The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-14 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 14, 1862.

won by a neck; there was half a length between the second
and third, and Leontes was a bad fourth.

The Grand Stand Plate of 50 sous, for all ages. One
mile.
Mr. E. Sly, jun., na Everlasting, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b
(Midgley) 1
Mr. Osborne's Weatherspye, 2 yrs, sst 71b ....(Carroll) 2
Mr. Chadwick's Charles Fox, 3 yrs, 7st 61b..(Snowden) 3
Mr. Johnstone's Veteran, 3 yrs, 7st (Doyle) 4

Betting-6 to 4 each agst Everlasting and Weatherspye.
Everlasting made the running to half way in the dis-
tance, where the young one challenged, but, tiring in the
dirt at the finish, ;was beaten, after a game struggle, by a
neck, the others were beaten off.
The Scurry Handicap, of 3 sovs each, with 30 added.

Three•quarters of a mile.
Mr. Phillips's Harriet, 4 yrs, Bst 71b
Mr. Helmsley's Wilford, 6 yrs, 7st 51b , (Buck) 2
Mr. J. Osborne's Lorette, 2 yrs, 6st 21b (Carroll) 3
- -

Betting-7 to 4on Harriet, who made the running
throughout, and won by 10 lengths.

HAMPTON
Weights for the Surrey and
of 10 sous each, 5 ft, and 2
17 at noon. Two miles.
Age st lb
Wild Rose. ...... 6 8 13
Mistake
Fitz Avon .
Man in the Moon 4 8 6
Frailty
Flirtation
Vinegar Hill 4 7 13
Balham
Conundrum
Stanton ...... 4 7 7
Fitz Eva
South Australian 5 7 4
Farfalla 3 7 4
B oabdil
Atropia
Overton 4 7 2
Sycophant 4 7 1
Wombat
Silkatone - 3 613
Tonio . 4 6 11
*Brown Stout .... 4 6 11
Principal
Shipwreck
Mr. Elwes, Marquis Talon, Mr. E. Batson, Mr. Morritt,
Lord Strathmore, and Mr. G. Brown are subscribers, but
did not name. Those marked thus * having been entered
without the knowledge of their owners will be struck out
by the time prescribed unless specially ordered to remain in.

EIACES, 1862.
Sliddlesex Stakes (Hand;cap)
if declared on or before June
,1 subs.

Age st lb
The Don ► . 5 6 9
Lapidist
Dorking 4 6 7
Quarter Day 4 6 7
Plum 4 6 7
Norman 4 6 7
Splitvote colt
Ironsides . 4 6 7
Dulcet
Ellen Middleton f 3 6 4
Turn of Luck 3 6 4
Jack in the Box 3 6 4
Violet 3 6 3
Montebe110
Bolero .
Bedouin
Capture .. 3 6 2
Real Jam 3 6 0
Springbok ..., 3 6 0
*Wild Duck 3 5 9
Freestone
Cock Robin

inspection, the companies looked clean and snArt
as they marched past, and the regiment altogether
passed its inspection under firms with great credit.

THE VOLUNTEERS.

GRAND METROPOLITAN RIFLE CONTEST
AT WORMWOOD SCRUBS.
The great rifle contest on Wormwood Scrubs was
resumed yesterday under more favourable circum-
stances than cn the previous day.
The first prize shot for was a Silver Cup, value
£5, for volunteers, at 200 yards.
Points per Shot. Hits. Total.

Sergeant Greenway, 17th
Surrey
H. Redcliffe, South Middlesex 2 2 1 3 1 .. 5 .. 14
Kemp, 40th Lancashire
Ensign Thrupp, Victoria 22 2 2 1 5 .. 14
Sergeant Lipscombe, Cam-
bridge University 132 2 1 5 .. 14
There were 65 competitors, but the above are
those only who gained 14 points. The prize, there-
fore, was won by Sergeant Greenway.
The Great Metropolitan Stakes was the principal
feature of the day, for which there were three
prizes, viz., one-half the proceeds for the first prize,
one-third for the second, and one-sixth for the
third. Open to all corners ; firing five shots at 600,
and five at 600 yards. The following is a summary
of the results of the shooting of those who made the
best scores out of 40 competitors

500 Yds. 600 Yds, Total.
Sergeant Kemp, 40th Lancaster 12 12 .. 24
Hawker, South Middlesex
Well, 23d Kent
Rev. W. Browne, Ist Exeter and
South Devon
Halford, 31st Leicester
The ties were shot off between Wells; Kemp,,and
Hawker, and the result was to place Wells first,
Kemp second, and Hawker third. Therefore, Mr.
Wells took the first prize, Kemp second, and
Hawker third.

