The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-30 00:00:00

THE SIIN LONDON, MONDAY EVENING JUNE 30, 1

INTERESTING CONFEDERATE
DOCUMENT.

The following letter from a Confederate agent in
this country has fallen into the hands of the United
States Government :

"Liverpool, Ist April, 1862.
"To Major I. Gorgas, C. S. Artillery, War
Department.

" I have had great difficulties to contend with in
shipping the field artillery which, as I have previ-
ously informed you, I should soon send from Ham-
burg.
" Messrs. Frazer, Trenholm, and Co., of this city,
placed at my disposal a fine ship, the Bahama, which
I supposed would take all the batteries. It is found,
however, that the cargo is so difficult to stow that
but six or seven batteries can be taken on board the
Bahama.

(unless I receive orders to the contrary) in 4 batte-
ries of Austrian rifled field artillery; 32 guns suit-
able for gun cotton, as well as powder—which guns
I have already secured—and 20,000 rifles now in
the Vienna Arsenal. Unless I should be able to
purchase a large number, like 10,000 to 20,000,
I should not, without special orders, depart from
the Enfield bore—not that the Austrian bore is too
small, but because of the great importance of uni-
formity of bore. It has given me great concern
that I have not been able to make better arrange-
ments for running in the several cargoes that have
been forwarded.

" It is impossible, as I have stated in my previous
letter, to obtain vessels with capacity for cargo and
coal for so long a voyage, and have at the same
time the requisite speed for attempting the blockade.
I have endeavoured to purchase a very fast steamer
to run from Nassau to the coast, but I have no
money now for any purpose. I should not hesitate
to appropriate money to this object, even without
orders, seeing how long the Gladiator was detained
at Nassau, and considering the great importance of
these goods being safely landed.
" The Economist, Lieut. Fauntleroy, was at Ber-
muda on the 6th March, expecting to sail next
morning. As we have dates from New York to
the 20th of March, with no account of the Econo-
mist, I have strong hopes that she has arrived at a
Confederate port. The steamer Minna sailed while
I was in Hamburg. It was :intended that she
should take 500 barrels of gunpowder. I found
on my return to London, however, that the powder
had all been shut out, on account of the vessel being
full. Had I been in London I should have sent
powder in preference to anything else.
" On board the Minna, consigned to I. Adderley
and Co., are the following articles for the Confede-
rate Government : 6,900 knapsacks and boards, Sze.,
5,690 sets of accoutrements, 1,840 gun slings, 992
sabre belts, 4,500 gas cloth (light blue), 1,850
sabres, 5,700 rifles, 300 pairs shoes, and 16 sets
saddlery.
" Correct invoices have been sent by the Minna
to Nassau.

