The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-25 00:00:00

Winibled :on Review and Prize Distribution,

It is th e wise practice of those charged with the
conduct c f affairs at Wimbledon to celebrate each
year the close of their arduous undertaking by in-
viting er tetropolitan Volunteers and others from the
adjoii ling counties to take part in a grand review
held within the limits of their inclosure. Mutual
benei its arise from this custom. Volunteers who
have not leisure or inclination to compete for prizes,
but who yet enjoy field days when opportunities
present themselves, feel in going to Wimbledon
that the National Rifle Association is not for them
a purely abstract body, and are much more likely to
appreciate the skill of their comrades who do shoot
when they traverse this enormous area in person,
than when they merely read that Corporal Dash,
of their own corps, made five bull's-eyes at 800
yards. The Association also gains, for not merely
are Volunteers, who have once visited its ground
and seen its arrangements, more likely to return
in another year, but their presence in any large
numbers is sure to attract a corresponding number
of the public, whose shillings, halfcrowns, and half
sovereigns—in the case of those with carriages—
figure very attractively in the prize list for the fol-
lowing year. On Saturday the usual features of
the Volunteer Review were supplemented, or rather
preceded, by the ceremonial of distributing prizes
won in all the principal contests of the meeting.
Heretofore the rule was to devote a special day to
this purpose at the Crystal Palace; but it was found
that so many persons who could give up a fortnight
to the objects of the meeting scrupled to break in
upon a third week, that so many more were anxious
on account of the time of year to leave town at once,
And that others, whose cooperation was essential,
honestly doubted whether the monster platform at
sydenham was the arena best fitted for conferring
the degree in Rifle Shooting instituted by her Ma-
jesty and granted by the National Association, and
it was determined in the present instance to act on
a different plan.
In the open air accordingly, and immediately in
front of the marquees and lines of reserved seats
erected for the accommodation of spectators of the
review, the trophies won upon the field were dis-
trbuted shortly after 3 o'clock. A large stand
placed at the foot of the flagstaff and covered with
blue cloth, supported a glittering collection of vases.
cups, &c,, which would have been even more nume-
rous but for the arrangement introduced by Capt.
Mildmay, Secretary of the Association, enabling
successful competitors from distant parts of the
country to take home with them the prizes in
money or in value which were gained in all the
minor competitions. The prizemen stood about the
table in a semicircle, In the midst of which were
lord and Lady Elcho, Lord Grosvenor, Col. North,
and one or two other members of the council. The
bac" rground was formed by a guard of honour fur-
nist Led by the London Rifle Brigade, the regiment
carteying off the highest distinction of the year.
The ceremonial was prefaced by some introductory
observations on the part of Lord Rohe, who ex-
plai sea that Lords de Grey and Ellenborough,
lute ing both been prevented from attending, Lady
Eli ;leo had been requested by the council to present
th, 3 prizes, believing that it would be acceptable to
th e winners to receive them at the hands of a lady,
wl to, though he said it that should not, was one of
thi 3 heartiest and best supporters of the Volunteer
mcevement in the kingdom. If the Council ever
rea.lly did entertain a doubt whether men who have
earned any distinction whatever would rather re-
ceive it from the hands of a lady than a gentleman
it is the only tangible ground that has yet been
advexced for reforming the Council. The response
vhics followed the announcement certainly left no
doubt in anyone's mind as to the satisfaction felt
bete with the request itself and the gracious man-
ner in which it was acceded to. Lord Elcho ad-
verted, briefly to the great success and prosperity of
the meeting, which would, he said have been com-
plete but for the accident that occurred two days
ago. Although most grievous in its character, it was
still an accident, not traceable to any fault or mis-
arrangement on the part of the Council, and the deep
sympathy felt for the poor fellow lying over there
in his tent was not eonfinedto those upon the ground,
for her Majesty that very morning had sent a tele-
geara ingulring anxiously after his condition, and
requesting that a daily report of his state might be
made to her. The Surgeon-Major of the Guards
saw him that day, and an opinion was gaining
ground that the poor man might recover from the
severe wound he had received. With this excep-
tion everything had gone on so smoothly that there
was only one grumbler of whom he had heard. He
had since won a prize ; they had shaken hands,
and mile) now the best of friends. The Association
had evidently struck its roots deep into the Wim-
bledon scil, far people came to see and interest
themselves in the encampment and the shooting
this year who had never done so before. Lord
Elcho, in conclusion, assured Volunteers, to what-
ever part of the country they might belong, that
the object of the Council was to do all in its power
for their comfort, happiness, and amusement while
at Wimbledon ; and, if they were only favoured
with fine weather, he hoped and believed that
Volunteers would go away from future meetings as
well satisfied as they had done from the present.

