The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-15 00:00:00

VOLUNT

'EER MOVEI*ENTS

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Tilt " XBVirV iN-REVIEW" RIFLE MATCH.
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- The arrangements for trie fOrtheoming grand rifle
contest on the sands near 3otithi4tirt are • nromregsin
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:satisfactorily, under the management di4 tt.le two hone-
lrvi seeretariesrCaptain -Brooks and Adjiitatit Heaton.
l'o•Aven`i contusion, each competitor for the ?aliens
prizes will Ems' f..44ioshed with a card, on which win .he
distinctly stated too tlineJ and ranges at which he is to
shoot, and tither infortrONYrihial the secretaries may
consider will-be of service.
We are' glad to be able to furnish tiltyWograrnme of
the shooting for each day, subject, of coax,/ to any
modification which may hereafter be deemed necessary :'..--
TrEsDAY Pouf INSTANT).—The Grand Cup. value
450, with second and third prizes of £2O and £0; also
the ladies' Cup, value 1;;;0, with second and third
prizes of £lO-and IA
Winx.vEstr.vr (26111 INSTAtil).—The Legh Challenge
Cup; value, +..,80, with a second price of a Whitworth
rifle, anti a third prize of £0 ; also Mr. Robert Barnes's
prize of i',6o, with, second and third prizes of J..:.'0 and
£lO added.

TirtiltSDAY (Tint INSTANT).--Mr. William Cullliffe
13roOks's prize for £5O, open to "all corners," with
second and third prizes of .1-;:20 and '125; secondly, Mr.
Joseph Whitworth's prize of a 'Whitworth Rifle, value
X'ls ;- and thirdly, the £2O prize, open to volunteers of
Great Britain.

FWD.% Y (28Tit INWSANT).--The £5O prize, open to
" all comers of any nation," with second and third
prizes of L'2'o and A.:tiq and lastly, the Southport Cup,
value £35, open to " all COMM. of any nation," with
second and third prizes added of i.:15 and 4'5.
We believe that this arrangement will give satisfac-
tion to all parties in Manchester and vicinity, as the
ellief prizes for which the volunteers of this neighbour-
hood arc likely to contend are fixed to come off at the
connneneement of the match on two consecutive days:
It will also be advantageous for theft competitors who
may be selected from their various corps to shoot for
the Legh Challenge Cup, to have the opportunity of
shooting on the previous day for another prize (the
Grand Cup) at the tattle ranges,

GREAT RIFLE CONTEST IN WINDSOR-

PARR.

The great contest between the Windsor, Reading,
Workingham, Abingdon, Newbury, and Maidenhead
volunteers came of at Windsor, on Thursday. Thirty •
thousand spectators were present.. The road from
Windsor to the shooting ground resembled the road
leading to Epsom Downs on the Derby day.
The shooting for the first prize, a silver cup, given
by the-ladies of Berkshire, took place at distances of
300, 400, and 500 yards, fit's rounds each distance.
The cup was won by Private Salter, of Reading, who ..
obtained 13 points. To the cup were added prizes of
£3 and £2 .for each distance,: Mr. Bembridge, of
Windsor, won the £3 prize, and Mr. G. Smith, of the
same place, the £2 prize. At the 400 yards' distance
private 'Hounslow gained the ,£3 prize, and private
Accup the second prize of £2. At the 500 yards' dis,
tance private Salter, the winner of the cup; made five
points, and won the first prize of £3,- and private;
Hounslow made four points, and won the second prize.
The first prize, for all comers, was won by Mortimer,
of Abingdon and the se,cond prize by Sergeant-major
Palmer,.of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. At
400 yards 111 ortimer gained the first prize, and Sergeant.
Green, of the Coldstream Guerds, the second. At 500
yards Serjeant Brown gained the first prize, and the
second prize of £2 was wen by Mr. Cart Wright.
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timer having made the highest aggregate score—viz.,
14 points, won an extra prize of £lO.
The competition for the breech-loading rifle, by Westley
Richards, given by the Hon. Mrs. Loyd Lindsay, the
wife of the gallant colonel of the Berkshire Volunteers,
took place by skirmishing, the first occasion on which it-
was ever attempted at a prize meeting. The trial proved
eminently successful. Mr. Blatch, of Reading, won the
rifle and case ; Mr. May, •Of same town, gained the
second prize, £6 ; Mr. Wheeler, £4 ; and Mr. Jackson,
For the county challenge cup Mr. Jackson obtained
the first prize, Mr: Snowden the second, and Mr. Blatch
the third.
The result of the day's competition was very satisfac-•
tory. The shooting upon the *hole presented a fair
average, and some individual shooting was very geod.
The firing terminated shortly after three o'clock, and
then the whole of *the corps, numbering between 500
and 600, were reviewed by Colonel Loyd Lindsay, who
obtained the Victoria Cross for his gallant conduct in
the Crimea. The men formed line, and then marched ,
past and gave a general salute.
At the conclusion of the distribution of the prizes, the-
whole of the corps piled their arms and proceeded to a
spacious tent, where a sumptuous repast was provided
for them by their hospitAle commander. •
In addition to the shooting, a variety of rustic games
were carried on during the day, which attracted a great
majority of the crowd.
It is an honour to Berkshire that it was the first to
initiate county meetings, and it is to be hoped that the
meeting of Thursday will be the precursor of many
similar ones. It is by means of county meetings that
the volunteer movement will become rooted iu the
country, and made a permanent institution.. The
National Rifle Association, impressed with this fact,
have given a bronze medal to each county to be-compe-
ted for, and become the property of the man who wins it
two years in succession. This has stimulated the volun-
teers throughout the country, and several county meet-
ings are projected.
The county subscribed £7OO towards Cie, proceedings
of the day. Her Majesty the Queen subscribed, and
presented some tents for the occasion.

