The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-15 00:00:00

~~~~ ~

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 15, 1863.

Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
T" LADY EMILY PONSONBY'S NEW
NOVEL, "MARY LYNDSAY."
Also now ready, in 3 vols.,
CHURCH AND CHAPEL. By the Author of
No Church," " Owen : a Waif," &c.
Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

SEA.—FELLOWS and CO., Shipbrokers, 127,
Fenchurch-street, RC., require MIDSHIPMEN and
FOUR First-class APPttENTICES in an A 1 clipper India-
man, 1,50) tons. Premium moderate, returned in wages.
Also stout Lads, without premium, for other ships. Wages

foolery taking a slight lead, which she held until half way
along the straight, where the favourite, with Agatha and
Mulberry, passed her, and the three ran a good race home,
Echo winning clearly by three-quarters of a length ; Mul -
berry was third, beaten a head from Agatha; Tomfoolery
was fourth, Rob Roy fifth, Oceola sixth, Bubble and Galileo
the two next.

QEA.—VACANCIES for MIDSHIPMEN and
APPRENTICES-in a first-class London shipping* firm.
Premium moderate. Alro apprentices without premium.—
Apply to SIMMONDS and Co.. 38. St. Mary-at-hill, East-
cheap, E.C. Third officers and Stewards wanted.

The Marcham Park Stakes of 5 sove each, with 40 added;

nits day. Crown Octavo, 7s. 6d.,
AFIRST FRIENDSHIP. Reprinted from
"Fraser's Magazine."
London : Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand.

2-yr-olds, 7st 101 b ; three, 9st 716; selling, &c., allow-
ances. Three quarters of a mile, 10 subs.

Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Curie, 3 yrP, 7st 131 b (E5O)
(Fordham) 1
Mr. Stinton's Foie de Gras, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (£SO)
(Cowley) 2
Mr. J. B, Staikey's Souverainc, 3 yrs, 7st 131 b (£5O)
(S. Adams) 3
The following also ran :—Vates, Rest, and West-
minster.

PASSENGERS AND TRAVELLERS
PROTECTION AND COMPENSATION OFFICES,

Now ready at all the Libraries,
A NEW NOVEL, BY THE REV. J. PYCROFT,
Author of " Twenty Years in the Church,"
DR A GON'S TEETH.
2 vols., Svo., cloth boards, price 21s.
"The book is thoroughly readable, every line. The story
is vivaciously told ; the essays are full of home truths, capi-
tally put. * * * We cannot part with Mr. P ye:oft with-
out felicitating him on his photograph of Mr. Ruffles, the
clerical idol of a fashionable watering place. Nobody can
mistake it."—The Press, July 12.
L. Booth, 307, Regent-street, W.

16, Craven-street, Strand, London, W.C.
Passengers by Rail, Road, or Water, and others suffering
from loss or injury to themselves or property, should apply
for redress and compensation at the above Offices ; established
to render prompt assistance to all classes upon the most ad-
vantageous terms.
- - - -

Advice on application gratis. Letters must be addressed
to "The Manager," enclosing a stamp for reply.

Betting-5 to 4 agst Rest, 4to 1 agst Curio, 6to 1 each
agst Westminster and Souveraine.
Won easily by a length ; Souveraine a bad third.
The winner was bought by Capt. Moss for 150 guineas.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

The Berkshire Stakes of 15 soya. each, 10 ft. and 3 only
if declared, &c., with 100 added ; whiners extra. Two
miles and a distance. 15 subs., 5 declared.
Lord Stamford's Gavazzi, 5 yrs, Est 41b (Gray) 1
Mr. S. Thelluson's Rubicon, 5 yrs, Bst 91b (inc 71b ex)
(G. Fordham) 2
Mr. Saxon's The Monk, 6 yrs, 7st 71b (Midgley) 3
M. J. Stephenson's Turn of Luck, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (inc.
71b ex.) (E. Forster) 4
Betting-6 to 4 agst Rubicon-2 to 1 each agst The Monk
and Gavazzi.

LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING, JULY 14.

Just published, price 7s. 6d., cloth Bvo.,
MEMORABLE EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF
A LONDON PHYSICIAN.

The Welter Cup of 5 Boys each, with 40 soya added ; for
all ages. Winners extra. Gentlemen riders; jockeys 31b
extra. One mile and a quarter. 6 subs.

In Three Parts.
Vinue Brothers, 1, Amen Corner, and all the Libraries.

Mr. T. Hunt's True Heart, 3 yrs, Bst 131 b (in. 31b extra)
(Challoner) 1
Mr. Barber's Cutler, 4 yrs, lOst llb (in. 31b ex.) (Noble) 2
Betting-2 to lon Cutler.
True Heart slipped his adversary directly the flag was
lowered, and came on with a commanding lead, and won
in a canter by 10 lengths. _ _ _

Now ready, Bvo., 103 pages, price Is.,
THE CHRISTIANS IN TURKEY.
By the Rev. W. DENTON, M.A.,

The Monk went away with the lead, and carried on the
running at a slow pace, followed by Turn of Luck and
Rubicon, side by side, second and third; Gavazzi in wait-
ing. Coming down the straight, Rubicon slipped Turn of
Luck, and took second place. Gavazzi immediately after-
wards passed Mr. Stephenson's filly, who fell back into the
rear, and on rounding the bottom turn was a dozen lengths
behind. Opposite the Stand, on the far side, Rubicon
went up to the Monk, and, racing with him for a few
strides, obtained the lead, Gavazzi taking his place by the
side of The Monk. This order they maintained until ap-
proaching the top turn, where The Monk dropped back a
couple of lengths in rear of Gavazzi, and Rubicon looked like
winning easily, until approaching the distance, where Lord
Stamford's horse challenged Rubicon, and giving him the

Author of " Servia and the Scrvians," tc., &C.
