Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-19 00:00:00

THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT.

Several attempts have been made lately to raise a
" six-foot " volunteer corps, to be called the " Volunteer
Guards," and to consist of gentlemen whose height ren-
dered it inconvenient for them to enter a regiment where
the average stature of the members was considerably less
than their own. A meeting washeld on Tuesday night, in
a room attached to St. James's-hall, for the furtherance of
this object, at which the Hon. T. C. Bruce presided. In his
opening remarks he explained that the projected corps
was for the benefit of those who. though anxious to be-
come volunteers, found that their height was above the
average of other corps, in which they must therefore feel
themselves out of place. Resolutions were then passed
that it was expedient to form a six-foot corps ; adopting
the rules and regulations which should govern those to
be enrolled ; and appointing a committee to arrange the
various details connected with the embodiment of the
regiment.
The committee of the Paddington corps held a meet-
ing, on Thursday night, in Connaught-square, Mr.
Raikes Currie in the chair. It was announced that
donations and subscriptions were received from the fol-
lowing ladies :—Lady Vassall, Miss Bird, Miss Gee, Mrs.
Sergeant Gaselce, and Mrs. Hall ; also, that other ladies
had previously subscribed, and that a donationof £lolos.
had been received from the Rev. C. Boyd, incumbent of
Paddington, making the total amount of subscriptions
and donations up to the present time upwards of £l,lOO,
and that a second company of effectives were already in
course of completion.
A meeting held on Tuesday night at a tavern in
Camden-town, passed a resolution, stating it to be of
opinion that steps should be taken to enable the indus-
trious and operative classes with which the district
abounds, to participate in the loyalty and patriotism of
which that movement is the embodiment. A committee
was formed to raise a special subscription for the Work-
ing Man's Company.
Several corps raised in different parts of Sussex have
been progressing in importance at a very satisfactory
rate. At Brighton the drill is proceeding satisfactorily
and the enrolment rapidly. Up to Saturday the amount
of contributions to the necessary expenses of the corps
amounted in donations and subscriptions to £827 19s.
At Chichester donations have been received to the
amount of £450. The Arundel and Littlehampton
corps is commanded by the Duke of Norfolk, who has
granted a convenient spot in Arundel Park as the rifle
practice ground. The corps at present numbers 50.
Subscriptions have been made at Colchester to assist
in the equipment of a second company in course of for-
mation in the town. The Mayor has forwarded a dona-
tion of £lO ; Mr. G. H. Errington, £2O ; Mr. H. Wolton,
£lO 10s. ,• and Mr. J. W. Egerton Green, £lO 10s.
The volunteer movement in Worcestershire is now in a
satisfactory condition. At Pershore 88 volunteers have been
enrolled and nearly £5OO subscribed in donations, besides
£6O in annual subscriptions. At Malvern the full corps of
sixty is nearly made up, and Sir H. Lambert is appointed
captain. At Evesham fifty-two volunteers are enrolled
and £3OO is subscribed. At Wolverley and Kidder-
minster, the first corps enrolled in the county, the drills
go on with success, The second company has been

finally accepted at. Kidderminster. At Stourport also
there are daily drills. The Droitwich corps have incor-
porated themselves with their neighbours of Banbury,
and Mr. H. P. Vernon, of Hanbury-hall, has been
elected captain.
In Staffordshire companies have been formed, or are
forming, in not less than thirty-two towns. There are
about 1,900 effectives. The donations made towards
the expenses of establishing the various corps amount to
upwards of £12,900, and the annual subscriptions to
about £l,BOO.
A company, numbering between 70 and 80 members,
has just been formed, in connection with the North Lons-
dale Volunteer Rifle Corps, at Hawkshead, in the lake dis-
trict. The company being formed in the mountain dis-
trict of Furness, called "High Furness," or " Furness
Fells," it has been styled the " High Furness Moun-
taineer CompanY."' It is Composed almost entirely of
men accustomed from their childhood to habits of activity
and endurance in traversing their native mountains, and
who may, therefore, confidently be expected to become
most efficient riflemen. Upwards of £2OO has been
already subscribed, and the greatest enthusiasm is mani-
fested by all classes in the town and neighbourhood.
At Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, more than 100 riflemen
have enrolled their names, and the service of the artil-
lery corps, which numbers about the same, has been
accepted by Government. A communication from the
War-office states that the full establishment of the corps
will consist of one captain commandant, one captain,
two first lieutenants, two second lieutenants, and 160
men of all ranks, divided into two companies.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT LEEDS
CENTRAL MARKET.

