The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-15 00:00:00

wields a sabre, every man who fires a gun or a
cannon, every man who manoeuvres a ship, who
pulls a rope, or who mounts aloft, is equally a
volunteer. But that force which now numbers
something like 170,000 men is a volunteer force in
this respect, that they receive no pay or reward
from their country except the reward that is con-
ferred by the admiration and gratitude of their
country ; that gratitude and admiration I trust they
will long continue to deserve; and I hope that this
institution which has been so auspiciously begun,
and so zealously carried forward, will continue to
be one of the permanent and fundamental institu-
tions of this great country. (Cheers.) Our ancestors
were famed for their skill in the use of the bow ;
their descendants, as you have seen to-day, inherit
with those patriotic feelings which ever animate
Britons, that steadiness of hand and that unerring
exactness of eye for the exercise of which these
prizes have to-day been awarded. (Hear, hear.)
We may be asked, perhaps, why it is that at a
moment when all Europe has sent to this country
specimens of their peaceful industry, and when
from every country strangers are coming in
friendly garb to visit the feats of united European
industry, why it is that we greet them with brist-
ling, glittering bayonets, the rattle of musketry
and of cannon. Why, then, is this difference ?

Now, we like to show ourselves as we
are neither more nor less than we are
and, seeing that this volunteer movement is not in-
tended to threaten anybody, but is simply for the
purpose of self-defence, we have no wish to shroud
from observation that which is an exhibition of the
manliness of the country. (Cheers.) You may
depend upon it that nothing can more contribute
to the maintenance of that peace which is the object
of every rational man than these exhibitions in time
of peace of the manly power of the country to de-
fend itself in the event of being attacked in war.
(Hear, hear.) It is with nations as with indivi-

duals—a real, permanent friendship must be
founded on reciprocal esteem and respect for each
other. But although great nations may not respect
and esteem each other when they are conscious that
each is equally prepared to maintain its rights and
defend itself from attack, thinking not of insult or
aggression, but are content to defend themselves—
be assured that that respect is the surest foundation
91 peace, and therefore the volunteers of the coun-
try are eminently entitled to the thanks and grati-
tude of the nation, as being one of the great foun-
dations for the maintenance of that peace which we
all desire to preserve. (Cheers.) They are, in-
deed, an example of the position of the country, for
whilst on the one hand these brave men pursue,
without interruption, all those avocations of civil
life in which they are engaged, whether it be in
arts, in commerce, or in law, or in whatever pro-
fession that tends to dignity those who pursue it,
and to increase the prosperity of the country—l
say, whilst they pursue without interruption their
several occupations, they are yet able to devote
their leisure hours to acquire that knowledge of the
use of arms which might under certain contingen-
cies be necessary for the safety of their common
country. So it is with the country at large. We
pursue, as we have shown by the Inter-
national Exhibition, the arts of peace, the
cultivation of the arts and sciences, and all
those pursuits which exalt a nation, which enrich
it, and make it happy and prosperous ; but we have,
notwithstanding, not neglected those means of de-
fence which show to mankind that we not only
value the institutions under which we live, but that
we have

" Hearts resolved and hands prepared
Tha blessings we enjoy to guard."
(Loud cheers.) I now beg to propose a vote of
thanks to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge and the noble volunteers of the country.
(Renewed cheering.)
The Duke of CAMBRIDGE briefly returned thanks.
His royal highness, who was but imperfectly heard,
was understood to say that he deeply appreciated
a compliment from so distinguished a company, and
proposed by so great a man as the noble viscount.
(Cheers.) The noble viscount had associated his
(the'Duke of Cambridge's) name with the volunteers
of England, and placed as he was at the head of
the regular army, he always looked upon the volun-
teers as a most valuable auxiliary foroe. He had
no wish to interfere with the internal management
of-the volunteer institution, but he thought that on
great occasions it was essential that they should be
under military command. He was not personally
connected with the volunteers—he forgot he had
been honoured with the colonelcy of the City of
London Rifles, and he took the deepest interest in
their welfare. With respect to the volunteer re-
view of the previous Saturday all he had to say was
that the way in which so many men were brought
to the ground was very creditable, and the general
movements had afforded great gratification to the
public. He congratulated the Victoria Rifles on
the success of their member, Mr. Pixley, and in con-
clusion his royal highness thanked the company for
their vote of thanks.

Lord ELCHO made a few concluding observations,
in the course of which he entirely accepted his royal
highness's doctrine of military command for grea t
occasions. He believed that he reason why Lord Pal -
merston was the most popular of English ministers,
in spite of petty carpings from certain quarters, was
the knowledge that his lordship was an English-
man to the backbone, and always ready to defend
the country from attack.

