The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-18 00:00:00

A BAD BOY.

A youth named Charles Jones was charged With having
broken into the office of Misers. Gilmore, Exchange-street
East. Detective-officer Scott said he reseired information
that some money had been missed from-the office on Saturday
he set a. watch, and aboit seven o'clock, the boy was found in
the office. It appeared that the lad was an office. boy in the
same building where itiesers. Gilmour had their office, and that
he got Out on the roof and then through a window, from which
he reached the water closet, and they into the office. From
the 1704 Of August, small aunts, amounting altogether, to
E 3 15s. Id., had been taken from the office desk. The prisoner
said, when taken in the office, that he had went there to see if
the water was turned off. He was remanded.
CHARGE OF SHOP-LIFTING.

A: .decent-looking female, named Elizabeth Weir, was
charged by officer Lees, of the Detective force, with the
following offence. Mr Cobb defended. It appeared that,
on Saturday evening, she went into a pawnshop in
Dale-street, under pretence of purchasing a coat. but the
allegation was that she stole one, which was found in
her possession. There was a shawl, a couple of gums with
money, and ether things, found upon her, and'she refused to
give any account of how she came by them. Mr. Cobb said his
client was, a respectable woman, and lived in Tatlock-street,
and could produce respectable characters. She was remanded
for the present.

SUDDEN DEATH.—Mrs. Parkinson, a lady from
Shrewsbury, was stopping .at the Talbot. Hotel, Vernon-
street, and on Sunday morning she was found dead in
bed.

FIRE LAST NlGliT.—Sivirtly after six o'clock a fire
was discovered in the stores *at the corner of Harrington-
street, North John-street. The fire brigade from Hatton- •
garden was shortly on the spot, and the fire was quickly
extinguished*. It appeared that some straw had caught
fire in the store, but by what means we could not
ascertain ; and had it not been for the prompt assistance
rendered, the whole place must inevitably have ,henn
burned down. However, as it was, but a small amount
of injury was done.
ACCIDENTS, YES rERDAY.--Thos: Fagan, a labourer,
residing in No: 6, Pothouse-lane. sustained a severe
wound on the foot, by an iron safe tailing on him in
Chapel-street.—Patrick Kelly, a labourer, residing in
Regent-street, fell into the hold of the Whitehaven
steamer, and wounded his back severely.—Patrick
Maguire, a labourer, residing in Upper Milk-street, SUS-
t.ained severe injuries on the' back by a crate of goods
falling on him in.the hold of a ship lying in Bramley-
Moore Dock.

The hired troop-ship Donald McKay, with the 61st.
Regiment on board, arrived, at Spithead on Saturday.
last, from the Mauritius.
Mr. Sidiley Smith Dickeni, who figures in the list. of
young gentlemen who have lately passed as naval cadets
at Portsmouth, is the son of Mr. Charles Dickens.

