JULY 2G, 1800 'riiE ILL UST 1-tA'l'ED LONDON NEWS 103

THE BISLEY MEETING. The shooting of the Volunteer marksmen at Bisley bas been exc2llent. On July lG the weather was fine, and tho shooting wa.s well np to the average. The principal competition was the Qneen's. the range being 500 yards. In the evening it was found th~t Lieut. Atkinson: 3rd V. B. Durham Light Infantry, headed tho list with a totn.l of G7. Sergeant l\Iackenzie, 4th V. B. Scots, a.nd Private M·Lachla.n, 8th Lanark, tied for second place with 66.

Shooting in tho first stage for the Queen's Prize conc1mled on the 17th. Corporal Fletcher (Portsmouth), Pri vato M·Lachla.n (Blythswoocl), and Corpoml \Ve1lington c;'II:m­chester) each scored D3. In the three hundred who qualified themselves to shoot in the second stage there were no scores below 8'3. Althongh the weather was dull all da.y. no min fell at Bisley until five o'clock. when the shooting in the Q1wen's Competition had finished ; but a heavy storm after­wards broke over the c::.tmp.

'l'he competition for the St. George's Vase, on the 18th, ended in a tie between Captain Gibbs, of the Bristol Engineers, and Corporal Scott, of the 1st Roxburgh and Selkirk. Sergeant-1\Iajor Peddie, of the Fife Artillery, won the Daily Telt'{fJ'n.ph Cup, an Engraving of which was given in oat' last issue.

During the earlier part of the 19th the weather was as bad as it could be from the marksman's point of view. A close contest took place at the final range of the Queen's Second S ta.ge for the Silver Meda.l, which at length fell to Private Murray, 3rd V.B. Gordon Highlanders, with an aggregate score of 20CL Private Taylor, 2nd V.B. North Staffordshire, was second with 203. In shooting the tics fol' the Bronze l\Iedal, Pri v~te l\I· Lachlan, 8th L~n"trk, made three bnll's-eyes. anu won. Capt~in Gibbs, Bristol En!4·ineers, won the St. George's V a.se in shooting off the tie. The Prince of \Vales's Prize was won by Sergeant \Voods,oE Portsmouth. Five teams competed for the Standard Prize, which was gained by the Eng­lish, the f'anadians being secJn l.

On Sunday morn­in6, the 20th, the Umbrella Tent wa~ well filled rl uring the sermon of the Bishop of Guild for<l. who de­livered an apt address oa the subject of ~.1rthly and heavenly prizes.

No compet,ition of any importance wn,s fired on the rnoming of the 21st, but in the afternoon the Rhooting for the N a.tional Cualleugo Troph.v aroused con­sitlera.ble attention, Scotla.nd proving vic-torious. 'l'eams of twenty represented E n g 1 a n d, I r e 1 a n d, Scotland. and \Vales ; ttnd the following are the aggregate scores : Scotland, 1817 ; Eug­lnnd, 1808 ; Ireland, 176:3 ; \Vales, 17:58. The cha.racter of the shooting is shown by the f~ct that the lowest of these four aggregates is higher b.)' ten points than the winning score of last ~·en.r. Captain Fte nantle, 1st Bucks, won the Any Rifle 'Vimhledon Cup.

In weathet· charming from the spectator's point of view, but not wholly favouraule to the marksmen, the shooting in the final st::tge for the Queen's Prize took place on the 22ud. After an exciting competition. the coveted honour was won by Serge~nt Bates! of Birmingham, with 278. l\Iurray, of Auer­rleen, came second, with 270, and Lyte, of the Jersey l\Iilitia, third, with 21W. Sergeant Fulton, an ex-Queen's Prize­nun, was first in the Allcomers' aggregate, and also in the Grand aggrega.Lo. The winner of the Queen's Prize last year was a ScoLsma.n, Sergeant Reid, of Lanark. In the two previous years: the winners were Fulton and \Van·en, both l\Iiddlesex m en ; and for the two years 1885-f>: Bulmer and Jackson, both from Lincolnshire. Sergeant Bulmer's score in 1833 has nevet· been r eached since. 'l'he nearest approach was Mr. Reid's score last year-28 1.

Lady Grisell Bailie opened on July lJ, at St. Boswellt:, X. B.. a. town ball which has been erected to the memory of hel' hrother, the late Hon. Robert Bailie. La.dy Grisell has pro­vided much of the furnishing of the hall, and also presented it with a fine tower clock.

The Duke of Cambridge addressed the 2nd Battalion of Grenadier Guards on July :n, at Wellington Barracks, previous ~o t?eir departure f~r . _Bermuda:_, in. ch~rge_ of Colonel Eaton.

THE COURT. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian and the children of Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg, left ·windsor on July 18, and travelled to Osborne. On the 19th, the Queen and Princess Christian drove out at Osborne, and the Duchess of Edinburgh subsequently visited the Queen. On Sunday morning, the 20th, her Majesty. Princess Christian, the Duke of Erlinburgh, Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, and the members of the household attended Divine service at Osborne. The Rev. Canon Prothero, 1\f.A., officiated. The Qneen is to reside at Osborne for five weeks before proceeding to Balm oral.

