March 25.] 
THE FIELD 
273 
WORTHING HUNT. 
The annual dinner in connexion with this sport came off 
at the Marine Hotel yesterday week, on which occasion up- 
wards of 25 gentlemen partook of an elegant repast. The 
committee and the highly esteemed master of the hunt, F. 
p Martin, Esq., were on this occasion favoured with the 
presence of the Earl of 
Uxbridge, and several 
other gentlemen beyond 
their accustomed circle. 
Mr. Martin was in the 
chair, supported on the 
right by the Earl or 
Uxbridge, R. Edmonds, 
jj s q., the lion. H. 
p fl „ e t ) __ Derrick, Esq., 
and \V. F. Tribe, Esq., 
and on the loft by M. 
Culhane, Esq., the Hon. 
A. Faget, J. F. Blake, 
Esq., W. Tribe, Esq., 
W. Harris, Esq., and 
Dr. Collet. Mr. W. 
Harris was in the vice- 
chair, supported on tho 
right by M r. S. Comber, 
Mr. J. Fowler, and Mr. 
W. Tenfold, and on tho 
left by Mr. T. Hamp- 
ton, Mr. G. Now land, 
and Mr. G. Ede. Tho 
cloth having been re- 
moved, the customary 
loyal toasts were pro- 
posed and drunk with 
enthusiasm. 
The Chairman — I 
have now to propose to 
you a toast which may 
properly be considered 
the toast of the evening; 
it is “ Prosperity to the 
Worthing Harriers,” 
anil I ain sure ull your 
good wishes and support 
are necessary, for 1 am 
afraid that the treasurer 
or secretary will presently enlighten you on the dilapidated 
state of the funds, which, I nm sorry to say, have gone on 
from bad to worse, and that cannot be allowed to continue. 
It will therefore remain for you to determine whether tho 
hounds shall be kept on, or be allowed to sink into oblivion. 
The hunt has now been established four years, and I have 
no doubt that during that time it has 
afforded some gentlemen amusement 
and sport, and, if permitted to go on, 
it will still do so. But without a 
liberal subscription it cannot be con- 
tinued. I nm sure you will all drink 
to the prosperity of the Worthing 
harriers, and it will remain to be seen 
whether we can go on or not. (Ap- 
plause.) Drunk with due honours. 
Mr. Edmunds — I have been asked 
to propose a toast which I am sure 
will meet with ready acquiescence, and 
bo drunk with all the honours it de- 
serves. The town of Worthing is 
mainly dependent on the visitors who 
frequent it, and I am sure it will be. 
necessary for mo to say but little to re- 
commend the toast to your notice. 
When we see tho distinguished fami- 
lies sojourning amongst us, I am sure 
it cannot he very long before Worthing 
will hold up its head, and be placed 
in that position to which it deservedly 
aspires. I have great pleasure in pro- 
posing tho health of the Visitors, and 
in doing so will couple with it the 
name of my Lord Uxbridge. (Loud 
cheers.) I hope you will drink it in 
n bumper, and with your permission I 
will give tho British cheers. (Tre- 
mendous cheering.) 
The Earl of Uxbridge — Gentlemen, 
tho honour of returning thanks falls 
on myself. To Mr. Edmonds I feel 
most grateful for the honour ho has done me ; and on the 
part of tho other gentlemen, as well as myself, I thank you 
for the honour you have conferred upon us by so cordially 
and kindly drinking our health. Mr. Edmunds has said it 
was 25 years since I first came to Worthing ; it is 45 years, 
and I have been here frequently since, and I sincerely say, 
hat tho oftener I come the more I am pleased and gratified. 
Wheu I arrived here early in October last, I expected to 
stay a few weeks ; but the increasing attachment I have for 
the place and the kindness I received from all parties, have 
induced me to prolong my stay for six mouths, and, at the 
end of that period, it is gratifying to witness the reception 
which I and the other gentlemon have met to-night. IIow- 
1 Noo TUKJi! GET OUT O’ THE WAY, Olt WIS’LE HE OWElt YElt ! ' 
ever, as we are not met for the purpose of making speeches, 
I will conclude by wishing you health and prosperity, and I 
hofig jt will not be considered, gentlemen, presuming on my 
part to propose a toast. I have two excuses for doing so : 
tho first is the toast itself, the other, that I was requested to 
offer it. I will give what I consider the toast of the cvcn- 
SkETCII SUGGESTED BY Mr. VERDANT GHEEN’s LETTER. 
ing— “ Mr. Martin, the Master of the Hounds.” (Loud 
applause.) 
