The Express. — London, England, 1863-09-17 00:00:00

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To write the narrative of political and military events not ten years old, in which many living men were conspicuous actors, is an undertaking beset with inconveniences which only an insatiable passion for notoriety or an implacable zeal for truth can afford to disregard. The author of the " Invasion of the Crimea" was not the man to shirk the difficulties or to daily with the troubles of his anxious and ambitious task. When it be came known that Mr. KINGIAKE had set himself to paint on a large and enduring canvas passages of the history of our time which inferior sit sts had but rapidly sad hastily sketched in outline, the public were predisposed in favour of a writer who had known how to rest content for twice nine years with one charming literary performance, and out of the merest per sonal impressions of travel had added a volume to the English classics. In the pages of that unique story of a tour in the East there was the magic of a style of masterly simplicity and strength, a fearless independence of thought, a sustained self-possession, and a manly glow of English feeling and humour, which aroused the keenest expecta tions. Nor can it be said even by the most malignant critics that these expectations have been disappointed. Four editions Li the course of • single season no doubt may little or nothing for the lasting value of a book which stings like a pamphlet, eulogises like an epitaph, and assaults like a lampoon. There are successes due to scandal as much as to merit, and perhaps we should not be extremely ill-natured if we gave the historian of the Crimean War credit for both the one and the other. But we hasten to record our conviction that the scandal was inseparable from the condi tions and circumstances of his work, and was not unduly sought for, while the merit is of • nature to commend itself to all English readers—the merit of most scrupulous and unwavering sincerity. We are the more anxious to render this homage to • work, one half of which is a spirited contribution to the romance of war. In his new Preface Mr. KINOLLYZ sgain, with characteristic firmness, insists that not a word has been withdrawn from the text nor a word added to it, while in corrective footnotes he has with the utmost distinctness recorded against himself every single inaccuracy, however minute and trivial, in the former editions. And he is thus enabled not only to keep a check upon those " who might like " to be able to say that he had materially altered " the book," but to convict out of the original text itself unfaithful descriptions and garbled versions of his words. He takes pains to show that the inaccurames of detail with which he has been charged are microscopic, while not a few material misstatements have been gratuitously invented by the vindictive industry of his accusers. It is to the fabrications of false witnesses that his good faith has been a prey. On the other hand, since the first edition appeared, he has been favoured with the authoritative testimony of private letters and journals confirming his own statements. So that on the whole Mr. lineotaxx appears to be particularly well satisfied with the result of the severe sifting his book has nuclei , gone, and it is evident from the calm and resolute pertinacity he displays, that he understands the temper of the public to whom he appeals. Perhaps it is the very faculty of addressing the public with audacious confidence that has incited against Mr. KINGLAXI the biggest and loudest of 1 1 his assailants in the press. It was an inexcusable sin against that infallibility which thinks vicariowdy aloud every morning for the enlightened selfishness of a public too busy to think for itself, to describe with cold precision the process by which that in fallibility is manufactured from the raw material. It was an unpardonable crime to puncture that tremendous windbag, and Mr. lineotAxx has suf fered, and survived, the penalty. He has, we trust, enjoyed the spectacle of temporal infalli bility in a passion, and in ,the madness of outraged vanity reduced to " eat dirt " with amusing ostentation, and to deprecate with an air of superior gentility the sentence of history upon the greatest public crime of the age. Whether Mr. KimLsxr remain; absolutely blind to what we believe to be the ineradicable defect of his work we cannot tell. In his Preface he acknow ledges that " until after the publication of his book " he was as much inclined as the generality of men "to be doubtful of the possibility of getting " very close to historical truth, and be knew of " warm that the occurrences of a battle-field " are especially hard to seise ." but he confeeses I that any tendency he had to this kind of historical' scepticism was lessened—by what do our readers suppose f By " the fresh confirming proof by • " which be now finds himself supported ;" in other words, by the private letters and journals of eye witnesses like himself, and of regimental colonels engaged in the battles be describes. We take the liberty to doubt whether the History of the Crimean War, which remains to be written when the present generation has passed away, will be quite so enthusiastic as Mr. Bine- Lanz in celebrating the fine forhunting genius of Mr. KlNOLlilell aristocratic commanders. Pro- bably before Mr. KINOLAKeII completed work is comfortably shelved, the Horse Guards will have learnt the art of war, and the successor to Mr. Kiscirme will be a little less Homerically fond of episodical Colonels, and • little more disposed to avail himself of the judicious licence of a painter of battle-fields, and not to spare the smoke even to the eccentric movements of a Commander-in- Chief. REPSNSINTATION OF WEST KIEFF.—it is stated that Sir E. Meer, roe of the preset* conservative mbers taret West Kest, la em a determined so redden from the repre sentation of the meaty. TH. Berm AROIIAOLOOICAL SOCILTY.