The Express.
London, England, 1862-12-25 00:00:00

NAVAL AND IDLITABY.

ADWIDAIBV, Deer. 24,—APPOINTIMXTIL —Lieut.-
emu F. B. Raishimr, to the Firefly ; sod W. H. Heaton,
to the Bowe&
Master V. F. Johnson, to the Malawi.
Mader M. 8. Guy, to be additional to the PU-
PA
Surma De. J. Deriding, to the Memos&
Armatttam 8. & O. Hill, to the Hogue.
J Clerks J. W. Bosom* to the Impregnable ; and G. J.
Van; to the Hawke.
Mr. M. Jame We boss soraisaled kr a naval ea ist•
ship.

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His Netherlands Majesty's screw corvette jam La
16 gam, Captain Van Rees, arrived at Spithsad this morn-
ing from Nissand for Rio de Janeiro and Aus-
tral., having a terrific gale of wind in the
North Sea on y sad Seterday last. She lost her milli
anchor, and shells; lam boats were stove in, and her me-
obiaery dewed On the ?and instant she fish
in with the Iloglish schooner Orlando, of Jersey.
laden with and bound from St. Michael's
to Hall, tobßy masted, off the Hinder Bank. She
took the mermaer in tow and brought her to moorings in
Dour roads. Ifs corvette, on anchoring at Spithead, ea-
salutes with the garrison and thigehip of the coca-
in-chief, and her captain was afterwards presented
to the naval and military authorities of the port and pr-
elim by the Chevalier Vanden Berg, the Dutch coeval.
The Djaniki wee towed into harbour this afternoon to repair
dime spa
The ?gin, 4, Oldness screw-vessel, sailed this morning
at daylight fur the Thames.
The Himalaya, iron screw troop-ship, Captain L Lacey,
was nada-kid to-day after repair.

CHATHAM, Duo. 24.
The prooeedinga and finding of the general court-
martial which assembled at this garriton for the trial of
First Lieutenant J. Mißedlelv, Royal Marines, having been
approved by the Admiralty, the sentence wee promulgated
at headquarten today. The primmer was found guilty as
all the charge', and he (wee senteemed to be dimmed bar
Majesty's aervies.

WOOLWICH, DR). 24.
The steam troop-vessel Megtera, Commander i
Henderson, having embarked detechments from various
regiments for Malta and Gibraltar, left the harbour this
morning for her dsstinatioo. She has also taken out a
large amount of provisions and other stone for the Medi-
terranean fleet, and for serious stations.
Mr. Thornton, muter shipwright at this dockyard, hn
been directed to superintend the completion of a tartlet COM-
issoced some months winos, and intended to be &Red in
the am off the practice range at Shosburynees, for the pet-
tiest of tasting the 300-pounder muzzle-loading Arm-
strong gun forwarded from the Royal Arsenal
about a fortnight since. The thick teak and oak
backing of the target will be cased with 4i-inelt
plates, manufactured of the best description of
metal at the Thames iron-works, BlackwalL At the
suns time, experiments will be made with Whitworth and
Armstrong heavy guns, directed against a target which will
be cased with sections of five, six, and even seven inches
iron plates, in order to fully demonstrate the power of rifled
ordnance versus iron. The afield competitive trial between
Sir W. Armstrong and Mr. Whitworth, in the presence of
the ordnance select committee and a special deputation of
artillery, engineer, and naval officers, will, it is understood,
take place with 100-pounder guns during the month of
January, and is looked forward to with mach Interest

Has MaJaarv's SHIP Oontratoa.—A private
letter from Rum Cay, Be at which place will
be remembered the One new p-of.dthe-lise Cuequeror
wee tota,ly wrecked last Otnietinasene, states that the
wreekets are *All working at the remains of the unfortunate
vowel ; but, owing to the bad position in which she lies, in
the most exposed and roughest portion of the surf, rely
little had yet been sewed. The screw had not been recovered,
though a coneiderable quantity of copper and other metal
had been saved from the fragmente mattered ever the bottom
and aloe. the shore. No part of the hull is viands above
water, although the divers say that a great portion of the
lower deck end bottom still remains intact on the spot
where the ship first struck. All attempts to blow her up
by submarine explosion had proved ineffectual from want
of proper apparatus or competent persons. W honorer a
ship of war had been there it had been too rough for them
to render much auistance, and it was thought the wreck
would furnish occupation to the wreckers for some yens to
come.