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London, England, 1863-09-14 00:00:00

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Rifles, and Private W. Addison, 76th
24 points; 3d period, Ist class, Private '
battalion 3d Regiment, and Private S.
battalion 60th Rifles, 18 points. Capt.
pany let battalionC3d Regiment s,
highest average points, viz., Ist period, 22.154a1e11 S
firing, 1372; volley firing, 12.65; skirmishitg,
5.95; total, 54.47.
11 There now 160 inmates of the Great Yarmouth
Naval and Military Asylum, 80 having recently
arrived from Hasiar. The asylum was officially
inspected in the course of last week by Sir J. Lid-
dell, and was found to be in a satisfactory condition.
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to proceed from the clop at Colchester to New
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Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

In addition to the works already in progress for
the enlargement and extension of the
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in the aggregate, an area of between 70 and
80 acres, and the construction of additional dock,
factories, workshops, and other buildings, taking in
a space of 300 acre. beyond the existing dockyard,
the Lords of the Admiralty have just directed pre-
liminary arrangements to be made for carrying out
other important works. These the members of the
Board on their recent visit of inspection deemed to
be necessary to what has now become the principal
government establishment for the construction of
iron vessels of war. In order to facilitate the ma•

The 2d company of
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which
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vas at Bonrley Bottom, gave a theatrical perform-
ance last Tuesday evening. The encampment
being on a dreary spot, beyond Cmsar's Camp,
lights were placed on the route across the Long
Valley to guide the audience to the performance.
The pieces represented were " The Harvest Storm,"
" Bombastes Farioso," and "A Thumping Legacy."
There was a good attendance considerimg the novel
situation of the theatre and the night journey across
the extensive waste which the visit involved. The
amatears sustained their parts very creditably, and
received frequent applause.

nufacture of ropes and cables suitable for the new
class of iron and iron-clad vessels, the rope-making
establishment is to be considerably extended, and
additional machinery erected for carrying on several
portions of the work at present accomplished by
manual labour. The existing machinery will be
removed from the spinning room, and the building
converted into store rooms for the reception of
cargoes of Russian and Italian hemp. The upper
portion of the block of buildings now used as a
hemp-house, will be enlarged and prepared for the
reception of new machines, and also for the spin-
ning machinery at present in use, so that the whole
of the rope-making department in that branch will
be consolidated in one establishment. The estimated
cost of the prop' sed alterations in this department
of the dockyard, including the erection of the
requisite machinery, is about £2,000. Their lord-
ships have also directed a line of rails to be laid
down along the front of the harbour, at the Anchor
wharf, on which will be placed a locomotive steam
crane to facilitate the operation of loading and
unloading the vessels arriving at the dockyard.
This work is now performed exclusively by manual
labour at considerable expense, and at the sacrifice
of skilled labour which could be more profitably
employed. A crane of large dimensions, to lift
up to 25 tons, is also to be erected at the Centre
wharf, between Nos. 3 and 4 repairing and fitting
docks, at an estimated outlay of £l,OOO. Various
minor improvements and alterations proposed to be
carried into effect at the dockyard have also received
the approval of their lordships, including additional
buildings and alterations at the smithery and metal
mills, and the erection of the necessary buildings
for depositing the metal work required in fitting
the vessels always in hand. In addition to the
improvements intended to be carried out at the ship-
building and fitting departments of the naval esta-
blishment at Chatham, a certain sum is to be ex-
pended at the Royal Marine barracks for affording
increased accommodation for the members of that
branch of the service, and improving the ventilation
of the apartments occupied by the non-commissioned
officers and privates.
Orders were on Saturday issued for 30 additional
joiners to commence worming on the iron frigate
Achilles this morning, in order to hasten forward
the completion of that vessel.
In accordance with Admiralty instructions, the
ecrew corvette Clio, 22, 400 horse power, recently
paid off from the Pacific station, is to be fitted for
the first division of the steam reserve, taking the
place of the Scylla, 21, 400 horse power, preparing

WORCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL,

WORCESTER, ►Sept. 11.

