The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1861,

PARLIAMENTAItY DIVISION.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—APRIL 10.
BOROUGH FRANCHISE BILL.
Order for second reading read; motion made, and question
proposed, " That the bill be now read a second time :"
—Whereupon previous question put, " That that ques-
tion be now put." The house divided ; ayes 193,
noes .2d5.

AYMq —193.
Adair, H. E. Evans, Sir De L. Moffat, George
Adam,W. P. Ewart, William Monson, W. J.
Alcock, T. Ewart, J. C. Morris, D.
Angerstein, W. Ewing, H. E. C. Norris, J. T.
Ashley, Lord Ferguson, R. North, F.
Atherton, W. Fermoy, Lord O'Connell, D.
Ayrton, A. S. Forster, Charles Onslow, Guildford
Bagwell, J. Forster, W. E. Owen, Sir 11.
Barnes, Thomas Fortescue, Hon. D. Padmore, R.
Bass, M. T. ' Fox, W. J. Paget, C.
Bazley, Thomas Freeland, H. W. Paget, Lord A.
Beale, Samuel French, Fitzstephen Paget, Lord C. E.
Beamish, F. B. Gavin, Major Paxton, Sir J.
Bellew, R. M. Gibson, T. M. Pease, H.
Berkeley, F. Gifford, Earl of Peel, F.
Bethell, Sir R. Gilpin, C. Peto, Sir M.
Biggs, John Gladstone, W. E. Pigott, Francis
Bouverie, E. P. Glyn, G. G. Pilkington,games
Bouverie, P. P. Goldsmid, Sir F. Pinney, Wm.
Bowyer, Sir G. Gower, F. L. Ponsonby, A.
Brand, H. B. Graham, Sir J. R. G. Pritchard, John
Bright, J. Gregson, S. Ricardo, J. L.
Briscoe, J. I. Gurney, Samuel Ricardo, 0.
Bristow, A. Hadfield, Geo. Robertson, D.
Bruce, Lord E. A. Hanbury, R., jun; Roebuck, J. A.
Bruce, H. A. Handley, John Rothschild,Baron M
Buchanan, W. Hankey, Thomson Roupell, W.
Buller, J. W. Hardcastle, Jos. A. Russell, Lord J.
Buller, Sir A. Headlam, Thos. E Russell, A. J. E.
Bury, Viscount Heneage, G. Russell, Sir Wm.
Butler, C. S. Henley, Lord St. Aubyn, J.
Butt, Isaac Hodgkinson, G. Scholefie,d, W.
Buxton, C. Hodgson, K. D. Scott, Sir W.
Caird, James Howard, Hon. C. Scrope, G. P.
Caithorpe, F. H. Humberstone, P. S. Seymour, Sir M.
Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. Hutt, W. Seymour, 11. D.
Carnegie, Hon. C. Ingham, R. Shelley, Sir J. V.
Cavendish, Hon. W. Jackson, W. Sheridan, H. B.
Childers, IL C. E. Jervoise, Sir J. Sidney, Thomas
Clay, James Kershaw, J. Smith, J. B.
Clifford, C. C. King, Hon. L. Stansfeld, J.
Clive, George Kinglake, A. W. Stuart, Col.
Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Kingscote, Lt.-Col. Sykes, Col. W. H.
Coningham, Wm. Kinnaird, Hon. A. . Thompson, H. S.
Cowper, Hon. W.F. Langston, J. 11. Tite, Wm.
Craufurd, E. H. J Langton, 11. G. Tollemache, Hon.F.
Crawford, R. W. Lawson, W. Trelawny, Sir J. S.
Crossley, Frank Layard, A. IL Vane, Lord H. G.
Dalglish, Robert Leathern, E. Verney, Sir Harry
Davey, R. Lee, W. Villiers, Rt. Hon. C.
Davie, Col. F. Lewis, Sir G.C., Bt. Warner, Edward
Denman, G. Lindsay, W. S. Wemyss, J.
Dent, John Dent Locke, John Western, T. S.
Dillwyn, Lewis L. Lysley, VT. Westhead, B.
Divett, Edward McEvoy, E. Whalley, G. H.
Douglas, Sir C. Marjoribanks, D. C. Whitbread, S.
Duff, M. E. Marshall, W. White, Jas.
Duke, Sir James Martin, P. W. Wickham, H. W.
Dunbar. Sir Wm. Martin, J. Willcox, B. M.
Duncombe, T. S. Massey, W. N. Williams, W.
Dundas, Sir David Mellor, John Wyvill, M.
Dunlop, A. Merry, James
Dunne, M. Miller, William
Ellice, Rt. Hon. E.Mills, T.
Enfield, Viscount Milnes, R. M. Baines, E.
Ennis, John Mitchell;-T. A. Seymour, Digby

