The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-30 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Major-Gen. Bloomfield and Major Teesdale have
arrived at Weymouth from the Channel Islands,
where they have been inspecting the Royal Artil-
lery and the armaments.
The A troop of the Royal Engineer Train, under
the command of Capt. Duff, with all the horses and
stores, will, according to present arrangements,
leave.Chatham garrison to-morrow for Alderahott
Camp, a battery of the Royal Artillery to the num-
ber of 240 men, with five officers, being ordered to
occupy the quarters vacated by them at Brompton
Barracks. _

The half-yearly inspection of the corps of Royal
Engineers, at Chatham, is to take place on the Bth
of May.
It is generally reported that the 22d Regiment
will be replaced is Dublin by the fourth battalion
of the 60th Royal Rifles, at present stationed in
Waterford and Kilkenny.
The Megmra screw troopship, Commander Hen-
derson, will embark at Portsmouth on the 4th of
May, for Gibraltar—Royal Artillery, 2 officers, 1
sergeant, 30 men, and 1 woman (from Woolwich) ;
Royal Engineers, 1 officer; 2d battalion 7th Foot,
1 man and 1 woman. For Malta—Royal Artillery,
1 sergeant, 30 men, and 2 women and children (from
Woolwich) ; Royal Engineers, 1 officer ; 2d bat-
talion 15th Foot, 1 officer, 50 men, 10 women and
children (from Pembroke) ; 2d battalion 22d Foot, 3
officers, 30 men, and 3 women and children (from
Parkhurst) ; 2d. battalion 23d Foot, 4 officers and 30
men (from Widmer) ; Army Hospital Corps, 1 ser•
geant, 1 woman, and 2 children; Medical Staff
Corps, 1 man, 2 women, and 2 children. The Me-
gmra will sail from Portsmouth on the sth, and call
at Queenstown, where she will embark for Gibral-
tar, Ist battalion 25th Foot, 1 man, 1 woman, and 2
children; and for Malta, Ist battalion, 22d Foot, 9
officers, 260 men, 1 officer's wife, child, and servant,
12 soldiers' wives, 15 children, and 1 horse.
The screw troopship Perseverance, Commander E.
Power, embarked at Jamaica, on the 30th March,
for disembarkation at Portsmouth, the liead-quar-
i ters and size companies of the 41st Regiment;

as a prize to be competed for
nations.
BYE-LAWS AND REGULATIONS FOR .THE JULY INIEETTN I
or 1860. (
1. The prize meeting of the National Rifle AsFo-
ciation shall take place on Wimbledon Common
(county Surrey), and commence on Ihe 2d of July.
2, The firing shall commence at 8 a.m.

VOLUNTEER PRIZES.

3. There shall be targets.
4. There shall be six ranges, viz :
A. 300 yards 1) 800 yards
B 500 „ E 900 „
C 600 „ F 1,000 „
The shooting at range A. shall be off the shoulder ;
at the remaining five ranges it shall be from the
knee--Hythe position.
5. The size of the targets shall be as follows :
a.-300 yards range,'6 feet by 4 feet, with 8-inch
bull's-eye and 2 feet centre.
b.—Remaining distances, 6 feet square, with 2
feet centre.
6. The following prizes shall be offered for com-
petition. At ranges A, B, C (vide Regulation 4) :--
a.-20 rifles (1), with the silver medal of the As-
sociation for the best shot of the 20, each of the 20
successful competitors being placed in order of merit.
These prizes shall be competed for with long En-
field rifles, of bona fide Government pattern of 1853,
with a qainimarn pullpf 3113:C4, -Each competitor
shaillutveifivi).Abotihit, zsrwlkotoiiked
lanes, and the prizes-sha .611 o judgea ii&zoidag.
to the aggregate number of points thus made (3).
prtzes.—viz.
Ist, £lOO. 4th, £25.
2d, £24, sth, £25. •
3d, £25.
These prizes shall be competed for with any de-
scription of rifle of a bona file Government pattern,
used by volunteers, and carrying the .577 bore Go-
vernment ammunition. The competition for these
prizes shall be regulated by the regulations laid
down under letter a (4). '
7. At ranges A, B, C • (vide Regulation 4) none
but Government ammunition shall be us?d.

