The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-03 00:00:00

criticism from military correspondents,7 of whom it
is not at all certain that they were at the
review, and from able editors, who certainly were
not there, that even the hard heart of " Ilippophylax"
might be melted to pity. The accusation against
the Volunteers is very different from that which was
made after last year's review at Windsor. Then it
consisted of one charge, and one which could not be
answered. There is no doubt that the Volunteers
on that occasion shewed a most lamentable absence
of discipline. But it is by no means clear that the
numerous charges now made are just. When
officers of the regular army like Major ANSON,
V.C., come forward to the defence, it may be
assumed that there are two sides to the question,
that the accused have at least something to say in
their own behalf. We are inclined to think that
they have a good deal to say.
The charges are manifold. It is complained that
the Volunteers dispersed all over the town when they
were told that the review would not be held. Whither
were they to go ? They had no barracks , there was
no place of shelter from the pitiless storm except shops
and public-houses and the houses of friends. As a mat-
ter of fact, how many of the 20,000 Volunteers who
should have marched past. failed to do so after the
Duke of CAMBRIDGE had caused the assembly to be
sounded ? Some, perhaps, were dilatory in their
movements, but, as was pointed out at the time, it is
not easy to put on thick boots sodden with rain at a
minute's notice ; some, too, certainly did not know
what the assembly meant. Then it is com-
plained that the attacking force exposed
themselves to annihilation as they marched up the
valley, and in real war would have been exterminated.
There seems to be no doubt upon this point ; it
seems certain that had there been serious fighting we
should have had another Balaklava to weep over,
" magnificent, but not war." Who was to blame ?
Not the Volunteers at all, but the officers of the
regular army, who ordered this very movement.
Again, it is said, sarcastically, that the Volunteer
Artillery got into difficulty with their heavy
guns; but they at least got out of the diffi-
culty, and owed no thanks to the Royal
Artillery for the extrication. Major ANSON
has seen Royal Artillerymen equally at sea,
and getting to land again entirely through the
sagacity, not of an officer, not even of a private,
but of an elephant. As it is, the Volunteers learnt
that they had committed a mistake, and will know
how to avoid it in future, and so certainly they
did not lose a day. Then there are various stories
told to prove insubordination. One man, in rough
attire, marched by the side of a corps, and the
Volunteers are blamed for suffering this. Were they
to stop their march and carry the man bodily off the
ground ? Another Volunteer, an officer, behaved
impertinently to his superior officer. If so, why was
he not put under arrest ? The truth seems to be
that those who failed in their duty were, not the
Volunteers, but the officers of the regular army.
There was no clubbing of battalions ; the evolutions
which were ordered were carried out. On the other
hand, the manoeuvres shelved culpable ignorance
on the part of those who ordered them; there was no
attempt to enforce discipline, there was no assistance
given to the Artillery, and there was no com-
missariat. The officers in command had full power
to make their own arrangements, and they had the
additional advantage of the field telegraph apparatus
to transmit their orders. Nevertheless, they
blundered seriously, and their friends are now
attempting to cast the blame upon the Volunteers.
So far as regards the preservation of discipline,
there is little reason for alarm. In time of war the
Volunteers would be as much under the Mutiny Act
as the Regulars. What does alarm us is the possibility
of our Volunteers being exposed to annihilation
through the ignorance of some general who has
failed to take to heart the terrible lesson of Bala
klava,

(Cavil tcrr

HER MAJESTY,

WINDSOR CASTLE, April 2.
The Queen, accompanied by PrincesE Christian,
drovo out yesterday afternoon,

Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess
Beatrice also went out.
Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise,
walked and drove in the grounds this morning.

LATEST INTELL IGENCE

(REUTER'S TELEGRAILs.)

AMERICA,

NEW YORK, April 3.
According to Mr. Adam Moffat's report the
week's receipts of cotton at all United States ports
have been 97,000 bales ; and since the Ist of Sep-
tember, and taken by American spinners direct,
2,045,000. Shipments to England, 49,000 ; to
France, 8,000 ; to the Continent, 7,000, and since
the Ist of September, 1,020,000, Stock, 390,000.
Market dull. And Upland, 11+1, cost and freight
per steamer.

THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES.

CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 2.
The Sultan went in great state to the Mosque of
St. Sophia to-day, Their Royal Highnesses the
Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the
Hon. Mrs. Grey, Lord Carrington,
Mr. Alison, Mr.
Russell, and Mr. Lionel Moore, Second Secretary
at the British Embassy, and especially attached to
his Royal Highness during the present stay in this
capital, witnessed the procession from the Sultan's
Kiosk.

Their Royal Highnesses subsequently received a
deputation of all classes of British residents in
Constantinople, who presented an address.
The Prince thanked the deputation on behalf of
the Queen, the Princess, and himself, expressing
the great pleasure he felt at being able to share with
the Princess on this occasion of his second visit the
unbounded hospitalities of the
Sultan, the Queen's
firm ally and friend.

To-morrow a State dinner will be given by the
Sultan, in honour of his Royal guests. The
Foreign Ambassadors and the Turkish Ministers
are invited. On Tuesday
a ball will take place at
the British Embassy. The Sultan will be present.
On Wednesday their Royal Highnesses and the
Sultan will visit the Opera in state. The Prince
and Princess will leave to morrow week for the
Crimea, returning to Constantinople on the fol-
lowing Friday, then to proceed immediately to
Greece.

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Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge,
Prince and Princess Tack, and suite, honoured the per-
formances at the Theatre Royal, zwelphi, last evening.