The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-17 00:00:00

TURKEY.

TRIESTE. Sam 16. ;
Advicee received from Constantinople announof
that the Prince de Joinrille had arrived in that
city.

The Porte had signed the treaty with &gleam
relative to the Turco-Indian line of telegraph.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

A DLIILALTY, SIFT. 16.—APPOINTIIINIll—Surgeos
G. T. A. Drew, to the Achilles._

AseistsosSurgeo. se Dr. G. R. Peckthorne, to the Achilles;
R. J. Mllocris, to the St. Vinceet.
Act ing Analatant-Surgeon H. N. H. Sedgerick, to the
Achilles.

Roemer H. C. .1004 e, to the he* r saPereummurr• •
Second Clams Assistant-Engineers F. E. Stumm to the
Jaaeur, confirmed; E. Barrett, to the Cumberland, cog-
firmed.
PORTSMOUTH, SIM 16.
A Federal man-of-war screw-steamer put into
St. Helen's this morning.
It is rumoured that the Victoria, 121, screw three-decker,
will shortly be commissioned by Captain J. G. Goodenough.
The Victoria is to relieve the Marlborough, now carrying
Admiral Smart's dag, but we understand that the admired
will remain in oommand until be has made up his time.
The Higheyer, 21, screw corvette, steamed out of har-
bour this morning for trial of her machinery at the mea-
sured mile in Stokes Bay.
The Tamar' 3, iron screw troopship, Captain F. H. Stir.
ling was undocked to-day.
The Himalaya, iron screw troop ship, is hourly expected
at Spithead from Canada, with troops.

CHATHAM Sart 16,

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The Achilles, 20, 1,250 horse-power, Captain E.
W. Vansittart, fitting ►t this part, is to have • esenplement
of TOS oaken sod men, iacluding Royal Marines, the letter
of whom will be selected from this division.

Mr. F.. J. Heed, the chief constructor of the navy, paid
an official visit to this dockyard this morning, and spent
some 'tale at the establishment in the inspection of the
Lord Warden,24,l,ooo horse-power, and the Bellerophon,
14,1,00 U horsepower, Lou-clad frigates, now building from
the chief constructor's designs. Mr. Reed, who was so.
companied during his tour of inspection by Mr. Thornton,
principal master shipbuilder, expressed his satisfaction at
the progress made with both vessels, which will be reedy
for Lunching dozing the atoning year.

CAUTION TO TRAVELLERS IN A HURRY.—An acci-
dent of a very serious character occurred at the Hornets
terminus oo Thursday. The special manioc train leaving
that plane at 6.45 was backing into the steno°, there heir(
at the time a large number of excursionists waiting to get
into the tide, after having spout a pleasant day by the sea-
side. As is too of tea the cue. a disposition was niseifested
by many persoos to nigh into the carriages before thee had
quite con.e to a stop. The station muter sad the porters
in vain cried out " Stand back." A young man named
Thomas Hunter, from North Ferriby, opened the door of
Use end compartment of the carriage, mid was hurriedly
assisting into it a young woman named Mary Elisabeth
Everingham, who had hold of his arm. In Rotting into the
carriage, however, her toot slipped acid she feU down babied
the carriage and between the rails, uttering a loud
shriek. The wheels of the next carriage did not pan
over her, simply because the trail) wee just stopping, and in
• moment she wee picked up arid carried away by several
young men. But it was clear that her right leg was broken,
and she wu therefore carried into the town and placed on a
sofa in one of the rooms at Leggett's Old Hotel, Mr. Bodice,
of Moreau, sad kir. Sleight, of Hull, being quickly ea the
smog to reader surgical usistance. The uefortusate sufferer,
though in greet agony. maintained her sensibility, aotwith-
standleg great exhaustless, add It wee sets foetid that the
fejury she had sustained consisted of a compound fracture
just abate the mule, the bone being entinly Dukes, but
sot splintered. The railway compels, lied their servants are
mainly free from Marna, sad we cannot too streagly depre-
ate the practice of rushing into carriages before they have
actually stopped. The wonder is that mookleote of this soot
do sot lam bums* odour.—Hell Point.