The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-12 00:00:00

THE VOLUNTEERS,

A match between six Volunteers in the Bank of
England and six Volunteers in Messrs. Coutts's
Bank came off on Friday, the s:h inst., at Cater-
the range of the South Middlesex. The con-
ditions were five shots at 200, 500, and 600 yards.
Hythe position and Wimbledon marking, the
highest score on the winning side to receive a cup.
The result was in favour of Messrs. Coutts's side,
the respective scores being :—Messrs. Coutts's
Bank, 176 ; Bank of England, 170. The highest
scores on each side were—Private Clark, 40;
Private Smith, 36.

Oa Saturday the North East London Rifle Corps,
which is commanded by Lieut.-Col. G, H. Money,
underwent its annual inspection. The place se-
lected was the Tower, and the inspecting officer was
Colonel Morris, C.B. At seven o'clock the corps
marched into the Tower four companies strong, fol-
lowed by four otter companies of recruits, who
have joined during the last two months. These re-
emits were 170 in number, and form part of 320
recruits all of whom have joined since May last.
Colonel Morris made a close inspection of each com-
pany in succession, and afterwards walked to where
the recruits were standing and inspected them.
lbe battalion then marched past in open column,
closed on the leading company, and again marched
past in close column. The regiment was then put
through a variety of complicated manoeuvres. con-
sisting of deployments on successive companies,
changes of front, forming and marching in square,
formations of column, movements in echelon, and
formations of line, all of which were executed with
considerable steadiness and rapidity. It was re-
marked that Colonel Morris, for the first time, paid
the regiment the compliment of not requiring it
to be pat through the manual and platoon. The
manoeuvres were brought to a close by an advance
in review order and a general salute. The recruits
being then marched up and column formed,
Colonel Morris said he was disappointed in the
number of old members present, although 'well
pleased to see so large a number of recruits. With
regard to their movements, they were as well done
as on all former occasions, and he would make a
most satisfactory report to the War Office. Col.
Money then said that, now the difficulties of the
regiment were nearly over, he would guarantee that
the only fault Col. Morris had found—namely,
paucity of numbers—was a fault that would last no
longer. He was convinced that the regiment would
be as strong—nay, stronger for next year's inspec-
tion, than it had ever been. The proceedings closed
with cheers for Col. Morris, Col. Money, and the
two majors. The prizes will be shot for in Septem-
ber and October ; they comprise a 100 guinea cup
(the gift of Messrs. Till and Bacon), to be kept as
his Own property by the successful competitor.
On Saturday afternoon Gen. Sir James Scarlett,
the Adjutant-General of her Majesty's Forces, offi-
cially inspected the Central London Rifle Rangers
(40th Middlesex), of which he is honorary colonel,
at Enfield Court, Enfield, the seat of the command-
ing offiesr, Lieut.-Con Somerset. There were 316
of all ranks present, formed into six companies,
under Capte. Walters, Isaacs, Capes, Woods, Jones,
and Low. The regiment went through the usual
review movements, as marching past in open column
in quick time and at the double in close column,
advancing in line, changing direction by the wheel
and sub-divisions round the centre, all of which
were promptly executed. The light infantry drill
of the regiment was then tested by some sharp skir-
mishing, which lasted for upwards of an hour, dur-
ing w performed all the move.
clch time the corps
meers of a battalion
.covering the advance of ari
army. At the conclusion of the mancenvres the in-
specting General complimented LietiteColonei
Somerset upon the soldierly manner in which the
regiment had been handled, and expressed his satis-
faction with
the
efficiency displayed by all ranks.
He regretted that there Wa9 not a larger muster ;
but be knew, ha Bede, that many could not leave ,
business. Hearty cheers were give n to the gallant
officer, and the regiment then marched to the riding
school of Col. Somerset, at another part of Enfield,
Where a repast was laid out. Gen. Sea:lett occupied

the chair, and with him were Col. Sayers (of the
King's Dragoons), Col. Somerset, Lieut.-Colonel
Somerset, and many other officers. Th general's
health was proposed by Captain Walter , the senior
officer, and was drunk with enthusiasm. Sir James,
4Ti returning thanks, said that he seen some-
thing of war himself, and he prayed hat it might
never approach the shores of England, bat he was
satisfied if ever it did the Volunteers, by the skilful
use of the rifle to which they had attained, and by
their discipline, which he accounted of far greater
importance, would present such a front as to make
the enemy lay down their arms and pray to be sent
whence they came. The general urged his hearers
to make themselves as perfect in their duties as pos-
sible, by attending to their drill as often as their
civilian duties would allow them, and he concluded,
amid loud cheers, by proposing " The Health of the
Commanding Officer," a toast which was drunk
with all honours. The battalion returned to London
by a special train at a late hour.

