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LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1858.

[PRIOR 4D. STAMPED

. _
A Royal salute of 21 guns-- _was yesteraiy_fire.d _
from the Saluting Battery of the. Royal Artillery
at Woolwich, and the Royal standard Awes hoisted]
on the flagstaff, in commemoratiowor:the anniver-
sary of her Majesty's birthday.' Arriespection of the
garrison troops, according tes a Previous spuliOunCo
ment, subsequently-took place, and seven rounds '
of 8, 10, and 13 inch shells were fired from the
Mortar Battery, forming a total of 21 rounds. Thii
troops commenced leaving their quartera about.2o
minutes before 2, during vihich time, a,s. well, as
the earlier part of the day, Borne 'smart showers-of
rain fell in rapid and continuous succession.' 'The :-
holiday folks, who had gathered 'to - the num-
ber of at least 14,000- or 15,000' persons,
conse-
quently sought every available shelter which_ the
trees •and other places afforded. Prebieely at-two
o'clock Gen. Williams and Staff arrived_ on the
ground. The General was attended by bol. BrO•rwia,;* 2
commanding the Royal Marines; Major 'nate;
BrigadeeMajor of the Garrison ; Col. Marriott ;
Col. Derinzy ; Col. Teesdale, commanding the field -
batteries • Major Teesdale, C. 8., Aide-de-Camp to
Gen.-Williams, and Equerry to his Royal High-
ness the Prince of Wales; Lieut -Col. Maude; CB.;
commanding the Royal Horse Artillery and-extra
Aide-de-Camp to the Commander-in-Chief ; Lieut.-
Col. Mandy ; Lieut.• Col. Henry, commanding the
Riding-house Establishment ; Lieut.-Col. _OroftOn,
and the field officers and adjutants usually in Staff
attendance. The ground was kept by the Riding-
house Eitablishment, together with a portion of
Foot Artillery told off for that purpose, who were
assisted by a division of police-constables under the
charge of Inspector Byrne. Arrived on thereview
ground , of Woolwich-common, the troops_ were
formed in line, broke into open columns,-right ur
front, and marched past is slow and quick time.
After marching past, the Brigade formed okithetop
of the common, facing the barrackie in the follow- •
ing'order—viz., Royal Horse Artillery in front ; a.
battalion of Royal Marines Light Infantry on te
right in quarter distance column; a field battery
at full interval ; three battalions of Infantry at
contiguous quarter distance column at deploy-
ing:cbstance ' • field battery, quarter interval ; bat-
tation Royal Marines Light Infantry, quarter dis-
tance column. The Royal Horse Artillery advanced.
down the centre of the field, led by Col. Maude, to
reccnnoitre and face the front of an enemy supposed
to be approaching. A sharp conflict then took
place, in which the Royal Horse Artillery were.
overpowered, and retired round the left flank. The
line then advanced from the left in direct echelon of
battalions, at battalion deploying distance, covered
in front and right flank by the Royal Marines, threa
companies of each battalion of the Royal Marines
ski: mishime ant three other companies supporting.
A field ba'tery then advanced from the right in di-.
root echelon of subdivisions, whoa a desperate
charge took place, in which the enemy were sup-
posed to have shifted flank. The whole of the force
was then ordered to change front quarter circle to

