The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-10-08 00:00:00

have- been expensive, but they had, also had a goo&
effect. They had excited the members to activity,.
which was necessary at first; but he hoped' they wouldi
not now need such excitement. In Birkenhead, where•
they had set such an excellent example in other respects:
he hoped they would set an example in econotnralso..
He quite agreed with Mr. Laird in thinking that these,
rifle matches were the most likely means of mating the-
inbirement apermanent one. Hebelieved that rifle shooting
would become a favourite national pastime like cricket,
lotily that inasmuch as besides besides being in itself a
most interesting amusement, it combines with this the
great advantage of being a means of defence. But even
here he would be very sorry to think that it was neces-
sary for us to have costly prizes to shoot for. He
thought that such a feeling would do harm rather than
good, for in some parts of England many people would
gladly give their £5 or £lO, but they are deterred by
the £5O and Lip° which are given by others. If the
money value of the
,prize was to be considered before
the honour of getting it, it might do harm even to
themselves. For his own part he felt sure that to gain
a really good prize-rifle to shoot with, and to wear a
distinctive medal, ought to be enough to satisfy the
ambition of any volunteer whodileserved that name. He
hoped that in future meetings7hey would be able to
devise some mode of effecting the object they had in
view, namely, that of increasing the general efficiency
of the shooters, and not merely finding out the best
shot. He would only add that in distributing these
prizes, although he should sincerely congratulate the
successful candidates on the very handsome prizes they
had so fairly and so skilfully won, he hoped they would
not be offended by his expressing a wish that next year
they would have a larger number of competitors, and
that the prizes of next year would reward the persever-
ing efforts of those volunteers whose names are still
unknown to fame.
The prizes were then distributed. The following list
shows the nature of the gifts, the givers, and receivers :
300 500 600 yds.
VOLUNTEERS' PRIZES, AT RANGES A, B, C.
Prize. Given by. Won by.
1. Lancaster Rifle, J. Laird, Private Watson, Ist CRV.
2. Westley Richards' Rifle, J. Laird, Private Frost, 14th CIIN
3. Whitworth Rifle, J. Laird, Sergeant Gregory, llth CRT.
4. Cup, value £lO, R. Vvner, Sergeant Farrar, 6th CRT.
5. Plate, value £l5. R. tyncr, lieutenant Horner, 2nd CRT.
6. Wallasey prize, L2O, 3rd Cheshire BY, Sergt. Worthington,
26th CRY.
7. £25, Captain V. A. King, Private Frost, 14 CRY.
300 500 Po
ALI,COMERs' PROM CHESHIRE PRIZES, AT RANGES A, B, C.
8. Field glass, value £5, Committee
10.9. Cup,Cnp vvaalluuee
£Lslo,,Ccoon
E. R. Goulbourn.
1121..
Colt's Cup, value
Re,. £l,leor, J. mimmiittetteee',CE. B.
Cl.l'BlustxtConi7j.un.
£l5, G.
Fa.Ter,a :Ps. J.
e,rgtC. oillliolingeet4l34rtdh CCART..
13. Whitworth Rifle, J. Laird, E. C. Buxton, jun
14. Plate, value £25, S. Ledward, E. R. Coalbourn.
VoLtxrxr.ns' PRIZES, AT RANGES/B, 7ir, F. Yds.
15. Cup, value £lO, Sir P. M. de G. Egerton, MP, Private E.
Wakefield, 6th CRY.
16. £lO, Captain H. M. Edwards, Private J. Brierley, Ist CRY.
17. 25 guineas, J. R. Shaw, Private C. R. wap Co , 6th CRY.
18. Magistrates prize of £5O and ornament, value £lO 10s.
Magistrates of Wirral and Hon. Lady (lust, Private G.
Frost, 14th CRY.
Mr. G. F. TRAIN presented the prize mentioned in the
above list. He was very enthusiastically received by
the audience. He said that the other day, when speaking
on the subject, he jocularly remarked that he never gave
any thing to this sort of thing unless it was going to be
published in all the papers that he had done so.
Shortly afterwards he received a note from Mr. Laird
stating that, if he would give a prize, the fact of his
doing so should have the fullest publicity. (Laughter.)
He decided, accordingly, to give a Colt's revolver. He
expressed his belief in the greatness of the volunteer
movement, and though that nothing we had done in the
present century was equal to it.
After the presentation, Mr. John Laird entertained
the successful competitors with a luncheon, provided at
the Monk's Ferry Hotel.