The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-10 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 9. APPOINTMENTS.—Cap-
tain G. J. Napier, to the 3f Llama.
Paymaster H. W. A rlidge, to the Cadmus.
Surgeons W. Tatter, to the Malacca; F. Toms, to than
11splis i and L O. liamm, Mr the Panama
Aasistaat-Surgeons A. C. Johnston, to the Pelican ; J.
T. B. Torrance, to the Malacca ; and E. Waller, to the Tra-
falgar.
Acting Assisting-Surgeon E. Oliver, to the Orestes.
Naval Cadet (nominated), P. Musgrove.
Chief Engineers 0. Rock (additional), to the Seriugsr-
Waal, at the Cape, for service of dock and victualhng
rds ; E. West, to the Malacca, commissioned ; and L.
Heckler, to the Asia, as supernumerary.
Engineer H. Leslie, to the Malacca.
First-Class Assistant•Eogineer J. Peane, to the Malacca.
Second-Class Assistant-Engineer, W. J. Hawkins, to the
Arrogant, for the Handy, vice !tackler.
Acting Second-Class Assistant-Engineers J. Stocks, to the
Malacca ; W. Hair, to the Hawke (additional), for the Mag-
pie, vice Hawkins ; T. Smith, to the Asia, as supernu-
merary.

THE CHANNEL SQUA LEON.
CARRICKFERGUS, SUNDAT.
The fleet which came to an anchor in the roads
off Carrickfergus Castle yesterday morning, at 11, and was
visited by several steamers full of excursionistefrom
but who were not allowed on board the various hue-o(-
battle-ships Revenge and Trafalgar excepted—owing to
Paturday being a cleaning day, is now lying in two divisions.
The starboard division consists of tits flagship Revenge.
89, Capt. Fellows', bearing the flag of the senior admiral,
Rear-Admiral Smart, K. H. ; the Centurion, 80, Captain
Rogers, C.B. ; the Conqueror, 99, Captain Sotheby, B-
and the Aboukir, 90, Captain Shadwell, C.B. The
port division consist, of the flagship Edgar, 89,
Captain Mends, bearing the flag of Rear-Admi-
ral &skims ; the Hem, 89, Captain Ryder ; the Tra-
falgar, 86, Captain Dickson ; and the Donegal, 99, Captain
Oen, C.B. The tender to the Revenge is the gunboat
Porpoise, Lieut.-Commander Crerigh. Each ship has a band,
and carries three or four Armstrong gun. consisting of 40
and 100 pounders. The best bands are those on board the
Hero and Conqueror. This latter and the Donegal are enter
ships, and the largest in the squadron ; but of the two the
Donegal has the preference. The popular ship with excur-
sionista is the Conqueror, arising chiefly from the name it
beam, sod the fact that its oommaoder served in the naval
belpde in India. Apia, its band is good, and visitors are led
to Wine that it as the largest in the squadron, and the
officers have the reputation of being extremely polite to
ladies. Owing to the absence of the Mayor, Sir Edward
Coey, in England, nothing definite has been determined
upon regarding Belfast festivities to welcome the unex-
pected snivel of the fleet, but it is remained that to-mor-
row the acting mayor and town council will officially visit
the admiral, and ask the fleet to a luncheon on Tuesday, to
be followed by • dinner at the barracks, given by Lieut.-
Coloael Hobbs and his officers. The members of the Ulster
Club and others alw propose to get up a ball at the Music-
hall on Wednesday. All the officers of the fleet
weak in high praise of the civility shown them at
Glasgow and Greenock. Owing to the local banks, the rail-
way ellicials have been is the habit of charging for light
goa This custom gave great offence to many of the
sailors proceeding from Carrickfergus to Belfast. on leave
for 24 hours, yesterday, as the railway clerk deducted Cal.
from the change of each sovereign, and 4d. from a half sove-
reign—in abort almost the whole third-class fare. This cus-
tom has to day been temporarily suspended for sailors of the
fleet—who say that at Greenock the officials were generous
enough to offer to carry them about for nothing, as also did
the officials of the excursion steamers. To-morrow, if the
weather holds flue, to judge from the advertised and an-
nounced arrangeniente, thousands from Belfast and neigh-
bourhood will visit the fleet, and all the ships will be
open to visitors to within as hour of sunset. The fleet
will mail on Thursday for Lough Foyle.

