The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-25 00:00:00

Mr Bass's £25, Ist prize, £lo—Lieut.-Colonel Hutch-
inson, Bth Lancashire
City et London £6oo—Range A, Ist prize, £2s—Ser-
geant Muat, 3d Ayrshire
City of London--Range B, Ist prize, £2s—Private
Banton, 21st Middlesex l9
Ashburton Shield (public schools)—£l4o—Harrow
Earl Spencer—Cup, £ls—Corporal Thornton, Chel-
tenham......
(volley firing)—First prize 12
" Saturday Review" £5O
£25-2d Administrative Battalion, Staffordshire
St. George's Vase—Vase, gold jewel, and £6, £2so—
Penzer, sth Staffird
Chancellors' Plate—Cup, £loo—Cambridge
Elcho Shield—Scotland
International Enfield Match—England 1,016
Wimbledon Cup—£loo--Sergt. M. Smith, Ist Middle-

sex 7O
Earl Dudley's—Cup or Money, £5O
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge—First
prize, £so—Captain E. Ross, 3d Cambridge
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales—Cup or

money, £lOO--Sergeant Dodd, Ist Hereford - 46
Queen's Priza—lst Stage—Silver medal, Whitworth
rifle, and £.so—L7o—Private Haward, Ist Suffolk 47
Queen's Prize, 2d Stage—Her Majesty's prize of £250
gold medal of the N.R.A., and Whitwort eifle—
£277—Private Wyatt, London Rifle Brigade 6O
In connexion with the prize of £5O given by Mr.
Henry Peek, Lord Elcho remarked that there was
no better indication of the success of the Volunteer
movement than this afforded. When the Associa-
tion first Game to Wimbledon Mr. Peek was one
of those who did not quite understand or like
ita objects. But now, so completely had
he changed his mind, that he not only secured
them this prize for seven years, bat he was un-
derstood to contemplate a reference to it in his will.
Newspapers, also, had supported the association
very liberally. The example set by the Saturday
Review, Army and .Navy Gazette, and Volunteer
Service Gazette, was this year followed by the Daily
Telegraph with a generous donation of £5O, and
there were other papers, he thought, which might
act on so good a precedent. Lieut.- Colonel Baker,
of Cambridge University, on advancing to zeceive
a prize of £5O won in the first stage of the Albert
corr petition, was recommended to general favour as
the maker of the highest score in the International
match between England and Scotland; and of the
members of the Ross family as they successively
came forward to receive prizes which they had car-
ried off Lord Elcho justly observed that there was
no occasion to tell any one who they were. The
prize of £25, given by Mr Bass, M.P., " well known
to organ-grinders and others," was awarded to Col.
Hutchinson, of the Bth Lancashire; and of the
Bth Lancashire; and of the carbine prizes for artil-
lerymen it was predicted that in another year this
class would probably need extension. The City of
London prizes, Lord Elcho explained, were given
out of a sum of £6OO collected by those two excel-
lent shots and hearty Volunteers, Sergeant IMarti❑
Smith and Major Oxley, who went round among
the bankers and merchants of London. In this
manner they had entitled themselves to the thanks
not only of the Association, but of all Volunteers,
and he hoped their exertions might be looked on as
perennial. Two of the young Harrovians marched
off proudly with the Ashburton Challenge Shield,
the second time that this has been won by the school
they represent; and Corporal Thornton, of Chel•
tenham, as the best individual shot, and probably
tallest, of all the Public School elevens, carried away
the Spencer Cup. Of the volley firing, a new fea-