The annual battalion and company prize firing of
the 36:h Middlesex (Paddington) Rifle Volunteer
Corps commenced on Monday, the Ist inst., at the
butta on Wormwood-scrubs, and concluded on Fri-
day. The prize list was a very long one, and the
competitions, which were very numerous, were con-
ducted under the superintendence of Capt. Bax, the
adjutant and musketry instructor. The Challenge
Cup of the corps was shot for at 500 and 600 yards,
seven shots at each range, and was won by Sergt.
Hill, with 33 marks. The regimental prizes of £9 and
£6 were won by Private Hillary and Ensign Vicker-
man, who each made 29 marks at 500 and 650 yards,
seven shots at each range, at a second-class tar-
get. The officers' prizes of £lO was won by Private
Weatherhead. A silver watch, value ten guineas,
presented by Sir Minto Townsend Farquhar, M.P.,
was won by Corporal Crook, with 12 marks, in five
shots at 300 yards; and a prize of 10 guineas, given
by Mr. 1. Curtis, to be competed for by the 20 best
attendants at drill, at 350 yards (at a third-class
target) and 600 yards, was won by Private E.
Tatham, with 30 marks.

The headquarters of the 3d Essex Artillery are at
Stratford, and not at Grays.
The competition for prizes at heavy gun drill
given by officers of the Ist Gloucestershire (Bristol)
Volunteer Artillery Corps took place on Tuesday.
The prizes consisted of ten handsome silver-plated
cups, and were awarded to one sergeant and nine
gunners who should be pronounced the most steady
and deserving. Captain M‘Adam officiated as
umpire. The following were the successful coals
petitors ;—Battery Sergeant-Major Tamlyn (as the
best), Corporals F. Hoare, C. B. Lavender, Gunners
J. Franklin, G. Morgan, W, Ivey, R. S. B irk, A.
E. Harris, C. Wood, and J. Hooper. Captain S. V.
Hare expressed his intention of giving a cup each
to the following members of the battery, whose
drill was good :—Corporal G. Davis, Gunners B.
Magge, C. York, and 5, White.
The annual review and inspection of the Cum-
berland Rifle Volunteers took place at Carlisle o❑
Friday. In order that thin might be made a grand
field-day, the corps of neighbouring counties were
invited to attend and take part in the move-
ments. Dumfriesshire sent its whole battalion except
the Moffat company; Northumberland sent two
corps, the Hexham and beliingham companies ; four
troops of the Westmoreland and Cumberiand
Yeomanry Cavalry attended, and three companies
of the Cumberland Artillery Brigade, with two field-
pieces. Tne Cumberland Rifle Battalion mustered
78S strong, the Dumfriesshire 547, the Northum-
berland 134, the cavalry 172, and the artillery 134,
making a total of 1,675 men upon the ground. Not.
withstanding the unpropitious state of the weather,
many thousands of people attended, the day having
been maee a general holiday in most of the towns
of Cumberland. Colonel Me2,lurdo was obliged to
return to London in consequence of the destruction
of his house by fire, and the duties of inspecting
cfficer devolved on Lieutenant-Colonel Ronev, As-
_
sistant-Inspector of Volunteers. The review took
place on the Swifts, where the races are held, a plot
of:ground admirably adapted for the purpose, having
a level plain for the movements of the troops, and
high ground for the accommodation of the spectators.
Wt en the movements—those of a sham fight—had
been concluded, the inspecting officer addressed the
volunteers in highly complimentary terms. They
had never been brigaded before, but everything had
been very creditably done. The volunteers then
marched from the ground, accompanied by crowds
of the spec.atore, who had been drenched with rain.
Atter the review the officers who had taken part in
the proceedings dined together at the Bush Hotel.
Lieutenant-Colonel Wake presided, and beside him
sat Lord Brougham and Lord Henry Scott, M.P.
In returning thanks for the toast of his health Lord
Brougham expressed his approval of the volunteer
movement. He said, "Itis of the utmost import-
ance—not that we are afraid of being invaded—we
don't expect it, but it is well to be assured and to
take security against that which is possible, though
not likely. (Loud cheers,) When our gallant friend
(Colonel M'Murdo), whose misfortune we have this
day to deplore, insured his house he did not expect
that to take place, which, however, has happened,
but he insured it in case it should happen. If you
insure your house against the neg,igence of your
servants or your neighbours, your house may never
be on fire, but you; insure against any less from
that happening, if it should happen. So in like
manner the volunteer movement extending over
the country is an insurance that if an invasio❑
should befall us, however unlikely, we should
be prepared to meet it, and that it should do us no
harm. Bat there is this marked difference between
the insurance against fire and the insurance of the
Volunteers against invasion. In insurance against
fire, paying the premium of insurance has no ten-
dency whatever to prevent that fire from happening,
whereas insurance against invasion has a direct ten-
dency to make that which may in itself be improb-
able next to impossible." The " Health of Lord Henry
Scott, M.P.," who had commanded the Dumfries..
shire battalion, was next proposed, and the hon.
member for Selkirkshireresponded in suitable terms.
The Council of the Wilts County Rifle Association
have received promises of prizes from the following
gentlemen for the forthcoming annual county meet-
ing to be held in the neighbourhood of Salisbury in
addition to a 50 guinea challenge cup :—Mr T. H.
A. Poynder, £26 5s , Mr S. Watson Taylor, .£2445;
Lady Charlotte Watson Taylor, £lO 103.; Lieut.-
General Buckley, 31.133., £lO lOs ; Lieut.-Colonel
Bathurst, M.P., £lO lOs ; Lord H. Thynne, M.P.,
£lO 10s ; Mr W. Long, M.P., £lO lOs ; Right Hon.
T. H. S. Estcourt, M.P., £lO 10s; Mr M. H. Nlarsh,
M.P., £lO 10s; Mr E. Hamilton, £lO lOs ; Major
Ward, £lO lOs; Mr G. Loder, £lO lOs ; Mr 'l'. F.
Grove, £lO 10e, See. It is proposed to hold a 300
guinea meeting at the termination of the county'
contest, to be open to all corners.

UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY.—The workmen em-
ployed in sinking a well on one of the allotments of Port
View Estate, Saltash, Comwall,have cut into a hole which
is found to be strongly impregnated with copper ore of
good quality.

THE GREAT BED OF WARE.—An old carved bed-
stead, famous for its large size even in the days of
Shakspere, is to be sold on the 30th inst. by Messrs Jackson
and Sons, auctioneers, at Hertford. It is said to be in vary
good preservation. The posts, representing urns, are of
elaborate workmanship, and the back of the bed is also finely
carved. On the tester there is carved work of red and white
roses, whip a are believed to represent the union of the
Houses of York and Lancaster. The date upon the wood
is 1463. Shakspere's allusion to the bed occurs in " Twelfth
Night," Act M. Scene 2. Sir Toby Belch there says,
" Go write it in a martial hand ; be curet and brief ; it is no
matter how witty, so it be eloquent and full of invention ;
if thou thcu'st him some thrice, it shall not be amiss; and
as many lies as will lie in thy sheet of paper, although the
sheet were big enough for the Bed of Ware in England, set
'cm down." The great bed was formerly an article or fur-
niture in the mansion house at Ware-park. At the date,
however, of the publication of Chauncey's " Historical
Antiquities of Hertfordshire," it had been removed to the
inn at Ware, where it was visited by many citizens of Lon.
don, and it has remained there ever since.

[A DVEnTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—
Effectual Aid.—ln the sad time of sickness it is cheerful to
know that a remedy does exist, and that it can be procured
at a little cost. Holloway's Oin ment and Pills are always
useful in relieving pain, in reducing inflammations, and
regulating disordered actions. They never can b 3
mis-
applied, nor con they under any circumstaneQs cause mis-
chief. They are a blessing to the rich when tormented by
indigestion, gout, skin diseases, &c., and a precious boon
to the poor when struck down by illness. Holloway's
medicines should be in the possession of all soldiers, sailors'
and emigrants, who will then be in a position to ease
suffering and cure disease when medial assistance cannot
be obtained,

Banquet to the Channel Fleet.

CORK, Aug. 10.
The Mayor and citizens of Cork gave a banquet
yesterday evening to the Lords of the Admiralty,
now here on a tour of inspection, and to Admiral
Dams and the officers of the Channel Fleet. Al-
though the notice was short, the entertainments
fully sustained the character for splendid hospita-
lity for which the capital of Munster has been
always celebrated. The tables were spread in the
splendid ballroom connected with the hotel. About
260 sat down to dinner; the Mayor, Mr J. F.
Maguire, M.P., occuping the chair.
The toasts of "The Queen" and "The Prince and
Princess of Wales" were received with all the re-
spect and fervour which distinguishes the loyalty
of the Irish. The Mayor introduced the next toast,
" The Lord-Lieutenant, and prosperity to Ireland,"
with touching remarks on the departure of the
Earl of Carlisle from ill health. He might have
differed from his Excellency on one or two points,
but no one had a more sincere respect for his noble

qualities, for his goodness and his gentleness, and
qis earnest claire to promote the prosperity of this
land.

Lord Fermoy, M.P., the Lord Lieutenant of the
county, being called upon to respond to this toast,
was received with cheers. He remarked " that
the present assembly represented every interest,
every class, and every opinion in the city and county,
and therefore they should shut out all introduction
of party politics. But there was not a man hi the
land that would not, on seeing him leave the
country, feel the Earl of Carlisle's heart was always
true to Ireland and to humanity, and that at least,
as far as disposition went, did his duty to his Queen
and country. They wished him many years of re-
newed health and happiness. They all respected
the individual man, and felt that wherever he was
Ireland and the Irish would have a friend." These
sentiments were received with cordial expressions
of sympathy. Lord Fermoy baying eloquently
enforced the duty and necessity of self-reliance, re-
ferred to the claims of Ireland upon the considera-
tion of the Legislature, especially in connection with
the proposed establishment of a naval dockyard at.
Queenstown. He said—" I am rejoiced that the
attention of my noble friends whom I see here to•