" I went to Hamburg to superintend in person the
shipment ; but finding soon after my arrival that
every step I took was watched by spies sent from
London by the United States Minister, as well as
by the United States Consul in Hamburg, and
learning that this consul had declared publicly that
the ship being known to hive Confederate Govern-
ment stores on board, vvoutl be captured ; after tak-
ing legal advice and cirefully considering the
matter, I determined to leave Hamburg and endea-
vour to dispose of the batteries to some purchasers
of such merchandise in England.
" I accordingly cameto this country, and sold the
whole ten batteries to Capt. Blakely, late of the
Royal Artillery, who is now engaged in the manu-
facture of artillery. Ee is now in Hamburg attend-
ing to the shipping of ;he batteries.
" Just after my arrival in England I received a
telegram from Hamburg, informing me that one of
the lighters from which the Bahama was receiving
her cargo had been rin into by a British steamer
under charge of a Hamburg pilot, and sunk, with
eight pieces and carriages, &c., on board. There
are reasons for thinking the pilot was bribed to
commit the act, ani the inhabitants being unani-
mously opposed to tie Confederacy, it is probable
that it will be impossible for me to recover any
damages. I have had the satisfaction, how-
ever, this morning of receiving a telegram
from Captain Blalely, informing me that the
lighter had been rased, and the water being fresh,
the carriages are net materially injured.
" Immediately of my arrival in England, I set
about obtainihg a ship to take the remainder of the
batteries left by the Bahama and such other articles
as might be ready.
" I have the satisfaction of being able to inform
you that I have ereceeded in engaging the steam-
ship Melita for tiis work, and that she leaves
Liverpool to-day For Hamburg. From Hamburg
she will proceed tc London, and there take on board
the following articles :-10,000 rifles (about), 2,000
barrels powder, i,OOO sets accoutrements, 5,000
knapsacks, 300 cavalry swords, 10,000 yards light
blue cloth, 3,000 pairs shoes, 6,000 bayonet scab-
bards, 1,000 cavalry belts, 250 saddles, &c., complete.
" In addition to the above, I have had offered to
me about 50,000 Fairs of French shoes and 25,000
shirts, cotton. If the holder of these shoes and
shirts will take ms order on the Confederate trea-
sury, payable in tie Confederacy, in payment for
them, I shall purchase them. The shoes are of the
French army pattern, and although not by any
means equal to shoes that I have purchased in Eng-
land, still I have thought that they would be ser-
viceable, and that possibly they might be much
needed by the army.
" I have previously informed you that I have had
reason to be entirely satisfied with the London
Armstrong Company in all transactions that I have
had with them, The rifles manufactured by this
company are far superior to those obtained from
almost every other source, and possessing, more-
over, the advantage of being interchargeable. I
have requested the chairman to hand me a tender
for supplying 40,000 rifles from their manufactory.
Inclosed I have the honour to submit a copy of their
proposition. In case the department should de-
sire me to make this contract, I beg to be in-
' formed at the earliest moment, as otherwise
I may find it impossible to arrange the matter.
Thinking it possible that the department might de-
sire a smaller bore, I made inquiries on this point,
and found that they could make a smaller bore, but
not without altering several of the machines. The
exterior of the rifle would have to be left the same
as at present. It is the opinion of some British
officers that the barrel of the Enfield rifle is too
light. Making the bore smaller, therefore, would
rather be an improvement, in giving greater'
strength to the rifle.
" The Austrian bore is slightly smaller than the
English, but almost every other European Govern-
ment rifle is of a larger born. The Austrian rifle is
a very serviceable weapon, though to one accus-
tomed to Enfield and Springfield arms, they have a
very rough appearance.

" The Melita will sail from London with a very
valuable cargo in about 15 days. I have requested
Lieut. North of the Navy to take charge of her,
but have not yet received his reply. Should it be
in the negative, I bhall endeavour to obtain an
officer from the Sumter, still lying at Gibraltar.
" The Melita is, for a screw steamer, quite fast,
and with an enterprising commander on board,
could, lam confident, be run in. There will be
several field-howitzers so placed that, without dis-
turbing the general cargo, they can be taken to the
deck and then mounted, and with these quite a
goad defence could be made against wooden gun-
boats.—l have the honour to be your obedient ser-
vant,

" CALEB HUSE, Captain of Artillery."

THE F,IIIILF ST. PIERRE.

OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

The papers respecting the above vessel were pub•
lished on Saturday morning. On the 24th of April
Mr. Adams wrote to Earl Russell upon the sub-
ject, and transmitted certain depositions relating to
the seizure of the vessel. Mr. Adams contended
that the act committed by Capt. Wilson, the master
of the neutral vessel, entailed her confiscation and
that of the cargo, and asked that directions might
be given for their restoration. On the 7th of May
Earl Russell replied that having taken the opinion
of the law officers, the Government were unable to
comply, inasmuch as acts of forcible resistance to
the rights of belligerents on the high seas were not
cognisable by the municipal law of England, how-
ever punishable as offences against international
law in the prize courts of the captor administer-
ing such law. Mr. Adams replied by quoting
the language of Lord Stowell, by which he con-
sidered :the restoration of the vessel is called
for; and by pointing to the language of her
Majesty's proclamation, which, he thinks, was in-
tended to apply to precisely such cases as this. The
Foreign Minister rejoined that Lord Stow ell's lan-
guage was limited to the action of a prize court of
the captor, and does not extend to the municipal
law of a neutral country. Chancellor Kent is
quoted at some length by the noble lord, who con-
cludes by saying that the meaning of the proclama-
tion was that any breach of the statute would be
punished under the statute by the same national
authority by which the statute was enacted. In a
despatch which occupies three pages and a half of
the printed return, Mr. Adams reviews the argu-
ments of the noble lord, aid what he confiders the
recognised doctrines of international law, coming
to the conclusion that the claim for the restoration
of the ship rests on the soundest principles of equity
and law. The restitution, he says, of Messrs. Mason
and Slidell was not required by any portion of the
municipal law of the United States, and the United.
States Government restored them simply because
the seizure seemed to have been wrongful, as con-
strued by the law of nations. If the Royal pro-
clamation is to be made so null and void foreign
nations must, he says, adopt more stringent mea-
sures of repression "in order to bring down with
real effeet upon her subjects their just consequences
of her Majesty's displeasure for the violation of her
will." The Government and people of the United
States had expected some mark of indignation on
the part of her Majesty's Government. " The deci-
sion has been otherwise. Made wiser by the result,
they will take the necessary precautions in like
cases that may happen hereafter to protect them-
selves." _ _

