The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-08 00:00:00

THE CAMP AT CROBHAM COMMON.

Yesterdv the troops were turned out for private pa-
rade at half-past nine o'clock,' and afterwards marched
out to take up a pw,ition* frovit,of the encampment of
the Rifle Brigade. The slopes of the hill were occupied
by the 38th and 93d ; the Rifles and light companies of
each of the other regiments in the brigade being engaged
in skirmishing. The 42d, 50th, and 95th, being Gen.
Fane's brigade, occupied a position to the left on an ad-
joining height. The cavalry were on the extreme right,
and the artillery on the left. The troops having marched
towards their position, found the enemy in their rear,
instead of in the front as on former occasions, so that
the grand army had to fight its way from rather than to
the camp, as on previous days. On arriving on the
ground assigned to them, the troops, finding the enemy
in the rear, very natnrally changed their front, and com-
menced to drive them from their position towards the
camp. There was a great number of spectators on the
ground, among whom were a large number of visitors to
Lord Seaton, upwards of 200 having been invited to
luncheon with his lordship, and the band of the 93d
Highlanders were in attendance on the occasion.
As upon former occasions, the enemy, consisting of the
3d battalion of the Grenadiers and a company of
the Sappers and Miners, was commanded by Prince
Edward, and Colonel Vicars occupied a strong po-
sition on the ridges of the hills in Catlin's Valley.
The enemy commenced the firing, which was re-
plied to by the artillery, and a splendid charge of
the cavalry, and by a tremendous file firing, such
as we do not remember yet to have heard on Chobham,
by the whole of the infantry brigade drawn up in line.
Before this tremendous fire the enemy very prudently
thought fit to retire. While this was going on, the
cavalry deployed into two lines on the left of the in-
fantry, having the horse artillery on their right flank.
The first line charged the enemy, and retired, leaving its
front open for the second line to advance, which it did
in brilliant style. The cavalry then fell back, sup-
ported by the skirmishers of the Carabineers and 13th
Light Dragoons, and taking ground to the left, re-
formed, left shoulder forward, for the purpose as it ap-
peared of turning the enemy's right flank. The Horse
Arallery now played with tremendous effect on the ex-
treme right of the enemy, which fell back under the
heavy fire to which it was exposed. The skirmishers of
the Foot Guards now advanced on the enemy's left, sup-
ported by the columns of the advancing brigade. The
enemy, however, still kept up a most determined fire,
and the main body of the army fell back. The skirmishers
were then called in, and the Guards proceeded to attack
the enemy's left, supported by the light brigades in
column, and flanked by the field batteries. The
enemy at length fell back, firing and retiring. The
artillery now opened on the enemy's centre, and the
93d Highlanders advanccd in line. , The whole of the
infantry formed a splendid line and commenced file
firing, supported by the field batteries, driving the
enemy before them up to the commencement of the en-
campment of the brigade of Guards ; the cavalry in
the meantime making a succession of brilliant charges,
and forming in contiguous columns in rear of the
infantry. While the infantry were advancing on
the retiring enemy, the cavalry were again ordered to
the front, and deployed into two lines on the let of the
infantry; from which position they chargod, and finally
dispersed the enemy. The movements of the day were
watched with great interest ; and, from the nature of
the g:ound on which the operations took place, they
were easily traced by the spectators.
Yesterday the brigade of Guards went through a
series of interesting athletic games, under the com-
mittee of management, consisting of Col. Cartwright,
Grenadier Guards ; Lieut.-Col Steele, Coldstream
Guards ; Col. Codrington, Cohistreams • Col. St::ele,
Coldstreams ; Lieut. Moston, Scots Fusiliers ; and
Capt. Stevenson, Scots Fusitielys. The progress of the
games was watched with g:eat interest by a very nu-
merous company of spectators, and the prizes were
awarded yesterday, at half-past 5 o'clock in front of the
officers' tents of the Scots Fusiliers, ,
The following is a list of the vrious games, with the
names of the successful competitors :
GAMES OPEN TO THE BRIGADE OF GUARDS.
Foot race for non-commissioned officers, length of brigade
li-ie, CO yards :-Ist prize, 1/., Corporal Buckle, G.G, ;
2d prize, 153., Corporal Hill, ; 3d prize, 103., Cor-
poral Passmore, G.G.; 4th prize, 55., Cor_ooralMorrls, G.G.
Same race
.for privates —lst: prize, 10a., Campbell,
S.F,G.; 2d pr e, 7Jemmemon, F.S.G. • 3d prize, fir.,
Foot race of
N. Warner, G.G. ; pthe, 2s. 6d., ReilL,
1C) yard-s, for non-commissioned officers,
wieners of Ist race excluded :-Ist prize, 11, Sergeant
Chalmers, S.F.G. ; 2d prize, 151., Sergeant .31`Callum,
S.F.G.

