The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-04 00:00:00

The Volunteers.

The annual inspection of the Ist Staffordshire
Artillery Volunteers took place in front of Etruria-
hall, Newcastle, on Saturday afternoon. There
were on parade Captain-Commandant W. Roden,
Capt. Browne, Lieut. Strick, Lieut. Bull, and 203
non-commissioned officers and men, ten being absent
on account of sickness, and nine without leave. Not-
withstanding a heavy shower the volunteers at the
appointed hour marched from the Armoury-yard to
the field, and received the inspecting-officer, Col.
Biddulph, of Woolwich, with the usual salute. They
then marched, and were put through the manual and
platoon exercise, garrison drill and field-gun drill,
in the midst of heavy rain, obeying the command of
the officers with the greatest alacrity. At the
close of the inspection; Colonel Biddulph com-
plimented the members of the corps on their fine
appearance and the satisfactory way in which they
had gone through their drill. Three cheers were
given for the Queen, also for the inspecting-officer
and the officers of the corps.
In Wiltshire the important event of the past week
was the grand county shooting meeting at Battles-
bury, near Warminster, which was commenced on
Wednesday and continued during the week. The
programme contained prizes to the value of £4OO,
and the entries of competitors were more numerous
than at any previous county gathering. At War-
minster triumphal arches were erected in honour of
the meeting, and everywhere decorations abounded,
with illuminations in the evening, finishing with a
grand county ball on Friday. The weather on Wed-
nesday was most inauspicious for the shooting, the
rain pouring down in torrents nearly the whole of
the day. On the succeeding days, however, there
was not much to complain of in this respect. The
regulations were Wimbledon targets and scoring and
Enfields or rifles of bona fide Government pattern,
five rounds at each range. In Class A, open to
effective members only of any Volunteer rifle or
Yeomanry corps in the county, the prize given by the
president of the Wilts Rifle Association (Marquis
of Bath), value 35 guineas, was won by Quarter-
master Neale, 7th Wilts, at 200 and 500 yards,
with 32 marks; 2d, Sergeant H. J. Ward, sth Wilts,
(7 guineas), 29 marks. The late High Sheriff of
Wilt's prize (Mr. T. H. A. Poynder), value 50
guineas, fell to Colour-Sergeant Jeffreys, 6th Wlits,
for 38 marks, at 300, 500, and 700 yards ; 2d, Pri-
vate J. Martin, 10th Wilts, 38 marks—prize, a Kerr
rifle. A second prize, value 25 guineas, given by
the same gentleman, to be competed for at 200,
400, and 500 yards, by Volunteers who had never
won a prize, was carried off by Private Ball, Ist
Wilts, with 36 marks. Sergeant Baker; of the Zth
Wilts, in the battalion match competition, won the
10 guinea prize (presented by Mr. R. P. Long,
M.P.), at 300 and GOO yards, with a total of 23.
Lieutenant-Colonel Everett's 10 guinea prize, at 200
and 300 yards, was won by Quartermaster-Sergeant
Neate, 7th Wilts, with 30 marks. At 400 and 500
yards Lieutenant-Colonel Ward's 10-guinea prize
was also won by Quartermaster Neate, with 37
marks. The 10-guinea prize presented by General
Buckley was carried off at 600 and 700 yards by
Colour-Sergeant Graham, 2d Wilts, with 29 marks.
The Challenge Cup, value £5O, with a piece of plate
of £25 in value, fell to the lot of Corporal Nott, sth
Wilts, for 41 marks, at 300, 600, and 800 yards (7
shots at the last range) ; 2d prize of 10 guineas,
given by Lord C. B. Bruce, M.P., Private Wake-
man, 10th Wilts, 41 marks. A prize of 10 guineas,
given by the ladies of the county, was won by Pri-
vate Perris, Ist Wilts, with 46 marks, at 200, 500,
and 600 yards. The prize of 10 guineas, presented
by Mr. T. F. Grove, M.P., for the highest aggre-
gate score, was taken by Quartermaster Neate,with
204. In class B, open to all residents in the county,
Mr. Sothern Estcourt's prize of 10 guineas was won
by Hon. Member E. Sloper, at 200 and 300 yards,
with a Whitworth, with 39 marks. At 400 and
500 yards the 10 guineas given by Mr. Marsh,
M.P., fell to Private Wakeman, 10th Wilts, for 40
marks. The Consolation Stakes at 200 and 500
yards—first prize, 10 guineas, was won by Sergeant
Adye, 9th Wilts, 37 marks.