Writing on the 12th inst., the Foreign Minister
endeavours to convince Mr. Adams that it is a gene-
ral principle that each nation deals only with
offences committed against it own laws, and is not
called upon to carry into effect, or to aid in carry-
ing into effect, the laws of foreign nations against
persons who may have violated them, and who may
be found within its territory. "Not only in the case
of neutrals in war, but in all cases falling within the
same general principle, the nation to whom the
parties complained of belong leaves to other
nations who may suffer by the acts of such parties
the penalty. It may happen that the nation re-
ceiving the injury may have an opportunity of re-
senting it should it perchance catch the offenders
within its jurisdiction. Had the Emily St. Pierre
fallen a second time into the hands of a United
States cruiser a prize court of the United States
would in all probability have condemned the ship
and cargo. Nor would her Majesty's Government
have complained of a condemnation judicially pro-
nounced in accordance with the law of nations. Her
Majesty's Government, adhering to this line of con-
duct, are therefore acting in accordance with reason,
policy, and the common and universal usage of na-
tions in like cases. You speak of the rescue of the
Emily St. Pierre as being a fraud by the law of na-
tions. But whether the act of rescue be viewed as
one of fraud or of force, or as partaking of both
characters, the act was done only against the rights
accruing to a belligerent under the law of nations
relating to war, and in violation of the law of war,
which, whilst it permits the belligerent to exercise
and enforce such rights against neutrals by the pe-
culiar and exceptional right of capture, at the same
time leaves to the belligerent alone the duty, and
confers upon him the power, of vindicating such
right and of enforcing such law. The same law not
only does not require, but does not even permit,
neutral nations to carry out belligerent rights. You
allude to the conduct of the United States Govern-
ment in the case of the Trent; but the flagrant
wrong done in that case was done by a naval officer
in the service of the United States ; the prisoners,
whose release was demanded, were in the direct
had
custody and keeping of the Executive Goverdnmacetnut-
ally the power to deliver them up, and ;
and the Government of the United States
them up to the British Government. But thed
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am in a position to purchase 20,000 or 30,000
Austrian rifles, at about 40s. each, say about 10
dots. At present I am not in a position, as regards
funds, to make the purchase, inasmuch as I owe at
least 400,000 doll. than I have the means of paying.
"I have thought it necessary, in the discharge
of my duty, to press the credit of the Confederacy
as far as possible, without endangering its good
name ; but I must now limit myself to the con-
tracts already
made ; I must pay my debts beforo
doing any more. As soon, however, as money suffi-
cient for the purpose is received, I shall invest it

COCIIIiV'S VISIT TO ROME.

