The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-06 00:00:00

Captain• Commandant (Capt. Stephens), and others inte-
rested in the success of the volunteer movement. Corporal
Witherington obtained the first of Sir F. Goldsraid's three
prizes, a silver urn, with a score of 82—Corporal Gostage
tied with Corporal Witherington, but losing the tie he took
the second priz3, a silver tankard—and Private Roe, with a
score of 69, obtained the third prize, a silver goblet. For the
Ladies' Cup, a silver tankard, value £lO, Sergeant J. Rose
and Private Roe each made 60, but on shooting off the tie
the former of the two was successful. A handsome time-
piece, value 5 guineas, the gift of Mr C. Stephens, was
carried off by Private Wightman with a score of 67. The
prize of Mr G. Shaw Lefevre, a silver cup, value £5, was
won by Sergeant Alderman. The Mayor of Reading offered
a silver cup to be competed for by the 20 men who had at-
tended the greatest number of drills during the year, by
firing seven shots at 400 and 700 yards. Sergeant Ruddock
was the successful competitor. Major Montresor's silver
cup, value £5, for the best firing of seven shots at single
targets, advancing and retiring between 150 and 300 yards
without shifting the back sights, was taken by Private
Blatch. The commanding officer's prize, a silver cup,
value £5, was obtained by Private Shepherd with a score of
64.

The annual prise shooting of the 9th (Duke of Cornwall's)
Rifles took place at the company's range, near St. Austell,
on Thursday. The Ladies' Challenge Cup, which must be
won by a member two years in succession before it becomes
his absolute property, was competed for at 400, 500, and
600 yards, five shots at each distance. Private T. S. Coom
scored 28, and was declared to be the holder of the prize,
which has now changed hands five times for 12 months. A
series of money prizes, given by the inhabitants of St. Aus-
tell, were competed for at 200, 300, and 400 yards, five shots
at each distance. The first prize was won by Corporal
Kinsman, with 37, and the second by Private Dunn, with
35. A handsome eight-day timepiece, the.best of several
prizes given by the officers, was won by Corporal Kinsman,
who made a total score of 34 at 200, 400, and 600 yards, five
shots at each distance.

At the fourth annual prize meeting of the 6th Hants
(Gosport) Rifle Volunteers, the first, second, and third prises
of the first match (three silver cups presented by Captain
Purvis, R.N.) were won by Sergeant Harvey, Ensign
Mumby, and Private Compigne. The next prize, the gift
of Captain Campigna, the commanding officer. was carried
off by Colour-Sergeant Lewis Bryett. The All-comers'
Prize was won by Sergeant Snap, 6th Hants.

The week's volunteer movements in Yorkshire are as
follow :—The Helmsley and York, eight from each, shot a
match at Goodham-dale, each man having five shots at 400,
500, and 600 yards. One of the competitors was absent on
the Helmsley side, and it was agreed to add an average of
the York men to the Helmsley score. The result was a
victory for the Yorkists, who scored a total of 267 against
242 for Helmsley. The East York volunteers shot for the
challenge cup given by Captain Lucas and Lieut. Jacobs,
at 200, 400, 600, and 900 yards, points only counting.
There were near 40 competitors, of whom Corporal W.
Kirk scored 24 and won the cup. Corporal Thoroer, who
held the cup last year, was ill and could not compete. The
cup has to be won three times to give ownership, but in the
four contests for it has changed hands each year. The
Knaresborough Volunteers have held their prize shooting
Sergeant Wincup, for the third time, won the challenge
medal, and while retaining the championship of the corps
also gains the actual ownership of the medal. Prizes of £l4
given by the ladies of the neighbourhood, ware shot for at
200 and 500 yards, and ware won by Private Wincup, 33—
Corporal Groves, 33—Private Parr, 33—and Quartermas-
ter-Sergeant Brown, 31. The shooting was very good and
close. Parr won the tie for second place. The prizes given
by the Mayor of Hull, to be shot for by the Artillery
Volunteers with carbines, at 100, 150, and 250 yards, had
large entries, and were won by Battery-Sergeant-Major D.
Murray, 41—Sergeant-Major Pexton, 38—and Battery
Sergeant-Major C. Morris, 37.
At the annual prize meeting of the Leiston corps (Suffolk)
the first prize offered was a silver cup of the value of £lO 10s.
competed for by members in the first class at 300, 500, 700,
and 900 yards,two shots each, won by Private S. Reed,who
scored 22 marks. The text prize offered was a silver cup of
the value of £8 Ba, to be competed for by marksmen, or
those who had been marksmen, at the same ranges as the
last, wun by Sergeant J. Cornforth, who also scored 22
marks Prizes to the amount of £l2 were next offered for
competition by men in the first class at 150, 300, 600, and
900 yards, three shots each. The first prize of £6 was won
by Private W. Burrows.