The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-10 00:00:00

THE VOLUNTEERS.

In connection with the intended visit of the Eng-
lish Volunteers to the Belgian 'fir National there are
some other arrangements worthy of notice in addi-
tion to those which have appeared in The Sun. One
of the most important regulations, and a most re-
quisite one, is that every Volunteer is to be provided
with a ticket, signed by his commanding officer, to
show that he is a bona fide Volunteer. Without this
ticket no person will be admitted to any of the privi-
leges open to the Volunteers, so that the Volunteer
uniform alone will not be a passport to theatre, rout,
or ball, for will the railway companies grant the re-
turn tickets at reduced fares withoutthis pass being
produced. All holders of the pass will be permitted
to shoot for the English Volunteer prizes, shot for
only with the long Enfield, as first stage of the
Queen's Prize, with Government ammunition, with-
out any entrance fee, and also for the long-range
prizes open to all foreign competitors in uniform.
The Great Eastern Railway Company offers to con-
vey Volunteers in uniform from London to Antwerp
for the further reduced return of 155., 205., or 255.,
the first fare being for second class and fore cabin,
the second for the same class and saloon, and the
third for first class and saloon. The drawback to
this route is that thereis only one journey eachway
a week—namely, from London on Wednesday and
from Antwerp on Tuesday. The tickets are avail-
able for a fortnight.
The 2d Surrey Artillery, under Colonel Durnford,
passed a very satisfactory inspection on Saturday
afternoon.

The members of the Ist Middlesex Artillery held
their annual carbine prize meeting at Purfleet a
short time since. There were three competitions—
the first at 100 and 200 yards for six prizes, vary-
ing from £lO to £3. The first was won by Corporal
Meens with 32 ; the second by Bombardier Garn-
ham with 31 ; the third byßombardier Gibbon with
30 ; the fourth by Gunner A. Garnham, with 30 ;
the fifth by Bombardier Bell with 30 ; and the sixth
by Sergeant Bone with the same score. The second
competition was shot for at 200 yards and 300 yards
and in this Gunners Notley and Wand, Sergeant
Rodd, Captain Monckton, Gunner Gibsone, and
Corporal Tracey were successful ; and Veterinary-
Surgeon Withers and Gunner Wimble won prizes,
as non-winners in either and making the highest
aggregate scores in the two competitions. Ser-
geant-Major Tilfour, Gunder Lews, and Trumpeter
Orme won the Ladies' Consolation prizes.
The 20th Middlesex Rifle Corps have concluded
the shooting for a very long list of prizes, the
competitions for which lasted for several days at
the Willesden range. The first prize in Captain
Rogers's company fell to Sergeant Smith with
43 at the Wimbledon ranges ; that in Captain
Plucknett's, to Private Millard ; that in Capt.Blyth's,
to Sergeant Rudd ; that in Capt. Tim's, to Private
Wigley ; that in Capt. Charley's, to Corporal guar;
the first, second, and third in Capt. Mackenzie's
company to Sergeant Neal, Corporal Padgett, and
Private Harley ; and the first places in Capts. Hug-
gins, Haggard's, and Griffith's companies were taken
by Sergeant Wilson, Ensign Jordan, and Sergeant
Williams. In the shooting for the battalion prizes,
which were presented by Col. Bigge, Mr. R. Atten-
borough, Mr. East, Major Bowyer, Major Scovell,
Dr. Mott, and other gentlemen, Privates Snowdon
and Ketchin, Sergeant Williams, Corporal Scotten,
and Sergeant Davidson, obtained the first places,
with very good scores.
The prize meeting of the 37th (Bloomsbury) was
held at the Willesden ranges, and of the private
prizes Mr. Kennedy won the first, with 41, at the
Wimbledon ranges, and Mr. Townshend the second
with 39. The first three non-commissioned officers'
prizes were won by Corporal Marshall, Colour-Ser-
geant Bowerman, and Colour-Sergeant Golding.
The gold challenge medal was won by Sergeant
Gould, with 54, at seven rounds at each of the Wim-
bledon ranges, and the silver medal by Corporal Mar-
shall,with 38, at the Wimbledon ranges, five at each.
On Saturday afternoon the members of the 15th
(Garston) Lancashire Artillery Volunteers had a
great gun contest for money prizes subscribed for
among themselves. There were nine detachments
of 10 men each, and the contest took place from the
32-pounder guns of the Garston battery. The offi-
cers present were—Lieut.-Col. Trimble, Capt. Cox,
Capt. Atherton, Capt. Bird, Lieuts. Dwerryhouse,
Downie, J. Goffey, A. Goffey, Guthrie ; Quarter-
master Goffey, SurgeonC aysen , an dAdj utan Morgan.
The conditions were that each detachment should
fire six shots, three at
,a target at 1,200 yards dis-
tance, and three at 1,500 yards distance, and that
10 minutes' time should,,be allowed to fire the shots,
any detachment exceeding that time to be disqua-
lified. The No. lof each detachment laid the
gun as follows : —lst detachment, Corporal
Hughes, of No. 3 Battery ; 2d, Sergeant
Stananought, No. 1 Battery ; 3d, Sergt. Graham;
No. 3 Battery ; 4th, Sergt. Atherton, No. 2 Bat-
tery ; sth, Gunner Ireland, No. 2 Battery ; 6th,
Gunner Harrison, No. 4 Battery ; 7th, Sergeant
Hughes, No. 1 Battery; Bth, Lieut. Downie, No. 5
Battery ; and 9th, Lieut. Goffey, No. 6 Battery.
The firing commenced shortly before 5 o'clock, and
concluded about 7. The first detachment scored 34
points in 81 minutes ; the 2d, 30 points in 9 min.,
including one target hit at the 1,250 yards' range ;
the 3d, 28 points in 9 min., including one splendid
shot at the long range, which carried away the tar-
get ; the 4th, 16 points in 71 min. ; the sth (recruits),
14 min., excluded—they however scored only four
or five points ; the 6th, 18 points in 9 min.; the 7th,
20 points in 8 min. ; the Bth, 15 points in 81 min. ;
and the 9th, 16 points in 9 min. The first three de-
tachments, therefore, won the prizes in the order as
they stood.