The extra prizes were first distributed. Of these
many had already been taken away by gentlemen
of whom it was humorously said that "they would
not trust the Association." The Association, how-
ever, did not bear malice, for such of the prize
winners as answered to their name were duly pre.
seated to Lady Eleho and congratulated by her,
those who had already made sure of their trophies
being, if anything, more at their ease than some
who appeared to feel the honour of shaking hands,
euperadded to the care of a costly vase, rather more
than they were prepared for at one and the same
moment. II the class of extra prizes Lord Elchts
made special reference to the valuable and unique
volume of photographs presented by Mr. Herbert
Watkins. As each Volunteer advanced to the table
his name and the name of the corps to which he
belonged were called out audibly, and accompanied
with a slight running commentary of explanation,
so that the spectators, with the aid of the official
programme, in which the marks made by each com-
petitor were set out, were enabled thoroughly to
follow and comprehend the scene.

The following was the official list of the winners
and their prizes :

M
Extra Prize, First Series—A Bennett gold watch, value
£3l 10s—won by Captain Bevan, let Radnor .. 19
Extra Prize, Second Series—Mappin. Tea Service, £52
10s—Mr Miller, Bristol 2O
Extra, Prizo, Third Series—Smith Rifle, £lO—J. G

Perkin lB
—Extra Prize, Fourth Series—Whitworth Rifle, £3B—

C. Ilos4 2O
Extra Prize, Fifth Series—Pair of Statuettes, £2l—
Ilalford, Leicester
Telescope, All Comers, £2s—First Prize, £lo—Captain
E. Ross, 3d Cambridge l9
Storm's Prize, £lOO (for breech baders)—Range A,
First Prize, £lo—Sergeant Brook, 12th Middlesex
0.3 shots) 3l
Ditto, Range B, First Prize,Llo—Ensign Hughes,
~.„.p ail Manchester (9 shots)
henry Peeks, £52 136—£25 10s--Private Bruce, 3d
Kirkenklbright
46Daily i, Telegranh
r —Cap, Xso—Lieutenant Burt, Ist
Warwick * 19
...........
Earl de Grey's Prize, 4,50 ..
F. .. ...
Xlo—Mr T.
Tnrner ...... irst ......
............
Innsze24l_f_Cocuarpt la.
i•i:
Lord Vernon—VO—Eden,
" Volunteer Service Gazette'
Manchester ... •••••
... ...
" Army and Navy (I..avttc"—r.;. . ....
to:jars -
..............
Albert, Ist SLage—Range A, Ist Priz1,.z.:30._....pr..iy. a. • ie.
B %her, let Glocester ..............
; .. .61ln. ... 20
Albert, Ist Stage—Range 11, Ist Prize, L.:4 ... 7 ... 13
Colonel Baker, 3d Cambridge ......... ',mut.-
Albert, Ist Stage—ll'lnge C, Ist Prize, i
TT?nsorr, Ist Glocester Artill,ry ............... I"'
,AiLerl, 2d Stage—Cup or raoney,Xloo—Hereales Res.: 20

