THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW.
The Hants 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 £700, 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 1st Middlesex, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Creed, will march from London with a battery 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 estimated that the field artillery will require 450 horses for the movement of the guns; and it is also estimated that the infantry 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 determined to barricade a portion of Southsea Common to facilitate the march past of the various corps, and to avoid the pressure which would be otherwise experienced from the crowd. 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. In 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 collected in different localities for this purpose.