The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-27 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ApitraLLTY, J.ur. 2& —AITOIBTKINTS. —Master
T. B, Read, to the Dario.

Piyinseter L. O. Usaitoson, to the Doris.
Asiristoat Perimeters S. A. Y. Chaffers' to the Doris ;
W. P. Taylor, to the Victory ; sad W. It.Westharley, to
the Videets.
Oleck W. N. Thomas, to the Doris.

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Aisistaat-Olerk W. Elliott, to the Doris.
Chief Engineer A. MacFarlane, to the Tows.
Engineer W. Herd, to the Teresa.
First Class Assistant Engineer T. Soott (D), to the
To=ad Clue Assistant Engineer IL H. Lavers, to the
Towne.
the Tope
Antiog Second Clue Assistant Eogineer H. S. Sall, to
s*. _ _

Paoionott.—To be First Clare Assiatent Engineer—J.
Critehley. to the Cumberland.

WOOLWICH, JAN. 26.
ALLBOBD MUTINY ON BOARD • PERUVIAN STRAW
VIDISEL.—An trove-elad steam man-of-war ship, built at
Blackwell foe the Peruvian government, proceeded down
the river to Gravesend as Wednesday with a mixed crew
en rank to her destination. Yesterday information was
received at this dockyard to the effect that a atate of is
prevailed on board, and the assistance of the
dockyard authorities was requested. The Bustler steam
vessel then embarked Commodore Superintendent Hugh
Dunlop and other officers, who proceeded down the river to
ascertain the true state of affairs, and on the return of the
Bustler an order wee given to afford every facility for the
reception of the Peruvian ship alongside the dockyard
wharf, where it was stated that she would shortly arrive
for protection. This order was carried out, but the vessel
did not arrive, and It is stated that the disturbance has been
quelled.
Colonel Boxer, superintendent of the Laboratory Depart-
ment of the Royal Arsenal, has invented aed patented an
Improved description of cartridge for breech-leading fire.
acme and ordnance.
PORTSMOUTH, JAS. 26.
The Salamis, paddle vessel, Commander F. A.
Bottle, steamed out of harbour this monde( for trial of bur
machinery after repairs, preparatory to sailing foe China.
Go which station she is ordered to proceed for despatch
service.

The Conqueror, 78. 'maw liesothattle ship, is hourly
ezpectibt to arrive at Spithead from China, with the battalion
Gt manom employed in the operations asainat Japan, au-
pienumararies, and timaezpired men. Bbe may possibly
Gall in at Plymouth to land the mafioso, and will proceed
to Sheerness to pay out of oommissioo.

NAVAL SoMmorm —At a meeting of the Court
of Examiners of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
ea the 25th inst., the following assistant-surgeons in the
Royal Navy passed their examinations for full surgeons in
that department of the public mervios, six, :--Messra. William
Yards, M.D. St. Andrew's, of her Majesty's ship Industry,
Woolwich Dockyard, diploma of membership of the college
dated July 3, 1N57 ; Robert James IrMorris (half qiay),
member May 16, 1869! Archibald Grsnt Colquhoun,
L.S.A., of the Royal Marino Infirmary, Woolwich, member
July 30, 1861 ; and George Curtis, of Hasler Hospital,
Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, M►y
20, 1861.

SINGULAR AND DUTPRIESING DOUBLE SUICIDE.—•
Some weeks ago a French gentleman, with his mother,
took furnished apartments at No. 2, Norfolk-road,
Paddington, stating that he was a French noble-
men, who, from political motives, had been
compelled to leave his country. He gave an
references some of the high dignitaries of the Roman
catholic church, and the inquiries proved satisfactory. The
apartments were let at 25e, per week. Several weeks
elapsed and the landlady received no rent from her
lodgers, and she further discovered that they were
living in a state of semi-darvation, although they motion-
ally received visitor', the majority of whom came in
their carriages. Lest week she gave them nodes
to gull. The gentleman asked her the latest hour be
would be allowed to remain, and was told eight o'clock
on the Thursday evening. He then informed hie landlady
that on that day be should be certain to receive some money
from France, through his friend the French consul in Lee-
dom when be would pay her all the rent due. In the
interim he wrote• great many letters, but received very few
in return. On Friday morning Mrs. Connor, the landlady, went
to the door of the rooms occupied by her lodgers, and after
knocking for several minute*, receiving no answer, she sent
for the police, who effected an entry Into the room, when
they found the Frenchman and his mother su-peoded by
cords from the opposite ends of the window cornice roller,
both of them quite dead. The man was hanging by a
piece of window cord, and his mother by a small
rope pulled from the bed sacking. There were
indications that, after the nooses were affixed, both
mother and son stood on a high footstool at the centre of
the window, and threw themselves off simultaneously, but
that the end of the cornice pole to which the mother was
attached splintered, and that the feet of both parties
touched the ground ; so determined, however, were they to
commit suicide that both of them bad drawn up their legs,
and thus consummated their purpose, On %iota near the
window ware found the man's coat, cravat, and collar, and
the woman's cap and neck ribbon ; on an adjacent table
were several articles of antique jewellery, and letters from
several &shah and French noblemen. Close to where they
lay were two sheets. One was marked with ink, "This
for myself ;" the other, " This for my mother." On the
table was found a letter written by the deceased lady, giving
directions as to disposieg of their bodies, making a division
of the remains of their property. pawotickets, kc., and
stating that they had committed suicide because they could
no longer bear am against their misfortunes.
THa Naw PRISON Acv.—On Thursday next the
New Priam Ant will come into operation, when sevensprison! will be discontinued, and considerable alterations
made in the management and discipline of those establish-
ments io England and Wales. Although the statute was
peened to "amend and consolidate the law" relating to
prisons it does not embrace the whole law on the subject.
Under the new law there will be two kinds of hard labour—
of the first and second class—and an efficient discipline
introduced. Already Mr George Grey has called the atten-
tion of the visiting luatioes to the new regulations to be
carried out and various improvements will take place.
Among the numerous provisions are two, to the effect that
when the imprisonmect expires on a Sunday the liberation
is to be on the preceding day, and when a prisoner is
discharged a sum of money is to be given Ito him, or for
his benefit. There will now be carried out in the several
prisons uniformity of regulations,
PNEUMATIC DISPATCH COMPANY (LdMITED),—.•
The report of the directors of this compeer states that the
tube to Holborn was completed, and the scenes worked,
as the 7th November last. There was good reason to hope
that the early completion of the Holborn Viaduct would
have enabled the tube to have been carried over it to the
City, but it now appears that the plane even are still un-
settled. The tube from Holborn towards the City is now
laid as far as the corner of Hatton-garden, with the excep.
tion of the brickwork curve out of the Holborn Statioa.
The directors found it impossible to negotiate the deben-
tures of the company except at exorbitant rates, and the
board and the contractors, having perfect confidence is the
ultimate succor of the undertaking, have therefore taken
up debentures to the =oust of 20,0001., and advanced
12,0001. on the security of the company's property. The
delay in the carrying out of the Holborn Viaduct will
car it necessary for the tube to be carried nadir the
- streets and over the Fleet sewers, which it was
would have been avoided by the construotion of
; and pending the consideration and final
of these points. the directors have determined
ant sod facility of working by a series of can.
recorded experiments, which are now in progress,

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