The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-10-12 00:00:00

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MASUIPAOTOIIIIII4.-A batch of de Iron
guns, east in Moroni standard foundry In Woolwieh
Arsenal, were on Saturday submitted to the ordinary
proof, whoa fear of he number burst Into fragments.
Considering the enormous outlay in the establiAment,
as appears by the eetimates for building', inachinery, is.,
of upwards of 240,000 olnee be Ist of Januory, 1864,
to 81st Ranh 1168, It is somewhat surprising that muss.
sores have not been token to insure a more proilleble re.
suit. Whatever the Ingenuity of the day Quaid lugged
toreador the establishment pitied in machinery, ho,,
has been adopted, yet the produoe of the establishment
sines the Arsi oasts were made in February last, has been
at a failure of at least 10 per Dent. in guns which have
broken in prom/sof turning, and other' which have burst
at proof.
Two sergeants and 148 gunner' belonging to the bid
batteries and other branches of the Royal Artillery at
Woolwieh, under order' to sail for Calcutta in the King
Philip, in charge of Lieutenant Roberts Royal Horse
Ardliery, were on Wednesday last medically attested
and paned, In pursuance of a new arrangement to pro-
vide a snit of light jean clothing, in addition to the or-
dinary sea kit, an extra 'tonnage of 9s, per man was
notified, wording to orders, making a total of
2117.. 64. per min for his Na kit alone, The order
having been tunnistaknbly objected to by the men, who
slate thst the highest deduction which can be made for
that purpose doling the voyage will still leave them in
debt on their arrival in India, the Deputy-Assistant
Quartermuter•Qeneral found it expedient to apply to
the Horse Guard. to iseertain if the extra kit is intea.
clod to be provided by Government, or whether as ad.
ditiomal Momper most be enforeed.
ARITIOII TO 0011 N4TAL STIIIINGTIC-From the
°Motel quarterly Ifory 1.41, Just published, we And
that there me now l NMI a 114°°1. 4 0144444 t 3
oorvettes, 8 sailing ships, and 1 schooner building at One
various navel dookyarb, vessels will carry in all
1,599 guns. The following are their names, together
with the places where they are being built 4-The
Ariadne, 82, screw fripte, at Deptford I the Atlas, 91,
screw, at Chatham ; the Aurora, 51, screw frigate,A4
Pe obroke ; the Chamelion, 17, mew 'loop, at Dept.
ford I the Charybdis, 91, screw corvette, at Oltathein ;
the Debates, 91, screw, at Pembroke i the Duncan, 100,
screw, at Portemeeth ; the adgar, 91, screw at Wool.
a; vi the Goleta*, 91, screw frigate, at Woolwich ; the
Gibraltar, 304 stre D1414P4,181!, 4h4 °44/114444,
17, screw, at Pembroke; the Hod, screw, a Chat.
ham the Howe, 191, wed, at Pembroke; the Intim,
11, screw dm% at Deptford ; the Inunortalitl, 80,
screw frigate, at Pembroke ties Irresistible, 10, screw,
at Chatitami the Jason, 91, screw corvette, at Devon.
port the unite, 17, screw sloop, at Deptford the
Narcissus, al D.vonportj thr Orpheus, 91, screw
'erectly, at Chllllllll 1110 Pmdalooll, 10, screw, at
Davenport the Pollan, 11, mew sloop, at Pembrolte ;
the Primo of Wass, 191, M Portsmouth ; the Ranger,
1, screw schooner, at Deptford; the Revenge, 01, MIN,
it Pembsokeciallils Rinaldo, 16, 'crew sloop, A Ports.
m outh the yal Frederick, 116, at Portsmouth and
the Viotoria, 91, screw, at Portsmouth.