The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-07 00:00:00

VIE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 7, 1862.

Wimbledon on a rainy day, and it was surmised
that those of the competitors who were not in
volunteer uniform were attired as on their actual
days of partridge shooting or deer stalking.
To set at rest all questions of precedence, or more
probably to preclude the possibility of any such
question arising, the names were called alphabeti-
cally, and it was arranged that the firing should
be in that order; and thus ran the list of the eleven
chosen marksmen of the House of Lords—viz., the

Marquis of Abercorn, Earl of Airlie, Lord Bolton,
Earl of Ducie, Lord Londesborough, Lord Lovat,
Duke of Marlborough, Earl Somers, Lord Suffield,
Lord Vernon, and Lord Wharncliffe. And thus
the list of the crack shots of the House of Commons
—viz., Lord Bury, Mr. Dillwyn, Lord Elcho, Mr.
Forster (Bradford), Lord Grey de Wilton, Earl
Grosvenor, Mr. Leslie, Mr. Hastings Russell,
Mr.
Talbot, Mr. H. Vivian, and the Hon. H. Wyndham,
The general public looking at the two squads were
at a complete loss as to their respective merits ; but
the knowing ones backed the Lords, freely offering
three and even five to one, and ruling decisively
that the Commons had not the ghost of a chance.
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the two squads moved
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200 yards, and there squatted themselves down on
the ground before two targets within seven or eight
yards of each other—the public schools at the
same time taking their places at contiguous targets,
so that the whole interest of the afternoon was
concentrated around one particular spot. To keep
off the pressure of the crowd ropes had been
stretched for a considerable distance at the back
of the firing posts, behind which was a closely
set row of chairs, borrowed for the occasion from the
parks, and which were appropriated solely to the
use of the ladies, those of the fair sex who could not

be so accommodoted being allowed to enter within
the enclosure, where they sat on shawls of their
own or on top-coats and Mackintoshes, carefully
spread out for them by husbands, or fathers, or
brothers, or friends ; and it was now that the scene
became lively, picturesque, pic-nicish, and English.
The sun's rays were reflected from the barrels of
hundreds of rifles, and brought out into stronger re-
lief the flashing colours of scores of parasols, bright
shawls, and gorgeously-trimmed bonnets. All
ranks and conditions mixed freely together; every-
body seemed to recognise everybody, and every-
where was enjoyment. It was the Derby-day over
again, only upon a small, a very small, scale. It had
been said that Prince Napoleon would come, and
the Duke of Cambridge, but neither of these illus-
trious personages was present, nor was Lord Chan-
cellor Westbury, nor Mr. Speaker, in robe and wig.
Among those who were present, however, we ob-
served the Lady Constance Grosvenor, Lord Clyde,
Lord Sefton, Lord Eversley, Lord Llanover, the
Dake of Sutherland, Mr. Childers, M.P., General
Eyre, Sir G. Womwell, &c,
At three o'clock the signal gun announced the
opening of the contest, and at once the word was
given, the score being kept for the Lords by Capt.
Bythersea, of the 3d Royals; and by Capt. Woods,
3d Buffs, for the Commons.
The Marquis of Abercorn led off the fire at tar-
get 28, making a centre, and so scoring two points
and a hit with his first shot ; Lord Bury following
at target 29, with the same result. The Duke of
Marlborough and Lord Wharncliffe each made a
bull's-eye (or three points and a hit) with his first
shot; but no bull's-eye was made by the Commons
until the second round, when it was done by Lord
Bury and Lord Elcho. The firing throughout at this
range was so even up to the last round as leave it
doubtful whether the Lords would sustain their re-
putation. Every centre, more especially every bull's-
eye, called forth a hearty burst of cheering from one
side or the other, and as this was also the case with
regard to the coincident struggle of the public
schools, a stranger to English manners and customs
might have imagined that the crowd was frenzied
with excitement. The firing was kept up pretty
regularly, but the Commons were somewhat quicker
than their opponents, and had completed their seven
rounds before their opponents had finished their
sixth. At the conclusion of the firing at this range
Captain Bythersea and Captain Woods read off
their scores for the satisfaction of the contending
parties, giving a total of 204 points and hits for the
Lotus, ana tor the Uommons, showing a majo-
rity of 7 in favour of the former. The official return
in connexion with this match was as follows :-
200 yards. 500 yards. Gross
LORDS. Pts. Hits. Pts. Hits. Total.
Marquis of Abercorn l4 7 17 7 45
Earl of Airlie
Lord Bolton
Earl of Ducie
Lord Londesborough 9 6 12 6 33
Lord Lovat 6 5 8 4 23
Duke of Marlborough 15 7 11 6 39
Earl Somers l6 7 10 6 39
Lord Suffield
Lord Vernon .. 15 7 16 7 45
Lord Wharncliffe.... 17 7 16 7 47

