The Express.
London, England, 1861-07-05 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL RIFLE MATCH.

Such of the public—anal they were a very select
few Milted as went to WU:11,141os yeeterday is the at-
peddles of seeing • worthy re-petitiou of the exciting reeve
of hat year mast have been grievously disappointed le
everytkine favoured the spectacle. The Volunteer
movement was them in the full fever of its tird enthosiasnis
the weather Ira- slelightfal, and the patrentige awl preseoce
of royalty acre v,,.• traded to the match. Winibleilos wee
en that OCVII,OIIII doled out in its beet, while wrindhs and
gatlatele, arches gireished every aleine to the
▪ sod the ground was crowded with all claws el
the lad,. pe.ilation, from the peer to the ortaterrocager.
The Queen none Garth from her royal lavabo to tin the
Lot shot. and that gmcious act gave a momentum to the
*wets *Lich earrrl them triumphantly through to the clue e.
yaw, this y like the French doctor, " changed
all that." Taw ',ether was as disagreeable a. it could
esesonahls he is the tint week is July ; and if it had not
his,, for wee. va,rae legend impression that the comet had li
ranerthiag to do with it, eowlition, would hsve peen quite
enhearal :c. wind blew strops acres tire Airline.
posed, marismi:y distruldog the course of the ball., and
the rain were down in titillating showers., which were
egoailr inimicel to the comfort of the spectators. The
canseardere 114.. that the common was a e11e.n...,
there net being at any period of the sl..y move than fifty
persons present. 'wept the officials and the Volum loon w h.)
caliteellet for the prizes. There was Dot A envie private
equipage es the pound, said the drivers of the eninibuses
sad tabs which speculatively surrounded :the eu, ran,. pro-
w/mad elisions anything but favourable t mitehrs
in geseral, and especially to that particnler which had
divested them to Wimbledon on such a toot-
le". errand. Clue boo moral effect, however, of the rather
diedunging state of thispi was, that it compltely killd
the spirit of eatortios is their whole community. They
woad take a laioenifir to Ce ho for snag tleipz he win in-
dined to give, and is one or two instioces actually offered
le take him for c Thing, in the hope that Lis apporranee in
theuri vehicle ni.glit serve as a trap for went more profitable
customer. It ra but fair to add that this general languor
had sot infected other the council of the &sac:intim or any
of their staff. Lords E.tcho and Spencer, Sir .1. rheum,
and Colossi Steel. did i.e. u on the ground I r two or three
day• before, rut's arraugeno :As, and the Last-named
gentleman and camped .o the t eld, in order
that they might Le abb., to giie all the arrarigeinenti their
immediate and c.natant sunervisioe. Quite • formidable
escumorneut had been estehlisht-I at the entrances to the
ground, pindusely ileeorAted with the II of various ca-
dre, sod aria. hous teat• were allotted to the council, the
meedary, the inspecting general and his staff. and
the reprmestatis es of the press. Large refreshment
leollas, mailer the surenutuslance of Mr. Donald, of this
11l Jamea's-hall, stood in the immediate neighbourhood, so
that all the arrangementa were perfect for • auccerolul sad
brillent campaign. In a far corner a duster of small white
tents iadacated the beality of • detachment of the Foot
tleazda, to whom, as in last year's match, all the fatigue
duty was allotted, and the remsiuder of the vast ewe was
given up to the rifiemeo and their "Mr." It is matidaetury
to ho able to *Lite that in this, the most important feature
of the day'.. Liminess, there was no falling off, lust an in-
crease since the match of last year. Every corps which had
hires written to sent up its contingent, and there were nut
leas than one thousand candidates who answered to
their time. The arrangements comprised thirtyoix
forgets agaiset twenty last year, and included twelve
" Pooh," • most attrscive branch of the tiring, all
electric actord.og to Caevalier's patent, and acting as their
owe liatatoft The firing coumenced at about half past
twelve o'clock, awl coutiroird without intern.issiou until
aighttall. The crack of the rifle was incea-ant, showing
that no matter what might be the weather, the volunteers
were not to be il-terred from their brave contention. The
object of yeaterlay'a shooting was to ascertain the teen who
wore worthy of being Allowed, to-day, to retrial for the
Queen's prize, and the emulation wan very great amongst
the gallant riflemen. The weather, however, marred all
their efforts, and the firing was, in consequence, any-
thing hut tr.!-rate. A minimum of siz points was Detel•
evT to "get' ama i out," that is to say to entitle him
to direct candidature to-day, and we believe that nearly
two-thirds failed in obtain:ng the minimum. Some blamed
the rifles, and others the screens behind which they
stood, and whic'i they alleged deceived them
as to the fusee of the wind—every one blamed
the weather, and nobody himself ; lot the
result was, as we have steel, to redoes the numbers who
will shed to-day to • very select hand.
