The Express.
London, England, 1850-06-24 00:00:00

MILITARY.

WOOLWICH, Inia 22 —The following is a correct list of
the gentle.oen cadets bel .aging to the Royal M,liiary Aca-
demy, who passed for commissions at the late examination,
as well as those who have been promoted from the theoreti-
cal to the practical class, and these who have recently joiced
the academy :—Fused for comecissi.,ns in the Royal Artil-
lery and Roy al Engineers:—John C. C swill, Robert Haw-
thorn, Gerald Graham, John S Stirling, Frederick J.
Whynyatee. John H. Plackhurne, William N. Waller,
Ed ward F. Purcell, Alured C. Johnson, Cecil B Le Mesa-
rier, Henry S. Elliott, William Stirling, H cry P. P. Phelps,
John K. Pickering, Augustus W. Johnson, John A Price,
Augustus H. King, Robert J. Cairn., Frederick W. White-
head, Richard R. Jones, J..ho W. Csilington. Admitted to
join the Practical Class:—Charles N. Merlin, Francis E.
Pratt, Christopher C. Teesdale, James Lyons, Curies E.
Torriano, George J. Smart, Alexander W. A. Ogilvie. Ro-
bert W. G. Leonard, Charles E. Strling. H. my N. Eon,
Themes Mahon, Robert H. N, wbolt, William Carey, Ad-
mitted to join the Teitor.qic,l Clue at the Royal Military
Academy :—R Amin Patride O'ff era, Augustus Hamilton,
George Nelson Berlow, Arthur R-id L mpriere, Philip H.
Sandilands, Arthur Rideo it, Douglas A. Onslow,
Alexander D. Burnaby. Arthur H. A. Leigh, Lewis P. D.
Broughton, Henry A. D. D Visenet, William H Napier,
Hon. P. S. O'Grady, Jervis Tucker, William L. Rawlinson,
Weliden P. England, Charles G. Luard, Hugh C Lyle,
Henry Town, Desmond G. Fitz reralit, George D. T. Stock-
well, Henry G. Parke, Henry C. W.irdsworth, Charles W.
Lassa.

THE UNDERMENTIONED DETACHMENTS ere under orders
to embark on Tuesday, the 25th st , for B null, on board
the Bucephalus: Captain Wodehouse, 24th ; LieuL
Baynes, 60:h ; Ensign Hutton, 61st ; Ensign Orestes, 70th ;
Ensign Appleyard, 80th, with 1 man of the 24th Foot, and
117 men, with 22 woman and 19 children. Ou board the
ship Kent, en Wednesday, the 26th inst., for Bengal :
Captain Hill, 06. h; Lieut. Pr,seott, 87th; Lieut. Hill and
En.ign M'Betu, 22nd; and Ensign Kithwood. 32nd, with
215 men, 10 women, end 9 children of the 87th Rut.
Tne UNDERMENTIONED OFFICERS have received leave of
absence fur the periods stated:-12th Foot. Lieut Cole, from
the 11th July to the 11th October, 1850; Capt. Sir George
C. Bisshopp, from June 18 to August 18. 1850; Ensign
Miller, ditto. 64th Foot. Ensign Ryan, fr m June 1, 1800,
until required for embarkation. 2nd class Staff Surgeon C.
B. Hearn is relieved from duty at Cnathain for the purpose
of procei ding to Inland for duty ; 23d class Staff Surgeon
J. W. Mostyn is relieved from du'y at Chatham for the
purpose of proceeding to Dover to di duty within, 91st Regt.
CAPTAIN Parrtnott, of the 64th Foot, is appointed pay-
master of pensioners at Roscommon, in Ireland.
THE DEPUTY ADJUTANT-GENERAL —Colonel Wetherell,
the Deputy Adju'ant-0 I, has arrived from Montreal
and assumed his new appointment at the Horse Guards.
THE VACANT COLONELCT. This appointment is still
vacant. aud, though a longer time than usual has now
elapsed in selectit.g a general officer for the colnnelcy, it is
not yet known who is to succeed to the 32nd. The Major-
Generals named in military circles as candidates for the
honour, are, Major Generals brown, Sir James Reynett, and

DISTRIBUTION OP THE INFANTRY RROININTS. Ret.
mints at home, 44; in the East Indies, 24 regiments ;in •
Ned' nese, the West Indies, ant America, 21 regiments
and 3 reserve battalions ; at the Cape 4 regiments, and 1
reserve battalion; Cerl4l, 2 regiments; New S,uth Wales
and New Zealand, 4 regiments ; Mauriuus, 1 regiment, and
1 reserve hat'ali,u ; China, 1 regiment ; on pewite hams
i7th and 95th), 2 regiments. Tutal, 103 regiments. Total,
battalions.

