The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-17 00:00:00

male LONDON PAVlLlON.—Profelisor
A.RED-
MOND'S WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE continues to
create the most profound excitement. The house crowded
nightly, and the addition of Vance greatly enchants the visitors
whilst the Lauri Family contribute to the amusement, in cna-
junction with a heel of other West.

THIC OXFORD.—ORPHER AUX ENFERS.
coolie Open, by J. Offenbach, In colt...nuance of Its great
snow, will be lEVEZY EVENING. Direceor, Mr. Ir.
Jonglunana. The 'AVBANS. and all other available Mint.—
Admission: Ares, ed.; Malls and balcony, la.. private bona,
ldra 6d.—The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited).

WOOLPACK TAVERN, St. Peter's-alley,
cornea—A capacious and handsome Room, with
GRIDIRON on the dna door, has been lately opened, where
Luncheons, Dinners, and every requirement are served with
the same excellence that has obtained for the house its high
reputation. N.B.—the beet SMOKING ROOM In London.

purzows ALMANACK FOR 1865,
oe the fist

puzicirs ALMANAC K 1865.
Pike &L

p lINCH'S ALMANAC,E 1860.

PUNCH'S ALMANAC II 1865,
Illustrated by J. X. XuLtis, LL, Jogs Trzutim., C.
KrEar. Y. WALLAS, O. Dvxmliuxi, &c., will be published on
the 21st.

Just published, price 6d. by t for seven stamps,
RIMDIEL'S PERFUMED ALMANACK for
1865, beautifnly Illuminated, $ pretty little present to
friends ►broad and at home. Bold by all the trade.—Riramel,
Perfumer, 96, inroad ; and rs. Cornhill. R. Early la Derma.
her will be published, with above 100 illustrations, The Book
of Perfumes,' by Rums MIMS&

THE COMPANIES ACT, 1862. The Forms
and Aroma' Book' required ender tM above AM, also
all other kinda of ...Mount Books, with every stationery
quialte for Public Coniodeies, the Counting-house, etc., ow
piled cm the beet terms. Printing of every deeeriptlon.
share Certitlcates Engraved and Bruited: MBeial Male de.
fittfMd andeaeented.

Ash and nut, 49. Fbet-breet. LC.. we Lembo-Wig% LL

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

(ziuna's Tzzinwis.)
MINISTERIAL CALMS IN SPAIN.
MADRID, Doc. 16,

The Marquis of Pavia, having been entrusted by
the Queen with the formation of a new ministry,
has submitted to her Majesty the following list :
Marquis of Pavia, President of the Council and
Minister of War ; Senor Fernandez de la Hoz,
Minister of the Interior ; Senor Calonge, Minister
of Foreign Affairs ; Senor Roncali, Minister of
Justice ; Senor Moyano, Minister of Public Works ;
Senor Chacon, or Senor Rubalcaba, Minister of
Marine ; Senor Villanova, Minister of Finance ;
Signor Eglana, Minister of Colonies.
The Noticias of to-day says that this ministry
is moderate, and proposes to follow a constitutional
policy without reaction.
ItAbitlD, Dec. 16, Emmal.
The Queen has not accepted the ministry formed
by the Marquis of Pavia.
Her Majesty has summoned Senor Letstindi to
the palace, and subsequently Senor 'stunt: and the
Marquis of hliraflores, With whom long conferences
were held.

The ministerial crisis continues. Signor Isturitz
is endeavouring to form a cabinet. His success is
considered doubtful.

All financial schemea hare been adjourned until
a ministry him been constituted.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADMIRALTY, DEC. N.—APPOINTMENTS. . COM -
=Eider E. H. Martsy to the Achilles.

to the Prince Consort ; J.
Brimfield, to the St. George; G. Duncan, to the Excellent;
J. Farrell), (additional), to the Sale).
Naval Cadets (nominated) A. C. Thorold Mann. F. Hall
Logan, L. G. E. Childers, G. B. Bradford, and S. J. 11.

