PETERSFIELD.

     THE 12TH HANTS RIFLE VOLUNTEERS.—The firing for the Cup, presented by Sergeant-Instructor Allen, commenced at the Rifle Range, on the 9th instant, and continued during a heavy fall of snow, when the following score was made at 200 yards, seven rounds:—

Captain S Seward23
Private E Young15
Private G Restall10
Private R Pocock11
Sergeant W Caplin23
Private T Wynn21
Private J Scammell16
Sergeant L Cole22
Private H Caplin19
Private A Etherington10
Private A Barnes15
Sergeant C Glasse20
Private G Edney20
Private G Penn, sen.15
Private G Penn, jun.15
Private J Dinham11
Private G Pescott 11
Firing concluded on the 19th instant.
Sergeant Davis12
Corporal E Berry22
Private W Moss14
Private J Madgwick9
Private J Harding3
Private W Howell11
Private H Moss10
Private C Chase17

     Captain Seward and Sergeant Caplin having tied, shot off, when the former obtained a bull’s eye and the latter a centre, Captain Seward became the winner upon the first firing—to be shot for monthly, and the cup to be retained by the first winner of three firings.