The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-15 00:00:00

TEE ARMY.

As some misunderstanding has arisen at Wool-
wich with reference to the duties required of the
Deputy Inspector-General of the Royal Artillery
Infirmary, and his position on the Staff,
Major-
General Richard Dacres, K.C.8., commanding at 4.
Woolwich, has issued a garrison order, desiring i..
'to be clearly understood that the position of the
Deputy Inspector-General is precisely the same as
that laid down at page 42 in the code of " Medical
Regulations" for principal medical officers in a gene-
ral hospital.
On Friday, Col. the Hon. A. Gordon visited the
camp at Colchester for the purpose of making the
necessary arrangements before taking the command
of the garrison in succession to Major-General
-Wood. Col. Gordon is expected to enter on his
new duties on the Ist of November. Ensign Walsh,
of the 44th, is about to proceed to Languard Fort,
Harwich, to relieve Ensign Michell of the 66th, who
will return to the camp. Lieut. Freeborn, of the
Ist Foot, will also shortly proceed to Harwich to
take the command of the detachment of the 9th
battalion stationed there. Lieut.-General Sir J.
F. Love, Inspector-General of Infantry, has decided
that officers shall take their leave of absence,
and non-commissioned officers and men re-
ceive their furloughs from the Ist of November
without waiting for his annual inspection. The
following officers have been granted leave of ab-
sence to the end of the year :—Capt. R. Thomson
and Lieut. Kilson, Ist Battalion, 6th Foot ; Ensign
Holton, 37th Foot ; Brevet-Major Vance, 38th ;
Ensign Overton, 44th; Capt. Eccles, Lieut. Gub-
bins7Ensigns Wood and Burnell, 56th ; and Ensign
Addison, 66th.

It appears from some correspondence read at the
last meeting of the Great Yarmouth Town Council
that the Government propose to take four acres of
land for the proposed batteries at the mouth of that
harbour. Accommodation is to be provided in con-
nexioi with the batteries for 100 men.

