The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-05 00:00:00

NAvAAXD MILITARY.

ADICERAITTYAIR t—PII.OIdO3ION AND APPOlNT-
wier.—ltogineer .P.' Heitehken, promoted to the Tank at
asoond-elaie, attaintant-engineer, and appointed to the Ad-
venture.

WOOLWICH, llAy 4.

Their Rdyal Highnesses the Prince Conhort and
Prince Arthur, attended by Major Plpliinstone, Colonel
Ponamby;sefid 0112411i12 Pu Plat, arrived at Woolwich he
s=i narrows at gee o'clock this afternoon, and imrne-
proceeded to the Royal Arsenal, fcethe purpose at
insthe new 12-pounder Armstrong mui-batteries, jest
co and proved, and which will beamed to the troops
at garrison to-morrow. Their royal highnessys were
received at the Arsenal by Major• General tier Richard
DWI*, commandant of the garrison • Colonel C. Binghom„
deputy tent- neral ; linspide-Major thaw, Colonel A.
diem ef artillery,
who aoeampanied the Armstrong via
stores, where Mr. Anderion, assistant superintendent at
the Mediate factories, and Captain Gordon, principal mili-
tary storekeeper, werein attendance. Having inspected
the new batteries Weir royal highnesses visited other de-
partinente of the Armstrong gun factories, and left for tow*
about wen o'clock.

CHATHAM, MAY 4.
At eleven o'clock this morning a general court'
martial, of which Colonel G. E. Hunt, second commandant,
truffle president, assembled at the Royal Marine Barracks,
by order 61 the Lords of the Admiralty, for the trial of Psi.
vate Francis Clarke, sth compant for having, on the 2fith
of April, when under puniahmen struck Corporal Frannie
Bungay, 66th cow y, aviolent blow on the head with his
fist, mod for ha on the same day, when a prisoner
at the • office, and when asked why he had
struck the corporal, replied to Colonel Rea, " I will serve
you the seine," such conduct being outrageous and eabeers
sive of good order and discipline. On the charges being
read over the prisoner pleaded " guilty." Formal ern.
dance was then given in support of the prosecution, after
which the court was cleared for deliberation, when the pri-
soner cos found guilty. The sentence of the court will not
be known until it has been confirmed at the Admiralty.

PORTSMOUTH, MAT 4.
A court-martial assembled on board the Victory
this morning, under the presidency of Rear-Admiral the
Hon. George Grey, to try Lieutenant Thomas Simeon, of,
her Majesty's ship Perseverance, on the following charges :
1. For hivin& on or about the 18th of February, 1860, been
guilty of neglect of duty while officer al the watch at sea by
playing at quoits on the lee side of the poop, and for having
been guilty of falsehood or gloss prevarication by saying
that he was not so playing. 2. For having, on or about the
19th of February, been off deck in has watch, to the
neglect of his duty, and in disobedience of the special
orders of Commander Power. 3. That on or about the
19th of February, he was guilty of falsehood in telling Com.
mender Power that he hod not shies the conneender's cabin
door, when be had done so. The eourtfound the first charger
partly proved, inasmuch as the prisoner had been guilty off
neglecting his duty in playing at quo:* but acquitted hint
of any intentional falsehood or prevarication. The court
found the second charge proved, and the third not proved.
The prisoner was sentenced to be dimming her Ma.
sty's ship Perseverance, and to be placed at the
of the list of lieutenants. The court then proceeded
to try Stephen Flemington, a private of marines, for theft.
He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to six months' impri-
ecennek
The Mamma, screw troopship, Commander Henderson,
embarked today detachments of Reyal Artillery and En-
gineers for conveyance to Gibraltar, and of Royal Artillery,
Hord Engineers, 2nd battalionof lath Foot, 2nd battalion
of 22nd, 2nd battalion of 73rd, and of the army hospital
end medical staff corps for Malta. She will sail to-morrow,
calling at Queenstown for other detachments.
His Royal Highness Prince Alfred rejoined the Euryalus
last evening , and will, in the coarse of a day or two, pro.
coed on a voyage south of the equator.
The Queen, 86, screw, Captain C. F. /Myer, will sail
tomorrow evening or Sunday for the Mediterranean.
The Philomel, a newly constructed gunboat on a larger
scale than those hitherto built, was towed into Portsmouth
harbour to-day from the private ruff of Maws. White, et, ..
Cowes.