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diness. After the usual salute they were put
through various evolutions by Lieut.-Col. Sir W.
de Bathe, which they executed in a very efficient
manner, and much to the satisfaction of the In-
specting Colonel, who, in a brief address, said he
thought there were among them the best elements
of a good company. The review was witnessed by
a large and imposing concourse of spectators, and
was followed by a succession of sports.
On Saturday next a great gathering of Volun-
teers is expected to take place at Stratford, Essex,
consisting of 21 companies, with an aggregate
strength of 1,500 men. They will assemble for bat-
`f, talion and brigade drill, and will be composed of ten
companies of the sth Essex, and the newly raised
company of artillery in connection with that corps;
four companies of the Bth Essex, tw3 of the 9th
Essex, five of the 26th Middlesex, and two of the
2d London.
A friendly contest is fixed to take place shortly be-
teen four members of each company of the 9th, or
West Middlesex Volunteers, at the ranges of 300,
500, and 700 yards ; the prizes to consist of four
tankards, to be provided at the expense of the losing
competitors.
Mr. James Bird, of Hammersmith, has announced
his intention to give a prize of the value of £25,
and two other prizes for second and third shots, to
be competed for by members of the West Middle-
sex, St. Geerge's, Queen's Westminster, South
Middlesex, and the 36th Middlesex (Paddington)
Rifles, &e.
On Monday the Exeter and South Devon Volun-
teer Rifle Corps, under the command of Major
Chichester; the let Devon Artillery Corps, under
the command of Captain Brent ; and the Exmouth
Artillery Corps, under the command of Captain
Divett, M.P., assembled on Coombe-hill, a spacious
heath overlooking the estuary of the Exe, near
the village of Woodbury, and had a sham fight.
During the evolutions, Captain Harris, in command
of one of the rifle companies, fell upon his
sword, which penetrated his thigh and severely,
although not dangerously, wounded him. Shortly
afterwards two privates, belonging to the Ist
Devon Artillery Corps, named Denscombe and
Bradbeer, were wounded by the sudden explosion of
one of the guns. Denscombe had his right hand
shot off and his face much injured. He was taken
to the Devon and Exeter Hospital in a precarious
condition. The other man had his thumb split up,
but he is doing well. A private in the Exeter and
South Devon Rifle Corps, named Sanders, was also
severely wounded in the head by a splinter from the
same gun. Captain Henry, Inspector of Volunteer
Artillery, was on the spot when the accident occurred
—the cause of which is not yet accurately known,
but we understand there will be an official inquiry
into the circumstances. Barring these painful con-
tretemps, the review and sham fight went off well,
the Volunteer troops having exhibited considerable
martial efficiency in their various movements.

The Ist Somerset company of Artillery Volun-
teers, Captain Sir A. H. Elton commanding, com-
menced practice with an 18-pounder gun at the
battery at Clevedon, on Friday and Saturday, the
17th and 18th inst. The target was anchored 1,000
yards from the battery, and consisted of a cask
secured to a wooden stage or platform. On the
second day's practice a shot passed through the
centre of the cask. Lieutenant Rothe, R.A., super-
intending the practice, expressed himself much
pleased with the steadiness and efficiency of the
Volunteers.

The 2d battalion of Somerset Rifles were reviewed
on Whit-Monday at Taunton. More than 600 as-
sembled, and the reviewing officer expressed in the
highest terms his approbation of the manner in
which the various evolutions were performed, more
especially the precision in firing.
On Tuesday the Nottingham or Robin Hood
Rifles were inspected and reviewed by his Grace
the Duke of Newcastle, K.G. An immense number
of spectators from the town and the adjoining coun-
ties assembled in the Forest to witness the spectacle.
The corps presented a steady and soldierlike ap-
pearance, and executed a variety of military evolu-
tions, under the command of Major Wright, in a
manner which drew forth general applause. In
the evening the officers entertained h:s Grace and
their brother officers at a sumptuous dinner at the
Exchange-hall.
