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dens, are 800- were
equal- when- lk ,ble
portion of the 'ged
from the frigate, a_ on
the trial, as her original draught was 2G feet. The
Agamemnon drew 25 feet forward and 27 aft ; she
is 100 feet shorter and of much less tonnage than.
Ler competitor, which hasa sharp bow and is con-
etructed purposely fora high• rate of speed, which
appeared to range from 11. i. to 12 knots'. With Fll
those advantages, there• is some doubt whether
ships so constructed 'Wohldbe found advantageous
for war purposes She can steam fa ter, throw
heavier metal, and at a greater distince,than the
Agamemnon, and if morred off a large town in an
undisturbed position would do great damage, with-
out receiving injury, if no opposing ships were near;
but at sea, with the chances of fogs and mists, the
recurrence of night, and the possible derangement
of her machinery, it is questionable whether they
would be able to maintain such a long range as
would secure her advantages over such a ship as the
Agamemnon. The superior range of the guns of the
Niagara would not avail much against -so small a
mark as a ship, for at_ a distance the drop of the
parabola would be so great that the c'-)ances of hit-
ting must be small, as evidenced at Sel,astopol,
where very few comparatively of the Russian guts
hit our ship, although they frequently dodge
within range. At closer quarters the frigate would
be placed at a disadvantage; she carries only six
guns on each s:de, worked on a flush deck; where
men are not so well protected fram falling rigging,
and spars, as when covered with a deck. Tue broad-
side of the Agamemnon consists of 54 guns' those
on the lower deck-being 64-pounders, and_there is
no doubt that one concentrated discharge would tell
most effectively. Six ships of the class of the Nia-
gara have been constructed, and it is not probable
that their number will be increased. She cost about
200,0001.
In the list of names of officers of the Royal En-
gineers about to proceed to India given in The Sun,
of Wednesday Lieut. Maine" was printed, instead
of "Lieut. Robert Thaine."
Lieutenant C. D. T. Odevain (additional) to the. Ve-

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itiaval and lYiliAary intelligence.

We are happy to be enabled to state that prom-pt
measures have been taken by the Government in
India to procure considerable and speedy reinforce-
ments for our troops. The Pottinger, the Assaye,
and a small sailing vessel have been sent back to
the Mauritius to clnvey another wing of the 33d, a
troop of Artillery, and a wing of the 4th to Bom-
bay. Capt. Griffiths Jenkins has been despatched
to th© Cape with the Oilman, the Madras, and the
England screw ships of 1,0 .; 0 tons each. The Hima-
laya has also been sent from Calcutta to the Cape.
These vese!s have space enough for the conveyance
of any number of troops that Sir G. Grey may be
able to spare."
A correspondent requests us to make a correc-
tion to the list of officers killed. in India which
appeared in yesterday's Sum. He says that En-
sign C. F. H. Gambier, 38th Regiment, reported
to have perished, is not dead, but escaped from
Delhi. Capt. H. W. Gardner, however, of the
same regiment, according to our correspondent, was
killed. . _

