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the lower deck upwards fore and att of the shot-
proof bulkheads, is nearly all fixed in its place, and
now
the work of completing the bulkheads is
pushed
forward with all possible energy. The plates used
in encasing the bows and stern of the Achilles are
those manufactured by the firm of Messrs. Brown
and Co., of Sheffield, and, owing to the extreme
care and nicety with which each plate has to be
fitted, this part of the work proceeds but slowly.
Each of them tapers gradually from 4 to 3 inches.
There will be fully six months' additional work to
be performed on board the Achilles, in the way of
completing and fitting her, before she will be ready
to proceed to sea, and as this will have to be per-
formed some distance from the dockyard, near Folly
Point,where the iron frigate will be moored, tempo-
rary ticket and other offices will be erected near
St. Mary's Island for the accommodation of a staff
of clerks, and to enable the mechanics to proceed
direct to and from their work, without compelling
them first to enter the dockyard. A considerable
saving of time will thus be Effected. A pontoon raft
will be formed to the vessel by the Royal Engi-
neers for the convenience of the workmen leaving
and entering the ship. The four iron lower masts
have been received at Chatham from the manufac-
turer at Chepstow, and are placed on board two of
the vessels lying in ,the harbour. The upper and
other masts, as well as the bowsprit, will be of
wood, and these are being prepared at the dockyard.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Lieut. Charles W. Manthorp,
Lieut. Henry Cardale, Lieut. Arthur Williams,
Lieut. John L. F. Paul, Lieutenant Ralph de B.
Hawtrey, and Lieut. Mather Byles, to the Gib-
raltar ; Sub-Lieut. Lynedock N. Moncrieff and Sub-
Lieut_ Archibald Little, to the Pelorus ; bub-Lients.
Charles J. Doxatt and Henry R. Kelly, to the
Scylla ; Sub-Lieuts. Thomas S. Jackson, Charles B.
Theobald, Robert Barton, and Richard P. W. Pow-
ney, to the Gibraltar ; Frederick Lucas, paymaster,
to the Cumberland for the Tamar ; Thos. T. Murray,
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gineer, to the Supply ; John Snell, engineer, to the
Scylla ; William Skeen, engineer, to the Gibraltar
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W. Maxwell, engineer to the Asia, for the Earnest;
John L. Davies, engineer to the Indus, for the De-
light; F. W. Sutton (b), engineer to the Indus, for
the Royalist ; Edward Taylor, engineer, to the Pe-
lorns ; Job Amiable, first-class assist-engineer, to
the Pelorus ; William N. Sennett, assist.-engineer,
to the Indus, for the Donegal ; I. Hopwood,
assist.-engineer, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary ;
William Bowen, assist.-engineer, to the Scylla; R.
J. Morman, assist.-engineer, to the Pelorus ; G. 0.
Wilson, assist-engineer, to the Russell; William
Pilcher, George W. Robins, and William F. Cole,
assist.-engineers, to the Gibraltar ; and Benjamin F.
Pine, promoted to be chief engineer.

THE ARMY.
A War-office order has been received at Chatham
garrison announcing that to avoid the inconvoni■
ence likely to arise from having two descriptions of
bursters for the 20 pounder Armstrong segment

shells, it has been decided that the bursters manu-
factured for use with the original 25 pounder seg-

ment shell shall be converted into 20 pounder burst-

ere of the approved pattern, and the necessary al-
terations are to be made by the insertion of a

wooden plug, which is to be dropped into the shell,
and tightly driven down before the burster is in-
serted, for the purpose of filling up the vacant space
caused by the reduction in the size of the burster.

