The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-13 00:00:00

" ARTILLERY TUNIC.

" Blue cloth, tweed, or serge.
" Single-breasted, with fly one inch and flu ee-
quarters broad on the inside, collar and cuffs of the
same material, the collar one inch and three-quarters
high, rounded off in front and corner of skirts also.
" The sleeves to have an Austrian knot, to forum
a cuff three inches deep at the point ; the knots to
be eight itches in depth, three inches and three-
quarters in width, formed with black square cord
and traced round with scarlet tracing braid ; the
collar edged with square cord and traced inside with
scarlet braid; the tunic to be edged with scarlet
cloth, one-quarter of an inch in width ; nine buttons
in front and two behind the skirt, without opening
behind ; buttons of white metal, with raised pat-
tern of gun in centre.

" TROUSERS.

" Blue cloth, cut to fit a baud round the waist,
with side-pockets; large from hip to knee, small
over the foot ; edged down the side seam with
black square cord and scarlet tracing braid, similar
to collar and sleeve of the coat.

" GAITERS.

" :nude from black enamelled leather, 13 inches
deep, six buttons down side, with strap and buckle
on. the top.

" CAP.

" Of blue cloth, having scarlet card round top
and bottom, of oak-leaf band, and round inside of
sunk crown ; knot in centre of crown ; black leather
peak and chin strap.

" BELT.
" Plain black leather, with frog for sword ;
snake-hook fastening.

" ORIZAT COAT.
" Of blue cloth, similar in pattern to Itifle Volun-
teers."

ST. GEORGE'S.

This corps marched out on Saturday afternoon
from Burlington-house, Piccadilly,with Lieutenant-
Colonel C. H. Lindsay at their head, the bugle band
and a muster (in spite of the unpropitious weather)
of about 120 men. They proceeded through the
leading thoroughfares of the 'parish to Chelsea
Hospital, where they were inspected by General
Sir Ed ward Blakeney, the governor, who expressed
himself highly gratified with the soldierlike ap-
pearance of the men under arms, as well as with
the neatness of their uniform.

VISIT OF COL. APMURDO TO LIVERPOOL.
An official meeting of the officers of Artillery
Volunteer forces of Liverpool was held on Friday,
by special summons of the Mayor, At the Town-
hall. Col. Bourne, Major Walter, Captains Melly,
Wrigley, Bushby, llornby, Turner, Robinson,
Campbell, and Langton, of the 4th Division of Ar-
tillery ; Captains M'lver and Currie, of the Cunard
Volunteers, and Brown, Hamilton, Sharman, Clay,
and Dyke, commanding other artillery forces, were
.present. Mr. W. Brown, late M.P. for South
Lancashire, whose name has been foremost in
the movement, was in attendance. Altogether
there were 23 companies of artillery, numbering
over 1,500 efficient men, represented. The Mayor
stated to this body of fficers that, in obedience to
the request of the Secretary at War, he would in-
troduce to them Colonel M'Murdo, the officer ap-
pointed by her Majesty's Government to arrange
the details for the volunteer artillery service, whose
immediate object was to arrange for the uniting
the several existing companies into divisions, with
a view to secure unity of action and the avoiding of
unnecessary correspondence. Colonels Marriott
and Fortescue, of the Royal Artillery, were also
present as the officers of the district, whose duties
are to inspect the forces and aid in their general
efficient organisation.
Colonel M'MURDO explained to the officers pre-
sent the objects and purposes of the Government in
referenle to the volunteer artillery arm of the ser-
vice, and made it clear to the officer's commending
that, though it was necessary they should combine
in divisions of 500, yet that their so doing was not
intended in any way to interfere with the separate
independence of each distinct company or force, and
that the brigading would not in the slightest de-
gree effect their original and separate existence as
individual corps. The chief subjuct of discussion.
was the matter of small arms.
Major WALTER addressed Colonel M'Murdo at
sonic length on this question, urging upon the
Government the vital necessity of all volunteer ar-
tillery being at once supplied with the rifled car-
bine and sword bayonet ; that the gentlemen who
had beon engaged in forming these forces had
entered men on the distinct understanding that
they were to be armed in evviv way as the
Royal Artillery, and that if the Government had
any intention of ruling it otherwise he feared
that the whole of these forces would disband.
Major Walter observed that he bad raised 640
men, that they had banded themselves together
on a clearly expressed arrangement, which
was that they were to be artillerymen,
and that an artilleryman was armed with a
carbine and bayonet. Now, to imagine that the
forces collected together in Liverpool and other
places would consent to march through the streets
of a large city with an antiquated Roman sword,
more like the instruments carried by, the veterans
of Drury-lane theatre in the marcharai.er .
,of was "Blsuiemßpelyarad n"
than any weapon of modern warfare,
absurdity.
All the other officers present fully concurred in
these opinions, and it was earnestly impressed upon
Colonel M'Murdo that nothing short of a thorough
rifled carbine, to be issued to the Volunteer Artil-
lery, would keep the forces together, and maintain
regularity and numerous attendance at:the drill.
COI. BOURNE and Capt.MELLY each enforced the
arguments advanced by Major Walter.
Resolutions
al
seve r
companiesw e passedre
to brigade
according to the
expressing the readiness
of th
expressed desire of the War-o-,. ee,
and enforcing
the vital necessity of an immediate issue of carbines
to the artillery forces. It was explained to Col.
M'Murdo that the 4th Division of Lancashire Artil-
lery, being in itself a division of eight companies,
under Col. Bourne's command, formed a brigade of
itself.
The Mayor afterwards entertained the assembled
officers at a sumptuous luncheon.
On the motion of Col. BOURNE, a cordial vote of
thanks was passed to the Mayor for the earnestness
and promptitude he has shown on this and every
public occasion bearing on the volunteer movement
in the district.
As an instance of the earnestness, so far, of the
Lancashire Artillery Volunteers, it was named to
Col. 111‘Murdo that the eight companies of the 4th
division had for several months past been regularly
drilling three times a-week, and that but few mem-
bers of the respective companies failed in their fre-
quent attendance.