Same race, winners of above excluded :—lst prize, 103, Sergeant Craig, S.F.G.; 2d pi.:ze, 55., Sergeant Cook, G.G.
The same as above for privates :—First class, 10s., Wm.
Warner, G.G. ; and 75., Huttol, S.F.G. ; second. clals,
55., Browa, . S.F.G. and 2s. 6d.
D. Baker, G.G.
A wheelbarrow race, 100 yor'ds backwards—First, 51,
T. Smith, S.F.G. ; second 45., Jeramerson, S.F.G. ; third
35., G. Smith, S.F.G. ; fourth, 25., G. Stevenson, G.G.
Running high jump--First, 10s. Biggins, S.F.G.; se-
cond, 7s. 6d., Coiporal Passmore, 'G.G. ; third, 33., Ser-
jeant Lane, S.F.G. The heights of the jumps wore respec-
tively—five feet ono inch and a half, five feet one inch, and
five feet.

Race for mon of fifteen years' service, 50 yards—First,
10s, Joy, G
G.G.
.G. ; second, 78. Ed Elder, SF G • third, , . • •,- 5s
.)
Palmer, G
Hop, step, and jump, for noncommissioned officers—
First, 155., Serjeant Scott, S.F.G„. second, 10s., Serjeant
M`Callum? S.F.G. ; third, 78. 6d., Serjeant Laze, S.F.G.
Hop, step, rud jump, for privates—First prize, 151.,
Eiggin, S.F.G. ; second, /108. A Williamson, G.G. ;
7s. 6d., G. Williams, G.G.
A race of ICO yards for drummers under &xteen years,
handicap—First prize, Gittins, E.G. ; second, Eddison,
G.G. ; third, Luff, G.G.
The games concluded wall a pagling match, open to
all the battalions in the brigade, the honours of which
were borne of by Private Massey, G.G. At the conclu-
sion of the games, Captain Tower, of the Coldstreams,
performed a :eat of jumping which considerbly exceeded
the greatest extent obtained by any of the successful
competitors, the height of the jump being sft. 6in.
Yesterday Lord Seaton gave an enterts!nment at the
lodge to upwards of 200 officers of the catnp, the band of
the 93d Highlanders being present on the occasion.
It is intended to-day tiat the 93d (Sutherland) High-
landers hold their annual Highland games at he camp,
under the patronage of Lieut.. Colonel Lorenzo Ro',.he,
Captain J. A. Ewart, Lieut. W. D. M'Donald, and
Lieut. J. Dalzell. With the exception of the foot steeple
chase, the men allowed to compete at the games will be-
long only to the 42d Royal Highlanders, the Scots Fusi-
liers, and the 93d Highlanders. i It was intended ori-
ginally to throw open the ga-nes to the whole camp, lmit
the amount of time which wou'd be required for the pur-
pose rendered it advisable to make the r-.lstiictions re-
ferred to. Lord Seaton is a I;beral contributor to the
prize fund, and there is no probability that the progress
of the games will be interfered with by any more active
military duty. The officers of the 93d are fully deter-
mined to keep up the famed hospitality of the regiment,
and the whole of the officers in the camp have received
invitations to be present at the games, and to partake of
a luncheon, not merely of a substantial character, but of
one which shall tax to the utmost the resources of the
messman, and astonish those who have heretofore been
believers in the barrenness of Chobham Common.
The games will include—Throwing the harmer,
putting the heavy ball, putting tie light stone, tossing
the cabar, Gille Callum and Highland fling, reel dancing,
long jump (standing), long jump (running), high jump
(running), high jump (standing), short foot race (100
yards), hurdle race (400 yards, five hurdles), long foot
race (three-quarters of a mile), match at quoits (21 yards,
competitors to choose their own 'quoits), sack racing
(120 yards), cutting a bar of lead, foot race for lads under
16 years of age, wheelbarrow race (competitors blind-
fold), a second sack race, foot steeple chase (open to the
whole camp).

