The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-24 00:00:00

TEE VOL

VEMENT.

Within the last few weeks a remarkably fine
Volunteer Corps, which has escaped public notice,

has been embodied at the extensive works of Messrs.

Cubitt and Co., the eminent builders in Gray's-inn-

road, of which the Lord Mayorielect has long been
at the head. It is composed of upwards of 100
young men, well educated and intelligent, belong-
ing to the class of skilled artisans employed by the
firm, and who devote themselves to the acquire-
ment of the necessary military knowledge and apti-
tude with commendable interest and spirit. They
form the 6th company of the 20th Middlesex, and
wear a handsome distinctive uniform, costing be-

tween £4 and £5, towards which each man volun-
tarily contributes a small sum from his weekly
earnings. They have chosen for their captain Mr.
Plucknett, one of the members of the firm ; Mr. W.
R. Rogers, another member, is the lieutenant ; and
on Mr. W. M. Dunnage, son of the senior partner,
the duties of ensign devolve, They drill on three

nights in the week, under the superintendence o.
a non-commissioned officer in the Line, in a
commodious shed in connexion with the works,
cheerfully lighted with gas, which has
been expressly set apart and adapted for
the purpose by the partners. The company
is constantly receiving fresh accessions to its
ranks from among the skilled workmen in the ser-
vice of the firm ; masters and men are regularly to
be seen drilling together without distinction in the
evenings; and the immediate effect of the move-
ment has been in the generous cultivation of loyalty
and patriotism, to bring into more conspicuous re-
lief than ever, in the minds of both employers and
employed, a sense of their identity of interests and
their mutual relationship and dependence.
A good deal of activity continues to be displayed
in Suffolk, in connexion with the movement. The
Ist Suffolk battalion, consisting of the Sudbury,
Hadleigh, Bury St. Edmund's, and Eye corps, are
to be reviewed this week on Mellis green. The
Mayor of Eye (Mr. C. F. Costerton) has offered a
silver cup to be shot for by the members of the Eye
company.
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cam-
bridge has presented a silver cup to be shot for by
the Cambridge University Volunteers. The match
will take place on the 31st inst.
The Earl of Yarborough, Lord-Lieutenant of
Lincolnshire, intends to give one or more prizes to
each of the three battalions of Volunteers in that
county, to be shot for in the spring of next year.
The Countess of Yarborough will also offer a cup to
each battalion, to be shot for at the same time as
the Lord Lieutenant's prizes.
In Essex the services of the Waltham Abbey,
Loughton, and Buckhurst-hill Company have been
officially accepted, and the corps has been num-
bered the 22d in the county. The corps has at-
tained a total of 80 effectives, and £3OO has been
subscribed to meet the necessary expenses. Sir
Charles Wake has granted an admirable site for a
rifle range at Forest-side, Waltham Abbey. The
Witham Company have had their last field-day for
the season at Terling-place, the seat of Lord Ray-

leigh.
On Monday a review of the Volunteers of North
Staffordshire, and Macclesfield, and Congleton
(Cheshire) took place at Leek. About 1000 riflemen,
together with the Leak troop of Yeomanry Cavalry,
took part in the proceedings. The Volunteers were
divided into two battalions, the First (Cheshire)
under the command of Sir Charles Sbakerley,
Captain of the Con gleton Volunteer Corps; the
second (North Staffordshire), commanded by Capt.
Buchanan, Adjutant to the Battalion. Lieut.-Col.
Buller held the chief command, assisted by Major
Walters (Liverpool Volunteer Artillery Corps),
Lieut. Campbell, and Captains Micigley and Adams
(Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry). The movements
were those of brigade, this being the first time the
Staffordshire Volunteers ever took part in brigade
drill. The movements were effected with very great
precision and efficiency, especially the skirmishing
by the Cheshire battalion. At the close of the
review Lieut.-Colonel Duller said he had been
astonished, and so had Major Walters, a gentleman
very well qualified to judge, at the way in which
they had gone through their movements. The
ground was covered with spectators, and, the
weather being fine, the review passed off very
successfully.
Mr. C. S. Hannington (of the firm of S. Hanning-
ton and Sons, Brighton), with a view to assist the
Volunteer movement, a short time since proposed
to the authorities to raise an entire company of 80
men from among the assistants in his employ, to
augment the present artillery corps in Brighton,
which offer they have been pleased to accept. The
ceremony of swearing them in accordingly took
place on Friday evening last. The company " fell
in" at the establishment in North-street, and
marched to the Town-hall, escorted by the band of
the Artillery Corps, headed by a detachment of the
Ist company. On arriving at the Town-hall they
were received by the Ist, 2d, and 3d companies of
artillery, drawn up in two lines, under the command
of Lieut.-Col. Estridge. There were present Capt.
Dalbiac (Commandant), Capt. Johnson, Adjutant
Paisley, Lieutenants Sharood, Livesay, Bramwell,
Surgeon Burrows, &c. The oath was then duly
administered by Capt. Dalbiac.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON

AND ,SOUTII-IVESTERN RAILWA

Yesterday Mr. Wm. Carter, the coroner for the
eastern division of Surrey, held an inquest at the
house of Mr. 'l'. Bryon, the New Bell, York-street,
Lambeth, respecting the circumstances attending
the death of Thomas Ridley, aged 27, who lost his
life on the London and South-Western Railway,
under the following circumstances :
Mr. Inspector Bent attended to watch the case
on behalf of the diresto7s of the railway company.

Thomas Violet said that he was a ticket examiner
in the employment of the above company. Last
Sunday afternoon witness was on the platform of
the up and down lines. At 4.20, after letting pas-
sengers into the train, he saw the deceased run be-
tween two carriages, one of which was not coupled,
as it was intended that the last one should not go by
the train, and the deceased only intended to let the
train pull it up a short distance along the line,
in order to get it to one of the turn tables. He
noticed him unconple the carriage, and as he did so
he fell between the two carriages, and the axle of
the wheel of the last one caught him and twisted
him round, and the carriage passed over him. He
was picked up, taken into one of the booking offices,
and lie saw no more of him whilst alive. He thought
he was then dying. He was behind him when he
fell. When carriages were to be uncoupled it was
usual for a man to get between them to do so.
James Smale, a porter in the company's service,,
gave corroborative evidence.
The Coroner—How do you account for this oc-
currence ?

Witness—l believe his object was to hook the
carriage on to the tail of the train, to save him the
labour of pushing it up to the turn table, which
was 40 yards distant. It would require only a
start before the carriage could be pulled up.
The Coroner—Was it a necessary part of his
duty P
Witness—Certainly not, and. there were orders
issued that such should not be done, but it is a com-
mon practice to do so if they are not noticed by
their inspectors.
The Coroner—Now, was it not manifestly dan-
gerous to disobey the instructions issued by the
company ?
Witness—Decidedly it was.
Mr. Inspector Bent said that the orders were
very stringent in order to protect the lives of their
servants, and he had known men to be heavily fined
for so doing.
Mr. E. Dod, surgeern, who was called in to at-
tend the deceased, said he believed that he had
received an internal rupture of the viscera of the
abdomen. He expired in about an hour and a half
after meeting with the accident.
The learned Coroner having pointed out the
great danger of persons employed en railways if
they did not act up to the orders issued by the
companies,
The jury returned a verdict of «Accidental
death."

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