The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-24 00:00:00

?HE ARMY.

The remainder of the Indian Engineers, who have
for some years past been under instruction at the
Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham, with the
Royal Engineers, will quit Brompton barracks to-
morrow and the following day, to embark for Cal-
cutta and Bombay, leaving none but Royal Engi-
neers at the Chatham establishment. According to
instructions received at headquarters, it is the in-
tention of the authorities to immediately raise two
additional depot companies at Chatham, the non-
commissioned officers and men of which will be
trained exclusively for service in India. In accord-
ance with this intention, orders have been received
at the Royal Engineer establishment for additional
recruiting parties to be at once despatched to Lon-
doo , Manchester, Glasgow,
Birmingham and Exeter,
for the purpose of raising the additional number of
Royal Engineers required to augment the corps.
Notwithstanding the wretched weather the com-
petitors
in the military, match
at Aldershott re-
sumed their places at the ranges y„teraay
at nine
o'clock a.m., when the same regiments were repre-
sented as on the previous day, with the addition of
several cavalry regiment s• The rnen.attendance was

considerably larger than on Tuesday, and the inte-
rest in the proceedings was unabated,
The contest commenced with the Marksman's
Prize, £55, for non-commissioned officers and men
qualified as marksmen during the present annual
course ; 700 and 800 yards ; ten priz3- at each dis-
stance, and a silver watch for the best shot through-
; out. 136 entered. The prize for the best shot
throughout fell to private Bell, 26th Cameronians,
who scored 17 points and 7 hits ; total, 24 marks.
The next competition was for the Carbine Stakes,
£27 10s., for cavalry, royal artillery, and all corps
armed with the Victoria carbine, 200 and 300 yards;
ten prizes, and a cup for the best shot throughout.
30 entered. The best shot throughout was Corporal
Crouch, 13th Hussars.
At noon the Veteran Stakes were contended for,
£55, for non-commissioned officers and men of 15
years' service, 400 and 500 yards. Ten prizes at each
distance, and a special prize for the best through-
out. 127 entered. At 400 yards—Colour-Sergeant
M'Coy, 7th depot battalion, made 12 points, 5 hits,
17 marks; Corporal Lawrence, Ist battalion 60th
Regiment, 11 points, 5 hits, 16 marks; Private Alex-
ander, 64th Regiment, 11 points, 5 hits, 16 marks ;
Serg. Wright, 26th Regiment, 11 points, 5 hits, 16
marks ; Colour-Serg. Judge, 7th depot battalion, 11
points, 5 hits, 16 marks ; Serg. Irvine, 26th Regi-
ment, 11 points, 5 hits, 16 marks; Serg. Drake, Ist
battalion 60th Regiment, 11 points, 5 hits, 16 marks;
Corporal Long, 76th Regiment, 10 points, 5 hits, 15
marks; Corporal Slater, 64th Regiment, 10 points,
5 hits, 15 marks ; Private Donally, Ist battalion,
60th Regiment, 10 points, 5 hits, 15 marks. At 500
yards, Serg. Evered, 37th Regiment, made 11 points
5 hits, 16 marks; Serg. Irivine, 26th Regiment, 11
points, 4 hits, 15 marks ; Serg. Marshall, Ist batta-
lion Scots Fusiliers, 10 points, 4 hits, 14 marks ;
Serg.-Major Cooke, 76th Regiment, 9 points, 5 hits,
14 marks ; Private Snelgrove, 26th Regiment, 9
points, 5 hits, 14 marks ; Serg. Read, Ist bat. Bth
Regt., 10 pts, 4 hits, 14 marks ; private Bain, 2d bat.
12th Regiment, 9 points, 5 hits, 14 marks ; Corporal
Slater, 64th, 9 points, 4 hits, 13 marks ; Colour-
Serg. Toole, Ist battalion 60th Regiment, 8 points,
5 hits, 13 marks; Serg. Pullen, Ist battalion 2d
Regiment, 8 points, 5 hits, 13 marks. The day's
shooting concluded with the Challenge Prize Cup,
value £2O, open to officers and men; entrance, 10s. ;
700 and 800 yards ; 33 entered. It was won by
Private Stevens, 2d battalion Ist Royals. Lieut.
Harris, of the 2d battalion 20th Regiment, who was
second in the contest for the Ladies' Prize on Tues-
day, entered a protest against Lieut. Lacey, of the
2d battalion 12th Regiment, the winner, on the
ground that his rifle being one of the London
Armoury Company's, he was thereby disqualified.
A meeting of the committee was held yesterday to
decide the question, and the result was that the ob-
jection was held to be fatal. The Ladies' Prize
was thus adjudged to Lieut. Harris; the second
prize to Capt. White of the Royals ; and the third
to Lieut. Nugent, of the 61st Regiment.

THE DISTRESS IN THE COTTON MANU-
FACTURING DISTRICTS.

The Rochdale relief committee called a meeting,
by circular, for Monday evening, their object being
to gain an assurance that a requisite fund to last till
Christmas would be guaranteed ; but, although 300
circulars were issued to wealthy men, only a tithe
of that number attended.

