The Express.
London, England, 1859-06-08 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

(TROY LAST MIORT'S 0A2M1.)
WAR-OFFICE, Juni 7.
BREVET.
To be Aides-de-Camp to the Queen, with the mak of Colonel
in the Army —Lieutenant-Cane& Charles Raid, C. 8.,
Bengal Army; R. B. Smith, C. 8., Bengal Army;
Thomas Tapp, C. 8., Bombay Army; O. H. Rebating
C. 8., Bombay Army.

The Queen's Own Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry
assembled at Woodstock on Saturday. The regiment will be
Lapected on Friday, the 10th inst.

PORTSMOUTH, iVNI 7.
The Pearl, 21, screw corvette, Captain Edward
S. Sotheby, arrived at Spithead at ten o'clock on the night of
Monday, fres Calcutta. She sainted the flog of Admiral
William Bowles, C. 8., an Tuesday morning, and was in-
spected by Admiral Bowles In the afternoon preparatory to
coming into harbour to be paid off. She has been three years
and sin months in comet' n.
The Codeine, 21, ecrew corvette, Captain Henry S.
Hil;yar, C. 8., weighed from Spithead, this afternoon, sad
tried her scold in running the measured mile in Sok,. Bay.
Tit* Deets, 32, screw frigate, Captain Edmund Ileathoote,
la expiated to sad tomorrow for Malta, tojoin the fleet under
Vies-Adalral Arthur Fenshawe, C.B.
The Neptune, 91, screw &hip of the line, and the Daunt-
less, 32, steam frigate, an ordered to be got ready for imme-
diate commission.
.

Admiral Wit Bowies, C. 8., paid a visit to the Belgian
three•deck:ship Sinop., 131 guns, at Spithead, this afternoon.
The Agamemnon, 91, Captain Thames Bope, is getting in
her main and upper deck guns, stores and provisions, &e. ;
she requires raker more than one hundred men to complete
her complement of 860.

ADMIRALTY, :ORE 7.—PIOMOTIOIrS.—Matem C.
R. Buckle (1867), R. O. 8. Pesky (1857), and B. J. Jimmie
(1867), preaueed to the mak of lioutanaa ta.
Arroterrumma.—Captales B. 0. !...haws (1845), to
the Tralagar. coannimioned ; sad Mr W. Hake, Bart.,
(1848), to the Neptune. commiselionad.
Lieutenants C. R. Buckle. appointed to the Aboukir, mad
C. O. B. Hell (1847), to the Victory.
Masters J. Thompson (1885), to the Himalaya; R. P. J.
ilimpeo• (1854), to the Dauntless, T. B. Wells (1M), to
the Corawallis; B. J. Hooper (1849), to the TrabJpr ; mad
D. M.D. Jago (1846), to the Neptune.
Paymaster W. T. Richards (1861), to the Manatee.
Acting Ansietant Surgeon Dr. F. M. Luther, to the
Himalaya.

FRIGHTFUL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—FOUR MEN
BoileD Auvz.—About balf-paat 12 o'clock on Saturday
that a tall of coal occurred in Mr. W. H. Sparrow's colliery
at Besarcroft, near Bi'ston„ by which four men working in a
gate mad were compleiely entombed. The rest of their
c tetrads@ escaped, and masa& an Warm. A number of men
set vigorously to work, and about I o'clock on Sunday
morning succeeded in extricating John Clayton, residing
in Bilston, who, however, survived but • short time.
In a I tile while after they mansged to open a
communication with other two, who had been at the
farther end of the gate road, and to PIM food drink, light,
and tobacco to them; and about 4 on Sunday morning
they &leo were got out uninjured. The body of the fourth
man, Jahn Hoqgb, of Portobello, was not reached until
Monday afiernodh. It was evident hom the ILIUM of the
iojeries that in this clue death must have been instantaneous.
The body of this man now lies at Portobello swotting • coro-
ner's inquiry, which will be held this day (Wedneeday).
The Lupien on the body of John Clayten was held at the
Queen's Arms, Bilatons yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon
before W. H. Phillip., Esq. Thorna• Lloyd, • miner, who
wen employed in 'thol ng' down the pit, about four yards
from the spot where tho accident occurred, deposed that
the deceased end Jabes Hough were engaged in building a
"cog" up, when suddenly • mass of coal gave way,
ennipletely burying them beneath it. There wen plenty
cf timber about the spot where the accident °marred, and
ihonsidered it pretty cafe working. There had been
• fall of coal on the Friday sight, sod the doomed was put-
ting up the cog on the further Me of the hole to prevent
another fall. Joseph Langbato, one of the two men who
were extricated alive, stated that he had been engaged by the
bailiff to cleanse the ale shaft. At the time witness was par-
ing the hole to go to his work the deceased men. Jaws
Hough, said, "burry through that bole led, for it le not very
safe." Whom was in the windway at the time the accident
occurred, and did not know he wee closed in until three
o'clock when he was going to dinner and ascertained there
had been a fell. Is sneerer to a question by the coroner,
the ground bailiff stated that the iaspector of mine. had not
yet examined the pit, and the inquiry wee accordingly ad.
journed for • week....P7oleentampum
diet
.Bo: . a boyiFil3 named HughHTillEDTo
Carnbros, was smugly/ himself on the road, he observed
room dogs, belonging to Mr. Merry of Camber" coming
quickly in his direction. He became frightened, and ran
rapidly along the road. He did not run fee, however, until
he fell, and, on being lifted op by some parties who were
neer at the time, it was found that life wag extinct.—
Ndieleseek Courant.
GREAT THUNDERSTORM AND FLOOD AT BRAD-
loin. Os Monday evening Bradford and the neighbour-
hood were visited by a violent thunderstorm and deluging
rain. Several bowies and some cattle were struck by light-
ning. but no loss of human life is repeated. The Bradford
Beck, which passes under the town, overflowed and the
, streets seen heaths like river,. Great damage bee hemn dew
W as goods is stssetiosss