8. At ranges D, E, F (vide Regulation 4) her Ma-
jesty the Queen's prize of £250 will be offered for
competition, together with the gold medal of the
Association.

a.—This prize shall b 3 shot for with a rifle with
a minimum bore of .451, and a maximum weight of
941 b., and the competition shall be confined to the
winners of the 20 rifles (5), (vide Regulation 6, a),
and to the 20 next best shots at the A, B, C, long
Enfield ranges.
b.—Each competitor for this prize shall fire 10
shots at each of the ranges D, E, F (vide Regulation
4), and the prize shall be adjudged according to the
aggregate number of points thus made.
9. Ties shall be decided as follows :
a. Ties at ranges A, B, C (vide Regulation 4),
shall fire one shot at range C until the best shot be
returned.

b. Ties at ranges D, E, F (vide Regulation 4),
shall be determined by the points gained at the
previous ranges A, B, C (6).

FOR ALL COMERS OF ALL NATIONS.
10. There shall be seven ranges :—(7)
A 200 yards E 800 yards
B 300 „ F 900 „
C 500 „ G 1000 „
D 600 „ „
11. The size of the targets shall be the same as is
specified under Regulation 4 ; the target at range
A (vide Regulation 10) being the same as target A
(vide Regulation 4).
12. The following prizes shall be.offered for com-
petition :

Five prizes at each of the ranges A, B, C, D (vide
Regulation 10). The value of each of these prizes
shall be as follows :—(8)
A, £2O C, £4O
B, £3O 11), £5O
13. All persons who have paid £1 ls. entrance
fee (vide standing rules, No. XVIII.) shall be en.
titled to five shots at any one of the ranges A, 13,
C, 1) ; but should any person wish to compete for
prizes at more than one, or at all of these four
ranges, he will be required to pay £1 ls. for each
additional range.
The prizes at each range shall be adjudged accord-
ing to the points made by each competitor at that
range.
14. At ranges E, F, G (vide Regulation 10), his
Royal llighncss the Pritice Consort's Prize of
£lOO.

a. The competition for this prize shall be con-
fined to the winners of prizes at ranges A, B, C,
1), and to the 20 next best shots at those ranges. (9)

b. Each competitor shall have 10 shots `at eaelt
of the ranges, and the prize shall be adjudged
according to the aggregate number of points thus
made.
15. Ties shall be decided as fbllows :
a. Tics at cash of the ranges A, B, C, 1) shall fire
one shot each at their respective ranges, until the
best shot be returned.

b, Tics at ranges E, F, G shall fire one shot at
range G until the best shot be returned.

16. All the abovementioned prizes, open to all
comers, may be shot for with any description of
rifle, provided its weight does not exceed 10Ib.
17. In the competition for these prizes hair-trig-
gers and magnifying sights will not be allowed.
18. A prize shall be offered at range G (v. Regu-
lation 10), which may be competed for with rifles
having magnifying sights, but any such rifle must
not exceed 10Ib. in weight. (10.)
19. A prize shall be offered for competition with
breach-loading rifles. This prize shall be shot for
at ranges E, F, G (v. Regulation 10).
20. Hits at ranges A and B shall count as in the
first period at Hythe, 1. e., bull's eye, 3 points ;
centre, 2 points; outer, 1 point ; hits at the remain-
ing ranges shall count, centre, 2; outer, 1.

(1.) It is the anxious desire of the Council to add a purse
to each of these 20 prizes, but their doing so, and the value
of these purses, must necessarily depend on the amount of
subscriptions received by the Association up to the period
of 21 days previous to the meeting.
(2.) Each successful competitor shall hand over his rifle
for inspection by the umpire as soonas he has fired his last
shot.

