The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-04 00:00:00

The undermentioned companies of the 14'h bat-
talion Royal Artillery, at head-quarters, Woolwich,
were last night ordered to be in readiness to parade
this morning, at 8 a.m., and to proceed to the
Royal Arsenal pier to embark for Bombiy,—viz ,
Capt. Ommaney and Captain Paget in command. ;
Captain and Brevet-Major Colton, Capt. French.
Lieutenants Lowry, De Ceito, Moresby, Burn,
Hobart, and Guille ; Aesistant-Surgeon Orton,
two sergeants, conductors Martin and Lindsay, and
300 non-commissioned officers and privates. Lieut.
Maxwell and Veterinary-Surgeon Harpley, and
24 non-commissioned officers and men of the E
troop Royal Horse Artillery, were also ordered to
proceed from Woolwich to-day to embark on board
the Lady Jocelyn at Gravesend, about to sail for
Bomb iy. The remaining four battalion companies
are to follow without delay. The three companies
of Royal Marines, 300 strong, under orders to pro-
ceed from Woolwich to China., have been inspected
by Major-General Wesley. and have been ordered
an ad rition of one sergeant, one corporal, and 48
privates. A mounted de;paich was sin Saturday
forwarded to Colonel B.Lelinfield, commanding the
garrison at Woolwich, (meeting an increased force
of 1,000 rank and file of the Royal Artillery to be
withdrawn from the home stations, and to be pre-
pared for the earliest possible departurefur India.
In addition to the numerous recruiting detach,
ments which have been issued from the 'Artillery
quarters, Woolwich, an enlistment of a limited
number of men, sft. 4in. in height, is ordered to
taae place, to serve as drivers for the battery com-
pel-I' folunteers are also permitted to present
hchuielves for enrolment in the Riding-house es-
tanlistirtMtit, the reqUired height being Mt. Sin.,
with three years' service, and good conduct certifi-
cate.
The paddle-wheel screw transport Rhadaman-
thus, Master Commander Brown, arrived at Weol-
wieh oe Saturday evening, and has been admitted
into basin to ship steam machinery for ships under
construction at Devonport.
A squadron of the 7th Hussars will leave Alder-
shod fur Canterbury to day—the other portion of
the regime: t will follow day by day.
Tire Admiralty yacht, with the Lords of the Ad-
mirally on board, was off Plymouth yesterday
morning at a quarter past 4 o'clock. Alec inspect-
ing the coastguard ship Eagle, 50, Captain EL Sto-
rey, and the coastguard men at Falmouth, their
lord-hips return to Plymouth, and this morning
commence their annual examination of the naval
departments at Devonport, Keyham, Stonehouse,
&c.
The James Baines, 2,515 tons, Capt. M‘Donnell,
and Champion of the Seas, 2,470 tons, Captain
M`Kirde, clipper ships of tie Liverpool and Aus-
tralian Black Ball line, belonging to Mes,rs. James
Baines and Co., arrived at Port-mouth yesterday
morning from Liverpool, in tow of the Reseute
and Blazer steam-tugs, which of them,elves are fit-
ting attend ,nts upon such vessels. The Resolute
is the mos'. pewerful and largest tug b 'at ever built
in the British empire. She is 160 feet by 24,teet 6
inches beam, and 14 feet deep. Her engines are a
pair of discennectel side levers of about 200-horse
power, with four-tubular boilers of very large di-
mensions, and capacity in her bunkers for over 200
tons of c al. She was got ready specially t 3 attend
on the James Baines, and it may give some idea of
the businesslike determination shown to get her
ready who n it is stated she was launched only on
the 221 and the trial trip fixed for the 29th ult.,
but on the morning of the 24th a telegraphic mes-
sage requested her builders (Messrs. Hoby and Co.)
to have her ready to taw the James Baines to
Portsmouth on the 28th, and within 48 hours after
that she was ready for ie work. No ships that
ever entered Portsmouth barb rur created so much
curiosity among men-of-war's men as these. great
merchantmen. High and low have beau on board
to visit them, and the Port Admiral, Sir G. Sey-
mour, expressed his unqualified astonishment at
examining the speed logged by these mercantile
clippers. Both ships went direct into Portsmouth
harbour, and, moored alongside the jetty. The
James Baines will take in nearly 1,000 of the 97th
and other troops,. and the Champion of the Seas
the like number of the 20th Foot and other re-
gimerts, on Thursday, for India. They are
equipped with the latest modern improvements,
and the Champion of the Seas has, in addition, the
patent self-reefing topsails of Mr. Cunningham,
R.N., of Gosport. They are etch of aly,ut 2,500
b ns burden, 34 feet in breadth, and 285 feet in
length, and very handsome. We have never had
any ships in this harbour (says our Portsmouth
correspondent) which have created such interest as
these, for they have been visited by the best sailing
and gunnery officers of the navy, and all have ex-
pressed their admiration and astonishment at their
capacious stowage, airy and ample accotnmodations,
and the unprecedented
.speed chronicled in their

