The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-24 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

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'ICER.

Yesterday at three o'clock an influential meet-
ing of magistrates, burgesses, and other principal
inhabitants of the city of Westminster, convened by
the Lord Lieutenant, was held at the Guildhall
there, with the view to the foimation of a volunteer
rifle corps for the city of Westminster. Mr. T. J.
Miller, M.P., as deputy-lieutenant, officiated as
chairman; end among the gentlemen present were
the Dean of Westminster (Dr. Trench), Lord Bane-
lagh, Sir J. S. Lilly, Mr. Antrobus (banker), Mr. J.
L. Elliott, Mr. C. Wood, Mr. A. Rose, and Mr.
Twilling (banker); Mr. Baron Bramwell was also
present during part of the proceedings. At a pre-
vious meeting, held in the same place, a resolution
was come to for the immediate formation of a vo-
lunteer corps, and a provisional committee was ap-
pointed to make the necessary arrangements, one of
which was to invite the co-operation of the inhabi-
tants of the nine parishes composing the city of
Westminster in carrying out the proposed object.
The result of that invitation, as stated yesterday,
was the t seven out of the nine parishes had sent
each three delegates to represent them, and those
21 gentlemen were in attendance ; the parish of St.
James, another of the nine, had convened a meeting
for the election of representatives, and would make
its return in a few days; and St. George's, the re-
maining parish, had already formed a volunteer
corps of its own. It was stated in the course of the
proceedings that the Duke of Northumberland had
contributed £2OO towards the expenses incidental
to the establishment of a corps for the parish of St.
Martin's-in-the-fields, of which his grace is a pa-
rishioner.

The CirmitmAri congratulated the meeting on the
spirit and alacrity with which the inhabitants of
the whole city of Westminster had responded to the
call for the formation of a volunteer corps. There
could be no reason to doubt, he added, that in a
very short time a large body of men would come
forward and enrol themselves in its ranks.
Mr. J. L. ELLIOTT movedaresolution to the effect
that the gentlemen appointed by the parishes which
had already made a return be constituted a commit-
tee to complete the arrangements for the formation
of a Volunteer Corps for the City of Westminster,
with power to add to their number the several gen-
tlemen whom the parishes which had yet to make
a return might appoint to represent them. St.
George's parish, he said, had taken the lead of the
others, and had formed a corps 'of its own. It was
possible that all the gentlemen who had joined that
corps might not be willing to amalgamate with the
corps to be raised in other parts of tho city of
Westminster ; but some of them, with whom he had
conversed on the subject, had expressed their readi-
ness to do so. '

Mr. A. ROSE suggested that tho magistrates, de-
puty-lieutenants, and burgesses of Westminster
should be members of the proposed committee, his
object being, he said, to assist in making the pre-
sent movement a national rather than a parochial
one. (Hear, hear.)
After a long conversation, thc‘ motion of Mr.

b r iSrrtaedpes LONDON IRISH CORPS.
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under the title of " The London Irish Volunteer
Rifle Corps." As a means to render the organisa-
tion effective, communications have been
addressed to the Irish nobility and gentry resident
in the metropolis, without reference to political
opinions or creed. The grounds submitted for the
formation of the corps are that the Irish ought not
to be backward in patriotism or martial feats with
their English and Scotch brethren, especially at a
period like the present ; and a further suggestion is
thrown out that if such a corps be established in
London it will inaugurate a general movement for
Ireland, where, up to the present time, no steps
have been taken to arm the population in ease of
danger from without. The replies already received
are of the most favourable character, and among
them Mr. Dertipse3, the hon. secretary, received
Dyeosnteergdaal :y2he following from the Marquis of

" 22, Grosvenor-square, Nov. 22.
"Sir,--In reply to your letter of the 21st inst. I beg to
acquaint you that I shall have great pleasure in being one
of the committee to promote the formation of the London
Volunteer Rifle Corps, and will do all I can to assist so
laudable an object.--I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" DONEGAL."
The Earl of Lucan, and other Irish noblemen,'
reelit)ilieeedt, andtimt thethe
corpsnmst wsaitliighueinaeneexxpeeeeetda--
tio haveils alsoai•e h
ingly efficient body in a very short period.

