The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-12 00:00:00

Wimbledon .on the 6ti of August,—tle two first
companies against the wo Whitehall Companies of

the Civil Ser vice Volmteers. The Whitehall Com-
panies were •the victors.

The contest for the Tuner Challenge Irize, which
was decided to have been won by the S;. George's,
on Tuesday, the 30th rlt„ in consequence of one of
the members of the Viltorias shooting with a rifle
of less pull than the regulation 61b., agoin came off
yesterday, Colonel Litdsay having, of behalf of
his corps, declined to Income the posses= of such
a trophy under such .ircumstances. it the 500
yards range the Victorias headed their )pponents
one point, which.advantage the St George's
counterbalanced in shooting at 600 yards. This
left the score equal, but at 700 yard 3 the St.
George's literally ran way from their cpponents,
scoring 39 to the Victorias 21, and thus 'sinning by
18 points.

The first corps of Kent Volunteer Artil'ery, under
the command of Lieutenant• Colonel W. Gladdish,
proceeded from Gravesend to Sheerness on Friday,
for the purpose of expending their amual allow-
ance of gun ammunition, consisting of 60 rounds of
solid shot—embracing 40 32 pounders and 40 68-
pounders—and 20 rounds of 10 inch shell. A tar-
get was laid out about a mile from the ;here, when
the practice by the Volunteers was excellent, and
scarcely in any way inferior to that of the regulars.
After firing their allowance of amnunition the
Volunteers headed by their band re-embarked for
Gravesend.

On Monday last the 23d Kent Volunteers
assembled at the Penshurst range to compete for
various prizos, and to select two representatives for
the approaching county prize meeting at Maidstone.
The company cup, given by Captain Wells, to be
won two years in succession, with five sovereigns
added by Lady Louisa Wells, open to all members
who have passed through the first-class, five shots
at 200 yards, and five at 600 yards, was won by
Private Martin making 11 points at 200 yards, and
three at 600 yards.
On Thursday the Bth inst., a rifle contest took
place at Canterbury, between ten members of the
sth Kent (Canterbury) Rifle Volunteers, under the
command of Captain Plummer, and ten of the 7th
Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteers (Margate) under the
command of Captain Cox. The conditions of the
shooting were that each man should fire five rounds
at each of the following distances-200 yards, 300
yards, and 400 yards. The match was contested
with great spirit, Canterbury winning by 9 points,
the scores being as follows :—total points, Canter-
bury 153, Margate 144. A strong wind was blow-
ing down the range at the time.
On Saturday last a grand Volunteer display took
place at Bellamow-hall, near Rugely, the seat of
Mr. T. Horsfall, M.P. Between 700 and 800 of
the Bth Battalion of Artillery and the 25th Com-
pany of Lancashire Volunteers from Liverpool ar-
rived in a monster !train at the Rugely station,
where they were met by a guard of honour, con-
sisting of the 21st Staffordshire or Rugely Rifle
Rangers, and escorted to Bellamow-hall. After
lunch the Volunteers re-formed, were reviewed by
Lord Bagot, and went through a variety of move-
ments with great skill and efficiency. The Artil-
lery also went through a number of evolutions in-
cluding practice with their large Armstrong guns.
At the conclusion of the review, the Volunteers
were marched to an immense tent, whore the follow-
ing bill of fare was provided :-4001b. of beef, 300
hams, 300 tongues, 300 couples of fowls, and 2001 b.
of cheese, ale ad libitum for each man, and a pint
bcttle of champagne for each man. Mr. T. Hors-
fall presided.

