The Express.
London, England, 1855-10-13 00:00:00

CHATHAM, OCT. 12.
Colonel Anderson, Royal Marines, president, with
ether officers forming a district oeurt-martial at Chatham,
assembled in the General Court-martial Room for the trial
of William King, 99th, for attempting to take the life of
Coloar•sergaaat Hagh Macgallan, of the same oorps. It
eppeared that on the 2nd of this month the sergeant went
into the barrsck•room, and found the prisoner had been
drinking, and was very riotous. Re ordered him to be
confined, when the prisoner seized a b.yonet, and, having
driven the sergeant into the corner by the side door, swore
with an oath that if the eergetait budged one inch he would
run him through: the point of the bayonet at the time wee
but two inches from his heart. The sergeant said he was
positive that if he had moved he should have been a dead
man. The prisoner his only been twelve months in the
99th; he came from the Cape Mounted Rifles; he has been
on two former occasions oonvicted by the civil powers. The
prisoner was found guilty of the crime of *Dinh he was
aimed, which subjects him to be shot. The decision of
the court will not be known until the proceedings are eon-
firmed at the Rom Oneida.

The South-Western Company's steamer South-
Western left Southampton yesterday with a company of
Royal Artillery, consisting of about 150 officers, son com-
missioned officer. and men. She was to proceed to the islands
of Guernsey and Alderney, to relit v. the Artillery tuning
there, and to convey the relieved troops, crosieting of 200
offlosn, nonuaommisaioned officers, men, women, and chi'•
ekes, to tioathamptoz.
From the general orders, dated the 26th, 2Gth, and
27th of September, we hear of the following personal move.
meats in the Crimean army : Lieutenant General Sir H.
Janes, K.C.B , had leave to Scutari to Oct. 1. Leave to
England, on " urgent private affairs," was given to Lard
A. Vane Tempest, Soots Fusilier Guard. • Captain Vera
ehoyle, Grenadier Guards ; Lieutenant C. Lane Fez, Cold-
stream Guards; and Captain Fawcett, 60th, to Dec. 31.
Captain Evart, Grenadier Guards, was ordered home in
charge of invalids. On the recommendation of medical
hoards the following ALCM hod leave to England :
Lieetenant Colonel Graham, let Royals; Captains Turner,
let Royale, and Vane and Poole; and Lieutenant Tupper,
23ed Foeiliers ; Lieutenant Sterner, R.A ; 010101i1111111/illt
Clerk Taylor, Captain Arlye' R.A. ; Lieutenant Marshall,
2nd Life Guards (A.D.C.) ; Lieutenant Lonetleld, 89th ;
I Captain Hawkins, 97th; Lieut. nant Kellett, 23rd ; Captain
Graydon, 11. A.; Lieutenant F. Hall Don, 23rd ; Ensign
Hampton, 60th Regiments.

(nom last ntgat's Gazette.)
NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.
Department of the Aceountaot.General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-hoses, Oet. 8.
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein,
that prepuations are now making far the intended distri-
bution of proceeds arising from the Russian brizantine
galliet Antoine, captured on Mey 21, 1854, by her Majesty's
ship Dragon, H.M. ship' Magicienne end Impiriense in
company.
Due notice will be gives, by future advertisements in the
"London Gazette," of the data proposed for the commence-
ment of distribution ; and, at the same time, the amount of
an individual's share in the respective clauses will be an-
nounced.

VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN
Sszvics.—General Post-offics.—TLe office of
postmaster at Enter is vacant by the death of Mr. Paul
Messer. Salary and emoluments of the late postryaster,
6661. Customs.—The office of Controller of the Customs at
Inverness is meant by the death of Mr. Lachlan Cumming;
Mr. Andrew Riddell has been appointed principal coast
officer at Aberayon, port of Aberystwith. The Commies*
riot.—Mr. Themes St. George C. R. Thompson and Mr.
Frederick C. L. Wrsaall have been promoted to be AlMS-
hat•Commiasaries of the first elms; Mr. Laurence Cook
Tara and Mr. Thurston Collios have been promoted to be
Assistant-Commissaries of the monad class; Messrs. John
Graham Buncombe, Frederick Godard Vick, Joseph
Mathias Lloyd, John Manning Rudd, Thomas Pye, William
Swim lierosby, Edward Angell R *este, Edward Phillips
Fletcher, William Cleather Gurdon, Cheeks Carlisle Rogers
Mention, and Horace Taunton, have been promoted to be
Deputy-Commissariec Inland Revenue Department.—
Accountant's-General Department.—Mr. John Weddle, Mr.
C. F. Porch, and Mr. H. Quincy Smith have been appointed
clerks in this department. tienumad.—Mr. Anthony Shall
boa been appointed en Official Searcher of Records for In-
cumbrances in her Majesty's General liegister.bouse, in the
MOM of the late Mr. Robert Pitmen, W.S. ; Dr. Allman_, of
Trinity College, Dublin, has been appointed Regius Pro-
/moor of Natural History, and Keeper of the Museum in the
University of Edinburgh. Post office.—Tbere is a vacancy
in the Money Order-office of the Edinburgh Poet-office,
vice F. Bishop, resigned. Salary 70/. per annum—Civil
Service Ossetia.
TEE EAST INDIA CIVIL SERVICE--Mr. Ogilvie
Temple bas received the appoiatment of chief clerk to the
Court of Small Causes, without any reduction having boon
made in the salary, as it was stated would be the use. Lord
Dalhousie his approved of the appointment of Mr. James
Sutherland to officiate as secretary to the Superintendent of
Marine durieg the absence on leave of Mr. Howe. The
inspectors of schools in the Madre, preeidency draw a salary
of one thousand moose, with eight rupees per day travelling
anomalies. Mr. James Corcoran bee been appointed a
Vakeel of the Sadder Court. This gentleman I. the first
European, and indeed the fiat Christian, who has entered
this court in a similar capacity. His known acquirements
have already procured him the conduct of several important
MOM which we shall hear of after the long vacation. The
Poooah Torture Commiseion-bas resulted in the dismissal
from the service of Mr. Spins, foujdar of Poonab. Govern-
ment have granted Mr. Charles Price, who was lately dis-
missed from the cisil service, a donation of 3,000 rupee. to
defray the expellee of hie passage to Europe, as he is quite
destitute, and without the means of doing so.— Civil Service
Garde*.
SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL SOClETY.—Yeaterday ti quar-
terly court of the governors of this corporation was bald at
the offices, 74, King William-street, City, Mr. R. Grant,
vice-president, in the chair. The minutes of the last court
having bees read end confirmed, the secretary stated that a
deputation had waited upon Captain Walker, at the Board
of Trade, to ask for official perminion for all shipping miters
to take charge of subscription books for the oolleotion of
Seamen's contributions to the society, and also to request
tbat the privilege now granted to seamen, of transmitting
money to soy port of the United Kingdom free of capers.,
by money order obtained from any shipping master, might
be eztended to the society in regard to the sums collected by
shipping masters in lts behalf. To both these requests the
sanction of the Board of Trade had been given in an official
letter. The number of patients admitted to the hospital
from the let of July to the 30th of September was, from her
Majesty's ships, 4; from British end foreign merchant ships,
608: =skips • total, with 160 on board on the Ist of July,
of 662. There were on board at the present time 138 sick
and 6 fit for service ; discharged since the 30th June, 619;
making a total of 663. The number on the registry book
was 74,903. The number of out patients relieved from the
80th June to the 30th September was 37. The financial
stateliest showed the receipts Ie be 2,2461 Se. 10d ; the
expenditure 1,2211. 169. Ild. The late Mr. Benjamin
Thomas Criehton, of Lee, Lent, had by his will, proved
daring the present month, bequeathed one-half of the resi-
due of kis mists to the society. His estate was sworn under
80,0001.. but it
.was not at esent known what would be
the amount Gaming to the moisty. Some formal business
barium beat tressocted, a rots of thanks to the chairman
demi the pomading*.
STAMIOID MAnnsT.—The return of corn sold in
fltainfeed market es Friday last is the largest hitherto made,
' at heat so fag as eau be traced, the to* amount being
111,2141.16.—fiewford Newry.