TELLERS.

ivoEs, 245.
Adderley, C. B. Goddard, A. L. Mowbray, Rt. Hn. J
Annesley, H. Gordon, C. W. Murray, William
Astell, J. H. Gore, J. R. 0. Newdegate, C. N.
Baillie, H. J. Gore, W. R. 0. Newport, Visct.
Ball, E. Graham, Lord Wm. Nicol, William
Baring, A. H. Greaves, Edward Noel, G. J.
Baring, H. B. Greenall, G. North, Col.
Barrow, W. H. Greenwood, J. Northeote, Sir S. H.
Barttelot, Major Gregory, W. H. Packe, C. W.
Bathurst, A. A. Grey deWilton,Lord Packe, G. H.
Bathurst, F. H. Griffith, C D. Pakenham, Col.
Beach, W. W. Grogan, Sir Edward Pakington, Sir J. S.
Beaumont, W. B. Haliburton, Justice Palmer, R. W
Beaumont,Somerset Hamilton, Lord C. Papillon, P. 0.
Beecroft, G. S. Harcourt, G. G. V. Parker, Major W.
Bentinck, G.C. Hardy, J. Patten, J. W.
Bentinck, G. W. P. Hartopp, E. B. Paull, H.
Benyon, R. Hassard, M. D. Peacocke, G. M.
Beresford, B. Heathcote, G. H. Peel, Sir R.
Bernard, Thos. T. Henley, J. Peel, Gen.
Black, Adam Hennessy, J. P. Pevensey, Viscount
Bond, J. W. Henniker, Lord Phillips G. L.
Botfield, Beriah Herbert, H. A. Potts, George
Bovill, Wm., Hervey, Lord A Powys, L. P.
Bramston, T. W. Heygate, Sir F. Pugh, D. (Carman)
Bridges, Sir 8., Bt. Hill, Lord E. Ramsden, Sir J. W.
Brooks, R. Hill, Hon. R. Re ton, G. W. J.
Browne, Lord J. T. Holford, R. S. Ridley, Sir M. W.
Buckley, Maj.-Gen. Holmesdale, Lord Rolt, J.
Bunbury, Capt. W. Hood, Sir A. Rowley, Hon. R. T.
Burghley, Lord Hope, G. W. Salt, Thomas
Burke, Sir T. J., Bt. Hopwood, J. T. Sclater-Booth, G
Burrell, Sir C., Bt. Hornby, W. H. Scully, V.
Cairns, Sir H., Hoc ,all T. B. Selwyn, C. J.
Cartwright, Col. H. Horsmb.n ,E. Shirley, E. P.
Cecil, Lord R. Howes, Edward Smith, M.
Cholmeley, Sir M. Hubbard, J. G. Smith, Abel
Clive, H. G. W. Hume, W. Smith, S. G.
Close, M. C. Hunt, G. W. Smollett, P.
Cobbold, John C. Ingestre, Viscount Somerset, Col. E.
Cochrane, A. D. Jervis, Captain Somes, Joseph