On Whit-Tuesday the various North Riding
corps forming the 2d North York Battalion, assem-
bled at Malton, and marched thence to Langton
Wold, for review, by the Hon. Colonel W. E. Dun-
combe, M.P: Se large and brilliant an assemblage
never before met on the Wold. The corps which
took part in the movements were Malton, Scar-
borough, Pickering, Castle Howard, Hovingham,
Ebbertson, Helmsley, and Thirsk—nearly 500 men
in all. Each man was supplied with 25 rounds.
The evolutions were gone through on the table land
within the racecourse, but, owing to the vast num-
ber of spectators, estimated at from 8,000 to 9,000,
the utmost confusion prevailed, the Volunteers and
people being mixed up pell-mell. At the conclu-
sion of the review the corps occupied the ring be-
fore the grand stand, and were served with a pie
and a pot of beer for each man, supplied at the
expense of Colonel Duncombe.

The 2d Hertfordshire battalion was reviewed by
Earl Cowper, its Colonel, on Whit-Monday, in a
field close to the town of Hertford. The trains on
the Eastern Counties Railway and the splendid
weather attracted a great concourse of spectators to
witness the review. A brilliant gathering of the
nobility honoured the Volunteers by their presence.
Among these were the Lord Chancellor, (Lord
Campbell), Lord Chelsea and Lady Jocelyn, Lady
Palmerston, Lady Cowper and Ladies Cowper, the
Marchioness of Salisbury and family, Sir Minto
Farquhar, M.P., and Lady Farquhar, Lord Rayn-
ham, Marquis Townsend, and the Marchioness
Townsend. The review commenced at 11 o'clock,
under the command of Earl Cowper, assisted by
Major Wilkinson, the ground being kept by Col.
Robinson with a detachment of police. The bat-
talion was divided into seven companies, which al.
together mustered about 300 strong. The battalion
movements were executed most satisfactorily. The
volley and file firing were on the whole very good,
although there were exceptions. At the close of
the review the Volunteers dined in the Reading-
hail, Fore-street, under the presidency of Earl
Cowper, who with other officers congratulated the
troops on their efficiency and military skill.

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The Robin Hood Rifles, comprising:ten com-
panies, under the command of Major Wright, were
reviewed on Tuesday afternoon, the 22d inst., on
the Forest Ground, near Nottingham, by his Grace
the Duke of Newcastle. An immense concourse of
spectators assembled, the most influential families
of the town and country being present. The regi-
ment went through its various manoeuvres in the
most soldierlike manner.
The firing of the Robin Hoods was frequently
cheered by the immense number of spectators as-
sembled. A detachment of the South Notts Yeo-
manry Cavalry kept the ground.
The Duke of Newcastle, wearing his uniform as
Lord Lieutenant of the county, attended by a small
staff, rode on to the ground at three o'clock, and at
the close of the review addressed the men.
The NOBLE DUKE said that the Robin Hood
Regiment could not only march well together
through parade movements, but it could also execute
in a most admirable manner some very difficult
evolutions and manoeuvres through which the
major had put it that day. He did not profess to
understand infantry movements well, but he knew
enough of them to say that the programme through
which the Robin Hoods had just passed, consider-
ing the time the regiment had been established, was
accomplished With wonderful regularity ; and he
had greatly admired the regularity and correctness
of their firing. He had watched narrowly, and did
not see in any of those remarkable volleys 'Which
had just been fired a rifle out of which smoke did
not come at precisely the same elevation as the rest.
Now he would state to them unhesitatingly that if
he were not afraid in the presence of military men
of saying too much, he should be induced to praise
them more highly than would perhaps be becoming
from a person in his position and connection with
those matters. He did not of course mean to say
that they had yet arrived at a state of perfection,
but he did firmly believe that they were on the
high road to it ; and of this he was certain, and he
defied any military man on the ground to contra-
dict him, that there was many a regiment of the
line which had not executed many of the marawavres
they had performed that day as efficiently and
correctly as they had done. There was at that
moment a body of volunteers greater, or at least
certainly equal, to the whole of the British army of
all arms, whether quartered in this country or in
the other stations of the mighty empire of Britain.
And how far had the movement accomplished its
object ? It was established for the defence of the
country, and even to prevent threats of invasion.
