The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-05 00:00:00

WIMBLEDON PRIZE MEETING.

Throughout the whole of Saturday large auditions were
made to the number of volunteers who intend to pass a
fortnight in camp at Wimbledon, for the purpose of taking
part in the meeting of the National Rifle Associa-
tion, which commences this morning. This year's
gathering of citizen soldiers bids fair to be eminently suc-
cessful if the weather be propitious. In the camp itself
several improvements have been made. Over the
Putney entrance a handsome tower has been erected, a
substantial building has also been put up for the use of
the officials of the association, and Messrs. Spiers and
?ond have appropriated to them a restaurant, which is
infinitely superior to the old refresh ment-rurn. The
tramway has a station at either end, and one midway
along the line in the vicinity of the 1,000 yards firing-
points. Amongst the new occupants of the camp
are the 19th Surrey, the 7th Surrey, and
the London Irish. The tents of the country
volunteers, and the quarters of the officers on duty in the
camp, occupy their usual position, close under the palings
to the left. It has been ordered by Colonel Colville that
" reveill6e " shall sound at 6 a.m. each day, " orders " at
10.45 a.m., " tattoo " at 10.30 p.m., and " last post " at
11 p.m., " lie down " being sounded at 11.10 p.m.
Certain officers will be allowed lights for a quarter
of an hour after the latter time, but for a quarter
of an hour only. Without express permission
no entertainments will be permitted in camp after
eight o'clock. It having been found, in previous years,
that the camp on Sundays was inconveniently crowded by
A not too orderly concourse of visitors, it has beenthis year
letermined that no one shall be admitted within the
enclosure without a member's pass, a residential pass, or
a. sixpenny refreshment ticket. Shooting at 600 yards for
the Alexandia Priz,3 will commence at 9.15 on Monday
morning, The following are the names of the English
twenty who have been selected to compete with the
!:rish and Scotch twenties for the International
Enfield Trophy, which, shot for in Scotland last year,
will be competed for at Wimbledon this year. English
Twenty, 1869—Private J. Baker, Ist Gloucester (Bristol) ;
Sergeant George Barnes, Queen's (Edinburgh) Rifle
Volunteers ; Sergeant Bingham, Ist Gloucester
(Bristol) ; W. Brookes, Leicester ; Captain T. C.
Burt, Ist Warwick ; Private C ortis, Ist Sussex ; Captain
Dear, West Middlesex ; Private George Dighton,
12th Middlesex ; Private J. H. Doe, Victoria Rifles :
Private H. Fowkes, 33rd Lancashire (Manchester); Cor-
poral Hepplestone, Ist Manchester ; Sergeant T. Kirk,
lst East York (Hull) ; Sergeant H. Lane, Ist Gloucester
(Bristol) ; Sergeant J. Pace, 26th Kent (Woolwich'
Corporal George Peake, Ist Manchester ; Corporal
A. Rumball, 3rd Herts; Sergeant Snelus, 2nd
Glamorgan ; Sergeant West, 47th Lancashire (St.
Helens) ; Lieutenant J. Winn, 12th North York
Captain W. Wright, 30th Cheshire. Reserve—
Ensign Millard, West Middlesex; Corporal Coulson, Ist
Newcastle-on-Tyne ; Corporal T. Andrews, 26th Kent;
Sergeant Holmes, Ist Manchester ; A. Penney, St. George's
Rifle Volunteers; Sergeant J. Adams, Ist Hereford;
Colour-Sergeant Westlake, 18th Devon.
Her Majesty will probably pay a visit to the Camp at
Wimbledon during the rifle contests, and may also be
present at the presentation of prizes and review.
The order charging for entrance to the grounds on
Sunday has been countermanded. The inhabitants of
Wimbledon held that the ground was common, and that
no one had right to appropriate it. A deputation waited
on Lord Elcho, and represented the case, adding that the
right would he tried if needs be, and his lordship acceded
to their demands.

On Saturday next the Queen, 'with the Royal
Family at the Castle, and Prince and Princess Christian,
will leave for Osborne, and remain there till the middle of
August. The Queen will then pay a second visit to Bal-
moral, and will not return to London before the last week
of October or first week in November.

USE IS SECOND NATURE.—At a parish church
in Essex lately, the clerk feeling unwell, asked his friend.
a railway porter, to take his place for a Sunday. He
did so, but being worn out with night-work, fell asleep,
When the hymn was announced a neighbour gave him 9
nudge, upon which he started up, rubbing his eyes, and
called out, " Change here for Elmswell, Thurston, and
Bury."
The Court of Arbitration in the "Edmunds Scan,
dal" case is now constituted ; and the two arbitrators and
the umpire agreed upon. The three leatned gentlemen,
sitting together, will open their court in the Court of Cora•
mon Pleas, Westminster Hall, on Saturday next, the lOtt
inst., at eleven o'clock. The inquiry is to be in public, and
all points at issue between Mr. Edmunds and the Crown ail
to be heard and determined "on legal and moral grounds.",
The Rev. A. Mackonochie, vicar of St. Alban's,
addressed a meeting of the English Church Union at Man,
Chester. The Union, he said, took its rise out of the riots
in St. Georges's-in-the-East. Ho believed that the present
time was one when it was their duty to protect themselves
against the attacks of such as hindered them, and it was only
a body such as the Church Union which could effectually
protect them.

DEATH THROUGH TOOTH EXTRACTION. —AY
inquest was held at Whitefield last week on the body of
a youth named William Hilton, aged 74. Deceased wen/
to the surgery of Dr. Birnie to have two teeth extracted
and immediately after the operation had been performel
he fell back in a fit of epilepsy, from the shock to the.
system. Every means possible was used to restore biro:
but in Hain. Dr. Birnie did not know the name 0f
deceased, and it was seven hours before his parents e'en
communicated with. Verdict, " Accidental Deall."

AN OLD TRICK ON A NEW 'TODDY. —The veloci"
pedists of Paris have chosen certain spots for the purpose
of exercising, such as the Place de la, Bourse, the Aventl6
de la Grande Arm6e, and the Jardin du Luxera`
bourg. Each evening persons of all classes assembli
at these rendezvous, some for the purpose of prac`
tising, and others who are engaged in selling. The
other evening a young man accosted a vendor, and
stated that he required a good machine, as he was sl
aspirant for the principal prize atthe velocipede races. ffg
mounted the machine, and displayed much ability it
managing it, the vendor being loud in his praises, anc
drawing the attention of bystanders to its excellent OP;
lilies. Meanwhile the speed of the velocipede increase
every minute, and the velocipedist disappeared is
the distance. never t 9 return,