The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, 1865.

SHARE MARKETS—This day.

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

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'Atlantic& St.Lawrencel
Dom., Baroda, Cen.ln.

Du. 5 per cent
o. i shares
Buffalo & Lake Huron
Do Preference
Bufll,Brant, & Goderich
6p c. bds. Aux. 1, 872
Do. do. July 1, 1873
Do. do. June I, F,74
Calcutta & :3. E., lim
a e Town & Dock, gu
Demera, a, 7 p.c. per. p
East. Ben,2al, gu' 5 do
East lcdian gu. 5 p.c.
Do. J Extension

Grand Trunkof Canada
Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds
I charge 6 p.c
Do. Ist era. Bonds
Do. do. deferred
Do. 2d Pr, I. Bonds
Do. do. deferred

Do. Zd Pref. stock.

Do. do. deferred

Do. 4th Prof. stock
Do. do. deterred
Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c
I so. Gua. 5 per cent
Do. New gua. 5 p. c
Gt. South of India (itm
gua. 5 per cent
D , 41 per cent
Do
Great W. H. of Canada..

Do. New .
Do. 6 p. a Bds. pay 1873
Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.!
Indian Branch, limited
Madras, gua. 5 p.o
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Do. 46 do
Do. Filth Extension
3felb. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds.
Ala & Hudson's flay
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Do. April & Oct. 1880-4
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Do. Jan. & July, 1891
Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c
Do. 1878, do
Mauritius, a p. c, 1873,
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N. B. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.k.J uly
N. S.W. Gov.sp-c.,18d6
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Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189?
New Zealand, 6 p. cent
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The Volunteers.

The very interesting ceremony of presenting to the First
London Artllery Brigade the honorary Colonel-elect, Gen.
Sir Henry Bentinck, K.C.B. (Groom in Waiting to her
Majesty the Queen), took place at Wellington Barracks on
Saturday afternoon. The General was received with the
usual salute, and after a few formations, "gun drill" by
two detachments, and an advance in review order, the
General expressed to Lieut.-Colonel Walmisley and the
other officers the pleasure ho had experienced in witness-
ing the manoeuvres, and assured the members that if they
persevered in their efforts he saw no reason why the corps
should be excelled by any regiment in her Majesty's ser-
vice. The Lieut.-Colonel called for three cheers for Sir
Henry Bentinck, which was heartily responded to ; the
regiment then gave three cheers for Lieut.-Colonel Wab.
misley, and the corps afterwards marched, headed by their
bands, to tho headquarters. The appearance of the corps
was very soldierlike.

The Ist Middlesex Volunteer Engineer Corps was offi-
cially inspected in Hyde Park on Saturday evening by
Colonel Wright. There was an excellent mustor of the
regiment, which was under the command of Colonel
M'Leod of M`Leod, and both men and officers proved them-
selves thoroughly efficient in battalion drill.
The West Middlesex (9th) was inspected by the same
officer in Regent's Park on Tuesday, when, as usual, the
regiment showed a very largo percentage of efficients, and,
under Lord Radstock, its commanding officer, went through
the movements of a battalion. The inspecting officer, in
addressing the regiment, expressed his satisfaction with
the manner in which the drill was carried out, and par-
ticularly remarked on the soldierly silence maintained in
the ranks.

The London Scottish representatives for the Queen's
Prize include Borne well-known names. The regiment sends
16 representatives this year, who have won the right in the
following order :—Sergeant Michie, Private J. Anderson,
Edward Roe.e, Cree, Lieut. Puckle, Ensign Stark, Ser-
geant Nichols, Private Dunlop, C. 8., Lieut. Scott, Ser-
geant Porteous, Private the Earl of Aberdeen, Sergeant
Connack, Capt. Macgregor, Corporal Bailie, Lieut. 'Fisher,
and Quartermaster-Sergeant Murray. The two first shoot
for the Middlesex bronze medal.

. There is to be a grand field day at Woolwich with the
Regulars next Satunlay, and in this the Queen's (Westmin-
ster), the London Rifle Brigade, and other volunteer. corps
of London will take a part.

On Saturday the Bristol Rifle Corps were inspected by
Col. Bruce, one of the district inspectors of volunteers, on
Durdham Down, in the presence of a large concourse of
spectators, the Mayor (Mr. W. Naish) being present in his
state carriage, and wearing his massive chain of office.
This was the sixth annual inspection which this crack bat-
talion has undergone, but never did it pass one more satis-
factorily, nor with greater credit to the gallant officer in
command, Lieut.-Col. Bush. The attendance was very
large, and will bear favourable comparison with that of pre-
vious years, showing that in Bristol there still exists that
vitality in the volunteer movement which characterised its
earlier history. The number on parade of all ranks was
575; at the inspection of 1864 the official return showed the
regiment to have been represented by 578 of all ranks. The
manner in which the various manoeuvres were executed is
deserving of all praise, the advancing in line and the volley
firing, both in company and battalion, being specially com-
mendable. At the close of the inspection Col. Bruce ex-
pressed the pleasure ho would experience in making a
favourable report of the condition of the regiment to the
Secretary of State. It was• impossible, he said, for him
adequately to express his opinion of the excellent drill he
had seen to-day; without making invidious comparisons,
he might state that he had seen many of the best London
volunteer corps, and he had never seen anything better
than what he had seen done by that (the Bristol) regiment.
He complimented the men upon their steadiness under
arms, and observed that when an inspecting officer saw men
perfectly steady to their firing, not looking about them and
refraining from talking, he felt that he might with the
greatest confidence go with those men anywhere. If over
they should be called upon, he felt assured, and he said it
with the most unfeigned sincerity, that they would be found
fit to do all that would be required of them in a thoroughly
efficient manner. The regiment, after having been briefly
addressed by Lieut.-Col Bush, marched to headquarters and
were dismissed.

