The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-27 00:00:00

BANE RETURNS.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria
cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes, of the
several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in circu-
lation during the week ending Saturday, the 20th day of
Dec., 1859.

PRIVATE BANKS,

.Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co
Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmett, Pomfret, & Co. 10;696
Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Cobb and Co 23,643
Baldock Bank and Baldock and Bi-,-glaswade Bank,
Biggkswade--Wells, Hogge) and (b. ... 22,880
Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple----Marshall and C 0... 7,240
Basingstoke and Oldham Bank, Basingstoke-
Seymour, Lamb, and Co.
Bedford Bank, Bedford--Barnard and Co. 29,008
Bawdley Bank, Bewdhq-Nichols, Baker, and Co. 11,4326
13icester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank,
Bicester-Tubb and Co. 17,840
Birmingliam Bank, Birmingham - Attwoods,
Spoonui, ar.d Co.
Boston Bank, Boston-Claypons and Co ..
Boston Bank, Boston-Gee and Co
14,439
Bridgwater- Bank, Bridgwater-J. &J. L. Sealey. 8,144
Bro:Adey and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and
:Broseley Bank, Broscley-Pritchards, Boycott,
and Co.
Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Par-
rott, and Co.
Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stow-
market Bank, Bury St. Edmunds-Oakes, Bevan,
and Co.
Banbury Bank, Banbury--J. C. and A. Gilbert 36,301
Banbury Old Bank, Baribury-Cobb and Son 27,643
Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
Buzzard-Bass-At, Son, aiid Co.
Birmingham I3Ank, Birmingham--Lloyds and Co 30,031
Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-Harris
and Co. • 12,226
Brecon 01,d Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 64,288
Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West,
and Co.
Burl;ngton and Driffield Bank, Burlington-Hard-
irAg, Smith, and Co
B ary St. Edmunds Bank, Buryr St. Edmunds-
Worlledge and Co. . 2,403
Cambaridge Bank, Cambridge--Mortlock and Co. 14,467
Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cambridge
-Messrs. Fosters
Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co 34,492
Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris and
Sons .. 23,522
Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Coe and 50n.... 2,460
Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round, Green, & Co. 13,866
Colchester and Essex Bank, and 'Witham and Essex
Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester-
Mills, Bawtree, and Co
Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co 44,500
Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little and Woodcock 6,896
City Bank, Exeter--Mdford and Co ... 17,910
Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbeck, and Co. 75,703
Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Monmouth
Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and
Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow-
Bromage Snead, and Co
Derby Bank, Derby-W. and S. Evans and Co.
Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and Co . 40,169
Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak
Bank, Derby-Crompton Newton, and C 0..... 26,351
Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devize'see.Locke and
Co.
7,816
Diss Bank, Diss-Fincham and Co 10,279
Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster--
Cooke and Co.
. 67,864
Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton-on-
Tees Bank, Darlington.-Backhouse and Ce 85,419
Devonport Bank, Devonport-Hodge and Co 7,651
Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshiro Bank, Dor-
chester-R. and H. Williams 46,060
East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster,
and Co. 101,268
East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower and Co 64,897
Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank, Chehns-
ford-Sparrow, Round, and Co 39,409
Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 27,737
Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Farring-
don-Barnes, Medley, and co 6,856
Farnham Bank, Farnhatii-John and Jas. Knight 10,006
Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co 5, 112
Godalmin,g Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Keen 4,666
Guildford Ba'ik, Guildford-Alessrs. Haydon 12,460
itrantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and Co 28,300
Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford-Mat-
thews and Co 15,150
Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull-
Smith, Brothers, and Co . 19,733
Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting-
don-Veasey and Co
Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co. 5,387
Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin-Sharples
and Co.
Hereford, Ross, and Aschenfeld Bank, and Ross
and Archenfield Bank, Ross-Morgan and Co 19,189
Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co. 17,723
Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Had-
leigh Bank, Manningtrea and Mistley Bank, and
Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich-Alexanders & Co 65,968
Kontish Bank, Maidstone--Randall, Mercer, and
Co.
Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-Davies
and Co.
Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Baiik,
Knaresborough-liarrison and Co. 22,345
Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crcwdson, &Co 44,922
Longton Staffordshire Bank, Longton-C. Harvey
and Son
Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co. 52,112
Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W. Williams, Brown,