rior feasibility or adaptedness ends ; and, further, that
the certain risk to which any such superterranean line
would be exposed for at least 600 milks of its course to
Basra more than turns the.scale in favour of the Red
Sea line. Taking the Turkish post route, then, (shish
it is proposed .to follow,) I aim prepaied to allow that
the line from Scutari to Aleptp,, across Asia Minor,
would be tolerably secure. .F6'nt Aleppo the post route
runs through the.Birejrk, Dial &kir, Mat deen, Jezeerab,
Mosul, and Bagdad, to Basra. According to Mr. An-
drews there would be no difEculfy.Wliatever in planting
and securing the wires throughout the whole extent of
that line, whereas the very reverse would be a nearer
approximation to the truth. From Aleppo the post
route borders upon the desert or home of the Bedouins,
and cases are rare when the post can traverse the dis-
tance even from Aleppo to Bagdad' unaccompanied by
an escort. Several instances of attack made upon the
carrying tatar and his guards by the wandering Arabs,
and the plunder of the post, took place during my resi-
dence in Mesopotamia, and I am quite certain that the
Bedouins of those districts are not one whit more under
control now than they were 15 years ago. If any proof
were needed on this head I .have only to instance the
irruption of the Aniza a few months ago, and their utter
route of the Shammar, aided by the Turkish troops, in
the vicinity of Mosul ; or, later still, the attack made
upon Omar Pasha and his force by the Bedouins on his
march towards Bagdad. True those affairs transpired on
the right bank of the Trgris,lut it is no less true that
similar forays occur on the left bank ; and to such an
extent was this the case about 20 years ago that the old
direct line from Mosul to Bagdad was abandoned, and
one chosen about 60 miles nearer the hills, which neces-
sitates a lorg detour, and which at the present date is
frequently un:afe as well for the pest as for the ordinary
caravans.

mulated in convenient places and suitable quan-
tities, and in every part of the vessel there is the
promise of a speedy termination of those long-con-
tinuedand costly labours, upon which so much
anxious expectation has been bestowed, and upon
which so much depends. The directors, we be-
lieve, have made all arrangements for completing
the subscription of the large-suth of money which
they still require to get the vessel ready for sea,and
are not only at present, awaiting the necessary
powers from Parliament. To all who can spare a
few hours to view this modern monster of the deep,
we would again strongly recommend the pleasure
and satisfaction of a visit, which appears now, by
universal consent, to have acquired a national
interest.

THE DISGRACEFUL DUEL IN PARIS.

The French papers publish the following com-
munications relating to the recent deplorable
affair at Vesinet :
To the Director and Redaden-in-Chid of the lvdustriel.

GeutleineuT:Tieoficers of the garrison of Saint Ger-
main (Ist Regiment of the Cuirassiers of the Guards)
request, and in case of need require you to insert in
your ntat number the following letter, which they have
just received from their comrade, M. Roge, officer of
the 9th Cbasseurs.
(Signed) Captains Deshautscbamps, Griffaud, Schlosser,
Guillon, Collot, De Billet, Dequeu, Villard,
Champigneule, Cordier, De BAsberanger.
Lieutenants De Vathaire, Bloume, Tristan de
l'Herault, Loudly, A. Perin, Hertrich, A.
Marcq, De Ravel, Sub-Lieutenants Gallet de
Santarre, Barnard, Thierry, Brissnn' Mcrin,
De Courmont, -Prension Bag, Fievee, Dufilhol,
Lades, -Desrayaud, L'iclede Becquey, Chate-
lain, Lafon, Liston, Becoulet de Tarragon, De
-Blangyi Godefrin.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, MONDAY MORNING.

A WESTERN PACKET STATION.

As regularly as summer has come, that pleasant
season for 10 long years has brought with it a pro-
gramme for the establishment by some enterprising
individual or company of a line of vessels destined
to try the great experiment of direct communica-
tion between the ports of Galway and New York or
Boston, according to the notions of the projectors.
It is needless to remark that each and every pro-
ject has hitherto proted a complete abortion, but
this year, the public are positively assured, the
trial is to be made, and the Statement of a Dublin
journal of Saturday last is corroborated by the sub-
' joined announcement, which appears in the Gaticay
Mercury :
"Galway has been frequently disappointed in her
hopes of becoming united by steam with the gt eat 'Trana-
atlantic Republic : but we are under the impression that
her hopes of seeing that most desirable consummation are
now upon the eve of being realised. The very enterpris-
ing Mr. Lever has purchased a first-cla:s steamer to rly
between Galway and New York or B tston. A company
has been already, we may say, formed for the purpose of
seconding the intentions of Mr. Lever in this project, by
which the interests of Galway will be so materially pro-
moted.. The Midland Great Western Company will also
coma forward in aid of the undertaking, an undertaking
which, if successful—and successful it must prove if
properly managed—must greatly improve the resources
of the company's line, as Galway will certainly, in the
event of a first-rate steamer star. in? from this port for
America, become the only point of departure for all
emigrating from Ireland to America. The voyage can
be made in about eight days, and the it:tended ar-
rangement is that the trips be fortnightly made. It is
calculated that on her first trip this steamer will take
out about 600 emigrant passengers, and that on her
' return she will take 1,000 bales of cottoa, with a
quantity of other American produce. These goods can
be transported hence to the markets of Da blin and Liver-
pool. We have often said that Galway must exert her-
self if she wool.. ascend in the scale of couralerce, of
trade, of manufactures, of wealth. An enterprising
stranger has now led the way, and if the people of Gal-
way but aid him in carrying out his enterprise, there can
be but little doubt that Galway will soon be what she
ought to have been long since, united with America by
all the ties of interest, of commerce, and of trade ; and we
are positive that if Galway make but a good beginning in
this very important project, America will do all she can
to aid the noble enterprise. Mr. Lever de,erves well of
Galway, and we wish him every success in his spirited
undertaking."
In the same paper there is this additional notifi-
cation :

