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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1862.

GARIBALDI.

711 E NAVY.

VOLUNTEER CAMP AND PRIZE MEET-

A letter from Turin, dated July 30, says :-1f I
were to begin this leter by a candid avowal that I
really know nothing about the movements, the
aims, and purposes of Garibaldi, you
might, no
doubt, feel inclined to ask what is the use of having

,LNG AT ASCOT.

The Lords of the Admiralty arrived at Sheerness
yesterday from Chatham, in her Majesty's yacht
Osborne, for the purpose of making their annual
inspection of the dockyard. The members of the
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M.P., First Secretary to the Admiralty ' • Rear-
Admiral R. S. Robinson, Controller of the Navy
Col. G. T. Greene, Director of Admiralty Works ' •
and Capt. J. Moore, C. 8., Private Secretary to the
First Lord. Their lordships were received by Vice-
Admiral W. J. Hope-Johnstone, Commander •in-
Chief of the station ; Capt.-Superintendent C. Wise,
A.D.C., and the heads of the departments in the
dockyard, and Capt. T. P. Thompson, of the steam
reserve. A guard of honour was formed by the
Royal Marines from the different ships in the har-
bour, under the command of Capt. Butcher, R.M.,
her Majesty's ship Formidable. After transacting
official business at the Capt.-Superintendent's-office,
their lordships proceeded to the docks and inspected
the Lilley, 4, screw gun vessel, the Eclipse, 4,
screw gun vessel, the Terrible, 21, paddle-wheel
screw frigate, and the Argus, 6, paddle-wheel
sloop, all of which are being fitted for commission.
They then proceeded t 9 and inspected the factory,
the fitting shop, the foundry, and thb boiler shop.
Mr. G. Blaxland, Chief Engineer of the yard, was
in attendance upon them. After this they visited
the North Star, 22, screw corvette, which is in
course of construction, and which it is intended to
convert into an iron-cased vessel. The new well,
which is being sunk by the contractor, Mr. Thomas
Tilley, of Enfield, was also inspected. Their lord-
ships then proceeded through the joiners' shop to the
fire-engine station, where the whole of the metro-
politan police force stationed in the dockyard were
exercised at the engines. They expressed their
great satisfaction at the alacrity and despatch ex-
hibited by the force ; the men only having taken
two minutes and a quarter from the time the
order was given in getting the engine out and into
full play. The various storehouses were severally
inspected. After luncheon they inspected the non-
commissioned officers and men of the Royal Marines
belonging to the Formidable and Cumberland, in the
Well Marsh, and then proceeded to the Formidable,
26, flagship, the Resistance, 17, iron-plated screw
ship, 600-horse power, Capt. W. S. Chamberlain,
and the Devonshire, school ship. After this they
proceeded to dine with Vice-Admiral W. J. Hope
Johnstone, and afterwards embarked on board the
Osborne for Dover.

The prize firing was brought to a close late last
evening, having been kept up with spirit during the
whole day, notwitstanding the intense glare of the
sun, which, when reflected from the targets, was
almost blinding. The competitive examinations in
volley and file-firing, which form part of the course
of musketry in the regular service, have never pre-
viously been adopted into the Volunteer code; the
result of these contests was therefore regarded with
special interest. For the volley firing eight targets
were placed side by side, and the different com-
panies, represented by 12 file (24 men) each, fired
three volleys at 400 yards. These discharges, given
at the word of command, were, in most cases, re-
markably steady. The highest score (56 marks)
Abing-
don Company being only one behind, and the other
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corps all following in respectable proximity. A
different state of things has evidently been attained
in the present day from that on record some eight
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others last year, having in the interval lost several
of its best men. In the afternoon the prize offered
by Madame Van deWeyer was competed fob by 28-
Berkshire Volunteers, the contest being carried on
in accordance with the rules yesterday announced.
The men were marched backward and forward till
they had lost all knowledge of their whereabouts,
and were then directed to fire five shots judging
their own distance, and without elevating the back
sight of their rifles. They all stood the first test
exceedingly well, some of the men succeeding in
striking the target every time; but when removed
to a greater distance and told to fire five additional
shots kneeling, the average attained was by no
means equally good. The bullets certainly flew in
the right direction, and would have made persons
standing on the sites of the targets exceedingly
uncomfortable ; but there were fewer of those
responsive " clinks" which are the first indica-
tions that the face of the target has been struck.
The skirmishing prize of £lO, given by Mr. Hib-
bert, was next competed for, the proceedings being
very similar in their character to those just
described, with this exception—that the men were
allowed to use the back sight in aiming at the
targets. In each case, to prevent confusion, every
competitor had his own target allotted to him, and
these were severally verified' at the close of the
shooting. _

one's own correspondent in italy7but
same time, I assure you, as I can honestly, and do
assure you, that I know as much about the subject
as the King's Ministers, the members if, at the
of both
Houses of Parliament, the Prefect elect of the Pro-
vince of Palermo, or, indeed, any person in Turin,
public or private, or any of Gar:baldi's intimate
friends, here or elsewhere in Italy, or any, even in
Sicily of those who environ him, you would perhaps
acquit me of all blame as to any remissness I may
be deemed guilty of in the discharge of my news-
man's duties.

The last intelligence from Sicily announces that
Garibaldi had left Palermo on his way to Messina ;
that Volunteers land almost daily at Palermo from

the North- Italian provinces and from Naples ; that
rumours of a projected expedition are rife both in
the Sicilian and Neapolitan capitals, and Govern-
ment is straining every nerve, adopting every pre-
caution, to prevent it. A battalion of the 45th
Regiment, Reggio Brigade, embarked yesterday for
the south. The other battalions of the same corps

leave to-day. On the other hand, the swarming of
Volunteers to the southward is said to be incessant,
and the Government everywhere lights upon the
traces of the clandestine work of most mysterious,
private enlistments. A committee of persons con-
ducting these enrolments has lately been detected
at Pesaro. Several of its members were arrested,
and legal proceedings have been commenced.
These are a few of the threads of the tangled
skein ; the clue no man can get at. Garibaldi
talks big in Sicily ; he beards the Imperial lion
at the Tuileries ; he strives to rouse the masses
of those Southern islanders, as if he would lead
them to Rome at a moment's notice. " Only ene
man is Italy's enemy in France," says he, " and
it is the very man who has robbed the French
nation of its liberties and waded to the
throne through a sea of blood. Let us attack
the French garrison at Rome, crying, 'Long live
France and the French army, no less than the
people, will join us, and thank us for the signal we
shall thus give them to rise and shake off the igno-
minious yoke a Dutch adventurer has imposed.
There is no war between us and the French, and
there will be no fight. Instead of crossing bayonets
we shall rush into each other's arms. The debt we
owe to the sister nation will then be fully paid.
Those who delivered Milan will rejoice to see Rome
free, and the day the Italian tricolour shall wave
on the Capitol will see the Imperial standard struck
at the Louvre."