The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-11 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Yesterday orders were received at ChaViam gar-
rison for the following reinforcements to embark
this morning at Gravesend, on board the chartered
troopship Sydenham, for Madras :-260 non-com-
missioned officers and men of the Royal Artillery,
from Shorncliffe, and 21 men of Royal Indian Engi-
neers, from Chatham. The following reinforcements
will embark on board the ecrew steamer Mauritius,
2,135 tons, 300-horse power, for Madras, on the 15th
inst. :-235 men of the Royal Artillery, and 73 men
of the Royal Horse Artillery, from Shorncliffe; 1
man of the 17th Lancers, from Kneller-hall; and
48 non-commissioned officers and men of the Ist
battalion Ist Royals, from Colchester.
Yesterday a portion of the depot of the 75th Regi-
ment, the service companies of which have recently
landed from India, left Chatham garrison and pro-
ceeded to Plymouth, to join headquarters. The fol-
lowing officers left the garrison with the detach-
ment—Ensigns J. 0. M. Vandelenr, R. J. F. Day,
E. 0. B. Forsyth, W. C. Braddon, and Staff Assist.
Surg. W. J. Griffin.

Yesterday a complete battery of 14 of the new
long 40-pounder Armstrongs, for naval service, was
landed at the Ordnance-wharf, Chatham, from the
War Department transport Thames, from Wool-
wich_ The accumulation of 110-pounder and 40-
pounder Armstrongs at Chatham is now very large,
there being a sufficient quantity of those guns in
store to be issued to the various ships commissioned
as soon as they are ready for sea, thereby avoiding
the delays which have occurred at other ports in the
supply of Armstrongs to the vessels of war requir-
ing them. During yesterday the screw gunboat
Ruby, 2, 60-horse power, tender to the Cornwallis,
60, 200-horse power, was placed alongside the Ord-
nance-wharf and shipped a 110-pounder and also a
40-pounder Armstrongs, the Admiralty having de-
cided that in all cases the gunboats hereafter corn -
missioned shall be furnished exclusively with Arm-
strong guns.

THE GREAT NATIONAL RIFLE CONTEST

The Duke of Cambridge was early at Wimbledon
yesterday morning, accompanied by Sir J. Y. Scar-
lett and Colonel M‘Murdo, C 8., for the purpose of
inspecting the ground, preparatory to Saturday's
review. His royal highness made the circuit of the
enclosure, and afterwards rode behind the butts,
where the positions reserved for the different bat-
teries of artillery were pointed out to him and met
with his approval, the Ist Middlesex Battery, con
sisting of 181 b. siege guns, being already planted.
Some difficulty was experienced last year in getting
the guns in position, owing to the steepness of the
ground beyond the butts, and the close growth of
the furze. To obviate this difficulty for the present
occasion, spade and mattock have been at work, and
roads have been cut, so as to facilitate the movement
of artillery in every necessary direction. The duke
having concluded his inspection, and made some sug-
gestions, besides giving a glance at the firing parties
in the English and Scotch match, took his depar-
ture, but not before he had taken 30 grand stand tic-
kets for the review. Saturday is looked forward to
with a good deal of interest by the volunteers, and still
more by the Council of the National Rifle Association
who not only regard it as an important public sequel
to the rifle contests, but also as important to them-
selves in a financial point of view, since the cost of
the meeting has been enormous, while the receipts
from admissions and pool firing have been far from
sufficient to recoup them for their expenditure, and
they rely mainly upon the success of the review as an
attraction to the public for the reimbursement of a
very considerable portion of their outlay. It is to
be hoped, therefore, that the day will be fine, and
if so the spectacle will well repay visitors, for whom,
however numerous they may be, there is ample ac-
modation ; miles of standing room for those who
may he content to stand ; and covered-in galleries,
ample and convenient, for those who may de-
sire to sit, and who may not be unwilling to pay
for admission to these choice positions. With re-
gard to the commissariat, it may be as well to add
that there is likely to be no deficiency of eatables
or drinkables. On an average, Mr. Cox, the re-
freshment contractor, has dined from 800 to 1,000
persons daily, in his large tent, since the meeting
commenced, and, profiting by his experience of
volunteer eating and drinking capacity, he will no
doubt make abundant provision to meet the extra-
ordinary demand which Saturday will make upon
his resources. Several military bands will be in
attendance, and if they are equal to the band of the
Queen's Westminsters, which gave its services yes-
terday,
lovers of music will have no cause for corn-
plaint on that score.

The events for decision yesterday were :—The
Prince of Wales's prize of £lOO, cup or money ; the
Albert prize of £lOO, cup or money, given by the
council; the Duke of Cambridge's prize of £5O,
cup or money; the Duke of Wellington's prize of
£5O, cup or money ; the All Comers' ties ; the As-
sociation Cup, value £5O ; the Extra Prizes, Mr.
Henry's prizes of two rifles, value £26 and £l5
respectively, shot for at the Running Deer; the
Rifle Derby, entrances £2, and the sweepstakes
(25 per cent. to Association) with entrances at 10s.,
55., and 2. 6d.

Besides these there was the decision of the match
between the selected eight of England and the
selected eight of Scotland (headed respectively by
Lord Bury and Captain Ross) which Lad been left
in an unfinished state on Wednesday, when the
firing at 800 yards and 900 yards was completed,
leaving the English considerably ahead of their
northern competitors ; and with a bare possibility,
and hardly that, that the latter might recover
themselves, and assert the supremacy of the
Scottish Lion, in the second half of the firing
at 1,000 yards, which was left over till
yesterday morning. But instead of doing so
they lost ground as they proceeded, and
at the close of the contest retired from the fir-
irg posts, conscious that for once they had mat
their match, their score being 166 below that of
their opponents, the aggregate scores being Eng-
land, 890; Scotland, 724; the English majority
being 48 at the 800 yards range, at the 900 yards
34, and at the 1,000 yards 84 respectively. The
best scores on the English side were, at 800 yards,
those of Lord Bury, who made 49, and Major Hal-
ford, who made 46; a't 900 yards, those of Private
Beasley, who made 42, and Lord Ducie, who made
39; and at 1,000 yards those of Captain Heaton
and Major Halford, who made 38 each. On the
Scotch side Captain Ross at 800 yards scored 52,
Major Muir, scoring 46; at 900 yards Capt. Ross
scored 41, as did also the Master of Lovat ; at
1,000 yards he lost his luck, scoring only 20, while
Major Muir made 33, and Mr. Ross 30. With
regard to L'ard Bury, at the first and second ranges
his lordship was peculiarly unfortunate, firing nine
shots in succession without unce hitting the target.
Upon inspecting his rifle it was discovered to be
" leaded," which means (so says his lordship) theta
small piece of lead had got into the breech, where-
upon Lord Bury borrowed Mr. Beasley's rifle, and
seven missed afterwards, although one of his shots
was a ricochet, which, although it did not miss,
might just as well have gone a mile wide, since
ricochets do not count in the score. We should do '
injustice to the international match between Eng-
land and Scotland if we did not add that while the
English eight were modest in their hour of triumph,
the Scotch eight accepted their defeat with a cheer-
ful humility ; and that that defeat, at all events, is
not likely to rank as a Scottish grievance.
We yesterday gave the scores as returned from