The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-25 00:00:00

Colonel Tulloh, R.A., commanding; Lieutenant-Colonel
Morris, C.B„
Ist Battalion—lst Kent (Gravesend) ; 2d Kent, sth Kent,
(Blackheath) ; 9th Kent (Plutnstead) ; 10th Kent (Royal
Arsenal, Woolwich) ; 14th Kent (Dockyard, Woolwich).
2d Battalion-Ist Gloucester (Bristol) ; Ist Sussex
(Brighton) ; 4th Cinque Ports (Hastings):; 2d Durham
(Marchioness of I ondonderry's, Seaham).

RED FLAG, MARKED 1 B.
FIRST BRIGADE.

His Grace- the Duke of Wellington, commanding; Major
Hume, assistant-inspector, major of brigade.
Ist Battalion—Major Whitehead : Ist Middlesex (Kil-
burn) ; 12th do. (Hounslow); 18th do. (Harrow).

2d Battalion—Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Radstock : 3d
Middlesex (Hampstead) ; 9th do. (Marylebono); 13th do.
(Hornsey); 14th do. (Highgate).
3d Battalion—Colonel the Hon. G. Lindsay: 11th Mid-
dlesex (Burlington House) ; 12th do. (Barnet); 36th do,
(Paddington).

4th Battalion—Major Bigge, late 23d Regiment : 29th
Middlesex (St. Pancras) ; Ist Hertford (Herford) ; 2d do.
(Watford) ; 3d do. (St. Albans).

WHITII AND BLUE FLAG, ISI.RICED 2 B.
SECOND BRIGADE.

Lieutenant Hicks commanding ; Major Harman, assistant
iaspector.
Ist Battalion—Major Close, late 37th Foot : Ist City of
London, Ist battalion (Guildhall).
2d Battalion—Captain Rose: Ist City of London; 2d
battalion (Guildhall).
3d Battalion—Major Gray: 4th, sth, Gth, and 7th Mid-
dlesex (Islington) ; 26th do. (Custom-house) ; 39th do.
(Clerkenwell).
4th Battalion—Lieutenant-Colonel Walker; 2d Tower
Hamlets (Hackney) ; 3d do. (Spitalfields) ; 33d Middlesex
(Tottenham) ; Ist Essex (Romford) ; 2d do. (Cranbrook) ;
3d do. (Brentwood) ; 4th do. (Chelmsford) ; 7th do. (Roth-
ford).

BLACK FLAG, MARKED 3 B.
Lord Ranelagh commanding; Major Nelson, assistant,
inspector, major of brigade.
Ist Battalion—Major Macpherson, late GBth Foot : 2d
Middlesex (Walham Green).

2d Battalion--Major Lord Bury : 21st Middlesex (Civil
Service) ; 38th do. (Artists).
3d Battalion—Lieutenant-Colonel Earl Grosvenor : 22d
Middlesex (Queen's).
4th Battalion—Lieutenant. Colonel Brewster, late Rifle
Brigade : 23d Middlesex (Inns of Court).
YELLOW FLAG, MARKED 4 B.
Lord Elcho commanding; Major Deeds, major of bri-
gade.

Ist Battalion—Captain Mackenzie; 15th Middlesex
(Scottish) ; 19th do (Bloomsbury).
2d Battalion—Lieutenant - Colonel Macdonald, late
E.1.C.5.: Ist Surrey (Camberwell).
3d Battalion—Colonel Campbell, late E.I.C. S. : 3d Sur-
rey (Croydon) ; 4th do. (Brixton) ; Gth do. (Esher) ; Bth
do. (Epsom) ; 9th do. (Richmond) ; 11th do. (Wimbledon)
12th do. (Kingston).
4th Battalion—Major Beresford : 7th Surrey (South-
wark) ; 10th do. (Bermondsey) ; 19th do. (Lambeth); 21st
do. (Battersea).

