10 MARCH 1860, Page 2

The reception of the Volunteer officers by the Queen, the

dinner under the chairmanship of the Duke of Cambridge, and the ball in the evening, mark a period in the history of the at- tempt to create a permanent reserve force among the people, at the cost of the people themselves. The Volunteer is now an established institution. He has fairly set himself upon his legs, and has got full official cognizance taken of himself by the con- stituted authorities. Nobody can give him any more help. Henceforth he must run alone. His one object now must be efficiency, efficiency, and yet again efficiency.