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VOLUNTEER MOVEMENTS

rtI,TIEW' OF THE WORKING MEN'S REIOADE M.' LON-
ealt'cle and drill of the Workmen' Volunteer
Brigade, now nnitbering close upon 500 men, took
place on Saturday event* Aram 6 to 8 o'clock, in the
Guildhall, kindly accorded by ti;vrtirnimion of the Lord
ALM; Upwards of 400 belonging to' Ire corps, in-
cluding the band, were present. Captain 3.Torton, one
of the council, inspected the battalion, in the absence of
Genetal Beatson, and declared his astonishment and
gratilization at the bearing of the men, and the progress
made by Them in so short a time. •
PRESENTATION OV BUGLES TO THE SALFORD RIFLE
VoLUNTEERS.— On Saturday afternoon five or six
thoifsand spedtators assisted thy' ladies of the borough
of Sa presenting silver bugres to the four com-
panies conit;t4sing the Salford Rifle Regiment. The
presentation was Male ilt Peel Park, by Mrs. Pochin,
Miss Heelig, Mrs. Nicholson, and Miss Ross. The
evening was extremely fine, and geod hitinour was mani-
festal by the spectators. After the ceremony the Volun-
teers filed or for the refreshment provided itt the park.
REVIEW OF ker#lBll RIFLES.—A review of the 3rd
battalion of Kentish 'Volunteer Rifles, by Viscount Syd-
ney (Lord Lieutenant of Kerit)y and Colonel M'Murdo,
Inspector-General of Volunteers, will take place at
Chatham-lines, to-morrow (Wednesday), at three o'clock.
The 4th battalion, consisting of East Kent Companies,
will be reviewed at Canterbury on the 28th ins.
FtiNERAL OF A VOLUNTEER OFFICER.—On Saturday
afternoon l&t, the funeral of Captain Storer, late com-
manding the Ist company 2st battalion of Royal Arsenal
Volunteer Elea, tont place at the Woolwich cemetery
with full military honorits. The funeral procession was
-preceded-by a firing party of 20'0; followed by a gun-
carria'gt bearing the coffin and the arms, &c., of the
deceased, add the whole of the companies comprising the
Royal Arsenal Volunteer force, amounting to upwards
of 1,000 officers and men.
THE LONDON "TIMES" ON THE ORIGIN OF THE
VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT.—It (the Voltinteer movement)
dot!, out of the circumstances and exigencies of the day,
and it spirting from an unanimous feeling of the necessity
'of preparing fof &fence. .The earliest and most strent-
one advocate, however'? of the Volunteer system when in
its infancy was, so far as We-know, Mr. Hans Busk, who
has continued lecturing and writing and counselling
upon this subject up to the present hoar. He was, as we
know, for same time alone in pressing the subject upon
the public notice, and to him, if to anybody, credit is
clue' for having laboriously aided at the birth of this
institution. The Volunteer army, however, is not an
invention, and no one has a right to patent it.—London
Ti,nes.--[We feel surprised that our powerful and gene-
rally impartial contemporary, the Landon Times, should
Unworthily lend its ear to what we term nothing less
than a cliqueism. On what ground does he award the
palm of being the most strenuous supporter of the volun-
teer ittosiment to Hans Busk ? What are the facts ?
These : Lancashire is the mother, and Lieut.-Colonel
Bousfield the father, of the movement. Nurtured fancily
for years in the good old town of Liverpool, by a few
devoted men, with the Lieutenant-Colonel at their head,
it acquired strength, and spread—slowly at first, then
rapidly—into the neighbouring towns and cities, and
evefy village of Great Britain. Hans Busk became its
supportet=but when ? Not until the volunteers were
respected as members of a great military institution.
When the work wag accomplished, he published sugges-
tions—eminently useful end practical in their nature,—
no more. For this he is worthy of much praise. He
has it. But we repeat that to Lieutenant-Colonel
Bousfield is due the palm and the whole of the praise
for originating, nourishing, and establishing, an a solid
permanent basis, that glorious institution which has
made England more than ever the pride, the terror, and
the admiration of the world.—EDlT. D. T.]
MEDICAL ASPECT OF THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT.
—The Medical rimes aid Gazette says of this movement
that it "is as timely as it is wise. It may be made as
much the safety of the brain-tasked and body-cramped
individuals of the people as of the country at large.
Everyone who has work to do should seek bodily strength
to do it less irksomely. It is not given to all of us to
mitigate the original curse by gaining health and vigour,
Necklet of Hint', and elasticity of brain, by trampling
stubble's, beating coverts, following the hounds, cruising
in yachts, of climbing mountain passes; but each one
may get the peace of mind which comes from a sense of
duty done, the pleasurable excitement of emulation, and
All the bodily advantages of the best kind of physical
training, by enrolling himself in a ride company, and
.working with it steadily. Many a man may march
away an atrophy, drill out the blue devils, shoulder
arms till he can be resolutely the fardels of life's
troubles, and after all find as much gratification in hear-

idg the whiz of a bullet as others do in the whirr of a

covey."
REVIEW Cr THE tAINVOSI HRIGADE.—On Saturday
afternoon Colonel M'Alutrdtr; Inspector-General.of

Volunteers, reviewed the LoWdon kifle Brigade in

Hyde-park, in the presence of some tbotiands of people.
The regiment, to the number of upwards of 700, mus-
teted at three o'clock iu the Quadrangle of Christ's
Ifospital, tinder the command_ of Lieutenant-Colonel

Hicks, ridd thettee marched to the ground, preceded by
their two flue &liar, by way of Holborn and Oxford-

street, entering the pail at the Marble-arch. The in-
spection took place on the northern side of the park, in
the open plateau fronting Park-laic, inhere the Queen

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on a recent occasion reviewed the volunteer carps under
circumstances which will long be memorable. The
ground Wits kept by the Queen's (Westminster) Volun-
teers, a remarialStf smart body of men, of whom about

