The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-12 00:00:00

NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

The most interesting of the proceedings yesterday
was shooting finally for the prizes for All-Comers.
No other matters were definitely decided. To-day
all the rest of the great prizes will be finally com-
peted for. These are the Prince Consort's, the
Duke of Cambridge's, the Duke of Wellington's,
the Rifle Derby, and a new prize just given by Lord
Dudley, to be shot for by prize-winners only. The
Rifle Derby is perhaps the most valuable prize re-
maining, as this amounts now to very near £4OO.
The Winners' Prize, which was yesterday announced
for competition to-day, will be first contended for
with five shots at 500 yards, when all making six
points and upwards will finally shoot seven shots
each at 800 yards. This contest at the long range
is to be decided by the same rules as those under
which the Queen's Plate is contended for viz.,
the gentleman having the highest average score
throughout to be the winner of the ties. The value
of the cup is £5O, and as only winners compete,
some splendid shooting is looked forward to. Yes-
terday the prizes given to the All-Comers were six
of X2O, seven of £35, and seven of £5O. Those who
shot next in order to the prize-takers received copies
of engravings presented, to the value of £250, by
Mr. Garle Brown. The shooting, though very good,
appeared to excite no great amount of interest.
The following were the prizemen and winners of
engravings :

ALL- COMERS.
WINNERS OF £2O.

200 yards.

Sergeant Harding, 7th West York ..
Captain Wilbraham, 13th Stafford ..
Mr. Hardy, ditto ..
Mr. Smith, Mid-Lothian ..
Mr. Hendrie, 7th Ayrshire
Mr. Brooks, 12th Middlesex
WINNERS OF ENGRAVINGS.
Mr. M'Gregor, Mid-Lothian
Mr. Frazer, S.F.G
Sergeant-Major Palmer, R.M.C.
Captain Bridgman, wca M irldlesex ,
WINNERS OF X 35.

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500 yards.
Mr. Lesce, Manchester, Whitworth Rifle Co. 9
Mr. J. Colquhoun, 4th Dragoon Guards .. 9
Mr. J. Jervis, Manchester .. .. .. 9
Captain Cox, 3d London .. ..
Lieutenant Marriner, West Middlesex
Mr. E. Ross, Cambridge University
Mr. C. Young, Ist London ..

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WINNERS OF ENGRAVINGS.
Mr. Noesworthy, Oxford University
Mr. Cowan, Edinburgh • • ..
Mr: Fellowes, Victoria Rifles
Mr, Dickens, Victoria Rifles
Major Moir, Stirling ..

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WINNERS OF £5O.

600 Yards.
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Viscount Fielding, 4th Flintshire
Ensign Osley, 4th Surrey . •
Mr. Dickens, Victoria Rifles
Ensign Halliday, 21st Middlesex
Mr. E. Ross, Cambridge University
Mr. Dunlop, Scottish ..
Sergeant Brown, R.A. • • • •
WINNERS OP ENGRAVINGS.
Major Margary • • .. .. ..
Mr. Peterkin, Cambridge
Mr. Greig, 27th Cheshire
Mr. Rollett, 3d ditto
Mr. Bidder, Inns of Court ..
Mr. Salter, 6th Glocester

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It may be said in explanation of the apparent
discrepancy when the winners of engravings scored
as high as the winners of prizes, that the prizemen
won by shooting off their ties.
In the course of the day Lord Elcho called the
officers of the various corps round him, and ad-
dressed them on the comparative success which had
attended this year's meeting. He said, nevertheless,
he was sorry to find that public interest had not been
sufficiently excited in the matches to induce as
numerous an attendance of visitors as they had ex-
pected. He hoped, however, that with the assist-
ance of the officers in their various counties and
districts, the meeting would eventually become as
popular in its way as the Derby itself at Epsom.
Unexpected sources of profit had, however, fortu-
nately arisen to the association from the pool and
sighting targets, for up to Wednesday night they
had sold 37,000 pool tickets and 8,000 tickets for
the sighting targets. Next year, however, these
arrangements would, he hoped, be carried out
on a still more extended scale. After alluding
to the expenditure incurred in the erec-
tion of the butts as a reason why the
meetings could not be made migratory to be
held at various places, as was at one time pro-
posed, his lordship went on to say that some com-
plaints had been made of the small number of
prizes that were given to3Volu nteers only. This
grievance, however, could easily be removed by
the Volunteers themselves giving increased support
to the Association, and it had been decided that no
Volunteer should be allowed to shoot at future
meetings unless the company of the regiment to
which he belonged subscribed annually to the
funds of the Association. When this rule was car-
ried out it would give the Association a small per-
manent income with which to meet their annual ex-
penses, and enable them to do away with the 10s.
entrance fee which Volunteers whose companies did
not subscribe were now charged. In conclusion, his
lordship dwelt upon the admirable nature of the
ground chosen for the approaching review, and
said that, as far as his experience went, no capital
in Europe possessed a Champs de Mars equal to that
afforded by Wimbledon-common.
The subjoined is the official programme for the
review on Saturday :

