The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-07-03 00:00:00

THE REVIEW AT WINDSOR.

About 5,000 men were reviewed, on Saturday, in
Windsor Great Park by Her Maje.ty and the Viceroy
of Egypt. Ile attendance of visitors was very nume-
rous, and the weather was all that c..uld be desire I.
Ref ire the review commenced the Royal party v.it-
neseed the operation of throwMg a pontoon iridge
across the Tliatues at D .tcher, and numbers of visitors
went to see the encampment mar Queen Anne's Ride.
Six open can...ages conveyed Her Majesty and her
guests and the members of the Royal Family to the
ground set apart for the review, which was reached at
half.past four. When the regiments had formed, the
Queen drove down the line, and the troops afterwards
defiled before Her Majesty. A few movements
brought the day's proceedings to a close. The Royal
party were heartily cheere I both on their arrival and
on their departure for the Castle.

THE QUEEN AT THE MILITARY CAMP.
Her Majesty the Queen, with their Royal High-
nesses Princesees Louise and Beatrice, Prince and
Pi incess Christian, and Prince Edward of Saxe Wie-
mar, attended Divine Service at the camp in Windsor
l'ark, on Sunday morning.
At half-past ten o'clock, just as her Majesty reached
the position, the troops were formed up in three rides
of a square, the let and 2nd Lifeguards being on the
right ; Prince Arihur's battery (the B battery 4th
Brigade Royal Artillery), the band of the Fusiliers and
the C battery ot the C brigade Royal Horse Artillery
in the centre; the left side of the square being csxm-
pied by the detachmcnts of the sth, 7th. and 23rd
Fusiliers. In front of the band of the Fusiliers, three
drums, covered with a banner, formed an exteuipore
resaiiiig desk for the Rev. Henry Hawtrey, chaplain to
the Windsor garrison, who officiated upon the occasion.
The side of the square oppoeite the Long Walk was
open, and thus the carli +gee of the Queen and the
Royal Family were enabled to draw up beneath the
stately elms on the east side of Queen Anne's Ride, in
the middle of the square, and only a few paces from
the troops.
The Rev. H. Hawtrey read the prayers. The
Psalms, including the "Venite," were sung, and ac-
comlianied by the instruments of the band of the Fusi-
liers, her Majesty and the Royal Family joining in the
service. At this moment the whole acetic was most
imposing in its simplicity.
The rev. chaplain took for his text Proverbs, v. 21, "The
mays of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and Ile pone/te-
eth all his doings." He remarked in connection with the
review, that the knowledge which was present to each indi-
vidual soldier tnitt lie WAS under the eye of his sovereign, and
the chest that this thought would naturally have upcii
suggested the great review winch is goieg on now, and in
which we allot on are actors, the angels the spectators, and
Hod Almighty tin • great king in whose eight we are perform-
hi hat will they say in England," has been a thought
winch has helped our soldiers through many a hard cam,
pal.,n in distant lauds. and made wounds easier to hear,
and victory in their nands more certain ; and then
what exultation when, the war over and the army
returned home, the rewards are dealt out when
proinotions are given and decorations bestowed, and
honour is dose to the heroes who have so richly earned
It ! To those who have experienced this, was it not worth all
they hail to go through? All the cold nod hunger, the watch-
inga and anxiely, the apprehenston of death, anti the endur-
ance of hardship? But this's not the experience of all. There
is another Mile to the picture. For the E onnvors there are,
nideed, acknowledgments and appl.mse and .1 country's grati-
tude, and rewards oiler the fightiug and the victory ; but
there are those who though they ere. trod 'I and more than
all ti, .t these have gone througli et reap ro reward here ;
hut au honourable ue me upon tie gravel on the battle-11010
are ell that remain of those who gave up th ir lives fix their
country, honour, end for nuty. Life was as dear to them,
hope as bright, and the desire to i istinguish themselves as
keen as hi any others; butter them there in no promotion, no re-
ward, no decoration, but only the silent graves in the distant
land. With these thoughts let us turn our minds to the great
review, or rather the greattettlein which wears allengsged—a

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ever resulted from any earthly warfare. We are all of ua the
soldiers of a heavenly King, of • leader who bas himself
entered into the brittle for on, and has shared with his
soldiers all their luddships and dangers, and knows what
they have to go through It is true that this is not the
battle the warrior, with confused noise and garments
rolled in blood, but It is, neverthelesa, a most real contest
and deadly cruggle in which we are all engaged. Anq there
are ninny uituesses of the battle; each soldier engaged is an
object ot interest to those who are looking on. The King
libiaelf Is present, beholding and taking note, and recording
in the book of his remembrance all that we are doing In the
battle. There are two things that should especially stir us
up to do our best In this contest. One is the thought that
God's e 3 e is upon us always, taking note of our actions, ever
following us, pondering all our goings—the other ia loyalty
to our Lord and Master.

Her 'Majesty the Queen and the loyal Family, atthe
conclusion of the service, drove round the camp, which
was thronged with visitors, and then returned to the
Castle shortly before noon.

On Sunday evening, shortly before seven o'clock, her
Majesty the Queen, with their Royal Highnesses
Princesses Louise and Beatrice, Princess Christian, and
l'rince Leopold, paid another viiit to the camp in
Windsor Park. Her Majesty and the Royal Family,
after driving round the encampment, which was
thronged with visitors from Windsor and the district,
alighted and inspected the tents and quarters of the
Ist and 2nd Life Guards and sth Dragoon Guards.
The Queen also inspected Prince Arthur's corps, the
4th Battery 4th Brigade Royal Artillery, and his Royal
Highn. as, who was in uniform, received her Majesty.
Her Majesty, who was evidently much interested in
the encampment, left the camp about • quarter past
seven o'clock and returned to the Castle.