Had that so far been achieved ? He said confi-
dently that the volunteer organisation had done
more than any other single thing to increase the
influence of England abroad, and it had also .done
what was almost as important—greatly restored
confidence at home. They might every one of them
who stood upon that ground feel that they had
an individual share in those valuable and patriotic
deeds, of increasing that influence and restoring
that confidence. Well, then, had there been any
alloy. ? He could well understand that men might
say influence abroad and confidence at home were
valuable things, but they might be bought too
dear. They might be bought at • a cost of social
comfort and moral conduct. The population might
have been deteriorated, whilst the country might
have been for a time benefited. But had that been
the case ? He was certain it had been quite the
reverse. He would appeal to any man—the
younger the better—in those ranks as to whether
he did not feel himself a better citizen, and, in
many respects, a better satisfied man in his domes-
tic and social relations than he did before, from the
habits Which he had acquired, the discipline which
he had gone through, and the health which he was
quite confident he had met with from the perform-
ance of those military duties. It had brought about
a very great change in England, and he was con-
fident the change had improved the habits of a
large portion of the youth of the country. He was
confident that by a spirit of rivalry which would
take place between the neighbouring counties, and
throughout the whole of England, verygreat progress
would be made, rather than if a mere isolated orga-
nisation had been adopted. But in order to render the
volunteer force of real value in times to come they
must take care that it was permanent. (Hear.) It
must be entered upon for no mere sport, for no
mere holiday amusement. He was confident that
from the first they had intended that it should be
permanent, and he was confident that everything
they had done since the formation of that regiment
had been done with those intentions. Their zeal
had increased. If anything, it wanted rather keep-
ing in order than extending; it required the reins
rather than the spur. Their numbers were pro-
gressing, and there was every reason to believe that
they looked upon that as a force to which every one
of them must belong as long as age and health en-
abled them to retain their posts. Well, then, if he
was not detaining them too long, might he say a
few words to the officers upon a subject which he
was confident, in the event of an invasion, would be
of very material consequence ? They had seen that
day upon the ground how rqadily men of intelli-
gence accomplished anything which they under-
took. In short, when a body of men such as they
had in the town of Nottingham assembled together
to form themselves into military bodies, how very
soon they might learn their duties; but he believed
soldiers could be made much more speedily and
much more certainly than officers. Although offi-
cers might be enabled to work themselVes up to a
point for parade movements or battalion drill, they
required a great deal more before they could be fit
to encounter those serious duties which would de-
volve upon them in the event of their being called
into active service. He did not mean these obser-
vations to be personal, or to have been elicited by
anything which he had witnessed that day. Quite
the reverse. He had been amazingly struck, not
only with the accuracy of the officers, but in another
thing, which he knew a military man would take
great notice of—the little attempt they had made
to drill their men upon an occasion like the present;
and still less did he mean it as a personal applica-
tion from any notion that the officers of that regi-
ment had as a general rule neglected to attempt to
make themselves fitted for their duties. He knew
the pains which many of those who had to per-
form important civil duties in the town had taken to
qualify themselves for their military posts, and all
that he desired was to say to the younger ones who
might be coming forward, that they must not ima-
gine they could make good officers and good sol-
diers without taking great pains, and that it was
not fair such fine fellows as had enlisted in that
regiment should be otherwise than well and effi-
ciently officered. lie said just then that the
organisation of volunteers had restored confidence
at home, and had increased the influence of Great
Britain on the continent and elsewhere. He knew
the effect which was produced upon many hundred
thousand foreigners who witnessed the scene in
Hyde-park last summer, and he should not be sur-
prised if there were some even who had been in-
duced to come and see them here to-day ; and we
might rely upon the volunteers of England being
not otherwise than closely watched with anxiety
and apprehension by the people of other nations.
