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VALETTA, Dec. 16.—H.M.S. Caesar, Captain T.
Mason, left on the evening of the 13th inst. kr'
Gibraltar, and the Lapwing gunboat, Commander
M. O'Reilly, took her departure for the same desti-
nationon the following day. The troops loudly:
-I
cheered the crow of the Caesar as she quitted the!
port, and the ail rung with the shouts of "We're offl
to Charleston." The sloop Trident, 3, lett on tbel
14th for Corfu. The Megmra steam troopship.
;.Commander Henderson, came in yesterday from that
island. Having broken her intermediate shaft sht.
. had to sail down; fortunately the weather was fa
-
4 vourable, and she made the passage in four days
The Megttra will proceed to-morrow to England
under sail. The James Watt, which was under
orders for Gibraltar, will, it is expected, be sent
to Corfu. The Aboukir, 80, Captain Shadwell,
arrived to-day from Gibraltar. Sentence of
death has been passed on the soldier of the
Royal Artillery who fired at his Adjutant, Captain
Keate, and the sentence had been approved by the
Governor. The sentence was read on parade on
Friday last by the Adjutant-General. The execu-
tion has been fixed for Friday next, when the cul
prit is to be shot on the parade ground of Fort'
Ricasoli, in presence of the troops. Her Majesty's
ships in port are :—the Marlborough, 131 (bearing
the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W. F. Martin, K.C.8.) ;
the Hibernia, receiving ship (bearing the flag of
Rear-Admiral H. J. Codrington, C,8.) ; James
Watt, 91; Aboukir, 80; Medina, surveying vessel ;
Firefly, surveying vessel ; Wanderer, 4 ; and tug
Hearty. The Boxer, 2, has been paid off.
Admiralty instructions were received on Satar- •
day directing the whole of the screw gunboats,
attached to the first division of the steam reserve at
Chatham, to be removed from the several ports on
the Medway for immediate service. Instructions
were also received from the Admiralty for a report
to be made to the Controller of the Navy of the
names and number of the gunboats attached to the
reserve at Chatham which can be brought forward
to replace those removed. The screw gunboats
attached to the first division of the steam service,
all of which are armed with two Armstrong pivot
guns on the upper deck, and fully equipped for sea,
are the Bullfrog, the Cochin, the Britomart, the
Griper, the Carnation, the Julia, and the Sandfly.
Each of the above gunboats is of very light draught,
and will therefore prove of the utmost advantage
in ascending shallow rivers, while, from their light- .
ness and the easy way in which they can be handled, -
they maybe placed in positions impracticable to a
frigate or even a 21-gun corvette. The other gun-
boats attached to the reserve at Chatham are the
Mistletoe, the Spanker, the Herring, the Sepay,
and the Snipe, which belong to the second division,
and all of which may be ready for sea in a very short
time. The flotilla of gunboats attached to the
third division of the steam reserve in the Medway'`
are the Manly,the Mastiff, the Fidget, the Thrasher,
the Pelter, the Tickler, the Spey, the Thistle, the
Dwarf, the Linnet, the Pigeon, and the Phoenix.
In addition to the above there is a large squadron of
mortar-boats lying in Yantlett-creek, besides a .
(number of iron mortar boats hauled up at Chatham -
'Dockyard, all of which a very short time would suf-
fice to make ready for active service.
In order to expedite the completion of the several
ships fitting for commission at Chatham Dockyard,
50 additional shipwrights, together with a propor-
tion of other trades, are to be entered at that esta-
blishment to-day. ,
The Rattlesnake, 21, 400 horse power, one of the
'screw steamers ordered to be commissioned at Chat-
ham, is to be brought forward with the utmost de• i
spatch, and to be completed in all respects and ready
Ifor sea by the 16th January, orders to that effect
having been given by the Controller of the Navy.
On Saturday a large party of riggers from the dock-
yard were sent on board to commence rigging her.

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Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy,
Somerset Place, 16th Dec., 1861.
FHE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the,
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said Commissioners shall direct),
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400 Loads of Ditto PLANK,
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to be delivered at her Majesty's several Dockyards by the 31st
December in each of the years in?, 1563, and 1861, at prices,
including all carriage and other expenses.
A Tender may be made for the whole Contract, or for the
quantities required at eny one or more of the yards, but not,
'tor less than the full quantities of Timber, Thickstuff,
and Treenails required for any one yard.
A Form of the Tender. showing the distribution, sidings,)
and dimensions of the Timber, Thiekstuff, Plank, and Tice-,
'ails, and all other necessary particular. may be had on ap-
plication to this Office by letter or otherwise.
No Tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day
,f treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends,
,r an agent for him duly authorised in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
admiralty, and hear in the left-hand corner the words
" Tenter for British Oak;" and must also be delivered at
'omerset-place, accompanied by a letter sivned by two re-
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of the whole Contract, or in a due proportion for apart only.

