The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-13 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Yesterday morning his Royal Highness the Com-
mander-in-Chief inspected and reviewed four regi-
ments of the metropolitan militia on the large open
space always chosen for such purposes, between the
Serpentine and Marble- arch. The ground was kept
by a detachment of the Household troops, though
except towards the close of the proceedings it re-
quired very little keeping at all, beyond what was
effected by the very unfavourable state of the wea-
ther, which of course tended to prevent the collection
of a crowd. This advantage, however, was more
than counterbalanced by the state of the review
ground itself, which was wet and slippery enough to
make it trying work for any troops to manoeuvre on
it with rapidity and effect. The Royal East Mid-
dlesex Regiment was the first to come upon the
ground, at half-past 10, under the command of
Lieut.-Col. Alcock and M ijors Reed and Northey.
It was followed by the Royal Westminster under
Col. Viscount Chelsea, Lieut.-Col. Glossop, and
Major Penton. The City of London Regiment, under
Col. Alderman Wilson, Lieut.-Col. M'Call, and
Major Allen, and the King's Own Tower Hamlets
Militia, under Lieut.-Col. Grant and Majors Parry
and Edwards. The strength of the whole force when
the four regiments had united was not very consi-
derable, but each corps had evidently been well set
up in barrack-yard drill,and moved with a certainty
and solidity that did their officers credit. At the
same time their appearance did not remind one much
of those splendid bodies of militia which garrisoned
Aldershot at the close of the Crimean war, and all
of which, when they had attained to the very per-
fection of military drill, were disbanded. The Duke
of Cambridge arrived on the ground soon after 11,
and was received with the usual military honours.
His Royal Highness then put the four regiments
separately and together through all the most com-
plicated manoeuvres which regimental drill admits
of. All the movements, in spite of the state of the
ground, were performed with quickness and preci-
sion, and the marching of each company was solid
and regular. As it would be difficult, it is fortu-
nately not necessary to say which corps appeared
to be the best set up, and it is more justice to them
all to state that the whole review was gone through
in admirable style. After exercising the corps thus
for an hour or more the inspection terminated by
his Royal Highness calling the officers round him
and congratulating them on the very efficient man-
ner in which their various corps had acquitted
themselves. We believe it is intended that these
inspections of Militia Regiments are for the future
to be held more frequently than they have been of
late, with a view to keeping the different corps as
much as possible in an efficient condition.
The Queen's Own Light Infantry (2d Tower
Hamlets), 700 strong, were inspected on Saturday,
in Victoria Park, by Col. Hope Grant, C.B.
The following appointments were made on Mon-
day at the Admiralty :—A. E. Mackay, Burg., to
the Revenge ; 'l'. W. Bower, engineer, to the Ajax ;
J. Annable and J. Roberts (B), assist.-engiueers, to
the Indus, as supernumeraries ; and H. I. Hall, act-
ing second-class assist.-engineer, to the Indus.