night has been brought by the citizens of Cork and

the inhabitants of the county to the great question
of the establishment of naval dockyards here-
-(cbeers)—and let me tell you that I think the
task of my noble friends in advocating, as I have no
doubt they will, the establishment of dockyards in
our unrivalled harbour, has been greatly lightened
by the acts of that body of the Legislature to which
I have the honour to belong—the House of Com-
mons. The Government has always too many
difficulties to consider when they propose any out-
lay in pubic establishments. One is, how it may

be received by the country; the other, and the
most important consideration for the heads of the
department, is, how the House of Commons will
look when it has got to pay the bill. (Hear,
hear, and laughter.) The House of Commons has
greatly relieved my noble friends on the present
occasion, because in a committee of the house
which sat this year and entered fully and en-
tirely into the question of naval dockyards, they
pointed out unmistakeably and in set terms the
advisability of the establishment of a dockyard
here. (Cheers.) Therefore, I say the House of
Commons, who are the guardians of the purse of the
nation, have prejudged the question, and have ex-
pressed, as far as any body like them can express,
their willingness to vote the funds for so useful and
necessary a work. (Neer.) Reputing my friends
here as guests among you, and knowing your dispo-
sition to make everything as pleasant as possibie, I
shall not touch snore on that question. (Hear.) I
have only one thing more to say, and that is thar,
so far as my own individual feeling and opinion
goes, I care not so much about where the dockyard
may he estab.ished as that in the south of Ireland,
and Cork especially, or somewhere within the limits
of the county of Cork, a dockyard may be esta.
blished. When we are prepared to do our duty in
advancing the material interests of the country, we
expect on the part of her Majesty's Government that
Ireland shall get her full share of the consideration
of that Government. (Loud cheers.) Ilre feel that,
whether you regard Ireland as a large port:o❑ of the
United Kingdcrn, or whether you regard her as
having at t mes past contributed her means and her
men to acquire the greatness and glory of Eugland,
we are fully entitled to a full share of the profits.
(Hear.) We have entered into a partnership, we
have kept our share of the bargain, and we feel
►hat as you would in a mercantile establishment,
when you come to wind up the accounts, give a
share where it was due, we who have contributed
means to the advancement and material interests of
the kingdom are entitled to share the profits.
The CHAIRMAN then gave the most important

toast of the evening, and introdoced it by an able
mad eloquent plea for the establishment of a n6.vai
dockyard at Queenstown. In the course of his
address he said, that in drinking the toast he would
ask the gentlemen of the city a❑d also those of tht.
county who had teen associated with them to
offer an hearty Irish welcome to the noble and es.
teemed guests who graced their board that evening.
(Cheers.) Under any circumstances he should be de-

lighted to give a hearty Irish welcome to his Grace
the Duke of Somerset, Earl de Grey and Rip°,
Admiral Dacres, and the officers of the Cowan&
Fleet who were present on that occasion. (Hear.)
It was not unworthy of them to pay a tribute of
respect to these noblemen who had the confidence
of the Sovereign and the entire realm, and who had
intrusted to them duties of the most high and exalter.
character. (Hear.) The presence of the Dake of
Somerset and his distinguished colleagues was a
circumstance of peculiar interest to the citizens of
Cork. (Hear.) They would be ungrateful to Provi•
dente if they did not appreciate as it deserved their
noble harbour—if they did not recognise its many
advantages and capabilities. (Hear.) It was
easy of access—it was one of the best, if not the
best, places of shelter for the fleet—and there were
times when 500 vessels, armed and unarmed, found
anchorage within Cork harbour and the tribu-
taries which enlarged its extent. At the time of
the Crimean war, when the dockyards of England
were overcrowded with work, and when £1,000,000
was expended in England and Scotland, he wai,
sorry to say that not one shilling of the public ex-
penditure reached the harbour of Cork. (Hear.)
He had the greatest pleasure in proposing .6 the
health of the noble lord at the head of the Admi-
ralty," as he was aware there was not a gentleman
in England who devoted himself more loyally to
the services of the State and his Sovereign than be
did. (Hear, and applause.)
The toast was drunk with much Warmth.

