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NAVAL AND MILITARY IN7ELLIGENCE

VALETTA, Feb. 22.—Her Majesty's Indian steam
troopship Crocodile, Capt. Watson, which left Malta
on the sth inst. at 4 p.m., on her outward voyage,
returned here at 630 a.m. of the 16th inst. She
arrived at Alexandria from this island at daylight
on the Bth, and, after landing the troops she had on
board on the 9th, embarked on the 11th Mr. 11. J.
Wilson, engineer, R.N., Mr. R. J. Willis, assist.-
paymaster, R.N., 11 other naval invalids, and a few
other supernumeraries from the East Indian squad-
ron, and on the 12th took on board the following
troops:-46 officers, 18 ladies, 21 children, 915 non-
commissioned officers and men, 47 women, and 82
children, of the 94th Regiment. The Crocodile left
Alexandria the same day, crossing the bar at noon,
and passed the Serapis at 3 a.m. on the 13th inst.
about 130 miles from Alexandria. The Crocodile
continued her route for England on the afternoon
of the 17th inst. The troops she is taking home are
to be stationed at Plymouth, and it would be natu-
rally concluded that she would call in there to dis-
embark them. But this is not the case; her orders
are to proceed to Portsmouth, and the troops will
consequently have to be sent back by rail to their
destination, at considerable public expense, with no
little inconvenience to themselves and unnecessary
loss of time. This is scarcely credible, after the
very recent exposure in the press and Parliament of
a similar act of official mismanagement. Her
Majesty's gunboat Tyrian, 1, Lieut. Commander E.
Church, arrived at Malta on the 16th inst. from
Candia, having been relieved on 10th inst. by the
Trinculo, 1, Lieut.-Commander de V. Sanders. In
getting under way, and while towing the Trinculo
to another berth, the Tyrian was thrown on a rock
by a sudden squall, but she was soon got off again
without having suffered any injury. Her Majesty's
screw frigate Arethusa, 35, Capt. R. Coote, also
arrived on the 16th inst. She was from the Piraaus,
having been relieved there by the Lord Warden, 18,
ironclad, Capt. W. R. Rolland. This vessel ex-
perienced a very rough passage up, and while royals
were being set her steel topmasts, fore and main,
went by the board. Owing to the prolonged voyage
Lord Clarence Paget was toolate to attend the State
ball given by the King and Queen of Greece, but
on his arrival lost no time in duly presenting to
their Majesties his congratulations on their recent
marriage. His lordship has since shifted his flag
from the Lord Warden to the Psyche, despatch
boat, and proceeded in the latter vessel to Constan-
tinople. He is expected back in Malta about the
25th inst. Her Majesty's screw troopship Hima-
laya, Capt. S. B. Piers, arrived here from Gibraltar
on the morning of the 17th inst., having on board
the 87th Regiment (Royal Irish), under the com-
mand of Col. Lyons, for this garrison, to relieve the
2d battalion Bth Regiment (the King's), which is
ordered home, and will embark on the ;4th inst on
board this vessel from the Hay wharf, in the Mar-
samuscetto harbour, where she is at present lying,
and leave in her the following morning. The 87th
are encamped at Verdala. The Himalaya con-
veyed the 74th Regiment from Kingstown to Gib-
raltar. Her Majesty's ironclad ship Caledonia, 24,
Capt. Alan Gardner, which left this island on the
