The Express.
London, England, 1861-02-23 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

PORTSMOUTH, Prix 22.
The Princess Royal, 91, screw, Captain Charles
Fellows*, attiog for the La of Rear-Admiral Smart, is
ready kw beading sails.
The Euryalus, 51. screw frigate, was token under the
sheen is tl.e steam basin to-day, to be masted.
The Cossack, 211, screw, Captain R. Moorman. it i■ re-
ported, will not return to the West India station, but be
"Mashed to the Channel feet.
A sew three.bladed iron screw has less net in the
dockyard for experimental trials with the Duman, two-
decker. Thirteen tons of metal were run through the fur.
care for the purpose. Two of the blades are cast on the
bees, and the third is ►ttached on the Mouilsley-Grifllths
principle.

Aix Ain SORODYNk—In addition to the
ardor for the reduction of an assistant surgeon of all bat-
talions exeept those servinf in the Ea and West ladies.
we understand that it is in contemplation by the War
Minister to reduce 63 staff assistant surgeons.—United
&WWI' Gazette. _ . .

MILITARY CLERNARIPP.—Tbe following circular
has just been issued in substitution of that of the same date:
Waroflice, Nov. 23, IWAX —With reference to circular
321, d►ted Sept. 21, IywB, which mentions the employment
of soldier.clerks bud pensiooers in inilitay staff offices, Mr.
tie-retary Herbert has decided that clause 3of the said
circular lM amended by the substitution of two years for
seem years, as the period of service re.juired in the ranks
Were a noncommissioned °Meer or private cue be consi-
dered eligible fora military clerkship.—B. HAWES."
MovamzNr4 or Tatmra.—The 70th Foot, from
Waterford to Ulesgow Milit a:—The Antrim Artillery,
from Pembroke to Belfast; the Durham Artillery, from
Devneport to Bishop Auckland; the Northumberland
Artillery. from Kinsale to Shields ; the Ist West York,
.om Ulamarow and Ayr to Postefraet.
NAVAL Pang aloszi.—Notice is given, in last
night's Oaaette, to all persons interested therein, that pre-
parations are now being made for the intended distribution
of the amonat awarded for salvage services, rendered to the
merchant ship Norma, on the Bth October, 1859, by her
Majesty's ship Himalaya.

DEATH or LORD BRAYBROOKIL—The decease of
this amiable nobleman took place our Thursday morning, at
Audlev•End. His lordship was foiled dead in hie bed.
Lord Braybrooke's state has bees such se to cause serious
apprehension fur mime time past, but nothing so sudden wee
anticipated. The deceased, Richard Cornwallis Nevllle,
Lord Braybronke, Baron Etraylwooke of the county of North-
ampton, in the peerage of Wait Britain, soil hereditary
visitor of Magdalen College, Cambridge (4th baron), wee
born on the Pith March, 1,420, and succeeded on the 13th
March, 185 H, on the demise of his father; he married on
the 27th of January, IdA2, Lady Clarissa Sarah Graham
Toler, fifth daughter of Hector John, sawed earl of Nor-
bury, by which lade he leaves issue two daughters. The
deceased heron is siicceeded by the boa. Chaffee Cornwall,
Neville (now 111th berm Bnlybrooke), bora August 29,
lira, married 9th Octob,r. 1.49, the Hoe. Thiene° Priscilla
411,1tem Maude. third daughter of Cornwallis, third Viscount
Havrarden. His present lordship bee no imam and the re-
mainder is in the Hon. and Reverend Latimer Neville,
master of Mary Magdalen College, Cambridge, who has a
family.
THE DEANERY OE ENETER.—We (H egertl Morn-
ing Nor.) have rewrote to believe that the vacant Deemer,
of Easter hie bees offered to the Right Reverend
Trevor Spume, late Bishop of Meares, but bag be=
tamed by him, unless the government would create a
Bishopric of Cornwall, which might be held by him ?with
the demserv. until the Eceleeimitic.il Commissioners can pro-
vide feuds for its permanent endowment. Bishop Speecer,
R will berremembersd, when acting for the late Bishop of
Bath sod Wells, wee engaged in a dispute with Arch-
discos Maine as to eamlidstes presented for holy orders,
upon whom be wished to enforce the views of the party to
whom be is warmly attached. Bishop *wooer was lately
presented with the Chancellorship of St. Paul's by the
Bishop of Losdos.
CAME/UWE UNIVERSITY, FEB. 22.—PROCTORIAL
JCIUSOICTION.—The following address, signed by eight
magistrates, 110 ithshitante. and 22 of the parochial
clew, has been presented to the Vice-Chaocellor. Mn..
of the subscribers differ as to certain paragraphs: thus,
some ere for au open and some a close court ; some for
sad NOM against a modification of the present proctorial
ppoowwaann 'To the How:web/a and Reverend the View
el the University of Cambridge—We, the me
derepsd, fahabitaats sad ratepayer@ of Cambridge, are of
opine" that the proctorial jurisdiction of the university
has bees productive of grist advantage to the tows ta
cideor in y lad good orderoar streets. We
rAi
as to express our seam of these advanthm
and at the same time to state oar conviction that it would
be a great miefortures for the town if the proctorial autho-
rity were to ethic We are further of opinioa that a
university town requires special provisions beyond what
afforded by ordinary police regulations, for the pro-
' Section of members both of the tows and usivereity.
And we are persuaded that all arrow oh:fictions to the
jurisdiction sow exercised by the • lior ad
proctors may he removed by some modilkatioas in the
present mode of procedure ; especially as to the meaner
re which cress are beard and decided la private before
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the witheireseelloe