The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-18 00:00:00

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Divine service on the Common upo , OW:plata-ail; 4 y
intervening between the two weeks . :`. letitieni
and this year the Archbishop of York kin ;iy cornt S
seated to preach a sermon appropriate to the occa-
siert, and travelled up from his province in order to
do so. To the large umbrella marquee, which has
already proved so useful in other capacities, was
accordingly imparted as much the air of a military
chapel as circumstances would permit. A reading
desk and pulpit were erected and covered with the
Union Jack, and seats were disposed commodiously
around so that as many auditors as possible might
be accommodated, while those whom the limits of
the tent could not contain were enabled to see and
hear over the heads of the sitting portion of the
congregation. When all had taken their places the
aspect of the assembly was striking. With the
1 exception of a few seats in the vicinity of the pul-
-1 pit, where the Speaker of the House or Commons,
Lord Houghton, and some members of the Council,
with their wives and families, were placed, the
whole interior space was filled with uniforms- The
Guerds were. plac d to the right of the reading desk,
the police to the left, and all the other seats were
occupied indiscriminately by officers of the Line,
Volunteers, &c. Outside the military assembly,
and consequently outside the protection afforded by
the marquee, other attendants upon divine service,
for the most part fashionably dressed, braved the
full rays of a burning sun. A short special service,
sinimtrioladructeodthinattoutshede
vinolmuniltietaerr seyrve
churches,ie and
by
the Not.
tingham Regiment (Robin Hood) was performed,
the prayers being read by the Rev. T. Hanley Ball,
M.A., lecturer of St. Mary's, Wimbledon, and the
band of the London Scottish supplying a little too
leisurely, but still with good effect, the instrumental
accompaniment and guide to the singing. His
Grace the Archbishop took his text from 2d Kings,
chap. ix,, v. 18, and the opening portion of his dis-
course was directed to the contrast between that
earlier dispensation in which Jehu entered furiously
on his mission of vengeance, and the later and milder
one having for its object the redemption of man-
kind. Many, he said, had been puzzled by the
apparent inconsistency of the two methods of deal-
ing with the human race. The records of the older
epoch were sickly with the odour of blood, while the
New Testament was a metsage of boundless love.
Did it follow that there had been any change of
plan on the part of the great Designer ? Not in the
least. The contrast was as plainly visible in our
own time as it could be on the page of history. It
was only the previous day that the crack of the rifle
had been followed on that very spot by the ringing
stroke of the bullet, showing, if need existed, that
a life was in the hand of the man who fired the shot.
That day they were met to glorify Him who gave
up His own life that others might not suffer. The
Archbishop briefly traced the rise and spread of the
movement, holding that, although "Peace" should
ever be the Christian's motto, there was a point
where non-resistance ceased to be a duty—when
free institutions were imperilled, when the lives
and liberties of others were at stake, and when
religion itself was in danger of being overthrown.
Then, addressing himself to the volunteers more
pointedly, he said that hitherto the influence of the
force had been altogether for good. While it could
never be an invading army it had taught its memo
bers to conquer sloth, and to make diligent use of
those leisure hours which too often there was a
temptation to yield to idleness or worse. Its
existence had been specially beneficial to the young,
whom it was hardest for the ministers of religion
to reach or to know much about. But there was
even more that the force of its example might do.
The Archbishop drew a striking picture of the re-
sults to be anticipated from the existence of a force
whose members individually felt the full responsi.
bility of their acts, who would shrink from staining
their uniforms by contact with anything evil or
ignoble, and of whom it could never be said that
any one of their number had injured man or
wronged woman. The characteristics of the ser-
mon throughout were its extreme earnestness and
practical application. Apart fro the noteworthy
circumstance that so eminent a dignitary of the
Giurch of England thought it light prominently to
endorse the o'.jects of the asettuiation, the address
.....-0,..1 ao proloUr la an impression :hat a Liai.iza Wall
urkivrshliy expressed that it might be published in
cull, a request to which his Grace immediately