and Co.
Leicester Bank, Leicester-T. and T. T. Paget 31,6.56
Lewis Old Bank, Lewis-Whitefeld and Co. 28,806
Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith, Ellison and Co
Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llandilo
Bank, Llandovery-D. Jones and Co
Loughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middleton
and (iradock
Lymington Bank, Lymington-S. and G. F. St
Barbe
Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Legis-
Gurneys and Co.
Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis-
Jarvis and Co 12,448
Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst and
Co. . 16,827
Manningtree Bank, Manningtree-Nunn and C 0... 3,439
Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Williams and Son 8,852
Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyams and Co.
Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank,
Abergavenny--Bailey and Co. 27,859
Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon
Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and
Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth-
Bromage, Snead, and Co.
Newark Bank, Newark-Godfrey and Riddell
Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and
Newark Bank, Sleaford-Handley, Peacock, and
Co.
Newbury Bank, Newbury-Bunny, Slocock, and Co 16,3611
Newmarkot Bank, Newmarket-Eaton, Hammond,
and Co.. 16,484
Norwich. Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank,
Norwich-Harveys and Hudsons
Norwich and Norfolk and Fakenham Banks, Nor
wich-Gurneys and Birkbecks 87,325
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Notting-
ham-Hart, Fellows, and Co.
Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton-Craddock and Co. 2,419
Naval Bank, Plymouth-Harris &Co ... 21,162
New Sarum Bank, Sarum-Everett and Co. 9,119
Nottingham Bank, Nottingham-Samuel Smitk
and Co 29,966
Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Oswestry
-Croxon and Co' 12,551
Oxford Old Bank, Oxford-Parsons and Co. 30,628
Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge
Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge-
Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge-T. H.
and S. Benching
Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney-J. W. Clinch
and Sons
Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank al d
Beverley Bank, Hull-Pease and Co.
Penzance Bank, Penzance-Batten and Co.
Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter •
borough-D. Yorke and Co.
Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest-J. and W.
Walters
Reading Bank, Reading-Simonds and 60.
Reading Bank, Reading-Stephens, Blandy, & Co. 29,376
Richmond Bank, Richmond-Roper and Co.
Rochdale Bank, Rochdale-Clement, Royds, & Co. 2,851
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Rochester-
Day and Nicholson
Royston Bank, Royston-Fordham and Sons
Rugby Bank, Rugby-A- Butlin and Son 10,454
Rye Bank, Rye-R. C. Pomfret and Co 12,598
Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Allaway and
MacDougal
Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron
Walden-Gibsons and Co.
Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-Burton, Lloyd, &Co 12,438
Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough-Woodall
and Co.
Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow
Bank, Shrewsbury-Rocke Eyton, and Co. 45,213
Sittingbourne and Milton iank, Sittingbourne-•
Valiance and Co.
ton-Maddiann and Pearce
10,925
ißdaeneak,dScouothamp-
-10,536
-Atherley, Fall, and Co.
SouthamptonS Southamptono
uth w e 11 B a IrTa
dwSno uat
Hampshiredw eCI
-un
13\t‘yank- , Southampton
3,098
Stafford Old Bank, Stafford-Stevenson and Co.
Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaten,
Cayley, and Co 27,326
Shrewsbury an I Welsh Pool Bank, Shrewsbury-
ardaunton-
, acid
dColi . 23,302
un . and R. Badcock.... 28,226
TTaaßviecsttkoon'ekDßßoanwnankw l
Bank, Tavistock-Gill, Sons, and C 0... 9,38 7
Thornbury Bank, Thornbury-Harwood andCo...o. 8,744
Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton-Duns-
ford and Co.
Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northamptonshire,
Thrapston-York and Eland 11,580
Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring-Butcher
and Son
Towchester Old B ank, T owchester-Pereiv al and Co. 7,422
Town and County of Poole Bank and Ringwood
and Poole Bank, Poole-G. W. Ledgard and Sone 9,915
Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston-Vivian and Co 13,530
Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge-Hull, Smith, &Co. 12,357
Wallingford Bank, Wallingford-Hedges, Wells,
and Co.
Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick-
Greaves and Co.
Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-Fox,
Brothers, and Co 3,495
West Riding Bank, Wakefield and Pdntefrast
Bank-Leatham, Tew, and Co 46,217
Whitby Old Bank, Whitby-Simpson, Chapman,
and Co.
Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Winches-
ter-Bulpett and Co.
Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Wey-
mouth-Elliot, Pearce, and Co.
Wirksworth and Ashbourno Derbyshire Bank-
Arkwright and Co.
Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech-Gur-
neysivelscomband Coe
W Bank, Wiveliscombe-P. and W
Hancock 6,693
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolva:kampton-Goodricke
and Holyoake
Worcester Old Bankland Tewkesbury Old Bank,
Worcester-Berwiek, Lechmere, and Co 67,k56
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolt erhampton-R. and
W. F. Fryer
Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and
Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth- Gurneys, Birkbeck,
42, 31.
and Co, 9., •

8,879

3,330

18,643

48,389

0,6(4

EARL GBEY
TEEB MON TTLE
E ILE VO.
OVEMNT.

