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:ti'EWSPAPER

Chatham to tow
with coals, down a sea stook
of coals previous to Baltic fleet/
The Columbine, 12 , is
to be bark rigged, and to be ems -as a - coal
depot from this port, fir the use of the ships composing
the Baltic fleet. She will be manned from this establish-
ment, and the delivery of her cargoes will be under thy
superintendence of officers, under the direction of Mr
Robert Laws, storekeeper at this yard.
A. number of the out-pensioners of Greenwich have
been selected to do seamen-rigger's duty at this yard.in
lieu of the seamen-riffers draughted into sea-going shire
fitting at this port. &me of the pensioners hare r'sadir
arrived, and commenced duty ; and it is reported that
pensioners from the Royal Marines are to proceed imme.
diatly to the coast-guard stations (from which seamen
serving as coast-guardsmen have been draughted for ser-
vice afloat), to perform the duties at the respective-coast-
guard stations alluded to.
In consequence of the dense foe all day, nearly all
classes of vessels have been prevented getting up or down
the Medway. We have light winds from the eastward,
with the barometer 35'55, and the thermometer down to
46.

{Plum SD.

PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAR= 7.
The Royal mail steamer Magdalena, which arrived
this morning from thi.West lodiesand Gulf of Mexico,
has already discharged her cargo, and, under the dili-
gent supervision of Capt. Vincent, the superintendent
of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, will be coaled
and ready for employment in the transport service on
Monday next. The company .originally tendered their
monster iron steamer the Atrato, which also arrived this
morning, but to facilitate the embarkation of the troops,
the Magdalena was substituted. It is not yet known
what regiments will go out in this vessel, which it is
calculated could carry 1,200 or 1,300 men. The Atrato,
from her enormous size, and the capacious dimensions
of her main and lower decks, would accommodate a still
larger number. The company have evinced the most
praiseworthy exertions in getting this vessel properly
ready, so as to release the Magdalena from their mail
line, and place her in the bands of the Government.
The Orinoco, belonging to the West India Mail Com-
pany, has been the first vessel to reach her destination
with troops. A telegraphic despatch received this after-
noon vied Marseilles and Paris, states that this fine ship
reached Malta and landed the Coldstreams in nine days
from Southampton. The Ripon entered Valetta harbour
with the Grenadiers shortly afterwards.
A detachment of the 65th Regiment, consisting of
10 officers and 200 men, with women and children,
arrived here thismorning in a Government steamer from
Parkhurst Barracks, Isle of Wight, on their way to
Dorchester. We understand that depots of several of
the regiments lately despatched to the Mediterranean
will ishoitli pass throtigh thiEtownlorthe Ids of Wight,
where they are to be stationed.

WOOLWICH, MARCH 7.

PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 7.
Her Majesty will inspect the fleet at noon on Satur-
day, and it will sail, iripiiMuance of orders at present in
force, on Sunday miming foi the Baltic. The spectacle
of the Queen reviewing. her beet in battle array before
despatching it to its destination will doubtless again
draw thousands to these shores. The inhabitants of
Portsmouth intend to show their respect for Sir Charles
Napier by presenting him with an address, and giving
a parting ovation on his embarkation for sea on Sa-
turday. It is supposed Sir Charles will embark at the
Victoria-pier from the house of his friend Mr. Grant
next Saturday afternoon. The Victoria-pier is within a
couple of hundred yards of the spot on Southsea-beach,
now marked by an old anchor of the Victory, where
Nelson embarked before- Trafalgar. The weather to-day
has been somewhat clearer than yesterday, and the
fleet at Spithead has been plainly visible nearly all day:
Rear-Admiral Corry shifted his flag from the Prince Re-
gent to the Neptune, 120, this morning. It is a subject
of general regret that the tides did not admit of this
magnificent three-decker being got out to Spithead yes-
terday. With the matchless crew of the Prince Regent,
Captain Hutton would have had her equipped and re-
ported ready for sea in 48 hours, and she would have
formed a most noble and conspicuous object in the spec-
tacle anticipated on Saturday next. The Blenheim, 60,
screw two-decker, met with a mishap on going to Spit-
head yesterday afternoon. After clearing the harbour's
mouth, in the direct course for Spithead, when off the
Spit-buoy, she found a vessel moored directly in the
fairway of the harbour channel. On discovering this
(there was a thick fog at the time), the Blenheim put
her helm a-port (in pursuance of the instruc-
tions laid down to follow in such cases) to go
under the stern of the merchantman, thinking she
was anchored in mid-channel, when she immediately
after grounded on the edge of the shoal of the Spit Sand.
She sent into the Port Admiral for assistance, which
was promptly despatched. Admiral Superintendent
Martin's dockyard staff were quickly at the scene of the
disaster, and worked all night at lightening the ship of
her guns, heavy sea stores, water, &c., and, being per-
fectly upright, she floated off the shoal betw'een 5 and
6 o'clock this morning, we. believe without damage.
The Commander-in-Chief, Sir Thomas Cochrane, was
at the spot in the lere Queen all night.
Rear-Admiral Chads has exercised a division of the
fleet to-day in shot practice, and the ships have been
exercised in making sail in line, in squadrons, forming
line, reefing and loosing sail, and such like essential ma-
nceuvres. A shot from one of the ships this afternoon
had nearly proved the destruction of a collier, and has
been the cause of some most absurd reports ashore. The
facts are simply these :—The United Kingdom, 245
tons, Hobson master, in ballast, while on her way to-
day
from Southampton to Sunderland, got within range,
and a 321 b. shot struck her a little abaft the mainmast,
above the cabin deck, entered the vessel, struck a flour
barrel on the other side, and, coming against one of the
iron knees of the vessel, lodged there. We are happy
to say no one was hurt by the splinters. The astonish-
ment of the skipper at so unexpected a visitor we need
not attempt to depict. The wounded craft was brought
into harbour to be repaired in the dock.
The• St. Jean d'Acre's bowsprit-cap, which was
started on the occasion of the collision with the De-
sperate is being bolted afresh—an operation which re-
quires the jibboom to be got in ; a new maintopmast in
lieu of the one carried away at sea has also to be tried 4
aloft before being stowed. These things have delayed
her getting all ataunt before this.
The Royal George, screw, 120, Capt. Codrington, C. 8.,
only averaged 6 knots an tour from Devonport here on
Sunday last, owing to meeting a severe easterly gale ;
her complement is 990, and she was only 57 short of
that number on making Spithead. Her lower deck ports
are 5 feet 5 inches out of the water. The last of Ad-
miral Corry's division (the Arrogant). has been paid
wages to-day. The fleet appears to be moored now in
the following order :

EAST.
Port Division. Centre Division. Starboard Division.
Blenheim, 60 St. Jean D'Acre, 101 Tribune, 30
Imperieuse, 51 Edinburgh, 58 Princess Royal, 91
- Hogue, 60 Boscawen 70
Bulldog, 6 Amphion,.34 Prince Regent, 90
Leopard, 18 Arrogant, 47 -
-- Dragon, 6 Royal George, 121
Frolic, 16 - _ -