The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-07 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

WOOLWIOH, MAT S.
Tlo. following arrangement& have been made for
the performance of the military hands ori Woolwich-com-
ma during the summer months at Wee o'clock on age!
&fiascos. Royal Artillery Head, ilendsyand Wednesday;
Ro, Marine Band. Tessciay and Friday ; Norfolk Artillery
111 a Band. Thursday and Saturday.

CRATHAM_, MAT 6.
Detachment,. of the 36th and 77th Regiments
prixesded ye.terdAy to Eautbourne, to undergo a course of
matructlon in tockg.twage ri'e firing previously to embark*
for Indio.

The following acrointnientii of superintending
rs office on the Recmi Staff have taken place :—Lieu.
tenant Hodgson, 12th meat,' to Newcaatle..n.Tyne ;
Lieutenant Eyre, 48th Regiment, to Preston ; Lieutenant
Knight 90th Light Infantry, from Athlone to Birming-
ham • Lieutenant Grant, 35th Regiment, to Reading
Lienienant Many, sth Fusiliers, to Athlone ; Lieutenant
Warren, 12th Regiment, to Boyle ; end Lieutenant Oldham,
51st Light Infantry, to Clowned.
D=are or Glianited, Sin WI tun: on irr Corrox—
It is with regret that we announce the death of General
Sir Willoughby Cotton, C.C.S. and K.C.H., which oc-
curred at his residence lon Lowndesiquare. Sir Willoughby,
like hie kinsman, Field•Marehnl Viscount Combermare, had
achieved an honourable career in the army, his onion
having extended over a period of upwards of 60 years. Its
was die only sou of Admiral Cotton, cousin of Lord Com-
bines.% sad a nephew of Sir Willoughby Aston Wil-
loughby, and was him ia 1710. When in his sixteenth
yew he lift Rugby &hool, to enter the 3rd Guards 21 ensign.
In 1006 be conunenced his active military mreer, when he
sceoepamed hie regiment in the expedition to Hanover.
The late general married, on the lith of May, 18tH, Lady
Avails Maria Coventry, eldest daughter of George Wil-
liam, sem& Earl of Coventry. great grandfather of
the r. It is not generally known that the late
iiir Whby was the great friend of the hate General
Sir Henry Hwreknk. They were together in the first
Demme war, and Havelock was one of his aidee.de-camp
ideas he was with the army in Affghnnistan.
lua Rim VOLUNTIIRS. —At a meeting of the
subcommittee held on Saturday ; present Sir Justin Shell,
K.C.B. ; Mr. R. M. Montgomery, Mr. S. Lover, de. ;
the honorary secretary, after the tranraction of other busi-
ness, reads long lidof the donations and subscriptions received
since the last meeting, inchading Viscount Palmerston 20f. ;
the Marquis of Londonderry, additional for the band, 101.;
the Mitt of Donegall, additional foe the band, 201. ; the
Earl of horough, 1101. the Farl of Clare, 10/. ; the
Earl se ListoweL 101. ; the Earl of Clanwilliam, 51. ; the
Earl Porieecno, 101. ; the Countess of Kenmore, far band
fund, W. ; Mr. R. Torreon M.P., 151. ' • Mr. C. M'Oave,
121. ; Sir Win- Martina, 251.; Mr. T. W. Ranh
(Jones and Co.'s), 101. 10. ; Mr. Ueboran 108, 10a. ;
Mr. Bond, 2f. 2a. ; Mr. G. Bowyer, M.P.,
If. 11s. &L, kc. The effective strength of the corps
is daily increasing, and an additional place fur drill has
been taken close to the railway station at Stepney for the
convenience of the company now in course of formation at
the east end of London. The Earl of Lismore, Lord Francis
Co. and Mr. W. Howard Russell, have been
appointed to commissions ; and Lieutenant Jones
had Endo Tully have been promoted to the ranks of
ta=and lieutenant the let company. It I intended
of
a general nee of the corps on Monday next, by
expelled.
white thee a very great re
in de effective strength is

zini•scriox BY THE COMMANDER-IN-CHILI
OF THE CITY OP LONDON Jams BRIGADE.

