The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-01 00:00:00

LORD ELM) ON THE VOLUNTEER

110VEMENT.

At the distribution of a series of prizes in con-
flexion with a great volunteer gathering at Mon-
trose a day or two since, Lord Elcho spoke as fol-
lows on the progress f the volunteer movement.
He said—" I can assure you, and I say it most un-
feignedly, that it was with no small degree of sur-
prise that I found myself asked to present Scotland's
Cup at this great gathering. I have no local con-
nexion with Montrose ; it is the first time I have
had the pleasure of being in this pleasant part of
the country ; and I can assure you that I consider
it the highest compliment that could be paid to me
to be asked on this occasion to present Scotland's
Cup ; but I accepted it most heartily and willingly,
and undertook the task that had been proposed to
me. (:'hears.) Now, ladies and gentlemen, on an
occasion, such as this, taking as I do a very deep
interest in the volunteer movement, and springing
as this gathering does from this movement, to
which, I hope, as Lord Panmure has said in his
letter just read, that it will give a very great im-
petus, I would for one moment detain you while I
make a few remarks on this volunteer movement.
I think this is an occasion to say a few words,
though the subject has been ably touched upon,
because these rifle gatherings mark epochs in the
volunteer movement ; they show how far it is
advanced, and I hope they are prophetic of how far
they will yet go. Some people, I know, are sur-
prised at the success which has attended this
volunteer movement. For my part, 1 am not sur-
prised at it, because it appealed to two of the
strongest feelings of one's nature ; it appealed to
one's sense of ,public duty, and it appealed to our
love of country. (Cheers.) I think we may say,
without unduly flattering ourselves, that there is
no country in which a sense of duty is more
strongly felt, and where the love of country
burns more brightly than it does hero, but
there is another reason why we have joined so
heartily in this volunteer movement, and that is
from a love of peace. (Hear, hear.) It is es-
sentially because we are the peaceful citizens of
a peace-loving country that we have assumed
this garb of war, and it is in the interest of peace
and for the sake of our hearths and homes that we
have handled and are endeavouring to learn the use
of the deadly weapon which the skill of the manu-
facturer has placed in your hands. (tear, hear.)
Let us look for a moment to the position in which
we now stand compared to the position in which
England stood some time ago. We have now got
an army of 150,000 men who have in a few months
sprung up almost like the fabled army that sprang
from the dragon's teeth sown in the ground. It is
an army, allow me to say, of which any sovereign
might be proud, who saw the sights which our be-
loved Sovereign saw in Hyde-park, London, and in
the Queen's-park, Edinburgh. (Loud cheers.) I had
the good fortune to see both these reviews. I do
not pretend to draw any comparison between them
—no comparison is needed ; but I can tell you what
I told some gentlemen last night, that the general
officers who were there told me that with the men
they saw in the Queen's Park a few days ago they
would be prepared to go anywhere and do anything.
(Loud applause.) Now, ladies and gentlemen, with
such an army, there is no denying the fact that
England stands in a very different position from
what she did. The effect of the Crimean war, to a
certain extent, was to lead foreigners to believe that
we mismanaged our military matters, notwithstand-
ing the bravery shown by our soldiers before Sebas-
topol, while it needed to a certain extent the dread-
fulan
mutiny in India to restore our prestige.,,,_:.
there the inherent courage of Englishmen 59a ra'
lish women went far to do so ; but nothing has
done more to raise this country in the eye of
foreigners than this great volunteer znovte tu me.tat.
It
n ;
Europe;
has added enormously to our
rm t eer
m anda
y
material bearing on the politicss
t ofe
every man who comes forward as a volunteer
, has a
I
have the satisfaction of feellng ana say it be-
cause I believe it in my conscience, that every unit
that is added to this movement—every man who
comes forward—has an influence on the great stage
of European politic& Certain. We may be that the
ntry
influence of this cou never be exerted but
d wholesome
for a good and purpose. It is for de-
fence, and not for de lance, as it has been said, that
we have taken up Movement ; and you may be
certain that England's tins
and's voice will only be heard in
the interests of Peace, and of well-ordered and rea-
sonable lih!rty, (Cheers.) Well, gentlemen and
ladies, if this is the state in which our country has
been place, as I believe it hasbeenby
volun-
teer
movement, I think that the feeling which must
animate every ono who hears me is an earnest hope
that this movement may still go on—that it has
progressed slowly and steadily, as it has advanced
like a tide, so we will hope it will never recede like
a tide, but that it will become a permanent insti-
tution. It is not a movement meant to meet any
sudden danger. The people of this country wish
for all time to place themselves in a position that
they need never be deterred from their peaceful
occupations by-any fears of danger from without.
How, then, is this to be effected? There are two
great ways of giving permanence to the volunteer
movement. One is this (said Lord Eleho, taking
by the hand a little boy, a son of Major Tailyour,
in his uniform as an honorary corporal in the Mon-
trose Rifles)—form cadet corps. Teach yo'ur boys
at school their drill. Train up your children so,
that when they become men—when they reach the
age of seventeen or eighteen—they will look for-
ward, as part of their social duty, to taking their
place in the volunteer ranks. (Cheers.) The other
means is by appealing to the spirit of rivalry and
competition, which is the characteristic of our coun-
trymen, and which is the soul and life of all our
sports. It is by the forming of associations such as this
—it is by forming a great national association, such

