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    THE RIFLE ASSOCIATION.—DISTRIBUTION 03? THE PRIZES

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    says , " the sand was swept out from the interior and beds were already provided in the niches where once hstd reposed the coffius of the Pharoahs ; they were thus living in a tomb for change of air and impi'ovement of health , and were buried , in short , before their time . "We have introduced in thte p'ortion of the' volume , some general and useful remarks relative to the condition of the Arabs dwelling on the banks of the Nile . This wretched people are reduced to the very dregs of moral and physical degradation . Their habitations are composed , of " untempered mortar , vulgarly called Nile mud , " destitute of windows and every article of utility or comfort . The " animal" faces of the women are rendered still more repulsive " by the custom of painting the

    eye , above and below , with kahl and indigo , and tattooing the u n der lip , chin , and breast . " The heads of the boys are kept purposely bald , with the exception of one lock of hair at the back , which they , after the fashion of their miserable creed , term the resurrection lock , " by which " the angel of ueath seizes them when he is about to transport them to the Elysiau fields . " We then come to an animated description of that curious natural phenomenon situated near the suburbs of Cairo , entitled " th « petrified forest , " in which the hand of man seems to have been suddeuly arrested in its labour , and he himself prevented from proceeding in the completion of his work by soin ' e mysterious influence . The authoress thus describes it : — "No trees are standing , but the ground is strewed with trunks , stems , and chips , hewn down as if the wood-cutter ' s labour had been arrested by the hand

    of an enchantress , and the live forest had been instantly changed into stone . " Farther on , she continues , ""It was strange to see these chips and stems all round us , and when stooping . to pick up a specimen , to find it cold and hard as agate . After a toilsome journey through the " -wilderness , " our traveller is at length brought in sight of the Holy City ; Jerusalem is situated at the top of a hilly and mountainous country , the ascent of which is reudered more perilous and painful by the absence of any " beaten track '' ? or highway ; so that the traveller has to surmouut innumerable obstacles before he arrives at his destination ^ This state of things appears to be a fit type of the difficulties which beset the path of the true 'Christian in his progress upwards towards the" Jerusalem of tlie Soul ; " in which labour heJlas to clear before him every inch of ground upon which he plants his footing , uo charitable hand having previously turned aside the thorns and briars which strewso plentifully the " narrow

    way . " The modern city of Jerusalem presents by no means a fascinating appearance ; the : streets are badly paved , and mud and filth are every where perceptible . The authoress congratulates herself that this is not the " realcity of palaces , " which , she says , " according to the ¦ statement of Mr . Stanley , lies buried forty feet below modern Jerusalem , having been seventeen times destroyed and rebuilt . " We n 6 w pass over in review the different places of interest connected with this sacred Land of Promise . Of these it will be necessary to mention but one , namely , the Church of the Holy Sepulchre . The * keys of this consecrated edifice arei entrusted to the keeping of a Mussulman—the authorities judging it wiser , in conseauence of the contentious between the adherents of : the

    "Greek and Latin churches , to place them in the possession of a neutral party . Thus even the tomb of the Saviour is not held sacred from the schisms which have split the Church of which he was the founder into so niany opposite and rival branches . Within the walls of this holy building are erected altars belonging to every sect existing before the time of the Reformation , around which kneel the different devotees , according to their prescribed forms of worship , all of which are celebrated at one and the 8 ame period . And thus it is that the sublimities of the past become the profanities of the present , and that the ideals of faith itself pass into the gross realities of actual experience . And this , uotwithstandiug , is progress ;—we must endure the shock , and merge tlie present in the future .