CIVIL SERVICE.
A circular has been sent from the Audit-office to
the various public offices in London with a view to
the formation of a " Civil Service Rifle Brigade."
The invitation has been highly successful. Several
companies are being formed in the large depart-
ments, while the Audit-office company is receiving
a great accession of numbers from the smaller esta-
blishments. The brigade, which will be identified
entirely with the Civil Service, and be quite dis-
tinct from any other corps, promises to be one of
the most important in course of formation. Ar-
rangements have been made for the Audit-office
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Fusilier Guards.

GLASGOW.
No less than four new companies have been
formed. First in order and importance stands that
formed by the persons employed by Wylie and
Lockheed, cabinet furnishers, upholsterers, &c.,
Buchanan-street, no less than 100 having enrolled
themselves alreacy, the firm giving them accommo-
dation for drill, &c., and £9O to assist in defraying
expenses. A corps was formed in connexion with
the shipping interest, under the auspices of the
Messrs. Burns (partners of the Cunard line), who
will afford them every encouragement. At a meeting
of persons connected with the leather trade 90 en-
rolled themselves at the initiatory meeting as an arti-
san company. A drill sergeant was engaged and £7O
subscribed for general expenses. The following gen-
tlemen connected with the trade became honorary
members by paying £5 5s towards the funds of the
corps :—Messrs. P. APlntosh, George Schroeder,
Thomas Callender and Sons, Robert Ramsay, T.
Pilling and Co., D. Elgin, sen., James Anderson.
A " North-Western Company" was formed in con-
necting with the Glasgow First Battalion, and at
the conclusion of the meeting GO gentlemen stepped
forward and had their names enrolled. The Stock-
brokers' and Account.ints' Company now numbers
75, and commenced drill on Monday.. The "Press
Company," over 100 strong, commenced drill on
Monday, the daily paper men at 12 at noon, and
others at 8 p.m.

LIVERPOOL.
About 700 volunteers in the artillery corps which
is being organised here were sworn in on Tuesday
evening before the Mayor and other magistrates of
the borough. The proceedings were of a most in-
teresting description, St. George's-hall, where the
ceremony took place, being filled with spectators,
while crowds of people assembled in front of the
building and gave the volunteers quite an ovation.
Altogether, about 1,000 men belonging to the
various corps in the town and neighbourhood were
present, besides a detachment of the Lancashire
Artillery Militia, with guns, who attended the
volunteers to the hall as a guard of honour. The
Lord-Lieutenant (the Earl of Sefton) sent a letter
excusing his absence, and, after the oath of alle-
giance had been administered, addresses wore de-
livered by Mr. W. Brown, Colonel Smythe, Capt.
Mends, of her Majesty's ship Hastings ; Mr. C.
Turner, Mr. Walter, the energetic secretary to the
artillery corps ; the Campbell, rector of the
parish, and other gentlemen, all of whom expressed
their satisfaction at the progress which the move-
ment was now making in the town. The volun-
teers were also complimented upon their efficiency
by Colonel Smythe and Captain Mends. The spec-
tacle was a very brilliant one, and went off without
the slightest contretemps.

MANCHESTER.
The Manchester Rifles are rapidly increasing,
the number last week being about 440, and now
nearly 700. A second corps is about to be formed.
Levenshulme, Longsight, Ardwick, Old Trafford,
and other out-townships are also raising companies.

ENGLAND EIGHTY YEARS SlNCE.—Leisure. is
gone—gone where the spinning-wheels are gone, and the
pack-horses, and the slow waggons, and the pedlars who
brought bargains to the door on sunny afternoons. Inge-
nious philosophers tell you, perhaps, that the great work of
the steam-engine is to create leisure for mankind. Do not
believe them ; it only creates a vacuum for eager thought to
rush in. Even idleness is eager now—eager for amusement,
prone to excursion trains, art museums, periodicals, litera-
ture, and exciting novels; prone even to scientific theorising
and cursory peeps through microscopes. Old Leisure was
quite a different personage; he only read one newspaper
innocent of leaders, and was free from the periodicity of
sensations which we call post-time. He was a contemplative,
rather stout old gentleman, of excellent digestion ; of quiet
perceptions, undiseased by hypothesis, happy in his inabi-
lity to know the causes of things, preferring the things
themselves. Ho lived chiefly in the country, among plea-
sant seats and homesteads, and was fond of sauntering by
the fruit-tree walls, and scenting the apricots when they
were warmed by the morning sunshine, or sheltering him-
self under the orchard boughs at noon, when the summer
pears were falling. He knew nothing of week-day ser-
vices, and, thought none the worse of the sermon if it
allowed him to sleep from the text to the blessing; liking
the afternoon service best because the prayers were the
shortest, and not ashamed to say so, for he had an easy,
jolly conscience, broad-backed, like himself, and able to
carry a great deal of beer and port wine, not being made
squeamish by doubts and qualms and lofty aspirations.
Life was not a task to him, but a sinecure; he fingered the
guineas in his pocket, and ate his dinners, and slept the
sleep of the irrespons • ible—for has ho not kept up his char-
ter by going to church on Sunday afternoons ? Fine old
Leisure I Do not be severe upon him, and judge him by
our modern standard. He never went to Exeter Hall, or
heard a popular preacher, or read tracts for the times, or
Sac for Resartets.—Adam Bede.