London : Bell and Daldy,lB6, Fleet-street.

The Mersey Stakes of 15 soya each, 5 ft, with 50 soya
added, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b, and fillies, Bst 71b.
Second saved his stake. Winners extra. T.Y.C. Nine
subs. -

MADAME LIND- G OLDSCHMIDT.-WED-
NESDAX MORNING, July 22.—Hanover-square
Rooms.—Madame LOUISE MICHAL (of her Majesty's
Theatre) has the honour to announce that her MATINEE,
MUSICALE will take place at the above Rooms, on Wed-
nesday, July 22, 1863, commencing at half-past Two o'clock
precisely, on which occasion she has the gratification of an-
nouncing that she will be assisted by the following eminent
Artists :

Mr. W. Phillips's Persuasion, Bst 121 b (in 51b extra)
(Challoner) 1
Mr Goodlass's Guicowar, Bst 71b (Whiteley) 2
Mr. W. G. Craven's Practitioner, 9st 41b (in. 81b extra)
(J. Goater) 3

Madame LIND-GOLDSCH KIDT,
Madame TREBEL LI, Madlle. YOLPIN I, Madlle. ARTOT,
Signor BETTINI, Signor GASSIER, and
Mr. SANTLEY.
Violin—M. AUER. Pianoforte —Mr. CHARLES HALE
and Mr. 0. GOL OSCHMIDT.
Conductors—Signor ARDITI and Mr. 0. GOLDSCHMIDT.
Reserved and numbered seats, Half-a-Guinea ; unreserved
seats, Seven Shillings ; which may be secured at Mr Mit-
chell's Royal Library' 33, Old Bond-street, IV ; of Messrs.
Addison, Hollicr, and Lucas, 210, Regent-street ; and at the
principal Libraries and Musiesellers.

Betting—Even on Practitioner, and 2 to 1
,agst Per•
suasion.

Persuasion, being the quickest beginner, obtained a de
oided lead at starting, which she retained to the end and
won in a canter by a couple of lengths, Guicowar defeating
the favourite by a length for second.
The Liverpool Cup, in specie, value 200 soya, added to a
Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, 15 ft. Winners
extra. Second to save his stake. Two miles. 63 subs.,
23 of whom declared, and pay 5 sovs each.
Mr. Merry's The Knave, 4 yrs, 7st 81b .. (A. Edwards) 1
Mr. Ashworth's Dr. Syntax, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (J. Marson) 2
Mr. J. Osborne's Flytrap, 4 yrs, 6st 61b ....(Whiteley) 3
Mr. T. Hunt's Blithfield, 3 yrs, sst 111 b (car. Sat 131 b)
(Thomas. 4
Mr. R. Boyce's Fantail, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (Dixon) 5
The following also ran :—Joey Jones, Victor, Erin-go-
, Bragh, Barchettina, Lady Maria, and Oakapple.
Betting-100 to 30 agst The Knave, 6to 1 each agst Joey
Jones and Oakapple, 100 to 15 agst Fantail, 7 to 1 agst
Victor, 10 to 1 agst Erin-go-Bragh, 100 to 8 each agst Fly-
trap and Dr. Syntax, and 25 to 1 each agst Barchettina and
Blithfield.
After one break away, in which Fantail, Erin-go-Bragb,
and Blithfield wore the performers, the lot were despatched
from the post in close company, but on settling into their
places, Fantail, with Dr. Syntax and Oakapple at her quar-
ters, made play at a steady page, followed by Joey Jones,
Erin-go-Bragh, and the favourite, the others, who were
headed by Victor, Blithfield, and Barchettina on the right
lying close up with them. In this way they came past the,
stand, but, on rounding the top turn, Victor got his head up
and ran out, taking with him Blithfield and Lord Stamford's
filly, the three being left a long way in the rear of the
leading horses. Proceeding along the far side, the pace
somewhat mended, Joey Jones, on reaching the mile, taking
the third place, closely followed by The Knave, Oakapple
going on next, with Erin-go-Bragh and Flytrap at his side.
Little or no alteration occurred in these positions until they
entered the straight, where Joey Jones and Oakapple
dropped back, leaving The Knave, next the rails, in attend-
ance upon Fantail and Dr. Syntax, who came on abreast to
the distance, where the former was disposed of, leaving the
Doctor in possession of the lead, but who in a few strides
further was headed by The Knave, who won very cleverly
by half a length, Dr. Syntax beating Flytrap by a length
for second. Blithfield was a bad fourth, and Fantail fifth
placed. Barchettina was sixth, Erin-go-Bragh seventh,
and Joey Jones next. Oakapple was last, and did not pass
the post, having been cut badly by Joey Jones in the race.
A Plate of 30 sovs (Free Handicap) ; 1 soy entrance in
case of acceptance ; a winner this day 71b extra. Half a
mile.

6, go-by" oppisite the stand, won easily by eight lengths ;
a length between the second and third ; Turn of Luck
beaten off.

---- ---
The Ladies' Plate of 20 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 3
soya each; 2-yr-olds, 7st 41b; three, Bst 121 b; four, 9st
,s, £B2s 11b, £2O (Gray) 3
The following also ran, Tubal Cain, Surbiton Hill, Our
0t
...