The *hooting of both Ostor.l an 1 Cambridge WAS remark-
ably gaol but the highs* sours gained during the day was
by Yr. Mims, it the Victoria Rides, who marked 1:1 in
he
shed. The patent number that could be got, by
hitting the centre ouch time, ie only 15. After him came
Mr. Sergeant Daus in, of the 2Csth Lancashire, who scored
12. Then were several e:evens, tens, nines, and s'ghtm
The Ild of names printed is carcass would Rll nearly three
of oar columns. Great curiosity was manifested to see what
Ur. Rosa, the chant ,ion allot of last year, and • notice of whose
unpreeedoded practice at 1,0d3 yards apprized to our
eislemmas few days leak, would score. To the great disap-
psistmed of many, and the still greater satisfaction of the
smapetiters who feared him, he only scored eight, and was
tiosidere in &S. first sta;,e beaten easily by several. It
avali. however, is justice be said that Mr. Roo was
sedsrlog time severe iulisennatios of the eye, and that
leap aad sot short range shooting is his great forts. The
=which between 3 and 4 o'elock contended
shoot hauperahhe difficulties in the war of wind
sod min flocm-cen liar the letter that targets of 14.10 yards
.
more quite isvidhle. At lut when the 11Wlmes regiments
mod hi to Mlle their turn at all the 'narks tho weather
became so legrooms that it was obviously warier to press
en
the mutest aed Lon! Who, with the enarierance of
the other members of the ennintittee, very prpno,perly orlered
the lung to swase. Two house' work, tbenfore, that should
have Leos get t %rough yesterday, remains to be accomplished
is-day, is ad ::tie e to thew' coetests which have been
shady died f r the Priam of Wales's prize, tied that given
to all comers, Melodies volunteers aimed with any weaves
they shame to twin. Thus to the regular day's some is
likely to be ad-led ase,ther long and heavy one is spite of
the wadies commencing at 2.20 instead of 12,
Moald the ereather prove propitious toelsy much better
spurt is eapec'ed. Toe casolidates will be the cream of the
day's atention, and the prize tieing actually
t it: .'I no doubt greatly stimulate thmr
ellkiets. It is • pity, however. that the royal patrinaze of
but year mull sot have been repeated. and it wafter, h mach
SOFA that es arriving at the Routh Western platform we
seethe dale carriages draws up for • trip to °shores,
vldhll the boom volunteers might be seen on the other side
of lho be crowding all sail for Wimbledon. The tioesn's
poupose wield hare bees like her Majesty's awe-., tower
of steselgth—and the Ride Associate's', which is yet in its
flefigy. mos , all the 'strength that can be gives to It from
inassedielquarten. For the convenience of the V0'.......cers
amil elms who may be going to Wimbledon to-day, we have
toshile that at ela- entrance Largo bourt. are er on-
tsftigae neeerairi inf,roration as to the sititatt-o ef the
four ssi tin seder of the anw tag, so that it w2l un-
nneemney be peeler Captide liillusay with the ii...raant
shienuin queelices which so severely tried hia j.
=m Amatenn may al..,ke to know that toe pool
like
an at move of 100, 20a. and 500 .0.1 that
them h es the gotirooofty of l%s gland, on the left, • Swim
1.000 Tools, put up fur the espies p.a.puaa
emr_Tathe ram.

/31;followimg is As programme of 10-day's procet.liogs
num us Wauce Yana 1110yar.la. Five rhuu.
Bunn at spick lium various coastiss will fire :
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bib of wisat 1t 14 hireet - L•ienden:.:w.
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