Cassell's Old and new Edinburgh: its history, its people, and its places . their journeyhome by road or rail;and so admirable werethe municipal arrange-ments, that not the slight-est accidentoccurred, and the slopes of the great hills were bared of theirmultitudes as if by magic. The great reviewwas over, and in due time came tlie following orderfrom the Adjutant-General Sir J. Yorke Scarlett :— Horse Guards, August loth, 1S60. The Adjutant-General has received the Queenscommands to convey her thanks to the severalcorps of Artillery and Rifle Volunteers assembledat Edinburgh on the 7 th instan
Cassell's Old and new Edinburgh: its history, its people, and its places . their journeyhome by road or rail;and so admirable werethe municipal arrange-ments, that not the slight-est accidentoccurred, and the slopes of the great hills were bared of theirmultitudes as if by magic. The great reviewwas over, and in due time came tlie following orderfrom the Adjutant-General Sir J. Yorke Scarlett :— Horse Guards, August loth, 1S60. The Adjutant-General has received the Queenscommands to convey her thanks to the severalcorps of Artillery and Rifle Volunteers assembledat Edinburgh on the 7 th instant, and to assurethem of the satisfaction and gratification withwhich Her Majesty beheld the magnificent spectaclepresented to her. Her Majesty could not see without admirationthe soldier-like bearing of the different corps asthey passed before her; and she finds in the highstate of efficiency to which they have attained inan incredibly sliort space of time another proofthat she may at all times surely rely on the loyaltyand patriotism of her people for the defence, in. ST. ANTHONYS WELL.{From a Photograph hy Alex. A. Itighs.) the hour of need, of the freedom and mtegrity ofthe empire. On the same ground, in August 1S81, and beforea vast multitude. Her Majesty reviewed a force of40,000 Scottish Volunteers. So many men underarms had not been massed together in ScoUandsince James IV. to Flodden. Althoughunhappily marred by continuous rain, says theDuke of Cambridges order, dated EdinburghCastle, August 26th, the spectacle yesterdaypresented to her ^Majesty was an admirablesequel to the great review held recently atWindsor, and the Queen has observed with muchgratification, the samesoldierlike bearing, pro-gress in discipline, anduniform good conduct,which distinguished theVolunteers there assem-bled, were conspicuousin a like degree on the present occasion The Field Marshal Com-manding in Chief hasbeen commanded by theQueen to express to theVolunteers of all ranksher en
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