The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1864.

Naval and Military Intelligence,

The reinforcements of Royal Engineers, selected from the
depot and other companies at head-quarters, Brompton
Barracks, Chatham, to augment the companies of Royal
Engineers serving at Malta and the other stations in the
Mediterranean, were inspected at the Royal Engineer Esta-
blishment yesterday, prior to their proceeding from head-
quarters to embark on board the vessel taken up for their
conveyance by the Government,

The War Department transport Marlborough yesterday
went alongside the Ordnance-wharf in Chatham harbour
and shipped seven of the large 100 pounder wrought iron
smoothbore 61 ton guns, together with a number of light
Armstrong guns, with which she afterwards dropped down
the river to the ironclad frigate Achilles, 20, 1,250 horse
power, which will receive the remainder of her armament
in the course of a few days.
A letter received from the Channel squadron describes
the great sailing success which has attended the ironclad
frigate Enterprise, 4, 160 horse power, Commander Rowley,
in her trials with the other vessels composing the iron
fleet. The Enterprise, it appears, beat every other ship on
a wind with the single exception of the flagship Edgar, 71,
Capt. G. T. Hornby, which was only about 100 yards before
her on a four hours' sail.

The new breech loading gun manufactured at the Royal
gun factories in Woolwich Arsenal on Mr Westley Richards'
principle, which fired a couple of rounds a few days ago
at the proof butt with charges of 101 b and 151 b of powder
respectively, has been returned to tho factory for examina-
tion. It has been found necessary, therefore, to delay the
continuation of the proof sine die. The block by which
the breech loading apparatus is closed was found, after
each round, to have considerably expanded, and the pro-
cess of closing the breech was after the second round proved
impracticable. Mr Richards, who was present at the
proof, suggested the application of a rough file on the spot,
in order to render the mechanism available without much
delay, so as to admit of a continuation of the proof by firing
two additional rounds, with a relative increase of 51b each
charge. The expansion of the block, after the second round,
was found to have increased to such an extent that a com-
plete reorganisation, if the gun be again brought forward
for proof, will be absolutely necessary,
Major-Gen. E. C. Warde, C. 8., commanding the garrison
at Woolwich, attended by his Aid-de-Camp Capt. A. H. W.
Williams—Major It. J. Hay, Brigade Major—Capt. W. C.
Nangle, Deputy-Assist-Quartermaster-Gen.—and other
officers, went down to ,Varlet' yesterday and inspected the
3d division of the depot, Royal Artillery, in command of
Brevet-Col. W. F. Hay, in continuation of his half-yearly
inspection of the district under his command.

The following appointments and promotions have been
made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Charles R. Forest, to the
Bombay—Lieut. John G. V. Holbrook, to the St, Vincent—
llr George Duncan, surg. to the Esk—William Crawford,
surg., to be surg.-superinte ndent to the Porchester convict
ship—the Rev, J. B. Smyth, to be chaplain and naval in-
structor to the Brisk—Silas H. Liddell, second master
supernumerary, to the Victory—James Carlisle, acting chief
engineer, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary—William Giles,
engineer, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary—George West,
of the Fisgard, for the Bustler, and John W. Smith, super-
numerary of theFisgard, confirmed as engineers—John B.
Grant, assist.-engineer, to the Hector—Henry Hall, assist,-
engineer, to the Brisk—W. Nicholson, assist.-engineer, to
the Fisgard, for hospital treatment—R. Stevens, of the
Royal George, F. Baldwin, of the Warrior, Charles Ware,
of the Adventure, G. P, ,Bissaker, of the Marlborough, H.
R, Wills, of the Sutlej, and G. Hastay, supernumerary of
the Asia, promoted to be engineers—and G. H. Newbury,
of the Firefly, to be acting engineer.

