The Express.
London, England, 1862-07-15 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY ETENJ/0,. IULY 15, 1882.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE WIMBLEDON
PRIZES AT MB CRYSTAL PALACE

The ceremonial distribution of the prizes won
at the late rifle shooting match on Wimbledon-memos.
took place yesterday at the Crystal Palace. The weather
was exceptionally fine, and consequently the Palace and
grounds had put on their beet aspect for the occesioa. The
most popular of royal dukes had consented to distribute the
prizes, and the Prime Minister bad promised his presence at
the distribution. The interior of the Pelson had.
under the tasteful care of Mr. Wood, assumed a most
martial and striking appearance. The cornices of the
Handel orchestra were covered with inscriptions recording
the names of the various corps in England and Scotland.
and in;tbefront under the proscenium banners drooped down
in which were emblasooed the Dames of the heroes of the
day's distribution. In the freest wee a platform covered
with crime= cloth, upon which were to stand his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the more distinguished
gueste, and the heads of the volunteer institution ; and on
a tsble close at hand were spread out the most splendid of
the prises, conspicuously arranged so as to be sees,
sad to serve as a stimulus to the marksmen of
future ride matches. This table wag se extoreardimw

mitre of &Asensio,' for the vlnktruetithop
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for the platform, aud every oni concurred in applanding
the richness and artistic design of the various articles..
There was the Association Cup, in silver-gilt, of elaborate
einque-eento dssige, which was to be carried off by Major
Moir ; the Queen's Prime, which fell to the fortunate Mr.
Pixley, of the Victoria Rifles, having been originally
2501. in money, the gold medal of the sasociation, sod a
Whitworth, but the money portion of which the
winner had invested in two elegant claret cups ;
the Eton Cup, which was won by Lord Woo ;
the Ashburton challenge shield ; and last, though certainly
not latest in beauty of design or workmanship, the Albert
shield and vase, which the company were most anxious to see
and to touch, in affectionate recollection of the illustrious name
with which it was emaciated. The shield is a facsimile of the
table in oxydieed diver, and covered with the most elaborate
repoosee work, which had been made for the Qoesu in 1851
by Masers. Elkingtou, ifs6-s'aT also furnished the other
articles previously enumerated. Close to the table • row
of seats had been placed, which were occupied by Lady
Palmerston, the Duchess of Weirmgton, Ladies Bury and
Elcho, and several other ladies of rank. Amongst
the male occupantsof the platform were his Royal High -
ness the Duke of Cambridge, president of theday ; Vir
count Palmerston, the Duke of Cleveland, Lords Bicho and
Bury, Lord Powersoourt, fiir Joseph Paxton, Mr. Farquhar,
chairmen of the Crystal Palace Company ; several French
generals, and moor two members of the foreign diplomatic
body. The whole of the orchestra was densely crowded, as
was also the transept area, whilst the galleries down as far
as say view of the proceedings could be obtained, presented
• brilliant array of beauty and fashion. The Duke of Cam-
bridge was loudly cheered, both on entering and leaving the
building ; and Lord Palmerston had also a very
warm and hearty reception. Besides the table
before mentioned, upon which the most valuable prizes
were arranged, there were on. or two other stands covered
with the swords of lesser value, and about the edges of the
platform stood the rifles, field glasses, and other articles
with which the less fortunate of the marksmen were to be
'maned.

The formal proceedings of the day were opened by his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge with • few pre-
liminary observations to the Volunteers, who were drawn
up in line in front of the platform, but which were quite
inaudible to every one in the rear, sod the delivery of
prizes was proceeded with by Lord Mho. ♦ printed pro-
gramme bad been circulated of the order of presentation, but
at the last moment the public, who bad Invested largely in
the purchase of espies, found that it was of ant
the alig►ts* see i folierwieg the speaker, who
could only be beard with the greatest difficulty.
The full prize list will be found at the end of
this report, but we shall here endeavour to note such as
were most remarkable or attracted most notice from the
company. The Messrs. Rom, father and son, received rifles
and a prize of 1061. amidst tremendous cheering, and the
Master of Lovat also took • prise under a gratifying salvo
of applause, and Mr. De Geode, a Swiss gentleman, had
quite au ovation as be accepted his 501. Major Helford, 31st
Leicester, bad quite an armoury of rifles presented to him
amid tremendous cheering, and Sergeant Dillon, of the
School of Musketry, was presented with an engraving which
we are eon would be quite large enough to paper the walls
of his quartets at If ythe. This very successful marksman
received two other prizes—a Caliber and Terry rifle, and a
field glass, Lord Elcho informing the company, amid much
laughter, as ►e called out the last, that " This was the
third time of asking." We may here observe of these field
glare*, that being all mounted on tall tripods, they were
mistaken by many for surveyors, theodolites, and did not
seem to be very suitable or attractive prizes for riflemen. Some
got gold watches, which seemed to suit admirably. Lord
Eldon was called, but did not answer, for the Eton cup,
but the two Harrow boys took away their prize
amid the most vociferous applause. Major Halford
received the Albert shield and vase, with • few
appropriate observations from his royal highness; and
Lord Bury also, who got a field-glass, had a gracious
reception. Lieutenant Lacy, 12th Foot, received • silver
cup, presented by Mr. Hancock, and various other prizes
were presented, including a great number of rides by van-
ous makers, the presentation being accompanied in each
oue by some appropriate observations from the royal
president of the day. The sympathy of the public with
the successful marksmen was moot marked and enthusiastic,
the ladies rising and. waving their handkerchiefs, whilst
the men cheered as each more than ordinarily successful
marksman took his place upon the platform. Mr. Pixley,
of the Victories, was of coarse the hero of the day, and
next to him the Mere. Roes, Major Halton', and Sergeant
Dillon seemed to obtain the largest amount of favourable
notice from the audience.