The grand ball in the Guildhall, on Friday night Drought
the 140th meeting of the Three Choirs to an end. It was a
most spirited affair—everything, including even the impor-
tant details of the refreshment department, being admirably
arranged and carried out. Worcestershire and the counties
immediately contiguous could not have been more hand-
somely represented. The brilliant company began to assem-
ble about an hour before undnight, and, enlivened by the
strains of an efficient orchestra, directed with equal ability
and zeal by Mr. Coote, the great majority remained till
several hours after—as wholly absorbed in their pursuit as
though the only important end of existence was to dance
waltzes, polkas, galops, and quadrilles. The music was
generally well selected by Mr. Coote; but the most attrac-
tive feature of the evenieg—to judge by the satisfaction
with which the themes to each successive figure were im-
mediately recognised—was a lively and well-constructed
quadrille on M. Gounod's universally-admired opera of
" Faust," the familiar strains of the military chorus in the
fourth act making a striking and pompons climax.
The prognostications of the Rev. Mr. Sarjeant, who has
reason to be proud of the result of his arduous and unremit-
ting exertions, have been fully realised ; for though the do-
nations to the charity, as far as at present ascertained, are
less than in 1860, a considerable surplus of receipts over ex-
penditure is relied upon. It is believed that at least £3OO
(some assert £500) will be added to the fund which enables
Worcester to contribute £6O annually to the charity at each
of the three festivals. Much disappointment, nevertheless,
was felt that, while the " Messiah," on Friday, attracted no
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beenof 50300-
tained by the plate-holders. The subjoined table gives a
comparison between the collections in 1860 and 1863

1860. 1863.
Tuesday £355 5 6 .. £250 0 0
Wednesday
Thursday ..
Friday

Total L1,124 18 4 £1,064 11 g
And yet the total number of persons who attended the fes-
tival in 1863 is estimated at 10,598, while inlB6o it was only
8,534—a difference of 2,064. True, the Earl of Coventry
on the former occasion contributed £lOO to the charity at
the eleventh hour—which with other late donations swelled
the amount to £1,314 Bs. 7d.—the largest collection known
at any of the meetings; and should he feel moved to repeat
this act of liberality, anel thus atone for his regretted ab-
sence, and should, moreover, the ,Earl of Dudley, to whom
the fostival is said to be indebted for "Israel's Return from
Babylon" (which his Lordship did not come to hear, being
an absentee during the week), be persuaded to imitate the
Earl of Coventry's example, there is nn reason why the
fund for the widows and orphans should not derive as much
advantage from the 140th mooting of the l'.hree Choirs as
from the 137th. The largest attendance shouidproperly
be
represented by the largest collection, the most Triumphant
success by the most extended liberality. The reaction from
the universal excitement caused by the Internationc•l Exhi-
bition is at an end ; the harvest has turned out prosperous
alreast beyond example ; where, then, can be the excuse for
anything like shortcoming on such an occasion ? The very
look of the cathedral, now almost wholly restored to its pri-
mitive splendour, would, it might have been thought, act us
a fresh stimulus to generosity. Why, the newspaper re-
porters who came down from London, at the charge of the
papers they represent, to give countenance and extended
publicity to the festivals, and the excellent objects for which
they were instituted, aro actually much more substantial
supporters than a large majority of those directly concerned,
and who should properly have these excellent objects nearest
at heart. Fi done

for sea.
The Fawn, 17, 100 horse power, attached to the
Chatham steam reserve, is being prepared for com-
mission to take the place of the Desperate, 8, 400
horse power, in the West Indies.
A notification has been received at Chatham from
the Admiralty announcing that the iron-plated
frigate Caledonian, 35, 1,000 horse power, is to be
fitted with her engines and machinery while in the
Victoria Docks, and not at Sheerness, as had been
originally intended. The portions of her engines,
boilers, and machinery now at the latter dockyard
are to be forwarded to the Victoria Docks.
The screw steamship Gibraltar having had her
bottom cleaned and her valves overhauled, was re-
moved on Friday afternoon from Devonport Dock-
yard to her moorings in Hamoaze, where the pen-

nant was hoisted on Saturday afternoon.