THE VOLUNTEER 1(O VENENT,

The 21st Middlesex (Civil Service Regiment),
Hou. Col. H.R.fl. the Prince of Wales, Lieut.-Col.
Viscount Bury, will proceed on Tuesday, Wednes-
day, and Thursday to Wimbledon for target prac-
tice, On Wednesday the Admiralty company will
fire for the company's prizes, and the prizes for the
Post-office companies will be shot for on Thursday,
Nov. 15.
Yesterday morning the members of the Ist Tower
Hamlets Rifle Volunteers mustered to the number
of 130 at their drill ground, Hawthorn-street,
lilingsland, and marched, accompanied by their
brass band, drums and fifes, under the command of
Alajor Sherwood, their commandant, to West
Hackney Church for Divine service. The sermon
-was preached by the Rev. R. Chaffer, M.A., in aid
of the National Society for Educating the Poor in
the Principles of the Established Church. The
rev, gentleman selected for his text the 72d Psalm,
13th verse—" He shall spare the poor and needy,
and shall save the souls of the needy." The ser-
mon, however, bore no reference to the rifle volun-
teer movement, but simply advocated the claims of
the society to public support. At its conclusion a
collection was made. The Ist Tower Hamlets now
number about 500 members, of whom between 200
and 300 are effectives, and considering the short
time they have been organised, they are a highly
efficient body of men.
The greatest muster hitherto of the Workman's
Volunteer Brigade, now numbering 1,100 men, took
place on Saturday evening in the Guildhall, on
which occasion the Colonel Commandant, Sir Wm,
De Bathe, made the following remarks :—" Volun-
teers, I had hoped to be able to inform you that
.your services had been accepted. I cannot as yet
communicate that gratifying intelligence. It is
right, however, to acquaint you that the delay,
which we all greatly deplore, does not arise from
any want of exertion on the part of your officers,
for we have laid before the public authorities your
numbers, you efficiency, your zeal, and your loyalty,
respectfully soliciting for them an answer, one
way or other, whether or not they would accept of
the services of the Workman's Volunteer Brigade,
considering it not advisable and most impolitic to
suffer so loyal a body to continue any longer de-
voting both their time and money to an uncertainty.
In the meantime you must rest satisfied with the
thanks of your officers for your exemplary conduct.
I hope next Saturday to be able to tell you that
your services are accepted. Under the circumstances
I invite you to give three cheers for Queen
Victoria." Loud and protracted cheers followed,
after which the battalion, headed by a party of
Volunteers in uniform, and its two bands of nearly
85 performers (brass and fifes and drums), marched
through the city, round to Tower-hill, attracting
great applause and observation.
The first annual prize shooting of the 7th West
York (Leeds) Volunteer Rifles commenced on Wed-
nesday, was continued each day up to and includ-
ing Saturday, and will be resumed to-day (Mon-
day). The shooting took place on the corps' prac-
tice ground at Fernley, near Leeds. Only long or
short Enfield rifles were allowed to be used, and
no hair triggers or magnifying sights were per-
mitted. The shooting was from the shoulder, and
the hits counted as at Hythe, the regulations in
other respects being the same as are observed at the
School of Musketry there. The shooting on the
first three days was occupied in the competition for
four prize Enfield rifles complete, with case and
instruments, one rifle being given to the beat shot
in each of the first four companies of the corps.
The shooting was at three ranges-150, 200, and
300 yards, five rounds being fired by each man at
each distance. There were altogether upwards of
100 riflemen engaged in the contest. The highest
score (25) was made by Private B. H. Labron, of
the first company. In the second company the
prize was gained by Private E. C. Senior, who
scored 23 ; in the third company by Sergeant Holt,
who scored 22 ; and in the fourth by Private J. A.
Whalley, who scored 20. With the consent of the
.commanding officer of the corps, Mr. Labron, as the
best shot in the battalion, will wear a badge (cross
muskets and crown, worked in gold), and each of
the other gentlemen named, as the best shot in his
respective company, will wear a similar badge, the
crown i oniTitt• _ed. These badges have been pre-
sented bi") 11/sig •
Beer, a private in the second
company' On Saturday evening the All Corners'
Prize was first shot. There were nearly 50 competi-
tors, each man pik3,i,
gan entrance fee of ss. The
prize was a silver on
aysablveci £lO The shooting was
at 300 yards, five rounds
e fired._..e Capt. Kinnear,
of the 2d company of the Lens&
Rifle Corps, and r.
Brownsword, a private Flo. 5 company of
the Robin Hood Rifles, Nottingham each made seven points, being the two hi h t '
shooting off, Capt. Kinnear 'der th
scorers. On
target, and
Private Brownsword made an
'sind thus
" nutee
won the cup. The competitors for trl;is
and
inrize in-
cluded members of various rile corps
°?
the
as
F
them were Mr. T. Campbell Foster,on
Inn Corps, the learned gentleman being
in Lincoln
Leeds
owing to the sessions being held during the last few
s
days ; he scored six. Mr. W. Gott, of Leeds, offered
as a prize for the second best
co
m_
cup, value £5, m,
petitor, and Capt. Kinnear will, of course, be en-
titled to it. After the All Corners' Prize, the Bo-
rough Members'Prize was competed for, five rounds
at 300 yards being shot. It was won by Private
J. T. Beer, of the 2d company of the Leeds Rifle
Corps, who made 10 points. There were a large
number of competitors for it. These are all the prizes
which have yet been shot, but several still remain for
competition. The weather, on the whole, has been
unfavourable, and on the first day a drizzling rain
fell, which rendered it very difficult to take correct
aim. Considering these circumstances the general
scoring is regarded as satisfactory. There will
be a formal presentation of the prizes to the suc-
cessful competitors in the Victoria-hall, Leeds, on
some day not yet named, and Earl De Grey and
Ripon has been asked to preside on the occasion.
On Saturday afternoon the grounds of Mr. W.
Angerstein, M.P., for Greenwich, at The Wood-
lands, Blackheath, were visited by a large number
of the residents of the neighbourhood, for the pur-
pose of witnessing the presentation by Mrs. Anger-
stein, on behalf of the ladies of Blackheath, of a
silver bugle and cup to the members of the 7th