—The 20th anniversary meeting of this society. establiehed la 1843 for the escotusgement sod presort**, of researches into the arta and moonmente of the early sod middle ages, will be held at Leeds os Mooday, the 12th of October, and daring the remainder of the work. Etcursions will be made by the members to Ripon shod Fountain's Abbey, Adel, Fereley, Ilkley, Harewood, Wakefield, Pontefract, Boroughbridge, Aldborough, Kirkstall Abbey, Retiree. and York. On the day of opening the president and meshes of the alomelettee will be received by the mayor and oor• poratioe antretelrn-ball, the nee of which has been panted for the meetings sad discurelots. 111111 m... THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1863. THE QUEEN AND THE DUET OF ATHOL& The royal train arrived at Blair Atholl 4 10.36 on Tuesday, where the Dashes. of Atholl .ad her sen, the Marquis of Tullibardine, were in waiting to receive the royal party. Oa her Majesty alighting from the carriage, she at noes proceeded to when the Duchess of Athol! was deeding. The interview was of the meet melancholy description—her Majesty and the duchess embracing each other tenderly, and both bunt into tears, while the onlookers, we seed scarcely say, ware deeply affected. Carriages were in attendance for the conveyance of the party to Blair Castle, where the duke is residing, and here a stay of an hour was aside. On the return to the station, which wee reached at IL4O, her Majesty was aocompaeied by the duke, who looked exceedingly ill. Before the starting of the train her Majesty took an affectionate farewell of the Duke and Duchess of Atholl. THE ZINO OP THE IIELLENES.III His Majesty King George L of Greece will leave Copenhagen to-day on board the Danish ship Esbern SW" accompanied by Count Spann* and two adjutants, who hold rank in the Danish navy. The King will land at Stettio, and will proceed thence to the Russian capital by railway, arriving on &today. The Emperor of Ramie. (who has been in Finland since Monday last) will return to St. Petersburg on Sunday, and will meet King George. Ma Majesty will proceed to Rumpenheim about the 23rd inst., on a visit to his relative., but will only remain there one day, and will then visit Brumela, London, and Paris ou his way to Toulon, where, about the 21st cc 22nd October, he will embark for Greece on board the Hellas frigate. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prin cess of Wales will prolong their residence at Abergeldie till the close of the week after neat, aod will then go to Ban. dringharn, Norfolk, for a few weeks._ . . . . His excellency M. Musurus, Turkish ambassador M this court, accompanied by IL Paul Huelva,. left St. Leonarch-on-Sea last evening. en route for Constantinople. His excellency will be ►bseut a couple of months, _ _ His Excellency the Hanoverian Minister, accom panied by Viscount and Viscount's@ Weldon, his Idt Holstein for Hanover. Hie Excellency Sir Andrew Buchanan and Lady Buchanan have left Brown's Hotel for Berlin. The Earl and Cotuiteu of Clarendon and family are at present staying at Lathan Haase, Laacasbire, the seat of Lord Skelmersdala. Lord Clarendon returned from Germany a few days since. The Duchess of Montrose and Lady Violet Graham, the Earl and Countess of Banns, Lord and Lady Rendlesham, Lord DunksUM, the Hon. Min Canning, the Hon. G. Cadogan, Sir Robert Broworigg, Sir Hedworth and Lady Williamson, Mr. H. Hodgson, ILP., Captain 13eannont, M. Van de Weyer, Mr. A. Baring, he., are now visiting Mr. sad Lady Margaret Brannan at Bretton Park, Yorinhire. The Earl and Countess of Warwick are shortly expected at their house iu the Stabieiard, St James's, from viaiting the Earl of W.myse at the fussily seat is &Ward. Mr. George Potts, the conservative member for Bands/de, is reported ea suffering from serious illness. It is stated in a letter from Chamonni, that among the most recent visitors were the Indian primes, raggedy* Neth Jason, and Mommobum Ohms Jagore, the former of whom ascended to the summit of Mont Blase, No less than thirty-seven other sucomsful assents have been made this season, including two by ladies. One of these latter, a young married English lady, did the entire distance on foot, sleeping as usual at the Grande Mole* and the day shot the colossal excursion she walked from Chamoeni to Mar tam. "The reign of Napoleon ELL," says a letter from Paris, "has been remarkable for the visits made by the diplomatic reoraisotatives of semi•barbarous ►nd distant nations, leaving in the shade even the court of Louis XIV., whose beast it was to have summoasd from the extmoitiss of the globe some of the most outlandish ambaasedora that civiliwod society ever received. We have, for example, had the Montenegrios, in piateneque costumes, their waists being eocircled by many fire-arms and jewelled daggers. We have shoe witnessed in the streets of Paris the Japanese ple nipotentiaries, who considered the ballet of she Greed Ors a wain on earth. Tie children of the demi, chiefs with unpronounceable same., have visited us from the windy emotes of Africa. At the present day we have the Aniamite ambmeadors." A letter from Biarritr., in the Sport, mentions that on the arrival of the Emperor at night, his Majesty passed through a double line of visitors and the population, headed by the mayor and cart, each person hold * a teeth is his band. The bosoms of the reception cum paid, the residents and bathers have gote allowed his Majesty to enjoy repass sad privacy. At the bell which took place on Monday at the Pala zug6nie, the Empires was attired with eleamst ; her Majesty's costume =misting of a white media dress, with a light blue sash, sod her hair board with a diadem of ribbon of the same colour. The Make, led as usual by the Marquis de Catu, terminates the fete at mid. eight. Rereehmenti are headed round by a young Egyp tian in his native dress. The "pilgrimage" to Cherbourg, organised by the Parisian pariah of NotreDsnsedrs-Victoiree, did sot prove • success. Cro the pihrrinie arrival and heaving the railway station in procession, they wan assailed by a large snob, booting and yelling, which broke through the cortige, the " disincta mambos" of which do not appear to harm after wards reunited. No personal violence was, howeviw, offered to the devotees by the irreligious populism. _ _ The Union des Deux &)orei ;tato' that s young roan of St. &own, who was surged to ride as a jockey at the races of Dna; subjected himself to so sewn ► awns of twining is order to reduce his weight, that he wss foaled deed in the stable two days sites, apparently from starvatioo. A letter from Rome mentions that the police have made " domiciliary tints" at the realising, of M. Borstal, apotheoary, sad Profaner Alcor Micas*, was of the most eminent sensor of Bee= and fennerly repression'. ties to the court of Turin of the Boman republic of 1848. The National Committee of Rome has just given • serious proof its power by capturing all the praises sad ether printing =starfish haleagisig to the Martini= paper ally itself Rana o Mork. Is the middle at the day the Nabbed Oosamittee dared to mad • body of men, who task pinesesica Of the beam sad carried =I all the "plant" in the same ci "United Italy," end all because the dreelati•g of the Roots o Merge was likely to damage the astlo•al cause. If the Pops bed wished to execute such sham memos= be valid have been forced to call epos the Frisch tarns= for help. Bat this strong mea nt= is sot at all approved at by the majority of the Italian Mends. On the 30th of July Let the national debt of the ljahod Mates was 219,454,8614, and the yearly Interest payable on it 8,455,8004, averaging a little mare than 3i per east. Two of the paid visitors of the Preston Belief Committee were charged before the Prestou meth tntes =ey with defrauding the relief aoarmittee tot mast. xtent Their plan of president was said le be to draw tiekete for • certain family fort., sad to me oely two I of them, keeping the remainder • or, ae it was shows in (Aber instances, drawing (or 'smaller some sad sot admisiatering relief at all. The meatent of the committee pre evidence which excited the of all who limn it. From his statement, the mounts wear to have Imes kept in the loam{ manner. Wine were distri buted among the visitors to do what they liked with, and nothing mere ins ever asked about them. The primmer' were reseeded. INTIM:STING DISOOVIIT AT WlNDSOlL—Oardinal Webey's Chapel is now being restored and beautified. sad wills onetime some richly carved .bee-work bat week, beams weerssary fee the wartime ol Maws. Poole (ab* ham sharp of the reentrance) to eat away • pontes if the 11/41 Wit id* el the doorway missing kis the aisles. apposite eh Oemp's Chapel Os - removing the maws of Mime from mortar is which they VIM im bedded. 14 or 18 of the plans were dimmed to ham formed (it la sappowd) • sorties of the chapel erected hy Hoag lIL Thom labirostioi Mica farm per. Moss el the jamb at a doorway with cam lags, palms, sad other puts of as ancient escloolartisid chem. Oa me of the steam is as mats arias, while the mosticsgt and sarfscos affil bear the colleges, gmea, ea Z sad black *Moats with which thaw wen drooratod to aad sig-srig The whole ef the Moses WOK to lea lielsesed to the early ForMsh sad Newest poricb s. They ham bees examined by X. Bekhetor, the setleptwiaa of Windom Ora* sad it is behaved that Is the mks ef Homy VIII. they wore seed la the comarsotios of the • see difice is formisg tie Mentor wall. A Maspaph at the stows has ham tabs. by Mr. Poole. The earobig wail i be takes to Ms Osetls for her Me)ostyh imipsetkmas bar mars from Sootliatl—Times. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THZ INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SOIZNOZ CONGRESS. It the sitting of the above Congress at Ghent on Tuesday, a discussion took place on the subject of the treatment of prisoners before trial. In this discussion the respective laws of England, France, Belgium, and Holland in this matter were detailed by various speakers and compared. In another section the punishment of death was vigorously debated, the feeling of the majority being in favour of the abolition of such sentences. M. Gamier Pages and M. Enema Pelletau were among the orators. The latter, who was received with much applause, observed, " The penalty of death for political offences has been abolished, though, it is true, that it was re-established in a lingering form, at Cayenne ; but it ought to be abolished in everything. There is one government especially which is called upon to abolish it,—that of the king priest. Now, I have seen one execution in my life, and one only, and that was at Rome, and it was the execution of a woman ten years after her crime had been committed !" In other sections the following topics were dis cussed :—State Education ; State Regulations in the Exercise of the Liberal Professions ; the Pro portionate Mixture in Education of Dead with Living Languages ; the Establishment of Inter national Colleges ; the Application of Art to In dustry ; Medical Relief in Country Places ; and the Conditions most favourable to the Develop ment of Credit. THE MEXICAN CROWN. The Ost-Deutsch Post contains the following remarks on the offer of the Mexican crown to the Archduke Maximilian : The Mexican deputation will arrive in the course of next week at Miramare. One of the most singular questions which has ever been propounded to Austria will therefore be decided in • few days. 'the history of the imperial house present, no analogous cue. An Archduke of Austria, the nearest agnate of the reigning sovereign, is called upon to abandon his native land, in which, according to the domestic regulations of the imperial family, he possesses important rights and has great duties to fulfil, for the purlieu of wending, in • distant country, • throne which has yet to be founded, which hes been woo by foreign arms, and to the support of which Austria, with all her military power, cannot in any way contribute. It i s WI absolute fast that the Emperor of the French is the only serious protector of that throne. Nor is it lea certain that, whatever priors may occupy it, be will be obliged to govern, to • certain extent, in conformity with French interests. Protected by • French garrison and deriving his resources from • French leen, what • position for a new Emperor! From all these considerations it is probable —we wish we could my it is certsin—that the isziean &natation will not mooed in persitsding on Austrian prises to go to Marion. The France, wishing to deny the above news, uses language which may be fairly interpreted as confirmatory of it. Nothing, it says, has occurred to "modify