The Express.
London, England, 1861-01-12 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

(nos WIT =Well GAZILTIM)
ADMIRALTY, Dec. 22.
Corps of Royal Marines—The foUowing promotions have
teien plooe, under her Majesty's Order in Council of the
13th of November, IsT.s, in consequence of the death of
Lieutenant-General James Irwin Wills*, ou the Axed
establishment of general officers of the Ravel Marines:—
Major-General Henry !vett Deleon*. to be lieutenant-
gassed ; Oslossl-Oonsmuslant Anthony Bleslend Strati.
sham to be mm r-general, vices Delacombe, promoted ;
Velma Fliode.
'bell tote colonelel-mLieutesent-Colon Arthur SandisiTerWwellcunih, C.
,
to be colonel second-oommandant, vice pro.
moted ; Captain Augustus Dover Lyddon Farrant to 130
lieutenant-colonel, vice Walsh, promoted: First-Lieu-
tenant Jacob Richards Lloyd to be captain, vice Fermat,
promoted; Second-Lieutenant Edward Lee Rose to be
tint lieutenant, vice Lloyd, promoted.

ADMIRALTY, JAN. 11L—PROMOTIONS AND AP-
POINTMENTM.—Eogisser E. Clements, promoted to the rank
of chief engineer and appointed to the Cumberland, for
charge of the Horatio.
First Chas Assistant Engineer Y. Lambert, to the
Banshee.
Acting Second Clam Assistant Engineer R. H. Dobeely, to
the Cornwallis, for service in the Sandfiy.
The undermentioned gentlemen have been nominated to
naval cadetahips • Mews. O. L Atkinson, the Hon. H. N.
Shore. E. B. Wallace, W. E Black, E. R. Brietyoke, A.
Bleenerbasset, W. Farr, R. W. Hesthoote, E. P. Rocker,
and N. C. A. Pollard.

CHATHAM, Jai. 11.
A detachment of the Army Hospital Corps, con-
sisting of three non-commissioned officers end 20 men, has
bees directed to embark for New Zealand in the African.
at Gravesend. The detachment would have left Fort Pitt
this morning, but owing to the quantity of ice in the river
the order for their embarkation was countermanded, the
African being unable to leave the Thames.
This morning a board of officers assembled at St. Mary's
Barracks, under the presidency of Dr. Hums, the principal
medical omcer of the garrison, whoa the sos-easunissiceed
otibiers and men of the various cavalry and initatz7 rot
'neut.* who have recently arrived from India and
colonies were inspected, and those found unfit for farther
service were ordered to hold themselves in readiness to be
discharged on Thursday neat.

Major-General D. A. Cameron has been nomin-
ated to the command of the troops in New Zealand, and
has 'heady appointed his staff. "It is donliful, however."
says the Army and Nary Gazette," whether the despatches
which are expected to-day may not render it unnecessary to
send the Major-General on his mission, which was no doubt
Intended to make up for certain shortcoming" on the pert of
those now in authority in New Zealand."
Tux 100-PouNnsa ARMSTRONG Gums.—During
the bat few days (says the Times) a series of experimenta
have been made in the presence of the select committee of
Woolwich Arsenal with the 100-pounder Armstrong gun et
8100/aryls's'. The experiments were SissidisapoStarar
tory, and fully established the fact of the new
ordnance being equal to the smaller mime. A ship's
✓ide, partially oovcred with =mire iron plains, some
of which had been stripped off for the purpose d
testing the fines at the commencement of t e experi-
ments, was eel op at a thousand yards' diatoms, to form the
butt. The shells, Led with powder, were fired at patches
of white paper slash upon the surface. The spots were 12
inches in diameter, and in every case the shell west t:=
the mark, while the insiaataneous ignition al the
made a hole in the timber in the form of • kw, doorway.
The target was plead epos that part of the sWe die which
had been stripped of irca phis% muse at which
yam dillmbisaL One el time ems drat biassidentood
ent oompidely The was&iams
aid at lelea
to adiker the ragged and
Vend bes=l
hi
iseagloddstosen in Tract with
ossograermtnated by dring • few 4:4"N—saes sheellse=
with molter' boa from one of the old secedes gurk
which in the comes et • few minutes est the is m[
the wooden twos* in a blaze. At the ordedos
the experimental gun was found to be am gadget se
when the trials commenced. By the Ste immerser in
the breech there was no escape nor leakage af re from the
explosion, to test the fact of which the userasseml
times filled the cavity with snow,ail=
was fired, the meow had not the s
Mos. It was accordingly acknowlAgil areMlNeady that
by the new arrangement it is barely rade fee the plug
to be blown out in the event of any care lesenses oa the part
of the gunner in screwing it home.
The Army mod Nary Gazette says that the expe-
riments on the sew iodised recoil-sliding carriers for Arm-
strong guns have not saceeeded ; and that during their late
trial an untoward accident mooned, which resulted in
breaking the thigh of the senior gunnery lieutenant of the
Excellent, Lieutenant Thomas Ward. It appears that
while pracheing with the 12-pounder Armstrong from the
pinnace at Spit sad, the bolt of the carriage drew, and the
gguuii,i. 312•Teehing the top of the recoil-slide, toppled over,
y injuring the officer as above, and throwing cue
of gunners overboard. Lieut. Ward was at OW
removed to Hadar Hospital.
HALY-PAT Canaille.—lt its understood that •
scheme I actually in. contemplation, by which balf-pay
captains may matenally lamented. The ark feature
would mem to be, that the recruiting department, which
is now teenaged by officer taken from their regiments,
shill be confined to
k.
holf•rgetosptains who are at for the
work.—dray end Nag_
DISTRIBUTION or /JAVA!. Pain ]tourer.—Notice
is given in rokseday's Goatee that reparalicas are now
being made for the intended distribution at the tonnage
bounty awarded for three slave feluccas, names unknown,
captured on the 12th July, 1869, by her Majesty's ship
Vesuvius, and her tender &nue. Due notice will be given
of the date proposed for the commencement of distribution
mid, at the same lime, the amount of an individual's share ;
in the respective dames will be announced.