' STAXPED.....Sd.

the Council, seen his way through two huge com•
petitions, in each of which 2,000 men and upwards
shot, than a third (the City of London) is upon him,
which promises to attain proportions equally great.
To most men the necessity for drawing up detailed
squadding papers, of all compositions the dryest and
moat perplexing, in a manner that shall defy the
scrutiny of thousands of eager eyes on the following
day would be a task sufficiently difficult, but to carry
on this work and to have it protracted and post.
poned from hour to hour by a running fire of ques-
tions, suggestions, doubts, explanations, reminders,
extenuations, and every other form of application
growing out of the hope of triumph or the con-
sciousness of defeat is enough to turn the blandest
and most polished of men into an official hyena.
But the astounding part of the matter is that, either
in his tent or outside it, " irritation" seems to be a
word unknown at Wimbledon. To such an extent
is this fact recognised, that one gallant officer
charged with the supervision of a particular depart-
ment went about for a whole day offering a reward
of half-a-crown for a grumbler. As far as the con-
test has yet gone for the City of London prizes, the
following were the highest scores made :

CITY OF LONDON.
At 200 yards.

Points.

Private C. Hall, 9th Middlesex lB
Private S. W. Block, Victories lB
Private G. Bettell, 7th Lincoln l7
Sergeant W. Fuller, Victories
Private H. Radcliffe, 2d South Middlesex
Captain 8.. Helium, 7th Inverness
Corporal T. Sanders, sth Monmouth.. l6
Lieut. A. Haid, sth Monmouth
Sergeant J. Taylor, Leicester
Private J. Adams, 25th Stafford .. 16
Sergt.-Inat. C. Milner, 2d Middlesex l6
A. Leete, 22d Middlesex
Captain W. Milligan, 31st Leicester l6
Colour- Sergeant A. Harmer. 11th Surrey
Sergeant H. Smith, 15th Surrey l6
Private F. J. Clarke, South Middlesex .. l6
J. Y. Mayes, 37th Middlesex
H. Fowkes, 6th Lancashire
T. J. West, 47th Lancashire
Private Wilson, Robin Hood l6
Ensign F. Hitchcock, 7th Wilts l6

At 500 Yards.

Points

Private J. Halsall, 21st Lancashire
Captain Kersnaw, Bth Lancashire lB
Private A. Watson, Ist Wilts l7
Lieut. A. S. Dickens, Victoria
Corporal R. Prosser, W. Middlesex
Ensign Walker, 6th Kincardine l7
Captain J. Mallam, 2d Oxford
Sergeant H. Smith, 15th Surrey
Captain J. W. Collier, 4th W. York l6
Captain Colesworth, 2d Essex..
Ensign 0. Coathop, 27th Somerset
Private T. P. Waite, 10th Glocester .. 16
Captain Jee, 55th Lancashiae l6
Sergeant Aolmes, Ist Manchester l6
Corporal Northam, London Rifle Brigade l6
F. W. Wells, 9th W. Middlesex
Captain Cummings, 80th Lancashire
The following were the other principal scores made on
Saturday :
,' SATURDAY REVIEW" AND COUNT DE

GENDRE PRIZES.
Volley Firing at 400 Yards—Ten Men each.
First Prizes.

Points.
2d Stafford 144
Second Prizes.

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Ist Surrey .. 142
Third Przes.

19th Middlesex
Ties for Fourth Prizes.

Ist Warwick
47th Lancashire

Bth Lancashire 134
COUNTY MATCHES.
Ten Competitors.—Five Rounds at each distance.
200 Yds. 500 Yds. Total
Points. Points. Points.
St affordshire lll .. 129 .. 273 •
Gloucestershire
Middlesex
Norfolk
Lancashire
Warwickshire
Midlothian
Worcestershire
Wiltshire
Kent
Herefordshire
Nottinghamsire
Berkshire
Derbyshire
FIRST SERIES EXTRA PRIZES-500 yards.
Ties of 18 shoot for place.
Ties of 17 shoot for seven prizes and places.
SECOND LERIES EXTRA PRIZES—Any rifle,

assented.

