The Express.
London, England, 1865-07-15 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION

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MIKBLIDON, PIuDAT Immo.

The shooting oonnseneed moon after 9 o'clock this
morning, thevolunteare kiwis/ to coetetid with a siren wird
from the south-wort by math, which materially aided the
accuracy of the marking. The day being beautifully fine,
there was a large attendance of visitor', and amongst them
was hh Royal Rieman the Prince of Orange and nits.
Be tried Us band as a shot at the running deer,
and woosseded making a bull's eve and several other
bits. The seigramme for the day mothied of • cce-
tinuatioe of the contest for the Sect stage of the Queen's
Prime at 400 yards. It was expected that the first sage et
the Queen's Prise would be 0000luded this hoeing, end this
is a very imports/at point in the busioess of the meeting.
inasmuch se It am delensiaes which of the 100 of the
NOOO competitors &all receive the silver medal of the
ational Rine Aseociadoe, 30 rides, and badges and money
prize' to the mad the bandied. The winners of the 30
rifle* and the next 30 bevies the highest some* them form
thelbody to shoot at the woad stage of 800, 900, and 1,000
yards, and out of tide 00 IN to be picked the enamor
of the Queen's Prise sad the gold medal of the
emaciation, to say nothing of the lower whisk
the possession of such a prim always brings with it.
Therefor', when the law body of upwards et 8.,000 volun-
teers from all perks of the kingdom are to be reduced at
owe to tasty, that is an event w hob cannot fail to be re.
pearl with peat asziety. Such being the case, as this was
the last chance for many who had come hundreds of miles
to try their skill, thew west to work with es earaestmes
which demonstrated
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-thy ware determined to do their

best. The essapstilise for tie Alexandra prize wet le bare
gone on, but was deferred mail Saturday. The Volute's**
'krvia easdty and some other contests, were imetioutd,
but Do very remarkable incident oocorred, Ind the Swiss
Carton sad Rusaing Deer targets were sole extensively
patronised, parMenburly by Captain Rom, who made several
bull's eym at the former.
Wh& the shootiog was Ong on the Palace of Ortega,
accompanied by East Grosvenor. escheat 10•011111 of the firing
points, and Dr. Wastmecott, of the London Scottish, con-
ducted him over the hospital teat, and explained to him
the various arnagemials which bad bees made is cave ad
accidents, do.
As the day advaaced the couipaoy began greatly to In-
a:ease, and the esecluding range of the drat stag.p of the
Qtammi's prize was Narrowly watched, sad y tke
Mooting of Mr. Edward Rosa, whose firing throughout woe
of the mast admirable description. He found a vary able
compstiter in (Uptake B. IL Hoists, of the 18th Somme*.
who maned at the =minim of the oostcet to make 47
pasts, being precisely the same number as bad been
made by Mr. Edward Roes, but as the 630 f e
was reckoned seoardiag to the prinsiple above
referred to Mr. Edward East became entitled to the
silver medal of the ainaciatioa, a rifle, and a qualification to
shoot in the second stage. The silver modal was woe by
Precisely (the maze number of pollute (47) Yet year, by
Private Reward, of the Ist Suffolk. Should Mr. Ease carry
on hie shooting is big =mil manner through the long raagns
of 800, 900, and 1,000 yards, there is wary reason to be-
lieve that he will. for the second time, become satitied to
the Queen's Prise. The second stage will be shot for on
Tuesday next, when a very large oompany is expected to be
prevent.

PRtSZRVATION OP LIFE PROM FIRE.
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On Thursday the Mansion-bowie wee the scene of
• highly tatereetiog oecameey. The ociossion was the prawn-
tedion of medals end other rewards pasted by the Row
Society to those wbo, during the pest 12 months, bare bees
instrumental is rescuing lumen lie im from Gm sal for this
Fpir the Lord Mayor kiadly permitted the use of Um
"sn-hall, sad tionseeisd to preside at the distribution.
early a hundred of the brigade of the Royal Society were
preload with their bead and allegro, and were damn tip in
line on either side of the 'straw* hall, the band, render the
direction of Mr. Inspeotor and Bendmeeter Wads, perform-
beg before the Imbues sad at its elms.

