The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-22 00:00:00

Sabra RIM aftititarg.

ADMIRALTY, OCT. 20. —APPOINTMENTS. —ader
Xdmond H. C. Smith, recently promoted from the Duncan
to the Fisgard, for service in the Niobe, 4, screw sloop, at
Woolwich. Flo gineerJ.Walah, to the Cumberland, for service
in the Rosario, 11, screw sloop, at Chatham. Assistant-
Suntersi W illiam Whiahon, M.D., front the St. George to the
Supply 2, store ship, on particular service. Masters' As-
sistants Frank C. Gandell, to the Narcissus, 35, flagship,
in Brazils ; C. C. P. &man, to the Sylvia, 5, screw sur-
veying vessel, at Woolwich.

brsPEcitoi's UP THZ GILLNLDIER GUARDS.—The
half-yearly inspection of the 3rd Battalion of the Grenadier
Guards took place on Saturday at the Tower. The bat-
talion, numbering eight companies, in all about 500 men,
assembled on the parade ground at 10 o'clock, under the ,
command of Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar ; the other
officers present on parade being Colonel Keppel, Colonel
Bathurst, Colonel Bruce, Captains Crichton, Gasmen,
Stanley, and Pennant ; Lieutenants Grosvenor, Garrett,
Montgomery, Lord Claud Hamilton, and Captain and
Adjutant Johnson. Colonel Bruce and Colonel Wyndham
(retired) were present, as were also the gallant inspecting
°filar, Colonel Seymour, and Captains West and Smith,
aides-de-camp. Major-General Lord Paulet arrived on the
ground punctually at half.past 10 o'clock, and was received
by Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar and the other officers.
The review was then proceeded with, and at its claw Lord
Panlet, C. 8., highly complimented the regiment on its
fine appearance and steadiness under arms. The men
*ore then dismissed, but the gallant inspecting officer,
before leaving the barracks inspected the rooms and exa-
mined the accounts of the regiment.

Immtorzo Foox-mums:The stage of the
Prince of Wales's Theatre at Liverpool has just been fur-
nished with foot-lights of a new construction, calculated
to secure the actors and actresses against accidents from
lire. This desirable end is attained by enclosing the jets
of gas within a box. The face of the tube or back of
box which is to's-a:di the stage slopes backward at an
angle of about forty-five degrees; when the gas is lit there
are two rows of jets, one higher than the other, the lower
one being at an eagle to the stage : which will throw its
light almost horizontally ; and the other at an angle which
will throw it almost vertically, so that the performers can
stand over it without any fear of accident. The top does
not rise more than three inches above the rake of the
stage, the sheets of glass in each compartment completely
enclosing the flame on the face towards the stage, and tl'e
tube at the lack carrying off all the
te heated air rim the
tame. The arrangement is the panted invention of
Messrs. T. Dairies and Son. of Houndsditch.
FEMALE EDLTATION IN INDIA.—Miss Carpenter,
of Bristol, arrived on her promised visit to India on the
25th inst.. and his Excellency Sir Bartle Frere has placed
st her disposal for a few days the government bun-
galow at ilalahar Point, thereby signifying not only
Ins esteem for a lady long held in high respect in England,
bat also his hearty appreciation of the object of her visit to
this country. Miss Carpenter is likely to visit Ahmedabad
by way of securing rest and change after the sea voyage.
and will then probably repair to Poona, returning to
Bombay in November. Her visit to India is not likely
to be of more than six months' duration, and as it
is possible that she may include Calcutta in her visit, there
is very little time for her to do more than ascertain
the nature of the work to which she is anxious to give a
new impulse and a wider scope. Few persons could be
better qualified than Mies Carpenter for appreciating the
difficulties that impede the work of female education in
India; and, after opportunity for consultation with some I
hero who have practically struggled with those difficulties.
the judgment and experience which she can bring to bear
on the subject cannot fail to be of great service. During I
very limy years this lady has laboured most perseveringly
for the reformation of the degraded end neglected
classes at home, and she is not likely to bo daunted
by the passive opposition and habitual disinclination
by which the progress of female education is im-
peded in India. She comes entirely unconnected with any
minion:my or religious society : though in undertaking
this arduous journey, as in all her other self-denying
labours. Miss Carpenter's earnest spirit is abundantly
manifest. She comes prompted by a true womanly desire
to do what sbe can towards raising her sisters in India to
what she considers as their proper releive position in
society. The fact of this lady having laid aside, though
*Ply for a few months, those absorbing philanthropic put-
ignite with which she has been so long identified at home,
should servo to stimulate anew the efforts of those who
coming have sometimes despaired of female education be-
oom generally adopted in India.—Times of India,
Sept. 25.
SALMON IN THZ TIMPLE.—It seems that last
Febrnary twelvemonth Mr. Dale, the gardener of the
Middle Temple, obtained and deposited in the little pond
in the Temple gardens a small quantity of salmon ova ;
and so well has this thriven that now a really considerable
number of salmon fry—some of them eight inches long—
troy be even sporting in the waters of the fountains.
dently in the enjoyment of the highest health and "Writs.
It is understood that the London and South
Western Railway Company have at length resolved upon
the introduction of separate carriages for smokers and non-
sraeleere.
ROYAL nu Hourrrat, Gsuit's-rinr-noan.—
'The member of patieate relieved at this hospital during the
'soak ending Oct 9D was 2,788, of which 954 were sew
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