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her equipment have been hrthed on board the Mino-
taur, shifted over on Sunday. On Monday morning the
Cressy left the fitting basin ald steamed to Black Stakes,
in the river Medway, where the will take on board her
guns, ammunition, &c., and be swung for the adjust-
ment of her compasses. She will then proceed to the
Little Nore, and after being inspected by Vice-Admiral
the Hon. Josceline Percy, Commander-in-Chief, will sail
for the Downs, on her way tc Spithead, the rendezvous
of the fleet destined for service in the Baltic. The Cressy
wants about 50 A B's to complete her complement
of 750.

The Hecla steamer, Mr. P Wellington, master-com-
manding, is ordered to return to the Downs by the 7th
cf. March, to enable the variols masters and others on
board her to re-embark in thcir respective ships.
The Majestic, 80, screw steam-ship, Captain Charles
Hope, is being got ready for Sea service with all possible
haste. The whole strength )f the dockyard artificers,
now that the Cressy is completed, are employed in her
equipment, in order that she may be ready for sea by the
15th of April. Her officers atd men are to be trans-
ferred forthwith from the St. Lawrence to the Minotaur
hulk. The Majestic has not yet entered very many
blue jackets.

WOOLWICH, FEB. 27.
The troop of Royal Horse Artillery and the field bat-
teries under orders for foreign service assembled in heavy
marching order at half-past nine o'clock a.m., and pro-
ceeded to the common, where they were drawn up in
line in open order for the commandant's inspection.
Captain Romer's company, the 7th, proceeds to
Sheerness to-morrow morning to relieve Capt. Dunlop's
company, 7th battalion, and the latter company pro-
ceeds to Eastbourne, to relieve Captain Turner's com-
pany, 11th battalion, under orders to return to head-
quarters.
RoYar, MARINES.

Her Majesty, by order in Council, dated January the
30th, 1854, has been pleased to direct that 1 lieutenant-
colonel, 8 divisional companies, and 2 artillery compa-
nies, be added to the present strength of the corps of
Royal Marines. The redistribution of the corps is there-
fore as follows :-110 divisional companies, each com-
pany to consist of 1 captain, 2 subalterns, 5 serjeants,
5 corporals, 3 drummers, and 105 privates. Total, 121.
Twelve artillery companies, each company consisting
of 1 captain, 4 subalterns (either first or7second lieuten-
ants), 9 serjeants, 8 corporals, 5 bombardiers, 3 drum-
mers, and 146 gunners—making the whole number in
the divisional companies, 13,310 ; artillery companies,
2,112 ; staff, 72. Total strength of the corps, 15,494.
The 10 new companies thus ordered, will be attached
to the several divisions as under :—Chatham division,
103 and 107 ; Portsmouth division, 104 and 108; Ports-
mouth artillery companies, 11 and 12 ; Plymouth divi-
sion, 105 and 109 ; Woolwich division, 106 and 110.

DUBLIN, FEB. 27.
A Clonmel paper states, that recruiting is going on
rapidly in every part of Tipperary, so that between sol-
diery and emigration " it will be pretty well drained of
its population before the next harvest."
" Wexford (says a local journal) has never been a
place noted for adding much to the numerical force of
the army, and has been left to some representative of
the Hon. East India Company's service, who was ready
to gratify all having military tastes in and around the
locality. Now, however, that the war trumpet has
sounded its note, we have been visited by parties from
the 39th and 50th Regiments, who have succeeded in
picking up some dozens of recruits, including five or six
from the Union Workhouse." All this will be sad
news for the Irish " war" party, who make no secret of
their disgust at the military spirit evinced by the people
since the recruiting sergeant commenced operations in
downright earnest. The 33d Regiment, now lying in
the Royal Barracks, expect to embark in the course of
the week for service in the East. On Saturday, the
regiment was presented with new colours by Lieutenant-
General D'Oyly, the colonel-in-chief, who came specially
from London for the purpose.

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

INDIA.

We have received our despatches from India
and China by the Overland Mail. The dates are
—Calcutta, Jan. 20 ; Madras, Jan. 25 ; Bombay,
Jan. 28 ; Shanghai, Dec. 31 ; Amoy, Jan. 4 ;
Hong Kong, Jau. 11 ; Singapore, Jan. 10 ; and
Burmah, Jan. 12.
The following is from the summary of the Bom-
bay Times:—
During the past fortnight the interest that for the
last twelve months has been felt in Burmese affairs
has somewhat diminished owing to the aspect which
our political relations with Persia and Affghan-
istan has assumed. A Court of Inquiry assembled
at Prome to investigate the circumstances attend-
ing Captain Latter's assassination. In his political
capacity, Captain Latter, nearly a year ago, found
it necessary to proceed against the leader a band
of Dacoits whose head-quarters was a village fifteen
miles to the south-east of Prome. With his usual
promptitude he set forth, but rumour was too quick
for him, and when he arrived at the village he
found it deserted and the chief fled. So nearly,
however, had he accomplished his purpose, that
the chief had. no time to remove his family ; they
all, therefore, fell into the hands of the captor.
Captain Latter is dead, and we would deal lightly
with his memory ; but if accounts be true, we fear
that his passion overcame his prudence, and that
the outlawed chief sustained at his hands disgrace
and dishonour. This determined the Dacoit to take
adeep and signal revenge, and he seems to have car-
ried out his schemes with that silent steadiness of
purpose and moderation that guarantee success, and
prove to the world that when " desperation urges
and subtlety guides," few, if any, are safe. Some
time after the flight of the chief Captain Latter
made the acquaintance of a Burmese female, who is
said to have been in the pay of the Dacoit, and
from whom he learned the habits of the British
officer. She kept up a correspondence all the time
with her employer, and when everything was ready
and the time had come to strike the blow, the
hired assassins, disguised in female attire, entered
unquestioned into the officer's house, and guided by
the information which she had furnished, found no
difficulty in gaining his sleeping apartment and exe-
cuting their task. On these mattersbecoming known
at Prome, the authorities sent a strong detachment
secretly to the village to arrest the assassins but
although the village was surrounded in silence
and without exciting the least alarm, yet not a soul
was to be found in the house in which the mur-
derers were said to have been. It is added that
the chief who instigated the murder has fled to Ava
whither the news of the assassinaiion reached, but
it is not known with what effect. It is rumoured
that Pegu will immediately become a division of
the Madras army, and that instructions to that
effect have been issued by Lord Dalhousie, as Sir
J. Cheape's health will not admit of his longer re-
taining his command in Burmah. We regret to state
that Lieut. Procter when out in camp at Prome caught
two Burmese, whom he considered as spies and
whom he forthwith hung. He then reported the
matter, alleging that he had treated them accord-
ing to the laws of war. The Governor-General
has ordered him to be placed in close arrest, and
an inquiry is to be made.