The steam-transport' Hydaspos, Captain Brown,
in the service of the East India Company, em-
barked her troops at Woolwich for Calcutta yester-
day morning at 10 o'clock, and- slipped her moor-
ings from tl-,e Arsenal pier at one p.m. The troops
consisted of the Q battery, Captain Gibbon, Capt.
Johnson ; Lieut.. Majendie, Burnaby, and
Bethune ; Assistant-Surgeon Baker, 2 staff ser-
geants, 8 sergeants, 5 corporals, 5 bombardiers,
150 gunners and drivers, 2 trumpeters, and 12 ar-
tificers. The J battery, Capt. Radcliffe, Capt. the
Hon. Leon A. Addington ; Lieuts. F. S. 'Talbot,
„lUD, A. stawaixtt ausixockimin; Assistant-Sur-
geon hock, Veterinary Surgeon Cockrane, 10 ser-
geants, 10 corporals and bombardiers, 150 privates,
two trumpeters' and 12 artificers ; Staff Lieut.-
Colonel Riddel, Capt. N. 0. S. Turner, and Cspt.
Young. And the H troop, consisting of Limb -
Colonel Turner, C. 8., Capt. Campbell, Lieut.
Vaughan, Lieut. Shakerley, and Lieut. Tredcroft,
making a total of 24 officers and 607 men of the
ttoyal Artillery. The general accommodation of
the ship is spoken of as first-rate, the mess arrange-
ments being on au exceedingly liberal scale. .
Yesterday an order was received from the Ad-
miralty by Col. E. A. Parker, Commandant of
the Chatham division of the Royal Marine Light
Infantry, directing a detachment of 48 non-com-
missioned officers and men, under the command of
First Lieut. H. L. Rose, to be held in readiness to
embark on board the Wellington, fitting for a.fisg-
ship for the Coast guard service.
Lieut. J. Birtwhistle, 32d Regiment, has joined
the provisional battalion at Chatham, and has been
appointed to the command of the depot of that
corps.
The following officers have left Chatham garrison
and embarked for India for the purpose of joining
their service companies during the present season—
viz.,. 1 lieutenant-colonel, 1 major, 14 captains, 24
utenants, and 47 ensigns.
On Thursday afternoon the depot of the 38th
Foot, from Reading, arrived at Colchester Camp.
Its strength was three offic-rs, 7 sergeants, 1 drum-
mer, and 106 rank and file, ruder the command of
Brevet Major Daniel, Capt. Quick, and Lieuten-
ant Walker.
A warrant has just been issued from the Horse
Guards for the formation of a new corps, to be de-
signated " the army hospital corps, ' and when
sufficiently organized and in efficient working it is
expected the present "medical staff corps" will be
broken up. It is to be formed of soldiers of the
line—sergeant-m-sjors, company sergeants, ser-
geants, and privates, whose pay, according to rank,
will be 45., 35., 25., and is. a-day irrespective of
rations and messing, which are t 3 be supplied free
of chair.
The freightship Acasta, Captain Holliday, having
embarked a cargo of military stores and annamili
tin from Woolwich, for Wellington; New Zealand,
sailed down the river yesterday for her destination.
The milit try store steam-transport Balaklava
from Woolwich yesterday, laden with ammunition
and store., as detailed in The. Sun of Friday, for
Queeustewn.
Boydel I's traction engine, which arrive I at Wool-
wich on Thursday night 'laden with vans of timber,
was conveyed forthwith to the Royal Arsenal,
whore it is intended to be put into immediate ap-
plication in removing the heavy segments compo-
sing the two monster cannons ordered fer trial on
• the long range of the Plumstead marsh. Tois is
the Fe:•ond engine which h.g--been, purcha•eri by
her 111,jesty's Government, and is on a much larger
scale than the former one. It is fitted wit'i a
couple of 7-inch cylinders, and is said to de the
work which would require a I eem of 60 or 70 horses.
Col. Sir P. Auntley, of the Eist India Company's
service, joined the train at Epping, and accompanied
it about 8 miles on the road to Woolwich, in order to
verify i's efficiency on behalf of the Indian Govern-
ment, who have entered into an engagement for the
purchase of a number of the endless railways for the
conveyance of troops as well as to work in the cot-
ton and sugar plantations in the west.
The new screw three-decker Royal Sovereign,
131, is so far advanced in the fitment of her ma-
chinery that she lighted fires and got up steam on
