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

hearty ielish for comittering difficulties, and enable them
to lie as great in Winning peaceful victories as in
triuMpting over the fCel. A. cowardly- man is always
mean and Cruel; and Wl4- is alnicst redeemed from its
horrois lip the insian4s Of touching tenderness and
ietic selietositt which has invariably evoked. To be
prepared is, to avert. ; and! who does not. see that war may
any day become necessary for the preservation of our
national honour.
:
Batter to sonic p3rhaPs itlniett appear,
tlwre Itarntday mad lirte.whek;
never air ocean felt the wind,
That never passion discomposed the mind ;
But all subs•sts by elemental strife,
And passions are the elements of life.
-We pray, as all gOod-then do, that war may be distant;
but who, that reads the signs of-the times, in dis-
turbed condition of .Continental Europe, can assure. us of
the day when. the thunder cloud may not break forth ;
But, has not the movement already done good ?
We-will-not-go so far- as -the -chorus in "i-Henry Vi,"
and declare •

•, Tile trench, advised by kooct
cif ,this rnat ,iirepaTatl4„/: • • '
- Shake in their fear, and with pnle•r;dliC§ • • •
Seek to divert the English purposes. • :
But it is palpable on,the face of events, that. whilst this
volunteer movement is to be read simply as for_ defence
and not defiance, it' can only have a decidedly whole-
dome influence abroad.

Well, we have now the nucleus; at all events, of a
formidable -organisation to resist aggression,' froM what-
ever quarter .it may proceed.. The popular notion, of
course, is, that one Englishman is equal, at least, to
-three Frenchincri ;' but it is only ignOrance which would
despise discipline. The poets may sing, in rhapsody,
"What are fifty, what ten thousand- foes, matched to
the sinew of A single arni that strikes for freedom."
But all sensible rderi know tliat this is Moonshine. The
•
popular notion On the subject lies been machnourished
by reflection sin the successes gained by PatiSian Mobs.
against disciplined soldiers in that capital, forgetful of
the fact that on the Continent, , oery Man, whilst yet a
,youth, receives: more or less of a military Wining, and
that the insurgents themselves consequently knew seine-.
thing of the use of firearms and of Military tactics and
manceuvres.

, .
Drill is sufficiently iiksorne at first, even to the most
enthusiastic; but " use dcith breed
.a habit in men"
that it at length beconieS a delightful occupation, and
its advantages-.we see already in the improved eta, the
straightness of figure, and the more manly bearing of
the yming Men ttporl our streets: It was seen to . still
further advantage in the beadtiftil Precisithi Which
characterised every movement of the volunteers id
Knowsley Park on 'Satur.day. But the advantages of
drill descend also into the various relations of,social
life. A military man is'an exact man to the end, and
to the regularity of life induCed by'discipline we alone
can trace that remarkable longevity to which, after" a
life of vicisiitude and hardship, it'has becolhe almost
natural to expect that 'our veteran warriors should
attain.

. ,
Siitiirday, with the exception of same heavy showers,
bet Weed ode and two o'clock, yids fortnriately fie, rind
tro'rn tin eettillOtir in the motning our vOhinteers might
be seed htirryirig id their liii!rions rendezvous.

Pride in their defiance in their e

No, we beg our pundit's pardon, not deilitfieei hht defeiiCe;
but as it were with a cubit added to the stature of each,
by the proud consciousness' of the great and patriotic
spectacle in which he was to play a part. The depar-
ture was neatly effected; the.review itself a.triumphant
success ; the march home a rollicking piece of joyous
etidtiradce and the reception, on reaching town, an
,ovation Which filly eityMed the ddy. They were loudly.
cheered on entering otir streets; dud *6:Serittire id pie,
dict that the high sanction which Lord Verby has given
to the movement by his magnificent hospitality, and iii
affording opportunity for the imposing demonstration of
Saturday, will lead, before a month is over, to an
immense accession ;to; the present.rforce of our local
volunteers.

these general dliservatioris, we now give -waylto
Otir Variotis 4.epdtteri,to recotcl,. in sufficient detail, Vie
varied proceedings fhirs great arid eiiedtfut dal.
THE MOVEMENT IN LAI CAifiRE4 •