At the conclusion of the presentation, which occupied
about an hoar and a half,
Lord PALXIUMOII mme forward to address the company,
and was received with loud cheering. His lordship said—
Your royal highness, ladies and gentlemen, it is a duty as
well as • pleasure for me to take part in the ceremonies of
this great occasion, and I trust my voice may be sufficiently
strong to communicate to you the sentiments with which I
am most deeply impressed. Happily, however, the amni-
a:teats which I wish to express an so deeply engraven in
the hearts and minds of every men, aye, and woman
England—(loud sheen)—that it will not be necessary
to do more than otter • few words in support
of the vote of thanks with which I mean to conclude, to
his royal highness the illustrious duke near me, and the
volunteers of England. (Cheers.) Your thanks are justly
due to his royal highness, because, standing as he does in
the foremost rank of the high profession of which he is so
distinguished an ornament, he boa been able, in addition
to conferring the greatest benefits on our gallant regular
army, to give the greatest encouragement to the volunteer
spirit throughout the length and breadth of the land.
(Hear, hear.) His royal highness is no holiday soldier ; his
experience is not confined to administration at home ; be
has shared with his brother soldiers all the dangers of war
and in the Crimea, at the bead of his gallant troops, he de-
feated the enemies of his country. (Cheers.) He does not,
however, confine his attention to that branch of the national
forces which is more completely under his command, but
takes the most lively interest in the welfare and prosperity
of our national volunteer institution. (Load cheers.) When,
in addition to his royal bight's= I with to propose to you •
vote of thanks to the volun teen, I feel that I am but an
inadequate exponent of the national sentiment which glows
in tin bosom of every Eaglishman and Englishwoman, but
if my expressions are feeble, 1 know that I appeal to sp-
keine from the men, and to beaming eyes
cram
mthe ladies whom I see ineywhere around me. (Load
cheap.) But why should I use " Volunteer*" as a chitin.
gunk* appellation, seeing that it is the proud &a-
liening of this country to see voltunsen in all its define-
den! (Hear, hear.) We have here no conscription.
Every man who shoulders a musket, brandishes • sward, or
manoeuvres • ship, is with as neither mon nor lees than •
volunteer. (Loud cheers) But that Limy of 170,000 ass
to whom I now propose a vote of thinks are amecislly Ye'
lustier, in this respect, that they arm far the defense of
their country without the hope of any 'wad, beyond
that country's gratitude sad admiration. (Gnat elancing.)

That gratitude •ad that admiration I trust they will long
'scrotum to Awe, and that both will continue to be •
stimulus to the brave defenders of our country. Our au•
castors were famed for their skill in the use of the bow, and
their dieuendants of the present day inherit from them that
steadfast§ of land, and that unerring exactness of eye,
which his brought so many of them here to-day to receive
the glittering prizes on the table. (Hear, hear.) We may
be Naked why it Is that at this moment, when all Europe
hem seat to this country specimens of ita peaceful industry,
and when the natives of every country are our visitors, we
should entertain them with the glittering of bayonets and
the rattle of musketry and cannon. The reason is simple—
we like to show ourselves aa we are, neither more nor leas,
sod ea oar volunteer movement is organised simply for
defence, without the slightest intention of injuring
any oee, we have not wished to withdraw from ob-
servation that which is an exposition of the feeling
of the country. (Rear, hear.) And you may depend upon
it that nothing will contribute more to the maintenance of
peace, which is the object of every rational man, than
the exhibition in time of peace of a manly neediness to
defend yourselves in case of war. (Load cheers.) Great
lattices respect each other when each sees that the other It
reedy to teed its. rights if attacked. I peq, Rigatoni,
" "

