The Sun.
London, England, 1803-08-19 00:00:00

ROYAL WIESTAIINSKE6

YEtiTERDAY Se'pnight joliN Eq. wai
chosen Eieut. "Cololic;, •Tw‘xl Nii,'-jOn. Esq.
M4jir, and Messrs: Ttit,LocH and S-ra.v.TroN,'
additional Captains of the IZ'oyal WeStrpinster
VOltalteer3.—On Tuesday. las 4 Major Twi N ENO,
after the drill, addtessed the Corps with the follow.
ing Speech :
" Allow me, Gentlemen, to express my thanks
for the flattering prOof you have,given me of .your:
good opinion, and to -assure you, that it will be
My earnest wish' to.:render myself, to the utmost of
my power, worthy of the Honour you have confer.
red•upon me.' The daitse in which we .are united
is one which' ought to rouse into exerti n every
honest IlTar and every :cad Subjea : and Lam .hippy
in thus joining such a respeelable number .of those,
who have rallied round the•Staudard of their King
in defence of a Constijutiort, whik'h has stood the
test of time, and been the admiration of the a,varld.

" I am persuaded it is the wish of every Indi.
vidnal in this Regiment to use his try)st strenuous
endeavours to preserve, unimpaired, thuse Civil.
and Religious Right', and those Dfia,,stic Comfort:,
which are so deservedly dear and sacred to us, as
Britons, as Christians, as Men ! It does ndt,
deed, become us to borscconfidently of that success'
which Providence can, alone .secure to us—but we
have surely Reason to expct muds from Exertions,
stimulated by the consideration, tbat if we fall we
fall in a good cayse, and if we conjuer we shall
exist as Engliibmtv can alone lubma to exist—a
Flee and lade/wiz/eat People'!"

This ad3iess was delivered in the most animated
and itni9essiye; ,and. was received by' the
Coro with the greatest applause

Yes terd4 evening the Royal Westminster Value-
teers assembled in uniform in the Mews, they muster-
ed above 600 Rank andYtie, a ,d considering the con,.
fined space In which they had to :la, went through
their evolutiohs withlteat precision. We do not
wish to make invidious distinttions ,between Vo
teer Corps, hut we tnAy rent Ore to say 'that, the
Royal Westminster Volunteers %s ill not be inferior
in -number, discipiine, or spirit, to any VolunteeC
Corps in the kingdom. •

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Yesterday evening the PRINCE of tVALEW,s Loyal
Volunteers had a general muster in the Upper Mews,
for the purpose of &ding Officers, when Sir WAr..
TER STitatrio, Barre and CHARLES Ar. Cit
Esq. were elened Lieutenant-(.olonel and Maj )r;
MeislS. 13LAGRAII ll,' UERE, COCKS, DRUM.
morns, ,GILI3 CRT, GROVEs, .1-Im,R, and MARJO.'
RI BANKS, Captains. M.' P.. 'ANDREWS, Esq. the
Commander, addressed the Corps in an appropriate
Speech.
The, Hon: THOMAS gRSICINE WaS yesterday 'deft,
ed Colonel of the Law Association.

Mr. Purr's Corps of Cinque fort' Volunteers,
not only one of the most numerous, but bids fair,
front the ovemitting pains taken in its training, to
elabh a priority also in point of disciNine, over
most of the y bodies now raising for the de.
fence of The Island : the Colonel, Mr. PITT, and the
Lientenant• Colonels, Lords CARRINGTON and
MAHON, '4re constantly with their men in the
add,' or forming arrangements for the perfeti com_
pleiion of this offensive.COrpS.
Jolt N POOLE KPNSIN6TON, Eiti. the Bdrdcerof
Lombard-streer, and'High Sheriff'for the Coon.
ty of Surrey,' is to be Lieutenant. Colonel of a
City Regiment of Infantry now limning under the
naine of The.,Llyezt London Polunteers which con.
sins of aboui 1260 of the most respOiable trades.
men,' who are tll to be equipped at their own ex.
,pence.

The Royal Exchange Division of Loyal London
Volunteers, commanded by Lieutenant.Colonei
BIRCH, was inspearti yesterday morning by the
Lotto IVlArott, at their ground it, the City .Road.
Yesterday morning early the 2d Itegiment of
Royal' East India Volunteers marched from their
lit.ad.quariers in New.street; Bishopsgate.strect,
to the Company's field at Islington, and went
througji their several manttuvires with, their seem-
tomed precision; after which they commenced a
sham fight with their field.pieces, .charging and
firing, and forming in various points.
The Volunteer Corps under, the comniand of Lord
'Viscount CHETwv‘tstn, in the Parish of St. George,,
Hanover.square,have received permission to assume
the title of " The Duke of Gloucester's. Loy al Vo.
lunteers,''

.
The Cheltenham Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry,
commando:l by Major SNELL, have offered thz,ir
services in any part of Great Britain.
i A 'Volunteer Corps is raising at Liverpool, Under'
the auspices of Earl SEFTON.

The.Lambeth Volunteer Association is expaled
in a verY short time to amotint to a thousand inert.
Six hundred of the most respectable of the inhabi.
Mal are already embodied. The Comm‘nd is
allotted to Mr. Itoit gu.t SLADE, of Doctors' Coma,,.
mons.

At a; Merging of the Deputy' Lieuteminti and
Offteerii of the Armed Associations :in Surrey; held
at the Star and Garter, on Wednesday, Lord ON.
nove,'. the 'Lord Lieutenant, in addressing the
Meeting, said the office of Lord Lieutenant Wil4 not
a sinecure, and he professed it was on that account
far' More agreeable to him. If his trouble were
I,yty titniv‘s greater than it was,--the zeal and spirit
of the Country, anti of the County of Surrey in par-
ricutar,,,wOoid inure than compe,thate him. L had
exceeded even hi 4 most 53 ngui9e exprnation. His
Lordship further observed, His MAJR STY, was nut
to have the power, pt' drafting any ot the Volunteers
into the line; but it the enemy came, which God
knew very prob Able, it t >old hardly beatt
nhit!kq to ;pit' man w n r:r he served.

A respeilzbie anti outnertitl4 Meeting, was on
Monday
.I,tst hettl at Chipi;it g.Stitlintry,. to take
contodetation the ttaitting iind ;trilling of the
rook: Within. the Hundred of CI umbold's..Ash.
Many tenders of Volunteer service. etc offered from
the chlTerent Gerolemen ; one in' particular from
C'. Co OR Net "%ni, . of neatly 6,-)o Volunteers.:
rrhe result of the Meeting wttl, it detertnin3tion* IQ
raise both C.tvalry and Int/teary in the thiretent
riches of the 11undretl ; and a sobscriptiln for dot h.
ing the lotantry was entered into by rite NAtlity
and Gentry present, who subs rd 20601.