The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-13 00:00:00

GUN CLUB.

Notwithstanding the importance of the event set for de-
cision at the ground of the above club on Saturday last
but few members put in an appearance; consequently the
£lO sweepstakes, at 25 yards rise, 15 birds each, only
brought together a dozen competitors. The shooting,
throughout the afternoon was excellent, coasidering that
the birds, which were good in themselves, had the wind
in their favour. Shortly after 3 p.m. Markham Spofforth
"opened the ball," but he only succeeded in killing seven
out of fifteen. Mr. Rudd, who had only brought down
three, was forced to retire at the conclusion of the
eighth round. Major Whittingstall and the Hon. R.
C. Hill were put out in the ninth, and the tenth
round proved unfortunate to J. Lamont, Esq., M.P.,
and Mr. Simpson. It is also worth recording that
in this round Mr. Berkley Lucy, who had only
missed three, dropped his bird at a distance of nearly a
hundred yards. In the twelfth Markham Spofforth had
to resign further competition, as did Captain E. C. Nevill,
and in the fourteenth round Mr. F. Norris and Captain
Peririth had to stand out. At the termination of the
fifteenth Viscount Stormont, the president of the club,
who latterly seems to be regaining
his old "form," was
found to be the only one who had been successful in
scoring thirteen, so that he became the winner of the first
prize, £9O.
Two tied for the second prize of £2O, viz., Mr. Berkley
Lucy and Viscount Parker. In shooting off, at bird for
bird, Mr. Lucy killed four in succession, and as Viscount
Parker misses his third, ho, of course, had to be content
with the third award of .£l.O. The following is a list of
prices quoted during the afternoon : —5O to 5 each agst
Markham Spofforth and Viscount Stormont ; 40 to 5 each
agsc, Capt. Penrith, Berkley Lucy, F. Norris, and Viscount
Parker.
The first prize was obtained with a muzzle-loader by
J. Grant, of St. James's-street ; Mr Lucy used a central
fire gun by the same maker; and one by Beattie secured
the third prize.
In the early part of the day Captain Nevill and the
Hon. 11. C. Hill shot a match at seven birds each for a
" tenner." Captain Nevill won by killing five to his oppo-
nent's three.
Several XL sweepstakes were afterwards shot, and these
brought the sport to a close.

SENSIBLE AND FlumANE.—The Leamington ma-
gistrates have refused to issue any order for muzzling
dogs, the chairman having expressed his opinion that muz-
zling was the most effected means of producing the evil it
was supposed to prevent. Sharing iu the opinion of the
magistracy, the local board ordered a number of iron
troughs to b 3 placid in different parts of th 3 town, and
supplied with water for the use of dogs.

Extreme Sea
Monday, F. 1
July 13, B. T. 01 W. Ito F. D. WR. to
8 a.m. Irp
12 9
Nairn
Aberdeen
Leith
Shields
Scarborough 30/31. 58 154 N.N.E. 3 3 NE. c.o. 3
Yarmouth 3Olll. 61 59 N.N.E. 4 6 E.N.E. c.o. 4
Cuxhaven
Skudesnaas
Ardrossan ?30'14f. 65 53 E.N.E. 3 4 E. m.b -- 2
Greencastle 30 20f. 64 60 E. 2 2 E. In.b
Rolyhead
Liverpool
Valentia, 3o'l4f. 64 GO N.W. 2 2 N.N.W 5.1.1) o'4l 2
Cape Clear 3o'o9r. 66 64 E. 2 2 E. c. 1
ocl,e's Pt. 30•125. 65 62 N.N.E. 1 3 E.S.E. b. 1
Penzance 30'04f. 68 66 N. E. 1 3 E. S. E. c. b. 2
Plymouth
'Weymouth
Portsmouth 130.04 r. 61 59 N.E. 4 6 E. r.t.o o'411 3
London
C'peGrisNez 29'97f. 64 81 N.E. 5 r. 0'43 4
Brest
L'Orient
Rochefort
Biarritz 30'03r. 70 63 W. 1 r.b.l 1 2
Corunna —
Brussels .. • •
Paris
Strasbourg —
I•yons
Toulon
Heart's Con-
tent (6 a.m.,
local time) 30'22r. 46 45 E.S.E. 1 1 N.N.W. b. I 1
EXPLANATION.
Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. a sea level. Theletter
r., rising; f., falling; 5., steady—indicate direction of motion of the

mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade.
Extreme Force with its Direction during last 21 hours. Z.—calm
Weather : b.—blue sky ; c.— clouds, detached ; f.—fog ; h.—hail;
I.—lightning ; m,—misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, dull; r.—rain; s.—snow;
t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours.
Sea disturbance.