The ill-luck of the Volunteers in regard to bad weather for their parades soams still to cling to them; but it has not deprived them of their ardour, and they are certainly to be complimented on the great success they achieved on Monday in their turn-out with detachments from H.M.'s men-of-war in harbour. The muster was called for one o'clock on the Bund opposite the Custom House, and at this hour it was raining briskly. In spite, however, of this drawback, creditable number of Volunteers put in an appearance, and five Companies—four composed of blue-jackets and one of marines—were landed from U.M.S. Modeste, Encounter and Vigilant, as well as two twelve-pounder breech-loading guns, with eighteen men, and two rocket tubes, worked by four men each, They were accompanied by the Admiral's band from the Vigilunt and the drum and fife band from the Encounter. It will, therefore, thus be seen that the naval farces were nearly 350 strong, while the Volunteers, roughly speaking, mustered 75 rank and file of infantry, 20 artilleryman, and 14 Rangers, Captain" Meade, of the Modeste, commanded the landing parties, accompanied by Captain the Hon. A. D. S. Denison of the Encounter; Major-Commandant Holliday commanded the Volunteers, with Captain Mackenzie in charge of No. 1 Ca., Captain Harvie in charge of No. 2, Captain Dallas in charge of the Artillery, and Captain Keswick in charge of the Rangers; there being a full complement of officers attached to each branch of the forces. - After the fall in" and the various Companies had been proved, the whole were drawn up in marching order, four deep, the Rangers leading. Then came the naval and Volunteer artillery, next the tio bands, followed by the blue-jackets and marines, with Companies No. Land 2 (Volunteers) bringing up the rear. In this order they marched down the Bund, up theMaloo, and along the Bubbling
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