G. 12 Kincardine
73
lexaricira, Ist Stage—llaug3 A, Z2O—Private 18
lexandra, Ist Stage.—haLge B, Ist Prize, £2o—Pri-

vate Steynes ......
Al3.7tartdra or money, £so_privata
Parsons, Hon. Artillery Company
Any Rifle AS9oCiatloll Cap—Sso—H. M. Ashton,

Liverpool Rifl3 Brigade
Enfield Association Cup—Jso—Sergeant H. M. Ald-
ridge ....................
Carbine Prizes-1 prize, £lO —Lieut. Hughes, 9th K ent 16
Mr Diliwyn's Prin....cum £2s—Rev. W. Brown, Ist

Deven ....... ......... t ..............

Mr Bass's £25, Ist prize, £lo—Lieut.-Colonel Hutch.

inson, Bth Lancashire
City of London £6oo—Range A, Ist prize, £2s—Ser-
geant Must, 3d Ayrshire
City of London—Range B, Ist prize, £2s—Private

Banton, 21st Middlesex l9
Ashburton Shield (public schools)—£l4o—Harrow
Earl Spencer—Cup, £ls—Corporal Thornton, Chel-

tenham l2
" Saturday Review" £5O (volley firing)—First prize
£25-2d Administrative Battalion, Staffordshire
St. George's Vase--Vase, gold jewel, and £6, £2so—
Penzer, sth Stafford
Chancellors' Plate—Cup, £loo—Cambridge
Elcho Shield—Scotland
International Enfield Match—England 1,016
Wimbledon Cup--£loo—Sergt. M. Smith, let Middle-

sex 7O
Earl Dudley's—Cup or Money, £5O
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge—First
prize, £so—Captain E. Ross, 3d Cambridge
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales—Cup or
money, £loo—Sergeant Dodd, lat Hereford . . 46
Queen's Prize-Ist Stage—Silver medal, Whitworth
rifle, and £so—£7o—Private Haward, Ist Suffolk.. 47
Queen's Prize, 2d Stage—Her Majesty's prize of £250
gold medal of the N.R.A., and Whitwort eifle—
£277—Private Wyatt, London Rifle Brigade 6O