SWINDLING A CABMAN.—The' Droit says The
police have just received information that a well-dressed
man has for some time past been swindling cabmen and
hackney-coachmen. Two of his; recent exploits will
show his system of acting :—He took a cab, and caused
himself to be driven to one of the gates of the Luxem-
bourg. In about half an hour he came back, and asked
the cab-driver if he could find room on the driving-seat
for a case of valuable flowers. The man replied that he
thought he could. The other then said he had not suffi-
cient money to pay for the case, and asked the driver to
lend him 25f. until he arrived at his lodgings. The cab-
man complied, and the man then Entered the garden as
if to fetch the flowers, but never returned. A few days
before he went in a cab to the church of St. Sulpice, and,
after a few minutes' absence, asked the cabman for 15f.,
which he said he required to pay the masses for the re-
pose of the soul of his father. The money was given,
and he walked off by another door."

, I HOUSE OF COMMONS.—JuIy 7.
1 (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of
. I Commons.)
SUCCESSION DUTIES BILL.
Clause 55 (Commencement of Act) :—Amendment pro-
posed, in p. 17, 1. 22, to add, at the end of the clause,
the words "and shall continuo in force until the nine-
teenth day of May 1860, and no longer :"—Question
prat, "That those words be there added ."—The com-
mittee divided; Ayes 125, Noes 195.
MINORITY—AYES, 125.
Alex i nder, J. Graham. Lord M.W. Murrough, John r.
Aspinall, J. T. Greaves, Edward Naas, Lord
Bailey, C. Grogan, Edward Napier, Joseph
Bankes, G. Gwyn, Howel Noi•reys, Str I).
Barrington, Viscount Hale, Robert B. North, Colonel
Rawson, T. Halford, Sir Henry Pak ington, Sir J.
Bentinck, Lord H. Hill, Colonel Pahner, R.
Bentinck,Geo. P. Halsey, Thomas P. Parker, IC. Townley
Blair, Colonel Hamilton, Geo. A. Prime, R.
Booker, Thos. Wm. Hanbury, Hon. C. Renton, G.
Brisco, Musgrave Henley, Joseph W. Robertson, P. F.
Bruce, Cumming Hill, Lord A. E. Flit, P.
Buck, Lewis W. JoWffe, Sir W. G.H. R ushout, Captain
Buller, Sir .1. Y. Jones, Captain Seymour, IL K.
Burrell, Sir C. M. Jones, D. Smijth, Sir W.
Burroughes, IleuryN Kelly, Sir F. Smyth, R. J.
Butt, G.lll. Kendall, Nicholas Somerset, Captain
.
Cayley, E. S. King. J. K. Spooner, Richard
Chelsea, Viscount Knatchbull, Wm. F. Stanhope, J. B.
Clinton, Ld C. Knightley, R. Stanley, Lord
Clive, R. Hon. Knox, W. S. E...urt, H. G.
Clive, R. Langton, W. G. Sull.van, M.
Cobbold, J. C. Lennox,L Ord A. Talbot, C.
Codrington, Sir Win. Lennox, Lord H. G. Tollemache, J.
Coles, Henry B. Liddell, H. G. Tomlin, G.
Compton, Henry Lockhart, W. Trollope, Sir J.
CorbOy, M. Loveden, P. Tyler, Sir George
Davison, R. Lowther, Captain Vance. J.
Disraeli, Benjamin Lucas, F. Vanslttart. George Il
Drax, J. S. W. S. E. 3facartney, G. Vyvyan, Sir R.
Duncombe, lin. A. Macgregor: James Walcot, Adm.
Duncembe, W. E. Maddock, Sir H. Walpole, S. H.
Dunne, Colonel Malins, R. West, F. R.
Du Pre, C. Mandeville, V.scount Whiteside, James
Eg, ,:on, Sir P. Manners, Lord J. Whitmore, Henry
Fimley, V.scount . March, Earl of Wodehouse, E.
Fr-obl In, E. B. Vieux, Sir Henry Wyndham, Genere
Fellowes, E dward Miles, W. Wynne. Win. W. E.
Fo :ester, Col. Michell, W. York, E. T.
Fre 'Wield, J. Montgomery, Sir G.
Frewen, C. H. Mowbray, John It. TELLERS.
Fuller, A. E. Mullings J. Randolph Galway, Viscount
Geste, James M. Mundy William Ilildyard, Robert C.