He said he should not be surprised if the same effect
was not produced upon their minds. He hoped,
however, the movement was looked upon with favour
and affection by the great majority of people, as
showing there was no surer protection and insurance
of peace than the formation of such a body of sol-
diers as he saw around him. They were formed
under very different circumstances to what the
volunteers of their forefathers were. In 1806 they
were formed, no doubt, in larger numbers than they
were at that moment, though he believed by no
means so efficient. They were formed at that time
not merely to resist invasion—not merely to face a
foreign foe, but, as the Acts of Parliament at that
time indicate, for the suppression of internal rebel-
lion. Thank God such an event as that had not now
to be dreaded. This regiment was formed out of a
large population ; but that population was orderly
and as well-conducted as any man who wears the
uniform of the Robin Hoods ; and when he looked
just now at that hill which did not contain
reonde-wniutb
nor one-third the number of the people c°ovehe could
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not now
he said it was a most important, grati-
fying, wish,
and cheering incident in the circumstances
of this country, whatever danger we may have to
anticipate, that at any rate we Were a universally united and loyal people. He might say with
per
fect confidence that there Were no grounds for an-
ticipating those lamentable events which occurred
in former days, and that was known, too, by those
who did not wish its 'X
well. They were aware that

Most of the public benevolent associations which are esta-
blished in this country are favoured by ministers of religion
with a direct mode of appeal to the pockets of the charit-
able. They have their annual sermons and services, their
regular congregational contributions and subscriptions, and
their claims are fe regularly recognised part of rtygicers
principle. ,neuome, hospitals, infirmariisTkothine-sotie-
ties, missionary associations, and many others of a similar
character come under this head, but the National Lifeboat
Institution, one of the very grandest of our associations, is
not yet acknowledged in that public form. Here and there
a collection is made in some parish church on the coast,
where the parishioners have witnessed the awful effects of
a storm at sea, and have witnessed, too, the splendid, exer.
tions of a lifeboat crew; but these are desultory efforts.
They pass away with the storm which called them forth,
and they slumber till another mischance awakens their
kindly interest. The adiriocacy of the Lifeboat Institution is
therefore left to the press; and though this method pre-
cludes the important addition of sending round the plate
when the feeling is warm, yet it has done a great deal for
the institution, and our annual sermon will not be
preached in vain if we merely direct public attention
to the merits of this association. The institution is
now established by Royal charter. This privilege,
indeed, adds nothing to its public claims, but it
gives to it a public standing, and in a measure places it on a
more durable foundation. As the report says, " The insti-
tution now stands on a solid and enduring basis, and it has
assumed a greater national importance." It is now legally
entitled to possess, through the bequests of deceased per-
sons, or otherwise, landed property to the amount of £2,000
a year, a most valuable privilege, when anyone can be found.
wise enough to provide in this way for the permanent use-
fulness of the association. But there is a fashion too, even
in charity and benevolence, which makes the incorporation
of the Lifeboat Institution a matter of policy. It is not
that kindly sympathies are evoked merely because great
people patronise a useful institution, but it is because the
institution itself gains publicity by the act. Sympathies,
are communicated in this manner. Interests are created
which were not felt before. When her gracious Majesty
"pronounces" in favour of any institution, the institution
directly obtains a national claim. The imperial recognition
does not create merit ; it recognises it and stamps it with
approval, and the merit thus publicly acknowledged passes
current through society. Hence the incorporation of the
Lifeboat Institution may be widely useful to it in a pecu-
niary sense, and as her Majesty has farther become an
annual subscriber to the funds of the society, none of her
liege subjects, whose means will allow it, can refuse to fol-
low the royal example.
With respect to the services performed by the institution,
there is a terrible sameness in their character, though the
records are ever new and ever interesting. It is the same
story in one sense, but the details are infinitely varied. It
is always a " brave ship" in distress, always the " wines
and the seas roaring," always some " poor souls" who are
in the direst extremity of danger. Happily, too, we may
say, through the instrumentality of the Lifeboat Associa-
tion, it is nearly always the same story on the humane side.
The lifeboat is always ready, and a brave crew at hand.
