The Express.
London, England, 1860-01-05 00:00:00

rk voiu- If rzER IitIFLS MOVRMIINT.

Y t. •

IfIRST OURRZY.

A Vary etn3,deWe end laduential meetiog mail held
ymearday at the Royal Naval School, New-!cros
s,
Imam tbe of Mr. Aldine= Wire ; tra
We _ the thomeM of em a nee mime hr
emitl4 c Ir-um% la eistaxion with die lettli
tyre, The
&ahem we meggeratil by the Arm Meemn, Homey End
Oraimhle, d lewd other gentlemen. The band of the
let ewe" woe Is &Sandia*. The ass crowded.
Tbe Ousisame. fa (Tatted the teeepe, 2/bided to
some which had bees teAd r Me seighboorhood
to UN earl' of the Ist Sorer" Lb Moe. He deprecated all
petty dot:name is a movanest of Snob satiosel impatience es
the enroluvnt of a volunteer army. Having pointed out
the ode .itsge that moat accrue be the volunteers of toe
seighbearnood iron jointer a omen which had already d-
ammed so to to he aneasioadon as the 1M Surrey, the
Warm .o reed letters from the borough membere, Mears.
Se.,Ations and Atigeretate, approvillg of the Uleverment sad
inclootax their chemise iv ten guinea, imelt. Flavin dis-
posed of this preliminary matter, he proceeded to point out,
is eloquent sod forcible tams, the danger of %mica, the
neceeity for taking waiting from the facility with
which the French army had been thrown into ltdy, sad
the optional that lay upon every Englishman to take up
arms for the defame of toe homes, the wealth, the rights', and
the Shamir of his nation.
The &direr wag received with every demonstration of sym- I
why uad approval.
The ltev. Mr. Gannett-LE moved the drat reeolutioa, and
in the Int imams read a latter from the Rev. Mr. Bkiptos,
vicar of the pariah, approving of the move:oast. The movie-
kon was couched in toe usual tame, declaring the expo-
daracy of foresaw volunteer corps throughout the country.
Tb. rev. gentlemen teelperetry pointed out the strictly die
fonaive character of in. volunteer movement. ii.deru ha-
proves:ante in science and .ar material had (besetd) rendered
Ragland much more expand to widths assault than formerly,
ead therefore the question of atonal defence became one of
imminent severeness. The question, in fee, lay between •
great menses is the steadies army and the general Gerd-
moat of rola:Mears. The institutlom and feelings of this
anntry would weer permit of the maiatenanoe of as army
of 800.000 men, like that of a neighbouring ooautry lad
therefore we bed nothing for it bat at once to enrol the
echienten. To make that movement saccoseful it most be
made to stood all camas, and he could not enforce too
ilellisentlely GS employer' of lemur to promote the ques-
tions el wetly claaisg and the Saturday half-holiday, as it
wee mum Miamians to expect the 00-operallon of the work-
ing Mame maim more time end leisure were placed at their
disposal. (This Observation wee received with eochunettoe.)
Mr. Henna,' eecisidei the resolation. He did not be-
have M the friendship of the Emperor of the French, but he
believed in his good awe; and a man who had In 1846 seta
bow readily our citizens mine forward, baton in hand, to
peewee the peace, would hesitate long before be directed
each • feeling of sationelity against himself. With respect
be the local goodies, he deprecated all bickering and
divieion.

Mr. IILICI94IIT, et the West Kent Volunteer R.fiee,
sanding to a remit which bed been headed is against the
Invitebra of Lao by the let &um, miplased that all case
divieion betweva the two corps (the West Kent end the
Mt SUMP) had bees completely removed, and he appeared
awe to moppet uareservedly the object of the mestiag.
At the awe time he was • grin believer In the virtue of
heel pertotism, awl shou'A be entioas to see " the wee of
Mast dist/sate* enrolled, mid distinctively upholding
their ancient pre-eminersos. (Cheers.) The resolution wee
then pot, end carried ansatrolurly.
Tte Rev. Mr. Moser mmd the see end resnlutionols.
Marisa to.: expodanay of torstuag • local corps. Like a pro-
Moue Tsetse, be SPY Mon anxious to 649 the arty closing
ienveamat carried est, as he could tall oar temente eM
tred•enies that if they did not make op their mks& to clam
their warehouse sad snop• early, is order that their people
might list. time to 101.• their drill, somebody 1•414
WOO lOW. the Channel, and shut both up foe tams alto-
gether. (Climes.) He trusted that the volanteen would
moos b. In • condition to oppose 300,000 amebae guest the
otecartesce of each a celanuty. (Cheers.)
Mr. EVAN 4 (sesconformist mintage) warmly metadeal
Lb, r. eoiott,m, which we curled unrialmonsly.
The erncesliage tatuicated with • limety vote of thanks
to the ,orisrman, end Oa msetlass was play clout by ibis bead.

ST. CLEMENT DA.ruk—This ciDatral parish now
=maws se elleative *massy aznadtaft 70, mita an mast
abasat, 134 maids( great yrogrer at drill. The progriatera
at the (4.erwer sad Jfar4•lsme lirprvis ban awl liberally
aistributed, sad *pupped tea elective maabers arm thi&
/I.p...tin each.