The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-08-30 00:00:00

THE ROYAL REVIEW AT EDINBURGH.

The Queen an Thursday reviewed the Scotia& Foam-
iest's in Queen's-park, illaburgh, one of the finest title
In the world for • gathering of the kind. Teen were
present under arms three divisions, of 124.9_1,
14,ide. sad
L 1,615 each. • rand total of 110. W under the
temand of
oral Macdonald. The review wee
ei Mai
greatly marred by tbe weather. Though the day was
fine till the at ternoon, rain begs& to fall at one o'olook,
and continued with intermission daring the whole day.
The capital was gaily decorated In honour of the earsion.
From an early boor crowds filled the ere they bad
turned out to make a day of it and see all they could,
from the decorations to tee volunteer. Tao latter
naturally were the greatest attraction, sad the roads by
which they march from the station to their reedesvoes
were the most crowded. The routes of all had bate con-
trived so as to preveat intermixture and rater° tiding.
The regiments from Grantee Pier moved to, laverleith for
Dundee and Rosen street", across the North Bridge to
Lower Canon UalaOltieta ; Mar Iron Letta-vnith followed
the street of that name and joined the others at the back
of Canoeists. AU thews belonged to the Broad Divides,
which bad its readezvJus beneath the Salisbury Crags,
whither cam also the troop. from Dodoingtan station to
the cast. The First and Third Divisions hod thole
rendezvous in the meadows which lie to the *oath of the
town; the regiments composing marched from Hay-
market, Murry Mold, and -street stations direct,
except where they had private quarters In the town, as
was the case with many coming from the disthat shires.
The earliest arrivels were the Rasa-shire and Elgin nib
menu, due at Grantee Pier from Beratieland, on the far
side tithe Forth, between four and Ave am. Next came
the distant regiments, erring at Haymarket, the most
important of all the stations, destined to scoammodate
some 15.000 men, or tetra more than a third of the whole
force attending the review. Suesial provision wee made
for this large lumber ; the rag station we. give& up to
the ordinary traffic, and • new one improvised about halt
• mile down the line, where it is carried along • high
embankment above • gran field of novena sores in extent
This embankment, oa its northern aids_ has been turned
into • rough and ready platform some KM reeds la length-
A side barrier has been erected horn which five "meninges
led by exceedingly stoop elopes to the field below. Lithe
bass of each were water-trougita of the game pattern r
those used at Windsor, and tin pannikina•-• very prudent
provision, seeing that the great bulk of the troops
arriving at this station were without water-bottles, those
nearly indispensable areseades for a hard darn work.
As the trains came up to Maar appointed places aa the
extended platform doors were opined br &readmit
porter, the volunteers alights& quickly, and
Independently to fora upon thou company mar=aland the
e
Ttils was effected without confusion, but at times
with lather too much DOMe The first regiment to strive
at Haymarket wee the Ist Aberdeenshire AdmiebArrive
Battalion—• smart body of num, OM strong, looking well
in scarlet and tartaa trews. Then came the Inverness
Artillery, followed by the Aberbeenslure Artillery, both
in excellent order. Glasgow College seat • powerful
contingeat In the PM and Bth Lanarkshire, each so ear
thousands strong, sad leaving futile to be desired In
appearance or demeanour, incept that they_ were some-
what noisy on drat touching the ground. Next was the
Kincardineshire sad Aberdeenshire, • kilted care, look.
leg none the WNW for their eight's journey—fin.,
stayer fellows, neatly dressed in green banks sad gay
tarts°, with bright yellow line. By this time, about 11
the Haymarket impromptu station was excessively busy.