the original dispositions of the prince," and therefore " nothing is more probable" than that he will swept. This is very weak language when compared with the positive assertions made a day or two since and telegraphed to London. AUSTRIA, ITALY, AND HUNGARY. The Giornale di Verona of the 11th lays : We hear on reli►ble authority from Vienna, that at a recent cour.eil of ministers the expediency was coneliwed of publishing as seas as possible a general amnesty for the inhabitaota of the Italian provinces es a prelude to the re forms which are also in contemplation. This question, which is of inch great importance for us, was placed on the order of the day immediately after the return of the Emperor from Frankfort. _ _ A projected journey of the Emperor of Austria to Hungary has been frequently referred to as the forerunner of a reconciliation between the court of Vienna and the Magyars. The Austrian journals appear rather incredulous on the subject. The Press of Vienna says : a pleasant dream, but a dream only. It is an Abair- dity to suppose that for 20,000,0:3 or 30,000,000 florins which will be given to the poor, the Hungarians will abandon their political pretensions. To believe so, one must be ignorant of their inflexible firmnees. It is, however, our duty to mist Hungary in her present situation whether the Hisegarians make ooneserime or not, mid on the otter hied, we newt bold firm ourselves also, for the sake of our own constitutional development, in order that so change may be made in the fundamental laws otherwise than in conformity with the existing constitution. It is only between the Reicharath and the Dew Huogariaa Diet that the aeoessary compromise can be concluded. The Botschafter also thinks that the means pro posed will not bring about the desired reconcilia tion. "Too many preliminary conditions are want ing," says that journal, "for a compromise to be now effected." SPAIN. The Madrid journals publish the text of the manifesto issued by the Spanish progressistas, in favour of abstention during the approaching eleo tiona. "This document," says the Temps, "appears more important from the authority of its tips tures, among which are the names of MM. Oloxaga, Madoz, Calvo Asensio, and Count de Rerun, than the strength of the argumenta it contains. Under the pretext that they are deprived of the right of meeting, its authors declare their intention of with drawing to their tents until the time when liberty shall triumph. But liberty is not a divinity which intervenes at any given moment, and her advent is not likely to be promoted by holding aloof." (azurn's mIGIAL) The following telegram bas been received from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navi gation Company : THE BOMBAY MAIL it ARSFILLES, Sarr. 17. • • The Valetta, with the above mail, reached this port at 7 a.m. this day. The mail kayos for London by the 11.30 a.m. train.. During one week last month 1,624 Mormons Laded at New York, oa their way to the Salt Irk., from well Livar end Logsdon. Most of them were intelligent and droned menu FANATICAL MAHOMETAND.—The AissarOutra, one of the seat fanatic sects of Islamism, have just celebrated tit Algiers the anoivereary of the birth of dahomet. The some was a very exciting ooe. Some of then applied their tongue to hot iron ; others performed the exercise of the MO'', ma very sharp sabre blades : others ate scorpions or plaupd sharp meow of hos into their eyes and made them start from their orbits, sod some eathusiasta capped all time performances by swallowing the most prickly lame of the cactus. Serpent charmers also exercised their callus( they made necklaces and Immolate of those reptiles, irritated them. sad thou calmed them by playing on the flute, thus rendering them so tame that they went into the melee mouths without doing say injury. LAUNCH OF 71113 DELHI AND Till BROCLEAIL Yeiberday afternoon there wee another double lunch —namely, the Delhi, from the Blackwell yard of Nemo. dorm Wire= and Sons, for the Peninsular sad Oriental Company; and the Brockham, from the of Mr. Charles Langley, IneWord.ar.., for Phillip,. Shaw, sad Lowther, Royal haddiegs. Only ten days ago, it will be remembered, there ems anot her double launch —namely, the Golconda, from the yard of the Thames Stiip•buildiog Company. and the Baroda, from the yard of de Mineral Company, both drips far the Peninsular sari Orbital Coropany Thin I=m in Um Thames yards shows alike the doom, ef the mercantile mariae and the reptile which the Throes ie gaming both for ships and steaapers estNewer of y, io the lifetime three now li dos fall and profitable employment existed far striped all dome and auedislase, sad mow, owlishly; have the hods el rider bulk*. aid essimings been so tall. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (FROX 0171 °my PARIS WILDNEEIDAY EVICIVO. The order "awaited from Biarritz " for publish ing in the Moniteur that one of the "three notes" for which M. Drouyu de Lhuys is responsible, has not yet arrived, and the consequence is that Lord Russell's contemporaneous despatch has got the start in publicity. The Moniteur will, no doubt, follow suit to-morrow ; but it is a poor satisfaction to the public to see now the text of despatches written in August last, and to be deprived of the Russian answer which has just arrived. There is absolutely no avowable reason for withholding the latter document now that the semi-official French press says that the "discussion is closed," and that the substance—the negative substance—of the answer is well known. The Temps, attaching the same importance as I did bet nitht to the short note in the Pays, oom ments upon it as follows : There is every reason to believe that the Pays is in a position to know the contents of the Russian note, and the effect it is likely to prciuce. The impressions osi the Pap do not surprise us in the least. Bat those who were look ing for the salvation of Poland, or at least for a result of some kind or another from the diplomatic, intervention of the powers—what will they say when they learn that all is over, and that the Russian note, while making no change in the sitastioo, "claws in a calm manner," and without the prospect of any new incidents, the diplomatic dismission which we have been spectators of for the last six months? The Opinion Nationale says drily :—" We deserve this answer, and for our own parts we have long been expecting it." The Bourse was decidedly heavy. The note in the Moniker respecting the Florida, notwithstand ing the plausible legal arguments put forward in justification of it, was much talked of, and con strued in an ominous sense, more especially when taken in connexion with the news that Mr. Slidell is a favoured guest at Biarritz. Ratite fell 25c. for account, elating (ex div.) at 68fr. 15c. Mobi lier fell 20fr. NAVAL AND MILITARY. ADMIRALTY, SAPT. 16.