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    Lord Elcho read the list ; every winner was called upon the platform separately , the Volunteers and regulars saluting in military fashion as they advanced , the civilians with the less formal "bow . The prizes were handed to the President by Colonel Kennedy , and given by the President to the winners , who then , crossed the platform and descended on the opposite . side : ¦ They were all cheered as they passed , especially the Swiss , and of them more particularly . ' . Mill Pete"r and Knecht , who came , and went , and came again , each time for * or with , a prize * till a good-natured laugh blended with the cheers at each re-appearance . The very first name called was also that of a Swiss winner , M . Thorel , of Geneva . TJie complete list of the prizes , tlieir value , the winners , and the number of points , is given below , and presents all the results of the week in one view . The names were called in the reverse order in Which they stand ; the last name in each list being called first , when there were more than one : — No . 1 . A Whitwoeth Rifie , given by Mr . Fairbairn , shot for by the Swiss , at 500 yards , 5 rounds with any rifle . Won by Thorel , of Geneva . The winner shot with a Whitwortli rifle ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 points . No . 2 . Swiss Rifle , given by the Swiss , and shot for by the Volunteers who competed for the Whitwortli Rifles ( the 40 who shot for Her Majesty ' s Prize excepted ) 5 rounds at 500 yards . Won by Dear , 9 th Middlesex ... ... ... ... ... 7 points , No . 3 . Pbize op £ 50 , given by his Grace the Duke of Wellington , for Rifles shot from a rest at 1 , 000 yards , 5 rounds ; to which was added , as a second prize , a watch , given by Mr . Bennett , value £ 35 . Points .

    Monday was a thoroughly popular day at tho Cryntal Palace . The distribution of prizes was a great element of attraction , and on this occasion there was a very full attendance . Thero were two publics present ; , the special and the promiscuous j but long before tho proceedings began , both pressed in upon tho centre . The seats immediately behind the platform wore occupied by ladies ; the rising benches of tho orchestra by Volunteers , mixed up with black-coatod civilians and soarlot regulars . Tho winners wore disposed in two groups , to the right and left of the platform , on tho level of tho floor , biding their timo rather pleasantly .

    Soon after three o ' clock , tho proceedings commenced . Tho chair wns taken by Earl I > e Grey and Ilipon , who noted as substitute for Mr . Sidney Herbert , tho president of tho association , who was provontod from-attending by * - business -in-the House of- Commons . -The noble earl was supported by Lord Elcho , Colonel Bowes , Colonel 0 . Kennedy , and Captain Mildmay , tho secretary of tho association . The rifles of honour , the objects of so many hopes and aims , were laid out , duly ticketed to the winners , on a table , within easy roaoh ; tho handsome silvor cup > the prize of the London Brigade , gleamed resplendent on anothor . A very desirable number of pursoi * - remained in tho custody of tho authorities till the time for producing them . Tho President ( Earl Do Grey and Ripon ) then addressed tho assembly . The presentation of tho prizoa immediately followed hia lordship's address .

    Duke of Wellington ' s Prize , won by Lieutenant Archibald , Instructor of Musketry , 58 th Regiment . The winner shot with Westley Richards ' breech-loader ... ... ... ... 3 Mr . Bennett ' s Prize , won by Knecht , of Zurich , with a Westley Richards'breech-loader ... ... .... ... '• ••• «* No . 4 . > Ir . Gye ' 3 Prizes fok Vo ^ TTsrTEEiis , 5 rounds , at 30 <> , 500 , and 600 yards , £ 200 , distributed a 9 follows :--¦/¦ ¦ .. ' ¦ • Points . 1 st Prize , £ 100 , won by " VVhpmes , 4 th Kent Rilles ... .... 20 2 nd Prize , £ 25 , won by Sandford , St . George ' s Volunteers ^ - J 19 3 rd Prize , £ 25 , Robinson , 10 th Perth ... ... > ' U . 9 4 th Prize , £ 25 , won by . Dove , 91 st Lanark ... ... ' Ties i ^ 5 th Prize , £ 25 , won by Murray ^ lat Peebleshir * ... > " 118 No . 5 . Dttke op Cambridge ' s Prize of- £ i > u , for breech-loaders , 5 rounds at . iSOO , and 5 rounds at 1000 yards ; . to which , were added . "" Three Prizes of Eifles , value £ 30 , £ 20 , and £ 11 Us ., given by Mr . Weatley Richards . _ , '¦ ' . * - . Pomfs . Duke of Cambridge ' s Prize , wou by Kueeht , of Zurich ... ... 10 Mr . W . ~ Riehards ! _ £ 3 fl , won by-Lieutenant Lacy , 12 th . Regiment 9 Ditto £ 20 , won by Turner , 1 st Berks ... ... . / ... 8 Ditto £ 11 lls . wonby Edwards ,, 4 thWestYork ... « The whole of these prizes were won with Westley Richards' breechloaders . NO . 6 . All COKER 3 , FIRST SET , 200 YARDS , 5 KOTTND 3 . Points . 1 . Given by Lord Vernon , Whitworth Rifle , won by Pieco , Geneva ... ... ... ... "•• ' ••• ••• ¦•• 1 . 2 2 . Given by the National Rifle Association , £ 20 , won by Newman , Royal Marines ... ... , ... ••• ••• ••• 12 3 . Ditto , £ 20 , won by Ross , 7 th North Riding ... ... ... 11

