The Express.
London, England, 1847-01-11 00:00:00

MILITARY.

iIOTAL Airnusay, Woomine Jut. 9.—Trz Now Paarner
r Raso—lt Is added Natthe new bidding' at ahoebury Nees Phial
afford quarters ter • field dam, ihnelees affirm S Ina staff , and
one hundred and tweet, aciremmider slim sad men. There
wig sisals satammaitis• kr Sail Mier had a mall hospital,
es well es • Nara NOW( Ira be omelet kr slasut Meaty horses,
and is alitodeat= of wilt, provided. no barracks and out-
buildings will be now die ecestdaind station ;it Sbarbury, as
a dry sandy soil, Just tared the point kn'wn as the Nova, and close
to the edge of the res. The beliteries, which will comb,: of • 8-iiron
tsatteey, two tr evening platter, end beds for 5 mortars, will oleo
stand dose to the meson that the whole of the range fired over will
consist of the sande, alternately easseed and left dry at the tow and
recession of tbe tide. _ _

—AaarvaT. or 'None. room rnr Wrsr TNOTI/L—Late on Prid
evening Capt. O. Marklandsoompany (6th comp., 4th bast land Major
R. O. Wilson's company (3rd comp., 6th tam), of Royal Artillery,
arrived at Woolwich. Thew companies disembarked at Portsmouth
a kw days she:wham the Apollo troopship; the former compsnLiruns
Barbadon, the latter from Bermuda.
Major it. Pcster's company of Royal Artillery (6th company 9th
battalion) to under order.. for Malts, to relkve Major O. James's com-
pany (2nd oompan) 4th battalion), which has been staiioned In that
Waal since Decr.isMo, 1610. The company is especial to leave Wool-
wich on the 14th host.

G. 4:71i;1118113'11 company 16th company Bth battalion) and
Capt. J. W. Fitemayer's company ( .th company bth battalion) are
under orders for Ceylon, to relieve Capt. G. Maclean's and Capt. W.
It. Pickering'' companies, which bane been on foreign senloe since
October, 1839.
Four 58-pounder gone of 60 cwt., on LletiL-CoL Dundss's principle,
with iron traversing pLitfortnn, bare been ordered to he seat to Dover,
to be mounted on n turnery on the quay under the heights.
A new pattern carriage for El-inch guns, Invented by Lieut. -Cal. Cot-
mho., of the Revd Carriage Deportment, was Died Last week in the
Royal Arsenal. The object of the invention is to keen very consider-
ably both the labour of working the gun, am the effects of the remit
on platform, and the decks of vowels of war. TVA la ecoomplished by
means of 'prime.
Fierennoitrin wrro Quarreenaarta Fines?'s C0NC1,10,4
Saatta.—The select committee having reported In favour of the
Vrn of these chefs in the nervier, but the Lords Commissioners
Admiralty having &predilection in favour of metal fonts ova
li those made, as In the prerent ewe, of wood, a trial was ordered at
Portsmouth, which took plies on Thursday and Friday but, in the
presence of Capt. Chadds, AFL, Nape Lethbridge, ILA., Major
Stevens, R.M.A., =dottier ofileers. One hundred and twenty nbelln
were tired on both day.. On the ant day 35 shells were fired, 30
from an 8-inch gm of 96 cwt., with a full charge of 13Iba. of powder,
and 25 from a 32-pounder of 56 cwt. The Melt, were fired at a range
of 2,450 yards, and at an elevation of 20i degrees. Ten of the Man
struck the target, of which 9 bunt on striking, and one did not
bunt, one bunt in flight, and of the remainder no account was
taken, as the height of the wle at which the &helix were fired, and
the great length of range, rendered the tank of hitting the target a
very critic') one. There fuses have hitherto proved natisfactory,
whilst their mall suet must recommend them for general use, the
e &perm of preparing them being only three-halfpence, uhilat the
brans fuses cost fin. each.

Lieut. Ccd. Hall, of the Royal Engineers, has been appointed Di-
rector General of the °Mean, Survey In Ireland, in ...wee Mon to
Maj.-Gen. Colby, promoted by the last Brevet. The detachments of
Regiments stationed In Bengal, which embarked at Gravesend on
hoard the ship Sea Park, on the 20th June, Landed at Calcutta on the
16th of October. Drafts from the Ist Royal Regiment, 7th Ito)al
Feathers, and 19th Pont, comMung of 12 officer. and 200 men, on
board the Primer Royal from Deptford, diaembarked at Ilarlaalocs
on the 4th of December.
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i.;;;;;e4l—toViis:t government has determined that the Yeo-
manry shall be drilled one day each quarter, independent of the Ave
days' annual drill ; and in ease any trooper absent himself two con-
secutive meeting days, he will be cal:ed upon to give in his accoutre-
ments.

LIZt. Hoare, of the I Sth Human, landed at Falmouth on Friday,
from the Boyne Fastilmßoman, which newel reported the arrival at
the aped flood 11.pc, previous to Nov. 9, of the Seebonheath, the
Equeatrian, the leirlee, and the Westminster, all with troops; and
had all sailed fur Algoo Bay, where the troops would be disembarked.
The Romeo, from Gordon, with troop., was epolieu with on Dee. 7, in
lat. 6 N. long. 2210 W., hound to the Isle of France, by the ship
Boyne, from Calcutta, at Fulmar*.
SPORTING.
to. ROYAL STAG HOLIML—The meet which wee announced to
take place at Salt on Thursday laat, nalited Ina bftak day," in
consainease of • dean fog setting a aorft after the rtr had
reselted the amt. Oa Pada • large bid meakied at the
adaraled deur " Peat" haat lea ti
the dere sport.
Ead Clasale, thee* not reeevand lan is aaideat to
diva la aura Waded the aid spaced la dolman.-
Ma
if peallie, *Jets Ole bad ea this week„ even if he shoal
he impaled to rlde a hie slippers! At aswarth the dear wee
alt a ran of two boars and abaft, over bar sad twenty afire
of eentry. On Saturday the wamettes af the seed" Emperor " took
plaea ftabot-lane. Eta lan haat at Loogfe4 silt • ram aan
bow mid idea quarter.