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

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,
in returning thanks, said that he seen some-
thing of war himself, and he prayed .hat it might
never approach the shores of England, but 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
iraportanze, 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 36th Middlesex (Paddington) Rifle Volunteer
Corps commenced on Monday, the Ist inst., at the
butts 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. S. Curtis, to be competed for by the 20 best
attendants at drill, at 350 yards (at ft 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 com.
petitors ;—Battery Sergeant-Major Tamlyn (as the
best), Corporals F. Hoare, U. B. Lavender, Gunners
J. Franklin, G. Morgan, W, Ivey, R. S. Bark, 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.
Maggs, C. York, and J, White.
The annual review and inspection of the Cum-
berland Rifle Volunteers took place at Carlisle on
Friday. In order that this 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 Bellingham companies; four
troops of the Westmoreland and Cumberland
Yeomanry Cavalry attended, and three companies
of the Cumberland Artillery Brigade, with two field-
pieces. The Cumberiand Rifle Battalion mustered
788 strong, the Dumfriesshire 447, 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 made a general holiday in most of the towns
of Cumberland. Colonel M'Murdo 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 Roney, 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.
Wten 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, bat everything had
been very creditably done. The volunteers then
marched from the ground, accompanied by crowds
of the spectators, who had been drenched with rain.
After 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 negligence of your
servants or your neighbours, your house may never
be on fire, but you: insure against any Ices from
that happening, if it should happen. So in like
manner the volunteer movement extending over
the country is an insurance that if an invasion
should befall us, however unlikely, we should
be prepared to meet it, and that it should do us no
harm. But 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 ino possible." The " Health J f Lord Henry
Scott, M.P.," who had commanded the Dumfries.
shire battalion, was next proposed, and the hon.
member for Selkirkshire responded 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
adiition to a 50 guinea challenge cup :—Mr T. H.
A. Poynder, £26 53 , Mr S. Watson Taylor, £2445;
Lady Charlotte IVateon Taylor, £lO 10s.; Lieut..
General Buckley, M.P., £1010x; Lient..Colonel
Bathurst, M.P., £lO 10s; Lord H. Thynne, M.P.,
£lO 10s ; Mr W. Long, M.P., £lolos ; Right Hon.
T. H. S. Esteourt, M.P., £1010x; Mr M. H. Marsh,
M.P., £lO 103; Mr E. Illmilton, £lO lOs; Major
Ward, £lO lOs; Mr G. Loder, £lO lOs; Mr T. F.
Grove, £lO 10s, &c. 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 allotraenta of Port
View Estate, EaDash, Cornwall, have cut into a hole which
is found to be strongly impregnated with copper ore of
good quality.

THE GREAT BED OF WARE.—Ati old carved bed-
stead, famous for its large size even in the days of
Sbakspere, 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, whi:•h are believed to represent the union of the
Houses of York and Lanc,ster. The date upon the wood
is 1463. Shakspere's allusion to the bed occurs in " Twelfth
Night," Act 111. Soene 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
'em down." The great bed was formerly an artiele of fur-
niture in the mansion house at Ware-park. At the date,
however, of the publication of Chauncey's " Historical
AntiquitL,s of Hertfordshire," it had been removed to the
inn at Ware, whero it was visited by many citizens of Lon-
don, and it has remained there ever since.

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