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The fleet under Sir Charles Napier entered the Great Belt on the 25th and arrived at Kiel on the 28th. Remaining there that night, they sailed next day for Kjoge Bay, near Copenhagen. The Miranda had joined the Elect, having reconnoitered as far as Revel. The Russians have taken up the buoys, removed the lights, and have sunk rocks in the channel, so that the most experienced pilot would find the way to Crenate& diffi- cult The Prussian Government have permitted forty pilots to engage in the service of Admiral Napier's ships. The Cream' 91, the St. George 120, the Prince Regent 90, the Conflict 8, the Hecht 6, and the Magicienne 16, have departed for the Baltic. On Sunday, the French screw-steamer Austerlitz, 100, passed Dover on her way to the Baltic. The James Watt 91, sinew, sailed for the Baltic on Thursday. But on her Way to the Downs her bilge injection-pump was discovered to be use- leo, and she put back immediately for repairs.
The entry of Landsmen between nineteen and twenty-four years of age, standing five feet Six inches in height, for service in the Navy, is resumed.
The Admiralty gave notice at Lloyd's on Thursday, that transports -were required to convey 113 guns, weighing 342 tons, to Constantinople. At the, same time, upwards of 59 tons of anchors and chain-cable are to he transmitted to the Black Sea fleet.
There is a report current that the Army will be further increased by 30.000. men. .
The troops at Malta, according to the latest accounts, were all doing well. The Guards were busily engaged in Millie rifle-practice, and, under the judicious and daily instruction of the officers, were making great proves& On the 23d, the Christophe Colombe' and the transport Mistral, arrived from Marseilles, having on board General Canrobert and the first portion 800 men, of the French expedition. The British soldiers cheered the French as they came into the harbour. General Canrobert landed, and was received with due honours. On the 24th, the force at-Malta was 10,197 effective. Gallipoli has been selected as the place of debarkation for the French and British contingents. It affords great facilities for defence and re- embarkation, if need be, for any point in the Black Sea.
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