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to exceed a cost of £4 per man. If, as he said be-
,fore, they, agreed to join to, ;form a battalion, it was
desirable that they should have one uniform, and,
whit that uniform should be the respective cempa-,
nies would have to arrange among themselves, and,
the best Way to do this would be for eachtompany
to decide as to whether a meeting should be .held
at Newark to fix upon, one,colouF, of uniform, and
to send a deputation—say two or three. of their
members—to represent tnem. As Lord-Lieutenant
he was most anxious to interfereas little as possible
in these matters, being desirous to leave the respec-
tive cOmpanies to suit themselves. At the same
time he should, if possible, attend any meeting they
might hold for such a purpose ; but with the near
approach of Parliament pending he could not pro-
mise to do so ; and if not, he would commit his
views to writing, and forward to the meeting the
opinions he entertained. Sir Thomas White had
most properly observed that.it would be a matter
of deep regret to him if anything were done to in-
duce any of the Yeomanry or Militia to leave either
of those forces and join the rifle movement. With
Sir Thomas he believed it would be most undesi-
rable that anything should be done to prevail on
any officer to leave either the Yeomanry or the
Militia to serve in this new volunteer force—
(cheers)—for if this were done they (the officers)
might leave the "new love" without returning to
the old. With respect to the officers, he would just
make a remark. He had never recommended any
officer for appointment to her Majesty without
consulting the wishes of the company as to whom
they desired to command them. (Hear, and cheers.)
He had adopted this plan because he fully re-
lied upon the good sense of the respective compa-
nies to name such persons as were worthy of the
position in which it was proposed to place them.
He had so far been most fairly treated by those on
whom had devolved the responsibility of naming
them,but at the same time he alone was responsible
to the Queen for those whom he recommended for
her Majesty's sanction. (Cheers.) He hadput them
upon their honour to name fit and proper persons,
and they had done so. There had been a disposition
on the part of some of the Nottingham volunteers
to elect men not altogether desirable, but it had
been reconsidered. He (the Lord-Lieutenant) had
full confidence that the companies that had yet to
elect officers would do so having a due regard, not
to persons whom they respected from private mo-
tives, but to select the men in whose judgment and
good sense to command thein they placed the firmest
reliance. (Cheers.) Aad now he did not know that
he had any other observation to make to them re-
specting the organisation of these companies. He
had merely risen to make a sn,restive speech, and in
concluding his somewhat lengthy remarks, he
would say that the number of volunteers was daily
increasing throughout the country, and he was fully
persuaded that before next summer was over there
would be such a volunteer force throughout the
length and breadth of this kingdom as would strike
terror into the minds of those who might still have
a disposition to attempt an invasion of our shores.
(Loud cheers.) He was not one of those who
thought that the intelligent and the educated of
Englishmen would not b found a valuable adjunct
to the standing army. (Cheers.) There was one
point to which he had not called their attention and
to which it was necessary he should refer. It was
that, at the present moment, it was inadvisable to
enrol men who were not prepared to pay, at any rate
for a considerable portion of their outfit. He
would observe "Do not make your company ex-
clusive; and by all means have the representatives
of all classes; but, at the same time, do not involve
yourselves in any great expenses at first in this re-
spect. By all means have all classes in your corps,
but do not at first attempt too much." If they only
got a company of 100 to start with, they would be
the nucius of a greater number, who, in case they
were required—which God forbid—might render
good service. They must not endeavour to effect
too much—if they did, instead of succeeding in the
object they had in view, it might only end in dis-
credit to themselves and failure,'so far as they were
concerned, to the cause which they desired to serve.
(Cheers.) That they would have to assist the arti-
san who joined the, corps was evident, because it
could not be expected that he would give his time,
and then, out of his hard earnings, purchase his
uniform; but his advice to themswas, not to attempt
too much at first. He must now apologise to them,
for having occupied so much of their time. (Cheers.)
It only remained for him to say that he could not
attend any other meeting that might be called in
this district, as his duties elsewhere required his
attention. He would, therefore, earnestly beg of
them to encourage unity and cordiality among
themselves. (Cheers.) If they had any quarrels,
let them keep them to a future day, and carry into
the company that spirit of thorough friendship and
good feeling which would conduce to their benefit.
He hoped the company they were about to form
would prosper. The movement was one of solemn
importance; he held it as a great blessing that it
had been taken up in this country in so warm a
spirit, and he wished it every prosperity. (Cheers.

ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES NAPIER ON

THE NATIONAL DEFE-YCES.

LOWESTOFT, JAN. 5.

