The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-10 00:00:00

7HE VOLUNIEERS.

The annual regimental prize meeting of the 28th Middle-
sex (London Irish) Rifle Volunteers commenced on Wed-
nesday last at the rifle range of the corps, Child's-hill,
Hampstead. Captain M'Swlney, musketry instructor of
the corps, was in command. The weather was favourable,
with a strong wind to the right, and occasional showers.
Notwithstanding this, the shooting was very good. The
contest commenced at 11 o'clock, the prizes on the list for
the day's competition being as follows :—A silver cup, given
by the Marquis of Donegal, colonel of the corps; a silver
flask, the gift of Captain and Adjutant Daubeney ; a prize
given by Lord Ashley, M.P , for competition by members
of No. 1 company; and three money prizes, presented by
Lieut. Cusack. The silver cup given by Mrs. M'Swiney
will be shot for to-day by members of the 3d company,
which is considered the crack shooting company of the
corps, and an exciting contest may be expected. The
Marquis of Donegal's prize was well contested at 500 yards,
seven shots, and was restricted to members who had at-
tended 15 Saturday parades. Private R. V. Chattock
(winner) made 16 marks; Sergeant Aylmer 15; and Dr.
Godfrey and Sergeant Sylvester 14 each. Captain and Ad.
jutant Daubeney's silver cup was shot for at 200 yards, five
shots, and was won by Sergeant Aylmer, who made 14
marks. Sergeants Andrews and Sylvester scored 12 each,
and Sergeant G. C. Wood 9. The prize given by Lord
Ashley, M.P., was shot for by members of the Ist company
at 400 yards, live shots, and was won by private Walters,
who made 13 marks. The two next best scores were made
by private Slater, 10, and private Chattock, 10. Lieuten-
ant Cusack's money prize, shot for at 200 yards, five shots,
was won by private R. V. Chattock, 15 marks; private R.
0. Eavans, 11 marks, and private C. Howse, 11 marks.
The shooting was resumed this morning.
The second annual presentation of prizes to the successful
members of the 29th (North) Middlesex Rifle Volunteers
took place on Saturday evening at the Vestry .hall, Old St.
Pancras-road, in the presence of a large number of specta-
tors. Some of the prizes were very costly, a large time-
piece, surmounted with the figure of St. George and the
Dragon, and a silver tazza, with the figure of Britannia,
attracting much attention. Lord Enfield distributed the fol-
lowing prizes : --A prize of £lO 10s., presented by Viscount
Enfield (hon. Colonel of the Corps), to Colour Sergeant
Frazer, No. 1 Company, 38 points ; a prize of £lO 10s., pre-
sented by Lieutenant-Colonel Whitehead, to Corporal J.
Wells, No. 1 Company, 27 points; Major Peter's prize, a
large timepiece, of the value of 12 guineas, to Private Berry,
No. 2 Company, 40 points. A silver tazza, presented by
Private Berry, of the value of 14 guineas, to Sergeant Eedes,
No. 2 Company, 19 points. The Ladies' Cup, won by Cap-
tain and Adjutant Walton Jones, 36 points. Company
prizes were also presented to Colour-Sergeant Frazer and
Corporal Harrison, No. 1 Company ; Sergeant Legge and
Private Kennedy, No. 2 Company; Private Joyce and
Corporal Jackson, No. 3 Company ; Corporals Humphry
and Pavey, No. 4 Company ; Sergeant Male and Private
Burker, No. 7 Company ; and a Lord Bury telescope (pre-
sented by the officers) to Corporal Humphry, No. 4 Com-
pany. His lordship having called Private Joyce, of No 3
Company (the winner of the Battalion Medal), and Corporal
flumphry, of No. 4 Company (the late holder) to the front,
said that, although Private Joyce had won the Battalion
Medal by making the highest score-31 points--Corporal
Humphry had only lost it by one point. He believed it was
the wish of the regiment, and one in which he heartily
concurred, that Corporal Humphrey should retain the old
Battalion Medal,tand that there should be another made
and given to private Joyce.
