The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-28 00:00:00

A SCOTCH VOLUNTEER CAMP.

The Scotsman gives an interesting account of the en-
campment of the Ist and ad Artisan Companies of the
Edinburgh Volunteer Rifles among the Pentlands. The
pioneers reached the ground on Friday evening, and, after
some difficulty, owing to the boisterous state of the weather,
several tents were pitched, and a number of beds prepared
from ferns and brackens. By and by—

" The moon rose broad and clear, and the landscape be-
came bewitchingly beautiful. The officers and men having
retired to their respective tents, supper was served out, and
in a short time the rattle of the drum, the note of the bugle,
and the sound of song echoed among the lonely hills. At
last these sounds died away, and the wearied volunteers
reposed among the brackens. The guard, however, was
regularly kept up all night, the officers taking their turn
with the men, and the watch. fire blazed over the hills.
About 2 a.m. a form was observed to slink silently into the
camp. Greatly to his surprise he was at once challenged by
the sentry, and turned out to be an Irishman who pretended
to be going up the hill to see his sweetheart. The camp
was again astir at 6 a.m. on Saturday morning, and the
toilets were made at the burn side. Two young ladies cross-
ing Glencorse Burn at a lonely spot at 7 in the morning,
came upon a volunteer engaged in shaving under tremen-
dous difficulties, the wind howling down the glen in irre-
sistible gusts. Little bursts of silvery laughter broke forth,
but were speedily silenced by the vision of another volun-
teer, almost in the garb of Paradise, washing at no great
distance. After breakfast another tent was erected, and seve-
ral camp fires dug. An attempt was made to erect a fourth
tent, but the violence of the tempest rendered it impossible.
Indeed, it was only by constant attention to the ropes that
the tents were prevented from being blown down. Towards
afternoon the wind fell somewhat, and another tent was
then got up. The discipline of a camp was preserved through-
out, and guards regularly set and relieved. About eight
p.m. the main body of the Ist and 3d companies arrived;
Between ten and eleven o'clock, after the men had all
retired to their tents, a member of Captain Gorrie's com-
pany apprised the officer in command of the guard,
that he had accidentally overheard Capt. Taylor, of the 4th
Artisan Company, in conversation with a farmer, making
arrangements for a nocturnal attack. Capt. Gorrie called
out the guard, and extended them in skirmishing order
down the hill in front of the tents, so as to be prepared for
any emergency. The rest of the men were also called out,
and formed into two sub-divisions. Capt. Gorrie himself
led off a small detachment to place them in what he thought
would be a likely direction for the enemy to approach from ;
and having placed the men, he returned to bring up his own
skirmishers. While returning, he perceived in the partial
darkness what he supposed to be a number of his own men
lying on the ground (at the foot of the hill, about 300 yard
from the camp), and cautioned them to remain quiet. While
doing so,he was sprung upon by one of the recumbent figures
(Lieut. Maclagan, 4th Artisans—in command of the party)
who placed a hand en his mouth to prevent him giving the
alarm; at the same moment he was seized by men from
behind, who caught hold of his arms, and, after a vigour-
ous resistance, he had to surrender himself a prisoner.
In the meantime the remainder of the Ist and 3d Compa-
nies had been posted—one subdivision, under Ensign
Morton, close to the camp, in the rear of the tents ; and
the other, under Lieutenant Smith, was extended down
the hill, to support the skirmishers. Lieutenant Maclagan
advanced his party up the hill in front of the camp, and
opened fire upon the skirmishers who had been extended
down the hill to stop his progress. At the same time,
Captain Taylor, in command of another attacking party,
led his men, under the shelter of a hedge, round the
north side of the field in which the camp was placed, and
gained the high ground to the left. On reaching the
open space, Captain Taylor fired a volley on the men
drawn up in the camp, and charged in upon them, while
Lieutenant Maclagan advanced simultaneously on them
from the front, and the attackers seized the flag-staff, and
called out that they were masters of the camp. The
movements on either side were almost wholly concealed
by the darkness, and both parties in many cases only
discovered the position of their adversaries by the blaze and
ratttle of their rifles. During the melee, one volunteer got
his cheek slightly grazed by a cartridge, but happily with-
out sustaining any great harm. The affair was accordingly
stopped, and it was then discovered that the unknown
enemy had been the 2d and 4th Artisan Companies. On.
this discovery the two bodies at once fraternised, and after
some time the 2d and 4th left the camp and marched to
Edinburgh."

COUNTRY MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL—Au o. 27.

There was a moderate attendance of millers and dealers
at this morning's market, and we had a very fair business
doing in English wheat, at 2d per cental lower than last
Tuesday; and a considerable quantity taken for export.
Flour, of prime quality, maintained its value. Oats and
oatmeal were slow of sale, and at a slight decline in price.
Beans and peas in middling request, the former at is aad
the latter at 6d per qr lower. There was not so much in-
quiry for Indian corn, and is decline.

SLEAFORD—AUG. 26.
The attendance was good to-day, with a fair supply of
wheat. Trade more active, and former rates supported.
White wheat ruled at 56s to 645, red 48s to 55s per qr.
New wheat, 57s to 60s. Barley was in limited supply, and
dull demand, at 28s to 30s ; oats ruled quiet, at late prices,
26s to 30s ; new, 24s to 28s ; beans at from 44s to 48s;
peas, —s to --s.