The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-21 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

PORTSMOUTH, MAY 20.
The Staunch, 1, twin-screw iron gunboat, was
commissioned this day by Lieutenant Hall, of the gunnery
ship Excellent. She will try her gun (121 ton) and speed
to-day at the measured mile, according to last orders. The
Staunch is fitted with a 121 ton Armstrong, so arranged
on a moveable platform that when at sea, or after dis-
charging, the great gun can be sent below, leaving the deck
clear.

Yesterday afternoon the offioers of the Bellerophon,
iron clad frigate, gave a ball on the upper deck, which
was covered with awning for the occasion.
This morning 180 maxima of the Bellerophon, with field-
pieces, mustered on Southsea-common, and went through
some review mane urros with skill and alacrity. They
were accompanied by the band of the ship.
The Irresistible, 68, two decker, is ordered to proceed to
Bermuda re a receiving ship, similar to the Imaum at
Jamaica.

FIELD•DA] OF REGULARS AND MILITIA AT
ALDERSHOT.

Yesterday the Duke of Cambridge, Field-Mar-
shal Commanding-in-Chief, paid an official visit to the
camp at Aldershot for the purpose of reviewing the
militia regimente with the troops of the line prior to the
disbanding of the former after their :34 days training,
which this year has been performed at Aldershot. It had
been very generally believed that her Majesty would
review the forces pnor to her departure for Scotland, and
some little disappointment was occasioned, amongst the
militia regiments especially, from the fact becoming
known yesterday that her Majesty had left Windsor the
night previously for her Highland home. The troops,
according to orders issued the previous day, formed up on
the "Queen's Birth-day Parade " on Cove Common, on the
northern side of the Basingstoke Canal, at nine o'clock, in
line of contiguous columns. It is several years since four-
teen regiments of infantry have been stationed at one time
at Aldershot, and the force of yesterday presented a
really imposing appearance. The numbers were pretty
evey divided, there being seven regiments of the line
and seven of militia on the ground, divided into three
brigades. The militia regiments were stronger by perhaps
a hundred than those of the regulars, and the whole force
numbered, according to the " official state," only
7,119, being an average of 506 men per regiment. It has
often been noticed that regiments at Aldershot reviews
are invariably weak in numbers, but the "casualties," the
finding of guards, sentries, pickets, cooks, servants, and
sick in hospital, will reduce the strength of a corps nearly
20 per cent.; and thus it happened yesterday that
although there were 14 regiments present at the review,
the number scarcely exceeded 7,000. Indeed, the ave-
rage of the line regimenteyesterday was only • fraction over
400, the auxiliary force being correspondingly stronger.
A grand ball was to be given last night at the Clubhouse
by the Earl of Lovelace and the officers of the 2nd Surrey
Militia, to which nearly 400 were expected. The regi-
ments of militia leave the camp this day, to-morrow, and
Saturday, and next week the summer arrivals of regular
troops will commence. The regiments expected are the
10th Human (to-morrow), the sth Dragoon Guards next
week or the following, a regiment of the Household
Cavalry, two field batteries of the 11th Brigade Royal
Artillery. and about a dozen infantry regiments from the
following, which have not had a turn of Aldershot service :
2nd battalion, 2nd ; 2nd battalion, 3rd ; 2nd battalion,
ssh ; 2nd battalion, 6th ; 2nd battalion, 7th ; 2nd batta-
lion, 13th ; let battalion, 20th ; 2nd battalion, 22nd ; 34th,
35th, 42nd, 67tb, and 97th regiments, so that a brilliant
summer season may be fully expected at Aldershot during
the next three or four mouths. The weather was delight-
fully cool after the two previous hot days. On Monday,
when the troops were out at a rehearsal of the move-
ments of yesterday, a sergeant of the let Loyal Surrey
Militia fell down from sunstroke. He was taken to his
quarters, but rallied, and died in leas than half an
hour.

ADMIRALTY, MAY 20.—A PPOINTICENTS.--Lieu-
tenant Charles D. Eden, to the Cost ; Paymasters Frede-
rick Luau and Stephen H. Moore to the Fisgard, addi-
tional, for service in transport department ; and Naval
Cadet, nominated, Henry Evans.
VOLUNTERR BRIGADING. —A memorial was re-
cently addressed to the Secretary of State for War by the
Volunteer Association of the county of Devoe, suggest-
ing the expediency of making a special grant of public
money " to be applied to purposes of brigading the volan.
teem, either alone or in conjunction with regular r
for instruction in brigade movements, either at tsp=l
field days, in camps, or other aggregate assemblages."
The council urged that the real e Meng of the volun-
teers could only be tested by such means, and that as
the object is purely national, the omit ought
not to fall upon the volunteers themselves, or
rest for its provision on the voluntary contribution of in-
dividuals. Lord Longford's reply was to the effect that
Sir John Pakington had no "special funds" at his dispo-
sal for the purposes suggested ; bat that in the estimates
fat the current year the allowance for outlying corps of ad-
ministrative regiments and outlying companies of corps
had been increased from is. to be.

Hon. G. A. TULIN, ex-Consul-General of Sweden
and Norway, and of Prussia, in Genoa, writes, December
16, 1865, to Hon. Amos PERU, U.S. Consel-General,
Tunis :—" Dear filr,—Aeoept my thanks for this third
supply of Davis's Pain Hiller. It has often relieved roe
of serious indisposition, and I would not on any amount
be without it, both for myself and my family. I have
essonuaended it to my late oollesioss and (Fistula ia
Timis and Genoa, and one of the largest druggists in this
city has sent ea order to New York tohmeet the demand
for it here." None genuine without Perm Davis and
San's trade mark, r•re RILLE It, on' the government
damp.---(Advt.]