The Express.
London, England, 1861-10-28 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

.ADMIRALTT, Ocr. 20.—APPOINTII
tenant C. E. to be additimal to the St. Vincent,
for service in the
Sub-Lieutenant the Hon. J. Ellis, to the Orpheus.
Asmetant•Surgeons W. C. Fairbeirn, to be additional to
the Asgard ; end B. Crebbe, to Greenwich Hospital.
Master's Assistants W. Pearce, C. E. Drake J. Hendee-
ma, and W. Hooker, to be addition! to the Ma.rlborough.
Midshipmen B. W. Fielding, W. A. Hudlesume, C. A.
Prevost, and F. IYE•as Jerningham, to the Orpheus.
Acting First Sam Assistent•Engineer W. M'Laurin, to
the lades.

Assiatent•Enginser R. Anderson, to the
Midi", vice Luria.

Aesistant-Engineers C. Johnson,
to tits ris, for service in the Vivid ; and ii. Unchain.,
Irate Us to the Asia, as supernumerary.
Yews. C. M. Hines and W. Balling Lave been nominated
to naval eadeishipa.

PORTSMOUTH, Ocr. 27.
The following is the copy of an order receutly
issued by the Board of Admiralty :
Victory, Portsmouth, Oet. 1&—In pursuance of in.
'tractions from the Lords Cominimioners of the Admi-
ralty, all pensions borm ce the books of her Majesty's
ships under my caters ere to be discharged on the 3011. of
November next. Any pensioners wishing to serve as ship-
beepers in the reserve may be reentered, but will not be
allowed to draw their pensions whilst serving. Pensioner*
serving in the Coast Guard on shore, sod borne on ships'
books, may be allowed to continue to eery* ou the
distinct umlerstanding that they will not be allowed
their motions whilst serving. In all canes men continuing
to serer without their pensions will be allowed their time
for increase of pension, under the exiating regulations.
Signed, 11. W. Bocce, Vice.Admiril, Commander-in-
Chief. To the respective captains. &c."
The order has created very considerable dissatisfaction in
the *orrice, and the result of it will be that some huodreda,
or perhaps, thousands of valuable seamen will be lost to
the British navy.
The Warrior, 40, iron screw tricte, Overdo thel Hon. A.
Cochrane, is to be reedy for sea by to-morrow evening.

DEVONPORT, (cr. 27.
Thu Assurance, 4, screw sloop (one of the des-
patch boat.). Com. C. H. Av-seley, arrived in Plymouth
nomad on Friday evening humlVithead, where she arrived
from the Mediterranean on Thursday, and was then ordered
toned here to be paid off. She was commiesiooed at Psc
mouth in July, 1567, by her present commander, sad has
dace been employed is the East ladies and Madam-mum
The Shipjackt screw gun-boat, Lieut. and Coen.
H. Berner& arrived in Plymouth hound on Friday fru?
West ladies.

A coart-martial wee held on Saturday, on board the Im-
pregnable, for the trial of John Barnby, • Royal Marine,
serving os board bet Majesty's ship Revenge, for an assault
on tie naval police is the execution of their duty. He
pleaded gsilt7, and the captain of his ship and the serreast
el bin company gave him • good character. The court sea-
Iseesd him to three mouths' imprisonment.

WOOLWICH, Ocr. 27.
His Royal Highnesa the Duke of Cambridge, the
General Conimandiog-in-Chief, attended by Colonel Bing-
ham, Deputy-Adjutant-Geueral of Royal Artillery. and
other of cers. armed at Woolwich at half-put 10 o'clock
yelawday morning, and reviewed the whole of the Weeps in
garrison.