The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 26, 1864.

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Important Military Rifle Competition.

Although the National Rifle Association struck its flag at
Wimbledon on Saturday evening, and returned with a well
filled treasury chest to headquarters in Pall-mall East, the
prize list this year was so very lengthened that there was
one important competition which could not be fitted into
the proceedings of the past fortnight. It therefore re-
mained over till this week, and must last some days before
it can be decided. The prize in question is one of £lOO,
given by General the Marquis of Tweeddale, for military
rifles carrying 650 ammunition, with a view of attracting
the best weapons in either class the money offered was di-
vided as follows—£so open to muzzle-loaders, and £5O open
to breech-loaders, the latter tender being accompanied with
a notification that where any of the breech-leading rifles
stem that could be
a
s3'desirable that a acoppralpieedtintog existing
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et e
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autpso,ni t
was
con-
verted service rifle should be tried. It will be seen at once,
in the present unsettled state of the small-arms question,
what importance attaches to a double competition of this
nature, open to all gunmakers, except those whose
weapons have smaller bores than were hitherto thought
consistent with the military service. The conditions under
which the contest took place were well calculated to
test the qualifications of the respective rifles. The Council
of the association waived the preference which they them-
selves entertain for machine rests, and allow the competitors
to shoot with any other description of rest and in any posi-
tion which they might select. The rifles were all required
to be full stocked, not to exceed 91lb in weight, having metal
ramrods and military sights, with a 61b pull of trigger ;
mechanically fitting ramrods were prohibited. To prevent
any arrangement of a private nature allowing one or two
competitors to walk over the ground, the conditions stipu-
lated that in each of the competitions there should be at least
three entries representing three different systems, otherwise
the match would not proceed. The proceedings yesterday
commenced at an early hour end las od, with an interrnp-
tiost caused by heavy showers, until close en 7 o'clock. In
the afternoon theatmosphere of Wimbledon entirelychanged
its character from that which was presented last week. The
tropical heat which then necessitated a resort to cap covers
and all manner of cooling drinks completely disappeared, and
in its stead a strong damp wind blew up and partly across
the range, rendering an overcoat by no means an undesir-
able possession. For each of the prints several well-known
inventors and gunmakers had entered their names, and the
order of proceeding, which was similar at both the ranges,
was as follows—Each competitor, or the marksman selected
to act for them, fired 100 rounds continuously at 550 yards,
as fast as he could load and fire, the officer in charge timing
the number of rounds per minute, and taking fete of all the
misses as well as hits. After this test of rapidity of firing
the target was pa;nted afresh, and from the same rifle, with-
out being cleaned, and without reference to the time occu-
pied in aiming, 10 shots were fired to test the accuracy of the
weapon, which was then handed over to the council for safe
keeping. Capt. Page, Adjutant of the London Scottish, and
executive officer of the National Rifle Association, had
charge of the range at which the muzzle loaders were tested.
Capt. Knight, musketry instructor to 3d Depot Battalion,
Chatham, superintended the breech loading competition.
The most remarkable feature in the day's proceedings was
the performance of the Whitworth rifle in the hands of Mr
Leace. In his 100 rounds, which were fired in the incre-
dibly short space of 24 min. 35 sec., being at the rate of
rather more than 4 shots a minute, the following were the
results achieved, to the astonishment cjf the spectators :
Bull's -eyes, 34 ; centres, 40 ; outers, 23 ; ricochets, 1 ;
misses, 2 ; total marks, 304. That is to say, that a muzzle
loading gun, fired from a stand representing the ordinary
sand-bag rest, with shot after shot poured in so rapidly that
taking aim seemed out of the question, actually made a score
better than that achieved by any breech loading rifle tried
in the course of the day, besides pressing them all closely in
point of time. The rifle with which Mr. Leace shot was a
short large bore Whitworth, and the perfect preparation of
all his appliances was only less remarkable than the suc-
cess attending his efforts. The next muzzle loader tried
was the Turner rifle. It completed its 100 rounds in 41
min. 2 sec., and the score which it made was as follows --
Bull's-eyes, 9; centres, 32; outers, 30; ricochet, 0; misses,
29 ; total marks, 194. Unlike the Whitworth rifle, with
which a prepared cartridge was used, the Turner rifle was
loaded with loose powder from a flask. The next name upon
the list was that of Mr Boucher, whose peculiar disc bullet
has given rise to much controversy in print and elsewhere.
The shooting of this rifle was accordingly watched with
much interest, but something evidently went wrong with
it internally, for over 20 of the bullets in their course gave
out a very uncertain sound, and the following score was
considered so unsatisfactory by Mr Boucher himself that
he withdrew from participation in the future stages of the
contest :—Bull's-eyes, 2, centres, 3; outers, 10; ricochets
3; misses, 82; total marks, 37.
In the shots which were separately fired with a view to
determine the accuracy of the different weapons the follow-
ing were the scores respectively :—Whitworth, 29, Turner,
26, Boucher, 4.