Detricfiments of non-commissioned officers and
men of the Royal Engineers have been selected
from the depot companies at head-quarters, Chat-

ham, and placed under orders to embark for New
Zealand for the purpose of augmenting the 6th corn.
pang of Royal Engineers and raising it to its full
strength. The non-commissioned officers and men
composing the reinforcements have completed their
course of instruction and fortification and other en-
gineering studies at head-quarters, Brampton bar-
racks, where they have been medically inspected,
and now only await the order from the Horse
Guards for their embarkation.
The Hougomont, Indiaman, Capt. Flamank, be-
longing to Messrs. Gellatley, Hankey, and Sewell,
of London, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning
with military officers, time-expired men, and inva-
lids on board, from Calcutta, as follows :—Captain
Bainbrigge, 13th Foot ; Capt. M'Gregor, 92d High-
landers ; Lieut. H. C. Kemm, 91st Regiment ;
Assist.-Surgeon Heysted, 77th Regiment ; Assist_•
Surgeon Kilgour, 79th Highlanders; Capt. and
Mrs. Cunningham, Madras Army, and three
shildren ; 86 non-commissioned officers and men,
11 women, and 23 children, from 33 different
corps serving in India ; 30 insane patients and 10
convicts. Mrs. Millett and three children and Mr.
Lovett, one woman, and one child died on the pas-
sage. During the latter part of the voyage the
Hongomont spoke :—On the 9th of August, in lat.
6 29 N., long. 26 40 W., the bark Coronella, steer-
ing south ; on the 12th, in lat. 21 25 N., long. 34
22 W., the bark William Seckir, from Callao for
Cork. On the 29th, in lat. 40 43 N., long. 39 6 W.,
the bark Rangoon, from Cochin; on the 9th inst.,
off Scilly, the ship Lancaster, outward bound. The
vessel was consigned to Mr. James Garratt, Lloyd's
agent at Partsmontb, and by 3 p.m. the whole of
the troops on board were disembarked, and the
Hougomont, in tow of a Government steamtug, was
under weigh for the Nab light, on the resumption
of her voyage to London. She has a valuable cargo
on board.
The Adventure, iron-built screw troopship, Com-
mander Thomas B. Lethbridge, yesterday embarked
at Portsmouth, under the superintendence of Major-
Gen. Lord Paulett, C. 8., and Col. E. Somerset,
C. 8.,
Deputy-Assist. Quartermaster-Gen. for
Canada, the following detachments for regiments
serving in Canada and Halifax :—Royal Artillery
—Capt. De Moleyns, Lieut. Alleyne, 72 men, 3
women, and 3 children. Royal Engineers-1 man-
-3d battalion Military Train-10 men and 2 women.
Ist battalion Grenadier Guards—Capt. Clinton, 61
men and 2 women. Coldstream Guards—Captain
Seymour and 1 man. Scots Fusilier Guards—Capp.
Peel and Lieut. Gascoigne. Ist battalion 16th Foot
—Capt. Castle, 2 women, and 1 child. Ist batta-
lion 17th Foot—Capt. Utterson and 2 women. 30th
Regiment—Lients.
Smith, Eden, and Green ; En-
sign Thom and 20 men. 62d Regiment-1 man,
1 woman, and 1 child. Ist battalion Rifle Brigade
—Major Warren, 15 men, and 1 woman. Army
Hospital Corps-3 women and 1 child. Late
Royal Artillery-1 man, 1 woman, and 4 children.
Canadian Rifles—Mesdames Reynolds, Reilly, Mill,
and child. Royal Artillery—Mesdames Coslin,
O'Brien, and 3 children. Ist battalion Rifle Bri-
gade—Mrs. Smith, schoolmistress. Army Hospital
Corps—Mesdames Arnold, Baglon, Tanner, and
child. For Halifax—Royal Artillery—Capt.O'Hara
and 41 men. Royal Engineers-4 men. 39th Rogt.
—Assist.-Surg. Everett (for Bermuda). Newfound-
land Corps-1 man. The Adventure was appointed
to sail from Portsmouth last evening, calling in at
Cork, where she would embark for Canada-Ist bat-
talion, 16th Regiment—Capt. Chicester, wife, and
7 children. Ist battalion 17th Regiment—Capt.
Bradhurne, wife, and 3 children. 17th Regiment
—Capt. Stokes, wife, and child; Lieut. Lavern,
wife, and child. 63d Regiment—Capt. Hunt and
wife ; Lieut. Knapp and wile. 156 men, 8 women,
and 10 children from sundry corps.
Quartermaster Brickdaie, who died in the Royal
Marine Infirmary at Woolwich on Sunday last, was
yesterday; buried in the Charlton Cemetery, with
full military honours. Tho funeral procession was
headed by a firing party with arms reversed, con-
slating of forty rank and file and one drummer, fol-
lowed by Lieut. Allnutt and the regimental band
playing the " Dead March in Saul." The pall was
supported by six officers of the division, detailed
specially for the duty. The entire division followed
the corpse (borne 00 a 9 pounder gun and carriage)