Trains heavily ladea arrived in quick tinCoB4lBl4o. Were
rapidly emptied, and shouted back on • loop line to await
the hour of entrainieg et night, when each train woad
received back the load it brought down. The Dumbertea
Artillery, and that from Argyll and Bate, and the Ist
Perthshire, the Grego,. and Foriarehlre. were among the
arrivals about this time. Now also came the kilted let
I nvernembire, in scarlet with white facing dark tarten,and
white spell; • regiment which had bale travelling all sight
from distant points, each aa Bondy, Klamath, Oben, and
Fort George, and whir yet rose to time I. superb
order, and looking as though they had just left their
private parad•—• megalacent rslsent truly, of lame-
limbed, powerful well dime and well-teethe& ,
waiting silently LIE their markers were petaled, then
falling into line quickly. taking up dressing, sad etending
as steadily as the beet regular troops. Most of the corns
belonging to the Ant and third divisions readied their
rendezvous by 11 ma. The meadows then were an
animated speetere. Five sad tweaty thousand riga- I
beers were messed in °alumna, arms were piled, and widths
the eveneekat limited space moved slowly to sad fro, •
motley yet plltht eight—an ladistinvabitable medley of
eallonsas, of colours gay and sombre, in vivid retreat,
and thousands of etaada of glitters' arms. There wee •
greet and striking variety in the garbe—here • Highlander
in his kilt, emirM sad green—Uwe the quiet grey of the
border Velattenr= and Scotch bonaem and Scotch caps '
were inters ammtcsold-fashiord busbies and
helmets, newest of military tailors. The
populace mingled freely el the troope—friends greeted
each other: many had • long " race together, sad sot
• few moistened the meeting at the sutlers tenth The I
commissariat was seemingly well attended to. The
regiments had generally made their own arrangements,
and Is rest of each column was the regimeatsl refresh-
ment cart, from which came gallon, of ale,=Jammer-
able paper begs of aubstantlal ratter meadows
were visited during the moraine by most of the celebrities
In K linburgh. The headquarters and other staß ricers
—the former In blue andrese and the latter in red, fully
equipped for the day's Work—Were to be sees %mane
the screed files. Sir Frederick Roberto WM there,
mounted and in plthi clothe', so wag the Duke of Sather.
land, driving quietly about to see the show before doe-
nine uniform and taking command of his own corps. But
the rendezvous of the Second Division had • still more
picturesque position, all along the slopes below the Salis-
bury ()raga, where the scarlet and blue, the gray and dark
Wien plaids of their uniforms stood oat in beautifa I
retie' against the emerald green of the grass and the dull
red sandstone of Its rocks above. It was not until two
o'clock that the Divisions beer to move. Time First, con-
meting of four brigades, libeler the command oujoe.
General Sir Archibald Allure, took up pont tioo on the
review grouod opp cii, the Grand Stand, end the Second
and Third Divisions, ander Vie commaad of
Generals Cameron and WLeed, were stationed 113 the atigi
of the parade ground.
Her Majesty, who was scruipenied by Prisons Bea
the Dtletwas of Edinburgh, and the Hon fl ie ttic"
drove to the front • few minutes before fem. Pbtfit
Dube Oarobtddite. the Mike of FAinbu—rgh- D'uke of
Connaught, Sir 01/11,t Wnlimdey, sod In attendant-. The Id II laser ormedothui7...neiatie.g.:•7l LT'
Ravel Archers of Scathed. which
of the Scottish nobiiity. H • at "Intl"
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e • air s hod•
the rain fell iricosaintlf, Hee
Majesty kept her carriage
up and, aft r driving down the line of brigades, age
nti al the ialutne-point. when the in b. i epra dftepwa
at twentv manta pest four o'clock and Ise"
-
twenty-five minutes to six o'clock.
..TbbiLgrz.ndatresiaaaaln"a
wretched state owing to tbe rein
generally Pre-otod . soldiery appearance thdvama:rched
put very steadily. The physique of the Arzyllshire High-
lander., and the st•edinees of the Ltharkshire Sti
shire, Edinburgh, For sr, sod Northumberland' andrDur-
ham men whom some 5,000 were present) Were peep.
riser nodes& Her Keiser, who looked extremely well,
had an enthusiastic mePtion, which she grhiousle
acklionieldrui• The ructetare on the bill numbered
nearly 400,000