At the range immediately adjoining the trial of small bores
proceeded simultaneously. That known as Green's was the
first taken up. Of its 100 rounds, which were completed in
21 minutes, the following produce was recorded :—Bull's-
eyes, 4 ; centres, 14 ; outers, 26 ; ricochets, 6 ; misses, 50 ;
total marks, 110. The number of na'ssfires being considered
an important element in the perforrdance of breech loaders,
note was taken of the fact that there were three such with
this weapon in the firing of the 100 rounds. Henry's rifle,
using cartridges carrying their own ignitions, discharged its
allotted number of shots in 17 min. 12 sec., and made, Bull's
eyes, 24 ; centres, 41; outers, 20 ; ricochets, 3 ; misses, 12—
total marks, 259. Three missfires also occurred with this
weapon, but they were all connected with the same charge,
which was then drawn and replaced by another, when no
further difficulty occurred. Bearing in mind that the Cooper
rifle, unlike its predecessors, had to be capped before every
discharge, its 100 rounds were got through with wonderful
rapidity. They were all fired ,in 15 minutes, but the pace
told on the steadiness of aim, for the score made when the
rounds were exhausted was the following : —Bull's eyes, 4;
centres, 9; outers, 13; ricochets, 19; misses, 55—total
marks, 69. A fourth competitor entered and began his 100
shots, but found there was something defective in the spring
of the hammer, which it was necessary to remedy before
proceeding further. Other gunreakers were on the ground,
but the state of the weather deerred them from commenc-
ing till this morning, when the competition will be resumed
at 9 o'clock.
Lord Elcho and General Hay attended to watch the pro-
part of the Council.
ceeAdininges on theetingtook place last week in one of the large tents
of the Volunteers of all Yorkshire, now present at the great
national rifle contest. The object of the gathering was for
the purpose of organising committees for selecting " teams"
to represent that important county, boasting of some of the
ciil
crack shots of the kingdom, both in the small bore and the
Enfield national rifle contests at Wimbledon. Lord Bolton
advantages and the desirability of such
his lordship adverted to the
'
an organisation,
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remarks, whine
met the cordial
approbation co made
ablalet someido nupoof n all pertinento
present.presid e .LA I
t was
following gentlemen should form committees for the several
ridings, with a view to the carrying out of the object :
West ,
York.
F o r hiding—Captainh e
Mackie,
Ensign Thomas,lifax ; Captain
E
rison, Rotherham ; Ha;
Bedale.
g—Captain Scrooge,
Danby Hall ; Lieut. F, Chapman, East Riding—
t
J. J. Thorney, EB4 9 Hull; Lieut, Thos, Harland, Brid-
lington. Captain Harrison, hon. secrwtarY. After these
appointments the meeting was adjourned until the York
contest, which takes place next month. Doubtless, under
such auspices, the association will commend itself at once
to the notice and support of the whole of the Yorkshire
Volunteers, and more especially to the crack shots of the
great county. North it Wakefield; Captain Har-
rison,noticed we
Among the various telescopes whichn use at
several of the targets, and which attracted i considerable at-
tention by reason of the clearness with which it showed the
mark of the bullet on the disc, was the new achromatic one
manufactured by the Messrs. Solomons, of
Albemarle
street, which we were informed is published at a very low
price by this firm, in order that it may be within the reach
of every volunteer for rifle contests and observation.

EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN A 131.111811 CHURCH.
—On the forenoon of Sunday last a rather unedi-
fying and indecorous scene occurred in a parish church not
far from the banks of the Dee. The c.
quietly glancing
nen-
tered early and was seated in the pulpit, glancing
over his MS., and the precentor was practising the tunes
for the day with his choir, the church otherwise being as
yet unoccupied except one pew, the congregation having
farm
not yet assembled, The occupant of this particular pew
had, it would appear, a reason for being early, apart from
the commendable habit cf promptitude for its own sake,
He is the new tenant of a farm, and his predecessor in it
did not
by
y the the pew , which
had not attended the Established Church, and consequently
d
continued to
h ie
occupied
require
19 sears ago,
farm,
quittedsvhad,
ths however,
his
predecessor in the
e rm
had shown no disposition to give up his occupancy at the
call cf the new tenant, who, having duly certified himself
as to the pew that belonged to him as tenant, had gone
early to church, in the spirit of the maxim that 4; poss„.
sion is nine points in law." rho old tenant, however, came
into church when matters were going on as described, and
ordered him to clear out. This he refused to do, where-
upon the old occupant seized him by the throat, and pro-
ceeded to drag him out by sheer force. In the scuffle that
ensued, the new tenant's collar and shirt front were torn
and damaged, and are now in the hands of the fiscal of a
neighbouring county town, forming a sort of corpus delicti
in whatever civil or criminal proceedings may be deemed
necessary as a fitting wind-up to this rather unseemly
coloiatitiol 6acounter,--44mfren Frye Preys.