The Express.
London, England, 1859-08-02 00:00:00

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

One by one th• great triumphs of Kr. Xsan's
thostrkal miner are Wag withdrawn. last night whammed
the roving Of the Corsican BrotAers, thst wry bsu of sboatly
A rams, Tided will be played for six nigids, Nadi thin maks
way*, sons Oka old friend to take Lama d u. This
imiodranta Ms bees gigots:ly happy, sot only r ping
Mr. Ism with one of his best and moot lasoilely acted
characters, bat In affording him opportunity for esercidag
his tact in Its met& appointments, and in the style of its
production. Thus, the Condom house, with its curious so-
pointments and quaintlydremed inhabitmts, and the Parisian
lel mogul, with all its woceseories of noise, riot, mei d♦
waltz revelry, are as correct in every partisokr, d in as
effective " bits " any which have., bun pit upon the
AMIE

The Nuisummer Night's Arrtinihatis hazy opisadisar
sal rastic piottiaar, 0000lsebd tvssisetsdasist

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADIMULTT, AUGUR? 1. .. APPOINTNINTIL
Mester R. L. Clevelaad (1864) to be additional to the Asia.
JULY 38.—Lketenaht C. C. Robison (1854) to the
Vulcan.
..

Master C. Gahm (Inn, to the Impregnable.
Ambetent &neon J. Noble (1866), to the Impregnable.
Amiss Ambient Burgeons A. Croatia, to the Neptune,
end A. B. blesser, to the Mao..

Lient.-Colonel Blanc, C. 8., has been appointed
Aastetent-Adjutant-Gensral to the division at Dublin, la
saccessfon to Colonel Webber Smith, C.B.
Unit-Colonel Ouvry, C. 8., of the 9th Lancers,
has bees appointed Assietent-Quarterarester•General of the
Sonth-Eastern district, in the Toren of Cokes.' Blanc
Colossi Oa rrf served with great distinction in the late Indian
cenilmfli. &UV; second Laeut•Coitmell of the 9th Lancers
be will be plaoed on half-p 7, to consequenos of the reduction
of the 9th Y.anan to the borne eembileluneat of *Mars on
their return from India.
MajOr the Hon. W. I. Colville, of the Rine Bri-
gade, has been appointed Brigade Major to the Second Bri-
gade as Malta, in the room of Major Ibbetson.

wooLwrcu„ AUGUST I.

The gentleman cadets who received their 801 M.
minima as Ikutenaute of the Royal Artillery, se the resale od
the Mat halt-yearly maroirialion at the Royal Military
Academy, Woolwich, hays beau posted es follow., and he
aoxedaoca with cedars joined the depot at Woolwich this
day, to proceed to their several station., etz.:—Lieuteaaaa
I Tiles, lad Brigade, Dove ; One, ditto; IlLioery, ditto;
Murray, let Brigade, Woolwich; Peircevel, ditto; Whalley,
ditto; Croothwahs, 6th Brigade, Gibesbm; Dangles, 11th
Brigade, Bengal; Erma ditto; Alba, 10th Brigade,
Gummy; Wilson, 6th Brigade, Malta; 'Attie, 7th Brigade,
Jamaica; Tatham, 3rd Brigade, Devi:awe ; Lewis, 3rd M-
eade, Portsmouth ; Wilmer, 10th Brigade, Portsmouth.

PORTSMOUTH, AUGICIIT 1.
The Urgent, iron screw Meant store ship, Com-
mander W.-H eery Hire. srrived on Sudsy evening from the
river, and sails this evening f te the Mediterranean.
A Portugalre man-of-war schooner arrived at Spit cad on
Sunday evening.

MALTA.

(RION OUR OWN

MALTA, Jute 267
Ramis era prevalent at Malta that the English
sad Ttooolt dots hays been sent to Egypt on ohs saltioot of
the !Mime el three. _ .