Mr. Martin — I feel much indebted to you, gentlemen, for 
the kind manner in which you have been pleased to respond 
to the toast so graciously proposed by my Lord Uxbridge, 
and for which I return you my best thanks. It may not be 
amiss now to give you a very brief retrospect of the hunt. 
Four years ago a small party of gentlemen agreed to pur- 
chase and keep a pack of hounds ; they waited on me, and 
wished me to take the management. I consented, hoping if 
we succeeded wo should get somo one more competent to 
take tho mauagement. We liavo gone on for four years, and 
I hope wo have given our friends satisfaction. We havo 
now assembled to cele- 
brate the fourth anni- 
versary, and I havo 
great pleasuro in meet- 
ing so many gentlemon 
on the occasion. I have 
given you a very brief 
history of the rise and 
progress of the hunt, and 
I hope to-night will not 
record its fall, but that 
wc shall yet meet under 
better auspices. I .sin- 
cerely thank you for two 
compliment you havo 
paid mo. 
Other tousts having 
boon duly honoured, M r. 
Tribe proposed tho offi- 
cers, und coupled with 
tho toast tho names of 
the treasurer, Mr. Har- 
ris, ami the honorary 
secretary, Mr. Hampton. 
(Cheers.) Drunk with 
duo honours. 
Mr. Harris— I nm a 
young officer: but hnv- 
ing accopted the post 1 
will discharge its duties. 
1 am, however, sorry to 
have to report to tho 
meeting the oxtremolv 
unsatisfactory state of 
the funds, which are in 
nrrear to tho extent of 
£131 Us. 7.jd., and 
alter deducting £2 or 
2 gs. not entered, it will 
leavo a bulnnce uguiust 
tho committee of ubout 
£130, which, it will be admitted, is a very unsatisfactory 
state of financial affairs. And that is not all, for we do not 
know how to extricate ourselves from tho dilemma. I re- 
gret to be obliged to say, that it will greatly depend on tho 
gcntlomen round this tablo. We aro very desirous of getting 
out of debt, and to soo if we can go on again. Wo do not 
feel justified in getting further into 
debt, which, by-the-by, we must do, 
or tho hounds will liavo nothing to 
eat. I therefore con only lmpo that a 
liberal subscription will to-night be 
put upon paper to enable us to carry 
on the hunt ; otherwise, it must nc- 
cessurily full. It is, I assuro you, 
painful for me thus to bring our posi- 
lion before this meeting; but I have 
been asked to lay tho reul state of our 
finances before yon, which I promised 
to do. A considerable sum is ne- 
cessary. I’ll not name tho amount 
unless desired to do so. (“ Name tho 
amount.”) Then, gentlemen, unless 
£150 is subscribed this evening, the 
committee will not feel justified in 
going on ; and if the committee with- 
draw, I fear the hunt must full, as on 
them devolves all the responsibility. 
I should be extremely pleased to see 
tho committee placed iu a situation to 
keep up the hunt, which I consider a 
very great acquisition to tho town. 
It is sud to be obliged to ask gentle- 
men who sojourn amongst ub to aid in 
the effort; but I do hope Hint they 
will, and that we may, by u long pull 
and a strong pull, and u pull alto- 
gether, prevent the hounds from 
dropping. 
The chairman proposed the health 
of Mrs. Brown (the hostesa), whose 
ability and liberality, ho said, were so 
well and so widely known as to requlro no observation from 
him. The elegant repast which had that evening bceu set 
beforo them would speak louder than any words that could 
fall from his lips. 
Song and friendly toast continued for some time, and the 
party separated about midnight. We aro pleased to add that 
the subscriptions reached £140 . — Brighton Guardian. 
sums, threw away their machines, and began de novo , 
repeatedly, before they attained their present perfection, 
why should the Government expect to be more fortunate. 
It scarcely requires argument to show that the system of 
division of labour now employed in all factories, is that 
by which mnnfacturers can alone succeed in cheap pro- 
duction ; and it is certain that if the Ordnance chooses to 
prescribe any degree of uniformity between the arms and 
their several parts, proper machinery' will be erected by 
every manufacturer for the due production of the arms. 
As to the strikes, what is to prevent the workmen of the 
Government factory turning out? It is certainly not the 
superior treatment received by the artisans in the dock- 
yards and elsewhere; so that may be treated as the other 
parts of the special pleading for the uncalled-for inter- 
ference with the manufacturing interests of the country. 
