The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-26 00:00:00

TYNEMOUTH.

A meeting of the promoters of a volunteer rifle
and artillery corps was held in the Town-hall,
Tynemouth, on Tuesday night—Mr. Hugh Taylor,
M.P., in the chair. In addition to the handsome
subscriptions that had already been made, Mr. J.
Straker increased his to 40 guineas, Mr. Alderman
Poppelwell his to 15 guineas; Mr. Peter Dale sub-
scribed £25, and other gentlemen liberal sums. It
was resolved that Mr. Taylor be requested to write
to the Lord-Lieutenant, Earl Grey, requesting his
lordship to sanction the enrolment of the corps;
Lord Lovaine to be colonel, Mr. Hugh Taylor lieu-
tenant-colonel, and the officers to be ballotted from
the ranks. Considerably above 100 young men
have joined, and the first drill would take place
last night.

AN AT3TOSPHERIC PRINTING.
TELEGRAPH.

The above, with various modifications for general
use, has been, invented and patented by a Mr.
James Macnab, and evidently seems destined to be
of great public utility. We saw a simple modifi-
cation of this telegraph, for steam or other ships
working a few days ago in Messrs. W. and J. H.
Johnson's patent office in this city ; and we now
beg to direct the serious attention of shipowners,
shipbuilders; and others to the merits and applica-
tions of this most useful and unusually simple in-
vention. Simplicity is not only a recommendation,
but the working expense is literally nothing ; and
we understand it can be depended upon in all sorts
of weather. When we mention that the agent
employed is simply atmospheric air, our remarks
will be obvious. Other fluids or liquids can also
be adopted, we believe. In this instance atmo-
spheric air is preferred, and two most simple in-
struments, which can scarecely get out of order, for
conveying instantaneous signals for the sate navi-
gation of steamships or other vessels, are intended
to he -placed, one instrument by the side of the
helmsman, and the other on the hurricane deck, by
the side of the captain or pilot. The two instru-
ments are connected below the deck, out of the way,
by a very small bore atmospheric tube. A bell of
small size is attached to the helmsman's instrument,
and on certain given signals from the captain or
pilot, or officer the helmsman is enabled to
navigate the ship in safety. In large steam-
ships an instrument is intended to be placed
also at the prow, or bow, for the lookout offi-
cer ; and in the largest steamers not more
than two officers are necessary to 'give instan-
taneous signals of danger or a " ship-a-head,"
thus reducing tlae• liability to collision and danger
from icebergs, shoals, mists, &c., and navigating the
steamships or sailing vessels in perfect safety: For
conveying instantaneous signals from captain or
pilot to the engine-room or captain's cabin it is
obviously of importance, from its principles being
never failing in the hour of danger, and may
entirely supersede the present crude system for
such purposes. In fact, it answers the purposes of
the wonderful electric telegraph, and has decided
advantages over that system—viz., the working
expense is next to nothing; it can be depended
upon in all variations of weather, and for years
without going out of order. The instruments
and fitting•up are almost of nominal expense in
comparison to the electric system. For message
purposes calculations have beenmadeexpeitu
that the
tubing and laying, which is very
won't cost much above £lO per mile—certainly
a low figure ; and as it is laid a few inches under
the surface of the earth, it is free from all danger,
and not exposed to such contingencies as the
electric wires. It can be applied, we believe,
cheaply, for the ranging of bells in houses and
hotels. and warehouses ; and for railway trains it
f
is admirably adapted, and also or relaying pur-
poses, saving the expense of a locomotive pilot ;
also for communicating signals to fire-engine
stations and mines, and various other uses. As it
requires no attention to generate signal-agents,
like the electric system, the
being always self- charging atmospheric vessel
rging instantaneously, it can
therefore obviously_ at all times be depended upon,
which is a desideratum. We beg, therefore, to
draw the attention of the scientific public and
interested par ties to its merits, as we have no
hesitation in saying, from what we have seen, that
it is likely to confer advantages wherever adopted.
—Glasgow Mercantile Advertiser.