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The Meweastle-upnn-Tyne Volunteer Rifles, now
numbering 500 men, weFe assembled on Friday last
with a view to their being enrolled. Great inte-
rest was felt in the matter, and the afternoon was
observed as a holiday by great numbers of the
townsfolk. The bells of St. Nicholas rang at inter-
vals, and the fine brass bands esf the Northumber-
land Militia Artillery perambuated the streets.
The rifle corps mustered about 2 o'c.3ock in the after-
noon, at the Yeomanry Cavalry riding -school
(where the volunteers have been drilf.ad.) There
were six companies present—the three Originally
formed, of 60 rank and file each ; the 111:ehland
company, mustering nearly 100 men and offi,acr;
Sir William Armstrong's company, which is to be
an artillery corps ; and a company from Messrs.
R. Stephenson and Co.'s factory. After having
been Put through a variety of evolutions, the men
left the riding school in " twos," and then, headed
by the band of the Third West York Militia, play-
ing a quick step, fell into four deep,n marching
alouses o the line of
thence to the Guildhall. The
-se?io thronged the
route were filled with ladies,
windows, and the streets were quite as much
thronged with the lady admirers of 0t.7. volunteers.
At various points on the route jjse spectators
cheered the volunteers, whose steadiness of march
was the theme of general commendation. The
majority of the men have been under drill thrice
a-week since September. At the Guildhall, Sii'
John Fife, who commands the regiment, drew up
his men, leho marched into the building in compa-
nies and were served with attestation papers, but
the process of swearing them in was deferred, owing
to certain preliminaries with the War-office not
having been completed. The Mayor, accompanied
by the mace and. sword-bearer, together with Earl
Grey, Mr. G. Ridley, M.P., and a number of the
magistrates, received the men at the Guildhall.
The proceedings at the Guildhall terminated, the
men and officers marched to the new Town-hall,
where a banquet was served up, under the presi-
dency of Earl Grey. About 600 sat down to din-
ner, at the close of which the lady of Sir J. Fife,
accompanied. by a great many lathes, entered the
hall amid the plaudits of the men.
The usual loyal 'Waste having been observed,
Sir J. FIFE proposed " The Health of the Lord-
Lieutenant of the County, Earl Grey." (Cheers.)
The noble CHAIRMAN, who rose amid protracted
cheers, saidee—Gentlemen, I beg to thank you most
sincerely for the: kind manner in which you have
received the toast which has been proposed, in
terms which I am sensible are most unduly
complimentary, by, my friend on the right, Sir
John Fife. (No, no.) I have had, I can as-
sure you, the greatest pleasure in meeting you
this day. I am always glad, when the occasion
arises, to meet - the inhabitants of my native
county ; and I am more particularly happy to do
so upon this occasion, because from the position
which I have the. honour to hold it has been my
duty to co-operate with you in the preliminary
arrangements which were necessary to be made in
the formation of the volunteer rifle corps of this
town. (Applause.) Let me congratulate you upon
the energy which you have all displayed in carry-
ing this scheme—this proposal into effect. I am
sure that the country is indebted to you and. to all
those who have taken a leading part in this busi-
ness ; let me mention especially Sir John Fife,
whose efforts have been so conspicuous in encourag-
ing you in the course which you have determined
to take. (Cheers.) I must say that I think the
patriotism and energy which you have been dis-
playing in the town of Newcastle is worthy of the
highest commendation. (Cheers.) I am informed
that fully 500 men, if not more, have enrolled them-
selves upon the books of your corps ; and although
your services have not yet been formally accepted
by the Queen, because certain preliminary forms
have not been completed, and that then you will be
enrolled and officers appointed: (Hear, hear.) Gen-
tlemen, I have said that I am happy to find that
Sir John Fife has taken the lead in this matter;
and I cannot help, gentlemen, referring to
what has been the conduct of your distinguished.
townsman, Sir William Armstrong, in this matter
—(cheers)—who, although he has gained so high
a reputation in the invention of his famous
gun—(cheers)—has, I am informed, now taken
upon himself the whole expense of equipping and
arming one company of the Newcastle Volunteer
Rifles. (Cheers.). Gentlemen, I heartily rejoice
at the success which has thus far attended your
measures, and I hope that in the course of a few
months, when you have had one fine season for
practice, the Newcastle Volunteer Rifles will be
able to appear in review before military officers of
the highest reputation with the greatest credit to
themselves, and show that they are an efficient well-
drilled corps of brave and gallant men. (Loud
cheering.) Gentlemen, I say that I rejoice in the
success which has thus far attended your efforts;
and let me add that I rejoice in the manner in
which the formation of the volunteer rifle corps has