51b ; five and upwards, 9st 101 b ; selling, &c., allowances.
Half a mile. 18 subs.
Mr. Jaye's Grisette, 4 yrs, Bet 21b, £2O .. (G..
(Bradley) 2
Mr. Fordham) 1
M ICVhial ini Chancellor's I oSea:i,ta
Wee 3
Aggie,yrs, 7st29yrlb
Nell, Stonewall Jackson, Locket colt, Promotion, Hes-
perus colt, and Evelina.
Betting—Even on Grisette, 5 to 1 agst Wee Aggie, 8 to
1 bar two.
Won by a length, two lengths between the second and
third ; Surbiton Hill, Stonewall Jackson, and Tubal Cain
finished next.
The winner was bought by Mr. Sutton for 115 guineas.
The Craven (free) Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 30 added;
winners extra. About one mile.

T" ox.FORD,
R, OXFORD STREET.
Will be performed Selections from the following Operas :
LA CJRCASSIENNE, MARTHA, and
MASANIELLO.
___ .......

Supported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, Miss Ellison,
Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Huish, Kimberley, and
W. Evans, with full band and chorus.
Conducted by Mr. Jonghmans.
Drew Dean's Flute Solos
Master Sanders, the Juvenile Vocalist.
UNSWORTII, the modern Demosthenes.
Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutchenson, and the marvellous
ARTHUR and BERTRAND.
The HALL has been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and
is now one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis.

CANTERBURY HALL AND
FINE ARTS GALLERY.
The Last Week of the Marvellous ARTHUR and
BERTRAND, the Two French Clowns.
ARTHUR LLOYD'S burlesque Drama, arranged expressly
for him.
SAM COLLINS, with new Songs.
UNSWORTH, the celebrated Stump Orator.
EUGENE, and TAYLOR.
GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS, GLEES, and
CANTATAS.
Principal Artistes —Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green,
Signor Bernardi, and Signor Tivoli.
In a few days will be produced, with all the new OPTICAL
ErrEcTs, and by permission of J. H. Pepper, Esq., THE
GHOST, Medium, Mr. A. Silvestcr.

Mr. York's The Principal, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b (Gray) 1
Mr. H. J. Smith's The Baron of Avon, 3 yrs, Sst 71b
(Ward) 2
Major Wombwell's Alcibiade, 3 yrs, 6st 21b
(J. Nightingall) 3
The following also ran :—Fontenoy, Manrico, Bedford,
Rapture,Pera, Day, Royal Sovereign, Nancy, Fanatic, and
Barmaid.
Betting-5 to 1 agst Alcibiade, 6to 1 each agst The
Baron of Avon and Nancy, 100 to 15 agst Fontenoy, 8 to 1
agst The Principal, 100 to 1 agst Maurice..
Won easily by three lengths; Alcibiade a bad third;
Monrico was fourth, Fanatic fifth, and Royal Sovereign
last.

ARGYLL It 00 M S.-JULLIEN'S
PROMENADE CONCERTS.
NOTICE.—Du'-
g the Week the Selections will be—" Der
Frieschutz "—" I.a Forza del Destino "—" Trovatore "
"Don Giovanni," &c.
LEVY, the great wonder on the Cornet-a-Piston, plays
from half-past Nine to Twelve.
Admission, is.

WIMBLEDON PRIZE MEETING.

The firing for the last stage of the Queen's Prize
yesterday, although the most valuable and honour-
able prize which the competitors can obtain, failed
to draw any large number of visitors, and the Com-
mon presented a striking contrast with its busy
aspect of the previous day. At a few of the firing
points where the competitors were firing through
the second stages of 800, 900, and 1,000 yards,there
were knots of spectators assembled—attracted and
held to the spot by professional interest rather than
by curiosity in the proceedings. At the longer
range of 1,000 yards the admiring spectator could
see in the far distance a dark mound of earth,
and by close scrutiny he might also observe a
white speck, which is the target ; and a still smaller
black speck, which forms the centre. The volun-
teers who are engaged in the firing are wholly ab-
sorbed in their work; they are seriously, oppres.
sively in earnest, and their earnestness extends to
those who are standing by. As each volunteer
ascends the small rampart of earth from which he
is to fire he does so with all the solemnity of
being one of a firing party at a funeral or an execu-
tion. Every eye is directed to him as he falls
slowly and cautiously on one knee, as though care-
fully avoiding in every motion anything calculated
to disturb the nerves or even to quicken the pulsa-
tion. He then slowly assumes the well-known
Hythe position, kneeling on the right knee, and
seated on the heel of the right foot, the elbow on the
left knee supporting the rifle. In this position he
carefully surveys the distant target, to be sure that
he has the right one before him ; from that he gives
a glance to his trusty rifle ; again his eye wanders
to the distant target, scanning more closely the
darkened mass before him, until his eye rests on the
small white speck to which he hopes to send his
leaden messenger ; again there is a look to the rifle,
and, one might almost fancy, a prayer to the god of
rifles that his trusty weapon will send the bullet
home to the coveted mark. Crouching beneath the
shade of the temporary canvas awning, the volun-
teer slowly raises his rifle to his shoulder, the sun-
light gleams along a portion of its well-polished
barrel, and a closely-observant spectator can notice
how the flickering light dazzles the eye of the marks-
man. Again and again he tries to adjust the rifle;
sometimes there is a nervous unconscious twitching
of the hand that grasps securely the lower portion
of the barrel ; sometimes the weapon vibrates as
though the hand that held it were stricken with
'palsy; in other hands it is rigid and motionless as
it is steadfastly directed towards its aim ; men and
women standing around speak only in whispers, for
they fear to distract the attention of the rifleman
from his target, and at last, in the midst of a
silence broken only by the crack of the rifle at
the next range, or the whizzing noise of the
bullet from a neighbouring firing point as it speeds
on its way, the trigger falls, there is a flash of fire,
a sharp report, a puff of white smoke, the rifle starts
backward at the stock, and upward at the muzzle,
and all is anxious, earnest expectation. Looking
through one of the many excellent: telescopes which
the enterprise of competing opticians have placed
upon the ground, the result of the shot may be seen
by the signal of the markers. If a bull's-eye or
centre is made there is no great cheering, and no
outward display of enthusiasm, for with due con-
sideration for the great prize at stake it is thought
that any such display would but disconcert the com-
petitors. When, however, the last shot is fired, the
pent-up feelings find expression in one general shout
of applause.