GLNSGOW.—CITIZEN RIFLES --A large and enthii
siastic meeting was held on Wednesday night in the
saloon of the Trades' Hall, Glasgow, for the enrolment
of this corps. The meeting was presided over by David
More, Esq., who ably explained the necessity for adopting
a cheaper equipment amongst our volunteers, in order to
make the movement permanent, and stated that the pre-
sent corps sought to attain this by introducing a uni-
form, Ste., the entire cost of which would not -exceed
225. 6d. The corps would be self-supporting anct em-
brace all classes. All members would be required to
pay 2s. 6d. on entry, and Is. per week thereafter, until
the whole had been paid. Afterwards the committee
proposed the expenses of the corps :should be defrayed
by an annual subscription of ss. Upwards of one
hundred subscribed.
A VoLtricretur ENCY,IPMENT.—A volunteer encamp-
ment will be formed upon Nazing Wood Common, about
two miles and a half free the Boxbourne station of the
. Eastern Counties Railway, on Saturday, the 'l3th of
October, when the-West 'Essex Yeomanry, Artillery, and
Cavalry, the Honourable the Artillery Company of Lon-
don, the Victoria Rifles, will meet together; and should
way of the other volunteer rifle corps of the counties of
Essex, Hertfordshire. or Middlesex, feel disposed to
avail themselves of the advantage of brigading with
artillery and cavalry by joining in the review and field
day that afternoon, on making their wishes known
through their .eommandantS or adjutants to Lieut.-Col.
Palmer, Nazing Waltham Abbey, their desires
aud•views will be complied with. The Eastern Coun-
ties Railway Company, have promised to convey all
troops to and from the Boxbourne station upon very
liberal terms.
THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT. Another admirable
• phase of the above movement was the wonderful pre-
cision with which, to a minute, several of the leading
establishments in London closed their shops last Satur-
' day' week. When the " close" order of " Put up shut-

ters" • was given, not a man lagged behind. It was
another ebullition of the strong Volunteer spirit which
animates the entire country.' If we are "a nation of
shopkeepers," it is but right that the shopkeepers
themselves should do something to defend it. I f they
cannot exactly give their. bodies, they are right, by thus
closing elsly, to prove that they are perfectly willing to
lend their "hands." These closed shutters are an
addition •to the wooden walls of England. If Louis
Napoleon should ever become our customer (and there
is no doubt that in one sense he would be a very " ugly
customer ' indeed), a notice might be written on each
shop front that he would be " served," not behind the
counter, but in the open field, where all military orders
would be executed en the shortest notice. Should it
ever come to a measurement of weapons, ire are posi-
tive that the English yard-measure would teach the
French pretty forcibly to mind their aunr.
VOLT:STEER RIFLE PRACTICE GROLTND.—The• exe-
cutive Committee of the Manchester Rifle Volunteer
Association have reported that they have agreed with
George Cornwall Legh, Esq., of High Legh, for a-lease
of about 100 acres of land, near Patricroft, for a rifle
practice ground, for the volunteers. The site is within
20 minutes' easy walk of the railway station, and has a
range of 1,250 yards, which may be very considerably
increased by arrangement with the tenant farmer of the
adjoining land. The committee say that they have
much pleasure in uublicly acknowledging the prompt
and liberal manner in which Mr. Legh met their appli-.
cation fur the land, as will be seen by the following
extract from his letter .to the chairman :—" I beg to
assure 1 shall be extremely happy if, by any arrange-
ment, I am enabled to meet your wishes, and assist the
endeavours of the volunteers of the district." The
committee have also reported their having made an
arrangement with the directors of the London and
North-Western Railway Company for the conveyance
of the volunteers to and from the land, as also for
liberty make a footpath along the line for the exeluaive
use of the volunteers. This path will be fenced off,
and rendered • secure from accidents. It now cnly re-
mains for the committee to provide and fix the requisite
number of targets, &c., to 'enable the volunteers to
commence ball practice without further delay.

Tar. DISTURBANCE AT GENEVA.—Letters from Geneva
state the affair of the flag has been completely arranged.
It appears that, though the Genevese population cannot
be considered as altogether tree from blame in the affair,
the journals greatly exaggerated t 1 facts.