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TION,
GREAT EASTERN, Saturday, NM
The last passengers and last stores are all on
board, and in a few minutes more the Great Eastern
will be steaming down the river. Her course is to
be outside the Goodwin, through what is called the
Gull stream. Not much more than eight miles an
hour is expected to be made, partly owing to the
recent reduction of boiler power, and partly to the
extreme foulness of the vessel's bottom. At such a
rate of going the Great Eastern ought to be off Va..
lentia on Tuesday night, or at latest Wednesday
morning. In case of any adverse winds -of strength
sufficient to get up a sea, or in any way affect the
vessel, -no attempt whatever will be made to steam
against them, and the ship will simply be turned in
to the nearest shelter. All the nautical authorities
on' board, however, are confident of fine, calm
weather—a confidence which is certainly warranted
not only by the present aspect of the skies, but also
by the high state of the barometer. The engines,
both screw and paddle, which have just been turned,
co ni t
seem in excellent order, and if the ship was what
she used to be in her early days, it would puzzle the
best of the steam yachts now around her to keep her
in sight for an hour even with her 25,000 tons on
board. The signals just taken through the cable
show its condition to be regular, with the same steady
tendency
to improvement both of insulation and
" conductivity.' c tvy. "
weather,Themost
successentire
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almostconfidecnecretain iseoxn-
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pressed by the naval and scientific men that, with
moderately fine i
this occasion.

PRICE 4d.
STAMPED sd.

HIGHEST SCORES, ALEXANDRA, FIRST STAGE,
-- - --

Cambridge University Sergeant Grieve, C
Private Dear, Ist Herts
Sergeant Wright, Ist Notts •.•.: •••
•••
Captain M'Gregor, London Scottish• •••
•••
Private Irvine, Ist Aberdeen
Corporal Brown, 3d Ayr
Gunner Meggy, Hon. Artillery Company
Sergeant Dacon, let Northumberland
Lieutenant Stock, Ist Gloucester Artillery"
Sergeant Hardy, 16th Lincoln
Corporal Colson, Ist Newcastle •
Private Paton, Ist Ayr
Sergeant Thomson, 2d Renfrew
Corporal Brown, 2d Salop
Private M‘Lean, Ist:Ross ...-
Lieut. Fisher, London Scottish „.
Colour-Sergeant Spencly, Ist, Cambridge
Private James, Queen's
Capt. Astley, School of Musketry
CHINA CHALLENGE, VASE.
200 500
County. Yards Yards. Total
Berkshire 127 105 232
Bucks... 115 105 ... 220
Cheshire ... 143 105 248
Cornwall ... 125 113 238
Cumberland ... 127 108 235
Devon ... ... 123 98 ... 221
Durham ... 137 109 246
East York ... ... 126 98 224
Edinburgh ... ... 119 ... 109 228
Gloucester ... 132 113 245
Hereford 134 103 ... 237
Herts ... 117 ... 85 202
*Lancashire 118 98 216
Lanarkshire, win £25 125 130 ... 255
London - 131 100 ... 231
*Kent... 129 ... 111 240
Middlesex ... ... 131 113 244
Norfolk ... 123 ... 121 244
Northampton 114 102 216
North York ;.• 133 ... 23 ... 226
Notts ... 113 107 220
Renfrew ... ... 121 116 240

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PORTSMOUTH, July 16.
The Great Eastern passed Ventnor at 2 p.m.,
five miles off land, under steam and sail ; wind
light, southerly.

Somerset, win vase and £5O 134 129 2G3
Staffordshire... 126 ... 122 248
Suffolk, win £l5 126 ... 128 ... 254
Sussex ... ... 131 115 ... 246
Surrey ... ... 122 ... 95 217
Warwick, win £lO ... 133 ... 116 ... -249
West York 129 93 222
Wilts 129 119 239
Worcester ... ... 117 105 ... 222
LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY
PRIZE.
Volley Firing 400 yards.

Ist Berks, 130 ; Ist Cheshire, 126 ; Ist A.B. Cumberland,
132 ; Devon, 124 ; Ist A.B. Hereford, 108 ; Ist A.B. Kent,
124 ; Lanarkshire, Ist prize £5O, 142 ; Lancashire, 96 ;
A.B. Lincoln, 130 ; 2nd London, R. 8., 132 ; 2nd S. Middle.
sex, 116 ; 19th Middlesex, 112 ; 20th Middlesex, 118 ; 21st
Middlesex, 98 ; Ist Bat. 22d Middlesex, 2d prize £l5, 138 ;
2d Bat. 22d Middlesex, 116 ; 23d Middlesex, 112 ; 26th
Middlesex, 118 ; West Middlesex, 3d prize £10,134 ; Lon-
don Scottish, 114 ; St. George's Rifle Brigade, 118 ; North
York, 106; 3d A.B. Renfrew, 134; Somerset, 124; Stafford,
120 ; Surrey, Ist, 122 ; Surrey, 2d, 104 ; Cambridge, 114 ;
Northampton, 132 ; Roxburgh, 116.

