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London, England, 1866-08-29 00:00:00

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A couple of the old Imperial Chinese guns cap-
tured during the late war with that country have
been cut in halves in the Royal Gun-factories at
Woolwich, by the suggestion of Brigadier-General
Lefroy, R.A., President of the Ordnance Select
Committee, with a view of ascertaining the exact
nature of the materials and the method of construe..
tion employed. The inspection proves that the same
system of manufacture had been adopted in both
guns, consisting of a wrought-iron tube, with solid
and rounded ends, having a 9-inch smooth bore.
The outside of the tubes is rough and excessively
uneven, and appears to be specially prepared in that
manner for the reception and consolidation or a body
or outer casing of brass, with which the tubes arc
thickly enveloped. Each of the guns appears to have
stood some service, and is still in good condition.
They are to be depor,ited in the Rotunda at Wool-
wich, of which Brigadier-General Lefroy is curator.

PRICIe 4d.
STAMPED sd.

second grants, and for the relief of certain poor Ger-
mans £25.

PLYMOUTH-TUESDAY.

The first cases of decided cholera have occurred
here within the last 48 hours, and have resulted in
the deaths of Miss Haddy, the matron of the Fe-
male Home for Fallen Women in Hill-street, and of
the laundress connected with that establishment.
Some of the other inmates have been attacked, bat
hopes are entertained that they will recover. The
disease is supposed to have been introduced orits fatal
effects accelerated by an alteration on Saturday of
the drainage of the locality, which is in an imperfect
state. With reference to the general condition of the
town, it is due to the Sanitary Committee and the
guardians of the poor to state that for a long period
they have been endeavouring to promote cleanli-
ness. Although possessed of an ample source for
the supply of water to the town, the authorities
are prevented from bringing that supply home,
through the mistaken opposition of some of the in-
habitants on the score of expense. Nearly £30,000
have been expended in pipes and reservoirs, and
only £6,000 more is required to make the system
complete. The revenue from the water is nearly
£6,000 annually.

The following is the return of deaths from cholera
and diarrhoea in London registered on Sunday and
Monday, Aug. 26 and 27 :
Cholera. Diarrllcea.
West districts ... ..• 1 ... 2
North distric!s ... 3 ... 7
Central districts... ... 3 ... 4
East districts ... ••• ••• 8
South districts ... 10 ... 7

Total ~. ... 53 ~ . ~ . '2B

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Yesterday a full-dress parade of the whole of the
officers and men comprising the battalion of infantry
at Chatham was held on the general parade.-ground
at that garrison, on the occasion of the presentation
of medals and gratuities, awarded by the Field-
Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, to a number of the
non-commissioned officers and men belonging to
various regiments in garrison for long service and
exemplary conduct. The troops having been formed
in square, the order from the Duke of Cambridge
for the distribution of the medals was read, when
Lieut.-Col. W. Rickman presented those assigned
to the recipients belonging to the 2d Depot Battalion,
and Major H. A. Welman to the non-commissioned
officers and men of the Ist Depot Battalion, a suit-
able address being made to the troops by both
officers. The following are the non-commissioned
officers and men awarded medals and gratuities :
Sergt. J. M'Carthy, 106th Regiment, medal and
gratuity of £l5 ; Sergt. W. Goode, Ist battalion,
Bth Foot, and Sergt. C. Mayner, Ist battalion, 22d
Regiment, medal and each a gratuity of X.lO ; Private
G. Cleaves, Ist battalion, 20th Regiment, medal and
£5. The fellowing non-commissioned officers and
men were awarded medals without gratuities for long
service and good conduct :—Sergt. J. Madden and
Private J. Ryan, Ist battalion, 15th Regiment ;
Private J. Jones, 45th Regiment ; and Privates C.
Stanford, T. Rekelly, and P. Mahern, Ist battalion,
Bth Regiment. Medals were also awarded to Sergt.
Foster, 20th Regiment, and Privates Dandrey and
Warren, 2d battalion, 12th Regiment, but the depots
of those corps having been removed from Chatham
garrison they will be forwarded to them for pre-
sentation.