—AwrourimiCan : Masters Andrew Farmer, to the Zebra ; Robert Brown (additional), to the Fiugard. Master's Awristact James R. Cow, as supernumerary, to the Etuyalus. Clerks Edward M. Ommanney, to the Alert; Charles H. Baker, se supernumerary, to the Royal Adelaide. Assistant Engineer Joha A. H. Marcus, as supernume rary, to the Asia. WOOLWICH, Bar. HI. The drawings and plans i;avebesnl --. receised at this dockyard for the new iron - clad screw steam-vessel Pallas, which is ordered to he laid down forthwith in the slip from which the Wolverine was recently launched. The latter vessel is being fitted with her mathinery by the manufacturers, Messrs. Ravenhill and Co., and is ordered to be completed for the second division of the steam reserve. CHATHAM, Simr. 16. Considerable pregreas has been made during the past few months in the erection of the fortifications on the Isle of Grail; on the western side of the estuary of the Medway, commanding the approaches to this harboar, and in a very short time that portion of the defences will be completed and ready for the reception of their armament On the opposite side of the river arraimernents are in program for the completion of the large semi-circular fort which is intended to guard the mid-chanuel approaches to the dock yard, and render secure the naval establishments at Sheer nem And Chatham. The whole of the defences will be mounted with the most powerful description of ordnance In UM in the service. THE CHANNEL FLEET IN LIVERPOOL. The number of visitors to the Channel fleet yes terday wee between 2 , 000 and 3,000, being sti ll considerably low than was anticipated. This may be partially due to the weather, which has been cold and chilly, with rain con stantly threatening. Yesterday the vowels open for Em public to ion were the Black Prince, Edgar, erald, and Defence. In the afternoon the officers of the Etesistanee gave an entertainment, which was followed ' by • ball. His Worship the Mayor of Liverpool and' about 100 ladies and gentlemen were invited. A. similar entertainment will be given by the captain and offioeis of the Liverpool today. On Saturday the Mosey Docks and Harbour Beard will entertain Admiral Dames and the officers of the fleet to luncheon, and afterwards convey .them over the estate under their control The grand banquet to be given by the Royal Raney Yacht Club in the Philharmonic-hall on Friday will be one of the most splendid entertainments of the kind ever given in Liverpool It is expected that Lord Derby and other members of both homes of parliament will be present on the occasion. Some astonishment has been created by the fact that whereas the roads of the fleet were thrown open for inspection on Sunday in Scotland, where tt cam limed considerable heartburnings a. d ill feeling, in Liver pool they are to be closed, although there would be little if any objection made to such a proceeding. Sunday is the only day upon which thousands of the poorer claims of Liverpool can possibly have an opportunity of visiting the fleet. Lord Derby has invited the officers of the fleet to Known ley on Sat y. COLONEL WHURDO IN NORPOLII.-OREAT VOLUNTEER REVIEW. NORWICH, WEDNESDAY. Yesterday afternoon witnessed a review on a large scale of all the Norfolk volunteers on Mousehold heath, Dear this city. The ground was a difficult, nay, an impossible, one on which to manteuvre a large body of hoops la a comparatively tame and ordinary fashion, so that Colonel M•ltiudo, who commanded in chief, had to near to tactics rather out of the ordinary volunteer rut A huge body of spectators had assembled on a rather limited plateau, on which it was generally supposed that the manoeuvres would take place. Having with infinite diffi culty obtained, as they imagined, favourable positions of observation, their chagrin mast have beenconsiderable when the troops moved bodily off to quite another part of the heath, where their accoutrements and arms could indeed be discerned &anus in the sun, but where all else »maned a sealed page. Colonel M`Murcio, who had gone over the ground on the preceding day, and had then de termined on his plan of action, carried it out without any communication being made as to big designs through the medium of a programme ; and hence mot only did the great bulk of the public remain completely in the dark as to what was going on, bat—and this, no doubt, was the great , object aimed at—the volunteers were also taken to some extent unawares, and submitted to unanticipated testa, as they would be is actual warfare. Household-heath presents a wide eldest of very broken ground, thickly covered with prickly furze in many places, which penetrated the uniforms of many of the volunteers, when, as was often the case, they had to scramble up steep inclines se well as they raid. But the Mane which the heath presented early in the day was a picturesque and delightful one As the at tr uce wore on the sun disappeared, and everything assumed • more sombre tint; but the rapidly shifted bodies of troops continued for several hours to give animation to the wide-spread landscape. This interesting ceremony completed, the order was gives to 001012100ce the march to Norwich, where a dinner had been prep ared in the Corn Exchange OR very extensive scale. T • building was greatly aliened in 1861, but it waved scarcely equal to aroustoodate the immure piety, for whom twelve tables for 126 each, besides head bible for fifty, sod about iho ants is the gallery, bad bees pre par Behind the chairman's seat, which was occupied by the Mayor, the plate of the Norwich Town Council, the