The Express. — London, England, 1867-07-22 00:00:00

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N31.1N LINK—The LIVERPOOL, NEW I ocii. an I VIIILADELEIDA STEAM-8111P Ct)JIPAS Y t r a,iit dc.oat.l..rnr their full 'macro! CI) dabudt iron screw srrying the Lnitsul St st...‘ 'lath, calling at Queens town, Ir , the following day, to take on hoard passmigers and a n d with liberty to call at an Intermediate port: CI EV or BALTIMORE, Weilnesday, July U. tlir Or DUBLIN, Satureay, July V. CITY OF DUN Dli, Wednesday, July 31. And sooty Wednesday and :Worms). Cshin promo by the mail steamers sailing every Wednesday, 17, and guineas, according la them commodation. Forward tp..mngt lud.n n full supply of conked provisions, Passengers for Canada and the totted States lookout through on very *dram terms —For further partisulues apply to WILLIAM INMAN, gr. Wateratreet, Liverpool; Alta to ELVER and SIACKY„ GI, King 11 Miami street. Loudon. STEAM to NEW YORK.—UNITED STATES lIAIL the magnificent steamers of the New York and Havre Steam "thin Compel.). will leave Havre and Yeirnoutk with ..us ego - a end mails once a fortnight, as under. These ate-deers are uilequelled for their passenger accommodation, and the excellence of their cuisine. ,r llama. I Plum Falmouth. Fulani Wiamesday, August 7 lhuradici, August 8 Outding Star Wednesday. Aug. 21 iTbursday. August n Arum Radomlay, stmt. • Thunday. Sava G Moraine Star Wednesday. apt. ISThunday.Sapt. 19. • — Throurti tams from London, t?.4 Ho. first-class, and tie second class. —1... r further particulars apply to JAMBS A. WIITFIIN. Hams: ERPETTE, KANE, and Co, Parts; G. C. sall It. W. itGE and Cu.. Falmouth ; or H. STARR and Co.. 145, (Uvalde. BREMil.—Direct Route to Hanover, Bruns- AnaE Central .—The Gman tio)d's Rrst-class screw steamer A LER, North Captain er IC WILK EN, will he despatched on THURSDAY, July 15, calling at Illacktrall Weather permitting'', at It moo°. —Parc* to Bremen, t 2 and a ; return tickets, FS and tl Pk—Apply at CHAPLIN'S Universal 0111ce, liercut-circus, W. or to HI ILLIPPS, GRAVES, PHIL LIITS and Co., St. DwastatArhoure, Cross-lans, Great Tower street. LC. ROTTERDAM and the RHINE.—The favourite Ammer HAT tVIKR leaves Brunswick Pier, Blackwell, every 81"3. Y, et 11 mm. Passermers must leavo Irenchurch. street !nation by the 10.30 a.m. train, and walk en hoard.— The F)ertoord leaves Imm off the Tower every Thursday morning at 8 am.—Apply to CHAPLIN'S l'siversal Office, W., or to PHILLIPIN, liILAVJat, PHILLIPPS and Co., Bt. Dunstan's. house. eftwerbine, Grad, Tower street, S,IWEDEN and BACK in aeven days from g.. 7 London, allowhig 64: hours In swedon.—This ban oppor tunity that may be embraced by the renowned twin screw atearner NI ARV, Captain 71109. MOM appointed to sail on 3rvi Mimed from the West India Dock buoys, for GOTII EN BURG, and every alternate Saturday as heretofore (weather permitting), caning at igacks all at noon. Passengers will likewise find this a must interesting route to Norway and Russia, and should mate early appiLations tar berths. Fares to Gothenburg, LS sa. and .1:2 plin : return, C 4 les. ed. and g 3 Ss. ; deck, Ll.—Apply at ha's Office, Regent-cirrus, W. ; or to PHILLIPPIS, ORA VP" THILLIPPS and Co., St. Dunstan'ehouse, Coss-lane, Great Tower-street. SALOON STEAMSHIP-ALBERT VICTOR- Saga for MAROATS and RA MigiATK every TUKSDAY, Monday, and Saturday. from Swan Mer, above Loodoo.bfidge, at 11 a.m., returning to London every Monday. Wedneeday, and Friday . hating Itaangate at 11 a.m., and Margate at 12 noon. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. (Managing Director. idr. IC Strange.) Three Ballets, BA Dancers, tio Instrumentalists, Siegal", Acrobats, Mimics Pic ture), Latest Telegrams, SIduOILS, deppertoorns. levaturilik Smoking rooms. Evening Paper ; 10 Orchestral Mote, Every Night. opeo at Half-peat Seven, begin at Eight. Prices—la, Ss.. and Gd. Reserved Meats, K : Private Bona, from El Is. Boz-ottice open from Eleven to Four. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, 218, High Holborn.