which forbids any one to take more than one prize except in
the case of the challenge cup, money, and private prizes,
they are not shown. Wimbledon targets and marking, ex-
cept for the Challenge Cup. Ensign Phillip's prize—An
University pewter, to be shot for by five members of No. 1
Company who completed the most drilla by the inspection :
five rounds at 250 yards—Private Kneller, 12 marks. Mr
Frederick Besley's prize—A silver cup for second class shots
of the 26th Middlesex; seven rounds, 200 and 500 yards—
Colour-Sergeant Ayris, 37 marks. Mr J. B, Hale's prize,
value £5, for second class shots of the sth battalion and
Customs Volunteers at the outports ; five rounds at 200 and
500 yards—Colour-Sergeant Barnes, 25 marks. Captain
Jonsa's prize, value £5 ; same conditions as preceding, seven
rounds at 300 yards—Sergeant Cresswell, 16 marks. Money
prizes shot for by the 26th Middlesex and Volunteers of
country corps in the Customs' Service, five rounds at 200
and 600 yards. Entrance fee 2s 6d each. Country corps
free. Private Christian, 27 marks, £3O, won tie; Private
Orem, 27 marks, £lO ; Private Minter, 24 marks, £lO, won
tie; Staff-Sergeant Lakeman, 24 marks, £5; Sergeant
Stevens, 23 marks, £5. Captain Dobell's prize, a silver
cup, for second class shots of the 26th Middlesex and Cus-
toms' Volunteers at the outports, five rounds at 200 and 500
yards—Lieutenant Burton, 25 marks. The Hon. Mrs F,
Goulburn'a prize, for first-class shots of the sth battery
and Customs' Volunteers at the outports, five rounds
at 300 and 600 yards—Sergeant Stevens, 27 marks.
The Lieutenant-Colonel's Prizes--First, a silver cup,
second, a ring; third, a Robinhood pouch—same rules as
preceding prize, five rounds at 000 and 600 yards—Sergeant
Fry, 30 marks—Sergeant Cotteman, 21 marks—Private
Boddy, 18 marks. Major Hamel's prizes—A silver cup for
second class shots of the sth battalion and Customs Volun-
teers, at the outports—five rounds, at 200 and 500 yards.
Private Jennings, 26 marks. Qurrtermaster Sergeant
Wailis's Prize.—A plated tankard, for members of the 26th
Middlesex, five rouads, at 200 and 500 yards. Capt. Jones,
26 marks. The challenge cup, value £25, to become the
absolute property of any ono winning it two years in
succession, five rounds at 300 and 400 yards, Hythe target
and marking. Captain Jones, 13 points—Sergeant Ste-
vens, 12 points—Sergeant Stevens won the cup last year.
Messrs. Firman's prize.—A silver cup for second class
shots of the 25th Middlesex, five rounds at 200 and 500
yards, Private Oram, 27 marks. Major Collet's prize.—A
silver cup for second class shots of the sth battalion, five
rounds at 200 and 600 yards. Private Edgar, 25 marks.
The regimental prize, value £6, for second class shots of
the 26th Middlesex, five rounds, at 200 and 300 yards. Pri.
vote W. H. Barton, 25 marks, Mr Sidney S. Dipnall'a
prize.—A silver cup, for members of the 26th Middlesex,
who have made 12 points in the third class thia year, five
rounds at 200 and 300 yards. Private Seward, 24 marks.
A silver fish knife and fork, value £5, given by a few gen-
tlemen of the Comptroller General's-office, for Volunteer's
of Middlesex Corps in the service of the Customs ; five
rounds at 200 and 500 yards. Ensign Gardner, 25 marks.
Hay's Wharf prizes, value £5 ss, given by the proprietors
of Hay's Wharf for No. 6 Company, second class shots ;
five rounds at 200 and 300 yards; Sergeant Holttum, 24
marks, a rifle—Colour Sergeant Barnes, 21 marks, a ring
Captain Hunt's and Lieut. Wrightson's priz 3s—a rifle and
a silver cup for No. 5 company ; five rounds at 200 and
300 yards. Corporal Woolston, 17 marks, a cup—Private
Archer, 16 marks, a rifle.
Prizes to the value of over 100 guineas were competed tor
on Wednesday between the members of the 11th, Capt
Coracaden's, or Covent-garden, company of the 22d Middle-