The winner of the Queen's Prize this year is
Private Roberto, of the 12th Shropshire. His name
does not appear in the list of the first 30 for the
Queen's Prize, and he made but 40 points in firing
through the three first ranges—standing last but
three in order of merit in the 60. The winner is a
working man, and it is certain that he had never
before shot with a smallhore rifle. Last year the
prize was won by Sergeant Pixley, of the Victoria's,
with the moderate score of 44, while this year the
score made was 65. The maximum this year that
could be made, as in the last year, was 84. Pixley
made little more than one-half of the highest pos-
sible number ; while this year Roberts makes more
than three-tourths of the highest possible score.
Pixley scored two points over the moiety of the
total number possible; Roberts has also scored two
points over the three fourths of the whole
number
that could be obtained by making bull's-eyes each
at
of the seven shots in the three ranges. The contest
between Roberts and Graham—the next best
was a very close one. At the sixth round of the
1,000 yards range, Graham had scored 61, with one
shot yet to fire. Had he made a bull'freye his score

Mr. T. Hunt's Misfortune, 4 yrs, fist 121 b ....(Thomas) 1
MA Bowles's Fig, 5 yrs, 9st (J. Goater) 2
Lord Sefton's Boeotian, 2 yrs, Sat 91b.... (J Grimshaw) 3
Mr. Bell's Flower Safety, 3 yrs, sst 71b
Mr. Noble's Teddy, 5 yrs, 9st 31b (Speight) 5
Betting-7 to 4 agst Teddy, sto 2 agst Fig, and 7to 2
agst Misfortune.
The three first ran in front throughout, Misfortune hav-
ing a trifle the best of it, which she retained to the end, and
won easily by a length. A like distance between the second
and third. A bad fourth.
A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, for 2-yr-olds, Bst 101 b
each; fillies and geldings allowed 31b. Winners of 100
sovs clear 51b extra. The winner to be sold for £l5O, if
demanded. Half a mile. 7 subs.
Mr. Orme's Sabra colt, Sat 51b (Challoner) 1
Mr. Barber's Gertrude, Bst 21b (G. Noble) 2
Betting-10 to lon Sabra colt,who was never approached,
and won in a trot by eight lengths.
The Aintree Plate of 50 soya, for all ages. A winner of
any handicap after the publication of the weights (June
22, at 11 a.m.), 81b extra. Three-quarters of a mile. 15
subs.
Mr. H. Owen's Antipodes, 3 yrs, Oat 41b.. (J. Grimehaw) 1
Mr. Barber's Cutler, 4 yrs, Oat 101 b
Betting-7 to 4on Antipodes, who made his own run-
ning and won by ten lengths.

ABINGDON RACES—TUESDAY.
The Trial Stakes of 5 soya each, 2 ft, with 50 added; 2-yr-
olds, Est 71b ; three, Sst 51b ; four, Bst 121 b ; five, six, and
aged, 9st 21b ; allowances and certain penalties. T.Y.C.,
three-quarters of a mile. 22 subs.
Lord Coventry's Umpire, 6 yrs, 9st 71b (J. Adams) 1
Lord Bateman's Queen of Trumps, 4 yrs, 9st
(H. Grimshaw) 2
Mr. E. Brayley's Golden Dust, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (Cowley) 3
The following also ran :—Nervous colt, Kennet's dam
colt, Kemptown, Hind colt, and Idumant,
Betting—Even on Umpire, 2 to 1 agst Queen of Trumps,
Bto 1 agst Golden Dust-100 to S bar three.
Queen of Trumps led for the first 100 yards,swhen she
was passed by the favourite ; the two, with Golden Dust.
and Idunaaaa, entering the straight with a clear lead. At
the distance Queen of Trumps again joined Umpire, and
the two raced home neck and neck, Umpire winning by a
head; Golden Dust a bad third ; the Kennett's dam colt
was next; the Nervous colt whipping in.
The Nursery Plate of 50 soya, for 2-y -
olds ; winners extra
About three-quarters of a mile.
Mr. Handley's Wangle Eye, 7st 41b......•..... (Drew) 1
Mr. H. J. Smith's Sensation, Est 101 b ........ (Ward) 2
Mr. Marsh's Measure for Measure, 7st 101 b (H.Grimshaw) 3
The following also ran :—Attraction, Stainley, Mystery,
Fanny Seaton, Toy filly, Evelina, Wheldrake, and Petit
Oiseau.
Betting-5 to 2 agat Petit Oiseau, sto 1 agst Wangle
Eye, sto 1 each agat the Toy filly and Measure for Mea -
sure, 7 to 1 agat Attraction, S to 1 each agst Sensation and
Stainley.
