The Express.
London, England, 1859-07-07 00:00:00

LAths FO2 7115 NAVE

During the first few week. succeeding the jeans of
her Majesty. trociarnatton far the rugmenta.i in of the
royal navy • number of dee growing lade, front the ages of 16
to 18, smirking 6ft. 4 ita. in height, warted tham•eleve on
ea average of oh cut 200 daily at the Frani' a office t r en-
related at Woolwich, ant were rejected r being too short,
the ataadard been fixed at 6ft. bin. without stating
the age. Hundreds of willing a/pinata for the rewire, con-
stitutionally adapted in every other respect except the height
for rams, were dinlseed without examination under e
seirprriension of the prescribed rules for adenioden. The
I mtain ofikets have sines bees relieved, and the regula-
tier in eesordanee with the Admiraky order of the 14th of
Jos, 1866, have been put in force, namely, all I.y. under
the age of 18 who enter the navy ere minim i to enter into en
agreement to serve her Mejeity for a period of 10 you,' con-
more mid general serree, from the age of 18. is addition
te whatever periods may be sowing till they attain that
re. If above the age of 18, they are mired to engage for
10 years' continuous and general service from the dee of
the tint entry ; and thcae who have been to eel cr accus-
tomed to rate nil be pmelerred. No toy will, under may
cirecretasi es, be entered under the age of 14 or below the
following standard of her IM—eix ages Layer 11 and 15,
rot ler than 4 feat 8 inches • boner 15 and Pi, not lees
Mum 4 feet 10 inches; 16 mask 17, 5 feet; 17 and iS. 5 feet
inches;J and attar 18, 5 feet 4 inches. Boys mum be well
grown and stout, of perfectly round end healthy conatitu-
ties, free from all physical malfoemation, and intelligent,
end produce their regieter of birth or toptiam. 1. the
first entry of boys, the content of their parents and friends
mast he given in writing, end the boo Wawa moat be
walks' and deei,ne to enter under thesicoadotone. As all
boys will be et, icily surveyed !adore being received in the
series, those whi are not found fit to every remect, in cc-
carom* with the alove regulations, .4 be rejected. All
other circumetanoee being equal, a preference will be given
to Mope boys who era reed and write. hulas the above
irritations the ',waiting oars of Woolwich are eater-
; log from SO to 70 .dicient mss end lode per day, who, after
&Liman," are posted to bee Major'',
nerving-ship Fogad, where they draw their kit and
tm-
mcduteiy enter the gamma' clot for the necessary courts
of sword exorcise end drill, on parade, about two hour. daily,
in addition to the allotted exorcise in the rigging and other
parts of the chip.

PRACTICAL JOKING IN THR AMY.—WRETCHED
RTryLT.—The Dahlia correspondeat of the Grk Roy .rter
rupiahs the following —"On Saturday a melancholy event
took place here. Two officers of a regimont v'utioned in this
comity had been hauled up and tried by c)urt-mn,tial for
en. of Oman alder.. brainlev., and filthy practical jokes
which all had hoped had Wed oat. Upon hearing the son-
tamed the court,' that I,Jth be caahtsred; or.e t f them be-
leek hisae6U to the river, and throe, in costindAt,o, of his
drowsed himself. If the lama Wight be only equal
to Moe gloom .hick it has spread through his regiment the
Mama, though dearly paid for, may here its ultimata good,
a* au civilian can .4 will Gad dam to eympatime with people
who outrogs r.:las of mance &ow.'

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