The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-31 00:00:00

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ALDERSHOT.-REVIEW OF THE TROOPS

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BY HER MAJESTY.

Yesterday her Majesty again visited the camp at Alder-
shot, to review the newly-arrived and last batch of troops
from the late seat of war in the East. As this, we believe,
is intended to be the last public or holiday review of the
military season, so it was also in the number of troops on
the ground, and of spectators to witness their mancsuvres,
by far the best of the many which have taken place there.
Of course, with the peculiar fatality which attaches to
all the spectacles at Aldershot, even the display of yester-
day caused souse disappointment, for in the neighbourhood
of the camp rumours had been industriously circulated
that it would take place on Tuesday; and on that day,
therefore, some thousands assembled in the vain expecta-
tion of witnessing a review which was never intended to
take place. This disappointment, however, seemed to
have produced no very serious effect, for the visitors from
the surrounding towns and villages to camp yesterday im-
mensely exceeded the numbers which have attended on
any previous similar occasion. The metropolis also con-
tributed a considerable portion of the concourse, and long
special trains were started by the South-Western to meet
the increased demand.
During the early part of the morning the weather was
very close and cloudy, betokening either one or the other
of Aldershot evils, heat or heavy rain, in rapid alternation,
between the extreme of which the unhappy denizens of the
camp pass their lives. But before ten o'clock the fernier
nuisance had asserted its superiority in the most marked and
vindictive manner. The surface of the country was
covered with a light wavy mist like a deluge of heat; the
clusi rose without provocation, and settled lazily on every-
thing, and the dark marshy plains of Aldershot looked like
a great pitch lake, and was quite as hot under the fierce
morning sun. As a matter of course, under such circum-
stances, there was an unusually small muster of vehicles
at the Farnborough station, and the drivers of these wisely
took advantage of the times to extend their fares far be-
yond the bounds of previous extortion. London visitors
were, of course, obliged to submit to whatever terms the
conscience of the fly driver dictated, for the alternative of
toiling over hill and dale to camp by such a dusty road and
on such a day, was a step, or rather series of steps, into
taking which no amount of extortion was likely to lead.
The Orleans Princes, De Joinville, D'Aumale, and De
Nemours, arrived at Farnborough by an early train. We
may mention, to show the hospitable inducements which
visitors to the camp receive, that it was with difficulty
that these illustrious individuals procured a limited break-
fast of eggs and bacon at a road-side inn. It was not till
visitors came to the camp that they found they had arrived
hours too soon, for the review was not to take place till four,
and all seemed to have secured their places on the heath
before twelve. A few strolled about the camp, which bears
a less painful resemblance to a dirty colliery now than it
did a week or two ago. The Rifles, 42d, 88th, some
Artillery, and small detachments of other regiments, are
under canvas, and the clean lively aspect of the tents much
relieves the monotonous rows of low black huts of the rest
of the camp.
In the south camp the Artillery have erected stables for
some 200 horses. The north side of the stables is formed by
a steep bank made of earth ; the other parts by fir stakes
driven in the ground, and interwoven with fir branches, the
whole being roofed over with canvas supported on poles.
These have been erected by artillerymen, assisted (and we
presumed directed) by some Sappers and Miners. The
stables are good, but more than this we cannot say, for
they certainly are not se good as they ought to have been
made, and with such materials at command as they could
easily have been made. We were called upon to admire
them as evidencing the ease with which the English soldier
adapts himself to the necessities of his position, and the
skill with which he remedies its deficiencies. But we re.
gret that we could not view them in such a favourable
light. It was only because the Artillery were ordered to
build stables that they did so, and unless they now com-
plete what they have begun, and really protect the horses
against the changes of our uncertain climate, the stables
will be useless and empty before November. But poor and
inadequate as these stables are, making the men erect them
is a stop in the right direction, and we also hope the com-
mencement of a system of drill-training which has been
utterly neglected in our service—we mean of teaching the