In consequence of the satisfactory result of the
half-yearly inspection of the Woolwich division
of Royal Marine ,Light Infantry, in command of
Col. ,Maxwell, the few men who happened to be in
the cells and confined to barracks were yesterday
released from confinement, and were permitted,
together with the whole of the division, to be ab-
sent on two days' leave, at the request of the
Inspector-General. Consequently the divisional
offices, &c., were closed yesterday after roll call at
10 o'clock, and will be in like manner to-day,
about 80 men being retained to carry out the
divisional and garrison sentry duties.
Second-Lieut. Bradley, Royal Marines, at Wool-
wich, has been placed under orders to relieve
Second-Lieut. Westbrook, on service on board her
Majesty's 35-gun frigate Arethusa in the Mediter-
ranean.

The Orontes, screw troopship, Capt. Hire, yes-
terday arrived at Spithead, from Quebec, with
military invalids and troops.
The hired transports Holmsdale and Trevelyan,
from Auckland, New Zealand, with troops, are
daily expected at Plymoutii.
The armour-plated iron ship Defence, 18, Capt.
Augustus Phillimore, having received some neces-
sary repairs, was removed on Monday from No. 1
dock in Keyham steam-yard into Hamoaze.
Admiral Yelverton's ship, the Caledonia, 30,
Capt. the Hon. F. A. C. Foley, in Plymouth
Sound, her store of gunpowder on Mon-
, preparatory to leaving that port.
day

The screw steam gun vessel Star, 4,695 tons, and
which has engines of 200-horse power, was placed
on Monday in No. 1 dock at Keyham, to be ad-
vanced to the first division of the steam reserve in
HaMoaZe.

The Nassau, screw sloop, Commander Mayne,
sailed from Po rstmouth on Monday evening for the
Straits of Magellan on surveying duties. She will
call in at Plymouth Sound on her way down
Channel.

The Dart, 4, screw gun vessel, 425 tons, 80 horse
power, 81 knots measured mile speed, has been
commissioned atPortsmouth by Commander Marcus
Lowther. The last ship commanded by this officer
was the St. Vincent, boys' training ship, in Ports-
mouth harbour.

The Mersey, 40, unarmoured screw frigate, 3,727
tons, 1,000 horse power, 13.2 knots, measured mile
speed, will be commissioned at Portsmouth, it is
understood, by Captain Purvis. She will probably
join the fleet of the British naval commander-in-
chief in North America and the West Indies.

The War Department screw transport Lord Pan-
mure arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from Wool-
wich with the rifled 12-ton 9in. guns and their iron
slides and carriages, which are to form the arma-
ment of the Bellerophon's maindeck battery. The
Lord Panmure will land the guns by the large
shears of the dockyard where the Bellerophon will
afterwards receive them.

The Boscawen, boys' training ship, Commander
ISl'Leod Cockraft, which has been moored off the
west part of Stoke's Bay for some little time owing
to several cases of choleraic diarrhoea having occurred
among the boys whilethe ship lay at her usual moor-
ings in Southampton water, has been removed to
Portsmouth harbour, where her crew and the boys
will be hulked for a time to allow of the shiplrk,
re-
ceiving the customary refit. The Blonde
, hulk,
which has been also stationed in Stoke s Bay, in
an hospital ship,
company with the Boscawen, as
has been towed back to Portsmouth harbour.
by
cylinders, of hydraulic
pressure pressure the con
The process ofdetnessetrinsg,
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7,200 horse fitting for commission at
other portions of the machinery of the Reindeer,
Chatham, has been completed at that dockyard, and
has led to the discovery of some few trifling defects
which will necessitate the retention of the vessel in
dock until the remainder of this week, to admit of
their being made good. According to existing ar-
rangements, the Reindeer will be undocked on
Friday, and in the course of the ensuing week make
her official trial of speed at the measured mile. A
notification has been received at the dockyard, from
the War Department, that the 6k-ton guns with
which she is to be supplied will not be ready for
shipment for at least six weeks to come.

The new species of ship's anchor made by Messrs.
Brown, Lennox, and Co., somewhat after the Martin
principle, and which gave way under the late fire-
proof at Woolwich, has been repaired, and has passed