The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-16 00:00:00

NAVAL AND AVILITAIiY.

ADM I n tLtY, APRIL 18. —ATPOINTIMITS. —Master
P. Wine.,: ,tt, to the Adventure.
raymalter T. S. 'ritual, to the Advantage.
Kastet..-Assistant W. F. Maxwell, W bo mklitional to the
Fiegard, k•r service iu the Shamrock tender.
Asenunt-Paymeeter 1.1. A. Rowe, to the Adventure.
Engimers If. Bomb, first-clam aisiatant-eoginecr, and J.
Cameron, secowl•clam assistanterigineer, to be additional
to the Finiard, fur *cranes in the Shamrock.

PORTSMOUTH, Ania. 15.
Ilia Rqval Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Right
flotwarable. Sir George Grey and Sir G. C. Lewis, Sir R.
quirterniaster•General, Colonel. Clifton. Colonel
Jervoise. and ',dose' Bingham, acoompenied by Major.
General lord Paulet, cioninataler-in.chief of South
Westeib district, and Rear-Admiral the Hoe. Geom. Grey,
sup.riniendest of Portsmouth Lavkyard, with their en-
spevtor -tads, muharked on board the Fire queen, Ifriater
C,num►nder Paul. t►is morning, and preceded to inspect
the forts which it was inten.led to erect for
the defence of Spithead, but the construction of
which Las, pending further inquiries, been suspended.
Ooketarning, his Royal Highness and party passed through
the dockyard, inspecting the Royal Sovereign (the three-
dw•ker iintierg..iog the process of conversion into an armour-
plated shiehl ship) aad other vessels in the steam basin, and
aleetlie police•st►tioe. The Commander-in-Chief, attended
by a numerous military staff, afterwards proceeded to is.
sleet the new fortifications on the test side of the harbour.

CHATHAM, _tram 15.
This aftrirnnon the Duke of Somerset, First Loed
of the Admiralty, accompanied by hear-Admiral Itobtasoa,
I:origin-oiler of the Navy, sod Captain Moore, C. 8., pries*,
secretary to the First Lord, paid en °Mend nett to the
d.k)anl, and strut some time in the impaction of the ins
ships .t:hilles, ii. and flays' Dalt, il, u well as the other
vemels huikiing and in dock. His gnice was received cm
less airoal b. t'sptain supciintendeut of the
yesel, and the iieveral °Mends, sod at once proceeded to No.
2 dock, in which the Achilles is building. in the mepeetion
of wiihn he spent some time. The Duke of Somerset amt
Admiral Itobiuson afterwards visited the shed under which
the Roysl Oak, iron-plated frigate, iv pudding. His grace
espreered himself weld pleased with the great progress made
In that •easel, which is sow so far advanced that she is fit
reeeiee her shield-plates. After spending about two
hours iu the dockyard his grape returned to the Admiralty.
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THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW.

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