InYorkshire, the Ripon Volunteers have competed
for eight money prizes given by Lieut. Wood, for
which 40 members competed at 400, 500, and
700 yards. The winners were Private It Cliford,
42 ; Private W. Moorey, 32 ; Colour-Sergeant T.
Clarke, 31; Lance-Corporal Craven, 30 ; Private
W. Tinsley, 29 ; Corporal Pearce, 28 ; Private
Theakstone, 28; and Corporal Dudgeon, 27. The
Barnsley Volunteers (first-class shots) completed
their target practice, and Corporal George Brown
proved entitled to the Marksman's Badge, having
made 42 marks, to which the 42 of the second period
, were added, giving the aggregate score 84.£10
Hull Volunteers competed for a prize of
by Colonel Lord Londesborou,„' hand added
given
from the prize hind for second a
i third prizes, 400,
range five rounds.
competitors, 500, 550, and 600 yards,
There were 48 cri
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n (of E company),the first prize was
won by Sergeant E. S. sn
who made a score of 61, Private 11. Best and Ser-
geant Collenshaw making each 56, anti winning the
two other prizes. The Ist. West York Artillery
Volunteers have been at Morecambe for shot and
shell practice. Although at 1,200 yards the target
was not hit, the shot fell so near as to denote a
creditable accuracy in laying the guns. The prizes
given by Capt. Jackson for the best five shots in
round shot practice were won by gunner Brooksbank,
Corporal Hirst, Gunner Travers, Bombardier New-
some, and Gunner Oates in the order named. An-
other prize for striking the target with shell was
divided between gunners Oates and Braithwaite,
who both accomplished the task. Lieut. Marshall,
R.A., who superintended the shooting, expressed
himself satisfied with the practice made with solid
shot, considering the very bad weather, and said the
shell firing was admirable. The Ist Administrative
Brigade of the West York Artillery Volunteers have
been inspected by Lieut.-Col. Ord, R.A. The men

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expressed 1.......ze1f pleased to be able to report favour-
ably of them at head-quarters.
The Monmouth Volunteers have just had their
annual review at Chippenham Mead, Monmouth,
when there were present—artillery, 396 ; Ist batta-
lion, 292 ; 2d battalion, 387 ; 3d battalion, 4G9—
total, 1,544. The artillery consistedof four batteries
from Newport, one from Aberearn and Crumlin, and
one from Blackwood. The battalions were com-
manded as follows :—lstbattalion, Col. Lync, Major
Phillips, and Adjt. Pearson; 2d battalion, Col. the
Hon. F. Morgan, Major Banks, and Adjt. Wick-
ham ; 3d battalion, Major the lion. C. Butler, Major
King, and Adjt. Phipps : 4th battalion, Col. Roden,
Major Richards, and Adjt. Carnegie. After the
usual evolutions the prizes won at the annualshoot-
ing at Newport were handed to the winners by the
Hon. Mrs. Herbert.

During the past week a bazaar washeld at llayle,
Cornwall, in aid of the funds of the local Vo-
lunteer Club, when upwards of £3OO were rea-
lised. A handsome silver cup, presented by the
wife of Captain Boyns, was shot for on Wednesday
by the St. Just Rifles, and was won by Private
Trembath. 'The annual prize shooting took place
at St. Ives on Thursday, when a silver cup and other
valuable prizes were competed for. The weather was
very unfavourable, still the shooting was considered
to be very creditable. The cup was won by Sergeant
Alartyn, who made the highest score, 47. Captain
Grenfell took the next best prize, and Gunner Drake
the third. Two ladies distributed the prizes.

Theodore, King of Abyssinia.

