The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-23 00:00:00

l& ♦ cur vALuz 501.

This cup shall be shot for by members of the association
who have paid their subscriptions. Five shots at range A.
Any description of rifle may be used, provided its weight
dose not exceed 101bs. No entrance fee. 19. In the com-
petition for all the above prime no bair•triggers or magni-
fying sights will be allowerL•
He ROYAL HIGHNESS TB! DIME OF CANRIEDCVN FILM
A Cap of the value of 101., or 501. in money, at the op-
tioe of the winner. This prim will be offered for mope-
titles with breech-loading rifles, not exceed* 10 Dm. in
weight, and shell be shot far at rears E F (vide regoblion
11), 1 shots et each range. Hilo at range A shall must
silo the first period.; i. e., buil'seye, 3 *eta ; centre, 2
points; outer, 1 point. Hits at the !nannies ranges;
centre, 2; out.., I.
RIPTZ DZIIIIT, OPEN 10 ALL CONLIN OF ALL NATIONS.
Unwires, two sovereigns, half forfeit. Etabscrthers not
sheeting allowed a nomination. No competitor or sanninee
cen be mitered more than thee. 'The lit will close
on the ilsy of meeting. There shall be thsee priers :
Half al tie sum total subscribed shall farm the
Ist prise ; threealths of the remainder than frees the Zed
=ticthe remain* two-fifths shall frees the 3rd prim.
: SOO yards ; 500 yards ; 100 yard- Mee moods
at each distance. Target., bull's-eyes, ermine, he. name as
at Hythe. The prime shall be adjudged escordiag to the
agpvgate omaber of points made. The 'bonny at 200
judo shall be from the shoulder. The shooting at 800
yards and at 600 yards may be from any position, but ao
fixed artificial rest shell be used. Any description of rid
allowed,. provided its weight does net exceed 10 his. Ne
magnifying sights or hair trigger& There will be
pool targets at different ranges, one being at 900
yards, if pmeticable. There will be a piss or prime
for the beet central shots, competitors firing as many
shots am they like on payment of la. per shot.
There will be eu-geta at differest ranges, where rids may
be sighted on payment of 6d. per shot ; a rest will be pro-
vided. There will be tergets organised and constructed on
the Swie principle.

The Wowing. additional prime bays beenven, and the
conditions on which they are to be competed for will be
announced is a supeasestal_ptine list previous to the meet-
ientig4i wfstiri Mawr* Nh9. ; 1 Whitworth
ribs, by Ladr binis Foster ; 111 WM, by Lord Ver-
non ; mersvispi, mine 200 f., by curlNog. ; 3 lad
glamors valve 211., by Messrs. Barrows, of Chest lialvers
Army and Navy Gazette" prise, by hissers. Besdbury sad
Dsaay 'Wee IN.

• Ne objeeties will be mode to speotorles either in the
ere el volunteers or all corners.

AMERICA.

We have received New York papers to April 10.
A summary of the news, via Queenstown, appeared
in our paper yesterday.

A collision was generally spoken of, though no
actual hostilities had yet occurred. Seven United
States vessels were reported off Charleston, but
mail communication with the fort was still unin-
terrupted, and Major Anderson was doubtless
apprised of the designs of the administration, and
prepared to 00-operate with the fleet.
The steamer transports Baltic and Illinois cleared
the bar at New York early on the 9th inst., bound
southward. Orders were issued on the same day
by the Navy Department to have the Wabash,
Vincennes, and Savannah at Brooklyn, and the
Jamestown, at Philadelphia, fitted for active ser-
vice with despatch. It was stated that the admi-
nistration hoped, by the appearance of an immense
naval force off the Southern coast, to overawe the
authorities of the seceded States, and bring them to
terms.

