The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-18 00:00:00

THE BRIGH lON REVIEW.

The volunteers of the metropolis were on the alert
soon after daylight, and were early in their march
to the London Bridge and Victoria Stations. There
were in all 13,061 men who were to go from London
Bridge, but nearly two-thirds having gone on pre-
vious days, the pressure on the trains was by no means
great. The first batch was appointed to arrive at the
station at 5 a.m., and were packed off 'in the first
train at 5.10. They mustere I about 800 strong.
Following them came the 40th Middlesex, under the
command of Lieut. Swansborough ; the Ist City of
London Artillery, Lieut.-Colonel J. R. L. Wal-
trii,ley ; the 30th Middlesex R,fles, Captain Pontifex ;
the 48th Middlesex, Captain H. Woods; the 49th
Middlesex, ,Ensigu Reeves, who filled the second
train. The next to arrive were the infantry of the
Hon. Artillery Company, under Colonel Morrison.
Ihe fourth lot were the Ist London Engineers. The
fifth and sixth squad were sent off, so that the whole
of the Volunteers were slfely .despatched on their
route by twenty minutes to seven, there being two
hundred carriages occupied in their transit. Vic-
toria bad its share of bustle. The force which went
from that station all got off in good time and in
excellent or_ler.

BRIGHTON, Monday Morning.
The weather early this morning looked anything
but inviting for the forthcoming review. Dull lead
coloured c!ouds covered the sky, a cutting wind
swept through the streets, and seemed as if the
Volunteers were again doomed to go through their
nnual review in wind and rain.
The number of Volunteers that had arrived on
Sunday have greatly swelled the numbers, and 3
%Tr/ numerous crowd assembled at the several
Brighton termini th at:morning to watch the arrival of
the corps d'arinee which had yet to come. The mul- ,
titude was not enthusiastic, and exhibited little of
anything but inqu'sitive curiosity. The first train
which came from London reached here at
about seven o'clock, and contained large detachments
of the 3d Middlesex Rifles, the 2dMiddlesex Artillery,
and the Custom House Rifles. They were quickly
followed by others, and in a short time the tramp of
the citizen soldiery, the blare of trumpets, and the
beating of drums became incessant. As soon as the
respetive corps reached the platforms they were
brigaded and marched off to the appointed rendez-
vous, so that there was no confusion or apparent want
of discipline. The general public and holiday visitors
are now rapidly arriving, many going direct to the re-
view ground, seemingly under the impression that if
they do not get there early, all the advantageous
points of view over the twelve miles of hill and
valley will be secured.

At, six o'clock the bugle call resounded through
the streets, and soon afterwards most of the ten or
twelve thousand Volunteers who had already arrived
here were on the alert. Barricades had been con"
strutted at the ends of the atreets, debouching oa
the Steyne, the Level, and other points of rendevous.
The Garrison Artillery was parked in the North
Steyne enclosure, and the camp tents erected at all
the brigading stations had a very picturesque effect.
Hundreds of Volunteers were strolling about the
squares or lounging on the Marine Parade.

Towards ten o'clock the weather began to show'
truaaistakeble signs of improvement,and at 10 o'clock,
when the signal gun was fired for the Volunteers to
get under arms, the sun was shining brilliantly. M
soon as it was possible to obey the signal gun the
different corps formed and commenced marching
to the review ground. The route lay along- the
North Steyene, through the Pavilion grounds, Castle-
square; up Marine-parade to Bedford.street, thence
to the Grand t:tand, where the march past takes
place. The streets are crowded with people who
cheered enthusiastically as the Volunteers passed •
The Grand Stand is filled with a fashionable assemblY7
the race-course is lined with spectators, presenting
the appearance of Epsom on Derby Day, and every- t
thing bids favourable to make the review a grea
success.

Mr. C,l,yrn3 W. Field is at Washington,
where he
'has given evidence to the Foreign Relations Committe 9
in explanation of the recent union of the French and
English Cable Companies which had been misunderstood
by the Committee. But that is not the main object of Alr
Field's visit. Having pushed his cable across the Atlantic
to meet the rising sun, ho proposes to lay a cable across
the Pacific to overtaketjie setting sun, for he has pn-pared
a bill to give a company he represents the right to lay the
wire from San Francisco to the Sandwich Islands, Japan
and China. Apropos of Mr. Field, we regret to observe
in our obituary this week the name of his brother Matthew.
a well-known engineer.