The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-08 00:00:00

Sithal Nutt iMttttarp.

ADMIRALTY, OCT. 6. AProirrmerrs. Com-
mander Arthur Morrell. recently Inspecting Commander
of the Kingsbridge Devon Coast-guard station, to the
Duke of Wellington, 49, receiving ship at Portsmouth.
Staff Surgeon William H. Sloggett, late of the President,
16, drill ship of the Royal Naval Reserve, to be additional
of the Finlay], 42, at Woolwich.
Assistant Paymaster in Charge Henry C. Medder, to the
Vixen, 4, armour-plated twin screw gun-boat, at Woolwich.

PORTSMOUTH, Ocr. 7.

We understand that the Royal Sovereign, 5,
iron screw turret ship, Captain F. A. Herbert, is to be
paid off on the 10th instant, and that she will be reeom- '
misaioned on the following day by Captain Cowper Coles.
Thirteen ships are under orders to return to the home
ports, representing an aggregate armament of 154 guns,
and of 3,140-horse power. They are the Barrosa, 24 guns,
400-horse power, Captain Boys, from China; Bristol, 31
guns, 600-horse power, Captain L. E. H. Somerset, bear-
ing the pendant of Commodore G. T. P. Hornby, from
the West Coast of Africa ; Buzzard, 6 guns, 306-horse
power, Commander C. G. Lindsay, from North America
and the West Indies ; Coquette, 4 guns, 200-horse power,
Commander A. G. It. Rowe, from China ; Curacoa, 23
guns, 350-horse power, Commodore Sir W. S. Wiseman,
from Australia ; Eclipse, 4 guns, 200-horse power, Com-
mander E. It. Fremantle, from Australia ; Lily, 4 guns,
200-horse power, from North America and the West In-
dies ; Pandora, 5 guns, 80-horse power, Commander E.
Stubbs, from the West Coast of Africa ; Pantaloon, 11
guns, 150-horse power, Commander G. L Sulivan, from
the East Indies ; Pylades, 21 guns, 350-horse power, from
North America and the West Indies ; Rapid, 11 guns,
150-horse power, Commander W. 11. Stubbs, from the
Cape of Good Hope ; Snipe, 5 guns, 80-horse power, Com-
mander H. A. Trollope, from the West Coast of Africa ;
Speedwell, 5 guns, 80-horse power, Commander P. E. Ers-
kine, from the West Coast of Africa.

A movement, looked upon in some quarters as
almost the beginning of an extension of the volunteer sys-
tem to Ireland, will be inaugurated on the 10th inst. on the
demesne of Lord Dufferin, when a " First or All Ireland
Rifle Match" will take place, with the object of commencing
the selection of the best marksmen to join the Irish teams
for future competitions at Wimbledon. A circular
respecting it, prepared by Major Leech, has received the
signatures of the Earl of Granard, the Earl of Limerick,
Lord Dufferin, Lord James Butler, Colonel Gascoigne,
Major Herbert, M.P., and other gentlemen. The design is
stated to be to form, first of all, a body of twenty men to
shoot with the arm now used by the regular army and
volunteers, and to be composed of Irishmen who are volun-
' teers. A. series of matches will follow that which is to
take place near Belfast, and the men selected must
guarantee their presence at Wimbledon if called upon.
Messrs. Laird brothers, of Birkenhead, have
nearly ready for launching a vessel which it is believed is
the largest twin screw iron-clad ever built. She is called
the Prins Hendrik, and has been built for the Dutch
government. Her armament consists of turrets with car-
riages for two 123 ton 3001 b. guns on Capt.Coles's system,
calculated to throw a broadside of 1,2001b5. The vessel is
driven by two screw-engines, each of 200 horse power
nominal. The vessel is some three or four feet higher out
of the water than others which have been constructed on
the turret principle, either in England or America, and the
advantage of this is that there will be much more accom-
modation and convenience for the officers, crew, and stores,
which will enable the ship to keep the sea longer than she
otherwise could. She bas armour plating 53 inches thick,
with a teak backing 10 inches thick. It is calculated that
the speed of thevessel will be upwards of 12knots an hour.
A new transport, intended for the East Indian service, and
fitted up to carry 1,250 troops and 200 ships' officers and
crew, has been built by Messrs. Laird._She is called the
Euphrates.

NEW PIER AT BRIGIITON.—The ceremony of
opening a new pier took place at Brighton on Saturday.
The new west pier is situate immediately facing Regency.
square. It is 1.115 ft. in length, and extends into bft. of
water at low spring tides. The abutment or first portion
of the structure is 290 ft. long and 140 ft. wide ; the second
portion, reaching to the head, is 560 ft. long and 56ft. wide,
and the head, or seaward end, is 310 ft. long and 140 ft.
wide. The entrance to the pier from the esplanade is
265 ft. wide, with ornamental gates and the necessary
tollhouses, &c. The area of the abutment is 33,000 ft.,
and being of • higher elevation than the rest of
the structure, the lower level is reached by a flight
of easy steps 90ft. in width, provision there being
made for perambulators and Bath chairs by an incline
on either side of the roadway of the abutment. At the end
of the abutment are erected two ornamental houses avail-
able for shelter ; the area of the portion between the
abutment and the head is 31,000 feet, and at its junc-
tion with the head occur two more ornamental houses.
The bead of the pier has an area of 39,000 feet, (mak-
ing altogether over 100,000 superficial feet of prome-
nade), and, at its seaward end, are placed two more orna-
mental houses. The main feature of the head, however, is
the erection of ornamental weather screens, which are so
situated that promenaders can sit down sheltered from the
wind in whatever quarter it may be. The back of the seat
is composed of glass, which gives the additional advantage
of affording a view of the sea, as well as what is doing on
the extended area of the head. These screens are also
roofed to protect visitors from the rains and the '
heat of the ran. Underneath the head of the pier
convenient landing places for steamers and boats at all
stages of the tide have been provided, protected by fender
piles of timber. The pier was decorated from end to end
with the flags of all nations, and presented a very pretty
feature, which was greatly enhanced by the decorations
along the King's-road. Some officials and others formed
into procession at the Pier-head, and marched, preceded
by bands, to a platform immediately inside the entrance
gates, where the ceremony of formally declaring the pier
open to the public took place. Mr. Moore, the chsirtnan
of the company, fulfilled this dat7 in a few appropriate
remarks, at the conclusion of which a salute of 21 guns
was fired, and the ceremony closed. In the evening the
mayor and corporation, the directors of the West Pier
and the directors of the London and Brighton Railway
Company dined together at the Pavilion, presided over by
Mr. Moore. There was also • grand display of fireworks.
A fall of earth occurred on Saturday morning on
the works of the Edgware, Highgate, and London Rail-
way near the Fimehley-road. Four men were buried, and
were more or lees hurt, two of them, it is believed, rather
seriously.
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