A rifle competition, open to all comers, took
place at Silloth, Cumberland, on Thursday and
Friday last. The ranges were 300, 500, and 700
yards-5 points at each distance. The first prize,
£lO, was won by Corporal Jameson, of the Penrith
Inglewooditifles, who made 14 points ; the second
prize, £5, was won by Private Lee, of Alston Moun-
taineer Rifles, who had also made 14 points, but
who lost in the shooting off of the tie. An exciting
contest took place for the third prize, £2 between
Capt. Lamport, of the Workington Rifles, and Pri-
vate Hetherington of Brampton. After making equal
points for several rounds, Captain Lampert missed
the target, and his opponent, having scored, won
the third prize.
The following is the result of the shooting be-
tween 20 men from each of the 12 companions of
the Birmingham Battalion of Rifle Volunteers :-
Ist prize, Corporal Albert (No. 9 company), 10
points ; 2d prize, Private Lea (No. 1 company),
9 points. The average shooting of the battalion
was 3.0. On Wednesday 12 members of No. 9 and
10 companies competed for a rifle offered by Lieut.-
Col. Mason. The ranges were 200 and 300 yards
—five rounds at each. Corporal Albert was again
the winner, scoring 18 points, the highest in No. 10
company being Quartermaster-Sergeant Vincent,
who made 10 points,
On Monday, the sth instant, the members of the
3d Shropshire Rifle Volunteers (Whitchurcia) met
to compete for a silver cup, the gift of Mr. George
Brookes, the honorary treasurer of the corps. The
shooting was at ranges of 150 yards and 250 yards,
five shots each range. The cup was won by Pri-
vate R. B. Jones, marking 16 points. Three other
prizes, given by the ladies of Whitchureh, were
won respectively by Privates Edwards and Brom-
field and Sergeant Harrison.

The subjoined scores obtained at a rifle match be-
tween members of the Cape Town Volunteers show
that one at least of our colonies is scarcely behind the
mother country in good shooting. The first match
was between Mr. H. Glynn and Mr. Johnson.
Mr. Glynn dropped one shot at 200 and 300
yards. The total made by each was,—Glynn,
11 ; Johnson, 7. The second match was be-
tween Messrs. H. Glynn, W. Keane, Johnson, W.
Glynn, Gorman, and Kettle, the distances being
from 200 to 600 yards. The following was the
result :—At 200 Yards—H. Glynn, 43 ; W. Glynn,
43; Johnson, 31 ; Keane, 16. 300 Yards—H.
Glynn, 41; W. Glynn, 38; Johnson, 21 ; Keane 4
20. On the 27th the competition for the gold
medal offered by the officers of the rifle corps for
the best shot took place, when Mr. Henry Glynn
was again successful in distancing all competitors.
His score was 11 out of three shots at 200 yards,
four at 400, and three at 600.
The administrative battalion of the county of
Gloucester Volunteers was inspected at Gloucester
on Thursday afternoon by the inspecting officer of
the district (Major Dick). At the close of the in-
spection Major Dick expressed his regret at the
paucity of the attendance, attributing it chiefly to
the recent Warwick review. He expressed himself
satisfied with the drill, and called upon the men to
attend company drill regularly.
On Wednesday last an influential meeting of the
magistrates of the county of Somerset was held at
Wells, Lord Portman, the Lord-Lieutenant, in the
chair, for the purpose of discussing the propriety of
forming an association for the promotion of rifle
shooting in the county of Somerset. It was
decided by the meeting that an association should
be formed for furnishing prizes. Several noblemen
and gentlemen were appointed as the council, and
Mr. Lovell, clerk of the lieutenancy, was appointed
honorary secretary.
At a meeting of the council of the Yorkshire Rifle
Association it has been decided that a review shall
be held at York on Wednesday, the 25th of Sep-
tember. The council had the pleasure of hearing
from the Lord Mayor', that Knavesmire had been
thoroughly drained, and that the corporation were
prepared to afford every facility.

Considerable alarm is felt aboat the safety of the
steamer Z. C. Pearson, which sailed from Rig,,a for Hull
on the 26th ult. Twenty guineas insurance was paid at
Lloyd's yesterday, and fifty is feared that this is another case of loss through deck-
loads. guineas was asked to-day. it

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