colours of the Norwich battalion, dm, bad been grasped, sod the ball geaseally was decorated, altliongh Dot to any very great extent. The diaper was what an entertainment for volunteers should be—simple, but substantial ; sad although the staple feature' were only cold beef and mottos, some idea of the magnitude of the ester. tatomeat may be Wowed from the fact that 3,000 lbs. of meat alone were placed upoo the tables. The Mayor was supported on right and left by the Earl of Leksster, the High sheriff of Norfolk (Mr. J. S. Soots Chad), Lo r d Iliaffiekl, Sir S. ff. K. 14" co Is, M.P., Sir W. Russell, M.P., Mr. E. Warner, M.P., sad most of the offices who had taken tart hi the review, including of course Colored ktlturdo. Tic after dinner comedians were principally notiesabis for a speech by Colonel ht•Murdo, who, is replying to the toast of the volunteers. dried the vtatemeat made by or of his gallant friends at the late crusting el the British Association, that masters of volunteer troops ROM growing fewer sad fewer. As far as his experience went—and it was ne cessarily a largo or on such sabjeom—musters of brigades were beoorniog greeter and greater Met/ado( fewer end fewer, and he would answer for it that the of of the 'dun. tears had progreseed with the numbers of those meters. The meetiog held that day was intended son as an rapes tics than as • review • bat the volunteers assembled had • new realised nem id ea el t h e Mod el grata which they might have to go over in actual battle. The season was now fir advised, the days were becoming shirt and odd, sad volunteer corps would probably prefer marches into the usury indeed of remaining on their drill-grounds. In snob areas he hoped commanding alines would form their companies as if they were advanced guards. Ina pamphlet published by Sir C. Napier, in 1852, that gallant Aker re commended only seven things to be dose b volunteer, but ' one of these was the formation of regular advanced sad rear guards, which must not engage in small lights on their own amount, but simply serve an bodies of observation. After a few further tout. and speeches of local interest the gallant party broke up. MUSIC. NORWICH MUSICAL FESTIVAL (nom ova ovm =roams.) NORWICH, WEDNIBDLY. The Festival is going on with great brilliancy, and bids fair to rival in interest and success the greatest of those magnificent music meetings for which the ancient city of Norwich has been so highly distinguished during a long series of yearn. There once were many provincial musical Festivals in the three kingdoms—at York, Liverpool, Manchester, Derby, Edinburgh, Dublin, and other places—but all of these have gradually become extinct, and there only remain "the meeting of the three choirs" of Worcester, Gloucester, and Hereford, and the two great Festivals of Birmingham and Norwich. What ever causes have led to the decay of the others, these three yet live, and are likely to live. We trust they will long live and flourish ' • for though the increased facility and frequency of intercourse between the metropolis and the provinces has enabled the provincial population to partake of the pleasures of the capital much more easily than they did twenty years ago, yet the two great music meetings of Birmingham and Norwich have a pecu liar interest of their own--en interest compounded of many elements which are found in combination on those occasions. For many years Birmingham and Norwich have striven, stoutly and honourably, for the palm, and it would be difficult to decide which of the two has done 'the most for the promotion of music. If Birmingham has fostered the genius of Mendelsohn in a manner exceeding anything of which his own country can boast, Norwich has in an equal degree encouraged and stimulated the genius of Spohr. One only of this great master's works, indeed, the Fall of Babylon, was produced expressly for Norwich, but all his oratorios, from the Last Judgmenf ? inclusive, were reproduced at Norwich immediately after their first production in Germany, and most of them were performed at Norwich under the personal direction of the illus trious author himself, who entertained for Norwich the same warmth of regard that Mendelasohn felt for Birmingham. Many other works of great masters, English as well as foreign, have first become known to the British public by means of the Norwich Feed vals ; and the judicious and well-iirected energy displayed in this respect by the managers of these Festivals has undergone no falling off. At no pre vious Festival that we can remember have the pro grammes of the performances been fuller of novelty, variety, and interest than those of the Festival now in progress. The only fault with which we can charge them is their excessive lecgth, espe cially in the cue of the evening concerts, which are more than sufficient to satisfy the keenest appetite for music. In this country— in London as well as the provinces—musical en tertainments are constructed too much in accord ance with the mercantile feeling, that we ought to get as much as possible for our money. Yesterday there was no performance in the morn ing, which was occupied by a long and careful rehearsal. The concert in the evening consisted of a profuse banquet of miscellaneous music, and did not terminate till near midnight. There was a lame assemblage of company, and the hall, filled with female beauty and elegant toilettes, bad an exceedingly gay and exhilarating aspect. The concert began with Beethoven's Pas toral Symphony, exceedingly well played, but scarcely listened to, many portions of it being drowned amid the noise and bustle of people taking their seats and talking. This exquisite work, in fact, was a sort of enfant perdu, or forlorn hope— sacrificed for the benefit of the things that came after. A large portion of the programme was com posed of things which are familiar to everybody at all in the habit of going to concerts, and which, therefore ' require no particular notice. But we may say that they were selected with taste, were well calculated to display to advantage the talents of the various performers, and, generally speaking, were attentively listened to and wermly applauded. A very prominentfeature of the concert was Mr. Cusins's