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INDUCING MILITIAMEN TO DESERT.—At the
Portsmouth quarter sessions on Saturday last, before Mr.
John Duke Coleridge, Recorder, a man named Constable,

described in the calendar as a musician, was charged with
harbouring and concealing divers persons, knowing them
to be deserters from the 2d Royal Cheshire Regiment of
Militia. The case for the prosecution was conducted by
Mr. Poulden and Mr. Russell, the prisoner being defended
by Mr. Sergeant Parry (specially retained) aneMr. Gun-
'nor. Before the merits of the ease were gone into a ques-
tion of law was raised as to whether the 87th section of the
Mutiny Act, under which the indictment was framed, ap-
plied to the prisoner, he not being himself a militiaman.
The Recorder ruled that it did not, and the prisoner was
therefore discharged.

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[ADvmertsvmENT.l—Tiolloway's Ointment and Pills
have again Cured an Ulcerated Leg.—Charles Martin, of
Winchester, was Tor sixteen years afflicted with an ulce-
rated leg; there were sixteen womuls in it of an alarming
character, and he tried every remedy that professional
skill could devise, which, however, only made him worse,
and with disease and suffering he became a more skeleton.
About ten months ago ha commenced using Holloway 's
Ointment and Pills, and these wonderful remedies in
twelve weeks left him without a wound or blemish, en-
joying sound and robust health. This is not a solitary
instance of a limb being saved when eminent medical men
have confidently asserted, "Life or limb must Suf-
ferers surtuld not despair, but try Holloway's specifies.

William Moore, stoker, the Lee, wound of the eye; cured,
returned to duty.
William Tookey, stoker, the Plover, wound of the hip ;
cured, returned to duty.
William Painter, A. 8., the Forester, wound of back;
cured, returned to duty.
James Mitchell, gunner, Royal Marino Artillery, the
Cruiser, wound of buttock, discharged to the Assistance for
treatment, Aug. 5.

John Donald, Sergeant, Royal Marines, Ist battalion
Royal Marino Brigade, wound of shoulder; ditto.
Isaac Barnes, Sergeant, Royal Marines, Ist battalion
Royal Marine Brigade, wound of buttock ; ditto.
John Darling, Corporal, Ist battalion Royal Marine
Brigade, wound of shoulder ; ditto.
William Brim, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of thigh ; ditto.
Henry Kent, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of jaw ; discharged to Magicienne for passage
to sick quarters, Hong Kong, July 28.
Charles Wilkins, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine
Brigade, wound of thigh ; ditto.
John Littlechild, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine
Brigade, wound of arm ; ditto.
Thcmas Wyke, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of thigh; ditto.
John Patterson, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of thigh ; ditto.
John Lenden, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of shoulder; discharged to the Assistance for
treatment, Aug. 5.
Charles Gillam, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of arm ; discharged to the Magicienno for
passage to sick quarters, Hong Kong, July 28.
Henry Dyke, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of kneo; discharged to tho Assistance for
treatment, Aug. 5.
Thomas Felling, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine
Brigade, wound of hand; ditto.
Emanuel Wilkes, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine
Brigade, wound of arm; ditto. _ _

Thomas Kiteherman, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine
Brigade, wound of thigh; ditto.
William Blount, private, Ist Battalion Royal Marine
Brigade, wound of neck and abdomen, ditto.
William Colt, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-

janes3raiiin, prihte, Ist b:
gade, wound of groin; ditto.
Christopher Owen, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine
Brigack, wound of buttock; discharged to the Magicienne
for passage to sick quarters, Hong Kong, July 28.
Michael Heritage, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine
Brigade, wound of thigh ; ditto.
Michael Donovan, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine
Brigade, wound of thigh ; ditto.
George Morley, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade ; wound of arm ; ditto.
John Stubbs, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of buttock ; ditto
Robert Cradwell, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine
Brigade, wound of thigh; ditto.
William Forster, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine
Brigade, wound of arm ; ditto.
George Bowman, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine
Brigade, wound of shoulder;. ditto.
John Perry, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Brigade,
wound in thigh ; ditto.
Michael Carrigan, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine
Brigade, wound of elbow; ditto.