Liverpool, to its honour he it spoken, was one of the
first, if not the first town in the kingdom which took the,
initiative in• the organisation and carrying out the volun-
teer movement. We all recollect, with pleasure and
Might, the great" and enthusiastic meeting held in the
old Bessie Us-lieges in Chapel-street, under the presidency
of the .then Alaypt, Win. Preston, Esq., when this great
and iMportddt megment Was ilitiagorated. The plain,
practical advice of Mr. Boiisee2d; no."vi Lieqt.Xolonel
of •,the First ,Lancashire Rifles, on NC fOrniation of
volunteer coMpanies, and the soul-stirring and energetic
'
appeal of Colonel 'Williams the hero of Kars, to his
countrymen to come for Ward as one man; and unite
themselves with either rifle or artillery companies, in
defente'of their Queen; their country, and their homes,
and all they hold most dear---liberty. From that
mOmedi td the present hour the Volunteeilnilvement has
been one.eplitirkied strewn d siicees4; one company has
>,o sonner,b'eeii, inaigiirated that fit has tiebonte a substan-
tial fa'et; then another, and another; and: dither has been
established. Prirolmentg have.. succeeded etirolments--
company after cotilPaYy haVe been,' form
and Manchester have sent fefth theif thousands,, and
every town and village throughout this vast a densely-.
populated , county can now boast . with pleasure and
honoiir of its bold band of volunteers. On this question
there has been but one feeling-loyalty; and although
this cdadtl ran new send into the field itslo,oob volun-
teers, hundreds are .yet te' enrol themselves
under the same standard and yet file e'ty of the. com-
manding officers is, " Still they come, they conie.ii
THE UNIFORMS OF THE VOLUNTEERS.
'The uniforms of the volunteers have never received
ariy stfeetil attention from the critics. 'Why this should
be the- ease vie e'ainkt divine,' since uniforms of some kind
or. other are almost nicYeSgeiil to the troops as the
gnus and, the amiudnitiorl. ld, first place, they
enable individuals to recognise the Men 6134# of different
Aet,ve, Afore than that, a good bold urn t*-kies•
military body apppar More warlike. This fact has' teed
'adulated universe if kiss the' dive when oiii forefathers
stained their bodies with we'4:,l a4d other species-of paint,
natural and artificial, in order to render themselves more
formidable on the field. The uniforms in vogue in
Liverpool and in the rest of Lancashire-=indeed, fit
antost eVetytoWn of the' kingdom—combine, in a pre-
eminent degree, tVO viarlike, the useful, and the elegant.
As it would _be useless to lebite.what the volunteers,
_and _every other person who takes Merest in the
movement—who is there that does not, save Robertson
Gladstone ?—know as well as we do, the 'minute detail's
of the clothing worn by individual corps, we shall -con-
fine ourselves to some general remarks on the subject.
There t~do favoured by the Zorps•of this part
nf. 114 miherVe dopittionsifthe green and the . grey.
Green and grey Chace,. with scarlet facings, pre-
dominate. Dirk, and eVell *flack,
,ate.
favourites.
Now, grey is commended, for more, thgd oile imam
It is more durable than.,. cloth bearing almoir any
other colour. That forms a powerfut "argriment
ite faviair for 'it has economy on its side:- Then
the light, pleasing( and petty- effect, of ,the unifornis4-
relieted with red facings—is sufficiently manifest to the
rikailegt. edo,deity. The greed is durable, not so much
sti -616--kh.c. ft Is; 11Ovireyer,- the greater favouri4 ;
wild our remaag With; tespbet....4.the appearance of the
grey will apply in t1i15..1046a. The effect is doubly
pleasing when various,.cosprli eitoi. kind
are
ranged together in a MM.' Black -is Odd the Fair-
field (38th) and the Edgehill-(l4th) divisions. first
Lancashire coma have. dark • blue tunics with starlet
facings, and shalt() without plume. This uniform is
nittch aduared. The22ud, 74th, 60th.,:2,5th,615t, 63rd,
nth, 30th, Chid, OSttip 45th, and others, have adopted
the green Writes With scarlet facings." if Might be as