The advantages of volunteering. were exhibited
yesterday in their most attractive form in a grand
field-day of the Victoria Rifle Corps. Though by
no means claiming the high antiquity which attaches
to the Artillery Company, this really valuable body
is one of the oldest of its kind, more than a quarter
of a century having elapsed since it was enrolled as
a rifle club. During this period, however, its exist-
ence was for a long time rather of a nominal kind,
and it was not till the close of UM that it was
allowed to assemble volunteers for regular drill,
and with that wonderful tact which the Govern-
ment generally exhibits for in eking mistakes the
number of volunteers was then ordered to be limited
to within 300, at which strength the regiment still
remains. 'this absurd limitation as to numbers will
now doubtless be immediately abolished, and the
admirable system upon which the corps has been
organised allowed to develope itself to the fullest
extent. The rules of this body are much the same
as those of the Artillery Corapaty, bath regiments
requiring at Laast 12 days' attendance for exercise
and ruusfer in the year, and bath offering unusual
fheilities as to time, &c„ to enable recruits to
go through their preparatory drill. The uniform
of the Artillery Company is scarlet, and precisely
similar to that Worn by the Household troops ; and
if the truth must be told, that of the Victoria Rifles,
though simple and handsome in the extreme, is
almost equally nn tied for riflemen, being nothing
more PT 1,3:w. its general appearance than that of
the Rifle Brigade, and than this a mow-unsuitable
dress could not be named, For elarmishing or am-
bush parties—and rifteuien are intended for little
more—a 1.3141 uniform is about the worst that can
pevesibly be devised. The plain fact of all riflemen
being trained from the first hour to aim at the black
centre of a target should teach them the disadvan-
tages appertaining to a colour which their awn ex-
perience shows them is one of the easiest to hit when
brought into close contact with other tints. With
this corps, as we hope will be the ease with the regi-
ments now in prooesa of formation throughout the
Country, ride practice is carried to perfection mere
drill, though constantly practised and Ririotly eri;
forced, is very properly regardod as subOrdiP.ate to
the importance of marina each man a dead shot,
and familiar with the variations of his weapon in
any weather and at any distancz; The practice
groun d of the regiment at Kilburn givesthe members
a range of no less than 400 yards, and such practice
has been made at this rather long distance that the
Victoria Rifles claim to possess some of the best
marksmen in the country. Though these riflemen
muster on the roll to nearly 300 effective members,
yet from various circumstances very many were
prevented attending the field day. yesterday. The
companies mustered at the London-bridge station,
under the command of Capt. Jordan, First Lieuts.
H. Busk and Greenhill, Second Lieuts. Collins and
Dickenson, and thence proceeded by rail to Bal-
comb, a little below Reigate, one of the most pic-
turesque of the many charming spots upon the
Brighton line. From Balcomb the regiment
marched through the most lovely scenery to the
seat of Mr. Robert Loder, at High Beeches, about
three miles distant. It is scarcely necessary to state
how the rural population attended in the line of
march, and the spectacle, apart from its other
merits, was a decided novelty, for, strange as it
may seem, it was exactly yesterday 24 years
since any volunteer corps had paraded in
the " open' for service drill. The enthusiasm, there-
fore, on behalf of the corps was warm in the ex-
treme, and rose to such a pitch in the parish of
Slaugham that on the hill which marked its boun-
daries the regiment was received by a deputation
of its inhabitants and presented with an address,
complimenting them on their patriotism, and wel-
coming the corps to one of the prettiest parishes in
Sussex. After this ceremony had been gone through,
and duly acknowledged by Captain Jordan, the
files of the regiment continued their march to High
Beeches, at the entrance to the grounds of which
was a small but handsome triumphal arch, and un-
der this Mr. Loder and a numerous circle of the
nobility and gentry of the county received the corps.
Once arrived upon the lovely lawn, which overlooks
one of themost exquisite bits of scenery in England,
the rigid bonds of discipline were relaxed, and the
companies allowed to abandon theMselves to the
luxury of a substantial lunch, for which the march
had admirably prepared every man of them. An
hour was then given to rest, and to afford the gen-
tlemen an opportunity of- strolling through the
grounds and enclosures of one of the most picturesque
parks of its size in the county. A little after two
o'clock the "assembly" sounded, and the regiment, j
followed by a large circle of laiies and gentlemen,'
marched through the grounds to an open space in
High Beech Forest, where a crowd of srettators
from the surrounding villages had collected to wit-
ness the evolutions. The spot seleked was as
favourable for testing the drill of a rifle corps as
could well be imagined. The ground was well
wooded, thick with gorse, and traversed in unex-
pected places with the remains of what had once
been waggon tracks. It was broken, too, here and
there, if not agreeably, yet at least very suddenly,
with marshy spots in which any but the lightest and
most dexterous of infantry would infallibly have
been entangled knee-deep. On this ground, how-
ever, the corps went through the usual field-day evo-
lutions of a rifle regiment, not only with precision, but
with a rapidity and good order which reflected the
highest credit on their training. Under ordinary
circumstances it would be unfair, perhaps, to criti-
cise the movements of volunteers ; but the Victoria
Rifle Corps can well afford to stand this test, and if
there is a fault which they require to rectify it is
not so much the rapidity with which they manoe-
uvre as the appearance of empressement under
which' it is done. This is a very slight fault, and
one which a couple of days' barrack drill would re-
move, and which, when got rid of, will place the
corps on a par with any rifle regiment in the ser-
vice. The quickness with which they broke up and
reformed was admirable, And their volley-firing
was correct to a second. At the conclusion of the
movements, which oceupied upwards of an hour,
and which, from the very broken and deep nature
of the ground, were harassing in the extreme, the
companies Marched back to High Beeches. Here,
upon the sloping lawn beneath the mansion, an
_im-
mense marquee, long enough for a rifle gallery, and
decorated throughout with garlands and evergreens,
had been erected. Along the whole extent of this
a double row of amply furnished tables had been
laid, which accommodated not only the corps of
Rifles, but an almost equal number of visitors,
whim the hospitable owner of High Beeches had
invited to do honour to the occasion. At the con-
clusion of the repast the toasts of " The Queen,"
" The Victoria Rifle Corps," " Captain Jordan,"
" Captain Norton," and, though last not least, the
host, " Mr. Robert Loder," were duly given and
most enthusiastically responded to. The company
then adjourned to another part of the park, where
a rifle target had been erected, and where at a range
of 300 yards over undulating and most deceptive
ground the skill of the marksmen of the corps was
rigorously tested. The practice made at this dis-
tance was most admirable, especially when it is
considered that the' bull's eye was not three feet
diameter, that all the gentlemen were fatigued,
and their rifles excessively foul with the
blank cartridge firing of the day. Yet, not-
withstanding all these drawbacks, the shots were
in all cases good, and in some
excellent. Dur-
ing this practice the old objec:ion which has
been so often urged against the Enfield rifle
as to the difficulty of loading it when foal was dis-
played in all its force. After the first or second
shots more than one third of the gentlemen firing
were obliged to retire from the competition in con-
sequence of being utterly unable to force their
bullets down the barrels. The balls used on this
occasion, however, were the old gauge—viz., 0.567.
The new bullets are being made by Government to
the gauge of 0.550. This reduction, nevertheless,
seems in practice to be still insufficient. Captain
Nuthall has improved upon it by leaving the cone
and bore of the ball at 0.550 gauge, by hollowing
out the intermediate portion so as to allow the
bullet to pass down with the mere weight of the
ramrod, yet expand on firing sufficiently to fill the
grooves without leading the barrel. When the
regulation ammunition was useless yesterday his
bullets were used with ease in loading and
wonderful precision in firing. At the close with
of the
rifle practice Captain Norton fired at a target to
show the action of his shell-bullets filled whitilichwhat
is termed liquid fire. The experiment, which was
made with a very good breech-lookt byng
Leech, wasor , from some unexplained causeanother,
not quite successful. At seven o 'cloc'.c the corps
reformed, and with three most ent.kusiastic cheers
for Mr. Loder marched througk the grounds and
returned to the Balcomb station. Everything passed
off in the most pleasant and gratifying manner, and,
setting all other considerations aside, we can only
say that if the Victoria Rifles have field days such
as yesterday it must decidedly be the most eligible
corps into which a gentleman can volunteer, and it
is not likely now to be overlooked.