this great country, as being one of our beet esoulties for
that peace which we are all so anxious to preserve. These
brave men eaue no loss to the country by the abstraction
of their labour, for whihit, on the one hand, they attend
to Lb* military drill, on the other, they do not neglect
their ordinary occupations for a mouset, whether lawyers,
or loarchanta, or artizans ; the work of the country doer not
suffer from their neglect through their persevering preps-
ratioes for .' defence. (Cheers.) We have an international
exhibition of industry, but, at the same time, we show our
value for the institutions under which it flourishes by being
always ready for their defence. (Loud cheers.) The vote
of thanks having been carried by acclamation,
The Duke of CAMBILIDOI bristly returned thanks. Hie
royal highness, who wu but imperfectly heard, was
understood to say that he deeply appreciated a coon•
pliniect from so distinguished a company, and
proposed by so great a man as the noble
aliment. (Cheers.) The noble viscount bad associated
hie (the Doke of Cambridge's) name with the volunteers of
England, and placed as he was at the brad of the regular
army, he always looked upon the volunteers as a mast
valuable auxiliary force. He had no wish to interfere wit►
the internal management of the volunteer institution, but he
thought that on great occasions it was auntie, that they
should be under military cornmeal. He wee not personally
osansoted with the voluateen—he forgot be bad bees

honoured with the colonelcy of the City of London Rides,
and be took the deepest interest in their welfare.
With respect to the volunteer review of the previous Bator•
day all he had to may was that the way in which
so many men were brought to the ground was very credit-
able, and the general movements had afforded great graiL
&ration to the public. He congratulated the Victoria Rifles
on the success of their member, Yr. Pixley, and in conclu-
sion his royal highness thanked the company for their vote
of thanks.

Died Et.CllO made a few concluding obeerratioos, in the
mane of which he entirely accepted his royal highness
doetrip of military command for great °e easons. He be-
lieved that the reason why Lord Palmerston was the mast
popular of English ministers, is spite of patty =
from ecatain quarters, was the knowledge that his
was an Englishman to the backbone, and always ready to
defend the country from attack.
This terminated the proceedings. The Duke of Oambridge
sad Lord Palmerston retired amid loud chases, sad the
general company adjourned to the gardens to wife.. the
athletic sports.

The following is a list of the winners of the
various prism, and which may be taken as being, to some
extent, a correction of previous official returns :
TlltirQuEries Plum Victoria Big," 2601., sup
at money, together with the gold medal of the association.
Rout Duanr.—E. Ross, Lieut. Cambridge University,
ride, 261., by Mr. Henry ; H. Rosa, Kinmrdine, rifle, 151.,
by Mr. Rangy ; Cade, Victoria Rifles, Saturday Repine,
501., cup or money ; E. Ross, Cambridge University, Marrs,
Flay's, 1064
EXTRA PILIZEN THUIT 8111111131, 600 LOD& —NOnirOrth7,
Lit Oxford, Smith rifle ; Salt, god Derby, Army and Nary
Gazette, 201. ; &arida Quern's, Calisher and Terry rifle ;
Fraser, 7th Inverness, field glass ; Baker, Ist Lincoln,
Adams's revolver; Dillon, School of Musketry, engraving by
Garbo Brown ; Cooper, 16th Middlesex, engraving by Girls
Brown.

PRIM, ER= exnunr, 800 TARDE.--Scoltb,
Victoria Rifles, Bennett gold watch ; Raiford, 31st
Leicester, Kerr rifle ; Bichard, Jersey Militia, field glue,
Burrows ; Dillon, School of Musketry, field glass, Keyser
and kleadon ; Porter, Queen's Westminster, telescope and
stand; Rogers, of &Haat, engraving by Gado Brown;
Simone South Middlesex, engraving by Carle Brown.
Ezra PRIZES, SECOND BILIMB, 600 !ADDS.—Mice,
School of Musketry, Caliaher and Terry rifle ; Sainsbury,
Cambridge University, Whitworth rifle ; Soelus, rifle pre-
sented by Mr. Adams, field glees, Burrows ; Thelwall, South
Middlesex, long Enfield and bayonet ; Parson, Hon. Artil-
lery Company, long Enfield and bayonet ; Martinet., West
Middlesex, telescope and stand ; Potter, School of Mori.
ketry, engraving by Gar!. Brown ; Milford, Ist Gloucester,
engraving by Garb Brown.
EXTRA PRIZES, SECOND RENZI, 800 YARDS. —Marriner,
West Middlesex, Turner rill* ; Lathbury, 17th Lancashire,
gold watch ; Dawson, 4th West York, Kerr revolver ; Lord
Bury, Civil Service, field glass, Keyser and Bandon ; Irk,
27th Lancashire, long Enfield rifle ; Colonel Cole, C. 8., en-
graving by Carle &own ; Bewley, engraving by Carle
Brown.
'Erna PTIZZIE, TRIAD MISS, 200 AND 500 YARDS.
Captftio Heaton 3rd Manchester, silver cup, Mr. Angell ;
Brooks, 12th Middlesex, bust of Duke of Wellington, El-
kington ; Lieutenant Lacy, 12th Foot, silver cup, Hanxick
Captain M'Swiwy, London Irish, silver cup, Hunt and
Roekell ; Kemp, Lancashire, silver cup, Lambert.
ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND.—" England," Elcho challenge
shield.