COMMONS.
Lord Bury.. l5 7 17 7 46
Mr. Dillwyn l4 7 7 4 32
Lord Elcho
Mr. Forster, Bradford 7 5 16 7 35
Lord Grey de Wilton 9 5 0 0 14
Earl Grosvenor l4 7 8 5 34
Mr. Leslie 7 7 13 7 34
Mr. Hastings Russell 11 6 9 6 32
Mr. Talbot ... 11 7 4 4 26
Mr. H. Vivian lO 7 7 5 29
Hon, H. Wyndham l3 7 4 2 26

When the numbers were finally announced the
Commons looked for a moment rather blank, but
then, said Lord Elcho, " Well, let's give three
cheers for the Lords ;" and three hearty cheers
were given, to which the victors made a responsive
echo. " And now," said Lord Elcho, " Let's give
one cheer more for the licking we mean to give 'em
next year." The Commons cheered accordingly;
the Lords again responded, but this time a little
derisively, and then they passed away from the
firing posts, Lord Elcho, in a semi-comic tone, re-
marking, Sic transit gloria--.
Just at that moment a mighty cheer arose from
the targets immediately to the left, and a glance
told the spectators that Harrow had prevailed in
the contest of the public schools. Later in the
evening, when the Harrow boys were on the point
of taking their departure, the unsuccessful
Etonians surrounded them, and cheered them off
the ground with the heartiness of good will, and
an utter freedom from the pangs of jealous ambi-
tion ; owing probably to the fact, as much as any-
thing else, that in the competition which followed,
that for the Ashburton shield, and which was con-
fined to the best shot of Claeh eleven of the four
schools, Eton bore off the prize.

kett, Civil Service, 29 ; Oxley, 19th Middlesex, 29 ;
Clitheroe, Ist Lincoln, 29.
The tie between Mr. Leete and Mr. Ferguson
will be shot off to-day at noon. The result of that
shooting will give the vase either to the Queen's
(Westminster), or the Ist Inverness, and will also
decide whether Mr. Leete or Mr. Ferguson shall
take Ist or 2d prize (the gold and silver jewel of St.
George), which go to the best two shots. The
twenty-nines will also shoot off their ties, to deter-
mine which of them shall receive the honorary dis-
tinction of the third prize, a bronze cross of St.

George.
The Harold Cup, value £52, presented by Lieut.
VT. F. Wills, of the 37th Middlesex, with £5O added
by the National Rifle Association, viz., £25 for the
second best shot, £l5 for the third, and £lO for the
1 fourth.

The following is the official return, viz.:—Ni-
cholls, 10th Stafford, 48 ; Gibbs, Ist Gloster, 47;
Tremlett, Ist Devon, 46; McGibbon, 14th Edin-
burgh, 46 ; Hogg, Ist Peebles, 46; Howard, Vic-
toria Rifles, 46.
The four forty-sixes shoot off ties to determine

third and fourth prizes to-day.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.-ASHBURTON CHALLENGE
SHIELD.-200 YARDS.-FIVE SHOTS AT EACH

DISTANCE.
Harrow beat Rugby by 10, Eton by 49, and
Marlborough by 52.
FAIL SPENCER'S CUP, VALUE £2O,

Seven shots at 500 yards, by the best shot of each
of the four schools in the Ashburton competition,
Official score :

Points. Hits. Total.

