The Express.
London, England, 1865-08-14 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

PORTSKOUTR, AUGUer 13.
The Himalaya, iron *Drew troopiatin, daptnin•
Lethbeidge, arrived yesterday mersieg fret Quebec' wiT
th
the 63rd Regiment, under the arm ma& el Liminess
Colonel W. F. Outer. The regimeirt cats=l. MaZelitz
P. Hurlers, Captain' Wilber& Hot,
and Armstrong ; Lieutenant, Crowther, Karrerisse, Adiatasoe,
Soovel, Terrott, Hill, Meeker, sad Smith; InetraPosagt
Bursa, Edwards, Ward. Barba sod Way ;
Ingram, QnarislEUter Unload. Lieutesset and Adjutant
G. H. Kiusban, Burros lianbury, 47 r 4 17 drum;
mere, sod 471 rank and Me. Weiew n "list a'
116 children belonging to the same regimes/A. The slims-
WS aim brims home se yeeempre liajor (*albino, Ist
battalion 7th Regiment ; Ospiain Hall, 49th Regiment ; Bur-
(eon
Fairfield, Ist battalion Rifle Brio& ; 30 invalid sol-
diers, 3 worsen, and 3 children. for 11=1... tee= ;Ad 77
time-expired ay 16 women, and 22 to
various regiments.
The lords Ornambrioems et Use Admiralty eemploted
their hispecties of this port yesterday. BM Ones the
Duke of Somerset held • levee at the Royal Navel Genera
os Saturday wining, sod their kordshme departed for
London is the afternoon.
At a public meeting of the lababitente of Portsmouth,
held under the presidency of its maim, it we decided to
celebrate the visit of the French Seek le ibis pant by eater-
Wain; the Aims of the fleet at a plea begat, to, he
followed by a public helL It was ales Seekled to puede
, some public satertsiarneat for the nestma tad loms el
' the squadron, and town and corporation semedtMes have
been sopointed to °any times revelations late ids* It
was aim intirmited that in all yirobshility the naval antberl-
r tise of Om port will entertain the Frew* dicers MI •
; grind ball, to be swim Is the dockyard. The date et the
squadrons arrival has not yet boss Arad.

THE ATTEMPTED MURDER or MAJOR P. H.
DR PEER AT CHATHAM.

CHATHAM, SUIDAT.

-
Contrary to the very general expectation of the
medical °Moen sad others who bee. attended Major De
Vero Mace the attempt as that °Moor's lit's ea Friday last.
he still minivan the fearful injuries he has sestahmd, buts
as from the first, no hops are eatortaierd that he ma
possibly recover, the bullet fired by his intended mordent
having paned completely through the left tea& sad mud
the silt just above the heart. On Friday night sod Satur-
day Major Ds Vans wee stated to be auseestmit better, bat
today he is scarcely so well, several nolarocirabio symptoms
having isaallested themselves, rod this eveelag it was
stated that hs was gradasilly Making.
Mao. Churls, the sapper, who Is charged with having
attempted be murder Meier De Vete by climbs/0 es hie
loaded rids at him from ons of the harract-room wisdom,
has been in custody, be has maintained the greatest WM.
foresee, mad trolly oesaverses as the subject, ex proem teem
time to time his great regret that he had sot Wig Major
De Vero, whom be dearribes as "the greatest Spirt that
over lived." lie also it teed that if ha had lot killed him these
ware plenty of miter sea in the corps of Royal Ragmen
who were ready to do the same. Oerrie is a very you;
man, who has been I. the corps bet • abort time. Rs is
Maud to bars hese a mild, tooffeaaiv• man, sad it was pro-
bably owing to ease imaginary wrong. which be had was-
: Mined at Major De Vere's hand. that tamed him to mks
the attempt, with it is feared will prove suesesited, ce
Major De Vere's life.

Tau EARL or Liacanflii AND HIS TILWANTIT.—
I The Earl of Leicester has trued se address is ezpiesaties
of the IMMO which be permed with mimeses to the WWI
Norfolk election. Hie lordship says :—" Immediately after
the media. of the blierel party of West Norfolk. held
Loadoo, et which 81r Willoughby Jams was unimiseemly
seleuted to be the mooed mediae* I wrote to my asset to
%form idea of this rrsolatirie ; I urged oe him tics osier
the
of mpt and vigorous action from Holkbeee. I was
the more&sided in my expressions ha him, beams& as
reamers were ereveleet is the county, not asly that I wa•
lediffereat to liberal opisioss. bat that I ems esweily dr
sired the 1111001101 of the aosserrative party ; I misessiled,
sot dictation, tot mercies is any form, but the adoption is
oconmoa with my temiatry (whose political sympathies as
• body are strongly mod avowedly with the liberal muss) of
every legitimate measure to eshiest the return of Yr. em-
dos sod Ott Walosebby Jame. In a Utter written Mealy
lea the 11,11 of soy departure I staid sot, mid did msg. ester
late details ; my views were army sod decidedl orprelprd;
but the arectitios of them was left to Mr. e dig.
=TedZeal la parry* out iestructious whilt war only
sad sot von ia detail, mad the best sad fervour
C;ttM as the beta* of which bed to Ise
ii the course of • few days, led him to boss the
circular lynch be. emoted so meek medal, the
end uofittlitoome of which no cal pow pen moss