The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-31 00:00:00

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Truro, ..id oGUiptl66l.l ‘,/ eigtohniMOW,'lol3ooQ.,
and upholsterers, was inspected on Sataidayitenitn
in Regent's Park by Colonel Ibbettson, inspector of
volunteers. There were four companies present of
24 file, or 260 of all ranks, including bands. The
inspector arrived on the ground, which had . previ-
ously been cleared by the 3d Middlesex Artillery, at
eight, o'clock, and the manoeuvres commenced imme-
diatety. On this occasion marching past was dis-
pensed with, and the men were exercised in the
usual movements of battalion drill, file and volley
firing, skirmishing, and forming squares to receive

cavalry.
At the conclusion Colonel IBBErrsoN addressed
the corps, which be said well deserved the title of a
crack • metropolitan regiment. The corps had
manceuvied,according to his instructions, and he
had not discovered a single mistake. Ile observed
great steadiness and attention in the ranks, and the
officers thoroughly understood their drill. He was
very well pleased indeed, and should have great
pleasure in reporting the efficient state of the corps
most favourably to the Secretary of State.
Cheers were given for the gallant inspector, for
Lord Truro, and for the 3d Middlesex Artillery
who kept the ground, a duty which the West Lon-
don have promised to do for them on the 12th of
August.

The two corps then marched home, headed by
their respective bands.

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volunteer artillery practice which the N
Association has given to small arms, ope
turday at S hoeburyness, and many detai
volunteer artillery companies took I, -
tents, within the boundaries of
practice-ground. The War j4lfee
very kindly gianted this- free ise of cam,.
grounds, and the volunteers, on entering Shoebury-
ness, found all the tents erected by the men of the
Royal Artillery, between whom and the volunteers
there are the best feelings subsisting. The men of
the Royal Artillery were ready to give every infor-
mation to the volunteers, and between the officers
:of the two services a complete entente cordiale has
been established....
The detachments availing themselves of the pri-
vilege of encamping and shooting for the prizes—
among which are prizes from the Queen, the Prince
of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, and Lord Pal-
-1 merston, include the members of regiments from all
parts of the country ; and among those who had
taken up camp quarters were the following artillery
corps :-Ist Essex, ISt Sussex, 2d Sussex, Ist A
Cinque Ports, Ist B Cinque Ports, Ist C Cinque
Ports, 2d Cinque Ports, 4th Cinque Ports, Ist and
12th Kent, 3d Durham, 4th West York, Ist Mid-
dlesek„and 2d Middlesex. The 3d Middlesex,
which used to be a large corps, whatever it is now,
is conspicuous only by its absence.
The Menibers of the different corps began to ar-
rive early in the morning, and by the afternoon de- ,
tachments from the country began, to march Into
Southend in soldierly order, with knapsacks on their
backs and that regard to detail which marks the
well-disciplined corps. In that, so well organised
and military did the different detachments look,
that not a few of the inhabitants of the town were
debating among themselves what inducement in the
shape of pay the volunteers had to come, for, with
the customary views of some of the " nation of
shopkeepers," they could not comprehend the fact
that men could find pleasure and holiday in perfect- t,
ing themselves in duty for their country. X
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• It only remains to be said that the arrangements,
which were made by Captain Rutley, the secretary,
-for the comfort of the men, were all that could be
-desired, and the men, encamped on a place which in
respect to the amusements of the town is a wild
waste, appeared joyous in anticipation of fine
weather and a week's enjoyment at the seaLside in
their volunteer duties.
PRIZE MEETING OF THE 7TH SURREY.
On Saturday the 7th Surrey held their annual
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meeting at Wimbledon ranges, when, some thirty ; .._:'-,,. ~,,,!!
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prizes I:vere :shot for. The arrangements for .tite `;':-. ,",
:shooting, which . yen made' by :.$ 46ite-stlit-miviiir44oo-1,4e.
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Wallig, Were cret4T6T on ,i I, .1 0 r'l Nov Jones, the
adjutant, with whom was Lieutenant Stewart. The
first-class prize, presented by Colonel Beresford,
was won by Private Williams, and the chief of the
series of prizes given by Mr. Doulton, M.P. for
Lambeth, was won by Paymaster Collins, who
was also successful in winning the first of the three
prizes given by J. Johnson, Esq., the treasurer.
Sergt. Provyn was very successful, for he won the
non-commissioned officers' prize and several others ;
and Captain Porter also won several prizes. No
winner can take' more than three prizes—a very
wholesome regulation. Many prizes remain to be
shot for, for the list was a very long one, and, with
all the excellent arrangements, darkness came on
before winners could be assigned to all the prizes,
several of which were presented through Quarter-
master Gauntlet—a most active member of the
regiment.

