The Express.
London, England, 1862-06-30 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITABY.

(From Friday night's Gazette.)
WAR-OFFICE, Jura 27.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Gaptain and Brevet-Major
Andrew Follett Saimahire Grose to be lientenant-oolonel,
vies Brevet-Colonel Frederick Darby
.Cleaveland, retired
Won full-day: Capstan and Brevet-Major Edward Arthur
illiams to be liesitenant-colonel, vice Henry R
retired upon balf-pay; Second Captain and Brevet-=l'
Brevet-Major
VYißiam Gilly Aathews to be captain, vies Brevet-Major
Green ; Second Captain and Brevet-Major Shadwell Mot,
ley Orylle to be airtain, vice Brevet-Major Williams ;
Lieutenant Osborne Hall Goodenough to be second cap-
tain, vice Brevet-Major Andrews ; Lieutenant James ,
Hamilton Pringle Anderson to be second captain, vice
Brevet-Major Grylla.
R Military Academy—Lieutenant Simnel Dunlop,
cl
Royal Artillery, to be lieutenant of a company of gentle-
men cadets, vice Goodenough, promoted.
BREVET.
Brevet-Colonel Frederick Darby Clear/amid, retired full-
pay Royal Artillery, to have the honorary rank of major-
general.
ADMIRALTY, Jusm 24.
Royaldialarine Artillery—Pint Lieutenant Francis Edward
y to be lieutenant and quartermaster, vice Wil-
liams, promoted.
ADMIRALTY, JUNK 25.
Royal Marine Light Infantry—Second Lieutenant Zama
Lecky bobs dig lieutenant, vice Standbridge, dement

Amaaavrr. Juin 71.--Pkomorzons AND Ar-
portmirarra.—Covomander R. Carter to the Emerald.
Lieutenant G. D. Clayhills, to the Royal Added*.
Sub-lieutenants E. L Trafford, C. K Dommil, and T. P.
Gurdoo, to the Victoria and Albert.
Master's Assistant T. IL Moffat, to the Geyser.
Acting Assistant Surgeons F. F. Dinkins, J. May, and J.
W. Arnett, to the Narvik'.
Engineer C. C. Hyde, premotsd to AM-elm assistant
engineer in the Asia.
ADMIRALTY, Jl3/1R 28. APPOINa MISTIL —Com-
mander W. Mould, to the President, vim Lacy,
Midshipmen E. C. Abbe, A. R. Cooper, and r
to the Black Prince ; W. Daltry, to the Orestes.
Engineers W. Lowther, chief engineer to the Fisgard, for
the Promethem ; P. Butler, to the Cumberland, for the
Columbine.

I;trgeen—Joha Termen, to the Brilliant.
Navel Cadet H. Dyke, to the Eery&lea.

WOOLWICH, JUNI! 29.

The anniversary of her Majeety's 'coronation
was yesterday observed u a general holiday throughout
mob department of the royal aremiaL The royal standard
was hoisted at the several government establishments, but
in accordance with orden, the usual salutes were not fired.
A communication has been received from the War Depart-
meet to the effect that the workmen employed at the
royal arsenal will be granted two days' holiday for the pur-
pose of visiting the International Exhibition.

POR.M.MOI3:I'E.f, Jows 29.

The channel squadron, consisting of Revenge,
89, screw, Captain Charles Fellows*, bearing the flag of
Rear-Admiral Robert Smart, K.H. ; the Trafalgar, 88,
screw Captain J. B. Dickson ; the Emerald, 51, screw,
Captain Arthur Cumming ; the Warrior, 40, iron-eased
frigate. Captain the Hon. A. A. Cochrane; and the Chanti-
cleer, 17, screw sloop, arrived at St. Helen's last evening
from the westward, all under sail, with the exception of
the Warrior, which steamed up to Spithead. The others
were compelled to anchor at St. Helen a, owing to the wind
and tide being against them.

PEMBROKE-YARD. —LAUNCH OF THE PRINCE
Consort —This iron-clad powerful steam-ship, the launch
of which has been creating such excitement, was success-
fully sent afloat from the Pembroke Royal Dockyard on
Friday, the 27th inst. It was the current report through.
out the neighbourhood that she would be earned by Prince
Alfred; such, however, was not the case, and though his
royal highness was in the vicinity he did not even attend
the ceremony, but remained on board his ship the St.
George, on the occasion. Mies Jones, of Pantglass, Car-
marthenshire, had that honour, which took place precisely
at half-past five o'clock. and immediately afterwards the
dog-shores were knocked down, and the noble fabric the next
instant was floating on the peaceful waters of the Haven.
An unusually large concourse of spectators assembled to
witness the spectacle, and much suffering was occasioned
by the rush of the crowd to gain favourable positions
around the building clip to view the scene. The following
is a statement of her principal dimensions:—Length be.
tween the perpendiculars, 273 ft. 6io. ; length of keel for
tannage, Z32ft. Biin. ; breadth, extreme, 58ft. sin. ; breadth
for tonnage, 57ft. 'fin. ; breadth moulded, 56ft. 4in. ; depth
of bold, 19ft. 10in. ; burden in tons, 4,045 26.94 ; horse-
power engines (screw) 1,000. She is to be taken into dock
at this arsenal, to be further plated, and will then be
sent to Devonport to be commissioned.
Naval. licuutva.—The following appointments
have been made in the Royal Naval Reserve : To be lieu-
teeants : James Bucknell Atkins, John Tierney. To be
honorary lieutenant : Chas. Granger Weller.
A court-martial, held at Agra on the 24th of
April last, presents one or two novel points. Lieut. Glover,
desirous of testing the penetrant power of clay ballets,
compelled one Meer Kt an to stand target, invested only with
a come quilt. Of course Meer Khan came to grief ; but
the court-martial recommended that Lieut. Glover be dealt
leniently with, on the ground of indiscretion and boyish
folly. This has given occasion to the commander-in-chief
to read a sharp lecture to the officers composing the court,
refusing their request, and winding up, characteristically, by
observing that " his Excellency cannot believe that if the
act had been committed on any friend or relative of any
member of the court, they would have come to the same
°occlusion." And so the frolic lieutenant is consigned for
three mootbs to the Fort of Agra—a punishment which
Sir Hugh Rase proarrunoes by far too lenient.—Hosiestard
Mail.

BALLOON EXPERIMENT& Lord Wrottesley,
Colonel Sykes, Dr. Lee, and Mr. Masher (Royal Ob-
servatory). all members of the balloon committee at the
Royal Society, ere now in Wolverhampton to repeat the
experiments, twice before attempted in that town, with •
view to determine the temperature and humidity of the air
atdifferent heights, the time of vibration of a magnet, and to
take observations on electricity. To enable the committee to
carry out their experiments at the stipulated altitude of five
miles, Mr. Caswell, the well-known aeronaut, has built for
his own and the committee's joint use, and at a cost to
himself of 5001., a balloon, which holding 90,000 cubic feet of
gas, will be of greater cubical capacity than any similar
aerial vessel that has ever ascended from England. This
balloon, it was designed, should have ascended on Saturday
morning from the grounds attached to the works of the
Wolverhampton Goa Company, but the weather and other
eircurnatances were against the ascent, which was postponed
till this morning.
It is stated by a correspondent in the Sydney
Morning Herald, that a valuable abeep-dog Wagging to
Mr. Martyrs, J.P. ai Manstriodi, having aocidentaljr eaten
strychnine. • dose el arsenic was administered to abbreviate
the winters enfferiegs, but straws to say it had • contrary
affect, and the dog recovered. The runs peculiarity was
observed oaten seirsrsa occasion,