The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-19 00:00:00

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"MARY LYNDSAY."
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together to the stand, where Mr. Harrison's filly dropped
back, the other two finishing with a dead heat; Change.
able was third close up, Coronet fourth; the others
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Mr. Mr. J. Buchanan, Ist; Mr. E. Rhead, 2d ; Mr. HutztnlB.,T.
Stow-on-the- Wold had its annual rifle contest for' the
challenge cup last week. The contest was open to all
corners resident within 12 miles of Stow, the cup to be won
twice by the same person. There were 31 competitor., and
the pr ize was hotly contested. The shooting was at 200, 400,
and 600 yards, and the highest score was made by Private
J. Gallop, of the 15th Gloccstershire, who scored 33, nine
other scorers from 25 to 32 each. A sweepstakes was
afterwards got up, when Private J. Keen, making three
centres, was declared the winner.
The great Yorkshire prize rifle shooting was continued
upon Strensall common and at Pickering, terminating on
Tuesday week. The following is ventinuation of the keport
which has app fared in The Sun. The second series of
prizes given by the city of York were determined by shoot-
ing seven shots at 500 yards. The shooting was excellent.
The first prize of £2O was won by Sergeant W. Dove, of
Scarborough, who scored 25. There were 164 entries for
the prize given by the town of Halifax— the gross amounts
being £lOO. Some of the best shooting with Enfields was
shown in this contest. The winner of the main prize, Mr.
C. Other, scared not less than 51 marks—the distances be-
ing 400 and 600 yards. Sergeant W. Dove, of Scarborough,
won the second prize with 48. The competition for the
Whitworth rife given by Earl de Grey and Ripon was
among 160 capital shots. The regulations were three
shots at any indefinite distance ordered, in order
to bring into play the power of judging distance. This
was regarded as the most important contest of the meet-
ing, being a test of a Volunteer's usefulness more than any
other. Lieutenant Harrison, of Rotherham, who made two
bull's eyes and a centre, won the prize with a score of 11,
and was heartily cheered. The contest for Volunteers who
attended the Doncaster review, shot for with seven shots at
200 yards, resulted in a tie of 21 between Mr. T. C. Dawson,
of Halifax, and Mr. D. Popplewell, of Barnsley, who
divided. There were 75 competitors. The prize of
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any position. In this contest the champion shots again met,
and therefore the greatest attention was bestowed. The
result showed that Captains Heaton and Ross had
again tied with a score of 39, five shots at 400 and 600
yands. In shooting oft each of these marksmen made
another bull's eye, but in the second round Captain Ross
retrieved his previous defeats by another bull's eye,
Captain Heaton making an outer ; Sergeant Boynton, of
Bridlington, scored 36, the Hon. W. T. O. Powlett 33, and
Lieutenant Harland, of Bridlington, 35. The last contest
on the common was for a sweepstakes, at 200 and 300 yards,
in which Mr. Calvert, of Carpetby, and Mr. Winn, of the
same place, tied with 30, and divided. The remaining con-
test was for the challenge cup given by Colonel Duncombe,
M.P., to the 2d North Riding Battalion, to be won twice to
give absolute possession. As more convenient for the corps
engaged, it was resolved to re-assemble on the Pickering
range. There were eight representatives from the Melton,
Castle Howard, Scarborough, Helmsley, Thirsk, Wydale,
and Pickering Companies. The contest was at 200 and 500
yards, and resulted in victory for the Pickering Company,
with a score of 253, Scarborough being second, with 231.
The prizes for individual shots went to the Castle Howard and
Pickering Corps. This concluded the meeting, which was
remarkably successful.

Deciding Heat--g to 5 apt Sledmere, who waited upon
the non-favourite to half-way in the distance, when he
went up and won in a canter by two lengths. The winner
was bought in for 72 guineas.
The Brambam Park Stakes, of 100 soya each, 30 ft, for foals
of MO, the produce of mares which never produced a
u inner ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies; Bst 31b. One mile and a
half. Three subs.
Mr. T. I'Anson's na Borealis, Bst Gib (in 3lb ex)

(Chall'onEr) w.o.
The Old Three7Yr-Old Produce Stakes of 100 sovs, h ft;
colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41h. Two miles.
Mr. Watt's Miss Armstrong, Bst llb (in 31b e 3) _