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TNN IV IPS HIAZTNIAINGS AND IIDDLLATILINGS.
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IL Vaadasho D. Mahar, D. Norm. Wks, Midis : lin. D.
Goadqsal/ aaG.IGNI IL Oilver.—Amt Alr AMPLE APOLOGY.

BRITANNIA.
TNTI rewire, THE HEREIN DIAMOND: OR, THE ITN
OF LIGHT I Mos Bt. Cansio.—ZNGLIBH HAWKS AND LUSH
PIOZONL—And HENN' TILE HUNTER.

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LONDON. SATURDAY. JULY 15.

THE cities and boroughs of England and Wales
have now returned their members, and there are
only a few of those of Scotland and Ireland which
have not done the same. The result continues to be
favourable to the Liberals: In emeighbouringcolumn
we show the changes that have taken piece to the
advantage of either party, and which upon the
lowest calculation give a majority of eight for the
Government. The later and official return for
Bridgnorth enables us to add that borough to the
number of those which have sent Liberal members
to Parliament in the place of Tories, and to congratu-
late an English constituency upon returning
a member who, besides being a gentleman of rare
accomplishments, understands probably better than
any one else in England the politic of continental
Europe, in their sources in the character, situation,
and wants of the people of its various states. Yes-
terday Liverpool returned to its old "form," and
chose a second Conservative member : Mr.
EWAST'S seat is taken by Mr. Gluns. This is a
Liberal las to be regretted, but one which was ex-
pected. On the other hand, at Knaresborongh,
Mr. HOLDEN has gained the seat of Mr. Coxiaxe ;
at Portarlington, Mr. LAWSON, the Attorney-
General for Ireland, has ousted Captain Daman,
and at Sligo, Serjeant ARXETRONG, Q.C., is elected
in the room of Mr. Macnowoon.

The Conservative organs in the press appear to
be already reduced to claiming a drawn battle as
a substantial victory for their own side. Their
onslaught was chiefly directed against the boroughs,
and there, by their own admission, the attack
has failed. The issue of the Liberal assault
upon the counties remains to be seen, but already
the results of the Irish elections are contributing
additions to the Government majority. There is
another aspect of the subject which is anything but
favourable to the soundness of the Conservative cal-
culation. There is always a certain number of votes
in the House of Commons which are to some extent
mu ayed by the anticipation of coming changes, and
for the last three years this particular influence
hes operated exclusively to the advantage of the
Opposition. The Conservative reaction had been so
vigorously talked about that it had at last come
to be believed in, and consequently there was a
percentage of the House of Commons which was
not indisposed to make to itself friends of the Op-
position, in expectation of a day when it might
find itself put out of its stewardship. A general
election which either leaves the relative strength of
parties much as it found it or strengthens
the Government, necessarily puts an end
to all this political hedging. The division lists of
the last six sessions are a tolerable index of what
the Conservatives have been able to do,
but so long as the delusion prevailed
that they were stronger in the country

than in the House of Commons, they were
credited to a considerable extent with the won-
derful things they were going to do. The result
of the elections will serve to show that their
apparent strength was greater than their
real strength, instead of being largely inferior to
it, and the parliamentary waverer, who have been
hitherto inclined to worship the rising sun, will pro-
bably change their posture when they discover that
the dawn they have been so long expecting displays
an obstinate determination to remain below the
horizon. The force of the alleged reaction admits
of being exactly gauged, and in losing the mystery
and vagueness which has hitherto surrounded it,
it will turn out to have lost at the same time the
solitary feature which made it formidable.
Mr. Disna ELI, ill the after dinner speech which he
delivered on Thursday at Aylesbury, talked in a
vague, mysterious manner of a time, not far dis-
tant, when the opinions which govern the country
will be upheld in that constitutional form in
which his par+y hold that they ought to be. Bat
we need not wait for the fulfilment of that expo°.
tation. The time is at hand ;it is oome. The
country has declared that Mr. Disaasu's distinc-
tion between its opinions and the opinions of the
Administration is false and groundless, and that
those opinions are applied in a form which is
perfectly constitutional, however inconvenient it
may be to Mr. Disamsti and his followers.

