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•ofce :

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

" Sir,—Referring to my letter of the 6th inst.,
transmitting a copy of Lieutenant-General Sir
John PennefaCher's report on the Volunteer Review
at Guildford, I have now the honour, by direction of
Field Marshal Commanding in Chief, to send you.
.for submission to the Secretary of State, a copy of a
supplementary report from that officer with regard
to the volunteer artillery present on that occasion.
—I have,
(Signed) J. YORKE SCARLETT, A.G.
"The Under Secretary of State for War," &c.

"Aldershot, April 18, 1864.

" Sir,—lt has been brought to my notice that in
my report, dated the 31st ult., of the Volunteer
Review, which took place under my command on
Easter Monday last, at Blackheath, near Guildford,
I made no mention of the volunteer arti.lery.

";I have now to request that yon 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 unintens
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 manceuvred on the
occasion in question.
"Many of the pieces were heavy guns, and it was
surprising to see how well they were moved over
some very broken ground—even the 24-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, PENNEPATHER, Lieut.-Gen.
"The Adjutant-General," &c.

" War-office, April 28, 1864.
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,
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 all eAlly bestowed by hien on the
other arms of the service.—l have, &e.,

(Sig Led)
"The Adjutant-Gen: rah"

" EDWARD LITGARD,

SOCIETY FOR TIIE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE
FINE ARTS.—Last evening Dr. Christopher Dresset
delivered a lecture "On Colour ; Its Harmomies and Con-
trasts." He gave in a succinct form a history of the disco-
veries as to the nature of colours and their progressive com-
binations, beginning with the tnree primitive colours, red,
blue, and yellow, and then going into their combinations in
the seconeary and tertiary classes; showing also how by
certain rules of proportion, certain combinations of colour,
primary, secondary, and tertiary, brought into jur,taposition
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 Hurlstone (who occupied
the chair), Mr H, Tidey, Mr Dutton, Mr Wood, and others
took part,