The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-29 00:00:00

evolutions of a sham fight on a small scale were
gone through. At dusk the lime light was lighted,
so as to illuminate the whole of the grounds. This
light by the aid of reflectors can be thrown at 400
yards' distance upon the targets, so as to enable the
Volunteers to fire at night. The b. nd of the
Engineers and of the London Scottish during
the afternoon played several airs with great effect.
One of the members of the corps was buried the
same afternoon at the Brompton Cemetery with
full military honours. Mr. Bussey's volunteer
canteen, admirably adapted for riflemen, was ex-
hibited on the grounds. The whole of the experi-
ments passed off well, and at the conclusion Lord
Ranelagh and the officers dined together.
The 7th Surrey Volunteers assembled at the Ses-
sions-house, Newington-causeway, on Saturday
last, for the purpose of marching out. Thereeivas a
strong muster of the members, to whom were added,
for the first time, a new company of 80, formed and
commanded by Capt. W. Clowes, and wholly con•
sisting of men in his employ. This eompany has
been but a short time formed, but they have at-
tained a state of proficiency equal to any other
company in the corps to which they now belong.
The corps again assembled yesterday morning, and
were marched to church (St. Mary's, Newington)
by Major Beresford, where they listened with great
attention to a very appropriate sermon preached by
the officiating minister (their own chaplain being
absent).
The Civil Service Regiment (21st Middlesex),
Hon. Col. his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,
Lieut.-Col. Lord Bury, will proceed to Wimbledon
for target practice on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs-
day, and Saturday. The ranges will be from 150
to 600 yards. Undress uniforms with cross belts to
be worn, There will be a full dress parade of the
regiment on the 9thlof November, to commemorate
the anniversary of the birthday of his Royal High-
ness the Prince of Wales, colonel of the regiment.
On Thursday the shooting match of the 6th Sus-
sex Rifles took place at Petworth-park, the seat of
Lord Lesonfield. The corps fell in at their armoury,
under the command of Capt. the Earl of Winterton
and Lieut. Viscount Tumour, at 0 a.m., and marched
to their butts in the above park to compete for the
prizes. The shooting lasted the whole day, and, in
fact, till quite dusk. The first prize, a rifle pre-
sented by the officers of the corps, was won by Pri-
vate Aylwin, with £3 for the second, won by Sergt.
Sherwin ; £2 for the third, won by Bugler Souther-
ton ; and £1 for the fourth, won by Private H,
Ellis. The second prize, a Whitworth rifle, given
by the Hon. H. Wyndham, was won by Sergeant
Sherwin, with £3 for the second, won by Private
Aylwin ; and £1 for the third, won by Private
W. Sherwin. The third prize, a Jacob Enfield rifle,
given by Major Barttelot, to be shot for by members
of the 3d battalion of Sussex Rifles, was won by
Ensign Padwick, of the Horsham corps ; £3 for the
second, won by Thomson, of the Crawley corps;
£2 for the third, by Bishopp, of the Hurstperpoint
corps ; £1 for the fourth, by Corporal Phillips, of
the Petworth corps. The last prize, a handsome
silver challenge cup, presented by Mr. W. T. Mit-
ford, M.P., to the 6th Sussex, was won by Private
Aylwin.
A rifle corps has been formed in Lowestoft, num-
bering nearly 100 members, all of whom, with a
very few exceptions, are employed in the establish-
ment (at that place) of Messrs. Lucas Brothers, the
builders and contractors of Belvedere-road, Lam-
beth. These gentlemen have borne the expense of
entirely equipping the great majority of the mem-
bers, and have also provided at their own cost
handsome uniforms and a complete set of new in-
struments. A weekly subscription is paid by each
member of the corps, in order to provide a fund to
replace the uniforms, &c., when necessary.
