The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-15 00:00:00

7HE VOL UYTEEIIS.

On Saturday a brigade field day of Volurit tiers
was held in Hyde Park, under General Lindsay, the
Inspector-,General of the Reserve Forces, and be 'ore
an immense concourse of people. The corps pre-
sent were the Queen's (Westminster), under Colored
Lord Grosvenor, M.P., and Colonel Lord Geralld.
Fitzgerald ; the London Rifle Brigade, ender Col'.'
Warde; the St. George's, under C.)lonel Charles
Lindsay, M.P.; the Loudon Irish, under the Mar-
quis of Donegal; the 3 ILondon, under Cal. Laurie,
and the 4.h Middlesex, under Colonel Lord Truro.
Among the on lookers were the Prince of Saxe-
Weimar, Gen. Hamilton, Gen. Sir James Jackson,
G.C.8., Cul. Lard Ittuel Lgh,-Col. Loyd Lindsay,
M.P., and many mmbers of Parliament. The drill
was to be considered the official inspection of the
Queen's and of the 3d Landon, the Queen's having
ten companies, of 25 files each, and the 31 London
nine of about the same s'rength. The London
Irish were detailed off to the arduous duty of keep-
ing the ground, and the other regiments were
formed up into a brigade of contiguous columns
facing Piccadilly, then by the wheel of columns
came into echellon facing Park-lane, and again de-
ployed into line of columns. The line came to its
original front by the wheel of columns on the centre
column, and the right wing, consisting of the 4th
Middlesex, the St. George's, and the London Bri-
gade, deployed into a line of companies, the left
wing, consisting of the two battalions of the genii's
and the 3d London, remaining in cOlumn. The whole
advanced, and seen from the saluting point the line
was very good indeed, the 4th Middlesex alone
showing signs of unsteadiness, an unsteadiness which
was seen to still greater disadvantage when, the
front being changed, the same line advanced with
its front towards the saluting point. The London
Brigade and the St. George's, in their dark, sol-
dierly uniforms, never wavered throughout in their
steadiness of march, and if there was, in the march-
ing by fours to the rear, a slight inclining inwards,
the fault was corrected before the order to wheel
into line came, for when this movement was execu-
ted no ground had been lost. Another change of
front occurred, and the battalions in line marched
in echellon, in which formation they were called
upon suddenly to form square, au order which was
very quickly obeyed by the St. George's and the
London Brigade. 'The battalions which had been thus
hardworked gave way to the Q'ieen's and 31 Lon-
don, and both corps proved to be very good drills.
The march past came last, and the large companies
of the Queen's showed to special a 'vantage. The
Inspector-General made a short address to the com-
manding officers of the corps present, expressing his
pleasure at the manner in which the Volunteers had
drilled, and saying that a few of these brigade days
would de the service an immense amount of good,
in proving what the regiments were made of and in
showing everyone his place. The general also said
that the ground had been well kept by the London
Irish, who, by the way, had a somewhat onerous
task to perform in excluding a number of lads and
men marching in at the • tail of the 31 London.
These were claimed as " recruits" by the. 3,1 Lon-
don; and, though without uniforms, were allowed
to accompany the regiment by the express demand
of a regimental officer. With this corps, too, there
was a body of cadets, commanded by a lad wearing
an officer's uniform and an officer's sword. With
General Lindsay were Colonel Colville and Colo-
nel Wright, Captain Fludyer acting as aide-de-
camp.
The annual prize meeting of the City of Edin-
burgh and Midlothian Rifle Association concluded
on Saturday. The gathering was very successful
throughout, more than ordinary interest being taken
in it owing to the circumstance that the luterna-
tional Enfield Match fell to come off this Aar at
Edinburgh. On Monday the Association priz
were- shot for at three distances-200, ?(), and 60)
yards five shots. The highest score, entitling to the
bronze medal of the National Rifle Association, was
50, made by Corporal J. Wallace, Edinburgh. On
the same day the Associated Companies' prizes
were shot fcr at the 200 yards' range —seven
shots; the first prize being gained by Corporal
Lamont, Edinburgh, with a score of 24. On
Tuesday the Quen's Edinburgh Brigade
prizes were competed for at 600 yards,
and the first prize was gained by Private Paterson,
Leith, who scored 22. The Wine and Spirit Dealers'
prizes, of the value of £5O, were shot for at 500
yards, 7 shots ; the first prize being carrie 1 off by
Ensign Smith, Edinburgh, with a score of 25. On
that day, also, the annual match between North,
West, and South of Scotland was contested, the
ranges being, 200 and 500 yards respectively, with
seven shots at each distance. The match was gained
by the West, who scored 390, against 380 made by
the North, and 375 by the South. Oa Wednesday
the International match came off in the presence of
alarge number of spectators. The result (as already
detailed in The Sun) was that the English Twenty
scored 1,063, the Scotch 1,057, and the Irish 980.
At the close of the competition the Master of
Lovat called for three cheers for the English Twenty
which were cordially given. The trophy,
which is at present in the Edinburgh Museum of
Science and Art, will shortly be removed to London.
On Wednesday evening the competitors in the
International Match were entertained to dinner in
the Hopetoun-rooms, Queen-street. The chair was
occupied by Lieutenant-Colonel Macdonald, and
the croupiers were the Master of Lovat, Major
Anderson, and Major Horne. There were about
150 gentlemen present. The chairman, in propos-
ing "The English and Irish Twenties," referred to
the origin of the International Match, and said that
if Colonel Lindsay had witnessed the match they
had two years ago and the competition that day,
and were present that evening, he would have
been glad that the idea of the match being always
shot at Wimbledon had not been carried out.
(Cheers.) He was convinced of that, because he
had always found the English Twenty—and on this
occasi.o.n he was glad to find the Irish Twenty
—were-glad ,to come to Edinburgh and com-
pete for the trophy ; and the English had good
reason, for whenever they came here they carried it
off. (Cheers.) For, strange though it was, they
had found this to be the fact, that ever since the
" hullabaloo" was raised about this match being
shot at Wimbledon they had never won it at Wim-
bledon, but always in Scotland. They (the Scotch)
were thus led to the assumption that bad Colonel
Lindsay's proposal been carried out the international
trophy would now have been their private property.
(Cheers and laughter.) Captain Field and Cap-
tain Hopkins replied for the English and Irish
Twenties respectively. Captain Field proposed
" the Scotch Twenty." The Master of Lovat, in
responding to the toast, said he thought it highly
creditable to the Irish, with so small a number of
men to select from, that they had made a score
of 30 points, over what they, made at
.Wimbledon
last year. Other toasts followed, and the evening
was spent in a very agreeable manner. On Thurs-
! day the Caledonian Challenge Shield was com-
peted for at three distances-200, 500, and GOO
yards (5 shots) —and won by Lieut. Menzies, 3d
Highland Company, Edinburgh, with a score of 48.
Corporal Angus Cameron, Gth Inverness, scored 47.
The president's prizes, consisting of 50 guineas pre-
sented by the Duke of Buceleuch, 10 guineas by
the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, and £46 added by
the association, were also competed for on Thurs-
day., Corporal Smith, 7th Fife, carried off the first
prize ; and among the other winners were Private
Edv4ard Ross, London Scottish; Capt. Field, Private
Dighton, Middlesex ; Corporal Leese, Queen's
Westminster ; Private Bird, South Middlesex, &c.
In the competition, at 500 yards, for the Brewers'
Prize, of the value of £5O, a score of 27 out of a
possible score of 28, was made by the winner, Cor.
poral Coulson, Newcastle. On Friday there were
three competitions—the City Prizes, the Carbine
Prizes, and the Hotelkeepers' Prizes.
_For the City

