The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-21 00:00:00

7HE NAVY.

The squadron under the command of Rear-Admi-
ral-Mundy, C. 8., now at anchor in the Corfu
Roads, consists of the following ships :—The Han-
nibal, 91, bearing the flag of the Rear-Admiral;
the St. Jean d'Acre, 101; the London, 90 ; the Ra-
coon, 22; the Gannet, 11; the Osprey, 4 ; and the
Assurance, 4.
The screw line-of-battle ship Donegal, 101, ar-
rived at Portland on Friday morning from Ply-
mouth, to join the Channel fleet.
The Ariadne, 26, has been commissioned at
Chatham by Capt. E. W. Vansittart (1856.) She is
to have a complement of 400 men, including _ Ma-
rines. The utmost activity is being displayed in
order to get this vessel ready for sea, and she is
expected to leave the fitting dock in the course of a
few days. Her sails have arrived from Woolwich,
and were pat on board on Saturday. The Marines,
numbering 48 men of all ranks, selected from the
Chatham division of the Marine Artillery, will be
ander the command of Lieut. J. S. Mould.
The Wrangler, steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander
Robert G. Douglas, having been fitted at Woolwich
Arsenal with two of Sir William Armstrong's guns
(40 and 80 pounders), has left for Sheerness, and
will procead thence to-morrow for the North Sea,
for the purpose of enabling the Ordnance Select
Committee to conduct a series of experiments, with
a view to report as to the adoption of the weapon
for naval gunnery, and the best description of gun-
carriage for counteracting the inconvenience aris-
ing from the rolling of a heavy sea.
The Himalaya screw troopship, Commander J.
Seccornbe, is under orders for service to the Cape
and China. She will be ready about the 4th prox.
The Supply screw storevessel, Master Commander
W. IL Balliston, arrived at Spithead on Saturday
from Boudroun Bay, Malta, and Gibraltar, with
antiquities, old stores, &c. She proceeded on to
Woolwich the same day.
The Ardent, 3, paddle, arrived at Spithead on
Saturday from Woolwich.
The Prometheus, paddle, Commander Grey Skip-
with, arrived at Spithead on Friday with the Queen
Charlotte sailing three-decker in tow.
The Mohawk, 6, screw, Commander P. C. C.
M'Dougal, has been swung for the adjustment of
her compasses at Portsmouth, and uroceeded to
Spitbead to take in powder and shell, pay her crew,
&c., prior to proceeding to her destination.
The Russian paddle steamer Olaf, Capt. Alex.
de Weymarn, arrived at Spithead on Saturday
from the Baltic. On bringing up she exchanged the
customary salutes with the military and naval
authorities of the port. She sailed again from Spit-
bead at 10 a.m. yesterday for Lisbon and the Medi-
terranean.
The Princess Royal, 91, steamer, Capt. T. Baillie,
alongside the dockyard at Portsmouth, has stripped
to her lower masts. The Board of naval officers
who have been conducting the inquiry into the late
disturbances on beard this ship concluded their la-
bours on Saturday, and have forwarded their report
through the Commander-in• Chief at the port, Ad-
miral W. Bowles, C.B. It now remains with the
Admiralty to direct what measures shall be taken
for the conviction and punishment of the offenders ;
but, however stringent may be the measures taken,
it is very probable, owing to the difficulty in pro-
curing certain evidence, that the real ringleaders of
the mutiny will escape punishment. It is stated
that several of her crew have been recognised as old
acquaintances in Portsmouth dockyard, where they
have worn quite a different uniform to the one they
at present appear in.
Private letters, dated Shanghai, Sept. 19, state
that Admiral- Hope was so far recovered from his
wounds as to be able to walk, and that he had ar-
rived at Shanghai on a visit to Mr. Bruce. Officers
have been employed in surveying the coast in the
vicinity of the mouth of the Peiho, and a favour-
able position for the landing of troops, by which the
forts might be taken in the rear, and obviate the
necessity of forcing the river's mouth. A report
was also prevalent in Shanghai at the time the let-
ter was written that the Chinese were engaged in
rasing some of the forts at the entrance to the
Pei/to.

The crew of the Havannah, 19, Capt. T. Harvey,
were paid off at Plymouth on Saturday.
Mr. Joseph Banks, of Tait's-hill, Plymouth, has
received instructions from the Admiralty to baild a
steam gunboat ; her construction will be under the
inspection of the officers of the Devonport dock-
yard.