logs.
The Lady Jocelyn steam freightship, Capt. Bird,
arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from Southamp-
ton, and 'HA t9-day embark the 34th Regiment for
India.
Major Genet.Al the Hon. Sir James Yorke Scar-
lett, K.C.8., the newly appointed Lieutenant-Go-
vernor of Portsmouth Garrison, and Commander-
in-Chief of the South-West Diittict, arrived at
Portsmouth yesterday and assumed the command
of the.fortress, relieving Major-General Henry Bre-
ton, who goes to the Mauritius as Major-General
on the Staff of the Governor and Commander-in-
Chief of the Mauritim.

Her Majesty's ship Gorgon was paid off at Wool-
wich on Saturday last. This ship has been in corn-
miision since February, 1854, and is the last of the
late war steamers. She was employed iu the Baltic
under Admirals Napier and Dundas, and in the
Black Sea under Admiral Lyons. Bosh medals
and Sebastopol clasp have been awarded to her
officals and crew. The Gorgon took a most active
part in the Baltic, being present at the reduction of
Bomarsund, twice engaged with the forts at Riga,
in which gulf alone she destroyed 44 Russian ves-
sels, landed part of her crew on the coast of Cour-
land, destroyed Government property, and repuls-
ed a large body of the enemy. In October, 1856,
the Gorgon left for Asia Minor, whence, as we have
before noticed, she brings home the famous Gorgon
marbles, which have created so much excitement
among the learned in Greek antiquities. The state
in which she was paid off reflects the highest crelit
on her captain and officers.

ORDNANCE SURVEY.

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branches of the, work, and the methods of conduct-
ing the operations of the survey. This is the first
detailed report on the survey which has been pre-
sented to Parliament. The head quarters of the
survey of the United Kingdom are at South-
ampton, and from thence all orders cOnneAed with
the administration and conduct of the survey are
issued, and all the plans and maps of Great Britain
are there engraved and printed : the plans and
maps of Ireland are engraved and published at the
Survey Office, in the Phoenix-park, Dublin. But,
it is in contemplation to remove the headquarters
of the survey to London, still keeping at South-
ampton the engraving and publication in the
same way as is now done in Dublin. The number
of persons employed on the survey on the 31st
March last, was :-1 lieutenant-colonel superin-
tending, 16 captains, 2 lieutenants, 1 quarter-
master, , and 480 non-commissioned officers and
sappers of the corps of Royal Engineers, 960
civil assistants, and 609 labourers, making a total
of 2,069 persons ; but, in consequence of the reduc-
tion in the amount of the grants for the survey, this
number is now reduced to 1,282. " The survey as it
lis now proceeding," writes Cob )nel "is admi-
rably suited to meet the wants of the community at
large. The plans of the towns are on a sufficiently
large scale to admit of admeasurements in feet, and
the insertion of every detail, the plans of the culti-
vated districts, with the areas of every enclosure
given, and on the scale of one square inch to one
acre, is remarkably well suited for every public or
private purpose connected with land ; whilst the
6-inch map of counties and the 1-inch map of the
kingdom are equally well suited for the engineer,
the bydrographer, and the geologist. These plans
will enable the Government to carry into effect
measul es for facilitating the transfer of Linded pro-
perty, for the valuation of property, and many
other important measures for which an accurate
detailed survey is the necessary basis. I have asked
for additions to the grants for the survey t? exepes;
dite it as much asp ossible. We alresd b
employed,yaybut
there will be no aliticuLY
to thea extenta to which
the number in prepoi:
large number of peoplei.
Parliament may be pletasi.ion' -onornv in the end to
and it will be the truest a, -.
-ossrble. The great
complete the survey as soon as
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drawback tathe survey has been the,_ ,L
d to augmernetquthenetgerhaanntege;
of orders relative to it. I believe .nose under.
which we are now acting aro most judieiovlls ; and