The Doke of SOMERSET, on rising, was received
with prolonged cheering. He said, he thanked them
on the part of the Admiralty for the honour confer-
red on them. It was a source of satisfaction to the
Admiralty to see that the navy of the country ob-
tained the respect of their countrymen. (Hear,
hear.) In England, Scotland, and Ireland these
marks of respect had been shown it from every port
at which their ships had called, and in speaking of
the interests of the Admiralty it was impossible the
Board of Admiralty could overlook at any time the
interests of the harbours which the navy must re-
sort to. (Hear, hear.) Their attention had at this
time been more especially called to the harbour of
Cork, as the Mayor had told them by the report of
the committee of the House of Commons. (Hear.)
They accordingly lost no time in coming to make,
as it were, the preliminary arrangements. (Hear,
hear.) But what he wished was—he spoke frankly
to them—assuming that they made this dock of
which the Mayor had spoken, his fear was that some
subsequent disappointment would come upon them,
which they did not consider for the moment. Lai
them look at the towns where the Government bad
made these docks, and at the mercantile towns,
and where was the prosperity P At Liverpool the
Government had made no docks, and yet Liverpool
was advanced, while Portsmouth had remained be-
hind. If they would also look at the Clyde they
would observe advantages of a most beneficial cha-
racter, and infer that Scotland had relied on its own
resources and industry. From the docks he hao
seen they need not be afraid that he should take
possession of any of the private docks of the locality. ,

(Hear, and cheers.) They should entirely depend
on the careful consideration of the Government in
this matter, and he hoped that whatever would be
the issue, the Irish members would not divide in
representing the interests of their country. (Hear,
and laughter.) If they wanted to succeed in this as
in many other questions in which they sight have
succeeded, if they had acted together (hear) they
should reject all ideas with reference to party, their
sole consideration being that the prospect was for
the advancement and well-being of their country.
(Loud cheers.)

The Earl DE GREY and RIPON said—Mr. Mayor,
my 107d.s and gentlemen, I am exceedingly obliged
to you for the kind manner in which you have been
pleased to receive the toast of my health. It is, I
may say, and 1 am ashamed to say it—that it is my
first visit to this beautiful and interesting country,
and the first visit of the First Lord of the Admiralty
to your noble harbour. (Loud cheers.) My hon-
ourable friend in the chair has alluded in a few
words to the recommendation of the Parliamentary
committee, i❑ favour of the erection of dockyards
in this country—in favour of the construction of
certain works here in Cork. The objects and duties
of that committee were, of course, calculated to see
the progress of those defensive preparations that we
are making. The only question is, what place was
likely to answer the public requirements. His
lordship concluded by saying that Her Majesty's
Government would do whatever was best for the
country.
The next toast proposed was " Admiral Dacres
and the Channel Fleet," to which Admiral Dacres
replied.

"The Army and Navy" was then proposed by
the Mayor. Admiral Sir Lewis T. Jones and Gen.
Bloomfield, C. 8., severally returned thanks.
" The Lord-Lieutenant of the County" was next
proposed, and responded to by LordFermoy._ _

- The MAYoa, next proposed " The Health of Lord
Clarence Paget," and that nobleman returned
thanks in an eloquent speech.
The CHAIRMAN then said—My lords and gentle.
men, we have an honoured guest, whose health I
will ask you to drink. It is " The Lord Mayor of
Dublin." A more distinguished guest could scarcely
be had at any table than the present Lord Mayor
of Dublin. (Cheers.)
The health was drunk with the greatest en.
thusiasm.

The LORD MAYOR of Dublin responded, and as a
citizen or Cork thanked his fellow-citizens.

The MAYOR next proposed their " unofficial
guests." He reminded them that Lord Bandon,
Lori Danersile, Colonel Herbert, and a number of
other distinguished personages, who were very glad
to be associated with then in welcoming the fleet,
were present.

Tut: Earl of BANDON replied.
The next toast was " The County and City Mem•
bers." The Mayor remarked that the del:cate
health of Dr. Lyons, one of their oldest citizens,
and whose name was a household word in Cork,
could not permit him to attend. Mr. Beamish was
not so strong as his friends sincerely and earnestly
desired. Ihere was not a member in the House of
Commons more respected for every possible quality
that can adorn man than Mr. Beamish. He believed
that the only member of Parliament connected with
the city or county of Cork who was present was the
non. member Mr. Leader, one of the members for
the county, who was quite us much a friend of pro-
gress as Lord Fcrrnoy, end was determined to show
by his own enterprise that docks would net destroy
private energy. (Cheers.) He concluded by pro-
posing "The Health of the County and City Mem-
bers.''

Mr. LEADER suitably returned thanks, after
which the company separated.

T he Fatal Accident at Wimbledon,

Yesterday Mr Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, opened
an inquest at the Rose and Crown Tavern, Wimbledon,
upon the body of Thomas Cooper, the unfortunate private
of the Coldstream Guards who was shot while acting. as
marker during the late meeting of the National Rifle Asso-
ciation. Lord Elcho, Captain Mildmay, and many other
gentlemen were present during the inquiry.
The Coroner, in addressing the jury after the court had
been opened, urged them to dismiss from their minds all
they had heard or read about this case, and to give their