alion

'urine

James Buchanan, sapper, Royal Engineers, wound of
face; discharged to the Fury for passage
.to Military Hos-
pital, Hong Kong, July 30.
(Signed) WALTER DICKSON, M.D.,
Surgeon to her Majesty's ship Chesapeake."
RETURN OF TIIE WOUNDED ON BOARD HER MAJESTY'S
TROOP-SHIP ASSISTANCE, BETWEEN THE 26TH OF JULY
AND TILE 22D OF AUGUST, 1859.
W. G. 11. Masters, Captain Royal Marines, the Chesa-
peake, wound of arm, cured ; discharged to the Chesapeake.
N. B. Smith, Acting Lieutenant, the Chesapeake, frac-
ture of arm, invalided; sent home by packet.
James Hammond, A. 8., the Chesapeake, amputation of
left leg, invalided ; nearly healed.
George Pullen, stoker, the Chesapeake, amputation of
right thigh, invalided ; nearly healed.
John M'Leod, ordinpy, the Chesapeake, amputation of
left leg, invalided ; stump sloughing.
John Hirst, A. 8., the Chesapeake, wound of head,• in-
valided; nearly wEll.
George Pyne, boy's class, the Chesapeake, wound of
shoulder, invalided ; doing well.
John Parfitt, captain mast., the Chesapeake, wound of
abdomen, invalided ; doing well.
John Haines, ordinary, the Chesapeake, amputation of
left leg, invalided ; healed.
John Welsh, ordinary, the Chesapeake, loss of right eye
and fracture of'skull, invalided ; healed.
James Clay, private Royal Marines, the Chesapeake,
amputation of left leg, invalided ; doing well.
George Mayne, captain's mate, the Magicienne, amputa-
tion of thigh, invalided ; doing well.
Richard Mitcllidl, captain's coxswain, Magicienne,
wound of foot, invalided; wound sloughing.
Francis Sullivan, captain maintop, the Magicienne,
wound of thigh and fever, invalided; wound sloughed; im-

proving.
John Davis, A. 8., the Magicionne, loss of left eye and
wound of arm, invalided ; convalescent.
Francis Smith, boatswain's mate, Magicienne, wound of
leg, invalided; convalescent.
James Mist, A. 8., the Magicienne, wound of arm, in-
valided ; ball remaining.
Henry Croft, captain of crow, the Magicienno, wound of
neck, invalided; ball remaining.
James Hawkins, A. 8., the Magicienne, wound of leg,
invalided ; ball remaining.
Alfred Taylor, gunner, Royal Marine Artillery, the Ma-
gicienne, wound of wrist, invalided; ball remaining.
Edward Kellaway, gunner, Royal Marine Artillery, the
Magicienne, compound fracture of the clavicle, invalided;
improving.
Charles Collhis, A. 8., the Magacienne, wound of right
leg, invalideit ; nearly healed.
A. J. Tharniston, Master, the Banterer, contusion of both
knees, invalided ; knee-joint inflamed ; now improving.
He•try Hampshire, ordinary, the Highflyer, amputation
of kit leg, invalided ; wound unhealthy.
Luke Crawford, leading seaman, the Highflyer, wound
of heel, invalided ; improving.
Armand Powlett, midshipman, the Fury, wound of right
thigh, invalided ; has disease of hip-joint.
Samuel Baker, ordinary, the Fury, wound of right arm, '
cured ; returned to duty.
William Fry, captain of crew, the Fury, amputation left
arm, invalided ; healed.
Henry Waters, boy lst class, tho Fury, fracture of skull,
invalided ; doing well.
Mark Cunningham, leading stoker, the Fury, wound of
heel, invalided ; slow:hing.
William Goodwin, bomb., Royal Marino Artillery, the
Fury, wound inside, invalided ; sloughing, doing well.
George Lee, ordinary, the Assistance, wound of mites,
invalided ; improving.
Jeffrey 'Weston, A. 8.1 the Assistance, wound of chest,
invalided; improving.
Alfred Jacobs, armotirer, the Assistance, wound of elbow,
nvalided ; wound healed.
William Ryan, gunner, 3d class, the Plover, amputation
of right arm, invalided; sent home by packet.