In connexion with the prize of £5O given by Mr.
Henry Peek, Lord Elcho remarked that there was
no better indication of the success of the Volunteer
movement than this afforded. When the Associa-
tion first same to Wimbledon Mr. Peek was one
of those who did not quite understand or like
its objects. But now, so completely had
he changed his mind, that he not only secured
them this prize for seven years, bat he was un-
derstood to contemplate a reference to it in his will.
Newspapers, also, had supported the association
very liberally. The example set by the Saturday
Review, Army and Navy Gazette, and Volunteer
Service Gazette, was this year followed by the Daily
7elegraph, with a generous donation of £5O, and
there were other papers, he thought, which might
act on so good a precedent. Lieut.-Colonel Baker,
of Cambridge University, on advancing to receive
a prize of £5O won in the first stage of the Albert
competition, was recommended to general favour as
the maker of the highest score in the International
match between England and Scotland; and of the
members of the Ross family as they successively
came forward to receive prizes which they had car-
ried off Lord Elcho justly observed that there was
no occasion to tell any one who they were. The
prize of £25, given by Mr Bass, M.P., " well known
to organ-grinders and others," was awarded to Col.
Hutchinson, of the Bth Lancashire; and of the
Bth Lancashire; and of the carbine prizes for artil-
lerymen it was predicted that in another ye•ir this
class would probably need extension. The City of
London prizes, Lord Elcho explained, were given
out of a sum of £6OO collected by these two excel-
lent shots and hearty Volunteers, Sergeant Martin
Smith and Major Oxley, who went round among
the bankers and merchants of London. ln this
manner they had entitled themselves to the thanks
not only of the Association, but of all Volunteers,
and he hoped their exertions might be looked on as
perennial. Two of the young Harrocians marched
off proudly with the Ashburton Challenge Shield,
the second time that this has been won by the school
they represent; and Corporal Thornton, of Chele
tenham, as the best individual shot, and probably
tallest, of all the Public School elevens, carried away
the Spencer Cup. Of the volley firing, a new fea-
ture in the meeting, Lord Elcho spoke as having
been very successful, 40 or 50 squads entering for
the prize. Lord Echo then gave place to Col. the
Hon. C. Lindsay, who presented the St George's
Challenge Cup, in the name of the battalion he
represented, to Sergeant Peezer, of the sth
Stafford, expressing his satisfaction that it
went to a county which had supported this par-
ticular competition so well. After payment of all
expenses, Colonel Lindsay stated that the balance
remaining from the entrance fees of the competing
battalions produced £lBO, which he had the satis-
faction of handing over in " dragon" sovereigns to
the Association ; the competitions in 1862 and 1863
producing £95 and £lO5 respectively. The beauti-
ful cup presented by the Chancellors of Oxford and
Cambridge for annual competition between the Uni-
versities was presented by Lady Elcho to the re-
presentatives of Cambridge ; after which Lord Elcho
entered into a short detail of the circumstances con-
test for the Elcho Shield. He said that it had twice
been won by England, but now a turn in the tide of
fortune had taken place, end he did not believe there
was an Eugliehman present, whether he wore a
black cost or a Volunteer uniform, who grudged
Scotland her good luck. The En glieh portion of the
assembly loudly cheered this sentiment, and Lord
Elcho went on to say that on one occasion Lady
Elcho had declared the Scotch never would exert
themselves to win the shield till it became a reality,
The first year there was merely a chalk drawing ex-