On Wednesday last the Ist East Riding of York-
shire Artillery Volunteers, under the command of
Major Haworth, assembled in their " Three Gun
Battery" for exercise with blank cartridge, prepara-
tory to their inspection, which is appointed to take
place on the 7th of November. This battery, the
first of its class in Great Britain, mounting three
32-pounders, has been recently constructed by these
Volunteers, at considerable expense, according to
plans designed by Lieutenant-Colonel Hamley, of
the Royal Engineers. T'ne weather, often so frown-
-0 ing on the Volunteers, was most favourable. A
highly influential and niuneroas assemblage wit-
nessed the proceedings. The Archbishop of York
and Miss Longley, Archdeacon Long, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Strickland, Mr. and Mrs. Yarburgh, the
Rev, and Mrs. Lloyd, Capt. Palmer, R.N., Mrs.
Palmer, Captain and Mrs. Prickett, Mr. and Mrs.
Clayton, Mrs. Morris; M rs. Haworth, Mrs. Legard,
the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Baines, Capt. Pitts, Capt.
Crowe, and others were among those present within
the battery.
We are requested to mention that the Bth
Hampshire Rifle Corps was present at the Volun-
teer review on Compton-down, near Winchester, on
Wednesday last, although omitted in the enumera-
tion of the companies present on that occasion,
which appeared in The Sun of the following day.
The Bitterne . and I3otley Companies (Bth Hants)
On Saturday the grounds adjacent to Beaufort- were in the right wing of, and. led, the second bri-
house, Futham,the headquarters of the South Mid- gade under Major Wombwell. In the absence of
dlesex Rifles, were thronged with visitors assembled Capt. R. Richardson, who was on Col. Leard's staff
to witness a variety of interesting experiments cal- as aide-de-camp to the commanding officer at the
culated to improve the efficiency of the Volunteers, review,:the corps was led by Capt. Warner.
Among those present were Lord Ranelagh, the coin- The whole of the Volunteers of Dorsetshire an-
mandant of the South Middlesex, the Hon. Mr. derwent review on Wednesday lay t, in the presence
Curzon, Lord and Lady Radnor, Col. Farquharson, of the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Lieutenant of the
Col. Bales, Col. Vereker, Mr. Napier Short, M.P., county, at Maiden Castle, about two miles from Dor-
Capt. Cartwright, Capt. Hawkins, Capt. Wyld, chester. The different forces consisted of the Queen's
Capt. Napier, Professor Wheatstone, Mr. Chevalier, Own Regiment of Yeomanry, about 250 strong, un-
Mr. Henley, Re. The proceedings were commenced der the command of Col. Lord Rivers ; three com-
panies of Volunteer Artillery, about 250 strong, un-
with experiments upon projectiles made by Capt.
Norton, which were followed by a trial of breech- der the command of Major Steward ; and 10 corn-
loading rifles, several specimens of breech-loading panics of Rifle Volunteers, under Col. Mansel,
rifles being exhibited on the ground. To avoid numbering about 600. The reviewing officer was
Lieut.-Col. Moore, of the 11th Foot; and there were
trouble and danger when a hit was made at the
target the shot was recorded by telegraph at the also present with the Staff Lord Portman, as Lord-
firing post. To do this the universal: and military Lieutenant of Somersetshire ; Col. the Hon. W. H.
telegraph of Professor Wheatstone was put into B. Portman, M.P., West Somerset Yeomanry ; Lord
requisition. Professor Wheatstone's apparatus is Ashley, M.P., of the Antrim Rifles; Col. Tapp,
so arranged as to afford a safe, speedy, and accu- C. 8., late of the Ist Poonah Horse ; Col. Sir W.
