The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-02 00:00:00

VOLUNTEER CORPS.

BIRKENHEAD.
A meeting of the committee for the hundred of
Wirral was held yesterday at Birkenhead, Mr. John
Laird in the chair.

The CHAIRMAN stated that on Monday last he
had had an interview with the Marquis of
Westminster, the Lord• Lieutenant of the county,
and other influential gentlemen, at Chester. The
interview was in every respect satisfactory, and he
believed that the Lord -Lieutenant would gladly
receive any assistanbe from the committee, and
would not object to appoint any officers they might
nominate.

A discussion took place as to the best means of
raising a corps, to consist of about 500 men. The
question principally touched upon was the manner
in which clothing, arms, and accoutrements should
be furnished to the volunteers, .and it was ulti-
mately resolved that the district committee should
be recommended to consider a proposal, that each
volunteer should pay for his own clothes, and that
a number of rifles having been purchased he should
have the option of purchasing a rifle for himself or
having the use of one belonging to the regiment.
The meeting was adjourned to Monday next for
deciding upon this matter.
Something having been said as to the desirability
of raising suscriptions,
The CHAIRMAN offered to subscribe £lOO towards
the general expenses of the regiment, and to give
another sum of the same amount, if 'Accessary, to
the Birkenhead contingent.

NORFOLK.
The Deputy-Lieutenants of the hundreds of
Taverham, Blofield, and Walsham have held a pre-
liminary meeting ; Sir Samuel Bignold in the chair;
and warmly responded to the suggestion made by
the Earl of Leicester, Lord Lieutenant, that a
company should be formed in the district. A
general meeting of the inhabitants of the hundreds
is to be held in a few days at the Shire Hall,
Norwich, for the purpose of giving practical effect
to the movement. An influential meeting has been
held at Long Stratton, at which it was resolved, on
the motion of Mr. Edward Howes, M.P., that a
committee should be appointed for the purrrose of
establishing a company in the neighbourhood. The
chairman (Mr. F. W. Irby, of Boyland Hall) headed
the enrolment of volunteers with his own name. A
meeting at King's Lynn was addressed in spirited
terms, and resulted in the appointment of an
influential committee, comprising Colonel Graham,
Colonel Swatman, and Captain Cresswell, R.N., to
take measures for the formation of a corps.
MORE ARRESTS IN NAPLES.

A letter from Malta, dated May 28, says :—" I
have to notice several arrests this week, and first of
all of an English lady, who was walking through
the streets of Naples, and conversing freely on
Neapolitan affairs with an Italian gentleman. A
person in plain clothes addressed her, and begged
her to accompa.iy him to the Commissariat;
whereupon ensued a volley of questions as to the
why and the' wherefore, and sundry objections.
As the plainly dressed gentleman still persisted, the
lady observed, " But what can I, an English lady,
have to do with you ?" " Oh, an English lady,"
was the reply, "I wet not aware of it—that alters
the qustion ;" and, taking off his hat, he retired.
Her gallant escort had decamped at the first
moment, and no compromise of his gallantry either,
when the sufferings of a Neapolitan prison are con-
sidered. Two advocates also have been arrested,
Signori Catucci and Vescia. A perquisition was
made in their houses, and, Oh ye Gods ! the Storia
Chile de Itegno" by Gianuoni, and the " Storia
dei Coneilii," by Sarpi, were found. These books, it
is true, are down.in:the'Prohibitory Index of Rome,
but may be possessed by virtue of a licence. It is
reported, too, though I cannot verify it, that four
students have been arrested, two of whom were
taken to the Vicaria, and two to the Prefecture. Of
the two advocates, Catucci has been liberated on
personal bail, while Vescia has been compelled to
suspend his occupations and retire into the pro-
vinces. A young man also, called Farina, whose
father was an ex-Commissary of Police, and whose
brother has lately left for Lombardy, was arrested
on Thursday evening. Why ? do you ask. Hea4ven
only knows!