Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1884-06-14 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

INTERNATIONAL RIFLE MATCH. The annual match between the volunteers of Eng. land, Ireland, and Scotland for the National Challenge Trophy took place recently at the Cowglen range, Glasgow. The teams consisted of 20 on each side, and the match was now shot in Scotland as a result of the Scotch Twenty having won the trophy at the last Wimbledon meeting. Colonel Burt, of the Ist Warwickshire idea, the captain of the English Twenty, invited 26 Englishmen to accompany hint to Glasgow, and whilst there added to the list Mr. Conafoy, of Nottingham' who is at present a member of the Lancashire Rides. Several of the Englishmen took part in the open events on the days preceding the matches, and did renzakably well, winning the majority of first prizes, but their previous performances as individuals were capped on the closing day, when Corporal Rothon, of the London Ri.'e Bzigade, won the Championship of Scotland. She present match for the International Trophy was the Beat in which the English shot under the organisation of the English Twenty Club, and the team included several members brought to the front by the club shooting. Most of them did extremely well in the Martini shooting at Cowglen five of the number obtaining no less than 97 points out of a possible 105. A good deal of difficulty was found, in consequence of the exoell.t shooting, in deciding on the team, but all worked well together with the view of winning; and Private Beck, of Tiverton, the DueenX pri eman of 1981, and Private Gilbert, of the Honourable Artillery Company, not feeling quite up to form, voluntarily made way for others. On the morning of the final, the team and reserve went through the ranges before the commencement of the match, and were thoroughly well organised. At the short range, firing from the knee, Dr. Hart only left the bull'. eye once, and the whole team averaged close upon 31 points Ice man, finishing. the ffistHice with " "  6.17; seven poitits above Scotlaek and 33 ahead of Ireland, the latter country being represented by a teao got together under very disadvantageous circumstance.. At 500 yards the Englishmen further advanced, making the most brilliant shooting on record, the whole twenty averaging well over 31 points per man. Wattleworth, of Liverpool, got the full score, and at the same moment three others were shooting, who ran on 34 points each. At the conclusion of the distance England was leading by 26, Ireland gamely struggling along about 60 points behind Scotland. The immenee crowd who had asambled snatched the 000 yards shooting with intense excitement, and the struggle at this range between tbe Scotch and English wee a magnificent one. Among those who shot first for England three  or four were unfortunate, whilst the Scach opened with some tall work at the distance, and the gap between the two couni ries was almost closed. How. ever, as the contest went towards its conclusion, the English occasionally gained a point, and when the last shot was Met the Southerners were victorious by seven points. Colonel Burt was captain of the winners, Colonel Wilson, of Stirling, captained the Scotch, and Major Despard, of Kent, was the Irish captain. At the end of the shooting complimentary speeches were made. The teams were afterwards entertained by the Council of the West of Scotland Ride Association. A strong feeling was eNpresswl in favour of the match being always shot in future at Wimbledon, the fixture in Scotland resulting in the absence of the Welsh team, of a weak Irish team, and entailing much expense on the English, whilst a month hence all will meet at Wimbledon for individual contests. Colonel Wileon, ceptain of the Scottish Twenty, who agrees with this, announced his retirement from the captaincy of the ceotch.  AT the recent quarterly communication of Grand Lodge, Brother Thomas Fenn was appointed president of the Board of General Purposes for the ensuing year. Lord Carnarvon, the pro-Grand Master, then addressing Gramaodge, stated that, in recognition of the services of Brother Sir John Monekton, who had held the above position for ten years past, during which period much valuable work had been disposed of, his Royal Highness the Grand Master had been pleased to confer upon him the rank of Past Grand Junior Warden of England. The announcement was received with hearty enthusiasm by the brethren, wino then, at the instance of Sir Albert, Woods (Garter), the Grand Director of Ceremonies rose, and saluted the new P.O.W. in proper form. A SHACKING suicide of a widow lady, named Evans, of independent means, has occurred at Newport (Mon.). It appears that she has been in a desponding state for some time, and left her residence stealthily early in the morning, shortly after the nurse had visited her, and given her a dose of medicine. With only a shawl thrown over her nightdress she hastily traversed several streets, and reaching Newport-bridge, threw herself over into the river, a distance of sixty feet. The tide was low at the time, but death was certain. A ships engineer witnessed the terrible act, and the body was reco‘'ered nine hours later. Deceased was the widow of the rector of Crickhowell, who died two years since. THE Queen has subscribed I'so to the endowment and acholarahip fund at present being collected by former pupils of the Church of Scotland Minis:era' Danghterai Collage, Dundee.