The Express.
London, England, 1860-03-08 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY TiVENING, MARCH 8, 1800.

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evinced at the appearance of the Masers of the VlO-
- That regisowit, from its long dandiest,
lb perfect state of discipline, and the reputation its
intends have bog sinceschieved, by the soldierlikei
prestieke of their movements and evolatioas in the
614, is universally admitted to be, par aseilleace, the
.41 Meek ye/antler cmpieffitia sot posrally known that
fide las regiment hwrexisted eostinseesiy sines the
solisonoement of the ornery, its original fluidised=
being—the " Duke of Cumberland's sharpihooters."
When all the other !oblate'r corps were disbaided,
this one alone was allowed to remain, so that it
forms, in fact, the only connecting link between tlso
*sone and the russet body of Volunteers. The
Dab. of Wellington, the lisatenant-oolonel of this
eighosnt, headed his officers, whom martial bearing
lead eminently military uniform elicited general ap-
probation.
'Qs this was the first public occasion co which
Ore has been a reunion of the kind, it afforded
lbeinly opportunity we hays yet had, of birly oar
erseting the different colours as welt as the ant and
lisologe of the uniforms selected for the adoption of
the numerous volunteer corps.
Both as regards seas and appearance, no lees than
fitness for bard work; the uniform of the Victories
naqucetionably stands first, and this seems so gene-
rally acknowledged that several other amps have
454 ndoptedit as their *Wad eopild it closely. It
eppare.te be post black, or of the darkest tint of
VIM • relieved only frosted Wirer mountings on
the Cirowbelt sad pouch, and /oohed yesterday,
wham; all :the mess sal tier- from the brilliant
aolostring observable around. Of greys and drabs
Mae were all otesiseita6le Shades, varied with, resit,
Week, Markt, and crimson finings and braid, and
lace and embroidery, in some instances, of wonder-
lal design. The bails a* greys and drabs are for
the moat part mistakes. se massy of the weenies evi-
Andy seemed to opine. Too awls has palpably been
eawifieed to the Assad notion of rendering them es
tautly invisible as possible, a matter which every
eiglitary man of experience bows to be of very little
real moment in actual warfare. The remit in some
*teases of this strange passion has been the pro-
*action of as unsightly and bizarre a set of costumes
M the wildest imagination of a maniacal man-
milliner could possibly have devised. Happily this
is a blunder that can easily be rectified when the
uniforms have to be renewed, and there can be little
doubt that the lemon acquired both at dullards and
the bell yesterday will not be lost on the future.

But the throng and the pressure have been in-
messing rapidly for the last half-hour. Watches
are consulted, eyes are anxiously turned towards the
portal through which all are eagerly longing
to pan. A thermometer would at • this mo-
ment indicate mach mole than blood heat ;
the suppressed hum of many voices sounds
through the dust-charged atmosphere, varied only
by a low interjection, as a field officer's spur seezifies
ea unfortunate instep. The effect of a tightly-
blitteneil and closely-fitting uniform is beginning to
tell on more than one flushed sad plethoric counts.
Woe. Shakos are unanimously voted inconvenient
is a crowd. A good many have been crashed flat,
the peak' of others have been doubled up, while the
remains of several irkt-fallen plumes strew the
floor. Those who have come up 100 miles since break-
fast, and have failed to lunch, are not in the sweetest
meod.Theyare thinking of the long interval that must
still elapse ere they tan hope to escape from their
gilded prison ; and then there is the dinner, with all
its interminable speeches, to be endured after this,
and the ball in prospect, with its six thousand and
odd aaltatory performers! A month at Hythe or
three at Alderehott were surely preferable to one
such day of toilsome pleasure.
At last the glad signal is given ; the Queen, had
she been the Goddess of Punctuality, could not have
been more exact. The pressure, which hes hitherto
been diffused, converges in one direction. The
stately black uniforms of the Victorias lead the way;
tints more or less sober and gay cluster in their rear.
It is diffiealt to maintain anything like the order of
military array, but nevertheless the attempt Is made.
Group after group puree through the Throne-room
by regiment., companies, or subdivisions, headed by
their senior officer.

A list of the officers of each corps is banded by him
to the Lord Chamberlain, who stands at the right of
the Queen,and reads the names aloud. Meanwhile
the officers draw up momentarily in line before her
Majesty, bow and retire. Amongst them is a re-
markable group, whom singular appearance renders
it difficult *Tea for the Queen herself to maintain
her wonted gravity. The officers in Tendon, had
thought proper to clothe themselves in loosasky-
bins blouses, with buff waist-belts, and round fiat-
brimmed " wide-awakes." The tout stumble, well
enoogh for a French cantonnier, was ludicrous in
the extreme, when suggested as a military costume.
Soso half-doseu other officers—for reasons which
did not tr►nspire—had, in addition to their swords,
Colt's re►olvers attached to their belts. One dress
seemed to have been copied from one assumed by
Bac-ketone in a recent farce, and a sprinkling of
Bniskerbothen, with their concomitant high-low.,
elicited very few commendatory observations.
The numbers present yesterday were computed to
amount to upwards of 2,500; now if we allow but 30
rank and 6W to each officer, and assume, as we fairly
may, that at least 500 officers were prevented by
various eiremnstanose from attending, we should

arrive at 110,800 es the approximate number of
Volunteers in the United Kingdom already enrolled.
When we consider, that at this time last year the
Victoria Rifles were the only corps of the kind that
had more than a nominal existence, and that they
only then numbered three hundred, the augmenta-
tion cannot bat be considered as redounding greatly
to the loyalty and patriotism of the community, and
as affording the moat conclusive reply to these who
absurdly pretend that the Volunteer movement is one
in which the Nation at large takes no cordial interest.
The 7th of March, 1880, is a day that will long
be memorable in the annals of England. The
graceful compliment which the whole body of Vo-
lunteers, through their officers, have received from
the Wadi of Royalty will show better than any other
token, the estimation in which their services are
held, egad will tend to stimulate those who have hot
yet had courage enough to isin the ranks to we/
themselves without delay as members of err or the
noblest armhis that has ever yet been assembled from
among the bravest of Albion's sons.

(711011 TIM " 001111 T
The Qum bald a Court yseterdu afternoon, in
Bt. James's Pease, for the reception exclusively of
Mesa a Wooten. Corps.
The often began to arrive at 12 o'clock, and were
coadeeted to the Drawing-room, Queen Anne's room,
the Otardrehamber, &aged-room, and other apart-
mans of the Pekes, sad were formed into com-
psalm.
Tbr Roma aad the Prince Consort arrived flea