as. the Nationale ciation'
proud to see the fee . medal on the breL
e-reeee. 1414 e .before you separate AdWig
give three cheers for Edward- Ross, the champion.
of Great Britain. (The' hint given -was, at a mo-
ment's - reie.—e rkt the cheering
the snit..:.,' • ' e noble lord's
speech 'b Fee, '...e''""*The Ccequering leero.") The
hearty welcome with which ycu have; received the
name of Mr. Ross, the champion of Elreat Britain,
shows how fully you appreciate the objects of the
National Rifle Association. We have wished -to
bring the country back to the state 'in which it wee
in the time of the Plantagenets. We wish to melie
it the familiar weapon of the Britis!a people; and w
believe that meetings such as this will infallibly
tend to this result. I hope you Will give your sap
port to the National Rifle Associn tion, because, im-
portant as the local association, and important as
are the associations which represe et, such a country
such as Scotland, still an essochtt ion which brings
into competition the riflemen of the two .countries
must have more weight and a; more lasting and
greater effect than any mere local association.
Let me now congratulate you on having come
forward and followed the example of the
National Rifle Association, and shown Scot-
landtbaobsit heartily,
of
the example of establis ing these great
meetings, I eon
gratulate lieu, as I do
n
rtt thisi.ly di
,onistti
its success. think.lnatiyindebted
to
thatthe
people of Scotland—the stranger:, as well as the in-
ta
Major Tailyour, Mr. Taylor, and other gentlemen
who have been so active in bringie ig about this grca
national gathering. (Cheers.) 'They apologise for
deficiencies. I confess I have s eon none. . I have
seen everything to promise success next year, be-
cause I believe this is merely tle s first, and that you
will have an annual gathering here. Before pre-
senting the prizes, allow me to :my two words more.
Besides what I have said, you must, in order to keep
up this movement, study the strictest economy in
-the arrangements of your corps. Depend Ripon it
that, unless these corps are mt.de self-eupporting,
they do not stand on a sound and stable basis; and,
although educating our youth, although rifle meet-
ings and competitions will do much—l believe more
than anything else—to extend. the cause, still you
must remember that it rests with yourselves—that
it rests With the vOlenteers 'W.' Great Britain—to
make it permanent.--I am confiacnt that the feeling ,
which led you to join the movement, that same love
of country will make you remain and learn to do
your duty steadily in the ranks, and that you will
adhere to what you have nobly begun with a dogged
determination to do your duty. (Loud applause.)

TEE FRENCH PRESS ON :THE QUEEN'S

SPEECH.

