The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-20 00:00:00

TIM VOLUNTEER REVIEW.

The 'rants Telegraph reports with reference to the Easter
Monday Volunteer Review at Portsmouth, that there
is a prospect of the necessary accommodation and other
arrangements as to details being all that can possibly
be desired to render the review successful. The amount
already subscribed in the borough is close upon £7OO, and
there is reasonable ground for believing that this will be
more than doubled in the course of a few days. Many
definite arrangements have already been made as
to the movements of some of the metropolitan corps.
Information, for instance, has reached Portsmouth that the
Ist Middlesex, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel
Creed, will march from London with a batthry of six guns
and 50 horses. The corps will leave headquarters on
Thursday, and will rest at Guildford and Petersfield. The
Honourable Artillery Company will bring 40 horses, and
will also bivouac at Petersfield and Guildford. It is esti-
mAted that the field artillery will require 450 horses for the
MK,vement of the guns ; and it is also estimated that the
ireantry present will comprise 160 battalions ; and if this
be so, at least 350 additional horses will be required
for the field officers. Thus it will be seen that about 800
horses will be required for the review. It has been deter-
fri:ned to barricade a portion of Southsca Common to facili-
ta to the march past of the various corps, and to avoid the
pressure which would be otherwise experienced from the
ceowd. There is reason to believe that a grand pyro•
technic display will take place in the evening, and in order
to render this as effective as possible the authorities will
be solicited to confer upon the town the grant usually
accorded upon such occasions—a supply of fireworks from
Woolwich Arsenal. Another object of the committee will
be to obtain the services of the Naval Brigade to take part
in the review by occupying positions on Porchester Lake,
and attacking to the right of the enemy on Portsdown Hill,
the effect of which, if carried out, will be one of the most
interesting in_the programme of the day. The Honourable
Artillery Company will be entertained to breakfast on the
morning of the review by Mr. Alderman Emanuel. rn
addition to the church parade, which is fixed to enable
volunteers to attend Divine service at St. John's on Easter
Sunday, arrangements have also been made for the
Honourable Artillery Company to attend at St. Thomas
Church, Portsmouth, the same day, accompanied by the
mayor and corporation. There will be a general effort
made on the part of the inhabitants to decorate the town
—especially those portions through which the volunteers
will pass—and already special subscriptions are being col-
lected in different localities for this purpose.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, March 19.
The following list was published here this morning :

CLASSICAL tRIPOS.-18G8.

Examiners : Francis Cotterell Hodgson, M.A., King's
College ; John Peile, M.A., Christ's College ; Alfred
George Day, M.A., Gonville and Caius College ; Richard
Claverhouse Jebb, M.A., Trinity College ; Henry Carr
Archdale Tayler, M.A., Trinity College ; Charles Wulter
Moule, M.A., Corpus Christi College.

(In all cases of equality the names are bracketed.)
FIRST CLASS.

Ds. Kennedy, King's.. 11 Stewart, tin.
2 Cullinan, Christ's. 12 Haslam, Joh.
3 Rawlins, Trin. 13 Reed, Trin.
4 Moss, Joh. (Hetherington, Trim
5 Wilkins, Joh.
Tarring,
Trin.
6 Stogdon, Clare. Taylor, Trin.
7 Blakesley, King's. Fitzmaurice, La, E.,
8 Iremonger, Clare. Trin.
5 Fynes Clinton, Joh. Tabor, King's,
A Lewis, Corpus.
SECOND CLASS.
Ds. , Goodford Trin. { 37 Verdon, Joh,
Lloyd, Joh. 38 Griffith, Joh.
Upton, Trin. 3b Wilson, Emm,
Warner, Pemb. /Browne, Emm.
5 Davis, Christ's. Hollins, Emm.
1 Hales, Christ's. i Pearson, Joh.
k 25 Johnson, Christ's. Rand, Caius.
{Alinack, Job. 1
1 Deeley, Timm,
Fry, Pemb. Oakley, Trin.
Leech, Emm. Gasktll, Trin.
I { Baddeley, Clare. I Sparkes, Joh.
Hare, Emm. • 1 Bourne, Joh.
Rowe, Christ's. 1 Irving, Corpus.
32 Colvill, Trin. Hussey, Trin.
5 Grenside, Queen's. Knight, Trin.
1 Salusbury, Cath. Ottley, Emm.
5 Damant, Christ's. Woos, Clare.
1 Eyre, Clare.
THIRD CLASS.

Ds. j Melvill, Trin. 64 Tomlinsf &Ind.
1 Tippling, Trin. J Jackson, Jesus.
Bremner Trin. 1 La Mothe, Corpus.
Lewis, Trin. 67 Jukes, Trin.
Woodrooffe, Emm. 68 Hobson, Sid.
59 Lane, Trin. 69 Whidbornet Corp,
j Jones, Magd. 70 Abbott, Trin.
1 Lucas, Trin. 71 Thwaites, Trin.