In the number of the C orresponclant, which has
just appeared, is an article by M. Augustin CooL in,
headed " Rome, the Martyrs of Japan, and the
just
returned of the 19th Century." Al. Cochin he ,s
retnrned from Rome, where he witnel'sed the cere-
mony of the canonisation ; and it is not surprising
that he has been more impressed with it than those
who do not profess the same doctrines at' himself.
But, whatever be his political or religioals belief,
M. Cochin possesses much ability as a writ 3r, in
the estimation even of those who hold doctrine' 3 of a
far different kind. To many it will appear ara-
doxical to be told that Pope Pius IX. is " n.'ore
tranquil and more confident of ultimate success"
than King Victor Emmanuel, aggrandized as he is
by nearly all Italy. " I was an eye-- witness," he
says,—
on the day when the contrast betwee.o the suc-
cess of Piedmont and the trials of the Pope reached,
so to say, its culminating point. In a little port of
the Mediterranean—Porto d'Anzio—l saw the Holy
Father, tranquil and smiling, walking on the shore,
in the midst of children and boatmen, There, on
the ruins of Nero's palace—the Nero who would be
reigning this moment at Rome through his succes-
sors were it not for the successors of St. Peter—not
far from the spot where the Pope disinterred the
" Apollo" from the ruins heaped up by the barba-
rians, was Pius IX., only accompanied by a few
prelates, whose fidelity increases with his misfor-
tunes, guarded by 500 •as of France, the sea
spread out before him, more calm than the land,
after having in vain called Europe to his aid ; and
his eyes were fixed on the tiny craft whose deck
may, from one moment to another, be the only
domain he can call his own. A few days afterwards
I saw the King of Italy, under the glorious sky of
Naples, land before the eyes of a million of men,
received by the ambassadors of Europe, and fol-
lowed by the Bretagne and the St. Louis, that
were at Gaeta, and by six other French ships of
war, with their Admirals and 8,000 men, and
welcomed with the roar of their artillery, which
mingled with the salutes of two English
men of war. If France desired the unity of
Italy what could she do more ? I have seen these
things ; I have seen these men. I have seen Pius
IX. neglected, and Victor Emmanuel received with
acclamations ; and, asking myself what indeed are
the faults of the victim, and where are the merits
of the triumpher, I understood better the mystery
of events, the ingratitude of men, the play of force,
and all the majesty of sorrow. True, in two short
weeks all was changed. Victor Emmanuel returned
to Turin in all haste; the muskets of the revolution
went off too soon at Brescia; Garibaldi fell into
disgrace, and Mazzini appeared on the stage. There
was agitation at Turin ; General Goyon and a divi-
sion were recalled ;at Rome all was calm. I then
better understood the secret power of moral force,
and I saw why the conqueror was so agitated and
the conquered so calm."
M. Cochin quotes this passage from the Bishop
of Orleans' sermon at Rome :

"I ask even of those who do not share our faith
and our hopes, is there on this earth a city, a people,
a Sovereign Power who at a simple wish of the heart,
expressed in the most cautious, the most reserved,
and the most delicate terms, has seen at once the
whole world moved, and, from the extremities of
their empire, the representatives of every nation
come to lay their devotedness and their love at its
feet ? No ; and I do no injustice to any of the
Powers when I say that there is not one among
them which could thus stir the whole earth. I re-
peat it, there is in it a striking proof of the pre-
sence of God in his Church."
On the selection of the subjects for canonisation
M. Cochin observes :

" The Japanese slaves, a few obscure Christians
who died for the triumph of the faith and liberty
of conscience—who then thinks of such persons ?
If the Church acted from policy she would have
selected for canonisation the mother of an Emperor,
the daughter of a King, a Minister, an orator, a
writer, or a famous general. These would be pro-
tectors of great example and of great credit. No,
amid the trials of her earthly career she continues
her spiritual life, and she adds to the calendar
names whose renown is only echoed in Heaven."
A part of M. Cochin's article seems intended as an
answer to the Revue des Deux Mondes, from which
I have already given some extracts. The Revue
des Deux Illendes, he says,— .

