The Express.
London, England, 1860-10-06 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

-AarTaaWr Ocr. 6.—Paowarion AND Arroorr-
r loorra—Chidshbaer P. J. Ignition, to the Oarswallis.
Kerma H. to the
MG.
Ilarnaltavollead&.3llrands ; and J. Burke, to
be adlilleol Mr ilie W
ILalt4ll. Maatar, to tie
Egg. I 1 J. Fellowes,litao Itta: Ariel ; C. Johnstone,
'sad I. A. Dawson, to the St. George
C. Tucker, promoted to chief eagimer, sod
to the lades, for service in the Narcissus ; and J.
pranoted to acting first clam assistant engineer,
.ads=si le time Alert
A Clerk R. w. Jogs, to the Miranda.
Naval Osasta A. G. Warchope and F. 1). Radcliffe, to
the tilt George.
MALTA, OCT. I.
Her Majesty's atearnahip Himalaya dill remains
at Malta waiting orders • James Watt is having her engine
=P; Mohawk is reitting ; arid St. Jean d'Acre cruising
ort. The seamen of the latter vessel have subscribed
301. 2a. dd. towards the Christie& sufferers is Syria, and
getand Mrs. McCrea sad the officers, 91. liii., in oil
. 6d. This is very liberal compared with other sub-
scriptions in Malta.
Mehmed Naha, Govenier-Gensral of Tripoli, sent 101. to
Malta for the same purpose. A Mahomedsu subziz
for a Christians a novelty. The masonic lodges have
sailed liberally. The dockyard and naval -
M. lls. With all them aids the Malta subscription
to KOL
The man condemned to death for striking the teslsso
i Ilifiele of liar Majesty's ship Iktylla still maim lassui
phone&
• lbelelplaiyaMit, Kith 1114711tgaii of Siiri?illiie arse,,

TEN CHANNEL Etas:—lt in expected that the
screw steamship Aboukir, 90, Captain Douglas Cprry,
which arrived in Plymouth Bound on Wednesday, with the
Royal Albert, Conquerve, and Centurion, will have to go up
Eamothe to be repaired. During the recant cruise the. ,
fleet has been engaged in the usual routine of naval evolu-
tions, and the discipline of the ships has been fully tested.
Under canvas only, the Edgar is said to be the best. The.
Conqueror has been repeatedly complimented by Admiral
Freemantle for her smart appearance and efficiency. Com-
plaint is Made *Mt* eomdercial code of signals which
has been teeratly intredimed, and is of great edge, appears
*receive no proper attention from the merchant vessels
mkt by the r.. 1 of the feet. During the cruise Ward's
night Mgr& dere been terted, and hays proved very
valuable, be ships did not anchor in Portland on Tule •
day. The Biala went in and returned, accompanied by
the Peies:Which had despatches for the Admiral, who
loft for-London immediately.
Ton ArAL.CoNNAND AT DETOTTOZT.—We are
much pained in having to inform our readers that the
Illness with whisk Sir Arthur Fennhawe hes been *Meted
ever since he held the appointment of Commander-in-Chief
at DevOaport, hat at length assumed such a serious aspect
ae to induce the gallant officer to maign hie appointment.
Sir Houston Stewart, K.C.8., has bees spoken of as likely
to succeed Si, Arthar. The Admiral Saperisteadent, ea
whom the duties of Port Admiral usually devolves on such
cessions, is at present absent on leave. Commander Breen,
the master-attendant at the dockyard, does duty in that
department during Sir Thorn* Peelers absence. Yesterday
them was frequent oommunketion between Commander
Brawn and Admiral- titagiced, whose flag is flying as (Hp-
Min of theAtest on hoped the Royal Albert, lfila in the
Souk— Tr eaters Mors* News.
IMPORtirf TO IdENDTOLt STIIIANTS. —The Medical
Times and GurNee seri :—" We believe that in conse-
quence of the large number of candidates who have been
attracted to the army and medical service by the sew war-
rant, it ham be, decided that gentlemen who possess de-
. gates in medial* and diplomas in surgery will be preferred
to those who only possess a license to practise either medi-
cine or . • Ws is of very great importance to mediad
stedentr raitYsliy. hereafter wish to enter tbe army medi-
cal envies, ea they should at once shape their mune of
seedy so as to amble them to obtain a degree in medicine as
well as a diploma in tummy, from one of the bodies in Croat
Britain or Ireland legrlly entitled to grant these qualifica-
tions."

GENERAL PEEL ON #HE NATIONAL

DEFINCES.