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.500 were present, attended by their band, under
the command of Major liiisstilf a relative of .Lord
John Russell, and Major Mayne. As Colonel M'Murdo
rode upon the ground, the brigade wheeled into line to
i'eeive him and presented arms. The day wee fine,
the Wen presented an , imposing appearance, and the
spectacle was interesting and pictutesque. The colonel,
accompanied by Lieutenant-Colonel Hicks, rode slowly
along the front and rani ranks, minutely inspecting
the men and ,occasionally asking questions of the
officers: This ceremony over, the rants were closed, the
brigade reformed into open column, and then marched
past the inspector-general to the music of the bands,
firsti at ff uick time at wheeling and quarter distance,
and then at "the double-quick." The precision and
stateliness of theit &etching were so conspicuous as to
strike even the experienced eye of Colonel Whiurdo,
and to elicit frequent expressions of edniraticrn from
him addressed to those about him, as well as cheers
from the crowd. The brigade afterwards executed a
series of spirited evolutions, including the formation of
squares to receive cavalry, wheeling again into open
column, then counter-marching by divisions round the
centre. Then ensued sonic smart skirmishing and file-
firing; the brigade, while this was going on, being
scattered oter the ground, but disposed in accordance
with military teaks, and finally deploying into line,
awl-finishing the ceremony towards dusk with a grand
'volley. Colonel M'Murdo, before taking his departure,
spoke some spirited words of compliment and encou-
rageinent to the colonel in command of the brigade,
and the rest of the officers and men, addressing them as
"Soltliers and Volunteers." The ceremony was alone
marred by accidents to two members of the brigade,
one of whom, Private Wilkins, of the F company, sus-
tained an injury in the right ear, though not serious, we
believe, by the accidental explosion of his rifle ; and
Private Sampson, of the I company, had the fore finger
of his right hand badly wounded from a similar casualty.
THE REVIEW OF BROMLEY VOLUNTEERS. - The
Bromley, Beckenham. and Chislehurat corps, under the
command of Captain Satterthwaite, were inspected on
Tuesday last by Colonel Luard, who expressed his ap:
proval of their progress. A prize rifle will shortly be
"competed for.
A BADGE OF HONOUR FOR VOLUNTEERS.—A
men's badge of cross muskets, to be worn on the left
sleeve, has been presented to three privates in the Col-
chester corps,

THE GREAT YARMOUTH RIFLE CONTEST.--Of thirty-
efie'volunteers who competed for the challenge cup at
Great Yarmouth, sixteen obtained such a number of
points as would have entitled them, if they had been in
the regular army, to rank as marksmen, and to receive
Id. per day extra pay.
'THE "NEWTON REVIEW" RIFLE MATCH.—It may
be well to remind intended competitors at the forth-
coming rifle contest at Southport, that the entrance
lists will be closed to-day.. The prize cups will be
exhibited on the shooting ground, where a tent will be
specially provided for them. We learn that persons
from all parts of the country have entered the lists—
some of them living as far north as Stirling, and others
as far south as Brighton and Devonshire. •
LONDON IRISH VOLUNTEERS.--This regiment mus-
tered on Saturday afternoon at Burlington House, Pic-
cadilly, to the strength of about 950 rank and file, under
the command of Major Verner and Captain Daubeney,
the 'adjutant ; the assistant surgeon; Dr. Duncan, was
also present, mounted. Preceded by its band the regi-
ment marched, to Hyde Park, and again practised blank
firing, consisting of file firing from right to left, and,
per contra, of company firing, concluding with R
The rain eaine down pretty sharply as soon as the tiring
commenced, and it continued until the regiment returned
,to Burlington House, where the men were addrest.ed in
satisfactory terms by Captain Daubeney as to their con-
duct in the Park:
LEEDS ARTILLERT.—Ori Saturday afternoon there
Was a good muster in the yard of the White Cloth Hall,
Leeds. of the Ist West Riding Volunteer Artillery.
The members were in full dress, including their busbies,
which they wore for the first time, and presented both
a soldier like and formidable appearance.• ,
REVIEW AT 8RA14.01{11.---011 Saturday afternoon
several members of the volunteer rifle corps of .Lecds,
Bradford, Wakefield, Hliddersfield, and 9ne
j-.• ox -two
smaller corps in the West Riding of Yorkshire, were
reviewed in Peel Park, Bradford, by Adjutant Lepper,
of the Bradford Corps. About 1100 men mustered on
.the ground. The review excited much interest, and
passed ajf moat successfully.: After the review the offi-
cars of the various corps were liberally entertained at a
champagne luncheon by the members of the Bradford

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corps, and the other members were provided with ale
and sandwiches.

