The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-29 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADMIZALTY, SIFT. 27.—A PPOINTMENTS.--Surgeon
E. T. Mortimer, to the Stromboli.
Paymaster W. T. Grieve, to the Perseus.
Chia Eagamers J. Roberts (acting), to the Pincus.
Engineers E. Hodge, to the Barrows ; W. R. Drineld,
the Echpae.
First Claes Assistant Engineers C. W. G. Cheatham, to
the Cornwallis ; T. G. R. Knight, confirmed as first class
assistant engineer in the Asia ; J. CJoi and A. Young, to
the Barrows; J. S. M'Farlane and J.pe C. Week, to the
Eclipse.
Acting Engineers T. H. Morgan, to the Pembroke ; and
W. Castle, to the Cornwallis.

Second-Class Assistant Engineers J. A. Dicks to the Bar-
rage ; and J. Mitchell (acting), to the Eclipse.
Midshipmen E. Wickham, J. K. Aylen, and A. H. Fronde,
to the Perseus ; A. A. Lee, IL F. Orton, A. H. Bickford,
and H. EL T. Chown., to the Barrage.
Naval Cadets H. A. Carbonnell, to the Barroom; H. H.
Askew and W. A. Norman to the Narcissus ' • B. L Gnome,
A. D. Wood, B. D. Acleod, C. Gardner, and J. L Burr,
to the Bacchante.

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Mr. A. 11. Baker has been nominated to a natal cadet-
ship.

CHATHAM, Sum 28.
Orders have been received at this dockyard, from
the Admiralty, announcing that the Lords Commiesioners
of the Admiralty have decided on adopting the 9-pounder
Armstrong held gun, instead of the 12-pounder Armstrong,
on board the pinnace* and other large boats belonging to the
various vessels of war. A certliu somber of the 9.pound..
Armstrong* will in future be supplied to all Teasels of war
httiog for sea.
The line-of-battle screw steamer Trafalgar, 90, 500 hone-
power, is undergoing a thomugh rep►ir at Sheerness, sod as
moon as she is completed will join the Channel &et.

PORTSMOUTH, Sam 27.
The Edgar, 89, screw line-of-battle ship, Cap-
tain the Hon. Fitzgerald A. Foley, was taken out of dock
at this port today, haviee had the leek near her inner
sterepost stopped. She steamed at once to Spithead, in
order to take in her powder and shell. On Monday she will
sail in company with the Reaistaute, 18, iron screw-raro,Cap-
tamp W. Chamberlain, for Lisbon, calling at Portland and Ply-
mouth for the Warrior. Black Prince, and Liffey. On leaving
Plymouth the iron fleet will make for the coast of Portugal,
and will lay moored in the Tagus io order to do honour to
the King of Portugal on the occasion of his nuptials with
Pi lumen Maria-Pia, daughter of the King of Italy. The
Galatea, we are informed, will Lot accompany the above
named ships as it was rumoured.
The Revenge, 73, screw ship, Captain Charles Followed,
will come into harbour on Monday to Oe placed in No. 10
dock for repain.
The Delete:a, 18, iron screw ram ship, Captain Richard
A. Powell, C.R., was taken out of dock to-day, having bean
repaired. The damage done by this ship striking while in
the Baltic, has been found to be far lees serious than was at
first anticipated. The iron plating was not shattered as an-
ticipated, but merely forced out of place and bent, the
rivets also being 7displaced, thus causing considerable
leakage.

The Falcon, 17, screw sloop. Commander Heneage, which
vowel arrived oa Friday from the Coast of Africa, aline into
harbour to. day to dismantle Lod pay ar.

NAVAL RINZETL —The following aprintment
has been made in the Royal Naval Itearive:— obe Lieu-
tenant, Boyd Alezeoder Johnston.
A STATION MARTEN K ILLED. —An accident of
a very melancholy character textured at the Standon-bridge
station, near Stafford, on Thursday night, which resulted in
the death of Yr. Henry Wills, the station master at that
place. The manner in which the unfortunate man met
with his death at present remains in considerable obscurity,
but it ts supposed that he less attending to some duty con-
nected with the distance signal, and that upon returning to
the station there were goods trains approaching io each
direction, and that only seeing one be stepped on to the
other line of rails to avoid it, and an came in cecina with
the other, by which he wee thrown Reran the rails and run
over. The unfortunate deceased, who was universally re-
spected, leaves a widow and family to lament his untimely
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