The Express.
London, England, 1861-07-11 00:00:00

(Stamped, id. Additional.) [TWOPENCE

NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

It will be remembered that the contest has
hitherto been confined to 200, 500, • and GOO yards,
with five shots at each, bat the forty yeeterday had
to commence at a range of 000, proceeding then to 900,
end finally to the longest range of 1,000 yards. As might
naturally Lave been expected, the event drew topther a
large aisemblege of visitors, the number doubtless being
augmented by the extreme aDOZIOIIII of the weather, and also
from it being a sort of semi-holiday in honour of her Ma-
jesty's birthday, than which a more appropriate time could
not have been selected to determine upon wlmm the royal
favours should falL

The contest for the Queen's Prins commenced at 400 yards,
1 round., at 10 o'clock, catlike followiug is the result of this
range in detail : .

Ma lILIIIIPTIreI FRIEL

&errant Dottgan, Nth Lineman=
Hendrie, 7th Ayrshire
Motr, atirling
Kirkwood. Renfrew
Broolts, 11th Middles,'
iopling, ditto
Rushton, 11th Northampton.!the
11th Harts
Bingham. Bristol
Adams, Ist Barmy
Robinson, 16th I61&11 aaa
Rowe, Ist Devon.
Plaakellattat Ifiddiatisz
Nokomis& illaddlessz
tmltl4lgth lltddlossz
Bendel, lan ..-
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/.1.21 Warsrleksittro
marnott, 4th West Riding
Capt. Booth, 14th Noeth IMIN4
&silt, 9th Wilts
Miller, gelato!
Darts, Ind Gloucester
Woodford, bile of Man
lagledew, 9th North Riding ..
Clark, 97th West Riding
11th Betts
Murdoch, Edinbitigh
West, Rases
Jealdiss. 2od Olantotganshlre
Russell, 29th Rent
29th

ROYAL HUMANS SOCIETY.

The half-yearly general court of governors was
hold yesterday, at the offices, in Trafelgaroquare ; Mr. B. B.
CARRELL JO tee chair. The urinate. of the kid meeting
having been read and confirmed, the Duke of Somerset wen
elected vica•president of the society.
The SECRETARY (Mr. Young) re= that the followieg
eatealnal been selected from those t before the general
committee since December last, and had been by them re.
famed to the general court of governors as entitled to the
silver medal of the society :—Mr. Alexander Goilend, vine-
amend, saved E. Johnston in the river Jabolao, PerhambuoN
Nov. 1, 1859; Captain C. Goldamid, ship Malmo, saved
a Garibaldian volunteer in Gibraltar Bay, Sept. 27, 1860 ;
Mr. Stephen Court, waste; P.N., saved W. Wire, A. 8.,
H.ILb. Watt* in the Peiho River, China, May'
1858 ; Jahn Frasier, boy, H.M.S. CI saved
a seaman in the Gulf of Pecheli, GCbkiinnaa,, Sept.
11,1860; Gunner Alexander Keay LA., tried to save
Gunner H. Burke, R.A., at Thorn Island, Pembroke, Dec.
31, 1860; Samuel Ellis, A. 8., and John Bete, H.M.S.
Cambridge, saved Thomas Stevens, A.B. in the harbour di
Devonport, Feb. 21, 1861; Lieut. G. Fitzroy, R.N.. and
W. Metter, A. 8., H.DL& Termagant! saved Frederick
Pringle, seaman,, at sea, Jan. 19, 1861 Lieut. J. H. Coxon,
ILN., H.Y.S. Hero, eared Alex. Thorn, at sea, April 24,
1861; Lieut. Arthur Allingtou, H.M.S. Megeara, laved
Private Brown, ILE., in the Bay of Biscay, May 5, 1861.
The particulars and certificates relating to each ease having
been read, the chairman moved that the recommendatioas
of the general committee be complied with, and the silver
medals granted, which rim unanimously agreed to. The
number of cases that bad been successfully treated by the
agents of the society since December was 81; beyond reco-
very, 7 ; in Hyde-park, suooessfully treated, :k2 ; beyond
recovery, 3. A rote of thanks to the chairman concluded
the business.

THE BUILDERS' STRIKR.
The Association of Master Builders not having
sent any definite reply to the offer of arbitration made to
them by the Institute of British Architects, the meatme
@misty lent week instructed their committee to write
direct to the association, offering on the part of
the society to submit the whole subject in dispute to the
Council of that Institution for arbitration, and to be
bound by their decision, and requesting a positive reply
from the association whether they will adopt the same •
course and thus close the dispute. Yesterday a reply was I
received from Mr. Wales, the secretary. of the as-
tattithelgas,'ltriAlitetqff'umiaation
ject before Um emanation its next meeting. •
The urea have been more favourably placed this week in
point of funds than they bad previously been, as in ad-
dition to the dividends resulting from the trades' subscrip-
tions, they now receive the strike pay from the general
body, which will bring them in about 1/. per week each.
Yeeterday, Maim Mares, of Hackney; Bird and Bevors,
of the Borough-mad, employing about 50 mason*, accepted
the terms of the compromise, and the men hove resumed
work. Several more of the men left London yesterday.
The bricklayers, on Tuesday and yesterday, withdrew
every man from the works of Messrs. Brea sad Wilson,
whose firms introduced the hour system on Monday. Some
large Jobs, including the Jews Hospital at Norwood, tie '
new 'eked. in Abboyetreet., and works at the Tower, are
*vs brought to a keel standstill, in addition to the many
others either wholly or partially suspended.
The various trade societies in the metropolis are begin-
ning to take the question app wed if the dispute is not.
closed by the end of the present week, several large sums
of money will be voted to the builders on strike.
Several el the masons brought from Scotland last week
by the agent of the associated masters went back yes-
terday morning, their expenses having been defrayed by
the society.