MEMORANDUM FROM THE WAR OFFICE.

On Saturday the following memorandum from the
War Office was received by the various commanders of
Volunteers:— _ .

" War Office, Sept. 14, 1860.
" Sir,---1 am directed by Mr. Secretary Herbert to
forward you the accompanying enclosure.
"I am, sir, your obedient servant,
"De GREY AND RIroN.
" The officer commanding Volunteers.
"Ma'rORANDUM.

" The object of the formation of an administrative
battalion is to unite the different corps composing it
under one common head, to secure uniformity of drill
among them, and to afford them the advantage of the
instruction and assistance of an adjutant; but it is not
intended to interfere with the financial arrangements of
the separate corps, or with the operation of their respec-
tive rules, or to compel them to meet together for
battalion drill in ordinary times, ( acept with their own
consent

" In order to secure this amount of independence to
the various corps composing an administrative battalion,
it is necessary that each should remain a distinct corps
in the meaning of the volunteer acts, for if this were
not the ease the funds of all the corps would at once be-
come vested in the field officer commanding the battalion,
under the 44th George 111., cap. 54, sec. 50 ; and the
powers specially conferred by those acts on commanding
officers will therefore remain vested in the officer com-
mantling each separate corps.
"The chief of these powers are as follows :
" 1. Commanding officers may grant leave of absence
to volunteers.

"2. They are required to grant certificates to effective
volunteers resident, or liable to be balloted for the militia,
in any other county.
" 3. They may discharge volunteers for disobedience
of orders, or any other sufficient cause, when not on
actual service, and in case of misconduct not provided
for by the rules of the corps, may disallow the day, as a
day of attendance, or direct the forfeiture of a day's pay
if otherwise due.
"4. They may order volunteers disobeying orders
during exercise into custody.
"5. They may appoint places for depositing arms and
accoutrements, and persons to take care of them.

"6. All monies subscribed for the use of any corps,
and all articles not being the property of her Majesty's
government or of any particular individul, belonging to,
or used by, the corps, are vested in the commanding
officer.

"As the rules of each corps must also, in accordance
with the act of parliament, remain in • full force, any
powers which those rules may confer on the commanding
officer of the particluar corps will continue to be possessed
by him after his corps has become part of an adminis-
trative battalion as much as before. These rules can,
of course, be at any time modified, as the corps may
wish, provided the alterations obtain the sanction of the
lord-lieutenant, and the approval of her Majesty, in the
usual way ; but, until so modified, they will remain in full
force mid legal operation. An administrative battalion
cannot have rules having legal force under the act 44th
Geo. 111., cap. 54, distinct from those of the separate
corps of which it is composed, and no authority except
that of her Majesty, can override the rules of any corps
until they have been altered in the manner above
alluded to.

" FIELD OFFICER COMMANDING.

" The position of the field officer commanding an
administrative battalion is, under these circumstances,
very similar to that of the colonel of a brigade of Royal
Artillery. Subject to the limitations imposed by the
law, as above indicated, he will have the general charge
of the drill and discipline of the several corps composing
his battalion; he will inspect them from time to time,
and will be responsible that the provisions of the law
are obeyed, and the orders of the Secretary of State for
War relating to the use of the arms, the regulations
about clothing, distinctive marks of rank, &c., are
adhered to, and that uniformity in drill, and as far as
can be attained consistently with the rules of the separate
corps, in interior economy also, is preserved. When
present at the drill or parade of any corps, he will
invariably take the command. If two or more corps in
the battalion should wish to meet tog.ether for united
drill, or if any corps should desire to attend the field
day of another battalion, or of any corps out of its own
battalion, the permission of the field officer commanding
must first be obtained, and the drill, movements, &c.,
as far as the corps under his command are concerned,
will be arranged by him.

" The field officer commanding the battalion will also
be the channel of communication between the officers
commanding corps and the Secretary of State for War
or lor&lieutenant.

" When there are two field officers to an administra-
tive battalion the junior will discharge such portion of
the above duties as the field officer commanding the
battalion may from time to time assign to him, and, in
the absence of the commanding officer, he will take the
command of the battalion.

"ADJUTANT.

