The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-08 00:00:00

The National Rifle Association.

Tlie following report has been received :
National Rifle Association Camp, Wimbledon,
July 23, 1865.
' Sir,—For the information of the Council of the National
Rifle Association I have the honour to submit to you this
report of the medical and surgical occurrences which have
taken place at Wimbledon Camp from the 11th to the 22d
of July, both days included.
The total number of volunteer troops encamped on the
ground has averaged daily 680, of which about 600 may be
fairly supposed to have boon occupied in shooting with ball
cartridge.
The greatest number camped on the ground on any one
night was upwards of 1,066.
The total number of regular troops stationed here during
the period was 539, who were chiefly employed as markers
at the butts.
There were also 221 of the metropolitan police force.
The total number of competitors daily firing at the targets
cannot have been less than 3,000.
For the Queen's prize alone there were 2,000 competitors.
The number of casualties admitted into hospital on ac-
count of gunshot injuries have been six, of which three
occurred at the review of the 22d inst.
The volunteers and regular troops requiring medical
treatment during the entire period have been 107, or loss
than a daily average of 2 per cent.
The prevailing affections will be seen to have been thoso
which generally prevail in camp.
The most severe of the 107 medical cases which came un-
der my notice were those of two policemen stationed at the
camp; ono was affected with a severe form of English cho-
lera, the other had smallpox of a confluent character, and
was immediately removed to the Fever Hospital in London.
Of the very few casualties from gunshot accidents
which occurred, the most severe were the case of Sergeant
Cousins, of the Ist Lincoln Volunteers, who shot himself
through the upper part of the great toe, requiring subse-
quent amputation, and Private Walton, of the 2d City of
London Volunteers, who was shot at the review by the acci-
dental discharge of the rifle of the rear-rank man, carried
full cock at the trail. The whole of the blank charge with a
portion of the trousers were removed from a deep wound at
the back of the thigh, and the man was taken home in the
evening by the surgeon of his corps.
For a camp which is yearly assuming such large dimen-
sions as this, I have thought it my duty to suggest that
every sanitary consideration should be carried out, and
with that view a board of officers was convened to consider
this important object, the result of their deliberation an/
conclusions was embodied in a special report, and trans-
mitted for the information of the Council.
I beg to append a nominal list of the various diseases
and accidents treated, and I must be allowed to draw your
attention to the very small proporton of gun-shot injuries.
—I have the honour to- be, Sir, your obedient servant,
JOHN WYATT, Surg.-Major Coldstream-Guards.
The Secretary to the National Rifle Association.

A. DEPRAVED FAMILY.—An ex-policeman's wife
has met with her death in a shocking manner atMile-
end. Her name was Ellen Osborn, and her age was 61.
Au inquest was held upon her body on Saturday night, the
evidence given at which proved that the deceased and her
husband, with a grown-up son, lived in a house rent free,
at No. 3, Back-buildings, Mile-end-road. She was a great
drunkard, and her husband was not much better. The jury
accompanied the coroner to the house to view the body,
when they found the husband in a beastly state of intoxi-
cation, staggering about the room. He was the chief wit-
ness, but his services were dispensed with. The son, who
is 30 years of age, was then called, and he was also found
to be half-drunk. The coroner then with difficulty ascsr-
tained that the deceased about a week since had a quarrel
with a neighbour, who, it was alleged, had shaken her.
She was then much excited, and complained to a beerhouse
keeper on the subject. On Wednesday night the deceased
went home drunk, and sat in a chair, and when the son
returned he found her dead. She was bleeding from a vein
in the left leg, in which she had suffered long from a
wound. A medical gentleman said that he found the de-
ceased dead. The cause of death was rupture of a diseased
vein in the leg, whereby the deceased had bled to death.
With proper medical assistance she might have lived for
years. The jury returned a verdict of "Natural death
from haemorrhage of the leg."

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LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1865.

The half-yearly meeting of the Liverpool Cham-
ber of Commerce was held yesterday. It was well
attended, and several letters of apology were re-
ceived from eminent individuals. Mr. RATHBONE,
the President, was in the chair, and made a speech
at the outset, in which he referred to the important
additions which had been made to their council
through the recent alterations that had taken place
in Parliament, especially in the instance of Mr.
GLADSTONE, and remarked that he trusted while
the right hon. gentleman represented South Lanca-
shire in Parliament he would represent Oxford and
Liverpool, andbe the connecting link between learn-
ing and the arts and commerce, through which alone a
nation would be truly great. Lord STANLEY ad-
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near them as he did, he, of course, derived additional
gratification from inquiring into their affairs, and
learning of their welfare. The noble lord referred
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great and valuable services. It is very true what
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action, for his zeal led him to work beyond his
strength, and they all knew the unhappy result." Lord
STANLEY very properly declared that under the special
circumstances of the case it was advisable to do
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raent, and it would be only consistent with the
character of that community if some " substantial
mark of gratitude" were offered to the family of
Admiral Frrzaoy in addition to the grant which
Government would moat probably make to them.
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attended to, and that some suitable provisiOn will
be made, for it would be indeed a lamentable occur-
rence if those nearly related to one who has done so
'much for his country suffered from want of mean,.
*lt is difficult to overrate the services of the late
Admiral he has rendered benefits of a nature that
have not a declared nor unofficial value, but are
deeply felt and widely appreciated by many. He
was not rich, and spent a great deal of what he had
in the prosecution of his interesting and important
work. As Lord STANLEY .well said, the saving of
money which.he had caused to the mercantile com-
munity may be estimated not by thousands, but by
hundreds of thousands. The saving of life effected
by tke zealous efforts of the Admiral is a debt which
the country owes t'.) his memory, and which cannot
b 3 overrated. The noble lord has shown good judg-
ment and right feeling in thus advocating the claims
of the late Admiral, and we trust that his earnest
and eloquent appeal will be responded to.
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