The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-08 00:00:00

, -
creasing rapidly for the last half-hour. Watches
are consulted, eyes are anxiously turned towards the
portal through which all are eagerly longing to pass..
A thermometer would at this momons indicate much
more than blood heat ; the suppressed hum of many
voices sounds through the dust-charged atmosphere,
varied only by a low interjection, as a field officer's
spur scarifies an unfortunate instep. The effect of
a tightly-buttoned and closely-fitting uniform is be-
ginning to tell on more than one flushed and plethoric
countenance. Shakos are unanimously voted incon-
venient in a crowd. A good many have been crushed
flat, the peaks of others have been doubled up, while
the remains of several crest-fallen plumes strew the
floor. Those who have come up 100 miles since break•
fast, and have failed to lunch, are not in the
sweetest mood. They are thinking of the long in-
terval that must still elapse ere they can hope to
escape from their gilded prison ; and then there is
the dinner, with all its interminable speeches, to be
endured after this, and the ball in prospect, with its
6,000 and odd saltatory performers ! A month at
Hythe or three at Aldershott were surely prefer-
able
to one such .day of toilsome pleasure.
At last the glad signal is given ; the Queen, had
she been the Goddess of Punctuality, could not have
been more exact. The pressure, which has hitherto
been diffused, converges in one direction. The
stately black uniforms of the Victories lead the way ;
tints more or less sober and g.ty cluster in their
rear. It is difficult to maintain anything like the
order of military array, but neverthless the attempt
is made. Group after group passes through the
Throne-room by regiments, companies, or subdivi-
sions, headed by their senior officer.
A list of the officers of each corps is handed by him
to the Lord Chamberlain, who stands at the right of
the Queen, and reads the names aloud. Meanwhile
the officers draw up momentarily in line before her
Majesty, bow and retire. Amongst them is a re-
markable group, whose singular appearance renders
it difficult even for the Queen herself to maintain
her wonted gravity. The officers in question had
thought proper to clothe themselves in loose sky-
blue blouses, with buff waist•belts, and round flat-
brimmed " wide-awakes." The tout ensemble, well
enough for a French cantonnier, was ludicrous in
the extreme, when suggested as a military costume,
Some half-dozen other officers—for reasons which
did not transpire—had, in addition to their swords,
Colt's revolvers attached to their belts. One dress
seemed to have been copied from one resumed by
Buckstone in a recent farce, and a sprinkling of
Knickerbockers, with their concomitant high-lows,
elicited very few commendatory observations.
The numbers present yesterday were computed
to amount to upwards of 2,500 ; now if we allow
but 30 rank and file to each officer, and assume, as
we fairly may, that at least 500 officers s ere pre-
vented by various circumstances from attending,
we should arrive at 90,000 as the approximate
number of volunteers in the United Kingdom already
enrolled. When we consider that at this time last
year the Victoria Rifles were the only corps of the
kind that had more than a nominal existence, and
that they only then numbered -three hundred, the
argumentation cannot but be considered as redound-
ing greatly to the loyalty and patriotism of the
community, and as affording the most conclusive
reply to those who absurdly pretend that the volun-
teer movement is one in which the nation at large
takes no cordial interest..
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The 7th of March, 1860, is a day teat will long
be memorable in the annals of England. The grace-
ful compliment which the whole body of volunteers,
through their officers, have received from the hands
of Royalty will ,show better than any other token
the estimation in which their services are held, and
will tend to stimulate those who have not yet had
courage enough to join the ranks to enrol them-
selves without delay as members of one of the
noblest armies that has ever been assembled from
among the bravest of Albion's sons.

(From the Court .Newsman.)