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procession. On the arrival at the graveyargthelidy S
was received by the chaplain, the Rev. James C.
Connolly, 8.A., who performed the religious ser-
vice. As soon as the corpse was lowered into
the grave, the firing party drew np in doable
file, and fired three volleys of musketry over the
remains, and the troops commenced forming in the
usual order, the officers taking up their respective
commands. The drums and instruments were
then stripped of the crape and other sable emblems
with which they had been dressed, and the division
marched off to barracks preceded by the band
playing
a number of lively airs.
The whole of the available troops in garrison at
Woolwich yesterday assembled on the artillery
barrack-field, and witnessed the ceremony of pre-
senting (by the General-Commanding, Sir Richard
Dacres) a number
awarded to the folloNingov
of gratuities and silver medals,
inon.commissicned officers
and men for long
tserviceii
and good conduct :
Depot Royal Horse
A r
ery.—Staff collar-maker,
Thomas Fairchild, £10; Cadet company Gunner
John Chapman, £5; Battery Sergt.-Major David
Montgomery, £l5; Drum-Major
James Lawson,
£l5 ; Farrier Sergt. William Johnson, £5 ;
Sergt.
William Newstead, £lO ; Sergt. Joseph Smith
£l5 ; Bombardier John Gardner, £5 i Gunner
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Robert Kirk, £5; Gunner Thomas Sewell, z 5
Gunner Augustus Malmsloy, £5; Sergt. JamesHinckley, £5; Gunner Samuel Dick, £5; Gunner
George Blanchard, £5 ; Gunner Rowland Redmile,
£5; Gunner Joseph Ledgett, £5; and Private
Joseph Wilde, £5, making a total of £l3O. After
the distribution of the medals and gratuities the
men formed a square, and the General, in a short
address, exhorted them to be moderate in the use
of spirituous liquors, which he said were drank to
such a degree that promotion in the ranks was
impeded. The men he had now rewarded had
gained the distinctions awarded by her Majesty,
upon his recommendation, as a special recognition
of their steady and meritorious conduct. The de-
corated men then passed in front of the
square, and the troops were dismissed. The
General afterwards inspected the corps of Royal
Engineers, commanded by Col. Ford, on their own
parade; and at 1 o'clock proceeded to the Plum-
stead Marshes, and witnessed a course of gunnery
exercises at the long range by the 13th Brigade
Royal Artillery, under Col. Buchanan. This morn-
ing Gen. nacres will inspect the Coast Brigade,
R.A., commanded by Major Campbell, and also the
battalion of Military Train, commanded by Colonel
Kennedy, C.B.