Admiral Sir Charles Napier undertook to be pre-
sent last evening at a meeting held in this town to
promote the enrolment- of "Royal Naval Volun-
teers" along the coast. Captain Steward presided,
and the meeting was numerously attended.
Sir C. NAPIER said, those present no doubt knew
perfectly well that for some time past anxiety had
prevailed in England with reference to the position
of the country in respect to France. All over Eng-
land rifle and military corps were being formed for
the defence of the country ; for, the army of Eng-
land being very small, and the greater part of it
1 being in India and China, the people had thought
it necessary to assist the Government by enrolling
themselves in various ways. He heard, however,
that there was but little doing at Lowestoft, a rather
remarkable circumstance, considering how exposed
the place was to attack. Whether the Emperor Of
the French intended to attack us it was impossible
to say, but for the last 20 years there had been a
constant augmentation in the navy of that country,
although, geographically speaking, France was
very differently situated from ourselves. Great Bri-
tain, as an island, relied for defence on her navy
and the fortresses on her coast; while France, as a
military Power, had an army of 600,000 or 700,000
men. Nobody could know better than the present
audience that the aspect of naval affairs had now
greatly changed. In days gone by there was no
such thing as steam, and the country was then de-
fended by the navy alone. The application of
steam t o modern warfare had now produced a great
change, and given other countries a great advan-
tage in attacking us, and although he believed that
the superiority and skill of our men would always
be maintained still the difficulty of invading our
coast was not so great as in former days. A year
ago it appeared that the French navy was almost
equal to our own, and he was sorry to say this was
owing to the inattention we had paid to our navy.
(Hear, hear.) For some years we had seen danger
in our position, but we were now, he was glad to
say, building a number of large ships and fine fri-
gates:— Still, what would be the use of building
ships and erecting forts if we had not men to man
them ? This was our real -necessity. When Par-
pnaent voted a certain number. of seamen, 30,000
or 40,000, that total could be kept up, when it was
onee obtained, by bringing forward the boys, as they
grew up;to meet casu ilties and death ; but when a
sudden augmentation was required, as in the case
of alarm or invasion, and the Government found it
necessary to call out 10,000 or 20,000 more, the
men under ordinary circumstances were not to be
had. The mercantile marine had its number of
men, and the navy had its number, but in the case
of an emergency extra men for the latter were not
to be had ; and he was glad to find that the Govern-
ment had at last come forward and taken measures
for forming a reserve force. Coast volunteers had
been for some time organised, to assist the Coast-
guard in looking after smugglers, and, if necessary,
they would come forward in the event of war sud-
denly taking place, and man the reserve ships. It
was true that they might have to fight ; but at pre-
sent they had only to put down their names and
come forward in case of an emergency to defend
the coast. The boats plying on the coast were some
of the finest in the world, and they were fit to re-
ceive the enormous men—elephants he might call
them—who went out in them sometime to save life
and property. When they thus put off to ships in
distress they braved great dangers and could not
say whether they would come back again. Fight-
ing was nothing at all to this, for there was excite-
ment in it. The plan under which enrolment was
now invited was different from that of the Coast
Volunteers. The Government hoped to raise
30,000 men, to be ready in the event of an invasion
of this country or an attack from France, and
they would be required to serve in any part of the
world in time of war. The class invited to enrol
thenaszlves were ablebodied seamen, and they would
receive 4:0 a-year, merely to be ready when wanted.
They would u,:semble for 28 days' drill annually,
and would rec-Ave while up ls 4d. per day
victual-
ling money, and is. per daypay,
with the advan-
tage of a pension of no less than £l2 a-year after 10
years' enrolment, which, under certain regulations,
might be enjoyed by their wives after their decease.
In addition to this, whether wounded or not, they
would be eligible to an asylum in Greenwich Hos-
pital. The time for drill would be so selected as not
to interfere with their fishing and other ordinary
occupations. they might, with leave, go foreign
voyages, and gunboats would be stationed so that
they had their drill at home. What inconvenience,
he would ask, would they endure in learning, under