The Liberals make S
up a lar 'c v-4
t 27-1, ti
They haveraccoraing to the es g 4173.112;" VIZ
political arithmeticians, a clear 641,
to 50 votes. All this reads reinu„K* ;—:.; -._
we cannot, therefore. be surprised ai-tlpeonantiS.
cipations whic:t
return to. office. But "counting noses," as rat,
phrase runs for that 'which has been the great occu-
pation of the Whig underlings for the last few days,
is a process which, infallible enough in estimating
a herd of swine, is very far from reliable in taking
stock of political resources. There are perhaps 347
gentlemen in the new Parliament who style them-
selves
"Liberals ;" but it is a very greatmistake to
suppose that they are to be disposed of as any three
however, is
Or four of the Liberal leaders may think fit. This,
just what the good people have been
calculating who clamour so vehemently for an im-
mediate onslaught on the Government, and who
hope, by means of a vote of censure, no confidence,
or abstract resolution signifying nothing, from the
mint of Lord Sohn Russell, to come again into the
enjoyment of the fieshpots of Downing-street. It
is really an act of charity to at once undeceive these
eager expectants, as well as-one of prudence. If
they go on indulging their delusions, and find sud-
denly all their hopes blasted, they may, in their
desperation, do mischief not only to themselves, but
also to others.
In the first place, thirty of these 347 Liberals

