The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-03 00:00:00

THE VO Ei UN T:-ER .

A vocal-and instrumental concert, in which Goma
of the most eelcbriAtcd performers of the glop toosiL
Dart, Wti~ given in aid of the band funds of t►he 3d

Et~ex tiquy um'. sth E. ex Volunteer at

! Stratford, to a crowded audience. A similar enter-
; I tainment in aid or the 6th Essex (Colchester) Rktie
Cofps has been repeated in that town with sueccee.
Tha 4th Essex (Chelmsford) are about to have an
amateur theatrical performance by members of the
corps, assisted by a few professionals from town.
The second annual meeting of the 12th Essex
(Braintree) corps was held on Wednesday. The ba-
lance in hand at the commencement of the year was
£146 7s ld, end the subscriptions and doeations
£96 16s Gd. Aner defraying the necessary expenses
there was left in hand £74 9s 7d, but the outs:tend-
ing subset iptions would increese that sent to £llii.
The s(le011,3 annual try eting of the 6th E,FC:i
Chetitnr) Rifle Corps was held in the Tow n-leAl
1 Fridey evenirg. The total receipts during the yeer
had been £228 Os lid, including a third cremation
of £25 by Mr. C. G. Round, the Recorder of the
1 borough, and the expenditure -0227 19s ld., leaving
only 7s 10d in hand.
The A company
of the sth Hants Rifle Volunteers
(Portsmouth) on Wednesday evening entet rained
their officers at a banquet at the Masonic•ball.
Colour-Sergeant Grant eceupied the chair. This
corps, well disciplined and not ill-commanded, is
daily increasing in strength and efficiency.
The Suffiolk County Rifle Association held its fist
annual meeting on Friday at Ipswich, the president,
Sir E. C. Kerrison, M.P., in the chair. Among the
gentlemen present were the Earl of Stradbrokp,
Lord Lieutenant of the county ; Earl Jermyn, ALP.,
Sir R. C. Rowley, Mr. S. C. Cobbold, Col.
Adair, Lieut.-Col. Austruther, ke. The report of
the committee, which was read by the president,
congratulated the association on the success which
had attended the general competition for prizes at
Ipswich in September last. The expenditure for
prizes and maintaining the essoci&i,on was £292,
leaving a balance of £7l in hand. In dealing
with this surplus the committee proposed the pur-
chase of three sets of Lard Elcho's shooting screens
and three sets of marking flags and pads complete.
The committee also props:ski that £5 ss. should he
presented to Mr. R. Bishop as an acknowledgment
of his useful services as secretary, and recommended
that the sum retraining should be carried forward
for the purposes of the Current year. The Marquis
of Bristol was elected president of the association
for the current year, it being intimated that the
noble marquis intended to grant theuse of his park
at lekworth, near Bury St. Edmund's, for the next
annual county competition.
A general meeting of the members of the Nor-
wich battalion was held on Thursday, Lipta Col.
Brett, the commandant, presiding. Thy ,gallant
colonel stated that the accounts showed a balance
on the right side, and that although the corps had
lost some members their places had been 'supplied
by recruits. The range had now been extended
horn 600 to 1,000 yards, which would obviate con-
siderable inconvenience, Lieut. Bignold, paymaster
end secretary, read a financial statement showing
that the receipts for the past year from all sourcea
had amounted to £531, and the expenditure having
been only £320, a balance of £2ll remained in
band. It was announced that the Government
would henceforth furnish two drill instructors to
the battalion. A resolution was adopted unani-
mously recommending the establishment of a county
rifle association in Norfolk, in connection with the
National Association; and LienteCol. Brett under-
took to convey the wishes of the meeting to the
Lord-Lieutenant, who had expresed a wish that
the officers of the various county corps should confer
together on the subject

In Lincolnshire tlib Market Rasen Company has
again had a contest for prizes. Instead, however,
of offering cups and badges, the three gentlemen
who stimulated the competition gave each 10 tors
of coals. Three classes of competitors were formed,
and 10 tons of coals were allotted to each. In the
first class each man fired five rounds at 400 yards,
and five rounds at 500 yards, and Sergeant Foster
scoring 10 points was victor. In the second class,
.
,etich competitor fired five rounds at 300 and five
rounds at 400 yards, and Sergeant Goodson scoring
nine points was declared the winner. In the third
class the ranges were et 160 and 260 yards, and
private Cooper proved the winner, making 10
points. The respective winners in each class
awarded some minor prizes to the next best shots,
and a soiree and ball wound up the proceedings.
The members of the Lincoln corps have been hospi-
tably entertained at Washingborough by the Rev.
Humphrey Sibthorp, who addressed his guests, as
did Major-General Marten, a veteran Waterloo
officer.

