The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-22 00:00:00

don Scottish were coining, and the crowd with
excellent taste wined the opportunity for paying
the chief another compliment. They cheered again
and again. Lord Clyde uncovered, and when
be saw one of the finest infantry regiment;
in the world marching past, adorned with his
own national emblems, it was quite easy to see that
his lordship was affected by no common emotion.
lie stooped eagerly forward over his horse's neck,
and then leaning back, slapped his saddle-bow in
tune to the gay strathspey which the band played
in oompliment both to the rifles and to himself. It
was altogether a most interesting incident, and
would have been complete if the pipers of the
corps had only had wit enough .to strike up
the pibroch as they pawled the flag-staff. Of
course Ido not mean more than a momentary
screani, as every owe is aware that even respect for
Lord Clyde could not reconcile southern ears to
any more lengthened specimen of the naucaul

The last man—l shall not say which was Hie last
corps--passed the Commander-iu-Chief at twenty-
five =mutes past three ; and, with bins, it was
evident that the principal interest of the review
had, as far as one half of the public were concerned,
=naables:y also. The ring was broken ia, the
• elseoanded from the steak and a our-
Wit local restaurateur made a grand speculation by
demanding half-crows a head for lifischeon, and
then informing his guests very coolly that every
thing except one semi-denudod ham bone bad
been demolished hours before. My ewe impres-
sion was that this statement was only a mockery, a
delusion, and a snare, for lam positive I maw the
same ham bone in the same place on last Bastes
Monday, and therefore I believe it to be a "
pro-
party" kept exclusively for the rposes of this.
annual imposition upon strangers. there is:
a boom of the great gun. Let us leave the delusive
janabon, and rush into the air ; there are squares
being formed in the hollow, and a fierce file fire
comes pop, pop, pop, across the hill. The white
smoke steals curling up over the brow and the
death rattle of the Enfield sounds nearer Lad, nearer.
One of the two hostile armies is evidently being
forced back upon its reserves—for see, the dense
masses in the hollow close up their ranks, because
they know that they soon will be wanted in support.
Lord Clyde, who commands the attack, is driving
everything before him. :Squares have been gal-
lantly formed, but only to be as ruthlessly broken
by artillery, and it seems as if the battle was now
to become one of great guns. The retreating array
dispute every inch of ground. The rattle of their
musketry is incessant, but what can infantry do
against the 6-pounders and siege guns of the
Cinque Porta Bombardiers 9 There are now
bright flashes along the White Hawk ridge,
which tells us that the battle comes home.
Two haystacks absolutely crest the hill, and
round them the deeds of Huguemont and la
Belle Alliance are being enacted. I fancy I discern
the white belts of the artisan corps glistening in
the new Thermopylae, but I will not be positive as
to whether they are, in this case, Greeks or Per-
siana. Now they come, Engineers and Guards,
infantry and artillery, red, green, and grey, pen-
men, victors and vanquished. The reserves go
up, and cover the retreat of their colleagues, and
a long line covers the ridge from end to end. The
cavalry make two charges, and there Is a
pause. People ask each other, "Is there
anything more worth stopping for 1" and
even the " Victor of Brighton Downs" must
remember that their train leaves at five, sharp.
Besides, the pace had begun to tell on the stouter
volunteers, for the whole slope of the Downs was
dotted with groups of men who had "fallen out"
the moment they got the chance. A loud cheer
rose at last from the red coats, Engineers and Work-
ing Men—they bad carried the hill, and were
driving the reserves in and out in every direction.
The columns in the valley began to form front in a
promiscuous sort of manner, some towards Coast-
guard Castle, others fronting Windmill-bill, and
the impression became general that it was quite
time the battle was decided one way or the other.
The spectators bad, in fact, got mystified. The die-
tinetion between victors and vanquiahed became more
and more of a prolblern, and great anxiety was ex-
pressed for something in " the band to hand" line, in
place of this distant and complex manoeuvring, and
it required the final charge of the cavalry down the
hill to restore every one to good humour. I was
informed that at the termination of the evolutions
Lord Clyde expressed in very warm and encourag-
ing terms his approval of the appearance which
bad been made by the volunteers. The improve-
ment, indeed, was conspicuous to everyone, and
will, no doubt, go on until we have a civilian army
equal to any emergency. I did not hear that a
single accident occurred to mar the great telecast of
the day's proceedings.
lam), or KENTISH VOLUNTEERS.

