The Express.
London, England, 1852-08-25 00:00:00

THE MILITIA.

So many questions are daily addressed to us
respecting tho militia, volunteering thereinto, &c.,
that by way of answering one and all of them once
for all, we have found it expedient to give a place itt
our alumna to the following official intimations and
regulations :

Duty of sod pay and allowances to be granted to the officers
and nonrcommindoned officers of the militia in England

and Wales, when detached from head quarters upoil the
service of raising and enrolling volunteers.
1. It will be the duty of the adjutant to superintend the
enlistment and enrolment of the volunteers, and to take
charge of the payment of the bounties and other expenses
to be incurred upon such enrolment.
2. For this duty be will be allowed, while absent from
head quarters, his full trailing pay of its. Gd. • day, with
an addition of 4s. Gd. for performing this extra duty.
3. He will be entitled to an allowance also of 54. • day to
cover the expense of living at an inn.
4. He will be allowed 2s. a day for the forage of a horse ;
or if forage be not drawn, he may be paid the actual ex-
pense of travelling by railway; or when not so proceeding,
an allowance of 9.1. a mile.
G. He will be required to give the security of a guarantee
society policy of GOO/. for a regiment of 8 companies and
upwards ; e 3061. fur a regiment of lean than 8 companies
and of 2901. for a r.giment of less than 4 companies.
G. The surgeon of the regiment will seeompany the adju-
tant for the purpose of examining the volunteers at parti-
cular places and on particular days, to be appointed by the.
commanding officer, and will be then allowed a daily pay
of lls. 4d., with an allowance of .51. a day to cover this
expense of living at an inn, and 2s. a day for forage for a
hone; or, if the forage allowance be not drawn, the actual
expense of travelling by railway ; or when not so proceed-
ing, receive as allowance of 94. a mile.
7. Non-commissioned officers and drummers when absent
from head wieners upon this duty will be allowed the full
training pay, viz :

l'er diem.

Serieant-Major
Serjeaut
Drummer ls Id
• •

And beer money, each, at Os. Id.
8. Marching money for each son-commissfoned officer
and drummer, at Is. Id. a day (which includes the allow-
ance to the innkeeper for the hot meal) will be allowed for
each day's tnarcb, and id. a goy while detained in billet
more than one day.
9. A scrjeant, selected to assist the adjutant in paying the
bounty and keeping the accounts of bounty and expenses
incurred, will be allowed the pay of paymaster-serrant,
2s. Old. IV. Beata roan.
War-oflice, lith August, 1852.

The subjoined regulations for the militia have been madn
by the Secretary-a:• War, in pursuance of the act 15 &1G
Vitt., cap. 50:
1. The age of the volunteers, as an ordinary rale, is to be
from age 18 to 35.
2. Volunteers above 35 years of age, on being certified by
a military or militia medical officer, to be fit fur duty for 5
years. and recommended by the adjutant of the regiment to
the Secretary at War, may be enrolltd after his approval.
3. Mtn who hare been discharged from the army alter
three years' service with good character may be accepted up
to the age of 45.
4. Any discharged soldier above that age can only be ac-
cepted with the sanction of the Secretary at War.
5. Volunteers of 3 feet 4 inches and upwards may be ac-
cepted.
6. Should eligible volunteers of 5 feet 3 inches offer,
they may be accepted, with the auction of the Secretary at
War.

/.Volunteers must, at the time of their engagement,
be reaideut in the county in the militia of which they en-
gage to serve.
8. Every volunteer must be examined before being en-
rolled by a militia, or by a military medical officer ; or, to
the event of no such medical officer being available, by two
private medical practitioners. If it be impossible to obtain
the certificate of two private medical practitioners, that of
one may be accepted.
9. The allowance for medical examination of each volun-
teer, by one or two private medical practitioner., will ho
2s. 6d. for each volunteer. Instructions for this purpose
will be furnished to the medical officer by the War-othce.
10. Volunteers must be attested upon the form pre-
scribed, and will then be enrolled. The attestation will
be preserved at the headArtarten of the regiment, and
the names and descrintions of the men enrolled must ho
sent half-monthly by the adjutant to the clerk of general
meetings for the county.
11. Every volunteer is to receive the sum of 10s. as a
bounty on being enrolled, and ifs. at the termination of tho
first training, if his conduct hu been good; and after that
time he is to be paid at the rate of 2s. • month during his
term of service, until he shall have received by way of
bounty, allowances, and periodical payment the full sum of
61. This payment will be made either monthly, quarterly,
or otherwise, u may, according to circumstances, be here-
after ordered by the Secretary at War.
12. Commanding officers of militia may, if they think tit
so to do, advance, after the second training, the amount of
the next ensuing six months' instalments to those men who
have conducted themselves creditably during the period of
their training, on their departure home.
13. Men who are appointed sergeants or enlisted as
drummers on the permanent staff will only be allowed a
bounty of Iss. on enrolment, and will be required to
take the oath prescribed in section 3 of the 51 Our. 111.,
cap. 118.
They need not have been residents in the toasty. Drum-
mers may be accepted at 16 years of age, and seder 5 feet
3 inches.