sex (Queen's Westminster) Rifles, at the regimental ranges
on Wormwood Scrubbs. Capt Tyler, the adjutant of the
2d battalion, officiated as umpire, while Capt Corscaden
directed the firing. The rilver challenge cup, value 70
guineas, which had been subscribed for by ladies, was shot
for at ranges of 200, 500, and 600 yards, five shots at each
distance. Private Seymour became the winner by a score
of 37 marks. This cup must be won three consecutive years
by the same member before it can become his absolute pro-
perty. The cup given by Capt Corscaden, value 10 guineas,
was competed for in five shots at 300 and five shots at 600
yards, and wen by Private Johnson with 40 marks, The
next prize was Lieut Lewin's Cup, value five guineas. The
ranges were 200 and 550 yards, five shots at each distance.
Private Clark won with 27 marks. Ensign Laurence's cup,
value five guineas, was shot for at the 250 and 500 yards
ranges, five shots at each, and won by Sergeant Booking
with 27 marks. The fifth prize shot for was one of the value
of seven guineas, presented by Mr Barringer, representative
of the central committee. Private Webster was the winner
with 24 marks, The Honorary Members' Prize was won
by Private Seymour, who made 25 marks.
The fifth annual Enfield rifle prize meeting, open to all
England, of the Cinque Ports Artillery and Volunteer
Rifles, commenced on Tuesday, at the ranges erected at
North Down, between Margate and Broadstairs. Private
W. Dutton, of the 22d Kent, was the winner of the first
prize, a Steward's Lord Bury's telescope and £3 10s, with
the extraordinary score of four consecutive bull's eyes and
a centre, out of five rounds, at 500 yards, thus making 19
out of a possible score of 20. In the contest for the Isle
of Thanet prize, worth £2O, divided into four parts, the
first prize being £6, Private Mortleek, in shooting off, stood
first, havingtroade two centres and a bull's eye. In class
B, including the competition for a gold watch value £2O, for
the greatest aggregate score during the meeting, the amount
was £5O, divided into ten prizes. The first, £l5; second,
£10; third, £7 lOs ; fourth, £5. Between 70 and 80 en-
tries had been made for these prizes. Captain Williams,
19th Middlesex, with a score of 30, won the first prize; Pri-
vate Dixon, 7th Cinque Ports, the second ; Corporal Gould,
37th Middlesex, the third. On the third day the first busi-
ness was to settle the extra prizes of the meeting, Ire the
first series, the first prize iu money and a Stewards Lord
Bury Telescope, was won by Private Dutton, 22d Kent;
second prize and telescope, Private Burfield, 9th Kent;
second series.—lst prize, Private Deighton, 14th Middle-
sex; 2d, Private Andrews, St. George's. Third series—lst
prize, Private Deighton ; 2d, Private Bohn, 16th Middle-
sex. The grand contest of the day was for class C. he sum
of £5O divided into 10 prizes--lot, of £l5; 2d prize, £10;
3d, £7 lOs ; 4th, £5. In addition to these prizes a gold
watch, value 20 guineas, to he presented to the competitor
making the highest aggregate score at the B and C classes
—ranges 400 and 600 yards. Sergeant Montgomery, of the
30th Middlesex, and Private W. Dutton, of the 22d Kent.
had tied for the highest aggregate score with 56 each, and
on shooting off Private Dutton won; but was subse-
quently beaten by it being announced that a score of 58 had
been made by Private Deighton, of the 14th Middlesex,
On Monday the return match between the Wisbech and
Ely Rifle Corps was shot off at the Wisbech range, eight
members of each corps, the competitors being with one ex-
ception the same as at the first match. The distances .vere
200, 400. and 500 yards, seven shots at each distance. The
Ely again won, beating their opponents by 42 marks, the
winners making 380 marks, and Wisbech 338. The average
of Ely was 47'50, and Wisbech 42.25.

