The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-27 00:00:00

THE EASTER MONDAY REVIEW,

With feelings of no ordinary gratification we
learn that the holding of the divisional field day of
volunteers upon Farley Heath, on Easter Monday
next, has been decided upon. On the 19th instant
Lord Truro and Lord Ranelagh again visited the
ground, being supplied with sketches on a scale of
six inches to the mile, which proved very service-
able. The good opinion originally formed by Lord
Truro was confirmed by further inspection, and we
believe that both noble lords returned to London
highly impressed with the eligibility of the site.,
The only doubt whioh they seemed to entertain was
as to the power of the town to supply a sufficiently
ample commissariat for the day itself. On this,
we think, they need be under no apprehension.
There are plenty of spirited caterers in Guild-
ford, and with the length of ,notice of the
approaching affair, it would be a shame
indeed if there should be any shortcoming
on such an occasion. It must be remembered,
however, that probably some 30,000 strangers will
be in Guildford on that day—in other words that
the population will be about quintupled. We ven-
ture to say, therefore, thiit no amount of prepara-
tion, however great, will be found to exceed the mag-
nitude of the requirements.
Brighton in the mean time is in a state of bilious
jealousy bordering on desperation. Meetings have
been convened by the mayor, and all sorts of induce-
ments offered to the volunteers, to visit Brighton
" only once more." The railway company offered
to take the troops there and back at ls. 61 a man.
Asubscription was enteredinto to defray all expenses,
headed by the railway company with £lOO, the
trustees of the Brighton race-stand £lOO, the newly
elected Conservative M.P. £lOO, &c., and it was
stated that £l,OOO could be raised without difficulty.

AU this ebullition, however, comes " too late."
Let us profit by their example; take time by the
forelock; and show our determination, by the
most vigorous and united efforts, to give the volun-
teers a hearty welcome, and abundance of good
cheer.

The claims of Farley Heath have been brought
before every Volunteer in the Kingdom, and to this
circumstance, coupled with the kind recommenda-
tions of Lords Truro, Ranslagh, and Elcho, and Vie
natural magnificence of the site, is to be attributed
the great and important event to which we have
been referring. We would now suggest that a spe-
cial meeting of the Corporation should be sum-
moned without delay to decide upon the measures
best to be adopted, and to offer suggestions to the
town's people for providing the necessary accom-
modation and supplies for the Volunteers on Easter
Monday next.
We should add that according to the information
which has reached us, all that remained to render
the decision in favour of Farley Heath final, was
the consent of the Lord of the Manor, The Earl of
Onslow stands in that position, and when we re-
member how the interests of his family are bound
up with this neighbourhood, and how much he has
done for it—we need refer to no more remote in-
stance than his presentation of the site for the
County Hospital—we cannot doubt that he will give
his cheerful acquiescence to anything which will
promote this great national undertaking.— West
Surrey 7i,nes.