After several failures, the lot got away to a straggling
start. Wangle Eye, with Evelina, Sensation, and the Toy
filly, getting away with a slight lead, which they main-
tained to the turn into the straight, where running wide,
they let up Measure for Measure, who came on side by side
with Wangle Eye to the half-distance, where both Wangle
Eye and Sensation came away, the former winning by a
neck ; Measure for Measure was third, beaten three lengths
from the second; Petit Oiseau was fourth, the Toy filly
fifth, Attraction and Fanny Seaton tailed off.
A Handicap Sweepstakes or 5 soya each, with 50 added, for
all ages ; winners extra; the winner to ba sold for 500
soya, if demanded. Three-quarters of a mile. 20 subs.
Mr. W. Nelson's Grey Hen h, 5 yrs, let 71b (S. Adams) 1
Mr. A. 'Taylor's Overture, 3 yrs, Est 101 b .... (Herbert) 2
Mr. S. Thelluseon's Dirt Cheap, 3 yrs, 6st 91b
(S. Hibberd) 3
The following also ran :—Peignoir, Lord of the Manor,
Ashford, Tornado, Odine, Fanatic, and Outpost.
Betting-7 to 2 agst the Grey Hen horse, 4to 1 agst
Tornado, 5 to 1 agst Lord of the Manor, 6 to 1 each agst
Dirt Cheap and Peignoir, 8 to 1 agst Overture, 10 to 1 agst
Outpost.
After several failures the flag was lowered to an indiffe-
rent start; Fanatic and Ashford, jumping round at the mo-
ment,were left at the post. The favourite, in company with
Peignoir, Lord of the Manor, Dirt Cheap, and Overture
comprised the front lot into the straight, were Overture and
Dirt Cheap took second and third places. Opposite the
Stand, Overture made her effort to reach the Grey Hen
horse, but never got quite up, as the latter won cleverly by
a neck; Dirt Cheap a bad third; Lord of the Manor was
fourth, Odine fifth, Tornado and Fanatic were sixth and
seventh; the others beaten off.
A Maiden Two-yr-Old Stakes of 5 soya each, with 60
added; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b. Half a mile. 20
subs.
Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Echo, Sat 101 b .... (G. Fordham) 1
Mr. J, B. tarkey's Agatha, Bst 71b.... (H. Grimshaw) 2
Mr. Meredyth's Mulberry, Bst 71b (Sopp) 3
The following also ran :--Lobelia, Paris, Wild Huntress,
Cervus, Oceola, Tomfoolery, Galileo, Bubble, Verbena,
Rob Roy.
Betting-2 to 1 agat Echo-5 to 2 agst Oceola-7 to 1
eget Agatha— 8 to 1 agst Tomfoolery.
The lot got away iu good order after one false start, Tom-

• n 1,14.
•
**et?
kelt.
../11:(4011
Vl/4, (V-,
• av,
•
thji? ,
, ,s` 6,443p3r),t1411111Wi11a11be
-41/E- •
.5,A110011117-
1141. =DROIT• •.~,

would have been 65, or equal to that of Roberts ;
but, according to the rules of the association, there
would have been no tie, and Graham would
according to the rules of the association have been
declared the winner, as he was better placed at the
first stage. He made a very capital centre for his
last shot, making his total number 64. Private
Wisker, who carried off the silver medal, and came
in at the head of the 60, was completely displaced
at the longer ranges, being among the very lowest
of the scores, and Sergeant Millard, who was second
at the close of the first stage, fared very little better
than Wisker. As compared with the shooting last
year a very marked improvement is manifest. Pix-
ley, the winner of 1862, made 18 points at the 800,
11 at 900, and 15 at the 1,000 yards. Among the
best shots of that year, who were greatly distanced
on this occasion, were—Simpkins, Ist Notts, 42;
Fergusson, lst Inverness, 42; Williams, 19th Mid-
dlesex, 41; Crawford, 13th Suffolk, 41 ; Gee, 55th
Lancashire, 41 ; and Anderson, 22d Middlesex, 40.
The remaining scores were one each at 39, 36, 35,
34, 32, 30, 29, and 28. There were three at 27,
two at 26, one at 23, one at 21, four at 20, and one
at 19. The average of the shooting at the 800 yards
by 46 competitors was 12.30 points ; at 900, by 37
competitors, nine having retired, 9.56; and at the
1,000 yards by 27 competitors, 10 more having
retired, the average was 6.29. The average through
the three distances was 30.74. The following
scores of yesterday's shooting will enable the reader
to trace the improvement made during the last
twelve months among the volunteers, so far as it
has been tested by this competition for the Queen's
Prize :-
1 SECOND STAGE.—QUEEN'S PRIZE.
800 900 1,000
yds. yds. yds. Tot.
Sergeant Gale, 10th Surrey .. l5 18 18 51
Private Richardson, 10th Norfolk 7 Retired.
Private Crauford, 16th Renfrew 8 Retired.
Private Fidler, sth Isle of Wight 12 Retired.
Sergeant Graham, 2d Wilts
Captain Eenning, 2d Bedford
Corporal Coldclough, 7th Durham 19 12 Retired.
Private Wyatt, Ist City of London 23 17 9 49
Lieutenant Marriner,9th Middlesex 24 20 15 59
Private Mackenzie, London Scottish 20 19 19 58
Sergeant Smith, 15th Derby l3 7 Retired.
Sergeant Curtis, 15th Glamorgan lB 13 20 51
Corporal Whitehouse, 3d Leicester 16 Retired.