The rifle match for £l2O, open to all the world, which has
been looked forward to during the past month with the
greatest interest, commenced on Friday last, at the butts of
the 30th Middlesex (Ealing) Rifles and was concluded on
Saturday. Upwards of 200 competitors from nearly every
county in England entered the lists, and the appearance
which the various uniforms presented gave a very pleas-
ing effect to the contest, On the first day (Fri-
day) the shooting commenced at a quarter before 10
o'clock precisely, and was continued throughout the day till
dusk. The weather was all that could be desired for shoot-
ing. All doubts as to the splendid score for the £5O prize
made by Private Stewart, of the 23d Middlesex (Inns of
Court) Rifles, being excelled were on Saturday set at rest
by the weather, which was most unfavourable. The wind
during the morning blew a perfect gale, and in the after-
noon the rain fell in torrents. The ranges for all the prizes
were 200 and 500 yards, seven shots at each. Wimbledon
scoring. The following aro the winners:--Ist prize £5O,
Private Stewart (Inns of Court) Rifles, 42 marks-2d prize,
£2O, Mr. Huntingdon, 12th Middlesex (Barnet) Rifles, 41
marks-3d prize. £l5, Mr. Whiffin (Windsor), 41 marks-
4th prize, £lO, Mr. Blagrove, 38th Middlesex (Artists)
Rifles, 40 marks-sth prize, £5, Mr. Wiskar (Ilford), 40
marks-6th prize, £5, Mr. Dynes (Knightsbridge), 39
marks-7th prize, £5, Mr, Millard, 11th Middlesex (St.
George's) Rifles, 39 marks-Bth prize, £5, Corporal May,
sth (Sussex) Rifles, 39 marks—and 9th prize, £5, Mr.Wal-
liker, 21st Middlesex (Civil Service) Rifles, 39 marks.
The following are the results of the competition on the
fourth day for the prizes of the 36th Middlesex(Paddington)
Rifles :—The prizes consisted of a silver goblet or a Turner
small-bore rifle (at the option of the winner), the gift of the
officers ; a silver tankard, presentee ey Lieut.-Colonel
Wood, the commandant of the corps ; and a London Ar-
moury Company's rifle, given for competition by a member
of the 4th company. For the officers' prize there were 37
competitors. The ranges were 200, 500, and 600 yards;
five rounds at each, and the following are the best scores :
Sergeant Hill (winner), 42 marks—Sergeant Vickerman,39
—Sergeant Adams, 37—and private Lissenden, 17. Lieut.-
Colon el Wood's prize was contested for by 41 competitors,
at 500 and 600 yards, five rounds at each, and was also won
by Sergeant Hill, who made 22 marks, but it being one of
the conditions that "no member would be permitted to
take more than one of the prizes offered for general com-
petition and one of the company's prizes," it fell to
Sergeant Kempson, who made the next highest score—
viz., 22 marks. For the London Armoury Company's
rifle, presented by a member of the 4th Company,there were
35 competitors. The ranges were 150 and 200 yards, 5
rounds at each. Sergeant Hill again made the highest
score, but being disqualified from taking the prize on the
condition already mentioned, it lay between Sergeant Brad-
ley and Private Murphy, who scored 30 each, and who will
have to shoot off the tie at the 200 yards' range. The ar-
rangements were carried out by Captain Loekner, who also
fulfilled the duties of umpire.
A match between 10 of the 19th Middlesex Rifle Volun-
teers, and 10 of the 88th Middlesex (Artists) was shot at
Ealing on Thursday the 4th inst. The day was most un
favourable, a 'thick fog rendering the targets almost in-
visible, save at the 500 yards' range, when it became rather
clearer. The ranges were 200, 500, arid 600 yards, five
shots at each range. The total score, hits and points added,
was, Artists, 297, and 19th, 265. The Artists won by 32.
In Essex a match has taken place between four non-com-
missioned officers of the 2d County Battery of Artillery and
a corresponding number of the let Kent Artillery. The
ranges were 100, 200, and 800 yards, five shots each, and
the Essex side won by 28 points, scaring 118 to 90. The
weapon used was the Artillery carbine. The t ssex compe-
petitors were Sergeant-tiddell, Sergeant Sackett, Corporal
Spitty, and Corporal Ash ; while Kent was represented by
Sergeant-Major Inwood, Sergeant 'Wright, Sergeant
Currie, and Corporal Sandford. The highest individual
score was made by Sergeant Sackett.
Tho members of the Norwich battalion paraded in St.
Andrew's-hall on Thursday evening, and Were inspected by
Lieutenant-Colonel Brett. After a minute examination of
the arms and accoutrements the corps marched to the New-
market-road, where they were exercised in battalion drill.
