COLONIAL LEGIONS FOR SERVICE IN THE CRIMEA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume V, Issue 301, 19 September 1855, Page 4

COLONIAL LEGIONS FOR SERVICE IN THE CRIMEA.

(From the " Spectator.")

Authority, we are now informed, has been sent out to tbe Government of Nova Scotia to raise a foreign legion for active service under the British Crown ; two regiments to be composed of nat'.irabborri subjects of the Queen. It is supposed that similar authority has been sent out to the Governors of Canada and New Brunswick. Thus we have from the other side of the Atlantic a satisfactory answer to the remark which we made last week, that the spontaneous offers of colonists to assist tbis country with men as well as money ought to be frankly met and accepted. Lord John Russell's absence from Downing street has not had the effect of retarding the proper response. The materials for such a force are reckoned to be peculiarly abundant and available in North America. In the British Colonies there is a milit:a, though it is not constituted upon quite so large a scale in proportion to the population as in the neighbouring Republic. But it is in good condition. In common with all British Colonies, especially those of a temperate climate, the North American can display an unusual proportion of men in the prime of" life and strength. There is some reason to suppose that numbers of the emigrants who do not settle down at once might readily accept the oppomiuity of touching a present sum as bounty and of taking a soldier's in lieu of a workman's career. In tlie United States there has been an agitation to keep out the immense numbers sent over from Europe ; and multitudes of working men feel the disagreeable consequence of this state of feeliug, in moral discomfort, and in the want of employment. The great Know-nothing movement has aggravated this Ami-British or Anti-European feeling ; and here again are numbers who, strongly conscious of personal discomfort, would probably grasp such an opportunity as that afforded by the recruiting sergeant. It is probable, thereiore, that tbe recruiting in Canada will call in many from the other side of the border; and this calculation is confirmed by the opinion of the Neio York Tribune, a journal which states facts with a sense of responsibility and forms its conclusions on practical subjects with judgement. The formation of tbe legion is likely to be successful, and the measure will have the advantage of meeting the wish of the colonists to stand by the side of their British fellow subjects in combat with the enemy.

Birth.—On Saturday, Sept. 15th, at South Miraki Downs, the wife of Air. Robt. Chapman, of a son.