Twenty members of the Nottingham Robin Hood
Rifles, who successfully competed with the whole
battalion for the Mapperley Cup (shot for a few
weeks ago) have challenged any 20 members of any
regiment of the line, or of any corps of Volunteers,
to a match at file and volley firing, the former at
3t)o yards and the latter at 403 yards. 'Their chal-
lenge has been accepted by the Lincoln's-inn
(Devil's Own), but the time, place, and conditions
of the match have not yet been determined.

A county rifle asscciation has just been formed
at Worcester. At a public meeting held at Wor-
cester on Tuesday, Lord Lyttelton took the chair,
and Earl Beauchamp, Sir J. Pakington, Hon, F.
Lygon, M.P., Mr. Knight, M.P., and Mr. Vernon,
took part in the proceedings, Resolutions were
unanimously passed for establishing a fund in aid
of the volunteer movement in Worcestershire, a
desire being expressed that the officers and men of
the corps should not be called upon for any heavy
pecuniary sacrifices, but that the necessary funds
rifleso mcorps
liberalshould o
donations
iraised
were
thefor keepinggeneral
hthe
li
c.
announced :—Earl Dudley, £5O per annum for five
years ; Earl Beauchamp, £2O per annum for the
same term; Lord Lyttelton, a donation of £lO and
£5 per annum subscription. It was calculated that
the cost of maintaining the two Worcestershire
battalions of rifle corps would be £2,000 per annum,
exclusive of Government aid, which, it was
hoped, would be still further increased. Sir J.
Pakington, in allusion to the offer of the Government
to supply cloth for uniforms at cost price, said the
cloth so furnished should be either red or rifle green.
old red uniform, in which our had won all
He (Sir Jobn) expressed a great preference for the
soldiers
their great battles. He advised organisation. A
force of 150,000 men, should they ever be called
into requisition, could not be employed simply as
skirmishers, but must become a portion of the re-
gular army.
The sth East York Volunteers celebrated their
setliend anniversary on Thursday. The corps met
in morning and marched to Captain Prickett's
mansion, near Bridlington, where, after being
put through various evolutions, they were dis-
icnhganfignee
dt owtiht
he nl
ebse. r opf
ulr2ion,g thehe tewv on
ngi an lg-
missed. In the evening they re-assembled in the
ICeor
ies beEx
Captain Prickett, who presided, announced his in-
tention of presenting a silver cup for contest during
the summer. A ball concluded the proceedings.
Another meeting was held on Saturday at Darling-
ton, under the chairmanship of Captain Spark, to
urge the completion of the 3rd company of Volun-
teers. About 50 men are now enrolled, and the
full company is expected to be immediately made up.

The 6th North York Volunteers paid a visit (the
invitation being of a year's standing) to Sir J. V.
13, Johnstone, MT., at Hackness-hall, Yorkshire,
on Friday last. Sir John has given Captain Heh-
den an invitation to repeat the visit next year.
Colonel Alariott, commanding the Royal Artil-
lery in the northern end midland districts, in-
spected the Scarborough Artillery Volunteeers on
Wednesday. After the evolutions the men were
addressed in very complimentary terms by the in-
specting officer, who expressed his satisfaction at
what he had seen of them.
The Leyburii (North Riding) Volunteers gave
a grand ball at the Bolton Arms on Wednesday
night.

THE. JESUITS, THEIR NUNBER.—It appears from
pubhkhed at Rome, by the general of the
the total number of members of the order at
thestat iendt Jesuits,iofstatistics
thati
11t 8
6 1 was 7,231, of whom 2,203 were Frenchmen.