On Friday a bronze medal offered by the National Rifle
Association to the Norfolk Volunteer Service Association
was again competed for on Mousehold-heath, having been
resigned by the gentleman who won it in September in
consequence of a dispute which arose in reference to the
shooting on that occasion. There were 33 competitors, who
were divided into two squads, the left comprising 16 and the
right 17. The shooting was at ranges of 200, 500, and 600
yards, five rounds each, and the left squad made altogether
287 points and 167 hits, or 451 marks, while the right
squad obtained 267 points and 161 hits, or 428 marks.
Some of the competitors did not complete their shooting,
but the average per man of those who persevered tb the end
was as follows :—Left squad, "29'49 points and 11 92 hits, or
32.41 marks ; right squad, 19.06 points and 11.50 hits, or
30.56 marks. The highest personal score was that of Pri-
vate Breeze, of the Ist Norwich Company, who made 34
points and 15 hits, or 49 marks; he was therefore declared
the winner of the medal.
The Louth Artillery and Rifle Corps made a night march
one evening last week to a field fronting the house of Mr.
F. Allison. A camp was formed, sentries thrown out, and
a bivouac organised. The night was fine but damp, and a
plentiful supply of warm ale and bread and cheese, given by
Mr. Allison, proved highly aceeptable.
The 16th North York Volunteers had a field day at
Pickering on Thursday, after which they held their annual
banquet, at which the prizes won in the late contest were
presented to the claimants by Capt. the Rev. J. R. Hill.
A friendly rivalry has sprung up between the Bristol and
Glocester City Volunteer Rifle corps. At the annual dinner
of the Glocester corps, held a short time since, Ensign Red-
diford, the musketry instructor, read some statistics, con-
trasting the shooting of his company with that of the other
volunteers of the county, especially the 4th Bristol Com.
Papa', and claiming for the Glocester corps pre-eminence as
the best shots in the county. Captain and Adjutant Jones,
of the Bristol corps, responded last week, contending that
Ensign Reddiford's statistics wore fallacious
of honour,the 4th
Bristol Company were entitled to the place and
ohallenging the Glocester men to a trial of skill, The chal-
lengo has been accepted, and the match will come off at
Glocester on the 19th inst. with 25 men aside at 200, 300,
yards, five shots at each range.
5001173 d 6d\oVoest York Artillery Volunteers held their prize
erecting on 3Jonday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, when three
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cups and other prizes were shot for. The distances
silver
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were 100, 200, and 300 yards, adding hits and points, and
five shots per man at each range. The Challenge Cup
presented by Captaia Hollon, as won by Gunner Parkin:
captain,
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Parkin-
son with a score of 31. The cup, also presented by the
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Dickinson with a score of 23, and prize presented by Mr.
E. Wade, the sheriff of York, being won by Bombardier
Atkinson with a score of 19. The whole of the prizes were
publicly distributed on the evening of the last day's shoot-
ing by Mrs. Holton.
In Cambridgeshire the second monthly competition for a
subscription challenge cup, offered in connection with the
Wisbeach corps has resulted in favour of Private Flanders.
The shooting was at ranges of 200, 500, and 600 yards, and
Private Flanders' score was 37 marks, Sergeant Bennett
cyrning second with 35. On the sth inst. a match was shot
at Cambridge between Captain Deverell's company(No. 6)
and the remainder of the University companies (ITos. 1,2,
3,4, 5). It resulted in the victory of Captain Dev arch's
company, notwithstanding the darkness and inclemency of
the weather during the whole period of their firing at 600
yards ; eight competitors on each side ; seven shots at 200,
300, 500, and 600 yards.

King Leopold appears to have deferred his jour-
ney to England until the marriage of the Prince of Wales,
in the month of March.
The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon left town
on Monday for their seat, High Clere, near Newbury.
Colonel and Lady Margaret Charteris come to
town to-day, from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness
of Bath, at Longleat.
Sir Fredk. Graham has arrived at the Brunswick
Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Netherby.
A marriage is arranged to take place between the
Hon, Algernon Egerton, M.P., brother to the late Earl of
Ellesmere, and Miss Alice Cavendish, daughter of Lord
and Lady George Cavendish.
The marriage of Mr. Robert A. Brooks, eldest
son of Mr. R. Brooks, M.P., of Woodcote Park, Surrey,
to Katherine Pascal, eldest daughter of Mr. J. E. Geils, of
Dumbuck, county Dutnbarton, and granddaughter of the
late Mr. Charles Dickinson, of Farley Hill, Berks, was cele-
brated at Queen Charlton on the 4th inst.
