The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-10 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

As soon as the examination of the whole of the
guns mounted on the sea defences within the Chat-
ham district has been completed by Capt. Dyer, the
inspector of artillery, the first brigade of the Kent
Volunteer Artillery, consisting of six batteries, will
commence practice with 68-pounder solid shot and
32-pounder common shell. The authorities have
decided that practice with the Armstrong guns
will not be made by the Volunteer Artillery this
year, but that a supply of Armstrong shot and
shell will be issued to the Volunteers next year,
provided they are reported to be sufficiently pro-
ficient.

The scientific portion of the Japanese Embassy
yesterday paid another visit to Woolwich Arsenal.
They remained four hours in the Royal gun fac-
tories and the carriage department. The whole of
the time was employed in taking notes and sketches,
and in examining with persevering interest the
numerous articles manufactured in the department.
A fine paddlewheel steam-sloop belonging to the
Dutch Government yesterday arrived at Woolwich
for the purpose of conveying the Ambassadors and
suite to Holland. The vessel is at present moored
off the dockyard, awaiting orders.
Capt. Walsh, R.A., promoted from the 4th to the
6th Brigade, in command of 34 non-commissioned
officers and privates from Capt. Leslie's battery,
recently sent out to Canada, has returned to Wool-
wich, and yesterday left for the camp at Aldershott•

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into line, and the battalion pressed slowly forward
giving out a fire, which never checked for an in-
stant, until the word was suddenly given to fix
bayonets, and a brilliant charge, steady but swift,
was executed (accompanied by a continuous cheer)
up to the hurdles behind which the visitors stood.
The corps were then formed ui:inclaularterdistanee
column, and Col. M'Murdo, especially addressing
the University corps, expressed the pleasure he ex-
perienced in witnessing their performance that day.
He did not mean to tell them that their movements
were carried out with perfect accuracy or steadiness,
but considering the nature of their corps, which
was essentially temporary so far as most of its mem-
bers were concerned, and the many calls on their
time which their position in the Universities neces-
sitated, he could not but say that much credit was
due to their officers and to the men who must have
paid no little attention to their drill. He considered
the fact of the University corps having suggested
and carried out the review of that day as a very
important circumstance in connection with the
volunteer movement; for these corps were com-
posed of gentlemen, who when they left the Univer-
sities would be spread all over the country, and
would probably carry the spirit of patriotism which
had induced them to become volunteer soldiers
during the period of their pupilage into other corps ;
and in truth the University Volunteers might be
considered in some sense as representative corps.
He thought they had done wisely in associating
themselves for their field day with a corps so com-
plete, and from the example of which they might
gain so much as the Inns of Court. He thanked
them for the zeal and ability which they had dis-
played, and he congratulated himself on having had
the honour of commanding them.
Two or three volleys were then fired, and about
six o'clock the proceedings of a very interesting and
very successful volunteer review concluded.

SHAM FIGHT IN PANSHANGER PARK.
One of the most successful sham fights that have
yet taken place was executed yesterday in Pan-
shanger Park, Herts, the seat of Earl Cowper. The
noble earl, it seems, had offered the use of his
grounds, and had challenged Viscount Ranelagh to
meet the local corps with: any force that he could
collect in the metropolis. The invitation was given,
er at least accepted, at a very short notice, other-
wise a very large number of the London volunteers
would no doubt have gladly seized so favourable an

opportunity of exhibiting their prowess, but as it
was a very considerable body of men were brought
by 11.30 a.m. to King's-cross station—that remark-
able building whose exterior ugliness has been emu-
lated with such triumphant success by Capt. Fowke.
The railway accommodation, it must be confessed
was extremely rude. It was contrived out of a num-
ber of cattle trucks, temporarily fitted with seats ;
and when the corps first saw these carriages there
were slight symptoms of mutiny. Happily, how-
ever, they were soon quelled by the reflection that a
little hardship was rather desirable than otherwise,
as giving the affair a smack of real campaigning.
And in truth it could not be helped. Every avail-
able carriage aecessible to the company was wanted
for the ordinary pleasure traffic of the season, and
the superintendent had really nothing better to
offer. After all, the worst inconvenience the troops
had to suffer consisted in the derisive cheers, the
cries of the flock, the cries of the herd, with which
sundry bumpkins down the line expressed their sense
of the joke, as it seemed to them, of treating " the
cheap defence of nations" like so much predestined
butcher's meat.
The weather at starting was capricious enough.
Early in the morning it was beautifully fine, but as
the first train load reached the little roadside station
which is appurtenant to Panshanger there was a
smart shower. It very soon cleared up, however,
and nothing could be more beautiful than the day,

save that, soon after the end of the mancouvres
there was another gentle hint of the extreme un
pleasantness that might have resulted had the un
lucky volunteers been pursued once more by their
usual malign fortune. There were not many spec-
t:.tors in the earlier part of the day, but as the
afternoon wore on considerable numbers of the good
people of Hertfordshire found their way into the
park. Lord Palmerston was there on horseback
from the very first, looking younger and more active
than ever. There were also present—Lady Pal-
merston, the Countess and the Ladies Florence and
Adine Cowper, the Marchioness of Salisbury, the
Marquis Townshend, the Earl of Verulam (Lord-
Lieutenant), Lord and Lady Dacre, &c. Colonel
Morris, Deputy Inspector of Volunteers, WO like-
wise on the ground.
The local corps present were the Ist and 2d com-
panies of the Ist Hertfordshire corps under the
command of Captain the Hon. F. Cowper and Cap-
tain Gripper ; the 2d or Watford corps, Captain
Reginald Capel ; the 6th or Bishop Stortford corps,
Captain Houblon ; the 9th or Ware corps, Captain
Cass; the 10th or Roystock and Baldock corps,
Captain Simpson ; the 10th or Cheshunt corps, Capt.
Goodliffe ; and the 12th and Hitchin corps, Lieut,
Smith. The corps from London comprised portions
of the Engineers, the Tower Hamlets corps, under
the command of Lieut.-Col. Money; the South Mid-
dlesex, Lieut.-Col. Macleod of Macleod ; the South
Middlesex, Lord Ranelagh ; the 2d administra-
tive battalion (Barnet, Hackney, &c.), Lieut.-Col.
Williams ; the 39th Middlesex, Capt. Crawley ;
the Volunteer Guards, Captain Bruce; the Vic-
torian Rifles, Capt. Greenhill; the St. George's
Rifles, Lieut.-Col. C. Lindsay : the 19th Middlesex
(or Working Men's College.
Corps), Lieuadl:
Bathurst ; the West Middlesex, Lord
stock ; the Artists' Corps, Col. Phillips ; thedß29th
Middlesex (St. Pancras, &c.), Col. Whitehesata(been-
ing his first public appearance since be hawddkl
the command of the corps) ; and the 40th e-
sex, Lieut.-Col. Somerset. There was alsoa de-
tachment from the Cambridgeshire Mounted
Rifles,
50 or GO sabres strong, under the command of Capt.
Pemberton. The local corps being too weak to
resist the imposing detachments sent down from
London, Lord Ranelagh, in the spirit of ai
chivalry, made over to them the 19th Middlesex,
the West Middlesex, the Artists', the 29th, and the
40th Middlesex. This divided the force into two
nearly equal bodies, each mustering about 1,200