The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-06 00:00:00

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ADMIRALTY, JUNE 5. APPOINTMENTS. COM-
wander G. H. Clarke (now employed as naval agent in
contract service) to the Royal George (additional), for ser-
vice as transport agent at Kingstown, vice Lieutenant
E. H. Blake.
Lieutenants F. Romilly, F. Hammond, IL Davis, and
C. E. D. Willcox, to the Lord Clyde.

PORTSMOUTH, Just 5.
A court-martial was held on board the Victory
to-day for the trial of Lieut. Edward Frederick Keppel,
on the charges—fiat, of having on the night of the Vth
May been drunk on board her Majesty's ship Pearl ; and
secondly, of having caused a boat to be lowered, and with
having been in the gangway with intent to leave the ship
in the said boat without the permission of the captain,
John Francis Ross.

WOOLWICH, JUNE 5.

An official intimation from the Admiralty has
been received at this dockyard, to the effect that their
lordships have been pleased to raise the wages of the
established labourers from 14s. to 18a. per week, and a
return is to be made of the labourers employed at the
establishment, with a view to a reduction in the number
of those temporarily employed.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 8 A. IL

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R. T. W. Ito
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If . 1 D. , 19.
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Nairn .. ~.. 29.96 64 S.E. 2 3 1 B.lt. !eh 1
Aberdeen • . 30.01.66 E.& R. 2 1 S.E. me 2
Leith ,29.94,56 &E. 2 2 &E. loc 2
Ardroman 129.8618 S.S.E. 3 3 S. o— 3
Greencastle 129.W. 56 E. 1 2 S. to, 1
Valentla 1129.85,53 &W. 2 1 N. \.W. 1 f 1
, Cape Clear —,—
S.S.P. - - 1
tiverpool ,21,91'58 S.S. 2 5 BE. o 0.01 2
Holyhead ;29.84 57 8.8. W. 11 0 Z. oc 10.3.51
Penzance 130.02 55. W. 4I 3 W. N.W. me '0.141 3
Brat .. !30.08 (.7: W.S.W. 416 W.S.W. fr ' 0.12, 4
Lorient 130.08 591 S.W. 1316
Rochefort 130.20 57! W.N.W. 2• 4 8. c:— 1 2
Plymouth ,30.01 30.0158 W.S.W. 3i 4 i W.S.W. ro '0.33, 3
Weymouth _110.03 56 S.W. 4i 5 5. oc 10.17' S
! Portimsouth.. 30.04 55:. S.S.W. j 5 6 8. r , 0.201 6
London .... 30.04 55 S.W. 14 , 0 S. ro 10.00 -
Yarmouth... 30.0655 S.S.W. 7: 7 S.S.W. tx, . 2
Scarborough.;29.9B 53 S.S.E. 3, 2 8.8. E co 3
Shields 29.99 56 S.W. 2• 2 • S.W. c— ; 2
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REMARKS.
The winds this morning on the English coasts and ou the south
coast of Ireland are chiefly southwesterly. light to fresh, mid
south-easterly on the coasts of Scotland. Barometers have risen
since yesterday, but less in the west of Ireland than in other
parts of the British Isles. Raba has again fallen In the south
and west of England.

A meeting of Italian residents in London will
take place at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on
Friday next, at 4 p.m., for the purpose of taking into
consideration the existing state of affairs in Italy.
'SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.—Yesterday morning,
at 1 o'clock, an unusually severe thunderstorm broke
over Doncaster and the surrounding district, accompanied
by heavy rain. The lightning was very vivid, and the
first peal of thunder came with such a crash as to
awaken, probably, every person in the town. Much damage
has been done to property, but no lives have been lost. Mr.
George Smith, a market gardener, had a very zuwrowescape.
He was at Balby, a village about a mile to the south of
Doncaster, on his way to the Sheffield market. The storm
burst very suddenly, and the first flash of lightning struck
him down, and he remained insensible upon the road for
some time. When be came to himself he was unable
to see anything ; but knowing where he was he groped
his way to the weigh-house of the Doncaster and Tinsley
Turnpike Trust, gave an alarm, and he 1•1•11 taken in,
and his horse and cart returned to Doncaster. Mr. Smith
gradually recovered his sight, and had so far recovered at 9
o'clock that he proceeded by train to Sheffield. Wild Duck,
a young and valuable brood mare, the property of Lord
Glasgow, was instantaneously killed in his lordship's pad-
docks at Doncaster ; four others escaped. Mr. Edwin
Crawshaw, of Carr House, near the race-course, had a horse
killed, and Messrs. Morris and Brothers, tillage merchants,
lost a valuable cart-horse, which with others was in a field
on the Carr. The animal in its fright ran with its head
against the pinfold and died. The windows of a house
within a short distance of the Town-moor were all broken,
and in other parts of the town damage has been done. The
storm was felt with equal severity at Conisbrough, Me:-
brough, and many adjacent villages.