The address delivered in Quetm Victoria's name
at the close of the long session. of the English.
Parliament does not seem to have given much satis-
faction to the Paris journals, several of which speak
of it in rather harsh terms. The part which ap-
pears to have given most offence is that relating to
Savoy and the independence o f Switzerland, so
intimately connected with the annexation of that
province. The Siecle expresses itself in these
terms :—" With regard to Svroy the English
Ministry has not been very cow teous. To recal,
with so much solemnity, the treaties of 1815, and
to present the situation as analog ous to the one
that year, seems to us a piece ,)f irony. Thank
heaven we are no longer at the period of our re-
verses. The enthusiasm which the annexation has
excited in Savoy and in the county of Nice is a
somewhat peremptory reply to the statesmen of
Great Britain. France, being substituted for Sar-
dinia, has net the intention to change anything
whatever in the position created fqr Switzerland by
the treaties which are now invoked. It is time to
put an end to these recriminations, to which the
language placed in the mouth of Queen Vir,toria
will give a fresh aliment.
The Union uses the following language -" Lord
Palmerston had previously given us very strong
proofs of his bad feeling towards us, but 'we never
remember his making use of such haueity expres-
sions as those which he has now caused. the Queen
to employ. Another remark which our readers
will assuredly have made is, that the English
speech is silent—absolutely mute—on the victory
which has placed the peninsula of Chee-Fo3 in the
possession of the French troops. This is not very
obliging on the part of our ally."
The Patrie, without dwelling particularly on the
language of the speech, attacks Lord Palmerston
for his disapprobation of the Suez Canal project,
and makes use of the following observations :
" Lord Palmerston, without even seeking to re-
novate his opposition by new arguments, declared,
as is usual with him, that the undertaking was im-
practicable. If the Suez Canal is materially im-
possible, those who fear to see their interests
affected by its execution would not have to trouble
themselves about it.' This reply, which was givem
in 1855 by the French Minister for Foreign Affairs:
to a despatch of Lord Clarendon, has lost no",hing
of its justness and suitableness. If the SUC7, Canal
is only a chimera, a dream, and an Utopiav scheme,
why represent it as being of a nature tr.) separate
Egypt from Turkey, and to attack the integrity of
the Ottoman Empire ? Why follow up such a
warm hatred against a project which is pronounced
beforehand as being impossible to be realised, and
periodically occupy the attention of the English
Parliament with it ? It is because it is a part of
the policy of Lord Palmerston to mislead public
opinion, and to propagate a belief in which he does
not take part. His lordship does not lose the op-
portunity of adding th at the undertaking of the Suez
Canal is only a bubble, and that it cannot fail
to be fatal to all the capital engaged in it. But
since the English have kept themselves aloof from.
this affair, whence proceeds this tender solicitude
for the financial interests of foreigners P"
It may here be observed to our contemporary that
Lord Palmerston does not go out of his way to speak
harshly of the Suez Canal affair, but merely replies
in his place in Parliament to the questions which
are put to him by various members. When so
referred to he is bound to answer, and when so
answering cannot well refrain from repeating the
opinion which he has already given on the whole
scheme. All that Lord Palmerston does is to as•
sign his reasons for not supporting M. de Lesseps'
views. The Patrie, however, attributes to his lord-
ship the following reasons for the language which
he has used : " Once that the Suez Canal was under
the protection of international law, Egypt, bang
become for all nations the centres of the Inter ITi
portent interests, would escape falling, whet
present or hereafter, under the domination
attempt
Enempgt-
land. This last-named power could
not
on
„rut braltar, or
Palmer..against her anything resembling the
dethroning of
Indian princes, the coup-de-main
the usurpation of Perim. That is
Canal, throwing
is
why L
stou opposes the cutting of Of Suez
doubt on the most unquestionable testimonies of
science, and not hesitating to include in the same
disdain this great undertaking, its founders, .and
even its shareholder*.

from Beyrout, of August 16, from a
correspondent of the resse, who passed through
way to S
Espgyelicipatlloeitr.
jureesp.rsia
yria, relates the following ;—,, The
viceroy isP great energy in favour of the (Jhristians.
Four ulemas
of Cairo having preached in the M ehemet Ali
mosque the doctrine that the Christians ought to be exter-
minste.d, the Viceroy asked the governor, vi ho came to
give him an Account of the affair, what had. become of the
guilty parties. On being told that they were prison, his
highness replied, lam glad to hear it ; heed it; been other-
wise, you should go to prison yourself.' H e then gave
orders that the four ulemas should be strangled, and they
were executed accordingly at once."
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to his bed for many weeks, from a severe attack of rheu-
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inclement winter of the past year, in the di7ettry bay of
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sympathising public generally. Ike was inform ed that a
body—a female, with a wedding-ring on her fin ger—had
been recovered so recently as a month ago.

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