The next contest was for a Turner Rifle, value

£8 Bs., open to all corners ; five shots at 600 yards.
There were 60 competitors, but the following were
the best men :

Points per Shot. Hits. Total.
T. C. Symons, South Middlesex 122 2 1 .. 5 .. 13
Rev. W. Browne, Ist Exeter 1 12 1 2 .. 5 .. 12
W. Wells, 23d Kent 1 2 1 2 1 5 .. 12
Sergeant Hayward, South Mid-
dlesex

Thus Mr. Symons became the winner of this
prize.
The London Armoury Company's Rifle;value £3
10s., open to volunteers; five shots at 400 yards.
There were 70 competitors, but the following were
those who gained 11 points and upwards :
Points per Shot. Hits. Total.
Sergeant Millard, St. George's 2 1 2 1 2 5 13
Sergt. Kemp, 40th Lancashire 22 1 1 2 .. 5 .. 13
Dane, West Middlesex ...... 2 1 2 1 1 .. 5 .. 12
Andrews, 26th Kent.......... 1 1 2 1 1 .. 5 .. 11
Barnard, Vict0ria............ 2 1 11 2 5 .. 12
C. HoWard, Victoria ........ 1 11 2 1 5 .. 11
Captain Vacher, Queen's West-
minster .............. . ... 1 1 1 1 2 .. 5 .. 11
R. Stewart, Inns of Court .... 1 1 12 1 .. 5 .. 11
H. J. Redcliffe, South Middle-
sex
Ballard, Queen's ..........•• 2 1 1 1 1 .. 11
As there was a tie between Sergeant Millard and
Sergeant Kemp, both having gained 13 points, it
was shot off, and resulted in favOur of Sergeant
Millard, who was declared the winner.
The next contest was for a Silver Cup or Rifle,
value £l5, open to all corners ; five shots at 500
yards. There was also a second prize, value £5, at
same range. For these prizes 81 competitors con-
tended, and it was well contested throughout. The
following gained 13 points, it being a remarkable
fact that there were eight ties at that number, viz.:

Points per shot. Hits. Total.
Steuart, Inns of Court 122 1 1 .. 5 .. 12 I
Colonel Baker, Cambridge
University
Captain Field, Hon. Artillery
Company
Whiffin, Windsor
Sargood, Australia
Kerr, 7th Surrey 1 12 2 2 .. 5 13
Sergeant Hayward, 2d Mid-
-1 2 12 2 .. 5 .. 13
T.dßleansexting, St. George's 12221.. 5 .. 13
There were several scores of 11, and Capt. Hea-

ton gained 12, and Mr, E. Ross 11 points. Mr.
Steuart was allowed one point on his score for using
the Enfield rifle, but on shooting off the ties he bor-
rowed, by permission of the committee, a smooth-
bore Whitworth rifle, with which be made two cen-
tres, and won the first prize—Col. Baker, of the
Cambridge University, winning the second prize.
The next contest was for a silver cup, value £10;
with the London armoury rifle as a second prize,
value £3 10s., open to volunteers, five shots at 500
yards. The following were the principal scores :
Points. Hits. Total.
Sergeant Nash, Queen's Westminster 8 .. 5 .. 13
Hewitt, Ist Surrey
Andrews, 26th Kent
Syers, Inns of Court
On shooting off the ties for the second prize Syers
became the winner, scoring a centre.
The prizes Nos. 2,3, 4,5, and 6, not shot for
on Thursday, will be competed for to-day, the en-
tries to be made upon the ground. The valuable
small-bore rifle, presented by Mr. Purday, will also
be shot for.
Capt. Williams,l9th Middlesex; Capt. Bridgman
and Adjutant Pennymore, of the West Middlesex,
again assisted in the business of the meeting.

The following report of the late class for the
musketry instruction of Volunteers has been re-
ceived at the War-office :--

Hythe, 15th May, 1862.
Sin,—l have the honour to forward for the information
of his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief
the enclosed return detailing the results of the shooting of
the eleventh party of Volunteers, which has just completed
a course of training at this establishment, which are most
mtisfactory, the figure of merit being 51.83, and the num-
ber of men of the glass (which consisted of 45) who prac-
tised in the Ist class being 24, of which number 22 have
obtained 7 points and upwards.
The following volunteers are eligible to win the marks-
man's badge of cross muskets, having obtained 7 points and
upwards in the Ist class shooting, being in the first class
judging distance, and being acquainted with the cleaning
arms instruction and theoretical principles.
The Adjutant-General to

the Forces.

