The Express.
London, England, 1859-06-02 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADMILALTY, Jlrlrs I.—APPOlNTldE4Te.—Bargeon
L. J. Monteith (1664), to the Melpomene, 60, screw steam
pats. at Portsmouth.
Paymasters W. T. Rickards (1854), to the Excellent, 46,
gunnery ship, at Portsmouth; O. R. Welch, to be additionel
to the illustrious, 26, training ship, at Portsmouth; and W.
T. Blddleootobe (1852), to the Melpomene.
Muter' Assistants R. Tower., to the Brisk, 16, anew
stem sloop, at Davenport; L. Edwards, to the Royal
Albert, 121, screw stem ship, at Devonpott ; B. 8. Bradley,
ti the London, 90, at Devosport ; E. Brock, and F. W.
Jenard, to the Falcon, 17, mew steam sloop, at
Pcrtamenth.

DEPTFORD, Jinn 1.

LAUNCH OP THE *MADER STEAM FRIGATE.—
The most complete arningemenis are now being made at this
yard, ander the superbstreatiencie of the master shipwright,
for the hunch of the Ariadme, screw frigate, 28 gun., on
Saturday neat, at three o'clock. liaised state for the so-
commodetion of 600 visitors, who will be admitted by ticket,
bare bon mooted at the bow of the vessel. in addition to a
gallery at the stow, end an orchestra for two bands of mug-
danr, who will be la attemdasioe. The ceremony of chrieten-
tag the will be goritsempsd by the wile of Admiral
Mill*, and the gates of du dockyard will be opened to the
public at two o'clock.

WOOLWICH, JUNE I.

Commodore the Hon. J. R. Drummond, supenn-
readmit of this yard, will proceed to Gravesend to-morrow,
with other officsre, on board the Admiralty steam-yacht
Vivid. to be present at the embarkation of her Royal High-
tee. the Princess Frederick William of Prussia. The em-
barkation will be under the superintendence of Commodore
Drntomlnd, as the flag officer at Ibis station.
The paddle steam-vessel Firebrand, in temporary com-
mission by Commander Daymen, late of the Gorgon, having
completed her crew and tested her uew machinery, left the
harbour this afternoon for Greenhithe, to adjust compasses,
previous to a surveying cruise of three months on the skirts
of the Bay of Biscay, and thence to Gibrabar, for the pur-
pose of ascertaining the best line for laying down a sub-
marine electric telegraph for government purposes. She has
on board two scientific gentlemen, who ere engaged to pre.
We • report on the subject. This is the first trip of the
Firebrand after her entire reconstruction at Deptford, and she
is now in every respect equal to a new vessel. Her arma-
ment, ,applied from the Royal Arsenal, is heavy, and she
has received a largo quantity of shell rockets and other am-
munition.
STRIKES AT OOVERISMENT DOCEVARDS.—The majority
of the sawyers who struck for an advance of wages at this
dockyard, a few days since, have left the establishment. It
appears Mat similar strikes have taken place at ether naval
yards, and a oommunication having teen forwarded on the
subject to the Admiralty, the foliming official notice from
their lordships was this day forwarded by the Secretary of
the Admiralty to the sup rintendents of the whole of the
government naval establishments:—'r Admiralty, June 1,
1859.—Tbs Admiral Sul erintendent of Portsmouth Hoek-
yard having represented to the Lords Commiseioners of the
Admiralty that the sawyers of that establishment had struck
for an advance of wages, I have t e acquaint you that their
lordships have taken immediate steps to check the spirit of
in.ubordination by ordering that any men atriking work
shall be immediately discharged, end May are not under any
circumstances to be re-admitted for employment in any of
her Majeety's dockyards. In making this comteunicarion,
my lords have desired that the men should be informed that
if they have any reasonable ground of complaint to make In
reference to their retrainee, it will be fully and fairly coati-
dried ; but that the means to which dime men have resorted
by striking week cannot fur a moment be tokreted."
The folios ing bath ries of ltoyal Artillery are pupating to
leave for the stations named .—Gibraltar, Captain Blame's
Battery; Mat's, Captain Mac Dougall's Battery; Corfu,
Major Strantee'e Battery.
Captain Whin'. Battery of Royal Artillery is ordered
home from Bamtsy, to be stationed at Dover.
Quarterm Georg* Grant, Commissary of Clothing at
the new clothing depot, Wimlerich, has received the hen°.
rosy rank of captain, and en increase to his present salary of
1461. per &enure, for the eve' and intelligence diapleyed by
him in the (mutation and developentnt of the new eyelet= of
providing army clothing.

PORTSMOUTH, Jos 1.
The Himalaya, iron screw steam ship, Commander
soh. Becoombe, eeriest! at Spitbead doling tbe night of
Tuesday from the Cape and Hope. She has brought
home the 45th regiment, also a mail. She collie into har-
boor at noon to diechatge them.
The depot of the 100th Regiment crossed over to Correa
this afternoon, in tbe Lucifer steam tug, for duty.
The Melpomene, 61, .crew frigate, is ordered to be corn.
wileetoned at this port, sod to have a complement of 660
hands.
The Hoy raid, 51, mew frigate, Captain Arthur Cum-
mMg, is hourly aspectel at ®pithead
from Sheernas, and is
to come into harbour to be docked.

DEVONPORT, Juni 1.
The Sienoom, 8, screw troop ship, Commander
John $. Cook*, animal here yesterday afternoon, from the
E.et Indies Her data. are—Bombay, February 3; bliau•
tome, March 16 ; Cape of Good Rope, April 9 ; St. Vincent,
Key 13. She Wags invalids from India of the follouins
regiments :—Royal Artillery, Royal &miners, Srd
Gouda, 6th Dragoons, Bth Hussars, 17th Labors, 41Dhr,afX,
314 33rd, 614 66i/a, 671 h, 64th, 1
88th,, ny, 724 SW,