The Express.
London, England, 1864-07-11 00:00:00

kliretrlFLlC ASSOCIATION.
(Tani PAT.)
nit moruing the &ation•l Ride Associatioa
•pee*llls assail poioselOrpaign on Wi.hiedoe-aemoes.
every prospect of • very esiosesofed searliog.
association having been established on • broad •ed

irssrjhesisdies seer; year of fin existemee gained in
strength. County sasociatioos have become numbered
amongst its supporters, and a large number of the voles•
toms of the kingdom are individual subscribers to its
foods. As a resposes the council have incress,..l the prises
to be coutendod for.

Tho great prizes, which have been the disdaining
instates of this meeting, will of enuree be all renewed, sad
so great has been the emulation throughout the einotry to
qualify the members to share in the mooted for the gooses
' Prim of 2301. an I the gold medal of the aseociatise. that
this year the decicred competitors for that boaou, gambler
2,300, an thermos of upwards of 1,000 over these of lest
year. This year there will also be a great moat sew prises,
and amongst them des those gives by lb* city of Leadaa,
for which upwards of 7001. hes bees eubserilied, aid the
lid is not yet closed. The coated Wiwi's. the How
of Lords and Commons will this year peen men
than a usual amount of interest. The harawr of
victory was last year wrested from tie Vl**,
House by the Consommes, but no this canon mach
confidence is felt by the Peers of their ability to seentne
their old position. The " lotereatiocal Match betides
Ragland sod Scotland" will be • great event, for the natives
of the " load of Cakes," boding twice sustained a defeat,
have been for some time training with the utmost diligence.
There are numerous other prises to be shot for. but as they
will be referred to in detail as they emir it will be with.
°emery to notice them here.
The armogemente on the common are this year oe • very
extensive sods, upwards of 300 acne of land beyond that
of any former period having been enclosed for the use of
the sasexiatioa. As the visitor approaches the "tented
Add," particularly from halm, be might almost Vary,
from the long line of testa, that Wimbledon wee threatened
by bodge invasion and that this via to be the battle-
field. The tents now cover a most extensive reads of
the common lying midway between Putney and Wimbledon.
sad the unexceptionable whitened of the canvas, with the
distiegoishieg flags of the different countries, standards,
dc., present • some of the most pleasing deecriptiom
Amongst the foremost to take possession of them were the
Victories (lot Middlesex). The entire corps paraded at their
headquarters at Kilburn soon after eight o'clock es Saturday
morning, and having loaded four baggage °regrow with seats,
regimentals, and everythiag necessary for their see during
their fortnight's stay at the camp, they comisenord thdr
march for Wimbledon, under the command of Childs
Wilmot, and sinimpt the officers present were Captain
Sanders, Lieut. Alfred Tomkins, Lieut. Pixley (Manor of
the Queen's prim in 1862), Mr. Hayworth, ad Nr.1443'611,
and arrived there between 1 sad 2 o'clock. On their arrival
they received a hearty greeting, the Vineries always
gain good will wherever they go. Having get en to
the ground aa immediate movement eornaitheed,
shapeless canvas soon assumed the extensive
sad regular form of a long hoe of teed eroded is
the form of • ordeent, douches were did round, and every
one west to work with • regularity worthy of retinae.
They coon raised about thirty teeth, while ethers eet to
work with spade sad mattock to dig out the vowed far the
reception of two este of ovens, the invention of Lienteneat
Temkin,. sad is whisk the supply of provides. fir the en-
tire number of those of his amps encamped are cooked. The
ovens are misdeed, and are of the mod efficient but simple
rsondroetion. Four large galvanidd boxes are inserted is
the ironed at angles, and the fire is placed in the
centre, and by this proems cooking, by baking end boding, ,
goes on at the same time, cad it is cakalated that dinners
for 200 men a day can is this way be supplied. The Lod'
dos Scottish were the next on the ironed, wader the OM.
mend of Mr. linen. and they occupy about 14 toed, sad '
small deputations dune in in the coarse of the ethoespie
The socommodation for the members of the the
secretary and his staff, and the body of Royal
employed Ia arranging and digesting the denim of the
mores, sod the repomeatativee of the prom, bee been ex•
tended, with • printiog-offies on the ground. There will be
the urual convenience of a temporary poraollko oe the
ground, and a telegraph station. The eemenesariat dE
meet has bebeesagain eattasted to Mr. Janabion. of lieUeM,
Manchester. Specious saloons have hese erected, about 160
feet square, sod capable of dining 2,000 penes. at one time.
The whole of these extensive miaow will be lighted with
gas, and thus the gloomy appeared* at nightfall, so mach
complained of last year, will be avoided. The tariff of
volunteers will be breakfast, la. sad 21.; dieser, le. 4.1.,
which will cement of boiled and roast }Moth vegetables,
fruit, tarts, cheese, to., sad the gement refreshment, will
be in • liberal scale. About 170 of the Cold-
stream Chards, enothiped on the ground, will act
as markers at the butts during the media& the
tried being this year increased from 62 to la The
anangsments as to the shooting, marking, he., will, es
before, be under the charge of Colonel Kennedy, Oohed
BMW, Captain Page, Captain M'Key, end Capian
B.E. The club room will be open throughout the day
for the acoomniodation of tho numbers, well °so:plied with