Certain persons, belonging to that political party
which has lately lifted up its head so much in FrilSg3,
propose, it is said, to present to the ex-King of Naples a.
silver shield, commemorative of his exploits and misfor-
tunes, and for which • the design is already sketched. It
represents Francis 11. on a rock, defending himself against
the attacks of a troop of demons, two among which are con-
sidered unmistakeably to resemble Victor Emmanuel and
Garibaldi.
AN EX-PRESIDENT.—The will of ex-President
Van Buren has been admitted to probate at Hudson. It is
dated Jan. 18, 1860, and commences as follows :—" I,
Martin Van Buren, of the town of Kinderhook, county of
Columbia and State of New York, heretofore governor of
the State, and more recently President of the United
States, but for the last and happiest year of my life a far-
mer in my native town, do make and declare the following
to be my last will and testament," &c.
EXPORT OE COAL.—The following is a return of
the quantity of coal exported from the port of Grimsby
during the month of November, 1862 :—To France, 3,290
9
tons ; Norway. 359 tons; Denmark, 683 tons ; Sweden, 37
tons; Hanseatic towns, 3,711; Prussia, 1,697 tons ; Bus"
sia, 309 tons ; Italy, 518 tons. Total foreign, 10,946 tons ;
corresponding period last year, 6,945 tons. Coastwise, 1,36!
tons ; corresponding period last year, 1,239 tons. Grail':
total, 12,307 tons; corresponding period last year, fielBl
tons; increase, 1862, 4,123 tons.
THE NEW HIGHWAY ACT.—An adjourned Quarter
Session has been held in Suffolk to receive the report of a
committee appointed in October to consider the merits a
the New Highway Act. The committee reported that the
clerk of the peace had laid before them 93 memorials against
the adoption of the Act from ratepayers of the western divi-
sion of the county, containing 1,691 signatures, and two Pr
titions in favour of the Act, containing 16 signatures. Tll°
purport of the petitions against the Act was that the
fulfil.'
ment of its provisions would materially increase the expensed
of maintaining the highways in the respective parishes, an '
tend to throw many of the aged poor out of employna't
and consequently place them upon the poor-rates. Not'
„.,t
withstanding this view of the matter was supported by
immense majority of signatures, the committee came to the
conclusion that the adoption of the new Act would lead
generally to a material reduction of expense instead of all
increase, and that it would effect a general improvement
the roads of the district. They therefore reconaraenon
de-
that the Act should be adopted within the western divisi
of the county or liberty of Bury St. Edmund's, referring*
the arrangement of districts for future considerati°ll.
t
Major Parker, M.P., on the presentation of the reports
moved that, having regard to the unmistakeable evi-
dence afforded of the opinion of the ratepayers, it Was,riii;
expedient to proceed further with the measure. ,
ill
Reverend ,t,
Reverend R. Gwilt also counselled postponement S
_
order that the oounty at large might have time to e%press
opinions upon the subject. Mr. Huddleston argued
thu:
many of the adverse memorialists could not have read
t .
bill, as the management would, by its provisions, remain was
the same hands as at present. The machinery 01119 s°_,„,d
altered ; the surveyors were to be called waywardens, Nil
instead of these waywardens acting alone they would 5° G.
bodies. On a division, the report was adopted by 12 i'`).,o:
and a committee was appointed for the purpose of taNl9O
into consideration the question of districts and repot
tia
thereon to the January Sessions,
BRITISH COLUMBIA. The British. Columbia
papers of October give good accounts of the mines. ere
British Colonist says :—"On Friday we had a long Nava:
sation with a miner from William Creek, uho travel,l
over nearly the whole Cariboo country last summer. 5)-_,O
says that the rush of ' broken' men is over. Few who Cowat
in future but will have dust, and many will have g..re,.,,,
quantities of it. Several men who came down with 141;
on the last trip of the enterprise, with from 2,000 dolseieeo
60,000 dols. in their possession, reported til,ferts were
'strapped' for fear of assassination or robbery 1
inform'
publicly known that they had money, and this, our ~., the
ant says, will not be the case with future arrivals Ere
river. Many miners are at work on small creeks Joe
glouches, and taking out the biggest kind of pay' ~, are
names and the names of the localities in which tile! As of
busy have never been heard of in Victoria. The high
priciot.