Her Majesty the Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon
in St, James's Palace, for the reception exclusively of offi-
cers of Volunteer Corps.
The officers began to arrive at 12 o'clock, and were con-
ducted to the Drawing-room, Queen Anne's-room, the
Guard Chamber, Banquet-nom, and other apartments of
the Palace, and were formed into companies.
Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Higbness the
Prince Consort arrived from Buckingham Palace soon after
two o'clock, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in
Waiting.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Prince
Alfred, and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
General Commanding-in-Chief, attended the Court.
Her Majesty's Royal Body Guard of the Hon. Corps of
Gentlemen at Arms was on duty in the State Saloons, un-
der the command of the lieutenant.
The Queen and Prince Consort were attended by the
Duchess of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes ; the Coun-
tess of Caledon, Lady in Waiting; Viscount Sydney, Lord
Chamberlain ; Earl of St. Germans, Lord Steward ; Mar-
quis of Ailesbury, Master of the Horse; Earl Spencer,
Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness; Viscount Bury,
Treasurer of the Household, and Commandant 38th Mid-
dlesex; Viscoont Castlerosse, Vice Chamberlain; Lord
Proby, Comptroller of the Household ; Viscount Torring-
ton, Lord in Waiting ; Lord Waterpark, Lord in Waitinc,
to his Royal Highness ; Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles B.
Phipps, Keeper of her Majosty'a Privy Purse ; Major-
General the Hon. Charles Grey, Private Secretary to his
Royal Highness ; General Sir Edward Bowater, Groom in
Waiting ; Colonel F. Seymour, C. 8., Groom in Waiting
to his Royal Highness ; Lord Alfred Paget (Clerk Mar-
shal), Equerry in Waiting ; Col. the Hon. A. llardinge,
Equerry in Waiting to the Prince Consort ; and Messrs.
Phipps and Boyle, the Pages of Honour in Waiting.
Her Majesty wore a train of dahlia velvet trimmed s ith
point lace, the petticoat of white satin, trimmed with dahlia
velvet bows to correspond.
The Queen wore a diadem of opal and diamonds as a
headdress.
The Court was attended by Viscount Palmerston, First
Lord of the Treasury; the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert,
Secretary of State for War; the Captain of the Hon. Corps
of Gentlemen at Arms; Field-Marshal Viscount Comber-
mere, Gold Stick in Waiting ; Earl de Grey and Ripon,
Under Secretary of State for" War ; Lieutenant-General Sir
George 11 etherall, Adjutant-General ; Lieutenant-Colonel
Sir William Topham, the Lieutenant of the Hon. Corps of
Gentlemen at Arms ; Major-General Sir Travell Phillips,
Lieutenant of the Royal Body Guard of the Yeomen
of the Guard ; Major-General Forster, Deputy Adjutant-
General; Colonel M'Murdo, Inspector of Volunteers;
Colonel F. H. Seymour, Equerry and Groom of the Robes;
the Lord Mayor, Major Harmer, Standard-bearer of
the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Aram ; Colonel Prince
Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Aide-de-Camp to the Queen;
Colonel Lord Dynevor, Col. Adair, Col. Wilson Patten,
M.P., Col. Steeele, C.B. (Coldatroam Guards), Col. Sir T.
Troubridge, Bart., C. 8., and Col. J. W. Gordon, C. 8.,
Aide-de-Camp to the Queen ; Lieut. -Colonel C. Morris,
C. 8., Lieut.-Colonel Luard, Major Nelson, and Major Har-
man, Assistant-Inspectors of Volunteers; Duke of Wel-
lingtcin, Lieut.-Colonel Victoria Rifles ; Marquis of Done-
gall;_ Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Dudley do Ros, Equerry to his
Royal Highness the Prince Consort; Col. Howard Vyse,
2d Life Guards, Silver Stick in Waiting; Sir Wm. Mar-
tins, Gentleman Usher to the Sword of State ; Hon. Spen-
cer Ponsonby, Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's De-
partment, the Adjutant of the Royal Body Guard of Gen-
tlemen of Arms ; Col. Fitzmaurice, Adjutant of the Yeomen
of the Guard ; Colonel Airey, C. 8., Captain of the Queen's
Guard ; Captain Macdonald, Exon in Waiting ; Captain
Parker Bickford, Exon of the Yeomen of the Guard; Major-
General Diggle, K.H , Lieutenant-Generol Sir Frederick
Smith, K.H., Mr. A Blackwood, Mr C Heneage, Colonel
Stephens, Lieut-Col Home Purves, Capt R Bedford, R.N.,
and th 3 Hon F Byng, Gentlemen Ushers to the Queen ;
Sir A D Gordon, Bart, Assistant Gentleman Usher; Rear-
Admiral Blake (in Waiting), and Major-General Ridley,
C. 8., Gentlemen Ushers to his Royal Highness the Prince
Consort, Lieut-Col Cooke, Secretary to the Captain of the
Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Aims.
The officers of volunteers were joined in the Drawing
Room by the lord-lieutenatits of their counties, who accom-
panied them to the Throne Room, and introduced them to
the Queen. In the absence of the lord-lieutenant they
were introduced by the Under Secretary of State for the
War Department.
The following officers, in the order of their respective
counties, were introduced to the presence of the Queen :
ARTILLERY.
NOILTHUMEERLAND.

