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London, England, 1867-07-16 00:00:00

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read a second time, as was the Justices of the Peace Dis-
qualification Removal Bill.
The Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill was road a
third Limo and passed.
The lt‘ilway and Joint Stock Companies' Accounts Bill
passed through committee.
Ou the motion for going into committee on the Carriers'
Act Amendment Bill some discussion arose, and the fur-
ther consideration of the bill was postponed.
Tho Guarantee of Government Officers Bill was read a
second time. _ _

Mr. HUNT, in committee of th., whole house, obtained
a resolution for leavo to bring in a bill to alter certain du-
ties of customs in the Isle of Man, and the bill was read a

first time.

The other orders were disposed of, and the louse then
adjourned.

The National Rifle As3ociation.

Yesterday was a trying day at Wimbledon. The
wind blew with violence, and the rain descended
copiously. The effect upon the shooting was, of
course, remarkable. There were moments when it
would have been simply idle to continue the different
competitions. The driving rain upon the windows
of the markers' butts must have prevented their
seeing bullet marks upon the target, if the same
cause had not previously gone far to obliterate the
bulls'-eyes themselves. But whenever the rain ceased
or even moderated, for however brief a space, there
was always firing going on, and nothing was more
remarkable than the cheerfulness and command of
temper exhibited by all under the discouraging cir-
cumstances. Shooting in a strong wind requires not
merely an increased amount of skill, but a large
measure of audacity as well. Until actual experience
has justified the step, it is not every one who feels
assured that in pointing his rifle away from the target
with a view of allowing his bullet to be blown on to
its surface he is doing a prudent or even a safe thing ;
but yesterday such was the force of the wind that
marksmen were obliged to aim 15 and even 25 feet
to windward of the target, according to the range
they were shooting at. In storm as in sunshine
members of the Council were at their posts. Lord
D ucie made several bull's-eyes at the "Running Deer"
range, where one of the Belgian visitors was shooting
at the same time. Lord Grosvenor also, who had
been prevented by indisposition from attending on
any of the former days, spent some time in the large
marquee, where most of the business of the meeting
is transacted. Col. Clarke Kennedy, Capt. Page,
Capt. Drake, R.E., and the officers of the Engineer
Staff, were on the alert to repair damages caused by
the storm, and so to prevent any hindrance of the

shooting.
The competition for the prizes offered exclusively
to the Belgians by the National Rifle Association
was to have commenced yesterday, and to have been
continued this day and to-morrow. In consequence,
however, of a communication received from the
Belgian Committee, to-morrow (Wednesday) has
been named as a day more convenient for the pur-
pose. The ranges set apart for the Belgians will be
indicated by their own national flag. Among the
prizes offered is the Association Challenge Cup,
value £2OO. This will be held for the coming year
by the regiment, .battalion, or corps to which the
winner belongs, or if the winner is not a member of
any regiment, battalion, or corps, then by the
highest municipal authority of his own district. At
the meeting of the Tir National of Belgium in 18G8
the Cup will be handed over to the Commission
Directrice of the Tir, who will draw up the condi-
tions under which the future annual competitions
are to be held in Belgium. For this cup, a massive
specimen of the silversmith's art in this country, the
trophy referred to in the speech of Col. Gregoire to
the Prince of Wales on Saturday may be regarded
as a compliment in return. The design and execu-
tion are both in excellent taste ; and no one who
visits the Exhibition marquee should omit to notice
how admirably bronze and marble are capable of
being blended and turned to account in groups in-
tended for presentation as prizes—materials which
we seem to have practically overlooked.
Yesterday afternoon an accident occurred to
Lieutenant-Colonel llalford while he was shooting
with a breechloader at one of the short ranges.
The cartridge he was loading, from some un-
explained cause, exploded on his closing the breech,
and part of the machinery was blown away, in-
flicting a deep flesh wound on his right hand. Dr.
Wyatt attended Colonel Ilalford at the Camp Hos-
pital, and we are happy to say there is no cause for
apprehension or alarm. By this accident the Eng-
lish eight lose the services of one of their best
shots.
The results of such competition as were yesterday
brought to a close were as follows :
Belgian Challenge Cup, with £75 added by the National
Rifle Association, for volley firing. Five shots, 400
yards.

Average.
ith Surrey, first squad, cup and... £3O• •14.40
Berkshire, second 5quad............ 20 "'14.20
Ist Surrey, third squad ............15 ... 13.80
10 13.80
Bristol, fourth squad ...............
Alexandra, Socond Stage, GOO yards, seven shots. Cup
value £5O, or £5O in cash.
Winner.
Points,
Ensign Radcliffe, 2d South Middlesex ............... 21
Dragon Cup, seven shots at GOO yards.
Winner. Points.
Private Roe, Ist A. B. Salop ........ . .....................
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THE APPROACHING REVIE.
It is now becoming matter of certainty W
that the
review next Saturday at Wimbledon will be one of
L the finest displays in the series of fetes that are ren-
dering this season exceptionally brilliant. Wimble-
don, it will be remembered, was fixed upon some
weeks ago as the site of the Volunteer Review to be
held in honour of the Sultan; and since then, the
review in Hyde Park having been deferred, the
Secretary of State for War, with a view of obviating
any disappointment which might have been felt at
the loss of the promised spectacle, has suggested
that, if agreeable to the volunteers, the Household
troops might take part in a combin field day with
them at Wimbledon. An offer so tempting was
once accepted, and it is now arranged that the house-
hold cavalry, the brigade of Guards, and some bat-
teries of Royal Artillery will be included in the for
he
ce
to be reviewed on Saturday next by H.R.H. t
Duke of Cambridge, in presence of the Sultan,
other the
Prince d'Aosta, son of the King of Italy, an
to the
d
illustrious visitors. All that is now requisite
perfect success of the occasion, weather apart, is
that a really determined effort should be made by
the Volunteers themselves to attend in good num-
bers. There are few foreign capitals which possess
such a Champ de Mars as Wimbledon-common, re-
gard being bad to the fact that its close proximity
to Clapham Junction enables troops to be concen-
trated at the shortest notice from all points of the
compass. The railways just now arc on their good
behaviour, owing to the state of the money market
and to their own past mismanagement. If they
desire to give a timely proof of their value to the
some
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advantage
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gatheringh,
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State, they have an excellent opportunity of doing
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enable intothe
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ol u nt network Volunteers
to assemble in anything like the numbers which
they have done in one or two memorable in-
stances already, the generous assistance and co-
operation of large employers of labour will be in-
dispensable. On an occasion, however, when we
are, as a nation, discharging the duties of hospitality
towards foreign guests, it will hardly be held that
the appeal is unreasonable. To give as many men
as possible a chance of coming down to Wimbledon
in the ranks, the latest practicable hour, probably
5.30 p.m., will be fixed for the commencement of
the review.

The grounds and buildings of the University
are
to be improved, now professorships established, and
this
th
general facilities for instruction enlarged. To do
$lOO,OOO are needed, and of this amount the citizens of
Burlington have already subscribed $32,0 l
00.
The exhibition of paintings and sculpture and
other works of art, with which it is intended to celebrate
exhibition galleries ill
ready c ofnotrr icbou Lora
the completion of the now fine arts building of Yale Col-
lege, promises to be one of the most extensive and grati-
fying overseen in America. The artists all around proffer
tclownitrrichhuotiicoengs,eamnsd. mTahnye
epxrhivi
mencement next week, and will be kept open
through the
sampler.