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Gen. Gustavus
died a few days since at his residence
ampton. The deceased General, who stood third
on the list of his branch of the service, obtained the
rank of Second Lieutenant in 1794. He had seen
much active service in his early life, having gone
out :with several regiments as reinforcements to
Gibraltar on the war breaking out with Spain in
1796, and remained blockaded in that fortress two
Indies.ssa.ncl In a half.lBOB hln e
accompaniedl proceeded799he
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Nova. Scotia as commanding engineer, under expec-
tation of hostilities with America, and remained
there until the war broke out in 1812, and was
actively employed in the protection of the frontiers
of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. He was pre-
sent at the capture of Moose island, Castine, and
Belfast.. The late General also was commanding
engineer in Canada part of 1814 and 1815. In July,
1851, he was appointed a Colonel-Corn inandant of
the Royal Engineers. His commission a bore date
as follows :—Second-Lieut, Nov. 6, 1794 ; First-
Lieut., March,• 3, 1797 ; Capt., March 30, 1802 ;
Brevet-Major, June 4, 1813; Lieut.-Col., Sept. 1,
1813 ; Col., July 29, 1825 ; Major-Gen., Jan. 10,
1837; Lieut.-Gen., Nov. 9, 1846; and Gen., Tune
20, 1854. The gallant officer was in his 80th year.
Major-Gen. Hassell R. Moor, formerly in the
Royal Artillery, died on Friday last at his residence
in the neighbourhood of Farnham. The decea.4d
General served in the Peninsula from Jan., 1811, to
Oct., 1813, and was present at the battles of Busaco,
Fuentes de Onor, and Salamanca, also at the sieges
of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz, the action of Cas-
trajon, and numerous other affairs with the enemy.
For his services in the Peninsula he had received
the silver medal and five clasps. He was appointed
Second-Lieut. Dec. 22, 1803; Lieut., May 1, 1804 ;
Captain, Dec. 1, 1812; Major, July 22, 1830 ;
Lieut.-Col., July 22, 1840 ; and Colonel, Nov. 11,
1851. He had retired upon full pay.

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2'HE NAVY.

Admiral Eden and Capt. Frederick (two of the
Lords of the Admiralty) paid an official visit of in-
spection to the fleet of blockships now assembled at
Portland, on Tuesday afternoon. The gallant offi-
cers were conveyed from Weymouth to the flet by
the steam tender Areas, and, on arriving at the
western extremity of the two lines of ships, the
flagship Colossus saluted in the usual manner.
After the inspection was over the gallant admiral
and captain returned to Weymouth.
The crew of the Indus, 78, steam ordinary guard-
ship, Capt. A. C. Key, at Devonport, were paid
wages on Tuesday, up to June 30. Admiral Sir
Thomas Pasley presided.
The screw steam frigate Emerald, 51, Captain
Arthur Cumming, having had her false keel re-
paired, and defects made good at Devonport, went
from Hamoaze, into Plymouth Sound on Tuesday.
The crew of the paddle-wheel steam-sloop Gey-
ser, 6, Commander George M. Jackson, at Devon-
port, were inspected and mustered on Tuesday
afternoon by Capt. Serningham, of the gunnery
ship Cambridge.

The Tribune, 31, screw, Capt. G. T. Hornby, will
be paid off at Portsmouth to-day.
The Torch, 5, screw gunvessel, Commander
Smith, took in powder 'and shell at Spithead yes-
terday, and will sail to the westward so soon as the
weather moderates.

SHIP LAUNCH.—The following are the dimen-
sions of the Gibraltar, 101, to be launched from
No. 5 slip at Devonport, at half-past four on Thurs-
day, the 16th inst. :—Principal dimensions—length
between perpendiculars, 252 feet ; keel for tonnage,
213 feet 91 inches ; breadth extreme, 58 feet ; depth
in hold, 25 feet 6 inches ; burden in tone, 3715 62-94.
Capacious booths are erected for the accommoda-
tion of visitors, admission to which is by cards
issued by the Admiralty superintendent and officers
of the establishment. The gates will be thrown
open to the public at 2 p.m., and the workmen will
be allowed the usual half holiday.

The following Commanders have been promoted
to be Captains :—H. Trollope, J. A. P. Price, W.
Armitage, R. H. Risk, T. M. S. Pasley, and the Hon•
F. A. Forbes. The following Lieutenants have been
promoted to be Commanders :—J. B. Field, L. C. H.
Robinson, P. Saumarez, S. J. Greville, C. M. Buckle,
E. C. Symons, C. H. Simpson, L. J. Moore, E. Nares,
A. J. Kingston, J. E. Bickford, E. H. L. Ray, C. T.
Jago, C. J. Wray, C. Fairholme, T. R. Purvis, W.
H. Edge, L. H. Versturine, the Hon. E. G. L.
Cochrane, C. R. F. Boxes, and 3. S. Graham. Mr.
A. T. Powlett, Mate, has been promoted to be Lieu-
tenant.