The Prince and Princess of "~ales and Prineesses Victoria and Maud honoured the Duke and Duchess of "\Vestminster by their presence at dinner at Grosvenor House on July 18. After a.ttenlling Lord Longhborongh's m:-trrin.ge on the lDth, the Prince went to Aylesbury, on a visit to Baron Rothschild at Wa.ddesdon Manor. On the 21st the Prince and Princess returned to town, the former from Baron Rothschild's seat ncar Aylesbury, and the latter from a short visit to the Dowager Duchess of Manchester. Their Royal Highnesses sent to Miss Eclith Clarke. tho daughter of the Princcs:->'s chief Equerry, a sapphire and diamond brooch, on Lhe occasion of

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her wcdtling with 1\lr. Frank Bibby, on the 22nd, at Holy 'l'rinity Church, Sloane-street. Other members of the Royal family sent presents. The Prince and Princess attended the wedding with their daughters: and were afterwards present at the wedding breakfast. 'l'ho Prince presented a. wedding present. on behalf of some of the members of the Royal Yn.cht Squadron, at Marlborough House. to the lion. Blanche Colville, daughter of Lord and Lady Colville of Culross, on her approaching marriage with Captain Britten, R.N. The Princess and Princesses Victoria and Maud were present on the occasion. In the evening the Prince and Princess and Princess Victoria witnessed the performance of ~:Die Meister­singer" at the Royal Italian Opera.

The Duke of Clarence and Avondale, who has been indisposed, hn.s accepted the honorary colonelcy of the 3rd London Rifles, vacant by the death of Lord Napier of Magdala.

Her MaJesty's yacht Victoria. n.nd Albert. with the Empress Frederick on boarrl. escorted by her l\T njesty's cruiser Melpo­mene, arrived at Gibraltar on July 21. A Royal . sn.lute was fired by the shore batteries. 'l'uo EmpreRs was received, on landing, by a g uard of honour. compo:-:;rd of the Black ·watch, a Royal salute being fired by the Artillery. liE'r :\bjesty drove to the Governor's Cottage and along the North Pron t, and snbsequenLly retmned on board the yacht, where she enter-

SKETCHES IN NE,VFOUNDLAND. The dispute between the Colonial authorities in Newfoundland and the French naval commanders on the west coast of that island, concerning the lobster factories, more especially, which are deemed an infringement of French treaty rights to the use of the shore for operations connected with the cod fishery: seems yet far from an amica.ble settlement. The K ewfound­land delegates to her Majesty's Government: Sir ·william \Vhiteway and two other gentlemen, have returned home from Engla.nd, apparentl,Y not well satisfied with the views of Lord Salisbury. who seems resolved that existing treaty obligations shall be fa.ithfully observed as the basis of any diplomatic negotin.tion with France, probably involving other questions in North and \Vest Africa and in more distant regions, which be may hope to conduct., like those with Germany, to a satisfac­tory agreement. In the meantime, it nppears that the recent aggressive action of the French s1uadron was much exag­gerated by Colonial alarmists. Tho conduct of Captain Sir lla.ldwiu \Valker, in his interposition to prevent a conflict, went a little too far by his sending a party of the Royal l\Tarines to occupy lVIr. llaird's lobster factory, and it is now sta.ted that the owners are to be paid some compensation. It

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is to be expected that the legal advisers oJ the Crown will be consulted on the rights of this ques· tion. Imperial polio~ cannot be forced bJ a mere local agitatior in a colony like New foundland ; but, if itl welfare and progres: demand the abroga tion of the undeni able French fisher' rights, the Britisi Empire will have tc give a sufficient con sideration in othe. parts of the world.

\Ve pn~sen t severa additional Newfound land Views--those o the Little River Set tlement, St. George' Bay ; the Bay o Islands, w bich re ceives the IIumbe River ; and Hare Ba~ which are three nobl inlets of the wcs coast. St. George' Bay is forty mile wide, and has a gooc harbour at its head Its shores contai1 some fertile vn.lleyE forests of fine timbe1 and large coal-field~ with lead ana othe minerals. The Ba· of Islands has th re wide arms runnin1 twenty miles inland it is the l"eat of valuable winter fish ery, and is a plac for the export o timber; at the mout,' of the Humber ar extensive beds o marble. Hare Bay i a deep and wide gull reaching up mor than two thirds o the entire breadt of this part of th island, and branchin out in several inlet: sheltered by loft hills. Our Views ar from photograph taken by 1\I 1·. S. I Parsons. of St.John': Newfoundland, wbic were communicate to us by 1\Ir. A. I 1\Iorine, one of tb delegates recently i London.

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longer to be an doubt or difficult about tho establisl ment of n. Katiom Gallery of Britis Art. A dued to th basis offered by 1\1 Tate, there is now th

generous proffer of 1\Ir. \Villiam Agnew to contribute "nc less than £10,000" towards the establishment of a gallery a Kensington Palace, or in the neigh bom·hood.

Lord Chief Justice Coleridge~ addressing the grand jury a the Anglesea. Assizes, commentou upon the remarkable iill munity the county enjoyed from crime, there being but on prisoner for trial, and he not ad weller in the Principality.

On tho visit of the Architectural and Arcbroological Societ. of the county of Buckingham at Olney, a temporary muscur was opened for the display of relics of the poet Cowper and o his friend John Newton, w.hom he aided with ':The Olne, Hymns."

Sir Lyon Playfair, M.P., opened on July 1!) the new librar, in Knatchbull-road, preseu ted to the people of Camber we! and Lambeth hy 1\fr. "\Villin.m 1\Jinet, the generous donor als of the park known as l\Iyatt's Fields. 'l'he new librar, contains close upon i'iOOO volumes.

A new London thoroughfare was thrown open on July 21 when Lord Rosebery formall.v opened the first section of th new thoroughfare from the Holborn 'l'ownhn.ll to the Ange at I"lington. It is ca.rried on a vinrluct over t he dangerou ' ·dip '' between ~ronnt Pleasant n.nd Exmouth- street, bcin; (iO ft. wide almost the entire eli stance. In honom· of tu ~rst Chairman of the London County Conncil this P.or.ti?t

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1. Hare Bay. 2. Bay of I8lands, Humber Souna. 3. Little Rivor Settlement, St. George's nay.

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