such circumstances as these, different exercises with
guns, cutlasses, and muskets in order that they
might be efficient defenders of their country in the
event of war. Merfun drilled were nothing more than
a mob., Some might be inclined to say, " Oh ! we
should do very well ;" but if he took 100 of the'4oo
seamen present and accustomed them by discipline
to the use of guns, cutlasses, &c., he would wager
his life that if he were to put himself at their head
he would " lick" the whole of the rest. (Laughter
and cheers.) Sailors and beachmen could not be ex-
pected to come forward as riflemen ; they were
born to the sea and accustomed to the sea only;
but it was to them that the country looked for its
defence. The Government had not asked him to
address the meeting, but being on a visit to his
daughter in the neighbourhood he had volunteered
to ask those present to volunteer. If they did not
do so, any " lousy" privateer might come down
upon them, burn their houses, ravish their women,
commit all manner of atrocities, and drive them like
a flock of sheep before the wind. Another view of
the matter was that in the event of war the Go-
vernment might compel them to come forward.
The Queen had a right to call upon them to de-
fend the country, but now, when there was no
immediate chance of attack, her Majesty offered
thorn a certain sum of money to go and be drilled,
that in the event of war they might be able to de-
fend themselves, their wives, and property. With
reference to impressment the Parliament and people
of this country were dead against it. He had him-
self brought a bill into Parliament not to establish
a pressgang, but to exercise a little gentler compul-
sion. His measure was to the effect that every boy,
after serving three or four years in the merchant
service, should, before he was entitled to be ranked
as a British seaman, be compelled to serve two or
three years on board a man-of-war, that he might
be fit for service. He thought when he brought
that measure forward, and he thought now, that
this would be an excellent preparation, but the
House of Commons would not entertain the scheme
because it was a species of compulsion. He stated
this to show that the House of Commons was op-
posed to the slightest show of compulsion, and for
this reason sailors were now called upon to volun-
teer. He did not wish to deceive them. If a war
broke out it would be absolutely necessary to com-
pel men to come forward, and everybody must do
so—not only sailors, but gentlemen and noblemen.
He was not one to say that the poor man should be
the first to serve and fight, but every man, from the
Prince of Royal blood down to the poorest in the
land, ought to come forward, if it were necessary
for him to do so, for the defence of the corintry.
(Cheers.)

The CHAIRMAN stated that he was informed, on
excellent authority, that a battery would be shortly
erected at Pakefield, commanding the gateway, and
another at Lowestoft Ness Point, commanding the
roads. _ _ _

Sir C. NAPIER, in acknowledging a vote of thanks
accorded to him for his attendance, noticed the al-
most total extinction'of corporal punishment in the
navy, and referring to the late mutiny on board the
Princess Royal said, in that case an admiral and
12 captains sat to inquire into the circumstances,
while when the men of the Great Eastern refused
to scrub the decks a single magistrate committed
them.

The proceedings shortly afterwards terminated.

2HE NAVY.

The crew of the screw ;team frigate Emerald, 51,
Capt. A. Cumming, at Deyonport, were paid wages
on Wednesday, and ono watch obtained a week's
leave.

The screw steamship Centurion, 80, Capt. Patey,
was. hauled out of Keyham basin on Wednesday,
and placed at her moorings in Hamoaze.
The gunboats Shamrock and Magpie are under-
going a thorough repair at Devoiport.
The screw steamship Nile, 90, was put in commis-
sion on Wednesday by Capt. K. Barnard, who has
already picked up a few good hands.
The paddlewheel steam sloop Hydra, 6, Com-
mander K. Hamilton, left Plymouth on Wednesday
evening for the West Indies.
A new shed is in course of erection between docks
Nos. 2 and 3 in Keyham Steam-yard for the conve-
nience of artisans when ships are under repair there.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at. the Admiralty :—Commander G. T. M.
Purvis (b), to be Inspecting Commander of the
Coastguard, vice Mackenzie, appointed to the
Nile; Dr. J. W. Reid (b), surgeon, to the Nile;
T. W. Jewell, staff surg., to the Pembroke ; It.
Pottinger, surg., to the Neptune ; T. Nelson and
C. M‘Shane, Burgs. (additional), to the Fiso•ard ;
W. W. Anderson, master's assistant, to the 'Nile ;
J. G. Marshall, D. C. Harris, Francis F. Liardet,
James Evans, and Trafford L. Mallony, naval cadets,
to the Nile ; Philip Hast, Wm. H. Henderson, and
James Bedingfield, naval cadets, supernumeraries
for disposal, to the Nile ; Nelson Byng, naval cadet,
to the Marlborough J. H. E. Parker, H. Russell,
E. S: Nuthall, A. P. Whipham, R. B. Pipon, Pelham
Aldrich, C. V. Anson, R. J. Hughes, G. H. Alcock,
W. L. Bamber, and J. S. Brome, naval cadets,
supernumeraries for disposal, to the• Marlborough ;
G. A. Ellis, J. H. O'Brien, and J. W. L. Jekyll,
naval Cadets, to the Queen; Adolphus Fitz George,
naval cadet, to the Royal Albert ; R. P. Warden
and W. S. Lee, naval cadets, to the Diadem • J. S.
Alexander and J. E. Greenhow, naval cadets, to
the Mars; L. B. Crosbie and E. G. Halton, naval
cadets, to the Edgar; and Charles M‘Laughlin,
midshipman, to the Ariadne.

TILE ARMY.

