The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-22 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MlLn'A'itY.

THE ROBERTSON OOIIRT•MARTIAL.

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The court-martial on Captain Roberteon was
resumed in Dublin yesterday. Captain Warren, 27th Hegi.
ment, read, on behalf of Captain Robertson, the final
reply to the evidence. He deplored, for the sake of the
honour of the regiment, that the investigation should have ,
disclosed so much contradictory and almost irreconcileable
evidence, and that he should have been compelled
in self-defence to bring into notoriety such acts and con.
duet, on the part of Colonel Bentinek, and other officers,
as had been revealed and proved. He submitted that he
gave conclusive proof of the acts committed against him for
the purpose of compelling him to leave the regiment.
and now alleged that the prosecutor in his rebutting
case, having singled out one of these acts as the object
of his attack, had implicitly admitted that the others could
not be contradicted. After reviewing at great length
the effect of the prosecution with reference to the archery
meeting, he said he thought the attempt to flu the date as
the time when the libels were first suggested miserably
failed. He thought a complete chain of evidence had been
given to show they were contemplated in the month of June,
long antecedent to the 12th of July.
When the reply concluded, the court adjourned till to-
day, when the prosecutor will read his final reply.

We (Army and Nary Gale- tte) have heard that
Rear-Admiral Smart, MIL, is likely to return to the com-
mand of the Channel squadron, and that Rear-Admiral Sir
Lewis T. Jones, K.C.R, will succeed him at Cork.
The annual change of quarters of the household
cavalry will take plant on Wednesday, the 2nd proximo,
when the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards will march from
the Spittal Barracks, Windsor, to Regent's Park Barracks.
The Royal Horse Guards will remove from the Regent's
Park Barracks to Knightsbridge Barracks, and the Ist
Regiment of Life Guards will march from Knightsbridge to
Windsor. It is expected that the let battalion of Scots
Fusilier Guards, which has bees doing duty at Windsor
Castle since September last, will be relieved by the let bat-
talion of Grenadier Guards on the 15th of April next.
Tan GUARDS IN CANADA. —The privates of the
Guards are getting into bed repute by their conduct.
There have been several disgraceful rows. The oaten
or cabmen of Montreal have a spite at the Guards, four
of whom hired a sleigh on Monday last, and had a long
drive, for which they would, or could, only pay 25
cents. The carters for this gathered around the four
soldiers and were going to give them a thrashing ; the polies
fortunately came up in time to prevent minket. On
Wednesday night a fight took place between a piety el tits
Guards and civilians, which resulted in the very oedema in-
jury of one of the latter. Some of the Soot+ FaslaissOunk
and one of the Grenadiers were arrested, sad when to the
police-station stiowedoff their bumps of destrnelivenem br
braking the guard bed in two pieties, smashing window, and
pitching fragmental of the bedtbrough the gmtang, one of whith
struck a constable in the eye. The belligerents were at
length taken away to the barracks, and they are now being
tried before the police-court. The military have left them
to be dealt with as the civil authorities think fit. The
number of ries in this city is perfectly alarming, and
the unl ones appear. to be as plenty as the others.
The soldier are inveigled into those infamous dens, and
plenty of adulterated whiskey supplied to them, on whisk
they soon get raving drank. The soldiers are greatly en-
couraged to drink deep in this oonntryby the cheapness SI
the stuff celled whiskey. General Williams his ordered
the formation of a military police to look after the dis-
orderly moldier% This police are to be under the charge cg a
provost mamba "
Uttozirr Pamirs Boarusse.
, A circum-
stance arose lately in one of the lattslions of Guards
ordered to Canada which was Dear originating a very
serious question, in which the privileges of the Rouse of
Commons ad the maintenance of military discipline might
have been brought Into antagonism. It appears that
Lieutenant-Colonel the Ham Hugh Anneidiy, of the
Rota Fusilier Guards, and M.P. for Govan, demanded, and
m a matter of right btained, leave from his battalion
while it was on itos way app to Montreal from
St. John, New Brunswiek. The battalion was on
service, and very arduous and trying service, and
leaving it at the moment with a political knee between
the two aides of the House of Commons, was not, psrhaps,
strictly in harmony with the usage of the army. However,
standing on his constitutional right as a member of par-
liament, Lieutenant-Colonel Anuesley took his leave of
absence about the time of the meeting of parliament for
the purpose of attending to his duties as a knight of the
shire.
.1:12 instead of repairing to Westminster, he seems
to have sided to the attractions which the locality
holds f to a sportsman, and to have devoted him-
self to moose shooting. This was rather too much
for the officer in command of the Guards, who, though
obliged to allow an officer away for parliamentary duty,
did not conceive that it was dealing fairly by the other
officers to make them do his duty while he was amusing
himself in the primeval forests of Canada. Accordingly,
Lieutenant-Colonel Ansley was pulled up, and • long
investigation would no doubt have taken place had not the
errant fusilier accepted the option given him of retiring
from the service. This was, on the whole, perhaps the
easiest way of terminating an affair that might have brought
about much complication and nnplasaintiseas.—Army and
Nary Gait c. _

