of the force is 26 officer., 29 sergeants, 10 rummers,
and 481 rank and file ; the proper number should be 30
oigoers, 40 a,rgeants, 15 drummers, 40 corporals, and 777
rank and file. They have not received all their clothing
yet from hesdquertere its London. When this is done they
are to report to the home aloe, mind than they will rewire
orders.where the are to be located, whether at the sump at
Aldarshott or in .—Berkshire Clironick.

LOSS OF THE SHIP MARQUIS OF HASTINGS.—
Maims front Havana, dated 7th April, incntion the total
kis, on tbe Ist, on the Colondo Roots, of the British barque
Illarnais of Hastings, of Loodon, white on her voyage from
neadnras to Comedown, with • serge of mahogany. The
Wow were saved.
Loss OF THE SHIP SAW St/RlDlONE.—Advioes
hes Cagliari to the 24th April :motion the total lore, neon .
that plate, of the San Spiridioce, BCOOOIMiI, while on her
wises from Palm to London. Crew saved.
The salaries of the commagers of the Peninsular
ads Oriental Company's fleet bare been rabid, and their
• -ta from. -sreo abolished.