Hon. Artillery Company
Ist
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32d ditto (Rifles)
Ist ditto (Victoria Rifles)
18th ditto
2d ditto (South Middlesex)
9th ditto (West Middlesex)
11th ditto (St. George's)
36th ditto
15th ditto (London Scottish)
19th ditto
20th ditto a
21st ditto (Civil Service)
38th ditto
lst Battalion 22d ditto
(Queen's)
2d Battalion ditto (ditto)
23d Middlesex (Inns of
Court)
26th ditto (Custom-house)
2d City of London

28th Middlesex (London
Irish)
29th ditto (Rifle Volun.)
37th ditto
39th ditto
40th ditto (Gray's-inn Rine
Rangers)
2d ditto (Admins. Bat.)
6th ditto (ditto)
7th ditto (ditto)
Ist Surrey (South London)
7th ditto
10th ditto
19th ditto
12th ditto
Ist ditto (Admins, Bat.
9th ditto (Rifle Volun.)
23d ditto
2d ditto (Admins. Bat.)
2d Essex (ditto)
Ist City of London Rifle
Brigade
2d Tower Hamlets.

It is probable that the aggregate strength of
these corps will exceed 10,000 men.
The following Staff are appointed, with the
sanction of his Royal Highness the General Com-
manding-in-Chief, to the several brigades which
will compose the Volunteer force at the review at
Wimbledon on Saturday :

Brigadiers.—His Grace the Duke of Wellington, K.G.,
Lieut.-Colonel Hicks, Lord Colville, Viscount Ranelagh,
Lord Elcho, and Earl Grosvenor.
Brigade-Majors .—Major Nelson, Assistant-Inspector of
Volunteers ; Major Reilly, R.A., Captain Vigors, 19th
Regiment; Major Hume, Assistant-Inspector of Volun-
teers ; Major Walker, Acting Assistant-Inspector of Volun-
teers ; and Captain Kirk, 96th Regiment.
Each Brigadier may have one aide-de-camp.

It is requested that the Brigadiers with their staff will be
upon the ground at 4 30 p.m. in the centre of the open
space in front of the butts, in readiness to take over their
respective brigades as these are formed.
At 5 p.m. the brigades will be drawn up in line of con-
tiguous columns at quarter distance right in front, facing
the butts.

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The brigades will constitute two divisions under the
command 'respectively of Major-General Sir Richard
Airey, K.C.8., and Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.B.
Corps coming from the 'Wimbledon Station will enter the
ground at the southern angle of the enclosure near the
Guards' Camp.
Corps coming from Putney or Wandsworth will enter
from the Putney and Wimbledon-road, near the centre of
the enclosure, facing the butts.
At the termination of such manoeuvres as the limited
extent of the ground will admit of being performed, the
force will march past his Royal Highness the General Corn.
manding-in-Chief ; and the several battalions will then
leave the ground directly by the gates at which they
entered.
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respective battalions with-
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The ground will be kept by the undermentioned corps,
under the direction of Lieutenant-Colonel Ibbetson, Assis-
tant-InspectorVolunteer Corps, 3cl City Volunteers : 46th Middlesex Rife
Hamlets. ty of London, and 6th Tower
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of counties, will be permitted to eater the enclosure with
the troops.
Officers on foot, in uniform, will be admitted in front of
the line of stands, but they are not to be permitted to intro-
duce any one with them.
All spectators are to be required to remain in rear of the
line of troops employed in keeping the ground.
By order,
War-office, Juiy 11. M. WM URDO.