The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-30 00:00:00

VOLUNTEER CORPS.

BIRKENHEAD.
The Wirral Rifle Regiment makes rapid and
satisfactory progress. District committees
the have
been appointed, and volunteers, assured y
planation of the War-office of the 25th, are rapidly
giving in their names. In the Birkenhead division
about 50 gentlemen have entered, in Oaton and
Claughton uvwards of 150, in New Brighton a
Rockferry a company. The total
company, and
strength will be' from 600 to 800.
The Chairman the General Committee of the
regiment, Mr. Johu". Laird, is invited to meet the
Lord-Lieutenant anti. the Vice-Lieutenant of the
county this day (Nlon.lay) to settle the details and
organise the regiment Or immediate service.

CORYVVA‘LL.
The Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall, Lord Vivian,
convened a meeting of the lie tenancy of the county
at Bodmin a few days ago, at which it was resolved
that, subject to the supply of ai•xus by the Govern-
ment, it was desirable to raise .srtiller.y. and rifle
corps in the several petty sessiontll divisions of the
county, and that the deputy lieutenants would in
their respective districts give their best aid to the
efficient carrying out of the object. ,It was also
resolved that in the opinion of the meeti.ng
to be used should be provided by, and vethe arms
the pro-
perty of, the Government. The meeting .was
attended, and Lord Vivian came specially' from
London to attend it.

HALIFAX.
When this country was in danger of invasion from
Napoleon I. no fewer than three regiments of militia
were raised in Halifax ; and now, when circum-
stances appear to require that efforts should be
made to provide for any like contingency, a move-
ment for the formation of a Rifle Corps has been
set on foot. Several persons have signified their
willingness and desire to join such a corps, and in
compliance with an influential requisition to the
Mayor (Mr. T. S. Walsh), a public meeting has
been convened, to be held on Friday next, to give
the movement a definite shape.
The first name appended to the requisition is that
of Mr. Frank Crossley, one of the representatives
for the West Riding of Yorkshire, and it is fol-
lowed by that of several of the local magistrates,
manufacturers, and tradesmen.

IPSWICH.
All preliminaries having been made, a public
meeting has been convened by the Mayor to esta•
blish a corps of Rifle Volunteers.

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE.
On Friday night a meeting, which was well at-
tended, was held in the Guildhall, Newcastle-on-
Tyne, for the purpose of further considering the
expediency of forming a rifle corps in the town.
The Mayor presided. Sir John Fife, Mr. Green,
Mr. M. L. Sibling, Mr. Edward Glynn, and other
gentlemen spoke. A committee was formed for
obtaining volunteers.
The MAYOR suggested that a resolution should
be passed to the effect that the secretaries be re-
quested to communicate with the secretaries of the
various corps to be formed throughout the kingdom
for the purpose of arranginc, a bill to be brought
into Parliament for the better° regulation of rifle
corps. The idea that they should be acting under
a bill passed in the reign of George 111. was quite
absurd. It did not apply to the case. He had no
doubt a new bill would receive the support of Par-
liament, and no doubt a very efficient force would
be formed in this country, such as would defend her
from all invasion and all foreign foes. A resolution
in accordance with the Mayor'S suggestion was
agreed to, and. the meeting adjourned for a fort-
night.