    " 3 ) 7 TDireo 71 EZU , won by Jinecht , Zurtcll ~ TT 7 T . : 77 ~ xl 5 . Ditto , £ 20 , won by Peter , Geneva ... ... H 6 . Ditto , £ 20 , won by Chessex , Vaud ... ... ... ... 11 7 . Mr . Turner ' s rifle , won by Mauler , Neuchatel ... ... 10 Second Set , 300 Yards , 5 Rouni > s . , Points . 1 . Oivon by the Ladies of Northamptonshire , £ 35 , won by Ros 3 , 7 th North Riding ... ... ¦•• ••• 9 2 . Given by tho National Rifle Association , £ 30 , won by Ingram , Lanark ' .... ... ... ... ¦ 9 3 . Ditto , £ 30 , won by Nourisaon , Geneva ... •>• ¦¦ ¦••• 9 ,, 4 . Ditto , £ 30 , won by Wilson , Sohool of Musketry ... ... 9 5 . Ditto , £ 30 , won by EEoil , Swiss ... ... 8 6 . Ditto , £ 30 , won by Dillon , School of Musketry ... ... 8 7 . Mr . Lancaster ' s Rifle , won by Forbes , * 2 d Derby Volunteers 8 Thibd Set , 500 Yards , 5 Rounds . 1 . Given by the National Riflo Association , £ 4 , 0 , won by Brooks , _ 12 th Middlesex ... ... ... ... ... 7 2 . Ditto , £ 40 , won by Tinloy , 2 d Lancashire ... ... ... " 3 . Ditto , £ 4 . 0 , won by Sergeant Stapleton , Coldstrenm Guards ... 7 4 . Ditto , d ? 40 , won by Dove , 91 st Lancashire ... 7 5 . Ditto , £ < LO , won by Porbes , 2 nd Derbyshire 7 6 . Mr . Lancaster ' Riflowon by PeterGeneva \

    , , 7 . Mr . Lancaster ' s Riflo , won by Roth , Geneva ... t > Fourth Set , 600 Yabds , Five Rounds . Pointfl . 1 . Given by tho National Rifle Association , £ 50 , won by Rowland , 55 th Regiment ... ... * j 2 . Ditto , £ 50 , wou by Wright , Royal Artillery ... « 3 . Ditto , £ 50 , won by Tinloy , 2 nd Lancashire ^ 4 . Ditto , £ 50 ,. wonby-Hollaway ,. 5 th , Gloucester .-. .... .- ¦ - *> 5 . Ditto , £ 50 , won by Sadler , 10 th Sussex ... ... • ¦ ° Army and Nary Gazette , " £ 20 , won by Cooks , St . George ' s ... 5 Mr . Egan ' e Rifle , won by Corporal Hoddor , 2 nd Battalion Gre-¦ nadior Guards ... ... Fifth Set . X ' kinch Consort ' s Pbizb of £ 100 , shot for by All Comers who W * u »™ at tho preceding ranges of 200 , 300 , COO , and 600 yard * ; flred ai 800 , 900 , and 1 , 000 yards . 10 rounds at oarii distance . ' Seoond Prizo—lut London Riflo Brigade Cup , value £ 62 10 a . Third Prize—Mr . Smith ' s Biflo , voluo < fc 35 .

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    July 14 , I 860 . ] The Satiirday Analyst arid Leader . 655

    The Rifle Association.—Distribution 03? The Prizes

    THE RIFLE ASSOCIATION . —DISTRIBUTION 03 ? THE ¦ p'n . TTiTr'n .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), July 14, 1860, page 655, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2356/page/7/