Distribution and Strength of the French
Army,

With the exception of certain troops on foreign
service, that army, according to the Paris corre-
spondent of the Times, is now on what is called the
peace footing, and consists of 412,000 men and
80,000 horses. There are two reserves, which may
be called in at a moment's notice, one of old soldiers
and another of young ones—the latter not yet in-
corporated, but almost ready to be dismissed from
drill. These additions would bring the army up to
between 600,000 and 700,000 men—a very respect-
able force, and quite sufficient, as a French paper
lately observed, to meet all eventualities. The
412,000 are thus distributed :—ln Mexico, two
divisions of infantry and a brigade of cavalry, &c.,
together nearly :34,000 men; in Cochin China, 1,600
men. The above are on the war footing. On what
is called the footing of rassemblenzent is the corps
of occupation at Rome, about 20,000 men in one
division of three brigades, with a few squadrons of
cavalry. On the peace footing, divided into divi-
sions and brigades, the Army of Paris (3 divisions
of infantry and I. of cavalry), the Army of Lyons
(2 divisions of infantry and 1 of cavalry), and the
division of cavalry of Luneville, consisting of four
regimcnte. There is also at Paris what is called a
reserve brigade, of 3 battalions and 5 squadrons,
specially allotted to the garrison of the capital, and
which never leaves it. These two armies, and the
Luneville division, may be reckoned at 40,000
men. The Imperial Guard forms a special
eorp3, a reserve composed of 2 divisions of in-
fantry, 1 of cavalry, 3 brigades, and a body
of horse and foot artillery—together 33 bat-
talions (34 just now cn account of the battalion
of Turcos), 36 squadrons (37 with the Spahis), form-
ing a total of 30,000 men. The remainder of the
French army is distributed in six great corps, five
in France and one in Algeria. There used to be
generally 65,000 or 70,000 men in Algeria, but just
now there are not so many, several regiments having
been sent thence to Mexico. The troops in Algeria
way be divided into two classes,—French corps
which remain there in garrison for a certain number
of years and then return to France, and what are
called indigenous corps, which never quit the colony
except for fighting purposes. In these latter corps,
however, it is to be observed, there are a great num-
ber of Europeans. They consist of three regiments
of Zouaves, three of Tarcos (liraillcurs Algerians)
three of Chassenrs d'Afrique, and three of Spahis—
about 15,000 infantry and 3.000 horse. Besides these
there are the punishment battalions, popularly
known as the battalions of Zephyrs.

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Very few corps of infantry and artillery in the
French army have not seen more or less service,
and, always excepting the young soldiers who have
entered since 1859, most of the regiments one falls
in with are plentifully bemedalled and decorated.
Crimea, Italy, and China have all been recorded in
the way that soldiers prize, and the Mexican medal
will soon be added to the adornments of the military
breast, among which are found in addition, in
many cases, the Legion of Honour, the Italian
military medal, the French good service medal, and
the Medjidie. The cavalry has been less fortunate.
Comparatively few regiments were in the Crimea
and Italy. To Africa, where they have the Spahis
and Chasseurs d'Afrique, and where the climate
and nature of the country and warfare are un•
favourable to heavy horse, only the lightest cavalry:
Hussars, and Chasseurs, are occasionally sent.

ONE WAY OF PAYING DEBTS WITHOUT MONEY.
—That most excellent device for the payment of
accounts between merchants residing in different countries,
by bills of exchange, without the actual transmission of
cash, was not unknown in England in the present period.
We find Peter Egiblank, Bishop of Hereford, employing
this contrivance, A.D. 1255, to a very pernicious purpose.
Henry 111. had contracted an immense debt to the Pope in
prosecuting the absurd project of making his son Edmund
King of Sicily; and his Holiness, who was much indebted
to certain Italian merchants, who had advanced money for
carrying on the war, had become importunate for payment.
In this extremity the Bishop of Hereford suggested to
Henry the following curious scheme for the payment of all
his debts without money :—That the Italian merchants to
whom the Popo was indebted should draw bilis in favour of
their creditors in England, on all the rich bishops, abbots,
and priors, in that kingdom, for certain large sums of money
alleged to have been lent. by them to these prelates for the
use of their respective churches ; that these bills should all
be sent to the Pope's legate in England, who should com-
pel the prelates to accept and pay them, by threats of eccle-
siastical censures. This iniquitous scheme was adopted by
the King, and the bishop was sent to Rome to procure the
Pope's consent and concurrence. These were easily pro-
cured. The bills, to the amount of 150,540 marks, were
drawn and presented, and the prelates, atter many remon-
-1 a •
strances, were compelled to pay them, by threats of excom+
munication.—llistory of England, by _Dr. Henry-
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