The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-25 00:00:00

THE A.R.31.F.

FIELD DAY AND REVIEW OF TROOPS BY
THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE.
The field-day in honour of the visit of his Impe-
rial Highness the Grand Duke Michael of Russia,
on Woolwich Common, took place yesterday, as
previously announced. Ws Imperial Highness,
attended by his personal Staff, consisting of Messrs.
Le Comte Levanhoff, Le Comte Zouboff, Le Baron
Wallen, and Le Capitaine Novitzky, entered the
garrison precisely at 10 a.m., under the salute of '2l
guns, fired 4. om the Greenhill Battery. The Royal
standard of England was hoisted on the Royal
Artillery flagstaff, and a guard of honour, under
the command of Capt. Field, was drawn up in front
of the entranm to the mess quarters, where the
Grand Duke alighted from his carriage. His Im-
perial Highness, contrary to expectation, was ac-
companied to Woolwich by his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge, attended by one of 1-I;c3 Aides-
de-Camp, Col. Ty r whitt ; Lieut.-Gen. the Right
lion. Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8., Adjutant Ge-
neral to the Forces ; Capt. Yonge, Deputy Assist.-
Adjutant-General ; Gen. Sir R. Airey, K,C.8.,
Quartermaster-General, &c. Immediately on their
leaving their can:ages the Artillery band performed
" God save the QIE-en," followed by the Russian
national air, which compliment the Grand Duke
courteously acknowledged, the two Dukes and
their suite standing uncovered in the peristyle dur-
ng the performance. They were then conducted
to apartments appropriated to their use, and having
attired in full military uniform, retr-ned to the
parade ground, when the Grand Duke inspected
the guard of honour, the band continuing to play a
number of Russian airs in honour of the distin-
guished visitors, who repeatedly acknowledged the
attention by various significant marks of recogni-
tion. Major. Gen. Sir R. Dacres, K,C.8., command-
ing the garrison, attended by a Staff of mounted
officers, exceeding 30 in number, performed the
honours of reception. They then proceeded
through the barrack field towards the review
ground, where the mounted troops were drawn up
in line. They consisted of the Horse Brigade, in
command of Colonel D'Aguilar, C. 8., eight batte-
ries of Field Artillery, consisting of 48 Armstrong
and other guns, and a squadron of the 16th Lancers,
the latter of whom kept the ground. General
Dacres then assumed the command of the whole.
Immediately on the arrival of the august visitors
the troops
moved into open -order and performed a
general salute, after which their Imperial and
Royal Highnesses and attendants rode through the
line, which they inspected throughout. Retiring to
the front, they took up their position under the
flagstaff, and the troops
marched past in slow and
quick time, and afterwards at full gallop. His Im-
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of four batteries each with the like remarkabel rows
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cision. Having again retired to the rear, the e whole
of the ground was ordered to be cleared, and the
line of Lancers moved back to the high road, to
fora display of the guns. Two batteries
then
then formed in reserve, and the remainder limbered
up and manoeuvred in sham action for upwards of
an hour, when the troops retired from the ground
at 12 o'clock. The Grand Duke and party then
proceeded to visit the Repository and Rotunda, the
Commander-in-Chief taking a hurried departure to
attend his levee in London, a Royal salute annonac-
ing his departure. The Imperial party afterwards
inspected the guardroom, non-commissioned officers'
and gunners' libraries, the officers' library, ckc., and
partook of luncheon with Gen. Dacres and Staff in
the messroom. At two o'clock they again mounted,
and proceeded to an inspection of the Royal Mili-
tary Academy. The Grand Duke, who brad intended
to visit Chatham yesterday, understanding that the
whole of the day would be required to inspect the
establishments at
Woolwich, then desired that a
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tbe forwarded to Chatham to cancel

