The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-11 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

The Admiralty will receive tenders to-day for the
hire of sailing vessels, of from 400 to 600 tons each, for the
conveyance of huts, &e., to the Crimea.

The General Screw Company's steamer Crcesus is
now being repaired in Southampton dock, and, after being
coated with Buchan and Peacock's composition, she is to
proceed to Portsmouth to take the following troops to
Balaclava, detachments of the 4th, 7th, 18th, 19th,
23rd, 28th, 34th, 38th, 42nd, 44th, 46th, 71st, 77tb, 88th.
93rd, aho the lst:battalion of the Me Brigade ; in all 19
officers, 26 sergeants, and 1,138 rank and file.

PORTSMOUTH, SAW. 10.

The Dragon, 6, paddle-wheel sloop, Captain Will-
cox, sailed this evening from Spithead for Pembroke,
having on board the crew of the Victoria and Albert, with
the Hon. Mr. Foley, first lieutenant of that ship, and Mr,
Aylen, muter, who go there to take charge of the new
yacht Windsor Castle, on her being launched, and towing
her to this port.

The crew of the Duke of Wellington, 131, screw ship,
Captain Gordon, are ordered to be paid wages tomorrow,
and have short leave of absence. The Duke of Wellington
will have to come into dock to have her bottom examined ;
she is having a refit at Spithead.
The Ajax, 60, screw ship, Captain Warden, bad her
compuees sdj sited yesterday and to-day, on completing her
refit.

The Arrogant, 46, screw frigate, Captain Yelverton, was
taken into dock to-day to have her bottom examined.
The Geyser, 6, paddle sloop, Commander Dew, having
fitted ont, went out of harbour to Spithead this afternoon.

The Prince Albert, merchant ship, sailed for the West
Indies this afternoon from Bpithead, having a detachment
of the 36th Regt. on board.

DUBLIN, ZAK 10.
The first company or detachment of the newly-orga-
nised Commissariat Driver Corps, consisting of one superin-
tendent, two sub-superintendents, and 47 drivers, under
Commivary-Cienend Hewetson, arrived in Cork on Monday
from Dublin, en route (or Queenstown, for embarkation on
board H. M. B. Princess Royal, Lord Clarence Paget, to
join the army In the Crimea. The company is composed of
active, healthy young men, raised in this country. The
corps will consist of 'even companies of 50 men each, in-
eluding non-commissioned officers—the latter taken from
the constabulary. The men are accommodated in Elisabeth
Fort until arrival of the ship, which are hourly expected.
Major Hamilton's company, 2nd battalion Royal Artil-
lery, are to march from Kilkenny and Limerick to Bailin-
collie, and to be replaced by Captain Lennox's company,
lit battalion. The detachments at the forte on Loughs
Swilly and Foyle are about to be redaoed from 50 to 25
non-commissioned officers and gunners.
92ND DZPOT.—Tbis depot has selected about twenty
volunteers, who are north of Ireland }non, from the Antrim
Rifles, who joined their new corps on Friday last at Belfast.
Among the latest arrivals from the seat of war is Mr.
Richard Wellesley Bernard, brother of Captain Bernard, of
Castle Bernard, King's County, who arrived in Dablia
from Balaklava yesterday. Mr. Bernard left this in May
last with the 11th Hassan, and was present at the battles
of Alma, Inksrmann, and Balaklaya. Amongst several
curiosities which Mr. B d has brought over to this
country is a Russian cob pony, which served all through
the campaign. Mr. Bernard left the Crimea on the 19th of
December.

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The Lords of the Admiralty have given Mr. Ernest
Augustus Travers-Stubbs a lientenantey in the Royal Navy,
for his bravery at the attack of Sebastopol. He is now on
shore labouring in the trenchea, and has the command of
len important battery.

MARSEILLES, JAN. 9.
The Britannia, Neptune, and Gorgon, have ar-
rived et Malta.

The Varna correspondent of the Fremden Blatt
writes that merchantmen now convey stores to the Crimea
lon their own account, and no fewer than 1,200 vessels trade
between the Bosphorus and Ksmiesch Bay, supplying every-
thing both better and more expeditiously than the Turco-
Anglo-French inrencianoe.