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J 'rize3, which included £5O from the town council
nd ten guineas from Mr. Moncreiff, M.P., there
• were about two hundred competitors. The first
•Trize was gaine 1 by Colour-Sergeant Clews, 3d
Renfrew, with a score of 27—one point less than
1 the highest possible number. There were about
180 entrants for the Hotelkeepers' Prizes, the
first being. gained by Captain Burt, Warwick. The
Lord-Advocate's Cup and prizes (£5O) were corn-
, peted for on Saturday. The cup and first prize '
were gained by Private Evans, 7th Edinburgh,
with a score of 27 out of a possible number of 28,
at 500 yards' range. The Ladies' Cup and prizes
(£5O) were also shot for the sum day at the 200
yards' range, the cup and first prize being won by
Private Stewart, 8:11 E linbnrgb. Mr. Fraser,
Eliaburg'i, gained the first prize ofFerel " for any
description of breech-loading rifles." The weapon
lie used was by Henry. Throughout the meeting
there were, as usual, competitions for " extra
Prizes." On Saturday evening the prizes were pre-
S, toted to the successful competitors in the Music-
lia 1, Lieut.-Colonel Davidson presiding.

SpORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

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VICTORIA CLUB-THIS DAY.

NORTIMSIDERL.AND PLATE.
4to 1 agst Fortunio (offered-9 to 2t. and w.)
8 to 1 agst Taraban (taken);
Bto 1 agst El Cid (taken and offered)
100 to 9 agst Flora (taken and offered)
14 to 6 agst Polecat taken)
100 to 6 agst Stella (offered)
100 to 5 agst Philosopher (offered—after 100 to 9
hal been taken)
100 to 5 ngst Cactus (taken)
100 to 5 agst Cawdor (taken)