The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-22 00:00:00

PIGEON SHOOTING.

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One of the most interesting events of the seasol camo'off
on Saturday at the Gun Club Ground, Wormholt Scrubbs.
The members' handicap for prizes given from the fundsof
the club —lst, £lOO ; 2d, £5O; 3d, £25; and in addition
there was an optional £1 sweepstakes. There were 236
handicapped, and of this number 88 came to the post, the
threatening aspect of the weather in the morning no doubt
deterring a great many who had promised to attend. Tho
conditions wore, five birds each, those missing one not to
be called up again. In the first round 29 went out and
in the second 21. The third call disposed of 14, and the
fourth of five, while at the end of the fifth round seven
more "retired." There remained 11 who had killed their
five birds, and became entitled to shoot for the prizes,
which they did as follows :

Mr. Charles Hammersloy 1 1 1 1 1 1 ... lat prize, £lOO
* Mr. J. Joe, V.C., C.B. 111 1 1 0 2d prize, £5O
Mr. J. P. Smith lll 1 0 m3d prize, £25
Mr. Garnet Braithwaite, Captain Harrison, *Mr. Spof-
forth, *Viscount Parker, *Mr. Reginald Herbert, 'Major
Whittingstall, 'Mr. W. Gregory, and Mr. P. Wise were the
other competitors in the ties. Those marked thus*were in
the optional .£1 sweepstakes, Mr. J. Jee being the winner of
£43. He shot remarkably well with one of Grant's, of St.
James's-street, best central fire breech-loaders. The suc-
cess of Mr. Hs.mmersley was much cheered, inasmuch as it
was totally unexpected except by a chosen few, who put
faith in his practice " at another place," and considered him
weighted very favourably, namely at 22k yards. After the
great event a sweeptakes at .£1 each was shot, Mr. F
Norris taking the first share, £35, and Col. the Hon. Hugh
Annesley, M.P., winning the residue, £l2. The general at-
tendance was very large, and the betting extremely heavy,
"the ring" having a rare good turn, the leviathan book-
maker netting about £1,500. The arrangements and the
handicapping, by Mr. G. Battcock, tho secretary, were
admirable, and it may be mentioned that at a committee
meeting before the shooting, Viscount Stormont in the
chair, eight new members were elected, making upwards
of 50 elected this season. The next event will be on Satur-
day next, the £5 summer handicap on the 30th. The Chal-
lenge Cup will be competed for with a £3 optional sweep-
stakes, and on July 4th there will bo a £lO sweep-
stakes at 30 yards, for which there are already nearly 30
entries.

Some months ago President Johnson purchased
a farm of 500 acres, containing two flour mills, distant
about six miles from his Greenville residence, Tennessee.
The name of the post-office at the place has been changed
from Henderson to "Home." It is said that Andrew
Johnsen will have to pay the counsel he employed unless
his friends do it for him, as the Government is not liable.
We confess we think this " hard lines," and that the
country, having failed to prove the charges, ought to be
cast in damages. We would like to know how the Ma-
nagers aro paid, and whether it would be worth their
while to get up another case, because if they are well fea'd,
whether successful or not, they might find impeachments
the most secure And profitable join they could undertake.

TYPE METAL—The Montezuma Smelting Works
of Humboldt county, Nevada, are shipping to San
Francisco large quantities of metal peculiarly
adapted for the manufacture of printing type. It
is a new product for the Pacific coast; and illus-
trates the progress in developing the vast resources
of the country, that is steadily going on in all
branches of industry. This metal is an incidental
product, obtained in the separation of the silver
contained in the ore from the lead and antimony
with which it is combined. Its freedom from
other metals generally found in these ores ren-
ders it at once perfectly adapted to the type-
founder's use. A type foundry in that city are
now using large quantities of it in the manufacture
of type, and henceforward will rely upon their
works for their entire supply. The metal now
being shipped is composed of lead thirty, and
antimony seventy parts ; but it is quite as con-
venient to produce these metals in any other
proportions ; and the alloy will require only the
proper admixture of other metals entering into
the composition of type to be ready for use.
The type manufactured from this metal is much
harder than that imported. and quite as tough ; and
produce a clear and distinct impression on New-
York-mad. 'Sr", Au I thnnt I.plEfi in aprdCed,
This fact indicates its great superiority—and
although it is apparently not so highly finished as
imported type, the impression made by it is clear
and handsome, and the type of much greater dura-
bility. The price at which this, metal is laid down
here will, it is expected, compete successfully with
Eastern and foreign importations to that market ;
and not only that, but most likely give them the
entire supply of the Atlantic market. A shipment
of some twenty tons is already on the way to New
York. for the type founders in that city. The iron
foundries and machine shops are also using it for
babbit metal, as it fully supplies the place of that
important composition in relieving the friction of
machinery. It is shipped in pigs of about seventy
pounds, and each bears the stamp of the works—
" Montezuma." Within the next three months the
Central Pacific Railroad will be ccmpleted to
Oreana, and within a mile and a half of these works ;
thus opening a cheap and speedy transportation
for all the products of this celebrated mine.