earnest attention to the evidence which was to be brought

before them. It did not matter, he said, that the unfortu-
eate man, whose death was the subject of inquiry, had lived
some time after receiving the injury, for,the law was that if
a man died within a year and a day of an injury the Coro-
ner's Court should inquire into the cause of his death. In
this case the jury would have to consider whether or not any
criminality was to be charged to the person who had fired
the shot which wounded the deceased, whether that Sound
was caused by malice, misadventure, or accident, and this
they would have to arrive at by the evidence to be adduced.
Captain Legge, the adjutant of the Ist Battalion of Cold-
stream Guards, was sworn, and after deposing to his know-
ledge of the deceased stated that he had not seen the body,
and so could not attest to its being that of Private Cooper.
The C..roner then said that the body must be identified.
Some of the jury suggested that the tarty should drive

there, but this, they were told, was at their option, as they
would have to provide their conveyances. The body, which
was lying in the tent used by Dr \Vestmacott (luting the
meeting, was then formally viewed by the witness and the
jury, and Captain Legge swore to the corpse as that of
Thomas Cooper, aged 25, late a private in the Coldstreams.
The following evidnc.: was then taken:—
_

Thomas Hul;e, sworn—l am a private in the Ist Bat-
talion of the Coldstream Guards. I knew the deceased
by the name of Thomas Cooper. I recollect when
the circumstance occurred which caused h s death. It
was on the 21st July. I was engaged that day in a parti-
cular duty at Wimbledon—that of marking the shots on the
targets. The deceased was marking at the same butt.
There were sia targets and six markers' butts at the same
place, and the deceased was marking at No. 6 target, which
was a pasteb tard one. The range was 500 yards, and the
target at which deceased was engaged was the only paste-
board one; the others were iron. The deceased's target
was on the extreme right, and I was at No. 2. The tiring
of the volunteers commenced each day at about 8 o'clock
in the morning. and continued up to about 7
o'clock at
night, but there was a cessation of firing for one hour in
the middle of the day, when a gun flied as a signal for the
firing to cease. I went straight from the targets on the
gun firing on the 21st to the tent where we had din-
ner, but whether cooper came or not I do not
know, for I did not see him; but on
going back after
dinner I saw him behind No. 6 target searcbing for bullets
in the butt. His object was to collect and sell them. I
said to him, " Han't you heard the gun fire? you ought
to come from there." The gun had fired before I reached
the target, for it had fired while we were on the way from
the camp. I was accompanied by Hall and Hobbs. I
told the deceased he had better get in his butt—the butt,
I mean, which protects us,—and he said he would come
his target, and was facing askaym,enwt,asanabod
about
te was
o
an his knees. The target,
out directly, or something to that effect. He Was behind
the
bullets in his hand, and was throwing' them to a heap of
and a half yards wide and six feet high. He had several
Ishoeumir
others which were on the ground close to the target. He
was at this time with his back to the firing point, and
was between the centre and the bull's eye of the target. I
was within three yards of him for several minutes. I had
left the danger, or red flag, at toy target when I went to
dinner, and this was in front of the bull's• eye, as is usual
when not firing, and it was in this position at this moment,
I do not know whether or not Cooper's flag was in any posi-
tion showing danger. There watt no signal beyond the
red flag we were supplied with indicating danger. By the
exhibition of the red flag danger was meant, and firing was
to cease when that flag was out. That flag was the protec-
tion to the markers or any other persons at the butt. At
times it is necessary for us when marking to leave the
mantlets, or markers' butt, and go and look at the targets,
and then these flags are shown. If you were shooting at my
target, and I was not quite sure of the position of your shot,
I should put up the red flag in order to go and see, and then
no one would fire. The instructions as to putting up this
flag were given me by the sergeant, and they were printed
and pasted up in the butt. Atter having told the deceased
to get into his place, and alter he had answered me that he
would directly, he cried cut. " Run out the danger flag;
I'm shot I" That was about half a minute after he had
answered me. I took up hie flag, and running before No.
6 target I waved it to and fro. I caunot say in what posi-

tion his flag was, but it was not as I left mine. I did not
hear any particular shot, for there was firing going on all
around. After I made it understood at the firing point that
an accident had happened I went to Cooper. He was unable
to rise,
and, other markers coming, he was brought to the
front of the target, whence he was removed to a tent. It
is impossible for me to say where the shot which struck
Lim came from. I cannot say where the firer must have
sto)d, I did not hear the ball strike any substance, and
should not have known that a ball had come if Cooper had
not cried out. He told me that he was struck in the back,
and on looking at where it struck him and his position at
the time I must say the bullet could not have come from the
right or left, but from the front. I know that a certain per-
son fired the shot, hut I have had no conversation with him
about this. There Nk'as but little noise made by the shots,
striking the pasteboard targets, and the sound could only
be heard by paying particular attention, excepting the bull's-
eye), which was of iron, Audi if struck there, it would sound.

I do not know whether at the time the man was struck a
flag was up at the firing points.
By a Juror—Firing was going on all around us, at other
butts, when he was struck.

