The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-26 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

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CHATHAM, fiser. 25.
A good service pension of 1001. pee annum has
been placed at the disposal of his Royal Highness the Coen-
mander-in-Chief by the death of General D. Herbert.
The workmen have completed the preparation of the
blocks in No. 3 Dock for the reception of the iron steamer
Defence, '22. In order to give an increased depth of water
between her keel and the blocks, the latter have been cut
away about 9 inches, leaving the blocks about three inches
and a half in depth, with a rise in the dock of sin inches
forward. The Defence is to be masted before sbe is docked,
which will probably not be for another fortnight. In the
meantime, a numerous body of mechanics are employed on
board her afloat, fitting her for sea.
A curt-martial, presided over by Captain Gardner,
of the Orestes, 21, assembled on board the Formid-
able, 84, this morning, for the trial of Mr. E. S. Young,
second-clam acting engineer, serving on board the Cumber-
land, 70, on a charge of being absent from that ship, without
leave, from the 2nd to the 14th September. Captain
Schomberg, of the Cumberland, prosecuted, and Mr. G. H.
Knight, of the firm of Resell, Knight, aod Arnold, Ro-
chester, officiated as Deputy-Judge-Advocate. The court
found the prisoner guilty, and senteuoed him to b 3 severely
reprimanded, and also to forfeit out of his pay the sum
of 181. 1:k.

PORTSMOUTH, aIIPT. 25.
The Himalaya, iron screw troop ship, Captain
Jobs &wombs, sailed this morning for Queenstown and the
Mediterranean with the troops euumerated is yesterday's
paper, bat was compelled to pat back to St. Haim's, owing
to the stress of weather.
The Pelican, 17, acre, sloop, Commander P. Brock, sailed
this afternoon to reinforce the Mediterranean squadrou.
The Alert, 17, wow sloop, Commander W. A. Pears*,
sailed to-day for Plymouth to pay off.
The Kingston-on-Thames Ride Corps paid a visit to
Portsmouth to-day. This morning, through the courtesy of
the naval authorities, they inspected the Warrior iroa-
awed frigate, and afterwards proceeded in the Echo, steam-
ing, tothe Excellent. gitunery.ahip.

lAA year the then Mayor of Southampton, Mr.
Perkins. had a silver cradle presented to him in consequence
of the birth of has daughter during his mayoralty. The
Southampton Town Council meet to-day for the purpose of
making arrangement. for the presentation of a filter cradle
to Mr. Coles, the present mayor of that town, on meat al
the birth of his daughter—so event which took place a few
days since.

The London Board of the North British Insur-
ance Company have resigned in a body. Dissatisfaction with
the views of the company in Scotland as to the future
management of the English business, which is proposed to
be carried on upon principles unsuitable, in their opinion,
for this country, is the alleged cause of the disruption. •
The constabulary of the county Clare have re-
ceived 403 or 503 Enfield rifles, with a mon' bayonet
attached to each. This weapon in the hands of such a body
of men will render them very formidable. For the peat
six months or so drafts of the constabulary have been re-
gularly sent to England for rifle instruction. They have
become, it is understood, excellent marksmen, and it is
believed that the government intend by the aid of these
speciellyinstracted officers and constables to render the
entire force proficient in the use of their new weapon.
A communication from Rome says :—" The
diplomatic body was not invited to the marriage of the
Neapolitan princess. The ceremony was simply religious.
In the discourse which he pronounced on the occasion, the
Pope attacked the principle of civil marriages : he said that
revolutions are expiatioos, but expressed the hope that the
Italian princes will remould their thrones."

A Perin letter in the Dads says :—"This morning
(Tuesday) the marriage was celebrated at the protestant
church of Rue Grenelle, St. Jermain, of M. Victor Boris.
editor of the Sifele, to Mdlle. de la Rounat, daughter of the
dtrector of the Odeon. Aa address full of charity and tole-
rance was delivered by the protestant pastor. Mdlle. de la
Rounat ts a member of the reformed church."

