The Press.
London, England, 1856-08-16 00:00:00

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His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief re-
viewed the Royal Artillery on Woolwich-common on
Wednesday. Four divisions, with six field batteries
of 0-pounders, one battery of 24-pound howitzers,
one battery of hi-pounders, and one battery of 32-
pound howitzers, with three ball-cartridge brigades,
were on the ground, and performed the usual field.
day evolutions. His Royal Highness the Commander:
in-Chief dined in the evening with General Williams
and the officers of the Ro3 al Artillery. Ono hundred
and fifty officers sat down to dinner.
Major G. B. Rodney and Captain D. Blytb, of
the Chatham division of Marines, were presented on
Wednesday with the Cross of the Legion of Honour,
for distinguished conduct during the late war. Major
Rodney and Captain Blyth are the only officers of
the Chatham division of Royal Marines who have
been decorated with this honour.

The method invented and introduced by Mr.
Wetherhed, an American, for superheating steam
has at length assumed a practical form. H.M.S.
Dee, fitted with an improved apparatus, has made a
voyage to the western coast of England. The appa-
ratus was at work the whole voyage, as far as Land's
End point and back to Woolwich, and the result
exceeded anticipation. The average economy realised
in tuel amounts to about thirty-five per cent., and an
increased speed of two knots an hour was obtained.
The apparatus consists of a number of iron pipes
being carried along the front of the tube-plate, and
extending into the chimney into which the ordinary
steam passes, and which gradually becomes super-
heated to about five hundred degrees. It is then
alloyed, or mixed with the ordinary steam, in about
equal proportions, bringing the temperature of the
mixed steam to about 340 degrees, in which state it
is applied to the purposes of the machinery.
The Duke of Cambridge will probably visit Col-
chester, for the purpose of reviewing the German
Legion, at the end of the present week. The Ist and
3rd Regiments of Light Infantry, encamped at Brown-
down, and the Ist and 2nd Regiments of German
cavalry, now at Aldershott, are expected at Colches-
ter, and will, with the six regiments of infantry
already encamped, make a total of 9,500 men of the
German Legion.
Jut, Guards' dinner takes place in the Surrey-
gardens on the 25th instant.
An Austrian steam-frigate, Radetsky, 31, Captain
Preu, arrived at Spithead last Saturday morning, and
saluted the national flag and the port admiral, which
compliments were duly acknowledged by Vice-
Admiral Sir George Seymour and Major-General
Breton, to whom the chief officers were presented by
M. Vandenbergh, the Austrian Vice-Consul at Ports-
mouth. The frigate is a very fine one, English
built, by Wigrain, of Northam, mounting twenty-
six 82 pounders, four 80 pounders, and one 48-
pounder. Two French corvettes and gun-boats are
also at Spithead. The commodore of the squadron,
attended/11)y one hundred of his midshipmen, who
have been specially sent over to inspect the naval
establishments, visited the dockyard at Portsfitout4
on Saturday, and received every attention from
Admiral-Superintendent Martin and staff.
The Lords of the Admiralty, from the hesitationo
seamen to volunteer for ships the destination of which
is not stated, have decided in future on any ship
being commissioned to announce her destination.
Should any alteration take place (except for secret
service), the alteration is to be immediately made
known. _ _ _

Tile authorities at the Horse Guards having deter-
mined on organising a fiehl equipment corps, to be
attached to the corps of Royal Sappers and Miners,
extensive additions are being made at Bromptoa-
barracks, Chatham, for the accommodation of the
horses and men, it being deemed desirable to have
the men quartered as near their horses as possible.
The following notice is substituted for that which
appeared i❑ the Gazette of Friday, the Bth inst. :

War Department, Whitehall-gardens, ♦ugust 8.
Notice is hereby given that the officers and men in hse
Majesty's army nawed in the supplement to the Low..*
Craiette of Friday, the Ist inst., as having receivel
Majesty's permission to accept and wear the insignia of

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the several classes of the Legion of Honour, conferred upon
them by his Majesty the Emperor of the French, and who
have not already received such insignia, are requested to
apply for the same to Henry Elliot, Esq., War Department,
Pall-mall, between the hours of twelve and four o'clock
daily, commencing on Monday next, the 11th inst.
The insignia for such non-commissioned officers and
men as have been nominated to the Fifth Class of the
Order, and who are now serving with their respective corps,
will be delivered to the officers commanding those corps,
or to such officers as they may depute to receive them, with
a view to their distribution.