hibited, without even a glass to protect it ; last year
there was a plaster cast, and on both occasions Eng-
land won. Bat as soon as it appeared in substan-
tive iron Captain Ross and his seven Scotchmen
exerted themselves, and they were now going to
take the shield down to Edinburgh, to show what
they had won. Lord Bury, the captain of the Eng-
lish Eight, said that before the shield was carried
away he wished to ask all Englishmen present to
join him in three cheers for Scotland. Any Scotch-
men who might be present he begged to reserve
their cheers till Captain Ross asked for them next
year in honour of the English victory. When the
laughter and very cordial cheering which this ad-
dress elicited had subsided, Captain Horatio Ross,
not only leader but father of an important section of '
the Scottish Eight, acknowledged the compliment,
and, admitting that it had been hard work to get the
shield down to Scotland, said that now they had
got it they meant to keep it there, He in turn
invited cheers for Lord Bury and the English
Eight, which were warmly given. A voice pro-
ceeding from among the spectators suggested
one cheer for Mr. Ross himself. Lord Elcho re.
plied, " You had better have said for the
Ross family,'" and the amendment so worded
was carried unanimously. In the absence of any
tangible symbol of victory, certificates were next
presented to the 20 English winners in the Inter..
national Enfield match, the members of which ex•
changed reciprocal courtesies likewise. When the
Wimbledon Cup was being handed to Mr. Martin
Smith, Lord Elcho explained that the prizs was
substituted for the benefit of former prize winners,
who were debarred from competing in the meeting
of that year for many objects of value. Mr. Smith
not only proved himself the best shot by day, but
also by night, having won the Owl prize, and when-
ever the promised silver owl, value £5O, came out
of the ivr bush it would be his property. The
Dudley Prize, the Dake of Cambridge's Prize, and
that given by the Prince of Ile ales, were severally
awarded, and then the last and greatest distinction
was reached. Lord Elcho stated that the Council
this year felt themselves justified, notwithstanding
their large expenses, in giving a prize of £5O to the
winner of the first or Enfield stage of the Queen's
Prize, who heretofore only gained a rifle and a silver
modal. This announcement, which came by sur-
prise upon most of those present, was hailed with
such general satisfaction that there can be no doubt
it will do much, if that be possible, to aid to the
popularity of this competition next year. Private
Haward, Ist Suffolk, unfortunately was not present
to hear of his good fortune, and the eyes of the
spectators accordingly turned to Private Wyatt, of
the London Rifle Brigade, who, by making the
highest score in the second stage of the Queen's
Prize, entitled himself to £250 aud.the gold medal
of the Aseociation. .When he stepped forward the
guard of honour came to " attention," the band
played " See the Conquering Hero," and Lord
Eicho expressed the pleasure which he felt in know-
ing that the great prize of the year went to one of
the steadiest shots in one of the best, if not the best,
metropolitan regiment. Loud cheers for the suc-
cessful competitor followed, es he received a purse
from the haTldl ef Lady Etc!lo.
As soon as Private Wyatt had retired,
Lord Duey carne forward, and said the proceed.
!TIP "Vet not to terminate without an acknove-
ledgrunt of the graceful manner in which Lady
Elcho had diatri'outcd the pr:zes.
Three of the very heartiest cheers 'given during
the day followed
in with " Here's a health" The
this request, and the band chimed
to all good lasses.
proceedings of the presentation mey be taken in
strictness to h" terminatPd at this point, as lia‘2oy