Codrington, Sir W. Johnstone, Hon. H. Spooner, R.
Cole, Hon. H. A. Jolliffe, Sir W. Stanhope, J. B.
Collins, T., jun. Kekewich, S. Stanhope, Lord
Corry, H. L. Kennard, R. Stanley, Lord
Cross, R. A. Kerrison, Sir E. Stirling, Wm.
Cubitt, George Knatchbull, W Stuart, Major W.
Curzon, Viscount Knightley, R. Stracey, Sir H.
Dalkeith, Earl of Knox, Lt.-C01.8.W Sturt, H. G.
Darner, L. S. W. D. Knox, Major W. S Sturt, Capt. 0. N.
Dawson, R. P. Lacon, Sir E. Talbot, Hon. W. C.
Dickson, Col. Leeke, Sir H. Taylor, Colonel
Disraeli, Benjamin Legh, G. C. Thynne, Lord E.
Drax, J. E. Legh, W. Thynne, Lord H.
Du Cane, Chas. Leighton, Sir B. Tollemache, J. H.
Dunne, Col. Lennox, Lord G. G. Torrens, R.
Du I're, C. G. Leslie, W. Trefusis, Hon. C. H.
Dutton, Hon. R. H. Lindsay, Colonel Trollope, Sir John
East, Sir J. B. Long, R. P. Turner, J. A.
Edwards, Major H. Longfield, Robert Upton, Genet al
Egerton, Sir P. Lopes, Sir M., Bt. Vance, John
Egerton, A. F. Lovable, Lord Vansittart, Wm.
Egerton, E. C. Lowther, Col. H. C. Verner, Sir Wm.
Egerton, W. Lyall, G. Walcott, Adm. J. E.
Elcho, Lord Lygon, Hon. F. Walker, James R
Elmley, Viscount Lytton, Sir E. B. Walpole, S. H.
Elphinstone, Sir J Macaulay, K. Walsh, Sir J. B.
Estcourt, S. M`Cormick, W. Walter, John
Farquhar, Sir M. Macdonogh, F. Watlington, J. W.
Fellowes, Edward Mackinnon,W.(Rye) Way, Arthur E.
Fergusson, Sir J. Malcolm, J. W. Welby, W. E.
Filmer, Sir E. Malins, R., Whitmore, H.
Finlay, A. S. Manners, Lord J. Williams, T. P.
Fitzgerald, W. S. Marsh, M. H. Woodd, B. T.
Forge, Lt.-Col. W. Maxwell, Col. Wyndham, Hon. H.
Forester, Col. G. C. Miller, T. Wyndham, Hon. P.
Franklyn, G. W. Mills, A. Wynn, Col.
Gallwey, Sir W. P. Montagu, Lord R. Wynne, C. G.
Gard, R. S. Montgomery, Sir G. Yorke, Hon.E.
George, John Moody, C. A.
Getty, S. G. Mordaunt, Sir G.
Gilpin, Colonel Morgan, C. 0. S.
Gladstone, Capt. Morgan, Major

