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London, England, 1858-05-01 00:00:00

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NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.,

The following memorandum has been issued from
the Recruiting Department of the Horse Guarder
" The minimum standard of recruits for infantry
regiments in India is raised from 5 feet 3 inches to
5 feet 4 inches."
The customary half-yearly muster of the several
battalions of the Foot Guards quartered at St.
George's, Wellington, Portman-square, and St.
John's-wood Barracks, is to take plats on the pa-
rade at the Horse Guards on Monday next at 11
o'clock. On Tuesday, the Guards at the Tower of
London are to be mustered, and those at Windsor
on the following day.
The monthly muster of the Woolwich garrison
took place yesterday morning under the new ar-
rangements instituted by the Military Store L epart-
meut of the Arsenal—namely, the allotment of the
entire corps of men and hors?s forming the garrison
into eight divisions, having a corresponding num-
ber of muster rolls. . The assistant military store-
keeper, Mr. Parkyn, accompanied by a • number of
officers wearing the undress uniforms of the newly
denominated establishment, appeared on the various
parade grounds of the Royal Artillery, Royil Engi-
neers, the encampment of the field batteiita, the
Royal Military Academy, &c., at 9 a.m., " where
the divisions were paraded in command of their
respective officers. They went through the.ficces-
smy verifications in less thus an hour, the proceed-
ings under the old system occupying upwards of
four hours.

Considerable inconvenience has been experienced
for some time' .past in the casting department of
the Royal standard gun-factory at Woolwich, from
repeatedinuudations of the casting pits, which are
necessarily below the bed of the: river. Notwith-
standing a strong coating of wrought-iron with
which the pits are protected, the flow of the tide
forces its way through the rivet holes and crevices,
eaa rendering the pi's at certain .Prily,ts use! Thd
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died by ate icirriirca -itarliiVng ~l
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the origi:.al co.iting ; ihe rush of water within the
pi's was nevertheless found sufficient to float the
cast-iron tubes, which were consequently ordered
to be removed, and now lie on the Arsenal-wharf
for re-shipment to the manufacturers at Manches-
ter. The two guns cast in the gun factory, and
which were completely turned and bored, having
been submitted to some preliminary grades of
proof, have been pronounced unfit for service. An
attempt has also been made to recast the tastable
of one of the guns, broken under the operation of
turning ; but the experiment was not found prat
ticable, and the attempt was consequently aban-
doned. A batch of brass guns, east in the brass
foundry, and bearing the condemned mark, are
lying on the Arsenal-wharf. A number of contract
guns from the Lowwoor and other works have been
landed at the Arsenal-wharf during the past week,
being a portion of 700 heavy siege guns ordered h 3
Government at the increased price of 20/. and 241.
per ton, being au augmentation of from 67. to 8/.
per ton.
Captain Bent's E battery of Royal Artillery hav-
ing returned to head-quarters, Woolwich, were
yesterday inspected on Woolwich-conainou by Gen.
Williams and staff, and were admitted to quarters.
The Goliath, 80, line-of battle screw steamer,
having complered her repairs at Chatham, was put
out of the fitting-dock yesterday. This vessel,
which has been lengthened and converted from a
sailing ship to a screw steamer, is to be attached to
the steam reserve at Sheerness.

The large new dock basin, which has been seve-
ral years in progress at Chatham Dockyard, wdl
be completed by Messrs. Rigby, the contractors,
during the present summer. For size and solidity
of workmanship the new dock is superior ,to
any ever before constructed at either of the
naval establishments. Its extreme length is nearly
400 feet, and its breadth upwards of 90 fee'. It is
cased throughout with massive blocks of granite,
laid on beds of concrete, and when completed will
be capable of receiving the largest line-of-battle
ship i❑ the service. It can be used either as a wet
or dry dock. The contract for lengthening No. 3
dock has also been given to Messrs. Rigby. This
dock is being lengthened inwards nearly 40ft.,
which will render it nearly as commodious as the
basin adjoining. It is expected that both these
docks will be ready for the reception of vessels at
the end of this summer, As soon as the altera-
tions and improvements now in progress at Chat-
ham Dockyari are completed, the excavations for
the feunda,tions of the large new steam basin—which

is ordered to ba constructed on the site of the
marshes at the eastern extremity of the dockyard—
will be commenced by the convicts, about 1,000 of
whom are to be employed in that undertaking. It

is intended that the new steam basin shall beoccu-
pied exclusively by the steam reserve.
The steamships Racoon and Cu racoa left Plymouth
Sound on Thursday afternoon for the eastward.
The frigate Sybille, 40, Commander the Hon. C.
G. B. Elliott, from Hong Kong, Jan. 21 ; Singa-
pore, Jay. 31 ; the Cape of Good Hope, March 11 ;
St. Helena, March 20 ; and Ascension, March 25,
arrived at Plymouth yesterday (Friday) afternoon.
The following ships are now in course of building
at Petnbroke Dockyard—viz., the Howe, 121 guns,
1,000 horse-power ; the Revenge, 91 guns, 800
horse-power ; the Windsor Castle, sailing ship, 11(1
guns ; the Aurora, 51 guns, 400 horse-power ; the
Orlando, 51 guns, 1,000 horse-power ; the Itnmor-
talite, 50 guns, 600 horse-power ; the Defiance, 91
guns, 800 horse-power ; the Greyhound, 17 guns,
200 horse-power ; the Pelican, 17 guns, 200 horse-
power. The above form a splendid squadron of four
line-of-battle ships, three powerful iirst•olass fri-
gates, and. two now class corvettes. The Howe is
well advanced in constraution, and will be over 4,000
tons burden ; the Windsor Castle, old sailing ship,
will be converted into a screw ; the Itnmortalite has
been lengthened considerably, and is a fine first-
' cla,s frigate, as is also the Aurora, both to be armed
with heavy metal. The Revenge and Aurora are
very forward in their build, and the stupendous
Orlando is to be afloat in June.
Captain Henry Lyster, of her Majesty's ship
Castor, has been appointed Captain Superintendent
of the Royal William Vietualling-yard, vice Capt.
Craigie, promoted to flag rank.