Earl of Eldon—Eton .. 13 .. 6 .. 19
Elmhurst--Rugby
Flood—Harrow .. 9 5 .. 14
Parancian—Marlborough
TILE ALL COMERS.
The competition was continued. The following
made 17 a., 200 yards (five shots each) viz ; —Smith,
17th Edinburgh; Feliowes, Victorias ; Colesworth,
Liverpool R. B.
The following made 19 at 500 yards, viz. : Moir,
23d Stirling; Padwick, 7th Sussex; Baynes, 12th
Surrey; Cunliffe, 26th Cheshire; Vesey, Ist War-
wick.
At 600 yards, Moir, 23d Stirling, and Diney,
28th Middlesex, made 19 ; and De Gendre (Swiss)
and Young, Ist Stirling, scored 18, hits and points
included in all cases.
Some goad scores were also made in the competi-
tion for the extra prizes, the shooting for the first
series of which closes to-night.
For the Association Cup no returns were issued.
The grievance of the disqualification for rejected
rifles still continues, although Mr. Ross's rifle was
returned from Enfield on Saturday with an un-
favourable report; which prima facie justifies the
decision of the council in an individual case. Still
the general question continued to excite a good
deal of bitter comment, and a formal protest was
made on Saturday by Ensign Murdocke, of the Ist
Edinburgh, one of the disqualified, and who claims
the right of competing in the second stage of the
Queen's prize whatever the result of his protest
may be.
The programme for to-day, in addition to the As-
sociation Cup, the All Corners, the extra prizes, the
running deer, and pool, embraces the competition
between Oxford and Cambridge, commencing at
three o'clock; Lord Vernon's prize, Messrs. Ely's
prize, and the Oaks.

THE LEGI77IIIIS7 GATHERING.

Nineteen years have passed away since M.
Berryer and other distinguished partisans braved
the horrors of the Channel to pay, in Belgrave-
square, their homage to the illustrious Pretender
whom they revered as the true monarch of France.

These meetings have been often repeated in diffe-
rent places and in many widely diverged states of
political relations, but they have never attained
such numerical importance as the great pilgrimage
which has this year drawn some 4,000 Legitimists
to the shores of the Lake of Lucerne. If all these