rate communication between the target and gun, L. Freestun, K.C.T. ; Col. Bingham, Dorset Militia;
both at long and short ranges, or whenever distance Major Arbuthnot, Royal Artillery, &e. A large
in the performance of military evolutions, either in number of spectators had assembled to witness the
the camp or field, renders the receipt and despatch proceedings, including many of the leading county
of intelligence necessary. The communication be- families, and the weather continued exceedingly
tween the target and gun is maintained by the use fine throughout the day. After going :through a
of the ordinary alphabet, so as to enable any person variety of evolutions in a highly creditable manner,
who can read and write, without any previous in- the thee appearance and steadiness of the Bridport
struction, to
work the instrument. The target is Artillery corps, exciting especial admiration, the
formed into devisLens, marked with 10 letters, a officers were called forward and addressed by Lord
similar target b •
mug in the marker's box. The
ball on strikin g the tar- Shaftesbury, who expressed his gratifieation in
position of the
being able to communicate to them the high
get is telegraphed
up
to the firing post opinion. which the reviewing officer had formed of
by the letters indicated by the space cut
on the target, and read off at the gun ties manifested by the whole of the corps that
the efficiency and military bearing and capabili-
upon the duplicate. This apparatus is about to be
adopted at the police station. Another telegraphic had a ssembled on this occasion. His lordship also
apparatus was also exhibited, viz,, that said he, felt really proud of what he had seen, and
~
vof Mr. Che- he should be enabled to report to her Majesty that
caller, of the Ist West India Regiment. This tele-
graph is different in its construction from that of if—which God forbid !—any daring man with his
t myrmi dons should venture to set foot on the sacred
of
Professor Wheatstone. It consists wo galvano- soil of England there would not be, under the
meters, in appearance like the double needletnin.stru- blessing of God, a more true, a more gallant, a
meats now in use at the stations of the
Electric
instrument and
more worthy, and, by God's blessing, a more sue-
at:llll7l El cessful body of men than the yeomanry, artillery.
at the firing post is connected with the tar
and trifle corps of Dorset. After e, round of hearty
target is divided into divisions, and when hit the cheer rs for the Earl of Shaftesbury his lordship ad-
shot presses against a pin, which completes the vanced towards the lines and said, " Thank God!
electric current and deflects the needle of the galeas
Garile ddi is in Capua," which announcement was
nometer right or left, thus indicating without the receivied with renewed applause. The whole pro-
assistance of any one the position of the hit. Mr. ceedin
gs passed off very successfully,
Henley, with one of the Maynard breech-loading The grounds of Tonbridge Castle were the scene
self-priming guns—an American invention—at- of an. interesting ceremony last Wednesday after-
tracted a considerable share of attention from the neent—the presentation of a silver bugle to the
simplicity and utility of this destructive weapon. Tonheidge Rifle Corps. The corps, about 50 in
One of the features consists of the percussion caps numb er, having been drawn up in a, square, under
being wound on a riband and so arranged that the the command of Capt. Streatfeild, Lady HareIl ge
operation of merely cocking the gun at the same said-- I have been requested to present "n-
-time puts a cap on. By this apparatus 15 rounds a the ;part of the ladies of Tunbridge, 14- • so you, on
minute are easily accomplished. At the conclusion tokei iof their good wishes for t, its bugle, as a
of the firing a party of the South Middlesex of 25 effice mcy of your corps. I e ate prosperity and
men, and 100 men of the South Kensington Engi- doing' so, because "e kr, eave much pleasure in
_ow you will appreciate the
neers, threw up a sandbag battery, in order to show interest they lue.ee te .
..AnS shown in its welfare, and am
the practicability of defending a road or street. sure that thiis es ~
acognition on their part of the zeal
The battery, 100 feet long and four high, was evil 11 whie'il you have come forward will stimulate
thrown up in 27 minutes. The assembly was then , you to -zeriewed exertions, with the view of increas-
sounded, and the men drawn behind
the battery to ing 'your numbers and effic;ency, and adding your
defend it
against another detachment, who were ' cor itribution to the defences of
drawn up a other side with a the , a vi •
sment when such exertions are lout.2lYew of m( the country, at a
called for.
turning the battery, and for some time the tI: sm
proud of being the mediu m of presNnting to

The new gunboats Snipe, Lee, Sparrow, Mullett,
Cockatrice, Britomart, and Dart, built at private
yards, and forwarded to Woolwich for completion,
are being prepared for service, and have been care-
fully inspected by competent officers.
