Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-09 00:00:00

THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT,

A meeting of the general council of the London Irish
Corpi was held on Monday, the Marquis of Conyngham
presiding. The secretary read a report from the work-
ing committee for the past month. The committee
-congratulated the council upcn the continued progress.
of the corps, and explained that, on Saturday last
a letter had been received from the lord lieutenant
of the county, transmitting her Majesty's most
gracious acceptance of the services of the corps.
The. uniform, as recommended for adoption by the
working committee; was produced, and the council
at once agreed to adopt it. The uniform cer-
tainly promises to be one of the neatest yet produced,
and to simplicity and grace is added economy, with
durability of material, the cost only being, , for full
dress, with belts, and cap and plume, &c., complete,
£4 15s. After the despatch of some further routine
business, the board proceeded, in accordance with the
Lord Lieutenant's warrant, to nominate a captain com-
mandant ; and the noble and • worthy chairman was
unanimously and, amidst loud cheers, duly nominated.
• The members of the Royal Tower Hamlets corps met
on Saturday, for the purpose of selecting their uniform.
Mr-Coleman presided, and after opening the business,
left it to the members to decide whether their uniform
should be grey or green. The former colour was almost
unanimously chosen, and a resolution was carried, on the
motion of Mr. Russell Gole, that the grey uniforni re-
commended by the Government should be adopted by
the corps, a resolution for the selection of a darker shade
being negatived on being put to the rote.
On Monday evening a general meeting of the acting
committee . of the Paddington corps took place at the
temporary offices, Berkeley-street, Connaught-square ;
R. Currie, Esq., in the chair. Mr. R. Price, honorary
secretary, repotted that the corps was making rapid
progress in their drilling, and that two companies were
already formed, and the third in course of formation.
lie further announced that the funds were steadily
increasing, and amounted, in donations and subscriptions;
to £1,182 16s. 6d. After some discussions it was unani- .
mously resolved, "That an armourer be at once ap-
pointed for the armoury just obtained for the use of the
corps, and that a practice ground having been arranged
for, the necessary steps be taken relating thereto."
The ninth Essex (Silvertown) corps assembled. on
Saturday at the Railway Terminus North Woolwich,
and, headed by the band, proceeded to the works of
Messrs. W. Silver, where the deputy lieutenant of the
county. (Gurney 'Fry, Esq.) administered the oath of
allegiance. The ceremony occupied about two hours;
the number of volunteers being nearly 200, wholly com-
posed of the members of Messrs. Silver's establishment.
The corps was underthe command *of Hugh A. Silver,
Esq., who is the captain elect. The proposed dress,
which will be presented gratuitously to the corps by
Messrs. Silver and Co., consists of .a dark grey with
black facings. The oaths haling bean administered, the
corps was put through its various exercises, and con-
siJerable satisfaction was expressed at their steady ap-
pearance:
The ceremony of swearing in the Cambridge Town
Rifle Corps took place on Monday. The members of the
corps, or about eighty out of ninety-one of the whole force,
met in uniform at the Corn Exchange, and proceeded
thence' in due form to the Town-hall, amid the
'cheers of the inhabitants, who, excited by curiosity
and patriotism; lined both sides of. the way. On
arriving at, the Town-hall, the corps was received by
the. mayor (Mr. Elliot Smith), Mr. Alderman Brown,
J. Wentworth, R. M. Fawcett, and (J. G. Brimley;
Esqrs. The gallery was thronged by a number of ladies,
and the large room by the public. The corps, which
had been preceded from the Corn Exchange by the band
of the Cambridgeshire and Isle -of Ely Militia, playing
martial airs, drew up inform in the large room. The
Mayor then addressed the volunteers, and the ceremony
of swearing in was afterwards performed.

