The Sun.
London, England, 1803-10-20 00:00:00

TOWNTEER CORPS.

YESTERDAY being the day appointed for a gene.
• rarFase it was observed, with great -sole.nritY.
=SI all the Volunteer Corps in' and near the Me.
tropolis' multered at their respeflive Parades,, and
marched' from thence. to the , different' -Chureltes,
where. Divine Service was performed with the.ut.
most solemnity, •and Sermons preached appropriate
to the occisiorf.
The Royal Westminster Volunteers and the St.
James's Corps were unable to. attend divine service
as Corps, their respeCtive Churches, St. Ann's,
Soho,, and St. James's, being undei'repair,. and the
neighbottring'Churthes being already .occupied by
other Corps.
The PRINCE 6f WALES'S Loyal Volunteers mus-
• tered about ten o'clock in the morning, on their
• Parade in the. Lipper Mews, from. whence they
marched to St. Martin's Church, where an excellent
Sermon was delivered by Dr. HAMILTON. After
the.concluaion of the service, ahnui one o'clock,
. they returned to their Patatle. Dr. HAMILTON
Followed;. 40611 afterwards, and presented- the Corps
with two new elegant stands of Col Ours, taccoMpa.
riled by an appropriate Address.... Col. ANDREWS re-
ceived them, and replied with a neat and pointed
'speech. The Corps then went through a few ma_
. 'oeuvres and were' diimisled. This speCtacle
frzaed a great erowd,,amongst.whoin were several
persons of distinelion, and the Parade was' graced
by a numerous display of beauty and 'fashion. -
The Sr'. •letnent: Danes Volunteers, . under .the
command of Major BLAKE, attended Divine. Ser-
a-Tice at their Parkhtlitirch, where a most excellent
Selman Was delivered by the Rev. Mr. LAWRENCE.
The Somerset House Corps assembled at Somer.
iet House, and proceeded to the NeavY,thurch in
the Strand ; after the Sermon they marched to their
Parade, where they took. the' Oath: of Allegiance,
The First Reginsent Of. Loyal London Volum_
teen, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel
trae'li', met at Moorfields about ninc.o'clock, and
Laving been draWn up in regular order., marched, a
little after ten O'clock, •to St. Michael's Church,
Cornhill, where an•excellent Sermon was preached
by the Rev. Mr WRENCH.
ad Regiment' mustered at .Guildhall, 'and
marched in regttliir order to St. Stephen's, Walbtook,
where they heard divine service. The Sermon was
preached by the Rev. Mr. TO,WNLEY.
The Third Regiment mustered at their Head_
f"ttarters at the Bridcwell yard, Bridge.street, Black_
riars. At ten o'clock they marched to St. Paul's, ac.
cornpanied by their Band, in a most superb uniform,
for the first time, under the direr ion of Mr. HYDE,
Playing the Dtlice of York's March t the streets
were sO extremely thronged that it was with the
Pioneers
difficulty and most violent exertions of the
Pioneers they could reach the Cathedral, and when
admittance was gained, the Choir was found not to
be sufficiently large to contain them all, numbers
-went into the Organ Loft, the others were Obliged
to remain in the aisles during the whole time of
divine serVice. About eleven o'clock'. the LORD
MAYOR arrived in his State Coachj accompanied by
Aildermen SkttiNert and Boyn 514, the Sheriffs and
'city Officers. The crowd wi(s so great • in, the
Church that it was extremely' difficult to make.; a
passage into the Choir. The Sermon was preached
ny his Lordship's Chaplain, the Rtv. Mr: HUT.
CHINSON.
After the Sermon the Regiment was assembled
by Companies under the Dome, and the Oath of
AllegianCe was administered by Colonel Ki'NS/NO..
tor' to the Officers, and afterwards Major WHITE-
IiE AD administered it to the Privates, six at a time;
the Regiment then returned to their Head-quarters,
and. were dismsseil.• •
Prior. to their dismissal, they were informed by
their Colonel, that on Friday next they -would be
reviewed by Lord Haitattaorista, in Hyde Park,
with two other Regiments, rind on Wednesday next
they would have the houour of being reviewed by
firs Maus'',
All the streets leading to St. Paul's were crowd-
. oat the, early hour of eight, and remained so the
whole of.the morning, in consequence of a number
of idle and extravagant reports, that were given
implicit credit to, viz, that the whole of the ten
Regiments of the London Volunteers were to be in
• St, Paul's on that morning ; another, that they
:ivere to be drawn up •in lines from St. Paul's to
Fleet.streer, and that the LORD MAYOR Was to ad.
Minister. the Oath to them in the public streets, and
various other reports equally extravagant arid in.
canals tent.
• The 4.th Regiment met at Furnival's Inn at nine
o'clock, and being drawn up in regular order, march.
ttl to Si, Sepulchre's Church, where a most impres-
sive Sermon was delivered to them by the Rev. Mt.
MOO% E.
the
5c
" Itcsitrient met at Christ'i Hospital at'
ten t'cl"ks and proceeded to Christ Church, New.
gate.street, where they heard a Sermon preachd by
the. Rev. Mr:
The 6th Regiment mustered at Moorfields at ten
o'clock, and Proceeded to Bishopsgate Church,
Where they heard Divine Service, and a Sermon by
'theßcv. Dr. Corry a ARE.
The 7th RegiMent mustered at ten o'clock, at
their parade ground, and proceeded to Aldgate
Church. The Sermon preached to them 'on the caeca.
skin was delivered by the Rev. Mr. HART. As
nary Gentlemen belonging to this Corps are Jews,
when the Oath of. Allegiance was administered to
the Corps, ahey retired to the Vestry to receive it,
according to the forms of their religion.
• The Bth and gth Regiments, we underitand, were
mustered at nine' o'clock in the morning, in Moor-
and not having a Church to go to, large
t.-riough to receive the whole of them, they filed off
in
,eompanies, and repaired to the churches in their
"Vektive Wardt.
toth Regiment mustered at ten o'clock, and
marched to Cathetine Cree Chtirch, Leadenhall-
siri.er, where' they. heard Divine Service. The
Sermon Was preached by the Rev. Mr. 13uoic.
The Artillery Company anti the London Cavalry
:were at St. Paul's, and heard a Sermon preached
there,
\ The Aldersgate Ward, or I,ondon Infantry, met
at-their Drill Groond, Charter-house Gardens, pro.
ceeded to Alde.r,igate Church, and heard a Sermon.
The Bank Volunteers assembled at the Bank it