The various volunteer companies, comprising the
3rd battalion of Kentish Volunteer corps, were reviewed on
Chatham lines this afternoon, by Lieutenant-Colonel Scott,
in the presence of a large concourse of spectators. The
urps on the ground were the let, 91,11, 12th, 15th, 19th,
22nd, 31st, 39th, and 45th companies, the whole numbering
upwards of 506 volunteers. The manner in which the
various corps performed the different manoeuvres, some of
them of a rather complicated character, was exceedingly
creditable, and reflected great credit on the volunteers for
the patient training they have voluntarily undergone during
the put winter. The number of spectators present was
estimated at 15,000, among whom were a large number of
the troops of the garrison.
Yesterday afternoon a review and field-day of the several
corps comprising the 4th Administrative Battalion of Kent
Volunteer Rifles took place on the downs near Canterbury,
is the present* of a large number of spectators. The entire
force assembled in the open space (renting the South
Eastern Railway station about two o'clock, and consisted of
the sth Kent (Canterbury), Captain Plummer and Lieute-
nant Sankey ; 6th Kent (Canterbury), Captain G. Austin
and Lieutenant L. J. Marten ; 16th Kent (Sittiogbourne),
Captain J. Lake and Lieutenant W. Cascoyne • 24th Kent
(Ash),Captain W. Dillow and Lieutenant T. T. Collett;
29th Kent (Ashford), Captain 8. P. Grovels and Lieutenant
W. P. Burrs ; and 36th Kent (Wingham), Captain N. H.
D'Aeth and Lieutenant J. B. Pliuntre. The battalion
having proceeded in marching order, accompanied by several
bands, to the review ground, the several corps were in.
sponged by the Commandant, Lieutenant-Colonel Dyke, Ad-
jutant Bathurst, and other officers, and subsequently went
through the usual evolutions in an excellent manner, each
man being provided with several rounds of blank ammu-
nition.

VOLUNTEER DEMONSTRATION IN LIVERPOOL.—
The first outdoor demonstration of the season by the Liver-
pool volunteers took place, yesterday, when • very large
muster of all branches of the service took pipe on the
London-road. The weather was very fine ; and the various
corps, after the muster, marched through the town. The
attendance of spectators was, contrary to general antici-
pation, limited. Easter Monday, however, is in few in-
stances kept as a holiday in Liverpool.
Filererm, ACCIDENT TO ARTILLERYMEN AT
DOVER.—Yesterday morning, while experiments were
being made at several of the batteries in the Dover garri-
son, in order to see how quickly the guns oonla be manned
in the event of an alarm, an accident of a frightful de-
scription took plane at the Drop Battery. This is one of
the new batteries overhanging Snargate-street, and near to
the Western Heights barracks. It appear*, from what can
at present be amertained, that the 42-pounder guns
mounted at this part of the fortifications were to
be fired immediately after the discharge of the guns at
• certain battery at the Castle, which is situated at the
opposite side of the town. After the guns had been
loaded, three of the artillerymen who bad been en-
pied In the operation seated themselves, most in-
eautionely, as it appears at present, aeon the Parapet
of the battery, and immediately in front of one of the
The man whose duty it was to fire the gun took
C' plea at the touch-bole, and seems to have concluded
that his comrades, although not to be seen, were out of
danger, foe at the appointed signal be applied the friction
tube, and, melancholy to relate, the three poor fellfmrs who
had so iecautimudy placed themselves in the position de-
scribed, were blown off the pampet. AB three were very mach
lajured, endue., Andrew M`Dowell by narse,was killed, one
ofhis unwed smoother parts of hisbody being blown over
into the tows. The other men were taken to the military
hospital, where they mania under medical treatment.
They ars shockhogly disfigured, and it 1100111/ very doubtful
'Amber they will recover. The was who fired the gun is
placed Rader arrest eat& the cereese's bigwig on the de-
coated man, which is expected to take plans this day.