As the congregation dispersed a collection was
made on behalf of the poor of Wimbledon, th© con-
tributions being appropriately received in the boxes
which on week days are devoted to pool and sight-

ing tickets.
The match between the Lords and Commons,
which it is the intention of their Royal Highneeses
the Prince and Princess of Wales to honour with
their presence, will be shot this afternoon. It is
expected that the competition will be completed in
half the time this year which was requisite on the
last occasion, as each 11 will be divided into two
squads, and a corresponding number of targets
allotted. The gratification of spectators will be in-
creased, while the convenience of members of either
House is consulted by this arrangement. On the
part of the House of Lords the following will be
representative Peers :—The Marquis of Abercorn,
Earl of Aberdeen, Earl of Airlie, Lord Bolton, Earl
of Ducie, Lord Dufferin, Earl of Eldon, Lord Lis-
more, Earl Spencer, Lord Suffield, and Lord

800 yards.
Highest Scores.

Points.

Hen. Member Miller, Bristol
Lord Dade
Lieutenant Squire, 3rd Elgin
ALBE ST—FIRST STAGE.
Highest Scores
.at 200 Yards.

Points

Sergeant Palmer, 36th Stafford
Private Colquhoun, Dumbarton lB
Private J. Bak'r, Ist Gloucester lB
Colour-sergeant J. Clems, 3rd Renfrew
Private G. Wilkins, Gth Aberdeen l7
Sergeant G. Gibbs, Ist Gloucester l7
Hon. Member G. Miller, Ist ditto
Captain llerbrrt, Coldstream Guards
lion. Member Lleoford, Bristol
Count de Gendro
Captain Gregg, 27th Cheshire
Major Holloway, 11th Norfolk
Hon. Member T. Robbins, Ist Wilts
ENFIELD ASSOCIATION CUP, value £5O.
Winner, Sergeant H. M. Aldridge, 4th Dorset, 35 points.
On Saturday evening, between 9 and 10 o'clock
the competition for the Cw/ prize was entered upon
There has been snme natural apprehension tha'
danger was inseparable from rifle shooting after
dark; and one night, when experiments were
going forward, the active patrol in camp, in igno- THE PAIR OF MOORUKS, those curious birds of
ranee of the cause of the firing, was hastening to the ostrich family, in the Zoological Gardens, which
the spot to arrest all the parties concerned, when were brought from Sydney in May, 1858, have at length
they were stopped, and the matter satisfactorily succeeded in breeding young, Two previous attempts were
explained. A single glance at the range on Saha- unsuccessful, in consequence of the male bird, who always
hha.tches the. egr,lhtatving destroyed
day evening showed that there was one importantyedeathfe yonntgebirdsst.
whenOh
safeguard which the nervous had entirely over- they wes asrelohnattched, ander wplearceerde removed
a henmuntil anufficiently
looked. The red lamp at night is a more effective strong to be restored to the parent birds.-21thencrum.
danger signal than the red flag by day. Among the
THE " SPECTATOR'S " ANALYSIS OF THE LATZ
multitudes of other objects, and in the preoccupation VOTE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Tories
of his mind, a man in the daytime may net notice really secured 18 Ultramontane votes, but lose the game,
that a flag which he believes to be lying down has through the resolution of their own side not to support
suddenly been snatched up ; but he must be negli- them. The numbers were in England,
for GreatGlr°eland , 27
gent indeed if, firing at a light 200 yards off, the 260 to 220 against; in Scotland, 37 tof
6134i;ii
Britain,
only object within view,he fails to see that another to 72, giving Government
light different in colour has been shown beside, or rfoedrucedtoCatholics and Colonel
in front of the one at which his piece is levelled. GovernmentlB by thle, Irish
Liberal am
vote.ajr: majority
t Tv: conservatives voted
Greville against' it: but no English or. Scotch Liberal
The Council wisely placed the entrance fee high for owniyth theb:rdals were
who might havetu band, the Government would have
quitted his party. On the other I:tilndgp I 9