Belled an article which was an•
insultAbbteovilaile,i
the officers
" GENTLEMEN, —Figaro, in its number of May G., in-
of the army. In giving an account of a soiree, this jour-
nal said,--'Remarkable Improvement.—The inevitable
sub-lieutenant was pot there,' &c. On reading this ar-
ticle, M. Courtiel, a sub-lieutenant of the 9th Cbasseurte
in garrison at Amiene, addressed a letter to M. (Jenne
(the 'Nemo' of Figaro), the author of the article, calling
upon him for satisfaction f r the insult. Almost simul-
taneously M. Hyenne, an officer of the same regiment,
in garrison'at Abbeville, also sent a challenge to M. de
Pens. No answer was Bent to .either of these letters, but
Figaro of the 13th contained a second article, replying
in coarse terms, to M. Couffielle letter. Thearupcin this
officer came to Paris, accbmpanied by his two seconds,
M.M. Hyenas and Roge. The meeting between M. de
Pene and M. Courtiel took place in Vesinet Wood. M.
Courtiel having received a wound in the fore part of his
arm was compelled to renounce the combat, which had
been of very short duration (one minute). M. Hyenne '
then approaching M. de Pene, addressed him with the
most perfect coolness, and the following dialogue oc-
curred also, sir, wrote to you on the subject of
your article, and I signed my name to my letter. Do
you remember it Yes, sir, I do.' Then you owe me
satisfaction, and I demand it of you.' But it would be ,
very difficult for me to fight with all the officers of the
army.' You have insulted them all, and they have all
the right to Erect you to draw the s word." I refer to my
seconds.' In this state of things the seconds having in-
timated their intention to leave the ground, M. Hyenne
urgently repeated his demand to fight M. de Pene, and
that if a meeting were refined he should be under the
painful necessity of insulting him. -M. de Pene and his
seconds continuing to refuse, M. Eyenne, after a last
entreaty, which produced no effect, used an insulting
gesture (a chiquenaud) towards his adversary, eho
thereupon asked his seconds what he should do.
They replied, ' You must fight.' , But one of them
ot,jected that M. Ilyenne ought not to be allowed
to measure swords with an adversary whose method of
fighting he had just had an opportunity of studying. M.
Hyenne, who had pistols about him, insisted that M.
de Pene should choose the arm which he preferred. The
sword was chosen, and M. de nee received two wounds.
We think it necessary to give you all the details of this
doable meeting, in order that your °pito ,n may not be
misled by reading the contradictory anal malicious cern-
extents of certain j ,urcals. F. r instance, in the Indus-
triel of Se Germain, which first gave an account of the
duel, it was s ated that M. Courtiel was wounded and
M. Hyenne thought fit to take up the eEir. Tide w. y
of telling the story is insulting a al incorieet, for 11'.
Hyenne did not avenge M. Courtiel, but the entire
army. This is the proper place to inset tin the most un-
equivocal manner that M. de Pbsie was responsible for
his article, not only to an individusl but to a class. 1,.
the Figaro programme of the 17th, M. de Villemessant,
allusion to the energetic and calin intervention of M.
Hyenne, calls it an 'indescribable scone.' He takes
care to notice only the provocation, and passes over the
entirely !Toper conduct of that officer. The army,
which is such a good judge in affairs of honour, will ap-
preciate the facts. The officers of the cavalry and artil-
lery of the Guard, as well as those of the 84,h regiment,
have spontaneously assured me of their en:ire sympathy.
Gentlemen, my desire is that the array, to whom the
original insult was addressed, should know precisely in
what way it was avenged.
(Signed) " ROGE, one of the seconds."

