The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-12 00:00:00

NORTH EAST LONDON RIFLES.

Tho official inspection of this regiment has been
postponed by the Inspecting-General. It will take
place on the 21st inst. in the Regent's Park at half-
past seven o'clock.

BRADFORD.

On Tuesday afternoon Lord Fitzwilliam, K.G.,
Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire,
reviewed about 1,000 Volunteers in Peel-park,
Bradford. The day being a holiday, and there
being a gala in the park for the joint benefit of the
Bradford Infirmary and the park fund, the atten-
dance of spectators was immense, certainly 50,000,
as indicated by the money received for admission.
The following Volunteer corps were present :-2d
West York (Bradford) Artillery, four companies,
commanded by Major Wood ; Pudsey and Farsley
Artillery, commanded by Captain Pepper; 3d West
York (Bradford) Rifles, six companies; 6th West
York (Huddenfield) Rifles, four companies, com-
manded by Major Crosland ; and the 35th and
39th West York (Keighley and Bingley) Rifles,
who for drill purposes are attached to the Bradford
Corps. The review commenced at half-past four
o'clock. Lieutenant-Colonel Lister, of the 3d West
York (Bradford) Rifle Corps, commanded the
brigade, which consisted of three battalions. On
entering the park the Lord-Lieutenant, who wore
his uniform and blue riband, was received with a
salute of 19 guns, fired by No. 1 battery of the
Bradford Artillery Corps. His lordship was
accompanied by Sir John Ramsden, Bart., M.P., who
was attired as a deputy-lieutenant of the riding, and
by Lieutenant-Colonel Harman, one of her Ma-
jesty's Inspectors of Rifle Volunteer Corps. After
receiving the Lord-Lieutenant with a salute in line,
and marching past with the Rifle Corps, the Ar-
tillery Volunteers took no further part in the brigade
movements of the day, which were performed by
the other corps in a very soldierlike manner. Each
man had ten rounds of blank ammunition. At the
conclusion of the review the Lord-Lieutenant ad-
dressed the brigade, and said it must be a great gra-
tification to the whole of the corps assembled to
know that during the last two years they had made
themselves to no small extent good and efficient
soldiers. It was a gratification to him to come
among them, and to witness what they had done,
and he thought that what he saw around him was a
proof of the esteem in which they -were held by their
townsmen and neighbours. Alluding to the new
barracks of the Bradford Rifle Corps, his Lordship
said he did not think that a more efficient place for
the purpose of drill could be found, and he gave
praise to the adjutant of the corps (Captain Pepper)
for his exertions in connection with the erection of
the barracks. It was a credit to all of them, and a
credit to the town of Bradford, that they had so
suitable a place in which to go through, during the
more inclement seasons of the year, the duties that
devolved upon them. Lieutenant-Colonel Lister,
on behalf of the Rifle Volunteers, returned thanks
to Lord Fitzwilliam for having come among them,
and said he had no doubt that, with the patronage
and moral support of those who held high stations
in the land, the Volunteer movement would remain
a great institution for
inspected
to come. The Lord-
Lieutenant afterwards the Bradford corps
of Artillery Volunteers, and addressed them in
very complimentary terms, Major Wood returning
thanks. His lordship was loudly cheered by the
troops at the conclusion of the proceedings. The
ground during the review was well kept by the
Artillery Volunteers of Pudsey and Farsley, under
the command of Captain Pepper. Refreshments for
the whole of the corps were provided by the Park
Gala Committees, free of expense.

The old charter of the State of Connecticut, in the
United States, granted by Charles IL, 200 years ago, still
hangs in the office of the Secretary of State at Hartford,
the capital of the above-named state.