The Express.
London, England, 1865-11-14 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILEL'ARE

ADMIRALS; Nov. 13. APPolerrmenrs. --Com.
mender A. H. W. IBattiaeombe, to be impacting occamendec
in the ocsamireard.
Stalf.Cloenneandre C. Bombe, to be re-appointed to the
command of the Sanely. when roomornaiaioned.
Lieotanant H. B. flatstilege, to the Excellent.
Servos Dr. J. D. Cronin facklitlonal). to the Mao.
PRONOTIOII.—To be acting segleeer. J. Wyllie.

PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 13.
A private correspondent writing from Australia
states that the Eclipse, 4, screw gun vessel, Commander
E. B. Fremantle, woe undesired at tildes, as the 11th
September, bowleg made good her del *us caused by getting
ashore, and which ren Issue naseasary to remove her
H. shaft. The Falcon, 17, stoop, Commander G.
H. Fulda, tat Sydney on the 15th September to join the
Curacao, El, screw frigate, Commodore Sir William
Wiseman Bart., at New Caledonia. She would have
sailed earlier, bet was detained for the arrival of the man.
The Fek, 21, screw corvette, Captain J. P. Laws, arrived at
Sydney on the 21st September, and was to leave for
Auckland on her arrival. The Eclipse was adored to sail
on the 24th September, with the mall for the Commodore,
but the order wee minute:mended, and was expected to
remain at Sydney. until the arrival of the Commodore,
who was expiated there about the middle of October.
The Malacca, 17, screw sloop, war commiasiousd to-day
by Captain R. B. Oldfteld, for service on the Pacific

phalli OF NBA Gt•frini..—lt is with re.,Tet
that we have to announce the death of a lady who, besides
Ming loved and esteemed by • large circle of friends,
was also one of the most popular writers of the day.
Mrs. Elisabeth Clapham Geskell died suddenly at her
house at Alton on Sunday last. She was the wife of •
Unitarian minister !raiding at Manchester, and was born
early in the present century. Her grit work, " Mary
Barton," a picture of Manchester life among the working
classes, appeared anonymously in 1848. Moorland
Cottage," a simple little Christmas book, followed ta 1850.
Two years later appeared another novel, called " Rath."
Mrs. Goebel likewise published some sketches of life in
a village, which were orstribated to HouseAold Words
under the title of " Cranford," and more recently/a tale in
two volumes celled "North and South," in which she
returned to the manufacturing districts of Yorkshire, and
carried her readers through the painful details of • "strike."
In 1867, she published a life of CharleUe Brent& She also
collected stories (first published in Honselo/d Words sad
other periodicals) into " Round tlte Sofa," 2 vols., 1859 ;
" Right at Last," 1 vol., 1860 ;and " Ruth," 3 e015..1851.
PILLNONITIONS OF CROLU.A. —Dr. Whitmore,
medical officer of health, in a report made to the vestry of
St. Maryleboork states that dories the peat month thaw
have been in that parish seventeen deaths from disnixea„
and he remarks that diarrhofa in the parish is now more
prevalent than usual at this time of the year. and cannot
now be accounted for by hest of temperature and
be other
generally reeognised causes ;it *net therefore to con.
'kissed as premonitory of the more fatal digests which may
yet come, and he strongly urges upon all the mosesity of
paying more prompt attention to every attack, however
eieht or seemingly unimportant, since it is known that by
such timely precentioe the full development of cholera is
oftentimes prevented and life saved.
HEIIIIOB DSZY WORINOVAN. —A statement having
been published es to the want of books in this hones, the
master has sent us a catalogue of the Workhouse Lending
library, consisting of more then 400 volumes of miscella-
neous literature which ice avallabie to the inmates, under
a few simple rules. We are further informed that the poor
people have the advantage of reading the Times end other
periodicals duly.
THE Mauna Narotnow vo SHE PRINCESS
BACIOOCRI.—" The Emperor Napolese," says the Yonikur
of yesterday, " has addressed the following bitter to her
Highness the Prisons Napoleon Busiocchi Palace of
Bt. Cloud, Nov. 12,1886.—My
you bow door Cloosin,—l assiose
to tell @alleged I base bees with my visit tes
ta
Korn er.flouet. You have now lived *even years in •
country but reeently almost nneeltivated, amid worthy
Brahmin, having in view the megrim of agriculture and the
immure of the populetion which surrounds you. The
success you have obtained by an exemplary perseveres°,
deserves all ay eulogies. arid is enocureging you to costmae.
I mew to you the arrapsne• of my sincere friend/hi/o.
Your affectionate eosin, N•romon."