TELLERS.
Cave, S.
Smith, Augustus

SPORTING INTELAIGENCE.

WINDSOR STEEPLECHASE-WEDNESDAY.

The Scurry Handicap Steeplechase of 5 soya each, with

25 added.
Capt. Boyce's Escape, aged, list (Nightingall) 1
Mr. B. Land's Savernake, aged, 9st 101 b .. (J. Land) 2
Mr. Hoof's Hazard, aged lost (Mr. W. Beville) 3
Borderer and Prince Charming also ran.
Betting-5 to 4 agst Escape, 3to 1 agst Hazard, 4to 1
agst Savernake.
Escape won literally in a walk.
The Military Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, with 25 added

llat each.

Mr. Starkey's Nimrod (10th Hussars) aged, Ilst
(Mr. Lawson) 1
Capt. Coates's The Dodger, aged
Mr. Pott's (11th Hussars) Knight Errant, aged, list
(Owner) 0
Betting—Even on The Dodger, 6 to 4 agst Nimrod.
Whilst running, 5 to 1 was betted on Nimrod.
Nimrod won after a slashing set to by a head.
The Windsor Open Handicap Steeplechase.

Mr. B. Land's Oliver Twist, 5 yrs, 9st 51b.... (J. Land) 1
Baron de la Motto's Franc Picard, 6 yrs, lOst 71b
(Lamplugh) 2

The following also ran :—Jerusalem, Freshman, Queens -
ferry, Johnny, Mauchline, Sir Charles, Cockatoo, and Grey
Pet er.

Betting-7 to 2 agst Freshman, 4to 1 each agst Red
Rover and Johnny, 6 to 1 agst Franc Picard, 8 to 1 agst
Mauchline, 10 to 1 agst Cockatoo.

Land's horse running the longest and the gamest, just
landed the stake for his lucky owner by a neck. Nothing
else passed the post.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER, WEDNESDAY.

For the City and Suburban the colt by Wild Dayrell out
of Intimidation was the lion of the day, finishing very firm
at 100 to 7 (taken). Sir William was at one time supported
at 100 to 6, but afterwards receded to 20 to 1 (offered).
Early on there appeared to be a disposition to lay against
Thunderbolt, 100 to 8 being offered, but a very little money
at the finish brought him to 9to 1 (offered). There was
very little done except on the two first-named animals.—
For the Metropolitan Danae at 3 to 1, and Betts at 3/7
were the only animals really supported. There was money
for Simla, but 100 to 8 was declined ; the same may be
said of Pretendant, and 100 to 6 was offered against Vis-
count Brig,nall.—For the Two Thousand Guineas Matador
appears to have been in the front division long enough, as
there was an evident desire to lay against him ; 9 to 1
was taken about Neighbour, and an offer was made to
take 10 to 1 against Klarikoff.—Closing prices :

METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
5 to 2 agst Danae (offered, take 3 to 1)
7to 2 agst Betts (taken)
100 to 8 agst Pretendant (offered)
100 to 8 agst Simla (offered)
100 to 6 agst Viscount Brignall (offered)
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
9to 1 agst Neighbour (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Kettledrum (offered)
10 to 1 agst Klarikoff (wanted)
10 to 1 agst Sweet Hawthorn (taken)
10 to 1 agst Matador (offered)
20 to 1 agst Janus (taken)
THE DERBY.
40 to 1 agst Sweet Hawthorn (taken)
50 to 1 agst Janus (taken)
bto lon the field (offered)

THE LATE FIRE IN CANNON-ROW.—Since the
night of Friday last, when the great fire occurred in
Cannon• row, many endeavours have been made to get
possession of boxes of value to the amount of nearly £20,000.
This treasure, together with two valuable gold watches,
silver knives and forks, spoons, &c., were dug out from the
ruins yesterday morning, some partly melted. A great
amount of property still lies beneath the ruins, which it is
expected will be reached to-day.

THE NAVY.

The screw steamship Centurion, 80, Capt. H. D.
Rogers, C,8., the Aboukir, 90, Capt. Douglas Curry,
and the Hero, 91, Capt. Alfred P. Ryder, were
appointed to leave Hamoaze yesterday afternoon,
and go into Plymouth Sound. The Donegal, 101,
Capt. Henry Broadhead, will probably follow to-
day, and the Conqueror, 101, Capt. E. S. Sotheby,
to-morrow. The ships belonging to the Plymouth
division of the Channel Fleet have sent up their
lower yards and topmasts. Nearly all arrived at
Plymouth on the 20th Dec. last.
Yesterday the steam floating battery /Etna, 16,
at Chatham, commenced shipping her shot from the
gunwharf. She is to be supplied with 880 88.
pounder shots, in addition to which she receives 14
boxes, each containing grape and case shot. Her
powder and shells will be supplied from Upnor
Castle. A similar quantity of shot and shell will
be put on boare. the Thunderbolt, 16, steam floating
battery.

