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Naval and Military Intelligence. 01i,,,44
The Telegraph steam-transport, No. 184, Captain\ Nicholson, arrived at Spithead on Saturday afternoon.
She sailed from Corfu Jan. 22, Zante 25, Malta 28 ; are
rived at Gibraltar Feb. 2, and sailed thence on the 11th
The same day, at the entrance to the Straits, she sig.
nailed the Daedalus, standing in.
Tne Grasshopper, 2, gun-boat, Lieut. Lee, arrived at
Portsmouth on Saturday morning from the eastward.
The Geyser, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Tower, sailed
on Saturday morning, from Port-nvuth for Liverpool.
The Rodney, 90, Capt. Wilson, was taken into dock
at Portsmouth on Saturday for repairs.
The Centaur, 6, steam-frigate, Capt. Clifford, was
taken out of dock at Portsmouth on Saturday.
The Thistle, 2, gun-boat, was taken out of dock on
Saturday, and the Charger, gun-boat, taken in.
The Falcon, 17, steam-sloop, Commander Pollen, will
ha'-e her compasses swung to-day.
Tee Cleopatra, N 0.136, steam-transport, hauled along-
side the yard on Saturday to take in troops.
The following ships are in Portsmouth harbour :—The
Victory, St. Vin Cent, Illintriouse Victoria and Albert,
Calcutta, Colossus, Falcon, Perseverance, Volcana,
Sealark. Pigmy, Fairy, Sprightly, Fire Queen,
Elfin, Fanny, Cornet, Echo, and 11 gun-boats.
At Spithead—The Royal George, Duke of Welling-
ton, Algiers, Cm:ar. Hawke, Pylades, Irnperieuse, Vr.
gent, Gorgon, and Resistance.
At the Motherhank— 18 gun-boats.
In Dock---The Rodney, Bellerophon, Shannon, Fox,
Centaur, Vulcan, Basilisk, Charger, Skylark, and Pioneer.
In tl e Fitting Basin--_The leleitheim and Centaur.
In the Steam Basire—The Marlborough, Victor Em-
manuel, Arrogant, ;Lapwing, Fury, Flying Fish, and
Whiting.
The Majestic, 80, and the Forward gun-boat arrived
at Spitler td on Saturday night from Sheerness.
The Calcutta, 84, will relieve the Winchester flag-
ship on the East India station.
The hired sailing-transport Alipore, Capt. Milman,
from Black Sea, was towed out of Plymouth Sound, by
the Coniance steam-tug, on Thursday, and sailed for the
ea, tward.
The hired steam-transports Northumberland and Cum-
berlend, and the private steam-ships City of Paris and
:Madge sailed on Saturday for Constantinople.
The crew of the ecrewstearn-ship Conqueror, 100, Capt.
Thos. C. Symonds, C. 8., turned over from the Vigo hulk
on Saturday, and she was placed at her sailing mooring!.
If the weather be favourable she will take her trial trip
round the Eddystone to-day.
The crew of the screw steam-ship, Orion, 91, Capt.
Jno. Erskine, have bent sails. She will be taken out of
the basin-dock at Keyharn to-day.
The screw steam-sloop Varier, 17, Commander Sam.
H. Derriman, arrived at Plymouth on Thursday evening
from Portsmouth and sailed again for the eastward on
Saturday.
The gun-boat Skipjack, having completed coaling,
went from Hamoaze into Barnpool, Plymouth, on Sa-
turday.
The steam block-ship Forth, 12, Captain Lord John
Hay, will go out of harbour on Wednesday next, at
Plymouth, to try her engines.
At the Royal William Victualling-yard, Plymouth,
last week, 340 barrels of pork were condemned as unfit
for use in the Royal Navy. The bakers at this este-
blis'ament commence working 12 ovens daily from to-
day. On Wednesday next tenders will be received
there for the supply of 3,000 quarters of wheat.
The following items of intelligence respecting the sta-
tions of her Alajesty's steam-ships in the West Indicts
were received by the Royal Mail Company's steam-ship
Magdalena, which arrived at Southampton on Friday
night with the West India and Pacific mails :—At Bar-
badoes, the Boscawen (Rear-Admiral Fanshawe), the
Medea, and the Vestal ; at Port Royal, the Imam,
the Powerful, the Terrnagent, the Argus, the Hermes,
and the Daring ; at •Port au Prince, the Malacca and
the And) ; at Greytown, the Eurydice and the Espiegle.
Two Lords of the Admiralty—Admiral Sir M. F. F.
Berkeley, K.C.8., M.P., and Admiral Sir Baldwin
Walker—accompanied by Mr. Charles Berkeley, secre-
tary, went down to Woolwich on Saturday for the spe-
cial purpose of inspecting the progress of fitting out the
numerous gun-boats, and more especially the new de-
scription of despatch gun-vessels—namely, the Coquette,
Intrepid, Sparrowhawk, &a., in process of being cop.
pered aryl prepared for service in the dockyard. Their
lordships' visit was confined to the inspection of the
above-named vessels, over which they were conducted
by the respective officers of the shipwrights' department,
and were attended by Mr. Macdonald, master attendant
of the dockyard, and Commander Hoare, of her Majesty's
ship Vesuvius.
The steam-despatch gun-vessel Coquette, Commander
Risk, was taken out of the dry dock and admitted into
basin at Wohlwich on Saturday.
The Intrepid despatch-vessel, and the paddle-wheel
~tearber Vesuvius were docked on Saturday at Woolwich,
the former to hi coppered, and the latter to undergo
some considerable repairs.