It is reported at Plymouth that the screw steam-
ship St. George, 90, is to be brought forward to bear
the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir A. Milne, K.C.8., on
the West India station. The screw steamship Sans-
pareil, 70, is spoken of for the same service, but the
heated state of the officers' berths, in consequence
of the proximity of the engines, seems to disqualify
her for permanent duty in the tropics.
Her Majesty's ship Devastation, Capt. Baird,
from the West Indies and North America, was on
Saturday paid off at Woolwich. The men all mus-
tered clean and happy. and expressed their readi-
nets, if the opportunity offered, of again taking
service under their gallant captain. The officers
joined Capt. Baird at the usual paying-off dinner at
the naval rendezvous, the Ship Hotel, the same
evening. The paying off the Devastation was noti-
fied in strong contrast to that of the Trident on the
preceding Saturday, which latter vessel is officially
reported by the dockyard authorities to have been paid
off in a far less orderly condition, and was subject
to the censure of the examining officers of the yard.
The Royal Commissioners appointed to inquire
into the state of the coast defences have paid a
second visit to Chatham, and, after inspecting the
works adjoining the dockyard, proceeded out to the
steam floating battery Trusty, 14, for the purpose
of examining the effects of the shots on the iron-
plated sides of that vessel on the occasion of the
experiments made with the new description of shot
fired from the Armstrong guns. The Commis-
sioners spent some time on board the battery, which
they minutely inspected, the general opinion ap-
pearing to be that, considering the severe effects of
the shot on the sides of the battery, that description
of vessel would be of comparatively little use when
exposed to the fire of the Armstrong guns. It is
understood that no more floating batteries will be
constructed.

The followingappointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :—Commander N. Salmon to
the Icarus, commissioned ; Lieut. J. M. I). Elphin-
stone to the Queen; Lieut. J. S. Trotter to the
Ariadne ; Lieut. K. J. L. Cox to the Icarus ; G.
J. Stanfield, J. Gellatly, and J. Turner, third-class
assist.-engineers, to the Asia.

THE ARMY.

General Lord Seaton, accompanied by his staff,
left Dublin on Thursday for Newry and the north
of Ireland, on a tour of military inspection. Lord
Seaton has intimated his intention of having a bat-
tery of Horse Artillery quartered between the bar-
racks of Kilkenny and Carlow.. The battery com-
prises 185 horses.
The trials which have been made at Chatham
garrison by order of the Duke of Cambridge with
the new description of military field and hospital
tents patented by Mr. G. Turner, of Northfleet,
having terminated, and the tents been removed,
very favourable reports have been made to the Go-
vernment on the invention by all the heads of de-
partments in the garrison who were in any way
connected with the various trials that took place.
The trial of the tents extended over a period of two
months, during the whole of which time they were
occupied by troops of the Line and the Royal and
Indian Engineers. Notwithstanding the severe
hurricanes of wind and rain during the month of
October, exceeding in violencelanything of the kind
which have occurred in this country for many years
past, Mr. Turner's tents withstood the strain with.
out the starting of a peg, while on former occasions
the old Government tents, even in a moderate gale,
were frequently blown over.
On Saturday a party of non-commissioned officers
of_the Royal Engineers, under the command of
lieut. O'Brien, left Chatham 'for Hythe, where
they will undergo a course of instruction in the.
Lancaster rifle.
Capt A. Y. D. Scott, Chief Instructor of Engi-
neering Works at Chatham, left Brompton Barracks
on Saturday, with a party of 15 officers of the
*Royal and Indian Engineers, on a tour of inspection
of_ the several Government works in progress at
Portsmouth, Southampton, Weymouth, and other
places on the southern
coast.
The Lords of the Admiralty have been pleased,
as an acknowledgment of long and faithful service,
to grant Col. Hurdle, C.B Commandant of the
Portsmouth Division of Royal Marines, the full-
pay retirement of his rank, under the provisions of
the order in Council of the 13th of November, 1858.
Col. Anderson, Second Commandant, as senior offi-
cer, assumed the command of the division from the
19th inst., the date of Col. Hurdle's retirement.
On retiring from the command of the division Col.
Hurdle, C. 8., in the orders of the day, " desires to
express the satisfaction he has derived from the
good order, discipline, and soldierlike bearing which
have distinguished the men of that division during
the time he has had the honour to command them;
and he takes his leave of the division with the hope
and confident assurance that it will continue under
his successor to preserve the same high character
for order and discipline which it has always main-
tained while under his command." The retirement
carries with it it step of honorary rank, under the
10th clause of the order in Council of the 13th of
November, 1858, and places at the disposal of the
Admiralty the appointment of Aide-de-Camp to the

Queen, which will be vacated by Col. Hurdle on
his being gazetted a Major-General.
Major-General Sir J. Y. Scarlett, K.C.8., Lieut.-
Governor of Portsmouth, entertained at dinner at
the Government house on Saturday the commanders
of the Prussian men-of-war Thetis and Frauen-lob
and a large party of other officers.

