The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-02 00:00:00

cheers for Mr. Peterkin, three for Col. Baker, and
three for the Vice-Chancellor.
Yesterday evening the grounds belonging to the

Ist Surrey (South London Rifle Battalion) at

Hanover-park, Peckham, were crowded with re-
spectable inhabitants of the neighbourhood, to wit-
ness the interesting ceremony of presenting a sword
of honour to Capt. E. D. Rogers. The members of
the corps assembled in the large covered drillground
attached to the club-house, and, having been put
through a variety of evolutions, were formed into a
square, Capt. Rogers and Lieut.-Col. Macdonald
being in the centre. Lieut.-Col. Macdonald, address-
ing Capt. Rogers and the assembled spectators, said
at the last annual meeting of the Ist Surrey Rifles it
was decided by the members of the corps that a
sum of 50 guineas should be set aside for the pur-
pose of providing a testimonial for Capt. Rogers,
as a mark of respect for his character as a soldier
and a gentleman, and also for his services in con-
nection with the corps. Capt. Rogers had wisely
chosen to receive that testimonial in the shape of a
sword—it was a soldier's wish, and he honoured
him for it. (Cheers.) In the event of the Ist Surrey
being called into the field, he was quite sure, from
what he had seen of Capt. Rogers's character, that
he would maintain the honour of the corps. The
sword would spring forth from its scabbard in de-
fence of our wives, families, and of all who were
dear to us, and would never be sheathed until the
last of the daring invaders had been driven into the
sea. (Cheers.) He then presented the sword, which
is a very handsome one, to Captain Rogers, the in-
scription on the sword being as follows :—" This
sword forms part of a testimonial of 50 guineas, pre-
sented to Capt. E. Dresser Rogers by the members
of the Ist Surrey Rifle Volunteer Battalion, in tes-
timony of their high sense of his great energy and
ability in the service of this corps as hon. secretary
during the first year of its existence." The balance
of the 50 guineas, after paying for the sviord, was
expended in a service of plate for Capt. Rogers,
which bore the same inscription as the sword.
Capt. Rogers returned thanks for the honour con-
ferred upon him, and assured the assembled spec-
tators that the sword which had just been presented
to him would always be ready to maintain the
honour of the corps and the integrity of his native
land. (Cheers.) During the evening the band of
the regiment played several stirring compositions
with good effect.
The members of the 13th Surrey Volunteers,
numbering nearly 100, were regaled at Worples-
don-lodge by Mr. Bovill, Q.C., M.P., on Wednes-
day last. The corps, preceded by their band, and
under the command of Captain Gill, Lieutenant
Mangles, and Ensign Molyneux. marched from
Guildford, and, on arriving at the lodge, were
drawn up in line and afterwards went through
a series of evolutions in a most satisfactory
manner, in the presence of Lord Eversley and
the Misses Shaw Lefevre, Mr. and Mrs. Bovill,
General Luxmore, Captain Chaplin, and a large
party of ladies and gentlemen. Shortly after two
o'clock the Volunteers marched into a booth erected
on the ground. The cloth having been removed,
and " The Health of the Queen" drank, Mr. Bovill
proceeded to propose " The Health of Captain Gill,
the Officers, Non-commissioned 'Officers, and Pri-
vates of the 13th Surrey Rifle Corps." He charac-
terised the Volunteer Movement as one in which
the best interests of this country were bound up.
Nothing he said, could be so ridiculous as the sup-
position that these corps wereformed for aggres
sive purposes, or that they were raised and fostered
by the Government and the aristocracy of the
country in order to detract the attention of the
people from Reform, as had been stated by one of
the speakers at a political meeting the other day.
The remarks of the hon. member were received
with much enthusiasm.
On Wednesday last the 7th company of the 19th
Surrey Rifles, under the command of Captain Wat-
kins, met at the Streatham-butts for ball practice,
when several prizes were awarded to the men ob-
taining the highest number of points. The first
prize was gained by Sergeant J. Tammadge, the
second by Private Embery, the third by Private
Lever, the fourth by Private Garrard, the fifth by
Sergeant W. Tammadge, the sixth by Private N.
Shaw, the seventh by Corporal Davis, and the
eighth by Private Briggs. The ranges were 150
and 200 yards. This regiment now consists of nine
companies.
Lord Enfield, M.P., has accepted the command
48 Lieutenant-Colonel of the 29th North Middlesex