—lhe most apacione and brilliantlrdecorated Bell Room. and the beet Band In London. OPEN for CONCERT sad DANCING EVERY EVENING. Musteel Director Mr. W. M. Packer. Open at half-peat 8 ; MGM at it Advadaa. throughout. Is. FREE TRADE WHARF.—The Commiasionen of Customs amid the Lords of the Treoeury.—fropariag for pablication, the Correspondents on the subject of Privileges, bow granted end how withheld. IMPORTIIIB of GOODS who art saldoctod to a:coulee charges on goods leaded oo ado' will plane apply to Z. CLAY sod Co., SA Upper Week Cltr. CHARMING DETACHED VILLA RESI DENt-g situate No. 6, Groseenor.villae, Junction-road Upper Holloway, to be Liu or SOLD contains dining-room, doable dratving•room, kitchen, excellent cellantge live bedrooms and dressing-room, pretty lawn, splendid open situation rent 70 imineaa per annum, for three yearn—Apply no above, or Mr. vni. WILLIAMS, Lead and Eutatu Agent, 70, Queen-street Chespidde, EC. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 180.5. This osleteatad old IRISH WHISKY gabled the DUBLIN PRIZE MEDAL—It Is puns, mild. mallow, delicious, and very wholesome. Sold la bottles, 3.. SJ. each, at the retail bosses la London : by Use agents In the principal towns in Zsalsad • or wholesale at it, Orest Windmillatreat, London, W. Obarre . the tad sad, pink label, and cork breaded " Kinahaa's LL Whisky. AVALUABLE PACKAGE of TEA. A CEO= CADDY ecatalaing MM. of redly good BLACK sent canine tree to say railway Matters or market town to Waal, trekked, Bcollead, or Wales, ow receipt of OM, by PHIL. LIPS sod Co.. tea merchanta, 8, Mug WlLlMmetreet, City, ILC. eARPETS.—£9,OOO worth Brussels and Tapeati7 Brews * * at la ?ed., ra. &Id., and fa. lld. ger ysrd , oleo. Tadao carp at vary reduced /Mow A sew list of due and Woes gratis. E3. , ,01ie worth Furniture, Bedsteads ;In tests, Iron, and woad . , Bedding. Upholstery, dv., now offering at unprece dented ow prices All goods warranted, and delivered tree Ercarboat the kingdom.—WW. WAIN, wholesale and export and general ferulablug warehouseman, 133 to lid, 7 bM ewli:gt t on- r butts Factories, Fraocis-street. CARSON'S original ANTI-CORROSION PAINT, patronised by the nobility and gentry for all out door work, u iron, wood, stone, brick, compo, greenhouses, ax. Is twice durabl e as white lead, much cheaper, and easily ap- Pak Three cot and upwards free to meet parts of the United Menden. White and atone colours, 30& per cwt. ; oak, red, chocolate, lead colour, purple brown, and black, Yds. ; recut wad bank 4, Pattecne and teettnionlals upon application to WALTER CARSON and 80N3, La Belle ileuvagayard, Ludgate hlo, EC. No spats ; all orders to be sent direct. PRICE'S SOLIDIFIED GLYCERINE (Patented).—The nearest and beet toilet map, wears well, Om a rich and fragrant lather, la entirely free from cocoa nut oil er moms of alkali, and contains half its weight of Price's Ws- Sold Is 4d. and tablets. PRICES PATENT CANDLE COMPANY (Lbalted), Delmost Works, Battersea, S.W. TEETH. —Messrs. GABRIEL (113TABLISUED 1616;. NEW PAMPNIXT, FIZZ BY MIT YOUR STAMPS, txplaining the Painless System of Dentistry and seitadhealve ArilAdel Teeth without wino, at Withe usual diaries. 414, LIIDCIATS-lIILL, CITY. 66, Ilarlayetreet,Caveudishequare, London. 134, itakestraet, Liverpool. nINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA. The medical profession for thirty years have approved of able pure so:ution of Magee'la u the best remedy for Acidity of the Stomach, Heartburn, Headache, Gout, and Indigestion; and as the best mild aperient for delicate constitutions, especially adapted for Ladles, Children, and Infanta—DLYNEFORD and Co.. Chemists, in, New Bond-street, London, and of all other chemists throuehnet the world. CIOUT and RHEUMATISM.