" Reproaches the bishops with sacrificing the
Catholics to this sovereignty, for Italian unity is
only an object, a theory, whereas the temporal
power is a fact. I agree with it very sincerely, just
as the gardener who waters his salads in the gar-
dens which occupy a part of the Roman territory,
does not feel himself happier because he draws the
water in the country of the Caesars, and not far
from the tribune where Cicero spoke; just as the
citizen of Frosinone or Viterbo, if he be vexed, or
judged unjustly, does not feel consoled by the re-
flection that he is one of the pieces of the temporal
buckler of the Catholic Church, and that he suffers
in order that your conscience, or mine, may be at
rest. It is important, then, that the Pope's sub-
jects should be well governed. But what are the
conditions of this good government ? The bishops
took care not to speak of it—not to say a word of
the form, not a word of the extent of the temporal
domain : because it was no business of theirs, any
more than it is of the Piedmontese. What has just
occurred at Rome must render the faithful much
attached to the principle of the temporal power,
but very indifferent to the form. It is a local affair,
a dialogue to be established in regular form be-
tween the governors and the governed. But do
people really believe that the Pontifical regime is
tyrannical ? Do they believe the Piedmontese
regime dolicious ? Is it, indeed, so seducing to lose
a sovereign like Pius IX. in order to obtain one like
Victor Emmanuel ? It is alleged that the situation
of the Pope comes from his refusal; on the con-
trary, his refusal comes from his situation.
Constrained, he can cede nothing. Free, he
would always be what he was in 1847. It
was said that he represented the ideas of the
age. This compliment is now reserved for
Victor Emmanuel. If there be one which can pro-
perly be called an idea of the age, as being the re-
sult of the experience of the world, it is this—that
progress is not obtained by invasions and revolu-
tions. To say that Piedmont, because it has an-
nexed three -fourths of Italy, has a right to the other
fourth, is to make of usurpation an argument in
favour of usurpation. Guarantee the Pope against
the invasion of Piedmont, and he will easily come to
an understanding with his subjects. Do not gua-
rantee him, and, were his Government perfect, he
would be overthrown as being the weakest. It was
said that the Catholics—the clergy and the bishops
—were gradually becoming converts to the belief
in the fall of the temporal power, to which the Pope
and the cardinals only held firm. It was said that
the Sacred College was divided in opinion; yet 300
bishops have affixed their seals to the declarations
of the Pontiff. The non possum becomes non
P"
swims. It was said that religion would gain b;
the fall of this worn-out power ; the masters of re-
ligion are of a different opinion. We must incline
ourselves, and admit that they know what they
speak about. It was said that this question was a
question of party, agitated by some fanatics in
France. It is a reclamation from the episcopacy of
the whole world. Whether it be agreeable or no,
these are important facts. Another fact rejoices
Christian hearts and surpasses in importance these
that precede it. The Church has just given the
greatest proof of youth, union, and vitality, that has
appeared for two centuries. Where is there in the
world a spiritual society with such extent, durabi-
lity, unity, and ascendancy. What are the schools
of philosophy in comparison ? What are the aca-
demies ?"
M. Cochin concludes :

" The Bishops have come, thanks to the wonders
of industry, and machinery has served the Church
as printing served the gospel, without intending it,
because God has wished it. They have met toge-
ther in the name of the right of association;
they have addressed themselves to the opinion
of men by means of publicity. The liberty of
worship is inscribed in the laws against them
and it. is the liberty of Worship which has de-
terred the Sovereigns from keeping them

THE VOLUNTEERS.

INSPECTION OF THE QUEEN'S (WEST-
MINSTER) VOLUNTEER CADETS.
On Saturday afternoon the Queen's (Westminster)
Volunteer Rifle Cadet Corps was inspected in West-
u.'inster-hall by Earl Grosvenor, lieutenant colonel
of the Ist battalion of that regiment. The corps
asses nbled at 4 o'clock, under command of Captain
Cross', Lieut. Bennett, Ensign Hawkins, and Ser-
jeant Avern,and went through the battalion drill in
a very creditable manner, Capt. Cross commanding
with great efficiency. At the close of the operations,
Earl Grosvenor said he had had very great plea-
sure in witnessing the performances the corps had
just gone through. They were well commanded by
Capt. Cross and Capt. Shaw, and the other officers
knew very well what they were about. The noble
earl then gave them instructions as to the use of
their arms, and urged them to obtain more recruits.
lie was glad to hear that there had been a good
mu ster at the Crystal Palace on the occasion when
Lord Elcho inspected them.
The ground was kept by a strong detachment
of the cadet corps of the London Rifle Brigade,
who wer e acccmpanied by their excellent drum and
fife band, They were under the command of Ser-
jeants Braidwood, Stone, and Albert, who were
accompanied by Instruction-Serjeants Ladd and
Jewesbury.
The Queen's Rifle Corps afterwards assembled in
the hall and marched to Regent's Park. The cadet
corps followed, headed by their noble honorary
member, Bruce (a magnificent Newfoundland dog),
and their band, the rear being brought up by the
cadets of the London Brigade.