The following lieutenants, who have just obtained
their commissions in the Royal Artillery, and who
are posted to batteries as follows, are ordered to
join their respective stations on the Ist proximo,
with the exception of those posted to batteries
abroad, who will join at Woolwich on that day :
Lieut. Edwin Marshall, 2d brigade, sth battery,
Dover; Lieut. C. E. B. Leacock, Ist brigade, 2d
battery, Woolwich ; Lieut. H. G. Palmer, Ist bri-
gade, 3d battery, Woolwich ; Lieut. F. M. H.
M'Causland, 10th brigade, Ist battery, Alderney;
Lieut. Thos. Jesson, 9th brigade, 6th battery, New-
bridge ; Lieut. S. Simpson, 10th brigade, 2d bat-
tery, Portsmouth ; Lieut. C. W. Townsend, 11th
brigade, Ist battery, Bengal ; Lieut. F. F. Barham,
13th brigade, Ist battery, Bombay ; Lieut. G. A.
Noyes, Ist brigade, 7th battery, Woolwich •, Lieut.
H. St. J. C. Bowen, 3d brigade, 6th battery,
Devonport ; Lieut. E. H. Wickham, 10th bri-
gade, 2d battery, Portsmouth ; Lieut. R. J. P.
Saunders, 3d brigade, Ist battery, Devonport;
Lieut. V. Wing, Ist brigade, 3d battery, Wool-
wich; Lieut. S. de Lacy Lacy, 4th brigade, 10th
battery, Woolwich ; Lieut. N. L. Porter, 3d brigade,
Ist .battery, Devonport;' Lieut. F. Schack, Ist
brigade, 4th battery, Woolwich; Lieut. H. L.
Williams, 10th brigade, 3d battery, Portsmouth ;
Lieut. W. R. Stirke, 11th brigade, 4th battery,
Bengal ; Lieut. P. D. Barclay, 13th brigade, 2d
battery, Bengal ; Lieut. Henry Graves, 13th
brigade, 4th battery, Bengal; Lieut. H. Jones, 2d
brigade, 2d battery,: Dover; Lieutenant R. J.
Millett, 2d brigade, 3d battery, Dover ; Lieut. J.
L. Bell, Ist brigade, sth battery, Woolwich ; Lieut.
H. E. Baines, 10th brigade, sth battery, Guernsey;
Lieut. H. T. T. Sandes, Ist brigade, 7th battery,
Woolwich ; Lieut. J. R. Yule, Ist brigade, Bth bat-
tery, Woolwich; Lieut. R. T. Farquhar,4th brigade,
Bth battery, Shorncliffe ; Lieut. J. Younger, Bth
brigade, Ist battery, Aldershott ; Lieut. T. Malre-
nan, 2d brigade, Bth battery, Dover; Lieut. C. J.
Deshon, 3d brigade, 7th battery, Portsmouth;
Lieut. F. C. Hallett, Ist brigade, sth battery,
Woolwich ; Lieut. W. F. Nelson, 6th brigade 3d
battery, Malta ; Lieut. H. F. A. Brodie, 2d brigade,
Ist battery, Dover ; Lieut. E. Ireland, 6th brigade,
Bth battery, Malta ; Lieut. R. W. Chute, Ist
brigade, 4th battery, Malta ; and Lieut. G. M. B.
Hornsby, 11th brigade, 2d battery, Bengal.
A detachment of the Army Hospital Corps, late
the Medical Staff Corps, numbering 90 non-com-
missioned officers and men, will leave headquarters,
Chatham, this morning and proceed to Deptford,
where they will embark on board the steam-ship
Melbourne, which has been chartered by the Go-
vernment for the conveyance of troops and war
stores to China. Another detachment of the Army
Hospital Corps will proceed to China in a few days,
the non-commissioned officers and men composing
which have been inspected preparatory to their
departure. They will go out in the steam ship
Mauritius.

The Secretary of State for War having directed
that for the future all new contracts for fuel, light,
and straw for bedding shall be placed under the
Commissariat Department, orders to that effect
have been fdrwarded to all the garrison towns,
with directions to all barrack-masters to trans-
mit, when called upon to do so by the district
commissariat officers, returns showing the various
articles for which contracts will be required, giving
in each case the probable quantities that will be
necessary for one year's consumption, and the
places at which the same must be delivered.
The East India College at Haileybury, once the
nursery of the Indian civil service, is about to be-
come a depot for military recruits, and by the fresh
arrangements contemplated accommodation will Le
proviied for 700 soldiers. The library and quad-
rangle are to be turned into dormitories.
The examination of candidates for admission to
the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, by the
Council of Military-Education, commenced on Wed-
nesday last, at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea; Major-
Gen. Cameron, Vice-President, and Col. Addison
and Col. Elwyn were the members of the Council
present, The first day was confined to the medical
examination. The number of candidates was about
120. The examinations will extend over 11 days,
terminating on Monday, the 16th inst.

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