a very bold and daring character, was effected between
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Saturday night and Sunday morning, in the shop of Mr.
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being then placed in fancied security in one of Milner's
patent safes. On Monday morning, however, on the
shop being opened, the discovery was made that the safe
had been broken into, and two £5O Bank of England
notes, the halves of notes of the value of £BO, and
upwards of £lOO in gold and silver stolen there-
from. That the robbery had been effected by some per-
son or persons thoroughly conversant with the premises
there cannot be the shadow of a doubt. The
period at which the thieves gained access to the shop can
only be a matter of conjecture, but it is probable that
the entrance was effected about eight o'clock on Sunday
evening, and that the booty was obtained about four
hours afterwards. The central market consists of
several, stalls, surrounded on all sides by shops, and
forming a square block of buildings. Access is obtained
through large doors, which are locked at night, and
through one of these doors, about eight o'clock on
Sunday evening, Mrs. Greenwood, who resides near,
heard some one enter the market, but supposing it to be
Mr. Roberts, the clerk, she took no further notice of
the circumstance. The door could easily be opened by a
skeleton key, and the thief would then be enabled without
difficulty to enter the shop of Mr. Ellins,which was very
insecurely protected. Evidently conversant with the pre-
mises, the thief had at once commenced cutting away the
woodwork in the corner of the shop in which two of Mil-
ner's patent safes (one containing the cash and the other
the ledgers) were encased. The safe containing the money
was constructed on an old principle, the door consisting of
two plates of iron secured together by iron bars, but
having between them an interstice of about an inch and
a half, to allow the working of the bolt which fastened
the safe. The key-hole was in the centre, open and
uncovered, and the thief, having evidently previously
made all his preparations, had placed through this
hole, and so between the bars, a large charge of powder,
which, being ignited, must have exploded with great
force, tearing off the bar of iron into which the bolt
ran, and so rendering access to the safe perfectly easy.
A discharge was heard about midnight OR Sunday by
Mr. Ellis, publican, but he of course had no suspicion
that anything was wrong. The thieves had then,
by means of some instrument, forced open the two
drawers of the safe, and cleared them of every farthing
they contained. They did not, however, encumber
themselves with a mortgage deed for £3OO and some
scrip for shares of the Commercial-buildings, which were
also in that safe, nor indeed, did they touch anything
in the shop except the cash. The other safe, which
was made upon Milner's new principle (the key-hole
not being open), was apparently untouched, leaving
the inference that the thieves, whoever they were,
had a pretty accurate knowledge of the quarter
which it was most profitable for them to examine. A
reward of £3O has been offered for the apprehension of
the thieves, and the police are exercising every diligence
to secure their capture. The stolen notes, &c., are thus
described in the police notice :—Two £5O Bank of
England notes, one numbered B.X. 30,109, dated Leeds,
11th July, 1859, and endorsed Mortimer, in red ink, on
the back ; the other numbered 13-Z 66212, dated Man-
chester, 10th January, 1859, and endorsed on the back
Beecock & Co. ; sixteen halves of £5 notes, numbers at
present not known ; four £5 notes, two of the Bank of
England and ono of the Halifax Bank; about £lOO in
gold and silver, and a bill of acceptance for £22 165.,
drawn by Henry Ellins on William Holmes, Newcastle-
on-Tyne, dated 7th December, 1859, and payable at
Messrs. Barclay & Co.'s, London, 10th February, 1860.