The Express.
London, England, 1861-10-19 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

WAR.OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Ger. 18.
COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.
Asentent.oommisegry-Oeneral Edward Strickland, serving
with the load rank of deputy-commissary-general in the
West Indies, to be confirmed in the rank of deputy-
commissary-general. vice Graham, placed en retired pay ;
.2:2-Assistant-Commissary-General James Long to be
S.-commissary-general, vice Strickland

ADMIRALTY, OCT. 1.8. —APPO I NTM ENS. —Liente-
tenants Count E. G. F. 0. Visconti, to the Conqueror ; B.
L. Lefroy, to the Fiegard ; Duke D. Yonge, to the Forte ;
H. Dunlop, to the Sonspsreil ; W. Moriarty, and W. Si.
Tuffnell, to . the Britannia.
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Masters E. M. Vincent, to the Madagucar ; and E. C.
Ball, to the Colossus, for coast guard service.
Second Muter W. H. Adlam, to the Doterel.
Midshipmen C. E. Danvers, to the Centurion ; A. P.
Whiplism, J. P. Itryly, H. N. Alleyne, J. S. Brome, and
E. S. Nutliall, to the Senspareil, as supernumeraries.

PORTSMOUTH, OCT. lg.
SPLZI) OT THZ WARRIOR.—AII important error
occurred in our report of the Warrior's run at the measured
mile yesterday. She realised a mean speed not of 131 knots,
but of 141• the fUllIiIllOlll speed being, with the tide, at the
rate of 161 knots an hour. This, so far from being below,
was above what was antiatipated, and is unparalleled by the
IMII of any man-of-war afloat. The Right Hon. Sir J.
Pakingtoo, who waste board during the trial, returned to
town last evening.. Captain tho Hon. A. Cochraue prooeeled
to London to.thy to make a formal report to the Admi-
ralty of the trial. It is underitood that the Warrior
will proceed at once to Plymouth, and that is the course of
a few days she will proceed to sea, making a run to Lisbon
or Gibraltar to search of heavy weather. The °mod Duke
Constantine of Russia made a private visit to her this
afternoon.

The Pandora, 5, screw vessel, made a trial of her speed at
the nieasurod mile today.
The Egmont, old 72-gan sailing ship, was towed to the
building Mews. White, at Cowes, today, to cow
Terted alto a store and receiving ship.

A few evening); since a crowded meeting was held
at the school-room, Notting-hill, for the purpose of present-
lag • testimonial to the superintendent, Mr. buofurd, and
other members of the Volunteer Fire Brigade, being the
result of subscriptions from the inhabitant, of Kensington.
The 1111111101 of about a hundred gentlemen were
returued to the War-office as members of the ninth class of
voluuteers for instruction in musketry at Hythe, but only
64 have attended. These reported themselves in the course
of Wednesday and Thureday mil commenced the prelimi-
nary drills on the lestdamed day.
LON DON Mims Haman& —The ceremonial of pre-
senting colours to this corps at the Crystal Alas, today
bids fair to be of a very imposing character. The great
orchestra, hung with the flags of all nations. and decorated
with the City loaners, with the names of the various rile
corps, looks more gay than it has ever done. The dais for
the Lady Mayoress is immediately in front of the orchestra;
on either side will be ranged the men of the Brigade, the
members of the corporation and their hernia, with the
frieeds of the Bripile occupying the rest of the otehirstra.
Tire Lord Mayor and Sheriffs will arrive at the aware en-
trams of the Palace about balf-peat „three • they will be
received by a guard of honour of the Brigade As upwards
of 10,000 tickets had been aimed yesterday morning, and as
op to a late hour last sight the demand for them continued,
it la expected that a very great camomile of persons will he
=psot cm this interesting oceseim The Crystal Palace
ay have issued advertisements and notices alvising
visitors by railway to avail themselves eighths early in the
dali Raocarrioss Fos Vottrimnta Omants.
Earl Fitzwillima, the Lard Lieutenant et the West Riding,
has issued some escheat replatiam au aslherence to
which will be an effectual securit that the volunteers of
the Went Riding will be by gentlemen worthy
to hold the Queen's eammimilas as officers in so importast
and honourable &service. This form requires the age, ad-
dress, pretrial:le, Mete el health, and height of every per-
ms asking for a ameneimisa is the West Riding volunteer
fares ; it a aim ammeary to give the name and &Unser
of two gentlemen Mk to " bear testimony in respect of the
gentlemanlike and moral conduct of the n; pliant and
hrther, it is required that the candidate must certify that
be has undergone • course of musketry instruction at
Myths or elsewhere', on the government plan ; if not, that
he will undertake to do eo, and to attach himself to • lie
regiment to learn his duties as an officer. —Doncaster
Gaz‘tte.