INSPECTION OF THE IOT, 19TH,
AND 231116
SURREY CORPS.

On Saturday evening there were three corps in.
spected in Kennington Park by Colonel Wright,
the Deputy Inspector General. The regiments
were under the command of Col. Labrow, the 10th
mustering two companies ; the 19th six •; and the
23rd one ; and after drilling until it was so dark that
they could see no longer, a square was formed, and
Col. Wright addressed them in terms expressing his
great satisfaction with the general drill, but with of ew
words urging the officers to take care not to allow
the men to press to the right flank in marching past
—a defect .which he said he had noticed in some of
the companies of most corps.
Colonel Labrow acknowledged the compliment,
and said he could not call for three cheers for the
inspecting officer, as he knew the gallant
.rsold soldier
would look upon such a proceeding as untm 'tarp.
column
The men then reformed and marched from
the ground.

ANECDOTES OF GENERAL GRANT.—When Gen.
Grant was in New York, says a gossipping correspondent,
some one congratulated him on his relfief from so much re-
sponsibility and care. Ho remarked that such excursions
afforded him no relief, and that his responsibility and labour
would be more for the next twelve months than they had
been for the twelve months past. A friend of mine visited
General Grant's father, who, with the utmost simplicity,
related many striking incidents in the life of the lieutenant-
general. One was quite characteristic. The old gentleman
visited his son out West, just after the surrender of Vicks-
burg. In walking round he saw the carcasses of hundreds
and thousands of cattle and horses, and as a manufacturer
of leather he saw before him a fine field for speculation.
He went to his son and told him what he had seen, and
asked him for an order to gather the skins. " And what
do you think," said the old man, " Lysuss said ?
Why he told me that I had better go home, and not be
speculating on the battle field and compromising him with
the Government." A gentleman who was present at a
dinner given to General Grant by several Congressmen,
says General Grant spoke but one word during the whole
dinner. His Engineer, in giving an account of the pas-
sage of a river, spoke of it as 13 feet wide. General Grant
lifted his finger and said " fourteen."—Anti-Slavery
Standard.
GENERAL GRANT'S GRAND3IO7IIER.—Died at
Crofts of Tulloch, in parish of Abernethy, on the
9thinst., aged 98 years, Mrs. Catherine Macdonald o
s Grant
r Grant,
some time at Corbeth House, near Glasgow. Mr.
who entered the British
had three sons, gallant young men,
army about the beginning of the present century—James,
Alexander, and Peter. James rose from the ranks to be a
commissioned officer, God hope. his wounds many years
' after at the Cape of o Alexander and Peter
I latterly emigrated to America, and joined the army of that
' country. peter, after having attained the rank of major,
was killed in Mexico. Mrs. Grant subsequently went to
America, in search of Alexander, where she remained for
nine months, but got no trace of him till on the eve of re-
turning home, mrhon she learned that he was then in the
State of Ohio, but at such a distance that it was impossible
for her to get his length. Since she had not heard of him.
This Alexander, a person of great muscular strength, and
who stood six feet four inches high, if alive, is now seventy..
six years of age, and his brother Peter a year or two younger(
It is surmised by many of the clan whether either of these
two brothers may not be the father of General Grant of •
the American army. Deceased herself to the last cherishes
the pleasing although perhaps erroneous impression that
General Grant was her grandson. She was born at Tors-
pardon, in Inverallan. Mrs. Grant was chargeable to no-
body, she having had sufficient means of her own for hog
pubsititence.—Elgin Courier.

DCIATION.
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