The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-12 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

(From last niAt's Gazette.)
WAR OFFICE, PaiL-MALL, Dec. 11.
Royal Reement of Artillary--Seeond Captain Charles
Paulett Raton to be captain, vice 13ayly, removed to the
supernumerary list ; Lieutenant William Janice Hall to
be second captain, vice Raton ; Second Captain Brymer
Francis Schreiber to be adjutant, vice Rotton, promoted.
Corps of Royal Engineers—Lieutenant George Le Breton
Simmons, with temporary rank, to be lieutenant, with
permanent rank.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Frederic Henry
Baron Methuen, Lieutenant-Colonel-Commandant of the
Royal Wiltshire Regiment of Militia, to be one of her
Majesty's Aides-de-Camp for the service of her Militia
Force, with the rank of colonel in that fuice.
ADMIRALTY, Dec. G.
Corps of Royal )farces—Pint Lieutenant Francis Walton
to he capes* vies C. B. Paste, to half-pay ; Second
Lieutenant Henry WMists Frampton to be first lieute-
nant, vies Walton, promoted.

ADYISALTY, DZC. 11. —APPOINTMLNTR.--0011-
mandato H. B. Bereeford, to the Bdinburgh, additional for
service is the coast guard ; J. W. Webb sad G. B. H.
(lora, to the Afar. additional for service in the omit sward.
Acting Assistant-Surgeons Dr. J. Lewis and G. Clark to
be additional to the Victory ; Dr. G. Monteath to the urn-
mortalitt ; W. H. O'Toole and J. F. Parr to be additional
to the Impregnable.
The undermentioned gentlemen have been nominated to
naval cadetship. : —Mews. A. B. Brooke, A. M. P..
Hamilton, T. B. Howard., V. ICSOZiar.ii Lawa, C. G.
E. Michaelson, F. Moreland, J. C. t, J. W. Eames;
the Hoo. Willonhliv, A. M. Bo es, C. B. B. smith,
W. J. Talbot, C. Tufnell, A. Vaulter. and H. B. B.
Wood.

CHATHAM, Die. U.

The following royal warrant, issued by command
of her Majesty, was promulgated at the garrison this
morning
Victoria R.—Whereas it is expedient to remove any
doubt as to the grant of field allowance at sixpence a day,
under the provisions of our royal warrant, dated 16th
August, 1866, being limited to the Loops of our army at the
then seat of war, our will sad pleasure is that our said
warrant is hereby cancelled—Given at our court at St.
Jainell's. this 14th day of November, 1860, in the twenty-
fourth year of our reign,—By her Majesty :s command,
S. lixasart."

PORTSMOUTH, Dlc. 11.
A court-martial assembled on board the Victory
this morning to try Pnvate Joseph Mansell, of the Royal
Marines, serving on board the Excellent, on the charge of
striking Sergeant Hampton, his superior officer, on the morn-
ing of the t;th lost. The court was composed of Roar-
Admiral Erskine (president), Commodore H. E. Edgell,
Captains Fanshawe, Harris, O'Callaghan, Wilson, Coote,
Eaton, and Hancock, together with W. J. Hillyer, Esq.,
Deputradge Advocate of the Fleet. It appeared from
the endenee that the prisoner was on the day in question
placed as a sentry over two boys, who were prisoners, and
whom be had allowed to read books, kc., contrary to orders
said to have been given. Sergeant Ibunpton reported him
for so doing, and he was brought before Commander Her-
hen, then in command of the ship, and by that officer was
adjudged to be placed on the black list for
Eve days. On receiving the sentence he stepped
forward and struck Hampton under the ear. The sergeant
fell, and before he could rise again the prisoner repeated the
blow, in the presence of his commanding officer and of the
commander of the ship. According to the evidence el the
sergeant, corroborated by other officers of the ship, it ap-
peared that there was no written order prohibiting the
prisoners from reading, but it was alleged that verbal direc-
tions were given to each sentry on going on duty, a state-
ment, however, which the prisoner denied.
Mansell pleaded guilty, expressed Lis sorrow, and pleaded
is extenuation, that Rampton bad on previous occasions
given provocation, by reporting him without any just MM.
The two boy. were called in his behalf, and stated that they
had rend hooka in the presence of other sentries, with the
knowledge of Sergeant Hampton, and had not been interfered
with. The court, after an hour's deliberation, found the
prisoner guilty, and sentenced him to receive 48 lashes, and
to he imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two vases.
We understand that on Tuesday neat a court-Martial will
be opened, to try the officers and crew of her Majesty's ship
Perseverance for the loss of that ship on the leips Ter&
Wand._

Ths Megan, screw trOOP ship, Commander Henderson,
arrived at lipithitail ysOoaay from the Mediterranean, from
whence she broosia a number of passengers and invalids.
This lands have bees transferred to the Victory, the serious
Cu. Wag removed to Realm. Hospital.