WURCUTICIL CATHEDRAL—The Worcester Dio-
cesan Architectural Society has just issued ita annual re-
port, in which the restorations now being carried on at
Worcester Cathedral are spoken of as follows „The works
are progressing rapidly, the parte now in band being the
northeast transept and the north side of the choir. The
restoration of the south-east traneept has been completod
by the removal of the Italian arches erected in the last
century to strengthen that portion of the budding. The
wall arcade which extends round the eastern portion of
the cathedral has been thoroughly repaired, and the de-
fective parte made good. This arcade has been continued
along the blank wall space beneath the east windows, but
with Purbeck marble instead of stone shafts. The com-
mittee cannot but think that a richer treatment should have
been adopted for this important position, and the central
compartment formed by omitting one of the shafts, se at the
end of the north-asst transept. has • meaningless e4feet
here ; for, while it might be supposed to be intended for
the reception of an altar-table, its absurdly inadeowite size
for such a purpose at owe negatives the supposition. The
cumbrous seventeenth century monuments, which stood
beneath the eastanusiost arches of the Lady Chapel, have
been removed to the west end of the nave, where they are
even mare obtrusive and unsightly than they were in their
former position. It is much to be regretted that the arcade
in the eastern bays, which had been nearly destroyed
the erection of these monuments, has not been
for which purpose it vine thought the monuments were re-
moved, for in the event of the Imily Chapel being ever used
for occasional *orrice*, as in some of our cathedrals, it
would have formed • convenient backing to the stalls of the
clergy and choir, and at the same time have preserved an
original and beautiful structural feature of the building. the
hitter being an object of primary importance in conaideriug
the restoration of an ancient ecbfice."

TH3 BIRMINGHAM JIWILLERY TZADI AND THI
BIRMITION ING2.—A special meeting of the jewel-
legy_trades of Birmingham was held in the theatre of the
11Mkad Institute, Birmingham. yesterday (Friday), the
Mayor (A. Ryland. Esq.) in the chair, to take steps to secure
a fair representation of the trades in the approsehing Ex-
hibition. From die peculiar state of the trade, all the
works of the manufacturers finding their way to the 'imp-
alend the public through tho medium of a third class
ir wholesale factors—there has been some diffidence
on the part of the manufacturers in applying for space
lest their doing so should offend their customers, the factors
and London wholesale amuses. To overcome this difficulty
Mr. George Wallis suggested, in a letter which was read to
the meeting, that the entire body of manufacturing jewellers
should combine and exhibit their productions conjointly in
401111111—it being optional with exhibitors whether they at-
lashed their imam or not. The desirability of thim mode of
persdare was advocated by matey menthe's of the trade,
nada committee was appointed to carry out the euggestioe.
It wr seated is the course of the proceeding. that there
are men then eight thousand poisons employed in the
Inds, and that the majority of the articles sold in London
r town made goods are the productions of Birmingham
jewellers

DIACOVIRLY 01 ACRTIULIA. —The King of POT-
%gal boa conferred upon R. H. Major, Fag., of the British
Museum. the honour of knighthood of the Tower and
Sward, in reespition of the Importance of hia Massy re-
eseashee as the early dieoveriel of Australia, b whit* it
Imo boss am that the credit of the drat au
diesewery of that rut island so lower attache, to Holland,
as bithertereeerded in history, bat to Portugal. Mr. Major
bed thspod fastens to light on a MS map, in which it was
sheers UM the N.W. oast WWI discovered ie 1801 by •
Periermis NNW Massa Godinho de Berea& This date
is he yaws 'whir dm As auligat previously known die.
ems" by the Date&

Tiz BALLOT SOCIITT.— The ordinary weekly
=of as seannittes will be resumed on Tuesday, the
Obi agen, in Guildball-aisakbass.