Our readers will not have forgotten that terrible scene at
Whitby, for terrible it was in every sense. A lifeboat„not,
it may be said here, belonging to the National Institution,
had saved the lives of five ships' crews. On the sixth
voyage, a wave upset the lifeboat, and all but one of tho
gallant fellows who made up the crew were swept inta
eternity ; yet a fresh crew stept into another old condemned
lifeboat immediately. Now, there was a grandeur about
that act which really ennobles humanity. These men de-
served to have the Victoria cross of valour pinned on their
breasts by the hands of her Majesty. The foe they met,
and the " imminent deadly breach" they scaled would have
appalled any but the bravest of the brave, and yet our
coasts are lined with such men. This is indeed the pre-
vailing feature, the beautiful sameness of the records of
the institution ; the novelty consists in the parts of the
coast where the gallant act was performed, and in
those awful incidents which the varying features
ei the coast and the accompanying destructiveness
of wind and tide afford. Here are a few of the incidents re
corded this year. On the Ist of January the brig Lovely,
Nelly, of Seaham, was wrecked on Whitley Sands, Caller-
coats. Six men were saved by the lifeboat, it was an
awful scene, of which the newspapers at the time gave a
full description. People were gathered on the shore in
hundreds, and in their sight the seamen of the Lovely
Nelly were saved. But one poor boy was left behind. He
was afraid to jump into the lifeboat, and ere he could gather
courage to take the leap, a wave swept away the masts of
the ship, and the poor lad was never seen alive again. On
the same day five men were saved on the Doomed Bar Bank,
Padstow, from the brigantine Nugget, of Bideford. From
January let to the 6th, 14 lifeboats performed eminent ser-
vices ; 32 men were saved, and one vessel was brought safely
into harbour. But sometimes darkness is added to the
perils which the lifeboat men encounter in their exertions
on the stormy deep. At Lyme Regis, for instance, the
word was given during one of the winter months that a
vessel was in the offing in distress. It was night and "pitchy
dark." A strong gale was blowing, and a heavy surf beat
on the shore, but the lifeboat men felt that duty called, and
they did not hesitate. They went to sea as if it were to their
firesides they were going, and they were successful in saving
a ship's crew. The brief narrative of this adventure tells us
that very few on shore believed the lifeboat " would ever
return," the night was so awful; " it was sufficient to ap-
pal anyone entering the lifeboat." But the crew went, as we
have stated, and were successful ; and the only record which
exists of the adventure, beyond what we have told, unless it
lives in the memory of the men who were saved, is that the
coxswain's name was Thomas Bradley.
The simplicity of these records, contrasted with the bril-
liant services ,they describe, adds a strong charm to the
" short and simple annals" of the Lifeboat Institution.
There is no superfluity"of depeription, there is no attempt to
add to the sublimity of the event by any high-flown or
heroic language, it is simply recorded as a fact, and a fact
it is of the most sterling character. Tho report just published
presents a new feature this year. The cost of the services is
placed opposite the services rendered. For instance, the
six men belonging to the brig Lovely Nelly, mentioned
above, were saved for the sum of £l2 Os. 6d. At Portmadoc,
in a heavy gale with a terrific surf, 17 men were saved for
£l4. That is about 17s. a head, and flesh and blood is cer-
tainlyl9 cheap at that rate. The Carnsore lifeboat saved e
persons at a cost of £22 14s. Suppose the average exP67t,
of saving a man' by means of the lifeboatli_s
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a striking
were disposed to moralise, an example of the ruling which
brings good out of evil. There is another instance re-
corded of a similar character. Two ladies, in memory of
a departed sister, placed a lifeboat at Llandudno, in North
Wales, and called it the Sister's Memorial. The memory of
departed worth, or departed affection, could not be preserved
in a more fitting manner. The memorial is all goodness
and all mercy, and has less of the taint of the world in it
than anything else that could be mentioned. It is
to keep these benevolences in active operation —to
endow them for ever, as it were--that the Lifeboat
Institution appeals to the public. It is an appeal
that will stand any test—a cause that all can assist in—and
a cause that only requires to be known to be placed beyond
the necessity of an appeal.

THE PRINCE IMPERIAL'S SUBSTITUTE.—" It is
not generally known" that the Prince Imperial has been
promoted to the rank of corporal of the Bth squad of the
Ist battalion of the Ist Regiment of Grenadiers ; he is in-
scribed in the regimental list as Eugene Louis Jean Joseph
Napoleon. The little prince, it seems, is allowed to perform
his regimental duties by deputy. This deputy, one Corpo-
ral Mugaritz, deserted a few days ago, with some of the
regimental money in his possession, and has since been Ira
hrebended and sentenced to dye years' imprisons:vent with
ard 14bour.