ture in the meeting, Lord Elcho spoke as having
been very successful, 40 or 50 squads entering for
the prize. Lord Echo then gave place to Col. the
Hon. C. Lindsay, who presented the St George's
Challenge Cup, in the name of the battalion he
represented, to Sergeant Penzer, of the sth
Stafford, expressing his satisfaction that it
went to a county which had supported this par-
ticular competition so well. After payment of all
expenses, Colonel Lindsay stated that the balance
remaining from the entrance fees of the competing
battalions produced £lBO, which he had the satis-
faction of handing over in " dragon" sovereigns to
the Association ; the competitions in 1562 and 1863
producing £95 and £lO5 respectively. The beanti-
ful cup presented by the Chancellors of Oxford and
Cambridge for annual competition between the Uni-
versities was presented by Lady Elcho to the re-
presentatives of Cambridge; after which Lard Elcho
entered into a short detail of the circumstances con-
test for the Echo Shield. He said that it had twice
been won by England, but now a turn in the tide of
fortune had taken place, and he did not believe there
was an Englishman present, whether he wore a
black coat or a Volunteer uniform, who grudged
Scotland her good luck. The English portion of the
assembly loudly cheered this sentiment, and Lord
Elcho went on to say that on one occasion Lady
Elcho had declared the Scotch never would exert
themselves to win the shield till it became a reality,
The first year there was merely a chalk drawing ex
hibited, without even a glass to protect it ; last year
there was a plaster cast, and on both occasions Eng-
land won. Bat as soon as it appeared in substan-
tive iron Captain Ross and his seven Scotchmen
exerted themselves, and they were now going to
take the shield down to Edinburgh, to show what
they had won. Lord Bury, the captain of the Eng-
lish Eight, said that before the shield was carried
away he wished to ask all Englishmen present to
join him in three cheers for Scotland. Any Scotch-
men who might be present he begged to reserve
their cheers till Captain Ross asked for them next
year in honour of the English victory. When the
laughter and very cordial cheering which this ad-
dress elicited had subsided, Captain Horatio Ross,
not only leader but father of an important section of
the Scottish Eight, acknowledged the compliment,
and, admitting that it had been hard work to get the
shield down to Scotland, said that now they had
got it they meant to keep it there. He in turn
invited cheers for Lord Bary and the English
Eight, which were warmly given. A voice pro-
ceeding from among the spectators suggested
one cheer for Mr. Ross himself. Lord Elcho re.
plied, " Yeti had better have said 'for the
Ross family,' " and the amendment so worded
was carried unanimously. In the absence of any
tangible symbol of victory, certificates were next
presented to the 20 English winners in the Inter-
national Enfield match, the members of which ex-
changed reciprocal courtesies likewise. When the
Wimbledon Cup was being handed to Mr. Martin
Smith, Lerd Elam explained that the prize was
substituted for the benefit of former prize winners,
who were debarred from competing in the meeting
of that year for many objects of value. Mr_ Smith
not only proved himself the best shot by day, but
also by night, having won the sew/ prize, and when-
ever the promised silver owl, value £5O, came out
of the ivy-bush it would be his property. The
Dudley Prize, the Dake of Cambridge's Prize, and
that given by the Prince of 'Wales, were severally
awarded, and then the last and greatest distinction
was reached. Lord Elcho stated that the Council
this year felt themselves justified, notwithstanding
their large expenses, in giving a prize of £5O to the
winner of the first or Enfield stage of the Queen's
Prize, who heretofore only gained a rifle and a silver
medal. This announcement, which came by sur-
prise upon most of those present, was hailed with
such general satisfaction that there can be no doubt
it wilt do much, if that bs possible, to add to the
popularity of this competition next year. Private
Heward, Ist Suffolk, unfortunately was not present
to hear of his good fortune, and the eyes of the
spectators aecordingly turned to Private Wyatt, of
the London Rifle Brigade, who, by making the
highest score in the, second stage of the Queen's
Prize, entitled himself to £250 and,the gold medal
of the Association. When he stepped forward the
gnerd of honour came to " attention," the band
played " See the Conquering Hero,", and Lord
Elcho expressed the pleasure which he felt in know-
ing that the great prize of the year went to one of
the steadiest shots in one of the best, if not the best,
metropolitan regiment. Loud cheers for the suc-
cessfulcompetitorof followed, as he received a purse
from the
As £lOOll
Lord BURY came forward, and said the proceed.
as Private -Wyatt h.ad retired,
ings ought not to terminate without an acknow-
ledgment of the graceful manner in which
Lady
Elcho had distributed the prizes.
Three of the very heartiest cheers given during
the day followed this request, and the band chimed
in with " Here's a health to all good lasses." The
proceedings of the presentation may bas taken in
strictness to have terminated at this poiEtt, as Lady