14. Volunteers who, after enrolment, deities to change
their place of residence, may be permitted to do so upon
notifying their wish to the adjutant of the regiment in
which they are enrolled ; and on receiving the sanction of
the Secretary at War, may, by a certificate from the com-
manding officer sad adjutant, be transferred for the re-
mainder of their service to the militia regiment of the
county in which they purpose to reside.
15. Representation. having been made to the Secretary at
War from various quarters by the colonels or commanding
officers of militia, with respect to the method of paying the
bounty, this additional regulation is issued to permit the
colonel of militia to authorise the adjutant either so pay the
bounty or allowance as prescribed above by the
11th and 12th regulations, or, if they prefer it,
in the following manner, with the ed conditions
in either case, via., 10e. on enrolment ; U. le. during the
first period of training; and 11. la. during each successive
annual training. The periodical payment and allowances
are to be made on condition that the neemsariee furnished
te the militia man by government. and whisk he is per-
mitted to take away with bins, aie at all times ia service-
able order, his allowances being subject to a deduction for
repairing and replacing them. W. BEILIBFORD.
War-ofilee, August 18th, 1852.

ATTESTATIONS TOR MILITIA TOLUXTIIERO.
Questions to be separately asked by the magistrate or
deputlieutenant:
I.What is your name ? 2. In what perish, and in, or
near what town, and in what county were you born ?
3. Where do you now reside ? 4. Where have you resided
for the last twelvemonth? 6. What is your age ? d. What
is your trade or calling ? 7. Are you en apprentice ? b.
In whose employ arc you ? 9. What is the name and resi-
dence of your former master ? 10. Are you single, married,
or a widower? 11. If married, or a widower, how many
children have you under fourteen years of age ? 12. Are
you ruptured or lame, have you ever been subject to eta,
or have you any disability or disorder which impedes thefts*
use of your limbs, or unfits yen for ordinary labeed9
13. Are you willing to be attested to serve as a TOIMItMIf
for the militia of the county of --- for the term of
fin yeses, provided her Majesty should so loeg require
your services ? 11. Do you belong to, or have you been
enrolled in, or rected by any other corps of militia, or do
you belong to her Majesty's army, or to the marines,
ordnance, or navy, or to the forces of the East India Com-
pany ? 15. Have you ever served in, or been rejected by,
the army, marines, ordnance, or navy, or the forces of the
East India Company ?•
• If the volunteer has screed as above, he is to state the
particulars of his former service and the cause of his dis-
charge, and is to produce the certificate of his discharge if
he has it with him.

" I, do sincerely promise and swear that I will
be faithful and bear true allegiance to her Majesty Queen
Victoria, and that I will faitliftilly serve in the militia iu
any part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land, for the defence of the same during the term of five
years, for which I am enrolled, unless I shall be sooner
discharged.
" Witness my hand,
Signature of the Noluntecr.
Witness present.
Sworn befbre me at -- this -- day
of one thousand eight hundred and fifty —.
Signature of the magistrate, or deputy lieutenant.
42 Ono. 111. can 90.
Section 99th —Pt nalty on men not appearing at exerei,v,
or absenting them elms, 201. or six months' imprisonment.
—" Every militia man (not labouring under any infirmity
incapacitating him) who shall not appear at the time and
place appointed fnr hi. being exercised according to the
directions of this act, notice having been published and
given as by this act required, shall be deemed a deserter,
and if not taken until after the time of any such exercise,
shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty pounds; and also,
every militia man who having joined the regiment, batta-
, lion, or corps, to which he belongs, or any company or com-
panies, or de..:;ehment or division thereof, shall desert ur
absent himself during the time of any such exercise, and
shall not be taken until after the time of such exersise, shall
forfeit and pay the sum of twenty pounds, and it such
penalty 'hall not be immediately paid, the justice of the
peace before whom any militia man shall be convicted of
any ouch offence. shall commit such militia man to the

House of Correction to hard labour, or to the common pot,
there to remain without hail or mainprize, for the apes of
six months, or until he shall have paid the said penalty."
Section 109th.—Reward for apprehending deserters, 20s.
—Any person apprehending such deserten shall bo entitled
to a reward of twenty shillinp.
Section 110th.—Penally on concealiog, &e., deserters, 51.
--Any person harbouring concealing, or assisting any de-
wier, shall forfeit the sun of the pounds.
Certificate of Attesting Magistrate or Deputy•Lientenane.
To Wit —l, one of her Majesty's Justices of the
Peace of (or Deputy-Lieutenant for) the —, do
hereby certify, that, in my presence, all the foregoing quer
bons wore put to the volunteer that the answers
written opposite to them are those which he gave to see,
that the '9oth section of this 42nd Geo. li 1., cap. 90, was
Seed over to him, that he took the oath of alligianee and
tidily, that is the place for which he is enrolled,
which plan or the place where the Mad quarters
of the --eorps of militia is stationed (as the ems may
be) is is the vicinity of my residence, or within the division
or district or place for whi,h I act.
Signatsre of Magistrate or Deputy-Lieutenant.
VIIIRTIFICATILS.
Ou Enlistment.
I have examined the above.named volunteer, and find
that he has no rupture or ulcer adhering to the bone, and
has the lull power of motion of the joints and limbs. Ile is
well formed, and has no scrofulous affection of the glands,
ec inveterate cutaneous eruptions, and he is free from any
trace of corporal punishment, and not marked so a deserter
with the letter D. Iles respiration is easy, sad his lungs
appear to be mural. Ile has the perfect use of his eyes and
ean. Ilia general appearane: is healthy, and he pommies
strength sufficient to enable him to undergo the fatigue to
which soldt•rs are liable. 1 consider him tit for service in
the militia. lie has the following particular marks or
SC MI