this prize, in order that there might be no over• absent and 15 Conservatives,
t,
turns hr scale. Without the
Ir tr
ei
sn 11
a
crowding at the firing points—something over 100 20,
shots were fired on Saturday night, and the " owl's defections, on. the other
majority.
By THE FEDERA.Ls.--Letters have
had a sweeping
eye" was broken twice—not a very large per cent.
age, but then it must be remembered that there is
received in Hull from two men w ho have
no guide whatever to the marksman. If he once KIDNAPPING
tu sat
kbiedetinapped
into the Federal servic©. One o'i' them is
" gets on," in shooting phrase, he may continue from am„ named Donor, who left Hull for Now York
easily enough to break the glass, shot after shot, about 12 months ago. He was by trade a painter, and ono
day he was.nBOfnateiterbby a person who offered him a very good
kwhich he
but in the meantime his bullets may be drawing a
e:tsked to drink circular pattern just round the glass, and there will job—one, was to make his fortune.
be nothing to show that they did not lodge in the
'afterwards he became insensible,ovrthe bargain, and
when
nd
he
eid
asoa.iLSoon
re-
outer corners of the target. A very curious effect
covered consciousness he foun thata he had beeng trans-
was produced when the glass was struck and brokem
dig- formed into a Federal soldier. Ile was sent to a depot, where
i
A cry of "Danger" was raised at once, and thewith several other English recruits he was drilled heavily
tance swarmed with red and white lights,
if which
every day, and after a few weeks was sent to join the army,
crawled like glowworms about the emban....ments
9 where at the date of the letter ho was compelled to fight in
When damages
rlbi theh ranks. The o
their owners being wholly invisible.other letter has been received by Mr Winh;
were repaired, and the markers had got 'ni
hatter, Waterv,orks-street. i
Hull. It is from
,sa e y 4(.4 am,
to their butts, there was a shout of
' All right," nephew, who states that he lett Liverpool nan Am_
and the firing recommenced. Mr. Malcolm,. m.p ship. On the voyage he was very much ill-
And by the
9 captain and crew, and he states that immediately on being
and continued till the
directed the butt marking,
range was closed. For competitors the scene was landed he was seized by soldiers and taken by force to an
island near New York, the name of which he duos noot give.
the gen.eral public soon had Here he met with several other Englishmen,
very interesting, but aThis whom
0 wia,,, especially as the great heat had bheen impressed
in2to3
states
enough of " The thae recruits were being
of the day made ;standing about at that hour feel
. He complains loudly that
The majority of lookers on in conse. drifted chi t andd that the writera almost expected hourly to
rather chilly. receive ordersY' to join the army
fire of the the British Government does not interfere to prevent these
queues deserted this spot for the camp
where, as usual, they were hospitably re- scandalous outrages up
Victories, on Englishmen, apparently forget-
ceived, and mirth and melody lasted till a late hour. ting that by going to America and on board an American
Yesterday (Sunday) the encampment presented a ship he forfeited all reasonable claim upon the country he
very interesting spectacle. It has been usual to hold deserted.

Vernon.
The House of Commons will be represented by
Earl Grosvenor, Lord Etch°, Lord Bury, Mr. Mal•
calm, Mr. Vivian, Mr. C. R, Talbot, Mr. Dillwyn,
Mr. Forster, and Mr. Duncombe. As to the two
remaining places a alight uncertainty exists, but
Mr. Wyndham, Mr. Humberston, and Mr. D.
Griffith among them will supply the vacancies,
leaving one hon. member in reserve in case any
unforeseen emergency should arise.
Corrections to Friday's Scoring :—First Stage,
Queen's, name omitted—Lieutenant Puckle,London
Scottish, 40 points. First series, extra prizes,
name omitted—Private Green, 19 Northampton, 17
points.