The Simnom- screw troopship, Commander J.
Cook, embarked the officers and troops enumerated
in The Sun of the 18th inst. on Saturday, at Ports-
mouth, for China, with the exception of the follow-
ing officers, it having been discovered at the last
moment that she had not sufficient accommodation
for the whole of the officers named in the list pub-
lished on the 18th inst. :--Staff-Assist.-Surgeons
McKenzie and Hale; Drs. Frazer, Rattrap, Mabar,
White, Page, and Carter; Dispenser Davies; Pur-
veyor's Clerk Bungay; and Store Clerks Gordon
and Crawford. These officers will consequently
have to be provided with passages in other vessels.
The Simoom sailed from Portsmouth for China at
seven a.m. yesterday, with a fine breeze at S.E.
She was very deep in the water, from the large
quantity of stores and materials on board. The
name of Capt. St. John Willans was accidentally
omitted from the list of names of the officers of the
Military Train who have sailed in the Simoom.

The Proposed alteration and enlargement of the
fort on the Stack Rock in Milford Haven have
commenced. It will be sufficient to contain about
fifty guns. The proposed new fort on Popton Point
has also been laid out, and will be carried on as
quickly as possible. The men of the Line in depot
at Pembroke Dock are being drilled daily by the
Hampshire Artillery. Several detachments have
already gone through a course of garrison gun drill,
and have become tolerably expert—sufficiently so
to become effective assistants to regular artillery-
men. Major-General Bloomfield, Inspector-Gene-
ral of Artillery, has been on a tour round the forts,
Sze., on the shorei of Milford Haven; and was much
pleased with the state of readiness for service in
which he found everything in the locality.
The Hampshire Artillery Regiment was minutely
inspected by Col. Raymond, commanding the troops
in South Wales, on the 9th and 10th inst., who ex-
pressed himself highly pleased with the general
good conduct of the men since they have been under
his command, and their efficiency in the performance
of their military duties. On the 15th it was again
inspected by Major-General Bloomfield, Inspector-
General of Artillery. In the forenoon they paraded
as infantry, and in the afternoon he witnessed some
excellent practice from 32-pounders with Shrapnel's
shells. He addressed the men on both occasions, say-
ing how much he was pleased with them, and pro-
mised to make a most favourable report to the Com-
mander-in-Chief.

VOLUNTEER CO_RPS.

THE INNS OF COURT.

