The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-07 00:00:00

THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT.

THE LANCASHIRE COUNTY RIFLE
MEETING.
LITERFOOL, Nov. 6,—This meeting was brought
to a conclusion to-day. The weather was fine, but
the wind was high. The prize was a purse of £5O,
presented by the Liverpool cottonbrokers ; thu
second prize a rifle, value 25 guineas. Distances
1,000 and 1,100 yards, open to all co five
. Lis
eut.
lch was the most successful, making five point at
1,000, and four points at 1,100 yards. There were
three ties of seven points for the second prize—
namely, Mr. James Colquhoun, Musketry In-
structor at Hythe ; Mr. G. R. Dunbar, son of the
baronet of that name, of Edinburgh ; and Lord
Fielding, of the 4th Denbighshire. The ties
being shot off resulted in Mr. Dunbar being
declared the winner of the second prize.
The Whitworth rifle again proved itself the
most efficient weapon. The general score exhibited
the following results :—Three sixes,twolofives, two
cyphers.
fours, two threes, six twos, five ones
There was some artillery practice during the day
with a Blakeley gun, atmaadreanbgy c
e of and a
mile, during
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Hughes was called Lieutenant-
Colonel instead of Captain-Commandant.
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given by the
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of
de-
scribed as " W. S. Williamson, of the Ist Shrop-
shire Volunteer Rifles." He is Captain of the
Kidsgrove Rifle Corps.
A meeting of the Reading Rifle Volunteer Corps
was held in the Corn Exchange on Monday even-
ing for the distribution of prizes which were offered
for competition among those who had not taken
part in any of the former contests. There was a
good muster of Volunteers, and many of the in-
habitants interested in the movement were also
present. In the absence of Captain-Commandant
Sir Paul Hunter, the ceremony of
The distribution was
performed by Lieutenant Blandy. prizes were
as follows :-Ist, A long Enfield rifle, to Private
Stanfield ; 2d, a silver inkstand, to Private Charles
Clark ; 3d, a timepiece, to Private ltuddock, sen. ;
and 4th, a silver cream jug, to Private Morris.
Each gift was prefaced by some excellent remarks
from Lieutenant Blandy, and altogether the meet-
ing was of a satisfactory character.
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