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PRICE 41). STAMPED, 51).

the London Brigade fire-engiue with the applica-
tion of steam power, instead of manual labour. It
is mounted on high wheels, springs, and forelocking
carriage, and is built for rapid transit by horses ;
is fitted with bai to contain hose and implements,
having driving seat and space for firemen, and has
poles on which to suspend the suction-pipes, thus
carrying the firemen and all the hose and imple•
meats in or upon it. The extreme outside dimen-
sions are as follows :—Length, 12ft. Gin.; width,
Gft. sin. ; height, Bft. 2in., without chimney. Like
the London brigade engine it can be worked with
suction-pipe, or water may be drawn from the
cistern which forms part of the engine. The
steam cylinder and the pumps are made entirely of
gur. metal, and the valves of india-rubber. The
boiler is of the upright tubular construction,
affording ample means for superheating the steam.
There are 199 brass tubes, liin. outside diameter,
and 15in. long. The firebox is of copper, 3ft. 4in.
diameter. The cylinder is 81in. diameter, with
Gin, stroke. One water cylinder is 7in. diameter,
with 6in. stroke ; the other 84-,in. diameter, with
4in. stroke, the two being equal in cubic contents.
The trial yesterday in Woolwich Dockyard com-
menced at two o'clock, in the presence of Commo-
dore the Hon. James R. Drummond, C. 8., A.D.C.,
superintendent of the yard, and the principal officers
of the establishment. Mr. Braidwood, superin-
tendent of the London Fire Brigade, was likewise
in attendance. The engine fire was lighted at 2.15
and in 10 minutes 201bs. of steam was produced, and
shortly after it commenced working with much
apparent success. A volume of water was thrown
with 651 b. of steam (about one-half of its full
power) to a height of about 80ft. over one of the
sheers on the wharf of the fitting basin, when it
was believed that one of the india-rubber valves
had become displaced, or had sustained some in-
jury, and the trial was postponed to a future day.'
Her Majesty's screw steam frigate Ariadne, 32,
built at Deptford, and removed to Woolwich, to
receive her internal fittings, yesterday got up
steam in basin at Woolwich, and worked her en.
gines for several hours. The propeller not being
on it was simply a preliminary test of the machi-
nery, which worked smoothly and in a perfectly
satisfactory manner. The engines are of 800 horse-
power, and were provided by Messrs. Maudslay,
Son, and Field.

Lieut. W. H. Annesley has been appointed ad-
ditional Lieut. to the Royal Albert ; and Mr. G.
M. 0. Higginson clerk to the Algiers.

THE ARMY.

The following circular has recently been issued
from the War-office:—

" Mr. Secretary Herbert having deci(L.d, on the
recommendation of his Royal Highness the General
Commanding-in-Chief, that the non-commissioned
officers of the several militia regiments in Great
Britain and Ireland when about to be assembled for
training may, with the concurrence of the general
officer commanding in the district, be accommo-
dated in the barracks at the respective training sta.
tions immediately prior to the assembly of the regi-
ments to which they belong, and that fuel and light
may be issued to them during such period, accord-
ing to their rank.
" The same is notified for the information and
guidance of the officers commanding and the bar-
rack-masters concerned. " B. HA-WES."

The annexed circular has been issued from the
War-office, addressed to the general or other officer
commanding :

"With reference to War-office Circular No. 321, I
have the honour, by direction of Mr. Secretary Her-
bert, to acquaint you that it has been decided that
soldiers selected to serve as clerks in military staff
offices are to receive both their regimental and their
office pay from the staff officers in whose offices
they are employed, or, if abroad, from the military
accountants at the respective stations. They are
to be transferred into the payment of the above-
named officers from the regiments to which they
belonged by the usual No. 1 reports, without
which the charge for their regimental pay in the
accounts of the staff officers or military accountants
will not be admitted. I am directed to request
that you will give the necessary instructions for
carrying this arrangement into effect, and I am to
add that it is not to apply to the Royal Artillery
or Royal Engineers.—l have, &c.,

" B. HAWES ."

The Secretary of State for War has determined
upon the introduction into military hospitals of a
new scale of dietary. The approved diet•table and
instructions to medical officers, and for the guidance
of the military hospital cooks, have just been for-
warded by the Under Secretary, Sir Benjamin
Hawes, to the officers commanding regiments and
depot battalions.
The 84th Regiment, from the East Indies, was
off Deal yesterilay morning, after a favourable
voyage home. The regiment will disembark at
Gravesend this morning, to proceed to Sheffield.
The 18th, Captain R. Hawthorn's company of
Royal Engineers, which was despatched from
head-quarters, Chatham, to Weymouth, a short
time since, for the put pose of commencing the
erection of a chain of strong fortifications on the
coast in that locality, have made considerable pro-
gress in that undertaking, and, notwithstanding
the comparatively short time they have been em-
ployed there, the men have completed the erectio;
of a strong 3-gun battery, which commands the
entrance to Weymouth harbour. The Royal Engi-
neers have since commenced the formation of a battery
of large dimensions to sweep the entire coast between
Weymouth and Portland. This battery, when com•
pleted, will mount 50 guns, all of which are to be
the long range Armstrong cannon. The Royal
Engineer officers appointed to superintend the erec-
tion of these works are Major C. B. P. Nugent,
Major P. B. Whittingham, Captain R. Hawthorn,
ar.d Lieut. E. N. Peters.
The batteries at Great Yarmouth have been com-
pletely restored, and are far superior in every re-
spect to the sand heaps which formerly occupied
thei, sites. There are four bomb-woof magazines
and six guns of heavy metal—•viz. three 82 and two
68 pounders, and one long 24 on each battery. Th•
carriage machinery is very manageable, so that the
guns can be worked to command any position in
the roads.

THE MUTINY ON BOARD THE MARL-

BOROUGH.

We learn from Malta that four seamen, charged
with being the ringleaders in the late outbreak at
Castelmare, on board the Marlborough, Captain
Lord Frederick Kerr, bearing the flag of Vice-
Admiral Fanshawe, the Commander-in-Chief in the
Mediterranean, were tried by a court-martial
which assembled on board her Majesty's ship Hi•
bernia in Valetta harbour on the 25th of August,
and of which court Rear-Admiral Codrington sat
as president. The prisoners pleaded "Not Guilty,"
and after the examination of eight or nine wit-
nesses, chiefly officers, in support of the charge, it
was held not to be ma•le out to the extent ex-
pected, and on the 26th three were condemned to
receive 50 lashes each and two years' imprison-
ment, and the fourth to one year's
imprison-
ment. These four seemed to have been picked out
from some 300 or 400, and identified chiefly by
their voices, as the decks were in darkness from the
closing of the ports. The little accommodation
which naval courts-martial afford persons con-
nected with the press for taking notes of the pro-
ceedings and the want of shorthand writers at
Malta have prevented our getting a detailed ac-
count, which no doubt would have thrown some
light on the internal management of this noble
ship.

• (FROM A SAILOR'S LETTER.)
H.M.S. Marlborough, Aug. 7, Castleammar.
Dear Mother and Sister,—l have an opportunity
of writeing you those few lines, hoping to find you
well, as it leaves me at present, thank God for it.
Dear mother, I am sorry to inform you that we
have had mutiny on bord about leave. The)