Dated at ---- tale day of —, 185—,
Siguature of Surgeon.
Certificate of Coomstading Officer.
Mein been finally approved, I have ceased his
113Yat and every prescribed pertieslar to be recorded in the
roll, with the regimental Ke. sailed to his name.
Siguatare of Mar Commanding.

ROYAL VAULT SQUADRON REGATIA.
COWES. TTATDAT, Auo. 24.
In eoesequeoee of the abrupt termination of the
nee for the Royal Yscht Squadron Cup of 100 guineas on
14iturday last. it was resumed at the appointed hour yester-
day morning. The folios ing vessels, Bing Biz of the num-
ber that sailed on the fin mor occasion, were again the com-
pttiton fez the prize
Teals. Tor, Owens. Plar.
Arrow.... T. ebamberlayar, Fon. ... Dark blutswith vitae

arrow.
asylum 133 ... arch. Campbell. Log. Ited,wiUt white day.
Aaron 47 ... le IL Theses. Peg. ... WhP.e. red der.
Liao* 72 ... Cad. Wiliam. M.N. ... Red.
Alarm 144 ... Weld. Neg. ... Red aid white Walt
Magritte
white, sad Bad

lealiati mom.
la consequence of the very light wind that prevailed the
now yacht Oloriana, built on the America's lines, without'',
thapeovements, by Mr. Raney, of Cowes, and who, it will
be remembered, won Prince Albert's Cup on Thursday last,
was withdrawn frum the contest. The coin present
pany on the Parade to witness the commencement of the nee
was by na means so numerous aeon the days of the past week,
but there way a fair sprinkling of &shim:elites, amongst
whom were observed the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the
Ertl of Uxbridge, Lord Clarence Paget and the Lidice
l'aget. Lord Sydney, &e.
The usual timely wining having been given, at 10 o'clock
precisely the starting gun was find, the course being round
the Isle of Wight to the westward, which was altered from
the eastward, so us to give them the advantage of the
tide, and thus afford them at any rate an opportu-
nity of getting through the Needles Passage. The
whole of the vesicle were very quick in getting order-
weigh, butoff Egypt the Aurora took a slight lead, which
she was enabled at this early period of the race to effect is
coasequece of her light draught of water, and catching the
wind at the lint moment. Close upon her was the Arrow,
the Remain Claymore third, the Mosquito being fourth.
the Alarm and Lavroek keeping a respectful distance MUM
Off Egypt-house, the Claymore succeeded in drawing aimaa
the Aswan sod Arrow, followed by the Mosquito, bias Ilia
was as neemetlingly temporary change, for the Aurora ISM
rooonland her Iradtng position. They kept these resew
plum he some time, and when off Lcap-bank, the Amnon
was still leading, followed by the Arrow, with a conalino•
able di.tanee between her and the Mosquito.
Off Gurnet Bay the Aurora made good way, tilting a do
eldest lead, the Arrow being second, who was now closely
proud by the klusquito, the Claymore being fourth, but a
long distance astern. As the Alarm and Lavrock were ire
far behind we did not consider it necessary to chronicle
their movements, the absence of a sufficient loom petting
their chances of success out of the queetiom.
Off Lymiogtna creek, the Aurora ilenght sIOW
breeze from the northward and posed in adman of the
Arrow about ten minutes, the Muaquito being abeattlediu
mile behind the Arrow, and the Claymore bringing 11p
rear. la this order they proceeded to Hurst Cutlet tit
which they ware timed as follows
h. ea. •
Aurora
Anew l3 14
Slasgalm
Cla)more
. .

They then went on their sworn towards the Needles, the
two former as they paned the point on the southern side
being thus timed :
b. sm. a
Aurora
Anew... ........ MI •_ _

The Arrow got the lead outside the Needles, near Fresh-
water Bay, having reached the Needles Rocks at 1 o'clock.
The Actors being overhauled, the Mosquito, although
third, evidently had made up her mind for mischief, the
Claymore's fourth place being by no means improved. It
warp luinecciaary to waste a thought about her other forlorn
companions. The Arrow having got the lead, main-
tained it well roved the back of the island, but off St.
Catherine's the little Aurora, beautiful as was her sailing
sod skilful as was her handling, was compelled to yield pre-
cedence to her iron rival, end the Mosquito now took the
second place. After a protracted end arduous struggle, the
Mosquito, by the discharge of the gun from the starting
vessel, was declared the winner, rounding the goal as
under.

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