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      THE VOLUNTEERS . The Duke of Richmond has presided at a meeting of deputy lieutenauts of Sussex held at Brighton , to consider proposals for the formation of volunteer rifle corps , as well as artillery corps in maritime towns , in which there maj r be forts and batteries ; and also to consider the best measures to be adopted for completing the two battalions of the county militia . The Duke said , he thought the movement for the establishment of rifle corps was most importantas showing that the people of England were

      , fully alive to the position they hold , and prepared to defend themselves . He had received many communications on the subject of the uniform , and considered that the plainer the dress the better . A resolution was carried , that it was very desirable that rifle volunteer corps should be formed under such regulations as may at any time be adopted by the Government , and that the formation of such corps was especially required for the county of Sussex .

      The Lord Lieutenant of the . comity' of J \ en t has issued a code ' of instructions , for the formation of volunteer rifle companies , and companies of artillery on the sea coast of that county where forts and batteries at . present exist . The Lord Lieutenant particularly recommends tin : attention of volunteers to the artillery arm in those localities . These corps should be formed so as to be able to assemble quickly at an alarm post . The ri fie corps should not consist of less than fifty , but the artillery corps should be of smaller bodies often or , at the most , twelve men , as being sufficient to work a gun . ¦

      The ' Right Hon . Sir John Coleridge addressed a meeting at Honiton , in Devonshire , this week , which was held with a view to induce the labourers and farmers of the district to assist in the formation of the volunteer eorp . « . The ex-judge made a sensible and interesting speech , and resolutions of a practical character followed . The borough ofMarylebone is to have a local corps , and a preliminary meeting has been held previous to calling a public meeting on the subject . We hope the metropolitan volunteers will increase in number ; at present they do not set a very brilliant example to the rural population .

      Lieut .-Col . the Duke of Wellington inspected the Victoria Rifle Corps on Wednesday afternoon , at Kilburn , and expressed himself highly gratified at the smart and soldierlike manner in which the various evolutions were performed . The Kilburn rifle ground has of late become a great centre of

      . A notice has been issued that the first company of the South London Rifle Corps has . been formed , and will proceed to immediate practice . It is also announced that under the sanction of the Lord-Lieutennnt a second company will be formed , and those willing to join are ' requested , to give in their names immediately . A meeting will be held of the members of the Hon . Societies of the Inner and Middle Temple on Wednesday , the 22 nd of June , 1859 , in the hall of the Middle Temple , at 4 o ' clock precisely , for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of forming a Volunteer Rifle Corps .

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      The Court-. —The Queen was much engaged during the first few days of the week in interviews with the statesmen who are engaged in forming the new Cabinet On Monday there was a grand dinner at thePalace , and on Tuesday , after ¦ receiving the address from the House of Commons , the Queen and her family left for Windsor , where they will remain till next Tuesday . On Wednesday morning the Queen and Princess Helena visited the Duchess of Kent at Frogmore j and the same day there arrived on a visit at the Castlo , The Maharajah Duleep Singh , the Duchess of M anchester , the Duke of Beaufort , the Duke and Duchess of Buqcleuob , the Duchess of Sutherland , the Marquis of Exeter , the Marquis of Abcrcorn , and Earl Delawurr . The next day , accompanied by a splendid court , her Majesty visited Ascot Races ; and on her return to the castle entertained seventy guests at a state dinner in St . Georges ' Hall . The day concluded , with an evening party , for which a number of additional invitations were

      issued . Tiipj Prince ov Wai , es . —The Edinburgh Express says that the Prince of Wales purposes to reside in Edinburgh for several weeks , preparatory to going to Oxford in October . Tub Demur Ministry . —On Saturday a grand banquet was given to Lord Derby and his colleaguos by the Merchant Taylors' Company . After Sir John Pakington , in returning thanks for the navy , had pointed out the admirably efficient state to winch the Conservatives had brought it , the Earl of Dorby sail ] , for himself and Ills ministry : — " Having accepted office undor circumstances of no ordinary difficulty , and at a time of no ordinary anxiety , we have laboured sedulously and diligently—each in the discharge of the duties of his separate

