The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-28 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADMIRALTY, JUNI 27.•••••APPOINTYZNYIL Pay-
masters G. J. Starr. tithe Irreenitih/e ; E. A. Smith, to the
Blenheim ; G. P. Rickoord, and W. Pi0110(11, to the Royal
George ; W. C. P. Giant, to the Trafalgar ; P. O'Connor,
to the Impregnable ; N. &airs, to the St. George ; and W.
H. J. Brown, to the President.
Clerk T. Pardir, supernumerary, to the Victory.

WOOLWICH, Airs 27.

Increased ►ctivity now prevails at the gun fac-
tories department of the Royal Arsenal, sad a large amebas
of heavy gum are being got ready for the naval service.
From a return made by the storekeeper's department it op-
pearls that immense stores of rifled ordnance shot, shell, and
every description of warlike munitions are we available for
immediate shipment if required.

CHATHAM, JoNA 27.

The Marlborough, War Department' transport,
repaired on board at Upuor Castle, this morning, the
powder sad shell for the screw frigate Dauntleen, 31. WO-
horse power, the solid shot sod hollow shell having pre.
Mouldy been forwarded from the Ordnance-wharf. The

Committee was originally intended for the coastguard service
at Hell, but orders have hems received at this port di►ecting
her to be fitted with her sea stores, it being intended that
she shall join the Channel squadron. Her full complement
of officers and men is to be at once made op.
Orders have hems received from the Admiralty directing
the officials °Decocted with the steam reserve squadron at
this port to issue the necessary Mores. &c., for keeping in
proper order the engines and machinery of the ves-
sels which lately formed the Aoglo-Chinese squadron,
noder the command of Captain Shined Osboro,
C. 8.. in clue those vessels should be required for service.
The vessel*, which are now moored at the Lapwell, in the
bledway, near the oatmeal to Chatham-harbour, are the
Tien-Win. the Pekin, sad the Chine

H A SIMERSMITH £BD CITY RAILWAY.—A special
meeting of the shareholders in this company was bold yes- '
terday at the office, 17, Duke-street, Westminster (Mr.
Fookes in the chair), for the purpose of cotaiderier a bill
now before parlianientointitied •'A bill for couferriog
further powers oo the Great Western Railway Company,
for the cunstructios of lines of railway, and to enable the
company to acquire additional lands for their own and other
undertakings, and for other purposes." The solicitor having
reed those elation of the bill which affected the Hammer-
smith and City company, the chairman said the bill was
promoted by the Greet Western Railway Colloquy to
enable that tympany to lease the Hammersmith hoe, pro-
viding three-fifths of the shareholders's the 'Mimosa:may
were agreeable to such a lease. He thought it would be
for the admits,' of the company to agree to grant the
lease to the Great Western, if they made the offer. They
would observe the bill was entirely, so far as
they were °married, of • permissive character. He
would take this opportunity of referring to the
greet mimes which had attended the opening of the Hue.
In the first week they bad carried 30,000 peasesgen, and cm
Sooday, the 19th instant, the traffic receipts were 87 I ~ sad
he understood they would be still larger for last Beadily.
This amount of traffic had far exceded the most sanguine
expectations of the directory, and it would be still farther
increased when the traffic arrangement& became in better
working order, and when the spur line so Kiiesingtos wee
opened, which would be on Monday nest. The workiag
agreements between this company, the Great Wasters, and
the Metropolitan companies were not yet signed and sealed,
there was • elect uodsrattedieg between himeelf and the
chairmen al them two companies, end podia, the signing
of the agreements they were worthies undera memomodam
drawo ay sod std by the thus chillness. He then
moved the formal resolution apving of the hill. Mr.
Eiteuetos weeded the resolution,wWeh, alter some remark.
front Meese. flurry, Rommess, end Masters as to the good
pecispacts of the company, was agreed to. Vote' of Omaha
to the chairman and directors closed the nuatieg.
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