'I he example of the United States Government is pleaded: 
hut theirs is not a case in point. The U.S. army is very 
small, and sudden emergencies are not likely to occur, 
causing extraordinary demand for arms. Labour is at a 
premium iu the States, and a sudden order for arms could 
scarcely be supplied ; therefore it is necessary for the Go- 
vernment to have an establishment where a small number 
of arms may be prepared annually, and in it they have all 
the best machinery, invented for and used nt the private 
factories. When the Texas and the Mexican wars broke 
out, no revolvers could be procured. The Government 
factory was powerless to produce any, and the only re- 
source was the private skill and energy of Colt, who, with 
1,13 "lacltinery, managed to supply enough pistols to render 
essential service, and hence may deservedly be dated his 
rise ; as previously, all the capital invested in his factory 
had been lost. So much for the example of the American 
Government factory. 
Lo >k at home. The marine engines built in the dock- 
yard factories have been more costly, and not so good, . 
as those contracted for by manufacturers; therefore the < 
ships are now restricted to repairs. The private yards 
could produce ships at least os good, and much quicker 
than the dockyards. Are not the stores of all kinds 
supplied to the Government by private manufacturers bet- | C 
ter and cheaper than they could he made in the Government I 
yards? Is it not notorious that the private establishments 
can always afford to pay their superintendents better, 
and offer them eventually advantages that are incompatible 
with Government establishments ; therefore it is, that the 
civil servants in the dockyards and elsewhere are almost 
invariably men who have failed in pushing themselves for- 
ward in the battle of life, and have settled down into “ Go- 
vernment servants.” 
It is manifest, and will certainly he shown before the com- 
mittee now sitting, that private manufacturers can, if per- 
mitted, produce better nrius at lower prices than any go- 
vernment can do it; to say nothing of the impolicy of its 
interfering with a trade from which it may havo to seek as- 
sistance in the hour of need. 
The utmost that the Government should do, with the ex- 
ample of the failures of Waltham, Enfield, and Lewisham 
before them, is to form an establishment capable of pro- 
ducing ten or twenty thousand arms, of all kinds, per an- 
num, using all the best machines, and making the founda- 
tion of their contracts with manufacturers in perfect unifor- 
mity with the arms of the Government factory ; add to this 
the selection of inspectors of arms, who not only under- 
stand their business, but will exercise their power strictly 
and honestly; and ministers mny depend on never wanting 
an ample supply of better arms, and at less prices, tin n they 
can inuke them for in a government factory. 
PREPARATIONS FOR WAR. 
The following Is a list of the Staff Appointments ill the army to bo 
[c ommanded by Lord Raglan In the East : — 
COMMANDER OF TUB FORCES. 
General Lord Raglan, G.C.B. 
OFFICERS IX COMMAND OF DIVISIONS. 
I.ieutennnt-Genernl Sir George Brown, K.C.B. 
Major-General Ills Itoyal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K. G. 
Major-General sir De Lacy Evans, K.C.B. 
Major General Sir Richard England, K.C.B. 
M^or-Gencral the Earl of Lucan (Cavalry). 
OFFICERS IN COMMAND OF BRIO ADR*. 
Brigadier-General H. .1 Ilentinck, Coldstream Guards. 
Brigadier-General Sir Colin Cumpbell, K.C.B. 
Brigadier-General J. L. I’eunefather, C.B. 
Brigudier-Genoral (Cavalry) the Earl of Cardigan, 11th Hussars. 
Brigadler-Gcncrul Richard Alroy. 
Brigadier-General H. W. Adams, 49th Eoot. 
Brigadier-General (Cavalry) Hon. J. Yorko Scarlett, 5th Dragoon 
Guards. 
Brigadier-General Sir John Campbell, Bart.. 3Sth Foot. 
Brigadier-General Georgo Buller, C. B., ltlfle Brigade. 
Brigadier-General William Eyre, C.B., 73rd Foot. 
Brlgadier-Gencrul J. B. B. Kstcourt, Deputy Adjutant-General. 
SIX ASSISTANTS A l> J I.T A NT-<I K N Kit A I., VIZ. 
Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. L. Mnule. 
LIciitennut.CHoncI Lord William 1’aulot. 
Lieutenant-Colonel C. H Doyle. 
l.ieutcnunt-Coloui'l William Sullivan. 
Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. A. Gordou. 
Major Hon. F. Colbome, 15th Foot. 