Sergeant Brooks, 12th Middlesex 2O 18 10 48
Private Rhead, 3d Gloucester
Private Cree, London Scottish
Private Avis, Ist Devon • l9 21 7 47
Captain Brooks, 10th Leicester l7 Retired.
Private Chewter, 25th Surrey .... 23 21 14 58
Private Coles, Ist Notts
Lieut. Watson, Ist Newcastle
Private Haughton, sth Norfolk
Private Garwood, 15th Norfolk 8 Retired.
Corporal Kettle, 16th Stafford
Private Betts, Ist Warwick
Private Roberts, 12th Shropshire 23 26 16 65
Sergeant White, 39th Middlesex
Private Kersey, 20th Middlesex
Private Walters, Ist Edinburgh
Private Read, 14th Suffolk
Private Wisker, 2d Essex l9 18 5 42
Sergeant Millard, St. George's 24 12 15 51
Private Miller, *lst Gloucester 19 19 5 43
Sergeant Winser, 3d Kent
Capt. Henderson, 12th Cornwall
Private Ridler, Ist Gloucester
Private Pace, 26th Kent 2O 16 11 47
Private Phillips, Ist Salop l6 18 12 46
Sergeant Allen, 25th Somerset
Corporal Worth, Bth Warwick 22 10 Retired.
Private March, 12th Norfolk 8 18 16 42
Sergeant Bingham, Ist Gloucester 22 13 13 48
Private Adamson, 47th Lancashire 12 15 Retired.
Corporal Marshall, 6th Lincoln lB 15 10 43
Ensign Bland, Bth Lancashire 17 3 'Wired.
Sergeant Darly, 9th Leicester 21 10 19 50
Corporal Clitheroe, 9th Lincoln.... 23 18 18 59
Private Ellis, Bth Surrey
Corporal Allen, 4th Wilts l7 16 5 3S
Corporal Russell, 29th Kent .. 9 Retired.
Corporal Taylor, 21st Middlesex .. 16 18 18 52
Private Richardson, sth Lincoln .. 8 Retired.
Lieut. Brougham, 13th Stafford .. 15 Retired.
Private Trotter, 4th West York .. 17 18 18 53
Private Birkley, 2d T. Hamlets .. 5 Retired.
Lieut. Beaven
Sergeant Haines, 16th Surrey
Private Murray, Ist Middlesex ll 16 12 39
Major Pipon, 13th Sussex 22 15 19 66
Private Bazeley, 3d Cambridge 2l 10 5 36
We give the following as the result of the other
shooting for the day, both winners and highest
scores :

Winners, All Comers-600 yards—Major Lord Feilding
Flint Rifle Volunteers, £so—Captain Macsweeney, London
Irish, £4o—Captain Heaton, 3d Manchester, £2o—Captain
Martin, 3d Manchester, £2o—Private H alsall, 21st Lanca-
shire, £lo—Sergeant Kemp, 3d Manchester, £lo—Sergeant
Brown, 3d Manchester, £lo—Private Holloway, sth Glou-
cester, £lo—Private Dairson, 4th North York, £s—Private
Baker, Bristol, MO—Captain Fenton, 26th Lancashire, £5
—Captain Lessop, 12th Derby, £s—Capt Ross, 6th Kin-
cardine-s—Private Seymour, 23d Middlesex, £s—Private
Lathbury, 28th Lancashire, £s—Ensign Starkie, 22d Mid-
dlesex, £5--Lieut-Col Halford, Leicester, £s—Capt Gregg,
27th Cheshire, £s—Capt Astley, School of Musketry, £s—
Smith, Victories,
The sixty winners at 200, 500, and 600 yards All
Corners, fire for the Albert prize today at 9.30.
All Comers' Prize—Winners at 200 Yards—Captain
Thresher, sth Dorset, £so—Lieut Burt, Ist Warwick, £lO
—Lieut Brougham, 13th Stafford, £2o—Sergeant Gibbs,
Bristol, £2o—Mitford, civilian, £lo—Private Jeffrey, Ist
Edinburgh, £lo—Quartermaster Sergeant Wilson, School
of Musketry, £lo—Lieut-Col Halford, Leicester, £lo—Pri-
vete Beasley, let Warwick, £lo—Private Ryrie, 2d Edin-
burgh, £lo—Lieut-Col Lord Bury, Civil Service, £s—
de Gendre, Swiss, £s—Private Hitchcock, 7th Wilts,
£5--Ensign Anstie, sth Wilts, £s—Sergeant Palmer, 36th
Stafford, £s—Capt Gregg, 27th Cheshire, £s—Lieutesant
Burra, 29th Kent, £s Major Margery, £s—Major Muir,
Kirkcudbright, £s—Private Baker, Bristol, £5. Winners
at 500 Yards—Capt Heaton, 3d Manchester, £so—Sergeant
Smith, Victoria, £4o—Sergeant Evans, Derby, £2o—Major
Lord Fending, Flint, £2o—Lieut Austin, Queen's, £lo—
Ashten, Liverpool R. 8., £lo—Private Anderson,
Civil Service, £lo—Private Baker, Bristol, 4;lo—Sergeant
Crockart, sth Perth, £lo—Corporal Ferguson, Inverness,
£lo—Private Rigby, 28th Middlesex, £s—Lieut Kinnear,
Ist Edinburgh, £s—Copt Astley, School of Musketry, £5
—Master of Lovat, £s—Lieut Yates, 2d Lancashire, £s—
Cade, Victories, £s—Private Little, West Middle-
sex, £s—Lieut Padwick, Ist Sussex, £s—Ensign Brazil,
65th Lancashire, £s—Sergeant Gibbs, Ist Bristol, £5.
