The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-01 00:00:00

TILE ARMY.

Colonel Tulloh, R.A., Superintendent of the Royal
Carriage Department of Woolwich Arsenal and In-
spector of Artillery, yesterday proceeded to Dover,
where he will be engaged until Thursday in inspect-
ing the coast defences and armament of that station,
The appointment of chief paymaster to the
Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers at Woolwich,
which has been held for some time past by Major
Marvin, R.A., is about to be abolished. The pay-
ment will in future be made by the respective
brigade paymasters, that of the Riding-house esta-
blishment having been entrusted by the War
Department to Paymaster Gibbs, Horse Brigade.
Major Marvin will in consequence withdraw from
the service on a retiring pension, to which his long
services ,entitle him.

The authorities of the Military Store Department
of Woolwich Arsenal yesterday received informa-
tion from the War-office to the effect that the steam
transport Zebra, laden with war stores, in attempt-
ing to proceed down the river from the docks, had
sustained some serious damage to her hull, and was
fast filling with water off Ro'therhithe. The autho-
rities were ordered to supply the necessary requi-
sites without delay for the recovery of the stores,
for which a couple of barges were hastily despatched.
The War-office steam storeship Lord Panmure,
H. J. Moore, commander, sailed from Woolwich
yesterday for Tilbury Fort and Purfieet; to fill up
with powder and ammunition for Devonport and
Bill Point.

The following transports have been taken up by
the War Department for the conveyance of military
stores from Woolwich Arsenal :—The Matilda, the
Queen of the Teign, the Plover, the Sir G. F. Sey-
mour, the Hardy, the Gottenburg, the Meirion's
Bride, the Commodore, the Nile, the Panmure, the
Amelia Eirene, the Diadem, the' Heathpark, the
African, the Lady Newborough, and the Regina.
The experimental trials between the Armstrong
and Whitworth 100 pounder guns from the Stork
gunboat .at Portsmouth will not take place for some
days, owing to a difficulty which has arisen in
handling the Whitworth since its arrival at Ports-
mouth, and which has necessitated an application
to Mr. Whitworth to again place the gun in work-
ing order. It is also stated that the difficulty has
not arisen from any fault of the gun, either in
principle or manufacture.

The Colonelcy of the 23d Regiment (the Royal
Welsh Fusiliers) has become vacant by the death
of Lieut.-Gen. Henry Rainey, C.B. and K.H., who
died on the 26th ult. at Brighton. The gallant
General had been nearly 60 years in the army.
Colonel Henry C. Streatfield, retired full pay
87th Foot, died a few days since, aged 70. The late
Colonel's professional services were chiefly, if not
wholly, confined to India. He served in the'Mah-
ratta campaign of 1804 and two following years,
including the assault of Bhurtpore, with the
Grenadiers of the 65th. He was also present at
the capture of the Isle of France in 1810 ; and also
served during the Mahratta campaign of 1817 and
1818.

Lieut.-Gen. James Irwin Willes, of the corps of
Royal Marines, whose death has been announced to
the Admiralty, was one of the oldest officers belong-
ing to that branch of the service, having entered the
Royal Marines in the year 1804. The deceased
general officer had seen service in nearly every part
of the globe.

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to it. (Cheers.) I quite agree with Lord Harting-
ton that the danger will be when the first novelty
of the undertaking has passed away, and when
European politics have settled down. We want,
therefore, a regular organisation, and the object of
that organisation should be not merely to induce
men to connect themselves with this movement—
not merely to induce them to join themselves with
particular corps—but to induce them to give to
themselves these two qualities, without which no
volunteer corps is valuable for military purposes—
discipline and skill as marksmen. Neither of these
qualities come by nature ; they can only be acquired
—skill in shooting by a long and arduous trial, only
relieved by the interest taken in it ; and if that is
the present want of the volunteers, I am prepared
to contend that the association which we are now
forming directly supplies that want. It does
much also for the promotion of discipline, by
holding out certain privileges and advantages to
those who are inclined to join the regular volunteer
service. Directly, it gives encouragement to skill
in the use of the rifle, by applying that which is
most powerful stimulus—competitiOn, publicity,
honour, and distinction. So much for the general
purposes which the association has in view; one
word with regard to those who have been most
active in its promotion ; and I do not think I should
be doing injustice to the many gentlemen who have
assisted if I name especially two—Mr. Blundell and
Mr. Adam Gladstone. The promoters of the asso-
ciation had (said his lordship in continuation) to
consider what should be the area of the association,
what should be the times and places of meeting,
who should be admitted to compete for prizes and
who should not, and what the prizes should be.
As to the area there would be little difference of
opinion that the whole county ought to be included,
and that no other counties should be admitted. If
the area was made too large, the result would be
that the prizes would serve only as an encourage-
ment to a few of the first-rate shots of all England,
and nothing could be more clear than that if the
association wished the shooting to be of practical
utility, they would not wish to show half a dozen
of the best shots of the country, but the highest
average of good shooting. (Applause.) A small
area on the other hand, such as a town or village,
would not attract great notice, and the rewards
would not be looked upon with much pride. As to
the time and place, perhaps experience would be
the best guide ; so that it was better not to tie
themselves down. The resolution said not later
than the last week iu September, and this was
probably on account of the harvest, which would
then be over (that, however, was of little import-
ance) ; but more probably because at that time the
majority of the county gentry would have returned
from town to their country residences. As to
place, they must be guided by the opportunities of
finding a suitable ground, but it was quite clear that
the only chance of inducing the whole county to
come together from year to year would be the hold-
ing of the matches in different districts alternately.
As to the question who were to compete, preference
and advantages should be given to members of the
regularly organised volunteer corps; but at the
same time they ought not absolutely to exclude
those who did not belong to the volunteers. Some
advantages should be given to volunteers as com-
pensation for the drill and discipline which they
had taken pains to acquire ; at the same time there
were many who had not time to connect themselves
with the movement who might yet feel anxious to
learn the use of the rifle, and should not be entirely
excluded. For these latter prizes might be offered
as for outsiders. As to the prizes the resolution
said they ought to be numerous and of moderate
value ; and the meeting would probably concur in
both those requirements. They did not want a few
great prizes for a few crack shots, but such a con-
siderable number as would give every man a rea-
sonable chance of obtaining one; and as to the
value he did not think they should be of large value,
as the winner would always think less of the value
than the honour. The prizes should be articles
that could be preserved by the winners and handed
down to their families after them. His lordship con-
tinued—One word I should like to.say about the
position which we are to hold relatively to the
National Rifle Association. I think it is desirable
we should work in harmony with that body. (Ap-
plause.) . Their rules have been very carefully
framed, and are the result of experience and care.
I have no doubt we shall be able to avail ourselves
of
fthethe
their
rexperience
of ; but I hope, also, we shall not
forfeit being att entirely independent
and separate body. Ido not think we ought to
n become the dependency of an association ; but I say
that i
and in no way pledging any other person to
it. on, r
erhaps simply as expressing my own individual opi-
nion,
you will allow me to say that I have
had the pleasure this morning of placing in the
hards of Lord Sefton a letter from Lord Derby,
expressing his regret at his inability to attend, hut
expressing also his cordial approbation of the ob-
jects of this meeting. (Applause.)

Colonel the Hon. A. EGERTON seconded the reso-
lution, and referred to the skill of the Tyrolese,
the Swiss, and the Americans in the use of the
rifle, as illustrating the advantages which were
pos4essed by countries whose inhabitants were
trained marksmen.

Viscount GREY DE WILTON briefly supported

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