PORTSMOUTH, Dic. 16.

The new iron screw ship, Achilles, of 6,079 tons
burtheo and 1,250 horse power, carrying 20 guns of large
calibre, has made the official trial of her speed at the mea-
sured mile in Stokes Bay this week, and the result can
scarcely be considered satisfactory, inasmuch ea in point of
speed the arperinisotal trial proves her to be inferior to the
Warrior, which vessel she was designed to equal if not to
surpass. With fall boiler power, however, she only realised
upon six runs a mean speed of 13.419, whereas the Warrior,
under more unfavourable circumstances for trial, made
14.354.. The half-boiler trials show the same oomparstive
result, the moan speed of the Achilles being 11.131 knot.
Circle trials have also been made, but the ship did not com-
plete the circle on either tack io less than ten minutes. She
differs materially from the Wars ior in her general appear-
ance, but chiefly is the tact that she curiae four, instead
of three masts., which to the eye are certainly no improve-
ment.

NAVAL MODELS AT SOUTII KENSINGTON
MUSEUM.

There has been collected and arranged at the
South Kensington Museum a number of models of naval
architecture, illustomtive of the building of ships of war
for the service of this country, from the earliest times down
to the latest specimens of our iron-clad fleet. The collec-
tion is in two divisions, the first coosistiog of the Admi-
ralty collection from Somerset•house, and the second
containing loans and donations from private sources. The
Admiralty collection wee commenced by Sir Robert
Seppings, when Surveyor of the Navy, about 1824, but its
formation is principally due to Sir William Symooda, Sir
Baldwin Walker, Mr. John My*, C. 8., and Mr. Isaac
Watts, C. 8., between the year 18;r1, and the present time.
It represents the psogress of naval architecture, as far as
relates to ships of war, from the reign of Henry VII. down so
the sainting period. Besides the whole and half models of
ships, and of various boats in use in this and other oountries,
the collection shows the details of the construction sod
fittiogs of vessels of war, their armament and machinery,
masts and ragging, the arrangements for launching ships,
ate. ; and it comprises the different plans proposed by public
officers and private individuals for alterations and improve-
ments in naval architecture. In the second division will
be found models of ships, &c., contributed by Lloyd's, the
Millwsll Iron Works Ship Building Company, Mr. W.
Ladd, Mr. C.. Turner, and others. The Admiralty collection
is divided into seventeen classes, comprising models of the
lines sod forms of ships of the Royal Navy, from its com-
mencement to the present time, arranged axording to their
dates sod classes ; boats in use for men-of-war, both English
and foreign ; models showing the construction adopted or
proposed for particular parts of ships, the mode of fitting
their various parts, their appliances, armamsots, and steer-
ing apparatus, their propulsion, masts and rigging, machinery,
and even their figure-heads. On the whole the display is
comprehensive, and is well calculated, as no doubt intended,
to assist is the study of naval architecture is the school
which is now in operation at South Kensington.

TUN GLOBE SHAKESPEARE.. —The new one-volume
editioe of Sluilmepeare announced by Meson. Macmillan wax
published yesterday. The type is small, but beautiful and
remarkably clear, bevies been manufactured, with We toned
paper, expressly for this edition. Like the "Cambridge
Shakespeare" of the same publishers. it is edited by Mr.
W. G. Clark and Mr. W. Aldo Wright. As masque 23,000
copies of the edition have already bean disposed of.
Downixo-smear, Dac. 15.—The Queen bee been
said to
appoint Samuel Weeks mad Andrew Flomioe,
a.. to be members of the Legislative Council of the island
of Lucia ; Richard Southey, Eq., to be colonial secretary
for the colony of the Caps of Good Hope; and Giovaosi
Battista Trapani, Esq., M.D., to he ooilretor of sestoms, and
Vincenzo Borg, 8.q., to be osalsimrof the Treasury of the
Wand of Meat& —Gostes.