INSPECTION OF THE 26Trt AND 42D
MIDDLESEX.

On Saturday evening the members of the 26th
Middlesex (her Majesty's Customs) and the 42d
Middlesex (sth Administrative Battalion), were
inspected in the Tower moat by Colonel Morris,
C.B. The volunteers assembled on the Custom-
house Quay, and, headed by the brass and drum
and fifebands, under Band.master Shapcott, marched
to the moat. The officers were as follows :—Lieut.-
Colonel Grey, Captains Hamel, Wybrow, Bernard,
Pickford, Cobham, Hollett ; Lieuts. Lilley, Jones,
Hamel ; Ensigns Cope, Hunt, Bentley, Marshall,
Irish, Flindt ; and Captain and Adjutant Elliott.
Four companies were present, numbering between
200 and 300. On arriving at the ground the troops
were put through the platoon and manual exer-
cises, which they performed in a manner highly
creditable both to their adjutant and to themselves ;
their wheeling into line being especially well done.
They then marched past in close and open column
in quick time, which was also well done, " the
dressing up" in each company being very good.
Having formed into square, Col. Morris addressed
them, and said he had attended there by order of
the War-office to see if the War-office rules and re-
gulations had been carried out, and from his cursory
inspection he was glad to say that he was highly
pleased with the efficiency they had displayed, and
particularly with the state of their arms, and would
impress upon them the necessity of keeping the
rifles clean. He concluded by adding that he was
enabled to state that his report to the War-office
would be most satisfactory.
The volunteers then re-formed company, and
marched to headquarters,where they were dismissed.
INSPECTION OF THE QUEEN'S (WEST-

-
MINSTER).
On Saturday evening the Queen's (Westminster)
Rifle Volunteers mustered in Westminster-hall, and
marched, to the number of 1,000 men, of all ranks,
headed by their bands, to the Regent's-park, for
inspection by Col. Erskine.
The two battalions composing the regiment were
respectively under the command of Earl Grosvenor
and Lord Gerald Fitzgerald, assisted by Major
Locke. On arriving in the Regent's-park there
were present at the saluting flag the Lady Con-
stance Grosvenor, Lord and Lady Kildare, Lord
Elcho, Lord Begot, Lieut.-Colonel Wright, of the
Nottingham (Robin Hood) Rifles, and a number of
other officers. There was a very large number of
persons present, and the ground was admirably
kept by four companies of tie West Middlesex,
under the command of Lord Ridstoek.
The Queen's were divided into 14 companies of
28 file, Earl Grosvenor having command of the
right, and Lord Gerald ritzgerall of the left wing.
Having opened column right in front and deployed
into line, on the inspecting ofEcer reaching the
ground the salute was given, and the ranks were
opened, and Col. Arskine passed through the lines
and inspected the arms, The men then re-formed
column, and the marching past took place at wheel-
ing distance, and was executed very steadily. The
regiment was then put though various brigade
movements, ,throwing out skirmishers, file firing
from right and left of faces, by section companies,
and wings deploying on left flank company, form-
ing company squares to receive cavalry, &c. The
line then advanced to review order, in
very fine
style, thus bringing the proceedings to a close. The
e
regiment having been formed in close column,
Col. Erskine addressed them. He observed that
although he had not the honour of inspecting the
Queen's last year, yet he had the pleasure of being
present on that occasion, and he had no hesitation
in saying that he congratulated them on the
progress they had made since that time. He
had particularly remarked their steadiness in
their ranks—a matter which was all-important to
secure efficiency. They had gone through the
whole of the battalion movements in a very credit-
able manner, and as to that grand advance in line,
which he had just now witnessed, he could assure
them that it was effected in a manner which made
such an impression upon him that he should long
remember it. Before he dismissed them, he wished
just to give them one word of advice, and that was
when in the field let every man always take plenty
of standing room in the ranks. It was true that
every man should slightly touch on the directing
flank, but there should be no pressure. If that
took place it acted to the disadvantage of the
soldier, because he would not have room for the
necessary movements. Turning to Lord Grosvenor,
the inspecting officer said :—My Lord Grosvenor,
I shall have the greatest pleasure in reporting most
favourably to the Secretary for War as to the
efficiency of your regiment.
Lord Grosvenor, in response, called upon the
regiment to give three cheers for the inspecting
officer, which were given most cheerfully. Three
cheers were also given for Lord Radstock and the
West Middlesex for keeping the ground. The re-
giment then marched off.

