The Express.
London, England, 1861-02-01 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADMIXALTY, JAN. 31.—Pitomanows AND AP-
roncrNziNs.--Commanders J. Doryille, E. 110. IYA.
Aplin, .1. J. S. Josling, and W. Bowden, promoted to the
rank of captains.
Lieutenants W. T. F. Jackson, E. L. Strangways, T. A.
&tinhorns, E. E. hisuosell, W. H. Phipps, J. Murray,
It. H. Burton, I'. Le H. Ward, W. P. Ruston, and J. B.
Hudson, promoted to the rank of commanders.
Commander S. B. Dolling, to the Implacable, rice Dorville
promoted.
Clerk E. A. Dyer, to the Princess Boyal.

ROYAL COLLEGE or SURGEONEL—The following
gentlemen barb's undergone the neoesury examinations for
the d'oma, were admitted members of the college at meet-
ings of Court of Examiners on the 2:oth and :10th ult.,
via.:— Messrs. Alfred Cooper, Bernard. street, Ruasellaquare;
John Symous, Exeter, Devon ; Robert Henry Thomas Gil-
bert, Phillimore-place, Kensington ; Charles Frederic Los*,
Barham, Kent ; Christopher Montgoinerie Davidaon, Hobart
Town, Tasmania; Thomas Tweedale, Upper Mill, Saddle-
worth, Yorkshire ; Charles Arthur Patten, Castle's? Hill,
Ealing ; Janice Stillwell, White Lion-strest, Norton
Folgate ; John Thomas Mercer, Leicester ; James O'Brien
Kougb, Shrewsbury ; Thomas Smith Ellis, Foatington,
Upton-on-Severn ; Benjamin Simmons, Eloaleysia-Thames ;
William Chinie Wise, Phoustead, Kent ; John Dawson,
Limerick ; John Martin, Liverpool ; Richard Henry Hunter,
Tottenham ; William Davies, Frood Vale, Carmarthen-
shire ; Abraham Leach, Oldham ; Alfred Joha Belemore,
Harlesdon, Middlesex; Daniel John Leech, Manchester;
Henry Fitsgerald Reyoolds, Hull ; Janus Savage, Burling-
ton Quay, Yorkshire ; Henry Hume, Newcastle-upon.'Fyos ;
Charles Edward Onus, Avenue-road, St. John's-wood ;
Robert Elliott Huntley, Howden ; Athenodore De Negri,
London ; Seejee Palmas Andy, Madras, East ladies; Man-
che:lee Berm* Cobh, Bombay, Fist Indies ; Cuthbert
Newington Hughes Johnson, Winchester; Oiled Lonsley,
Reading; Frik James Reilly, Mile-end; Edward
Person, Cutoare, near Liskeard ; Thomas Leeds, Stretford.
war Manchester; Edema Henry Olive, Hastings; aad
Miami Winstanlev, Exeter. At the same mesti of
the court John William Sinclair Meiklejohn (M.D., Mi.-
bomb, of Greenwich Hospital, passed his examine-
ties as meal surgeon.
FATAL AecIDENT TO A LIEUTENANT Or VOLUM-
TZIONL—Auotiser of the many accidents from the incautious
use el burrs happened to Lieutenant Gardner, agent for
the Osiedeeimi Bank, Rothee, by which the unfortunate
lost his life. Captain Grant, of Glen-Grant,
rai a
i=stod him and a few other Menlo to a day's shooting
en his posads of Buchromb, oa Saturday last, and after all
W sprat the day happily, and when about to proceed home
is the eeptakes ecaveyeace, Mr. Gardner deposited his gun
(which appears to have been loaded and on " cockllio-
montally on the hind seat of the " brake," and proceeded
to secure it with straps, in doing which he moved in front
of the mauls, and mud have given the gun a hitch or
pull, ea, sad to relate, it went otf and lodged the contents
in hie kit bong. Mr. Gardner merely exclaimed, " 0
God, I as shot," seised convulsively an iron rod in front of
has attached to the brake, and almost immediately relaxed
his bold, fell bask, aid was dead in a few seconds. He was
la the prise el We, and Wow a young widow to mourn his
panastore death.—Boarakire Joints!:

FIRII AND Low OF LIFE AT RIIIIINAL-URIEN.—
A firs, involving the lees of one life, and of a considerable
amount of property, took *CO early yesterday morning on
the premises of Mi. J. Peak, sack manufacturer, Foster-
street, HethnaLgreen. The fire was discovered raging in
the &Ting-room, when an alma was raised, and messengers
were despatched for the 'nines. These promptly arrived,
and were got to work, bat the fire was not extinguished
until considerable damage was done. It was mused by a
sfalliinagg on the drying-4*es. As soon as the fire was
angessied, the Areesen, proceeding down into the
kitchen, found Mr. J. Peek, aged CO yeah, lying on the
ground seedy burnt to a cinder. A shell was procured,
and he was removed to the dead-house to await an inquest.
StNouwin RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—On Tuesday
afternoon about tweedy trucks became detached at the tup
of an iodine sear the dock, knocked down a watchman's
cabin, and the brick wall of a dust-bin, and seriously
damaged themselves by Use collision. While the news of
this disaster was on its way to our office, a more serious
soldent was occurring from the same cause in the same
locality. In this ease, twelve 9 ton waggons, laden, rea
down the beeline with increasing velocity to a drop, below
which was • large Canadian vessel of 1,000 tons. Five of
the waggons fen into this vessel, inflicting damage to the
extent of I,OOOL , while the machinery of the drop was
smashed to pieces. Inter on in the evening, another acci-
dent, but efa less serious character, occurred at the dock
by the breaking of a chain connected with the ballast crane,
and the consequent fall into the bold of a ship of a tub full
of ballast, It is most fortunate that no pereon was in•
Jared by say of these disastrous occurrences.—Arrircartle
Ctressiefe.

RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT lIVDDERETIELD STATION.
—On Tooniky morning, during the prevalence of a fog, so
dean tint it was impossible to discern objects even a
few yards distant, a collision occurred on the Laudon
and North Western line, near Haddonfield station. A
very heavily laden goods train, from Mirteld to Nei-
stone, due at Huddersfield at 6.25. came to a nand-
still, in consequence of the heavy load on the viaducts,
where the line runs on rather a steep incline. An engine,
belonging to the Manchester, and Linoolnshire
Company, came from the sheds to take out the first pas.
wager train, and took its stand behind a goods train. A
panenger train from Halifax came up whilst standing
there and ran into the engine, breaking the buffers of
both, damaging a few waggons and some of the
and bruising some of the poisoners. The line was blocked
up about an hour. The injuriee to the passengers were
•

FATAL. AOCIDINTIL —A seaman named Douglas,
belonging to the Royal Nail stamper Trent, fell from that
mewl into one of the Southamptos paving docks on Wed.
namely and was killed. The night before • ystchinan was
walking by the greets; docks in the dirk and fell in. There
happened to be water in the dock at the time or he would
most probably have been killed. As it was he was nearly
drowsed. A seaman named Frost, belonging to the Royal
Mail steamer Tasmanian, which brought home the West
ladle mail yesterday was drowned on the homeward ps-
i rags He was washed off the bowsprit dung a hairy MIAS
i. the Atlantic.