The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-06 00:00:00

TIIE WIMBLEDON MEETING,

The Volunteers encamped at Wimbledon got to
work at the targets at a quarter past nine on Monday
morning. Many of the arrangements inside the
enclosure are at present incomplete, but everything
will be in proper order by nightfall. What may
be denominated the social life of the Camp is
geing on much as it always does at these annual
r(unions of the Volunteer force. Already there has been
a fire. At a quarter past one this morning, one of the
tents appropriated to the use of the men of Messrs.
Spiers and Pond was found to have ignited, owing, it is
supposed, to the improper presence of a lamp. The tent
itself and the whole of the clothes of the occupants were
entirely consumed, though, fortunately, the spread of the
flames was prevented.
The programme was unusually heavy for the first day,
and included shooting in the afternoon for the Prince of
W ales's Prize, consisting of a cup £lOO in value, the gift
of his Royal Highness, or £lOO in money, at the option of
the winner, with £lOO added by the National Rifle Asso-
ciation, and divided into twenty prizes. Only Volunteers
who are winners of the silver or bronze medals
of the Association, won since the last Wimbledon
meeting, were qualified to compete for the Prince's
Prize, and the distances were 200, 500, and GOO
yards. The day's proceedings also embraced the
opening of the competition for the "Enfield" Association
Cup, restricted to life members and the members of the
association. Ladies, being members of the association are,
however, allowed to nominate gentlemen members to
compete for them, and such nomination does not prevent
the member's right to shoot for himself if an interval
of one hour elapse between his first and second competi-
tion. The prize is adjudged according to the aggregate
number of marks made at the two distances of 200 and
500 yards. Shooting for the first stage of the
Alexandra Prize, of the total aggregate value
of £loo—distances, 500 and GOO yards for the first
series of Enfield extra prizes, distance 200 yards, was con-
tinued throughout the day, as was also the military
breechloaders competition, at 200 and 500 yards
distances. The aggregate value of the prizes
for this latter is £228. The "Any Rifle" Club
Match, open to any club having a permanent
organisation and a range for regular practice, will not
come off this year, owing to an insufficiency of entries.
The only two events broughtto afinal issue to-day was the
Alexandria 500 yards and the Prince of Wales's Prize
Competition. Shooting for the latter there were repre-
entatives from 54 districts, including Cornwall, Cheshire,
Cumberland, Westmoreland, Devonshire, Lancashire,
Newcastle, and Yorkshire. Amongst the com-
petitors for the Alexandra Prize were Volunteers from
Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumberland, Devon, Lanca-
shire, Northumberland, and 'Yorkshire. The total
number of officers and men in the regimental camp is at
present 677, while the camp of the National Rifle Associa-
tion contains 398 men and 05 officers.
The weather throughout the day was variable ; the heat
which bid fair in the morning to be excessive was
pleasantly tempered by a stiff south-west breeze. The
thermometer at midday stood at 75 in the shade. At
gunfire at half-past one the highest score for the
Alexandra Prize at the 500 yards range
was 18, made by Lieutenant Mayman, 29th West
York ; Private Pollard, 13th (Wadebridge) Cornwall ;
and Sergeant D. Laurent, 13th Lancashire. For the
Alexandra GOO yards range the highest score was 17,
made by private Ryne, 10th Cumberland, and Private
Pollard, 13th Wadebridge, Cornwall. In the Nursery
Prizes, 500 yards, the highest score was 17. For the
Extra Prizes, the highest score was 18, made by Private
T. Smith, 6th North York, and Private Dunlop,
Inverness.

The case of the Bishop of Capetown and the
Bishop of Natal was again before the Privy Council on
Monday.
TILE ACTION AGAINST SIR EDWARD WITKIN.—
The action, " Jacomb Watkin," before the Lord Chief
Justice, in the Court of Queen's Bench, again engaged the
attention of the court and the jury on Monday. Sir Edward
Watkin was under examination, and again gave some
further evidence on the most complicated accounts.
The dispute between the (nil loyeis and employed
amongst the masons at Bolton has been brought to a con-
clusion, the men resuming work. The South Yolk-shire
csAliers, however, seem to Le no nearer a settlement, and a
further disagreement at Silkstono is reported. It happily
Promises to be only of a temporary nature.
A deputation from the Manchester Trades Con-
ference had an interview with the members for Manchester
and Salford on Friday on the second reading of Mr.
Hughes's Trades Unions Bill. Mr. Jacob Bright and Mr.
Charley promised to veto for the second reading. The other
members expressed themselves favourable to a discussion
on the bill.