This terminated the proceedings. The Duke of
Cambridge and Lord Palmerston retired amid loud
cheers, and the general company adjourned to the
gardens to witness the athletic sports.

The following is a list of the winners of the vari-
ous prizes, and which may be taken as being, to
some extent, a correction of previous official re-

urns :

THE QUEEN'S PRlZE.—Pixley,Victoria Rifles, £250, cup
or money, together with the gold medal of the association.
RIFLE DERHY.—E. Ross. Lieut Cambridge University,
rifle, £26, by Mr. Henry ; H. Ross, Kincardine, rifle, £l5,
by Mr. Henry; Cade, Victoria Rifles, Saturday Review,
£5O, cup or money ; E. Ross, Cambridge University,
Messrs. Eley's, £lO5.
EXTRA PRIZES, FIRST SERIES, 600 YARDS,—Norsworthy,
Ist Oxford, Smith rifle ; Salt, 2d Derby, Army and Navy
Gazette, £2O ; Starkie, Queen's, Calisher and Terry rifle ;
Fraser, 7th Inverness, field glass; Baker, Ist Lincoln,
Adam's revolver ; Dillon, School of Musketry, engraving
by Garbo Brown ; Cooper, 16th Middlesex, engraving by
Garb Brown.

EXTRA PRIZES, FIRST SERIES, 800 YARDS.—Smith,
Victoria Rifles, Bennett gold watch ; Halford, 31st Leices-
ter, Kerr, rifle; Richard, Jersey Militia, field glass, Bur-
rows ; Dillon, School of Musketry, field glass, Keyser and
Bendon ; Porter, Queen's Westminster, telescope and
stand ; Rogers* of Belfast, engraving by Garbo Brown;
Simons, South Middlesex, engraving by Garbo Brown.
EXTRA PRIZES, SECOND SERIES, 600 YARDS.—Dillon,
School of Mu*etry? Calisher and Terry rifle ; Salisbury,
Cambridge lAilverSity, Whitworth rifle ; Snelus, rifle pre-
sented by Mr. Alnms, field glass, Burrows ; Thelwall, South
Middlesex, long Enfield and bayonet ; Parson, Hon. Artil-
lery Company, long Enfield and bayonet; Marriner, West
Middlesex, telescope and stand ; Potter, School of Mus-
ketry, engraving by Garle Brown ; Mitford, Ist Gloucester,
engraving by Garle Brown.

EXTRA PRIZES, SECOND SERIES, 800 VARDS,--Marriner,
West Middlesex, Turner rifle; Lathbury, 17th Lancashire,
gold watch ; Dawson, 4th West York, Kerr revolver; Lord
Bury, Civil Service, field glass, Keyser and Bendon ; Ick,
27th Lancashire, long Enfield rifle ; Colonel Cole, C. 13.,
engraving by Garle Brown; Beasley, engraving by Garle
Brown.

EXTRA PRIZES, THIRD SERIES, 200 AND 500 yAnDs•--
Captain Heaton, 3d Manchester, silver cup, Mr. Angell;
Brooks, 12th Middlesex, bust of Duke of Wellington, El-
kington ; Lieutenant Lacy, 12th Foot, silver cup, Hancock ;
Captain M'Swiney, London Irish, silver cup, Hunt and
Roskell ; Kemp, Lancashire, silver cup, Lambert. _
ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND.—" England," Elcho chal-
lenge shield.
PUBLIC ScirooLs.—Harrow,
Ashburton challenge shield,
Earl of Eldon, Earl Spencer's cup.
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DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S PRIZE.--Fo 37,Liverpool
Rifle Brigade, cup or £6O.
EARL DUDLEY'S PRIZE.—
Williams, 19th Middlesex,
.D s —llallord, Ist Leicester, rifle '
£5O cup or money.
LORD VERNON'S x RIZE •
worth £35; Gill, 4th West York, £l5.
riri-•—Moir, Stirling, £5O, manufactured
ASSOCIATION - -- •
d said to have cost £l2O.
by Elkington, an
200 YARDS, —Muir, 3d Kirkcudbright,
Victoria Rifles, £2O .
£2O ; Thorn
0 - Cotes ' Potter, Instructor
of Musketry, £2 , worth, sth Lancashire, £2O;
ALL COMERS,
13.ry ,
Smith, city of Edinburgh, £2O; Field, Honourable Artil-
lerY company, £2O.
600 YARDS.—Bluett, 10th Regiment, £35; Wilson,
School of Musketry, £35; Punshon, Ist Newcastle, £35;
Rose, School of Musketry, £35; Cunliffe, 26th Cheshire) t