The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-07 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

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WAR-OFFICE, PALL4LALL, JAIL 6.
COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.
Lieutenant William Dinaiddis, 24th Foot, Acting Deputy.
Assistant Commissaiy-Geuend, to be deputy-assistant
commissary-genera

CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT.
The Reverend W. F. Hobson, M.A., Chaplin' of the Fourth
Clue, to be chap/sin of the third elm.

ADMIRALTY. JAN. 3.
Commander Hugh Maximilian Elliot to be captain ; COM.
wander Charles Frankland 'Newland to be retired cap-
tain ; Lieutenant Marcus KDOX and Lieutenant William
Bailey to be retired commanders.

ADMIRALTY, JAN. 4.
Sab.Limitenant Henry Ambrose Mandeville to be lieu-
tenant.

ADMIRALTY, JAN. 5.
The following officers have been promoted to the rang of
engineer in her Msjesty's fleet :—Mr. Beery D. Garwood,
Mr Andrew Hiadmareb, Mr. Robert Dillon. Mr. Jobe
Boswell, Mr. Frederick Grundy, Mr. William Rumble.
Mr. Abram Gray has been promoted to the rank of acting
engineer in her Majesty's fleet.

ADiaseurt, J. 6. —APPOINTMENT& —Lieut.-
eaate—H. F. Campbell, to be flee lieutenant of the Hiber-
nia : H. T. Gammen, to the Victory.
the Orlando Masters—W. H. Pahator, to the Waadorer ; E. Swais, to
.

Phomonoes.—Chiet Eogiseer W. Brows, to the Vie-
tarts end Albert.

Acting Chief Buchner W. Powell, to the Dromedary.

RAILWAY ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTHPORT LINE.—
Yesterday morning as the tram which leaves Freshfield at
a quarter to nine was approaching Milltown, a fracture
loot place in the boiler of the engine, and water sad steam
rushed out in considerable quantities. Great alarm pre.
wailed fora few minutes amung the passengers. The eogioe
was at once detached ; the carriages were shunted on to a
siding at llightown, and the disabled engine (after the
sawn and water bed been let off) was removed to Liver•
pool by as engine which had been sent from Waterloo for
illte purpose. A number of the passengers, however, availed
themselves of the pairing of the 9.20 Southport express,
which was detained for that purpose at Higbtowo, to come
est to LiverpooL The storm which occurred the previous
sight had also much impeded tie Soathport line in the
ghliciitrbecd of Hightown, where the wind, when blow.
lag bard from the north-west, sweeps through a gully in
the rood bills, and deposits large quaatitiee of drift mad oo
the line of railway.

LIVERPOOL AND THE RAILWAY GOODS RATIN
For some years past the mercantile community of Liverpool
have oomplained bitterly of the unfair way in which they
are treated by the railway companies, whom good' rates to
sad from Liverpool are much higher than to aed from other
towns. At the weekly meeting of the Mersey Doak board
as Thursday, Mr. Forwood stated that until lately the rate
of confine on grain from Liverpool to Mmehester wee
Os. 4d.. the datums Win 39 miles, while the rate from
Fleetwood to Manchester (BO miles) ins 7s. 4d., and from
Birmingham to Gloomier (E 3 mike) fa. Bd. From Liver-
pool aßarton-ca-Trest (87 miles) the sate wee lb. ; but
from Gloucester to Bortimma-Treat OM miles) the tae was
7s. only. Os timber, the rate hem Liverpool to Stalybridge
tees lils. ; from Hull to Stalybridge (110 Wise) it was
12a. Id. Foam Liverpool to Masebeeter the rats on timber
was Os. for 92 miles ,• het from Hall to Manchester (99
mills) 'sly 12a lid. Mr. Ferweed proposed that the matter
*odd be referred to a parlimmerary eesamittee. This was
spool to.
Ways Poison. Oxi &alums DAT.
FRIDAY, JAN. on
_payment, 3,347 ;
OW by soros deb*. 1,317 fatal,