The Express.
London, England, 1860-06-25 00:00:00

Brigadier-General Taylor oOnizMincring ; Captain Stuart,
major of brigade.
lit Battalion-Bth Surrey (Reigate) ; 14th do. (Dorking)
sth Kent (Canterbury) ; 9th do. (Chatham) ; 19th do.
(Rochester) ; 26th do. ( • tone) ; 31st do. (Leeds Culls.)
2nd Batt lion—let Cinque Ports (Hastings) ; 2nd do.
I/W=BPM) ; 3rd do. (Rye) ; 4th do. (Rythe) ; 7th do.
ma) ; 16th Surrey (Egharn).
lrattalion—lit and sth Derby (Derby) ; 7th Stafford
(Burton-on-Trent) ; Bth do. (Burton-ou-Trent) ; 14th Wor-
cester (Warceeter) ; 2nd West Riding (Sheffield) ; 25th
Cheshire (Timperley).

The line, which extended right across the park,
was passed at an exceedingly slow pace by the royal
carriages ; and on her Majesty's return to the flag-
staff the " marching past, which was the great
event of the day, commenced. So slowly and with
such precision did the vast body of civilian soldier,'
move to the right as the end corps formed and
marched off, that at first it was ,digicult to realise
that the whole body were actually in motion. Soon,
however, the bands of the three regiments of Foot
Guards advanced to the front, and, taking up a
position opposite the royal carriages, marked
the road through which the volunteers were
to " march past." They struck up • lively
quick step, which, we may here observe, they
varied with great judgment and appropriateness
during the day, and this was the signal for all
heads to turn one way, and eagerly to watch the
approach of the mighty column. Soon it came on
rising momently on the view, like some great
monster out of the deep, and for two hours at slow
pace it passed continuously before the dazzled, and
at last almost wearied, gaze of the spectators. A
" march past" of 30,000 men is a sight of almost
unequalled rarity in England, but a marsh past of
30,000 volunteers, nearly all of the middle and
upper classes of society, clothed and organised at
their own expense, might well be a marvel
in any part of the world. The great point for
admiration was, not the appearance of the men,
although that would gain by comparison with any
troops d'Afe in Europe ; nor the excellence of the
drill, although that drew expressions of surprised
admiration from the Commander-in-Chief and all
the other military authorities present ; but the
great fact, that for an "Idea," and that idea the
placing their country in such an attitude, not oft
aggression, but of defence, as should make the de-
signs of foreign powers u it a matter of contemp-
tuous indifference, 30,1 I I free and well-stationed
citizens Lad thus placed themselves in military line,
to be ready, like the humblest recruit, to shoulder
the soldier's musket. The physical force of Satur-
day's muster was no contemptible aggregate for a
commencement ; but we should like to know
how much property, how much character, bow
much intelligence, how much substantial wealth,
that long " March past" of Saturday reree nted.
For hundreds of volunteers who trudged thus
steadily along, musket on shoulder, splendid equi-
pages and liveried retainers waited at the park-
gate. Others had closed large establishments, in
which the week's trade might be summed up in
thousands of pounds sterling, and art could not be
said to be unrepresented when a Millais was re-
cognised marching manfully along with his
The head of the advancing column was a ea=
corps, the Huntingdonshire Mounted Rifles, clad
in markt, and mounted upon thoroughbred horses,
which they sat with all the grace and firmness that
became a hunting county. We should very much
like to see the Cent Garden sitting them ` bits of
blood," worth 150 guineas each, child the trum-
pets played a lively fanfare. No, the back of
a blood horse, the deck of a stout ship, are the
Englishman's place by right, and it is in vain any
foreign race attempting to compete with him in the
dominion of either the one or she other. The
mounted troop of our ancient Artillery Company,.