Ist Company—Copt Corn Addison Potter, Lieuts W F
Pilter, C Laws, llon Surgeon, Dr Emerson
2d—Capt E Young, Li2ut T Howell—introduced by the
Under Secretary for War

DEVON.
2d Company—Capt G Smith
4th—Capt Vivian, Lieuts B Hooper and J Hay
Teignmouth Company—Capt Sir W Tonkin, Lieuts E
English, M Coleman
6th—Capt It Cleland, Lieuts J Davy, T Lidstone—intro-
duced by the Under Secretary for War
SUSSEX.
Ist Company—Lieut-Col J Estridge, Capt G Dalbiae,
Lieut T Johnstone—the Capt and two Lieuts introdueel
by the Duke of Richmond
EDINBURGH CITY._

Ist Company—Cal)6lNT Bell, Boyd, Harrison, Lieuts A
Campbell, AP-Nab, Steele Miller—introduced by the Lord
Provost of Edinburgh
CORNWALL.
Ist Company—Capt C Brune, Lieuts J Tredwen, H
Pearse
2d—Honorary Assistant-Surgeon W Box
3d—Capt W Essel, Lieuts W Sobey, Hicks, Honorary
Surgeon A Davis
4th—Lieuts W Banks, R. Kernick
7th—Lieut J Soott—introduced by Lord Vivian

MID.
Major-Corn Sir J Baird, Capts W Parker, D Craig, R.
Fell, Lieuts W Bentley, It Richard, J Riddock, A Edmon-
sfon, A Spence, A Livingstone, D Gregor, W Watson, R
Hutchison, L Wastson—,7l2y the Under-Secretary for War

Ist Company—Capts S Marsh, VT Freeman, Lieut A
Morant, Dr Stephenson- by the Lord-Lit.ut of the county.

BANPnilittP,.
Captain Cruickshank—by the Earl of Fife
KENT.
Ist Company—Capt W. Giad,lish, Lieuts G Sharland, E
ilder, Honorary Surgeon E Young

2d—Capt W Hall, Lieuts W Munn, J Crookes, Honorary
Surgeon W Hoare
3d--Capt G licnnicott, RN, Lieuts F Tyssen, G Scholey
4th—ea-AO:tin L Magnus
9th-L-Lituts W Tongue, Braund
10th (Royal Arsenal)—Colonel-Com Col Tulluh, Capts
nanifold, Hare, Lieuts Tapp, Kellow, Butter, Rees,
Capt J Dearo
llth—Lieuts J. Taylor, T. Howard
12th—Capt J. Beveridge—by Viscount Sydney
FORFARSHIRE.
4th bompany—bapt Buist, Lieuts Leadbetter, Thomson
sth—Lieuts James, Caird—by Lord Panmura
Ess.
Lieuts P Daniels, C Barker—ax by the Lord-Lieutenant of
Essex.

LANCASHIRE.
Ist Coinpany—Lieut-Col W Brown, Lients J Brown, D