The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-03 00:00:00

First Lancashire Mounted Volunteer Rates. These gentle-
men, on their prancing steeds, looked really exquisite—.
dressed in,a magnificent scarlet tunic, dark trousers, and
high bcOts; with their. broadswords in their hands; a
large silver chain hanging from, the belts at their breasts,
and silver lielniets on their heads,, crowned lay white
plumes of horse hair, The, helmeti and the swotds
dazzled the spectators' eyes, and their wearers termed
the theme, of, universal admiration. The Hassars;
under Sir It Gerard, have been described over and over
again, and,.tlierefm, we need say nothing,further.about
thena,at present.. ~T4,vitriolts bands tof,•musi4ans wore
eAripspendinaln all partipulFs,Wit)4 ALose of
their reiratih eetliC; 'With fidr6,feWexceptions in orna
ments, forming distinguishing
THE INVITATION TO KNOWSLEY.
itthout;ll it hgcl -been.rumoured, amongst the public,
sirous of inviting the
that the lea of 'Derby Was
Lancashire VolUnteers to Knowsley—and this rumour
arose from certain expressions that had- "accidentally"
been made by the commandinc, officers of companies
at drill"-7nothinm of a definite character was offi-
cially known until the adjourned meeting of the Council
'held- on the. Sth, of August, Whitt the Meyer teed the
follOWing letter

.4. gt. Sanies'S-sqnard, August 6, 1851.
has been stiggeated to me as very desirable
that the Volunteer lietiew, which .is to-take place in front of
the house at Knowsley On the Ist of next month, shotild'com-
menceld an hour which Will admit of the several corps, find
especially those-corning: from a distarie, ieturiiine td their
respective homes before a very late hdur of the night ; but
this cannot possibly be accomplished if the men are unable to
leave Liverpool till after the ordinary hours of business. in
such a ease, indeed, they could hardly all be on the ground
very much liefore dtisk ; and all parties wouhlbe nubjectect to
very great inconvenience. The spirit with which the Volun-
teer movement has been taken up in Liverpool and the neigh-
bourhood leads me to hope that there, will be a very general
disposition to afford every facility for the proposed 4-evioiv ;
and should you approve of the idea of obtaining for the Vo-
lunteers generally a half-holiday, if not a whole one, for that
day, I do not doubt but that your influence would secure for
it a -general and ready adopti,n. In that case the review
Might commence not later than three or four o'clock, and the
men would be enabled, Without inconvenience, to leach their
hoines•.witliont ezieroaching largely upon the Saturday night.
.Shoulo you thin& fit_ toy tiring this eublect before the Colineits
and, with their concurrence, obtaln the Accon(plislirnent of
the pbject, you will, 1 thiAlr,.greatlY proingte the pOlid
vemence, and you will muchoblige, my dearsir, yones
tsith-
fully',. DERBY.
The Worshipful the Mayor.
This kind and courteous fetter from the noble Earl was
received by. the Mayor and Council generally in a
manner that at once showed 'that they, as the represen-
tatisie.pf the people of Liv•erpool, duly appreciated the
kind attentions of the noble earl intalting a prominent
part in the—Volunteer moverdenti, for tat once showed
that he was desirous of identifyilfg tn a move-
ment that bis Government badbeen the iatiginatot of.
Bat .perfeet unanimity. upon any , subfec't- cannot he
eXpected amongst , any body of men—be the cause ever
so just—so righteous—or so necessary, much less in
an assembly, who are supposed to represent the interests
of all classes of a colitunity. It never was intended
that all men should be of one opinion; no 'mare than it
was intended by otir Cteator that we 'should be of the
same height,',sttengthi add completion. But even to
this elected liody----lhe Corporation of Liverpool—the
kind
,intentions of the noble Ear/ wets duly appreciated
and recognised, and the invitation of the volunteers to
Knowsley Was hailed With- .pleasitte arnl delight. Bat
it Will be redelleetect that there Was Ode of tlYat
body'; who frorti,§oidel'uneXplainable reason attenipted to
"cast a wet blanket". upon. the general feelirw of
unanimity Which PreValled in .that assembly, and to
enter his protest against the lei-gents of the Corporation.
who' were volunteers: baying a .holiday, so as to enable
them to take part in the proceedings " at the expense. of
the tatepayers:" This individual was Mr. Robertson
Gladstone, the teresentative in our local parliament
of Abercroniby Ward, aild the brother of the lion. W.
E. Gladstone, the:present Chancellor of the-Exchequer
and tdember for the University of Oxford.- -Mr:Robert-
,
son Gladstone on that occasion did not only protest
against the holiday being given, hut he ailso took the
opportunity tef. denounce,' with' all the vehemenee he
possesses, the Volunteet inoveinent geneial. His fllinsy
arguments; howeVer, WeiescatterOd to' the'winds by Mr.
Bramley-MoOte, and he received 'sett o', rebuke that it
is to be hoped he Will: become."a wiser and hettet r_nett.":
Mr. Robertson ,Gladstone might as well try to sto/ the
ebb and flow of the tide of the Mersey as to check the
entlidsiastic spirit and the indomitable zeal with which
the Volduteer 'movement has been'. taken. up, not alone
by Ode particular class,- but by every section of the
colinnitinity thron',.pobout the. United Kingdom.
By the Miidteets• themselves, the invitation to
Knowsley was acccpted With the greatest gratification ;
and by the public at large,_ loin the merchant prince to
humble-mechanic--from the. entheLciatele,youth to the
hoary head, " whose days were dwindled to fhb' shortest
span"—and especially amongst the fairer set of the
county, who have so appropriately, in ancient' lay'and
modern ballad, been designated "the Lancashire
witches"-the anticipated pleasure of a day at Knows- -
lei iiag the theme of every tongue and' the" wish of
every heart and'if theteis one act in' the career of the
noble earl—as stafetrosan; as landed proprietor, or at a
near neighbour—that will rezAr him more beloved and
esteemed by the
,people- of Liverpool it-is his last—the
invitation to Knowsley on the Ist 6optitoberi