(Kidbrooke) company of Kent Volunteer Rifles.
Shortly after 4 o'clock the company was drawn up
in line, under the command of Captain Morris,
when the Rev. Mr. Selwyn, of Blackheath, having
offered an appropriate prayer, Mrs. Angerstein
stepped forward and addressed the company as fol-
lows :—Captain. Morris, officers, and men of the
Kidbrooke Company of Volunteer Rifles, I have
been requested by the ladies of this immediate
neighbourhood to be their representative 'upon this
occasion, and I beg to offer you their best wishes,
I together with my own, for the success and perma-
nence of that noble Volunteer Movement which you
were:among the first to join, and the duties of which
you have carried on in the most praiseworthy and
energetic manner. (Applause.) We earnestly pray
that if ever you are called upon to defend your
Queen, your country, and your homes, Almighty
God will crown your efforts with success. (Ap-
plause.) I now present you with this bugle and
this cup, in the full assurance that you will each of
you nobly fulfil:your duty in whatever circumstances
you may be placed. (Renewed applause.) The bugle
and cup were then handed to Captain Morris, upon
which Mr. Angerstein briefly addressed the com-
pany, remarking that trom its commencement the
Volunteer Movement had received his most earnest
support, he believing that it was a movement of
even more than national importance, (Loud ap-
plause.) Captain Morris, in a brief, but pointed ad-
dress, thanked Mrs. Angerstein and the ladies of
Blackheath for the handsome presentation made
that day, assuring them that the cup which had
been given would be the means, by being placed
for competition, of inducing the members to become
thoroughly efficient in rifle shooting, and that if
ever the bugle then held in his hand should sound
the alarm of war the members of the Kidbrooke
company would remember by whom it was pre-
oented, and would go forth to do their duty
to their Queen and country and in fulfilment
' of the oath which they had all taken. (Applause.)
At five o'clock between 500 and 600 persons were
sumptuously entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Anger-
stein, a large and handsome marquee having been
erected for the occasion. The proceedings termi-
nated with a display of fireworks.
The first meeting of the Hertfordshire Rifle Vo-
lunteers took place on Friday at Ashridge-park, the
seat of Earl Brownlow, to compete for the follow-
ing prizes given. by his Lordship and Lady Marian
Alford, and another prize given by Lieut.-Colonel
R. A. Smith Dorrien :—The first prize, a silver
tankard given by Earl Brownlow for aggregate
score at 200, 400, and 600 yards, was awarded, after
a well contested match, to Mr. C. Moore, of the 2d
Company, having made 19 points. The second
prise, a silver watch, to Mr. Wenham, of the Ist
Company, making 17 points.
200 yards .. First prize, £2 to C. Moore .. .. 10 points.
Second prize, £l, to H. Brown .. 7 points.
400 yards .. First prize, £2, to C. Moore .. 5 points.
Second prize, £l, to Mr. Buck-
master .. .. .. .. 5 points.
600 yards . • First prize, £2, to Mr. Wenbam .. 5 points.
Second prize, £l, to Mr. Dredge.. 4 points.
Judging Distance, three ranges up to 300 yards.
First prize, a silver bowl, to Henry Rumball .. 16 points.
, Second prize, a silver drinking cup, to James
Lawrence .. .. .. . 12 points.
A silver cup given by the officers to be shot for by
[ sergeants instructors of the different corps, five
P rounds per man, at 300, 500, and 600 yards, was
won by Sergeant Rawlins at 10 points, beating Ser-
geant E. Walker, who also made 10 points in shoot-
ing off the tie. A prize of £5, given by Lieut.-Col.
R. A. Smith Dorrien, with a sweepstakes of 2s. 6d.
each from 30 members, to which amount they were
limited, at 200 and 300 yards.

First prize, Mr. Jones - 13 points
Second prize, Mr. A. Rumball l2 points
Third prize, Mr. Iles

At the close of the contest Lady Marian Alford dis-
tributed the prizes to the successful competitors, in
the presence of a large number of the nobility who
are staying at Ashridge. After which the whole
of the corps were invited to partake of a sumptuous
dinner, provided by Mr. Strange, of the Crystal
Palace, under a tent near the mantion, where the
whole was brought to a most successful issue under
the presidency of Earl Brownlow, who was well
supported by the nobility of the county.
An encampment formed on Saturday on Nazing-
common, Essex, by the Essex Yeomanry Cavalry,
and Volunteers from the Hon. Artillery Company,
the Victoria, Middlesex, and Herts Rifles, &c. The
encampment was regularly protected by sentries,
guards, videttes, and outposts, and cooking was car-
ried on. Advantage was also taken of the occasion
-to give the troops assembled a " field day." About
two p.m. a parade line was formed, with the bands
on the right of the regiments ; and the troops,
having been inspected, marched on with their bands
playing. The other arrangements of the day were
as follows :—An enemy's army was shown, sup-
posed to be marching from the direction of Epping,
and the right wing of which was presumed to be
annihilated by the artillery and cavalry. The
infantry advanced in columns and formed two
lines, supported by artillery and cavalry, to attack
the cen tre of the hostile force, which with the left
wing was driven back and defeated, as the " enemy"
always is on these occasions. A new line was then
formed, the whole force advanced in parade order
and saluted, and the troops, having refreshed
themselves, marched off the ground.
A slaver bugle has just been presented by Mrs.
Fellow es and the ladies of Huntingdonshire to the
Ist Rifle Corps of that county, which has now
130 is embers enrolled, under the command of
Colone 1 Duncombe. It was originally intended that
the pr esentation should take place in the park of
the Ea rl of Sandwich, at Hinchinbrook ; but the
state of the weather rendered it necessary that the
proceed ings should come off in the Court-house at
Huntingdon. The presentation was conducted
satisfactorily, and Colonel Duncombe having ex-
pressed his thanks to Mrs. Fellowes and the fair
donors .of the bugle, the Volunteers were inspected
on the Market-hill by the Duke of Manchester,
who col nmands the mounted corps formed in the
county.. In the evening a large party of the Voltin-
teers ezz id their friends dined together in the Town-
hall, M r. E. Fellowes, M.P., presiding.
The services of the Artillery company just
formed. at Walton, Suffolk, have been officially
accepte d. Mr. Snow has been chosen first lieu-
tenanit. The Government inspector has allotted
one of"..the martello towers at Walton for practice.
Anothle r item of interest in connection with the
moverai ant in Suffolk is the presentation by Colonel
Shaftel Adair of the handsome donation of £lOO-
- the :funds of the Bungay company.
An effort is being made to raise a third com-
pany so: f Rifle Volunteers at Wakefield. The com-
pany it ; to be composed of working men, and to be
equipp.s d mainly at the expense of Lieutenant
Barker of Thornes, and Mr. S. R. Green, of Wake-
field.