The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-07 00:00:00

WOW WICH, GARNISON.

WOGLWTCLI, AUG. 6. Ili- 12,yarlitiete,a the baite
o GPI:OtICL4e 't,,! hi- S'Teut., Fllghnrs*.Ptiltte Charles
of I10:-.011 ,110 arg A.M ,
nod pr ,ceedocl.to the C.Anrnon, whcre:the.

troops of,tne Artiiler;'_were drawn up, milder

I the c :mtnand of Major Dupuis, and the lieht field batte-
ries, under the command of Lieutenant- Colonel Ander-
son. The trw.ps and ha!terie.s marched past at a
walk and trot, and the Royal Horse Artillery ste)se,
quently at full gallop. The batteries then proceeded to
the high ground of the Common, -where they encamped,
hstvirg put up their paaryiees and tents and foraged
their horses in the short period of fifteen minutes.
His Royal ilighne.is the thiko of Caiiibrid ;e- ab his
Serene .H•glress Prince Charles of Hohenlobe
relumel to the flag•stoff,- and witneFsed the R)yal.:
Horee Artillery g.) through the
..evolutions of a field
day. The batteries having remounted, after putting up
their tents, ads, incei at the or:elusion of the e.cercises
of the Royal Horse Artillery, and went through the
battery marce•avres of a field day, and subsrquently went
and struck their ansrquees and tents, which they did
with great quickness, the whole of the tents, being'
down on the ground in precisely three minutes, gief all
packed up and pl,ced on the limbersin two minutes
ad-
ditional, and within seven minutes of the time they diae
mounted the whole of the tents were lashed to the lim-
bers, and the men mounted ready for marching,. Tbe
Duke of Cambridge and Prince Hohenlohe then proe
ceeded to the permanent camp on' 'Woolwich-common,
and were received at the entrance by Lieutenant Colonel
Wilford, commanding officer of all the companies. in
camp. The men had just sat down to dinner when' he.
Royvl visitors arrived, and they entered the tents, and
afterwards inspectei the camp fireplaces and cooking
operations, end on leaving shook hands with Lieutenant-
Colonel Wilford, and express 4 themselves much pleased
with till they had witm••ssed.
_ _

When hi's Royal Highness witnessed the pontooning
operations with Colonel Blanchard's pontoons on the day
the recent sir go operations at Chatham, herzaerely wit-
nessed the pontoons moved from the banks of Sts'idary's
Creak into the water, and ratted by the Sappers, and it
was understood hie principal object in visiting Woolwich
'o
-day was to witness the facilities or difficulties of
moving pontoons when required to accompany an army
during a campaign. With the view of satisfying his
Royal Highness on that point five of the inlantry pon-
toons, with the la quisite stages and every necssary ap-
pendage, were placed on a waggon drawn by four horses,
and two of the large pontoons, with the necessary stages
for supporting large guns, were placed on another wag-
gon drawn by six horses, and taken from the pond itialie
Repository grounds to the north side of the camp on
Woolwich-common. When his Royal Highness in-
spected the pontoons on the waggons ho was accom-
panied by Colonel Blanchard, the inventor of them, and
by the desire of his Royal Highness both waggons were
drawn across the common at a trot, and on their re-
turn he ascertained that the waggon withsssix hprse,s,
could be backed by the two shaft horses vsryaasily when
necessary.
The waggons were subsequently taken back from the
Common to the Repository grounds, and on arriving
there they were taken down the steep declivity to the
banks of the pond, and up again, to show that they could
follow or accompany an army under disadvantageouscir-
eumstances. Twenty Sappers were then called forward
to show how soon the infantry pontoons could be taken
from the waggon, and the stage lashed on them ready
for service, and that was effected so quickly, undsr the
direction of Quartermaster Jones and Sergeant-Major
Bradford, of tho Roy al Sappers and Miners, that within
seven minutes the twenty Sappers had -completed the
bridge, and two men taking hold of the end of each
pontoon run with it entire for some distance. The pon-
toons were separated and carried by the men down the
declivity to the pond, and within eight minutes of the
time they commenced lashing them together again, they.
were launched in the water of the pond, and twenty two
men standing on them, and the bridge or stage was con-
siderably clear of the water. His Royal Highness ap-
peared much gratified with the pontooning operations:,
On returning to the entrance of th© Repository grounds,
a 24-pounder garrison gun was worked by nen-commis-
sioned officers of the Royal Artillery, at present under a
course of instruction, and the drawings of these intel-
ligent and remarkably clever non-commissioned officers
and others, which were afterwards shown by Lieutenant-
Colonel Hardinge, director of the Repository, and Cap-
tain Anderson, instructor, were examined with great in-
terest by their Royal and Serene Highnesses. After
partaking of a dijegner at the mess room, the royal visi-
tors left for town at a quarter past two o'clOck F.M.

