The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-12 00:00:00

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PORTSMOUTH, Fts. U.
reported that the pretreat oonamomdee-in-
chief al this pert, Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, 0.0.8.,
. 'Rile einevesded by Vice Admiral Sir Thomm S. Peaky,
Bart. Sir Michael's term of minim will expire on the let
proximo.
A private letter received from her Majesty's ship
dated at am Jan. 2, rays:—•• We have been unfortunate
I mom& to catch the fever from the Isis at Sierra Lome,
and are now on our say to Ascension, to land the sick.
Only one &Sow is ill with it, but there are over thirty men
in the list with the fever. Captain Fitzroy ham got Captain
Mabee?, vacancy, acid Mr. Brame mede Aug bentetant."
The Malacca, 17, sore. reveres, Captain IL.S. Oldfied,
which left Plymouth on the 11th January for the Pacific,
arrived at Madeira on the 31st. A letter from the chip
state' that during the first four days she encountered
terrific weather, and on the 15th her lifeboat wee washed
away. Some damage wee also done to the ship, and it was
exported that she would remain as Madeira ten days to

OHATHAN, P. 11.
Tim GinLmi.—lrdarly this morning a strong gale
est Is at this poet from the southward. whir& towards the
afternoon increased in violence, and it km since bean blow.
mg with the force of a hurricane, accompanied by a perfect
deluge of rain. In the harbour every precaution has been
token by the ships of war and other vessels in pert to avoid
rapidest by verses breaking from their moorings and ewe.
iag edlisioea Most of the ships have sent down topgallant
made, and have their yards well braced up to the wind.
with an extra anchor down. During the day a large
number of all kinds of vessels have continued to take op
anchorage sear the entrance to the harbour, in-
side the Swale and Guais spit, many of them
having aturtsioed more or lees damage from the
violence of the gale. Oe board the Great Eastern
dimmer, immediately the gale gave indications of its ap-
proach the usual precastions were adopted to precast ao-
cidents. Steam was got up on board this afternoon, to ease
the tremendous strain which the great ship exerts on her
cables during anything approaching a gale, and to be in
readiness to run out to sea should she break sway from
her moorings. The gale, toward& evening, hes given no
signs of moderating. while the barometer has fallen as low
as 28.25, with every appearance of a wild night. Up to
the time of forwarding this despatch intelligence of no
serious casualties had been received by our correspondent,
although there is no doubt the morning will bring informs-.
tion of • considerable amount of damage.

ADMIRALTY, FEE. 10.—Aironatnitrris—Liente-
mats Augustus Jamb, from the Hector to the Simoom,
screw troop-ship at Portmaonth ; Charles R. K. Smyth,
from the Duke of Wellington to Um St. George, 72, Coast-
guard-ship at Portlink_for service as chief °Moor at Ax-
minster ; William H. Wright, to beehid °Mom at Cross-
haven.
Chief Engineer Themes W. Toady, to the Favourite, 10,
screw ireomised corvetto. at Sheerness.
Assistant-Surgeons William Bache (A), of the Indus,
and Henry Maodoanell, of the Irresistible, to be additional
of the Bristol, 39, screw frigate, flagship of Commodore
G. T. P. Homby, on the West Coast of Afnos Statios.
Acting Assistant-Sergeoes John IL Campbell and
William John Rankin, M.D., to be additional of the
Victory, for service at Maim Hospital ; Edward W. L•et,
to be additional to the Royal Adelaide, for service at Ply-
mouth Hospital.
Sob-Lieutenant Ernest F. Brickdsle, late of the Edgar,
to the Favourite.
Regimen John B. James to the Favourite ; John
Watson hi'lLenzie, to be additional of the Primo' Royal,
73, screw, flag-ship at China, for disposal.
First-olaas Assistant Engineers John Muir. sad John
Dingmell,to the Favourite ; Edmund Clark totho Simoom ;
Michael B. Kelly, to be additional to the Frisco', Royal,
for disposal.
Second.eltes Assistant Engineer Iris A. Coupe:, to the
Simoow.