been. taken up, not only in this town but through-
out the country, because I confess that it appears
to me to be of great importance for the nation's
safety that there should be efficient bodies of volun-
teers formed upon a very large scale indeed.
(Cheers.) I hope that we shall soon be able to,
reckon upon the services of 50,000 men—l should
be glad if it were even double that number—but,
at all events; upon the services of 50,000 men, well
drilled, and well taught in the use of that formida-
ble weapon, the rifle, ready at a moment's notice to
come forward in the defence of our common coun-
try. (Cheering.) I know there are some persons
who throw cold ,water, if not absolute ridicule,
upon the present movement in favour of the for-
mation of volunteer rifle corps. (Rear, hear.) I
have heard it said What is the necessity for doing
so ? We have 11a near neighbour who can possibly
attack us, except France, which by its geographi-
cal position is the only European Power from which
it is possible to apprehend any attack, and with
France we are on the Very best terms. (Hear,
hear.) The Emperor . is our faithful ;'ally ; -we
have no reason whatever to be distrustful ; there-
fore all this labour in the fOrmation of volunteer
corps is totally uselessit has only caused a panic
to seize upon the nation."' (Hear, hear.) Gentle-
men, I cannot regard it in that light. (Cheers.)
Far be it from me to impute to the Emperor of the
French, or to the gallant nation which he governs,
that he or they cherish hostile designs againt this
country. I am willing to give him credit for
those assurances of a friendly disposition towards
England. which we are told are constantly reite-
tated by the Emperor, but still I say that within
the last few- years circumstances have arisen which
make it expedient that this country should increase
its means of defence. (Cheering.) Gentlemen,
France has always had a much larger force than
England. In France itself, and within a few days'
call, hi Algeria, she has had a land force three or
four times as large-as our own. (gear, hear.) Con-
sidering, then, her position as a continental nation
—considering the unsettled state of her internal
affairs, I do not think that we have any right to be
surprised, however much we may doubt thegwisdom
of the course, at her thinking it proper to keep up
so large an army. But, gentlemen, having this
great superiority of force on land, and considering
that France has within the last few years been
making gigantic efforts to be as strong as we our-
selves at sea—(hear, hear)—seeing that she has
greatly increased. her naval power—more than this,
seeing that it has been announced in the French
• newspapers (which possess almost a semi-offilial
character), that while increasing her naval power,
she is, as part of that great measure, providing a
fleet of steam transports of the largest class—(hear,
hear)—that she has also lately finished the construc-
tion of a magnificent naval station where these
steam transports and a formidable steam fleet of
the line may be assembled under the protection of
almost impregnable fortresses, where there are ar-
rangements of the most complete and elaborate cha-
racter for embarking in the shortest possible time
a very large army—(hear, hear)—I say' that while
we know all this, and know moreover that within
the
last few years the system of railroads in France
has been cOmpleted (at all events is nearly com-
pleted), so that now in a few days a very large and
gallant army may be assembled—lsay that, seeing
all this, what is our duty?'
ber, gentlemen, that we have had very recently the
strongest proof of how very great and sudden an
effort France can mae for, at a moment when we
were told that she could- not disarm, because she
had never armed, in an incredibly short
00 or 300,000 space of
time she w'as able to assemble b.
eyond the Alps
army of 209,0 men. (Hear.) Now,
gentlemen, I say that when we see all these mea-
sures, we are bound also to look to our own means
of protection. (Cheers.) I have no doubt—l don'ts
mean to throw any doubt upon the declarations of
the -Emperor that these preparations imply any hos_
tility to us, but when I consider the nature of these
measures, *hat they are not all of them of a defen-
sive character, I think'it must be admitted that their
object is this—namely, that if France should be un-
expectedly, engaged in war with any. Power she
may be enabled promptly to s.trike a severe if not a
fatal blow unoin .her antagonist. (Hear.) • • Now,
gentlemen,, it is possible that we may be that anta-
gonist; and if France is ready to 6trike, I say We
ought to be ready to defend. (Prolonged cheers.)
We must not; gentlemen, owe the safety, we must
not owe the-security of this land, which has been for
centuries unpolluted by the foot of an invader—
(applause)--i4 tiay we must not owe our safety- to the
forbearance or to the good faith of any other nation i
—(cheers)--ebat, under God's providence,, we must ,
rely upon ourselves. Gentlemen, among nations as
among citizens quarrels may arise very suddenly,
and from very slight causes. We cannot forget that

