The Express.
London, England, 1858-04-10 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

(7101 l LAST NIGHT'S OAZZTTE.)
WAR-OFFICE, API= 9.
The Secretary of State for War has received the
Mowing aotoMal 11.8 of (Amain in the Royal Artillery
serving In India
Calcutta, Feb, 22, 1868.
December 4, 1867—Gunner and Driver J. Coulter, 3e4
Company, Bth Battalion, died of wound. at Cawnpore,
December 17, 1857—Corporal J. Bird, Bth Company, 13th
Battalion, died of wounds at Allshabed.
J. E. DOPI.IIS, Major-Oeneral,
Commanding Royal Artillery in India.

PORTSMOUTH, A/alt 9.

The Lords of the Admiralty (the Right Hon. Sir
J. Pakington, Vice-Admiral W. F. Martin, and the Right
Hon. Lord Lovaine) commenced their second visit to the
dockyard this forenoon at half-past nine o'clock, and into.
proceeded to the Admiralty-house, where they No
maimed until nearly eleven. Their lordships them, &mow
panted by Rear-Admiral the Hon. George Grey, impala-
tendent of the dockyard ; Captain Seymour, of the Viten,:
Mr. Murray. inspector of the engineering department ; gag
Mr. Woods, inspector of works, made a tour of the dockyard,
and inspected the progress of the works in their various do-
pe .tents. They then went on board the Royal Sovereign,
131, screw, In the stem basin ; and afterwards embarked, ie
the Admiralty bergs, from the north end of the yard for the
Algiers, 91, screw, now ready for the pennant. Their lad.
ships returned to the Admiralty-house to lunch, and Babes.
quently went on board the Stork, gunboat, and proceeded to
inspect the ships now lying at Spithead. On nearing the
squadron the Admiralty flag was saluted by the Renown, 91,
Captain Forbes. In consequence of the heavy swell it wee
found impossible to board any of the ships, and their lord.
ships therefore returned to the dockyard, the inspection then
terminating. ,

The Board of Admiralty returned to Whitehall
from Portsmouth last evening, and Rear-Admiral Milos k
expected from Scotland to-day.
The examination of candidates for direct commis..
thane in the army by the Council of Military Echusk*
consisting of Major-General Cameron (Vice-President),
Msjor-General Forelock, and Lieutenant-Coloael Adding,
will take place at Burlington House on Tuesday, Wainer
day, Friday, and Saturday in the ensuing weok.

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Yesterday a lecture was delivered in the theatre
of the United Service Institution by J. Boucher, Esq., os
"The comparative Merits of the Rigid Small-arms of Ear
land, France, and the United States, with remarks on the
various modes of grooving Kide-barrels." In the galley
were a large number of non-commissioned officers and mo

of the Chu;de and other regiments. fits Grace the Dobai

took the chair.

DISEMBODIMENT OF THE MIIITIA.—Orders mill
shortly be issued for the disembodiment of ten militia me.
amts. It is found, we believe, that the regiments &Id
fulfil the anticipated purpose of becoming nurseries for tks
line. The recruiting of the one service oluheswithtlt
other, and when commanding of have got a god cap
together they do not like to part with their mea.—rlisild
Berriee Out to..

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SIR CHARLES YoRKE.—We regret to hear that
Major-General Sir Charles Yorke, Military Secretary at tat
Horse Guards, is so much indisposed as to be Incapable al
attending office. The duties of the worthy general are ray
severe, and conscientiously performed. From half-past aint
in the morning until seven in the evening, and often derhg
the hours which other men devote to recreation, he is at hi
pat.—United Sarno' Gazette.
The Leicester Militia, under Major Noel, leave
Cork for the Curregh Camp on the 13th.
One company of the Royal Elthorne Militia, ander
Captain Woodall, leave Cork fur /Churls on the maned*, to
go through a course of rifle iostruction. The Lanark Nib*
marched into the Corregh Camp on the 7th.
The officers of the Cork garrison gave their fait
of three theatrical performances, in aid of boil clarinet ca
the 6th ; their second and third took place on the 7th aid
9th, to crowded houses.
ADMIRALTY, APRIL 9.—APPOINTMENT.
tenant C. Pringle (1866), to the Cambridge, gunnery-thin
at Davenport, additional for temporary service.