The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-09 00:00:00

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k....Th 1
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wich, The gun was then fired ,34- ,r” , 'Apf
with the
shot, and ha,
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t load
de 7; ,41
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been thoroughly ; sea: mph :and s
ordinary service chargKels" • -
mined, was foil. he test well.
Col. Tulloch, Tu./ pector-General
Sir W. Armstrong.
of Ordnance, Ca'lptaati' Lyons, Asses tant-Ins
Ordnance $e lea Committee
pector*.
and the members of tlA`e
ouhave withstoo( T 1
red acco,rd-
were in attendance. Ttl'e gnu wash
second ordeal yesterday,
rounds, loaded with a doubltl gharge
a•Dd was At 7.ain fired 10.
a 100 lb. shot, which it bore ,with a s:1 ;'filar result.
This species of gun has been muzunfact4.
ing to the new principle which has thus 'peen pi -o-
us tru
nounced an important improvemoni in the &, ,-
Lion of heavy guns, as affording a( lditi.onal strongtll
to the chamber. That section of the gun, by dirac- .
tion of Sir IV. Armstrong, is forged entire, instead
of i coils, and according to the judgment Of the
examining
committee will be found of infinite' ser-

pEICE 4D. STAMPED, SD.

at least an equal claim for the consideration of the
war duties upon tea and sugar, and the middle class
for relief from the enormous Income-tax upon small
incomes, with the particular interests connected
with the paper duty, for the removal of that bur-
den. I do not think any Government will find a
majority in the House of Commons again disposed
to begin at the wrong end of a budget, to agree to
fvuoltlev for the
dr edfo
rucatin of
courreettaaxuaatinlolunetsitll they haveestimateof
the expenditure of the country.
"I may be deceived in this, as I was last year in
my views with respect to a French treaty. I relied
then upon the positive assurances of the Ministers
in the previous Session, that they considered such
an arrangement incompatible with the principles
on which our commercial legislation had hitherto
proceeded. They saw reason to change their course,
and the only objection I had to the new one was
the precipitate and inconsiderate manner of the
proceeding, and afterwards to the utter neglect of
equivalents and precautions, which there was not
the slightest reason for believing might not have
been obtained and provided, and this more espe-
cially with respect to the silk trade. Who can sup-
pose that the French manufacturers would not have
consented to a fair exchange upon both sides, as
the condition of our repealing the duties upon the
importation and consumption of their produce in
this country ? But .1 must not go into a longer
discussion on these subjects.
" I shall be in town on my way to France in the
week from the 13th to the 20th. If I can do any
good, either in London or Paris, I am at your or-
ders ; but I have no power, and you seem to have
exhausted reason in your application to Govern-
ment on the particular subject of your letter.
" I voted against any alteration of the Customs'
duties, foreseeing these objections, and very muoh
against my anxious inclination to support the
Liberal Administration of Lord Palmerston. I know
of no greater calamity that could befall this coun-
try than the weakening of his power and authority
at this moment, or any danger to his Government ;
but not even that conviction shall induce me in the
next session to support the same speculative and
vast system of finance which has produced so much
unnecessary difficulty and injury to various inte-
rests as that thrown so loosely before the Parlia-
ment lest year.
" Yours always most faithfully,
" EDWARD ELLICE."

vice.

TEE VOLUNTEER MO FEMENT.

Yesterday afternoon an influentis tl meeting o
gentlemen interested in the Volunteer Movement'.
was held at Willis's Rooms, for the pt irpose of tak-
ing steps to organise a troop of Mount ted Riflemen
for the metropolis ; Lord Keane in the chair.
Among those present were Lord Trurc ), Sir J. V.
Shelley, M.P., Mr. W. F. Byng, Mr. B.owen May,,
Lieut. Camplin, Major Richardson, and ot`hers. Thee
Chair an briefly opened the proceedings by stating
that tue meeting had been called for the pterpose of
.1
taking measures to form regiments of Voiunt..eer
c aa :la
al rryp
ettehde to him f
o metropolis.
ra Lordco
nsa Truroe tht
iemn
es a
ti
hd
h
the requirements of the country were not met 1
•i
the regiments of Volunteer infantry and ar?illealrPady enrolled. He had waited for some time in..
t:y
hopes that cavalry corps would be established and
organised. Some gentlemen had commenced to esta-
blish cavalry corps, but their success was only par-
tial. Himself and some other gentlemen ha d,
therefore, taken steps to organise a regiment of
cavalry worthy of this great city. He looked to the
meeting for aid in raising a corps that would do
credit to the city of London. He was well awaroolf
the difficulties that lay in the way of every neW
scheme. The Volunteers were not ambitious, and did;
not aspire to a large command; but it was not ss
with him. In the event of these corps being esta-
blished he hoped he should have the command of
large corps. In order to establisi these troops he
had gone over the map, and proposed that the .me-
tropolis should be divided into six districts, a troop
to be raised in each district. He was confident thatt
a fine regiment might be established. The first: -
feature of the volunteer movement was the display
of unanimity; he was sorry to say that in some
corps there was a want of that. If the corps should
be established he should look for unavinxous 'co.
operatic»