FLOGGING AT THE KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY.
Yesterday (Monday) the Guildhall was crowded with per-
sons anxious to beer investigation of a charge against the
Rev. John Mitchinson, M.A. (head muter of the King's
School), for assaulting Edward Ayeret Delman.; on Sabo-
day last. Mr. Alderman Wilkinson appeared for the com-
plainant and Mr. Russell (instructed by Mr. A. Fielding)
for the defendant. Many of the clergy connected with
Abe cathedral were present, including -the Revs. Canons
Russell and Robertson, and the Revs. J. Stratton and
P. A. Smith. Several of the leading citizens were also
present, and on the heath were the Mayor' Aldermen
Musters and Wightwick, and W. Plummer, H. Auden,
John Smut, G. Hume, and Peter Martin, Sane. The
complainant staked that he is 16 years old. Having on
Saturday to say a long Greek lesson be went into the
library, when Mr. Mitchinson, after hearing him, bade
him bold out his band, and complainant replied .1 can't,
sir." The master insisted, but the pupil again refused, his
alleged reason being that lie bad seen boys unable to writs
after being struck on the hand with the cane. Mr. Mitchin-
son then struck him 'cross the breast with the cane, and
also across the shoulders several times, and also on his legs;
striking him altogether between twenty and twenty-five
Unica, without saying a word during the time. The blows
had left marks of discoloration, which were testified to by
Mr. Thomas Andrews, surgeon, who bad been called in to
see the complainant. The defence was that the boy had
been caned for idleness, and that the master, Milked of
using severity, had exercised great forbearance. The
bench, after carefully going through the evidence, retired
to consult, and eventually dismissed the charge as one that.
ought not to have been brought before therm—South
Baxtern Cazeite.

FATAL AN D LAMENTABLE OCCURRENCE. —For
'some weeks past several of the Watson the Onnd .1 unction
Canal have been propelled by steam, instead of being drawn
by hones ; and with proper sulaptAtions of the tunnel, Sc..
there is no doubt, that the difficulties hitherto experienced
in navigating canals by steamlxate are in • fair way of
being overcome. There are several tunnels on the canal,
one of them being under Pentoeville, and another, the one in
which the melancholy occurrence which wears about to de-
tail, being close to the Bloworth station on the London and
North-Western Railway. The canal tunnels are made of
brick, and are little, if at all, larger than a sewer. The
tunnels are so constructed that horse-power is of no use,
previous to the introduction of steam the boats being pro.
polled by • proems called " legging." The process is this :
—A board is planed out on either ads of the boat and on
each boat lies a man who places his feet against the wall of
the tunnel, and thus pushes the boat along. Thi+ system
still prevails on boats to which the steam-engine has not
yet been applied, and as the labour of thus " legging" the
bunt *keg is both anluous and dbogreeeble the steam-
engine is welcomed as a very agreeable substitute. The
engine, however, is not without its disadvantages, for
as the tunnels are long, and, as we have said, nu larger
than sewer, the boatmen are half stifled lay the
volumes of carbon that are emitted from the
low funnel ' • coal being burnt instead of coke. On
Friday night two steamboat& entered the tunnel, :lid b,fore
they AFAili emerged from it the people in them were ren-
dered insensible by the fumes from the engines, two of the
men being quite dead, and one of them fearfully burnt by
falling, while insensible, on the engine. The tuuuel is a
mile or more In length, and has but one shaft in it ; that
one shaft, we are informed, being covered over.
THESLNOULAK AND FATAL ACCIDENT IN Ns inrui.g-
sutler, &mum—Yesterday afternoon Mr. H. J. Payee,
the coroner for the duchy of Lancaster, held en inquiry et
the Howard Arms, Arundel-street, Strand, into the cir-
cumstances attending the death of the young woman, Mary
Ann Kiog, aged 22 year, • domestic servant at Dr.
Culverwell's Belle Vue Hotel, Norfolk...tree", and who lost
her life, under the melancholy circumstances reported in
our yesterday's impression. A verdict of " tel
death," wee returned.
LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAY.
Yesterday a special general meeting of shareholders was
tGeld o
. at
authorise
ot
VlicOft".6i,oool.trort'th7grpoetjuit crif
the general undertaking under the powers of the company's
act of 1861, and to authorise the borrowing of 56,00 U/, for
the purpose of the western extension under the powers of
rihesec°thmerabnotos woffiingc" of,
the said act. Lord Harris having taken the chair, resolu-
tions to the above effect were unanimously agreed to, and
the meeting adjourned.