The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-17 00:00:00

THE WIMBLEDON MEETING•

On Saturday the Council of the National Et
Association issued the prize list for the forthcouli.ll:
rifle meeting at Wimbledon. The general regul:
tions were issued last week, and have appeared
The Sun. as
The principal prizes to be shot for this year are
follows : e
l. Her Majesty the Queen's Prize.—Total agfre.
gate value, £1,313, exclusive of medals and I)3‘g
First stage, £1,065. To the best shot,
medal of the Association, the Associations 0129
badge, and £6O in money ; to each of the Ilext ,e•
best shots in order of merit, the Association's bac4:3
to the next 30, £lO in money, and next 90, Y• 3. d
latter 90 will not be allowed to compete in tiles coati.
stage. Ranges, 200, 500, and 600 yards; five sb°•oo
There will be a battalion sweepstakes in connect'
with the first stage. the
Second Stage.--£250, the gift of her Maje,tY of
Queen, together with the gold medal and bachtetbe
the Astociation. Open to the first 60 winners llis
first stAge. Ranges 800, 900, and 1,000 yard
seven shots, with Government Whitworth rifles'. ,6
2. His Royal Highness the Prince of IV aletsie
Prize.—A cup value £lOO, or £lOO in mooeY, the
gift of the Prince of Wales, with £lOO added bYl,;st
Association and divided into 20 prizes. To therst
shot the Prince of Wales's prize, and to the nest
the saver
20 £5 each. Ranges 200, 500, and 600 yard"
; m"
shots.
3. • The St. George's Challenge Vase.—T°taland
gregate value, £623. First stage. The vase ,cod
60 prizes; value, £573, exclusive of badges

jewels. Range, 500 yards; five shots. pro
4. (Second Stage) Dragon Cup; value, £sob as;
be shot for by 60 in the first stage. 600 Yll'
seven shots.
value
5. The International Challenge Trophy,
£l,OOO, to which is added a cup, value £5O, ‘," of
£lO in money given by the Gunmakers' ComPll".'ou•
London, and £lO by the National Rifle Assocoil
200, 500, and 600 yards ; seven shots. glue
6. The International Irish Challenge TrophY' /11` ist
£5OO, and a cup, value £5, or money, to the
shot ; 200, 500, and 600 yards ; seven shots. the
7. The Oxford and Cambridge Match, for ted
Chancellor's Challenge Plate, value £lOO, preslati
by the Duke of Devonshire,, IC.G., and by the
of Derby, K.G., for annual competition by toef.ity
lunteers of the Oxford and Cambridge Univie,nls.
Rifle Corps.. 200, 500, and 600 yards ; severcsre-
-8. The China Challenge Cup, value is.2lVtioo
sented by the Volunteers in China for comPevlo by
by the Home Volunteers, to which is takl.Pd 80;
the National Rifle Association. 200 and 500 yar
five shots. a 131
9. The Enfield Nursery Prizes.—£Bo prescnlc 26
the National Rifle Association, and divided i"'"
prizes. 500 yards ; five shots. pre'
10. The Martins' Challenge Cup, value
sented by the National Rifle Association, with Thre
in money, divided into 13 prizes. 600 yards'
shots.
11. The Belgian Challenge Cup, value £lOO, and
sented by the Chasseurs Eclaireurs of Brusseisil to
the Belgians who visited Wimbledon in 1-Suc:ol3'
which is added £75 by the National Rifle Ass-
tion. Volley firing, 400 yards ; five shots. Joe
12. The Consolidation Prizes, aggregate v`i,2s
£so—£2s from the Ladies' Prize Fund, aliu
A•vick
added by the National Rifle Association, "1'
into 30 prizes; 500 yards, 5 shots.
ALL COMERS' PRIZES, OPEN TO ALL NATllitot
13.'The Albert, total aggregate value, £59°„',A0151
stage, 40 prizes, value £498. 200, 600, and 80" .7-
7 shots. the
14. Second stage, £lOO (cup or money), 1111c1;i00
silver medal of the Western India Rifle Associa-
-1,000 yards, 15 shots. loe
15. The "Alexandra" prize; total aggregate
£l,OOO. First stage, 156 prizes, £825, and 34 13"4
200
value £125, for the highest aggregateores at
500, and 600 yards, five
,nn 1.(1;'
16. Second stage, £5O (cup or money), u.- yard.,
seven shots. First
17. The " Windmill " prizes, value £375• rds
stage, 104 prizes, value £350. £2OO and 500 13"
five shots.
18. Second Sage, £25 (cup or money), 600
seven shots.

