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NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

A general order has been issued by command of
the Duke of Cambridge, directing that 'the usual
compliments paid to the troops, as laid down in
the Queen's regulations, are to be considered as
applicable to the officers of the civil department of
the army when in uniform.
Captain Richard Henry Traverr, 24th Regiment,
has been appointed instructor in musketry to the
3d depot battalion, quartered in the huts of Prince
Edward's Bastion, Chatham.
Au announcement was yesterday received at
Chatham fcom Buckingham Palace, by Major-
General W. H. Eden, Commandant of the gar-
rison, intimating that his Royal Highness the
Prince Consort would visit Chatham for the pur-
pose of making an inspection of the military
holitals at that gar; ison, and also the invalid
esta• lishment at St. Mary's, ap:Topriated for the
use of the sick and wounded Droops on their arrival
from India. 'The visit of his Royal Highness is to
be a strictly p:ivate one, and is understood to have
been decided upon in consequence of the reports
and statements which have recently appeared in
the Times relative to the defective state of the
military hospitals at Chatham. His Royal High-
ness was expected to arrive yesterday afternoon,
ani the usual preparations were made at the vari-
ous establishments to be -visited for his- reception;
but late .in the afternoon intelligence was received
at Chatham that the intended visit had been post,
posed.
Colonel Bloomfield,. Second Commandant of V e
Artidery G.trrison, Woolwich, and aide-de-eamp
to her Majesty, has assumed the chief command of
the-garrison during the absence on leave, as ar..-
i.ounced in, garrison _orders,: of Major• Sir Fermi&
.Williams during the'seshlon of Parliament.
Preparations for hunching this 'screw steam cor-
vette Challeuger•tolnorrow' at Woolwich care in a '
forward stare, and no delay is likely to occur be-
yond the'tine' appointed. The dockyard -gates
will be thrown open to the public at 1 o'clock, and
the hunch will commence at a quarter before 2.
The dimensions of the Challenger are similar to.
those of the Scout, Pearl, &Till, and Charybdis,
recently built at Woolwich and Chatham deck-

yards, on a new principle, to carry an armament of
21 guns. The Challenger is moreover provided
with an additional deck. Her principal dimensions
are the following :
Feet. Inches.
Length between the perpendiculars
Length of keel for tonnage.
Breadth, extreme
Breadth for tonnage
Breadth moulded
Depth in hold
Burden in tone, 1,462 21-94.
Her Majesty's screw stearn-sloop Racer, launched
a few weeks ago at Deptford, yesterday steamed
down from Woolwich to Nei-VI Reach on a trial of
her machinery of 15U-horse power (nominal). The
above named trial had been delayed for some days,
to give Vice-Admiral Sir George Sarterius au op-
portunity of being present, Sir George having been
deputed by the Portuguese Government to order a
number of 300-horse power engines from the same
film (Messrs. Humpbry and Co.) Mr. Dinnen,
the Admiralty inspector of machinery, and Mr.
Partridge, from Woolwich dockyard, accompanied
the Racer to verify the rate of speed, which was
reported as 10 3.10, with 100 revolutions per
minute.

THE WIZARD'S WONDERS IN .PAPIhR

.111ACIIE.

It was but the other day that we took oceasFon
to advert to the magnificent display of silver plte
which Mr. Anderson, the Wizard, has enabled
Messrs. Gough and Silvester to make at their rooms
in the Parade, and now we have to call the attention
to another illustration of the Wizard's taste and
munificence. At the establishment of Messrs. Jen-
nens and Bettridgo there is at the present moment a
collection of magical paraphernalia speciallyprepared
to feast the eyes of the Australian gold-digvers. Mr.
Anderson seems determined not to adventure to
the Antipodes in such a manner and with such ap-
pointments in the way of baggage as ordinary tra-
vellers adopt, but to fzeb as a Monarch, and take a
whole palace-full of palatialfurnit ure withhim. Innu-
merable tables fitted up with every descriptionof per-
plexi e g machinery, and ornamented with ice-drops
imitated in peirls and Saracenic arabesque work,
worthy of the harem of the good Hai oun al Raschid
fill an entire compartment. Then there are chairs,
with more gem work on their backs and more
mystic contrivances about their legs than chairs
were ever known to have before. Gorgeous as they
appear externally, we know well enough that there
is more bewitchment about them than we would
williogly encounter. There are fanciful bizarre-
looking stands, too, which would serve as work-
tables for a fairy princess ; there are caskets with-
out number, for any one of which we warrant t hat
&abut would have ventured his life even after
having seen the " diamond valley." There are
vases also worthy of having adorned the bond, it of
Cleopatra, and weird-looking things begemmed and
brilliant, but obviously of mysterious use. Tenny-
son's poem relative to that same Haroun al Raschid,
of whom we have already spoken, would have to be
read up for ideas of gorgeousness, opium would
have to be smoked, or hashish taken, the Alhambra
visited, Vathek looked through again, and a
kaleidoscope played with for some hours before we
could rightly describe the feast of artisic fancy
which Messrs. Jonnons and Bettridge have served
up at the touch of the Wizard's wand. We hear,
however, that these and all his new apparatus are
to be exhibited by Professor Anderson, at the
Music Hall, next week, and as the show-room will
be large enough to accommodate a goodly number
of visitors, we have no doubt that the public will
duly patronise the Wizard in return fer his,
patronage of the Birmingham manufactures, and
the spirited way in which, through his instrumen-
tality, the industry of our town will be represented
in the gold regions of the lands across the seas.--
Birmingham paper.

