THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE — AND AGRICUL) URAL GAZETTE. 
[Sony 7 4 TED, 
the evening between those whofiring from a rest at 
1000 
rds, commenced on Thurs- said that t there was = the present moment 
q ya 
have struck the bull’s eye. The range is only 200 day, but was not concluded. The rest was a sandbag | intimate friend of his in the French capital nego. 
yards; but the eye is also reduced in size to 4 inches’ | ona kind of inpe pas ges the — fired sitting or | tiati ing a treat; of commerce between the two 
diameter. These targets have been very attractive | crouching re ane a ae dea i ge for | — ies which he trusted, when fairly set on foot, 
throughont the week ; on Tues da: xy Lor d Vernon made five | this long ran gos “five ial Sete allo wed each ould e to cement thé alliance between England 
iiei ahi MaRS count. This oat France than all the diplom ey of past or present 
ground cdaring the Soko The number of spec- pro olonged the contest ait the evening, apt ae ang times. He then proceeded to impress on the Orpheonists 
e much less than on soubor decision. expediency of telling their countrymen, on their 
bathe vores was quite equal to what the Associa- | SHAM OF —Mr. Strode, of} return to their native land, that Englishmen were not 
expected. T ie Volunteers were paraded and |Camde: a Push Bro ey Salie. ge his groun nds at | the enemies of ram and that t whatever mi ms the 
} 1 Wednesday the proceedings | the ined of ma Ranelagh, Colonel- tonr ae | occasional differences between the Governmeni f the 
were ol v i ike character. S of the > So uth Middle: x Corps, sha am figh two pa a peste sles of bo th were one at hear. 
were with few exceptions ae dae afi ternoon of parece of “ $t ve V Anglet erre!” “ Vive la France!” 
ards, 
eya SE it 
make proper allow: a at a good “deal 
of goeaed: oo whieh hung about near r thè horizon, our 
wolunteeft ri n-showed thei hei ir 
on 
ene the cy th in The railway compar 
ost liberal arr sais ts for the Mees ra of the 
Volnters to os ha nee org 
Pim lic and Lon n Bridge, and it 
berr who broke down completely a 
g ran The firing was stopped at halt-past 6, wh 
para rt decision point, and many of the t 
the the ti 
e Association rm have still “to be deter mined | 
ced 
o each Votat attenditg f is not | 
to e ia Qs, per Beg iaag — faro to the 
field € of evolution and back again to tow is under. 
stood that the Volunteers will assemble 1 on the groia. 
whe a 
int the following 15 m: 
sor t of rehearsal ofja 
Cries 
folos 
Delaporte teens given the * za 
the Aii eet and 
that | Crystal Palac 
which 
the Ma: anagers of the 
Mr. 
as duly responded to, 
Joseph Loc! o so far 
as the dinner was concerné j by pr a roposin in Frene 
the “Health of Guides.” ee been 
will take ro in The way out of the dining room ina 
Hows i of Bia 17 points; Sharpe, 9th em War Oise a Sito the oat Ae hey had entered i passed aici mg a lar ie 
s Bekabrieyes ork, 17; Collinson, 6t RIAN and as evening “approches the e by the spectators outside, through sinks 
ck, 18: Foni, se ent sig, locate 15 3 various Ses will pitch their tents, a contending ‘A A Pees, i the railway staras ba On the ro 
l4; Eas hire, 14; Jenkins, 5th Glamorgan, 14 ; | armies are orm their ow cents ssk s- E ook hands with everybody and every Ay 
Jackson, 324 Kent, 14; Caiger, aoe neg E o 14; Cocks, 11th | movement is to be carried out the sound of the cae Shand with them m the most affectionate 
Middlesex, 14; Phillips, lst Sb > bugle, and the sham fight y will commence about 11 |manner. The Migs, who in large numbers were 
he other prize decided w. at a Mr. Gye, as | |o clock on Saturday morning, | and conclude by about 3 present i in unifor in for a considerable share of 
of t eA in Covent thra Or tpheonista, more enthu- 
Theatre, viz., 1007. to the best shot, and four | town again before evening. Officers commanding siastic than their brethren, seized upon an equal number 
of 257. to the t highest number of points. | Volunteer corps in any part of the country can — ici- of Volu nteers, and i ted i in drinkin; jot to 
nditions were—five rounds each person, at the pate in the fight by Signifying their intentio p ich 
The co 
nae ranges of 300, ye SBSH yards. The following 
are the names of the 
ent, Pg: Ss Sandford, St. 
> A AASR 10th Parity 1 19, bshs Dove, 91st 
time tọ Lord Ranela 
Great ROBBERY a JEWELS.—The Duchess of 
Mecklenburg: oor itz, who arrived lst week from Ger 
the pas 
to the Sains platform 
e the representative, 
, marked as it 
The e e procession 
t was by cordial 
revoir,” 
| aos, reiterated cries OF * bon voyage,” “a 
'25t. ; Murray, 1st Perth, 18, F iy on. a visit to Ker mother Pee ey tue | oe hed orna ADEE | assumed 
t of mig match left four be & pt [er journey Sich fbann step deiidrds d h sojoarners 
esult will not affect ‘the pie, and vil ig a throu; or Hanover, Berlin, ea Faris 3 of a few pe among us to thei and ortly 
the è winners in an order o of precedence, In over, and se ceeded to London by railway. On| after 10 o’clock the. Orpheoniss aa all lock ates 
the evening the ties standing over from Tuesday were shot remota Bucking! gham Palace the jewel case was dis-|in town, and on Sunday morning they re a 
F at 200 and 300 à 300 yards’ competition | She gt o be e ainme and though mron of the most | France. ‘hig their stay the comm Soe 
most interesting contest of the) oxporie tectives have been investigating the| permission for them to visit free; on ae ot 
Y» between M. Nourisson, the eae they lave failed to discover it. The ar ae their passports, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul’s, the 
erland; M Knecht, a Swiss es abstracted, independent of their intrinsic worth, said | Tower, Greenwich Hospital, Zoological Gardens, and 
À Nr, ergeant Wilson, t hlo es t shot at [to exceed 30007, are valuable as amily relies a the Surrey Gardens, Hampton Court Palace, Windsor 
rere a of Glasgow. had to fre presents from friends. A large reward is offered for | Castle, the Park, St. George’s Chapel, and the yal 
300 yards; and, as tora UA eee ra | their recovery, but the officers engaged in the inquiry | Stables, ee he Bridgewater Gallery, the Times Prin ting 
“Tepended on h did his are of opinion that the case was stolen before the | Office, . Barclay and Co.’s Brewery, Messrs. 