The Royal paddle yacht Victoria and Albert,
Capt. the Hon. Joseph Denman, will leave Ports-
mouth harbour on Friday. A gunboat will be in
attendance at East Cowes pier at daylight on Satur-
day morning, from which she will convey live stock
and luggage to the Royal yacht, which will imme-
diately afterwards sail for Madeira, where she will,
with the Osborne, be placed at the disposal of the
Empress of Austria.
The Cossack, 20, screw, Capt. Moorman, steamed
out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday to Spithead,
where she waits orders for sea. Before anchoring
she steamed out some distance to test machinery,
under the supervision of the officials of the dock-
yard. Everything worked in a very satisfactory
manner, and it was found that, owing to the sug-
gestions made and carried out by the steam factory,
the ventilation of the ship has been greatly in-
creased ; and steam is now kept up without the
never-ending trouble which formerly attended that
operation. •
The Icarus, 11, screw, Commander N. Salmon,
V.C., will be undocked from No. 1 dock at Ports-
mouth-yard to>day. The Octavia, 51, screw, will
also be taken out of dock at the same yard to-day
on the completion of her conversion from a sailing
frigate to a screw, and placed in the steam basin to
receive her machinery by Maudslay, Field, and Son.

The Duncan, 101, screw, was taken into the steam
basin at Portsmouth yesterday, and to-day on the
Glasgow being taken out of No. 8 dock will be
placed in the same dock to ship her shifting blade
on her new three-bladed iron screw, with which
some experimental trials are about to be made by
order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
1 IThree of the large 40-pounder Armstrong guns
have been landed at the gun-wharf, Chatham, from
he Marlborough, Government transport, and are
intended to be put on board the Defence, 22, now
building at a private establishment for the Coast-
guard service. A further number of the Armstrong
guns will arrive at Chatham from Woolwich in the
course of a few days, four of which are intended for
the Defence, 22, and four for the Resistance, 22,
both of which will also be furnished with 18 68-
pounder 10 inch guns, each of 95 cwt.
The Stork gunboat, tender to the Excellent, gun-
nery ship at Portsmouth, made practice at the Sirius
target ship yesterday, in Porchester lake. The
Sirius showed symptoms of being on fire for some
time, but a strong party of seamen proceeding on
board succeeded in extinguishing what fire was
existing.
The War Department screw steamer Lord Pan-
mure, T. Moore, master, from Woolwich, arrived at
Plymouth on Tuesday, and went immediately to
the gunwharf at Devonport, and to the powder
works at Bull Point.

The screw steam gunboat Hind, tender to the
Russell, 60, at Falmouth, is under repair in
Hamoaze, Devonport, and will probably be finished
to-day, when she will proceed to headquarters.
The paddle-wheel steam sloop Geyser, Comman-
der Jackson, from Portsmouth, under sail and steam,
arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday. Yesterday she
was placed alongside the coal hulk Lavinia. She
is appointed to receive seamen belonging to the
Ariadne and Immortalite and proceed to Gibraltar.
It is possible that the gunboat Proeris, 3, Lieut.
the Hon. Y. Carnegie commanding, may accompany
the Geyser.
The Pigmy steam tender, Master Commander
Johnstone, yesterday proceeded off to Portsmouth
harbour to the Dutch frigates lying at Spithead,
where she embarked Rear-Admiral Wipff, accom-
panied by Capt. Fabius and Flag Lieut. Kroef.
On the Pigmy's return to the harbour the gallant
Admiral landed at her Majesty's dockyard, where
he was received by Chevalier Vandenberg and Flag
Lieut. Souttie, flag lieut. to Vice-Admiral Bruce,
the naval Commander-in Chief. Admiral Wipff
then proceeded to call upon Admirals Bruce and
Grey, and &so upon Major-General Lord W. Pau-
let, C. 8., the Lieut.-Governor of the garrison.
The following appointments were made yester-
terday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Frederick W.
Wilson, to the Marlborough ; Lieut. H. T. Boger,
to the Algiers ; John Cotton, surgeon additional,

to the Fisgard ; Henry Cooper, paymaster, to the
Caesar; William G. Parmeter, paymaster, to the
Hannibal; Joseph C. Paine, paymaster, to the
James Watt; and William H. Turner, paymaster,
to the Dauntless, in lieu of a clerk.