THE FITZWILLIAM CHALLENGE CUP.
The contest for the possession of this valuable
prize, a silver cup of the value of 100 guineas, the
gift of Mr. E. F. Fitz william, an honorary member
of the West Middlesex Rifles, came off on Friday
under the supervision of Lord Radstock and Adju-
tant rennymore, of the above corps, at the Plum-
stead range. The competitors consisted of five
selected shots from the following metropolitan vo-
lunteer regiments,
viz.:—Queen's (Westminster),
West Middlesex, Inns of Court, Victoria, 38th
Aliddlesex (Artists), and the 40th Middlesex, and
the contest was also open to the representatives of
any volunteer rifle corps in South Wales, though
none appeared from the latter. The shooting

back. Would Louis XIV. or Philip 11. have (which proved very interesting on account of the
allowed them to depart? They have shown by a variety of weapons used) commenced about 12.30
remarkable example how people win their liberties p.m., the distances being 800, 900, and I,ooou
by persevering firmly and pacifically, in spite of yards, and any position allowed. The contest
prohibitions and menaces, in pursuing their object terminated shortly after 4 o'clock p.m. The fol
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and fulfilling their duty. They have shown to the lowing are the results of the firing with the
world the magnificent and rare spectacle of fidelity weapons used :
in misfortune, and of invincible attachment in the
midst of trials. They have placed on the altar mis-
sionaries of the Gospel to Japan, and a brother of
the Order of the Redemption, at the very moment
w hen the West enters into relations with Japan,
and when the New World is agitated for the ran-
som of slaves. They have given to all Catholics a
programme of the liberty necessary to the Church,
leaving to each the care of serving her as best he
car, while conforming to the laws of his country.
They have shown the Church living and united,
and in face of the divisions which distract the
minds of men."

Points.

Sergeant Oxley, Queen's (Westminster), Henry rifle
(the winner) ..
Ensign Earles, 38th Middlesex (Artists), Henry rifle 15
Private Stewart, Inns of Court, Henry rifle
Lieut. the Hon. G. Pepys, Inns of Court, Henry rifle 13
Corporal Pitchford, 38th Middlesex (Artists)Turner
rifle
Private Stedman, Victoria Rifles, Turner rifle ... • 12
Sergeant Oxley having made the greatest num-
ber of hits he thus became the winner of the cup,
which he will hold for 12 months. The weather
was very unfavourable, a strong wind blowing
from the river ; it was also rather foggy, rendering
the three-feet centres of the targets almost invisible
at the long distances.

THE VOLUNTEER FIELD DAY AT EPSOM.---ThC
volunteer field day, which was to have taken place
on Saturday, at Epsom, in the presence of Colonel
M'i\lurdo, did not come off, in consequence of the
inspector general having been otherwise engaged-
LONDON ARTILLERY BRIGADE.—It is not stir-
prising that members are joining this and other
metropolitan artillery volunteer corps, when it is
considered that the exercise with this important
arm of warfare is so interesting, and so well calcu-
lated for the display of mental and physical power
and energy. Probably, however, the most impor-
tant ingredient in the favour now shown to Artil-
lery corps is the fact of the great and vital necessity
which exists that these corps should at all times be
strong and efficient. The enrolment of the London
Artillery Brigade completes the volunteer organiss-
lion in the City of London, which will have under
its orders five independent corps of rifles, one of
Engineers, and one of Artillery. The primary oc-
pense of joining this corps, inclusive of musket, is
only £3 16s. 6d., for which a complete service uni-
form is provided ; the parade dress and great coat
being afterwards furnished at a cost of £3 4s. 6d.