Wedding Serenata, composed in honour of the mar riage of the Prince and Princess of Wales, and first produced on the opening night of Her Majes ty's Theatre last season. On that occasion, it will be remembered, it was produced under disadvan tageous circumstances, and consequently produced less effect than it ought to have done. Its repro duction on this occasion was a judicious step, and ha careful and admirable performance did full jus tice to its merits. The beautiful air sung by Thiene, "The lord I am of wedded love ;" the charming duet sing by her and Sims Reeves, "The pearl and coral of the deep ;" Bentley's song, "Above there is e star ;" the trio (the gem of the work), " Daughter of the Baltic, hail I" and the magnificent final chorus, " Hail, Den mark's daughter," made a great impression, and the piece concluded amidst loud plaudits. Though a morceatt &occasion, composed for a temporary purpose, this cantata has beauties which give it a permanent interest, and the work does high honour to the genius of the author, one of the most dis tinguished among the young English musicians of the day. Another remarkable feature of the con cert was the selection from Gounod's Paust, an opera which has come into such extraordinary vogue by its brilliant success throughout Europe that its very name excites curiosity and interest. The pieces selected were the air, " Valise legere," sung by Mdlle. Trebelli ; the coveting., " Qual tnrbamento," sung by Sims Reeves ; the chorus of soldiers, " Glory and love," sung in Eng lish ; and the famous scene des bijoux, " E strana poter," sung by Thiene. All these favourite morceauz were of course applauded with enthu siasm. There were also selections from Howard Glover's operas, Once Too Often and Buy Bias, in cluding the pretty song, " Love is a gentle thing;" the elegant trio, "Too true were my forebodings;' and the animated duet, " And is it thus." The singers were Madame Lemmens-Sherrington, Miss Palmer, Mr. Montem Smith, and Mr. Weiss. One of the most charming things in the concert was the air , "My long hair is braided," from Wallace's opera, The Amber ;vita, to which Madame Lein mans Sherrington used to give so much effect at Her Majesty's Theatre, and which she nor warbled as delightfully 'mover. The only instrumental solo was Mendelssohn's violin concerto, which M. Sain ton executed with a richness of tone, power of execution, and purity of style, which would have done houour to any violinist of the present time. The performance of this (Wednesday) morning consisted of Mr. Silas's sacred drama, Jonah; a scene from Mr. Henry Leslie's oratorio Immanuel ; the Rabat Mater by Haydn, Pergolesi, and Rot aioi and several miscellaneous sacred pieces. In the subject of au sacred drama Mr. Silas has been anticipated by Handel in his Adana, and partly by Mendelsrohn in his choruses for the cele brated tragedy of Racine. Mr. Silas's work is not constructed according to the conventional oratorio form. It professes to be entirely dramatic ' • and in several portions of it, especially in the treat ment of the characters of the Queen and of the priests of Baal, the composer has not adhered to the style of sacred music. The dramatis persona are :—Jehoiada, the High Priest of the Jews ; Mitten, the Chief Priest of Baal ; Rosh, the youthful King, the last survivor of the race of David ; Zebia, his mother ; and I Athena, the usurping Queen. The story—like ' that of the previous dramas on the subject—is taken from the eleventh chapter of the Second Book cf Kings, and is (or ought to be) well known to everybody. We must defer till to-morrow our remarks on the musical treatment of this subject, as well as upon the other portions of this morning's performance, as its conclusion has barely left us time to despatch the present notice. SERIOUS FIDES.-(THIS DAY.) DR3TRUOTION OF THE DUKES HEAD TAVERN, PUTNEY. The moat extensive fire that has occurred in the neighbourhood of Putney for some time broke out about 4 o'clock this morning in the well-known and extensive pre mises belonging to Mr. W. Miller, proprietor of the above place of resort. The police officer on duty in the district, while patrolling his beat, noticed a dense main of red smoke rushing through the bar windows. Having succeeded in making the inmates sensible of their danger, the officer sent for insistence, sad in the course of • few minutes two engines of the perish attended. Pending their 'wriest the inmates had suc ceeded in effecting a safe retreat. Mr. Henderson, the chief officer of the D district, started to the scene with two engines and a strong muster of firemen. Upon reach. lug the Lower Richmond-road, they found that the gams were rolling oat of fourteen rooms and through the roof. Although just the break of day the fire ooald be seen for miles distant. The do was not extinguished until the Duke's Head and all it contained were destroyed, and the kitchen and scullery of Mr. Nicholl partly oxuntmed and the roof burned off. The origin of the Are is unknown. Mr. Miller was insured in the Imperial Fire-office. FIRE AT ISLINGTON.-NARROW ESCAPE OF SEVERAL PERSONS. A fire broke out this morning on the premises of Mr. J. Rodman., confectioner, No. 18, Upper-street, Islington. The dames, when first discovered, were raging in the lower part of the building, which was two storeys high. Police. constable Clancy knocked violently at the door, and enc. r aided in arousing the inmates, when a fearful scene pre anted itself. At one of the second floor windows two men made their appearance and cried loudly for help. They were told to remain a few minutes, as the Royal Society's serape was coming along the road. Just at that moment a boy appeared at the first floor window and fell out, but he was caught by Poliw•oonstable Clancy. Conductor Vireo and Mr. Inspector Baddeley arrived with the Islington and Sunshiny escapes, and succeeded in rescuing the two am from the upper floor. By that time the flaw , u had taken possession of the greater part of the building, and were streaking the premises of Mr. W. Robins, a doll•maker, No. 14, and also those of Mr. T. Turner, a photographer, and Mr. & Crouch, No. 17. The parish engines quickly attended, ma well u several of the