The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-10 00:00:00

PRESENTATION OF THE PRIZES.

MARGATE, FRIDAY.

The presentation of the prizes to the aucceaeful
competitors took place last evening at the Assembly-rooms.
Margate, is the presence of one of the moot crowded and
fashionable assemblies ever known within its walls. The
Mayor (Captain Turner, of the 7th Cioque Porta' Rifles)
presided, sod Major-General Sir W. M. Coghlan, of the
Royal Artillery, undertook the preseutatiopm. Amongst
those present were Major-General Grose, Csptais Brown,
chairman of the Pier and Harbour Company; Lieot •
Colonel Whitehead, North Middlesex Rides; Mr. James
Teddy Friend, of North Down ' • Captain and Adjutant
Buses, Loudon Ride Brigade; Captain Williams, 19th
Middlesex; Lieutenant J. N. Talfoard, 7th Cinque Porta'
Artillery, fr.c.
It appears that in consequence of the lateness of the hoer
at which the grand contest of the day had terminated, the
last shot not having bees fired at the targets till they were
scarcely visible, there was some difficulty in ascertaining to
whose lot the gold watch would fall for having made the
highest segregate score in the Clue B and C competitions,
and up to nearly dark it wasassignedto Private Dighton, of
the 14th Middlesex (EliEltgate) Rifles, who, having tied
with Corporal Gould, 3/ th Middlesex, with an aggregate
score of 58, in shooting off won the tie. When, however,
the scores became finally tested it was found that both thee;
gentlemen had to give place to Captain Williams, of the 19th
Middlesex, who iu the two cleansMiddlex, bad mates an aggre-
gate Dome of 64, and thus became the winner of
the gold watch. On this Private Dighton awed
Corporal Gould agreed to divide the second prize
of 51. between them. Ths prooeediop of the evening com-
menced with a concert, in which Miss Pearce, Mr. Carter
(tenor), Miss Kate Gordon (a pianist and pupil of H. Bene-
dict), and Mr. George Bucklaud (the celebrated buffo
singer of the Colosseum and Polytechnic Institutions), took
part. At itsconclimion,
General Sir W. M. COGHLAN was introduced by the mayor
to the assemblage. Hamad he bad been mailed to present the
prize* to the successful competitors on this interesting
occasion. He had great pleasure in doing as, because, leaving
the intrinsic value of the prizes out of the question, they
bore substantial testimony to the high spirit and deter-
mined practical zeal of the volunteers in perfecting them-
selves in that noble science, so calculated in case of neces-
sity to be of service to their country. A more pleasing
duty than that he was now called upon to diszharge it was
impossible for any one to perform. Bs looked upon the
volunteer movement as one of the greatest events which bad
taken place in this country during the last century. (Hear.)
All he could do or say was to urge the volunteer& to keep
their eyes steadily to that hoe sod patriotic object for which
the volunteer force was raised, and by keeping up such meet-
ings amongst themselves as had just terminated in that dis-
trict, take we that the movement should never languish or
decay. (Applause.) The gallant general then proceeded to
distribute the prizes in classes A, B. and C, the alternate
of the meeting being far too numerous to be gone through,
amounting in the whole to about 300/.
In clams A, the Isle of Menet prize, value 201., shot for
with seven abets at 300 yards, any position, and dividsdbato
four prizes : the Ist prue, of 61. value, won by private
Mortlook, Vietoriaa ; 2nd, of 41., Private Blaise, St. George's;
3rd, of 31., Sergeant Barfield, 9th Kent; 4th, of 2/., by
Private Whalen, Ist Surrey.
Clam B, value 501. divided iota 10 prima, at 200 and 300
yards, five shots each from the shoulder. Ist prize of 151.,
nos by Cantata Williams, 19th Middlesex; 2nd, of 10f.,
to Private Diem, 7th Cinque Ports ; 3rd, of 71. 10a., Corp*.
ra Gould, 37th Middlesex • 4th, of 51., Private Bohn, 16th
Middlesex ; sth, of 41., &rising Miller, 6th Kent; 6th, of
31., Private Blew, St. George's ; 7th, rl2/., Private Bishop,
Moque Ports ; Bth, of 11. 10e., Assistant-Surgeon Pittock,
7th Cieque Ports ; 9th, of if., Captain Barra 29th Kent ;
10th, of 11., Corporal Luta, Queen's Westrain;ter.

