The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-21 00:00:00

NAVAL.

ADMIRALTY, DEC. 20.—APPOINTMENTS.—Mietere
J. J. Ball (1843) to the Blenheim, 60, 450 horse power,
screw steam guard ship, at Portsmouth, and B. Renaud,
184.5, to the Dragon, six, padde.wheel steam-frigate, 560
horse power, at Portsmouth.
Paymaster W. Burke, 1822, to the Cressy, 80, screw
steam ship, at Chatham.
Poarsmotrrn, DEC. 20. The Right Hon. Sir
James Graham, Bart., the First Lord of the Admiralty,
came over to this port this morning from Osborne, where
he had been en a visit to the Queen. Sir James came
across in the Fire Queen, government steamer, and lauded
at 11 o'clock at the Kings Stairs in the dockyard, from'
wheace he proceeded to the office of the admiral-superin-
tendent, having previously made an external inspection of
the fine 90 screw ship, Princess Royal, Captain Lord E.
Paget, fitting in this dockyard. At the admiral's office, Sir
James had au interview with the commander-in-chief,
Vice-Admiral Sir T. J. Cochrane, K.C.8., and • the
admiral-superintendent, Rear-Admiral W. F. Martin.
The visit of the right hon. baronet to this dockyard Is
understood to be in reference to the public service, and
especially to the arriving at a definite decision upon the sub-
Mct of a new royal yacht for the Queen. Rear-Admiral
r. F. F. Berkeley, C. 8., a lord of the Admiralty ; CspG
Sir Baldwin W. Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of the Navy;
Mr. Watts, Assistant Surveyor, and other officers, have met
Sir James Graham in the yard to-day. The Hon. Captain
Daman, of the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, and Capt.
Crispin, of the royal yacht Fairy, being amongst the num-
ber. Sir James Graham again embarked on board the Fire
Queen at three o'clock this afternoon, and returned to
Osborne, where be is expected to remain till to-morrow.
The Navarin, Russian man-of-war corvette, of 22 guns,
Captain Istomin, will be token out of dock tomorrow,
having been in 15 days having her bottom re-caulked and
re-coppered, it being exceedingly leaky, on her return to
Spithead. Since the recapture of the Russian seamen who
had attempted to de,ert, and the endeavour to obtain pos-
session of theta by means of the writ of Habeas Corpus, no
sailor of this nation has been seen in the streets of the town,
as they previously were permitted to be. The Tyne, store
ship, blaster Commander Tucker, came into harbour this
morning to embark supernumeraries, stores, dm, for the
Island of Ascension. The Leopard, 12, paddle-wheel steam
frigate, Captain Oiffsrd, was taken out of the fitting basin
yesterday; sad the Helena, 16, was taken in to be docked
for repair. The Princess Royal. 90, was taken cut of
dock to-day into the fitting basin, having undergone •
thorough overhaul and repaiz..

TURIN AND GENOA RAILWAY.—A Tutin journa
gives some details of the inauguration of this line. The
train left Turin on the Gth at half•post nine, and, after
stopping at nine stations, arrived at Genoa at half-pest one.
The same train which left Genoa the neat day with one of
the locomotives of Mr. Stephenson was only nine minutes in
performing 6,000 metris (nearly four English miles) on a
radius of curves of 400 metres, and rt rise of 35 per 1,000
from Ponte Decimo to the tunnel of the Giovi. The passage
through this tunnel. which is 3,300 metres in length, with
a rise of 29 per 1,000, was made in sin minutes. The time
occupied from Genoa to Turin was four hours, as from
Turin to Genoa, being at the rate of 41 kilomrres (about
26 English miles) per hour. . .