The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-21 00:00:00

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LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 21.

Toe grand Volunteer Review at 13righton to-
day promises to be a far more significant and im-
portant demonstration than any that has yet
occurred in the history of the movement, not ex-
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cepting even the celebrated muster and parade in
Hyde-park two yeah ago. No doubt that splendid
gathering was, in several respects, a more brilliant,
imposing, and picturesque event, not only from
the scene in which it took place, and the
variety of rifle corps from all parts of the
kingdom that, appeared on the ground, but also,
and especially, for the royal welcome extended to
them by the august Lady who graced the field with
her presence. But as an exhibition of the real
value, the essential vitality, and the thoroughly esta-
blished character of the force, that magnificent

display in Hyde-park is not to be compared with
this Easter Monday field-day on the Brighton
Downs. In point of mere numbers the Volunteer
gathering of to-day will in all likelihood conside-
rably exceed any that his yet taken place. Up-
wards of twenty thousand riflemen are expected
to be on the ground and engage in the evolution•
of the day. It must be remembered, too, that this
large force represent& little more than a single
district, the great majority of corps being
from the neighbourhood of London, and
the whole movement, therefore, essentially •
metropolitan one. But, after all, mere number
are • very secondary consideration in estimating the
real worth and significance of the demonstration.
It is not nearly so much the numerical extent as
the character and quality of the force that • day
like this brings into strong relief. A field-day
testa on the largest scale as well as in the severest
and most public manner the soldierly qualities of a
body of troops, their drill and discipline, their
activity, intelligence, and power of endurance ;
and when these troops are volunteers, their mere
readiness to submit to such an ordeal is in itself
an eloquent fact. It speaks of diligence and con-
stancy in the discharge of their self-imposed
duties, of steady perseverance in • tedious
routine, with the self-denial it involves, and
the success it has achieved. None, it
may be mistimed with tolerable certainty, will take
part in the Rorie, to-day who have not systems.
tically devoted their leisure hours to the business
of drilling, and given up many a pleasant engage-
ment in order to be in their place at parades. The
work of to-day thus compendionaly sums up the
results obtained by months, and even years of
resolute effort, and represents in the agent prac-
tical and expressive fors the seal and energy, the
perseverance and mass in • weed, the strong
and healthy vitality that eh•lacteriess the whole
movement.

Looked at in this light, we cannot but feel that
the large gathering of Volunteers on the Brighton
Downs t“-day affords just ground for national
congratulation. It certainly affords the beet pos-
sible reply to the many rumours in circulation
some months ago about a falling otf in the num•
ben and efficiency of the force. There may pm-

Ably lave been some alight falling off in numbers.
More holiday recruits have no doubt " succumbed "
under the pressure of continuous drill and con-
plant parades, and the force has in this way
l..'n gradually weeded of its lees efficient
immbers. Hut the event of to-day proves
what might naturally have been expected, that it
has gained immensely in compactness and efficiency.
Those whu conetitute our Volunteer corps now are
really trained riflemen, possessing first-rate soldierly
qualities, and well able from their knowledge sad
skill, their drill and discipline, to take part, if need
be, in the actual defence of the country. Awl
that with this increased efficiency there hie bees
after all no substantial falling off in numbers, the
present gathering sufficiently prove*. We know, at
least, that we have twenty thousand well trained sad
affective riflemen in and about London. Thisesse-
ampled success of this Easter Moisilseedentiestra-
hes tells very favourably in another way. Itshsws
that • friendly and burly *Tit pervades
the force. There have loess, as all the world
knows, some slight di/Memos swept Some of its
lead* iambus co points of internal manage.
met ; and a .Naval *buy for the freedom and
independeoco of the body, esiabined with • ground-
less alarm of interfaces* es the part of the
authorities, produced • temporary division amongst
its members. But good sense and good feeling
triiimphed, and the grand gathering of to-day is
the result. We can have no doubt bid it will
tend directly to strengthen the feeling of har-
mony, union, and c,:rdiality that his already