The Express.
London, England, 1864-07-16 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION AT

WIMBLEDON.

The programme yesterikycontained a member of im-
portant events either to be °outlined or commesued. First
' amoopt them wu the contest fur the Queues Prise, the
'bootleg for which was to be at 600 yards--beisig the last
nage of the first slue—and this wan a most im-
portant part of the proasediup. Up •to t mist
the whole amber of them mitered were estidel
to shoot 15 times for the prize, but after this the aunt=
will be reduced to 100, the Ant 80 rewiring each a Whit.
worth Mae. and the sent various prises. From this 100 will
have to be saluted for the guess's Prim, after paring
through the rasps of 800, 900, sod 1,000 yards. The sett
cm the list was the euitiseation of the drat stags of the
Mewed= Prise at 200 and 600 yards, the first caries of
extra prose, sad second series of extra prism A sew coa-
ted* was ossimeeeed yesterday. called the Thiamin An
Menses Prim, few say rifle seder 10Iba. with a teleseope
affix* five shots each at 1,000 yards ; the Enfield Aim.
claim Cep, at 200 sad 600 yards ; Lord Badeor's Psi"
with the Swiss Central Shot, at 500 yards, with sighting
target., peel and sweepstakes, reaming deer, Aft
e of Cambndge prime wen °ply partiallydispmed
of as Thursday evening. Mr. Edward Ross was ansousced as
the winur of the fine per, but there wee three ties far
the seemed and third prime. They bad to be shot off, and
the foilowiag is the result;

lir. 114. sad Boss Oarm M Vidienlll(B/11.) 36
W. P. lurk MIUt (MS, 331.)
Earmark% 171darlea (11111 e, 1/1L)
For the A 8800.01031 COP there wee • spirited oompe.
Wes, and the toiletries are the principal2oo sooreszsed6 e :
00
Yards. Tarifa Tote%
Caplialn Ashley, debug et Musketry .... 17 16 33
Ueutenarit Aldridge. Oh Dorset l7 18 86
Legge (kooks*. Bs. Utuegek
Private Braes, rd lUrteudbright
Captain Paseehall, ad Hereford
Thesis Wyatt, thadois Ellie Brigade
Lieutenant fllehford,llBth idt,leeex

Is the mutat ter the Telesoepe Prize, Mr. Edward Eon
at fear sighing Sib Oil, made four bull's eyes, sad With the
east An shots ha made four ball's eyes and aortas which
*as coesidered as matt sztraordinsry shootfag.
Oaetei• Faeld, of the His. Artillery Ooespaey, made for
the Queen's Prise 15 at 200 yards, 15 at 500, and 14 at 600.
After dieser the voluateire were invited by public notice
to meet Lord Melte opposite to the deck, sad at the
time aimed (ball-peel 2 *Week) there was a Pawl hod:
sesembed.

LoidEtzgo Um rode forward, and seeks at seem
lesigth. Be said the email hoped this year be pay the
espouse, though they ware very greet. Be wished So take
the opium' of Uses* prised oe the question of targets—
lint, as to the material el which they should he composed,
sad beat as to thaw farm. The imposer to these questiosis
were in favour of the materiel being ism, sad the form
Datum. Having been asked as to his opinion upon
metres, his lordship said they would do very well Sari=
private ranges, bet where they ware misspelled to have
taqeis ekes together it wosid be impossible to use them.
Before he quitted them he wished to state that throegboet
the week lard throwsewar bad provided a Said at his own
engem. (Chem)
Three cheers were gives far Earl Grosvepor, and three
for LordEleho, sad the meting broke up. the gun goes
?after 'Jetts the eigaal for the shooting to be resumed.
It has base definitely aneaged that to-morrow the Arch-
bishop of York will preach to the volnoteers is the large
, teat, sad the Bev. T. Bewley Ball, learner at Wimda
I will reed the prayers. The service to oommissoebli:t

Oa Theriday eight Mire weep explosiatof the porcasata
to the rtheshmest booth, bet fortamitely no one wee it
sod the domes was cosi:hied to the distraction of the
isetrumeat. The report we hard ell over the poem a&
A great trW of skill ha bees amid for this day by breech
loaders, sad the follow* ..U.. bee base bawd :—" Quick
eriois at the • coming teas' with breech loaders.—Os Satur-
day, 16th of July, et 12 et woo sad 3 p.m. Estraars, ss. ;
tune, two !ideates, dunes with% the coming mac will be
exposed. The tonal mamba of centres sod oaten will thee
be isdiotted, sad Captain Lochner will then take the spores.
Asy position!. The @stria (one avidter having bola de-
ducted for the essocietise) will be ed as is dose with
the 200 yards sweepstakeu Mr. Oran, in Mr. Rally's test,
will 'apply the breech loaders sod ammusitioa. —Caws.
mean Locesim, apt 36th Middlesex R. V."
It was mode loan yesterday tbat all the men who have
made ties for the Prize must be on the ground this
morales by ohm o'clock, or they will lose their chance of
Was( say further share is the cosiest.
. . . .

alaiouib it may spouts fiat the shoplift at 600 yards,
this year or the Queues Prise is sot so good as it was last
year, still on the whole it is better, when it is coasidevad
that last year the Wets were 8 feet by 6 feet. Those this
year is ass have has Mooed to 6 feet Nurse, which will
tally account foe the &doom is the scores which has
tats place. . . . . . . .

A concert took pleas the weals( ia the large teat,
at which several prolonsieeal dowers gave their strewn.

THE SAILING-BARGE RACE.

The tailing-buys 171/00, which by its novelty hay
excited great interest masa the owners sod captains of
Hued barges below bridge, took pla.v yesterday, and, as
bad beat eurpeeted, attracted a vast coscourse of spectators
to wheelie IL.
The weather woo floe, and the race an eusellent Gas.
The finish was as follows :

A. la. v.
5 6 10
0 SO
lu tf
6 14 10
6 IS $.6

By the thee allemeaceol rll a minute per tox, fie &rat
and Elio (13) wee the Lit prase, the Swale (16) tb
mooed, ..d tie Matilda and Amy the third.