ADIILESAIXY, MARCH 21.—PROMOTIONS AND AP-
roarestorra.—Lientenants C. M. Dundee, to the Dart ; and
A. T. Brooke, to the Mullet.
Clerk J. T. Prins, to the Royal Adelaide.
Chid Itmeneer J. Dillard, to be additional to the Fisgard,
for esawies in the Adventure.
Sagisione : W. Tbia, confirmed as first-class assistant-
engineer in the Fox ; R. Cooper, engineer to the Cumber-
land, aa additional tar service in the Rattler; C. Hill, son-
firmed as a eecood.eleas assistant-engineer in the Kestrel ;
and R. Judge, promoted to acting first-clam sesistent in the
Falcon.
/militant Clerki : F. Carver, to the Cambridge ;F. M.
James, to the Pembroke ; A. Court, to the Osinnellie ; A.
0. Snowdon, to the Fiagard ; 0. Liddell, to the Royal
Adelaide; H. Williams, to the Indus; J. Carlisle, to the
Tribune; E. Cocks, to the Victory; C. Nicoll and J. D.
Ward, to the Revenge.

OHATHAM, Yaws 2L
The Resistance, 18, iron screw steam frigate,
arrived at this port this afternoon, from Sheerness, hav
complete' her trial trip at the if spin Sands. The result
of the fint official trial was extremely satisfactory, the
vessel mating upwards of 12 knots an hour with 72 re►olu-
tioos of the screw (Griffiths's) per minute. The circle was
accomplished in seven minutes, the vessel coming ep to her
helm well. The Resistant)e was placed under the sheers this
afternoon, and commenced shipping her iron masts, it being
intended to fit her for the steam reserve at this port.

BURIALS IN ENGLAND AND WALES.—The Bill to
make further Provision with respect to Burials in England
and Wales, introduced into the House of Commons by Sir
Morton Peto and Sir Howard Douglas, provides that the
officiating parish clergyman may grant permission to clergy-
men not ot the church of England to perform burial ser-
vice, such psevelesion to be in writing. end the Interment
and service to be had at the appointed time • if such per-
mission be withheld, the cause must be declared in writing
by the officiating minister • the officiating minister not to
celebrate burial service unless required to do so. Any person
obstructing a burial service is to be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor. The act is not to extend to Scotland or Ireland.
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 80CIETY.—At an ordi-
nary general meeting held yesterday in the Council-room,
at South Kensington, Sir C. Wentworth Dilke, Bark,
Vice-President, in the chair, upwards of Elxr candidates
were elected fellows. Among them we noticed the follow-
ing names :—The Dueller of Sutherland, the Crudes' of
Cork, the Countess of Morton, Viscount Castlerore,
Lord Claud Hamilton, M.P., Lord Allan Spencer Churchill,
Lord George Loftus, Lady De Dunstenville, Ac.
KIW-OARDRNB.—There were no leas than 480,070
visitors to Kew-gardens in 1861, by far the largest number
in any year. 189,462 came on Sundays, 13,399 on one Sun-
day in June, the largest attendance on any day in the year.
The past year maw the erection of the magnificent spar of
Douglas pine, IN& long, a superb pole, unrivalled in
Europe for itht, symmetry, and exedlecce of material.
It was precen by Mr. E. Stamp. Standing among fine
tries, which, however, are not much more than half its
height, it saves to show the public the enormous sin of the
timber trees of our new colony of British Columbia. The
cinchonas (trees yielding quinine) sent to the Nilgherrie
bills, Sir W. J. Hooker says, are flourishing, and there ale
now upwards of 8,000 plants in most vigorous growth, while
there are 2,170 more at Kew, which will be ready fa trans-
mind= to India at the proper season. The experiment has
been successful, too, in Ceylon, and in Jamaica, as far as it
has gone, but of the seeds sent to Trinidad not one bee ger-
minated.

FATAL AOCIDENT FROM BUNG ENTANGLED IN
lIACEDIEST.—Os Friday afternoon, • shocking accident
Uhl a youth named John Dixon, while employed at a
hone thinshing-inaohnie, on the premises of Yr. John
Jnbh, fanner, of Cliffs, near Selby. It appears that be-
tween 3 and 4 o'clock in the aftarnoot of the above day,
Dixon, while ssoesdhig the 'machine, pot entangled iu the
, and in this pitiable eoaditeon he remained for
aboutet sa hour. The earonres Jury returned the fol.
lowing verdict .—"Tins dminassd came to his death in cow
simpissee of his leg beteg
.assidastally entangled in the
wheels of • ihreshing-mmaine. In order to prevent a re-
petition ri like misiortenes, the jury reoommand teat all
snob machinery should be protected, and a greater amount
of light thrown upon mask mochince. The jury beg also to
lay that they attribute limo to William Hollins, tbm fore-
man attending the ninables, far allowing the boy to promos&
to kis work by an unusual passage during the time the
machialry was in motion.*—ForksAirs ©melts.