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London, England, 1858-08-28 00:00:00

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THE NAV 1);\
The Trafalgar, 120, was taken into dock b hankm
terday for the purpose of undergoing the necessary altera.
dons to convert her into a 91-gun screw steamer. She will
be furnished with machinery of 1,000 horse-power.
Major Le Merchant Tupper, in command of the A troop
of Royal Horse Artillery, yesterday arrived in garrison,
Woolwich, from Canterbury ; and Captain R. Gabbett, 3rd
battalion B battery, from Eastbourne, returned to head-
quarters yesterday likewise, and are under orders to take
charge of batteries for the Welsh and Irish coasts.
• The gentlemen cadets of the Royal Military Academy,
Woolwich, yesterday went through a series of mortar prac-
tice, firing 21 rounds of 8, 10, and 13-inch shells, which
were fired with lunch accuracy.
The Admiralty yacht Banshee left Woolwich yesterday
morning for the purpose of joining the Royal squadron about
to escort her Majesty across the Channel.
Lieut.-Colonel Eardley Wilmot, superintendent of the
Royal gun factories, Woolwich, has been granted a tempo-
rary leave of absence. The duties of the department will be
conducted for the present by the captain instructor of artil-
lery, Captain Haultain.

The Melpomene, i,l, screw, was taken into dock at Ports-
mouth yesterday, to be fitted and brought forward for sea
service.

The Dauntless, 31, screw frigate, and the Sidon, 22,
paddle steam-frigate, have had their defects remedied, and
have been taken out of the steam basin at Portsmoutb, and
laid up in ordinary.
The Vulcan, iron screw steam troopship, is to be taken
into dock at Portsmouth to-day for repairs.
The Bacchante, 51, screw frigate, being built in Ports-
mouth dockyard, is to be ready for launching about the end
of the year.
The Russian squadron at Fpithead are making good their
repairs and filling up with coal.
N 0.4 dock in Portsmouth dockyard is about to be length-
ened 40 feet.
The Industry, 2, iron steam storeship, Master (Hodges,
sailed from Portsmouth yesterday for the westward.
The Dee, paddlewheel steam stereship, Master Com-
mander Thomas C. Pullen, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday
from the eastward with boilers and machinery, and gunboat
in company.
Lieutenant Henry Fairfax has been appointed to her M.
jesty's ship Diadem.

TIIE ARMY.

Orders were yesterday received at Chatham for the follow-
ing reinforcements, to embark for Bombay, at Gravesend,
on the Ist Sept., on board the East India Company's troop
ship Sardinia, 969 tons, Capt. W. IL M'Cleery, which vessel
is previously to be inspecied by the Commandant of Chatham
Garrison, in order to ascertain that the required arrange-
ments for the comfort of the troops during the voyage have
been carried mispviz.,-50,tnen of, he Bth Hussars nod 28 men
of the 17th Lancers,from Canterbury; 64 men of the 33d (Duke
of Wellington's) 11,gt., 82 men of the 89th Ilegt., and 58
men of the 95th Regt., from Fernaoy; 18 men of the 18th
Royal Irish, and 20 men of the 86th (Royal County Down),
from Buttevant ; 20 men of the 71st Highlanders, and 30
men of the 92d Highlanders, from Stirling ; 16 men of the
56111 Regiment, from Colchester; 15 men of the 51st (the
King's Own) Light Infantry, from Weimer; 20 men of the
72d Highlanders, from Aberdeen; and 20 men of the Royal
Artillery, from Woolwich—total, 475 men of all ranks.
The following draughts are ordered to embark the same
day ou board the Velocity, 1,100 tons, Czptain E. Shrews-
bury, for Kurrachee—natnely, 10 men of the 61st Regi-
ment, 15 men of the 70th Regiment, 18 men of the 81st Regi-
ment, and 24 men of the 94th Regiment, from Chatham ;
30 men of the 7th (the Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards,
and 35 men of the fBth Regiment, from Canterbury ;
40 rtusn 2; to E.oniskillens, and 30 men of the 87th
Royal Irish Fusiliers, from Buttevant—total, 194 men. The
reinforcements for Calcutta and Madras are to embark at
Gravesend on the 2d and 7th of September.
The contracts for the supply of the whole of the infantry
reeiments with free kits have been given to the following
firms :—Hebbert and Co., London ; Gilpin and Co., Lon-
don ; Prater and Co., London ; Dolan and Co., London ;
Messrs. Marks, Chatham ; Grover, Chatham ; and Ireland
and Co., Dub]iti. The whole of the kits were previously
supplied at £2 us. 10d. each, until the authorities at the
War Department refused to receive any more kits from the
firm. The price at which the contracts have now been
taken averages X,3 Is. 6(1. for each kit. In order to provide
against anything like inferior articles being supplied to the
troops, the whole of the kits as they are supplied are to be
sent to Mark-lane, instea4 of Weedon, where they will be
inspected by a board appointed for that purpose.
The steam-ship City of Manchester,belonging to the Liver-
pool, New York, and Philadelphia Steam-ship Company,from
Portsmouth and Gibraltar, arrived at Algoa Bay on the sth
of July, alter a passage at sea of 391 days, and a total time
of 47 days, including disembarkation and embarkation at
Gibraltar, and coaling at St. Vincent's and Cape Town.
The whole of the troops, comprising 1,216 men, women,
and children, were landed without a single case of sickness.
On the 14th of July she was officially inspected, and was to
leave again about the 25th of July en her return voyage,
with about GOO men of the Royal Engineers and 12th Regi-
ment, and may be expected at Portsmouth during next week.

THE MILITIA.
The 4th West York Militia is to assemble at Leeds on the
28th September for 21 days' training. This regiment gave
a great number of volunteers to the Line when it was em-
bodied about two years ago.