On Saturday afternoon, a very large and enthu-
siastic meeting of benchers and members of the dif-
ferent Inns of Courts was held in the Lords Justice's'
Court, Lincoln's-inn, with a view to take the neces-
sary steps for giving immediate practical effect to
the design in contemplation there for some time
past for the formation of a volunteer rifle corps.
Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Kindersley was pre-
sent, as were also a considerable number of the more
distinguished members of the bar, and others occu-
pying positions of honour in the profession, includ-
ing Sir Hugh Cairns, M.P., Sir John Harding, the
Queen's Advocate-General, Mr. Selwyn, M.P., Mr.
Malins, M.P., Mr.-- Samuel Warren, Q.C., Mr.
Whateley, Q.C., Mr. Phinn, Q.C., Mr. Forsyth,
Q.C. Mr. Bacon, Q.C. Mr. Kenyon Parker, Q.C.,
the Hon. Mr. Liddell, Mr. Otter, Examiner of the
Court of Chancery, Mr. Huddlestone, Q.C., Mr.
Wilcox, Q.C., and many more of note and standing.
The profession mustered on the occasion in great
force, and, seen in a mass, it would be difficult to find
amore spirited body of men. Many ofthem fresh from
the universities, accustomed to athletic exercises, no
more promising band could be submitted to the train-
ing of the drill sergeant, and the sight of them
would delight the heart of Major-General Hay.
Armed, highly trained and disciplined, in the prime
of life, they would be well nigh invincible, and
with such a body to defend them the time-
honoured members of the profession might still
burrow in their shady retreats in the Temple and
Lincoln's Inn, or " live at home at ease" in their
suburban chateaux, utterly regardless of invasion.
Mr. SELWYN, 1.P., having been voted to the
chair by acclamation, proceeded to recount the steps
taken by the provisional committee, of which he
was a member, composed of representatives of the
Inns of. Court, and embodied some time ago for the
formation of a corps. Eschewing what he called
the besetting sin of the members of his profession,
which was to make long speeches—(a laugh)--and
reminding his audience of the repudiation by Major-
General Hay of the notion that the rifle corps
movement was to be " an affair of brass bands and
luncheons"—(cheers)—he had simply to say the
committee in question was appointed shortly before
the commencement of the long vacation. The im-
mediate dispersion of almost all the members of the
courts, however, threw impediments in the way of
the formation of a corps; but now that they had
returned, he trustad there was an earnest determi-
nation among them to lose no more time in the
matter. (Cheers.) Another difficulty in their way,
at first, was the doubt existing as to the Govern-
ment being in earnest on the subject of rifle corps,
a doubt which was increased by an expression
which fell from the noble lord at the head of the Go-
vernment, who was pleased to designate this move-
ment as " the rifle fever." (A laugh.) He (Mr.
Selwyn) believed such a sentiment would find but
little response amon the members of the Inns of
Court. (Hear, hear. Those doubts and suspicions,
however, were now "spersed ; the views of the Go-
-1
verment, from whatever cause, were now entirely
changed ; and the people, might now reckon upon
the hearty concurrence of the Administration in
the movement ; for at the close of the session
he was present in his place in the House
of Commons when Lord Palmerston went
. through the disagreeable ceremony of eating his own
words. (A laugh.) He thought, too, the volun-
teers were about to receive a higher sanction than
that of the Government, for an intimation had
been given that her Gracious Majesty the Queen
was prepared to extend her countenance to these
rifle corps (loud cheers), so that they were now about
to bask in the sunlight of Royal favour. Some diffi-
culty had been experienced in the Inns of Court in
organising a working committee which had the
entire confidence of all the members. As the gen-
tlemen originally appointed on the committee were
almost all of them members of the inner bar, they
added certain gentlemen, from outside the bar, be-
longing to the different inns of court, from whom
they had received much valuable assistance. For
reasons he had stated, the enrolment did not at
first proceed as rapidly as was expeCted, but it was
now proceeding at a much accelerated pace. There
were now 200 enrolled members, and they were en-
rolling men at the rate of from 12 to 20 or 30 a-day.
(Cheers.) That was not all they expected to do, and
he hoped ere long they would establish a corps
which in number and efficiency would not be infe-
rior to any in the metropolis or the country.
(Cheers.) All those enrolled were in the flower of
their days, no one having been admitted above 45
years of age. (An ironical laugh.) Of the loyalty,
intelligence, and spirit of such a body of men he
would not venture to speak, because they were not
there to pay compliments to each other. With re-
spect to " the sinews of war," the committee had
despatched some of their body as emissaries (a
laugh) to their judges and to other quarters, where
they, thought they might obtain money (a laugh),
and he was happy to say they had received dona-
tions and subscriptions amounting to £750. He
might state that the cost of the outfit of an enrolled
volunteer would be from £4 to £5. He believed he
might add that if the money now in hand should
not be found sufficient, those of the older
members of the profession who had already sub-
scribed would put their hands into their pockets
again and again—(cheers)—until the amount re-
quired should be collected, if other of the older
members of the profession who had yet subscribed
should fail in their duty to come forward. He could
not understand that such a movement would be
permitted to languish from any want of support.
He had some hope of gaining assistance from the
corporate property of the four Inns of Court. (Hear,
hear.) A suggestion to that effect had been very
favourably received ; he had no doubt that a vote
of money would be made by the Society of Lincoln's
Inn, and he thought the other inns would cheer-
fully follow the example. As to places for drill,
the committee had thought the most suitable would
be the halls of the Inns of Court in bad weather,
and the gardens of the Inns of Court in fair wea-
ther. He bad made a motion in the bench of Lin-
the purpose
coln's-inn for the use of the hall and gardens for
, which he believed would be conceded,
and the other inns would afford similar facilities.
With respect to a place for practising firing, the
hest that had come under the notice of the commit-
tee was situate on Sheen-common, where a butt was
now in course of erection, with a range of 800 yards,
at the expense, amounting to about £5OO, of the
Richmond Rifle Corps. The suggestion was that
the Richmond and the Inns of Court Corps should
bear half the expense, and that a joint committee
of equal numbers from both should be appointed to
regulate the use of the ground. (Hear.) The im-
portant question of uniform the committee had
thought advisable to leave to the volunteers them-
selves. There was a gentleman present connected
with the Highgate Rifle Corps, who would appear
before the volunteers in his uniform, if they
wished it, on Monday morning, and it would be for
them to say whether they approved of the "exhibit."