" AN ACCOUNT OF OFIURCLI ORNAMENTS, &C. ;" col-
lected and set forth by Messrs. Cox and Son, and pub-
lished by them at their Ecclesiastical Warehousea, 28,
and 2/, Southampton-street, Strand, Loudon.--Herein
is a series of the best examples of church furniture,
ornaments, and vestments, condensed into a pamphlet
sizty and arranged in a form the most convenient
for frequent reference. It has made us at once ac-
quainted with the requirements of the church, and the
expense thereof', whether we should desire to gratify a
taste for the elaborately ornate or the beautifully simple.
To those about to make acceptable offerings to places of
worship the work will be at once a guide and an expo-
nent ; while to the architect or founder of a church it is
to all intents and purposes an indispensable aid. It is true
it is intended for a gratuitous professional circulation,
but it is not the lees valuable on that account. Few are
aware t;f the extent of knowledge, of research, and of
reading, in collecting, illustrating, and digesting mate-
rial for suoh works.

Rap PETTICOATS.—Since the days of good Queen
Anne, when Will Honeyc untie used to devote an occa-
sional essay in the Spectator to the petticoat, that delicate
subject hits been held in too great reverence to be made
the topic of newspaper discussion. Whether it has been
owing to refinement of feeling or a lack of gallantry thatt
the petticoat has been held in sacred reserve we will not
pretend to decide, but suddenly it has been drggwee
ruthlessly before the public gaze again, and we wishan.
could add, with as much gallantry and easy g
at
is,
e were
subject.
countrywoman,D k Steel
lwhendy nh
fe
Sirhandled
Gnr
Ouseley, Washington, has been tthheecs:tua;eouorf tnhaitsiodniaei
turbance. She hag startled the poilnitligcniaa
generally,eap
byd "fluttereddisplaying taeh enriNfrow nn
walked the streets, of coutrisn
n
lifting of the robe which
that graceful and fascint not intentionally,
petticoatt habesupt aebvky:
fined no lady can ever do
vain Frenchmen have
pupPo°sendthtoe
imagined nog
The little bit of red
fieryh a d
colourthe e
iffse
supposed
masculine publicof
displayed properly
anywhereli thi
which manner aonunt etrh
ahta s
produce upon the passions an excited hull. The red
petticoat has become the current theme of conversation,
and Broadway, Gre long, will probably have a fiery
streak running! along the pavement as though a pro-
cessien of cardinals were going past in full eacerdotal
costume. Well, we must yield to the dominant fashion,
whether it be a red petticoat or a green umbrella, but we
should say that a smaofnetreirnodleristtnitinhicledter tint would be more
becomingweter. Wef or
haveuln craesceollbeectiaosn it
tf
may
yinign
once enjoyed a trauscient glimpse of an embroidered petti-
coat of snowy whiteness, which we caught an involuntary
sight of as a stately lady displayed it one day as she
lilted her brocaded robe in stepping across Broadway
to prevent the hem of her dress from coming in contact
with the muddy pavement. We have not the boldness
to oppose our humble opinion to a newly introduced
fashion, but we will venture timidly to intimate that
the snowy purity of dimity or muslin is much more
likely to make a lasting impression on the masculine
heat t than the most brilliant scarlet that ever hung about
a feminine ankle. But it is raid that Queen Victoria
wore the red petticoat when she was last at her palace
of Balmoral in the Highlands. Of course that settles
this matter, and we have not another word to
.say on
the subject. If the Queen wore the crimson jupe in
Scotland, what better reason could be desired as an
apology for our ladies wearing it in Broadway !—Ncio