—The excruciating VI pain .1 rout or rheumatism la quickly relieved and mind It a taw days by that celebrated anoliclne. ELA lit'S GOUT and RIIEUSLATIC Tiny require no rentraint of diet or co.liseisent during their IN and are certain to precast the disease attacking any vital Om sow by all inedklite vendors at la. lid. and $, 9d. yer box. as obtained throardt any chemist --- TRADES' UNION OIITRAOI IN DiRDTSHIRIL—A shocking occurrence I reported by a Derbyshire policeman to the bead constable of the same county, as follows :—A police-conatable states—'• At half.past one o'clock on Fri day morning last I was on duty at Ilathersage, and met air. George Cook Spencer, needle manufacturer, of Rather asge, who said that one of his workmen, named John Mattendey, had been shot with a revolver twice in the head by John Francis Cook, of Hathemage, about half an hour previous, and that the injured man was lying at his (Mr. Spencer's) house. lat once proceeded to the injured man, and found that he had four wound% on his bead and neck, apparently caused by bullets. I fetched Mr. Taylor, surgeon, and then went in search of the prisoner, whom I found at his 1 rother's (Mr. Richard Cook). I apprehended him, and charged him with unlawfully shooting at one o'clock that morning. He said, Very well, I sup- pose I must Co.' I then asked him for the pistol be had shot Hattereley with, and he gave it to me, saying, That's lb. one, and that shot him.' I took the accused to the ..Istkap at Hathe rsage , and reported the case to Mr. _ftialrintenilant Williams, of Bakewe ll . Dr. Taylor said the wounds were not of a serious nature." The accused till be exanined before the Itakewell mso . strates. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—The Doncaster sad Gainrborongh line of this company has now been opened for tratfic. Four trains run each way daily on week days and one on Sundays. The March and Spalding section has not yet been opened for weenier Walk. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGILUIs.) VISIT OF THE EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH TO THE QUEEN. PARIS, JOLT 21, Evininco. The Empress of the French left here this morning for Havre, where she will embark for England. Her Majesty was accompanied to Havre by the Emperor, who returns to Paris to-night. Both their Majesties travelled incognito. FRANCE. PARIS, du LT 21, Emma. King Louis of Bavaria arrived here this evening. HUNGARY. PESTH, JULY 20. A ministerial order has been published, autho rising the enlistment of officers for the Honvele (National Guard), which are to be re-organised. The new municipalities of Transylvania have nearly all been elected. They have sent addresses of confidence to the Hungarian Ministry. The Peeth journals sate that Russian millenaries are distributing money amongst the Roumanians residing ineTrausylvania. VISIT OF THE SULTAN TO HUNGARY. PESTII, JULY 21. The Sultan is expected here on a visit on the 26th inst. Preparations are being made to give his Majesty a brilliant reception in recognition of the friendly weliome given to the Hungarians who emigrated to Turkey in 1849. BANQUET AT CONE3TANTINOPLE TO LORD LYONS. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jut 20. This evening the Grand Vizier gives a farewell banquet to Lord Lyons, previous to his retirement from the post of British Ambassador to the Porte. All the members of the Diplomatic Body are to be present. Lord Lyons takes his departure next week for Paris, to enter upon his new functions as British Minister at the court of the Tuileries. CROATIA. AGL4X, JILT 20. The organisation of the military district of Peterwardein will be suppressed. AGRAM, JULY 21. The proposed participation of the Servian stu dents at the meeting to be held by Servian dele gates at Belgrade has been prohibited. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, JCI.T 20, Evens°. An Imperial decree has been issued re-convoking, in accordance with the existing laws, the Provincial Assembly and the Provincial Institution of the government of St. Petersburg, which were dissolved in January last. DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, JULY 20. The Grand Duke Constantine leaves to• day for Stuttgart, on a visit to his sister, Queen Olga. From Stuttgart he will proceed to Paris, returning to Copenhagen at the end of next week. The statement published by some journals that the King of Denmark purposes visiting Paris is without foundation. THE PAPAL STATES. ROME, JULY 18. The Pope has sent some valuable presents to the Sultan of Turkey and the Viceroy of Egypt, in re cognition of the protection accorded in their states to Catholics. A body of Garibaldians, 600 strong, hose appeared at different point* on the Papal frontiers, but were prevented by the Italian troops from making any attempt at invasion. Yesterday 55 deaths occurred in the city and the hospitals, of which 22 only were from cholera. The Pope has received the formal recantation of the celebrated theologian, Passaglia, who leaves Italy for London to assist Archbishop Manning. In consequence of a note addressed to the French government by the Papal See relative to 300 cases of desertion which have occurred in the ranks of the Antibes Legion, the French general Dumont, has arrived here on a mission to investigate the matter. PORTUGAL. LL91 . 19N, JULY 21. A very extensive fire has occurred here, causing the destruction of the Maria Pia Asylum, an in stitution established for poor persona in the palace of the Marquis Niza Xambregas. AMERICA. (DT ATLANTIC TILIGRAPR.) NEW YORK, JCLT 20, 6 P.Y. The Inman steamships City of Antwerp and Edinburgh arrived out to-day. The City of Paria took out 1,000,000 dollars in specie. The steamers leaving to-day for Europe take out 1,500,000 dole. in specie. Gold, 1391. Sterling exchange on London, 1101. 5-20 United States Bonds, 111#. Illinois, 124 ; Erie, 711. Cotton : Middling Upland, 27. Petro leum, refined, 32. (azuTER'B nusoums.) (Per the Union.) NEW YORK, JULY' 11. A resolution has been adopted in the Honor of Repro. mutative, directing the Foreign Affairs Committer, to inquire whether any American citizen has been sentenced in Great Britain as a Fenian. - - Fire out of nine members of the Judiciary Committee oppose the impeachment of President Johnson. A. party of 200 negroes bare forcibly released a negro felon from Petersburg (Virginia) gaoL The negro was re arrested. fiilrti-seyen thousand whites and seventy•fonr thousand n egress have been registered in Louisiana as voters. The army worm has appeared in the Mississippi cotton fields. The new postal treaty between the United States and Great Britain has been approved by President Johnson. __ itiexican intelligence published by the New York journshe states that Juarez and his cabinet left San Luis Potosi on the lit inst. for the capitaL His wife left New Orleans yesterday for Vera Cruz in the American revenue steamer Wilderness. _ . . It is reported that Santa Anna is still alive, but is held a prisoner at Yucatan. The navy department is said to have ordered the frigate Snsquebannah to proceed to Mexico, and demand Santa Anna dead or alive, and an apology. BIRSIINOHAST ELscrlott —Our correspondent writes :—" The nomination takes place on Monday (to day) at twelve o'clock. Both candidates are working hard; they are addressing ward meetings from morning till nht. Mr. Lloyd's friends called a meeting in the Town-ba ll on Friday night, but the opposite party obtained possession of the floor of the ball, and for three hours the uproar was only increased end varied by lights, not one word the can didate said being heard except by the reporters to whom he spoke. The rune wu as matchless as it was di sgraceful ; nothing like it has ever been experienced in connection with any election in the town. Mr. Murphy made his appearance in the hall ; that increased, if possible, the tumult, and he was persuaded to leave. On Saturday it was industriously circulated that the persons who made the disturbance at the meeting were 'in the pay of Mr. Dixon's committee.' That body met and published a prompt and indignant denial of the accusation, which was declared to be not only ' absolutely false,' but it was added, the committee bad done everything in ital power to prevent the disturbance ; in fact, all deoent people were disgusted at, and ashamed of, the proceedings of Friday night, as they well might me. Mr. Dixon's friends speak with a confident suurance of success. There are &Wpt 15,500 voters on the register." REPRESINTATION or NUT GLOUCESTERSHIRE.