Well to sliegli of the others as therappeared in the park
od StittirdaY.. . The Borough Guards and the Fifteenth
were edridpicitodg am'on'gst_ the Liverpool Volunteers.
The fine scarlet itirlidifftht White facings, trimmed with
silver lace, the shoulder &if, And the dazzling silver
breastplate—containing in the centre the number of the
corps, surrounded by a garter, with " Liferpbol Borough
Guards," and the liver, thereon inscribed—Me' shako;
Withits -4iiver bugle, crowned with a hoiiehair piddle;
attracted the. attention of every spectator who could not
have ailed to appreciate this most brilliant oratorio:
Thg uniform of the 115th differed only in detail from that
of the Guards; inasmddli e the tunics had blue facings
trimmed With white.- Their-64:45t- was, -however, no
less pleasing. WhoSe eye rested dot With unfeigned
Might tipon the national costume of the lllghlanders,
As they eritered ihe Park, to the sounds of that martial,
Shrill'and piercing dideie gu'shin'g from the bal,,ipipts, and
creating thosnoutbursts of tetiiiig a'nplause which
Made the welkin ring; and the distant-Ws fcspond in
echoes scarcely last audible than -the.-original The
Highland .corps which is now being formed will have ,
the clan Malcofin tartan kilt,- la*n"kref doublet, and
Glengarry bonnet, noveltieki•by.the„way.which our Scot-
tied tove. 0,464 not.. fail -to apprepiate.
.The artillery
corps deser,e preiid, Mention. Dressed in blue tunics,
hi
with scarlet faeitigS, de-041i trousers (striped), brown
leather belts, polished add ifriyelished, and in those
towering bear-skin .hats with the scarlet appendage, and
Et white plume, the first, third, and fouirth battalion,
commanded respectively by Lieut.-Col. Brown,
CA,Maclver,_and Major Walters, eminently relieved
the monotony of thebliek-ilialios ana-pTuniecand, •if
possible,
stind,i however, that•the 'artillery -.head-dress -it uncom;
made grace itself more graceful. We under--
fortable td the wearer. Is not "that amendable .
Nor can we forget the boys belonging to the Collegiate,
who, to .the number id 300, - accompanied by their
a nuguidnegr
from the
teachers, were attached to the first battalion of the
rifle o
u sfiberlig . e R
command of .-,Lieut.-Coloner
B
ten to eighteen years °Cage,'
these boys appeared truly charming, in a light grey
uniform, with scarlet facings, trimmed with blue; and
rd
the fact of their appearance in the field, much less their
admirable conduct, reflects, we think, the greatest credit
upon their parents and their teachers, who at the earnest
request, doubtless of the boys themselves, have allowed
them to enrol their names as-defenders of their conntry.
Our admirable Collegiate Institution may give the
nation at some future day a Wellington., or . a Have-
lock. As' it would be almost, impossible to criticise.
fairly and minutely all the uniforms-Of our 'local com-
panies and battalions, we will do them the justice
to say .that their taste in the selection of the dresses'
has, M all instances, . been seconded by sound sense,
with pan especial eye to usefulneis and- durability.
So far as we could ascertain, Most of the Lancashire
corps have followed the example of their Liverpool
brethren in the selection of their uniforms ; and, under
the circumstances, they could do nothing better. The
first battalion in the third brigade' of Lancashire Riflei,
consisting of the' St. Helen's and Prescot divisiOns;
under the command. of Lieutenant-Colonel Gamble,
have, tunics of hunting green, with scarlet facings. The
Manohester corps, generally, have either grey or green
tunics, with scarlet facingi The uniform of the first
Manchester battalion _under the command of Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Niseount. Gre de Wilton—consist of
a tunic of medium with red cellar, and cuffs
grey,
trimmed with black braid ; grey trousers, with two thin
red stripes. They have also cross-belts, with a variety
of silver ornaments. The most noted, and we consider
handsome uniform and accoutrements, were worn by the