The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-29 00:00:00

The Volunteer Review at Guildford.

The following official correspondence has been
issued from the War-office:—

"Horse Guards, S.W., April 22, 1864.

" Sir,—Referring to my letter of the 6th inst.,
transmitting a copy of Lieutenant-General Sir
John Pennefaiher's report on the Volunteer Rev;'
at Guildford, I have now the honour, by dire'
of
Field Marshal Commanding in Chief, to send you
for submission to the Secretary of.
!
',state, a copy of a
supplementary report from t Jilt officer with regard
to the volunteer edifier:
Jr present on that occasion.
—I have, &c.,

(Signed) Z. YORKE SCARLETT, A.G.
"The Un'aer Secretary of State for War," &c.

"Aldershot, April 18, 1864.

Sir,-It has been brought to my notice that in
my report, dated the 31st nit., of the Volunteer
Review, which took place under my command on
Easter Monday la.st, at Blackheath, near Guildford,
I made no mention of the volunteer arti.lery.
",I have now to request that you will do me the
honour to acquaint his Royal Highness the Field
Marshal Commanding in Chief and the Secretary
of State for War that this omission was unintena
tional on my part, and that I had good reason to be
satisfied with the soldier-like appearance of the
artillery, the excellent state of their guns, carriages,
horses, and gear, and the efficient manner in which
the batteries were worked and manoeuvred on the
ocemion in question.
_ _

"Many of the pieces were heavy guns, and it was
surprising to see how well they were moved over
e:me very broken ground—even the 2-1-pounders—
although of course such batteries, intended for posi-
tion, could not be calculated on to act with infantry
in extended field operation.

"It is right I should add, and I think it most
creditable to the force, that no remonstrance, re-
presentation, or complaint on the part of the Volun-
teer Artillery, directly or indirectly, has been made
to me with reference to the omission above referred
to.—l have, &c.

(Signed) "S. L. PENNEFATHER) Lieut.-Gen.
"The Adjutant-General," &e.

" War-office, April 28, 1864.
" Sir,—l am directed by the Earl De Grey and
Ripon to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
the 22d inst., enclosing a supplementary report
from Lieutenant-General Sir J. L. Pennefather,
K.C.8., on the Volunteer Review which was held
on Easter Monday, and to request that you will
inform his Royal Highness the Field Marshal Com-
manding-in-Chief that his lordship has observed
with great satisfaction that the volunteer artillery
has received from Sir J. L. Pennefather equal com-
mendation to that alt eitly bestowed by him on the
other arms of the service.—l have, &c.,

eJ) "EDWARD LUGARD.
"The Adjutant-Gem ral."

SOCIETY FOR TUE ENCOURAGE3IENT OF THE
FINE ARTS.—List evening Dr. CLitistopher Dreaset
delivered a lecture "On Colour ; fts Harmonies and Con-
trasts." lie gave in a succinct '.'oral a history of the disco-
veries as to the nature of colours and their progressive com-
binations, beginning with the three primitive colours, red,
blue, and yellow, and than going into their combinations in
the secondary and tertiary classes ; showing also how by
certain rules of proportion, certain comhnatione of colour,
primary , secondary, and tertiary, brought into juxtaposition
would produce a harmonious effect or the reverse, The
lecture, which was thoroughly practical in its bearing, was
listened to with, great interest by a numerous audience. A
discussion followed, in which Mr Ilurlatone (who occupied
the chair), Mr H, Tide)) Mr Dutton, I\4' Wood, wad others
took part,