The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-25 00:00:00

7HE VOLUNTEEt4 REVIEW AT DOVER

The report made by Major-General M'Cleverty
to his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief
reepecting the Volunteer review at Dover on Easter
Monday was issued from the War-office yesterday.
After enumerating the troops on the ground, regu•
lars and Volunteers, the number of guns and ships
of war, and giving a detail of the operations, the
Major-General concludes as follows :
" I have the agreeable duty to make a most
satisfactory report on the general state and effi-
eiency of this large body of Volunteers. As regards
the whole of the battalions, I would congratulate
them on the great attention paid to cadence of
step, equipment, and firing. Their almost universal
steadiness in marching past his Royal Highness the
Commander-in-Chief could not fail to elicit the
approbation of all who witnessed these loyal citizen
soldiers devotieg their time and energies volunta-
rily to an arduous day's duty, and vieing to a most
successful degree with her Majesty's troops i❑
training and steadiness under arms. Their move-
ments in the field, which occupied the greater portion
of the time, were such as to deserve high commen-
dation ; in most instances the deployments, move-
ments in line, and firing were executed with suit-
able rapidity and regularity ; it is, therefore, most
satisfactory that nearly 24,000 of the volunteer
force of England conducted their movements in so
efficient a manner that actual warfare, whilst under
fire, would soon teach such troops to take advan-
tage of the configuration and irregularities of
ground, and look to their formations in line over a
more extended space of country than our limitel
time would admit of.

"In the defences of the castle and forts, Colonel
Elwyn, commanding the Royal Artillery in tho-dis-
trict, informs me that, from the reports of the
lieutenant-colonels of the Royal Artillery command-
ing in these detached works, he is afforded peculiar
pleasure and gratification in bearing testimony to
the remarkable efficiency of the volunteer artillery
iu this district, as reported in his periodical inspec-
tions, and showing that those in other districts
have been well trained to the service of heavy ord-
nance.

" The artillery in the field having been under
his observation, he adds, that the manner in which
the light guns were manoeuvred and served by the
volunteer artillery was most creditable ; that the
service and management by the Administrative Bri-
gade of Cinque Ports Artillery and the 3d Middle-
sex Artillery of the brigade of heavy guns was most
satisfactory. The opinions of the Royal Artillery
field officers who commanded are that the Volun-
teer Artillery force would prove a most valuable
auxiliary body.

" Where attendance is voluntary I abstain from
selecting individual corps, but the battalions gene-
rally turned out in such numerical strength and
equipment as must have taxed the energies of com-
manding officers, their officers, and men ; by their
collective exertions they appeared on the ground so
creditably and soldierly at a distance from their
homes, and returned in a well-organised manner.
To the various officers both of the regular and
volunteer forces my best thanks are due for the
zealous manner in which orders were carried out
and the disposition of the troops and operations were
executed. To those in the ranks my thanks are
equally due.
" I would solicit his Royal Highness the Field-
Marshal Commanding-in-Chief to convey to the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty his approval
of the material co-operation of Captain Commerell,
of her Majesty's steamship Terrible, and of the
officers and men of her Majesty's ships employed,
and the sense the volunteers entertain of the advan-
tages which resulted from their combination in the
attack on Dover Castle and its adjacent defences,—
I have, &c.,
(Signed) "W. A. M'CLEVERTT,
Major-Gen. Commanding South-Eastern District."

" HORSE GUARDS, May 4.
" Sir,—In forwarding the accompanying report
of Major-General M'Cleverty of the proceedings at
Dover on the occasion of the recent volunteer re-
view, I am most happy to express my fullest con-
currence in the remarks which he has made.
" I was much struck by the great improvement
which I observed during the marching past of the
force, in many of the minor details of organisation ;
and the admirable regularity with which every corps
passed the saluting point was worthy of the highest
approbation.

" The regularity with which the different corps
were brought down by the railroad companies
reflects the greatest credit on the staff of those com-
panies ; and the general arrangements made by
Colonel Erskine • and his assistant-inspectors, for
collecting so large a body of volunteers from such
long distances, and ensuring their arrival at the
appointed time and place, deserves my warmest
commendation.

" The co-operation of her Majesty's navy, under
Captain Commerell, added greatly to the effect of
the day's proceedings, and I heartily join with the
Major-General in his request that the Lords Com-
missioners of the Admiralty may be informed of the
gratification experienced, both by the army and by
the body of volunteers on the ground, at the pre-
sence of a portion of the fleet.—l am, &c.
(Signed) " GEORGE.
" The Right Hon. Sir John Pakington,
Secretary of State for War."

" War-office, May 23.
" Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the
receipt of your Royal Highness's letter of the 4th
instant, enclosing a report from Major-General
M'Cleverty on the review which took place at Dover
on Easter Monday.
" In reply, I have to express my satisfaction at
the favourable opinion formed by your Royal High-
ness, as well as by General M'Cleverty, of the
steadiness and efficiency of the volunteers who took
part in the review.
" I have to add that I have had much pleasure in
forwarding to the Admiralty copies of your Royal
Highness's letter and its enclosure.—I have the
honour to be, sir, your Royal Highness's obedient

servant,

(Signed) "J. S. PAKINGTON.
" His Royal Highness the Field-Marshal
Commanding-in-Chief."

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A MAN CUT IN TWO AT THE RED-lIILL STATION.
—This (Saturday) forenoon Mr. William Payne, the
coroner for the City and Southwark, received information
of the death in Guy's Hospital of a labouring man, whose
name could not be ascertained, aged about 32 years. It
appears that a few days age the deceased was engaged on
the South-Eastern Railway, near the Red-hill station, when
he saw a train coming along, and before he had time to get
out of the way the poor fellow was knocked down by the
engine, and the wheels of the train passed over both his
legs and cut them off. Deceased was at once picked up and
placed in the carriage of another train and conveyed to
London-bridge, and then to the above-named hospital,
where ho lay and expired from the effects of the injuries
sustained. The inquest will be held on the body this
evening.