The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-17 00:00:00

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Apmmaam Orr. 15. Arporwriarra. Cap-
tain Sherard Amis. C. 8., to be additional to the Raml.
lent gunnery ship at Portsmouth, for marten tut the Royal
Boverogn.
Pa master C C. ire, to the Shannon.
Second natter Id S. Clapp, to the Dart.
StottActing
the Rattlesnake. Assisteut Surcease jr. Potter, M.D., and John
, to
Clerks R. G. Herbert, to tblilsredhible, 68, at South.
maptoe ; 0. J. Cameron, to the Isamessatie, 78, at
Desoeport iS. H. Smogs. and Hamm, to the Rattle-
snake, 21, screw corvette, on the west Coast of Atria
statics, as sispersentriea
Chats .Latanie F. E. °trams, and T. W. Hail, to the
Patairaltora G. lac, to the Tahlar.
Ilidebtiormit E. Ramsey, C. W. lone, sad A. R. Raker,
the Itatallooatt&
Chid Roffman R. Sleeman !Mtn the Sphinx to the
Asia, for merrios in the Royal Alfredt• W. Antietam, to the
I Edna, for service in the Sphinx ; B. Hoax., so the
lades, for service in the Windsor
Engineer W. Giles, confirmed in
First Class Assistant
tprinser J "ttroadie, to the
AIN for serrios,ip the AVM.

jake POItIrdiffHITH. ocr;.bi.
LAUNCH OP TIM SAX, AtAD. •-• Another
addition to the inn mane ' made yestardey, 1
by the launch, hem A Deekpard, of the Royal
Alfred, a screw frigate et Hoseeaolaei. pined to emery
36 guns. She was ordered to be laid aura in October.lBs9,
as • line"(-baths ship of 91 guns, her dimessioma being as
follow :—Leearth between perpendicular'', 259 ft..; leillth of
keel for tannage, 213 ft. 91in. ; extreme breadth, 58k. ;
breadth for tonnage, 57ft. tin. ; breadth moulded, 56f •
41a. ; depth in bold, 25ft. Gin. ; burthen in tout, o. m.,
3,715 62-94. In Jane, 1861, however, the Admiralty
esued an order for her conversion into an armour-
plated "crew frigate, and her dimensions are now
es follow : Length between perpendiculars, 713'
feet ; length of keel for tonnage. 232 feat,
8j inches ; extreme breadth, 58 feet 5 etches ; breadth be
tonnage, 57 feet 2 inches; breadth moulded, 56 feet 4 inches;
depth in hold, 19 feet 10 inches ; and burtheo, 4.04526.94
tens. The launching of this vessel drew together a cos-
courts of several thousand spectator', including the chief 1
naval sod military authorities of the port and garrison, and
define the preliminary arrangements selections cf music
were performed by three or four military bands that were I
present. The ceremony of christening the ship was per-
formed by a you're daughter of Mr. Craddock, the master
shipwright, and about half-past ten o'clock the last of the
dog shores was knocked away, and the vestal glided rapidly
into the water amidst the cheers of the spectators and the
porter mane by the bands of the National Anthem and
" Rule Britannia." A number of oaken belonging to the
1 Turkish ship-ot.war now being fitted with arrow machinery
in England were present, and exhibited great interest in
the proceedings. The Royal Alfred will be placed in No. 3
dock, and will there receive her armour Ostia.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge is expected
to arrive at Portsmouth to-morrow on hie annual resit of 1
inspection. Aooording to present arnueenseate the troops
of this garrison will be brigaded on Soothes Common to-
morrow afternooa, and be reviewed by his royal highness.
WOOLWICH, Ocr. 18.
In accordance with instructions from the War- 1
oMoe, the issue of ticket, by the heeds of departments at
the Royal Shrum! to enable the public to view the sato.
bliatiment is ordered to be discontinued, and for the future
such tickets will be Paned only by the Secretary of State
for War, and Brigadier Genesi St. George, director-general
of ordnance.

ROTLL number of additimal head' are
ordered to be entered for service at the royal gin facto-
ries, and the system of night work has again been resumed,
as eeverel experimiestal rifled guns it. now in program, aid
a amber of heavy NOSS are ordered for the naval erevin.