But from Bagdad to Basra the route is still mote in-
secure, so much so, is,decti'lhat- letters only are de.
spatched by it. I well remembered while at Basra last
year wishing to send a small parcel by the carrying tatar;
but it was objected that any such accompaniments might
endanger the safety of the post, since the bags were fre-
quently opened by the Arabe, who, however, seldom
plundered them if they contanied nothing but letters ;
and the same outrage, with the same forbearance, is
frequently perpetrated on our own post from Bagdad to
Damascus.

Again, it may seem to convey some idea of the tem-
per and power of the Arabs, and of the impotence of
the Turkish authorities in those districts to repress their
outrages and exactions, if I inform you that black mail
is levied by them on every boat ascending or descend-
ing the Tigris and Euphrates ; and, though frequent
complaints on this head have, at the instance of British
merabaets at Bagdad, been addressed to the Port-,
the imposition still exists, and will doubtless continue
to exist, for the Porte is powerless to remove it.
Even during the late Persian expedition every boat-
oad of supplies coming from Bagdad was subject to the
ram 9 exaction, and, when resisted, the beats were de•
tained until the sum demanded was paid. Under such
circumstances what chance is there that theeereaqy law-
less Arabs will suffer a line of tsletjaph to traverse their
independent domains? Tee proj,ictors of feeeti a scheme
may rest assured that unless they themselves are pre-
pared to provide the protection requisite (which they
certainly are not), the Arabs about the Euphrates and
Tigris will steal their poets and wires, not so much out
of spite or enmity (though that will not be wanting if
the Turks are known to have any interest in theru), as
for the small intrinsic value of such petty booty.
Against the conneciing submarine line from Basra to
Kurrachee there is nothing to urge, except, by the way,
the possibility that some other station may be required
whereon to land the cable besides the Indian navy coal-
ing station at Bassadore. That difficu'ty, however, which
Mr. .Amdrews makes so much of in the Red Sea he
thinks nothing of in connection with hi, favourite route
via the Gulf. But why ? one may reasonably ark. Are
any of the islands in the Persian Gulf more our own than
th so in the Rid Sea? Are they safer and less exposed
to attack from pirates and freebout,:re ? Or would a
-station iu the Red Sea ? C,rteilaly not ; and yet Mr.
Andrewe assumes that to be a serious obstacle in the
pease to regard rather 21,3 an advan-
otags
c ians
thee
. he I
hope the above arguments will be fairly weighed,
which
and if so weighed there can be no doubt which line will
be adopted ifor telegraphic communication with India.
To my own mind, indeed (and I have traversed the Red
Sea six times, travelled over the greater part of Mr.
Andrew's projected route fair times, and have had as
much personal experience with Arabs as any English-
man living), the question has been placed beyond dis-
pute since the publiewion of Captain Pullet's despatch,
and the sane convic.ion must force itself upon every
candid inquirer into the advantages of the trio routes
now before tht remain, yours, &c.,

