The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-13 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADMIBALTT, DEC. 12.—Arpon-rmr.yri. —Lieut.
A. Turman, to the Defence.
Paymaster C. W. Eelee, to the Victoria.
Surgeon Dr. A. 1.;:olru, to the Bloobeiru.
Engineer J. W. Nett, superaurocrary, to the Asia,
confirmed.

:ICting Second Clue Amistant Engineer J. Barn, to the
Asia, as supernumerary.
PaomonoN3.—To be First Class Assistant Engineers : G.
Woolard, of the Trafalgar ; E. Clark, supernumerary of the
Asia; N. D. Chamber, of the Dauntless.

PORTSMOUTH, Dtc. 12.

The Achilles, 20, iron screw strain frigate,
Catplan Edward W. Vansittart, arrived at Spithead on Satur-
day, andualuted the slag of Admiral Sir Michael Seymour,
C.C.S. This morning Admiral Sir Michael Seymour em-
barked on board the Sprightly. steamveuel, Muter George
Allen, proceeded to Spithead and inspected her. The mew of
the ship manned yards on the admiral going on board.
Admiral Sir William Fanshawe Martin paid a visit to the
dockyard today.
The Calcutta, iron *crew steam transport, solved this
afternoon from Calcutta, with time expired men and mili-
tary invalids, and came into harbour to discharge them.
the Rinaldo, 17, screw sloop, commander the Hon.
Maurice H. Nelson, is daily expected at Spithead from the
West Indies. to pay off, having been four years in commis-
sion in May next.
. . . . .

The Urgent, iron 'crew steam troop ship, Captain Samuel
H. Henderson, will be taken oat of No. 1U dock to-morrow;
she will also get up her steam for trial of her machinery after
repairs.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, Die. 12.

Tut ENSUING COMMENCLAIENT.—rhe Vice-Chao-
callor hie requested that the supplicate and certificates of
terms for degrees of A.S. in mathematical Immure, for
degrees of LL.B.,and the supplicate for degrees in Moral and
Natural Sciences at the approaching conirueucemeut may be
mot to the registrary on or before Saturday, the 24th of
December.

CLASSICS. —The Board of Classical Studies hays given
notice that the following will lw the subjects cf examina-
tion at the general previous examination of 1866 : —The
Gospel of St. Mark; liarodotus, Book VIL ; Virgil's
bueld, Books V. and VL

CHARGE Or FELONY AGAINST A COMMIsSION
Auecr.—At the Manchester police-court, yesterday, Isaac
Collin', described as a commission agent, but formerly a
wealthy manufacturer at Rochdale, was charged with steal-
ing 6 cwt. of cotton fonts, the property of Mr. Holt,
of Rochdale. In September the prisoner met the prosecu-
tor in Manchester and introduced him to a third person,
from whom the prosecuter purchased the fonts. They were
left at a public-house, it being arranged that they should be
lett there till neat morning, when the prisoner should take
them to the railway station at Rochdale, where he was to
be met by some one on behalf of the prosecutor. The pit.
miser obtained the feats. but never took then, to the pro.
mentor, who met him at Halifax, and gave him into custody
of the police. He was committed for trial at the sessiose.
FATAL AceIDENT ON THE STAINES AND WOKING.
HAM HAlLWAT.—Yesterday at noon Mr. C. J. Woods. the
coroner for West Surrey, held an inquest at the Railway
Inn, Egham, Surrey, on the body of George Overton, aged
43 • platelayer iu the employment of the London and
South. Western Railway, who was killed on Friday last by
the 10.50 down train, while walking along the line &timid-
hag to the permanent way of the Sistine. and Wolchigham
Railway. After hearing the evidence the jury returned •
verdict of " Accidental death," and although they coo-
riclared there was no culpable neglect of duty on the part of
the compar.y's servants, and that no blame could be attached
to them, they felt that it was desirable that the coroner
should direct the attention of the traffic =eager of the
South Western Railway to the great discrepancy in the
witnesses' evidence with retard to the rate of travelling
upon that portion of the line when the accident had taken
I Pfs'e*-

KILAC FAST BETIRAG —Homcropathic practi-
tioners, and the medical profession generally, recommend cocoa as
being the most healthful of all bower:wee When the doctrine of
homoo.pathy wag first Introduced into this country, t.ere wen to
be obtained no preparation. of cocoa either attractive to the taste
or acceptable to the stomach . the nut am either iupplied In the
crude state or so unskilfully manufactured as to obtain little
notice. J. Epps, of London, Homeopathic Chemist, was induced
Ici the year 16341 to turn his attention to this subject. and at
length succeeded, with the assistance of elaborate machinery In
being the first to produce en article pure in its composition, and
so refined by the perfect trituration it receives in the process it
Zs'through, so to be most acceptable to the delicate stomach
. ;Mead use Eppe s oa is distinguished as an nvlgmarmiy,
grateful breakfast beverage, possessing a most delirious aroma.
Dr. Hassell, In his work, "Adulterations of nod," says:-
-Cocoa contains a great variety of important nut-itive princi-
ples—every Ingredleut neceasary to the poeith andsustenance
of the body." Amain As a nutritive, cocoa sterile eery much
higher thee either entree or tea." Dlrectious—Two tempoonfula
of the powder la a breakfast cup, filled up with boiling water
or milk. Bemired In tau-lined Vb., jib., and Ilb labelled packets,
and sold at la. 64. per IL, by grocers. confectioners. and chemists
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