WINNER OF " DAILY TELEGRAPH" PRIZE
OF £5O. Points.
Corporal Little, West Middlesex ... 19
MR. BASS'S PRIZES.
Winners.
Private J. M. Hay, Ist Somerset ... 17 £lO
Corporal Lee, 3d Hants
... 17 ... 5
Sergeant Craig, Gth Northampton ... 17 ... 5
Private James, 22d Middlesex ... ~. 17 ... 5
Private Rhode, London Rifle Brigade ... 1G ... 3
Private Cope, 23d Middlesex ... 1G 3
Sergeant Dennis, 22d Middlesex 16 3
Corporal Chipperfield, 2d Norfolk 16 3
Private Hilton, 22d Middlesex 16 ... 3
Sergeant Hollingworth, 6th Lincoln 16 3
Private France, 14th Durham 1G ... 3
Private Bird, 18th Shropshire ... ... 16 3
Captain Wylde, 2d Middlesex ... 16 ... 3

Erratum.-Ist Stage " Queen's" (Friday).—For Lance-
Sergeant Chaloner, Ist West York, read Corporal Chaloner

WINNER OF ENFIELD ASSOCIATION CUP.

100 300
Yards. Yards. Total.
Lieut. 11. F. Dickens, Victoria Rifles 17 19 36
I ;ARMY RIFLE ASSOCIATION CUP.
Highest Score.

200 600
Yards. Yards. Total.
Private R. Formby, sth Lancashire... 18 19 37
Mr. Gale, the inventor of the method of render-
ing powder explosive and non-explosive at will, at-
tended again on Saturday, and during the dinner
hour, when Volunteers are drawn to a central posi-
tion from all the different firing points, repeated
his experiments with perfect success. He is to at-
tend once more on Tuesday next, and to carry out
on a larger scale these illustrations of his system,
which, if it be a sound one, will certainly exercise
an important influence upon the storing of gunpow-
der in the future.

For the Horatio Ross Prize Mr. Peterkin, who
had previously made the fine score of 42, which was
" tied" by Lord Aberdeen, increased his efforts, and
raised his score to 44—that is to say, besides run-
ning the stipulated distance between each couple of
shots, he loaded and fired 11 times, making a bull's-
eye in each case, and all this within the limit of five
minutes.

Yesterday (Sunday) Divine service was held for
all those in camp at 11 o'clock a.m. The great cen-
tral marquee, which made such an excellent open-
air church on a similar occasion last year, had been
split up and torn to the ground during the heavy
gales that immediately preceded the :commence-
ment of the present meeting, and fears were enter-
tained lest it might be necessary to adopt in its
stead another' marquee, of great length, in which
hearing is attended with difficulty. The contractors
(Messrs. Pigott), however, worked with such energy
that the circular tent was in its place in time, and
yesterday service was performed beneath its shade,
with all the simple impressiveness that marks the wor-
ship of a military congregation. On one sat members
of the force of Regulars in camp, fulfilling duties
on week days at either end of the ranges ; at the
opposite side were members of the police force,
whose duties render them almost übiquitous ; the
Central area was occupied by Volunteers, placed
regimentally as far as possible, and near the tem-
porary reading-desk and pulpit a few chairs were
reserved for ladies. Outside the limits of the
marquee, as far as the eye could extend through a
many-coloured
oured tangle of parasols and shakos, with
aaq;ce oei,
a dark background of hats, residents, both in the
neighbourhood and in camp, listened as well as cir-
cumstances would permit, raising the total attend-
ance to some thousands. The sermon was preached
by the Bishop of London from the text, I pray
not that thou shouldest take them out of the world,
but that then shouldest keep them from the evir."
(John xvii., 15.)
Divine service was again celebrated at 5 o'clock,
when the sermon was preached by the Rev. W. H.
Haygarth, MA., incumbent of Wimbledon.

A CHANCE OF COVERING FOR THE RIDING IN
ROTTEN Row.—A very Ingenious plan has been submit-
ted by M. Janicot, a Paris architect, for a construction to
serve the twofold purpose of a covered area for military
evolutions, and for the Universal Exhibition in Paris of
1867. M. Janicot proposes to sustain a roof, extending
over half the area of the Champs do Mars (about 50 acres),
by means of one central tower and a series of iron ties. The
plan has been favourably, entertained by the Imperial Com-
mission of the Universal Exhibition.

LAND IN TILE CITY.—A piece of freehold ground
occupying a site of 2,500 feet in Cannon-street, at the
corner of S within's-lane, was sold on Friday at auction by
Messrs. Fuller and Horsey for £30,600.
ABD-EL-KADER AND THE FRENCH EMPEROR.—
The Emperor was driving last evening in the Champs
Elysoes. As usual, the Arabs in waiting on Abd-el-Kader
were ranged in order on the roof of their hotel, and I could
not holp thinking how very much astonished these sons
of the desert must have been if their "intelligent inter-
preter " showed them the quiet, well-dressed gentleman
driving a friend in a phaeton drawn by two very neat bays,
as the great Emperor who has just spoken his mind on
Algeria, and of .whose fame and splendour they have
doubtless heard often as theyreclined in the welcome shade,
and indulged.in that great luxury to an Arab, listening to
a story. Abd-el-Sader is looking well, but older. I met
him driving yesterday. He has been received by the
Emperor and by the Ministers, and is now the lion of
Paris ; unfortunately, owing to the season, ho is a lion in
the desert. His followers are truculent-looking, but clean
for Arabs, and seem to exercise a strange influence over
the "Donna" of Paris,--Paris Letter, Tuesday.