The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-14 00:00:00

TI2E ARMY.

The appointment of Lieut.-Col, at the Plymouth
division of Royal Marine Light Infantry has be-
come vacant by the decease of Lieut.-Col. Edward
Hocker, C.E. The deceased officer had served in
the corps of Royal Marines upwards of 30 years, his
commission as Second Lieut. bearing- date the 30th
of January, 1830. Lieut. Hooker served in Syria
in 1840, and was at the storming of Sidon and
bombardment of Acre. by Sir C. Napier. He com-
manded a battalion of the Royal Marine forces at
the China expedition in 1857, including the block-
ade of the Canton river, and the landing before and
storming of Canton, his distinguished services on
that occasion being rewarded by a Companionship
of the Bath. The senior captain on the list of the
Royal Marines is Captain R. G. Connolly, instructor
of gunnery at the Chatham division, who will be
promoted to the vacant rank.
A distribution of medals, awarded by the Lords
of the Admiralty for long and meritorious service,
has been made to several of the non-commissioned
officers and men of the Chatham division of Royal
Marine Light Infantry who have completed a period
of 21 years' and have recently been discharged from
that corps. The presentations were made on the
parade ground at Chatham by Lieut.-Col. M‘Killop
at a full parade of the officers and men, the follow-
ing being the names of the non-commissioned offi-
cers and men on whom the honour Was «inferred :
—Barrack-Serg. Alexander Wallace, Colour-Serg.
Thomas Boyce, Serg. Jonas
,Lilley, Private David
Newman, Private Henry Mobley, and Drummer
William Lerey.

THE VOLUNTREI? 3fo V E MENT.

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On Wednesday evening lord Enfield, M.P., the
newly appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 29th
North Middlesex Rifle Volunteers, took the com-
mand of the regiment, and the effectives mustered
in full force on the parade ground of the Regent's-
park barracks to, receive his lordship. The various
companies having marched past in slow and quick
time, went through the various evolutions of bat-
talion drill to the great satisfaction of their new
Commander. At ' the conclusion of the manoeuvres
the men were marched into the riding- school, where
Lord Enfield addressed them, expressing the high
satisfaction he had experienced at witnessing the
precision and effle4ency with which they performed
the various movements. His lordship remarked that
he felt it necessary that they as volunteers should
have some relaxation from duty, and therefore he
proposedthat they should break off drill for two or
three weeks, and at the conclusion of the recess he
doubted not but that the
military duties with redoubled ardour. Before, how-
ever, they
SgPareted, he thought it desirable that
the corps should have a parade and march out under
his command. Re had fixed Saturday afternoon
next for that purpose, wlicn he hop ed that
nv as y
members as c 01214, possibly
makeit convenient
would attend. Captain R. 'Ur
• zones, the adjutant,
for Saturday next,
then read
the regimental order
Parade in full dress,
stating that the corps would
with band, under the command of the Lieutenant-
Colonel, at the new drill-ground, Moruington-road,
'at 3 p.m. to-morrow (Saturday), and march out.
A silver bugle has been purchased by subscription
for presentation to the Central Rifle Volunteers
(40th Middlesex), as a-testimonial from the inhabi-
tants of the Holborn district. Captain Isaacs has
issued a notice to the effect that he
will present
three prizes, of five, three, and two
guineas, to be
shot for by the members of his company (No. 2) The
members of the corps will attend the Church of the
Holy Trinity, Gray's-inn-road, on Sunday morning
next, the Rev. Dr. Worthington having kindly con-
sented to preach a special sermon to the corps.
The concert in aid of the band fnnd of the Ist, 2d,
3d, and 4th companies of the sth Essex Rifles,
which !took place on Wednesday evening at the
Beaumont Institution, Mile-end-road, was very suc-
cessful.

The rifle shooting contest for two silver cups,
given by Major Holdsworth, by the Ist and 2d com-
panies of the Wakefield Rifle Corps, took place on
Wednesday last. The shooting was not very good.
The highest number of points at the ranges of 200,
300, awl 400 yards was 17, obtained by Private'