The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-03 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

A DIMILLTY, Bu'r. 2. A From= garrs. Sub-
Lieutenant J. G. F. Leacoek, to the Orestes.
Surgeon C. E Playfair, to the Orestes.
Assistant-Surgeons Dr. F. A. Brice, to the Edinburgh ;
and Dr. W. Yaide, to the Excellont.
&wood Muter J. G. Parker, to the Orestes.
Master's Assistant A. Hackman, to the Orestes.
Midshipmen J. B. Fountain*, J. J. C. Swail, and A.
Master, to the Orestes.
Naval Cadet E.G. Darrell, to the Orestes.

CHATHAM. BrPr..2.

Notice has been received at this garrison from
the Hone Guards that the next examination of candidates
for direct commimioun in the army will be held on the 4th
November next and following days. The examination of
candidates for admission to the Royal Military College at
Sandhurst will commence ou the 16th December ; and that
for the admission of candidates for the Royal Artillery and
Royal Engineers to the Royal Militar► Academy at Wool-
wich, under the regulations, dated Hume tluards, April 5,
1861, on the 6th January next. 'No date bas been fixed for
the examination of medial candidates fur commissions.

REAR-ADMIRAL SMART REWARDED.—On Thurs-
day last an incident occurred which afforded considerable
anmaement to the officers of the fleet, and to none
more, we believe, then to the gallant naval chief, who
became the subject of a somewhat benevolent mins.
take. It happened that oo the afternoon of that day
Rear-Admiral *nail stood near the gangway of the
limeof-brittle ship the Revenge, in conversation with
the lady of the provost of Greenock, and while
so speaking, he exhibited alike his courtesy and his gal-
lantry by rentainisi uncovered, and with his cap in is
band. The ship at the moment was crowded with delighted
visitors, some entering and some retiring, and amongst the
latter appeared a buxom elderly lady, said to he from Pais.
ley, whose countenance teemed with joy, pride, and grati-
tude at the magnificent exhibition of naval power she had
just withered, as well as at the civility and attention which
she had received from all on h•onl the ship. Passing the
rear•ailniiral, her heart opened at once, and she could not
restrain the impulse of popping one and sixpence in
silver into his cap—believing him to be, from ha modest
bearing, it may be assumed, not the commander of the
fleet, hut a boatswain or gunner, or something of the *art,
dressed up in gold 'weld fur the occasion, and placed
there, cap in hood, to receive anything which the
generosity of her Majesty's subjects might be pleased
to offer for his own behoof and that of the ship's
company in general. The admiral immediately no.
tired the mistake. and bashfully handed buck the
shilling, which the jolly lady accepted with a gesture which
might mean that he would have been wiser had he kept it
to himself. But she µwed ou, and won disappeared down
the wingway, and then the gallant officer discovered that he
bad still a sixpence in hand of the laily's contribution, which
be hail not previoucly noticed. This could not be returned,
of course, upon which the admiral goodmaturedly put it
into his pocket, declaring that he would send the coin
home, as representing the first testimonial he had ever re-
eeived in such a hearty awl uff•lisiel way. On the same
day au old lady slipped a sixpence into the hand of a
emirkiug middy. He suede no attempt to give it back, but
said that he would report the circumstance to his sweet-
heart, as a proof of the high entinnitiou in which he was
held by the fair sex in the west of ticotlisod.—Ukurvr
Heccid.
GENERAL CILLDINL—A letter from Turin in the
Tr:a pa say. :—" Everybody for some time past has been
speaking of Geoeral Cialdim, and yet I do one see that soy
one understands the veritable part he is playing at Naples.
It is sot ass brave and able general, for there are others
ns
good as lie, nor as an admioistratur, nor no a statesman, that
his presence is of great importanoo in the South—but it is
las a bond of union between the government and the
most advanced liberal party, which pert y may hi-coin('
is the souther provinces a seriow• danger if Its support be
not secured. The general was a repuhlkan by birth, and in
' his youth ; but he has become aide-de-camp to the King,
sod though without family distinction or fortune, he has
obtained without any unworthy C111.V1.1011/, a position in
the most exclusive society that ever existed—the Piedrnoo.
We aristocracy. Rut what is most extraordinary is, that
though gaining favour amongthe retrogrsde party,lbe has not
lost, nor even compromised, his popular sty among his early
lineal allies. Even the ex-refugees, who are extremely
distrustful, placercoofidence in him. His frank and open
manners are of great service to him. It is not rare to see
him at one moment walking with General de Is Harmora,
who is the very personification of Piedmontese aristocratic
stiffness, and two minutes after sauntering arm-in-arm with
General Ribetti, or Medici, uremia, other refugee ; and at
the theatre he freipiently steps out of the royal box to pace
the lobby with some rabid demoost."