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company, 10th battalion, consisting of ta cora-
ponding number of subaltern officers, _non-commis-
sioned. officers, and gunners. They were accona-
panied to-the place of embarkation by Major-Gen.
Sir W. F. Williams and the garrison staff, attended
by the regimentaThand, which continued playing
until the vessel had quitted her moorings. The
majority were men who had served before Sebasto-
pol, and appeared to enter on the present expedi-
tion with much satisfaction. The vessel was taken
in

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Naval and military intelligence.

The Royal Sovereign screw three-decker,'an im-
proved Duke of Wellington, will be launched from
Portsmouth Dockyard about half-past 1L o'clock
to-morrow forenoon. Admiral Superintendent
Martin has made such arrangements as he deems
most conducive to safety and the satisfaction of the
curiosity of the public. Therd will be accommoda-
tion in stalls and galleries provided for about 16,000
persons, and, with the exception of the platform or
christening stage at the stem of the ship, there will
be no preference of places by tickets to particular
booths or places. The three• deckers Prince of Wales
and Victoria, building on adjoining slips on either
side of the Royal Sovereign, have galleries affixed
then on the side next the launch, and well over-
looking the slip, on which the rests and all have
been erected, with the best -attention to safety,
under the directions of the clerk of the works in
the dockyard, Mr. Wood. The figure-head is an
exceedingly clever likeness of the Quern, a nobly
proportioned bust, executed by Mr. HeAyer, the
carver of such matters for the Admiralty.' The ship
is considered a handsomer hull than the Duke of
Wellington, having a finer entrance slid other im-
provements.. The following are her principal dimen-
sions and intended armament :

tow, and proceeded to Gravesend to ship her
power, and wilt continue her voyage without delay.
On the departure of the Neleus the troopship Ad-
miral hauled alongside Woolwich-pier in readiness
to commence shipping a number of infantry pon-
toons and timbers prepared so as to construct gun
and mortar rafts on emergency, as well as timber
and other materials for erecting ammunition maga-
zines on shore, and 200 trenching tools, &c., for
engineers' wot k. The Admiral wilt also embark the
23d company of Royal Engineers and Lieut.-Col.
Lutrard: The friegbtship Canaan has also anchored.
off Woolwichl Arsenal from the London Docks, pre-
paratory to shipping live shells, ammunition, and
stores for the guiaboats Drake, Janus, and Jasper,
fitted out at Portsmouth ; the Kestrel, Banterer,
and Clown, from Devonpott.; and the Woolcock,
Watchful, Algerine, and Lee, from Woolwich.
The freightlip Belvoir Castle has likewise ar-
rived
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The screw steam tankvessel Wye was yesterday
haUled out ofbasin at Woolwich, and was ordered
down the river to try her machinery, in preparation
for removal to Devouport. The claaring of Wool-
wich basin by the removal of the whole of the gun.
and mortar boats, as ordered to take place, was
commenced yesterday. The gunboats are to be
laid up at Deptford. and the mortar boats at Sheer-
ness.

Feet. Inches.

Length from fore part of the figure-head to
after part of the tafrail 2BO ... 10
Length between the perpendiculars ....
Length of keel for, tonnage
Breadth extreme
Breadth for tonnage
Breadth moulded ' . . . 5B 4
Depth in hold • 25 ... 4
Burden in tons, 3,765-40-94ths.
ARMAMENT.

The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty-:
Captain G. St. V. King, tQ the Princess Charlotte.
Lieutenant John Swinburne, to the Vesuvius.
Clerks—Humphrey Brett, to the Cumberland ; John
P. Dore, to the Impregnable.

Calibre. Cwt. each. Feet Inches. No.
Lower dock ... 8-inch......... 61
„ ... 32-pounders... 58 or 56 9 6 ... 26
Middle-deck ... 8-inch 65
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... 32-pounders... 58 or 56 9 6 ... 30
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Main-deck
„ ...32-pounders... 25
Upper-deck ... 68-pounder 195
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Engines of 800 nominal horse-power are being
manufactured for the Royal Sovereign by Maudelay
and Co., and will be fitted immediately, and one
of the Lords of the Admiralty will be present and
some distinguished visitors. The vessel will be
named, in the absence of Royalty, by one of the
daughters of the Commander-in-Chief, Vice-
Admiral Sir George Seymour, K. C.B. Every pre-
caution has been taken to prevent her hanging
upon tho ways, which so signally marred the effect
of the launch of the Marlborough.
Orders have been received at Chatham Garrison,
directing that the non-commissioned officers and
men, beFonging to the depots of those Indian regi-
ments wh'cia Ire serving in' the Berwal Presidency
are to be immediately medically inspected,
with the view of ascertaining the number of
tioops,fit for embarkation, in order to enable the
authoritiei to take up the necessary amount of ton-
nage for their conveyance, to join the head-quarters
of their respective corps. On the receipt of the
order at the Provisional Battalion upwards of 2,000
non-commissioned officers and men belonging to the

depots of, the Bth (the King's), 24th, 27111. (Ennis-
killens), 32d, 35th, 52d (Light Infantry), 53d, 60th,
([loyal Rifles), 61st, 70th, 75th, 81st, and 87th
(Royal Irish Fusiliers), the head-quarters of which
regiments are serving in Bengal, were inspected yes-
terday and he previous day at the garrison hospital,
Chatham, by Dr. A. Maclean and the medical staff
at that establishment. The above depots will give
nearly 3,000 troops to the service companiesot their
regiments in India, the whole of whom are in a high
st ate of discipline and hays gone through a course
of instruction in the use of the Enfield rifle.