Mr. W. Baskcombe, of Woolwich dockyard, who
is at present engaged in superintending the build-
ing of the Warrior, iron cased steam-ram vessel, at
the Orchard-yard, Blackwall, has been appointed to
the office of acting foreman at Chatham dockyard,
in order to assist the officers of that establishment
in the construction of the iron-cased frigate now
being laid down.
The Racehorse, 4, screw despatch gunvessel,
being fitted at Chatham for the steam reserve, was
taken into No. 2 dock on Saturday to have some
defects in her machinery made good.
The hired transports Camillus and Index went
alongside the Royal Arsenal pier, at Woolwich, on
Saturday, to embark shot aid shell. The following
veseels have likewise been chartered by Government
to ship from the military store department at Wool-
wich, namely, the steamers Peninsula, Veloz, Bos-
worth, Thames, India, Admiral, and the Harkaway.
The Swedish national corvette Lagerbeilke, Capt,
Milander, which had remained windbound some
days at Falmouth, sailed from that port for Lisbon
en Thursday.
The following appointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Alfred J. Cheek, to
the Desperate, Edwin Last, acting third class assist.-.
ant engineer, to the Himalaya ; Edward H. Willey,
acting third-class assistant-engineer, to the Indus,
for service in the Revenge ; John Dingle, acting
third-class assistant-engineer, to the Asia, for ser-
vice in the Princess Royal ; Silas W. Parker, pay-
master, to the Harrier ; and Charles H. Wells,
assistant-paymaster, to the Majestic.

you this mark of approbation, and I trust that this
corps may long flourish, confident as I am that the
zeal and patriotism of its members will never be
found wanting, whatever services it may be called
upon to perform." Capt. Streatfeild, in replying,
said "he was sure, if ever the bugle should sound
the assembly of the corps in defence of their coun-
try, there was not a man connected with it who would
not come forward. Its presentation by a lady who
bore a name dear to every soldier, and herself a gal-
lant soldier's daughter,would render it still more dear
to the corps." Three cheers were given for " the
ladies;" and after some skirmishing practice, the men
marched back to Tonbridge.
A rifle association, to be called the County of
Lancaster Rifle Association, is in course of forma-
tion, which will include among its supporters the
leading men—noblemen and gentlemen—of the
county, with the Earl of Sefton, Lord Lieutenant
of the county, as president of the society. The
object will be to provide if possible a practice
ground in the centre of the county, to be open to
all volunteers belonging to Lancashire ; to have
an annual meeting, at which prizes will be given
for the best shooting, and in every way to encou-
rage volunteers to acquire and become proficient in
ttie use of the rifle.

A rifle corps has been established at Wantage,
which now numbers 86 effective members. This
little town has therefore distinguished itself by
raising a larger corps in proportion to the number
of its inhabitants than any other town in Berkshire.
The members have elected for captain Mr. E. M.
Atkins, of Kingston Lisle-park ; for lieutenant, Mr.
E. R. Hayward, of Charlton-house; and for ensign,
Mr. P. Parr, of Benham's-house. The ceremony of
enrolment took place on Monday last before Mr. C.
J. Eyston and the Rev. J. F. Collins. After the
enrolment the members of the corps, preceded by
their band, marched to Lockinge-park, the seat of
the gallant colonel of the Berkshire Regiment
(Col. Loyd Lindsay, V.C.), and upon their return
sat down to an excellent dinner, provided at the
expense of the officers of the company, at the Town
Hall. Col. Lindsay and several of the neighbour-
ing clergy and gentry honoured the corps with
their presence at dinner, and in the course of the
evening the gallant colonel complimented the
members upon their soldierlike appearance, and
expressed his trust that the Wantage company
would prove itself second to none in the county
for attention to its duties and general efficiency.