The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-29 00:00:00

271 E VOLUNTEER MOVEMEN2.

The 4th Company of the Queen's Westminster
Rifle Volunteer corps, under the command of Capt.
Charles Vacher, met on Tuesday at Wormwood
Scrubs to compete for a valuable rifle, given by the
captain, and two money prizes, given by Sergeant
White and Mr. C. Stephenson, for second. and third
prizes. Captain Vacher, in addressing the company
previous to shooting, said he should compete with
them for the sake of good fellowship, and to prove
to the company that their captain was competent
to instruct them in osition and aiming drill; and.
that should he besot ortunate as to gain a sufficient
number of points to entitle him to one of the prizes
he did not intend to accept it, but leave it for the
number who gained the next highest score. Mr.
C. Stephenson acted as umpire. The ranges were
gained Mr. Taylor l3
200, 3C03 and 400 yards, four shots at each range.
Sergeant Ray, 12 ; Sergeant A, 11
Pints ; Captain Vacher, 13;
White, 10 ; Mr.
Morton, 9 ; Mr. Woodstock, 8 ; 'Mr. Stephenson, 7.
Captain Vacher declared Mr. Taylor
the winner of
the first prize,
and Sergeant Ray the second. Ser-
won the third, his own- •
geant A. White having
prize,
the four next highest on the score competed, when
it was gained by Mr. Woodcock. Then Captain
Vacher and Mr. Taylor shot off their ties for honour,
which was won by Captain Vacher.
Monday last being the day appointed to shoot for
the prizes of Capt. Collard's company (No. 5) 20th
Middlesex—namely, a Whitworth rifle, given by the
commissioned officers, and a valuable short Enfield-
pattern rifle, given by the non-commissioned
officers, 22 of the most carefully selected shots
proceeded to Hornsey.woed House. Hardly had
they got there before the rain commenced falling in
torrents, and continued incessantly throughout the
day ; nevertheless some excellent practice was made
—Sergeants—Garnett, 12 points ; Osborn, 23
(winner of the first prize) ; Williams, 10. Corporals
--Bowerman, 15 ; Wendlinger, 3. Privates—
Young, 18 (winner of the second prize) ; Wells, 18 ;
Love, 15; W. Hutchinson, 10 ; Shields, 16; Little-
john, 8 ; B. Hutchinson, 7 ; Win kworth, 12 ; Cham-
berlain, 17 ; Page, 10 ; Davison, 11 ; J. Williams,

16 ; Saunders, 12 ; Westeott, 12 ; Etheridge, 13 ;
Evans, 12; Binnington, 13. Total points, 283.
Five shots at each range only. Sergeant W. F.
Osborn gained 23 points and won the first prize.
Privates Thomas Young and J. Wells tied, and on
shooting off T. Young became the winner of the
second prize.

A meeting was held in the Grand Stand, at
Ascot, on Tuesday, to receive from the com-
mittee a report of the names of gentlemen dis-
posed to act as officers of the corps now being
raised in the Ascot division of the county of
Berks. Sir W. G. Hayter, tookthe chair, and among
those present were the Belgian Minister, Major-
Gen. Seymour, Major Scott, and others. Resolu-
tions were passed, appointinWMajor Scott captain-
commandant; Victor Van de Weyer (son of the
Belgian Minister), lieutenant ; and Mr. Franklyn,
ensign. Major Scott stated that he was willing to
do all in his power to promote the efficiency of the
corps, and Major-Gen. Seymour remarked that,
with the view of aiding the corps in drill practice,
he would arrange for their being allowed to use the
butts in Windsor Great Park. The proceedings of
the meeting were satisfactory, and a vote of thanks
to the chairman terminated the business. Sir W.
G. Hayter acknowledged the compliment.
The Hon. Lady Middleton, widow of the late Sir
W. F. Middleton, has presented a silver bugle to
the Needham Market or 12th Suffolk corps. The
members of the corps have commenced ball practice,
a butt having been erected at Coddenham. Mr. H.
Bidden has been appointed ensign of the Wilford
Volunteers, another Suffolk corps, the captaincy of
which is, however, still vacant. Mr. H. A. Baring,
M.P., has been appointed ensign of the Thetford
corps. The members of the Brandon corps, another
neighbouring force,. have held a meeting and ap-
pointed their commanding officers as follows :
Major-Gen. Angerstein, commander of the battalion;
Lord W. Powlett, colonel ; the Baron de Bliss, lieu-
tenant-colonel; and Capt. Tyssen, captain.
Arrangements have been made for some prize
shooting in, connection with the Wakefield Rifle
Volunteers, to come off next month. On the 3d
there will be a match open to all the members of
the corps, the prizes to consist of a medal for the
best shot of each comany, presented by a friend of
the corps ; and on the 12th two prizes, consisting
of cups of the value of £lO and £5 respectively,
given by Major Holdsworth, will be competed for.

ELE C.710N INTELLIGEA CE.

SOUTHWARK.

