The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-21 00:00:00

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run . SUN, LONDON, sA r URDAY EVE NING, DECEMBER 21, 1801.

MR. ROBIN, the FRENCH WIZARD, at the
EGYPTIAN HALL, EVERY EVENING at Eight
(Saturday excepted), and Wednesday and Saturday After-
noon at half-past 2.
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Admission, ;s. and 2s. Reserved dress stall chairs, 35.;
balcony Is.

Tickets at the nail, from 11 to 4 ; and at Mr. Mitchell's,
33, Old Bond-street ;end principal Libraries.

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Dillon to the Gorgon; J. Boswell, supernumerary, to the
Indus ; R. J.Carnpion, to the Rifleman.; F. Grundy, to
the Meguera; W. Rumble (acCng), to the James Watt,
promoted to first-class assistant-engineers.,
Masters' Assistants—Henry "W.Williatrls to the Revenge;
W. E. Farrington to the Chanticleer.;
•Edwin 0. Hallett
to:the Defence; Cecil H. Franks, and„ George; W. Ballis-
ton, to the Warrior. -.;
Assistant Paymaster-=Charles- S. Vettisi to the Corn-
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wallis.

Clerk—John E. Charlton, to the Hawke, -
Naval Cadets (nominated)—Mr. Richard G.. Day, and
Wm. Stanhope Lovell.

TILE ARMY:

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The B battery, Royal Horse Artillery, in com-
mand of Capt. Williams, was yesterdal ordered to
march from Woolwich to Windsor, to-be present on
Monday next and fire the salute of 21-guns on the
solemn occasion of the funeral of his;Boyal High.
ness the late Prince Consort. :1
Orders have been issued that no firing of guns
shall take place by the military or .natal authori-
ties at Portsmouth, under any dreumstances,
whether it be arrival of Royal personages, or from
any other can* however important, Prior to the
funeral of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort.
The third battalion Military Train proceeded
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from the Farnborough station, Alder 4 ', it,at 7 p.m.
yesterday, by special train to Lir 001, as per
route for embarkation for British Nortli.Amcrica.
Heavy baggage and stores werei ordered to be at
Liverpool by daylight yesterday,ybe shipped on
board the steampacket Asia. -ri`f,,.
aaketThursday the route. for, the viltnitobattalion

of the 16th Regiment was received to march from
Aldershot at 7 a.m. this day (Saturday) to Farn-
borough, and to proceed thence by special train at
9 a.m. to Southampton, for embarkation on board
the Magdalena for 'British North America.

The H battery 4th Brigade Royal Artillery
marched from Aldershot yesterday en route for
Woolwich, there to remain till further orders.

The whole of the Lancer brigade, consisting of
the 9th, 12th, and 16th Regiments, were paraded
and underwent a medical examination on Thursday
as to their fitness for foreign service.
The General Commanding-in-Chief has sanc-
tioned the formation of two new field batteries of
Royal Artillery by re-forming Nos. 9 and 10
batteries of the 4th brigade into field batteries, to
be called "I" and "K" respectively. "B" field
battery, now at Hilsea, will march into camp at
Aldershot. "A" battery, 4th brigade, is to be held
in readiness to march to Aldershot as soon as " G"
battery, 4th brigade, which is under orders for ser-
vice in British North America, leaves the camp at
Aldershot for embarkation.

The headquarters staff and No. 5 battery of the
10th brigade, Royal Artillery, left Woolwich last
evening, at 7 o'clock, by the North London Railway,
thence to the Euston-square station, for Liverpool,
to embark in the mail steamer Asia for America,
In addition to the detail given in 2he un of yes-
terday of the officers and troops, the names of Capt.
Orr and Paymaster Thompson have been added.
Capt. Orr, who was lately Captain Instructor of
Royal Laboratories, has received orders to instruct
the men during the voyage in laboratory exercises,
such as the method of preparing the new Armstrong
shells and the construction of cartridges for firing,
Sze. No. 7 battery will embark on the 28th inst.
on board the Royal mail steamer Canada, at Liver-
pool, for Halifax.
The Royal Aitillery now consists of 17 horse,
garrison, and field brigades, which are composed of
145 batteries, or subdivisions, in the following pro.
portions :—viz., Li horse, 67 garrison, and 47 field
batteries. The latter are equipped almost exclu-
sively with the 12-pounder Armstrong guns, at an
average of six guns to each battery. The strength
of the corps now is 30,000 officers and men, of
which number there are 1,080 officers of all grades.
All are in a high FitatA of discipline.

scale of -pay,)pension, allowances would be pre-
cisely the same as in the Royal Navy. He hoped
and trusted that the resolutions which would be
offered would be agreed to, especially that one
which thanked the Lords of the Admiralty, and
especially Lord Clarence Paget, for the form in
which the reserve was novrorganised. (Hear, hear.)
He would now call on Captain Daniells to move
the first resolution.