By the Coroner— Cooper could not be seen from the firing
point. I had known the deceased for 18 months, and the
person who shot him about Bor 9 years. I never heard any
threat used by the person who I understood fired the shot,
or any other person, tow erds the deceased.
Isaac Wayman, corporal in the let battalion of Coldstream
Guards, deposed-1 knew the deceased Thos. Cooper. On
the 21st of July was on duty at Witnbldon-common, and
was stationed at Nos. 4,5, and 6 firing points, where the
volunteers were shooting. It was the 500 yards' pool. At
2 o'clock that afternoon the firing was stopped for an hour.
At the expiration of the hour I went back to the point to
attend to my duty, which was to raise or lower the danger
flag, as occasion might require. I held that duty before
dinner, and when we left for dinner the flag was standing
at "danger," to keep people from firing. When I returned
from dinner I saw Lieut. Morrison, the officer in charge of
the firing points, but no one else whom I know by natne.
I saw no shot fired, but I heard an explosion near me, and
directly after I saw the rifle in Sergeant Roberts's hand.
Thom were other persons about there, volunteers and others.
Sergeant John Roberts was on duty at that point keeping a
registry of the shooting, and arrived at the firing point be
fore the signal-gun to "resume firing" fired,and I was there
about 2 minutes before it fired. When it fired I went t) the
signal-flag at the point, and lowered it. I lowered it for
firing to commence, and to warn the markers to get into
their butts. About 10 or 12 minutes after I had lowered it
I heard the report of a rifle, I was then at No. 5 firing
point, the sound came from the right. There was a screen
between me and No. 6 firing point. I then noticed Sergeant
Roberts wiih a rifle in his hand, but whether he fired it or
not I don't know. Some gentlemen standing by said a man
was shot, and on looking through the telescope I saw Cooper
on the ground. I told Roberts that Cooper was on the
ground, and that I thought he was shot. I started off then
towards the wounded man. I did not afterwards see
Roberts to speak to him. I have not spoken a syllable to
him since: There was no other shot fired near me that I am
aware of. The report I heard must have come from a rifle
within five or six yards of where I was standing. I was told
when I returned from the butts that Sergeant Roberts was
under arrest, but I do not know who placed him under ar-
rest. I have known rifles brought down after dinner to the
firing point loaded to be discharged into the pit, but I have
not known rifles to be left there loaded during the dinner
time. I heard no expression before the shot was fired. It
was the regulation that no one was to fire while the red flag
was up. That applied to both the firing point and the butt.
The signals were up at the iron targets. I know they were
at two of them, but I cannot say whether they were at No.
6. Thi, target was not for volunteers only; it was a sweep.
stake target for any one, and all who choose to join in could
do so. It was confined to the Enfied rifle. lam not certain
as to whether Sergeant Roberts was or was not a competitor.
The Coroner then said that there did not appear to be any
one present who saw the shot fired, and it would therefore
be necessary to adjourn the inquiry.

After some conversation the following additional evidence
was Taken :

Mr Chas. Hall, of 2, Warwick-road, Maids-hill, deposed
—I am a member of the Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps,
and was in uniform on Wimbtedon-ccmmon on the 21st
July. At about 3 o'clock that day I was at the 500 yard's
pool firing target. The signal gun to commence firing was
fired white I was there, and I was asked to give my opinion
of a glass at the point by spotting a shot on No. 6 target.
One had just been fired. I looked through the glass, and I
said, " Good heavens I no one could have fired at that tar-
get, for the flags are out." The flags were out of all the six
targets ; at least such is my impression ; but the flag at No.
6 had fallen on the ground in front of the target, and it might
not have been visible with the naked eye. I looked through
the glass again and saw that a man was shot. No one was viol •
ble about the targets even with the glass at the time the shot
was fired. Ido not know who fired the shot, but I know
that the officer and the non-commissioned officer at this
point were placed under arrest. I don't know who gave the
order to do so. The man might have been shot from within
a radius of a hundred yards. The " running deer" firing
point, for instance, cuuld be made to bear upon this No 6
target. A person, however, would fire at the targets in
front. I did not hear a second shot near me at this time.
Henry Cramer Guinness deposed,—l am Staff Assistant-
Surgeon, and I had charge of the detachment of Guards
stationed at Wimbledon during the late meeting. I was on
duty on the afternoon of the 21st of July, and I was sum-
moned to Thomas Cooper in the Volunteer surgeons' tent.
There were several Volunteer surgeons present. I took
charge of him then in conjunction with Dr Westmacott, of
the London Scottish. I found that the man was suffering
from a gunshot wound in the chest, and was in a complete
state of collapse. The ball had entered behind between the
ninth and tenth ribs, and glanced upwards to the third and
fourth. It had entered at the back, at about two inches
from the spine. There was a bruised mark at about an
inch and a half above the nipple. The bullet was in hie
body, From that day the man was under my charge, in
conjunction with Surgeon-Major Wyatt, and he progressed
favourably until last Friday night, when congestion of the
right lung set in. From that time to the time of his death,
which happened on Tuesday morning, he was in an alarming
condition. I made a post mortem, in conjunction with
Surgeon• Major Wyatt, and I found the ball produced.
[The ball was shown. It was the common Enfield, and
was flattened at the point.] It was lying loose against the
diaphram where the diaphram is attached to the spine. I
traced the wound from the external orifice in'o the lung,
The ball had passed through the muscles and through the
lower lobe of the lett lung, and had lodged between the
third and fourth ribs on the left. The man died from con-
gestion, of the right lung, and his death decidedly arose from
the injury he received. The ball is a rifle ball, and it is
flattened by going through three inches of board backing.
As no further evidence was forthcoming, and as Inspector
Brett, who was watching the case for the civil authorities,
expressed his belief that he could collect further evidence by
Monday next, 0..0 court was adj turned until that day.
Last evening at 8 o'clock the body was buried with mili-
tary honours, in Brouipton Cemetery, in that portion of the
ground allotted to such of the Household troops who die in
the London district. The Rev. Mr Helpine, the chaplain of
the regiment, spoke of the deceased in very high terms,
giving.him a good character as a quiet and steady man. As
already stated in the Rev. T. H. Ball's letter, that gentle-
man daily saw Cooper, who constantly expressed his ex •
treme anxiety that nothing should be done to Sergeant
Roberts on account of the accident.

