The Express.
London, England, 1866-09-12 00:00:00

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WOOLWICH, BKPT. 11.
This afternoon the first, second, and third bat-
feria of the sth Brigade Royal Artillery, commanded by
Captains Wilson, M'Leoghlin, and Hannan assembled on
pima*, and after inspection by the Commandant, Major
General Warde, C. 8., marched from the Barracks to the
eArsenal, preceded by the Royal Artillery band, and
ked at 2 o'clock on board the Widmer Castle troop-
ship for Madras. The force comprises 16 officers, and MO
noa-ooluniationod officers and rank and tile. The vessel
is ordered to leave Woolwich at 2 o'clock to-morrow after-
, noon.

CHATHAM, Buy. U.

This mowing an order wae o atreoe °Ted the gar.
risen, from the Hone Guards, directing the following
detail of troops to be held in readiness to embark at
Gravesend, on board the hired troop slip lard Warden,
fro- conveyance to Madras, to augment the various corps
serving in thatpresidency, viz. fencing instructor and
1 sergeant's wife, of the 16th (Queen's) Lancers ; 2 officers,
36 pon-commissioned officers and man, 6 soldiers' wives,
and 9 children of the 2nd battalion of the 19th Regiment ;
2 °facers and 60 non-commissioned officers and men of the
2nd battalion of the 24th Regiment, from Sheffield ; 3
officers, 48 men of all ranks, 7 soldiers' wives, and 16
children of the 76th Regiment ; 1 armour-sergeant and 1
master-tailor for the let battalion of the 7th Royal Fusi-
lier Regiment ; 4 soldiers' wives of the 102nd Royal
Madras Fusiliers ; 8 soldiers' wives of the 2nd battalion of
the 10th Regiment ; and one assistant-surgeon in medical
• charge of the troops. Five officers from the depots of the
° 60th Royal Rifles, at Winchester, will embark on board
th! Lord Warden, at Portsmouth. Total-13 officers and
lee seen of all ranks, 2 officers' wives, and 42 soldiers'
wives and children. The Lord Warden will be inspected
at Goivesend, prior to tke embarkation of the troops, by
Mar-General Sir Robert Walpole, 1L.C.8., and the officers
of the staff from this garrison.

LIDMIBALTY, SEPT. 11.—APPOINTILENTS.—Rear-
ire' F. Warden, C. 8., to be second in command of
the Channel squadron.
Staff Commander J. Richard (A), additional to the
Fiagard.
Lieutenants C. J. Doxst, to the Prince Consort ; L.
Deere., to the Lord Clyde, as flag-lieutenant to Rear.
Admiral Warden, C.B.
Hester W. B. Calvet, additional to the Fisgard.
Surgeon T. G. Wilson, to the Basilisk.
Acting Assistant-Surgeons R. Besmish, additional to the
Victory ; A. S. Crow dy, to the Royal Adelaide.
Ravel Cadet (nominated) C. V. Smith.
Chief Engineer J. W. Hewitt, to the Sphinx.

DESPATCH Or TROOPS TO CANADA.—LIVERPOOL,
Wsprizanxy.—To-day, amidst a perfect hurricane of wind
and rain, the gallant 13th Hussars arrived here for em-
barkation on board the steamship Tarifa, which, weather
permitting, will sail to-morrow for Canada. As the regi-
ment marched down to the Huskisson Dock the excited
an immense deal of interest and enthusiasm, and were at
times loudly cheered by crowds of persons lining the
streets. Tcrmorrow the Cunard Royal Mail steamer
Europa, and the Allan Company's Royal Mail steamer
Damascus are also a:pasted to sail for Quebec with troops
of various arms of the service, and a quantity of acumuni-
HOD and warlike Mons.
TEE ALBERT VICTOR, OF LONDON.—The Journal
de Calais says :—This saloon packet-boat left London on
Saturday, at 11, with 700 excursionists on board, and
came into port (Calais) the same evening, after a run of
sight hours, calling at Margate and Ramegate on the way
,to land passengers. It is a boat such as we have never yet
• seem The length is 230 feet ;it has two stages upon the
bridge. The saloon, which is upon what we may call The
ground floor, is of extreme elegance. Two hundred people
mep comfortably seat themselves in it. On the
I lower deck, where the cabins usually are, is the
restaurant ; and we have remarked among other
things the paintings upon glare, whilst the pleasure-
seekers amuse themselves with the ale, York hams, and
Scotch salmon, so liberally provided. Above the saloons,
and through the entire length of the boat, is what we
should call the upper lery, from which there is a
splendid view of all aroun The construction of this boat,
more fitted for fine weather than to rough it, is, according
to the best authorities of our port, of extreme boldness. In
spite of the length and the great power of the engines, it
draws only 1 metre 60c. of water. It is a greatly improved
imitation of the great river steamers of America. During
Sunday the public were permitted 10 view. They formed
a long procession from the Quay de Mane, where the
I boat was moored. It would be impossible to guess how
I many thousands came to see. Every one admired the luxury,
magnificence, and elegance of the saloon and restaurant.
She left on Monday morning, and many were the curious
upon the jetty to see her off. She returns on Saturday
with a great number of passengers. W o know that upon
the occasion of the fetes of Calais the director of the en-
terprise will provide our numerous visitors with a short
trip in the Channel. Monday is the day chosen, and a
be.ter day could not be selected. We have no doubt that
many will avail themselves of the occasion for two or
three hours upon the water. She can carry easily 800 to
900 passengers. During Sunday visitors are allowed on
board, and everything in the shape of refreshmente may
be procured.