SECOND DIVISION.
Major-General Lord Rokeby commanding.
GREEN FLAG, MARKED b B.
Ist Brigade—Colonel Thorold, late 92d Highlanders,
commanding ; Major Sherrington, major of brigade.
Ist Battalion—Major Capper :-sth Maui (Plaistow) ;
Bth do. (Stratford) ; 9th do. (Silvertown).
2d Battalion—Lieutenant-Colonel Croyndon, late Royal
Marines; 3d .Kent (Lee); 4th do. (Woolwich) ; 7th do.
(Kidbrooke); 9th do. (Chatham) ; 13th do. (Greenwich) ;
18th do. (Bromley) ; 21st do. (Lewisham) ; 25th do. (Black-
heath) ; 27th and 34th do. (Deptford) ; 28th do. (Charlton) ;
32d do. (Eltham).
3d Battalion—Lieutenant-Colonel Anderson ; 26th Kent,
Ist battalion (Royal Arsenal, Woolwich).
4th Battalion—Lieutenant-Colonel Parkyn ; 26th Kent,
2d Battalion (Royal Arsenal, Woolwich).
WHITE FLAG, MARKED 6 B.
2d Brigade—Colonel the Marquis of Donegan command-
ing; Major Freeth, major of brigade.
Ist Battalion—Lieutenant-Colonel Bush, late 96th of ;
Ist Gloucester (Bristol) ; 3d do. (Gloucester) ; 6th do.
(Stroud) ; Ist, 2d, and 17th Somerset (Bath).
2d Battalion—Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. G. Scott,
late Scots Fusilier Guards : Ist Warwick (Birmingham) ;
2d do. (Coventry, Warwick, and Stratford).
3d Battalion—Lieutenant-Colonel Loyd-Lindsay, y.C.,
late Scots Fusilier Guards : Ist Berkshire (Reading);; 2d
do. (Windsor) ; 3d do. (Newbury); 4th do. (Abingdon) ;
sth do. (Maidenhead) ; 6th do. (Wokingham); 2d Oxford
(Oxford) ; Ist Dorset (Bridport). G
4th Battalion—Captain the Right Hon. Earl Spencer :
28th Middlesex (Irish); Ist Northampton (Northampton);
4th do. (Northampton) ; sth do. (Northampton) ; 4th Bucks
(Aylesbury).
RED AND YELLOW FLAG, MARKED 7 B.
THIRD BRIGADE.

Brigadier-General Russell, C.B. ; Captain Currie, major
of Brigade.
Ist Battalion— Lieutenant-Colonel Viscount Grey do
Wilton : 6th Lancashire, Ist (➢Mnchester).
2d Battalion—Lieut.-Col. J. H. Deakin : 28th Lanca-
shire, 2d Manchester (Manchester).
4th Battalion—Lieut. •Col. E. Crawfurd (late Rifle
Brigade) : Ist Nottingham, Robin Hood (Nottingham).
GREEN AND RED FLAG, MARKED 8 B.
FOURTH BRIGADE.

Brigadier-General Taylor commanding; Captain Stuart,
major of brigade.

Ist Battalion-sth Surrey (Reigate) ; 14th do. perk-
ing) ; sth Kent (Canterbury) ; 9th do. Chatham ; 19th
do. (Rochester) ; 26tb do. (Maidstone) ; 31st de. (Leeds
Castle).

2d Battalion-Ist Cinque Ports (Hastings) ; 2d do.
:Ramgate) ; 3d do. (Rye) ; 4th do. (Hythe) ; 7th do.
:Margate) ; 16th Surrey (Egham).
3d Battalion-Ist and sth Derby (Derby) ; 7th Stafford

(Burton-on-Trent); Bth do. (Burton-on-Trent) ; 14th
Worcester (Worcester) ; 2d West Ridiug (Sheffield) ;
25th Cheshire (Timperley).

We believe that some of the companies were

larger than the previous return to the War-
office made them, and that the total number
on the ground was considerably above 20,000. The
general impression produced by the appearance and
bearing of the Volunteers was very favourable, and
there was but one opinion of their efficiency—that
it did infinite credit both to the men and officers.

The Huntingdonshire Mounted Rifles, commanded
by the Duke of Manchester, were much admired
for the beauty of their horses ; they were finer ani-
mals than any of our regular cavalry regiments can

show. The City Artillery Company was the irst
body of infantry that passed ; they might easily be
mistaken for the Foot Guards; but they are an
ancient corps, with a long training. Some of the
best known companies were cheered as they passed.
Lord Elcho and the Highland Company, the Lon-
don Irish, the Inns of Court Companies, and the
Nottingham Robin !foods were among many thus
distinguished.
We have heard much of the time it takes to make
a soldier ; the difference between the erect, well-set-
up Guardsman and the rural recruit, with the heavy
slouch of the field and furrow, is so immense that
it will, perhaps, justify the long period necessary
to transform him, But a glance at the men in the
Park on Saturday was enough to show that
by going higher in the social scale for the " raw
material" we find it capable of the most rapid con-
version into soldiers. Those who acquire first
essentials so quickly will take the final perfecting
in all the greatest martinet can desire, with equal
facility. The army has been se exclusively re-
cruited from the labouring class that it is some-
thing like a surprise to find that superiority of
mere physique, in height and strength, is not so
entirely confined to this one section as is generally
supposed.. The volunteers compared with the same
number of regulars would have rather the advan-
tage in both respects, unless the latter were picked
regiments.
The vexed question of the fittest colour of the
rifleman's uniform was brought to a test by the re-
view. When the companies were first organised it
was feared they might run to an excess in costume,
and adopt dangerously brilliant colours. We are
not sure but there has been a slight excess the other
way ; the neutral tints are in masses sombre, and
the very dark colours, verging on black, are by no
means invisible as a mark. The visibility of a
colour depends very much on the background; on
a bare stony soil the browns and grays would be-
come indistinct ; among trees and forest the greens
would mix in with the scenery. But the absolute
black or very dark green is visible at any distance
At which a human figure can be perceived. The