A deputation from the Steam Shipowners' Association
had an interview with the Right Hon. Milner Gibson
and the Right Hon. W. Cowper, on Tuesday, at the
office of the Board of Trade. The deputation,consisted
of Mr. Anderson (chairman), Mr. Roots, 'Captain
Mangles, Mr. Watson, and Mr. Morgan (secretary.)
Rush of blood to the head is frequently caused by a
bad condition of the stomach or bowels ; but by a course
of 'Holloway's Pills these distressing symptoms are pre-
vented, or, if they have made, their appearance, are
quickly exterminated. Dizziness of sight, headache and
other alarming symptoms are also relieved by this
wonderful aperient ; also, all internal disorders are
curable by them, because by their influence on the cir-
culation, they reduce the entire system to a healthy
action. The first effect of Holloway's Pills is to cause
a healthy flow of saliva during mastication to excite the
stomach to secrete sufficient gastric juice to digest the
food, whose chyle, entering the blood, bestows on that
fluid wholesme tonic properties.
EAST INDIA REVENUES.--A return was published
yesterday of all stocks, loans, debts, and liabilities
chargeable on East India Revenue at home and abroad,.
made up to the 31st of December, 1859, in England,
and the 30th of April, 1858, in' India. The total sum
for India is £72,426,828, for England £30;587,837.
Of the former sum £60,600,513 and £11,826,315
does not bear interest. The registered debt is
the largest item, amounting. to £50,866,112,
almost the whole of which bears interest. The
loans amount to £3,372,471, the Treasury notes to
£1,194,159, the service fund to £4,916,160, the bills
payable to £2,355,192, and the " deposits and miscella-
neous" to £9,722,734. In England the East India
bonds amount to £4,979,517, the East India debentures
to £14,956,000, the India Five per Cent. Stock to
£4,999,000, the capital of Indian railways to £4,087,080,
the sums owing for exports 'to £286,826, the warrants
for various payments and bills of exchange outstanding
to £343,447, and the pay office demands to £592,740.
PRESENTATION TO A NEWSPAPER tDITOR.—On
Monday, at Edinburgh, a testimonial was presented to
Mr. Alexander Russel, editor of the Scotsman, consist-

ing of an elegant and massive silVer salver, a silver
claret jug, a timepiece, 1,600 sovereigns, and an
eniblazoned roll of the subscribers, about 450 in.
number. The salver contained the following inscrip-
tion :—" Presented, with 1,600 sovereigns, to Alexander
Russel, Esq., editor of the Scotsman, in recognition of
his able and consistent advocacy of enlightened political
principles, by which he has largely contributed to the
diffusion of sound Liberal opinions in Scotland ; and as
a mark of respect for his honourable and independent
conduct in public and private life. 1860." On the
silver jug was a similar but a shorter inscription. There
was a numerous attendance of subscribers ; the chair
being occupied by Sir W. Gibson-Craig, Bart., who'
made the presentation.. The chairman stated that the
amount collected had been £1,773; but the tribute of
respect to Mr. Russel was remarkable not merely from
the amount which had been Contributed, but from the
character of the list of subscribers. In the roll were
the names of many peers, some Of them of the highest
rank ; of several men who had been Cabinet ministers,
and of others who had filled high offices in the state ;
of many members of Parliament, not merely con-
nected with Scotland, but some of them representing
English constituencies ; of numerous men of high social
position, and eminent for theiidistinction in science and
in literature; and, last of all, of a multitiide from,
among the people at large. Among the names was that
of Lord Macaulay, who, in a few and emphatic words,
had conveyed his cordial approbation of this movement,
and who had contributed with munificent liberality.
Sir Gibson-Craig concluded by expressing the hope
that the testimonial would be an incitement to Mr.
Russel to continue in the same course of-honest inde-
pendence, regardless of sector party, which he had
hitherto pursued.—ln his reply, Mr. Russel alluded to the
fact that he had now been engaged for twenty-one years
as a newspaper editor, and said that, during that
period, he had been accustomed to hear a great deal
about' the temptations and corrupting appliances too
successfully besetting per Sons connected with the press ;
but he could not say that he had been seeing it. When
he first heard of the present testimonial he thought,
" Here is the tempter Come at last." But it- was
a false alarm ; for all was to be done in the light
of day, as well as with none but proclaimed objects.
Mr. Russel said that he felt a special gratification, if
also a little compunction, at seeing among the
.sub-
scribers the names of so many with whom he had.
been at strife on those minor questions which divide
all political parties ; he had often felt keen regret, and
, even something approaching shame, at being led to
speak with somewhat of disrespect of men for whose
; motives and character he felt nothing but admiration.
In conclusion, the gift, he hoped, would operate in
exciting him more and more to do his duty in his pro-
fession, and would stimulate him to stronger attachment
and greater efforts for that good old cause of liberty
with order, and progress with security—of free Quern-
mentt free thought, and free speech.