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The lime•of-battle screw steamer Meeanee, 81, 400
torso power, attached to the first division of the
steam reserve at Chatham, was on Saturday re-
moved into the great basin at Sheerness, and after-
wards placed in No. 2 dock, where she is to be over-
hauled and have defects made good previously to
'being placed in commission.
The Flying Fish sailed on Friday last for Lisbon
with sealed orders and despatchos.
The Pioneer, 6, screw, returned to Hongkong
from her cruise in search of the shipwrecked crew o
the Norna on the 19th of October. She was unsuc-
cessful in her search, the men having left for the
Pellew Islands a month prior to her arrival. They
had not been heard of after their departure. The
Pioneer [reached San Augustin on the 22d of Sept.,
and after a stay of three days there, sailed at the
end of that time for Guano, and thence on the 6th
for Hong Kong,

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THE ARMY.

Garrison orders were yesterday issued at Chatham
giving directions for the due observance of to-day
by the several corps in the garrison. As far as
possible, all parades will be dispensed with, and the
troops not on military duty will be kept in bar-
racks. At 310 p.m. minute guns will commence
firing from the Cornwallis battery, and will con-
tinue firing until sunset. Up to last evening no
order had been issued for the works in the dock-
yard to be suspended during the hours set apart for
the funeral solemnities of the late Prince Consort,
but it is probable an order of the kind will be given
this morning.
The 2d battalion of the 16th Regiment of Foot
embarked at Southampton on Saturday, in the trans-
port steamer Magdalena, Capt. R. Woolward, for
service in Canada. The battalion arrived about half-
past 2 o'clock, by train, from Farnborough, to which
place they marched from Aldershot in the morning.
As on the occasion of the arrival of the troops on
Wednesday and Thursday, the band of the South-
ampton Volunteer Rifle Corps assembled at the
terminus to receive them ; but the regiment's own
band, which accompanied them, having received
()Hers not to play on their march in consequence
of the death of the Prince Consort, it was deemed
advisable that the volunteers should pursue the
same course. The troops marched from the rail-
way to the docks and went at once on board the
Magdalena, which steamed out of dock immediately
afterwards, the arrangements having been con-
ducted with all that celerity which was noticed in
the report of the embarkation of the Guards. Before
4 o'clock the gallant vessel was moving out into till
roadstead, and as soon as her last warp was loosened
the band on board struck up, and the troops cx-
changed cheers with the crowds on shore, which
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company, which sailed from England a short time
since, will also be stationed at Bermuda. The rein-
forcements for the 4th company, which is under
orders to embark for Canada, left Brcmpton barracksi
on Saturday for Dover, where the 4th company has
been for some time employed on the defences at that!
part of the coast. The number of men selected ati
iChatham for transfer to the 4th company was 50, all!
lof whom are well skilled mechanics, and thoroughly!
acquainted with all the details connected with engi-!
ncering operations. Capt. H. W. Dumarcsq will go"
out in command of the 4th company, and Capt. W.
B. Gosset, adjutant to the Staff at headquarters,
ihas been appointed to the command of the sth
company. The force of Royal Engineers in British
America will consist of upwards of 700 men, and
will include the 4th, sth, 7th, 15th, 18th, and 34th.
companies. Detachments from the 9th company, at
Aldershott camp, have joined at Chatham to aug
I-
ment the companies which are about to leave Eng
'land.-

A detacl.ment of Royal Artillery, under the com-
mand of Lieut. Benthon, R,A., which has been for
some time sngagod in mounting guns at Shotley
Point, on the Suffolk Coast, and practising with
them for the purpose of testing the strength of the
Martello towers erected there, has returned to
Woolwich, in accordance with orders received on
Tuesday.
About 70 tons of stores have been forwarded
from Harwich to the Tower. The stores included
1,500 stand of arms, 1,050 tents, with tent-poles
and appurtenances, and about 800 bales of bedding.
These stores were required foi immediate shipment
to Canada.

Lieut.-Col. Gibbon, C. 8., commanding the Royal
Artillery in the eastern district, has received ordersi
to proceed to Woolwich to join his brigade, which
is under orders for foreign service. Lieut.-Col.
Gibbon will be relieved in the eastern district by
Lieut. -Co'. O'Connell.
Orders have been received at the camp of Col-
chester for volunteering for the 15th, 17th, 36th,
47th, 621, 63d, and 96th regiments, which are des-
tined for Canadian scrvic,.., and which are short of
their fall complement of men.