The Express.
London, England, 1857-04-29 00:00:00

NAVAL AND manaßy.

ADMIRALTY, APR/L 28.—Arronnitiets. Qpf
J. P. B. Wainwright (1853), to the Leopard, 18,
psddle-
wheel steam frigate, et Deemer,.
Lieutenant J. Daman (1843), to be lieutenant beenimend
of the Cyclops, 6, paddle-wheel steam triple, of Illissmses,
commissioned for special service of laying down the Tram.
atlantic csble.

MLA!, C. T. A. Noddall (1840), to oommaed the Ass-
mesesoe, VI, screw stedua-ehle, at Portereoutb.
Burgeon W. R. Dalton (1846), to the Primate Cherkele,
104, at Portmooth.
Assistant-Surgeon J. Caldwell (1853), to that Primo
Charlotte.

C. A. Lee, to the Primes

PORTSMOUTH, Aram 26.
The Winchester, 60, Captain Wilson, sailed this
emmiag for Chatham, to be paid of She brought home a
number of invalids from dm Chia* sWbn, both naval and
military. The former were cowered to Hadar Hospital
last night, and the latter to the Military Hospital in this
garrison.

CHATHAM, APRIL 28.
The Winchester, 50, Captain T. Wilson, is ordered
to this port, to be paid off into ordinary. 13be has been to
admission dare 1852, during which time abs was the lag-
satin the China station, where she wee relieved by the
ttlilitt Theaes Watt, 91, screw steamer, Captain T. V.
Anson, having been paid off, the Royal Marine* hare jcdned
at this division.

trje, 22, screw steam frigate, of 1,500 tow bur-
den, is o to be built at this yard, and will be laid down
on the same slip as that from which the Racoon, 22, was re-
cently launched.
This morning an ceder was received from the Hone
Guard., directing the commanding officers of depots and re •
giments at this garrison to select from their respectrespective corps
a certain number of boys and lads who have a Em t
wledge of
music, with the view to their being sent to the new inimical
training school, founded by the Doke al Cambridge, at
Hostler Hall, for bandmasters in the army.

TllE " TRANSIT."—Her Majesti's ship Transit,
having the 90th Regiment en board for hiss, has put in at
Corium. to "deep distress." Our (noes) Portsmouth oar- !
respondent had • letter, from which the following is an ex-
tract, placed in his hands yesterday for publicatka :—" Her
Majesty's skip Transit, Comma, April 19.—Hers we me
done up 1 Two days ' Bay* weather sent win hare to
be trolls rigged; you never new a wane sea boat In your
life—crank, top-heavy, and everything that's bad: We
have everything we could wish in the way of provisions—
', only two day. salt since we rune on board ;—but such
an old tub you never saw; the rigging never act up, or
anything secured ; we bad hard work to keep the masts
from going over the side; if she had pitched in-
stead of rolling I am sure the foremast must have gone
over the bows. We had to get tackles across the decks from
aide to side to brace the rigging in to save the spare ; in tact,
• greater tub to roll I never knew. She to topbeavy. lam
certain she will never weather the Cape, or mho will deceive
all on board, both soldiers and bino-jackets. She Is a dis-
grace to the Britialigovernment, and more ea to the dockyard
authorities. If ohs is lost, I hope my diary will be found to
condemn those wbo sent her to sea. You may think what
she must be when I tell you for • truth that there are not
one dozen men (troops) on board with • dry hammock, every
loam in her deck letting in water. They had to give, or at
leant did give, extra grog. —."