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Mr. A. ROSE then formally moved that the ma-
gistrates and deputy-lieutenants of the city of
Westminster be ex officio members of the commit-
tee. lie said he and the other gentlemen who had
bee-n delegated from the parish of St. Martin's-in-
. the-Fields had been sent to the meeting on the un-
derstanding that they should assist in forming an
efficient rifle corps—(cheers)—and that all classes
of the inhabitants should be banded together as
much as possible in carrv;n 11—• prac-
tical effect. his aim ln proposing that addition to
the committee was that it would probably be the
means of bringing money, men, and efficiency to
'the proposed corps. Sixty men hlal been enrolled
in the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, and they
wanted t; go to work. (A laugh.) His Grace the
Duke of Northumberland had sent to that parish a
donation of £2OO to go on with—(cheers)—and if
they did not proceed with something like spirit and
vigour they would he laughed at.
Tho subject. of making the proposed addition to
the committee was re-discussed at some length.
Eventually the motion of Mr. Rose was c trried,
with only four dissentients, and the proceedings
were brought to an end.

RROYAL ENGLISH OPERA,
COYENT-GA RD le.N.
Under the management of Miss L. ryne and blr.W. Harrison
THIS EVENINO, DINO It A IT. Messrs. Santley,
Corti, St Albyn, and W. Harrison. Misses Pilling, Thirl-
wall, and Miss Louisa Pync.
Conductor, Alfred Mellon.

Ballet„ LA FIANC2I4I Messrs. W. H. Payne, H. Payne,
F. Payne, Mdlle. tequine, Pasquale, Pierron, Clara Morgan,
and NI ong. Vandris.
Doors open at hall-past 7—Commence at 8 o'clock.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMAItKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING the performances will commence with
HALLOWE'EN.
After which, THE BACHELOR OF ARTS. Jasper (his
orkinal character), Mr. C. Mathews.
Followed by a new Comedietta, entitled THE LATE
LAIIENTED.
And MY WIFE'S DAUGHTER.
Commence at 7.

ROYAI P R INC E S S'S THEATRE.-
Lessee, Mr. A. Harris.
THIS TWINING, the performances will commence with
a new Petite Comedy, entitled GOSSIP. Messrs. Ryder,
Meadows, Shore ; Miss Wadham and Mrs. C. Young. •
After which, a new farce, in one act, entitled NURSEY
CHICKWEED, Messrs. liTiddicomb, Meadows, if. Saker ;
Miss L. Keeley and Mrs. Weston.
To be followed by THE MASTER PASSION. Messrs.
Ryder, G. Melville, Graham, R. Cathcart, Garden ; Miss C.
Leclercq and Mrs. Charles Young.

NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPIU.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster.
THIS EVENING, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs
B. Webster. J. L. Toole, David Fisher, Paul Bedford. Stuart,
Billington, C. J. Smith, Eburne, Moreland; Miss Woolgar,
and Miss K. Kelly.
Followed by the successful piece of extravagance, called
DINORA,II UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Messrs. J. L. Toole,
P. Bedibrd, C. J. Smith, Eburne, and Miss K. Kelly.
Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box-
Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats,
nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this
establishment are strictly prohibited.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

THEATRE-ROYAL LYCEUM—SoIe Lessee
and Directress, Madame Celeste.—The Public is re-
speztfully informed this Theatre will OPEN for the Winter
Season on MONDAY, Nov. 28, with a new and original
Drama Fantastique, written by a popular author, entitled
PARIS AND PLEASURE ; or, Home and Happiness. Full
particulars will be duly announced.

ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE,
King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter-
ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West-
minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen-
gers all hours of the night.
THIS EVENING, a new. Comedy, LONDON PRIDE ; or,
Living for Appearances. Messrs. R. Robins, Barrett,
Charles Young ; Mesdacaes Frank Matthews, Murray, and
Nelly Moore.
Atter which (Bth time) a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled
THE SWAN AND EDGAR. Messrs. Barrett, Francis,
Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss Clara St. Casse, and the Corps
de Ballet._

s., ....._
To conclude with A DEAD SHOT.
Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d; Pit, ls. The Box-office open
from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six; perform
ance commences at 7.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Westminster-road.

Sole Lessee Mr. William Cooke.

Continued successful career of the new Drama, by Tom
Taylor, Esq., called GARIBALDI ; illustrating- the principal
events in the Life of the Great Italian General. Supported
by a Powerful Company, including the fallowing popular
favourites:—Mr. R. Phillips, Ennis including
Raymond, bliss
Kate Carson, &c. - Great Dramatic Tableux—Full Stud of
Trained Horses—Scenes in the Circle by the Star Equestrians
of Europe, John Henry Cooke, Madlle. Marguerite„ Miss
Rosina, and the world's wonder, Little Menoni, also, the
Extraordinary Performing Elephant—Clowns, H. Croueste,
Rowena, French Pierrots, Gymnasts and Acrobats innumer-
able, concluding' with the exceedingly laughable Comic Ballet
called LOVE'S VAGARIES.
Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips

OANTERBUR Y HALL CONCERTS.-
v EVERY EVENING.—The Music of Verdi's Opera of
MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con-
certs).

And a Grand Selection from Meyerbeer'm new opera of
DINORAH.

Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), W. T. Critellilcid, and E. W. Hackney.
Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts
Gallery. The suite of halls have been re-decorated and
beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant
sights of the metropolis.

ROSA BON II S celebrated PICTURE of the HORSE
FAIR is now added to the already ma.,crniticent Collection of
Paintings in the Canterbuty Hall. Fine Arts Gallery. The
gallery is open from 9 a.m. till 12 p.m. Admission, Six-
per se.

THE WEATHER.—Surr OFFICE, NOVEMBER 21.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
52—highest since noon yesterday.
44—lowest this morning and during the night.
51—this day at noon.

BARONETBIL-30.03.
WIND, East-South-Easterly; light, with fine weather.

HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE

THIS DAY.—Morning, lh. 13m.—Afternoon, lh. 35m.
To-monno'w.-Morning, lh. 56m.—Afternoon, 2b. 1.6 m.

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LONDON, THURSDAY, NOV. 24, 1859.

The Rifle Corps agitation has long since assumed
to itself the grandeur of a national movement. It
is not by any means surprising, therefore, that the
time has long gone by when it was the fashion to
sneer at the militia and the yeomanry. If there
is any one fact that has been rendered conspicu-
ously undeniable by the different historians of the
brief campaign in Belgium, ending with the crown-
ing contest of Waterloo, it is the fact that the
conquerors in that last of the world's great battles
were, for the most 'part, or at any rate in a very
considerable proportion, raw recruits. This
astounding fact demonstrated beyond the possi-
bility of misapprehension, we repeat, by all the
most exact and reliable authorities, from the earliest
to the latest, whether native or foreign, from

SIBORNE down to, in point of time up to, in point
of accuracy, BRIALMONT ! how many, indeed, of
our gallant fellows ender Lord RAGLAN, how many
of those brave troops who, at the man-
date of their chief walked up the embat-
tled acclivity of the hill of Alma, to a

complete and signal victory, to a victory ter-
minating in all but a rout, had never before, save
in review or sham-fights (as the phrase is) smelt gun-
powder ? Experience inde2d has long since demon-
strated, over and over again, that but a very small
modicum, a mere handful, so to speak, of hardy
and well-disciplined veterans suffice to give a heart,
a will, a vivid and not easily irresistible im-
petus to a vast numerical preponderance of newly
recruited, half-drilled, hastily-accoutred English-