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The Priam and Prison d Walt% Priam Albert Water,
aad Prism °scam arrived at Oeboraci Cottage yesterday,
from Loadoo, &Medea by Counter De Gray sad Major
Gmy.

The Right Hos. T. Wiser Cam, N.P., lett tows
yeetsedq•
Despatehes were received yesterday at the Colonial.
alai from the purpose et the Week India Islands Lad
Oanada.

His Revd Highness the Prince of Wales will be
present cm the priaelpal day at Goodwood mese. His
Royal Efighases the Duke of Cambridge and his Serene
Highness Priam Edward of Saxe-Weimar will also be pre-
sent en the imp day.
Yesterday morning the Queen of the Netherlands
accompanied by the Buenas Dedem, paid a private visit
to the Zoological-gardens, Regent's-park. Her Majesty
afterwards took luncheon with Sir Roderick Murchison, at
his residence in Beigraysesquare. In the afternoon the
Queen visited the Counts of Derby, Lady William Rua-
sell, and the Countess Cowley. Her Majesty and the Prince
of Oran* dined with the Duke and Duchess of Manches-
ter, in Oreat Steuttopeotrest, last night.
Viseount Palmerston returned to town yesterday
afternoon from Tiverton. " Notwithstanding the excitement
of • contested election," says the Timor, " his lordship has
returned in excellent health."
A new Highland lodge is in course of erection
for the convenience of her Majesty and attendants, in
Glaceelder. It is to be on a pretty extensive scale, and is
to be built of granite.
Signs of the termination of the London season
present themselves in the closing days of the various ex-
hibitions. The Royal Academy closes on the 22nd inst. ;
the Gallery of the Society of Painters in Water Colours
will be closed after the 29th that, the sales of works there
bevies excieeded those of former years, being about four-fifths
of the whole veins reprounted. On the 29th iost. the
Society of British Artists' Exhibition will terminate for the
season, that of the Institute of Painters in Water Colours
will also close on the 29th. The latter gallery will
be occupied by the prize works of the Art-Union of Linden.
The British Institution Exhibitioe of Works by Anoint
Masters will close on the 26th of August.
The Beethoven Society have announced their
third and fourth matinfes for next and the following Tues-
day.
Mr. Belie is in Paris. Mr. Vincent Wallace is
spit dangerously ill, and giving meth anxiety to his
Mends.
The officers of the brigade of Guards lately in
Canada gave • banquet Met evening at the London Tavern
to Lieutenant-General Sir Fenwick Williams of Kars, on his
return to England from the command of the British keen
InOnnada, as a recognition of his hospitality dosing their'
service in North America. Covers were laid for fifty per.
seas. The bouquet was served up in the principal dining-
room of the Leaden Tavern.
Last night a numerously attended and influential
public meeting of the electors of West Kent was held at
the Alexandra Hall, Blackheath, to hear addresses from
Mr. Anger Lein and Sir John Lubbock, Bart., the liberal
candidates for the representation of West Kent at she Deli i
election. The chair was occupied by Mr. J. Stuart Mill,
M.P., who was received with much applause.
A piece of freehold ground occupying a site of
2,500 feet in Cannon-strut, at the corner of Swithin's-,
lane, was sold yesterday at auction by Marro Fuller sad.
Homey for 30,6001.
On Thursday the Empress Eugenie, accompanied
by the Minister of the Interior, visited the portion of the
prison of St. Lamm reserved for young girls. Her Majesty I
examined the cells, workshop, refectory, kitchens, and
bakery, everywhere making inquiries of the young prisoners
as to the cause of their detention and the meaner in
which they were treated. In the infirmary a touching some
occurred. Her Majesty having been informed that • young
girl long suffering from consumption was at her last me.