The following are the latest despatches from
Charleston :

CHARLESTON, APRIL 9.
At last the ball has opened. The State authorities list
night received official notification that supplies woaM be
furnished to Anderson at any hazard—peaceably if possible,
by force if necessary. Immense preparations immediately
were commenced suitable to the emergency. Orders were
issued to the entire military force of the city, held in re-
serve, to proceed to their stations without delay. Four
regiments of a thousand men each have been telegraphed
for from the country. Dr. Gibbee, surgeon-general, was
ordered to prepare ambulances, and make every provision
for the wounded ; and in all departments were observable
the admirable system and discipline with which the State is
prepared for this exigency.
The community has been thrown into a fever of excite-
ment by the discharge of seven guns from Citadel-square,
the signal for the assembling of all the Melva ten
minutes afterward,. Hundred, of men left their beds, hur-
rying to and fro towards their respective destinations.
Hundreds of the citizens were up all night. A terrible
thunder storm prevailed until a late hour. The 17th Reci-
pient, 800 strong, gathered thus in one hour, and left for
the fortifications at three o'clock this morning. The vessels
in the harbour necessary for transportation will be called
into service by twelve o'clock today. Three thousand
men, in addition to those in the harbour,will be under arms.
A fleet of seven United States vessels has been reported
off the bar. Major Anderson displayed signal lights during
the night from the walla of Fort Sumter. No attempt is
likely to be made upon the city. Officers acquainted with
the calibre of Major Auderson's guns say the longest shot I
will fall short three-eighths of a mile. Hundreds are here
from the interior watching the progress of events.
Advice. from Montgomery state that offers of volunteers
from the border States continue to poor in, and that ten-
ders of seven thousand men and two thousand Indian war-
riors have been received from the West. A brush at Pen-
wools is daily looked fur. It is believed by many here that
the fight will commence at Stone, about 2.5 miles southward
—the batteries along the coast being attacked and silenced
injurn • and that, having cleared Morris Island, on which
is the Lit of these forts, the republican army will cross to
Fort Sumter while the latter is engaging Fort Moultrie. If
so, the fighting will Le wicked.
Captaiu Talbot and R. S. Chew arrived here last night,
bringing despatches from Washington stating that Fort
Sumter would be supplied with provisions at any cost. The
former was denied admission to Fort Sumter. Both lef I at
eleven o'clock last night. There were no improper demon-
strations. . _

CHARLESTON, Aram 9, P.Y.

The affairs in this city are culminating to a point., About
ROO men left the city this morning for different points in
the harbour. It is estimated that near 5,000 men are sta-
tioned at Sullivan's end Morris' Islands and along the coast.
Companies are arriving from the interior, and the different
forts will be further strengthened to-morrow by near one
thousand additional soldiers. The greatest enthusiasm pre-
vails among all classes.

CHARLESTON, Arnu 9, Evemo.

~
Everythiog is quiet on the surface, but there is a deep
feeling, Prodigious preparations are progressing. Senator
wigfam is 'serving as a common soldier. Rifled cannon are
rapidly arriving. Secretary Jamieson delivered a farewell
speech to-day, and complimentary resolutions were adopted.
The adjournment of the Convention is expected to-
morrow. No war vessels ere outside, so far as known.
Lienteniset Talbot sod Mr. Chew returned at eleven p.m.
Permission was refused to visit Sumter, and also to allow a
provision ship to enter the port. The city is under arms.
The surgeons are called for. Martial law is expected to be
proclaimed. Lieut. Talbot was detained at Florence, and
lost twelve hours. The eighteen thousand men just called
for by Jeff. Davis are intended fur operation against the
North. The conunissioners at Washington have telegraphed
to Governor Pickens that war is inevitable.

The uews~hut, of oourse produced the greatest
excitement in all the Steve, the Southern States
especially. The following is a telegram to the New
York Herald :

Montgomery, April 9.
President Davis made arequisition to-day on the Governor
of Alabama for 3,000 troop.. The Mississippi brigade, 1,800
strong, arrived at Pensacola on the ith hist. Three hundred
and seventy Georgia troops from Pensacola bays passed
through here within the last 48 hours.
There were reports of contemplated changes in the
Cabinet. Mr. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury,
would, it was said, be appointed a Supreme Court
judge ; Mr. Cameron was to go in the Treasury
Department, and John Miner Botta, of Virginia,
to be appointed Secretary of War in place of Mr.
Cameron.

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