The Express.
London, England, 1868-10-03 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Vice-Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker's time as
c( mmander-in-chief at the :Core will expire in the month
of April, Doe, and the Army and Nary ai:Me under-
stands that Vice-Admiral George St. Vincent King. C. 8.,
is a candidate for the appu.niment.
1 he samo authority saysthat Messrs. Napier. of Glasgow,
LaNe taken the contract to build the armour-plated ship
Entspur for the Admiralty. She is to be covered with
Flat. s of 11 inches thick, az.d the total weig!it is to he
1,000 tons. The price at which Messrs. Napier have
agreed to build the ship is 40/. per ton dead weight, or
abut 4.1/. les. buililei's measurement.

liewards of 1001. a year for distinvished or uteri-
tot, services have been cmferred on Major-Generals
Hi my Smyth, C. 11.. late of the 7Gth and o,stii Itegiments
whiLli last he served with distinction in the
and Livid Maikirdy, who was Irtely promoted
to Lis piet-ent r..nk frum the command of the tilith.l

Ar.mirsaurr, OCT. l.—John Herbert Patterson,
FRI., M.D., has been this day promoted to the rank of
Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets on the
rear, :d Lieutenant Anneeley T. Deulam hai I),Nsu
al hunted to the Cumberland for service in naval bar-
rioJts. Naval cadet nominated, C. E. Gladstone.

!num LAST nAzerre.)

FOREIGN—OFFICE, OCT. I.—The QUPATI hM helm
pleased to approve of Mr. Richard Brandt as convul-
general in London for his Majesty the King of Bavaria.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Arthur
Webur as consul utGeorgetown, British Guiana, fur the
North Gelman Confederation. The Quern hat also bw•n
pleased to a; [wive of Mr. Friedrich Gerlach as consul at
Ake tili tie North German Confederation.

*Viiii HALL, Orr. I.—The Queim hay
to er:nAitiate and uppoint Major-General Philip
Neh,on Guy, r. 8., to be lieutenant-governor of
of JcrfeY, in the room of Lieutenant-General
In,rte enlipt.ge, va,o,e period of fiervieu has expiretL
Dows;N(s•STI:I:I.T, 0(7. I.—Til.t (aJer n has
Darn d to appoint Lieutenant Philip Jame; 'nankin,
I: N., to lie oh. bin! -etret-ry fur her Ma,e,ty's settleni,..mt
f ,tn Lerdic, I,n th., Wt,tern Coa.i.t of Africa.

J. t,i.%-t,ll Sk:i 29.—1 t it lie:roliy notifieol,
t!:,t :11 cemplinnee with the en, stment c,.ntame:,l in the
rhni e the net of parliament •• 1::er the b.:ttetr
vo‘tinmtilt of 114;1," pas.ed in the, ise•=sion holden in the
2kt and 22nd year of her 7‘llitesty'a rtigii, chapter 104 a
1111.-eiJl4! 11IS dav ot the t :mined of India. tor the
p.,., v of isle.,t,tig a ).• uher in the room i,f eharlel
ret‘i:!ned: and that at Audi meeting Sir Fr.;ele-
i, k I rallahey. H.C.U., was duly elected le b a ta•anbur
of the said C',lll:Cil.

131.T.5T, Of T. 3. Transatlantic Company's
at, saner Napoleon, from New York, arrived here to-
day, at 6 a.m., with 16 passengers and 2,000,050 francs in
File(

•
QuErNsrowN, National Stnam-
ship Company's etienier Pennsylvania, from New York,
arm( here at 8 a.m. to-day, landed passengers, and
proceediAl immediately for Liverpool.
QI7T.F.::KrowN, Ocr. 3.—Tho National Steam-
aLip Company's steamer Virginia arrived here from Liver-
-1,001 lart evening, emba•ked passengers, and proceeded
fox New York. All well.

At the next Tuesday meeting of the Royal Hor-
ticultural Society there ar, prized offered for exhibitions
of useful and noxious
It is understood that Prince Adalbort of Bavaria
is about to purchase the chateau of liohenberg for the
Queen of Spain.

The Railway News is informed that the govern-
ment Lave decided upon dealing .with the Irish railways
in a " thorough and comprehensive manner."
RAILWAY COMMUNICATION WITH I.IE EAST.—
We are informed that another important Oriental railway
project, that of connecting the east with the west, hum
Les u arranged, the Tiirkish government having granted a
concession for tLe construction of a now line to an Anglo-
lielgian company.--Railway News.
UNLOCKELJ RAILWAY CARRIAGES.—It is under-
et4od that the South Eastern Railway Company, who
have for some time pcst been rinuiriz the trains on the
North Kent, (ireenwith, and other lines in the London
district with the carriage doors unlocked on both aides,
commenced yesterday to apply that arrangement to the
whole of their lines.
NEW PAROCHIAL BUILDINGS FOR ST. PANCRAS.
guardians of St. Pancras have accepted the tender
of Mr. Renshaw fur the erection of their new infirmary
at Highgate for the sum of 36,0004, and that of Mr. It.
Mann for the erection of their new schools at Leaveadon,
Woodside, near Watford, for the sum of 37,5441. Both
buildings have been designed by and will be carried
out wsuperintendence
ider the of Messrs. Oilwi and Divan,
architects.