The Express.
London, England, 1861-01-08 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADMIKALTY, JAN. 7. APPOINTMENTS.
siatant Paymaatcr M. Maxwell, to be secretary'. clerk io the
Formidable.

Assistant Clerk E P. Williams. to the Ajax.
Acting Third-Class Aristant Engineers. —J. J. Conway,
to the Asia, for service in the Fire Queen ; It. Jones. to the
Fimgiud, for service in the Vivid; and J. E Etheringtoo, to
the Asia, for mercies in the Wallace.

WOOLWICH, JAN. 7.
The Black Eagle, Admiralty ate= vowel, Master
Commander Petley. arrived in harbour thin evening from
Dover. having conveyed Lis Royal Highness Prinoe Alfred
to that port from the Continent. immediately after enter-
ing the harbour one of her crew by some means fell from
the vessel into the river, and was with some difficulty
saved.

PORTSMOUTH, .ler. 7.
The Mewent, 6, steam troop ship, Commander
Samuel H. Henderson, arrived this morning from the than•
nel Islands.

The }Agar, 91, screw, Captain James IL Raton, goes to
Spithead tomorrow morning.
His Royal Highness the Prince Consort arrived from
Osborne this morning in the Fairy, and proceeded on a pri-
vate visit of inspection to Fort Cumberland, and the new
fortifications at Hama.

PLYMOUTH, MONDAY.
The tratuiport .hip Elaioni arrived here thin
evening, in tow of her Majesty's ship Spiteful, with 120
naval and military invalids, in charge of Captain Sweet,
of the 21st Madras Native Infantry. The Epson: left Hong
Kong on the sth August, the Caw on the 18th. and St.
Helena on the 28th November. She touched at Falmouth,
and telegraphed to this port for aesistance. The Spite-
ful wee accordingly end. The invalids will be landed to-
morrow.

The competitive examination by the Vioe-Preai-
diet of the Council of Military Education, Major•Oeneral
Rumnley. Major4Nresral Portiock, and other members of
the council, of candidates for admission to the Royal Military
Academy, 'iroolwich. for the Artillery and Royal Engineer
aereitea, commenced yesterday at the Royal Hospital,
Chelsea. The candidates, as mudomary on the first day,
underwent medical examination. There are about 140 can-
didates on this occasion, and owing to the unusually large
number a on of them will be examined at the hall of
King's Col ge as well as at Chelsea. The examination will
not terminate until the 24th inst.
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An examination of candidates for direct commie-
'ions by the Vice-President and Council of Military Educe.
tion will be held at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, on Monday
the 24th inst., and will extend over the week.

THE DELHI AND LIICENOW PRIZE MONEY.

It is generally understood that the prize money
resulting from the capture of Locknow and Delhi in the
year 18.4' will shortly be distributed; the committee, con-
sisting of Major-General Malcolm, Major. General Sir
Alexander Tulluch, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Herbert Ed-
warden, and Mr. James Moorhead (secretary to the Com.
madames of Chelsea Hospital), who were appointed to con-
sider the manner of distribution, having long since concluded
their labours. The committee's report will not, we believe,
be adopted io its entirety. As regards the proportions
in which the sums realised are to he distributed, they re-
ported in favour of the new scale framed tiering the progress
of the Crimean war, somewhat prematurely, as it turned
out, for no prize money was real ip& It seems that under
the government of the East India Company ell prize money
waa divceed of by the company taking one-half, and
distributing the rest amongst the troops who had been
engaged. 'The committee, we are informed, were in•
dined to think that as at the time of the capture the crown
had not deprived the court of directors of its governing
power, one-half of the prise money should be handed
over to them ; but the treasury maintained the
opinion of the judge advocate general that the Queen
had always an undisputed right to deal as she pleased with
the pries money, and the eole amount will therefore fall
to the forces, European and native, engaged, with the
exception of the Nepanleee Contingent, who plundered
indiscriminately on their own account. Under the new
scale the appropriation of prise money is placed upon a
much more liberal f ting than formeriy, and the private
soldier will take a • bly larger proportion of the
money than he would wader the old scale, which would
appear to have been framed for the benefit of the officers
alone. The amounts malised are very large, and we believe
we are correct in stating that the sums stand in round
numbers as follow:—For Delhi, :111 lace of rupees. or
atlo,ooo/. ; for Liteknow, 15 lag of rupees, or 150,0001.--
Poet.

On Friday eveniir, a meeting, in connexion with
the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, was held in
the Music-hall, Kiddernanster,onwhich occasion the Bishop
of Oxford wan present, and addressed the 700 or 510 persons
there gathered together. The VICAR (T. L Claughton)
occupied the chair, and there were also preeent:—LedyViard,
the Earl of Dudley, Lord Lyttelton, Lord Kinsale, the Hon.
and Rev. W. H. Lyttelton, J. P. Brown-Wasthead, Faq,
M.P., Se.

COURT 1111 ALDERMEN. —A special Court of Alder-
men was holden yesterday at Guildhall, at which the Right
Hon. the Lord Mayor presided. for the purpose of receiving
the presentments from the different wards in reference to
the recent *sot elections, and other matters, and also for
the purpose of affixing the City seal to certain leases and
other instruments. No other business was ties:meted, and
the court adjourned at an early hour,
ST. MART'S RAGORD ge11001" SOUTHWARK.—
Let night the new Ragged Schools, in connexion with the
parish of 84. 14orge the Martyr, Southwark, were inaugu-
rated in the_pireeence of a highly respectable and numerous
company. Thies schools are situate in British.place, Ber-
mondsey New-road, within a very short distance of the
Bricklayer's Arms, Old Kentroad, and are entirely the re-
sult of the voluntary contributions of the congregation at-
tending St. Mary's Church, Southwark. The schools are
lerf @Patinas and airy, and were last eight decorated with
Gap, Sowen, garlands, Sc., which had a very pleasing effect.
Mr. Lewd, M.Y„ took the chair, being the first time he
has appeared before his constituents sloe his election. The
meeting having been opened with a prayer by the Rev. Mr.
Snaps, he proceeded to lay before the meeting a bassist
statement, which showed that y 601., including a donation of
20/. by the Rev. Mr. Cadman, had been received, bat null
there remained a debt dew to the builder of 1641., which be
bad no doubt the liberelity of the public would moos sup-
ply. He congratalated the meeting on the kindness cif their
new member, Mr. Layard, in coming amongst them span the
present occasion. The chairman, the Rev. W. Cadman, the
Rev. Mr. Howlett, sad several other gentlemen addressed
the meeting. The band of the Yellow Shoe Blab Brigade
wee in attendance, and played several airs during the
evening.
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