(J. Snowden) w.o.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

At an early period of the summer Major Melly inti-
mated that he would invite the effective members of the
4th brigade of Lancashire Artillery to a pie-nic, and on
Saturday that event came off in Knowsley-park. The Earl
of Derby gave every countenance and assistance to the pro-
ceedings. The corps and its friends, to the number of
fully 800, were conveyed by special train from Liverpool
to Huyton, whence proceeding to the Prescot-gate of
Knowsley-park they reached the ground set apart for
the feta. This was in close proximity to the lake in the
deer park, and it afforded ample space for the pitching
of tents and the performance of drill movements. The
day was fine, there was a goodly muster of the brigade
and spectators, and the park presented a very gay ap-
pearance. Among those present to welcome the Volunteers
were the Countess of Derby and Lady Cremorne; Lord
Cremorne, Captain Hornby, R.N., and party; Admiral
Grenfell, Lieut.-Col. Sir J. Jones, K.C.8., &c. The
party, numbering 420 men and non-commissioned officers
of the 4th Brigade, Lancashire Artillery Volunteers, and
their friencle, arrived on the ground about 4 o'clock. They
were drawn up in open column, and went through a variety
of field operations, under command of Lieut.-Col. Bourne.
The corps were then formed in three sides of a square in
front of the saluting flag, where the prizes were presented
to the successful competitors by Mrs. Col. Bourne. These
consisted of handsome silver salvers and cups to the bat-
teries which had proved successful in the competition of
gunnery. In addition to these, each gunner who had
struck the target was presented with a handsome cross of
merit. A fourth series of prizes should have been pre-
sented, but that ceremony was deferred on account of the
lamented death of Mr. Theodore W. Rathbone. The
prizes having been presented, Col. Bourne addressed the
brigade. He said it had afforded him the utmost pleasure
to be connected with them. They had been most regular
in drill, and the result of that regularity and attention had
manifested itself in the general excellence of their evolu-
tions. He was happy to say that not longer than last Sa-
turday they had been inspected by an officer of the Royal
Artillery, sent down especially by the War Department,
and he had much pleasure in keying that that officer had
expressed himself in terms of high admiration cf the bri-
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of their movements. In conclusion he called for three
heartily responded to. At the conclusion of the feast and
a dance on the bowling-green, the guests were conveyed
by a special train to Liverpool, where they arrived about
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The Foresters' fete at Norwood is, in fine weatha
one of the best popular celebrations of the kind ill;
occurs throughout the year. It is a kind of workiz
men's carnival and great day out, the carnival el
ment being supported by a number of simpletons.
usually the ugliest and worst made men of 1:1
whole assembly, who, for this occasion, put on tl
picturesque costume which tradition ascribes it
differently to merry foresters and medieval bat
dits. There is nearly always a sufficient springlit
of these wonderful stage characters to give conside
able animation to the general muster, to say nothit
of those who limit their travestie to the me.
hat and feathers over the every-day costume
or whose only concession to the spirit of the day
a false nose and beard—the farmer often an in.
provement on nature. Last year this fete was
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wonderful one, li:ondin's performances and tL
fineness of the weather tempting more than 100,00
visitors to Norwood. Yesterday the numbers, t
compared with the previous great occasion, shows
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programme, the and threatening weather, and also in a great mea
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of an ordinary shilling day, if we except the f
attempt made to play th
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wind. The great mass theof
visitors, of course.
went down by rail ; but there was no lack of the
usual vanloads from all parts of the metropolis and
suburbs, thronging the rends to Norwood, which,
in the neighbourhood of the building itself,
were
each, like long straggling country fairs, thronged
with conventional niggers, washed into dingy aiif
castes by occasional showers, with showmen, acro-
bats, and singers, performing monkeys, and preeo-
cious children. Within the precincts of the Palace,
as is always the case on these occasions, the grounds
were the great attractions, and here the visitors
swarmed in thousands over terraces and lawns and
walks even down to that neglected spot where the
mute preachers on the wonders of the pre-Adaanite
creation usually reign alone. From 12 till 2 o'clacla
dining seemed to be the great business of the day,
and when their widespread picnic was over and
the ground littered deep with pots and greasy
papers and the debris of many thousand meals,
everyone took themselves to their own devices for
amusement. With some it took the extremely
simple, and at first sight, unpleasant form of rolling
down the banks, but the n'ajority shunning these
frivolities, assembled near the many bands, stood in
a crowd round the large platform, where a great
number of ladies and gentlemen, with their marts
round each other were hustling about, in 'wild
confusion, and were stimulated to renewed efforts
by occasional cheers from the lookers-on—for this
was the dancing. Then there was an archery
match, at which the spectators were most wisely
kept in rear of the archers—the only safe place from
which to view the contest, except the butts aimed
at. In this latter. strife the gentlemen in character
we have before alluded to utterly failed to realise
the popularexpectations formed from their complete
equipment as hardy bowmen, and fell an easy prey
to obloquy and public commiseration, both of whicX
we are bound to say were loudly and abundantly
tendered upon their breakdown. The fountains
played at three, and tried hard for some time to
bear up against the wind, but in vain. It cut away
the feathery column of water at half its height,
breaking it into flaky undulations like white fire-
works, and as the sun shone through the drift,
filling the gardens with the splendour of rainbows
in all directions. The ascent of Mr. Coxwell's bal-
loon attracted an immense audience, who waited
with exemplary patience fora long time before the
machine was let go, and when at last it was released
it rose at once and moved away so swiftly as to
create rather a feeling of disappointment at there
being so little to see after all, and led apparently to
a very general opinion that an ascent to be worth
seeing ought to be repeated several times. The
departure of Mr. Coxwell set free some 30,000
visitors in search of amusement, and the grounds
were soon dotted over with quadrille parties, in
whose hands the gentle dance was soon made to
assume the appearance of powerful athletic exer-
cise. Kiss in the ring, too, became highly popular,
and was carried on with such vigour and swiftness
on the part of the fair donors of the handkerchiefs
as apparently made one or two such favours
quite enough for the longest winded. Everywhere
there were games of. some kind or another, and
it was nearly dusk before the public were as
usual seized with the simultaneous idea that they
would all go home together, and experienced the
customary amount of crashing and discomfort in
endeavouring to carry this idea into effect. It was
late in the night before the last were out of the
Palace, by which time even the most enthusiastic
holiday-seekers appeared to have had quite enougl
of it.