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

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

CiF.NEBAL SIR DE LACY EVANB.—We are informed
the lieutenant governorship of Chelsea Hospital, vacant by
the death of General Sir A. F. Barnard, was offi-red to the
gallant member for Westminster, but was declined.

ADMIRALTY, FEB. 3.—PROMOTIONS.—Minteer
Assistant J. Milton (1818), promoted to the rank of muter.
Arronermertre.—Captsin G. T. Gordon (1848), to the
' Victory, 101, flag-ship, st Spithead.
Commonctsrs T. Brewer (1852), and J. 0. Bathunt
(1E53), to be agents for transports an the Black Sea.
Lieutenants T. 11. B. Fellowes (1852), sod T. M. 8.
Puny (1850), to be additional lieutenants of the Royal
Albert, 121, screw steam skip, of 600. horn-power, Medi-
terranean Station.

Muter J. 8. Hill (ISO), to the Pessbitoke, 60, screw
stem ship, at rung:teeth. _
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Surgeorli W. Smith to the Ariel, 9, screw steam ship, of
60 horse-power, at Portsmouth; H. Liddell (1841), to the
Waterloo, 120, flag-ship, at Sheerciris; and J. Vaughan,
(1841), to the Cressy, 80, screw steamship, of 400 horse-
power, at Sheerness.
Psymsaters J. B. Andrews (1846), to the Hastings, 60,
screw steam ship, at Portsmouth; C. W. Belts (1864), to
the Pembroke ; G. F. C. Bateman (1847), to the Arrogant,
46, screw steam frigate, of 360 horse-power, at Portsmouth;
G. A Lance (1844), to the Cornwallis, 60, screw steam ship,
at Dsvonport ; S H. 1.. Gila (1846), to the Hawke, 60,
screw steam ship, at Sheerness; J. B Broomall (1846), to
the Russell, 60, screw steam ship, at Sheerness ; and H.
Johnston (1851), to the Centaur, 6, paddle wheel steam
frigate, of 640 bons power, at Portsmouth.
Assistant Surgeons G. T. Jones (1861), to the Conway,
14, flag ship, at Cork; R. Sproule (1861), M.D to the
Orion, 91, screw steam ship, of 600 horse-power, at Sheer-
nem ; J. W. Slight (1846), to the Dee, 4, paddle wheel
steam troop Alp, of 200 horse-power, at Chatham ; and H.
F. Cullen (1840), M.D., to the St. Vincent, 102, guard ship
of ordinary. at Portsmouth.
Clerks I. Wagstaff, to the Hastings ; and B. J. Giles, to
the Pembroke.

Naval Cadet W. P. Barrow, to the Odin, 16, paddle
wheel steam frigate, of 560 bons-power, at Woolwich.
Clerk's Assistant lt. W. Parish, to the Ronalave, irot,
scrim steam store ship, of 700 horse-power, at Portsmouth.

PORTSMOUTH, FM 4.

The sick and wounded soldiers brought home in
the steam ship Mauritius from the East will be landed to-
morrow morning at 7 o'clock, and forwarded to Chatham
by railway. They were to have been conveyed round to
that port in the ship, but yesterday morning the crew re-
futed to navigate her round, as they contended
that their engagement was at an end on reach-
ing port in England. The Horse Guards had there-
fore to he communicated with, and the result is
the arrangement already mentioned. As soon as the vessel
got alongside the dockyard yesterday afternoon, the hospital
cues were at once landed, and conveyed to the military hoe.
pital in this garrison on litters, te... They were 12 in number.
The women end children also who have had a
passage given to them from the Mediterranean,
their husbands or !ethers having been sent up from Gibral-
tar, &e., to the Crimea, were also landed and turn to tem.
porary barracks till they can be sent to their respective
homes. Admiral Superintendent Martin and the officers of
the wriest' wets in attendance in the dockyard to me to
the requisite arrangements being made.
The Mauritius reports that little hope is enter-
tained of the peddle-wheel sloep Heels, of six guns,
Commander Hawker, being got off the shore at Gibraltar,
where she struck on the night of the 22nd of January, in a
fog, after returning from a cruise. She has all her gum
overboard, her mists cot sway, and is full of water. Her
officers and crew had left her. A Sardinian emigrant ship
had also been totally wrecked, by mistaking the lights of
the Heels for shore lights, and eight or ten emigrants had
been drowned.
The Pembroke, 72, converted into a screw ship of 60
guns, was taken out of dock yesterday; and the Hastings,
of the same clam, will come out to-morrow. These two
vessels, as also the Russell, Hawke, and Cornwallis, 60
IMO screw ships, have been commissioned, the appointments
being published is the Daily News of yesterday. There
are already four other of these 60 gun screws in commis-
sion :—The Blenheim, Ajax, Hogue, and Edinburgh, so
that a very powerful squadron of them will be available for
the Baltic In the Spring.
The Jades Watt, 91, screw, Captain Elliott, was moved
into the fitting basin yesterday.
The tkindien, convict-ship, sailed for Gibraltar yesterday
with convicts.

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The Charlotte Jane, tranv3rt, we% towed into harbour
to-day to embark a draft of the 69th for the West Indies.

PLYMOUTH, FEB. 4.
The Duke of Wellington, 131, Captain Gordon, is
expected at this port fro& Portsmouth, to be docked and
make good defects. The Vulture, Captain Glasse, is ex-
pected at this port, from Cromarty, to refit The Basepa-
reil, 70, is to eosin here from the Black Sea; she is to be
refitted with all expedition. The Rosamond, which arrived
on Thursday from Scotland, came into harbour to be fumi-
gated and to refit. The Exmouth, 90, will go out of har-
bour to morrow, and will proceed to sea on Wedne.day and
Thursday to y her engines. Her ere, will be paid an
advance of wages next week. The Esk arrived yesterday
from the Esetern ports ; she is to come into harbour to
make good some defects.