The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-30 00:00:00

7HE ARMY.

Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and
Prince George of Saxony and suite, accompanied by
Col. Cavendish, went down to Woolwich on Mon-
day and inspected the garrison and department of
the Royal Arsenal. The Princes arrived at Wool-
wich precisely at 1 in two of the Queen's carriages,
preceded by a pair of out-riders, and were received
by Gen. Sir Richard Dacres and his Staff. Having
lunched with Sir Richard Dacres and the officers of
the Royal Artillery at their mess, they witnessed
the marchiEg past of the whole of the troops other-
wise unemployed, and at 3 o'clock they proceeded
to the Royal gun factories, the officials of each de-
partment being in attendance in full uniforms. Mr.
Anderson, the only civilian, wore the uniform of a
colonel of ;Volunteers. Their Royal Highnesses
having expressed a desire to see the manufacture of
the Armstrong gun in all its stages, were conducted
first to the new forge erected expressly for that
purpose, where the ponderous steam hammers were
in full operation. Although the heat was intense,
their Royal Highnesses lingered in the department
upwards of an hour and-a-half, and witnessed the
entire manufacture of the gun with manifest inte-
rest and gratification. iThey then passed through
the harness stores and the other departments, and
left for London at half-past five.
Serg.-Major Ashton, chief of the military police
in Woolwich garrison since its first organisation,
having been convicted of neglect of duty in not pre-
venting the maltreatment of a prisoner under his
charge, was yesterday condemned, by order of his
Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief, to
be dismissed from his post and to return to
his regiment. The prisoner referred to (under the
pretext that he was dirty) was submitted to the
inhuman treatment of being stripped in the barrack
cells and scrubbed over the naked body with sand
and scrubbing-brushes until he was literally
skinned. He is now an inmate of the hospital, in a
most deplorable state.
_ _

By permission of the Secretary of State for War
the officers and volunteers of the 12th (Chatham)
corps of Kent Artillery, under the command of
Captain Beveridge, have commenced their annual
course of shot and shell practice from the
68-pounder and 32-pounder smooth-bore guns
mounted on the fortifications commanding the en-
trance to the Medway. The target was moored
1,800 yards from the shore, at which range some
excellent practice was made with the common seg-
ment shell and the solid shot.

LORD BROUGHAM ON THE VOL UN-

TEERS.

After the inspection of the Cumberland Rifle
Volunteers, on Friday last, at Ricerby Park, by
Lieut.-Col Harman, volunteer inspector for the
northern district, the officers dined together at the
County Hall. Lord Brougham, who was present as
a guest, made the following remarks :—" 1 consider
the volunteer has added to the army and to the
militia a most important part of the defence of this
country. It is not that I have any alarm upon the
subject—(hear, hear)—there never was a time when
it was less probable, and I might almost say, less
possible to happen. But, nevertheless, we are to be
prepared for all—even the remotest possibilities.
Does any man, who insures his house against fire,
or his property from shipwreck—shipwreck, no
doubt, depending more or less upon the tides and
seasons, upon the winds and the waves, may be
insured against natural apprehension of that risk—
but against fire, does any man suppose his house is
likely to be burned from the fault of his servants or
from the fault of his neighbours ? and yet it is only
from the fault of one or other, the carelessness of
one or other, that fire is likely to happen ; but no •
one reckons on that, no one thinks that likely; yet
he makes sure in case of accident happening, he
makes sure by insuring to the amount of the value
of the house. (Cheers.) But we do a much better
L thing than that in providing largely for the defence
of the country. By insuring against the risks of fire
7116_11. bade no part in preventing the fire from happen-
usi6int:thprierinum of insurance we may pay to secure '
no tenses joss we sustain if fire should happen has
tZtwith.atever to prevent that fire from hap-
pening,
We
very different with the defence of
the country.
of any prepare not only to insure our-
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Iwure to prevent that
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meat likely to
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pared to defend itself. for hay-
preserve that peace, that every nation al
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evident truths ; hut I !wpt,.
sentatien abroad, in
as if people were
I say
that we are not
were afraid and alarmed,
a panic,
and
alarmed (Cheers.) There is no panic, but we are
determined to provide against all probabilities—
against risks that are highly improbable, which
ble but
we are prepared also to make next to impossible.

THE HARD WORK OF THE SESSION, 1862.—The
following is the number of days on which each chairman of
committees on groups of railways bills has sat during this
session :—Lord Stanley, 65; Mr. Adair, 56 ; Mr. Hassard,
47; Mr. Howes, 12; Mr. Mowbray, 18; Mr. Puller, 59;
Mr. Scholefield2 35; and Mr. Wood, 36.