provisions did the injury to the country this year, the
the lack of dust. Our informant left William Creek
on
to
13th of September, when snow was falling fast, and
151,110
inches deep on the banks of the creek. The nugget foil, 00
Major Downie's claim weighed 1,100 dols. ; this
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about 50 dols, a day to the hand. Beegan's claim, half a A
below the major's pay, 30 ounces a day to the cornPa°,l:loect
nugget weighing between 400 dole. and 500 dols.was 4'4
from this claim. All the hill claims on this creek ate I)" Os
well. The creek claims below the Canon are yielding&eslC
as richly as the creek claims above. On LowlieDno clelo'
about 100 men are working. In one of theclairris ly .„ eat
to the square foot is being made; 536 dols. was takelot
of another claim on this creek, in one day. Tilton 's c our
also on Lowhee, will yield the owner an independell,oo
informant showed us specimens of coarse gold from
.1-'OO4
which will assay 18 dols. 6Cc. to the ounce. On Ligtops'
Creek three claims are paying richly. Three other c_ Aire
nits make 15 dols. a day. On Last Chance Creele,;o4.
companies are at work, making 80 dols. a day to the nco,
Anderson Creek, a tributary of Lightning, has
pany at work, taking out 40 dole. a day to the hand. ,_iPe,io
of Clubs Creek has one company drifting ; they
obtareey,
good prospect ; something heavy is expected from this
%pa,
On Antler the diggings are small, but will last for 1 fropi
Five companies are at work on Sugar Creek, and /caseic°
15 to 20 dols. a day to the hand. One of these c
o
n')ect°
had reached the bed-rock and obtained a handsome Pr°oi4
Big diggings are looked for there. A company is It Of
on Nelsen Creek, and doing well in the hill. A haft
been sunk 70ft. in depth, and a prospect of from lc'_ 000
obtained. There are numerous little creeks that
Etry Aisig
heard of here, where from one to five companies ara.„13300 1,6„
handsome wages. On Snowshoe eight companies '"..., 10'
dols. a day to the hand. One company on Chishel".lliffi
15 dell. Four companies on Davis are doing Weil'A $0
vey's has one company doing well in the Creek. .
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hill prospect Was obtained on Lightning, 100 ft. above 's
level of the creek, at the rear of the California c %00° 5
claim. Judge Begbie was engaged in trying ft:o let,
Williams' on the 13th. As a farming country, 'to itaQit
on the line of the Brigade trail is pronounced by ° a cre°,o
mant as the best in the world, and on Cottonwaccoser
there is land with which the best soil on Irs°
t rattf
Island will not compare!' Areike,attle
SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.."litb ti'-ilo
was the the second day of the Smithfield Club shape
Show, or rather the first to the general public in, to sc'bt
of a one shilling day, and the result has tendea u aoll,o
the problem upon which there has been so 133,11deflocit,10
and speculation—viz., whether the people Wet its 0,40
the same proportion to the show as they did -,,-,0,13 :4
western and aristocratic region of Baker-street. ;ciplive
subject there need be no doubt, as the public wee,stiolo
by six tell-tale turnstiles, and when it is stated 4'o ped r
hour, between two and three o'clock, just e'oo,oa rite
ovl:lic,passedloioto:okr
visitors
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the unfailing popularity of the exhibition. Tit° 11 bev -o
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P in., was 27,111. 4°',o•
A Cassel letter in the Hamburgh Nees ; 0 Sog
"The Princess Hehenlohe, daughter of the hoot PS/0
tor, whose husband has gone to America withotto 0,11,0 e
his debts, which amount to very considerable s; juie itof
been summoned to appear belore the tribunal . 0 000.0
city of Frankfort ; as well as her brattier' the eOO3 00,0
the Elector. The princess signed bills for 800,
ripee' to
which her husband put in circulation, and thei :aw
brother gave his guarantee by attaching his tiie
80,000 florins' worth of those bills." At y
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THE LATE MURDER AT Biloirsogi say) /
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Birmingham Police-court yesterday (Tnesite, eillti
Carter, aged 19, brassfouuder, was charged a%ti"tv, lot,
,00
der of his sweetheart, Alice Hinkley, on Thai a ;:efore.t,,i
shooting her. The evidence which was rivenct „ AstiiPo',
Coroner on Monday evening, when a Yerdi , repo3 et.,s
inurdet" was letureed against the accuse, 7 0 00 t,re
I4e
eto W'l),
and the prisoner committed to the next as
i capital charge.
I lain a sight of the accused.
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