The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-16 00:00:00

VOLUNTEER CORPS.

The following are the minutes of a meeting held
at Spencer-house, London, on the 29th of October,
1859 ; present—the Earl Spencer (chairman), the
Earl Grosvenor, M.P. the Lord Etch°, M.P., the
Lord Vernon, Capt. Wilbraham Taylor, Capt. Tem-
plar, Capt. Gladstone, Mr. G. Russell, and Mr. A.
Boyle.
" The members present of the Committee for a
National Volunteer Rifle Meeting, appointed at
Hythe, on the Ist of August last, resolved, that a
similar project having been entertained by some
members of the London Rifle Brigade, it is expedi-
ent that the above committee should be dissolved,
as they are most anxious that the movement should
become a national one, and as they feel that with-
out complete union among those interested, this
object cannot be attained.
" The meeting agreed to the followin gxesolutions
as the basis of the proposed association :
" 1. rt is proposed to form a national association
for the encouragement of volunteer rifle corps and
the promotion o rifle shooting throughout Great
Britain.

"2. The association shall consist of all persons
subscribing annually the sum of or giving a
donation of . There shall be a patron and presi-
dent elected by the council vice-presi-
dents and a council elected at the general meetings
of the association, the council consisting of
ordinary and extraordinary members, of whom one-
third shall go out of office in each year, but shall be
eligible for re-election. There shall also be a paid
secretary and treasurer in London, and honorary
corresponding secretaries in such parts of the
country, as may be fixed hereafter.
" 3. Meetings of the association shall be held
periodically in different parts of the country, to
which the several corps will be invited to send a
certain number of their best shots, who will com-
by riflemen, whether connected with rifle corps or
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" 4. The prizes given by the association for the
encouragement of volunteer rifle corps shall be open
to all members of such corps qualified as above.
The prizes given by the association for the general
encouragement of rifle shooting shall be open to all
persons on payment of as entrance money.
" 5. It is contemplated that the association shall
also offer prizes for the improvement of firearms,
sighting of guns, or anything relating to the science
of rifle shooting.
" 6. It was resolved to hold a meeting of those
friendly to the proposed association at the Thatched-
house Tavern, on WNlnesday, the 16th November,
at one o'clock; and the members of the present meet-
ing agreed to communicate with their friends, an&
such others as are likely to attend, in order that the
association may be established on a satisfactory
footing, Lord Elcho undertaking to communicate
with the Lord Mayor, and to requeit his lordship's
attendance and co-operation on behalf of the Lon-
don Rifle Brigade.

" SPENCER, Chairman."

LONDON.

A meeting of the council was held at the Man-
sion-house yesterday, the Lord Mayor in the chair.
The council was well attended.

The minutes of the last meeting having been con-
firmed,

The LORD MAYOR addressed the council cn a
variety of subjects concerning the interests of this
brigade, in which he felt so deep an interest, hL.vino-
a
been its firbt public patron and coutributor—he
might say it was his own child, and he would che-
rish it as such. His lordship stated this being the
first meeting of the council since he had become