Elcho bowed and returned to her seat ; but they
certainly would have been incomplete without the
proposition made by Captain Ross. Bearing brief
but emphatic testimony to the service rendered to
the Volunteer movement by Lord Elcho, he asked
Volunteers—English and Scotch—to join in a suit-
able act of recognition. Not merely Volunteers, but
the spectators, of whom large numbers were present,
acted so heartily on this suggestion that Lord Elcho
was compelled to deliver quite a short address in
reply. He assured those who heard him that he had
not taken up the Volunteer movement from any idle
fancy, but with the firm conviction expressed on
that very spot by the Archbishop of York, that in
every point of view—whether as regarded the safety
of the State, the moral and physical good of the
people, or the amusement of the youth of the coon•
try—the Volunteer movement was one of the most
happy and fortunate things which had occurred in
the present generation. There was yet one act of
justice to be done, and Captain Williams did not
suffer the duty to remain unfulfilled. Calling for
three cheers for " The man who had all the work of
the meeting to do, and who had done it well," the
response, as soon as he mentioned the name of Capt.
Page, must have been highly gratifying to that offi.
cer and his friends.

The approaches to the camp meanwhile had been enlivened
by the steady flow of Volunteer regiments. Some, in spite
of heat and dust, marched the whole distance from London,
and the manifest pleasure which their passage gave to
what may be • called the continuous village stretch-
ing from Chelsea to the confines of the com-
mon was in itself some compensation for the fatigue
thus encountered. All ages and all sizes of spectators seemed
bent on making holyday with the Volunteers, and among
the eager crowd was that remarkable object, a Bluecoat boy
on horseback. The view of the camp which is obtained
from the edge of the common, when the hill leading from
Putney has been ascended, is very striking. The broad
level of heath and furze fading away into haze and woods
and distant hills is only broken at one point by the enclo-
sure of the Association. Within this, tents and poles and
flags cluster thickly, suggesting the idea of a fleet of yachts
lying at anchor, an appearance strengthened by the white
pier-like hoarding that surrounds their territory. As the
regiments approached within a certain distance of the re-
view ground the bands were directed to cease playing, out
of consideration for the wounded man, whom it was impos-
sible to move, and whose couch was not very far from the
entrance gate. For the same reason the whole of the pro-
ceedings usual on such occasions were revolutionised. His
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, with a brilliant
staff, arrived shortly after five o'clock, and proceeded almost
immediately to the hospital tent, where he learnt from the
medical attendants of Cooper that his state, far from being
desperate, was such as to justify a hope, though still a faint
one, of ultimate recovery, provided he could be kept ex-
tremely quiet. His Royal Highness thereupon directed
that powder should be ignored in the review as completely
as if it had no existence. The humanity and propriety of
this order as soon as it became known were generally ac-
quiesced in; and, though 8,000 or 10,000 Volunteers came
there for no other purpose than to take part in a field-
day, and probably treble that number of spectators at-
tonded to see the evolutions, they cheerfully gave up their
own gratification and waited patiently to the end of the
ceremony, necessarily tame, which was substituted for what
they had expected. As regarded the spectators, the pro-
ceedings, but for the march past at the close, would have
been monotonous in the highest degree. For the Volun-
teers, however, there have been few field-days of such real
advantage to the different battalions. The Commander-in-
Chief, abandoning the idea of strategic movements, set
himself to give the whole force a good steady drill, a pro-
ceeding in which he is one of the greatest proficients in the
service. Beginning with the artillery, which mustered in
force, and was handled by itself for the best part of an hour,
he then turned his attention to the cavalry, composed of the
Light Horse of the hon. Artillery Company and the Surrey
corps. Finally, the whole of the infantry force was, in
military phraseology, " turned inside out " and made to
execute several most trying manoeuvres. One of these con-
sisted in forming a line from battalions moving en echelon,
so that the line, when formed to the revenue flank, extended
diagonally right across the common from near Robin Hood
on one side, to the opposite corner of the enclosure. As far
as could be seen from the point of view occupied by specta-
tors, the artillery appeared to be at once the most steady
and most at home in their movements; but to the unpro-
fessional eye the whole force, though net moving as quickly
as troops of the line, seemed to comprehend the orders which
were received, and to carry them out very creditably, Until
the march past at the close of the review, or rather inspec-
tion, the lookers•on had certainly a weary time of it. About
7 o'clock the march past commenced, and the brigades,
commanded respectively by the Duke of Wellington, the
Marquis of Donegal, Viscount Bury, Viscount Ranelagh,
Lieutenant-Colonel Walker, Colonel Lizard, Lord Radatock,
and Lieutenant-Colonel Bigge, passed the flagstaff in the
following order :