are in direct opposition to the party upon the only
one question upon which it is at all united. The
majority, therefore, becomes at once a minority,
whichican annoy but not injure. But if by any
strange chance these recusants should return to the
communion, and take their places as ordinary mem-
bers of the party, the union does not become com-
plete. Undoubtedly, if another Reform Bill be
brought in by the present Government next year,
it may be possible to mite the party in opposition ;
but, dealing with circumstances as they are, anti
looking at the qUestions which during the next two
month will come before Parliaindit, all chance of a
union of the Liberal party in an attack upon the
Government is impossible ; and the fact that it is
impossible is honourable to those members of the
party who make it so. Any attack upon the
Government at the present time could only be
factious. Both in their home and foreign policy
they have expressed the general sentiment of the
country, and any vote of censure would only be
dictated by personal ambition. Besides the thirty
who, by their votes on Lord John Russell's resolu-
tion, ih fact expressed their confidence in the Go-
vernment, there are more than fifty members of the
Liberal party who would decline to support any
mere factious motion—not so much, perhaps, with
the majority of them, from any sympathy with the
party in power, as from the belief that they are at
all events better than any one who would succeed
them. The Manchester party is, for instance,
strongly opposed to the Ministers upon Reform,
but it is still more strongly opposed to Lord
Palmerston upon, both reform and foreign policy ;
and whilst it is disposed to act with Lord John
Russell on reform, it altogether distrusts him as
a Foreign Minister. Mr. Cobden once publicly
regretted the part he took in the overthrow of
the former Administration of Lord Derby ; and, as
the question of our foreign policy has become that
of the day, we may feel confident that the members
of his school will join in no vote of censure merely
springing from Lord John Russell's ill-regulated
ambition. The same may be said of Mr. Roebuck
(who, indeed, distinctly avowed his confidence in
the Government), and many other unaffiliated
members of the Liberal " majority." Mr. Massey's
speech at Salford the other day would warrant us
in ranking him amongst those members of Parlia-
ment who think more of the necessity of maintaining
the honour and interests of their country than of
mere party successes; and there are more who might
be classed in the same category. There are, besides,
many independent Irish Liberal members who have
distinctly professed their intention to support the
Government, and upon whose assistance, in the
event of any such factious attack as has been threa-
tened, Ministers might confidently rely.
The opposition "majority," therefore, disappears
as soon as it is examined ; the plain truth being
that in the new House there are 347 gentlemen
who cannot give the Government a general support.
Thirty of them identified themselves with the
Government on the Russell question ; 60 or 70 are
perhaps at issue with it on " Reform," but are dis-
posed to act fairly towards it, and would refuse to
join in any party movement for its defeat. About
250 remain, divided in their allegiance between
'Lord John Russell and Lord Palmerston. Assuming
their harmonious action, the Government would
meet them with a compact and united band of
300 supporters. Lord John has therefore, at. present,
little chance of " looting" the Treasury.-211orning
Chronicle.