•
The rifle corps review sawn may now be said to
lan fairly commenced, and the inhabitants of the metro-
pele will probably have frequent opportunities of judging
bow far those who have been so laboriously drilling for
some months past will, in their general appearance and
military movements., bear comparison with the regular
troops, and how far the mews of indiscreet parliamentary
orators, the obdructive and cold-water policy of many
lonllieutemots and the distrustful head-shakings of some
Lulitary authorities of Wei-standing—to say nothing about
the harmless and lively raillery of the streets—are at all
warranted by present fact. and future probabilities.
The bassediate meanies of this prefatory sentence is an
• of about 1,900 are of the City of London Rifle
by their colonel, his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge, which took place on Saturday everting on the
Parade Mound in front of the Hone Guards, St. James's.
park. Having been announced several day. before, the event
La besone• by anticipate:a, one of great public interest, sad
ramp thawed peewee, emanating from all parte of the
metropolis, were accordingly present as spectators. The
omnibuses runmis# from various part. of London towards
Westminster durtag the afternoon all brought accessions,
and the seen len altogether novel and remarkable.
The ground was kept, or rather endeavoured to be kept,
by the Westminster Volunteers ; for the comparatively
small force on duty proved quite maufilcient to maintain
order awl wtridarity among the dome multitude who strove
unremittiagly to get into position in front. Poor nearly two
hours the volunteers laboured with great energy and with
cemalser good humour to keep the crowds within the line,
and It was highly amusing to see how, as boos as they had
effected their object in one part, the people swarmed
again over the whole area in the utmost con-
fusion. The gallant Westminster, might as well Live
attempted to dam up water with loose sand. They
charged with the barrels of their rides, for happily than
were so bayonet. fixed • they threatened with the butt
ends ; they Geed them lengthwise against the mostpromi.
neat of the sager *hemmers, but still the crowd kept
surging over the boundaries. Sometimes a more actin sad
ahroaturous youth would break through, and tn to rem
over to the opposite side ; a chase was immediately tem.
mimed by one or two of the volunteers, and the Minding
party was brought back, not, however, to the place whence
he had started. for the " ring" had been broken, awl the task
.1 dressing the line had again to be performed amid the
hearty laughter Lod good-humour of the crowd, who appeared
to think they were at liberty to treat the men with a little
familiarity awl 'Aviiiuser. About five o'clock four mounted
Life Guards wide their appsuanoe, end the effect vim
the crowd was mlical--there was a general cry of " Here
are the regulie*, and a volunteer movement to the rear,
which the sight of a regioneed of Westminster Light In-
fantry could never have named. A few mounted Life
Gosidernea, with their curvetting and prancing black steeda,
soon pat the mass of spectator. into aorusthing like shape,
and the front of the large square was free for the evolutions
which were about to take place, though still dotted and
enlivened here and there by the light grey uniforms of the
Westminster corps.
Immediately after the ground was cleared the London
Ride Brigade, precedel by the land, marched into the
parade, and took up their position in lion on three sides of
the extended equate. The Duke of Cambridge. attended
by his aides-de-camp, arrived on the ground at helf.past
five, and rods round the front and rear of the force. The
brigade this formed up into companies, and proceeded to
march from the left round the parade, in open column of
companies, at the slow the quick, and the double. Ia
the march round they had to wheel at each of the four
angles, and considerable interest was evinced in this pert
lof their evolution.. The left wheel in the first movement
was, is some of the cdomeniee, miller uneven ; hut in the
second the nou seemed to have ganed more confidence. mid
wheeled with great precision. The second and fifth coin.
ponies were remarkably successful, awl great cheering sad
clapping of intils rewarded them for the deadlines and
gularity of their movements. The march at the doable
also elicited great cheering. The Im 1e re-formed,
charmed front twice, and advanced 10 line at
the quick and at the double. In the latter move-
ment they swept down with extreme regularity, and
the long dark lines were brought up at the "halt"
in a mart anl loddierlas manner. The men then faced
tight about, cod again advanced in line, amidst the enthu-
siastic plaudits of the crowds of spectator". After some
further marching and counter marthing, the brigade formed
a hollow square, enclosing the Duke of Cambridge, Limit.-
Colossi Hicks, ant others, when hie royal highness, in a
few words, complimented the men on their proficiency in
drill, nod expressed the great latidection which he had de-
rived from the inspection. The moo then formed four
abreast, and, heeded by the heed, marched hack to the
playground of Christ's Hospital. where they had paraded
hefore proceeding to the Hone Guards. There could not
have bees leas than from twenty-lye to thirty thousand
t.
prams peeeen
Viewed as a whole, the inspection thus recorded may justly
he remedied as highly eatidactory, and as auguring most
favourably for the review of all the metropolitan volunteer
brigades, which is to take place in Hyde-perk on Friday,
the lath instant. There is good remora to believe that mod
of the corps are wisely paver* for that important occasion
by special attention to MO and by securing that the mem-
bers who, though they have drilled for three or four
months, are, owing to various causes, not yet in uniform,
shall be ready to take their places in soldierly attire with
their comrades in the pressure of the Assembled public. The
exhibition of Saturday last would have convinced the most
sceptical person in the country, if he happened babe present.
that volunteer c ri', will, if there should ever be occasion
for it, raider gars! service to their country.

SCPPOSZ9 LOUR or THZ SHIP 13PIYA9. —The
New Zealand Mail, which arrived on Fritter, not f
any tidings of the pamenger ship Stomata, it is feared the
she is lost with all and head.. Rho sailed from
Gravesend on the Anent Lurk with 23 pamensen and
32 hare* With ileml dr go, 15 hams
.valued at %ODD
and 19 bia mined at 7,14) guineas Nothing hm
bean heed of her due the 17th of November, when she
was spoken with by the Regina, Captain Thornton, boned
to Lyttletoo, some ten or twelve days' sail from New Zea-
land. Captain Thornton encountered • quantity of ice,
which lay in the track of the mining skip, and i 1 it fiend
she eteoluitored it, sad th=shvd.
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