the order relative to his visit that day. On his
arrival at the Academy he was received by the Gen-
tlemen Cadets under arms. The Grand Duke, who
holds the post of President of the Council of
Education at St. Petersburg, took peculiar interest
in the inspection of the Academy, and on his retir-
ling he requested Colonel Wilford, the Governor, to
grant the pupils a half-holiday. They thence re-
paired to the Royal Arsenal, which they entered
soon after 3 o'clock. The heads of departments
present were assembled in the Dial Square, consist-
ing of Mr. Anderson, Superintendent of the Royal
Gun Factories; Lient.-Col. Clerk, Captain Inspector
and Acting Superintendent, Royal Carriage De-
partment; Capt. Gordon, Principal Military Store-
keeper; and Capt. Orr, R.A., Captain Instructor,
Royal Laboratories, and Acting. Superintendent.
His Imperial Highness, accompanied by General
Dacres and staff, and the authorities above stated,
proceeded first through the Royal Carriage-square,
inspecting minutely the various operations per-
formed with machinery in that department, parti-
cularly the remarkable utility of the numerous
steam saws then in motion, and especially the
powerful and effectual machinery for compressing
and forming the carriage wheels, which his Royal
Highness mentioned as one of the works of art he
was desirous of beholding. Accordingly a complete
wheel was formed in less than five minutes under
his inspection. Passing through the Carriage-square,
at the outer door stood one of the 12-pounder Arm-
strong guns, just completed mounting on its car-
riage. This attracted the Grand Duke's special
notice. Its peculiar ities were fully detailed by the
officials present, as well as the manner of applying
and removing the screw, which his Imperial High-
ness, in his desire to understand thoroughly, twice
performed with his own hands. Proceeding onward
to the gun-mounting park, the next object inspected
was a new 100-pounder Armstrong gun, which
was likewise carefully examined, as well as an 8-
inch field-mortar, in readiness for transport to
Hobart Town. This was dismounted and mounted
in the presence of the Grand Duke, with won-
derful dexterity. The visitors then proceeded
to the Armstrong depot, through the entire
length of the Arsenal, covered on every side,
in huge layers and piles, with guns, shot, and
shell sufficient to stock the most warlike na-
tion. The next establishment visited was the Shell
Factory, where at the present moment, it was ex-
plained to the Grand Duke, no less than 30,000
shells are turned out per week ready for service,
and at one period the amount was doubled. They
thence entered the Royal Gun Factories, where the
interest displayed by his Imperial Highness was of
the most marked description. Upwards of an hour
and three-quarters was spent in this department,
and every individual article connected with the
manufacture of this celebrated weapon was exa-
mined and inspected with avidity. His Imperial
Highness witnessed the forging and preparing a
great portion of one of the guns. Before leaving,
the Grand Duke expressed his astonishment at the
perfection of the establishment. After visiting the
Paper Factory, &c., the august party entered the
official apartments recently erected for the accom-
modation of Mr. Mallalieu and the Commissioners
of Police, where they attired themselves in private
clothes, and took their departure for London about
6 o'clock, under a Royal salute from the gun-
battery.

Yesterday Major-Gen. Eyre, commanding the
Chatham district, assembled the entire force of the
garrison on Chatham lines, to go through the evo-
lutions of a brigade field day. The troops on the
ground included the mounted Royal Engineer
Train, the Royal and Indian Engineers, the three
battalions of Infantry of the Line, composed Of the
depots of the East India regiments stationed at
Chatham, and the division of Royal Marine Light
Infantry, the whole numbering nearly 5,000 bayo-
nets and about 150 officers. Each of the troops was
furnished with 10 rounes of blank cartridge. On
the arrival of the General, attended by his Staff, he
was received with the usual military honours,- after
which the troops marched past in columns of com-
panies, and subsequently executed a variety of ma-
noeuvres incidental to a brigade field day, Major-
Gen. Eyre directing the whole of the evolutions
performed. After the troops had been exercised
about two hours they were dismissed to their quar-
ters. In consequence of the advanced state of the
season these brigade field days, which have been
held at frequent intervals during the summer, will
be shortly discontinued.

The Megera screw troopship, Commander Hen-
derson, has embarked for Gibraltar and Malta,
alongside the dockyard at Portsmouth, the troops
named in ihe ,sun of Monday. The following
officers accompany the detachment of the lst bat-
talion 25th Regiment :—Captain E7crett, Ensigns
Chisholm, Dawson, and Pender. The Megmra sails
for her destination this morning.

Secretary of State the highly effective state of the
Hants Volunteers, but he was bound to remind
them that constant drill was requisite, and as they
had got over the drudgery of their profession con-
tinuous drill would be comparatively easy. With
some further opportune remarks the noble lord
thanked them for their attendance and dismissed
them to their respective parades. The troops gave
three hearty cheers for the Queen and paid a simi-
lar compliment to Lord W. Paulet and Col. Luard.
Refreshments were provided at several of the hotels
at Winchester at the cost of the Marquis of Win-
chester, and in the evening a grand ball took place,
which was numerously attended. The total num-
ber of volunteers on the ground was 2,600, and the
spectators were at least 10,000, many of whom were
of different regiments.