First Stage, House of Lords-500 yards—Lieut Chapman,
12th North York, 23—Private Thomas, 32d Middlesex, 23
—Sergeant Cull, sth Berks, 23—Sergeant Roberts, 12th
Salop, 23—Private Muett, 3d Ayr, 24.
Extra Prizes, Fourth Series-600 yards—Captain Costin,
Liverpool R. 8., 21—Private Coore, Cambridge, 22—Pri.•
vete Quarm, 21st Middlesex, 25 Private Hedley, 2d Cum-
berland, 21—Sergeant Homer, 3d Dorset, 22—Sergeant
Holloway, 11th Norfolk, 21—Lieut Harris, 20th Regi-
ment, 2.
Extra Prizes, First Series—List of Winners in Order of
Merit—Sergeant Cunliffe, 26th Cheshire—Fletcher, Ist
Warwick—Evans, 26th Derby—Ross, civilian—Annison,
Catherham, R. C.—Ashton,: Liverpool R.B.—Ensign
Bunting, St. George's—Lord Wharneliffe—Farquharso*---
Sergeant Winser, 3d Kent.
Extra Prizes, Third Series-800 yards—Capt Mitchell,
Ist Clackmannan, 26 points—Sergeant Winser, 3d Kent,
24—Annison, Caterham, 24 —Corporal Ferguson, Inver-
ness, 26—Private Fisher, 24—Ross, civilian, 26—Enscgn
Banting, St. George's, 24—Capt Fenton. 24th Lannjnifat
24—Sergeant Smith, Victories, 25—Turner, 24---rt:;s_
Simmons, 2d Middlesex, 24—Lord Fending', n
Capt Ross, Cambridge, 26—Lieut-Col lialfordrLei icester,

24, _ -
We have no further
disc marking, accident to record, and the
which was adopted for the final stages
of the Queen's Prize, worked very satisfactorily.
The council had very properly, laid down a rule
that competitors firing at the wrong target should
al ers has in thinbe disqualified. One of the law Lord Elcho, much
respect been a law breaker, and
to the surprise of some, and the amusement of °there,
when firing at pool, at 200 yards, hit the wrong
target, disqualified from further
and was of course
frequently shooting. The marvel is, considering how closely
the targets are placed to each other, that mistakes
of this sort are not more
and the fact that Lord Eleho had selected made,
wrong target is evidence that errors
of the the
may be committed by the crack shots
accidents which
of this kind
It is quite possible that Borne at Wimbledon.
wo have had to record
would
found due to this would, if they
like Lord
Elcho, hate been di*
were traced
i
to their real cause, be
wrong target. Among others whc s firing at the
A qualified, are o'
Sergeant Strutt,

16th Middlesex ; Capt. Whitwell, 3d Westmore-
land ; and Private Gould, 2d Surrey.
Notice has been gin by the association that the
Duke of Cambridge's and Westley Richard's prize
will be shot for at the 500, 800, and 1,000 yards
ranges, instead of the 500 and 1,000 yards only.
The 500 and 1,000 will bo shot for to-day and to-
morrow until 11 o'clock, and the 800 only on Thurs-
day and Friday.

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS

TIMES.—We cannot think that the cause of (To
notny has gained much by the debate on the Spit.
head Forts. Those who object to our present large
expenditure on armaments and fortifications should
be careful how they descend from the high vantage
ground long since occupied by Mr. Bright to the
detailed criticism of schemes the principles of which
they are forbidden to question. There may be some-
thing to be said for reducing the whole scale of our
naval and military establishments, and preferring
the remote chance of being invaded to the yearly
reality of heavy taxation. There may be something
to be said for trusting entirely to our navy, and
keeping up such a fleet as would sweep the
Channel and drive our enemy's ships into
their own :ports at the first outbreak of war.
When Mr. Cobden recognised the reason-
ableness of our maintaining a marked naval
superiority over our neighbours, he probably
had some such idea in his mind, and believed that
with a powerful steam fleet we could dispense with
coast defences as well as with a costly military force.
We need not here discuss the wisdom of these theo-
ries, but they at least profess to rest upon principles,
and deserve for this reason to be treated with re-
spect. We can hardly say as much for the position
taken up by Sir Morton Peto and Mr. Osborne on
Monday night. These gentlemen do not openly call
in question the expediency of contemplating the in-
vasion of our shores as a possible contingency, and
taking practical steps to meet it. They do not, so
far as we understand, consider our navy an ade-
quate safeguard by itself. Whatever be their pri-
vate opinions, they meet the Government upon its
own ground. " I entirely admit the importance of
our sea defences," says Sir Morton Pete. " I
have never denied," says Mr. Osborne, " that
the protection of our dockyards against attack
should be the first consideration in providing de-
fences." To what, then, did they take exception ?
