The Express.
London, England, 1865-03-02 00:00:00

NAVAL AND IiILITARY.

ADMIRALTY, —APPonrnciarrs. —Captain
L ()odd, to be Captain kinparintesdent of the Royal
William Victualling Yu*, sad Plymouth Hospital Tire
Curry, promoted.
Ooremsnder Hon. W. C. Talbot, to the Pawn, vice Wm,
promoted.
Lieutenant C. T. Williamson, to the Royal George.
Assistant Paymasters H. H. Bernard, to the Duke of
Wellington ; E. W. Gehl's'', to the Victory.
Assistant Surgeon H. Macdonnell, to the Fiaprd, add-
Bowel.

Nxw froN &Raw TrAwarorrk—The Lords of
the Admiralty hays just given orders for the coast:notion of
an iron screw steam fleet, upon a noble scale, for thoomivay.
snob of our troops to India, and to maintain the efficiency
and punctuality of reliefs for our army in that part of the
world. The firms to whom lb. Admiralty have entrusted
the construction of this fleet include the most 'rainiest
shipbuilders in the world. The dimension. and capacity of
them vowels, presenting • pleasant contrast to the un-
healthy sad comfortless transports of old times, may be
judged from the following details of the ship contracted for
by Marrs. Money Wigram and SODS, of Slackwalliard.
The length of this vassal between perpendiculars will be
360 feet, and that et her keel for tonnage, 326 fast
inches. Her extreme breadth, as wall as that of her
tonnage space, will be 49 fest ; her depth in bold
will be 22 feet 4 inches, and her hurtles 4,173 tons. The
engines of this ship, furnished by Humphreys and Tennant,
will be of the nominal power of 700 tons, but nada the per-
fection to which engine-making has been brought the
peat firms of the present day, they will really be capable of
exerting the enormous power of 4,200 tone. Ma will be
furnished with surface bondman, and all modern Improve-
ments for economising foal, as well as with various footling
contributing to the health convenience, and safety of all
as board. The speed of this ship is to be 15 knots, and she
will have ample accommodation for 1,200 men besides the
numnoul officers and crew reluirad by so largo • vowel.
There will be four other roue], of nearly similar dimension,
proportions, and general arrangements, one of which will
be built by the Thames ironworks and Shipbuilding Com-
pany, with engines also by Humphreys and Tennant ; an-
other will be built by Palmer Brothers, of Nsweastis-upon-
Tyne, with engines by Afamiladay and Field; another by
Laird and Co., of Liverpool, with engines by themselves -
and the fifth by Hearn. Napier, of Glasgow, who will aim:
furakh their own cerium
THE LONDON "BOANDILLN " AND THINS
Gaisv-
etteaa.—The Earl of Shaftesbury presided last night at a
meeting of the Load= advertisement boardmen, hold at
the Working Men's lutituttoo, Parker-street, Drug-lane.
Several of the men having stated their grievances and tha
hardships which they have had to endure sines the anspan-
Mon of the usual mamas of earning their livelihood, the
chairman expressed his sympathy with them, and promised
to give them all the emisteac• in bit power. He was not
aware that any act of parliament was in existence which
rendered their carrying advertisement boards illegal, and be
would certainly oppose the passing of such an act should it
be iatroduced into parliament ; bat he thought the police
must be acting under some regulation which empowered
them to interfere.
Tau LOCK-OUT IN NORTH STAFFORDAHIRL—WOL-

ITZHAIIPTON, WZDISTSDA.T.-11012111anieri from North Stat.
fordsbire hays bees in this town to-day, 'and they have bad
en interview with Mr. W. O. Foster, M.P., tbe chairman of
the Ironmasters' Association, and other members of the
=Mee, by whom Ike asks of the tends are nowregn.
They have reported that the paddlers evince no dis-
position to resume work, and that in oonsequisce it was
presumed tbet the determination cents to at the peat
nor. Ado of masters, to lock out after the 4th fast, be
to, the resolution of the delegates of the oponsilisa
aeon to at their meeting at Idniarly-hill notwithsteedisg.
The official address of the dalegatek published this morn-
ing, was diseased. and Mudd •• of • dmractirPolludieff
any soaks from the employees. It was neraimert that the
lock-out should be adorned ea Ileferday, sad drains mit
to the ironmesten throasttent the United Kingdom to that
ago.