The Express.
London, England, 1864-08-16 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADMIRALTY, ACOUST 15. APPOINTMENT&
Assistant Paymaster G. S. Goddard, to the Irresistible.
First Clam Assistant Engiseer C. Thompson, to the
Urgeat.
Sewed Clam Assistant Engineer. T. F. P. Shelley, to the
Urgent.

CHATHAM. AUGUST 15.

SIEGE OPERATIONS BY THE ROYAL ENGINEERS.
—This afternoon the sappers and =Mere of the Royal
Engineer were engaged in some highly important siege
operatic's', having for their object trio destruction of a
largo cliff of chalk ►d stones on the banks of the Medway,
at Cuatoo, near Rochester. in order to make the exc1....-
tics. required in a work of that magnitude the sappers sod
miner. have been employed for several weeks peat is
sinkiog the neameary shafts, driving the galleries,
formai the chambers, in which to deposit
the immense weight of powder required to de-
stroy the cliff. For this purpose four shafts were
sunk into the rock, varying in depth from 15 to 62 feet
each, end all communicating at the bee by means of gal-
leries, in which the powder wee deposited. The charges
were contained is tin cues, each holdiog 100 lbs. weight„-
and the «Aire quantity of powder wee between two and
threa tens, or nearly 6.000 lb. weight. The necessary ope-
rations of •• tamping," kn., having been completed, the
whole of the charges were aimultatmously bred by means of
the voltaic battery, when the results were of the grandest
possible character. The surface of the cliff facing the spec-
tators was andileely seen to bulge outward, followed mesas-
taneously by the vast masa being tossed high into the air.
and the whole crumbling to the ground—a million toss of
rock and chalk being thus dimple/ie.:l. The operations were
highly enooseeful, and the whole gamed off without
accident.

Tea FORI'HCOIIIIIO RllO7llll or VOLUNTIEZER AT
Lrvgaroot.—on Saturday next upwards of 5,000 of the
Liverpool volunteers. compriaing'every braiselhof theseywice,
will eassmble on the race course at Aintree, bear Liverpool,
for a greed review and sham tight. and should tbe precut
he weather coattails there is little doubt that this review
will be one of the most isteresting which has yet taken
place in the district.
A STILUGOLZ FOB DEATH.—Last eveaing Mr.
Payne, the City comber, held an inquiry at the Vestry.
hall, Southwark, respecting the death by retard* of
Mary Ann Mn... aged 43 yaws. Jobe Nan, No. 3. Blue
Anchor-road, Bermondeer, said that on last Saturday more- I The United States man-of-war steamer Kearsarge
log at about 8 o'clock be was crossing Loodoo.bridge. A boy d luau ske
milled oat to him, " Master, there is • woman going to u`•b to leave Cherbourg co
drown hermit" He thee saw the deceased with one log Saturday last for New York. Another United States war
over the parapet of the bridge. She was standing on the steamer, about the size of the Sacramento, is expected in
middle recess of the centre arch. Witness rushed forward the British Channel to Were the oboe of the Kearsarge.
and caught bold of her by the arm. She straggled fear. , A SL7BTICIOCS CsArr. —A correspondent of the
fully, tied broke the pipe in witness's mouth. He tried to •
pull her back, but he could not do so. He then threw him- n ifree"'"'• Journal, writing horn FuYeve on Saturday. sae:
self forward in order to prevent her leaping into the river, —" A reagnitioent and rapid
.sailing steamer, with three
bat be found that she was dragging him with her. He then funnels, visited the Shannon this day. She proceeded up
let her go, sod she fell into the water. Her head was first our noble river to the north.eut of Foyers hluid, where
dubed against the stelae work of the bridge. Witum jut she lay at anchor till half-past six o'clock this sun*,
saved hie own life. George Mans, No. 10, Great Arthur- . lobes she suddenly steamed westward towards Torbert.
street, St. Luke's, a cigar maker, said that the deceased was WhileWhtleatanchor near Foynes a warlike Pert,' landed and
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his wife. For the last eight week, she bad hoes very 111. • med. inquiries at the laden./ station 'heat a special bah'
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bad dreadful pains in her beck. Mrs. E. Speller said that whet they could not preened by rail to 'inerick. It is
the doomed bad a fall downstairs last Thursday. After sappuied that the vessel is a blockade rennet ; and it was
that she said to witness, I feel so low apiritod, that I rumoured here that • lieutrant of the celebrated Alabama
shall go and kill myself." The coroner haring summed up, Wal "'eat the party who landed at Payne.. S 4" writing the
the jury returned a verdict of " Suicide while of unsound above I have ascertained that the steamer use arrived to
I waver as immobile supply of clothing to the Confederates
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for this tea a general preference. It Is mold to packet. by 2,1110 ; bet of parliament passed last month all brewers' lieenace
agetdb--(Adrartiaetuent. I are to expire as the 30th of September in each year.