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Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour, K.C.8.,
Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, struck his
flag at sunset on Tuesday and went on leave.
We . are glad to find her Majesty has been
pleased to grant Rear Admiral Sir Michael Sey-
mour, K. C. 8., the usual service. pension for the
loss of sight of one eye, of which the gallant ad-
miral was deprived by the explosion of a Russian
inferoAl machine on board the Exmouth, in the

[PRIDE 4D. STAMPED 50

THE LEGIO,v OF HONOUR AND THB
ENGLISH ARMY.

The 3foniteur of yesterday publish% the follow-
ing :
The Emperor, by a decree of the 3d of April,
1857, on the proposal of the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, has promoted the following English officers
and s,)ldiers in the Imperial Order of . the Legion.
of Monour :
To THE RANK OF COMMAPDIB.
General John RI ,Ard Dapuk Royal Artillery.

A circular has been received from the Board of
Admiralty, and,issued to her, Majesty's ships gene-
rally, that henceforth officers will receive their
future pay in cash inst3ad of bills. Remittances
may also be sent to the relatives and friends of the
respective crews.

The following vessels have sailed from Ports-
mouth for China since last night :—Furious, 17,
paddle-frigate, Captain S. Osborn ; Cormorant, 6,
screw des patch-b at, Commander Saumarez ; Drake,
screw gun-boat ; Janus, screw gun-boat ; and Firm,
sere w•gn n-boat.

The-Racoon, 22, screw steam-corvette, is in-
tended to be launched at Chatham on Satur-
day afternoon, at half-past one, and extensive
preparations have been made for the accommodation
(4* the large number of visitors expvted to witness
the ceremony. The Racoon is the largest ship of
her class, and differs frdm the other screw-corvettes
in being provided with a spar deck. She has been
built in the short space of ten months, and is from
the designs of Sir Baldwin Walker, Surveyor of the
Navy. The following are her dimensions :
Extreme length
Length between perpendiculars 200 „ 0 ~
Length for tonnage l7l „ 9 ~
Extreme breadth
Breadth of tonnage 4O ,p 0 11,
Breadth moulded 39 99 4 If
Depth in hold
• Burthen in tons 1,462, 21-94.
The following will be her armament :-20 8 inch
60 cwt. guns, each 9 feet in length, and two 68-
ponnfieriengitivet gum, each,9s cwt., and 10 feet
in length. As soon as she has been launched she
will be fitted with engines of 400 horse-power, and
made ready for sea.
The Warspite, 50, has been taken into dock for
the purpose of being overhauled and undergoing
extensive- repairs, in order to be made ready for
sea.

The Tyne, 4, shore-ship, is in dock for the pur-
pose of being rtpaire3.
Orders have been received at Chatham to lay
down two large screw steamers, of 91 guns each, •
and also a steam screw-corvette of 21 guns, the
whole of which are to be commenced immediately.
It is also intended to lengthen No. 3 dock nearly
100 feet, in order to admit line-of-battle ships to be ,
repaired.
Assistance, 6, iron screw troop ship, Commander
W. A. J. Heath ; and Adventure, 6, iron screw -
troop ship, Commander Edward Lacy, are ordered
to be rigged as barques, doing away with mizen
yards as heretofore.
The Sylph. steamer landed about 300 of the 72d
Highlanders at Portsmouth on Tuesday from Jer-
sey, and left for that island again in the afternoon
with two companies of Royal Artillery. She will
return to Portsmouth with the remainder of the
72d.

The Avon steam-tender landed at Portsmouth on
Tuesday the men belonging to that port paid off
from the Nile, 92, at Plymouth, and left yesterday
with others belonging to the eastward.
The Agamemnon, 91, was undocked at Ports-
mouth yesterday, and put into the steam basin,
where she is being rapidly expedited for the ser-
vice of laying down the Atlantic telegraph cable.
The Camperdown, 104, old. three-decker, was
taken out of dock yesterday at Portsmouth to make
room for the three-decker Princess Charlo6te, which
is to be fitted for immediate commission on the
China station as a hospital ship.
Her Majesty's screw steam-frigate Doris, lately
_launched from Pembroke Dockyard, left for Devou-
port under the charge of Mr. Martyn, of that port,
on Tuesday afternoon. The Doris has been jury-
rigged, and' was towed by the steam-ships Sphinx
and Prospero, the later vessel returning after as-
sisting as far as St. Anne's lighthouse, situate at
thb mouth of Milford Haven. The Doris will have
her engines placed on board and will be made ready
for sea at Devonport.
The large new tidal basin in course of conctruc-