Thursday, and will try her speed at the measured
mile in Stoke's Bty in a day or two.
His Prues4ta Majesty's corvette Amazon, °list.
KUIW, has been supplied with .a new bowsprit and
yard at Portsmouth, and left this morning for
Dantsic. The Prussian Vice-Consul Chevalier
V.andenbergh, accompanied Capt. Kuhn on board
the Amazon, which saluted him on leaving.
The Victory, 101, Captain G. H. Seymour, has
been comple:tely cleared out, and put into dock at
Portsruou h yesterday afternoon. She will turcicrgo
a thorough survey and repair if expedient.
The Diadem, 32, screw frigate, Capt. Mooraotn,
C,8., less shipped rearly all her patty officers and
about 300 seamen out of her complement. She
has topgallatrtwasts pointed, and will soon be ready
to go out of the steam basin.
The Calcutta, screw steamship, passed through
Spithoad f.pr Southampton last evening.
The t yclops, 6, paddle frigate, Cspt. Pullen, is
nearly ready for leav:ng dock at Portsmouth, and
will soon be ready for sea, when it is supposed she
will rctwrn to the Msditerranean station.
The Hydra, 6, paddle wheel steam sloop, ar-
rived at Sheerness on Thursday from Deptford in
tow of the steam vessels Widgeon and African. She
has been t aken into the fitting basin and is to be
brought forward for immediate active service.
The Renown, 91, new screw steamship, was put
out of No. 3 dry dock at Sheerness on Thursday,
and her fitting and alterations are being hastened to
completion.
Rear-Admiral John J. Jervis, late captain-supe-
rintendent at Sheerness yard, has retired from his
dales as captain-superintandent ; and Mr. James
Brown, master-superintendent, ia acting captain-
superintendent until the arrival of Captain-Superin-
tendent John C. Fitz,gerald,
The Ruby gunboat is in dry dock at Sheerness,
being refitted for immediate active service.
The screw steamship Doris, 32, was appointed to
be taken out of dock at Devonport yesterday to try
machinery.
The screw steamship Orion, 91, Captain John E.
Erskine, is alongside the jetty at Devonport, prepa-
paratory to being taken into dock to her copper re-
paired.
The paddlewheel steam-frigate Gladiator,' 6, was
taken into dock at Key ham yesterday for repair.
The Turkish line-of-battle ship Fateyab (Victery),
90, is hourly expected from the Mediterranean at
Plymouth, where she will be fitted with a scr.eahv
and machinery. The engines and screw. whtiche
were placed in the Peyki Jaffa by ordber, of
Admiralty in the Devonport dockyard
eanNte given
great satisfaction to the Turkish Governm
Government storesfrom
mouth on Wednesday with
ard for the Cape of
The hired ba•qu©
the Royal William Victataoll gYe
wi'eld-trom the Sound at
Good Hope.
She Tvaasboat, by which Wm. Lobb, a
noon, and ran down d
Oceans,
and o f Bt
"If ast
barquet Ply-
The
s
fisherman, of , was drowned. The wind
under fore and aft canvas.
Master-Commander C. T. A.
The Agamemnot ,
Noddall, went into the basin at Keyham on Thurs-
day, for the purpose of discharging the telegraphic
was light,
cable into the old powder raagazine. The United
south,
States' frigate Niagara, Capt.. Hudson, entered the
basin the same day. No arrangements have yet
been made in regard to the deposit of her telegra-
freinCersawstsabny.
phic cable. With reference to the unexpected race
between these ships, 'which was described in the
Washington Star and insetted in The Simi, of the
14th 'instant, our correspondent at Plymouth has
made inquiry, and found the description substan-
tially correct, excepting only the presumed declara-
tion that the Agamemnon could steam 11 or 12
knots easily. The speed of 10i or 11 knots is a'l
that was ever expected from her, and that is ob-
tained with 56 revolutions under the 'most favour-
able circumstances, the stokers being constantly at
work. Such a speed illa vessel of her construction
and with her appliances is considered satisfactory.
Her engines of two cylinders are o f 600-horse power
nominal ; those of the Niagara, with three cylin-

suvieF.

Paymaster H. W. Itowlstone to the Wellington.
Surgeon John Gunn to the Cyclops.
Assistant-Surgeon F. Hardinge to the Impregnable,
for Plymouth Hospital.
Master's-Assistant Thomas M'Kennell to the Cyclops.