[TWOPENCE

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Clone 0, also of the value of 501., divided into ten prises,
shot for at 400 sod 300 yigds, Hytbe position.—lst, of 151.,
Sergeant Montgomery, 30th Middlesex (Whig) ; of
IW., Private Dightoe, 14th Middlesex ; 3rd. ol 74 10c,
Captain Williams' 19th Middlesex; 4tb, of Si., Corporal
Adsnis ; sth, of 41., Private Danes, 22nd Sent ; 6th. of
3/., Sergeant Ellenger, Ist Cinque Porta ; 7th, of 21., Pose-
paat-lostuctor Compile, South Middlesex ; of 11. 100,
Sergeant Burman ; 9th, of 11., Captain Barn; and 10th,
of 1/., to Mr. Parry, an bon. member.
On Captain Williams presenting himself for the fourth
time to receive the gold watch for the highest aggregate
wore he was loudly cheered, and briefly sA. nowledged the
compliment..

Votes of thanks were awarded to Major•Geneml Coghlan,
to the Mayor, and to Mr. T. H. Keble (general manager of
the meeting), and the proceedings terminated with a hall
lasting till this morning,

NATIONAL RIPLI ASSOCIATION.

The following are the conditions for the compe-
titive trial of rifles for 1865 :

1. The annual competitive trial of rifles shall take place
at Woolwich, commencing at 11 o'clock, a.m., on the 22nd
of November next.

2. Etch compeTicor shall furnish six complete rifle' of
precisely similar description.
3. The conditions as to bore, weight, pullet trigger, stocks,
sights, shall be as follows :—A. Bore. Minimum, '451.
B. Weight. Maximum. 10lbs. The barrels and stocks not
to be weighed separately. C. Length of barrel, 33 inches.
D. Pull of Trigger. Minimum, filbe. E. Stocks. Half
stocked. All the barrels of soy one set of rifles may be
fired from the mole stock. F. Sights. Dagulatioo Enfield,
bat warranted as to admit of any other sights being subs°.
queetly fitted to the rifles.

4. An person intending to compete shall, oe or before
the 2&d of October next, pay an entrance fee of 101., and
shall at the same time sign a letter to the secretary in •
form [which is] annexed form accepting the conditions of
competition sa here laid down. Each competitor may enter
more than one description of rifle, subject to these regula-
tions and to the payment of an additional entrance fee of
101. for each additional est of rifles.
5. The rides shall be delivered at the office of the uso-
ciatioe before 11 o'clock a.m. oa the 21at of November, and
shall be tested and examined between the hours of 12 and 5
p.m. on that day. in premium of the council, by the super-
intendent of the royal email arms factory. The rifles
delivered by any competitor will not be accepted without
the certificate of such superintendent that the conditions
Nos. 2 and 3 have been complied with by such competitor,
6. Each competitor shall, previous to the trial fin up
and sign a form [which is anoitheil], stating the pahiculare
of his rifle and ammunition, and the price of the rifle.
7. The charge an ammunition used by the competitor at
the trial shall be the same in all respects as stated by him
in such paper.
8. The price of the rifle shall in no case Amami 701. ; and
shall include the cost of • disc aperture hack-sight with
Vernier scale and • covered slot foresight with graduated
lateral adjustinent. The rides must admit of these sights
being fitted to them. _
. . . . . .

9.-Three rifles of each set shall be taken indiscriminately
for trial, sod these shall be numbered from Ito 3. The
rifles shall be tried in the order in which they am numbered.
10. The order of shooting shall be determined by lot, to
be drawn by the secretary not less than 15 days previous to
the 22nd of November. A letter will be assigned mom+
ingly to each competitor for each set of rifles delivered by
him. Notion will bekiven to each competitor of the letter
drawn for him.

11. Letter A, ride No. 1, shall commence the WO ; latter
B, rifle No. 1, will then be taken, and so on in succession;
and after the rifles No. 1 have been fired, then ride. No. 2
will be fired, commencing with letter A. The firing shall
be coetinued from day to day with the letter and number
peat io order after the rifle last fired on the previous day.
12. The Mks shall be fired from fixed mechanical rests.
Government rests obeli be assigned by lot to such competi-
tors who de not bring their own. (Facilities will be afforded
by the superintendent of the Royal Laboratory at Woolwich
for competitors to fit their slide bars to the rests soy tine
previous to the trial).
13. Each competitor shall be responsible for the adjust-
ment, fitting, and general 000ditioo of the rest used by him
during the triaL Each competitor shall either be preseut
to Ore his rifles, or shall appoint a representative to do so.
14. The distance fired at shall be 1.000 yards. Eight trial
shot shall be allowed for each rifle before the 30 competi-
tire shuts are fired. Thirty competitive shots shall be fired
consecutively from each rifle.

15. No cleaning daring the 30 competitive shots shall be
allowpd,
16. The &seams jiving the mean radial deviation and
taken u at the School of Musketry, at Myths, shall decide
the figure of merit of the rifles.