sth inst., re-entered port on the 19th, having called
at Syracuse in the course of her cruise. The Lord
Clyde, 23, ironclad, Capt. Roderick Dew, which
left Malta on the same day for a cruise, returned
on the 20th instant, after visiting Naples. Letters
have been received here from her Majesty's sur-
veying steamer Hydra, Captain Shortland, dated
Bombay, 27th of January, stating that she
was to leave that day for Aden, where
she expected to arrive about the middle of March,
and, after surveying Jack Shoal, proceed to the
Mauritius and the Cape on her return home. As
application has, however, been made to the Admi-
ralty for a survey of the neighbourhood of Suez, in
connection with the intended laying of the Anglo-
Indian Telegraph cable, it is not impossible she may
be detained in the Red Sea to carry out this work,
if no vessel be available for this purpose. Commu-
nication by the Malta and Alexandria cable continues
uninterrupted. Two foreign men-of-war have
arrived here during the week. The Norwegian
screw corvette Nordstjernen, 15, came in on the
16th inst. from Alexandria. It was this vessel which
was erroneously reported to have grounded at Myti-
lene. The German screw frigate Hertha, 21, entered
this port on the morning of the 20th inst. from
Smyrna. Her Majesty's ships in port are :--The
Hibernia, receiving ship, bearing the flag of Rear-
Admiral Kellett, C.B. ; the Caledonia, 24, the
Lord Clyde, 23, and the Enterprise, 4, ironclads ;
the Arethusa, 35 ; the Endymion, 21 ; the Cocka-
trice, 1, the Wizard, 1, and the Tyrian, 1, gunboats;
the Caradoc, despatch vessel; the Himalaya, troop-
ship. There are also the following men-of-war in
port :—The Mahmoudia, 20, Turkish ironclad ; the
Mahomed Ali, 32, Egyptian frigate ; an Egyptian
sailing transport ; the Nordstjernen, 15, Norwegian
corvette ; and the Hertha, 21, German frigate.
The first selected armour-plate of 61in. in thick-
ness manufactured for the Captain turret-ship by
Messrs. Charles Cammell and Co. (Limited), Cy-
clops Steel and Iron Works, Sheffield, was tested
yesterday on board the Thuuderer, target-ship, at
Portsmouth, under the superintendence of Capt. A.
Hood, C. 8., commanding the gunnery-ship Excel-
lent. The plate measured 16ft. in length by 38in.
breadth, and weighed 5 tons 12cwt. It was bolted
on the 40-inch timber backing of the proof-room
target bulkhead of the Thunderer, and six 8-inch
spherical shots were fired at it from a distance of
25f t. All six of the shots struck within a space of
19 square inches, and the results apparently placed
the plate above the average of what are now con-
sidered " good" plates, but its classification will not
be given until it has been taken down from its pre-
sent position, and its reverse side examined. No
cracks were opened in any part of the plate, or even
in the indentations made by the shot, but the last
two :shots fired, striking centrally where the four
previously made indentations overlapped, squeezed
up a fringe of metal which was just sufficiently torn
by the tremendous tension to which it had been sub-
jected to exhibit its tough, fibrous nature. The
greatest indentation made, as the combined results
of the six-shot blows, was 2in., and the least inden-
tation, as the result of the one-shot blow, was I.7in.
Mr. George Wilson was present as the representa-
tive of Memo. Charles Cammell and Co, There