the right, and form line on the right battalion, on
which order the battery on the right inamPdiately
came into " action eight " and opened fire. A
large party of skirmishers commenced firing as soon
as their line was formed in the new direction, the
battery on the left making the best of its way to
the extreme left, and al,o opening fire. The bat-
talion% then deployed upon their front or rear com-
pardes ; the skirinishtrs ret;rod through the inter-
vals, formed in rear of their supports, and c-en-
=peed file firing from the right of companies. They
then retired from the left in echelon cf battalions,
at battalion distance; by the flank march of corn-
parries, through the two batra'ions of ltlat infantry
extended in rear. The batteries then retired, the
right battery a little in advance of right battalion,
the'left a little in rear of left battalion. At this
poiht the battalions were ordered to halt, front,
and form int.) square on front companies. The
Marines formed square on each flank, clear of the
fire from the t.atterie4. The orderwas then sounded
to prepare for cavalry, when the Royal Horse
Artillery advanced to the front, reformed column,
wheeled to the left, and formed contiguous quar-
ter distance column on the left battalion of
Royal Marines. The column of troops on the right
and of the batteries on the left advanced, halted,
and performed a geeeral salute. The Royal Artillery
forined a hollow square, iu the centre of which were
drawn up 41 non-commissioned officers and gun-
nets, distinguished for long service and good con-
duct., to each of whom General Williams presented
a etiedal. The bands of music were then called in,
taking their posts at the head of their respective
carps, and the B. igade marched off the ground.
Yesterday the troops of the line attached to the
lat battalion of infantry at Chathani were drawn
up inside the Spur Batter: for the purpose of wit-
nessing the carrying into effect of the sentence of a
district court-martial on two privates of the 53d
Regiment, named Philcox and Harris, each of
whom was on Thursday last tried before a district
court-martial at Chatham Barracks, and found
guilty—Philcox of having made use of highly in-
subordinate language to Captain L. Sidebottom,
the Adjutant of the battalion, in the presence of
the troops assembled on the parade-ground, and
Harris of having, while stationed with a detach-
ment at Eastlicurne, been guilty of mutinous con-
duct in assaulting the escort who had a prisoner in
charge, and endeavouring to cause him to: escape.
The Court adjudged each of the prisoners to re-
' ceive 50 lashes, and also to undergo 84 days' impri-
sonment in Fort Clarence. During the infliction
of the punishment, and while being tied. up to the
triangles, both prisoners appeared to treat the
matter with the greatest bravado. Philcox has
been several years in the service and bears a bad
character, having been flogged on a previous occa-
sion; Harris, who is very young, has only been a
soldier a few months. The prisoners were re-
moved to the military hospital, and as soon as they
are fit to be discharged from that establishment
they will undergo the remaining portion of their
punishment in the military prison at Rochester.
The tents for the troops belonging to the 3d bat-
talion at Chatham garrison, under the command of
Lieu'.-Col. C. E. Fairtlough, have been
i!itched
inside the fortificatisns at Prince Edward Bas-
tion, closely contiguous to the huts. The
officers and men belonging to the 94th
which
have taken possession of them, in addition to ic
the 19th and 75th Regiments are also to be en-
camped.
On Friday last Major-Gen. Sir Jaa. Chatterton,
commanding the cavalry brigade at Curragh Camp,
made an inspection of the sth Royal Irish Lancers
at Newbridge Barracks. The whole of the regiment
were drawn up on foot, with lances carried. Their
appearance created universal approbation ; they
formed in four squadrons numbering 130 men each,
and all in uniform. They marched past iu slow and
quick time, and no regiment of long standing could
have done it more correctly. On close column
being formed Sir Jas. Chatterton addressed the re-

"Two memorials, most respectably and numerously
signed, have been transmitted from this town—one to
his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant, the other to the
Post•nflice—praying that. the American mails be trans-.
mitted for one month by the first-rate steamship about
to be started by Mr. Ofrell Lnver from this port to New
York or Boston in a few weeks. From the way in
which this port has been treated by the English Govern-
nt in the packet station question we doubt much whe-
ther the memorials alluded to will meet with a favour-
able reception. However, it is well that the authorities
have been applied to in the case. A refusal on their
part nil show how little Ireland has to expect from the
Saxon G verarnent—whether Whig (I. Tory. Should
tt e t r 43t,i:0: the memoria i .ts be gr-ntecl;:all we have to
shy is that we sball be most agreeably curpri.s...e3, and at
the same time most 'agreeably delighted.'"
NEW QUEEN'S COUNSEL.

GEORGE PEP.CY BADGER.
St. Petersburg place, Bayswa•er, May 24.