      departmenttain peace , in a position in which they can with , advantage make use ^—a 3 I am sure every English minister must , be anxious to do—rof those mean s * both moral and physical , which we have been carefully engaged in collecting and strcngthenm ? . I think 1 may venture to state on my own behalf , as well as on behalf of that great Conservative party , that there will be no factious course taken which may prove embarrassing either in the first place in the formation of a new Government , or in the next place in the subsequent proceedings of our political rivals ; and that so long as they continue to walk in the light of the Constitution and exhibit a due regard for , and interest in , the honour and the

      happiness of the nation , not from their own supporters will they receive a more cordial assistance than from the opponents whom they have succeeded in displacing , but whose sanction and aid will be given as before to any measures the object of which is the maintenance of the prosperity and welfare of England . "—The Lord Chancellor in an eloquent speech denied that he had shown the great exaltation attributed to him on receiving office . —Thanks for the toast of the House of Commons wore , returned by Lord Stanley who said , "I firmly believe that upon the balance of two great parties the efficiency of our Parliamentary government depends . I am persuaded that a House of Commons which should

      be exclusively what is called ' Liberal , assuming such a thing could be , would be incapable of passing a single measure , while I am equally sure-that a House of Commons composed of political elements exclusively Conservative—again assuming the possibility of the existence of such an assembly in which I do not believe—would in the end become a revolutionary institution . Another respect in which I should like to see Parliament remain unchanged is this : I hope the time may never come when that state of things which now exists shall cease to

      be , and in accordance with which the great majority of those who compose the House of Commons are men-who go there , not from a wish to gratify any personal ambition , not from the expectation of . office or from a desire of personal advantage \ and emolument , but who take their seats in that assembly merely because they think that by so doing they can best discharge the duties of life , and because to sit in the House of Commons is an accidentalmost a necessary accident—of the social position which they hold . "

      , The Affairs of Italy . —A blue book of 400 pages has just been published , containing the correspondence on this subject , which begins on the 1 st of January last , and ends with a despatch of Lord Malmcsbury , dated the 5 th of May . This despatch , and one of Count Walewski , to which it is an answer , are worthy of careful perusal , particularl y that of Lord Malmesbury , because it gives a general outline of the policy of the Derby Cabinet as far as the war in Italy is concerned . In the first the French Foreign Minister writes to the French Ambassador in London to express a hope that England would take sides with France and Sardinia , so that measures miirlit be concerted in common against Austria .

      The Count , states the motives that induce France to assist Sardinia ; he mentions the endeavours of Austria to acquire a preponderating influence iii Italy i he commends the conduct of Sardinia in resisting such endeavours ; and he states the mischief which ho believes will arise if Sardinia bo overcome . In reply , our Foreign Secretary expresses a hope that the alliance between Franco ami England " may long continue , a nd he condemns the interference of Austria with Italian independence . But ho goes on to remark that Sardinia cannot be hold blameless for her dreams of ambition and aggrandisement , and he condemns the conduct of Austria in requiring Sardinia to disarm . Lurd have

      Malmoslmry thinks that nothing serious would happened if Franco had restrained Sardinia ; and he goes on'to assort that the English traditional foreign policy is that of " authoritative non-inturlprenee in the affairs of foreign states , a policy which England , lie say . s , cannot depart from on the present ; occasion . Ho therefore distinctly , but with sincere regret , refuses to co-operate with Franco In , a struggle whioh will only bring ruin and inwory upon Italy . But ho profbrs the good offices of tho British Government , if they may bo deemed by cither party to bo of « ny advantage , and says that England may even offer her services for tho restoration of peace , without bailiff Invited to do so , when opportunity ofrt-rs Lastly , ho intimates that military glory cannot bo tho object of constitutional government .