tion at Cliatham Dockyard is progres4ing rapidly,
and, as soon as completed, will afford accommoda-
tion for line-of-battle ships, which have hitherto
seldom been sent to that establishment for repairs,
owing to the want of sufficient dock accommodation.
The new dock has been built on the site of the old
No. 2 dock, and will be of the length of 360 feet,
and 92 broad. The foundation of the basin has
been laid on beds of concrete, the bottom and sides
being built of granite. During the progress of the
works considerable difficulty has been experienced
from the cons ant breaking in of the wat-t', but this
has been remedied by the erection of two powerful
steam pumps, which discharge four tons pf water
per minute, day and night. As soon as the works'
connected with the new tidal basin are completed,
it is in contemplation to lengthen the adjoining No.
3 dock nearly 100 feet, making its length upwards
of 300 feet, so as to admit a larger class of vessels.
Messrs. Rigby, the contractors, have also length-
ened No. 7 granite slip 60 feet, making its total
length 330 feet. As soon as the whole of the
works intended to be carried out at Chatham Dock-
yard are completed that establishment will be the'
most commodious in this country.
The Warspite, 50, has been docked at Chatham
for the purpose of undergoing extensive repairs and
to be fitted for sea.
The Hood, 9G, screw steamer, building at Cha-
tham, is to be completed forthwith and fitted with
engines of 600-horse power.
A hastening order has been received at Sheerness,
for the fitment of the paddlewheel steam frigate;
Terrible, now under repairs in No. 1 dry.dook,
Sheerness. She is destined to assist the Agamem-
non in laying down the telegraphic wires between
America and Newfoundland. The Terrible is 884
horse-power, she has four cylinders of 74 inches
diameter, with 8-feet stroke, and she previously
worked up to 2,000 horse-power. It is in conse-
quence of her being fitted with the most powerful
engines in our, navy that she has been selected for
this undertaking. A number of additional artisans
have been set on to hasten her fitment.
Mr. Allan M'lnnes, chief engineer, has taken up
his commission and joined the Vesuvius at Sheer-
ness. Captain Charles Wise will take up his com-
mission to this ship this day.
Mr. Joseph H. W. Bowman, paymaster Dec.
28, 184 has taken up his commission and joined
the Vesuvius.

The new screw steam corvette Scout, of 21 guns,
and 400-horse power, arrived at Sheerness yester-
day from Woolwich, to be placed in the second-
class steam reserve, under charge of Captain Ed-
ward P. Halsted, of the Edinburgh.
The Porcupine, 3 guns, paddlewheel steam-sur-
veying vessel, Captain Henry C. Otter, and her
steam-surveying tender, the Seagull, in charge of
Mr. Win. Stanton, left Sheerness yesterday morn-
ing at daylight for Stornaway, and thence she pro-
ceeds to her surveying ground round the Hebrides.
The Seagull has been fitted with a pattern engine
on deck, for the purpose of gatheringin the deep
sea head line, the engine occupying a space of only
about 2 feet square. It is equal to a 4-horse power
engine ; it can beworkedto make from 500 to
if the hne in eight minutes.
600 revolutions per minute,. and will gather in-
bßoya rtdhis4Oo
Lltili o
entilsg.Dne soundings can be taken in
deep water in a considerably shorter space of time
than by the old mode of gathering in the deep sea
lead line by a common hand-winch.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :
Lieut eireots--A. Graves aid L. Brine, to the Assist..
ance ; E. F. Wrl i, to the Adventure.
Masters—George A. Stahl), to the Adventure ; Don.
can J. Loutthl, to the Assist Ace.
Surgeon-Superintendent—Fysher Negue to the Ha.
milla Mitchell, convict ship.
Assistant Clerk—John Ashton, to the Implacable.

A GRANDMOTHER AT TWENTY•NINE YIIR3 OF Aai
A. woes in who Was last week brought before the magi..
trates of Wigan, for an assault committed upon a neigh•
hour, affords a striking instance of recklessly early mar.
riages. She is the wife of Patrick Casey, a tailor.
Theyireside in Douglas-terrace, Wigan. He is 40 years
of age, and she is 29. They were married before she had
attained the age of 14 years, and she was a mother at
tte age of 14 von-a and seven months Since that time
she has had 11 other children. Strange to say, th•
eldest girl, who was 15 years old on Wednesday, week; is
thOnotherof two childreh, the elder of whom is nearly two
years of age, she having married earlier in life than her
mother. Mrs. Casey is, therefore, at the age of 29 years,
the mother of 12, and the grandmother of twos children.
—Manchester Guardian.
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