Two new gun-boats, the Fervent and the Forester,
were towed down to Woolwich on Saturday, having been
launched from healers. Green's at Blackwell, and will go
into the fitting basin to-day.
Two gun-boats, the Louisa and Mayflower, arrived at
Woolwich on Thursday, and were taken into basin oa
Friday moraine, in order to pass through the hands of
the riggers. The engines of the Louisa were tested un- •
der steam in the basin and answered remarkably well.
Tee Mayflower was built by Pitcher, of Northfleet, and
the Louisa, at Limehouse, by Fletcher.
Toe gun-boats Goshawk and Violet have been taken
into the west dock at Woolwich, to be coppered. The
Nightingale, Griper, and Herring are likewise in course
of being equipped for the spring campaign.
There is a numerous fleet of gun-boats and steamers
of various de-criptions lying at Woolwich, many of
which are already in commission and ready for service, as
will be found by the f.dlewing list,—The Fiegard, the
Black Eagle, the Merlin, the Coquette, the Intrepid,
the Firefly, the Pearl and Devastation (at Greenhithe),
the Tartarus, the Vivid, the Herring, the Julia, and the
Dee, commissioned ; the Tyne, in commission ; the
Hesper, the Wildfire, and the Black Prince, Government
transports ; the Niger, the Vesuvius, and the Ardent,
lying in ordinary fir repairs ; the Griper, the Nightin-
gale' the Violet, and the Goshawk, fitting for service ;
the Spitfire and the Vixen, in ordinary, undergoing re-
pairs ; the Janus, under orders to be broken up ; the
Alayfl.,,tver and the Louisa, being rigged for service; mor-
tar floats, Nos. 1 and 2 ; mortar pontoon raft.
Large quantities of ammunition for revolvers have
been received at the Arsenal at Woolwich, samples of
which have gone through the ordinary proof satisfacto-
rily. Immense supplies of Eley's prepared cartridges
have likewise been received there, and stored ready 'for
an emergency.

A continuation of experiments is bo be carried out to-
day in the Woolwich Arsenal marshes with Capt. Boxer's
improved Congreve rockets. Some were tried a few days
ago with success.
In addition to the 86th Regiment and a battalion of
the Rifle Corps, which are about to be despatched to
Canada, it is understood to be the intention to send
out several other regiments to British North America,
so as to form a powerful force in that country. In an-
ticipation of this step being taken, it is rumoured that
almost ev, ry regiment now attached to the home station
has rere'ved private intimation that their services may be
required in Canada, and such early notice has been given
in order that- the regimental clothing, which is made
expressly for that station, may be in readiness in case
the exigencies of the service should require a large body
of troops to be moved to that country.
Two companies of the Royal Sappers and Miners (the
17th and 24th) will leave Brampton barracks on Wed-
nesday next to embark for the Crimea. The 17th com-
pany will be under the comment' of Captain Augustus
Meyer Lochner, R.E., and the 24th will be commanded
by Capt. George Pelly, R.E. This will be the first
draught of this important branch of the service, which
has left Brompton since the establishment of the head-
quarters at that station. Col. F. E. Chapman, C. 134 •
It E., is the officer appointed to take the command of
this divison of Royal Engineers, and Lieut. G. M: Stop-
ford has been appointed adjutant.
99 At h
Wexfordme number of fine young
Militia,
have
joinedm en ,
the volunteersdepo depot
froth
oftheBt3hde
Regiment at the Chatham Barracks.

Assistant-Surgeon J. M. ffide, 14th Regiment, is re-
lieved from duty at Chatham garrison, and has received
orders to proceed forthwith to Portsmouth, there to em-
bark on board the Cleopatra steam-ship, in medical
charge of a draug,Lt of the Medical Stllf Corps and
other troops for the Ea't. Acting A4sistant-Surgeon
J. J. Henry, at present doing duty at the Provisional
Battalion, has received orders to be attached to, and do
duty with, the Ordnance Corps at Chatham garrison.
A party of volunteers from the East Norfolk Militia
have joined the Provisional Battalion
at Chatham
dical Staff Corps at Chatham, Regimen; of Light ?i
for the depot of the 52d
In at
Captain S. G. Bunbury, commanding
the Me-
has received online for &-
detachment of 80 men, belonging to that corps, to leave
to-morrow morning for Portsmouth, under the command
of Capt. Walter B. Persse, 90th Light Infantry, to am-
bark on board the Cleopatra, for the hospitals at Scutari
and Balaklava.
Colonel Crutchley, commanding the Provisional Depot
Battalion at Parsonstown, on Thursday last received
orders for the following officers, belonging to the 63d
Depot, to proceed to the Crimea to join their regiments,
viz, :—Capt. Bouverie, Lieut. Grant, Ensigns Pour,
Bunbury, Crowther, Stokes, Carnegy, and Icinahan.
These officers are going out to supply the vacancies
caused by a number of officers who have been transferred
to the Land Transport Corps, and of those who have and
are returning home on medical certificate.
23 men of the 2d Dragoon Guards, end 41 of, the,,m
;3
Dragoon Guards, who recently arrived in Exeter'frii
Dublin as volunteers into the Ist Dragoon Gnardr, no* i n
the Crimea, are at present with the depot of the regiment
at the Exeter barracks, and will remain there until
ordered to the Crimea.
In the Gazdte of Tuesday last the name of Arthur
Fleming Stack Payne, appointed Ensign in the
Worms.
tershire Regiment of Militia, was erroneously printed
In the list of officers who left Portsmouth
Chas, CO%
in the Indian, for Malta, the name given
oSnlaTckh
uPrasydany'e.
as Ensign Coney should have been 'Ensign