Not to floating defences in the shape of ironclad
vessels, nor even to permanent fortifications on terra
firma, but to the three forts called respectively
" Horse Sand," " No-man's Land," and " Stur-
bridge," at the entrance of Spithead. This narrowed
the issue materially, and if the opponents of forti-
fication showed bad generalship in selecting their
point of attack, they must not complain of having
been left in a somewhat ignominious minority. We
freely admit that if we had to make our option
between forts and ships, and if we were
bound to be governed exclusively by the expe-
rience of the last year, we should be inclined
to suspend our Judgment a little longer. It
was thus that the subject was treated by
the most adroit supporters of Sir M. Peto's motion,
and they were able to make good use of the fact
that the vote was postponed last year till further
experiments should be tried in gunnery and iron-
plating. Since that time two remarkable but con-
flicting piece of evidence have been furnished by
the American War. Several Federal ironclads suc-
ceeded in running past the batteries on the Mis-
sissippi, while a well-equipped fleet of the same
class was discomfited in half an hour by the forts of
Charleston. It is said, on the one side, that the
former were favoured by darkness, and, on the
other, that the latter were confronted by obstacles
peculiar to Charleston harbour. For our own part,
we are quite content to set the one precedent against
the other, or rather to abstain from generalising at
all from a single case, even if it were not weakened
by a contrary instance. Unless common sense and
well-ascertained facts can guide us in this matter, it
is better to remain where we are and wait for more
complete information. If, on the other hand, we
have already quite sufficient materials for our deei
sion, it would be folly to stop halfway in the execu-
tion of a great project. The first thing is to re•
member that we are not discussing whether forts
can take the place of ships, but whether ships can
take the place of forts, so as to make the construction
of forts, at the mouth of an important roadstead and
in front of our greatest naval arsenal, superfluous and
useless. The mere statement of the question is enough
to settle it. Forts cannot do the work of ships,becanse
they are available only for defensive, and not for
offensive purposes ; because they cannot bring an
unwilling adversary to close quarters ; because they
are incapable of being used as rams—in short, be-
cause they are immovable. For equally cogent end
still more obvious reasons, ships cannot do the
work of forts. They cannot, even with the aid of
steam, operate independently of wind and weather ;
they cannot be mounted with guns of indefinite
weight and calibre; they cannot be coated with
armour of indefinite thickness ; they cannot defy
the corrosive agency of sea water ; they cannot be
repaired without being sent into dock. It would be
easy to extend the list of these disabilities if our ob-
ject were to damage the reputation of ships instead
of defending that of forts. Far be it from us to pre-
dict what may be the ultimate form which the in-
genuity of man may devise for these floating for-
tresses, but as we follow with our mind's eye the
progressive rivalry between ordnance and naval
architecture till we lose sight of it in a dim vision of
Titanic encounters on the ocean,the powers of destruc-
tion always seem to have the best of it. We cannot
help believing that explosive forces mighty enough
to stave in the side of anything that can navigate
the sea will be discovered, if they are not already in
existence ; but it does not follow that such engines
can be carried on shipboard. On the contrary, the
presumption is that the ship of the future will be
impregnable to the assaults of any similar antagonist
and will be vulnerable only by guns planted upon
the solid earth. After all, we need not carry our
calculations quite so far as this. The sum voted for
these works, considerable in itself, is absolutely trifl-
ing compared with that which would bo required to
provide an equal armament if the alternative of ships
were adopted. Ships must be built of perishable ma-
terials, their screws will always be tearing the stern
to pieces, their armour-plates will always be working
loose in spite of fastenings, their bottoms will never
cease to corrode, their crews must be composed of
skilled men and kept in a state of constant efficienseeay,
and as soon as they prove inferior in speed be cast
going qualities to some new model they mu
for ever,
aside. Forts, if massive and well built, 100 ithead,
fa. e them
and no change in the art of war can everd
worthless. Placed on the shoals aroun
well as our
they would shelter our merchantmen
would enable
Sp
dockyards, arsenal, and garrisonaan d t nay point
e itd s our navy to operate efliTtivetaa
where it might be most wanted; on ac just possi-
ia true that in
the present state of gunnery it
which might base
ble for a hostile ship ofwar and which should
slipped through our Charm. precision as not to
be steered with such adn'e from the mid-channel,
deviate by a hair's breietir
out being sent to the hot-
and shore
to run between them without
it must run the same gaunt -
torn. To get out agnatlinie
our gunboats
let, and in the means m
required by Mr. Osborn
beeapresumed to be doing nothing,
batteries must
Such are the co
illustrate the inutilit ofthesee
own showing ndition
°went Mr. Whitworth
forts. The
raciduces " a gun which or Sir W.
Armstrong Pr.° 1,000 yards," he eh will pierce a
vessel in raotionene,,,
and that confesses that his
argument is g The advocate We may " build the
forts at once.
who admits as much
as
this, in a case where delay may be dangerous,
puts himself out of court.
POST.—The tide of invasion having been rolled
backwards by the armies of
the Southern Confede-
racy, and the latter having in turn assumed the
offensive, an observer • naturally led to inquire
into the probable results of what at first sight may
well appear a hazardous course of proceeding on the
o. f the belligerents. 'We possess
no preeise information
strength of 11 lat ion respecting the comparative
Northern and Southern armies ; hut
even enppohin, that
tH(general Lie has at his com-
mend a more numerous farce than Meade, the lately
a. npointed Federal general, t here must still be thrown
into the Reale, as against the South, the population
of the invaded States. Regarding the inhabitants
of a Country as the raw material out of which its
armies are formed, the North possesses, in the nume
rival superiority of its population, an immeasurable
advantage over the Southern Confederacy. If the
inhabitants of the Northern Border States viewed
the advance of the Confederate army with the same
feelings that the Southern population regarded the
invasion of M‘Clellan, Pope, and Hooker, it is
needless to say that the Confederate army would
experience no less difficulty in approaching Wash-
ington than the grand army of the North did in
attempting to enter Richmond. The States of
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York coul2
with ease supply 150,000 militiamen who, combined
with the army of the Potomac, would certainly
; suffice to stem the stream of Southern invasion. In