The Express.
London, England, 1861-08-24 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADM nuvre, A t:OUsx 23.—A PPOINTMINTS. —Cap-
tains W. Loring, C. 8., and J. W. Tarleton, C. 8., to be
Aides.de-Camp to the Queen.
Surgeon H. Harken, to the Pantaloon.
Assistaut-Surgeon W. Roche (A), to the Impregnable,
for service at Plymouth Hospital.
Assistant-Paymaster A. Hughes, to the Pembroke.
Acting-Assistant-Surgeon B. Ninois, to the Pantaloon.
Clerks J. G. Card, to the Centurion ; and A. A. Lyne, to
the Pantaloon.

F. G. Farrow, to the Centurion ; IL
W. Motu t the Nacteaus ; E. N. B. Sandy., to the
Aboukir ; T. A. Irwin, to the Edgar ; T. C. Barnard, to the
Trafalgar ; J. W. Seorombe, to the Hero ; G. Derma, to
the Conqueror ; and L. G. Hoddeo, to the Donegal.

MALTA, Avoca 18.

Her Majesty's ship Marlborough arrived from
England on the 10th, and Sir William Martin immediately
shifted his flag to her.
On the 13th, her Majesty's ship Recruit arrived from the
Danube, and the same day her Majesty's ship Crosier sailed
for the coast of Syria, with provisions and stores for the
fleet there. Previous to her leaving, she received a number
of guns from her Majesty's ship Renown, to replace those
which oo esaminatiou had been found defective.
Her Majesty's ship Racoon arrived from Gibraltar on the
12th, and proceeded to Athens on the 17th.
The Scylla left for Sidle on the 17th.
aThe Neptune and Leander left on the 14th for Sicily and
On the 12th her Majesty's ship' Renown arrived from Syris,
On her quitting Beyrout she displayed a cook at each mast-
I head, but was ordered to take them down. These cocks
were made of tin and painted Lbut it appears that in addi-
tion to these the seamen trained a live cock to stand on the
truck, covering hie head up in a bag, which on being re-
moved, and feeling the effects of the light, he began to
crow. On entering Malta there was an attempt to hoist it
rat the mainmast head ; but as it was being hoisted Admiral
Decree spied it, and signalled for it to be hauled down,
which it was, and the man who hoisted it placed in irons.
Most of her sound glans were tams out of her at Malta to
replace some of those found defective in other shim.
The Renown being ordered home to be paid off will take
to England Captain Drake and the remainder of the com-
pany of Sappers and Miners, and will till up with sick and
invalids. She is now in the bands of the dockyard, fitting
up cabins, but will heave for England on Monday seat. She
will not be able to tale all the sick arid invalids, for there
are 140 naval invalids ou board the receiving ship Hibernia,
besides those in the hospital.
Lieutenant Tufoell, of her Majesty's ship Terrible, ex-
changed with Lieutenant Brome, of her Majesty's ship
Renown, and 1)r. Ward of her Majesty's ship Scylla is in-
valided.
On the 6th of August, when the Renown left Beyrout,
Rear-Admiral Rodney Mundy was very much better, and
there would be no necessity for his quitting'Syris on account
, of lie health.

Her Majesty's ships Marlborough and Terrible proceed to
eft on Monday next.
Mr. Derry, of the Ist battalion 22nd Regiment, is about to
retire f nan the service.
There bits been a court-martial on Dr. M'Neill of the 3rd
Buffs for iotoxicatioo. The sentence is not yet published.
The court•martial on Gunner Reid, of the ltuyal Artil-
lery, after a very long trial, sentenced him to two years' im-
prisonment, but his Excellency the Governor has remitted
the whole of the punishment, except 214 days' imprison-
ment The court-martial caused very greatintereetamoug the
privates and nen.comruissioned officers of all the regiment.
in garrison here. The remarks by Sir Gaspard Le Merchant
soil the remitting the punialimeut to V days' confinement
appear to have ive" great satisfactioe.
Her Majesty's ship Scourge with Sir Win. Cridrington
asd staff called at Malta es rust,' to Constantinople. She
left for her destination on the 17th. and on the same day
her Kajestv's ship Foxhound for Coeu.
Captain Boyle, of the Royal Artillery, proceeds to
Naples on leave in her Majesty's ahip Terrible.

LAUNCH OT Till PERSEUS AT PEMBROKE-YAZD.
—oo Wednesday a handsomely modelled little steam screw
sloop of war called the Yentas, pierced to carry 17 guns,
was Lunched from the Royal Dockyard at Pembroke. The
ceremony of miming was efficiently performed by Mies Paul,
daughter of Commander Paul, of Devooport dockyard. who
is here with a party of seamen to navigate the kerseus to
that port, immediately after which (1 o'clock p.m.) the dog-
shores being rerroved, she beautifully
.glided off into the
waters of the haven. Her principal dimensions are as follows:
Length between the perpendiculars, 185 feet ; length of
keel for tonnage, 164 feet W inch ; breadth extreme, 33 feet
2 inches ; breadth of keel for tonnage, 33 feet ; breadth
moulded, 32 feet 4 ioehes ; depth of hold, 17 feet 5 inches ;
burtheo in tons, 960 8-94 ; engines, 200 hone-power. Is
this instance, and for the first time, in order to the saving
of expense, she will not be jury rigged for navigation to
Devooport, but merely have her lower mute shipped with
sails on them sufficient toll keep her steady, and be towed
round by steamers. Mr. Craddock, muter shipwright,
having been appointed to Portsmouth, will be relieved in a
few days by Mr. Florham, from Deptford.

ADELPHI THEATRE. —ME. J. L. Toole &11110U120011
that his annual benefit will take place (previous to to pro-
vincial tour) on Wednesday nest, when will he revival (first
time for twelve years), with all its on effects, The Hop
Feelers. The programme also includes the popular petite
drama, Owe Toads of Nature. in which Mr. Benjamin Web-
ster will appear, and there will be presented (by permission of
the Council of the Royal Dramatic College) a Richanlsonian
melodrama, of intensity and condensity, u recently played
at the Crystal Palace, on the ocosaion of the college fete,
denominated The Midnight epeeter or, Tine Fatal Serref•
Alm, the revival of the Adelphi farce, by Mr. Mark Lemon,
called Moamar &wonky.
CZYSTAL PILLACIL ONE SHILLING DAY.
FRIDAY. AUGUST ?A—Admissions on payment, 2,000;
ditto by mans ticket., 531; total, 2,510.

LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.
After our report left yesterday, the resolution I
sdopking the report was put and carried unaniniouly.
The divideod al 11. 17.. 6d. per 1001. stook wu them
t I
aimed o-
-150,688/. for additional engines and stock was voted as aa
increase to the capital account, together with 5,3571. ex-
peoded cm the permanent way.
The retiring directors were next re-elected, and a nee-
lattice was passed empowering the company to contribute
say sum net exceeding 10,0001. towards the construction of
the Watford and Itickmansworth line, which would be
worked by the North Western.
The usual vote of thanks concluded the proceedings.