Thomas Lemon, Colonel, .Ist battaliim Royal Marine Bri
gade, wound of head, invalided ; sent home by packet.
A. W. 0. Smith, Lieutenant, Ist battalian Royal Marine
Brigade, wound of head, cured ; returned to duty.
T. T. Collins, Lieutenant, Ist battalian Royal Marine
Brigade, wound of left thigh, cured ; returned to duty."
Henry Smith, private, let battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, shot through left lung, dead.
Charles J. Churchfield, corporal, 'lst battalian Royal
Marine Brigade, wound of both thighs, dead..
William R. Tilley, sergeant, Ist battalion Royal Marino
Brigade, wound of right thigh, cured ; returned to duty.
James Reid, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Brigade,
wound of left arm, cured ; returned to duty.
John Donald, sergeant, Ist battalion Royal Maine Bri-
gade, wound of right shoulder, invalided; healed, ball re-
maining.
James Martin, private, Ist battalion Royal Marino Bri-
gade, wound of thigh, invalided ; sloughed, doing well.
John Lenden, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of shoulder, invalided ; healed, ball remaining.
Isaac Barnes, sergeant, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of thigh, invalided; healed, ball zemaining.
Emanuel Weekes, private, lst battalion , Royal Marine
Brigade, wound of wrist ; healed.
William Colt, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of pelvii, invalided ; healed.
William Brim, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of thigh, invalided ; healed.
John Darling, corporal, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of right shoulder, invalided ; healed, ball re-
maining..
Henry J. Dyke, private, lst battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of left knee, invalided ; healed, ball remaining
William Blount, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of side, invalided ; healed, ball remaining.
George Perrin, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, loss of left thumb, invalided; healed.
Thomas Kitcherman, private, Ist battalion Royal -Ma-
rine Brigade, wound of right thigh, invalided ; healed.
Samuel Baker, sergeant, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of left arm, invalided ; sloughing, improved.
George Lees, private, let battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of wrist, invalided; wrist joint stiff.
Edward Dean, corporal, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of ankle joint, invalided ; bone fractured, im-

proving.
James Clift, private, Ist battalion Royal Marino Brigade,
wound of shoulder, invalided; healed.
Edward Hulme, corporal, Ist battalion Royal Marine
Brigade, wound' of thigh, invalided; sloughed, nearly
healed.
William Cornfield, private,, Ist battalion Royal Marine
Brigade, wound of hand, invalided ; doing well.
*ToWitillMl.WArisilfrfaiiffirrsCbaßkton Royal Marine
Brigade, amputation of right thigh, invalided ; improving.
Luke Duffy, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Brigade,
wound of leg, invalided ; wound sloughed, improving.
William Johnson, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine
Brigade, wound of shoulder, invalided ; wound sloughed,
improving.
Robert Morris, bugler, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of thigh, invalided ; wound sloughed, improv-
ing.

Charles Grattan, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine
Brigade, wound of arm, invalided ; wound sloughed, im-
proving.
Henry Tippetts, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine
Brigade, wound of elbow joint, invalided; sloughing, dan-
gerously ill.
J.thn Campbell, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of right arm, invalided ; improving.
Jacob Fry, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Brigade,
wound of left arm, invalided ; sloughing.
James Handley, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of left kneo, invalided; healed.
Henry Rollinson, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of right elbow, invalided; slouching, doing
well.