17. The description of ride that gives the best figure of
merit shall be selected so the one with which the Queen's
Prize, second stage, shall be competed for at the ensuing
Prize Meeting of the Association.
18. The figure of merit determining the best description
of ride shall be the average of the three rifles of one de-
scriotiou.

19. Nu mechanically fitting loading rods shall be used.
20. Competitors may use the clinometer to take the angle
of elevation, which shall be recorded by an officer appointed
for that purpose. The clinometer may also be used to re.
adjust the angle of elevation during trial, but only in pre-
note of this officer, and with the sanction of a member of
the council, or some person appointed by the counciL
21. No telescope shall be used by competitors or specta-
tors after the trial shots.

=. Competitor shall either be present themselves or ap-
{mat some one to be present at the target when the dia-
grams are taken Mt. They or their representatives
than sign the diagram, which shall also be countenigted
by the secretary, or by some person appointed by the
council.

23. The secretary shall select timid the three successful
rifles to be kept by the councilsa • pattern arm.
24. The successful competitor shall be required to supply
to the association, by the Ist of May. 1865, 60 rills, which
shall in every respect be similar to the pattern arm, except
that they are to be fitted with • back-sight and foreeight
of the description mentioned in condition No. 8, and the
price of which shall not exceed that stated is
the paper [which is annexed]. The 60 rifles, when
supplied, shall be submitted to the frenzied, sod
such an examination of them will be instituted by
the superintendent of the royal small arms facttory
as will satisfy the council of the perfect soundness of
the rifles and of their conformity with the pattern arm.
Every rifle which be shall certify to be not mita in accord.
coos with the pattern arm will be rejected, and the compe-
titor shall supply mother rifle in lieu thereof, which shall
be submitted to examination in the like meaner. _

25. The successful competitors shall supply at a felt pries
such quantity of ammunition of the same quality and kind
as used by bun at the Woolwich competition as may be re-
quired for the sighting of the rifles previous to the Wim-
bledon meeting, and for the use of the competitors in the
second stage of the Queen's Prise.
26. Subject to the above mulattoes, the competition will
be conducted under the direction of the comma, or their
°their appointed for the purpose, whcse decision is in all
came to be final.—By ceder,
Sr. Jong-ldituusr, Secretary.

THE ROYAL Braes IN THE EDINBURGH COUNCIL
CHALBEIL—On Thursday the oouteil chamber was open for
the exhibition of the marble busts of the Queen sod the
late Prince Consort, presented to the city by the lord pro.
vast. That of the Queen, by Mr. Noble, represents her
Majesty at a comparatively youthful period. The counte-
nance is animated, and the expression highly pleasiog and
the bust is at once a beautiful work of art and a highly
eatiafactory likeness. The bust of the Prince Consort,
by Mr. Thud, ie also an admirable likeness, and
represents the lamented Prince in the very prime of
life, just as he was taken away. The countenance is calm,
thoughtful, and dignified, and the head bears the impress
at once of wisdom and benevoleem One circurnitances
which must in the minds of everybody add to the value of
the gift is that the esteemed donor was honoured by the
gracious intimation of her Majesty's pleasure in the choice
of the busts, and that, acting upon that iotimatioc, the
artists above named were commissioned to execute copies of
work. which had already received the royal approval.—
Edioburyk Courssit,
CAMBUIDOSSIIIRE AGRICULTURAL Bour'. —The
fret show of this society took place yesterday, sod was an
exceedingly well supported and interesting one. A some.
what serious accident oonerred in the stock yard. A.
boar, the property of Mr. Hill. of Ely, attacked end bit his
keeper, tearing open the calf of his leg ; the poor roan was
Sakai, to Addsobrooke's Hospital, and atteededtn. It was
toted that he is seriously, but it is hoped not dangerously
wounded. Ie the evening about 200 of the members dined
together at the Lion Hotel, Cambridge. The Earl of
Hardwicketook the chair in the absence of the president of
the society, Mr. Yorke. M.P.
EDUCATION OP RECRUITS. —From the last report
of the Army Medical Department, the following interesting
analysis is gives of the state of education of every 1,000
recruits examined : In Eoglish districts 239 were unable
to read or wilt* ; 37 able to read only ; and 724 able to read
and write. In Scotch districts they appear respectively as
163, 157, and 680. IA the Irish districts the aumbera ap-
pear as follows : 322, 104, and 578. Compared with the
results for 11461 there is a decrease in the proportion of un-
educated is England, but scarcely any difference is Scotland
and Ireland. We compare, however, favourably with the
French army, where, in the muse number of young men
liable to be enrolled, the state of education was ascertained
to be 318 as tumble to read or write ; 32 able to read one
(.30 able to reed sod write. So that the propel lion wholly
uneducated ia higher then among the recruits tor Um British
army.

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