trict. Soon after the troops had been formed in
line Major• Gen. Lord W. Paulet, 0.13., the inspect-
ing officer, arrived on the ground, accompanied by
Col. Somerset, C. 8., Col. Thackwell, Capt. Milligan,
A.D.C., and Town Major J. Breton. Ills lordship
having been received with the customary honours,
the force commenced marching past in review order,
sloiv and quick time, the guns in file and column at
the slow and trot. A number of other movements
followed, all of which were executed with astonish-
ing quickness and precision, reflecting the highest
credit on every officer and man in the battery. A
few words from the Major-General addressed to the
men closed the proceedings.
Yesterday morning Lieut.-Gen. Lumley, Inspec-
tor General of Infantry, paid his first visit to Col-
chester Camp, for the purpose of making a periodical
inspection of the 9th and 10th Depot Battalions.
He was met by Col. the Hon. Alex. Gordon, C. 8.,
Commandant of the Camp; Brigade-Major Caoch,
and other officers of the Staff; and having made a
minute examination of the books of- the two bat-
talions, he proceeded to the inspection of the kits of
the men. The entire strength of the garrison was
subsequently assembled, and the men went through
a variety of military evolutions in battalions. The
men forming the depots acquitted themselves in a
very creditable manner, and it was understood that
Lieut.-Gen. Lumley was perfectly satisfied with the
general proficiency of the men, and their fitness for
foreign service, to which this inspection had more
especial reference.
It was stated on Monday last, in our naval and
military column, that, in consequence of the irre-
gularities in the lower part of Woolwich, General
Dacres had established a permanent picket to patrol
that part of the town, in order to prevent any in-
terference with the men in picking up stragglers
and absentees, It appears, however, that the picket
alluded to is not newly formed, but is now made
into a garrison picket consisting of the various
corps quartered there, instead of a regimental one
composed of the Royal Artillery alone, as hereto-
fore, without an increase of strength. It is satisfac-
tory to add dant the irregularities in the town have
been almost entirely checked by the measures taken
to punish the publichouse-keeper who abetted them.
A detachment of the depot brigade Royal Artil-
lery, consisting of 53 non-commissioned officers and
men, left Woolwich garrison yesterday morning to
pass through a course of gunnery exercise at the
school of instruction at Shoeburyness.
A squadron of the 7th battalion Military Train,
consisting of five officers and about 130 noncommis-
sioned officers and men, is expected at Woolwich
to-day for garrison duty, to replace the squadron
of the 6th battalion, departed for Ireland,

VOLUNTBER6' EQUIPMENTS IN WAR.

On the invitation of Colonel O'Halloran, ad•
dressed to the commanding officers, officers, and
members of the several volunteer corps resident in or
near London, a public meeting was held on Tuesday
evening at St. James's-hall, under the presidency of
Colonel IVPlllurdo, C. 8., Inspector-General of Volun-
teers, when Colonel O'Halloran submitted to inspec-
tion a knapsack and field-service kit, and delivered
a lecture on their constructive principles, and their
claims in a military point of view.

