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July 7, I860.] The Saturday Analyst and ...
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THE ROYAL RIF.LE-MATO. U AT WIMBLEDON. W...
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¦Recokp Of The Week. Home And Colonial. ...
Leeds was held on Tuesday morning , in the Commercial Newsroom , West Bar . From sixty to seventy gentlemen were in attendance during the meeting , including representatives of the leading firms in all departments , not only in the town , but in the immediate district . The woollen , flax , iron , leather , drysajting , and other trades were well represented , and there was a good , deal of conversation ,, the chief topic ' being the heavy failures in the leather trade . The annual distributionof prizes , at the University College , took place on Tuesday in the theatre of the institution , which was filled with the friends of the students , and others connected with the place . laid before Parliament in which Sir
Despatches have been C Wood states the decision of the Government not to grant more than 1 , 00 , 00 , 000 rupees for compensation , to be rateably distributed among the sufferers , whether Europeans or natives of India , whose active loyalty can be clearly established . In consequence of the condition of the finances of India , this sum is paid out of the general revenue , of the State . The amount was fixed on the principle that in the case of losses on buildings , factories , or crops , it would probably reimburse half the loss up to 2 , 000 rupees , and one-third of all bevond ; but in the case of losses of cash , jewels , and articles of personalty , the compensation is limited to one-third of the loss , never exceeding 5 , 000 rupees in one case . The Government do not admit claims for loss of profits which but for the mutiny might have been realised , or by insurance offices for loss of premiums through the death of persons whose lives had been insured .
On Saturday Air . Langdon , of the Bull Inn , Exeter , received a communication from Lord Palmerston , stating that he had directed that a donation of £ 10 should be paid to Abraham Cann , once the champion wrestler of England , out of the Royal Bounty Fund . He is now in his seventieth year . Wednesday afternoon a man , named George Edwards , in the employment , of Messrs . C . Child , coal merchants , of East Greenwich , was assisting to unload a cargo of coals from .. a ship to the wharf , when a plank slippedj and the unfortunate man fell , into the river , having a sack of coals on his back . The tide being high every effort to save the deceased was Unavailing . ' According to an estimate issued on Wednesday , the sum required to be voted towards defraying the expenses of naval and military operations in China , beyond the ordinary grants for army and navy services ^ for the year _ 18 ( jO- ! 61 , including a repayment of £ 443 , 896 to the Government of India for advances on account of former
expeditions to China , is £ 3 , 800 , 000 . - On Tuesday morning a shocking and fatal accident happened-at the crinoline factory of Messrs . Wright , Hobsoii , & Co ., New Oepige-street , Sheffield . It appeared that Sarah Ann Murphm ; aged 17 , wliOL worked at the factory , went into a room in whjch she had 3 io business to go , and for some purpose or other ascended a ladder . While oui ; he ladder her dress was caught by a revolving shaft , and she was whirled round several times . Before any assistance could be obtained she was killed . Ann Wren , widow of the late Serjeant Wren , of the Grenadier Company of the Gloucester Militia , died at the Gloucester Union on Sunday , having-, thirteen days previously , attained to the age of 100 years . Up to within the last few months the deceased enjoyed remarkably good health . A parliamentary return , just issued , gives the amonnt of
dona-~—^ troTis ~ aiTdHb ^ qTiestsra ^ —' national debt , bequeathed since the passing of the 4 th Geo . IV ., cap . 19 ( 1823 ) . The total amount is £ 076 , 856 5 s . 6 d . The largest bequest was in 1855 , being the sum of £ 193 , 157 17 s . 5 d ., the " bequest of residue of personal estate of John Ashton , of Newton Bank , "ear Hyde , Cheshire , transferred by Court of Chancery . " A few small sums have been given anonymously . In 1859 a " female patriot" sent £ 6 , and in 1855 " a valetudinarian " £ 2 . In 1828 the sum of 38 , 500 francs ( £ 1 , 508 Cs . 6 d . ) was sent anonymously from Paris to the Chancellor of the Exchequer " towards the reduction of the national debt , " Eleven donations of £ 1 , 000 each were made between the years 1833 and 1839 by the Hon . Marmaduke XanHey , amd a few sums varying from £ 5 to £ 130 are credited to the " ladies' contributions . " In 1820 John Philips , Esq ., left £ 000 , and in 183 . 1 "A . If . C . " £ 300 .
July 7, I860.] The Saturday Analyst And ...
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The Royal Rif.Le-Mato. U At Wimbledon. W...
THE ROYAL RIF . LE-MATO . U AT WIMBLEDON . WE presume there can now ; be no doubt that the nation is thoroughly in earnest with regard to its own security and permanent defence . So far as human experience and foresight go , we aro doing precisely what is best mid most effectual to accomplish this object . First , there was a whisper of alarm heard in the country—where it arose , or what was the exact cuuso of it , it is not here our place to inquire , but it soon spread over all the country , and at lenglh the poet guvo to it words ; and to tho direct avid intelligible call , " KilL'inen , Form ! " there was a simultaneous and universal response . In a short time 100 , 000 peaceful Englishmen , few of whom , perhaps , had ever fired a gun at either bird or beast , were transformed into Volunteer soldiers . Thpy were quickly OTganiaed » ToJ ( lc ^ so rapid was the progress , and so great the skill and intelligence the Volunteers had exhibited , came off accordingly on Saturday , the 23 rd of June . A week alter , on Monday , the 2 nd of July , a grand rifle-match took place on Wimbledon-common . Here the
Volunteers assembled again in great numbers , and in every hue . It ia again pre-eminently their day . Indeed , the year JL 8 U 0 will , by and bv , stand prominently in history ; and we should nob wonder if ' henceforth it bo called tho " Volunteers ' year . " However it has now become a great fact , that the country , including
men of every class , grade , and profession , is determined that the freedom and independence of these realms shall be as unassailable as the island itself is firm and immovable in its home of waters . It was felt , that after such a display as was witnessed in Hydepark , there was neither deficiency of meu nor of will in the nation for the purpose of defending and maintaining pur own against any invader . Seeing so many who had enrolled themselves for this purpose , in whom the spirit and object of the movement are too much their own and country ' s interest ever to die , the next thing to consider was the means of improving and perfecting" to the utmost in military science this vast body of men . One step , institution , or movement , is but the prelude to another ; and the spirit , strong . in all our national undertakings , is to go on to perfection . With this view the National Rifle Association has been formed .