62 Sweetenham, Trin.
63 Jefferson, Trin.

1 Atkinson, 'Joh.
Micklethwaite, Pet.

Mr. William Rann Kennedy is a scholar of King's
College, and is the fourth gentleman of the same name
and family who has distinguished himself in the Clas-
sical Tripos. Ile was educated at Eton, and was succes-
sively Bell's Scholar, and, in 1867, Craven Scholar of the
university.
Mr. M. C. Cullinan, of Christ's, was educated ax.
Dublin University, where he took the first place in classics.
He also obtained the Porson University Scholarship at
Cambridge.

An influential deputation, headed by Lord Elcho, M.P.,
has just waited upon the Secretary for War to urge upon
the Government the necessity for increasing the capitation
grant to the Volunteer force. LorEl Elcho, as a member
of the commission appointed to inquire into the subject,
stated that the commissioners had fixed the grant at £1
in order to see upon how little the Volunteer force could
be maintained. But the grant, continued his lordship,
had now been proved to be altogether insufficient. Several
other gentlemen, among whom were Sir Charles Campbell,
Colonel Akroyd, M.P., and Major Dillwyn, M.P., having
addressed the right hon. baronet, Sir John Pakington drew
attention to the want of unanimity among the officers of
the Volunteers themselves on the subject. Undoubtedly
some corps required more funds, but the want was by no
means general, and certainly not pressing. The Cabinet
had had the matter before them, and, whi e .vishing well to
the force, they could not consent to any immediate increase
in the grant. He would bring the views of the deputation
once again before the Ministry, and if they could modify
their decision he should be most happy to carry out their
views.

The opinion is slowly but surely taking possession of the
national mind that the defences of the country are not in a
satisfactory state. It has long been felt that the money
expended on our forts and guns has been to a great extent
wasted. As long as the public had the idea that all was
right, the waste continued, the only persons benefited
having been certain fortunate inventors and con-
tractors. The plain truth is, that plans have been
carried out without having been sufficiently tested.
There were the unfortunate Gibraltar shields, for
instance, two of which are now, it appears, about to be re-
turned to England for improvement. The shields were
never properly tested before they were sent out. The
same thing is being repeated in the matter of the Plymouth
and Bermuda forts. The representative sections for test-
ing, promised so long ago, are not yet nearly ready, while
the real work is proceeding, and is likely to be finished as
soon as the model. There are assertions confidently made
daily that the whole affair will prove a failure, notwith-
standing which no effort is made to set the matter at rest.
Very much the same thing is being carried on, too, with
regard to heavy guns.
DESTRUCTION OF THE AERATED BREAD COM-
PANY'S MILL.L—On Thursday evening, soon after five
o'clock, a fire broke out-in the mill in the occupation of the
Aerated Company, situate on the cast bank of the River
Wandle, at Wandsworth. An alarm was immediately
given, and the fire-engines of Messrs. Young and Bain-
bridge and Mr. Bell were quickly on the spot. Before
they could be brought into play the flames had extended
along the greater portion of the building, and the roof was
pierced in several places. Notwithstanding an ample
supply of water, the River Wandle running within a few
yards, the engines were totally inadequate to cope with the
fire, and for nearly one hour the flames had uncontrolled
mastery of the building, and floor after floor fell in. The
building is entirely gutted, and a very large quantity of
stock destroyed.

"Loci-OUT" AT SALTAIRE. —The extensive and
well-known manufacturing establishment of Messrs. T.
Salt, Sons, and Co., at Saltaire, near Bradford, was on
Thursday standing idle, the engine and machinery having
been stopped and the gates closed. On Wednesday a
deputation from the weavers employed in the establish-
ment made an application to their employers for an
advance of wages. They were required to shew whether
any other firm in the district were giving higher remune-
ration, but they were unable to offer such evidence,
and failed to make out a satisfactory case. The
most that could be said in support of the application
was that there were indications of a revival of trade,
and it was thought by the workpeople that the time had
come for an advance of their remuneration. The senior
partner was present when the application was made, and
greatly incensed at what he regarded as an unreasonable
application before there are indications of a permanent
revival, and so early after a long and severe depression,
during which the workpeople have been fairly employed,
he at once not only rejected the application, but ordered
the works to be stopped. Some of the spinners, it is said,
had previously ceased to work, and there were symptoms
of an intended strike. &any thousands of workpeople
at Saltaire are idle, and as some of the junior partners
left the Saltaire Railway Station for Bradford market
they were hooted by a dense crowd of idle youths.