ACCIDENT TO THZ MAIL STIANZZ JIDDO.—The
following telegram has been received by Reuter's
Telegram Company (Limited), from the Peninsular
and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, February
11: "The company's mail steamship Jeddo left
Hong Kong on the 15th of January. She duly
arrived at Point de Galls ; lauded there all her
passengers, mails, and cargo for Europe, and pro-
ceeded for Bombay. On the night of the 2nd inst.
the Jeddo ran upon the Choul Kadu Shoal, about
15 miles south of Bombay. She had on board two
passengers onlr, 76 boxes of specie, and a general
cargo from China. Two of the company's steamers
were immediately sent to her assistance, and at
the date of the latest telegram (sth inst.) all the
mails, with the passengers and specie, and 200
packages of cargo, had been landed at Bombay,
700 packages of merchandise remaining still on
board, more or less damaged. The company's agent
telegraphs, ' I do not think the ship can be saved."
THE SPEAKER'S Drwrcia.—The Right Hon. the
Speaker gave his first parliamentary full-drees dinner en
Saturday evening last to the following noblemen end
gentlemes ,The Right Hos. the Chanealloc of the
Exchequer, the Marquis. of Harlington, Lord Frederick
Caveedieb, the Right. Hoe. Visennat Cettleroese, Viscount
Enfield, Lord climate Paget, CM., the Right Hon. Sir
George Grey, G.C.8., the Right floe. Edward Oontwell,
the Right Ron. W. Cowper, tee Right Hon. C. P. Villiers,
the lion. T. G. Baring. the Right Hon. Milner Gibson,
the Right Hoe. William Monsell, the Right Hon.
H. Austin Bruce, the Right Hon. G. J. Gooch'', the
Judge-Advocate General, the Hon. H. Bread, the Atter-
aey-General, the Lord Advocate, the Attorney-Geaeral for
Ireland, the Solicitor-General, the SolicitorDeneral for
Scotland, the Solicitor-General for Ireland, Mr. Childers,
Mr. Leyard, Mr. W. E. Fortier, Mr. Stansfeld, Camel
Kingsoote, Mr. Dodson., Mr. Graham, the Rev. Charlie
kierivale, chaplain, and Mr. Alfred Denison, private sec-
retary.
OFFICIAL APPOLLITHF.NTS.--Sir Charles Wood,
with the concurrence of the Council of ladis, has been
pleased to appoint Mr. WM. G. Goodliffe to be Account-
ant-Geseral of the India-office, in the room of Mr. George
Friend. who retiree after fifty yeses' eervioe. Mr. B. Pane,
now Third Secretary of Legatioe to the Ernbasey.at Flo-
rence, has been appointed Third Secretary at Paris. Mr.
W. Wrench, now Vioe-Oonsul at Barnet. has been ao-
poiated Vice-Consul at the Dordattelles. Mr. W. Campbell,
now Vice-Coned at Memel, has been promoted to the Con-
eolith, at Helsingfors. Mr. W. J. Payne has been appointed
Recorder of Buckingham, Vide Mr. Markby, resigned. Mr.
Horatio Lloyd has been appointed Recorder of Chester, vice
Mr. Edward Heaven Beene, reigned.—Obeerver.
Tag Naw SICEIZTAILY OP STATZ FOB W
The Marquis of Harlington has issued the following address
to the electors of North Lancashire :—" Gentlemen,— Hay-
leg accepted the office of Secretary of State for War, my
seat in parliament becomes vacant, lied I have ones more
to solicit at your hands the boner of re-election. So short
a time lea elapsed since the gametal election when I had
the opportunity of explaising, both in my !nlareeses to you
and on the hinnies*, the principles which i n the present tined
in former parliaments I should be prepared to support, arid
the line of conduct which as your represeatetive I should
think it my duty to take, that it Deems to me to be unne-
cessary that I should now repeat those explanatioes
is detail. The time has come in the opinion of the govern-
ment when an earnest attempt should be made to settle
the long-decuseed question of reform. I am usable to
date at present what the details of the measure will be,
but it is known that its great object will be to provide for
admiseioe to political rights of a °meliorable Dumber of that
portion of the working alsasee,wbose intelligence, eduestioe,
and industry have proved them to be well fitted for their
exercise. The sublet*, however, which will swage the
moat immediate attentioa of parliament is the alarming
"read of the cattle plague. Tim government have from time
to time taken measures to resist Oa progress, and with thee
object have planed extensive powers is the heads of local
sothorities. lielovtenasisly those mamma have hitherto
proved unenisoreful in pulling a step te the ravage, of
the disease, and a ball will immediately be Who/humid by
the government which will enable them to take still more
energetic steps for the repression of the disease, and which
will provide for the adequate eompeessniee of these whom
promety it may be nemesery seethes to the puha& hew
rest Treating that I shay win be honoured by a renewal
of your confidence, 1 reseals your obedient servant, Heat