The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-26 00:00:00

IRONCLAD SQUADIWN.

-
Horse.
Num Guns. Tonnage. power.
Minotaur 2O 6,1.21 .. 1,350
AGMlles 26 6,121 .. 1,230
Lord Clyde
Bellerophon l4 4,1170 .. 1,000
Wanior 6,109 .. 1,230
Mick Prince
Valiant
Pallas 6 2,372 .. 400
Royal /Sovereign, turret ship
Prince Albert. turret ship
Wivern, turret ship
Research
Viper, twin screw
Vixen, twin screw 4 .. 754 .. 160
Watenritch, hydraulic pro-
pelled 4 777 .. 167

ITSARSIOURID SQUADRON.

Horse-
Oons. Tonnage. power.
. 102 .. 1,127 .. 1,000
81 .. 3.727 .. 800
~ 81 .. 3,245 .. 800
73 .. 3,322 .. sou
72 .. 2,616 . 800
~ 72 .. . 600
60 . 2642 .. 400
, 60 .. 2,011 . 400
73 .. 3,1 S .. 400
37 .. 3.733 .. 1,000
21 ..
36 .. 2.050 .. 400
36 .. 2,000 .. lOU
21 .. 1,675 .. 610
85 .. 3,064.1 .. 600
21 . 1.407 . 400
11) .. 100 .. &X)
I .. 1.210 .. 420
4 .. 1.064 .. 300
4 .. 1,061 .. 300
11314.1X04211,0 03210428

Names.
Victor!'
Deacon
Donegal
Revenge
Royal George
Irreaiatible
St. 0
Lion
Prinoese Royal
Mersey
Liffey
Liverpool
Hoene
Dauntless
guile)
Reyna
Terrible, paddle
Gladiator, paddle
hynipbe
Daplaae

Nana.

lao
Stork
Foxy
Pigeon
Redwing
Clinker
Bullfrog
Fervent
Orwell
31141101
Pheasant
Ilyiona

Horse-
Mow Tonnage. power.

The iron-clad squadron will thus consist of seven screw
frigates, three screw turret ships, one screw sloop, two
twin screw gun vessels, and one hydraulic propelle l gun
vessel, carrying altogether 219 guns, on 51,454 tons'
measurement of hull, and propelled by a nominal engine
power of 10,K17 horses.
The no armoured squadron consists of one screw three-
decker, eight screw two-deckers, six screw frigates, one
screw corvette, one paddle corvette, one paddle sloop, two
screw sloops, and twelve screw gunboats, carrying alto-
gether (156 guns on a tonnage of 54,349, propelled by •
nominal engine power of 12,250 horses.
Grand totals :—Number of vessels, 47 ; number of mins,
1,175; tonnage, 106,009; nominal power of engines..
23,087 horses.
All the vessels on mustering at Spithead w ill fill up with
best Welsh coal to burn during the review.
The screw line-of.bsttle ship Princess Royal is on her
way home from China, and the screw frigate Sutlej is on
her way home from Rio Janeiro. Roth vessels are ex-
pected to arrive borne in time to take part in the renew,
and their names have, therefore, been included in the offi•
cial list.

The screw transport Serapis, Captain Soady, has been
appropriated for the service of the menibet• of the House
of Commons on the day of the review ; and her sister ship,
the Malabar, Captain Pickard, will, it in uuderst gal, he
placed at the service of the members of the upper branch
of the legislature. The Admiralty ensign will be hoisted
on board their lordships' paddle yacht Enchantress, and
the commanding Admiral-m-Chief of the Fleet, Sir Tho-
mas Pasley,G.C.B., will, according to exiating arrange-
ments, hoist his flag on board the screw three-decker
Victoria.

Tim BELGIAN RECEPTlON.—Yesterday the offices
of the Belgian Reception Committee, St. Martin's-place,
Trafalgar-square, were besieged throughout the day by ap-
plicants for tickets for the ball to take place at the Agri-
cultural-hall on Thursday, July 18, iu honour of the
Belgian visit to this country. Each applicant has to sign
his Same and address, and also place tire umuA the
ladies on the tickets for whom he requires them, as a gua-
rantee of respectability. Her Majesty having, it is under-
stood, definitely filed Wednesday, the litb July. for the
great naval review at Spithead, the Belgian Reception
Committee felt it an imperative necessity_ to alter the
date of the intended ball from the Wednesday to
the Thursday, in the hope that it may, in addition
to the other royal and distinguished 'dragon, be also
honoured by the presence of the Sultan. in the ilistribu.
two of tickets for the ball care has been taken that the
volunteers shall have the opportunity of the first otter of
supply. Communications have been forwarded to the
bead-quarters of every volunteer corps in the kingdom,
addressed to the commanding officer asking him to for-
ward a requisition (the form of which acoonspanits the
letter) stating the number arid description of tickets s-
quired for the members and friends of their respective
corps, on the receipt of which and the remittance for the
rime they willbe at once forwarded. Yesterday also, 31r. E.
C. Cockcroft, the acting hon. secretary, and some members
of the reception committee, visited the Agricultural Hall for
the purpose of ascertaining the progress of the works in pre-
parition fortbe event. The advance already made underthe
direction of the general contractors, Mauro J. liana
and hose, of Houndaditch, is considerable. With the ex-
ception of the space occupied by the riaffolding for the
erection of the grand central chandelier, s larch is stated to
be half ea large again as that of the Royal Italian Opera,
Covent-garden, the entire area of the vast Madding is now
boarded over. Artisans, such as gas eriginerra and titter%
carpenters, floral and other decorators, others preparing
the throne and dais, the preierations for Vie fountains,
upholsterers, fitters of enormous sheets of looking-glass,
are to be seen concurrently at work in all parts of
the building, which presents a perfect hive of industry. In
place of the dusky brown, or chocolate oolour, the pillars
and groins, Lc., of the iron work which fror.t the wale ries
and support the roof are being decnraie.l in trl.itie and
gold, giving the previously heavy-looking building a light
and elegant appearance.
ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON,CHATII,tM, AND DOVES
RAILWAT.—LYE evening, between sin and seven, o'clock •
goods train ran off the rail, on the high brick viaduct,
between the Borough-road and Itiaeldriitra Stations, but
fortunately the train had not attained much speed. The
Metropolitan traffic was, in constquence of the raffle being
blocked, greatly interrupted, and some inomiveuiruce and
centurion prevailed. As soon as possible men ware oil-
lected from various parts of the line, and in the course of a
few hours the traffic was resumed.