The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-19 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADIIIIALTY, MARCH ui.•••••APPOIWIIIINIS.—Lieu-
taunt A. G. Wootton, to the °
Chief Engines . B. Barber, to the
Paymasters J. H. B. Hooper, to the Tribune ; C. Barn, to
the Cornwallis; asidJ. W. P. Foord, to be additional to the
Victory.
Engineer J. Fox (acting), to the Tribune.
First Clue Assistant Engineer R. Ockendes, to tho
Tribune.

--iTeeTotia Clan Assistant Engineer J. Smith (acting), to the
Tribune.

Manna H. J. Wodehouse, G. B. Long, It. C. Bloomfield,
and H. N. Dudding, have been nominated to u,vi.l
cadetships.

CHATHAM, Mews I.
The Resistance, 18, 600-horse power, gut up
steam in the harbour this morning, and aotwithstending that
there was at first some difficulty experienced in turning
her round, owing to the contracted state of the bleeper,
this was accomplished, and in the afternoon she ettanied
down to Sheerness, accompanied by the Adder and Fearless
steamers, to be in readiness to take her trial trip to•rnorrow.
After making her Waltrip she will return to this port to be
muted and fitted for the first-clam steam reserve.

Admiral Dacres, the wooed in command of the
West India station, arrived at Jamaica just before the last
mail left.
LAUNCH OF THE RATTLY& SLOOP or WAIL—.
Yesterday afternoon the Rattler sloop of war, 17 guns, was
successfully launched from No. 4 slip, at Deptford Dock-
, yard, into the basin, in the presence of Captain Superin-
tendent Buckle and a large assemblage of the public. Tha
ceremony of naming the vessel was performed by the
daughter of Mr. Rowley, connected with the steam tram.
port. The Rattler, which is • sleodid specimen of her
class, will leave the; basin this day (Wednesday) for Sheer.
nem, where she is to be completed, her engines,of NO-horse
Cr, being manufactured by Messrs. Mallay and Co.
Oohimbiae, 11 guns, and the Jaseur, 5 pins, building
on aimin slim will be ready for launching in the course
of the ensuing three weeks, the Columbine being ordered
to be launched on the 2nd, and the Jaseur on the 11th
proximm
Ti COITRT-MARTIAL ON CAPTAIN ROBERTSON.-
At the adjourned sitting of the court on Monday morning,
Mr. Aston, the hon. secretary of the Birmingham Archery
Society, was called, in order to fix the date of the meet.
ing, which he stated to be on the 12th of July, 181.
He geld not say whether he saw Major Jones there.
Lieutenant Wright also fixed the date cif the archery
meeting on the 12th of July ; it was from that meeting that
Major Jones returned. Colonel Brownrigg called upon
the court to produce Major Jones to explain his state.
meet that an archery meet's; took place on the 6th of
July, when, from other evidence, it appeared it took
place on the 12th. On being questioned, Major Jones
said he could only reconcile it by the fact of a report
having been made that such a meeting was to have taken
place on that day, after which he no further considered the
matter. In reply to other questions, the major said
that at this length of time he could not swear to his
noted; his belief had been completely shakes by the
evidence that had been given. He also stated that "he
would not now swear, so positively as he did before, that
he did not return with Lieutenants Wright and Harm."
The court was cleared for 10 minutes, and on its being re.
opened the President requested Major Joan to allow the
court to keep his diary for the purpose d examining
those entries. Major_ Jones then repeated to the court
that he never attached any importance to them entries,
bet he did not make any objection to their keeping it.
The President then said that for the present the court
would take possession of the book, but it should be
buipeetedonly by the court. The proceedings were then

THE NATIONAL SOCIETY AND THE REVISED
CODE OP EDUCATION.
t . . . _ .

The following petition against the revised code
is its amended shape has been presented to the House of
Commons from the National Society for the Edneation of
she Poor, as signed co at • meeting of the committee on
the 12th inalant, presided over by the Archbishop of
Canterbury
"To 1111 Hoy. var CoNYONS or TIM UNIT= KINGDOM
OF GIZAT Barran, AND INNIAND IN PARLIANLIT

" The humble Petition of the National Society for
the Education of the Poor in the Prin-
ciplesProot ite Established Church throughout England
and Wales.
" Showeth,—That your
_petitioners regarded with much
disquietude the revised code of regulations for the distribu-
tion of the parliamentary grant for education laid on the
table of your honourable house at the close of the last
elusion ei parliament.
"That our petitioners communicated their objections in
a letter addressed to the Committee of Council on Educe.
Con, and at the seme time urgently requested their lord.
ships to withdraw the said code.
" That the code has been since modified, but that the
objections of your petitioners have not thereby been
removed.
" That, while your petitioners earnestly desire the lemonl
of such defecte in the existing system as experience and
inquiry have brought to light, they humbly pray your
honourable home to take such measures as may et/actually
prevent the said wale from being brought into operation.
" And your petitioners will ever pray, Ice.'