people return to their homes and move in French
society unchallenged by the Government it will
show, we think, no small moderation on the part of
the Emperor. Nothing, indeed, is more difficult to
comprehend than the remorseless severity of his
internal policy at one moment, and its extraordi-
nary lenity at another. But a few years ago long
files of well-educated men, who had committeki no
crime, were marched through the streets on their
way to Cayenne, and no persons at least as hostile
to his throne are allowed, it would seem, at least
for one little hour, to conspire as they please. To
say that the deportations of 1852 and 1858 were the
result of extreme fear is hardly a sufficient expla-
nation. It seems to be the fashion in this country
to treat this Legitimist congress rather as a joke
than as a serious demonstration. We suspect that
this is a mistake, and that the Legitimist party is
really stronger than many believe. It is not very
largely represented in Paris, and most Englishmen
generalise a little too hastily from what they find
in that city. The " real old bats of bigotry" do
not cross our path. They sulk in the provinces,
writing books about the genealogies of themselves
and their neighbours, and grumbling about the
Pope, or they give themselves up to mere gaiety
and " le sport," or they improve their fortunes by
commercial speculations ; but they are nume-
rous, and if united and in earnest might at any
moment be formidable, supported, as they
would at present be, by a large portion
of the clergy. We cannot be too often
reminded that religion is a great power
in the France of 1862 The ouvrier class in the
capital, and, indeed, generally, is hostile to it; but
the bourgeoisie has of late become pious out of oppo-
sition to the ruling powers. Not only on great
occasions, as when le Pere Felix preaches at St.
Roch or Notre Dame, or when some great function
is celebrated at the Madeleine, but habitually, the
churches of Paris are thronged. The reaction of
the last fifty years, which in England has turned to
the advantage of inumerable sects, has in France,
for all political purposes, turned to the advantage
of the Church of Rome only. The teaching of a
man like Renan is for the few ; and French Protes-
tantism, except as represented by the school of
Strasburg, is intellectually defunct. When Gen.
Delmas was questioned by Napoleon after the great
ceremony in Notre Dame which took place in hon-
our of the Concordat of 1802, he replied, "Nothing
was wanting but the million of men who have
perished in order to destroy what you have now re-
established." Re-established it has been to some
purpose; and this the Count de Chambord knew
well when he advised his friends to sink their poli-
tical differences, and vote for the Pope's friends.
One good turn deserves another. We do not assert
that the heir of St. Louis has any reasonable pros-
pect of returning to the throne of his ancestors. On
the contrary, we think that such an event is ex-
tremely improbable ; but France is the country of
surprises, and the gagging of the press makes it
impossible to do more than conjecture the state of
public feeling. Most men of Royer Collard's turn
of mind would, after all that passed, prefer in all
probability an Orleans prince as the person most
likely to be able to work Parliamentary system in
France ; but some sensible people are undoubtedly
of a different opinion, and the well-grounded hope
that the " lily will never blossom" is a temptation to
end the struggle between the two lines by rallying
round the one which has strict legal right on its side.
To the question—Has England anything to gain by
the restoration of the elder branch ? even those who
are least well-affected to the imperial regime must re-
turn a direct negative. No body of educated Frenc-
hmen hates us so bitterly as do the partisans of the
' Count de Chambord, for they are actuated not only
by that sentiment of dislike, a grain or two of
which is to be found in the heart of the least pre-
judiced of their countrymen, not only by the uneasy
feeling of a proud and irritable race which was
worsted in its last struggle with us, but by the con-
viction that in the English people the principle of
the right divine and the pretentious of the Roman
Church have their most uncompromising opponents.
We claim and exercise the right to criticise in the
strongest way the government of the Emperor. We
desire to see the popular mind in this country far
more enlightened than it is as to the methods by
which he seized, as well as to some of those by
which he retains power ; but we have no to
his dynasty. Bonapartism without chauvinism is
as welcome to us as any political war-cry which is
raised among our neighbours. We respect the
defenders of the old parties. We feel that we may
one day find ourselves supporting the pretensions of
an Orleanist Prince ; but we do so only because we
are possessed by the fear that the Bonaparte family
will never frankly commit itself to constitutional
government, and that some morning we may wake
up to find the decree of the 24th Novembr, 1860,
rescinded as suddenly as it was made, and a soldier
of the Espinasse stamp disposing of the lives and
liberties of the best of his fellow-citizen& If the
ruler of France will only carry oat the policy which
Napoleon 111. is, we believe, really desirous to carry
out in Italy; if he will weigh with a heavy hand
upon priestcraft ; if, further, he will, as speedily as
may be, restore freedom to his people, he will have,
not the respect and confidence of Englishmen, for
we cannot forget the past ; but he will have at least
all the support which public opinion in England
can give him. Nine men out of ten on this side of
the Straits will sympathize with 011iver, who is
content that bygones should be bygones, rather than
with those who are eternally longing for the old
names and the old leaders. Those who are person-
ally acquainted with the Count de Chambord
declare that he has many qualities which are
desirable in a constitutional king. It is quite
possible that in the event of the sudden
death of the Emperor, some of the military
chiefs in whose hands the destinies of France would
for several days be balanced might declare for the
elder line. Should this ever occur we trust that
the Roman question may have been previously
settled. It will
mbe someth
froim the path of ng if one opportunity for
blundering is removed
,---London Review.

THE COLLIERY
LLANELLY. INUNDATION AT

LLANELLY, SATURDAY.
The terrible catastrophe briefly telegraphed on.
Friday has thrown a gloom over this town, which
has been particularly free from colliery accidents,
such works. An occur-
rencealthough surrounded by
somewhat similar happened in the Gwen-
draeth valley some years ago, when a number of
lives were lost by the flooding of a coal •
mine, and a
long time elapsed before the bodies were recovered.
In the present case there is also some delay in re-
covering the bodies. The
the -
fll owi• o ng is a brief state-
ment of the facts attending7o present catastrophe.
There were about men and boys at work at
the Old Castle Colliery, belonging to Messrs.
Willyams, Neath, and Co., on Wednesday night.
Three veins of coal we
re in work at the time; in
the lowest, called the t 4 hussy" vein, four colliers
were working; in the second, about 19 fathoms
above the lowest,there were only two men. The
and
rest of the men boys were engaged in the top-
most vein, called
the little vein. About one o'clock
on Thursday m
the orning, without any previous Warn-
ing,water broke into the colliery from an old
working of an adjoining pit called the Bres Col-
liery, and
Old Castle poured into the lower workings
of the
Old sweeping all before it. '
The
The
four men in the bussy vein and the two in the
one above called the golden vein
and drowned, but the 60 meni were swept away
in the little vein had
time to make their escape by a small pit which had
been recently
opened to allow of escape in case of
accident. The colliery is situate in a low position,
not far from the sea, and close.. to the town. The
water has been rising in the flooded colliery ever
since it first broke in,