The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-25 00:00:00

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cent., 8.49. Ist Battalion 17th Regiment—figure
of merit, battalion, 94.58 ; best company, 117.11 ;
marksmen per cent., 11.78. 28th Regiment—figure
of merit, battalion, 94.57. GOth Regiment--figure

of merit, battalion, 93.60 ; best company, 103:02 ;
marksmen, per cent., 10.52. 63d Regiment—figure
of merit, battalion, 90.57 ; best company, 94.09 ;
marksmen, per cent., 6.08. 89th Regiment—
figure of merit, battalion, 86.91 ; best company,
98.22 ; marksmen, per cent., 6.52. 81st Regiment
—figure of merit, battalion, 83.06 ; best company,
94.20 ; marksmen, per cent., 6-10. 71st Regiment—
figure of merit, battalion, 61.79 ; best company,
87.84 ; marksmen, per cent., 1-96. The best shots
are—Divisional, Private M. O'Day, 63d Regiment,
86 points ; Ist period, Privates James Carter, 63d
Regiments, 67 points; second period, second class,
Colour-Serg. P. O'Donnell, 52d Regiment, 52
points ; third period, first class, Serg. E. Fahey,
66th Regiment, 40 points. Capt. F. A. Champion's
Company, 52d Regiment, shows the highest figure
of merit—viz., 122-12.
An order has been received at Colchester intimat-
ing that the depot of the Ist (King's) Dragoon
Guards will arrive at Colchester about.the 20th of
next month from Maidstone. The depot will com-
prise Capts. Gunter and Grews ; Lieuts. Gandy,
Childs, and Benthall ; Cornets Lloyd and Sadlier,
and 152 non-commissioned officers and men. Be-
tween the arrival of the Ist Dragoons and the de-
parture of the 11th Hussars the depot of the former
will be temporarily quartered in camp.
The 48th (Northamptonshire) ttegimeut, under
the command of Col. J. G. R. Aplin, and consist-
ing of 33 officers, 728 men, 7 horses, 78 women,
and 98 children, arrived at Aldershott Camp on
Thursday afternoon, from Shorncliffe. The regi-
ment is temporarily stationed in the west block
Permanent Barracks.

The 69th Regiment, under the command of Col.
D. E. Mackirdy, now stationed at Aldershott, is
under orders to proceed to Portsmouth on Wednes-
day, there to embark for the Channel Islands.
A divisional field-day was to have taken place at
Aldershott on Friday, but the order was counter-
manded on Thursday evening. During the past
week, however, all the arms of the service have been
separately exercised. It is expected that the sum-
mer strength of the division will shortly be aug-
mented by the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) from
Windsor, and the Ist battalion Grenadier Guards
from London.

We are requested to mention that her Majesty's
ship Prince Consort is now under the command of
Capt. E. A. Inglefield, the late commander (Capt.
Willes) having retired in April last.
The following appointments were made . on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. A. R. Kerr, to the
Griffon; William E. Gill, assist.-clerk, to the Im-
pregnable ; Robert M. Pearson, assist.-clerk, addi-
tional, to the Royal George ; Samuel G. Strong,
assist.-clerk, to the Griffon ; Robert Donaldson,
assist.-clerk, to the St. Vincent ; Walter J. A.
Preston, John S. King, and James D. Drysdale,
assist-clerks, to the Fisgard, for service in Ac-
countant-General's department.

Finally, the freedom of action which each indepen-
dent State ought to reserve toitself has its limits
I with respect to the general solidarity whichis too
much misunderstood in these days. Isolated, a
State may be drawn further than is required for the
protection of its own interests. It is well that the
necessity for concerted action should bring its
checks and its qualifications to bear upon this
egotism, which is only truly wise when it is well
understood. Egotism well understood consists pre-
cisely in the sentiment of general solidarity which
is now the law of humanity. Upon all these
grounds we strongly desire to see an understanding
between the neutral Powers, and we are convinced
that whenever such an understanding is probable
the concurrence of Russia will not be wanting."