The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-04 00:00:00

THE VOLUNTEERS.

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On Saturday evening the North Middlesex Rifle
Volunteer Corps passed a satisfactory inspection
before Col. Erskine, the inspector-general, who
spoke generally in praise of the manner in which
the manoeuvres were executed ; but he thought the
members had not Mustered in . the numbers they
ought to have done for so important an occasion.
The members of the West (9th) Middlesex have
just concludedthe competition for the right of repre-
senting the regiment for the Queen's Prize and the
St. George's Vase at the forthcoming Wimbledon
meeting. The Wimbledon ranges-200, 500, and
600 yards—were shot up twice on two separate
days, and the following for the Queen's were the
highest scores in the 60 shots fire :—Ensign Little,
150 ; Major Bridgman, 149 ; Lieutenant Mar-
riner, 148 ; Private E. Armitage, 148 ; ' Pri-
vate W. B. Adams, 144 ; - Private C. Hall,
142 ; Ensign Garner, 140 ; Captain Dear,
140 ; Capt. Morris, 135 ; Sergeant Millard, 130 ;
Private Bass, 128 ; Private De Briou, 126 ; Private
Edmonds, 126 ; Private Peppercorn, 124 ; Private
Bisney, 124 ; Private Credie, 124. The represen-
tatives for the St. George's are Lieut. Marriner,
Private E. Armitage, Ensign Little, Major Brixig-
I
man, Private W. B. Adams, Private C. Hall, En-
sign Garner, and Private De Briou. The regiment

was inspected the other evening by Col. Erskine,
Col. Lord Radstock commanding. There was an
excellent muster, and the usual review and field
movements were gone through. The Inspector-
General, in an address which he made to the regi-
ment, expressed his great satisfaction with the inspec-
tion, and said he was much pleased to see that the
corps had steadily advanced. He regretted to hear
that Lord Radstock was about to resign the com-
mand, and after bearing testimony to the zeal and
ability always shown by his lordsip, he trusted that
the corps would find a worthy successor. A member
from the front of each company was then called to
the front to receive a prize for attendance at drill
and smartness, after which the corps marched back
to head-quarters, where Lord Radstock took the
opportunity, as that was likely to be the last large
parade for some time, to speak a few words of leave
taking.

In addition to the prizes already announced for
competition at the forthcoming Wimbledon meeting,
several series of extra prizes, both for any rifles and
for the Enfield, are now open for entry. Among the
prizes in these extra series are some by theVintners'
Co., the London Armoury Co., Messrs. Mappin and
Webb, Mr. John Bennett, Messrs. Hancock, Mr.
Thos. Ross, Messrs. Elkington, Messrs. Reilly,
Messrs. Stevens, and gentlemen whost names are well
known as donors in previous years. Some of tbe prizes
s e oneo on
are of the value of 50gs., and are in the all-comers
class, being three Enfield series, at 200,500,and 600
yards, and two any rifle at 800 yards.
for each series is 10s. In order to place the entry
ertrl-
presentatives for the Queen's Prize on as equal a
footing as possible in the shooting it has
competitors,asbeendeter-
deter-
mined to make eight divisions of ,
and to detail the order in which they shall fire, the
order'of precedence to be taken by lot. It will be so
arranged that all the
competitors will shoot
limo-range in themorning, and one in the afternoon.
The entries for the Queen's Prize are t
o el
the 20th inst., and all entries for other prizes made
after the 27th will cost 25 per cent. more than the
present rate. _

It has been finally decided by Major Leech, the
captain of the Irish International Twenty, not to
compete at Edinburgh on the 12th inst. in the In-
ternational Enfield match. A competent squad
might have been brought forward from different
parts of the country to shoot at what is regarded as
the national gathering at Wimbledon ; but a suffi-
cient number of crack shots of Irish nationality
could not be brought together to go to Scotland.