ANOTHER GUN ACCIDENT.—At the village of
Skirlaugh, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, a boy and
a girl were recently playing in an outhouse, when
the boy took up a gun, and playfully threatened to shoot
his companion, whose name was Styche, ten years of age.
Unfortunately the gun had been left loaded, and the
result was that the girl was shot dead. _ _

Some correspondence is published between the Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland and the Sheriff of the county of
Monaghan. The former calls iho attention of the latter to
the fact that_the juries at the late assizes were packed to the
exclusion of Roman Catholics. Tho noble earl suggested
the removal of the Under-Sheriff. Captain Coote, the
Sheriff, replied that he believes the panel of jury on the
cecasion to have been fairly framed, and declines to adopt
the suggestion of the Lord Lieutenant. Earl Spencer,
through his secretary, expresses regret at this refusal.
The ,Star publishes some correspondence in the
matter of assault alleged to have been committed by Lord
Carrington on Mr. Grevillo Murray. The first letter is one
from Mr. Murray to Lord Carrington's solicitors, de-
manding an spoloFy for an assault. Lord Car-
rington says, in reply, that ho has proof to the
article in the Queen's Messenger emanate from Mr. Murray.
lie declines, therefore, to apologise. Ihe second correspon-
dence is between the Conservative Club and Mr. Murray.
An explanation is demanded, or 141 r. Murray's resignation.
Mr. Murray, in a long letter, refuses to give either. Ile
distinctly declares that he is not the author of the scurrilous
article in question.
VELOCIPEDESTRIANS. Everybody knows Dr.
Johnson's definition of a fishing-road—as a lung stick with
a cord attached to it, a worm at one end and a fool at the
other. Prince Metternich is accredited with the invention
of another definition, which is just now going the round
of the continental papers, and which is amusing enough to
be recorded here, the definition of a velocipedestian—a
fool upon rollers. It may be doubted if the Doctor's
definition ever made one angler the less ; and we are sure
that the Prince's definition will not extinguish the velo-
cipede.—Daily News.
DEATH OF LADY CLINTON.—The comparatively
sudden death of Lady Clinton, which took place on Sun-
day, about mid-day, at Heanton Satchville, is announced.
Her ladyship was near her confinement, but was unex-
pectedly seized with a serious illness on Saturday night.
Hcr medical attendants—Dr. Budd, of Barnstaple, and
Messrs. Risdon and Mitchell—were at once summoned, and
all that human skill could suggest to mitigate her suf-
ferings was done. On Sunday morning Mr. Arthur
Kempe, of Exeter, was sent for, but before he could
reach Heanton Satchville her ladyship had expired. Lord
Clinton returned home from London on Saturday evening.

The deceased lady was greatly esteemed, and will be
deeply mourned. She was the only daughter of the late
Sir John Stuart Forbes, eighth baronet of Fettercairn and
Pitsligo. She was married to Lord Clinton in IESB, and
has issue living two sons and three daughters.
FUNERAL OF THE LATE EDITOR OF THE " NEW
YORK TimEs."—Mr. H. J. Raymond, the late editor of
the Arno York, Times, was buried on the 21st ult. The Rev
Stephen Tyng read the funeral service of the Church of
England, and Mr. Ilenry Ward Beecher delivered an
address on the occasion. Mr. Horace Greeley, of the
Tribune, and other well-known New York journalists, were
among the mourners. Mr. Beecher, in his eulogium, said :
"There is no place in the land which has so developed the
daily press as this ; and among the agents of thatdevelopment
Mr. Raymond stands pre-eminent. It is most grateful in
such a time as this to remark how singularly free his
whole career has been from bitterness ; hew he refused to
gain strength by the advocacy of passion ; how he neverused
the malign passions, nor appealed to them in others ; how
reason and the higher moral sentiments breathed in his
work. And now that he has departed, to look back upon
his career, and see how he wielded the mighty engine in
behalf of good reason, in behalf of morality, covers a mill,
vtitudest imperfectieim'!, —