The Association has secured the patronage of her Majesty and the Prince Consort , the support of the great body of Volunteers , and the sympathy and best wishes of the country . In the meeting on Monday last , the Association have established a great national rifle-day . To witness the proceedings , thei'e were perhaps not less than 100 , 000 persons on the Common and spots adjacent . The vast concourse of people formed a procession similar to tliat on a Derby-day . A royal tent is erected on the Common , and is approached by a roadway formed for the carriages . On either side are two large marquees , for the accommodation of the members of the Court and their friends , and for any one who would pay half-a-guinea . There is also a tent occupied by Mr . Miles , of Wardour Street , who has set up a printing press on the ground , for the purpose of printing off the " scores " of the shooting . The butts are twenty in number , arranged in pairs ; they are formed of earth , forty-five ieet long , twenty-five wide , and twelve high , shaped like pyramids .
The Volunteers selected to attend the meeting assembled ^ on the Common at about twelve o ' clock , and were divided into sections by Colonel McMurdo , Inspector of Volunteers . They were then marched down and placed in line along each side of the gangway , along which the Royal party passed to the firing tent . Behind one of these lines was drawn up a band of Swiss , who had come to contest the prize . On the opposite side were the united bands of the Household Brigade . Adjoining the royal tent were many of the ihost elegant and beautiful daughters of the English aristocracy . After considerable painstaking , Mr . Whitworth in-ranged the rifle which her Majesty was to fire at the four hundred yards' range ; but owingto theyielding nature of the soil , the " rest" upon which one of his own rines was placed for her Majesty \ he did not accomplish this altogether to his satisfaction . _ . The Royal party arrived on jthe common at four o ' clock . On behalf of the Council of the Rifle Association , Mr . S . Herbert
presented aii address to . her Majesty , and . another to -the Prmce-Consort : Her Majesty and the Prince-Consort having replied , they proceeded to the finng ^ pdint , at four hundred yards from the target . Lord Elcho , Earl Spencer , and othei-s , were in attendance ; and Mr . Whitworth explained to her Majesty the manner in which she was to discharge the rifle . A piece of scarlet cord attached to the trigger was handed to her Majesty , who gently pulled it , and the first rifle shot was fired . In an instant the red and white flag was shown by the marker , arid " three points '' were scored to the Queen of England . Loud cheering followed as her Majesty declared the announced
prize meeting opened , and a salute of twenty-one guns —fche-facfc ~ to-th < HisandVwho-di ^^ — her Majesty . The bull ' s-eye is eight inches in diameter , and aline drawn vertically and another horizontally intersect exactly at tho centre . The Queen ' s bullet hit at an inch above this point of intersection , but upon the vertical line . Her Majesty expressed herself . highly pleased with the mechanical arrangement of the " rest , " examined with much interest the famous three-pbunder gun of Mr . Whitworth . The Royal party then retraced their steps to the Pavilion , and proceeded to examine a collection of guns and rifles of modern invention , which were exhibited in an adjoining marqnec .
The firing parties then took up their positrons , and the shooting at three hundred yards' range commenced- While this was going on , the Queen and the Royal party proceeded in the carriages along the whole line of the firing points . Her Majesty and Royal ptirty left by tho entrance tit the north ¦ . end of the common , and returned to Buckingham Palace by the same route ns that by which they arrived . We have no space to give a list of the names of tho registered competitors arranged in counties , but we subjoin the result of tho first day ' s firing . Greatest number of points , and the name of the shooter out of five x'ounds at 300 yards'distance : — Corpa . Name . Number of points . 4 th Northampton . . . Sorgeai t Tomalin ..... 8 9 th Middlesex .... . Lieutenant Dear 8 5 th Kent . . . . . . : Mr . Edward Pant 8
The capabilities and skill of the competitors havo exhibited gonerally a marked improvement on the subsequent days of tho contest . On Tuesday tlio Swiss Deputation scored well . They used the Enfiuld rifle in consequonce of an accident that befell them when crossing the Frouch frontier , on their way to England . The * roneli custom-house oflViiiars """ seized and "detained tlio rifles' " of the Stvifls Petnitfttion , though thoy had provided themselves with a certificate from the French Consul-Gonorul in Switzerland , stating tho reason they were curried ,. and -the object of tho journey . Hud this , not occurred they nniy have done ' still better . They give a bwiss rifle to bo contended lor exclusively by Volunteers . . There havo not , however , boon many deoisivo results ; be inna ww few highest follow a long tailing of tics , that must bo » hot .. 7 . before the wiiininir list can be made up . This is tho state ot tho
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Leader (1850-1860), July 7, 1860, page 15, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07071860/page/15/
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