THE GREAT RAILWAY WAREHOUSE FIRE.

During the whole of yesterday, and up to a late hour in
the evening, large masses of flame were continually bursting
out in various parts of the ruins, necessitating the playingof
half-a-dozen of the steam-engine to keep them under,
and this, combined with the insecure state of the lofty
walls of the gutted warehouses, rendered it utterly impos-
sible for the officials connected with the railway, or the
various fire offices, to make any survey of the premises, to
ascertain, if possible, the origin of the fire, or the extent of
damage done. Towards evening, however, an went was
made with some difficulty to one of the bridges that run
across the station connecting the western and eastern
range of warehouses, and from this elevation some idea
could be formed of the vast destruction of building and
property that had taken place. On every side were to be
seen gutted warehouses, their valuable contents inter-
mimed with ponderous muses of timber, iron girders,
erases, lifts, goods trucks, landing stages, he., lying in
charred and smoking !saps on the basement floor • while
in those warehouses where tho destruction bad not heen so
great from the fire, the goods were floating abort in
several feet of water, which was pouring in torrents
through the floors and down the staircases. The
quantity of water thrown upon the buildings from the
20 and more engines which were playing upon them for
some hours renders it somewhat extraordinary that the
fire should ever have attained the height it did. The wool
warehooses, in one of which the fire broke out. are mostly
tenanted by Messrs. Gooch and Consens, the extensive
wool brokers, and are calculated to hold 11,000 bales. Of
these about one-third are entirely consumed by fire and
another third greatly damaged by water. A number of
the warehouses in this part of the station are also occupied
• by Messrs. Allsopp, the ale brewers, as stores; and a great
portion of these warehouses, with their contents, has
been destroyed,
_ and the remainder of the stack seriously
damaged. Basra. Tetley's ale stores, in the A ware-
house, are also destroyed. Several waggon loads of dry
goods which had been brought to the station over-night
for unloading in the morning were entirely consumed. The
most serious Ices or the one at least that will entail the
BOMBAY MAIL • greatest amount of inconvenience to the railway company,
SUEZ, Sir. 11. .is the total destruction of the manager's office, with all
The Delhi arrived at S a.m. to-day. the books and business documents of the establishment.
' These fell a prey to the flames almost immediately
OUTWARD MAILS OF AUGUST 20-27. after the outbreak of the fire. The extensive
The Simla left Sues for Calcutta, dc., on the drY gods warehouses are meetly uninjured, and
it was singular to remark that during the whole et yerter-
Sth inst., at 4 p.m. day hundreds—
of waggons were loading and unloading.
OUTWARD CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. arriving sod departing, and business being as regularly
and puetlyearried on as if nothing unusual had oc rad.
GIBRALTAR, Szpr. 10. During the day two of the labourers who were on one of
The Pere, from Southampton on the 4th inst., the bridges above-mentioned, looking at the ruins, were
arrived to-day at 6 a.m., and leaves at 9 a.m. for suddenlyprecipitated into the yard below, owing to the
bridge giving way. The poor men were picked up much
Alexandria. All welL gxperieneed three days' injured, and conveyed to the London HospitaL The back
bad weather. I porticos d the honsessn Somerset-street, a street inhabited
by working peopis,and running immediately in the rear
of •• ' burned, and

CHINA.
(By Overland Telegraph (rain Gale.)
HONG-KONG, Arorer 24.
Cotton steady. Tes =changed. Exchange on
London, 4s. 4d.

SHANOHAE, Arctsr 19.

Cotton advancing. Tea : Congou quiet and
prices drooping. Silk active and advancing. Set-
tlements in fortnight 3,500 bales. Exchange on
India, 300. Freights : Tea, 2/. ; silk, nominal.

AMERICA.

(BY ATLL.II7IC TILLIGILIOB.)
NEW YORE, SIFT. 10, Rvrtnra.

Gold, 146 i. Exchange on London, 155. 5-20
United States Bonds, 111. Illinois, 122. Erie,
roi. Cotton : Middling Upland, 33c.
The public debt of the United States at the end
of last month was reduced by 37,000,000 dollars.

TES OUTWARD CAPS MAIL. 4 the w—a—reliouies burned, were also much ___.,
; the goods damaged. Gangs of workmen are to las pat on
PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 11. ' this marring to take down those portions of the walls con-
The Union Company's steam-ship Norseman sideccdl tgeromoat toe dear awn del rig. It is ex-
embarked here this morning the mails for Ascen- re 7 enable they
fire-offi rams
thorities to NZ their
Rion, St. Helena, the Cape, Mauritius, and India, official survey., and to place the salvage corps belongingstso
consisting of 18 sacks of letters, 86 sacks of papers, co the br
rroebigade Ito° eh
eaalrf of the damaged
ed as to the value Pottle pro
and 14 sacks of books. perty destroyed. Heavy insurances are effected an the
The Norseman was detained during the day by traorystir not it it tkooffht to torthtoff like %
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a heavy mouth-west gale, and left this evening on Allaopp, yed. Menus. Gooch and Cosmos sad Mew
as well es the railway company, will be large
the wind changing. sufferers