on the part of all. He should expect
that any gentleman, while not surrenderiL,g his
own opinion, should be willing to give way in come
measure to the wishes of the majority. With re-
spect to the equipment, most of our regular calm, try
were armed in such a manner as to be utterly us B-
less. They did not want to go to the extrora e
either by adopting some novel plan of equipment,
or isy adopting the old antiquated system. That
and other minor questions he thought ought to ',be
left to the management of the committee. 1 n
forming the regiment he wished to avail himself a
the services of every man in the British army. Ho
proposed that three gentlemen from each district
should form an acting committee for the manage—
ment of each troop. The expense of joining at first'
would not be considerable. It was important that
the corps should be out of debt, for no man would
like to take the command of a corps in debt. The
whole expense for each troop would be about £3OO
a year, and if the troops were established in all the
districts it would be expedient to reduce the amount
of the subscription from £5 to £3. After some
further remarks, he concluded by expressing a hope
that the meeting would support the formation of
the corps. Major Richardson advocated the for-
mation of a body of irregular cavalry. He said it
took from six to nine months for a dragoon to ride
properly. Gentlemen could not find the time,
even if they had the inclination to undergo that.
They had better use the ordinary hunting saddle.
They ought to be able to form a splendid body of
irregular cavalry in the metropolis, as 3,000 out
of London go hunting. Lord Truro then moved :

—" That this meeting, seeing the progress now
made by the infantry and artillery volunteer
forces of the metropolis, is of opinion that tiro
time has now arrived for raising a cavalry force is.
conjunction with it." Sir J. Shelley, in seconding
the motion, said London was left defenceless, and
they were now forming a body of cavalry to defend
it. The motion was then carried. The chairman
moved the following resolution :—" That this meet-
ing pledges itself to use its best endeavours to raise
a Volunteer Cavalry force for the metropolis, and
that a committee be formed to carry it into effect."
Mr. Bowen May having seconded the motion, it
was carried. Several names were enrolled, includ-
ing the chairman, and the meeting separated.
The proposal to form a London Welsh corps hag
received great support from many of the leading
families of the Principality. Sir W. W.
Wynn, M.P., will preside at a public meeting
which is to be held on Wednesday next to take the
necessary measures for commencing operations.
The Gravesend Artillery Volunteers (Ist Kent),
to the number of 100, visited Sheerness yesterday',
for the purpose of practice at heavy gun drill. They
were accompanied by Colonel Gladdish, Captains
Rosher and Sharland, Captain and Adjutant Brooke,
Lieuts. Hilders, Troughton, and Bryant, besides
other officers of the corps. On their arrival they im-
mediately proceeded to the centre Bastion on the
fortifications, headed by their well-trained band,
whence they fired 80 rounds of shot and 20 cannon
shell at a floating target, which was anchored in
the river. The aim and precision of the fire was
somewhat extraordinary, the taarugdetshell, havingand
been repeatedly hit by both shot
completely shattered to pieces. The practice lasted
three hours, when the members reformed in march-
ing order and proceeded to the pier, whence a
steamer conveyed them to Gravesend—the mem-
bers carrying With them the staves of the target,
as trophies of their achievement and skill. This
was the last day on which the Artillery Volunteers,
both Gravesend and Sheerness,
gun
lhravl atthis
e an op-
portunity of practising heavy drill
at ielby, on Monday
plaAcepofohrlicth present sea
son.
A meeting
gw was held
d
last, for the purpose of forming a Volunteer Rifle
Corps. Mr. J. Andus, one of the West Yorkshire
magistrates, was called to the chair, and among
Aarit.;,,i.,u the
th.o.wse.wßhaonitsodoeknp,
proceedings were Sir
J.
Major Ward, Col. Briggs,
and the leading gentry of the town and neighbour-
hood. Resolutions to carry out the object of the
meeting were passed unanimously, upwards of
£2OO was subscribed, and several Volunteers were
enrolled.
On Wednesday evening a meeting took place in
the Sale-room of the Devonport Dockyard, for the
purpose of maturing the plan for establishing an
Artillery Corps in connexion with the Arsenal,
Mr. J. S. Peake, master shipwright, in the chair,
when the following officers were elected and ap-
pointed :—First Company, Capt. J. Peake, Lieuts.
Simpson and Flexman ; Second Company,
Brady, Lieuts. Morgan and Crealock ; 'Third Cih,om-
pany, Capt .
Capt. Beer, Lieuts. Morris and Olive?. ; CJ ep-
lain, the Rev. Joseph Briggs ; Surgeou, 111. r.
doh.s
n
Reed. The number of men who have jo.ine
8.5 14s. •; corpo-
is
; trumpeters,
about
c a p tlasi
nO
s.
£24 12s.
clo2sst. of;
lieutenants,th e prosp xsell24u n2isf.o;r ms e
geant-major, £l4 12s. ; sergeants,
rals, £4 125.; bombardiers, £4
£5 6s. ; privates, £4 12s. 6d.

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