P.R ESENTATIONS AT COURT.

(From Punch.)

The persons named in the following list write to
211 r. Punch clamouring about the non-insertion of
their names by the Court Newsman in his report of
the last Levee.' Mr. Punvh really cannot be always
supplying the omissions of.the court Circul2r, but
as it appears to him that most of the persons about
to be mentioned have as much claim to get their
names paraded before the public as a good many of
those who have been immortalized, he will for once
make a sacrifice of invaluable space :
Mr. Jones, on having had his corns cut, by Pro-
fessor Bunv an .

Mr. Robinson, on being divorced, by Sir C. Cress-
well.

Mr. Brown, on moving from Goodge-street,
Tottenham-court-road, to Essex•street, Strand, by
Mr. Smith.

Mr. Wobbleton. on his little boy being breeched,
by Mr. Taylor.
Mr. Phaggs, on getting a rise of £5 in his salary
at the Bank, by Mr. Abraham Newland.
Mrs. Lilliwigg, on having been churched, by the
Hon. Mrs. Trotter.

Miss Amelia Lilliwigg, on having been jilted by
Cornet Blackboy, by her mother.
Mr. De Hopkins, on going through the Insolvent
Court, by Captain Whitewash.
Mr. Pipplcs, on the death of his mother-in-lave,
by Major Bruin.
Mr. Gam Boodgo, on having his picture rejected
at the Academy, by Mr. Indigo Jones.
Mr. Scattercash, on his being plucked, by the
Rev. Dr. Gammer.
Miss Louis Wiggle, on having her ears pierced,
by her mother.
Mrs. Naggs, on obtaining a separate maintenance,
by her mother, Mrs. Jorr.
Mr. Clyfaker, on his receiving his ticket of leave,
by Mr. Duffer.
Mr. Snipp, on conforming to the Hebrew faith,
'by the Rev, Rabbi Adler.
Mr. Fle,underby, on being picked out of the Ser-
pentine, by Lieutenant Prodd, R.H.S.
Miss Rose Walker, on being engaged, by her
aunt, Mrs-Junction.
Mrs. B. Whicht, on her husband's going to South
Australia, by Mrs. Bolter.
Mrs. Stuckupper, on setting up a brougham, by
the Hon. Mrs. Slapp.
Mr. Hatehment, on the purchase of a family vault,
by the Rev. Grimm Shudderby.
Mr. Charles Splashboard, on outrunning the
constable, by Mr. Dunne.
Miss Mary Coddlington, on leaving school, by
her mother.

Mr. Mopps, on having had his hair cut, by M.
Isidore Dandriffe.