22su REGIMINT.—Her Majesty's 22nd, which left the
Bombay presidency at the end of last year, and is now at-
tached to the Bengal army, arrived at the new butaths at
Daghain, north western provinces, oa the 20th April, to be
there stationed _

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Tae LlEur.-Goreaxon or CHELSEA HOACITAL.—L'eut.
GI I Sir A. F. Barnard, wilco' indisposoiun prevented
his being present at the Waterloo banquet on the 13th, is
hill uffering from were illness.
ROYAL Feettanits —lLis regiment i. expected daily at
Portsmouth from Halifax, N. S. ; as already intimated the
Bombay left Halifax on the 30th nit
BNIROIXRD PINHIONSHA FOR VAIN LAND.—
Loot week thirty of these peoeioaere. accompanied by their
sonsistang of Y 2 women and 42 children, tailed in
the Nile for Van Diemen's Land.
THE New COMMANDIR OF THE FORCIS IN THZ WIND.
WARD AND LIISWAND ISLAND/I.—Lieet -General Sir 3. F.
k'itagersid and staff left England last week for Barbados'.

MEDICAL.
ROYAL COLLIOIII or SUKOZONS.—The following Reath.
men were admitted members, at the meeting of the Court of
Ezsminers on the 21st instant : blesses. W. T. S I. Rudy,
Alheny Road. Camberwell; W. S. Brown, Strood, Seat;
J. T. Hillier, Ramsgate; A. Freer, Stourbridge ; S R. Gram-
mar, Islington; H. W. Josue, Calcutta; A. T. Brett West
Mrulsey ; N. P. Betts, London; R. Sloper, Pontypridd,
Olantorgan ; C.Hurieon, Kennington Road ; and S. Kamp,

Tut ARCFIJEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF GRFAT BRI-
TAIN MID ItILAND.—The annual muting of this society
commenced its proceedings at Oxford on Tuesday last, which
have continued through tiie Week. The attendasee, as was
anticipated, was very numerous, and the state of the weedier
has largely contributed to the pleasure of the ont-door excur-
sions to those objects of interest to which the attention of the
institute his been drawn. The temporary museum die•
played numerous objects of • varied and interesting ohareeter,
ioeludiog ecclesiastical raisins, ancient vestments, aroma,
d works, and paintings. The colleges wan, of mug,
thrown open, and made a splendid display at plate any
jewels. The auto zationot, and sun moths v. have been
well attended, u was the public dinner at the Town Ball,
at Wltiolt the Illargaie of Northampton, the president of Ike
muting, took It. chair.
ALLEGRO RI-AFFRARANCE OF THE POTATO DIN-
IASI —A geed deal of outcry hes been raised within the
pPist week teepecting an alleged return of the potato dimes*.
That there may be fgatanaes of the old enemy to be bead in
some of the young punts, we do not mean to dopy, as an
doubt then are remains of the disease, and perhaps then
will be partial exhibitions of it for some tootoot to mt. ;
but from ear Comatose mnespoodente throughent Ulster,
no single mamma% hat. so for, reached us except of a sad&
factory ellarecter. It is said that ash-leaved kidneys have
lima mere especially attacked. We have numbed enema
plus of that clue of potato plants, sad they all seem pea
fatly heelthy, strong io the item' sad well coloured is the
lest It should a$ be forgotten that setae lots of very infe-
rior seed were disposed °reboot the middle of the pleating
semen, and demon the sickly pleats produced from sub
sled Must have suffered greatly in consequence of the hod
and et ought.—Banner of Ulator.