James Hardacro, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of right arm, invalided; sloughing, doing well.
William Woods, private, Ist battalion royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of left shoulder, invalided ; healed.
Elias Wooaruffe, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound in back, invalided ; healed.
Charles Roberts, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound in left shoulder, invalided; nearly healed.
Thomas Francis, colour-sergeant, Ist battalion Royal
Marine Brigade, wound in right ankle, invalided; doing
well.
Alfred Dowsett, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of left shoulder, invalided ; improving.
James Webb, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of left foot, invalided ; sloughing.
James Cooper, private, ht battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of arm, invalided ;
sloughed, doing well.
Daniel Payne, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Brigade,
wound of right shoulder, invalided ; sloughing, improving.
Wm. Archer, private, Ist battalion Royal-Marine Brigade.
wound of left forearm, invalided ; healed, elbow joint stiff.
Charles Fisher, private, Ist battalion Royal Marian Bri.
gade, wound of right wrist, invalided ; ball remaining, use
of forearm imperfect.
George Melhuish, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine
Brigade, wound of left shoulder, invalided ; healed.
Charles Cavalier, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine
Brigade, ball through right knee, invalided ; knee joint
partially anchylosed.
George Brickmore, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine
Brigade, wound in both thighs, invalided; right leg
sloughed, ball in loft thigh, doing 'well.
John Doyle, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of right leg, invalided; wound sloughed, part
of tendon Achilles gone.
John Bayley, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of right shoulder ; healed.
Stephen Arnett, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine
Brigade, wound in left groin, invalided ; ball remaining.
John Mansfield, private, lance corporal, Ist battalion
Royal Marine Brigade, wound of right arm ; healed.
John Bennett, sergeant, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of right thigh, invalided; healed.
William Evans, sergeant, Ist battalion Royal Marine
Brigade, wound of left leg, invalided; healed, ball re-
maining.
James Langley, private, Ist battalion Royal Marino
Brigade, wound of shoulder, invalided ; healed.
George Holmes, lance corporal, Ist battalion Royal
Marine Brigade, ball through pelvis and thigh, invalided ;
healed.
W. S. Bailey, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of thigh, invalided ; healed.
John Turner, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of right arm, invalided ; healed.
Fred. Mears, lance corporal, Ist battalion Royal Marine
Brigade, wound of left side, invalided ; healed.
John Goodchild, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine
Brigade, wound in abdomen, invalided; sloughed, doing
well.
Thomas Harrington, sergeant, Ist battalion Royal Marine
Brigade, wound in groin ; healing.
James Wills, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of left knee; nearly healed.
Thomas Frith, private, let battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of right shoulder, invalided; healed.
Thomas Dale, private, Ist battalion Royal Marine Bri-
gade, wound of left leg, invalided; convalescent.
John Palmer, sapper, Royal Engineers, left pelvis car-
ried away ; dead.
Andrew Greig, sergeant, Royal Engineers, wound of left
arm ; sent to Military Hospital, Hong, Kong.
Charles Doridge, sapper, Royal Engineers, wound of
left thigh; sent to Military Hospital, llong Kong.
John M'Qucen, corporal, Royal Engineers, wound of
right shoulder; sent to Military Hospital, Hong Ko:ig.
John Triggle, sapper, Royal Engineers, wound of rigir
arm; sent to Military Hospital, Hong Kong.
A, WATSON, M.D., Surgeon in Chwge.

Instead of asserting that Surrey riflemen would
never hide behind a bush or a tree, he should have
expressed his earliest hope that they would do so,
and the teaching them " how to do it" is of vital
importance. This truth may be illustrated by the
following anecdote.
At the battle of Fuentes d'Onore the 71st Regi-
ment was strongly engiged, and lost a great many
men. It was relieved by the 431 after the battle,
and its Colonel, Cadogan, observing a 43d soldier
looking intently upon the body of a 71st man who
had fallen in a gap of the wall, said to him, " That
was a brave man." " Yes," was the reply, " and I
was just thinking he was too brave; he pushed into
the gap and got killed, instead of keeping behind
the wall and killing his enemy."
Sir, the art of hiding behind trees and bushes,
rocks, sticks, and stones, is the very essence of mo-
dern warfare. The teaching regular soldiers ho
to move in masses is an absolutely necessary founda-
tion to support the superstructure of real warfare,
which is, in fact, this very hiding behind sticks and
stones. A great deal is said about bayonet charges
and solid onsets of heavy columns, but much less of
that takes place than is supposed by men who only
read of war; three-fourths of every battle between
regular armies depend upon the stick and stone
iractiee, and the whGle of a battle, as between volun-
teer rifle corps and regular troops, will depend upon
the former's skill in hiding. This is called light
infantry work—a very applicable name in the days
when heavy armour was worn by the main battle of
pikemen, and lightly armed troops were employed
for the more fatiguing work of covering the marches
of the heavy body ; but now that all soldiers are
armed alike they should all be taught alike ; and
skirmishing well is, I say. again, three-fourths of a
battle.