The Norfolk Volunteer Service Association commenced I
its annual prize competition on Tuesday, at Great Yar-
mouth. Carbine prizes presented by the town of Yarmouth
and open to efficient Artillery Volunteers belonging to the
Ist Norfolk battery were shot for at 200 yards, seven shots '
each. There were 20 competitors, and the first prize (£5)
was won by Sergeant-Major Mach. The next competition
was for the Officers' Challenge Vase of the value of £4O,
open to the officers of all the volunteer corps in Norfolk.
The ranges were 200, 500, and 800 yards, seven shots each.
There were 12 competitors. During the whole contest the
rain poured down in torrents, so that most of the gallant
officers shooting were drenched to the skin. The prize was
won by Captain Gurney, of the let Norfolk, who, shooting
with an Enfield, made at 200 yards two bulls' eyes, two
centres, and three outers, or 20 points ; at 500 yards three
bulls' eyes, one centre, two outers, and one ricochet, or 19
points; and at 800 yards one bull's eye and two centres, or
10 points, making an aggregate of 49 points. A competi-
tion succeeded for prizes given by the Mayor and town of
Yarmouth, open to enrolled and honorary members of all
volunteer corps in Norfolk. The ranges were 200 and 500
yards, and the prizes were, first, a piece of plate of the
value of £lO, given by the Mayor of Yarmouth ; the
second, £6 ; the third and fourth, £5 each. Corporal
Agger, of the 3d Norfolk, was declared winner of the
plate, Sergeant Hart of the second prize of £6, and Pri-
vate Wilson of the third prize of £5. Corporal Gunn won
the other prize of £5. In a contest open to all corners, with
any rifle, the ranges were 300, 500, and 600 yards, five
rounds eath ; and the first prize was £lO, the second £5;
£2 for the best score at each range. There were 44 ocm-
petitors. The first prize was won by Captain Hawker, of
the South Middlesex, who made a total of 52 points. Cor-
poral Ringer was second with 47.
At the recent distribution of prizes in Leicestershire by
Mrs H. St. John Holford, Private Kelsey received Mr Tur-
ner's challenge cup. Private Anderson was presented with
the Ladies' Prize, £lO cup, shot for at Melton. Private
Brookes, with a score nearly equalling that which took the
Queen's Medal at Wimbledon, next received Sir Henry
Halford's prize (£10), Ensign Biggs, Lieut,- Col. Halford's
prize of £7, and Capt. Millican a telescope value £5. Lieut..
Col, Raiford, before the presentation of the Duke of Rut-
land's prize took place, remarked that there was a tie be-
tween Lieut. Biggs and Capt. Millican, but in shooting off
the former was most successful. Ensign Biggs then re-
ceived, at the hands of Mrs Halford, £2O and a handsome
silver medal commemorative of the occasion, and Captain
Millican the second prize of £5. For Major Clarke's prize
of £5, for the highest score made by the competitors in the
Ladies' Prize, or first stage of the Duke of Rutland's prize
and Sir 11. Halford's prize, there was a tie between Private
Brookes and Lieut. Smith, both having made 74 points. In
accordance with their desire, the money was divided be-
tween them. The last prize, presented by Mrs Halford, was
one to the Lieut.-Colonel himself, he having that day won
the monthly challenge cup, presented by Mr W. Brookes,
to encourage shooting for the Queen's Prize at Wimbledon.
A return match between eight members of the 9th Devon,
and eight members of the Ist Devon Rifles tool: place en
Tuesday. The prccoulings were watched by a large com-
pany of spectators with great interest. The shooting was at
200, 300, 400, and 500 yards, five rounds each distance. The
9th representatives made a gross score of 390 against 358,
and consequently won the match.
The first prize shooting of the 12th Devon Artillery took
place on Friday, the 2d inst. 12 detachments took part in the
competition, money prizes being awarded to those making
the highest aggregate score. Eight-inch hollow shot were
tired from heavy guns on a temporary platform at a target,
consisting of a small red flag, distant 1,700 yards. Major