The following gentlemen are to be called to the
inner bar on Wednesday next. Of the 12 selected
for the honour 10 may be claimed as Conservativei,
and the small balance of two as Liberals :—Charles
Andrews, Esq., of the Connaught bar; Edward IL
Borroughs, Esq., of the Chancery bar; Hedges
Eyro Chatter:on, Esq., of the Munster bar ; W.
Cary Dobbs, Esq., M.P., of the North-East bar;
T. Rice Henn, Eq., of the Munster bar ; NV.
Carlisle Henders Esq., of the North-West b,r ;
Charles Kelly, Esq., of the Connaught bar ; Alex-
ander Norman, Esq., of the North-WeF.t bar ;
Henry Ormsby, Esq., of the North-East bar ; E.
Pennefather, Esq., of the Leinster bar ; Edward
-Sullivan, Esq., of the Munster bar ; Robert R.
Warren, Eig., of the Munster-bar.

THE r vJM'IIAN.

Though still very far from being completed, this
magnificent triumph of constructive skill offers an
amount of interest to the visitor which we would
recommend every one who has
the
opportunity to
take immediately, by an actual lnspection of its
wonderful details. Availing
f. themselves of the re-
cont arrangement Er viewing the monster ves-
sel, a large number ofcs yt strday went on
board bur, and passed 'several hours in the
examination of her several parts. The day was
particularly propitious to the objects of such a
visit, inasmuch as the ship, being free from work-
men, no impediment was occasioned either to the
hand, works on the one ha or the movements of the
visitors on the ol ' The Leviathan is still
anchored off Deptford,• almost exactly opposite the
yard of Scott Russell and Co., from which she was
launched, and the itlecommunication between her and
g
the shoreabundance of employment to the
boatmen of Greenwich and Deptford du:ing the
better part of the day.
Approaching her, the visitor immediately realises
ail the vastness and beauty of her proportions. Be-
t-veen her and the
150 feet, is a small flotilla shore, at the distance of about
of steamers of the largest
size, including the L tile Western ; yet tires-, large
as they
isigiific
certainlyuiara.e, instantly dwindle into com-
parative nce in the presence of this
monster of the deep. A cormirceiious staircase has
been rigged cut over the ship's side, by which
visitors can easily ascend to the deck, when they
Producing are admitted on the ticket issued by the
Eastern Steam Nav-g ion Company for the pur-
pose. Having reachedia' the deck, the visitor is lest
in amazement and
__admiration at its enormous ex-
tent, the delightful promenade which it presents,
and the commanding view which is had from it.
will
As our readersgenerally bo aware, its
dimensions from stem to stern an 7GO feet, and be-
tween the paddle•bexs 83 feet. This vast space
is covered with iroundp slates, riveted together with
a
amazing strength neatness, and constituting a
part of the cellular arrangement which, following
out the mechanical proved so
°
successful
which has
triumphantly saul in the Britannia tubular
bridge, has been acted upon in building the Levia-
than. Thsebleii.intgell:tYes are not yet finished, and the
larger on,
uncovered, afford the visitor
an excl'ent opportunity for inspecting the cellular
s'ructure of the sides of the vessel, and of forming
for himself some idea
by of her amazing strength.
Descending
temporaryabout ladders into the fore
and after holds, tofive or six feet above the
ow
l-water mark the cells are to be seen. The inner
hull, or " skin," of the ' as shipwrights term
it, separated from the outside plates by an in. erval
of 2 feet 10 inches, is
places, and the visitor has "4
Perc'Ptible in these
to imagine that every
six feet within the included
arespace run longitudinal
webS of iron-plate, whichsame
again subdivided by
transverse plates at the
th iekne distances. These
plates are incarenadsetdbien thickness towards the bottom
of the ship,
the same time lessened • tt distances betwf en them is at
, ills the bottom of the
ship possesses greater strencith than the upper part,
obviously for the purpose of enabling it to support
the superincumbeet pressure, if it be necessary to
ground her for repairs. '
Among the other objects
w in the fore and after holds, which ill also impress
the visitor with the vast mass of
the ship, are the
capstans for hauling iu the cables,
As the monster
takes with her ten anchors, 'a: 800 fathoms of
chain cable, it may be supposed
that the mechanical
contrivances for this purpose
are proportionally
large. The visitor will find, accordingly, that she
and
has four capstans forward as many aft, one
being placed on each deck. These capstans will be
by small auxiliary mg!
tion to the stupendous which, in addi-
machirnree4 for driving the
paddle-wheels and the screw-propeller, are to be
provided for pumping, hoisting s tils, and raising
and lowering the twenty large boats, which will
be kept on deck, and al-0 the,
'we 70-ton screw-
steamers, which will b ) carried
im davits aft the
padd'e box, to be used for embarking and landing
and
passengers. The saloons berths on the several
decks will be visited with great interest. The
engines are in course of erecting, and a portion of
deck,
the work is to be seen from thebut frgin there
only, as visitors are not admitted
a into the engine-
rooms. This petition of the ,
.:
ertaking appears
to be in course of execution lu. 1
ton, manner worthy of
the great work of which it is
form so important
a part, and when it is remembered that the engines
will stand nearly 40 feet
andhigbh,. that each of the
cylinders weighs 26 tons,alength of stroke
of 14 feet, it will be understooda that, when com-
pleted, they will form one of theo
bmoet stupendous
works of art of which we have
t
W a
`With respect to the general at ate boast.
ftihe vessel, it
is only to be remarked that its Ip[earance presents
the usual indications of preparation.'_
Materials,
i machinery, anti implements 91 all kinds are accu•