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appears.: in this arrangement of through-bolts and
ma-ssive, timber bulkheads on board the Thunderer
an alm( ist unnecessary expenditure of time, labour,
and material, There are 12 holes to be drilled
through each plate, and 12 bolts with nuts provided.
The backin g. of the proof-room bulkhead has to be
next replan ked and made sound, and then follows
the labour c f boring the backing and bolting on the
plate, and, after the firing, taking it down again
and rernovr.:ng it to the dockyard for inspection.
The plan pt rsued at Shoebury is much more simple,
and less ex T insive and tedious. The holes only are
bored through the plate, and by these it is suspended
to a circular iron bar, and fired at in that position
without any backing. By this means the effect of
every shot can be seen on the back as well as on the
front of the plate, and consequently a far more re-
liable estimate may be formed of the plate's quality
than can be obtained by the present system.
The Blanche, screw sloop (unarmoured wooden),
6 guns, 1,28 G tons, 350-horse power, Capt. J. E.
Montgomerie, which obtained 13.6 knots as a mean
speed on her recent trial over the measured mile in
Stokes Bay, has sailed from Spithead for the coast
of Australia.

On Tuesday the troops at Aldershot, under the
command of Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Sir James Yorke
Scarlet t, K.C.8., were exercised in field manoeuvres.
At half-past 10 o'clock the six battalions of infantry
formed up in line of contiguous columns on the
Queen's-parade, North Camp. Shortly after the
formation was complete, the Lieut.-General com-
manding, attended by his Staff, arrived upon the
ground, and was received with the usual salute;
after which the troops marched past in grand divi-
sions in quick time, and in the following order :
Pioneers, bands, drains, and bugles of the 31 In-
fantry Brigade ; Staff and Major-General Sir A.
Horsford, K.C.B. ; Major Madden and 51st (King's
Own) Light Infantry ; Col. Peyton and 98th Regi-
ment; Major Deacon and 54th (West Norfolk)
Regiment. Pioneers, bands, drums, and bugles of
the 2d Brigade ; Staff and Major-Gen. Carey, C. 8.;
Major the Hon. Le Poer Trench and 40th (the 2d
Somersetshire) Regiment; Lieut.-Colonel Harrison
and 86th (Staffordshire) Volunteers; Lieut.-Col.
Synge and 43d (Monmouthshire) Light Infantry.
After passing the saluting base the regiments broke
into column of companies from grand divisions at
the double counter march, and went past en masse
of columns from the reverse flank, and left in front.
Having gained their original ground, they counter-
marched by ranks, and marched past by brigades in
contiguous columns. Several field movements fol-
lowed, which were performed with celerity and
precision. The weather was delightfully fine,
and the ground in excellent condition for the ma-
1103m-res.

The iron armour - plated hydraulic gunboat
Waterwitch, Commander N. Philip Sharpe, having
discharged her ammunition, was removed on Wed-
nesday from Plymouth Sound into Hamoaze to
undergo some alterations and have defects made
good.

The screw steam sloop Royalist, 11, having been
supplied with a new mainyard at Plymouth, left the
Sound on Tuesday for the North American and
West India station.

A circular memorandum has been received by
Col. Suther, C. 8., commanding the Royal Marine
division at Woolwich, announcing that the standard
has been raised to sft. 7iin., and that no further
recruits are to be received at any of the head-
quarters of the corps until further Admiralty orders
are issued. It has been likewise announced that
the whole of the recruiting parties in provincial
stations throughout the kingdom are to return to
their various head. quarters on the Ist of March.
The recruiting stations at London and Edinburgh
are still to be retained. Capt. John D. Broughton
and Captain T. Magin have been permitted to ex-
change, the former to go to Gloucester to receive
boys for service in the Royal Navy.
At Aldershot advantage is being taken of the fine
weather to exercise the artillery and cavalry in the
drill and movements peculiar to those branches of
the service. On Tuesday C, D, and E batteries of
the Royal Horse Artillery, commanded by Capts.
Franks, Timbrell, and Hill respectively, together
with the field batteries (C of the 4th and C of the
9th brigade) formed upon on Eelmoor-hill in line,
and in complete marchingorder, and were inspected
by Col. Smyth, C. 8., commanding the artillery
division at Aldershot. Subsequently Col. Light, in
command of the Royal Ilorse. Artillery, and Col.
Elgee, of the field batteries, put their respective
commands through various artillery movements,
ending by marching past at the gallop and
the trot. On the same day the cavalry brigade,
consisting of the Ist Dragoon Guards, under
Col. Pattle, C. 8., and the 4th Dragoon Guards,
under Colonel Shute, formed up is the Long Val-
ley in quarter-distance columns of squadrons, and
were exercised in various movements by Brigadier-
General White, C.B. They afterwards marched
past by squadrons at open distance at a walk, trotted
past by sections, and galloped past by squadrons
from the reverse flank by wings. Yesterday C and
E batteries of the Royal Horse Artillery, under
Colonel Light, were practised in gun drill. The
whole area of the Camp and the review grounds is
now much drier than usual at this season ; but the
smallness of the force at present stationed at. Alder-
shott precludes the possibility of anything like a
grand military display.
Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals 11. H.
Massey, M.D., has arrived at Colchester in order
to make au official inspection of the hospitals in the
eastern district. Passed medical candidates li. H.
Macnamara, M.D., and M. M. Gallwey have arrived
at Colchester for duty as staff-assistant-surgeons.
Detachments of the 4th Depot Battalion at Waltham
Abbey and Enfield-lock are expected to return to
Colchester in a few days. The detachment of the
96th Regiment at Great Yarmouth has been relieved
by a party of similar strength from the Bth Depot
Battalion.