The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-18 00:00:00

THE 1.1.77.3 CORPS MOVIXIINT.

BIRMINGHAM, Tusensr.
A meeting was hold at Des's Hotel, is this town,
aftersoos, to oaks tots anaiderstion the aspadiesey of
Ihrimisi • rifle doh subject to the rogulstkat Is the prod*.
maim lame frogs the War-oliss. The tsmanag 10-dq was
mnplisme with • eisoldar honed a few days dam, and
Opel Ira Ism genthsom In She town. Mr. Him VAN
WArti, • mashaame of the borough, prided.
The CIAIIMUJI spoke of the pest importanoe of astehliolt.
tag • rile mope is Birminibm. Is hie °photon • corps of
two thousand otiose might be Masi Referrisi to mug
obearostioes mode at • maim betel in the town on
listardey as the mine ;object, st while it woo Mated
that the inteation of the promoters of is moadui
to•iley was to form • select corps of issesnes, Mr.
Vaa Wad aa=, Inn* art irk shoormakss
had bow smis, headstisa kr ems.
An NM of big MMd to alw
wises et was or two genthwisa, he sad ethos led uto
mate views, as he did, that nothing would be mos
Willy to delis the they were assious to preppie. It
Was guile Net sweet eta ma's &nom and roepectstrillty to
M idashiel to the steps If he was willisi to pay for him sum
sad mentrasetets; sad heiiietlestly oaf a0,09.!•kr &Old

that my prinelpiniit exclusiom wee-contemplated. He be-
lieved that • mesteg of the thatenancy was to be held au
flaterlay for the purpose of ilimeming tin to the hest mode of
con oat the breathe of ride corps according to the
Kr. J. W.VreaavinAr sowed the first resolution, "That
It is desirable a volunteer rife corps should be fared in the
borough of Hirmiaghaus under rack mulattoes as may be
preeeribed by the Lord Lintel:mat of the county." He
=lrlitrurgell the nocanity of forming • coops ; sad the
of not ohm** the seeker el any who were dis-
puted to co-opiate. It wee • quarks of our nation' de-
ham, sod had so politird or piety thiset whatever.
Mr. J. 0. KARON semmied the which was OW.
than
IllabaSetwas staid .the ems it the dr:melon GA the ride
nod general coat would met sheet Memel kr privates; wad
• myth* wee meth by Mr. HomyOsea that a subscrip-
tioa shield he metered fate to help those volunteers who
could nee edited to pay for their mesuremser ; but this wee
dithered for the pmeenti
Another resolnalea was moved Mr. W. J. Hearn, to
the ellset that the geaeme the meeting, having
eigedied tie* approvalll otitis project to fora • ride cape do
esesthais themselves • committee for carry lag the seine- into
speeds. ; awl that • sub.coramittee be famed tar the
Mref lists, reliving the names of pieties wit-
elele ring and adocding the neomeary intense-
lion on metres of dsteil.
Mr. W. limn/Jun seconded the resolution, which was
carried aft e • few words from Mr. P. H. Mown, who
strongly urged the desirability of doing nothing to give rise
jealousy, or to the supposition that the corps was foamed
ppm any arlori re principle.

VOLUNTARY RIFLE CLUB MOVIXRNT AT
Harrnicis.-0a Friday erasing a numerous sad bin-
entlal meeting arm held at Hastings (alluded by magto
trues, weetbsien of the legal and esdkel grafemions,
to.), for the purpose of siding in the formation of a
rile club for this the moat clefs:mare town on the
coast. A preliminary meeting bad been Mid la the previetes
week, sad it wr proposed to submit the rake for confirew
lion. It wm, however, felt that the govenuart circular
publiebed in the previous day's papme would restarkily
affect the proposed Wm. A god caul at dheatisfatolion
with the =molar was maniketed—chkey on the grounds of
non-sapply of arms, and the lengthened thin, which it on
, thought ansinited to a probibitioa. An ogielon us also en-
premed that government had done well to comedies to the
public feeling of ta• country, but that thepeovkionseit the sot
now in foreswore too stringent. Mr. Nee*, M.P.,la a hetet,
Yr. Rock, retnarkadthat hie inapranks wee theta modifialeart
of militia us intuited, on the peineiple of " Nothing • da
and lied yourself." A prni4onal committee wee
with power to praise a runisliks to the Payee for • tows
meeting, with a view to tasmoriskise goverament to relax the
condi, lona laid down, or to petition walkout= to per new
act suited to the requirenteste of the present day. A archer
of persons who were willing to egelp themselves gavels' their
names as members of the corps, sad mama be a second
clam, who could not themselves =ford to provide as outfit,
but would join In th• drill sad practice Heim were bud
for them. Nearly 601. was asteoribed for this pupa% ant
It was determined at once to proceed with private mons, to
eriab:e the membere to become good =ukases.
Ring CORPS pox EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY.—
A meeting of students of Edinburgh University Ina hold on
Beterday, for the purpose of considering the propriety of
Soule, a University Volunteer Rifle Corp.; Major David-
son presided. After some results from tne gallant ma or on
the advisability of liar ton-armed and fore-warned, it was
uselsontly speed to • Gape, and a committee was ap-
pointed to drawly • asnalitation of rah, and to consider who
should he eligible as emathere, whether the oory• should am-
bles to the ansegessats spuds& be the government cr-
ealer, se mem the chases/ of • private dub. Thirty
el ixty podium are/led thsmseives members of the
°T/LUNTIIRR RIFLE 001141 AT LITIRPOOL.—The
late proclamation by her Majesty seems te hive produced a
gout elfin et Uswpool, sad • pabite muting. wader the pre-
, &dewy of the mayor, will, it I. said, take pines sante day
thia