giment in gratifying and soldierlike terms, express-
ing his great astonishment at what he bad wit-
nessed, not having thought it possible.that so much
could have been done to make so magnificent a re-
giment in so short a time. The gallant general paid
a well-deserved campliment to the colonel of the
regiment, and stated his opinion that the sth
Lancers had only to proceed as they had begun, and
that in a short time they would be second to no
regiment of cavalry in her Majesty's service.
The steam transport Rhadamanthus sailed from,
Woolwich yesterday morning for Portsmouth, call-
ing at Sheerness to embark supernumeraries for the
fleet. She was laden with steam boilers and ma-
chinery, and took 17 seamen and lads from the
Figard and conveyed the gunboats Ready and
Thrush,
of 40-horse power each, for Portsmouth.
The following frsightships have arrived at
Chatham with war stores, and are now unloading
a
viz.:--the Hope, Dyer, master ;
vessel ; and the Duck, Weal,
the t the
Ann, d
master. cvkirturdalijug
The skips at Portsmouth " dressed" yesterday
mornieg at eight o'clock, and the Royal standard
was hoisted on all the Government establishments.
At noon a Royal salute was commenced by the Gar-
rison battery, which was taken up by all the ships
included in the admiral's orders. In the afternoon
the regiment in garrison were paraded on Southsea-
common. The weather was very bad,:and as evening
approached heavy rain set in. The Commander-in-
Chief, Sir G. Seymour, and Rear-Admiral the Hon.
Geo. Grey went to Osborne to visit her Majesty.
In M •
y.
In the evening there was a ball in honour of the
day at the King's-room., under the patronage of
all t Ito naval and military dignitaries.
We learn ly electric telegraph f
that the Monarch, 84. flag 01 Rear-AdmiralrornPlymouth
H. W.
Bruce, from the Pacific, was off that port going .up
Channel yesterday afternoon.
Mr. R. H. Pea' son, First Class
Assistant-Engi-
neer, has been • appointed to her Majesty's sh p
Archer.

ACTS or PARLIAMENT.—The number of public acts
which have rec Lived the Royal assent in the present
sessitm, commencing on the 3d December, is only 20.
Mn. HENRY WATT.—The public will be glad to
hear that Mr. Henry Watt, well known as the chief
engineer cf the Cagliari, though far from being quite
well, is improving in health and spirits. He is at
p, esent residing at the sfiaside, and it is confidently
bel;eved that he will quite recover from the effects of
his long and cruel imprisonment in Bomba's prisons.
—Nocccol:c Lrprea.