Alderman G. L. ASHWORTH, who was called to
the chair, stated that, of 85 cotton mills in the dis-
trict, 36 were closed, and only 12 were running full
time.

Mr. NIELD made some severe strictures on the
cottonspinners, of whom only three or four were
present. He also expressed his strong objection to
any application being made to the London or Man-
chester funds until the limit of local liberality
should be ascertained.

A further appeal was decided on, and the following
among other subscriptions were announced :—Mr.
Nield, Mr. G. T. Kempe, Mr. W. W. Schofield,
Messrs. R. and J. Kelsall, Messrs. Fenton, Messrs.
John and Thomas Ashworth, £lOO each ; Mr. W.
Ormerod, Messrs. G. Ashworth and Brothers, £5O
each; Mrs. Midgley, Mr. Thwaites, Mr. Jas. Chad-
wick, Mr. John Chadwick, £3O each. The total of
the evening's subscription was £1,180:
At the weekly meeting of the Preston board of
guardians on Tuesday, the chairman stated that in
the whole of the Preston Union there had been a
decrease in the pauperism as compared with that of
the previous week, which was owing to an increase
in outdoor labour. The decrease was more observ-
able in Walton than in any other township. The
outdoor cases in the union last week were 4,435 in
number; persons, 11,332; cost, £705 3s. 7d. Cor-
responding week in 1861—lases, 1,100; persons,
2,467; cost, £124 16s. ld. The number in the
workhouses was 873; last year, 617 ; increase, 256.
Total number of persons relieved in the union had
therefore been, last week, 12,205. There were
working on the Moor, 1,465 able•bodied paupers;
at the stoneyard, 139 ; on the Marsh, 74; total, 1,678.

The CHAIRMAN stated the result of a conversa-
tion he had with Mr. Villiers, respecting the best
means of providing for the present emergency, and
the anticipated increasing distress. Mr. Villiers
was of opinion that a rate in aid would be the best
means, but the chairman thought that, as far as the
Preston Union was concerned, such a plan would
not work well, on account of the difficulty of
assessing the quota which would have to be con-
tributed by the various townships. He was in
favour of borrowing for a time, if the consolidated
fund was really to be fallen back upon.
Mr. T. B. ADDISON made a lengthy speech, say-
ing that he preferred a grant from the Treasury,
repayable in a term of years; and that if the dis-
tress went on increasing in its present ratio, not
lass than £lOO,OOO would be required for the county
of Lancaster alone to meet the case, in addition to
what would be raised by the poor rate.—Manches-
ter Guardian.

A meeting of the central committee for the relief
of distress in the manufacturing districts was held
yesterday in the Manchester Town-hall, the Mayor
of that city presiding. It appears that this com-
mittee have now received subscriptions amounting
to nearly £6OOO. The most recent donations, in-
cluding a second contribution of £l,OOO from
Messrs. Schunck, Souchay, and Co. (who had pre-
viously given £1,000), £5OO from Lord Egerton of
Tatton, for Manchester specially—the same noble-
man giving £5OO to the fund started at Bridge-
water-house last Saturday—and :X5OO also for the
relief of distress in Stockport) ; £l,OOO from Sir
Thos. Phillips, Bart, of Middle-hill, Worcestershire,
" on condition that his contribution be considered
as a tribute to the memory of the late Prince Con-
sort, as a supporter and encourager of the arts and
sciences ;" £25 from the Rev. Canon Stowell ; and
£lOO from Lord Ducie, who has promised to do
what he can to assist the committee in Gloucester-
shire,noblemen
The Patdtiding
of which he is lord-lieutenant. A resolution
Was
yesterday requesting the following
and gentlemen to join the committee lord-lieutenant:—
and high sheriffs of Lancashire,
the West
Der-
byshire ; the ,17_ of Yorkshire, Cheshire, and Der-
v‘aleillonr of Manchester, Chester, and
Ripon ; the
TaDtterby, the Earl of Ellesmere,
of LLaonrcdasiitearr,teinogit
Lord Egerton of
the Chancellor of the
Eaten, M.P., Lord Stan-
ley,DuchY
M.P.,
E.Q.n.ni M.P., Mr. J. Pender,
—ardeastl Cheet-
wood, Mr.
Mr. a Hey
le,
Manchesatel);
barn, Mr. W. Ashworth, Mr. Iv. Ree't . J.
H.
Mason, Sir J. K.. Shuttleworth, the is
Mayor and ex
Mayor of Liverpool, Mr, T. Ashton, and Mr. H.
Cooke.
A sub-committee to distribute funds
was
pointed,m r . R .Geloandssitsot
Mr.ne, ot
Tth.eHlt: IBaly.rolery.o,f
M.
Ross:
and Mr. E. Hardcastle, together with the mayors
and one representative from each town in the dis-
tressed district ; also the treasurer and honorary
secretary ex officio.
The Mayor of BLACKBURN was very much in
favour of having two more Manchester gentlemen
nominated, but did not press the matter, because
the Manchester members of the committee them-
selves were anxious to limit their number, so as to
inspire confidence in the minds of contributors at a
distance that the distribution of funds would be in
the hands of a body sufficiently representative and
impartial.
Sir G. B. MIDDLETON, of Shrubland, Suffolk,