The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-26 00:00:00

The Volunteer Review.

The following general order has been issued
relative to the Volunteer Review in Hyde Park,
which will take .p:ace on the 28th inst.:—
GENERAL REVIEW.
As the force will march past his Royal Highness the
Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief at 6 o'clock, it is
necessary that it shall have taken up its position in Hyde-
park by 5 45 p.m.
It was not possible to fix a later hour for the march of
each brigade from its rendezvous than that assigned o it,
the arrival of the heads of the various columns in the park
woing only 45 minutes for the assembly and
lines within the enclosure of a force of
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Punctuality, therefore, on the part of every member of
the force will alone emble the arrangements to be satisfac-
torily carried out.
Brigadiers and majors of brigade will be pleased to be
at their appointed rendezvous half an hour previous to the
time of marching of their respective brigades.
Officers commanding the more distant brigades should
regulate their march so as to reach the rear of the brigades
which are pursuing the same line of march as themselves,
in order to enter the park in a continuous column.
front.
The m
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lines of contiguous quarter-distance columns right in front ;
the artillery in line at full intervals ; the cavalry in close
column of troops.
The battalions on entering the
form, ona
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tance,
front by the wheel of subdivisions
Bands are to cease pla in on entering
the park. They
are to be in two ranks in rear of their respective battalions
when in column, and they are to retain this order in march-
°, officers must bring with them to the review
Commanduf,,
of their respective oorps, prepared according to
field states
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march-
ing past without. playing.

the annexed form.
In the case of an infantry. corps which is joined
with
others in a battalion on this occasion the field state is to
be handed over to the officer commanding the battalion,
ake out a field state for the whole
to enable him to m

battalion.
the field batteries of artillery will be
The field states of
; .tohose of the battalions of in-
given to the brigade major
fantry will be given to the brit,ad e majors of the brigades to
which they respectively belong.
The whole of the field states
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aide b e
-subsequentlyoncol-
lected by an Assistant Inspector of Volunteers.
No company is to beof less strength than 20 files, or of
greater strength than 28 files.
Each brigadier may, with the approval of the Secre-
tary of State for War, appoint
staff. officers accompanying the troops
The number of compel*?
is to be strictly limited to three for each company.
It is desirable that battalions should be made up to six
companies, but no battalion of less than four companies will
on any account be allowed.
Volunteer officers in command of brigades are requested
to wear a crimson scarf or sash over the left ehoulder, to
distinguish their rank.
I-1.11.11. the Duke of Cambridge,
With the approval of
officers in uniform on foot will be permitted to enter with-
out tickets the enclosure for spectators.
Her Majesty's lieutenants of counties who attend the re.
view mounted and in unform will take their places on the
right of the bands, facing the saluting point.
Brigades are to leave the park by the gates and in pre-
cpiasreklybtrhiegadsaiemrse owridlelrbar:atk off the hey entered. After leaving the
corps composing their
brigades according to their convenience.—By order of the
Secretary of State for War, M. M‘MLIIDO.
War-office, May 25.

ESCAPE OF A PRISONER FROM THE BRISTOL
GAOL,—A prisoner, named John Whittaker, made a daring
seized
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escape from the Bristol gaol on Wednesday morning.
i :gaged in washing cups, the
warder incautiously left the
and, being a sailor, soon made a sufficiently good rope for
his purpose. With this aid ha scaled a wall 24ft. high, and
surmounted with chevaus de frise ; besides which he had
to leap an outer wall, which was a feat of some danger.
Although wearing the prison dress he succeeded in getting
off. Telegrams describing the prisoner were at once sent
to all the neighbouring stations, and every means adopted
for his captuto,
•