Palmer, R.A., acted as umpire, and considered the shooting
had been good. Battery Sergeant-Major Moore took first
prize, and Sergeant Stephens second. Out of 48 shots fired,
S bulls' eyes and 11 centres were scored.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE,

CALEDONIAN.

The report of the directors states that, after pay-
ment of the dividends on the preference stock and
shares, amounting to £47,718, there remained
£122,574, out of which the directors recommended
a dividend on the crdinary stock of the company at
the rate of 61 per cent, per annum, leaving a sure
plus of £2,992 to be carried to the credit of the con-
tingent fund, which would then, after certain de-
ductions, amount to £11,326. The revenue and
working expenses, contrasted with those of the cor-
responding period in 1863, showed that the revenue
amounted to £468,950, against £409,318, showing
an increase of £58,732, and the working expenses
amounted to £182,113, against £165,381, showing
an increase of £16,732. The working expenses were
£3B 18s per cent. against £4O 8s per cent. of the
receipts. The expenditure of capital during the
half year amounted to £300,946, which was repre-
sented by lands, works, and plant for new anches
to the amount of £217,238, by additional land,
works, and plant to meet the requirements of the
rapidly expanding traffic on the other sections of
the railway to the amount of £22,043, and by
the company's subscriptions towards the capitals of
the Wemyss Bay, the Bushby, and the Portpatrick
railways, £61,667, The Cleland, Stonehouse, and
Leith branches were abort to be opened for goods
and mineral traffic, and the Rutherglen and Coat-
bridge branch was approaching completion. Acts
were granted in the last session of Parliament to
sanction an agreement for the use by this company
of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company's line to
the harbour of Glasgow, and the formation of a
joint station at the harbour, the company being thus
enabled to modify their own Harbour Branches Bill
so as to save them the cost of an independent access;
to authorise the construction of a short branch to
Tennochside for the mineral traffic of the district;

to sanction the company's acquisition of the Hamil-
ton and Strathaven Railway ; and to enable this
and the Glasgow and South Western Company to
make a branch from the Glasgow and Paisley
joint line to Govan, on the south bank of the
Clyde below Glasgow, and to improve the access
to the Eglinton goods station. The company suc-
cessfully opposed during the past session the several
schemes promoted to their disadvantage, with the
exception of the Glasgow City Union, which, sup-
ported by neighbouring companies in breach of
their engagements to the Caledonian, received the
sanction of Parliament. The capital account showed
that £10,241,658 had been expended, leaving a
balance against the company of £00,291. The re-
venue account for the half-year ending the 31st of

July showed that £476,250 had been received and
£192,730 expended in working the traffic, £4,996
for feu duty and ground rent, £56,682 interest on
loans, £2,609 debentures, and £48,910 for guarani,
teed dividends, leaving a balance of £170,292.

PETERBOROUGH, WISBEAOH, AND SUTTON

An extraordinary and general meeting of this
company was held yesterday at the offices, 41, Par-
liamentary-street ; Mr. Fox in the chair.
The notice convening the meeting having been
read, _ _

The CHAIRMAN proposed a series of resolutions
to the following effect :—That pursuant to the
powers contained in the Company's Act of last
Session there should be created 5,250 shares in the
undertaking of £2O each, such shares to be denomi.
nated A shares; that the shares of the company
created by the company's Act of 1863, numbered
from 1 to 9,000 and amounting in the aggregate to
£lBO,OOO should be cancelled, the owners of the
3,441 shares issued having consented to surrender
them, and that there should be created in lieu
thereof 7,500 shares of £2O each, to be denominated
B shares, and 1,500 shares of £2O, to be denominated
A shares ; that the A shares created by these reso-
lutions, amounting in the aggregate to £135,000,
should be iesucd on the conditions that the holders
of such shares should not be entitled in any finan-
cial year to any dividend on such shares until the
owners of the B shares had had assigned to them a
dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum; and
that the A and B shares should be disposed of in
such manner and to such persons as the directors
might think fit.
Mr. HUNT seconded the resolutions, which were
carried neon con.

A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the
proceedings.

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week.
Miles Opened. Receipts.