The Scout, Coastguard. cutter, Mr. Leaman,
Commander, arrived at Sheerness at 10 a.m. yes-
terday, having on board M. Hawkings, ordinary
mariner, being the only survivor of the crew of the
Curlew, Coastguard cutter, Mr. W. Shepherd, la'e
second mate in counnand. It appears that the Cur-
lew and Scout anchored on the previous night •on
the flat of the Mouse Sand, the Mouse light-vessel
distant from the Curlew abouthelf a mile, the light-
vessel bearing north-west, and the Scout was at an-
chor about a quarter of a mile from the Curlew. M.
Hawkin 2s re Roved the lookout man on the deck of
tee Curlew at 12 o'clock.' At about 1 a.m. Hawk-
ins perceived at a abort distance a large steam-
vessel coming right cn for the Curlew. He imme-
diately ran to the companion, and called out for all
hands to come on deck as quickly as, possible—that
there was a large steamer steering direct upon the
Curlew. He then ran aft, stepped up on the tat-
rail of the Curlew, and called out as loudly as he
could, hut in a few seconds the steamvessel
c tme stem on to the Curlew, s riking her
tafrail right in midships, and breaking the
main boom. Hawkings jumped up, and caught hold
of the boLstay of the steamvessel. Ho then heard
some person ou board the steamvessel say, " Why
did you not s':ow a light ?" and the same person
said imuse'liately, " Stop her l" Hawkings heard
no more, he Lund himself under water, and shortly
after on recovering himself he found he had hold
of the rigging at the mast-head of the Curlew. He
was entangled in the standing and. running rigging
of the Cerlew's topmast, the topmast being carried
away. He then clearly saw the steamvessel lower
as boat, the boat was manned, but he positively
states that all the boat's craw lay on their oars after
leaving the steanivessel, and that they drifted from
him witli the wind and tide, and never once pulled
towards him. In about half-an:hour afterwards he
was taken off the rigging by the boat's crew of the
Scout in a very exhauste state from hr ving been
under water some time, and bruised by the steam-
vessel running over him. The crew of the Scout
identified the steamvessel as being the Baron Osy,
of Antwerp, from Antwerp,, bound for London.'
The Scout's boat remained about the mast of the
Curlew for some hours to recover the broken spars
and rigging, also hoping that some of the bodies
might rise to the surface. At the time the Curlew
was run down it was rather dark, but not densely
dark. The persons drowned are Mr. Wm. Shep-
herd, second mate in command ; Alex. Twinney,
mariner ; Henry White, gunner ; Wm. Redding,
mariner ; Edward White, mariner ; Wm. Weeller,
ordinary mariner ; and oseph Mathews, first class
boy. On the sad affair being made known to the
port authorities by Inspecting Commander Wm. C.
Forsyth, R.N., immediate arrangements were made
for the steam-vessels Lizard, Lieut. Thomas B.
Christopher, and the African, Rheuben Harvey, to
t dee on board an efficient number of riggers, &c.,
'with weiehine gear, and proceed down to the
Curlew. Both steam-vessels left Sheerness between
1 and 2 o'clock, the riggers being under charge of
Mr. John Jackson, the Asaistant-Master-Attendant
of the yard. Capt. Forsyth also proceeded to the
spot to render such assistance with his men as the
nature of the case required. During the night the
wind veered from north-west to west, from that
to north-east, and at times to the eastward.
There is no doubt that in two or three tides
the Curlew will be got in on 'the ebb dry on the
Mouse, or, if practicable, towed. to Sheerness be-
tween the two steam-vessels sent out to raise her.
The Avon, 3
.guns, paddle wheel steam-vessel,
tender to flag-ship at Devonport, arrived at Sheer-
ness yesterday at noon from-Devonport and Ports-
mouth with supernumeraries and seamen for the
Cumberland, Capt. John B. Dickson. The Cum-
berland is setting up her lower rigging and has
sent up topmasts; she is progressing rapidly in her
equipment.
The Giraffe steam-vessel, R. B. Hart, com-
mander, and the Columbine steam-vessel, John
Target, commander, arrived at noon, the
forf tirmer
from Flushing, the latter froth London, (which
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purpose of -Wang away four mortar vessels
have been lent to the General Steam Navigation
Company) to raise the ship Ravensbourne, belong
in .
ing to teat company, which is sunk ten fathoms
water oil Flushing. The company have engaged
the services of Mr. W. Orchard, of her Majesty's
dockyard at Devonport, Who is the inventor of an
improved methodsof raising sunken ships.
9 guns, new screw steam-sloop, at
The Lyra,
Deptford, is ordered to be placed in the second di-
vision of the steam squadron of reserve at Sheerness
on her arrival there.
The scout, new screw steam corvette, 'from
Woolwich for Sheerness, was tried for speed at the
measured mile in the Lower Hope on her passage
down.. Her mean speed was 11 knots 8 decimals,
her engines making 67 revolutions per minute with
20 lb. steam pressure. Her engines worked says •
factorily. • There were no hot bearings or priming.
She ran from Gravesend to Sheerness in one hour
and 50 minutes,
The Japanese yacht, thoroughly fitted. and com-
pletely furnished, left Woolwich on Wednesdhy to
adjust compasses at Greenhithe, and was ordered
to sail yesterday for the West, to be paid down, and
proceed on her voyage.
The' sailing troop-ship Neleus, having em-
barked two companies .of Royal Artillery at
Woolwich for Hong Kong, left the pier yesterday
morning., The designation of the troops embark-
ing is as follows—namely, Captain Knox, in
command of the 4th company, 9th battalion So-