SCOTTISH NATIONAL FETE.
Yesterday the JIM in Holland-park terminated, and
notwithstanding the unpropitious state of the weather,
the attendance was as good, if not better, than on the
previous day. From the heavy showers which fell du-
ring the morning, and up till two o'clock, it was late
before the games commenced, but the evening turned out
fine, the stands filled with visitors, and the whole affair
was brought to a spirited and satisfactory close. These
flies, which have now taken place for four successive
years, have preserved their national character more
strongly in the weather which eat, nds them than in any
other respect. If the rain has not been in constant at-
tendance, it has always managed to arrange matters so
that hundreds have been kept away from what they had
made up their minds to see. Covered stands are pro-
vided, but even the prospect of a Scotch mist, and much
more its actual presence, aro quite enough to swamp
any open air amusement. The sports of yesterday
were to a large extent a repetition of those
exhibited on the previous day, and having been
already fully noticed, it would be idle again to
describe them. It may be mentioned, however, that Mr.
Barr. in a second display of his falcons, showed them to
much better advantage, and satisfied every one of the
high training in which be has them. He has recoplred
the truant hawk of Thursday. Among the novelties
produced yesterday may be mentioned some very aniuc,-
ing races—ore called the " roly-poly. race, contested
by pairs of tumblers tumbling over each other, like
clown end Pantaloon; another, th© well-known wheel-
barrow race, which excited much laughttr; and, finally,
a race round the park by competitors chiefly kilted. Fr
the last-mentioned instance nothing at all remarkable in
the way of speed was cficcud, but some interest was
created by the closeness of the run. " Tossing the caber"
was introduced, and excited much attention from its
characteristic peculiarities as a sport. 01 all the High.
land games it is by far the must striking, but the tall
powerfully-built men who four years ago came from
the hills to show it in its full perfection are now missed,
and the caber loses in const quence much of its import-
ance. In addition to the wrestling of the previous day,
which was repeated with even increased effect, there
was a very curious di,play of the pastime called "hip-
pos" by the ancient Greeks, which consists in two men
mounting on the shoulders of two others, and each pair
struggling to throw the other. The only new feature
in the dancing was the performance of "Sir Roger de
Coverley," by Mr. Flexmore's troupe, in the olden style.
In the cavalry combat, sword against lance, one of the
steeds ran away with his rifer, and charged into the
throng who were in front of the "green-room" marquee.
Sundry pairs of heels were seen suddenly pointing sky-
wards, the panic causing a very general salutation of
mother earth, but happily without the slightest personal
injury. Flexmore, who had just been administering
medicine to his monkeys within, was standing among
the rest when the adversary drew nigh, but sagaciously
descrying
to the trhneal sop
peril, he made a furioUs bound
exte
op of the tent, which he bestrode for a
few moments, and then sprang' from on high to his
former place, to the astonishment of the beholden It
is but justice to this clever maestro to say that the entire
arrangevents of his department imparted great iamma -
lion to the fete. The brace of three-legged
giant,
Flexmore inverted for the occasion from a
remote which.
islarfCl,
afforded eminent amusement ; and his morris-dancers,
jinglers, stilt-walkers, and wheelbarrow-racers, attired
in brilliant colours, deported themselves in a manner
highly creditable to their celebrated chef.
It was seven o'clock before the programme was ex-
hausted, and the fête terminated. Though in some re-
spects inferior to those of previous years in others it has
proved superior to them. There were more evidences
of good management in the dispatch with which the
games succeeded each other, and the inclosed spate was
much better kept than hitherto. These improvements
are, no doubt, due to the exertions of Mr. Boucher,. the
treasurer. •

The extraordinary feat of La Perche, described in
yesterday's notice, was erroneously attributed to she
brothcra Siegrist. 'The correct name is the brothers
" Binslay."