But. apart from Mr. Wise's military notions, I find
tnat the making men good shots is placed 'above
the art of manoeuvring irregular corps. It should
be just the reverse. To be a good shot is a very
good thing, but is of less importance than the art—
using a slang expression—of "bringing the shooters
to the scratch." This is much the most difficult,
also ; fur Englishmen are almost .sure to have a
natural disposition to fire well, and with very little
teaching, lilting their constantly in hand,
will become good marksmen. Still, the more teach-
ing the better, provided the higher branch of their
business be not neglected.
An invading enemy's column must generally
march along the main roads ; it will therefore be
well for volunteer officers, either singly or with
their companies, to examine all the loads leading
through their county upon London or any other
great town, and thus ascertain all the points of
advantage offered for hiding behind sticks and,
stones—Mr. Wise's dictum notwithstanding ; and
to trees and bushes shouldbe added railroads, banks,
houses, public or private, bridges, &c., from whence
their rifle balls will pitch into the enemy's columns.
All ranges are good, but the longest range is best
here, because it will give time for the rifleman to
retire from the enemy's sharpshooters, and to find
a new stick or stone for hiding. And be it remarked
that, in examining the county, our volunteers should

look well to the line of their retreat, choosing that
which will be the most difficult country for the
enemy's riflemen to follow, or which will lead the
enemy towards the rear of his line of march, and
that, also, which will enable the volunteer most
readily to j )in other volunteer corps acting in the
same way. Thus they will inevitably enforce delay
on the enemy, who cannot advance until he recalls
his skirmishers, or they will be left behind to be
overwhelmed by the accumulating numbers of our
riflemen. Accumulation in this case will be most
efficacious, but the forming large bodies of riflemen
to move about in masses under the command of one
man cannot be too str.,ngly deprecated; it will be
entirely opposed to the vital principle of rifle war-
fare, and will only make bad regulars instead of
good irregulars. It is not meant, however, that
there should not be commanding officers of !urge
bodies, for that will be essential to concert and
combination ; but in the actual fighting and minor
movements small bodies only should be employed ;
the seeking or declining a fight should be left
entirely to the inferior commanders with small
bodies, whose intelligence would thus be very soon
awakened to what was right, and these endowed
with a natural talent for war would very soon be
distinguished and looked to both by their friends
and enemies.
I feel sure that with this system England may be
successfully defended against any numbers, but I
do not think London can be defended so easily ; it
is too near the coast, and there must be for its
defence combinations between the regular army
outside and the metropolitan volunteers inside, who
must be taught to occupy lines of houses, and
docks, and canals, and bridges ; and the best of
those lines should now be examined and marked
out upon maps for the instruction of the City volun-
teers, if any should be enrolled. For my part, I
think all able to bear arms should be enrolled in
time. I hope it will be so, for assuredly a very
dangerous crisis is impending.
I am, Sir, yours obediently,
W. NAPIER, Lieutenant-General.

TIIE GREAT EASTERN.—SOUTIIA Monday.
—on y.
—The work of laying down the moorings was successfully
finished at 1 p.m. to-day, and the fact was immediately
telegraphed to Mr. IL J. R. Campbell, the chairman of the
Great Ship Cnmpany. A telegram was also forwarded to
Captain Harrisox to say that the moorings were all ready,
and that Bowyer, the pilot, started last night for Holyhead.
The task has happily been accomplished without any acci-
dent, and all parties concerned may congratulate themselves
on the successful realisation of so imprtant a result.
Seventy-six men have been employed in the work, under the
superintendence of Messrs. Hall and Cluett, late of Ports-
mouth Dockyard, who have fur many years been employed in
that yard for similar purposes. All is now ready for the Great
Eastern, which in a few hours will, in all probability, be
snugly and safely floating on the waters of this commodious
and highly favoured harbour. Mr. Magnus, one of the di-
rectors of the Great Ship Company was here on Saturday,
and was much pleased with a personal inspection of the
moorings and the unequalled facilities of the port.
EARTHQUAKE IN CORN WALL.—A shock of an
earthquake was felt at Nowquay on the 21st ult., about 7.10.
Tho sound resembled that of heavy-laden waggons passing
through a street. In many parts of the place it shook the
houses to an alarming extent, wbich caused many of the in-
mates to leave their houses to inquire what the strange
sensation was. The vessels that wore aground in the pier
shook and trembled very much. The earthenware and
glass appeared in many houses to have been set quite in
commotion. The shock lasted for about ono minute. Such
an occurrence was never remembered in this place by the
oldest inhabitant —Cornwall Gazette.