Mr. Mclndenture, on being articled to an attor-
ney, by Mr. Feoffment.
Zr. James Twitcher, on drawing his first patient's
wrong tooth, by Mr. Karious.
Mrs. Krappe,"on being left a
S. M.
Mr.i.
p Niagara
Pouter-Pigeon, Howler Crai,
elected to the Dawdle
Mr. Twaflule on being eke widow, by Mrs,
Club, by Mr. Maunders.' .
. been photographed, by
pol‘n id?
b.
ySclArrerws.incgrtimonp,l7. letting her house at Ball's-
Mrs. Glarer, on having
1 Mrs. lodine Smells.
an having had her pocket picked
in
Mr.an omnibus,squintu m ,
on being couched for cataract, by
Lady Flabby.
Mrs. Cal-eles.b.l.
hisS seat for Finsbury, by Sir
Dir.
Cox,onFillomsinUg.
on being married, by his
father, Mr. Fantail Pigeon.
Mrs. Pouter-Pigeon, on being married, by her
mother, Mrs. Carrier Dove.
Mr. Stumbler, on breaking his leg, by Mr. Splint.
Mr, Decimal's, on publishing a new edition of
the Ready Peek,oner, by Mr. V. Phractions.
Mrs. Rhododendron, on having some coloured
glass put into her conservatory at Peckham Rye,
by Mrs. Chinaster.
Mr. Pesterbody, on receiving his commission (on
two premiums paid to the Ineligible Life-office), by
Mr. Touter.
Proba Mr. Glump, on having made his will, by Mr.
te.

Mrs. Albert Buslington, on having had the
carpets taken up, the paint scrubbed, and the house
thoroughly cleansed, by Mrs. ScrimmaFe.
Mrs. S.payre Rodde, on Master Pickle Rodde
being expelled from school, by Mrs. S payle Chylde.
Mr. Peter Snout, en his nose bleeckngt by Mr.
Colde Key.

I_IOUSEHOLD WORDS.—Messrs. BRADBURY
and EvANs be to state that their connection with
LIOtSEHOLD WORDS will cease from and after the
cowmen
Inst., and that on Saturday, the 2d July they will commence
a new Weekly Illustrated Periodical, to be called
"ONCE A WEEK."
All communications for the Editor to be addressed to No.
11, Bouverie-street,

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
-Under the management of Mr. Charles Kean
THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspeare's historical
play of KING HENRY V.
KingHenryHen V., Mr. C. Kean • Chorus, Mrs. C. Kean.

I•HEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING will be performed the new and original
Comedy, entitled AECT WORLD AND THE STAGE. The
characters by Mess. mpton, Buckstone, Howe, W. Far.
rett, Bolters; Miss Amy Sedgwick, &c.
After which, a new Classical Extravagaeza, entitled
ELECTRA IN A NEW ELECTR'IC LIGHT. Messrs
Compton, Braid, Clark, Mrq• Wilkins, Misses Fanny Wright,
Eliza Weekes, and Louisa Leclercq.
And A DAUGHTER TO MARRY.
Commence at 7.

NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
Reappearance of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan.
THIS ETENING the performances will comm
C. ence with
THE TALKING FISH. Messrs. J. L. Toole, J.
Garden, Moreland ; Miss K. Kelly and Miss Laidlaw.
Followed by THE HOUSE ? or, T
AHE HOME ? Mr. A.
•,at, Miss H.
Wigan, C. Selby, Killington ; Mrs. Alfred WI, , -
Simms. Miss Laidlaw.
After which, THE DEVIL ON TWO STICKS.Arden, and
Mr. J.
L Toole, P. Bedford, Misses Woo3gar. Keeley,
late Kelly.

Acting stanager-31r. IVm. Smith.
Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box
Office open from 10 to 5 —no charge for booking. No fees to
servants permitted. A registry kept of :‘ll articles found.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Lessee and Directress, Miss SwanbOlrOugh
THIS EVENING will be produced a new Comedietta, by
J.M. Morton. Esq..
entitled WHICH OF TL E 1 TWO 1
supported by the company.
After which, THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE.
To conclude with VANDYKE BROWN. Mr. J. Clatic•