Loss of a Schooner and Resccue of Five of a

Crew,

(From the Liverpool Mercury,)
On Tuesday evering this town and neighbourhood were
visited by a sudden and violent gale from the N. W., ac-
companied with heavy showers of rain, which continued
with more or less violence during the whole night and yes-
terday. As a large number of vessels had been towed out
of the Mersey and were proceeding down the channel dur-
ing the afternoon, considerable anxiety was felt for their
safety, but it is satisfactory to state that, so far as has been
ascertained, only one serious casualty has been reported—
the loss of the schooner Sultan—and that, fortunately, was
without loss of life. The greater portion of the outward
vessels have either returned to the river in safety, or been
left or spoken in positions which leave no doubt as to their
being able successfully to weather the storm.
Yesterday morning the steam tug Emperor fell in with
the schooner Mary, eoal-laden, in a sinking state, near the
north docks. The schooner was taken in tow by the tug,
and safely beached at New Brighton, where the crew were
rescued. The tug, whilst rendering this assistance, unfor-
tunately grounded on the beach, and for the present remains
there.

At an early hour yesterday morning information reached
this port that a vessel was agrouad on one of the banks
north of the Crosby Lightship. Soon after the receipt of
this intelligence, the Liverpool and National Institution
lifeboats proceeded to the scene of the disaster, with the
view of rendering assistance. As the wreck was ap-
proached by the Liverpool lifeboat, the hull of the
vessel was found to be altogether submerged, and
her crew were observed clinging to the rigging in a very
perilous position. The vessel proved to be the schooner
Sultan, Capt. Murphy, bound from Lough Swilly to this
port, with a cargo of iron ore, and her crew consisted of
Hugh Murphy, mate; and Patrick Boyle, Hugh Murphy,
and John M'Kune, seamen. The lifeboat was successful
in saving the lives of the whole of these poor fellows, five in
number, who had passed a very trying time, having been
lashed to the rigging the whole of the night, and were so
benumbed from the effects of the waves dashing over them,
and exposure to the cold, that they had to be carried on
board the lifeboat by her gallant crew. The rescued men,
drenched and shivering, were landed at the Prince's Pier
about 8 o'clock yesterday morning, and speedily conveyed to
the Sailors' Hume, where they received that kind attention
which they so much required.

A DOLLAR NOT A DOLLAR.—In Springfield,
Illinois, the other day, a merchant was trying to
sell a pair of boots to a labouring man. He asked the man
5 dollars for the boots, which the would be purchaser de-
clared too much, saying he had bought the same hereto-
fore for 3 dollars. The merchant declared that the boots
before them were the cheapest boots for the price he had
ever sold. The man could not see it. At last the merchant
said, " When you bought those boots you speak of for 3
dollars gold and silver were the currency of the country,
were they not ?" " Yes," said the man, " but Treasury
notes are now the currency, and are legal tender, and a dol-
lar is a dollar you know." " Well," said the merchant,
" do you give me two and a half for the boots in coin, and
take them." "I'll do it,', said the man, and he pulled out
an old leathern purse with a little coin in it, and took out a
yellow boy. Before delivering it, however, he inquired the
price of gold. "Two hundred and seventy," said the mer-
chant. The purchaser then went to work to see how much
2 dols 50., in gold would amount to at 270 in greenbacks,
and having ascertained the result, he handed over a a dol
greenback, took the boots, and went off muttering that a
dollar wasn't a dollar. Practical illustrations of this kind
bring the state of affairs home to a men. " Things is
workin'."—Chicago Times.