As the Channel Fleet has experienced one of the
heaviest gales that have visited our coasts for many
years, a short description of this revolving storm
and of the wellbeing and doings of the fleet -may
not be un:ntcresting. The ships that comprised the
squadron, under Rear-Admiral George Elliot, were
the Hero, Captain Seymour, hearing the Admiral's
flag ; the Trafalgar, Captain Fareiliftwe ; the Done-
gal, Captain Glanville; the Algiers, Capt. O'Calla-
ghan ; the Aboukir, Capt.. Schomberg ; the Mersey,
Captain Caldwell; the Emerald; and the Melpo-
mene, Capt. Ewart. The ships remained in Queens-
' stown a week. On Saturday the Admiral received
hisorders to proceed with the fleet to sea. The har-
bour was filled with shipping, a fresh north wind
blowing. The signal was made about 9 ELM. "U , p
propellers," shortly followed by " Weigh ; outward
and leewardmost ships first." This was immediately
obeyed; the Algiers led out under all sail, followed
closely by the Aboukir, -Melpomene, Emerald, Mer-
sey, Trafalgar, and hero; the Donegal remained in
port in consequence of the illness of her captain.
The ships sailed out in beautiful style, threading
their way through a quantity of shipping. Nothing
occurred at sea worthy of note until Monday morn-
ing. On that day the winds were light. The fleet
was formed in line of battle, targets were laid out,
and the whole forenoon was devoted to gunnery
practice. The practice was extremely good, notwitlis
standing a good deal of rolling motion. On that
afternoon several heavy strrais of hail and sleet
came from the N.W., and continued during the
night, with very variable winds. After quarters at
sunset the topsails were double-reefed, and courses
reefed for the night. Variable winds still prevailed.
Land was seen about the Land's-end and the Lizard
lights sighled at about daylight, 6.30 a.m. The
weather set in very dirty at S.E., with increasing
winds and heavy rain. The third reefs were taken
in the topsails about 9 a.m , and shortly after
topgallantyards scut on deck ; topgallant-
masts struck by signal ; and also a signal,
" Admiral will endeavour to go to Plymouth,"
"Form two columns; form the line of battle.'
About 10 a.m., signal, " Prepare to move with
bowers. Bend sheet cable." The wind increased to
a fury, with torrents of rain towards 11 a.m., with -
very thick weather, the wind heading the ships off,
so that it became very doubtful if the sternmost
ships could possibly. get into the Sound, although
it was probable the Hero and the headmost ships
could get in. Admiral Elliot then, with the spirit
of a British Admiral, decided at once (although he
knew his exact position, having made the Eddy-
stone Lighthouse) to wear the fleet together and
stand off and face the gale. Although the leading
slips were in good positions to wear, it was not so
with had those in rear of the line. The Aboukir
just passed the Eddystone; the. Trafalgar and Eme-
rald were still in the rear, the Trofalgar having
been detained to pick up a man who had fallen
overboard from the jibboom, which was executed
with great skill. The Aboukir immediately wore,
set her courses, and dashed to windward of the
lighthouse by carrying a press of sail, and
weathered it half a mile, followed closely by the
Mersey. The Algiers, Melpomene, and Trafalgar
passed it very closely to leeward, as the Hand
Deeps were under their lee. Added to these
difficulties there was a perfect fleet of trawlers,
vessels uniaanageable while their trawl is tow-
ing, so that it required the greatest skill to
evoid running them down. What must have been
the sight from the lighthouse—this: leviathan
ships -darting about like dolphins round it in the
fury of the storm, defying the elements, and the
liffic trawlers, with their masts bending like reeds
to the gale! The signal was made to get up steam
to secure the safety of the ships. The ships then
got their canvas reduced and stood off the land.
The Mersey and Melpomene furled their sails, and
got up steam, the former stalwart ship moving
along like an ocean giant. The gale still continued
until about 3 p.m., remaining very thick with rain.
About 3 it lifted, the wind fell, the sun shone; but
the sca remained towering up and breaking. The
barometer then stood at about 28.50 deg. The Hero,
Trafalgar, Algiers, Aboukir, and Melpomene were
not far separated. Signal made, "Form the order
of sailing in two columns." This was partially exe-
cuted, when in a squall the wind shifted to N.W.
It then for some three hours blew a perfect hurri-
cane, considerably harder than it had previously
blown at S.E. The ships stood up well. The Hero,
dauntless as her name, appeared to take it easy.
The Aboukir, close to leeward of her, carried one
reef out of her maintopsail thi ough the whole of it ;
and the Algiers, Trafalgar, and Melpomene were
all doing well. The former eased up her topsail
sheets in the squalls. The Mersey and Emerald, it
is supposed, had steamed into Plymouth, as they
were not in sight. The ships kept in open order
through the night; they wore in succession by night
signal at about 1 a.m., made the land at daylight
near the Start Point, formed the line of battle by
signal, got the steam up, and carrying sail came up
Channel at about 11-knot speed, steamed into Port-
land, and took up their anchorage without the loss
of a sail, a spar, or a rope yarn.
This appears highly creditable to newly orga-
nised ships—some only a few months together, the
senior not a year; and I hope it will tend to show
that our mariners of England are not in that decay
that some old gentlemen in the House of Commons
are so glad to point out at all times and seasons. A
little quiet organisation—not a continual harassing
and worrying at shifting sails and spars and killing
men, but a fair exercise at guns, sails, &c.—will
make our fleet a credit to the country and a safe-
guard to the nation.

