The Express.
London, England, 1866-09-13 00:00:00

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ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 12.—Arronminrirs.—Staff-
Commander G. F. Carr, to the Ze*lons, commissioned,_

Lieutenants—G. E. Somerset, H. E. Maclean, It. W.
Stopford, and J. Way, to the Zealous ; G. E. Barnes, to
the Lion.

BnbLiente ante —G. trshorno and P. H. Rickman, to
the Zealous ; F. G. H. Powell, to the Lord Clyde.
Midahipmen.--J. P. Pipon. F. E. A. Croker, C. Foley,
H. G. Napier, A. A. Ashington, D. E. B. Henderson, A.
B. R. Kirwan, sod T. F. Pullen, to the Zealous.
Naval Cadets.—H. E. Bonrchier, Blanchard B. F.
Coward, F. J. Brooke, Lord G. G. Campbell, and 8. H.
N. Login, to the Zealous.

TROOPS FOR Canal:t.—Yesterday afternoon, the
steamers Europa, Captain Langlands, and the Tarifa, Cap-
tain Cook, chartered by the Admiralty from Mauro.
M'lver, left the Mersey for Quebec, with the °Seers, men,
and hones of the 13th Humars. The steamers also carried
a quantity of military stores. There ware in the Euro
144 men, 131 horses, and the following officers :—Major
Maclean, Captains Huddleston, Hiles, and Atkinson ;
'Acute. Higgins, Starkey, and Hone ; Cornets Moore
and Bieber, Pa ter Frith, Ridingunister Hubbard,
Quartermaster L. Creedee, Assistanteurgeon Milburn.
On board the aste
Tarifa there were 182 men, 172 horses, and
the following officers:—Lieut.-Colonel Jeuyons, C. 8.,
Captains Hill, Tunes, and Clarke ; Lieut.. Ford, Clay,
sad Webb ; Cornets Ellis, role, and Hamilton ; Lieut.
and Adjutant Joyce, Surgeon Armstrong, Veterinary
Surgeon Varley. The Allan Company's screw-steamer
Damascus is fixed to sail from Liverpool for Quebec to-
day (Thursday) about midday, with 9 officers and 153
men of the 13th Hussars, and 240 men belonging to vari-
ous other regiments. There will also be on be: rd the
Damascus about GO men, women, and children connected
with the troops. The troops who are to sail in the Da-
mucus will begin embarking at the great landing step
about 9 a. m.

THE MURDER or A CONVICT WARDER AT CHAT-
RAll.—Yesterday morning, James Fletcher, the convict
who stands charged, on the coroner's inquest, with the
wilful murder of James Boyle, an assistant warder at the
Chatham Convict Prison, in Chatham Dockyard, on Wed-
nesday last, by brutally attacking him with a hammer
used by him in breaking stones, was brought up for exami-
nation at the Police-court, Chatham. brought
prisoner ap-
peared to take more interest in the proceedings than on
the occasion of bis examination before the coroner and
jury. lie appears to have recovered from the effects of
the wounds inflicted on him by the bayonet of the convict
guard who went to the assistance of the deceased at the
time of the attack on him. He received three bayonet
wounds on the thigh and one in the side. He was also
struck over the left side of the head with the
butt-end of the rifle, there being a large scar
still visible where the wound was inflicted. After
the whole of the evidence bad been rend over to the
prisoner, the usual caution was given to him by the magis-
trate, as to whether he wished to say anything. The pri-
soner said, " Yes I do. The reason I did it was because the
officer WAS regularly taking an advantage of the men and re-
porting them when there was no cause for it. The principal
warder here when I was in the cells, on the 2nd of this
month, said he would make my head and the wall owns
together, so that my brains would fly out. I then thought
that when I got out I would do this to get shut of my life
altogether, as I was sick and tired of it. There's men con-
stantly dyingnow in the prioon with hunger and starvation.
The men are regularly eating the candles soap, and
tallow ; they also eat the potato. pealing!, and aeything
they can get hold of. They are also drinking oil oat of
the oil-cans. I don't wish to my any more 11017."
After the above statement had been taken down and read
ever to the prisoner, he said it was quite cerrect, sad
appended his signature to it. He was then fully emir
milted for trial, for wilful murder, at the next moires for
Kent, to be held at Maidstone.
BREAJEFAST.—Epp!'a Cocoa (more oommonly
caDedoslTC:d c Cocos, as being prepare end in-
trodu Jas. typo, the bomampathls chemist tieser4sea.
bibbed ;. For breakfaat, no other beverage Isequally
invigorating and sar=is. By the !medal mode of preperatlou
employed, the Sue flavour poseemed by high-eless mesa is re-
fined, sad rendered sadrenwly delicate and grateful. re gissral
a favourite bas become, that thousands nom um anon who
never used tt before. "Cocoa stands very malt higher than tea
or coffee." Dr. Hassan says. }lb., elb., and lib packsta.--iAdver-
tisemeuil