The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-01 00:00:00

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dinge, the Commander-in-Chief, in Hyde-park, on
Friday. • - • -

The Somerset and Langport troop of cavalry assem-
bled on Tuesday at Langport for inspection.
The Ist Regiment of Kent Militia, now in the bar-
racks at Dover, are to be -disbanded this (Thursday)
morning, having undergone six. weeks' training. The
Staffordshire Militia, which has been embodied, will
supply the place of the disbanded regiment in the bar-
racks.
The Royal Cumberland Militia were inspected on
Saturday, the 27th inst., by Colonel Derenzi, the fine-
ness of the day attracting a large and highly respectable
concourse of spectators. The regiment; under the com-
mand of Colonel the Hon. H. C. Lowther, then went
through a number of movements with great precision,
and Colonel Derenzi expressed to Colonel Lowther his
high satisfaction at the • progress which the men had
made. . .
• The Ist Devon Militia assembled yesterday (iVednes-
day) at Exeter for 28 days' drill. Upwards of 800 men
mustered at the Cavalry ,barraclis, and more arrived
during the day.

LAUNCH OF, ANOThER SCREW SLOOP.

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The launch of the Curlew, screw sloop, took place at
Deptford-yard .yesterday afternoon. The ceremony of
christening was performed by Miss Urithi Martin,
daughter of the gallan4 Superintendent George Bohun
Martin, C. 8., of that establishment, and at about four
o'clock the dog-shores were knocked away, and the hand-
somed at el yb ugtl ifdoerdmii
yard band, so ably led by Mr. Robert Standidge, was
taob lteh lei t
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isnt raumcti udrs et bloeuindgchseeterifrenge.imTmhee-
in attendance, and played with their usual good taste
several choice and appropriate airs. Whether it was
that such sights have been of so frequent occurrence
lately as to have lost that attraction they once possessed,
or that public curiosity was so completely satisfied by
the grand spectacle the recent magnificent launch of the
Royal Albert afforded them, and did not care about
witnessing another so insignificant by comparison, and
so soon again, but few spectators comparatively as-
sembled to witness this event, though the weather was
as inviting as the most ardent lover of sights could have
wished, and free admission to the yard allowed.
She was laid down in the latter part of the year 1852,
on a design furnished by the Surveyor of the Navy's
office, and is the first of a new class, of which twelve are
to be built. She is of 50-horse power, will carry eight
broadside guns and one pivot-gun fore and aft ; and as
ships of her class would prove very useful at the pre-
sent time in the Baltic, she will, no doubt, be got
ready for commissioning with all possible despatcb.
The following are her dimensions : FT. IN.
Length between the perpendiculars 139 0
Length of the keel for tonnage
Breadth extreme 27 11
Breadth for tonnage
Breadth moulded
Depth in hold
Burden in tons, old measurement
Ditto new do 3ll 94
Ditto of the engine-room
Register tonnage lB7 47
She will be towed to Woolwich in a day or two to
be completed. Another of the same class, to be called
the Lyra, is to be laid down on the same slip. Three
screw ships, the Hannibal, 91, Hornet, 16, and Curlew,
8, have been launched at that yard since January last.
The Captain Superintendent and family, Sir W. Snow
Harris, Rev. B. Finch, rector of St- Paul's, Deptford,
and most of the officers and their families of the two
yards, &c., were present, but not any ono from the
Admiralty.