(3.) The Council being anxious that the Volunteers should
compete as far as possible on equal terms, have decided that
the long Enfield, with which the majority of the Volunteers
are now armed, shall be the description of rifle with which,
for the sake of uniformity in shooting, these prizes shall be
contended for. The Secretary of State for War has, at the
request of the Council, kindly consented to provide a suffi-
cient number of the best and latest manufactured long
Enfielde for the use of such Volunteers as may have been
selected by their respective corps to compete for the above
prizes, and who may not be provided with a rifle of the said
description. These rifles will, on application to the com-
manding officers, be delivered by the Association one month
before the meeting in July for the use of such competitors,
and all rifles thus lent must be returned to the Association
at the close of the meeting.

(4.) These prizes have been kindly given to the Associa-
tion by Mr. Gye, in commemoration of the Volunteer Ball,
which took place on the 7th of March last.

(5) The Association willsUpPi;rifle;;;such Volunteers
as may be entitled to compete for the above-mentioned
prize, but who may not have been able to furnish them-
selves with this arm. As much timo as is possible will be
given for practice. Before specifying the description of rifle
with which the gold medal of the Association and chief prize
shall be competed for, a trial of different small-bore arms
has been advertised to take place, in order to ascertain which
is the best. The following notice appeared in the Times of
the 18th of April, 1860 :—" The Council of the National
Rifle Association having resolved that the gold medal and
chief prize of the Association shall be shot for by the Volun-
teers at the National Rifle Association meeting in July
next, with a small-bore rifle, at ranges at 800, 900, and
1,000 yards, are anxious that the competitors should con-
tend, as far as possible, on equal terms. This can only
be effected by confining them to one desetiption of
arm; but, before deciding upon it, the Council invite the
gumnakers of the United Kingdom to a competition
with rifles of a minimum bore of 4.51, and of a maximum
weight of 'Alb. The pull of the trigger not being less than
31b. This competition will take place on the let of May—
due notice of the time and place being previously given.
The rifle that gives the best figure will then be selected,
subject to the condition of the manufacturer undertaking
to supply the required number of 40 within two months of
that date, and of their being equal in quality to the one so
chosen." _ _ _

(6) Should there be undecided ties at these rarp?s, tl:ey
shall be determined by shots fired at range F.
(7.) The shooting- at ranges A and I; shall he off the
shoulder. At the remaining five ranges nu position ; but
no artificial rest will be allowed.
(S.) The Council wish it to be clearly understood that,
although the above-named sums are proposed, the 'value
of the prizes must be dependent on the amount realised by
subscription and entrance fees.
(9.) Any one intending to compete for this prize, and who
enters for more than one of the prizes at ranges A, 13, (2,
D (v. Regulation 13), must declare to the secretary before
the shooting commences at which range he intends to
qualify for this prize ; his place at such range will alone
determine whether he can enter for this prize or not.
• (10.) No prize will be given under this regulation unless
at least six competitors hale entered their names 21 days
preTious to the meeting.

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THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, will be performed VICTIMS. Messrs,
Bucketone, Farren. Cullenford, ; Mrs. B. White, Miss M.
Ternan, Mrs. Griffiths, &c.
And BOX AND COX.
After which, a new fairy romance, THE PILGRIM OF
LOVE.

ROYAL PRINCE S S'S THEATRE.-
Lessee, Mr. A. Harris.
THIS EVENING, to commence with MY WIFE'S
our. Mr. Widdicomb and Miss L. Keeley.
Followed by THE FOOL'S REVENGE. Bertnccio, a
Jester, Mr. Phelps.
To conclude with the extravazanza of THE SYLPHIDE.
Miss C. Leclercq, Miss Louise Keeley, Miss Helen Howard,
Miss Rose Leclercq, Mr. Shore, Mr. Saker, and Mr. Frank
Matthews,