The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-09 00:00:00

THE WIMBLEDON MEETING.

The great outcry made about food had better have been
made about figures. As compared with last, the statis-
tical department this year is undeniably weak. The cor-
rectness of the official returns of the shooting no one can
impugn, their completeness is another matter altogether.
No contest going on in Camp excites more interest than
that confined to breechloaders, but if the Volunteer
or visitor wants to know what is done at the
targets, he must find it out for himself.
'The highest score at the 200 yards distance is that of
Sir C. Shakerley, consisting of 4 bull's-eyes, 17 centres,
20 outers, 107 points, made with a Westley-Richards-
Henry rifle. At the 500 yards range Captain Burt made
84 with 6 bull's-eyes, 10 centres, and 15 outers.
The accidental discharge of a breechloader in his own
tent, by which Corporal Peake, Gth Lancashire, has
become disqualified to shoot for any prize during the
present meeting, will necessitate a change in the English
Twenty. Who will supply his place is not yet known.
Let things go on as they have done, and Peake
and misfortune will become synonymous terms. To have
been debarred receiving the Queen's Prize, which he had
won, according to score, last year, to be cut out of
taking part in the competition for the Interna-
tional Enfield Challenge Trophy, and to have to
forfeit a very excellent chance of winning the gold
medal of the association, to say nothing of minor
prizes this year, are calamities which the
corporal will need all his philosophy to bear with
equanimity. If wise, he will comfort himself with the
reflection that though the live cartridge he discharged
instead of a dummy passed through four or five tents,
it did no personal damage to any of the occupants.
The tie for the wine cabinet, given as a second prize
in connection with the Daily Telegraph Cup was shot off
yesterday morning by Lieut. Eddison, Leeds Rifle Volun-
teers, and Private M`Cann, sth Lancashire, who had
each scored 18 points. In this final competition the York-
shire-man made a centre, and the Lancashire man missed
the target. The Camp hitherto has been strong in amuse-
ments. This evening, however, a reading of Shakspere's
play of the " Tempest," with incidental music sung by
Miss Edith Wynne and a choir of 100 voices, willbe given by
Mrs. Stirling, in thelarge tent of the association. Lord Elcho
has some pleasant receptions in his tent every afternoon.
Shooting at the 500 yards range for the Queen's Prize was
one of the items cn the programme of yesterday's proceed-
ings, and, as usual, the contest was watched with keen
interest. Progress was also made in the competitions for
the Martini Cup, the Enfield Association Cup, the Small-
bore Breechloading Prizes, the first stage of Military
Breechloader Prizes, the Windmill Prizes, and
the second series Enfield Extra Prizes, amongst
which are a piece of plate and a Britannia sewing
machine. The great event of the day was the Lords'
and Commons' match. The Commons won by 38 points.

The Hull Magistrates have committed a man to
prison for forty days for cruelly beating a horse. The man
used a strap iu correcting the animal. ITo bad previou•ly
been fined for similar offences.

The Northern Daily Express tells a strange story
of an eccentric woman, the wife of a soldier, at Martin,
who is fond of taking to the woods and hiding herself
there. She is now again missing and has not been seen
for fifteen or sixteen days, and it is feared that she has
perished.

)ne of Bishop Bloomfield's latest bon mots was
uttered during his last illness. He inquired what had
been the subject of his two archdeacon's charges, and was
told that one was on the art of making sermons and the
other on churchyards. "Oh ! I see," said the bishop,
" composition and decomposition."
THE UXBRIDGE MURDERS.—The man Murray,
who is charged with the murder of William Redrup, at
Uxbridge, has been committed for trial on an indictment
of wilful murder. The boy who caused the death of
his playmate, by throwing a knife at him, has been com-
mitted on a charge of manslaughter.
THE SUTHERLAND GOLDFIELDS.—The diggings
on Kildonan Burn were deserted last week by a number of
the diggers, who, on the expiry of their monthly license,
packed everything up and left. A good many of the men
bad to leave for the purpose of preparing for the coming
herring fishing, but many of the old colonial hands left in
consequence of the small yield of gold ar.d a refusal to extend
the ground so as to give them a chance on new claims. At
Suisgill, however, many of the diggers continued to make
pretty fair earnings.—Northern Ensign.
A Frome paper states that during the recent dedi-
cation festival of the parish church in that town a bell was
rung at the consecration of the elements in tiro communion
service, that the Host was elevated, and the sanctus bell
struck three times nt each elevation. Mr. Bennett commu-
nicatod alone. The preacher, Mr. Neville,
of Butleigh
thanked God that " never during the past 300 years had the
blessed doctrines of holy baptism, priestly al-solution, and
the Real Presence in the Holy Eucharist been so widely
taught and so generally accepted in the English Church as
at the present tune."

We understand that Messrs. Hodder and Stoughton
»re preparing to publish very shortly a volume of essays
written by several distinguished Congregational minis-
ters. They will treat of topics which aro of absorbing inte-
rest, and will represent the theological and ecclesiastical
position of the Free Churches. The volume will bo edited
by the Rev. Dr. Reynolds, President of Cheihunt
lie will be assisted by the Rev. Dr. Stoughton, Rev. R. W.
Dale, M.A., Rev. 11. Allon, Rev. J. Baldwin Brown, 8.A.,
Rev. Dr. Milieus, Rev. Dr. Simon, Rev. J. G. Rogers, MA.,
Rev. R. Thompson, and Rev. E. R. Conder, 11. A.—English
Independent.

NEWTON'S ABSENCE OF MlND.—Doctor Stukely
one day, by appointment, paid a visit to Sir Isaac Newton.
The servant said he was in his study, and no one was per-
mitted to disturb him there ; but as it wakpear his dinner-
time, the visitor sat down to wait for him. In a short
time a boiled chicken under cover was brought in for
dinner ; an hour passed, and Sir Isaac did not appear.
The doctor then ate the fowl, and covered up the empty
dish, and desired the servant to get another dressed for
his master. Before that was ready the great man came
down ; he apologised for his delay, and added, " Give me
but leave to take my short dinner, and I shall be at your
service ; lam fatigued and faint." Saying this, he lifted
up the corer, and without any emotion turned about to
Stukely ith a smile, "See," he said, " what we studious
people are; I forgot that I bad dined."
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Some of the papers publish a letter from Mr.
Grenville Murray in reference to the proceedings at.
Marlborough-street police court, in which ho says :
" There can be no possibility of any mistake about
the handwriting of the article alleged to refer to
Lord Caricgton, for it was not ;produced iu court at
all. I plainly denied it; and with respect to an article headed
The Duke of Farebrothor,' which was submitted to me, I
said t.ot only that ' I had not written it, but that I would
sooner have struck off my right hand than have done so,' I beg
to say that the statement that some of my partisans the instant
the Case was over made a sudden dash at the box containing
the papers iu Ord( r to poss.,ss themselves of it by force, is en-
tirely a miirepresootation. The truth is that the soli-
citor for the proprietors of the Queen's Messenger re-
quested the police to take possession of the box, and
that was done, when upon Lord Caringtou and his friends
commenced a fight with the police, using allelic; and
fists in all directions, not only on the police, but also on
several gentlemen who tried to protect them in the execu-
tion of their duty. They were, however, overpowered, and
several of Lord Carington's friends were locked up, and
afterwards charged with_ moulting the police
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