Yesterday Mr. Layard's canvass was prosecuted
in St. Saviour's and Christchurch parishes, and
with a result which is stated to be highly favour-
able. Mr. Layard has the benefit of a volunteer
organisation in conducting his part of the contest,
a corps of unpaid canvassers having offered him the
aid of their services; and they apparently pursue
their labours with all the untiring zeal and assi-
duity of men whose hearts are in the cause which
they have so spontaneously taken up. His friends
seem fully determined that the strung% shall be an
inexpensive one, for in every district of The borough
he has also had more committee-rooms than he can
well make use of gratuitously placed at his disposal.
The shop windows throughout Southwark are
pretty thickly studded with squibs and hand-
bills, headed " The Nineveh Bull," " Bass's
Bottling of Parliamentary Talkers," and the
like; but of this species of light warfare Mr.
Layard's supporters appear to leave their anta-
gonists the exclusive monopoly. While his enthu-
siastic friends are working thus hard in his behalf
Mr. Layard himself does not fail to second and give
effect to their exertions. He is perpetually address-
ing crowded meetings in suffocating halls, and one
assemblage has hardly dispersed before he is in the
midst of another several miles distant, and
haranguing it with unflagging vigour and vivac'ty.
At a numerous meeting, convened by his corn-
nai'.,tee at the Temperance Institution, Fair-street,
Horsleydown, last night, and presided over by Mr.
Newman,
Mr. LAYARD, in the course of his speech, said
that if he continued to add to his friends in the
same rapid ratio as he had done within the last few
days he should really 'oegin to think th at a supporter
of Mr. Scovell would soon become so rare a curiosity
that he ought to be put into a glass case and sent
to the British Museam. (Laughter and cheers.)
He had read with surprise that last evening both
of the other candidates had thought fit to attack
him. He could certainly not understand why Mr.
Fawcett should have deemed it necessary to make
the remarks against him which he was reported to
have done. All who had been present at his meet •
ings could bear witnes'il that he had uniformly
' expressed the sincerest respect for Mr. Fawcett—
(cheers)—and he should be extremely sorry if in
any of his speeches he had let drop a single word
disrespectful of that gentleman or that could cause
him the slightest pain. His desire was to fight a
fair battle with him, and, their respective claims
being before the constituency, it would not become
him to make any further observations with regard
to him except to say that Mr. Fawcett was a gen-
tleman for whom he entertained the greatest
admiration, as, indeed, must every man who had
heard him. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Fawcett, however.
seemed to have been misinformed as to what he
had said about their late esteemed member Sir C.
Napier. Mr. Fawcett appeared to imagine that he
had accused the present Government of sending Sir
C. Napier to his grave. Now, no such thought had
ever entered his head. What he bad really said
was this :—Mr. Scovell having stated that he had
withdrawn at a former election because he did not
wish to divide the Liberal interest, and also
because Sir C. Napier, his competitor, had a griev-
ance, he had said that Mr. Scovell might very fitly
pursue the same course on this occasion, for he too, li
had a grievance ; and he thereupon added that the
individual to whom Sir C. Napier owed his
grievance was not a member of the present Govern-
ment, hut of a past Government—viz., Sir James
Graham; that he went to his grave with that
grievance still weighing him down, as everybody
who knew the gallant admiral must be aware.
(Heir, hear.) Now, turning to his own other
antagonist, Mr. Scovell, that gentleman appeared
to be exceedingly hard upon him, for he charged
him with seeking the suffrages of the people of
Southwark because, by getting into Parliament, he,
of all men in the world, hoped to be able to obtain a
place. He could only say that if any man in the
House of Commons had ever gone the very worst
way to work for obtaining a place he was that
man. (Cheers and a laugh.) He did not mean to
speak boastfully, but it was a fact, which anybody
who turned to the files of the newspapers could
ascertain for himself, that on more than one occa-
sion Lord Palmerston had offered him office, and
that he had declined it because he had thought
that by accepting it he would have forfeited his own
independence and the confidence of the public.
(Cheers.) It might indeed be insinuated that he
had now learnt to play his cards better, and that
he would rot allow a similar chance to escape him.
To that he would answer that be was not ready to
abate a jot of his previous outspokenness or inde-
pendence, and that it must be a very big place
indeed that would tempt him to suffer his tongue
to be tied. He saw that Mr. Scovell still continued to
pepper him with petty squibs that were designed
to be offensive. All he would say about these silly
handbills was, that if he were a smoker he should

light his pipe with them. (Laughter, and a voice,
" You called Mr. Scovell a' dummy.' '') He begged,
pardon, but it was Mr. Scovell who first gave him-
self that designation. (Cheers and interruption.)
If those who interrup..d were Mr. Scovell's
friends they were really doing their own favourite
candidate a very great disservice, because nothing
could have contributed to spread greater disgust
among the thinking portion of the constituency
than the unseemly tempt made on Saturday last
to put him down by clamour. (Hear, hear.) More-
over, the calumnies and misrepreseataCons to
which he had been exposed were daily swelling
the number of his friends, and hourly thinning
the ranks of Mr. Scovell's. The other day the
Messrs. Bevington had given each of the candi-
dates the opportunity of addressing their assembled
workmen, and when the sense of the body was
taken there appeared 13 only in favour of Mr.
Scovell, 52 for Mr. Fawcett, and 183 for himself.
(Cheers.) It was plain, then, that Mr. Scovell's
best chance lay in every candidate receiving fair
rlienall.attlhvaehdat
playl ;teotvhenhands of the employes. (Interruption.)
was, reported to have said that Mr.
()TiMre away and left his "tail" behind
to know.
had got Mr. Pelela
AU h. Pellatt's tail was he was at a loss
tctluld say was that as long as he
se head and body he was quite
content that Mr.
(Cheers and laughter.) should have his tail.
having been to Nineveh, as
been taunted with
, at least
esthit that fact were in
itself a crime. He had
for no idle pur-
pose; and if, as he believed, hisesroejourn there had
upon that
the cause of
circumstance, if
ni
sf
tii.t.
been of some small service
at all events, not tobe cast in his
religion angdaveeivhiliimsatnioon
claim
certainly
any disqualification. (Hear, hear.) In
another respect
.his opponents had given him
tteueetnheYa' s"g t.'
justice. Strange to say, ono of
tviciermy
hsacdanacttually accused him of " buttering" the
Government, while the other had preferred against