The Express.
London, England, 1865-05-25 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

PORTSMOUTH, MAT 24.
To-day being get apart for the celebration of the
anniversary of the Queen's birth, the gewerameat establish-
ments were closed, and the ships in Portsmouth harbour
were gaily droned ia puiluolonred beati g, sad at noon
Bred a salute of 21 guns. The troops stationed in this
garrison, supplemented by the Royal Marines, artillery,
and light intently, the enrolled pessicaers, 2nd and 3rd
Hants Artillery Volunteers, and sth Hants Rifles, were
waded ou Bentham-common, under the cessunand of
ilsior•Cleneral Lord WW. Pantie. and took ep the salute
given by the ships in commission, by firing • fen Se joie,
and afterwards marched past the star in review order. A
vest conocians of peT•olllialembled to wawa theepeetnole.
The Edgar, 73, Captain G. T. P. Hereby, bearing the
flag of RearAdtuiral Sydaey Colpoya Dames, 0.8., worn.
peg
by the Salamis. paddle dispatch vegook Oesiuntoder
F. Lett* left Spitheed this 'fierce's. OMIIIT steam, to
join the division of the Channel squadron at Portland.
The Geyser, 6, steam sloop, Commander Arthur T.
Thrupp, was brought &kepi& the dockyard yesterday to
dismantle and pay out of commission.
The Conflict, iron sailing freightship, arrived at Bpithead
last evening from Cakatta, with tim..eapked men and
military invalids. The latter are tranderred to Netley
Hospital and the former to their several depots.
The Align* sailing transport, arrived today frees India
with invalids and time-expired we.
Tim following merchant ships, hired by the t
for the conveyaerre of troops, are also en voyage ravers India,
viz. :the Madmen's, screw steamer, with navel sad military
invalids ; the Renown and Albert Victor, mailing ships, sad
she Manritlisa, screw steamer, with military invalids ; the
Wieeliester, selling ship, with part of Use 48th Regiment,
fee Dover • the Red Rome end Sultana, sailing silks, with
81st, for 'Gosport the Mewls& Castle. Lord Wards,.
Donald 'Kay, and Dunbar e, with military invalids.
The Emma of the Seas. se le aiao expected to
arrive from Hoeg Kowg with naval military invalids.

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murder • woman mused Sosassah Williams was made at
Chatham yesterday mambo' by • mas sassed Tbouses Look
to whom eke was shout to be married. The parties, it age
mars, wens together in a hoses in one of the merle adja-
cast to High,strest, whew • quarrel arose betel=
Leak, it would mem, having for some time es
jettison testis. towards the WOMB. After some words bed
passed between them he possessed himself of • bone
which ha loaded, nearly to the muses, with powdir‘lil
slims, discharging its oesteate at the bead el bin iatesded
victim. The shots took Week is km head and bee, the
pistol, at the instant at its disobargw buretisg, sad
lam the the right jaw of Leek, besides lalliollag ceber Wades
on him. The woman wee removed to Eh. Bartholomew's
Hospital is a dying WM% end the mom area also taken to
this muse eatablishmest. The woman, i 1 is state% is sot
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