A telegraphic despatch announces that the Vice-
roy of Egypt, returning from Constantinople, reached
Alexandria on Sunday last, on board the steam.frigate
Seiah-Babri, and was to leave the next day for Hartnett.
His highness, on his arrival, gave orders for preparations
for another voyage which he intends to make in October.
and a report was current that he intended to visit France
and England.
The corn harvest has been most abundant this
year in Hungary, and enormous quantities are in conse-
quence being sent off by railway to the countries of western
Europe The advantage which Hungary will derive from
these exports are exceedingly greet. According to a
statistical return, drawn up by • Minister of Agriculture,
the value of corn exported from Hungary since the begin-
sing of the month of August is nearly 18,000,C3Cfr, being
rely about • third of what can be sold. The abundant
harvest ban been important in • political point of view—it
has had the effect of making the rural population better
disposed to pay the taxes to the Austrian government.
M. Meyerbeer is to direct the orchestra at the
coronation of the King of Prussia at Konigsberg, and •
grand march, compelled by him for the occasion, is to be
exemied.

Tuz WIE4LEYANS AND THE NEE' E DI:VA TI ON
MINUTE.—The Wesleyan Committee of lidurntion have
memorialised Earl Granville against the nes minute, and
have further resolved,—That o letter be written to every
committee managing • Wesleyan school under inspection,
advising them, where the apprenticeship of new pupil-
teachers is immediately required, to present their midi-
, dates as wail for examination when the school is inspected;
sure qud
Hun in came of such apprenticeship, respectfully to decline
it, until parliament ;pronounces its decision. Also, to ad-
dress a petition to both Houses of Parliament, immediately
upon their re-assembling, praying that the administration,
according to the new code, of the parliamentary grant for
thitpromotion ofeblip education, be disallowed.
MEETING OF E'Acroßy OPERATIVE:4.—A meeting
of delegates was held in Manchester on Sunday. represeating
the operatives of many towns in Lancashire, and at which
resolutions were pawed in favour of a monument to the late
Mr. R. Oastler, and alao to take the opinion of counsel in
reference to the "unnecessary" apprenticeship of pauper
children in factories.

SCARBOROUGH AND A BERYHTWITH N
BOATS. —The National Lifeboat Institution sent yesterday
(Wednesday) one of its best double-banked lifeboate, to-
gether with a transporting carriage, to Scarborough. The
boat is 32 feet long, 8 feet wide, ad rows 10 oars. Her
self-righting qualities were fully and satiafactonly tested on
Tuesday morning in the Regent's Canal Dock, Limehouse.
She wu built by the Messrs. Fortuity, of Lionehouse. The
transporting carriage of the boat, which was built by Mr.
Robinson, of Coimbra Town, was also tried on the occeeioc,
ed was found to answer admirably. The cost (315&) of the
lifeboat and carriage was presented to the institution by a
benevolent gentleman resident in London. A precisely
similar lifeboat and carriage will be sent today
to Aberystwitir. The cost of the boat was mte
nificently presented to the society by Mrs. R. Wood,
who had previously given it the expense of two
or blues lifeboats. The Great Western end North
Eastern Railway Companies gave, as usual, •• free convey-
once to the lifeboats and can 'loges over their lines. Like
the other 113 buts of the institution, the Aberystwith and
Scarborough lifeboats will be taken afloat every quarter to
exercise the crews. On these oemaices each man will be
paid be. for rough weather exercise sad Be. for floe weather.
On occasions of saving, or attempting to mare, life, each
man will be paid 10a. for day service, and 11. per man far
night duty in the boat. Double paymeate are given for
extraordinary services, so that altogether a lifeboat station,
'if efficiently kept up, is eommehat of an expensive cha-
racter. At the mese Um% defies the present year the
bats of the society have been the means, under God, of
saving 200 of our fellow-creatures from • watery grave.