The ceremony of consecrating and presenting
colours to the Ist Company Cinque Ports Rifles
(Hastings and St. Leonard's) took place in the
Music-hall, Hastings, on Tuesday. The hall was
crowded, and large numbers of the clergy and
gentry of the neighbourhood were present. The
Countess of Waldegrave, in the name of the ladies
of the boroigh, presented the colours, which con-
sisted of a large white silk banner and two batta-
lion aids. All three flags had the Cinque Ports'
arms in the centre in gold and silver ; the larger
one having also the St. George cross in red, accord-
ing to the Royal order recently discovered in the
Cinque Ports' archives by Mr. Thos. Ross. The
address was read by the Hon. and Rev. Samuel
Waldegrave, Bishop of Carlisle elect, on account of
her ladyship suffering from a severe cold. The
Rev. John Parkin, M.A., of Halton Church, and
private chaplain to the late Earl Waldegrave, per-
formed the religious ceremony. The colours were
received by Ensign Roch and acknowledged by
Lieut. Crake.

. The Volunteer Guards (32d Middlesex), known
to the public as the " Six-Foot Corps," have re-
sumed their drill at Hungerford-hall under a
special advantage, the officers having attached
themselves during the vacation to line regiments
at Aldershott and Southsea to qualify for their
duties. One of them, Lieutenant Thompson, will
attend the School of Musketry at Hythe during
the next term, commencing December 5. Several
military men and "six-footers" from other corps
have applied to join for the ensuing year, and,
although their stature is exceptional, it is expected
that the Volunteer Guards will by next season
have doubled their present effective strength.
The committee of the Ist Wilts (Salisbury)
Volunteer Rifle Corps have just passed a resolution
with the view of increasing the numerical strength
of their• force, and at the same time accommodat-
ing a somewhat :large class:of persons, who from
finding it inconvenient to provide the means of
meeting the necessary expenditure for uniform and
accoutrements all at once on first entering, have
hitherto been unable to take part in the Volunteer
movement.

The 3d Northumberland Volunteer Rifles under-
went a satisfactory inspection at Morpeth on
Monday afternoon. The review took place in the
Brewery-field, near Howard-terrace. It began at
three o'clock. The corps made a highly credit-
able appearance, and were complimented by Major
Harman for their proficiency. There was a nume-
rous crowd of spectators, including several clergy-
men of the town and some of the neighbouring
gentry. The Ballington corps kept the ground.
At Hinckley a Volunteer Rifle Corps, to be called
the 10th Leicester, is now in course of formation
and is rapidly advancing in its organisation, its
services having graciously been accepted by her
Majesty and a first-class rifle range obtained on B ur-
ha gc-common by thekind permission of the Countess
Cowper, the range extending to 800 yards, which
may be further increased if required. The finan-
cial department, too, is strong, amounting to over
-C2OO, including the Duke of Rutland £2O, Earl
Howe, £25, Sir A. Dixie £lO, Major Wallaston £5,
Baroness de Clifford £5, and Mr. T. Cope £lO, and
in each instance a liberal annual subscription.

For some time past the members of the Cunard
Artillery Volunteer Corps, having completed their
preliminary gun drill, have, whenever the weather
and the state of the tide were favourable, been em-
bracing the opportunity to improve themselves in
ball practice. This has been afforded them at the
Liverpool North Fort, which, being in close proxi-
mity to the Cunard Company's works, the men
have been enabled to turn out at short notice. This
they have done in their ordinary working attire,
and yesterday the Ist, 2d, and 3d Companies turned
out. The target was a barrel moored at 1,800 yards
distance, and from its position not more than six of
the fort guns could be brought to bear. At an ele-
vation of 4 deg. all the shots, spherical 321 b. balls,
passed over the target, but most of them were in a
good line, slightly to leeward of the target, a strong
southerly breeze blowing at the time. On the pre-
vious practising day one of the shot cut the flag-
staff right through, while another penetrated com-
pletely through both sides of the barrel. At the
preceding day's practice the flag was also shot away.
The general drill, dficiency, and the stalwart bear-
ing of this corps meet with deserved commendation.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY EVENING.

DREADFUL AGRARIAN MURDED IN CLARE.

The morning journals record one of the most
frightful agrarian murders which have for a long
time been committed in Ireland. It took place on
Monday night, at Feakle, in the county of Clare,
the iictim being Alderman William Sheehy, a
wealthy and respected citizen of Limerick, who
had, unfortunately for himself, become possessed of
considerable landed property in the adjacent county.
As will be seen from the accounts which I subjoin,
the murder was in every respect a crime of surpas-
sing barbarity :