On Saturday afternoon a grand review took place in Holy-
rood-park of the volunteers of the Lothians, Stirlingshire,
and Fife, followed by a great sham fight on the adjoining
hills, in which the whole force, about 6,000 in number, took
part. The volunteers were reviewed by Col. Erskine, her
Majesty's Inspector, and by Col. H. Jonesand Col. Rowney,
Assistant-Inspectors. There were also present Major-Gen.
Walker, commanding in Scotland, Col. Egerton, Assistant
Adjutant-General, Major H. de Page, aide-de-camp ; Col.
Kiuloch, and other military and volun'zeer officers. The
muster took place at 2 o'clock, in the park behind the pa-
lace. The force was. composed of three troops of the Fife
Mounted Volunteers, under the command of the Earl of
Rosalyn, and four brigades of infantry. The Ist brigade
consisted of the Mid-Lothian and City of Edinburgh Rifles,
and was commanded by Sir J. G. Baird; the 2d of the
Edinburgh Rifle Brigade and East Lothian Rifles, com-
manded by Lieut.-Col. Davidson ; the 3d brigade was com-
posed of the Stirlingshire and West Lothian Volunteers,
commanded by Lieut.-Col. Dundas, and the 4th brigade
consisted of the Mid-Lothian and Fifeshiro Rifles, com-
manded by Lieut.-Col. Sir T. Erskine. The review, which
was on a larger scale than any volunteer demonstration
which had taken place in Edinburgh since the memorable
review of 22,000 Scotch volunteers by the Queen on the
7th of August, 1860, excited great interest in the counties
from which the volunteers were drawn, and in nearly
all the towns there was a holiday, whole or partial, to
enable the various regiments to make a good turn-out.
The hills which so closely overlook the park, and constitute
a natural amphitheatre of vast expanse, were occupied by
from 50,000 to 80,000 spectators. The day was dull, but
the shade of the clouds was esteemed no slight relief, look-
ing to the probabilities of a scorching sunshine. At the
middle of the fight the rain, which had threatened some
time, fell heavily, while a cold wind was blowing among
the heights. The weather again cleared before the close of
the proceedings, but not before the rain had dispersed a
large body of the spectators. The volunteers having taken
up their alignments apposite the saluting flag, marchedpast
the reviewing officer in succession, preceded by the Fife
cavalry, who were splendidly mounted, and made a fine
appearance. The brigades having severally marched past
and saluted, the consolidated battalions especially making
a very creditable display, the force was divided into two
parties, one of which, consisting of the Ist and 2d brigades,
was posted in the valley between the Salisbury Crags and
Arthur's Seat, commonly called the Hunter's Bog ; and the
other, consisting of the 3d and 4th brigade, with the ca-
valry, were to be the assailants of the position. The valley
is about 800 yards from end to end, and rises at the southern
extremity, while on the right the ground slopes upwards
to the tip of the crags,
which are precipitous and broken.
The heights of St. Anthony's Chapel, on the left,were taken
by a brilliant assault of the Mid-Lothian Rifles. From this
point they harassed the right of the defending force, while
on the opposite bank skirmishers were sent out to attack
the left. The attacking party pressed up the valley, while
the defending force retreated upwards. In this way the
conflict was waged for above an hour, and on both sides,
notwithstanding the rain, the mimic fight was kept up with
great spirit and vigour. At length the defending force,
which had been yielding the ground inch by inch, took
new courage as they were pressed back on the higher
ground, and opened a grand attack upon the assailing
force, who now yielded ground more rapidly than they
had gained it, and were finally driven to the bottom of the
valley and back to the parade ground, making, however,
a most orderly and deliberate retreat. In the course of the
battle a grand charge was made oy the Fife cavalry upon
the defending force, which formed squares to resist, each
square pouring in a volley of musketry as the gallant horse-
men pranced up the valley. They were met at the top by
the second battalion of the Edinburgh Rifles and turned,
and in their retreat they were again exposed to a terrific
fusilade. Another charge was then made near the close of
the affair upon one of the Edinburgh battalions, 'which
had come down the Queen's Drive to take the now defeated
force in flank. The whole of the movements were gone
through with great spirit and in admirable order, the skir-
mishing and forming of line, column, and square being ad-
mirably performed, and the volley fire being spendidly de-
livered. After the battalions had returned to the parade
ground, Col. Erskine expressed his satisfaction at reviewing
the fine body of men assembled on the ground. He had
every reason to be pleased with the manner in which the
brigades and battalions had been handled, and the precision
with which all the manoeuvres had been executed, and the
general steadiness of the men under arms showed that
great attention had been paid by the force to their military
duty.

