MOVEMENTS OP SHIPS OF WAR.
The steam-yachts forming the royal marriage .squadron at Portsmouth will move-in a few days.to the Thames. They comprise the Royal State yachtVictprja and Albert, the Fairy, the Admiralty ■Stated yaclit, the* .Curacoa 31-guh frigate, .the Diadem,.' 32-gun frigate, &c. The Curacoa wants about, forty men! to com : * plete her sea-going complement. The Diadem returned from her'cruise1 in the Channel to Spithead ■oh Thursday. "she'has been under sail bhly since she left oo Saturday, 2nd instant, and has not put in at anyplace.—> Her Majesty's steam trpop-ship Vulcan> 6, Commander John Seacome, hauled along-Portsmouth .Dockyard jetty on Saturday weekj-tp prepare for the embarkation; of troops.~TEe following steamships are being fitted out'for ibhe steam reserve at Portsmouth:—Marlbor6ugh,i3i.; Royal Sovereign',. 131 -Duke of. Wellington, 131; Algiers, 91;. Cpir,' 91; Melpomene,, 51; Arrogant, • 47 ; Sidon, 22; and sundry smaller vessels.— The Racoon, 21,! screw steamer, Captain J. A. Pay liter,: left Chatham qn Thursday, arid pro- ( ce!',d(?d to. Gillmj:ham..-R,eaeh,:for the'purpose"of ■raking 'on board h^r'rgi^s ahd sea'stOreg, previ 'ijsly to taking her departure':: Her Majesty's pa'UUewheel steam-Vessel IMnoess Alice, MagterCv>mmander Mugford, proceeded down the.river on TiiuiS lay :;morniiig,-' fiom Woolwich^ .on survey, to decide on an eligible-sp »t for laying: down moprings : to harbor itne various ships employe 1 on spgciil service:connected with the approaching royal marriage-^ , .
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Colonist, Issue 54, 27 April 1858, Page 3
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217MOVEMENTS OP SHIPS OF WAR. Colonist, Issue 54, 27 April 1858, Page 3
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