(Cheers.) The selection of the officers was a matter
of great importance, and he trusted there would be
none of that jealousy and animosity shown in the
choice which had injured se many of the existing
corps. (Hear, hear.) They would, of course, all
be equal when discharged from drill, and therefore
it was the more necessary that there should be a
careful selection of the officers. The committee
would afford to their successors the opportunity of
considering whether they would be officered by
men chosen from among themselves, or call in the
assistance of men who had served in the army.
(Hear, hear.) It would be a great honour to com-
mand such a corps, and there was a gentleman who
had served in India and the Crimea and who, with-
out any salary or reward, would esteem it a privi-
lege to serve as adjutant, or in any other rank in
which they might think fit to place him. (Hear,
hear.) The committee had made arrangements for
the attendance of drill sergeants, and the drill would
commence forthwith. It now devolved upon the
enrolled members and subscribers to elect from
among their number a permanent committee in the
place of the provisional one, whose functions termi-
nated that day.

An ENROLLED VOLUNTEER suggested the post-
ponement of the election of the committee until a
future day to afford time to know who the enrolled
members and subscribers were.

On the motion of Mr. MALINS, M.P., who coin-
cided with the suggestion, the election was ad-
journed, and the subscribers and enrolled volunteers
were requested to insert in voting papers the names
of gentlemen whom they wished to serve on the
permanent committee, and forward such papers to
Mr. Kenyon Parker, the; honorary secretary, on or
before Tuesday evening at 6 o'clock..
Mr. SELWYN, M.P., said, in reply to Mr. Phinn,
the Government had issued a sort of model form of
rules, and one of the first duties of the new com-
mittee would be to adopt those rules, or to make
them harmonise, as fax as possible, with the rules
passed at the ast general meeting of the enrolled
volunteers.

Several gentlemen present suggested that 45, as
the age beyond which there could be no admission
into the corps, was too limited, and that it should
be extended to 50 at least.

On the motion of Sir J. HARDING, the thanks of
the volunteers were voted by acclamation to Mr.
Kenyon Parker, for the labour and responsibility
he had undergone in forwarding the movement ;
and, at the instance of Vice-Chancellor KIN DERSLEY
a similar compliment was paid to the chairman,
Mr. Selwyn, M.P.,for the zeal, ability, and adminis-
trative capacity he had evinced in the matter.
The meeting broke up in high glee, a wag of a
volunteer urging his compatriots to make a point of
being present at " the exhibit" on Monday morning.

ST. MARGARET'S AND THE CITY OF

WESTMINSTER.

An influential meeting of the inhabitants of St.
Margaret's, Westminster; was held at the King's
Arms Hotel, Old Palace-yard, on Saturday after-
noon, for the purpose of appointing a sub-committee
to co-operate with the general committee for form-
ing a rifle corps for the city of Westminster,
appointed at a meeting of Deputy-Lieutenants,
burgesses, &c., on the Bth inst.

J.Lettsom Elliot occupied the chair, supported
by Sir John Scott Lilley, the Rev. Mr. Davis, Mr.
Thorns, Mr. Maude (the banker), Mr. Shrubsole,
and other influential residents.

Mr.MAuDE moved the first resolution, urging the
expediency of forming a corps for the city of West-
minster, and pledging the meeting to support the
Movement.

Mr. THOMS seconded the motion, and said that
although he lived out of Westminster he still felt
he had a connection with the good old city. He
believed that the corps would deserve the same
praise as the volunteers from St. Margaret's did in
the time of George 111.
The motion was then carried unanimously.
Mr. CUBITT moved the next resolution, which
expressed the full approval of the meeting in the
resolution passed on the Bth inst., and.in conformity
therewith appointed a sub-committee of the parish
to collect subscriptions, enrol members, communi-
cate with the Secretary of the War Department,
and transact all business necessary to make the
corps perfect.

litilSitnußsoLE seconded the resolution, which
was also agreed to.
Mr. John Lettson Elliot, Mr. Churchwarden
McCleane, and Mr. Maude were then appointed the
sub-committee.

