The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-16 00:00:00

THE QUEEN AT ALDERSHOT.

Yesterday her Majesty paid another visit to the
Camp at Aldershot, and, like that of this day month,
it was a private one so far as such visits to a camp
can ever be considered private. As a matter of
course, it was soon known that the Queen would
come yesterday, and equally as a matter of course
crowds from the neighbourhood of the Camp assem-
bled to witness her arrival and departure. Never-
theless, the visit in all its essentials of state and
ceremonial was a private one, and lasted little more
than two hours. It was at one time contemplated
to have a short field-day on the flats between Frim-
ley and Sandhurst, the troops then to retire on
Aldershot for the marching past. The death of Sir
George Wetherall, however, the Governor of Sand-
hurst, put this portion of the programme out of the
question, and the visit yesterday resolved itself into
a simple inspection of the troops in Camp. The
troops were sent out very early—in fact, they had
bad taken up their positions even before her Ma-
jesty left Windsor. The line chosen was along the
rough undulations of that most picturesque height
called Caesar's Camp, and thence the chain was con-
tinued along the ridges formed by Bricksbury and
Hungry hill, facing towards Farnham, from which
an enemy was supposed to be advancing. The whole
of the little army, numbering some 10,000 men, was
drawn up in perfect battle array. The cavalry had
their vedettes out and the infantry their outposts.
On the right were the Horse Artillery, with the Ist
and 4th Dragoon Guards, then the 51st and 57th
Regiments, and the 98th Regiment, the 2d battalion
of the Bth Regiment, with the 54th, 40th, 80th, and
43d Regiments. With these were the field batteries,
the Engineers, and Military Train, so that, s..nall as
the force was, it was complete, and from the spot
on which it stood could have taken the field against
an enemy within a minute after it received its am-
munition for active service. Her Majesty left
Windsor soon after 11. With the Queen were the
Princess Louise and Prince Leopold, the latter wear-
ing the highland dress. Prince Arthur, in the
uniform of an Artillery officer, rode by the side of
the carriage, which, as far as Bagshot, was escorted
by a detachment of the Ist Life Guards. Here it
was relieved by au escort of the 4th Dragoon Guards,
which accompanied the Royal party as far Frimley,
when another escort of the Ist Dragoon Guards
escorted her Majesty into Camp. The suite in
attendance on the Queen followed in two open car-
riages
and four. At Farnborough the horses were
changed for grey ponies, and then the cortege drove
at once to Camp. Near the entrance it was met by
General Sir James Yorke Scarlett, accompanied
by the whole of the head-quarter staff, and by Gen.
Lord W. Paulet and Col. the Hon. 11. Clifford,
V.C. Her Majesty drove at once past the Pavilion
to the heights on the plateau beyond Caesar's Camp,
where the whole force received her with a Royal
salute given with magnificent effect and precision,
while the guns from the batteries beyond thun-
dered out their royal welcome. The Queen drove
slowly along the front of the lines, inspecting each
regiment with careful scrutiny. When the whole
force had been thus inspected, her Majesty returned
to the centre of the plateau and the troops broke up
their formation to prepare for marching past, the
artillery in batteries, the cavalry in squadrons, and
the infantry in grand divisions. The scene at this
time was very brilliant, as the whole force in great
coloured masses wheeled and formed up into their
respective positions, for the day was gloriously fine,
and the blue ridges of hills in the distance looked
more picturesque than ever, covered as they were
with the light warm spring mist, which hung about
them like the haze over Turner's paintings. The
march past was, as always at Aldershot, beautifully
done; and the moat fastidious of military critics
would have been puzzled to which corps to award
the highest meed of approbation. The infantry
only passed once and then re-formed, but the
cavalry and Royal Horse Artillery came by her
Majesty twice afterwards, once at a trot and then
at a gallop. Tha sweep and rush with which the
latter movement was executed was in itself a sight
worth going down to Aldershot to see. The charge
seemed as resistless as the sweep of destiny. With
this the evolutions of the day concluded, and the
troops broke off and returned to quarters. Her
Majesty and suite returned to lunch at the Pavilion
in the South Camp, and soon after 4 o'clock left
Aldershot, escorted as in coming back to Windsor.
The Camp is just now rather empty, but is com-
mencing to aesume its summer aspect, and the air
is fragrant with the sweet smell of the pine woods.
The numbers in Camp are kept purposely low just
now, for next month seven regiments of Militia
come in to take their turn of yearly drill. These
will quite fill the lines up to what they are at pre-
sent capable of accommodating—some 20,000 men.
It is even said that to make room for the Militia
some of the regular corps will have to be put under
canvas next month. It is certainly early weather
for tents, but the experiment may be safely tried,
for the Camp has never been more healthy than it
is now.

THE LORD MAYOR AND THE BLUECOAT BOYS.—
Yesterday, at half-past one o'clock, an interesting cere-
mony took place at the Mansion House, in the presence of
a number of ladies and gentlemen, including the Lord
Mayor (attended by Mr. Sewell, sword-bearer, and Mr.
Beddome, the common crier), Alderman Sir Francis
Graham Moon, Mr. Alderman Wilson, Mr. Alderman
Causton, Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Stone, Mr. Sheriff
M'Arthur, Mr. Joseph Gibbs, the Lord Mayor's private
secretary, and others. According to custom, the Bluecoat
Boys marched in procession from Christ's Hospital to the
Mansion House, and, having been drawn up in the Egyp-
tian Hall, passed through the vestibule, where the Lord
Mayor handed to each boy a sum of money, the Grecians,
of whom there were 14, receiving a guinea each, the pro-
bationaries, numbering seven, half a guinea; the monitors
numbering 47, half a crown ; and the remainder, number-
ing t;64, a shilling. The boys likewise received a glass of
wine and a bun. Subsequently they attended Divine ser-
vice in Christ's Church, where a sermon was preached by
tho ROY, E. Lloyd Imo, the ,tard Mayor's chaplain.

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