FIRST DlVlSlON—Commanded by Major-General Sir J.
Y. Scarlett—The Cavalry of the Hon. Artillery Company,
under Major Robinson--the Horse Artillery, under Capt.
Jay, with two light guns—and the Foot Artillery of the
same corps, under Major 13Ioekley, with four guns. The
batteries of the 2d Surrey Artillery, with lour guns—the
Ist Middlesex (Victories), under Major Greenhill-36th
Middlesex, Lieutenant-Colonel Wood, the 19th Middlesex
(WorkingMen'sCollege), Lieutenant-Colonel Hughes—the
24 Essex Administrative Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel
Davis-3d City of London, Major Richards—the sth Ad-
ministrative Battalion of Essex, Lieutenant- Colonel Capper
—the sth Administrative Battalion of Middlesex, Colonel
Grey-Ist Surrey. Lieutenant-Colonel M‘Donald-15th
and 18th Surrey—the 40th Middlesex (Central London),
Lieutenant-Colonel Somerset—the London Irish, Major
Verner-20th Middlesex, Captain and Adjutant Hotham
—the 7th Surrey, Major Beresford—the St. George's,
Colonel Lindsay—the West Middlesex, Captain Dear—the
Ist Tower Hamlets Administrative Battalion; Lieutenant-
Colonel Buxton—the 4th and 6th Tower Hamlets, Lieute-
nant-Colonel Money—the 12th Surrey, Colonel Cole—the
.39th Finsbury, Colonel Penton.
SECOND DlVlSlON—Commanded by Major-General Rum-
ley—The Ist Middlesex Artillery, Colonel Creed, six guns
—3d liiddlesex Artillery, two batteries of six guns, the
2d, Bth, and 9th Tower Hamlets, Lieut.-Colonel Sanauda-
-Ist Middlesex Engineers, Lieut.-Colonel IVl'Leol of
M'Leod—the South Middlesex, Major Atherley—the North
Middlesex (29th), Lieut.-Colonel Whitehad—the Civil Ser-
vice and the Artists, Viscount Bury—the 19th Surrey, the
4th Middlesex, Lord Truro—the 37th Middlesex (Blooms-
bury), Lieutenant-Colonel Corrie—the London Rifle Bri-
gade, Lieutenant-Colonel Warde—the 2d Administrative
Battalion of Middlesex, Lieutenant-Colonel Wilkinson—
London Scottish, Lord Elcho—the Queen's (Westminster),
Lieutenant-Colonels Lord Grosvenor and Lord Gerald Fitz-
gerald—the City N London and Tower Hamlets Artillery,
Major Walmsley—the 48th Middlesex, 4th City (Foresters)
the 2d City of London, Lieut.-Col. Cruikshank and Major
Spottiswood—and the 46th Middlesex, Sir J. Shelley, M.P.
The march past occupied nearly an hour, although most
of the regiments were but sparingly represented. The spec-
tators, however, would gladly have sat it out had it lasted
much longer. The favourites were, as usual, loudly cheered,
especially the Victories and London Scottish ; but the Lou.
don Rifle Brigade, every man of which had a laurel leaf in
his shako in honour of his comrade's victory, was the most
numerous and probably best appointed regiment on the
ground. The ranks of the Queen's Westminsters also looked
very full by contrast with many of the other corps, and the
fine average physique of the members of the regiment is a
point which cannot be overlooked. The London Irish also
must have had many of its tallest men present. In one or
two other regiments, on the contrary, and especially in one
with a green uniform, the members looked more like a cadet
corps than a full-grown body of volunteers. The author of
that useful little work, the " Volunteer's Book of Facts,"
which was in much request during the meeting, would do
good service, in these days of similarity of dress, if he en-
abled the public to distinguish at a glance between the uni-
forms of different regiments.

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charming heroine. She and her life are
painted after the
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from the play of character, and the struggles of conflicting
interests, as exciting as any sensation novel going ? We can
give our own experience and say, yes. For those readers who
care to deal with real men and women, and not with fine
clothes and descriptions of the upholstery in boudoirs and
drawing rooms, the characters in Mattie, a Stray,' will be
full of interest. The working out of Mattie's own charac-
ter is very clever, and very true to human nature. Mattis,
a Stray,' is a novel that ought to take a higher rank than
that of an ephemeral work of fiction."-21thencau7i.
BLOCKADERIINNERS.—InStrUCtiOnS issued by the
Secretary of the Federal Navy, bearing date the
9th of May, relating to the disposal of persons found on
board vessels seized for breach of blockade, direct that bone
fide foreign subjects captured in neutral vessels are not to
be treated as prisoners of war unless guilty of belligerent
acts, and are to be immediately released unless required as
witnesses. Foreign subjects captured in vessels without
papers or colours, or those sailing under the protection and
flag of the insurgent Government, or employed in the service
of that Government, are subject to treatment as prisoners of
war ; but if passengers oniy having no interest in the vessel
it cargo, and it: no way connected with the insurgent Go-
vernment, they may be released. When there is reason to
doubt that those who claim to be foreign subjects are in
reality such, they are to be required to state on oath that
they have never been naturalised in the states, have never
exercised the privileges of a citizen thereof by voting or
otherwise, and have never been in the pay or employment
of the so-called Confederate Government, and then they
may b
c, be released
released if there is no evidence of their having sworn
GoN-Vhere there is good ground for doubting the neu-
tralitythe vessel, or for believing that it is engaged in
transporting
supplies and munitions of war for the insur-
gentd
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eti until en t, foreign
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neutralitysub jects
is capturedsatisfactorily in tho
evsetsaeb.
e 1
may be