The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-16 00:00:00

GRAND METROPOLITAN RIFLE CONTEST

AT WORMWOOD SCRUBS.

The prizes which were not competed for on the
first day (Thursday) in consequence of the weather,
were shot for on Saturday, and there were also
some additional prizes provided. Heavy showers
at intervals during the day prevented a large, we
may almost say any, attendance of visitors; but the
shooting was good throughout, and in many cases
almost unprecedented. The first prize was a Kerr
rifle, value £7 Is., five shots at 300 yards, open to
all corners, standing position. There were 60 entries,
and the best scores made were the first-named, being
the winner : •

Points. Hits. Total.
Rev. Wilse Brown, Ist Exeter 11 .. 5 .. 16
Martin Smith, Victoria
Luxmore, St. George's
Sergt. Wilson, School of Musketry,
Fleetwood

The next prize was a Whitworth or Henry rifle,
value £25, with £5 for the second best; five shots
at 500 yards; for all comers; any position allowed.
There were 60 competitors, and the chief scorers
were—

Points, Hits. Total.
Hill, 3d Essex

Ensign Padwick, 7th Sussex .. 9 .. 5 .. 14
Lieut. Marriner, West Middlesex 9..5.. 14
Major Halford, 31st Leicester 8 .. 5 .. 13
Fellowes, Victoria .. 8 .. 5 .. 13
Blaise, St. George's
E. Ross, Cambridge University 8 .. 5 13
T. H. Robinson, 16th Middlesex
The three men who tied at 14 points shot off. Hill
won. Padwick defeated Marriner after several ties.

It is only fair to state that Marriner accidentally
broke the hammer of his own "Henry," and was
obliged to shoot off the ties with a strange weapon.
The succeeding prize was a Turner rifle, value £8
Bs., with a London Armoury rifle for the next best
shot. There were 58 competitors, and the following
were the top scores, the conditions being five shots
at 500 yards, for volunteers only. Hy the position :
:?oints. Hits. Total.
Sergeant, Millard, St. George's .... 7 .. 5 .. 12
F. B. Wells, West Middlesex 7 .. 5 .. 12
Vigor, Inns of Court .. 7 ..5 .. 12
Ballard, Queens Westminster •
7 .. 5 .. 12
In shooting off the ties the two prizes were won
by Millard and Wells, who became respectively
first and second.
A sweepstakes was next on the list, of which the
winner took two-thirds and the second best shot
received the residue ; five shots each at 500 yards;
open to all comers; any position; ss. entrance, 66
entries. Halford, 31st Leicester; and Radcliffe,
South Middlesex, each scored 9 points with 5 hits—
total, 14 ; and in shooting off the tie the " long-
woolled" one beat the " lamb," and the prizes were
alloted accordingly.
The next prize was a silver cup, value £lO, to be
shot for by all corners, any position. Five shots at
600 yards. The best scores were :
Points. Hits. Total.
Serjeant Kemp, 3d Manchester .. 9 .. 5 .. 14
Cade, Victoria.. .. .. 5.. 14
E. Ross, Cambridge University .. 8 .. 5 .. 13
Hon. Major Talbot, Unattached .. 7 .. 12
Lieut. Marriner, West Middlesex .. 7 .. 5 .. 12
Lieut. Austin, Queen's, Westminster 7 .. 5 .. 12
Kerr, London Scottish .. .. 7 5.. 12
The tie for this prize was won by Serjeant Kemp
The next was an extra prize, a small bore rifle,
presented by Mr. Purday. Five shots at 600 yards,
open to all corners, any position. There were 32
entries, and Serjeant Kemp repeated his previous
victory by again making the same score. This
gentleman accomplished the great feat of making
eight entres in eight successive shots at 600 yards,
a result which, we understand,, has not before been
achieved at any prize shooting. Hall (West
Middlesex), Porter (Queen's Westminster), and
Padwick (7th Sussex) tied at seven points, with
five hits, total twelve ; ana Hall shot off the tie, and
became, as the winner, entitled to the entrance

money.
Several volunteers represented to the committee
that only two prizes had been given at a long range
confined exclusively to them, and an extra prize was
immediately given, in the form of a sweepstakes, at
500 yards, for volunteers only. There were 29
entries. Serjeant Chisholm, Ist Surrey, and Lieu-
tenant Merriner, West Middlesex, tied, making six
points, five hits, total, 11; and on shooting off,
Serjeant Chisholm won.
In concluding our record of this contest we feel
bound to acknowledge the courtesy of the gentlemen
who undertook the executive duties, and the regis-
ters being given over to the members of the press
immediately on being sent in considerably facili-
tated the performance of their duties. The
exertions of Captain Fenton, Captain Bridgman,
Lieutenant Homfray, Ensign Hawkins, and Mr.
Harris deserved a better reward than was to
be found in the paucity of attendance by the general
public; but when a station is made on the adjacent
railway, and the means of access to the locality
thereby increased, we doubt not that this annual
contest will become one of the largest and most
successful rifle competitions in the kingdom.

THE LONDON SCOTTISH RIFLE VOLUNTEERS
On Saturday evening about 350 effective members
of this corps assembled at Wellington Barracks to
undergo their annual inspection in Hyde park by
ColonelM ‘Murdo, the inspector general of volunteers.
The officers present were Lord Elcho, the colonel
commandant; Capts. Page, Sir David Baird, Bart.,
the Marquis of Abercorn, M'Gregor, Mackenzie,
Lumsden, Mitchell, Sandiman, and render ; Lieu-
tenants Notman, Sutherland, Fisher, Puckle, Fer,
guson, and Scott ; and Ensigns Trotter and S.
Puckle. When the ammunition was being served
out to the men a letter was received from his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge stating that no
firing would be allowed in Hyde-park, and the sup-
ply of ammunition was at once stopped. The men
then fell into line, a note was read by Capt. Page
from Colonel M'Murdo expressing his regret the
day was so unfavourable ; he did not wish to expose
them to the inclemency of the weather, and there-
fore would not be present. A few minutes after,
however, the gallant colonel rode up, and the men
were formed into quarter distance columns. Colonel
M'Murdo then inspected them, and said he had
always been much pleased with the progress they
had made, bat from what he had witnessed that day
he considered them equal to any regiment of the
line. The state of the weather rendering it impos-
sible for them to have a review in Hyde-park, the
band, and was there dismissed.
addressed
MEN'S
corps marched off to headquarters, preceded by its
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Copps.—On Thursday evening ab:lutt:
' defiance of the
of this regiment assembled, in
Institute, City-road,
weather, at the Cowper-street
their commanding
in obedience to a summons from
The mayor, who was
officer, Major Major Richards.
thusiastically cheered throug
them, on the financial affairs of the
regiment, and impressed on them the necessity,
unless prevented by sickness, want of work, or acci-
dental loss, of paying up their subscriptions, lie
alluded to a cabal against himself on the part of one
or two officers, who, in the most unmilitary manner,
sought to dictate to him to nominate a military v
com-
mander.
He held his position by the support and
recommendation of veteran soldiers—such as Cols.
Sir D. wr,c,vgall and Sir W. De Bathe—and ho
was strengthened by the advice of Col. M'Murdo,
their respected head, and that gallant officer, Major
Laurie, who they knew had done him the high
honour to write that he was especially willing to
serve under him ; and now those who knew nothing
of their own duties sought, for their own private
reasons, to injure his authority. He could tell them
that he was more than ready to give up the com-
mand to an officer who 'would, be likely to carry on
the regiment well, and if he could find a military
officer likely to give them his time, money, and at-