meets, visited the bedside of the sufferer to receive her I
final wishes, mad joined in the prayers of the Osten of
charity who act as nurses. Her Majesty's visit lasted two
hours and a half.
Prince Napoleon arrived off Ryde, on board his
steam yacht, from Havre, oa Thursday eveuing. The'
yacht remained at anchor in Ryde Roads up to enema last
evening.
The good people of Gothenburg were greatly cur
prised to see arrive there, some days ago, a small end beau-
tiful yacht for the use of the British minister at the '
Swedish court. She is said not to excised 10 tons berthas,
being navigated by screw of three men, and she made the
passage from London to Gothenburg in 65 hours, though
she had to encounter rough weather, from which, however,
she did not sustain any damage that could not easily be
repaired at the port at which she had touched on her pas-
sage to Stockholm.
The intelligence has been received of the total
destruction by fire of the Swedish town of Carleted, the
capital of the province of Werroland. Of the public and
private buildings in the town only three remain—the
bishop's residence, the hospital, end the prison—all the rest,
Including the cathedral, being peeking but a heap of
smoking ruins, the population of about 5,000 being left
without a roof to cover them. Few lives, however, were
lost.
A letter from Rome of the Bth, given in the
Messenger du Midi, says:—" The day before yesterday
some Wien,' attempted to stop the diligeace which plies
between Civila Vecchia and the Leghorn Railway ; &soldier
who was escorting the vehicle fired and killed one of their
number, when the others took to flight, carrying off, how•
ever, the body of their comrade. None of the travellers
received any injury.".
The Monde states that an association for the
suppressioa of female extravagance in dress has beet recently
feuded in the city of Rome. The member., amongst
whom are many priests end ooefessors, undertake to try
and inane' the women over whom they have any influence
" to dress modestly."
Mosby, the famous Confederate guerilla, has
really bean paroled. The government, after refusing him
permission to take the oath, relented, and he accordingly
took it at Lynchburg, Virginia. He has opened a law-offios
at Culpepper, Virginia. G. W. Gayle, the Alabamian,
wbo some time since offered 1,000,000 dole. reward in the
Alabama newspaper, for the assassination of President Lin-
coln, and was arrested and brought to Washingtoe, has
been seat back to Alabama again, where he will be tried.
Gayle says he offered the reward for a joke, but it may
prove a serious joke.
RAILWAY DIRECTORS AND THE Haw PARLIA-
MENT. —Judging from the progress which has been made in
the elections, there will be several important changes in the
representation of the railway Merest in the new perliament.
To the ease of the polls last night the railway interest had
lost Mr. Beale, at Derby ; Mr. Beaumont, Neweastle-on-
ne ; Mr. Brantley-Moore, Lincoln ; Mr. Cargill, Berwick:
Mr. Chapman. Great Grimsby ; Sir J. D. Elphinstone,
Portsmouth ; Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald, Horsham; Sir John
Hay, Wakefield ; Mr. Hemet*, Leicester : Mr. R. Hod-
son, Tyaemouth ; Mr. IAIIBOI3, Carlisle ; Loed A. Paget,
Lichfield ; Mr. Pilkioaten, Blackburn ; Ald. Rose, South-
ampton; Mr. Tamer, Manchester • Lord Permoy, Mary
in ; Major Bruin, Elgia ; M;. Buthasae, Glaseow ;
Viscount Bury, Wick ; Mr. Langton, Bristol; Mr. Leathern,
Huddersfield; Admiral Leaks, Dover; Mr. Norris. Ahiog-
don ; Mr. Quinn, Newry ; and Mr. Thompson, at Whitby.
Among the additives and change' which may be recorded
are the retina of Mr. Keith, the greet railway coot/actor,
who bas bees returned for Harwich; and Sir Molina Pete,
- been returned for Bristol instead of Finsbury.

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