On Friday the 6th Northumberland Volunteer

Rifles met for inspection at Bellingham, a village
near to the junction of two rivers famous in Bor-
der warfare, the Reedwater and the North Tyne,
and upon the edge of the debateable ground where
during many generations very little else than hard
knocks were exchanged between the Northumbrians
and Borderers. It is many years since so great
a number of armed men were gathered together in
that neighbourhood, and the happy change in the
habits of the people and the patriotic object of the
meeting on Friday gave an interest to the review
exceeding ordinary gatherings of this kind. There
was a large attendance of country gentry, and at
o'clock the men underwent a most satisfactory
inspection by Major Harman. The ground was
kept by the Ist and 2d compinies of the 2d Nor-
thumberland Rifles, and all were substantially en-
tertained by Captain Charlton, of Hesleyside, who
commands the 6th.

On Wednesday afternoon a general holyday was
celebrated at Congleton on the occasion of the pre-
sentation of a handsome silver bugle by the ladies
of that town and neighbourhood, to the sth com-
pany of the sth Cheshire battalion. There was
also a battalion review in Somerford-park, the seat
of Sir C. W. Shakerley, at which the following
companies were present :-Ist Staffordshire bat-
talion, Burslem, K idsgrove, and Leek ; Ist Cheshire
battalion, Congleton, Sandbach, and Macclesfield
(2). There were on the ground about 400 men,
under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Wilbraham,
C. 8., Assistant-Adjutant-General of the Manches-
ter district; Captain Buchanan, adjutant of the
Ist Staffordshire, officiating as major, Sir C. W.
Shakerley, Major Buchanan (Government inspec-
tor), and other officers were also upon the ground.
The afternoon, though rather hazy, was fine, and
the event drew itogether many thousands of per-
sons, including the principal families of the district.

Sir C. Shakerley, who until lately was captain of
the corps, accepted the bugle, and made appropri-
ate acknowledgments.
It is contemplated to form a Volunteer Rifle
Corps to be composed of Welshmen. Lord Llan-

over, Lord Stanley, Lord Sudeley, Lord Boston,
Sir Richard Bulkeley, Mr. Pugh, M.P., Sir John
Hanmer, Mr. W. Hemans, and other gentlemen
are interested in the formation of the corps.

RED HOT Gum —There is no doubt whatever
that cast iron, long submerged in the sea, will, on being
exposed to atmosnherie air, become hot even to redness,
and sometimes fall to pieces. Such was the case with some
i.-on guns which formed part of the armament of one of the
vessels of the Armadal, sunk off the Islend of Mull; and
the cast iron balls with which some of the guns of the Mary
Rose, sunk off Shithead temp. Henry VIII., were loaded.
Mr. Wilkinson, in his "Engines of War," remarks, p. 242:
—" It is also an extremely curious fact that the cast iron
gratings which have long been immersed in the porter backs
or vats of large London breweries possess the same property
of becoming hot on exposure to tne atmosphere when the
porter is drawn off for the purpose of cleaning them."—
Aretes and Queries.

A MONSTER SALMON.--The Carlisle Patriot
says, that Wednesday, the IGth inst., being the last day of
the season for :fishing salmon in the river Derwent, the
lessee, Mr. Glover, of Salmon Hill, invited a few friends
from Carlisle, to have a day's sport, which proved most
excellent. One of the party, Mr. Robinson, fishmonger,
Castle-street, with salmon rod, single gut andi hook, after'
an exciting struggle of 35 minutes, landed a beautiful fish,
weighing 42,11 b., perhaps the largest caught in the neigh-
bourhood with a fly line. The tackle was manufactured by
Mr. Perkins, of Carlisle, and the hook dressed with what is
commonly called salmon tail gled.
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