The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-09 00:00:00

THE VOLUNTEERS.

The London Artillery Corps carried out at Plum.
stead on Saturday its periodical fortnightly gun
practice, and made some excellent firing. This bri•
Bade has, by permission of the War Office and the
Court of Lieutenancy, made a very desirable change
in its head quarters, and now possesses a very con-
venient orderly room at Old Swan-lane, London-
bridge (109, Upper Thames-street.) Recruits are
there drilled daily between half-past 4 and 8 p.m.
Oa Saturday afternoon last the Tower Hamlets
Volunteers were inspected in the park attached to
Gidca-Hall, Hare-street, near Rumford, the seat of
Mr J. R. Samuda, he being the Major Commandant.
:ere they arrived safely.
00 marched about 12
o'clock fromtheir
qnarters, and proceeded by
special
carpitrain t o
tt
oh e number
head
Rumford,
f W—
passed off most satisfactorily. At the termination
the whole corps, with a large number of the major's
The inspection was made by Col. 111‘Murdo, and
private friends, proceeded to a spacious and ele•
gantly decorated marquee erected in the park,where
they were entertained as guests of the major. Col.
M'Murdo complimented the men upon their effici-
ency, and after several addresses had been delivered
the volunteers amused themselves with various

eVon3lunPteer Corps commenced on
titions of the 37th Mid-
; games.
Thesex al
(Bloomsbury)
ye)
' dle
Monday last, and were concluded on Saturday.
The gold challenge medal of
(aßnlnouom
the regiment, pre-
sensed by Mr J. Patrick, for
competition among
the first class men and marksmen, was won by Cor.
poral Gould, with 37 marks, a,
L 300, 500, and 600
yards. The winner also carried off a prize of £5,
given by Mr. Patrick for competition among those
who had held the medal. q
--lie silver medal of the
regiment, competed for by first and second class
efficient members, at 200, on
---, and 600 yards, was
won by Corporal Day, with aa
-- marks, The sum of
£2O, given by the commanding officer, Lieut.-Col.
Corrie, for competition by 20
Men of each company,
in file and volley firing, was won L
uy No. 5 company,
the members of which made a file-firing average of
7.20 in three rounds at 300 yards, and 6.60 in volley
firing, or three rounds at 400
yards. The sum of
£lO, given by Major Ware, for
shooting at un-
known distances between 200 and 400 yards, was
divided into three prizes, which
Were won by Cor.
poral Harvey, Private Holmes, and Private Forbes,
who made 31, 26, and 26 respectively in ten shots.
The shooting throughout was excellent.
On Saturday the most important review of Volun-
teers which will be held this autumn in the Eastern
Counties took place at Harwich and Dovercourt.
The locality is bounded en three sides by water—
on the north by the River Stour; on the east by the
broad and spacious harbour formed by the conflu-
ence of the Stour and the Orwell ; and on the south
by the German Ocean. The entrance to the harbour
is commanded by an extensive fortification, known
as the redoubt, around which is thrown up
a very
largo mound of earth, apparently close to the walls,
but in reality separated from them by a wide ditch,
crossed at one point only by a drawbridge, which, as
this work was intended to be one of the main points
of attack and defence, was prepared to be raised.
The garrison on this occasion consisted of four artil-
lery corps—viz., 21 Middlesex, 170 strong, Capt.
Cox, who as senior officer had the general command;
Ist Essex (Harwich), 50, Capt. Daniels; 3d Essex
(Greys), 50, Capt. Banes; and 2d Suffolk (Ipswich),
29, Lieut. Cobbold, constituting a force of nearly
300. On Beacon-hill. still nearer to the mouth
of the harbour, was established a three gun battery,
worked by a detachment of Colonel Palmer's Essex
Yeomanry Artillery, under the command of Capt.
M‘Gorrey ; and at about half a mile distance on the
Dovercourt cliffs was posted another detachment of
the same force with a battery of six guns, under
the command of Captain Edenborough and Captain
Cator, The latter with Ulu Ist Esint Engineers