HUNTINGDON, FIUDAT.
The annual meeting of the Huntingdon Agricul-
tural Amociatim washahl.thja day fee iiiirealsibition of
Mock, /cc. At the diem at the Town-kali, in the ahem
noon, the Duke of MA/SCHUSTER presided, and was sup-
Cby the Right Hon. General Peel, M.P., Mr. T.
rag , ]LP., Laid Bohai Mootegu, M.P., Mr. Fellows
ILP., Yr. Bad, formerly member for the county, Mr. D.
Herbert, mayor of Huntingdas, Dr. Ward, Lieut. Heath.
opts, the Rev. J. D. Matto, Yr. J. IL Hsathcote, Hr. G.
Thornhill. the Rev. J. Linton, Mr. C. Fawn, be.
The usual loyal toast' having been honoured
The MAMAS pre " The Array, Navy:and Velum
tears."
General Pm, M.P., on rising to respond, was received
with loud cheats. He said—Gentlemen, the oomph-
:sent that you have just paid to the army and
navy and the volunteers includes some 600,000 indi-
viduals. That branch of it to which 1 have the honour
to belong, and for which it is now my duty to retrirn thanks
namely, her Majesty's regular army, comprises alone, with
the magnificent addition which has jurt been made to it el
the local European army of India, no less than 250,000 mas
The volunteers, the pensioners, the militia, and the yap-
manry swell the number to 500,000, and if we add our gel.
lent sailors end the Royal Marines, than which there is set
• finer body of men m the wadi, the kid name*
reach at Meat 600,000, all of whom yam prepared its &hod
the possessions of her Majesty. (Chess.) And yet, ma-
time; we are told that we are not a military nation. For
the purposes of swamies I trust we never may be. (Lad
cheers) I iimarety hope that we shall never be induced
to interfere with. e affairs of other nations, and I trust, at
all events, that we shall never go to war for
an idea. (Hear, hear.) But for the mamma of
defence, I hope we may ever be found • very
military nation, and that it will be seen that upon that
peed we entertain some very strong ideas, which we are
=lto fight for if necessary. (Cheers.) One of those
ake tube this—that if a foreign foe were ever to be
allowed to lend in the country, we have an idea that he
would never be allowed to go back again. (Cheers) In
carrying out that idea, I am perfectly certain that the regu-
lar army would receive every assistance from all those other
linaebes of the service which I have just mentioned. I have
aok bowover, the slightest idea that such a contingency will
ever arks (Cheers.) The volunteer movement has now
bosoms • peat and established fact, and I trust that it
will long maims to be so. I trust that those
who have came forward with so much spirit wil not
only mittens their own services, but do all in their
power to eacourage others to follow their example.
(Cheers.) This hoe been truly a voluntary move-
ment.. I give the government every credit for the
sasistince and encouragement they have afforded to it—an
assistance sad emoungementgrenter than 1 was able to
afford to it, barna the rifles were not in existence when
matin office, though I have the gratification of knowing
that they were all ordered by me. (Hear, hear.) But you
may depend upon it the movement would never have
assumed the magnitude it has done if it were not for the
exertions of individuals in different localities. Yon all
know in this county how much you are indebted to the
noble duke in the chair, and to others, for the corps which
now do you so much credit ; and though it would be invidi•
am to mentioo the names of individuals, it is impossible not
to admit that Lord Melo, and other young noblemen who
came forward to form the carps which they now so worthily
command, are entitled to the thanks of the country.
(Cheers.) The establishment of lls• National Rifle Amu-
elation wee also • most praiseworthy object, and I em glad to
see that the plan of offering twins for competition is rapidly
extending throughout the whole country. At the same time
I hope I may be allowed to say a word to the volunteers in
reference to these prize meeting.
_Let no man be discou-
raged because he hat failed to obtain • prise. If you cannot
attain that accuracy necessary to amble you to secure good
prime do not Is. ii dishearten you for • moment or induce
you to think of withdrawing from the corps. You may de-
pend wpm it that there are very good soldiers who are very
usdiffereat shots. Wear, hear.) To fire at a bull's-eye and
at a battelka are two very different things. No great battle
was ever won by the dexterity of individuals but by the
'maritimes and valour 01 the masses and the *madame that
each places in the other. (" Hear," mid cheers.) 'those
are the means by which great results are attained. (Hear.)
Perhaps as I wee for 16 months responsible fur the security
of the country from attack as much as the minister
for war, whoever Ye may be, is responsible to the country
for its security, it will not be out of place to mention one fact
which makes me think that this volunteer movement is of
far patter consequence than many persons imagine. It is
admitted by everybody that the greatescurity fee Cheetah:ace
-
of the country must always raat upon our =tritium Nape-
UGUILATIOX Or TIM NIRI LIBRARY AND Amity. It is imegined by many that our navy ought not only
Minton AT Listurootough the arrangement' ere to he equal to that of "toy other country, but equal to that
yet isatenplate, the sonueittes us sanguine in making the el all a. countries combined ; and that if it be not so we
.e
moo
• post 11610911 L The public hol •iday on isn't always maintain in the country, • large military force, •
ria will Pee thoomads, who would dherwiee have and that without the volunteers we Amid not have such a
hem confined to buboes, an opportunity of whamming the faros Now, it is somewhat disheartening that alter all the
cad jelaigia the feetisities of the occasion. exertions we have made during the Let two years, end the ' Frederic Jones has pb!ishcd a se
of M
t of
CesdlrreLog6. yof Madura over the library to the public i mow we have kvished upon the navy, to say that a great '
will, if the weather is fine, be performed out of
at irio doubt boa arisen whether the ships we have built aad the 0i1t...771,rurd:0. of the Intliorreuttleblele AZILRit
wofront of the building. The meeting. of the 17th, at the • money we have expended have sot bees thrown away. ot lontsoarti coloOes with °the mystic obseuritlea weld depth
n,
is to be confined exclusively to working men. It cod supposed that • mew war vessel —the ileum' flashes of light, la random! witli a fidelity to nature DO-
M) banquet at the gr. George's, Hall, on the 18th, will be treerite—bas been artahlishek and that it will equalled by anything we have ever seen in stertoscopes.7—Athe-
a splen&d gathering, and nearly all the tickets, both for the reader almost all the exertions we have made and the money neon, Julie 23, 1800. " Highly I
rot nMrestlitit and valuiatble(4'—.lndr.lty.
body end the galleries, have been danced of. The Feel of we have spent useless. Upon. this entipet may state an N'ews' The series eemPlein free en reee4
Jfnee order for 27a, or two samples for at holesale and
Sefton (lord lieutenant cf the county) will not be able to be opinion which, within the last eight days, wee gives to EDO
premed. i by an to oboe° judgment, with respect to projectiles, I 1 mirky opposite Bouctmetet.—Adverisensint.
for exportation.—Yrrilerk Jones, 140, Oxford .street, London,