The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-26 00:00:00

THE RIFLE CORPS MOVEMENT.

YOUKSHlRE.—Communications have just been
received from the Secretary for War, through the
medium of Earl Fitz william, Lord-Lieutenant of the
West Riding, containing the information that her
Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to
approve and accept the services of the two compa-
nies of rifle volunteers already formed in Bradford,
under the Act 44 George 111., cap. 54. The compa-
nies are to rank in precedence as the sth and 6th
Companies of the West Riding of Yorkshire Rifle
Volunteers, and her Majesty has been graciously
pleased to approve the following appointments of
officers :--sth Company : Samuel Cunliffe Lister,
Esq.:to be captain; Wm. Henry Salt, Esq., lieu-
tenant ; and Samuel Milne Smith, Esq., ensign.
Joseph Farrar, Esq., to be supernumerary lieute-
nant on the strength of the company. 6th Com-
pany : William Henry Brayshav, Esq., to be
coptain ; Abraham Briggs Foster, Esq., (of Queens-
head), lieutenant; and Henry Sagar Hirst, Esq.,
ensign ; John Little McMichan, Esq., to be hono-
rary surgeon of both companie;.
SOUTII lIERTs.—The names of 61 gentlemen have
already been sent in for enrolment as members of
this cops. Donations to the amount of nearly £5OO,
and annual subscriptions to the amount of £l5,
have also been received.
BERKSHIRE.— A few days ago the Lord-Lieuto-
nant, the Earl of Abingdon, forwarded a letter to
a committee of gentlemen in Reading interested in
the formation of a volunteer rifle corps, and inti-
mated that Reading was the only town in the
county in which the attempt had been successful.
As there are numerous offers from mechanics and
artisans, it is new proposed to form two other com-
panies, but a large sum will be required to enable
the committee to supply them with uniform, arms,
accoutrements, &e., free of charge. The first ex-
pense will reach a sum of £l,OOO, and to keep the
corps in n. state of efficiency will require at least
£5OO per annum. Mr. John Simonds, a gentleman
living in the town, has promised a subscription of
100 guineas, and subscriptions are expected to come
in liberally from the gentry of all parts of the
county, in consequence of the failure to form corps
in other districts.
SCOTLAND.—A general meeting of the Port-
Glasgow Volunteer Rifle Corps was held in the
parochial board rooms on the evening of Wednesday
last, for the purpose of electing non-commissioned
officers, &c., when the following appointments were
made :—Hon. surgeon, J. Ellis Freeland, Esq.,
M.D. ; colour-sergeant, Mr. Alex. Wyness ; secre-
tary, with the rank of sergeant, Mr. Daniel.R. Mac-
lelland ; sergeants, Messrs. James Dunbar, M.
Brown Orr, Andrew Harvey, and Peter Melville ;
corporals, Messrs. Robert S. 'Wilson, Daniel C.
Smith, Peter Buchan, Robert Freeland, un. ; lance-
corporals, Messrs. John Kirkwood, Peter Thomson,
jun., William Johnstone' and Andrew Arthur. The
votes were taken by ballot. The commissioned offi-
cers were elected at a former meeting, of which due
notice was taken. A committee hasbeen appointed
to arrange measures for organising a brass band in
connection with the company. During the last
few weeks a number of new names have been added
to the roll. Hitherto the corps has met for drill
in the evening in the open air, but as the days are
now too short for that purpose, arrangements have
been made by which the members will be accom-
modated in an empty warehouse in Scanlon-street,
which has been fitted up with gas for that purpose.
A number of the members have been supplied with
their uniforms, and at drill the corps presents a
very smart, soldier-like appearance. Steps are
being taken to have the corps officially embodied.
—North British Mail.

FLOGGING IN THE NAVY.—The following is an
extract of a letter from her Majesty's ship Lapwing, dated
40 miles from Malta, 22d August :—" My dear Friend,—
This is a very sad thing I am going to tell you, and like.
wise others. One of our boys has cut his throat. The
boy's namo was John Knight. There was to bo 20 dozen
served out on board the Lapwing, all among boys, and he
was to have four dozenover the back, with a cane, whipped
with wax ends; ho had been flogged last month. They
kept the body till they got to Malta, and as soon as the
anchor dropped they sent a boat to the hospital for a coffin,
and buried him without any court of inquiry. The poor
boy's back was black and blue from his former lashes.
There is another boy that was to have been flogged a second
time, but the doctor said he could not stand it."