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London, England, 1862-07-05 00:00:00

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would not be as well to test the ri k fey.:
were used at the tarb • .ets To win nifilkiritilk;:Y,'
military emphasis, the general thus m iinsweiet:
You can't do it. There's a man hard aett
from morning to night, and it's all he can do to get
through. You can't do more than you can do—and
if you try to do more, you'll do no thing." After
which nothing remained for the ve2unteer but to
quietly subside into himself —which he'
Captain Ross, a member of the council, .and father
of Mr. Edward Ross, one of the rejected competi-
tors, proposed that the rejected rifles should be
sent for examination to the Government factory at;
Enfield, and that meanwhile their owners shouid be
allowed to take part in the later stages of the co:-
petition for the Queeli's'Prize, under protest. Tbn
second part of this proposal was decisively ;js=atc.d
by the council, but Colonel Dickerson, inspector •at:
Enfield, cgreed to receivo the rifles for examina-
tion at Enfield to-day or. Monday. S#ulci
result in favour of any considerable number,
or only one, of these rifles, as is stn.ted to be more
than likely,thc council will find themiielyes in cn nu-
pleasant positior,,si nun the fir r..r?. st Bta of cmiipf.,'tition.
for the Queen's Prize is now concluded; If the
report should be unfavourable, loud arc the threals
of action at law against the London Armoury Com-
pany, by whom the majority of the impeached
rifles have been sold under warranty.
The deer target yesterday ran all day, to the in-
tense amusement of the spectators, who congregated
about him in large numbers, and the intense dicr-
[gust of the disappointed marksmen, who paid their
2s. per shot with no other result than to miss the
bull's eye, or, worse still, to hit that forbidden spot,
the haunch, and so to be fined a shilling_ For
those who wish to perfect themselves as marksmen
this running deer is the best target on the ground,
presenting a moveable bull's eye of eight inches
diameter at 120 yards' range, travelling at a mode-
' rate speed, and at the same time strikingly life-like.
Nevertheless, the number of bull's eyes made is
surprisingly small. Daring the hour of its run-
ning on Thursday evening 49 shots were fired,
many of which were by accomplished sportsmen,
and yet the bull's eye was not once hit. Then,
again, yesterday the firing was continued from.
half-past nine to half-past 11 with the same result ;
but then, as if by a miracle, two bull's eyes were
made successively, and, after one intervening shot,
a third, among the cheers of excited onlookers.
After a lapse of 20 minutes a fourth was made, and
then the running deer was left, another long intee-
val of immunity from damage by rifle shot for
hours. The four fortunate marksmen—for ether
competitors said these were mere flukes—were as
follows :—A. Munro, Ist Lanark ; Sergeant Sloper,
4th Dorset ;J. Freu, 4th Lanark—all of whom used
long Enfields ; and Captain Thresher, sth Dorset,
who used a Turner rifle—the honour being equally
divided between the counties of Lanark and Dorset,
neither of which is particularly renowned for deer-
stalking. Later in the day the bull's-eye was hit
by others, among whom was Captain Ross. Pool
at the ordinary targets was very active yesterday,
and the shooting good. The number of those who
paid their shilling for, pool on Thursday was 2,819 ;
those who paid for sighting (sixpence) were 3,070;
the number of admissions by payment on that day
being 289, the lowest number of the three days.
For yesterday the return has not yet been furnished.
As an item of some general interest we may state
that the quantity of ammunition issued from the Go-
vernment tent, in charge of Sergeant A. Mullis,
R.H.A., and Police-Sergeant Picton, A division,
was as follows :—Tuesday, 15,360 rounds ; Wed- •
nesday, 18,240 rounds; Thursday, 13,440 rounds.

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THE QUEEN'S PRIZE.-FIRST STAGE.
The shooting at 600 yards, the concluding range
on the first stage of the Queen's prize, was naturally
the most interesting event of the day. The fluctua-
tions of the contest were closely watched; when it
was known—at the termination of the firing—that
a Yorkshireman had attained the highest score, and
so become entitled to the silver medal of the asso-
ciation, a loud cheer was raised by his brother
Yorkshire Volunteers—who mustered pretty strong-
ly on the ground—which we are compelled to add,
was not very heartily responded to by volunteers
belonging to other counties. The following is the
official return of the principal scores made in this
contest :--
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Total.

41
41
40
40

39
39
39
38

38
38
38
38