New-York tribune., 1867-08-05
THE GRAND REVIEW OF ENGLISH TROOPS
- RY rEE gITLTAN

THE ENGLISH VOLUNTRERs-THE sULTAN's AP-
PEARANCE-UNPROPITIOU WEATHR-EXCIT-
ING SCENE.
From Our SPECIAL Correspondent -. - oo ,oo-
st. Swithin has been doing his worst with
that part of the year that is allotted to him. you
will allow so moist pun, Saint Swithin has been so
remorseless upon the saints without-both Christian
and MohaInmedan-that one is disposed to fancy that
he must be feeling something Of the indignation ut
tered by Father lgnatius last Sunday that Christian
people should be making such an uproar in honor of
a heathen monarch. But the Saint needn't put on
such airs The people gave fetes yesterday to great
Aboltionist from America, to-day the gfeat slave
holder from Turkey, but they don't mean anything
particular by it, and remember well their crowdng
IA pretty much the same way TO see the The
geological Gardens When that was the newest
thing" However, the Saint alluded to has evidently
little consideration for what IS que 20 the feelings Of
EngssaameI, and has blown upon, drenched, chilled
everybody and everything whenever an attempt has
been made TO amuse and astOnish the Sultan. The
failure OF the naval review at Spithead-when the
ships came out and became immediately concealed by
smoke from all eyes; when they fired brOadsldes
which the winds bore out to sea- that to the peo
PIES ears death-hke stiffness surrounded them
where all the visitors sea-siCk and the crews
only abored to save their ships from the rocks-ths
failure, say, had rankled ever since last Monday
when ii occurred IN every BrtOn's breast. But said
one and all, viii make amends on Saturday when
the Sultan goes 10 review the English Volunteers at
Wimbledon. The Volunteers are q Palmerstonian
much reason to fear an invasion from FRANCE, Lord
Palmerston got the young men Of the middle and
upper classes TO form and drill in companies of vol
uneers But there have been various facts connected
with these cOmpaRies-and particularly the skill
with which the command OF them has been thrown
almost exclusively into the hands young gnoblemen
such as Lord Echo-which has given an impression
to many as yet uneXpIeSeed that this small army Of
volunteers was got up with the idea that what with
Bright Beales Beesley, and the Trades Unions it
might some day be a serviceable engine 10
deal with the English working people themselves
Either because of this impression on for other
cause, the volunteer enthusiasm has notably de-
clined within the past few years many have resi- gned
many more have given up drilling, aud the annual
reviews at Wimbledon have been hardly worth at
tending Although this year the companies resolved
10 do therycry best in honor of the Sultan and the
Belgians who TO be present Il was feared that
there could not be brought together enough F0lun-
teeis o. make d very impressive display ana conse-
gnently II Was concluded 10 add to them some OF tie
finest companies OF the regular army. OF the 1900
soldiers who paraded before the Sultan az this Re
view OF Volunteers" about 800 were Volunteers,
Lle Iee beng tine second and third panies OF The
DIeh eh e1ieI GnarGs, tie ROYAL Horse Artillery the
~ hl9 ~ beRinents Of Life Guards. two squadrOns
VI Iiir ilOief Hbaus l' y lIussals the COdsimarns
eDu LOW Vi the Belgian Volunteers. IDese, how
ever, cei saibiy made very imposing display; the
eSs S"s'u AuOiy have taken In larger number;