a very few years ago a dispute relating to a mis-
sionary in the South Seas had almost involved this
country in a war with France ; ,nor can we forget
that a difference of opinion', which arose between
two nations regarding Turkey and Egypt brought
us to the brink of a similar calamity. (Hear.) Gen-
tlemen, have we not lately, too, had proof of how
suddenly a war 'may arise between two nations
which were not looking for it? This day twelve
months all Europe believed that there was no rea-'
son to aprehend that its tranquillity would be dis-
turbed; but, on New-year's-day that ominous speech,
was made which was the first symptom of those,
gathering clouds which soon covered the political
horizon, and in the course of no very
,long time
afterwards ended in war. (Hear.) I say, then,
that we are bound to stand upon the defensive, and
that more is required of us in this respect than was
required a few years ago. I am quite aware that
Then I speak of the defence of the country every
Englishman feels that the first and greatest re-
liance should be placed in our navy. (Cheers.) I be-
lieve we can rely upon it. I trust that the British
navy is, and I hope that it long will be, in a state
in which it need not fear to meet any hostile fleet
that may be brought against it. (Cheers.) Gen-
tlemen, in these days of steam, and especially when
those steam transports to which I have alluded
have been constructed on such a gigantic scale that
they can carry, we are told, 2,000 me for a
very short passage even 3,000 men, with a fair pro-
portion of artillery,—l say in these days it does ap-
pear that we cannot too confidently reckon upon its
'-eeing impossible that a hostile expedition might
elessie our navy and be thrown upon our shores.
(Hear.) I trust that such a contingency is net
likely to happen ; but I do say that such an attempt
is far more likely to be made if it is known that
the party to be attacked does not possess the means
of promptly encountering the force to be landed.
(Hear, hear.) On the other hand, gentlemen,
if it is known that a hostile expedition,
after encountering all the risks which it
must meet with at sea, and having safely reached
our shores, even if it should accomplish this, the
moment' it lands, with the sea behind and no retreat,
it would be compelled to fight for its existence with
a powerful rifle force. I say that the moment this
is known, I believe so hazardous an enterprise
would never be attempted. (Cheers.) His lcrdship
therefore strongly advocated the formation of rifle
corps, because, as he argued, they would tend to
diminish the chances, if not to render impossible,
the success of such an enterprise. He also advocated
the rifle corps as a cheap and efficient mode of de-
fence ; and. while paying a tribute to the bravery
and discipline of the regular army, and urging that
the rifle corps would form an efficient auxiliary
corps to them, he urged that standing armies were
a source of trouble ; 'thus they were like a man who
having invented a curious machine, was ever look-
ing for and anxious to have the chance for disfilay-
ing its qualities. On the other hand, he urged that
a volunteer force was the legitimate arm of defence
of the country ; and that being for the mere defence
of home and hearth it could not give offence to
foreigners, but it would of necessity teach them to
respect us. (Prolonged cheers.) He had, therefore,
great pleasure in proposing " The Newcastle Vo-
lunteer Rifles." (Renewed cheering.)
Sir JOHN FIFE returned thanks in an address of
some length, in which he pointed out the efficiency
of volunteers, as shown at New Orleans, where the
Americans beat the English ; in the Landwehr of
Germany, as shown in the part they took in 1815
in the war then raging,; and in the Tyrolese rifle-
men, as Shown more recently in the Italian war,
and more particularly in the battle of Solferino.
(Cheers.)
The other toasts were—" The House of Lords,"
proposed by the Mayor of Newcastle, and acknow-
ledged by the noble Chairman; "The House of
Commons," acknowledged by Mr. G. Ridley, M.P.;
" The Ladies ;" " The Mayors and Corporations of
the Tyne ;" " The Yeomanry ;" " Colonel Loftus
and the Third West York," &c.