Points in Points in
Ist class. 60 rounds
2d Dorset R.V..Private Panton...... 15 67
sth Surrey „.. Sergeant Smith...... 12 57
90.1 Devon „.. Sergeant Eddy...... 12 53
4thl2 Bucks
Kent
cl
Se rmg e.
sa ..Sergeant r
11 41t 12 60
4th Caernarvon. ..Sergeant Wyatt.... 8 55
21st Leicester„ ..Corporal Hubburty.. 7 46
12th Stafford „ ..Sergeant Taylor..., 7 46
The following Volunteer Sergeants have been awarga
certificates of qualification for the appointment of Sergeant
Instructor of Musketry :-
28th Middlesex R.V Col.-Sergeant Aylmer.
2d Middlesex ~ Sergeant J. A. Campton.
12th Kent Sergeant E, S. Hall.

sth Sussex » Sergeant J. Stemming.
15th Surrey » Sergeant H. Smith.
13th Surrey ), Sergeant W. Turner.
12th Stafford 17 Sergeant A. Taylor.
I have, &c.,
(Signed)

C. HAY,
Instructor General of Musketry.

THE ALBERT MEMORIAL FUND.—The total
amount received up to yesterday in aid of the above fund
is about £50,480.

---
APOTHECARIES' HALL,--At a Court of ExacOners
held on Thursday the 12th inst., the following gentlemen,
having passed the necessary examinations in the " Science
and Practice of Medicine," were admitted Licentiates of the
Society of Apothecaries, viz.:—Messrs. William Davies, of
the London Hospital; Edward Morgan, of Aberystwith,
Cardiganshire, M.R.C.S. and L.M. (Middlesex Hospital);
and James Procter, of Ironbridge, Shropshire, M.R.C.S.
(University of Edinburgh). At the same Court, Messrs.
Prior Purvis, of St. Thomas's Hospital, passed the first
John Baily Grewcock,
.of University College, and John
examination, and Mr. Watkin William Jones passed as an
Assistant.

CONGRES INTERNATIONAL DE

BIENFAISANCE.

The Congress resumed its sittings yesterday at
Burlington House, Piccadilly, the Earl of Shaftes-
bury again taking the chair.
Mr. ROBERTS, F.S.A., read a paper on "Army
Sanitary Reform under the late Lord Herbert,"
which had been prepared by Miss Florence Night-
ingale, in consequence of a request made to her by
the Congress at their meeting last year at Brussels.
In the former Chinese war the 26th Cameronians,
consisting of 900 men, although a total abstimnco
regiment, were so reduced by the want of sanitary
appliances, that only 20 could be got together at
the end of two months. At the beginning of the
Crimean war the death rate in the army was as high
as 60 per cent. But so great an improvement had
since taken place in sanitary matters that in the
last. China war the mortality of British troops, in-
cluding the wounded, was little more than 3 per
cent. per annum, while the sick in hospital was
about the same as at home.

Sir H. VERNEY dwelt on tha appalling fact that
2,000 soldiers died annually in the British army,
owing to diseases arising from vice, produced by
idleness, and which occupation only would remove
to a large extent.
Mr. E. CIIADWTCK read a paper on " Recent
Sanitary jmprovements in England." Clearing
away cesspools had alone reduced the mortality
one-third—when combined with other rudimentary
sanitary means fully one-half. The army mortality,
formerly 90 in 1,000 annually, had been reduced to
about 10.

Mr. J. T. HAMMACK, one of the hon. secretaries
of the Congress, read a paper on the " English
Census of the Blind and the Deaf and Dumb," from
his own pen ; and another, from that of Dr. Wilde,
of Dublin, on the " Blind in Ireland." Beth were
of opinion that much of those afflictions had arisen
from the combined influence of bad food and want
of sanitary appliances during many generations.
A resolution was passed, asking the Governments
of different countries to appoint a commission of
inquiry on the subject of the blind and deaf and
dumb.

Mr. BURN, a blind man himself, said this was
what the blind and the deaf and dumb wanted; and
he hoped that the commission would examine the
sufferers themselves, and not rely on the reports of
institutions.

The Rev. R. G. BAKER, vicar of Fulham, read a
paper on " Measures for ameliorating the condition
of the Adult Deaf and Dumb among the Poor."
The CHAIRMAN said he had received a touching
letter from a deaf and dumb girl, suggesting that
if a copy of the deaf and dumb alphabet were
printed in every book, it would multiply a hundred-
fold the number of persons with whom she was able
to converse, and he had sent the letter to the Society
for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Compliance
with her request would not, he believed, cost the
society £lO a year.
Mr. ROBERTS read a short paper on "Improve-
ments in the Dwellings of the Working Classes."
M. AUGUST VISSCHERS, delegate from the Belgian
Government, introduced for discussion the question
whether the state should have the power of sepa-
rating from their parents children morally neglected
and charging the parents with their education, and
if necessary their maintenance? A committee,
after investigating the subject, had reported in the
affirmative, and the congress adopted their views.
Another question was whether attendance at
parochial schools should be compulsory, and if so,
under what form and limitation ?

M. VISSCHERS spoke at length against making
the attendance compulsory, and moved the adoption
of resolutions to that effect.

The discussion on this point was prolonged and
animated ; and, finally, the resolutions were passed
by a considerable majority.