. Captain C. L. F. DANIELLS moved :—" That this
meeting being convened in consequence of the pro-
mulgation of the regulations for officers of the mer-
chant service desirous of enrolling thenisclves as
officers for the Royal - Naval 'Reserve, the comman-
ders and officers Present cordially accept the same,
and pledge' thetosetios 'heartily to co-operate with
the .Government."
Captain D. D. WISIART, in seconding the reso-
lution, reminded the meeting that it was the mer-
chant service which had carried the British flag all
round the world. He believed that that service
would receive the new orders most cordially.
(Cheers.)
The resolution was put and carried unanimously.
Captain ALLEN YOUNG moved, " That the com-
manders and officers now present desire to assure
her Majesty of their attachment to her person, and
their devoted loyalty to the British crown ; and
that they will at all times be prepared to cooperate
with her Majesty's ravy whenever their services
may be required to man the national defences, or
uphold the honour of the British flag." He believed
that the mercantile marine would never be found

wanting when their country required their services.
As a proof of that he need only refer to the Russian
war, when they co operated so efficiently with the
royal navy, and transported not only our own troops,
but the French, Italian, and Turkish armies to the
scene of action. (Hear, hear.) They all knew how
the work was done, not a soldier, he believed, hav-
ing been lost at sea, although hundreds of transport
officers and men left their bones on the shores of the
Bosphorus. (Cheers.) Since then their services had
been equally valuable in India and China, and if
they should be called on again they would be equally
efficient. The mercantile officers would, he be-
lieved, be ready to serve with and under the officers
of the royal navy. (After.) 'Well, a mercantile
commander might have to serve under the junior
lieutenant of a line-of-battle ship. (Hear, hear, and
no, no.) He believed he would have to ask him for
a boat if he wanted to go on shore. (Hear.) He
thought, however, that on the whole the proposi-
tions were exceedingly fair ; the mercantile officers
were not compelled to join, and if they did join they
could not object to be under the same rules as naval
officers. Captain 'Wilkes had been asked, "Would
he have boarded a British man-of war in the same
way as he boarded the Trent ?" and he replied,
" Certainly not." This showed how wise had been
the policy of the Government in abolishing all dis-
tinctions between the flags. (Cheers.) He hoped
that every merchant captain would qualify himself
for these appointments, and that these chose
private engagements permitted would at once
volunteer for active service. This would give an
excellent example to our merchant seamen, who
who were the best in the world, notwithstanding
all that had been said of them. (Loud cheers.) He
believed that those fine fellows who followed their
commanders from ship to ship and from voyage to
voyage-would be glad to assist them in manning
the national ships. (Renewed cheers.) He begged
now to move the resolution, a task which he ac-
cepted as a very great honour.
Captain P. MASTERS seconded the resolution,
which was carried unanimously.
Mr. R. W. CRAWFORD, M.P., moved, " That the
thanks of this meeting be tendered to the Lords of
the Admiralty for the opportunity they have now
given the officers of the mercantile marine to co-
operate with the royal navy, and-especial thanks
are due to Lord Clarence Paget for the support he
has always given to the officers of the merchant
service." He said that although not connected with
shipping he wished to show his sympathy with the
present movement. They owed much to Mr. Lind-
say and to their chairman, Mr. Green, for the pro-
portions which the movement had attained. They
owed a great deal also to Lord Clarence Paget and
to the Lords of the Admiralty, who he was glad to
see so well appreciated the value of merchant sea-
men. He thought he saw in the present movement
the germ of a most important modification in the
naval service of the country, and a more general
employment of the mercantile marine than at pre-
sent. It was impossible that a service which in-
cluded so much skill, ability, and courage, should
not be equally distinguished in warfare. He for
one, therefore, hailed the present movement with
the greatest possible satisfaction, and should give
it his most strenuous support both in Parliament
and out of it.

Mr. PHILLIPS seconded the motion, observing
that one advantage of the movement would be to
abolish the infamous press gang for ever, One vo-
lunteer was worth two pressed men, and therefore
he hoped that the movement would go ou until they
had volunteers enough to meet all the enemies of
their country—and to beatthem too. (Loud cheers.)
The motion was put and carried with ono dis-
sentient.

A Mr. EVANS got upon the platform, and wished
to deliver his views respecting the Navigation Laws,
but was speedily put down by the meeting.
Capt. MANGLES, M.P., moved, " That this meet-
ing is unwilling to separate without tendering to
her Majesty the expression of its sincere condolence
on her Majesty's recent heavy bereavement, toge-
ther with the hope that it may please Almighty
God to assuage her grief and long to spare her Ma-
jesty and her 11,Jyal house to direct the affairs of
this great country, and to reign over a loyal, con-
tented, and devoted people." There was, he said,
some sorrow too deep for words, and therefore he
should content himself by simply moving the re-
solution.

The motion was seconded by the Rev. Mr. JAY,
and carried unanimously.
Mr. C. H. WIGItAM moved that the foregoing re-
solutions be forwarded to the Lords of the Admi-
ralty. He wished, as the chairman had alluded to
the uniform, to call attention to the fact that the
inscription on the button was in the old English
character. Now, he believed that the old English
character was the finest in the world, and had sus-
tained our naval reputation when we had no regu-
lar royal navy. What they had done before they
could do again, and they would, he was sure, be to
the navy what the volunteers were to the army.
Captain WILSON seconded the motion.
Mr. CAMPBELL, while supporting all the resolu-
tions, objected to the limitation to captains of 500
ton ships. What was to be done with captains of
300 and 400 ton ships—were they to serve as com-
mon Jack Tars ? He thought that this was a ques-
tion that ought to be looked into.
Mr. LINDSAY, M.P., admitted that there was con-
siderable force in Mr. Campbell's observations,
but it would be admitted that a beginning must
be made somewhere. At first the thing was
limited t 3 captains of ships trading to India,
and that had been conceded. Captains of 400 ton
ships would, of course, be most eligible, but those of
the larger vessels had greater experience, and should
be the first enrolled. It was impossible to frame
any plan that would meet the views of all men, but
he must say that he thought the rules, as at present
modified, were a great concession. The motion was
carried unanimously.

Letters were read from Bristol, Cork, and Hull,
approving of the order, after which

Mr. T. HANKEY, in moving a vote of thanks t)
the chairman, testified to the skill and energy of
the captains of the smaller vessels, especially in the
West India service. He thought it would be most
grateful to the Queen to learn that all classes in the
merchant service were so eager to enter her Ma-
jesty's service. (Hear, hear.) He quite agreed