"Aden, May 5.
4' I regret to have to advise you of my return to
this port on the 3d inst., having been compelled to
put back, owing to damage received on the 29th of
April, in a heavy cyclone, off Ras Ulloolah, in
latitude 12.48, longitude 5112,
" We left this port for Galle on the 27th, and
experienced very fine weather, with smooth water,
until the morning of the 29th, when it suddenly
changed. At two a.m. I was called as usual. It
was then beautifully clear and fine, with a light
breeze from the northward, and we made all plain
sail. At daylight we met with a heavy easterly
swell ; the weather then had the appearance of rain ;
the barometer remained steady. At nine a.m. the
barometer suddenly fell two-tenths. I then gave
orders to take in the topgallant sails and double reef
the topsails; before that was completed the barome-
ter had fallen three-tenths more, and the breeze was
rapidly increasing. The foretopsail was just reefed
when it blew away; hauled the foresail and
furled it and secured it with the studding sail gear,
&e ; the main and mizen topsails were left on the
cap double-reefed; the carpenter and his mates
employed securing tarpaulins, &c. By noon the
barometer was down to 29.10, and it was blowing
furiously ; the main and mizen topsails were blown
out of the bolt ropes. 1
"At 6.30, finding that I was running into the
centre of a cyclone, I hove the ship to, with her
head to the N.N.E., keeping the engines working
slowly. By one p.m. we had a most terrific gale,
the ship was completely buried to leeward, and
taking in tons of water, which washed the tar-
paulins of the skid gratings, and an immense quan-
tity of water found its way on to the main deck,
and down the fore stoke-hole, &c.; the lee boats
were washed away ; the weather quarter boat blew
out of the tackles and was lost. The weather life-
boat was blown inboard altogether, bringing the
davits with it. About 3 p.m. the mizenmast head
carried away, the maintopmast and foretopgallant
mast soon followed, the leeward cathead was
washed away, and the anchor washed off the fore-
castle, but the shank painter held it. We were not
able to send any hands forward to secure it, and the
following morning we found it had knocked a hole
in the bow, but well above the watermark.
" At four p.m. the barometer commenced to rise ;

he ship was then is a fearful plight, the water

increasing fast in the stoke-hole and engine-room,
ship labouring heavily, all the sails blown out of
the gaskets, the dear gear either washed away or
smashed, awni❑g booms carried away by the force
of wind alone, lee bulwarks gone in many places,
lower booms, hencoops, and ladders washed over-
board. Mr Miller, the chief engineer, reported to
me that he could not keep steam up any longer,
owing to the quantity of water in the stock-hole.
Stopped the engines. About this time Mr Turner,
who was engaged in securing the tarpaulins, was
washed to leeward, and had his leg broken in two
places by a hencoop. Set all hands, passengers
included, to pump and bale.
"At six p.m. the gale was moderating, and the
barometer rapidly rising ; the ship then appeared a
complete wreck, the whole of the starboard cabins
were full of water, the berths and washstands
washed down, and the whole of the baggage de-
stroyed. From this time it gradually moderated,
and the wind veered round to the S.E., and became
fine ; the pumping and baling was continued until
11 p.m. following day, although at the time we had
great difficulty with the pumps, owing to their
getting choked with the coal in the bilges.
"At 11 p.m. on the 30th got up steam and pro-
ceeded towards G Ale ; the following day, at 5 a.m.,
the engineer reported that he could not keep up
steam, owi❑g to the quantity of water in the s'oke-
hole. I then considered prudent, as both passengers
and crew were nearly exhausted, to return to Aden ;
turned the ship round accordingly, and set all hands
pumping and baling again.
" On the morning of the 2d I passed a large num-
ber of bales floating about and one dead body.
Pumping was continued until the 3d, when we
arrived at this port about noon. I cannot speak in
too high terms of the whole of the officers ; the
manner in which they exerted themselves is beyond
all praise; also of the passengers and stewards;
they all worked with a will. On the morning
of the Ist the passengers formed themselves into
sanitary parties, and cleared the main deck of wet
bedding and baggage, which was commencing to
get offensive. lam sorry to say many of them are
heavy losers, as, independent of the baggage in the
cabins, a large quantity is damaged in the baggage
room. The officers and crew have also lost the
greater part of their effects. The cargo, as far as
we can see, has escaped damage.
" J. S. CASTLE,
" Commander steamship Canada."