I lawittoot a dipeornatie gentleman =my years resi-
dent la Egypt. • few days see he bed a loss/ Interview with
the Paths, who Whorled bha to Mats to all the subject' of
Ids country that the Buss Canal maid sat he undertaken till
the Sultan granted a dram. which wee now races&
The Consul-General el France told him the same, and
the English Consul-06nmel confirmed it.
M. Lampe returns to Frame by this mail, sod he speaks
despondingly ; his return is for the purpme of eadeavourteg
to gm the Saitan's refusal removed. The Praha Mated kis
inteation 01 leaving Rant in a few days for the purpose of
paying a visit to the Sultan at Beyrout, where be was
expected. The Perla intended, if possible, to induce the
Bala. to visit Egypt.
Neither the Nattier nor thu Itipoe, on their return from
Alexandria, saw anything of either the French or English
lists, supposed to be on their mete thither. Everything Is
perfectly quiet at Alexandria, sad the expected visit of the
&ghat sad breech it eta appears $ prism eyserry.
Her Maysio's ship Orion is still myeirier as Malts; when
ready for sus she is to=r.ith ber llidesty's ship Loa-
dos, au bar snivel, to

Tee ROYAL MAIL-111119 StlAntlON.—The Royal
Mail Compute/a new elesneohip &mama floadamptoa
youteeday ler atelm's Bay, tor sa andel trial trip. She left
the dock Mealy before eleven. having oa board Captain
JAM; Mr. Marshall, sad Captain Whisk (directors of the
eemperry), L. P. Powys, N.P., Dr. Beattie, Captain Brat;
lir.- Maki (superintends's* engineer of the emeapay),
Mims. Luke and Hughes (dimeslle worms), Mame.
Mb sad Murray (memoirs el the Boma ef Tra4e). Be.
The imam was built on the Clyde by Mares Napier mad
Sea. Nor capacity i. shoo tubed :—Begiseered tease"
S,IN; mesearement, 3,092 ; :pore tannage,
3,01111; hag* over all, 342 feet ; length of kart,
• teM th of load line, 327 het 6 inches;
breadth ,•
leng bow, 44 feet; depth of hold. 36 het. She has
beam earlase, by Napier aid Seam of 774 horse power, with
tabular bailees ; there are two rylioder. 97 inches in diameter.
and 9 het stroke. There are 24 furnaces, each 7 lees by 2
feet 4 lathes. She has feathering paddlte, 30 feet diameter
over loam, and she carries 1,460 toes of coal. Is every other
respect she is Maar ship to the Paramatta. She is elsguatly
lived with every new applieeeet, Including Reamed, a
ppaateat dietilling apparatus. Tee weather we somewhat
sod v, ry unfavourable fur ths trial trip; sever-
Maier, the speed attained WY m .et setiefectory, the average
of low rens giving a remit of 141 knots par hoar, the last
ma being accomplished within a time emir:order tad in trial
trips. She scrviiipliahed op wards of 16 knots per hoar.
The Shannon will leave on the 17th wit the West India
malls, under the command of Capt. Abbott.
DOGOISSI COAT AND BADON.—Yeatsrdhy being
the IN of August, the &tithed ensue! contest by sin aepten-
time who have served their time with mammon or lighter-
moo, freemen cf the Wateraen's Company, took place for
Doggett's cost and silver hedge, and freedom of the emopsey.
The race was formerly rowed from the Bwan, at I, ndou-
bridge, to the dean, at Chelsea, against tide; but foe some
years prat It has been considered, owing to the mares., d
treMe, right to start the roes with the swing of the up-tide.
Previous to the men taking up their poitions they precred
Goat Wideness's Hal, sad term thence to Fishmongers'
Hall, where, having produced their credential., they receive
• ghee of win. each. The following are the names of the
atm : &UMW Angell Burger, Oreenwich ; Sonnet
Palette, Horeelydown ; Charles Man Farrow, jinn., Mill-
stain; James Lowe, Lambeth; John Isaac nimble,
Berecoaday ; Beejonin Joseph Lily, Han,:erfoed. Tne
race wan to siert at four o'clock from the Old
goes, Loam-bridge, Wain at the Old Swan, Chelsea.
The use, owing to Wee starts, however, did not gm eff
antic some time attar the time appointed. When they did
is, • very spirited rare took plies up to Waterloo-hidge,
whim Lily took the leed, followed closely by Farrow; Lowe
beim third, the others beteg tailed. After passing
through Westminster-midge, Lily was half a doses boats
shoed, bat being out in the .foam, and Farrow hogging the
lithilesee shore, he wee at a disedvantape, and • capital race
sewed op to Pimlico Pier, where Fsnuw ovarbasled Lily,
trambed him to the gamer, sad threw him Into rue @mom"
sod rowed inside, eventmelly coming in a victor by two
Witte' {amok.. Low, • fair third, the °thus tailed; the
Gremerich ma in&