beaks. Mere. writing sterareiss. beire
red as tho refreshment boor hes beam ironer • but it will
be oaly for ths purr et affair g ran biro visitors
should th. weather tars out le be vabreserie. The
shooting will soarseacis to-arrow al 1 abler, sad the fol.
lowing is the aerial pregitsrats of what is es bar give :
ALL CONENS' Corn YAWL-200 MA SPX yards.—
Tarr C, Derbyshire ; bort D, Oksacererbire ; target fre
Lancashire; target G, Middlsaix. N.H. Ocriparteis to
parade is boat of Corsa Trt at 1 o'ilesk.
OXFORD AND CANSIUDGE BUDDED MEDAL—Orfoid, ICCI
yards, target 7 ; 500 rd 800 yards, target 15. Ceastai4p,
200 yards, target 8: 500 sad 800 yards, target 16.
MIDDLESEX BRONZE MEDAL. —2OO yards, barrio 1,2, 3,
4. 5. 6. 500 and 600 yards, trysts 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.
N. B. Competitors to parrs in frost of Corr' Tor at
1 o'clock.

hITIELD ANIMATION COP.-201) yards, lamb 41, 41;
500 yank, tow*, 33, 34.
Lo' Vuutoa'a Palm-500 yards, tarseta 35, X
Swartaa.—Poor AND EtwirraTatoce.—At 200, 500, GOO,
800, sod 1,000 yards at pool sod swoops targets.
10:33ut0 Dana. By mkt. I. Ewalt Pass.

A St. Petersburg letter of the 2nd says :—" The
Grand-Duke, heir to the =rose, left far Berlin bet mates
at six. He will be eight or ems moat= street, as he le le
pass the winter in Italy. The Emperor is making his roe do
what he did himself when yoring--spend some thee is
Geimany and Weed sad make small' loafer Way is Italy
The Greed Doke will reach his majority 121) on the 30111
September next. The probebility Is that his Impish!
Highnesis merrier= will be decided an before lib relass*

Messrs. Lock and Whitfield, of Regent-streak,
bad the bosur, on Saturday last, of jell!.
pities*" at Ides
sad of bar
Prisms of Wales the West Priessi7Ql7=7llll.
RISIONATION 07 • Blatt/P.—The Right Be,.
Dr.
toil fishmeal. Bishop of lispert's Lad, is a
ws7 Wand, with a view of pisaiag tee reaped= el
his atoms* in the heeds of the antboritko at hems. Is
1849, os the formation of the bishopric of Espert's Led.
alias the territory of the Hodson's Bay Com sy, he was
imitated by Earl Orey, who was thee Colosal Sesechery,
lo be tos first bishop, and daring the 15 years whisk base
elapsed has worked Os vast diocese with sismdor emu,
Mcreasing the umber of duty from b la, el whom 5
are natives. The dames et Ropert's Lad Is 370,000
sumo mike in erten*, with a population of 200,000. TM
gores moue' income is TOOL. 400/. of which is derived from
the Colosial Bishoprics Food, and 3001. from tks Hades'.
BaLCorn_pasy.
Tits hale or Coral' RIPLY/S.—tlt is with regret
we bane to announce the death of Colossi Bluster, the
commending officer of the Ism of Omit Rifle Volutton,
which took plus cos Thursday last, at his rename is
Wrawiekusers, Aeliro. The doseased, lobe was well
booms as a mast dietingskhed volunteer cuunsailins adieu
bad bees suffer's; for a oessiderablie time from in affsetios
of the leap, which tormisatoi in *miry. The to/towhee
y~regimental order was as Saturday worming posted at the
heeuarters of the corps in Liocoln's-iou :—" The Oiklit
0111111ediag has the pisiahl daty of aanouseing the death
se Liestesest-Coluel Bruster,whialt took plasm Thum

day *mist, at his Imes ha Wirwigkeqyar;.Plmlise. is
making this imoonneemsst, the of exotusediag ie sue
that this sad event will moo ewe malvarnal holies through.
out the battalion, to all the umbers of which their late
lieutesasteolasel bad endeared himself by all the nether
that constitute a soldier and a courteous gentlemen.
THE LATE SIR C. BAEZ; R. A.—A very beautiful
memorial tablet to perpetuate the mossy of the late Sir
Charlie Barry has led hem eroded in the save of West-
minster Abbey, over the spot were the distinguished
architect of the Houses of Parliament bee buried, sail
nearly adjoining Use grave of the late Mr. Robert Btedwe.
sou, to whim, it will be remembered, a monumental brene,
repressating • full length figure of the eminent
was inscribed • few years slues. The memorial. :II:
been plead is the abbey by the family of the late Be O.
Barry, meets of • large ems let into a somiee slab of
black marble about 12 fest he Isegth by 6 feet in width,
and the ioscriptiou on the erns is m Mows : " Sacred to
the memory of the late Sir 0. Barry,
teat of the "ser Mace Westminster aid other
who died as the 12th of May, 1860, aged 64 years, sadhis.
buried basest& this hem" The following _ton Is des in-
scribed mad the outside of lb. marble dab : " Whatso-
ever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Le dead eel este meo,
for ye neve the Lord Cluid."—Odemlase 1it,21. $4,
A treaty has just been . concluded between
Nryesbeer, represented by N. CrcMileux, sad lbs
maaegessent of thsOirsad Opera Paris. for the performs°,
of the Mg *spaded Africans (or nom de Gana), erlikik
is to swear early sszt