The proceedings at the Montrose Volunteer shooting
competition continued over Thursday, terminating that
evening with the presentation of the prizes to the success-
ful shots by the Earl of Dalhousie, and the annual dinner
of the Angus and limns Rifle Association, under whose
auspices the gathering is held. It has already been stated
that the blue riband of the meeting---.“
Scotland's Cup"—
was carried off by Sergeant Forbes, Ellon, with the unpre-
cedented score of 81, his 21 shots at 700, 800, and 900
yards being all bull's-eyes except three, and these were
centres. Last year the same prize was won by the well
known marksman, Mr. Hercules Ross, with a score of 72
—nine points fewer than Sergeant Forbes's score. It
was also stated that Mr. Edward Ross had won
the late Major Moir's Challenge Cup. A mistake,
however, took place between different squads who were
shooting for this prize as to the number of shots allowed,
and on a reference to the umpires these gentlemen awarded
the cup to Capt. Mitchell, Alloa. The gainers of the prizes
next in importance were—Private Wilken, Ellon, the
Aberdeen,theAngus
and Moms Cup ; the
Captain Ross's Challenge
Cuptr ; gPeranrisat Cup
e ;
Bower,Lcn.d
Ladies' Cross, Esign Walker, Portlethen. The cup, value
£lO, given by Mears. Mappin, London, was won by Ser-
geant Lees, Perth. In the artillery gun competition, the
first prize was carried by the 2d battalion, Arbroath.
Although the competition and the actual work of the
gathering was finished, as stated, on Thursday evening,
yet all the crack marksmen were in the ground on Friday
and Saturday, contending for places in the eight who are
to represent Scotland in the International Match at

Wimbledon for the Elcho Shield. This trial of a kill has
always been conducted under the superintendence 'of " the
Old Deer-stalker" Capt. Horatio Ross ; but in conga luence
of the regretted absence of that gentleman through illness,
the duty has fallen to his son, Mr. Edward Ross. Thir teen
of the best shots in Scotland entered the list, and when our
despatch left the chief scorers were—Private Wilkex
Ellon, Lord Aberdeen, and his brother, the Hon. James
Gordon.

RAILWAY AND OTHER COMPANIES.

GREAT WESTERN.

An adjourned special meeting of this company was held
on Thursday at the Paddington Station to consider the re-
maining bills on therlist ; Mr. R. Potter in the chair.
Mr. Saunders, the secretary, having road the notice of
adjournment, _

Tho CHAIRMAN said that this would be the last 'Wham-
cliff° meeting of the company this session. The first bill
he had to submit was to authorise the construction of a
railway in the county of Glamorgan, to bo called the Afon.
Valley Railway.

Mr: WILLIAMS secondod the motion, and it was unani-
mously adopted.

The following bills were then submitted and carried nem.
con. ; the only clauses in them relating to the Great West-
ern Company were permissive, for making, working, and
other arrangements :—To authorise the construction of a
dock and other works at Newport, on the western side of
the river Usk, to be called the Alexandra Dock, and of
railways to connect the same with neighbouring railways ;
a bill for making railways from the Newport, Abergavenny
and Hereford line at Pontypool to the Great Western Rail-
way ; to authorise the construction of a railway between
Ross and Monmouth; for authorising the Sirhowy Rail-
way Company to construct a railway in substitution for
the authorised extension of their railway to the Merthyr,
Tredegar, and Abergavenny Railway, and to deviate their
authorised railway, and to use parts of the Merthyr, Trade-
gar and Abergavenny, and Monmouthshire Railways, and
the Park Mile, and for other purposes ; and a bill to autho-
rise deviations in the line of the Glocester Extension of the
Worcester, Dean Forest, and Monmouth Railway, and to
enable the company to raise additional capital.

Formal resolutions, approving modifications in the lease
of the Severn Valley Railway, and for making a branch
Railway from Bewdley, and also sanctioning an agreement
with the Forest of Dean Central Railway Company for use
and working of the line, were passed.
The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the
chairman.

MANCHESTER SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE.
A special meeting was held at Manchester on Friday;
Mr. Watkin, M.P., in the chair.

The CHAIRMAN moved the approval of a bill authorising
this company to make a railway to Liverpool, &c. He con-
gratulated the shareholders upon the success that had been
achieved in passing the bill. The question had been whether
the 2,000 miles of railway belonging to the several under-
takings of this company, the Great Northern, and the Mid-
land should remain separated from an independent connection
with the most important port in the kingdom by a gap of 28
miles. The committee decided unanimously in their favour.
The motion was agreed to unanimously. Similar sanction
was given to tho Midland Company's Bill for a line from
Mansfield to Southwell, &c., and the proceedings termi-
nated.