The quantity of large pieces of ordnance recently transmitted to
various se. ts of Iii .r .11,:rvy 's dominions, both at home and abroad, from the I; s . ,s A r -esel, Wrmiwieb, hati been consiuereble, and there are at ; T• -• : :.,•Iir;,..s the fbIlowing large guns ready for being ehiesee f,.! • ,'i•.!..,: six pieces of ordnance for Portsmouth, b",re, capable of projeeting balls of 65 pontais ad i . : 'la ,,,,o (1 of exactly the hilllIC IIIIIICIFIIMIS are le,. i ■■•mm lr m',.rfti. ii, addition to thi.si!, there ar,- ' • -,i .: 21-pounders, for Corfu. It is now ;:. ... .1 s,,, sa a et ...ie Iteyal Artillery sent out rectal* to the Mediterranean, ostensibly for the purpose of relieving the detach- ments stationed at Gibraltar, Malta, and Corfu, will not operate as a relief to the others, whose period of foreign service has expired accord- ing to rotation, sealed orders having been transmitted that the troops previously on those stations are to remain until the affairs of the East are settled. Preparations are in progress at the head-quarters, Wool- wich, for the purpose of sending out a number of Royal Artillerymen to Constantinople to brigade the Turks, and instruct them in the min. tary movements of that corps. Great progress has been made at the foundry of the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, preparatory to another large casting of brass ordnance, which will shortly take piece. It is now also determined upon that Napier's machine for making balls by compression will be worked by steam, and the turners and borers of cannon will be arranged so as to work by the same power. The same system as was acted upon forty years ago is used in the boring of large guns, horses being employed as the moving power.—Times.
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