Among those present were Lord Ranelagh, Mr.
Bodkin, assistant-judge, Captain Taylor, civil ser-
vice, Captain Henry Cartwright, &c.
Colonel M'AluuDo, in taking the chair, said he
was not there to advocate any particular pattern of
knapsack, but to call the attention of volunteers to
the general question of equipment for the field.
He thought that the time had come, now that all
corps had attained efficiency, and many a very high
standard, when it was important that they should
turn their attention to this matter. The consti-
tuent parts of an army were these—first, men,
that was obtained in the volunteers; next, drill,
that had been obtained in a high degree; and the
third was equipment for the field. The soldier
was like the snail ; he walked with his house on
his back ; but there was this broad distinction
between the volunteer and the soldier—
that the latter lived in barracks or camps, he was
in North America, he was in China, and everywhere
he carried with him his whole necessaries. Now,
if there should be a war in this country—if Eng-
land should be invaded—we should not have less
than from four to six months' warning. How
would war be indicated ? Not by the movement of
large bodies of troops or by political differences,
perhaps, but there were the means of knowing when
a nation was going to war by the contracts she
must make, for she must have hay and food for the
purpose of carrying on war. Therefore he consi-
dered that volunteers, without going to the expense
of field equipments now, should decide what they
should be. They should have a sealed pattern in
the orderly-room, and should have a contract made,
so that each corps should be provided with them
whenever they might become necessary. With
regard to the articles which volunteers should carry,
they were different from the soldiers, for if volun-
teers went into the field it would be for a very short
campaign. They must, however, have a change of
things, so that they might replace the wet by the
dry. He bad rather staggered his gallant friend,
Colonel O'Halloran, when he told him he would
allow no shoe-brushes—the volunteer must grease
his boots with his thumbs ; no clothes-brush--he
must hang his coat on the branch of a tree and beat
it with his ramrod. (Laughter.) No hair-brush ;
they might have a comb; no tooth-brush. (Laugh-
ter, and cries of " Oh, oh.") He could tell them
that, when he was quartermaster-general with Sir
Charles Napier in Scinde, he stepped out before
daybreak, thinking the general was asleep, in order
to wash his teeth at a stream, when he was sur-
prised by Sir Charles calling out, " What have you
got there, a tooth-brush ?" " Yes, general, a tooth-
brush." " Well," replied Sir Charles, " it's the
first tooth-brush which has ever been seen on these
hills," and rode away. (Laughter.) Now, when
he had deprived Colonel O'Halloran of all his
brushes he had reduced the kit of the volunteers
31b. (Hear.) He should be happy to recommend
to the Secretary for War any knapsack which could
be approved on obvious principles, and which was
calculated to carry a volunteer's kit, and a volun-
teer's kit only. The gallant chairman then called
on

Colonel O'HALLORAN, who said he desired to ad-
dress them on the constructive principles of the
knapsack and field service kit, in the construction
of which he, at the request of the inspector-general
of volunteers, had been engaged ; but before he en-
tered into details he would point to the military
considerations which governed this proposed addi-
tion to their accoutrements. They were aware it
was the wish and the intention of the War-office

authorities to place the volunteer force upon an
efficient war footing. Now, the state or condition
of a war footing could not apply to any body of
men, however efficient in drill or the use of arms,
if they could not carry with them a change of
clothing. Pointing to the Crimean war, he asked,
was it wise to await the day of trial before they
took the necessary precautions, and only to adopt
them when disease and sickness had created greater
ravages than the enemy ? He had heard it said of
the volunteers " that there was no doubt as to their
fighting qualities, and that to the majority of them
fighting would be as welcome as the flowers of
May, but they would never be got to submit to a
load—they would never like the knapsack." Ad-
mitting the first two propositions, he totally dis-
claimed the third. Admitting that the volunteers
would be willing to fight, he could not withhold
from them credit for the military capacity to en-
dure. Of what use in a protracted campaign would
be the soldier or the volunteer who refused to march
or was unable to carry his kit ? It was a libel on
that patriotic movement. It was folly to suppose
that the railways of this country could be made
available for the transport of the personnel of
140,000 or 150,000 volunteers, in the shape of port-
manteaus and carpet bags. Therefore it was ne•
cessary that the volunteer should learn betimes to
carry his own kit, and thus double his value. The
late operations in India, China, and Italy, all
afforded proofs of the importance of goad
bodies of marching men, and in order to
render them effective the knapsack and kit must
form part of the personal status of the volun-
teers. It was the element of obedience; it was
the sacrifice of private will on the shrine of
public duty which rendered this body—self-raised,
self-equipped, and self-supported—without a parallel
—it was the element of obedience, he repeated, ema-
nating from the motives to which he alluded, which
had given to the volunteer movement a moral gran-
deur, and had imposed a moral restraint on the ag-
grandisement of foreign powers. He had himself
served her Majesty and her Majesty's predecessors