2HE NAVY.

The subjoined notification was issued yesterday
at the Admiralty, Whitehall :
" By a recent regulation made by the Board of Admiralty
no person after the Ist of April next will be nominated to
a naval cadetship who shall be under 12 or above 14 years
of age at the time of his first examination. The examina-
tion days are fixed for the first Wednesday in the mouths of
March, June, September, and December."
Yesterday a number of the addition:l hands or-
dered by the Admiralty to be taken on at Chatham
Dockyard were entered at that establishment; the
entries being confined chiefly to labourers, very few
of the mechanics required having as yet offered
themselves. All the establishments are now work-
ing early and late, and the utmost activity prevails
not only in the shipwright department, but also in
all the factories and workshops, in pressing forward
the work ordered by the Admiralty to he completed.
The vessels now on the stocks, and which are being
pushed forward vigorously, are the Atlas, 91; the
Bulwark, 91, the Undaunted, 51, the Rattlesnake,
21, and the Orpheus, 21, in addition to which two
other ships will be commenced as soon as the neces-
sary arrangements have been made. The Rodney,
91, and the Severn, 51, are both in dock, being
lengthened and altered into screw steamers, and the
Ariadne, 26, is being rigged and prepared for the
pendant.
The new regulations affecting the riggers of
Portsmouth Dockyard will come into force this day.
The class of " seamen riggers" is to be entirely abo-
lished, and in their stead are to be entered 122 first-
class riggers at 4s. per diem, and 36 second-class at
3s. Gd. per diem. Eight leading hands are also to
be kept on the establishment, in lieu of six as for-
merly.
The Pincher gunboat was masted in the steam-
basin at Portsmouth yesterday. No. 2 dredging-
vessel is rigged, and has her gear stowed in readi-
ness to proceed to Malta as soon as a steamer is ap-
pointed to tow her out. The Simoom steam troop-
ship, Commander J. Cook, is taking in her tanks
alongside the north wall of the steam-basin. The
l'itt, fitting out in the steam basin as a coal depot
for the use of the fleet at Portland, yesterday shipped
her derrick booms and gear, and will this morning
make trial of her machinery. The Hornet, 17,
screw corvette, has been brought down the harbour
and placed in the steam-basin for repairs to hull
and machinery, &c.
Her Majesty's newly constructed screw steam
sloop Mutine, 17, in dock at Woolwich, was yester-
day masted and commissioned, and is ordered to be
prepared for service. The pendant was hoisted
provisionally by command of the Commander S uper-
intendent, in the absence of the commander, not yet
appointed. The Trident, 6, iron paddle-wheel
:team vessel, late from the West Coast of Africa,
Commander Fraimis A. Close, was yesterday at
Greenhithe, discharging her powder, in prepara-
tion for being docked at Woolwich.
The military steam storeship Lord Panmure, J.
Moore commander, yesterday arrived at Green-
hithe, and commenced discharging powder-barrels
from the western yards.
The Ardent, 5, paddlewheel steam sloop, commis-
sioned by Commander Parish for service on the
West Coast of Africa, was yesterday hauled out of
basin at Woolwich in preparation for sea.
The crew of the paddlewheel steam-sloop Cen-
taur, 6, Commander Aplin. at Plymouth, were in-
spected by Captain Jerningham on Saturday.
The screw steam-frigate Emerald, 51, Captain A.
Cumming, left Plymouth on Saturday for Portland.
The screw steam frigate Mersey, 40, Captain