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tomed to the work. It was also stated that the raison why
Matthews offered to buy the hat was that he owed Muller
for a waistcoat made some months ago, and the hat: Was tO
be a kind of set off for the amount due.
There being no further evidence,
The warrant was then made out and signed by Mr Ilea TY,
after which it was taken to Mr Adams, the American Mit
ster, to be endorsed. It was then handed to Inspector .kee•-
ressey, and this officer started with it by the night mail to
Liverpool, intending to catch the mail packet, which was to
sail from that port yesterday morning,
The former warrant was obtained in a very hurried manner
on Tuesday evening after the court had closed, and some
important links in the evidence could not be supplied. For
this reason, and to guard against possible delay of the Man-
chester, it was censidered desirable to send out a duplicate
warrant, with all the further details that could be gathered
respecting the murder of Mr Briggs.

Yesterday the remaining items in the 15st of
news for the Prize meeting of 1864 were duly tr an.
sacted. The final contest for the Daclicy P7zize,
enlisting an amount of interest second only to that
felt in the distinction offered by her Majesty, la sted
until gun-fire, and the excitement was thus pro.
longed to the very last shot.

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bometehsn from every corner of the .1- Jolted
Kingdom, and horn the remotest colony where Jove
of rifle-shooting, exists, it has lodged, fed, and found
them in occupation, and though nearly 1,000 mei
have resided in camp and a revenue of £lO,OOO has
been raised at Wimbledon, the arrangements of the
Council and the measures of its executive officers.
were such that not a single tenable grievance hats
been put forward from beginning to end of the
meeting. But one unhappy cloud fell over the /at,..
ter portion of the proceedings, and that was attri
butable to an accident which no human foresigh t
could have prevented, and which did, in fact, occur
in spite of the most stringent regulation. It is grati-
fying to be able to state that the unfortunate marker
of the Coldstreams is still alive, and that, if any
thing, last evening he was a shade better. The con-
dition
of a man with a bullet through his lungs ca a
never be described as other wise than critical ; bat
in the opinion of Assistant-Surgeon Trotter, of 1 Lis
own regiment, who has had large experience of
gunshot wounds, there is still a chance of his •re-
coverer. It seems that the bullet, having passe c'i in
at the back, and nearly through his body, ferns ed
large tumour on the breast, which it was dee ided
not to open, lest in the operation of extractie.e ; the
bullet the patient might sink. It is this very,
tumour, which by its pressure diminishes the) ten-
dency to internal hemorrhage, that now gives to
Cooper his possibility of recovery.
The operation of measuring the cartons p ierced
at the Swiss target in order to determine which
was the most central shot occupied a considerable
time yesterday, but was watched by the competitors
with keen interest. Until the very last moment it
is never possible to tell who is the winner, for when,
the eye fails to discover any difference in point ixf
merit between the hits a delicate instrument i s
employed, which can tell to the thousandth part c f
an inch the distance from the bullet hole to tt e
mathematical centre. No doubt could be entare
tained yesterday as to the superiority of the winner
of the first prize, but, as to one of the smaller ones
the fractional difference in favour of the winner was
exactly 2.loooths of en inch. Shooting at this
range is within certain limits a complete lottery.
The successful competitor is said only to have made
a couple of cartons. Captain Heaton made upwards
of 50, yet none of them was pierced so as to gain the
prize. Major Halford, second for the Queen's Prize
was also second for the Wimbledon Cap. In thcs
latter competition he was called on to shoot off ti es
with Mr. Martin Smith, and this competition be
tween two of the picked shots of England was orke
of the most interesting features of the meeting.
In one passage of the shooting for the Mo nt
Storm prizes the advantages which may be look ed
for when Volunteer become more accustomed to
breech- loading rifles was exhibited in a remark-
able manner. One of the competitors had fired at
the 200 yards' range and made 24 points within the
stipulated period. At this number there was a tie,
which had to be shot off, and at the next trial he
increased his score to 29. This was again tied, and
within a similar interval, on his third attempt he
made 31 points. Until be entered upon the compe-
tition in question, this volunteer declared that lee
had never seen the description of rifle with which
he was firing: Of the 26 prizes offered in the Mr out
Storm competition, two only were won by other
makers, Messrs. Joslyn and Mackenzie.