The Express.
London, England, 1856-11-29 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

(1101 t LAST NIGHT'S CLUTITTI
WAR DEPARTMENT.—Noy. 28.
IlitaLigktDreptieme—ffteMeg Duffield t., to be menet, by par.
edierek'ingesemnias W analMtelt a. who b 34 retired.
Doke lailffer. et Foot Cisards--Lieutenent and Captain and
Ittereet Me& iNorl Revak, to be captain and hoot rant colonel.
by perdue% eke Franklyn Libiangteo. C. 8., who Mires ; Ensign
amildwalamit Robert Farquhar dkaw Stewart to be lieutenant
mad aptels. by weber, Moe ; Henry Harding. Dense
Sinew, peet, le be pigs and lientwaant, by porches*, clot Shaw
Ikeweell. •
14th Riglentegedieldn William Noel Watson has been per.
alas ti=iell:angibrica.
16th IlkkaadCalvert Healy, to be lieutenant, without
MSS laeleesiatd.
26th reed—Fee how Esq., to be paymaster, Mee Craigie,
NO a Adria. which appeared in the Gazette of O,A. 24,
fiVideed. Waimea lames Bridges, from the Lend Tranaport
Gam tie begaymeeter, 11. e.
Me-sarberemmter John Giddings to be paymaster, vice
Clarforth, deceived.
41th Foot—Captain John Hooking from half pay of the 47:b Foot, to
be captain, vice W. W. Maitland, deceased.
70th Foot—Assistant Surgeon Joseph Watts, from the 94th Foot, to
be maistant surgeon, vice Grant, &camel.
86th Foot—Ensign George Albert Conner, from the SHIM Foot, to be
lieutenant, by purchase, via Lipper. promoted; Mancini Sar.
germ Thomas Sitwell Barry, from the Staff, to be amicatt surgeon.
vice Fitzgerald, appointed to the 94t1 Foot.
88th Foot— beats sant John Berkeley Michell has been permitted to
reeks his commission; Araistut Surgeon Richard William Meade,
from the Staff, to be resistant surgeon, vice Harris, ',agreed.
94th Foot —Assimant Surgeon Frantic Ltaria leitzurratS, from the 70th
Foot,
t. to be assistant Aaron, vice Watts, appointed to the 70th
no
let West India Regiment—Ensign Arthur William Barron to be lieu.
Mum, without purchase, van Callahan, decs.sed ; Eneign Ale..
wider M. W. Samson to be lieutenant, without purchase. rip
Barton, whose promotion, cn the 31st October, 1858, has been crab.
2nd West India Regiment—Lieutenant Fslord D. Lye has been per.
milted to retire teem the seance by the sale of his coromis.ion.
Gold Comet Corpe—Lientenant Charles For Duke to be captain, with.
out porches, vice Brevet Major Bird, proceeded; Rouen Edward
N. Robert Gatehouse to be lieutenant, without purchase, vice Duke.
HOSPITAL STAFF.
Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals John Moe Andrew, M.D., to
be inspector general of hospitals, vice Durum, filmed on half pay.
, Assistant Surgeon William Alesander Davidson, M.D., nut erournerary
In the Ist Dragoon Guard., to be amistant surgeon to the Fora.,
vice Barry, appointed to the 86th Foot.
Acting Assistant Surgeon John Billy kez owed to do duty, then,
being no longer 00=18100 for has services.
BREVET.
Major John James Grant, unattached, employed on a y articular ter.
vire is South Africa, to have the local rank of lieutenant eolotel in
South Africa while era employed.

CUREAOII CAMP, Nov. 26.
The company of Eogineers lately arrived in this
camp from Chatham are now employed in forming a new
butt for artillery practice.
The 2nd Brigade foot races and athletic soonts take place
today near the grand stand. The regiments forming the
brigade an the 18th, Mot, and 94* the whole under the
command of Acting Brigadier Colonel Edwards, C. 8., 18th
Royal Irish. Toe programme issued mentions 30 odd
matches and fawn, bat it does nut protein to be very
latereeting.
Amateur garrison theatricals are spoken cf for the winter,
and the officers in camp prep 40 to ink amis:ance of her
Majesty's government in the shape of a grant of money,
which has been given to the Aldershott amateurs. This
request will, it is hoped, not be missed, sabough orders
have arrived, through the suggestion of the Chaplain
Oeneral, for the commandieg engineer to prepare plebs for
a buil ling suitable both for a lecture room and th to
hold 1,000. Suil, this beading cannot be completed till late
nest year.
Yesterday afternoon a grand sacred concert was given at
the camp. The vocalists were bliss Julia Cruise, Mrs. Cant-
well,lde.o Geary, and Mr. Talbot. The instrumentalists were
Herr Sommer end Mr. John Keane. Herr S muter, band
master of the 38th, deserves great credit for his enterprise
and good selection of tannic sad singers ; but owing to the
dear price of the Teetered seats, the concert wee badly atten-
ded by the military in camp, very few of the officer.' wives
being present. In addition to a low families from the neigh-
bourhood we noticed Sir Richard and Lady England Red
staff, General and Mr.. Gough, Col. and Mrs. Walker, Col.
Edward', and a few effie, re of the 18th Royal Irish ; Lieut.
Col. Lscy, and officers 66th ; Maj.)T F , and officers 35th;
Major Mien, Capt. Brine, Col. Hon C. Plunkett, Ist Royals;
Capt. Prendergast, Scots Greys, &e.

PEMBROKE DEPOT BATTALIONS.—Major General
Sir Richard Airey, K.C.8., Qoarteressrter-General, raid
a visit of inatieetion to the garrison at Pembroke on Wed-
nesday, the 26th inst., fer the purpose of arravgieg the
formation of the battalions. The result is that about eighty
additional huts are to he erected in the vicinity of the
,present fortified barrack' for tilt accommodation of the
beitond battalion. S.r Richard left on Thurs lay morning
;by rail for town. The force at Pembroke 1, to be largely
summated, especially in the artillery deportment, in order
efficiently to garriioa the new fortifications cn the ham.

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Southampton. This is another melancholy inmates of the
Audible of tba eopatannoetion viz. Me Miall bad basin
the Berries upwards of ' n yearn, during which time be
mast have paid 2001. to the farm, which is r on entirely lost
to his family.—Cmil Service Gazette.
BOUTIIAMPTON ELECTION.—SouTriAurros,
DAT:A meeting taken place to day at the London Refer=
Club, to put a stop to the fratricidal war amongst the liberal
party here. Mr. Wepuelin is expected here to-night. A
deputation trout the London shipwrights hare visited this
town to iodises the &Althea:ons abiperrigba to sots for
Mr. Jarnes.who defended the former in their late legal
entusts. Meetings of the electors in the large electoral
ward of St. Marra have been add d with success for the
last two nights by the adherents of Mr. Jaws. Sir
Edward Batter is actively csavaadeg every day.