The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Commander M. Dunn to be
Inspecting Commander of the Coastguard, vice
Jackson, appointed to the Formidable ; Commander
C. W. Bonham to the Victory ; Lieut. E. F. Lodder
to command the Jackal, vice Simpson, promoted ;
Lieut. Francis G. Suttie to be Flag Lieutenant to
the Victory ; Lieut. It. G. S. Pasley to the Cressy ;
Thomas Bourchier and John G. Boulton, Masters
additional to the Pelorus ; Henry Studdy and
Charles Mason, midshipmen, to the Hornet.

TILE AR.MY.

The screw steam troopship Himalaya, Capt. Sec

combe, from Dublin, arrived in Plymouth Sound
on Tuesday afternoon, and embarked the Ist bat-
talion of the 10th Regiment from the Royal Wil-
liam Victualling-yard on Wednesday morning, for
conveyance to Portsmouth, on their way to Alder-
shott.

Major-General Bloomfield, Inspector-General of
Artillery, recently paid an official visit to Colches-
ter Camp, and inspected the batteries of eight 26-
pounders stationed there for the protection 4 the
coast, with which he has expressed himself per-
fectly satisfied. Lieut. Leeds has been appointed
Commandant of Royal Artillery in the Eastern
District, and has taken up his quarters in Colches-
ter Camp. William Jones, James Burns, and
Thomas Ingham, privates of the 56th Regiment,

have been convicted before a district Court-martia

of gross acts of insubordination while under orders
to proceed with a draught from their regiment to
India. Jones struck at Brigade-Major Cooch, who
attempted to quell a disturbance, and, with a view
to desert, he afterwards jumped from a train run-
ning at the rate of 30 miles an hour. The Com-
mander-in• Chief has confirmed the sentence of 168
days' imprisonment and the infliction of 50 lashes
upon each prisoner, which will be carried into exe-
cution on board the Istamboul, to which the men
were yesterday removed, under a strong escort, for
conveyance to India.
The 22d (Norfolk) Regiment of Artillery, Col.
Lord Hastings, quartered at the Royal Marine Bar-
racks, Woolwich, during the last three months,
yesterday left Woolwich, in command of Lieut.-Col.
L'Estrange Astley, for Yarmouth, 'for the purpose
of being disbanded. Preparatory to their depar-
ture they were paraded in the square, in order to
give the men an opportunity of volunteering into
the ranks of the regular army, but a small number
only displayed any inclination to that effect, from
a desire, it was stated, to visit their friends before
entering on permanent service. Seven, however,
volunteered on the spot for the 7th Fusiliers, and
four for the Royal Artillery ; two of the latter,
failing to pass the medical examination, were re-
jected. The head-quarters proceeded by train and
the remainder of the corps embarked by the Yar-
mouth packet from London. At 12 o'clock yester-
day morning they were succeeded by the Antrim
Artillery, consisting of 350 men, in command of
Lieut.-Col. Viscount Massereene and Ferrard, late
Lieut.-Col. of the Louth Rifles, the majority of
whom took possession of quarters in the Royal Ar-
tillery Barracks. The great inconvenience from
which the men belonging to the Royal Marines
were suffering, from being crowded in the damp
and unwholesome kitchens undeKneath the barracks
to accommodate the Militia, having been brought
to the notice of General Wesley on his late inspec-
tion of the division, has been satisfactorily re-
medied by a distribution of the Antrims, 40 of
whom only are to be quartered with the Marines.
Yesterday morning the remaining depot coin-
ponies of the 53d Regiment, numbering 200 non•
commissioned officers and men, vacated Chatham
garrison, where they have been quartered since
1844, and proceeded by,special train to Chichester,
to await the arrival of the headquarters and service
companies of the regiment, now on their passage
home from India. The officers who proceeded with
the depot were Capt. J. H. Lothian, Lieut. J. Mac-
neill, Lieut. R. F. Storey, Ensign H. D. Rooke, and
Ensign W. E. S. Battiscombe. The 53d Regiment,
which is now on its passage home from Calcutta in
the Lady Clarendon, in which vessel it embarked
on the 17th of April last, has been 16 years in India,
having left England in August, 1844. Owing to
the hard fighting it has gone through and the num-
ber of volunteers—amounting to about 500—given
by it to other regiments serving in India and China,
including 200 to the 99th Regiment in China—the
service companies have been much reduced, and now
only number a little more than 300 men. The de-
pot, however, is about 500 strong, and as recruiting
for the 53d is proceeding at the rate of about 50 per
month—the staff being open and recruits enlisted
by every recruiting party in the kingdom--the
regiment will shortly be raised to its required
strength of 1,000 bayonets.
The depot of the Ist battalion of the 4th (King's
Own), numbering 3 officers and 180 men of all ranks,
under the command of Capt. A, E. H. Ansell, and
the depot companies of the 83d Regiment, the
strength of which is 7 officers and 200 non-com-
missioned officers and men, arrived at Chatham
garrison yesterday afternoon from Chichester, to
be attached to the Indian depots. The Ist battalion
of the 4th King's Own is serving in Bombay, and