The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-25 00:00:00

own way, for there was scarcely a poffceutan to be met

with ; every constable seemed to be- take up with in'
spectiug red, green, and blue tickets at the long line of
stands, and the disorderly mob of rioters had no check
upon them. On the west side of the parade ground a
complete fair was carried oat There were Aunt Sallies
in abundance, and other extempore amusements for the
innumerable crowd who were unable to. catch even a

glimpse of the interesting exhibition going on at f°
short a distance from them. In Park-lane the houses
were crowded with spectators ; the roofs, in many ill'
stances, were fitted up between the chimney-pots with
coloured drapery, and crowds of well-dressed person'
were to be seen at every available point of view.

THE REVIEW.
Shortly after one o'clock the Volunteer Corps begat'
to assemble in the park, and as each company and bat-
talion marched on to take up its position, inmost case'
preceded by its band, they were greeted with a cordial .
and hearty welcome. Different flags, commencing at 2
the south side of the park with one of green and red,
them red and yellow, next white, fourth green, fifth Ye'.
low, sixth black, seventh white and blue, eighth red,
ninth blue, and, finally, red and white, marked the space°
alloted for each brigade. There were altogether tea
brigades formed into two divisions. The first division
consisted of six brigades, of which four were infantry, eee,
artillery, and one the mounted volunteers. The second
division was formed entirely of infantry. For nearly
two hours there was a constant succession of bat•
talious arriving on the ground, stretching away in lag
black, grey, and scarlet columns, and marching in
excellent style. Now it was the splendid columns
the City brigade, in dark, black uniforms ; then the
lighter masses of the Surrey Rifles, whose strength
admitted of their marching in the park in columns °f
companies ; again it was dark uniforms, the strong
battalions of the various dent corps, not less numereai
than the Surrey; then a long line of the familiar scarlet
was seen wending its way across the park, it was the
Honourable Artillery Company ; again it was drab:
coloured uniform, the lawyers—and the Civil Service, of
something the same hue; the Scottish corps, headed by
a small company in the kilt, and heralded by national
music ; the Irish, drab, with green facings; the Vin'
gineers, in scarlet. The Manchester corps, three bate',
lions, entering from Cumberland Gate, next attracted
notice; could it be possible that Manchester had sent nearli
2,000 men to this great gathering ? The Ist N°t"
tingham—Robin Hood's men—in Lincoln green'
formed an agreeable variety in the colour. It was '
quite impossible to take note of the. arrival of the
separate corps. The Berkshires formed a very strong
battalion of nearly 600 strong ; the Birmingham and
Coventry force numbered about, the same. The west
countrymen—a splendid set of fellows--were nearly
800 strong. Swarming in from the north side then
came companies from Bristol, Gloucester, Stroud
Bath, Warwick, Slidford, Reading, Windsor, Newbury'
Abingdon, Maidenhead, Wokingham, Oxford, Brid"
port, Burlington, Northampton, Aylesbury, Troubridge,
Derby, Burton-on-Trent, Manchester, Nottinghall'
Sheffield, 'Worcester, and the north and western
districts. The contingents from Surrey and Susses
entered on the south side. To three of the corps special
interest was attached. First there is the Hon. Artillery
Company, which is the successor of the old Train Bands,
and which keep up an unbroken succession with the
events of days long gone by. The mounted troop, with
the two pieces of artillery, gave additional interest to
this battalion. The next which possesses a more than
ordinary interest is the Victoria Rifles. It is the oil/
corps which had an existence at the. time when the
volunteers were reviewed in 1803. The corps was then
called "The Cumberland Sharpshooters," the Duke of
Cumberland was the commander. It was distinguished
in those days for its excellent skirmishing and title
practice, and Major Barber Beaumont presented a medal
to be shot for, which was afterwards won by the present
Major of the Victoria Rifles, and is now in the possea-
sion of the corps.
The St. George's corps, which formed part of the
third battalion of the first brigade of the first division,
has•the honour of representing the first volunteer corps
ever raised in this country. It was embodied in 1794, and
the Earl of Chesterfield was colonel. •
By three o'clock the whole of the space between the
north and south sides of the park, marked by the Liege'
was filled with the volunteers, massed in coutiguone
columns, with arms piled. During the arrival of the
various corps the great public who sympathised a°
deeply with the movement came' on to the ground in
enormous force. It is difficult to form any accurate
opinion of the numbers of such masses of people scattered
over a large area, but it would not be wrong t°
assume the numbers at not lest than 100,000. The
temporary galleries erected for the members of the
Houses of Lords and Commons, and other privileged
persons, were crowded, and the appearance of elegantly-
dressed ladies who filled these reserved seats contrasted
in a striking manner with the long line of volunteers is
sombre hues, to which so much attention had been
directed. In front of these stands was a space railed
off and intended for members of the rifle corps in uni-
form (who probably from their not being up in the
drill were not with their comrades), officers of the
army, and militia. No barriers, however, could restraig
the surging crowd of military and volunteers--theY
swept over in resistless force. Vain were all the appeals
of Sir Richard Mayne and his assistant-commissioners
of police to policeman 209' A to do his duty and
drive back the eager crowd. Even • the Commander:,
in-Chief, the Duke of Cambridge, was disobeyed ; hd
appealed in gentle tones—he assumed a look qf, Wended
dignity, but all his orders were received with hurrahs
and cheers. At last, by way of cempromise, he ordered
those who occupied the foremost position to sit dews, 6°.
that those behind might have an opportunity at least et
seeing what was going on. This order, so appropriate
to a force which was not to be considered a standing
army, was good-humourdly complied with, and hundred'
took up a position, certainly not dignified, and elle
which had never formed any part of their drill. S°
.soon, however, as the duke had galloped off to soul'
!other part of the ground the regular* :and irregulars
were again on their legs, and policeman 209 A was once
1 more vigorously doing battle in defence of "law and
' order."

ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN.
A few minutes before four o'clock.the, artillery on tea
north-west side of the park commenced to fire a roysi
salute as the Queen entered the park. At this moment
the scene was one of intense interest. The masses of
volunteers had taken up their alignment, and their front'
dressed with admirable precision, fornied a pleasing picture
with the dark green of the foliage in theback ground. it
was not the bright scarlet contrasting with the cool greens
as seen at ordinary reviews, but a long wall, darkly
chequered in its colour, and glittering with the steel of
the bayonet and the polish of accoutrements. Far
as the eye could reach distinctly stretched that long line'
scarlet at one extremity, with the artillery compani
and the six foot volunteer guards, and at the other
the dark greys of the Cheshire corps. The whole lino
of spectators was kept by the Household Brigade,
the red coats of the Grenadiers dotting at interval;
the darker masses in the rear; and along the por'
tion of the park to be traversed by her Majesty, 01
ground was; kept_ by the - giant forms pc the Etta
Guards, who in their panoply o,,.steed, 414 niegnt44
on their black chargers, surVeyeitzwitit .114111 and
pressive demeanour this disPlaY4f.thefiiiiyely created
force. In front of the galleries, • And neat' to the kw'.
Standard, was a crowd of officers, whose 'motley Yll-.
form represented every known, and many nnknoT
branches of the service. There were, ear sue, Qt the
light cavalry regiments, dragoons- in helmets, artillery
officers in blue and gold," officers of •the line of all
regiments, Punjab Irregulars, and Madras Light Carel*
got up wholly regardless of eipense, brazing in gold and
silver and light blue and light green uniforms, and hats
of quaint shape to English eyes; and deputy-lieufe4ant4
were there, and o Cheers of yeomanry corps, With .the old
antiquated swallow-tailed coats, Woking aseld.feshioned
by the side of the modern tunics, as a lady would have
appeared had she ventured there without cri4,7l4e, peers
and peeresses, and commoners and their wives, judges,
and ministers of state, filled every teat in the galleries,
and a miscellaneous crowd straggled, and surged, and
swayed to and fro, anxious to press towards the
front. In this mass was Baron Rothschild, as thong 4
to show by his presence there that no money coyly 131.1r-
chase the privilege of a seat, or procure exemption, from
what appeared to be everywhere " the common lot." A
squadron of Life Guards, sloWly marching along in front
of the lines formed by the public, told of the near approach
of the Sovereign. A policeman in the familiar,Yn orrn,
baton in hand, headed the precession. 'Aides-fde-fcamp to
the Queen, and to the Gommander-in,Chie , owed
the detachment of Guards, the deputy assistant-generals
and quartermaster-generals, and equerries in waiting, and
Chief, the Duke of Cambridge ,
- and then an open carriage
Major-General—no, Colonel Grey , the Commandor.iee
and four with outriders, GOAVeYingAlle Queen, the King
of the Belgians, the 7ffir?"".l.4llFe? gtd/Pi,
The Prince orison us u 11W atl4
Flanders in a Belgian uniform!, a dark
tqUe on tlig
right et' tlie queen's carriage; and the
Prince 0f.W410
iu a colonel's uniform, and Prince *Tales of
,Tiolatoi
Glacksburg rode on the opposite side. Two other
carriages following conveyed the.lin
Louisa,
Prince Leopold, Her Royal Highness the e preess
g and Her
bll?dlena, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cam'e,
Royal Highness the Hereditary
herb
Duchess of Arecklenburgh Strelitz,, Mr. Shine,'
and the lords and
nalirib Brand
e#l, the Secretary of State for the War Pepatte
en
ladies in waiting. Ju the ear-
rige which followed, the Prince of Lichtenstein, the
pa
rince and Princess of Leiningen, Johnof Holstein
Glueksburg, the Marquis of Aylesbury, Lord 4Llfred
Paget, the Duke of Newcastle, the Marquis of Clan&
carde, Lord de Grey and Ripon, Lord Salisbury, Lord
Conyngham, Viscount Combermere,whose horse welded ;
the venerable and gallant officer wore the uniform of his,
regiment, the Life Guards, and carried his gold stick of
office as commander of the household regiment
Order of
ing, and his lordship wore his cuirass Over his
the Bath. When the royal partyarrived near the royal
standard, which was opposite, the of the
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centre e of
in .
battalions, the
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