The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-23 00:00:00

MILITIA TRANSACTIONS

A Court of Lieutenancy way held ono Friday for
tle city el London. The commissionen sessabled nano-
Seely is the pond! chamber of Gaildhall, for the torpree of
reirWring SOOMOUSICMIOII from the Sootily of Slate for
War ea the @Odor of ogling out the =dills.
The Lord Moyer Floated. The Commissioners were :
Alderson COM, Humpbery, Parneousb, 1411/11•09, Sir
F. G. Moak Kissed', sad Naglitsa ; Colonel Sykes
Coition of the But lons Compaq)), Colonel Wilson
eesamendisig °Seer of the Royal London militia), Mr.
C
Y. P., Mr. Moors, Mr. by, Mr. Cloonan, Mr.
Cornelius Wilson, Mr. Oldham, Drpaty Obbard, Mr. Davis,
Mr. Holt, Mr. Allertoa, Mt. Hosphrels, Mr. Josiah
Kr. Dodd, Ss., to.

Cassisekeed ofeeen, &send fa tastes. aid weariag
their medals sad daps, etteaded at the doors.
The salaams of the last wart having beet read, Mr. H.
Easley Smith, the 'Jerk sad treasurer, read a letter from
the Right Hen. Lord Paanan, &cream for War, desiring
that the vernal shade ha cede up to its fall amplemeat
of 1,000 ass, sad that that the pneent wee a von
saitaleis dos ex: resselts. A 'mad letter was
wad /ram the ante eitalsi that lb. resiataat
'basil b. =boiled kr ttil.itg atm time before the sad et
May.

ibe Mind MOW that ha kid been in eovamenteation
with the of Salisbury (Lord Lieutenant of the
meaty ell ), as to the suet suitable time for calling
oat tbe resimmat. The marquis stated that it was the wish
of Lard Peasann (if it could be so arranged), that the Royal
London, the Tower Haul's,, and all the Middiesez regi-
ments should be assembled on one and the same day, as it
wee supposed that many of the men Ind enlisted in more
then sae regiment. The marquis bad named Friday, the
27th of March mat, but a letter had been just received
from the clerk to the Deputy•Lientenant for Middlesex,
proposing Friday, the 17th of April. If the inert taw no
objection to the latter appointment, he wool' direct that
the neemeary steps should be taken for tilling out the
militia for that day. That suggestion was saanissouly
adopted, and a resolution was asoordiogly agreed to ease-
' Unfair the appointment. A report was read from the
sommittee ea beed-quarten, stating that they had en-
teral into a contrast for baildiag new bead-quarters,
which would be completed by the end of next year. It was
saanimosely approved of, and was referred back to be
carried Leto execution. It was stated that the ground had
been elearel and the work, were in progress. Answers
were ordered to be gut to the Secretary for Was and tie
Deputy Lieutenant for Middlesex. A vote of thanks wee
peened to the chairmen, end the meeting adjourned.
Mr. Jeaalage, the arehitect and surveyor, attended with
the plans and elevations. The building will, it is believed,
have au imposiag effect when finished. The situation lies
between lionbill-fields bar Lag ground and the east-
ern entrance to the Artillery ground. The ground
siomprises four acne, • karts of which the sou-
milailmen have obtained from the Reclesiaaticel Commis-
MOWS for a Misdeed you', for the use of the militia. The
gvenced lease for the whole of Finsbury-square and the parte
adjacent has nearly expired, and at its *operation the ground
will eau into the bands of the Church Commissioners.
The remains now interred in Benbillfields burying ground
will then be removed, to make room for a large bedding
speealetion. It wan stated that the commissioners should
have obtained pommies of this ground, and have asphalted
It over as as exercising ground, and have allowed the bodies
betted there to remain undisturbed, as it was always sap.
palmed that the greeted belonging to the corporation of Lon.
den was freehold, and, ausideriag the revenues they
have derived from it, a question may, in the opialien of
many, be asked by the (needs of those who lie then why,
from the 111111111111.11 profits derived from it, the corporation
have not parekased the freehold. There have been no in.
torments In the ground for some years. It was leader-
stood that tile militia would not be agate billeted upon the
ialtabitanta of Fiesbery, bat that immediately spout the
assembling of the body they would be seat to the tamp at
Alderaltott.

MAILS VON INDIA, &C., TIA MAILSKILLEL—The
mile for India, &c., via Marseilles, which are at present
foewarded from Loudon on the morning of the following
day (Moseley), whenever the 10th or 26th of the month
falls ea a Sunday, will in future on such 0000S10111 he mad•
op at this once, and despatched on the evening of Monday.
By onsiosod of the Posimmter General, RoWLAIIID RILL,
IMlltary.—Gesseal Poostios, Dn. 19, 1866.