Railways. „..____ -.....--,...--_,......_,
1864. 1863. 1864. 1863.
.£ L
Belfast and N, Counties 135 136 2,3C2 2.471
Belfast and County Down 49 49 760 721
Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 2,190 1,847
Bristol and Exeter 1215 1211 7,654 7,279
Caledonian
Cambrian 9l 84 1,916 1,6)3
Cockermouth& Workington Bl 85 389 329
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 338 392
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 65 65 210 374
Cork and Youghal ,.. 321 321 533 510
Cornwall 651 533 2,064 1.7u5
Deeside „ 17 17 519 383
Dublin & Ilelfast Junction.... 63 63 1,517 1.501
Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,713 1,863
Dublin and Meath
Dub. & Wicklow and Wcxtd 915 51 4,137 3,630
Furness, &c 5O 50 3,355 3,043
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union
Great Northern 387 351 35,370 32,951
Great North of Scotland 5B 58 1,815 2,045
(It. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 714 711 671 531
Ut.Southn. &Westu.(lrind.) 3871 3515 8,437 8.801
Great Western 1205 1158 73,947 65,595
Hull and Hurnsea l3 - 153 _
Inverness & Aberdeen June lO6l 1061 1,855 1,625
Inverness & Perth Junction 1195 - 2,950 -
Irish North-Western 145 145 1,597 1,745
Kent Coast 27 10 2,950 125
Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 3955 43,387 39,356
Limerick and Ennis.
Limerick and Foynes 265 26/ 95 111
Llanelly 461 464 795 731
Londen & North-Western
London and Blackwall 5l 5. 2,115 2,009
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 267/ 2611 24,199 22,289
London, Chatham, & Dover 725 724 8,053 6 452
Do. Metropolitan Extension 111 101 2,415 1,335
Man.,Sheffield,&Lincoinsh
blanch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 94 05 1,449 1,302
Maryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan
Midland (incl. N.-Western).. 641 641 52,147 48,403
Midland Gt.We s tn. of Irind... 262 2595 5,905 '5,524
blonkland
Montuouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,990 2,818
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 1095 1095 65,006 59,285
North London 9 9 3,373 3,t 55
North Staffordshire 254 252 8,755 8,345
Rhymney l9l 191 1,031 744
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern l3B 138 6,062 5,792
Somerset and Dorset 66 391 962 405
South Devon ..».. 794 751 4.787 4,745
South-Eastern....... 306 306 31,662 30,506
Taff Vale 57 57 6,027 5,567
Ulster
Vale of C1wyd........ lO 10 '255 214
Vale of Neath 431 434 2,908 2.543
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 449 4:1
Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,358 1,378
West Cornwall 271 271 855 859
W. Hartlepool Harbr.&RaiL
W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt lO 7 742 578
Whitchaven Junction l3 13 1,053 891
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 997 811
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Austrian B2B 828
Bahia and San Francisco -
Belgian Eastern J unction 261 265
Bombay, Baroda, & Celt. India 1855 1855
Detroit and Milwaukie lB5 185
Dutch Rhenish ....-
Eastern Bengal
Eastern of France
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada 1335 1335
Great Central of Belgium lBO -
Great Indian Peninsula 553 495
Great Luxembourg 134 134
Great Southern of India
Great Western of Canada 345 345
Madras 417 447
Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 650 490
Northern of Canada ... .....
Northern of France 697 697
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn lBO5 1713
Paris and Orleans 1614 1491
Pernambuco 771 771
Royal Danish 69 69
Scinde...
South Austrian
Southern of France
Victorian 196 196
Welland .-..-.... 25 25
West Flanders
W. and N.W. of France, 960 960

39,974 33,888
298
336 318
2,057 1,067

7,249 8,312

69,712 64,640
21,476 18,731
2!,432 18,052
6,425
6,132 5,703
4,403 4,032
505 652

6,776 3.925
17,805 17,490
1,733 1,0',8
61,711 59,86 t
1,465 1,345

395 '3OB
130,827 131,293
72,180 68,038
595 452

1,728 2,889
54,896 51,916
34,326 34,323
8,774 10,117
898 663
1,308 1,305
57,958 54,733

THE 'WILTSHIRE RIFLE VOLUNTEERS.—L or d
Palmerston has signified his intention of being prescnt
the presentation of the priz3s by Lady Herbert of Lea, in
Wilton Park, to the successful competitors at the Wilt-

shire County Rifle Asso3iation, and the 300 guineas All
Corners' Meetings, to be held at Laverstock, near Sails.
bury, on 'Wednesday, the 14th inst., and following days.
The presentation will take place on 'Wednesday, September
21, and the event will be made the occasion of a grand
fete in the beautiful and classical gardens at Wilton. The
prizes amount in the aggregate to the handsome sum of
nearly £7OO. Lord and Lady Palmerston, with other die-
tinguished visitors, will be the guests of Lady Herbert at
Wilton House,