Diis ae this country. i oforte Manufactory, the United 
Stord _ Tux Orpuronists.— The ic oh | Service cee Messrs. Penn and tors Works, the 
combat, ton to ge T a dinner to i wa Houses = Parliament, South ington 
‘onan ow iow became very|their farewell | ey ance Cemal, eine ardens, Bank of England, and many 
Paap iversiey, Sead, and About 50 ofthe Tees ofthe 
po omen The 
Wont advan 
. Mr ijr leveled h his s Wittworth and snap 
t gavo 
com 
in Thursday the T commenced at half-past 9, and 
till sunset without intermission. ae 
following was the result of the competition, at 500 yar 
for a Whitworth rifle given by Mr. Parai i ml 
ers : — 
$ H 4; De 
. 4; Knecht, 3; 
3; Bloc, d Staub, Bethe, 45.) eines = TOAG a 
ing were the five additional winners of 
13 ak Wylie, -1st Lanark 
3 Russell, Edinburgh, 13; Ross, | 
h rifles, and the 
die her Majesty's prise ab 
ewig were returne 
ards.—Piece, S 
os in - eii re ne Royal Marines ; 
Cc 
to o inglada we end adi 
la utual feelings o aa 
for Miss 
Von Matt, 7; : Thormann, 6; Roth, 6; Van | M 
ernoon ear] . Which enabled 
proved s T 
total amount of Faith ee rescue up to Saturday | oth 
afte vas 
n 
of interest, 
these 20 Whitwort 
ed 20 second-best: shots will shoot to- day i 
and 1000 tha: 
York; Knecht Switzerland; Peter, - 
Swite by. Er eter, Switzer: i 
commerce, science, and the arts, and in the endeavour 
th 
hope that the presentvisit of the Orpheonists 
of m etd rea e 
y causes of 
that S wa cultivation 
t la best | into 
nzie read a 
by Miss J. Boucheret on bookkeeping ng, stating that a 
one great reason 
LAF 
ce based upon so solid a foundation. 
a ‘followed the interpretation of these senti- 
- The eized 
xcited Fren upon every 
f J v wa. poe “ Vice 
ne!” and“ Pive V Empereur!” 
rT no inger d shout anything. When the 
loud viv toned 
E 
KNOW. 
ioe they might be fitti 
announci 
i down to something like modera- ployed : as cheats ES in post offices; 1 
l e SE tion Mr Bilg rose to acknowledge the toast, and | dressers, &c, He reada paper re 
Paxton presided, having by h dy e Delaporte, 
leader of the eee and supported by Mr. Bri ni a the “ignote rapt" of raked or = pre 
M.P., Mr. Josepli Locke, M.P., Mr. pag ye ., | tions ious lodging iea mere the badges or 
> | Mr, John tock Mr. H. ngram, erens whi h they their button holes. 
Jackson, M.P., Mr. Langton, M.P., Mn Waiter Happily however the blamo ‘of th rele first night’s recep 
Pi Mr. W. Dilke, d other - gentlemen. ee tion in London lies triot of their own, 
toasts were few but appropriate, and who havi ditaken ~ mfo: 
ived mzs reat thusias: y the wes considered he had fulfilled the contract liberally by 
“the Que and “the Emperor of the French,” | engaging two waste buildings erected for public-houses 
eer being loudly cheered, „Sir J. Pax cton Sp in ee = m Market, and furni them with 
ousa straw mattresses laid the floor, with 
espreined the high appreciation rhea of their | pillows of the e same material. In the ing they found 
musical talents by those in England whom they | d not considered any toilette 
cies so long a distance and at so great a sacrifice of | appliances necessary in the bedrooms, so that they 
time to instruct and delight. M. Delaporte returned | neither wash nor shave. The ba the Guides gave a 
i tongue, and said that frere i con rday evening in St. J 
mpensed | Hall for the benefit of the French Charitable Associs- 
der the patronage of the h Or- 
EMPLOYMENT OF W ==. azione 
ment the hee A he} of the Society for Promoting thé Employment g ; 
n, in connection with the National Associ: 
A ecg deca” T 
; m ] ice, on the ing of the $ a 
regi oe pa enon h seg fart OS te Set Md 
w ec meer on the vast interests w address, explained bt nia scat e iety, € 
| apenidted oa mh thie to ntin endly relations between | gratulated the members ‘ suiceess ‘ck had 
the two greatest antonsinhewordeot Aito entertain attended their efforts ariii the first year, and enforced 
the heartfelt desire that no rivalry should h 
, | exist between them ee in te e peaceful paths of | Mr. Cookson urged law engrossin itable occu- 
berg for roe described -l Fee established by 