Some correspondence just issued among the Par-

liamentary papers gives an account of the " King of
Kings of Ethiopia." When he received Consul
Cameron in 1862 the King was in a reclining pos-
ture with a double-barrelled gun and two pistols by
his side, his Ministers and Generals standing round
in their robes of State. The Consul was allowed to
be seated. According to the custom in Abyssinia
mead and broiled meats were brought in. The King
gave a graphic description of his_ campaign against
Negusi, and of the death scene of his late grand
chamberlain, the Englishman Bell, in which our
countryman singled out the chief Garrett, to whom
Mr. Consul Plowden owed his death, and killed
him on the battlefield, while the King despatched
the same rebel's brother. 'Both the slain were his
Majesty's cousins. He spoke of his further revenge
for Mr. Plowden's death when he executed 1,500 of
Garrett's followers on the same day ; he did this,
he said, to win the friendship of her Majesty. The
*consul delivered the presents, a rifle and revolver
pistols, sent by her Majesty in acknowledgment of
the king's exertions to recover the- remains of her
late consul, Mr. Plowden. The King was anxious
to procure English aid or influence against the pres-
sure of the Turks upon his borders. Consul Plow-
den sent to the Foreign-office in 1855 a report, in
which, after referring to the distracted state of
Abyssinia, with its chiefs generally at variance with
each other, he says :—" A remarkable man has now
appeared, who, under the title of King Theodorus,
has broken the power of the great feudal chiefs, has
united the whole of Northern Abyssinia under his
authority, and has established tolerable ' tranquil-
lity.' It appears that from his earliest youth he
has regarded this as his destiny. Mr. Plowden de-
scribes him as young, vigorous in all manly exer-
cises, of a striking countenance, peculiarly polite
and engaging when pleased, and mostly displaying
great tact and delicacy, of untiring energy, both
mental and bodily, and of boundless daring, perso-
nal and moral. His ideas and language are said
to be clear and precise, hesitation is not known to
him, he has neither councillors nor go-betweens.
lle salutes his meanest subject with courtesy, and
is generous to excess, but also unsparing in punish-
ment and terrible when his wrath is aroused. His
faith is signal ; " Without Christ," he says, " I am
nothing ; but if He has destined me to purify and
reform this distracted kingdom, who shall stay me ?"
Mr. Plowden, who thus sketched the King's cha-
racter, stated that he had made great reforms of
Abyssinia, had enforced more decency of manners,
was putting down trade in slaves, and vexatious
exactions on commerce. As might be expected, he
was jealous of his sovereign rights, and he objected
to the establishment of an English consulate in his
dominions as an innovation ; "he found no such
thing in the history of the institutions of Abys-
sinia." Mr. Plowden hinted that if he consented
to the establishment of friendly relations the sea-
coast and Massowah might possibly be given up to
him ; but though his ambition was roused at this he
feared the clause conferring jurisdiction on the con-
sul as trenching on his prerogative, and the time for
consideration was so short that he was too much
startled at the proposal to accept it. The Roman
Catholic mission had usurped the functions of the
Aboona and the Abyssinian clergy, and the King
feared that we should wish inlike manner to 'Usurp the
political rights of the Sovereign. The Earl of Claren-
don, then Foreign Secretary, approved the language
of the consul in his interview with King Theodorus.
Consul Cameron, visiting the King seven years
afterwards, stated to him that the question of juris-
diction by a consul was in his Majesty's hands—
that England only wanted justice to her subjects,
and that if his Majesty explained to our Govern-
ment that separate jurisdiction would be impossible,
and is unnecessary where the laws are so mild as
in Abyssinia, this would besufficient for the present.
Mr. Plowden's opinion was this :—" Whenever he
does sign a treaty he will faithfully fulfil his obli-
gations to the extent of his authority. He has a
noble disdain of falsehood or covetousness. Should
he establish one Government as he proposes, and a
frontier arrangement be made with Egypt, Abyssinia
may rank as a Christian kingdom ; should he fail,
she must be left to her destiniesuntil some European
Power shall think it worth while to conquer and in-
struct the most fertile of African provinces." Un-
fortunately, Consul Cameron, when furnished by
the King with a letter to Queen Victoria, and or-
dered by him to return to his post at Massowah,
went to Bogos, where be employed himself in recon-
ciling some rival chiefs, sending on the King's letter
by an Abyssinian messenger. Theclwlieafschaiussjeooufrntheye
King's anger with Consul Cameron
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variousobh-
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gations of the British Government are
enough and heavy enough without undertaking so
costly, hazardous, and unprofitable a protectorate."

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