The CHAIRMAN then said, on behalf of himself
and colleagues, that they would do their best to
place the Westminster Rifle Corps in a good posi-
tion, and they would take care that St. Margaret's
was not last on the list.

On the motion of Mr. CLARKE, barrister-at-law,
th• thanks of the meeting were voted to the chair-
man, and the proceedings terminated.

ISLINGTON.

At a meeting held at the School-rooms, Chadwell-
street, on Satuday, Mr. Warriner in the chair.
Mr. A. E. EBSWORTII, lieutenant of No. 7 Com-
pany, explained to the meeting the course of in-
struction he had pursued at Hythe, and spoke in
the highest terms of Major-General Hay and the
other members of the School of Musketry ; from
the knowledge of drill which ho had obtained as a
member of this company, he was enabled to drill
others who were there, and obtained the honour of
being one of the four marksmen.
It was resolved :

" That artisans be invited to join No. 8 Company, the ex
pense of dress, subscription, &c., not to exceed £3 and £
annually."

Mr. Charles Taylor, who had been nominated as
captain, sest in his resignation, whereupon it was
resolved :
"That Lieut. A. E. Ebsworth, of ilighbury-place be re-
commended to the Lord-Lieutenant as Captain of' No. 7
Company."
It was also resolved :
"That the undress uniform be similar to that worn by
the City Brigade."
Several new members having been enrolled, the
meeting adjourned.

AYLSHAM.
The members of this company are being drilled
four times a week. Leave has been granted to them
to use in future the National school-rooms for this
purpose when they are disengaged.

BIRMINGHAM.
This corps has changed its drill-ground tempo-
rarily ; it is now at Bretherton's Repository. The
formation of a third company is in contemplation,
and as soon as the ground has been selected the
corps will commence rifle practice.

COLCHESTER.
The strength of this company is increasing, and
it now numbers upwards of 60 members. Today
they are to appear in full uniform on their practice
ground at the back of the residence of Mr. Waylen,
East-hill. The ♦olunteers meet three times a week,
have made considerable progress in their drill, &c.
The uniform is a single-breasted tunic of dark green
cloth, ornamented with wide braid, and having five
braided loops across the breast, with trousers of dark
green cloth, with wide black braid. In the case of
the officers the tunic has more ornamentation: The
rifle ,used is the short Enfield, with sword-bayonet,
and the other minor details of the equipment are
of the usual character.

CRICKHOWELL (BRECONSHIRE),
The first drill of the Volunteer Rifle Corps took
place on Tuesday last, from two to four o'clock in
the afternoon, and it has been arranged that the
members shall meet twice a week, on Tuesdays and
Saturdays. A considerable accession of members
has taken place since the first drill, and the move-
ment promises to become very popular in this
neighbourhood,

DEDHAM (ESSEX).
An influential meeting of the inhabitants of this
neighbourhood has determined on the formation of
a rifle corps in the locality, under the designation
of the " Stour Valley Volunteer Corps." Before the
meeting terminated 24 effective and 11 honorary
members were enrolled.

DERBY.
The members of this corps are rapidly increasing
in number. Subscriptions for the First Derbyshire
Volunteer Rifle Corps now amount to £5lB, and
annual subscriptions to £23.

EDINBURGH.
In addition to the Mid-Lothian Coast Artillery,
which is composed of companies located in Edin-
burgh, Leith, and the coast towns and villages, the
first company of a regiment`has been formed in the
city of Edinburgh under the auspices of the lead-
ing artists of Scotland, Mr. Noel Paton having been
appointed captain, Mr. John Faed first-lieutenant,
and Mr. James Archer second-lieutenant. The pro-
posed regiment is No. 6 in the Volunteer Artillery
of Great Britain, and the practice-ground is to be
the half-moon battery of Edinburgh Castle, the
Mid-Lothian Regiment and also the Town of Leith
Artillery being appointed to practise in Leith The first company has only as yet enrolled. ^OO vo_
lunteers, but there is little doubt that a -,mait regi-
'6o garrison the
meat will soon be formed sufficient.
.-..7rchants' Rifle Com-
Castle in case of need. The M
parry, for which the lists -;rere opened on Monday,
is already considerably' more than half filled up,
and in a few days more the maximum strength of
100 is expected to be attained.

GLAMORGAN,
The Lord Lieutenant of Glamorganshire, being
anxious to carry out the wishes of the Government