PUBLIC &Boom—Harrow, Ashburton challenge shield;
Earl of Eldon, Earl Spencer's cup.
Dung or WELLIRGEO3.IS FRlEL—Formby, Liverpool
Rifle Scipio, cup or 501.
EARL bUDLET'II Paul—Williams, 19th Middlesex, 50/.
cup or money.
Loan Vuueotea Pause.—Halford, Ist Leicester, rifle
worth 351. ; Dill, 4th West York, 151.
Asesocurion Cur.—Moir, Stirling, 501., manufactured by
Elkington, and mid to have cost 1201.
Au. Comm, 200 TAMIL—Muir, 3rd Kirkcudbright,
201.; Thornbury, Victoria Rifles, 201.; Potter, Instructor of
Musketry, 20/. ; Conieworth, sth Lancaster, 201. • ' Smith,
City of Edinburgh, 201. ; Field, Honourable Artillery
Company,O 231.
YARDB.—Bluott,loth Regiment, 351. ; Wilson, School
of Musketry. 351. • Punabon, Ist Newcastle, 351. ; Rose,
School of ]Musketry. 3.51. ; Cunliffe, 26th Cheshire, 35/. ;
Doupn, 26th lancsabirs, 351. ; Rowland, 55th Foot, 351.
600 TARDlL—Cmaliffa, 26th Cheshire, 5111. ; Dines, 28th
Middlesex, 501.: Moir, Kird Stirling, 504 • Wilson, School
;of Musketry, 501. Gill, 4th West York, 604 ; Halsall, 21st
Lancashire, 501. ; De Gondre, Swiss, WY.
THE OAlR.—Walsall, 21st lancuhire, Ist prize ; Markle,
Quees's Wassasiasier, god prise ; J. Baker, 4th Gloucester,3rd prim

Ries DIABT.—Ross, Cenibridp Univenity, first prize;
Helloed, let ',skeeter, woad pries; Astley, Bawl of
Musketry. third pries.
Sr. Otonon'e Veal—Ferguson, let Inverness, vase and
gold jewel of St. George ; Lest, Queen's, silver jewel of St.
George; Hemery, llth Middlesex, Inoue jewel of St.
Hratotz Cue. —N lath Stafford, Harold Cup9orri,
let Gloucester 254 ; Hogg, 12th Surrey, 151. ; kl'Oibbon,
14th Edinbergli, 101.
Dunn or Caitinanon's ihura—Colquhoua, 4th Dragoon
Guards, cap value 501., or money.
ALuarr Ist Lek:eater, 1001. cop or
MOW,.

PRINCZ or WALRII'B PRIZR.—A. Smith, City of Edin-
burgh, 1001. cup, or mosey.
18T linos -Walton, 17th Wed York, silver
medal and R hitworth ; Dougan, 26th Lam:a-
gile, Whitworth rifle; Wyatt, let City of London,
ditto ; Williams, 19th Middlesex, ditto ; M. Smith, Victoria
Rifles, ditto ; Edwards, 6th Stafford, ditto ; Anderson,
guess% Westminster, ditto; French, lit Warwick, ditto ;
Porter, Queen's Westminster, ditto ; Sprott, Liverpool Rifle
B ditto ; Dion 28th Middleman. ditto ; Cunningham,,
leMlddlesex ditto ; A. Smith, Edinburgh City, ditto ;
Morris, 9th Middlesex, ditto ; Doe, Victoria Riess, ditto ;
Norfolk, 13th Suffolk, ditto ; Palmr, 36th Stafford, ditto ;
lat Lanark, ditto ; Sullivan, Liverpool Rifle Brigade,
ditto.

TAM Clops IN Rem Kum% —ln the neighbour-
hood of Canterbury the corn mops promise a good yield.
All the wheats ars standing up well, and will hold out, the
time Dario, gone by foe them to rustein coy harm. In
about a fortnight, with seoh weaker es we experienced ea
Banda), they would begin to out. Barley is very good, as
are also beans. The peas have got the dolphin. The
tondos are amain( en very well, the rains ba=l:l
suited them. Ooneiderelds &Acuity hes has
with the bay, but it is nearly all got up now. The produce
set bad. One farmer r this perish will make 110 Mos a
60 cores.—Soule dueler's Gazette.