The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-01 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

Ataxisaier, Auotier 31. Arrournave.—
Aasiasat Rawer ha (limp .1. B. Iloatuaa, as tia Fax.

WOOLWICH, Allover 31.
Hisltorphitteresui Prince Arthur, socompanini
rthMami:seca, e. errimet Wm With at 3 o'clock
asd izentedy psetteeded to the Royal
whore arranguneste had brie made to carry out a
seriesg Miens** a:whining with Francies corrugated
iron military wmproas which will SIMS seem the purposes
of boats for the trxneport of troops or stores across a lairs
or river. HI. royal highness was received at the nine
gate by Ottiesel J. C. Keanedy, C.R.,
.Militarylnatenat•Coloael
O'Brian, and Major Sherrington, of Train
Corps, and the patty thee proceeded to the canal sear the
=disarm t oteltirrstharlre a:ll":llZieD.lthe ltr:Ergor hitt!
water, and his royal highs's, aid the takers nantid hay.
bag snared thee eir* it was easily navigated boy two ass
with tem A second waggoa was then tested, sod
bung emberked sixteen men ri tie Military Tnin
alMwith its town wheels, sod as additioad t
ett 7 cwt., was.propelled with ease for • •
distaste, clearly proms. the impartfinte of the inception for
sai=purposes, especially as • means of trans uring
I active warfare in an ettenty's country. Hi. royal
;11/4010•••, who impanel delighted with the experiments, re-
, tossed to ine residing* at Oneo elapse k, accompealed by
Major Elphiselesti, at 1,, °Weak.

CHATHAM, ACGOST 91.
DUVAL COURT-MARTIAL. —A oourtlnartial ooin-
posed col amtsin J. Folioed, of the Formidable, 84, presi-
dent ; Captain W. IL Hall, C.R., Camberlsed, 70; Com
member T. L. Ganmee, Formidable ; Commander A. &MVP:
Onmffierkand ; and Commander G. F. Ostrom Recruit, 6,
assembled on board the Formidable, flagaldp et Vine-
8r G. R. lambert, K.C.8., communder.in-ohisf at
the Non, this morning, for the trial of Private John
OM, Royalr Mariam serving ou beard the Wellesley,
72, Clapham R. G. Faisal:awe, in Obatham-harbour,
on a therm of having, oft the unwise...deck of
the Wellesley, a. the 24th August, behaved is
a highly insubordinate manner, and made use d maliseme
Lamar by esying, " I shall not do another day's soldier
lag is this ship,'" or word. to that effect ; and also on •
further ahem of having, when takes below by Corporal K.
Ailey struck Colouraergesat Charles Lefty", Royal Ms.
rine; his seporier officer. Commander Studded., of the
Wellesley, prosecuted ; and Mr. G. H. Knight, solicitor,
Rochester, officiated as Deputy-Judge Advocate, and cow
ducted the .see. The prisoner pleaded guilty to both
slisrpos, and threw himself on the mercy of the court, urging
melte( in eateenation of his ooculunt. The court sentenced
him to receive 481mila on board the Wellesley, and after-
wards to be dismissed with (Lagrone from her Majesty's ser-
vice.

By direction of the Admiralty the officers and crew of
the Recruit 6, 160 horenpower, iroo steamer, are to be
tamed over to the Speedwell, 5, 80-bone power, screw
gios-vmsel, la conaequeoce of the winsome of the Recruit to
proceed on the service for which she was orikonally intended.
She is sow placed iu the first diviaioo of the steam reserve
at this pert, withont any of her bulkheads or other internal
fittings beim% disturbed. During the occasion of her recent
trial trip at tie Nore, the sea washed over her to each an
extant as to spoil her breed and slops, which have Irma re-
tgroial Into the dockyard

Tat FLOSIDA.—We mentioned on Thunday Let
that her Majesty's pedellereop Greer. Cantata Pechell,
bad, ow the preceding day, Mee despatched to the coast of
Ireland with a view to •' look after" the Coefederate ship of
war Florida. whose destructive kluge off Kinsale have been
recorded. The protection of firth!' intonate was, of course,
the object of the Geyser's oaistioo, which, however, has been
useuccusful, inamerneh as she returned yesterday to Daven-
port, and reports that daring her brief cruise seat Queer-
town and the south-.stern Irish oust her of sod crew
have seen nothing of the Southerner, our received soy he•
formatioe leecheg them to vapors that the Florida wee
stills these water.. It may therefore be premised that
this "Will o' the Wisp '—leugtby secouota of whose doings
at Bermuda are now reaehiog us—ha. sheered off to other
cruising ground, sod will shortly torn up where least ea-
, Fleeted sod desired b the Federel traders. Some diarrhea
bad been waited at by the fact that au the arrival
of the Florida at tbe harbour of St. George in that Wand,
July 16th. she Ind a salaam, which was returned by tiro
Euglieb fors. This was onastrued by sore int. a tech
Dios of the intepeedeuce of the South. A slang
Suethere feeling seems to preyed is the laird ; the larhoor
in reported to be full of blockade rumen, aed a „resider-
able Mtn-choir of civilities hes takes place between the
Confederate and the British Marrs," the farmer having
bra *reclaimed by the latter at their mesa TIN riistest
paymaster of the Florida having died at the pert, his re-
mains were followed to the grave by a large coucourse of
reindeer and others. Western Mummy News.
Poet-office money orders can now be draws is
thle ematry on Barbedose, in es West lathe.