"The adjutant is under the orders of the field officer
commanding the battalion ; but he is bound to conform
to all instructions which he may receive from the War
Office through the inspector of volunteers; such instruc-
tions will be transmitted to him through his command-
ing officer. He will also comply with the requisi-

tions of the assistant inspector of his district, and
will attend him on his inspections 'if required.
Besides the ordinary duties of an adjutant, with
which it is ascertained by examination that every officer
appointed to that post in a volunteer battalion is ac-
quainted, it will be his duty to visit the different corps
composing his battalion as often as may be practicable
consistently with' their local distribution, and in accor-
dance with the orders of his commanding officer. He
should have a copy of the muster roll of each corps, and
should keep them correctly filled up to the end of each
month, with all the alterations entered from the origi-
nals in the possessicrn of the commanding officers of corps.
He will conduct the correspondence of the battalion
under the direction of the field officer commanding, and
he will be required to keep a diary according to a form
to be issued shortly, open at all times to examination
by the inspector or assistant inspector of volunteers.
He will prepare and furnish all such returns as may
from time to time be called for by the Secretary of State
for War.

44 CORRESPONDENCE AND RETURNS.

" The commanding officers of corps forming part of
ate administrative battalion will correspond with the
War Office or with the lord-lieutenant, through the
field officer commanding their battalion, and all letters
addressed to them from the War Office or lord-lieu-
tenant should be transmitted through the same channel.
All returns required by act of parliament to be fur-
nished by the commanding officers of volunteer corps,
should be sent in in a similar manner, except that
ordered by the 41th George 111., cap. 54, sec. 11, to be
delivered to the district, surveyor of taxes, which should
be sent direct to him by the commanding officer of each
corps. The responsibility imposed by section 15 of the
same act rests with the commanding officer of each
corps, and not with the field officer commanding the
battalion. All returns other than those required by law,
"which may be ordered by the Secretary of State, will•be
furnished, as above directed, by the adjutant.

"ARMS AND STORES.

" The commanding officer of each separate corps will
be held responsible for all arms and other stores issued
by the government for the use of his corps, and for all
payments which may become due on account of such
stores, but the correspondence relating to those matters
will, like all other correspondence, be transmitted through
the field officer commanding the battalion.

"DE GREY AND RIFON.

" 4th September, 1860."
The following was also received :
"War Office, August 27, 1860.

" MEMORANDUM.

" As instances may arise where volunteers belonging
to separatecorps may find themselves accidentally brought
together under arms at rifle shooting matches, or for
other purposes, it is desirable that it should be generally
and clearly understood, that the senior officer present is
to be considered as in command of all the volunteers on
the ground ; and that, although his position in this
respect does not involve any authority for his inter-
ference in the arrangements of the meeting, yet he will
be held responsible for the due maintenance of order and
discipline among the volunteers under arms.
" DE GREY AND RIPON.
" Officers Commanding Volunteer Corps."
" CIRCULAR MEMORANDUM.

"A.DDRESSED TO THE ARMY AT HOME AND ADROIT).
" Horse Guards, S.W., 16th August, 1860.

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"All officers of volunteers holding commissions are
entitled, when in uniform, to the same salute as officers
of her Majesty,s Guards and Line and Militia, according
to their rank.
"All Guards are to pay the saw honours to volun-
teers, under arms, as are laid down in paragraph 24,
page 33, of her Majesty's iegulatioOs.-7--By command,
"JAMES YORKE SCARLETT, Adjutant-General."

SUDDEN DEVEH.—John Kelly, an
No. 6 court, Upper Milk-street, was taken suddenly ill
on board
.the Seacombe steamer last evening, on bis
return from work, and was quite dead when brought to
the Northern Hospital.
Courtly AGISTRATM' COURT.--At this.court yester-
day, before Messrs. theakston and Thompson, a nian
named Patrick Tracy was charged with stealing hall'a
sackful of! apples from a garden near Aighurth Hotel.
The offence being clearly proved the prisoner was fined,
• 20i. and costs, or in default one month's imprisonment.
LIVERPOOL. Eva AND gAR INFIRMARY, 310ENT-
DLEAFIANT.—CODSUlting Surgeon, Hugh Neill, Esq. ;
Surgeons, Dr. R. Hibbert Taylor, Dr. Nevin, T.
Bickerton, Esq. ; Assistant Surgeon, Robert Batty,
Esq. ; Treasurer, J. G. Livingston, E. Report
for the week ending' Sept. 15, 1860 :—New, cases
Eyes, 109 tars, 42. Prescribed for, and received
;
424 ; Ears, 121.
surgical assistance : Eyes,

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