The Express.
London, England, 1863-03-19 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

Aexcamerr, MAzon 18. APPorirriams.—
Ootemander J. Sim •to the Platens and Albert, vice
Ch~tYnerr 'r°R. Cronin, to be additional to the Howl" for
neestjuard-sur W.
Benin.
J. R. Patience, to the Royal Adelaide.
Respeonr Pickett to the Orpheus.
Antatent-Surgeons J. 1. Ellis, to the Pox ; T. Jameson,
to Greenwich Ilospital ; T. Felice, to the Indus ; E. B.
Render to be additional to the Fiord ; G. A. Oatapball,
XD., to the Sparrow ; and O. R. Farr, to the Panda's.
ibtaws P. Jamey, and A. Austin base been nominated to

mval eadetships.

CHATHAM. MAYS la.
The Active, 40, sailing frigate, fitting at this
pork for a traini ship for um eaval west volenterop,is
ri to be din the des which will be vacated by
arreour-plaplaested fite Royal Oak, 34, 800.boree power,
VLetter sisalwill be floated out of desk toneerrow.
Royal Oak will afterwards provost down the river to
ea 4061 depot, where she will fill up, preparatory ?am
seeding on her trial trip at the Magni Sands, her
trial of 'peed being looked forward to with soon degree a/
I heated.

PORTSMOUTH, Maul 18.
The Eraeral.i, 35, screw frigate, Captain A.
Gumming, resumed her experimenter screw bills to-day
with a six-bladed screw. The wind and tide were favour-
Mode; and the ship realised a meaty spade( 14 knees in six
11101 over the trial ironed ; but the draught of water was
ibilinthat different from what it wee on previous oporholoi
go 111µ the trial will not have numbed an accurate compa-
alive test.
The Racoon, 22, screw corvette, Captain the Count
Gleichen, bu sailed for Bermuda, and not for the Mealier-
' ranee., se previously anosemosd.

THE LOSS OP TEE NAIL MAZZA OOLOMBO.
Yartarday, Mr. Captain
police-mediate, and
Omplaia Barris and Captain Baker, nautical war e,
attended at the Gresawith Polieemeurt, to tepees the
°plain solved at with regard to the to. of the mail
steamer Colombo, Captain Farquhar, on the island of
Minicoy, in the Arabian Bea, on the morning of the 19th
Nov. last, whilst cm a voyage from Calcutta to Balm The
court wee unanimous in its °piano, the principal point for
iteexisidendloo having been the cause of the motel being
waked en the island named, the some big 32 miles to
she northward of the supposed position of the ship at the
time the struck, which was at 6.20 on the mom
ing d the 19th Nov., and within seven or eight
inamiten after Lod was first sighted. Agreeing with the
souse shaped and allowance made for lateral currents by
Captain Farquluir on leaving Point its Calk ea the agar-
woos of the 17th of November, the coed was of casks that
meek an extraordinary deviation se 32 mike to the north•
ward of the supposed podia of the vessel could only be
ascribed to the influence of ea unusually arose current, it
hada since been ascertained in this country, from a
rditiet publishedby Professor Ferguson, of the
navy, that a atlas or rotary storm was
prevailing to the N.W. of Mislay. To this must be
attributed such au extraordinary current, which no
amount of precaution could have guarded egainst.
In returning to Captain Farquhar his certificate, the coon
expiated an opinice that the eroded of the engis in
charge at the tiros of the wreck had been aegLetfal, in ad
throwing off the expaatiou gear on receiving the order just
maims to the motel 'Mika. to " tam astern, full said,"
by which two or three minutes of precious time was lost,
although it did tot appear In 'ideate that the wish maid
have been avoided Lad the ceder bete instantly obeyed.
The court also expiated its approbation of the conduct of
Captain Farquhar and his officers suit crew in atria the
lives of the whole of the psiatimine and recovering the
mails and cargo on board the wrecked vessel, Mr. Belk
remarking that an official report embodying the opinions of
himself aid the nautical smeneces woad be forwarded to
the Beard ot Tiede.

RAILWAYS AID PUMA() 00112.A1.15S IN PADUA-
WporlST.—Ytantestmedsy, is
Lord litanleyjec's coamammittee,lgama the im-
and much t or ting the
Direst Western old West Midland for smalgunatlug the
Oemt Western aed West Midland letees of railways was
towed by Mr. Marawether, 4C., who stated that it was
proposed by the present Lamour, to consolidate into one
netted company the various railways and canals of the
Great Western and West Midland diagrams of Bail/sad, of
widish those companies respectively were the omen and
Imes, sod now worked under agreement, and that it would
be for the mutual benefit of the proprietors and the public
if they were worked heaesfrwerd under one rtMaye, their
plant, stocks, Alien, sad Sconces to be amalgamated
under cos imamordeet and control, with power
to robs faoher capital. The proposition is owned by
no fewer than kurtosis counsel on behalfof as
man railways, including the Lawlor' and North Western,
' M , Taff Vale, Oywoltry, sod other who deem
that the proposed annexation and elbows would be alike
detrimental to their owe interests sad the 'dyeable* et the
piddle. Mr. C. A. Sounding wo nadir azansiaatioa all day
is behalf of the Great Western Railway, and in favour of
the tioo, by Mr. Burke, Q.C., Mr. Somer.
set,l=.lBas. The committee oa the °mopeds(
Booth Wolters and Southampton Port lines have adjourned
to Taesday slot, to give the parties time to come to aa
arrogemeet. Mr. Scholefield's committee peeled the Stoat
hoot sad -Named& Railway Bill, and will roonemble
of
to-dathy to amidst Qp,t for die Bristol Docka. The clauses
e North Eastern and Stockton sad Darlington Bill
haviag been settkod. the case of the West Ilartlepoof Bar-
bour sad Railway Mammy, for regulation of capitol and
mattibutioa to Olmstead itathrsy„ was cooed, amid wiS,
neeses examined by Mr. *lnwood.

The (Wiwi/mg note** was issued by the Pest-
mastee•Oesseel yeeteelay: "The of the me& for
the Mediterranean, redo, aid 144 illes, which is dot
course ihaukl be despatched frost Loidoe the erode& tie
18th inst., is postponed natal the evening of to-aterrow, the
bilk inst.*