      This Division on Saturjuav . — In tho division in tho House of Commons last week , according to tho analysis of tho Secretary of tho Kofbrm Association , there warn cloven professed , Liberals who votod witli tho Tories , and two professed Tories who voted with tho Liboruls , ton Liberal n \ ombors > vovu absent , and four Tories . Tho grout bulk of the Liberal Roman Catholic inombcra voted for tho uinondment which overthrow tho Government .

      to perform honestly and faithfully tho services which wo owed to tl » o Sovereign who had placed power in our hands , and to the country which onablod us to carry on tho public business . If wo have not succeeded in preventing other countrleta from entering into inn , u and causeless hostilities wo have , ut least , not failed in our endeavours to keep England out of the turmoil of war . We have hitherto preserved to her tho blessings of poaco . Wo have protected her from all entangling and embarrassing alliances ( loud cheers ) j and wo are now onablod to hand os'cr the reins pf Government to our successors , wlioovor they may be , with tho country in a position , I hope , prepared for war , if unfortunately thoy should bo driven into it ; or u they should determine ns long as possible to mam-

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      " The work commenced here on last Tuesday evening by an open-air gathering , at which some of an organised band , which travels the country for this , purpose , joined about a dozen clergymen in preaching , singing , and yelling . ' Some of the organisers were manifestly idiotic , and all were grossly ignorant of the simplest principles of Christianity . Since then , things have become daily worse and worse . Business mav be said to . be at an end ; and from morning till night , but much more from night till morning , clergymen , bad characters , and fast commercial travellers , who can find nothing else to do , and wish to be able to tell a good story for the rest . of their lives , give the tone to hundreds of persons who roam the streets , or roam from house to house , yelling , screaming and

      blaspheming . ltespectable and educated young women contend with notorious bad characters for the privilege of kissing and embracing well-known profligates on the public streets . Numbers of girls from the country have'come into town and remained at the above occupation . Any one who seems to be in his right senses is threatened and reviled by the maniacs ; and a gentleman who endeavoure 1 to stay the torrent ran the risk of being drowned . A young woman stands up in the assembly , and calls on some one to whom she takes a fancy to advance and kiss her . They climb up trees in order to meet the Saviour . They chase the devil for hours about the house until they get him finally into a corner , when they choke him . Bands of seven or eight , male and female , parade the streets and kiss at every street corner . Then come the revelations .

      Every one , of course , sees Christ , but their view is oftener bent on the infernal regions . One lady saw a deceased Presbyterian minister driving a bread cart through hell . Another saw the late Pope dancing on a redhotgriddle , " and a previousoccupant of the Papal chair cutting turf ( she was front the bogs of Ballymoney ) in order to keep up the heat . A sharp contest arose , in her hearing , between this labourer and the devil , about the work done . The same seer saw a deceased corpulent person put to a strange use . The old devil was cutting him up in pieces and feeding the young ones with him Whenever they favour us with a view of heaven , it is found quite filled with Orange lodges in session . Now , sir , these are not stupid attempts at jokes ,-but the fundamental points of .-the new religion ,. preached and circulated . "

      TRELANP . It is stated in the Trish papers that the Lord Chancellor would sit for the last time on Thursday , after which tho right hon . and learned gentleman retires into private life on a pension of 3 , 600 / . per annum . Mr . Napier has filled the hig h office for a period of sixteen months . There arc at present four lawyers living who have presided in tlio Irish Court of Chancery—namely , Lord St ., Leonard ' s , Lord Campbell , the Right ! Ion . Francis' Blaclcbume , and tho Right Hon . Maziero Brady , and to tliose will in a few days be added tho nanio ' of the Right Hon . Joseph Napier .

      Undku-Srcuktakvsiiip l'ou Ireland , — -It is reported that Liout :-Colanol Larcom , the present Undor-Secrotary for Ireland is about to havo promotion , which loavos this office vacant , and that Mr . Torrons M'Oullugh is about to succeed him . This is good news for tho Liberal party , and tho appointment will give universal satisfaction , on account of tho able administrative talciits Mr . M'Cullagh is known to possess , and also as a proof that consistent politics and genuine talents are noticed and appreciated .

      The Nurlhern Whiff says i—The extraordinary religious excitement scorns to boon tho wane in Belfast . Tho churches whore tho " manifestations " lately occurred woro not half full on Saturday evening , and the " converts" to the " now faith " we ' re few -and far between . This is what wo ex--pectcd as tho result , and it Is to be hoped that tho town will soon again resume its wonted sober aspect . A statement , forwarded to us by a clergyman of tho county of Derry , is remarkable . It doscribos a state of social disorganisation which is positively lamontablo . Our correspondent says : —

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      GENERAL HOME NEWS .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 18, 1859, page 737, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2299/page/5/