London brigade, and one of the land steamers by Shand and Mason. The flame could not, however, be conquered until the premises in which they began were destroyed. The origin of the fire, or whether the sufferers were insured couhl not be ascertained. No. 18k, belonging to Mr. Robins, the doll-maker, has the front shop and the contents destroyed. This person was insured in the Lon- don Fire•offloe. The premises of Mr. S. Crouch and those of Mr. Turner are also severely damaged by fire, he. For tunately the extensive wine-vaults of Mr. A. Gurney, although exposed to great danger, escaped with only trifling damage. The tetanus will reach some thousand pounds sterling. THE REPORTED RISING CF THE ITAIIIATO3. The news brought by this mail is by no means so satisfactory as the well-wisher' of New Zealand or the tax payers of the mother oountry could desire; but we are bound to state that in our opinion the position of akin it net so desperate as the curt telegram from Melbourne and the confused accounts from Sydney would lead us to lup in the former we were told that 5,00 5 Waitaras =risen in rebellion against the colociata, and that in consequence Gourd Cameron bad rushed to protect Auckland from the ravages of the enemy. Its the country of the Waiters' is about as far from Auckland as the seat of the rebellion itself, it was naturally suggested that by Waiters, Waikato area meast. The latter place is in the immediate vicinity of Auckland, and a rising among the natives in that quarter, who were known to be discontented, would have certainly justified the step which General Cameron is reported to have taken. But the perplexing part of the business is manifest now that the papers have been received. The report of the rising of the Waikato, appear' to be merely a rumour. In the &beano of direct and authentic information from the oat of the war, we can only compare the statements which we find in the papers. The Sydney Morning Herald of July 21 states, on the authority of the Nelson COieltili of the 14th of the rams month, that important news had been received by the Bonny Lass of that port respecting the war at Auckland. It goes on to say " the Waikato* had risen to the number of 5,000, as reported at Taranaki by the steamers which came for troops, and the news, with the embarkation of men and guns, created a good deal of excitement at Taranaki." This statement is certainly conspicuous for ire obscurity. Let us compare it with the amount given by the Nelson Examiiner of the same date—July 14. This authority, cer tainly equally trustworthy with the Colonist of the same date, sus :—" The last week's heavy weather has so dr ranged the mail service, that the Auckland mail for the south and Europe has not appeared at the time of going to press. A small coaster which bad in vain endeavoured to land her cargo at Taranaki. brought • rumour that '5,000 Waikato* had risen in arms for the purpose of espousing the Maori king cause, and that fears were enter tained they would attack Auckland.' The figures in all Maori intelligence require to be received with caution, or not at all. The idea of a large force attacking Auckland is very improbable, but great excitemeut prevails in Waikato, and our anxiety for the overdue mail is proportionate." Now surely if the Colonist of Nelson was authorised to state as a fart that 5.000 of the Waikato* had risen and threatened Auckland, is it likely that the Nelson Examiner, published the same day, would have been totally ignorant of so impotent • movement? Of course it may tarn out that the Waikato* have actually risen and throdesed Auckland ; but with the conflicting statements before us we refuse to give credence to what seems nothing more than • rumour. The whole colony is in a state of ferment, and we can ea, understand how sometimes fear gets the letter of people s Ajgment—not to suggest any other explanation. The niklend ma'am:Ay bring down the intelligence to the led July, and have not a word to say about the outbreak of the Waikato'. The Sydney Morning Herald of July 21 states, that news had been received there by the Prince Alfred to the 14th from Nelson, and the 11th from Taranaki. " The mail steamer was detained." says that paper, "at Nelson till the 14th, (being a &,y after contract time of leaving) on account of the non-arrival of the caution steamer Storm Bird, which Tern she met entering the bay. Although Capt. Wheeler, of the Prince Alfred, rude most anxious inquired for Auck land papers, he could sot obtain a single copy, and was in formed that the Modes there bed seized a Bridals schooner, hauled down her ensign, Instated the King flag, mid sailed her up and down the harbour before Government House. Notice had been given to the natives to quit Auckland by the 14th of the month." Now this is sufficiently vague, and ought to be compared with • response from Delphi or a communication from the table of a spirit rapper. We admonish our readers to receive this Sydney news with caution. It certainly needs confirmation.—New Zealand Examiner. WEATHER. REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) THURSDAY, REITSSUIR 17, 8 £.L L 1!. D. W. Y. L. Q. L 12. B. — -.. Hire WU 60 W. 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N.W. to NIL, mode moderate, tine. rate, fine. North-laat=Caltltnees to Norfolk. Weat=Downral to Corn well. Boutli=Channel and By Coach. South-Baet,=Stralt of Dover to Norfolk. Mr. B. Muirbeed, clothier, Friargate, Preston, has lost three children within tea days from diphtheria, and another lies so &amorously ill that ifs death is hourly ex pected.—Preston Guardian. Five hundred and five vessels arrived at New York from foreign porta, sad 440 cleared for foreign ports dariag last July. American green-back bank notes are coloured with green lak, which cannot be photographed oar dislodged by alkalies. DRAUGHT MATCH.—A draught match between Messrs. Martian and Wylie, which was played daily frr some time back is the Trades' Hall. Glasgow, was oe Monday brought to a termination. The total comber of games played was 49, all of which were so closely me taled that, at the completion oa Monday of the last re• maiming three, the match was declared au even one, umther party wincing. Om io ad •o.