19. The " Any Rifle " Association Cup, value
200 and 600 yards, seven shots. 00,
20. The " Enfield" Association Cup, value
200 and 500 yards, five shots. 0111'3
21. The "Any Rifle " Wimbledon cup, v
£lOO, 609 .and 1,000 yards, seven shots. cioo,
22. The " Enfield" Wimbledon Cup, value
200 and 600 yards, five shots.
hi Olt:.
23. The Any Rifle " Nursery" Prizes, v,-"--e,priA4
First stage, 20 prizes, value £BO, 500 and 600 .1
seven shots. orel
24. Ladies' Prizes, va!ue £5O, at 1,000 yards,' flO
shots, with any rifle, five prizes of £5 eaco; ore
with Enfield rifles, at 500 yards, five sh°t°l
prizes of £5 each.
25. Carlton Prizes, value £9OO, divided into rind
-P4-'
series for " any rifle" and the Enfield. " A"9 11e
prizes, value £415, and Enfield rifle prizes,
value £485.
£2 26. The Army and Navy Challenge CafiatioOci

'65, presented by the National Rifle Assn'
to be competed for by non-commissioned offices ll
privates in the Army and Royal Marinea,,in jot°
sailors in the Navy. First stage, £155, divide
50 prizes, 500 and 600 yards, five shots. d
3 prise
27. Second Stage, a cup, value £lOO, an
of £lO to the best shot. b 9 ao
28. The Army Prize, value £lOO, presente-Goar)
officer in the Army to any battalion of the , r
or of the Line, to the Corps of Royal Enginerse,,,ii-
Royal Marines who shall win it either two Yea",lo'''
secutively or three years at intervals ; 500 J
of
15290 ts to be
lofired in two minutes.
Breech-ading Prizes-150, by theYr'diveli'
Cambridge, £5O by the Right Hon.- E. L'o'broo'„'
Secretary of State for War, £25 by Lord North my.,
Under Secretary for War, £5O by Mr. Bass'urgli'
£5O in guns and rifles by Mr. Henry, of Edit' a co,
£2l in rifles and a revolver by Messrs. Kerr an
and £lOO by Messrs. Eley Brothers.
30. The Elcho Challenge Shield, valued at
800, 900, and 1,000 yards, 15 shots. 1
31. The Duly Telegraph Prize, a cup, valued
gr
10s., 500 yards, five shots.ll
32. The Ashburton Challenge Shield, valti„ero aeci
to be competed for by the public schools,
5033 ards, five shots.
Se
The Spencer Cup, value £l5, 500 yardses
shots.,„ 100.:
34. The " Henry Peek " Prize, value it'A' /
500 and 600 yards, 5 shots at the former at'
"
the latter range.
35. The Dudley Prize, value £5O, 800 and i:00°
00°
yards, five shots at 800 and seven shots a'
yards.
36. The Rifle Oaks, 500 yards, five shots• to hi
37. The " Earwig" Prize, value £2O, preen
the Victoria Rifles, 500'yards, five shots. << ott
Besides the above there are numerous
prizes."

THE KNlFE.—During some bargaining °1St:::
between some farmers at Kilkenny on Satilli,hoW,
quarrel ensued, when one of them nemedPer, aln"
undermeng
r theath winiflthueanekne
knife
ef
wdirtihnk,hsitcrhuck nother ntte°'
inflicting a severe wound in the side.
He a' p
arrested. It is not known whether the injury
fatal or not.
nki, trout.°
FLOODS IN NEW SOUTH WALE and thiej9e.
he waast :u t twin g titi9tl or
011,e:
floods have taken place in New South Wales, 11
he ..00
has been great destruction of property t the by the Hunter river 'rhe rivern, t
ea
twenty twenty feet above its ordinary level, and ni,eiltratPeol
towns of East and West Maitland, about ninety-e °force t
thee NATeo
from Sydney the walls were carried away by
the torrent, and the greatest damage was denifolicec
Maitland was partially inundated. The river „rinds°,
bury also rose, ond partly submerged the town of ".,sioe'
Serious floods have occurred in Queensland, and b"
has been interrupted through the colony.
LOUIS BLANC ON THE PLEBISCITE.---Lolll' „op:
writes a long letter to the Temps on the plebiscitie39iitrs
ing the opinions of the English press and of Englis
cians generally, who he declares were almost op.!' ;tatie,
against the vote, as a needless cause of ar,
to the Liberal party. It threw doubt tool,
sincerity of recent professions and revived the.filey
brance of the coups d'etat. It called the legirte"'ulre
the Empire in question by admitting that it
Partl ht
fresh recognition from universal suffrage. BgrievenAti at Oh
in England were, says M. Blanc, much EnglesfePi
result of the vote of the Bth, which in the eyes oi ojean
men instead of signifying, " We prefer the empire,
,on th
"We fear chaos." With regard to English 001,,,,,,aq
Pldbiscite was a mistake. Englishmen are pr°
impressed by the fact that 50,000 civilians protested, tr the
the existence of a regime created and supportea the
sword. In conclusion, Louis Blanc regrets tl!a 000
opponents of the vote did not more generally abstanint the
voting as it is never good policy to fight an eneroY ',OO
time and place he has himself chosen, with we'''.
selected by himself.