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Capt. Boyd hoisted his pennant on Monday after
noon on board the screw steam corvette Pelorus in
Hamm°, Devonport.
The paddlewheel steam tender Pigmy, 3, W. H.
Vine, master, from Portsmouth, arrived at Plymouth
on Saturday with supernumeraries for the Royal
Adelaide and Marine Artillery for the Gibraltar.
When the steam store ship Wye was placed in
No. 1 dock in Keyham Stoamyard, on Thursday, it
was found that about half of one of the movable
fans of her screw propeller (Griffith's)i,mas broken
off in an uneven line parallel to her keel.
The following appointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :—Commander Thomas J.
Young to the Gibraltar; Scott J. B. Willcox, the
Hon. Henry N. Shore, John Phelips, Francis S.
Knowles, Clement Royds, and W. A. Beckles, naval
cadets, to the Gibraltar ; Charles S. Barlow, James
L. Hammet, and Horace H. Barnard, naval cadets,
to the Scylla; Thomas C. Heathcote and Alexander
H. Ogilvy, naval cadets, to the Pelorus ; George T.
Burn, Arthur C. 0. Boddington, Henry J. Godfrey,
Henry C. Litchfield, Francis E. Haigh, and Edgar
C. L. Sturt, midshipmen, to the Gibraltar; Frede-
rick I. Dundee, Wilmot H. Fawkes, and Godfrey
W. N. Eliot, midshipmen, to the Scylla; John
Giles, George C. P. Gray, Thomas B. Lacy, and
Philip T. Richards, midshipmen, to the Pelorus ;
James W. Ashton, second master, to the Gibraltar ;
Arthur C. Wells and John B. Palmer, master's-
assists., to the Pelorus; Frederick S. Brown and
John Thompson, master's-assists., to the Gibraltar ;
George V. Moore and William B. P. Thompson,
mastees.assists., to the Scylla.

The festivities of the week have been kept up with be-
coming spirit by some of the most influential inhabitants of
Worcester. The Mayor gave his usual breakfast at the
Guildhall, at which the Duc d'Aumale and an enormous
company "assisted ;" the Dean kept open house to a large
number of privileged visitors every day; and the Bishop
attended most of the performances in the Cathedral. Of
these performances and of the evening concerts enough has
been written, both generally and in detail. There remains,
then, but to acknowledge the extreme courtesy and obliging
politeness of the Rev. Mr. Sarjeant, who at these meetings,
busy as he inevitably must be, finds both time and inclina-
tion, amid his very onerous and responsible duties, to at-
tend to everybody and everything. Meanwhile most of the
principal solo singers and members of the instrumental
orchestra are already on their way to Norwich, where Mr.
Benedict is doubtless looking out for them with what Herr
Richard Wagner, if he wrote English, would designate as
"anxious polyscopity."

Raising of the SunkenlStearaer Baron Osys

in the River.

Early on Saturday morning active operations were com-
menced for raising the Baron Osy, Antwerp steamer, which
more than a week since sunk in the upper part of Limehouse
Reach while on her passage up the river to St. Katherine's
Wharf, as already detailed in this journal. Several chains
had previously been passed under her bottom, and in order
to assist the lifting power, and to add to their buoyancy, it
was arranged to pump out the after compartment, and to re-
duce the water in the fore-hold. Two powerful pumps,
worked by steam, were arranged on deck on the water sub-.
din
Other efficient pumps were also brought into re-
quisitionsig and fixed in readiness to commence immediate
operations when directed. At low water the Thames Con-
servancy and other lighters were "pinned" down to the
chains alongside the steamer, and warps wore laid out to
the south shore so as to haul her in gradually when
she lifted. The contractors for performing the work were
Messrs. `'good and West, who have had considerable
experience in raising ships and wrecks in the river. On
the flood tido beginning to make, the steam and other
pumps were put to work, and they soon began to
reduce the water; but as the fracture in the ship's
bottom was almost amidships, and had evidently extended
to the forehold, the process of lessening the depth of water
in that part of the vessel was rather slow work. Thepumps,
however, gained upon the leak, and as the flood came up
the steamer yielded to the power which was brought to bear
upon her, and gradually began to lift. The great quantity
of mud which had accumulated in her hold had added much
to her weight, and great vigilance had to be used in watch-
ing the chain. so as to avoid any undue pressure, and the
large steamers which were now and then passing up and
down the river were directed to ease their speed as they
passed by. As the time advanced the ship was fairly off the
bed of the river, and hanging on the chains. All went on
satisfactorily, and when it was high water the Baron
Osy was got into the south shore clear of the navigation of
the river, and allowed to settle down on the bed of mud off

the timber wharf at Rotherhithe. On the tide turning the
water gradually left her, and measures will at once be taken
to patch up the rent in her bottom, when she will be hauled
into dry dock to undergo repair. There is some cargo still
in her, although of what value now remains to be seen.
Several Customhouse officers were put on board to protect
the revenue. The Thames police and harbour master's
boat were in attendance and rendered aid.

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