— _ _ GLOUCESTER, fiarokroar.—The nomination is fixed for Than(LlT nazi, at parsley. There are two candidates now actually in the field for the vacancy, namely Mr. C. F. Berkeley, second son of Lord Fitihardinge, in the liberal interest, and Colonel Edward Somerset, conservative. Both parties are actively canvassing the electors, and the poll is fixed for Monday, July 29. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 22, 16U7. FRANCE. (nom ova OWN OORRISPONDIRTT.) PARIS. SATURDAY ETZNPRO. The Courrier Frnwni4 has now struck a tremen— dous blow at its mortal enemies, the Camagnacs. It published last night the following letter from a man of mark, not lately heard of, with the signature in immense type : To the Editor of the Coorrier Franceis.—You inquire whether it is true that in 1848 the name of M. Grimier de Csasegnso was found upon the list of persons receiving secret service money from the preceding government. I owe it to my conscience to state that his name appealed on M. Girin'is list as a person in receipt of a monthly payment. I struck it out with my own hand. This list was seen by several friends who were with me at the time. —Accept, dm., LSDRU WILLIE!. This letter will be extremely difficult for the Cassagnaca to answer. A tint denial of a fact to which the Minister of the Interior of the provisional government pledges his word is not to be expected, and the fact IS one scarcely susceptible of being explained away. The precise nature of the services rendered to Louis Philippe's government by the present Imperialist deputy for the Gers does not appear, but they may have been very useful ; and, if useful, the question may be asked, why were they not honourable A casuist might well argue that it isno more dishonourable to receive secret ser vice money than to pay it. Why should it be disgraceful in any functionary, from the humblest sheriff's officer to that supreme ono euphemistically styled in French I' erificiaeur des hautes Ensures. to do those things, the doing of which the law either requires or sanctions? I. hold it impossible philosophically to deny that an informer, a spy, or even an execu tioner, may by possibility be a man of a pure,,con science, doing his duty in that state of which it has been his misfortune to be called. But although it be no sin for a man to " labour in his vocation," there are certain vocations which, ac cording to the inveterate prejudices of society, are disqualifications for posts of honour and worship and consideration. M. Venuorel, on the testi mony of M. Ledru Rollin, has now put upon M. Granicr de Cassagnac the heavy onus of showing that he was not a spy under Louis Philippe—and not merely an occasional spy, but a regular one, recei • a monthly stipend. Unless he can clear himself of this charge, he is from this day forth TM homme impossible. It is the one thing which French society can never forgive, and which no lapse of time can purge. It is advisedly that I said this letter is a terrible blow to the Cassagnacs in the plural number. M. Paul de Cassagnac said piteously the, other day that it was moat unfair to taunt! him with the part his father took in the' Beauvallon-Dujarrier duel (reported in the Causal Cellbres), for he was then only four years old, and his brother, Louis de Cassagnac, was not then born. No doubt it would be unjust and cruel to taunt these young men with the many sins of their' father, if it were not for the special ground on which they have stood forth before the public as bullies and bravoes. They boast of spitting in the face of a man who will not stand up to be run through the body by them because they say " ho nour has always been traditional in their family," because they belong to " drawing-room society," and the Courrier Francais men are " common fel lows." Therefore it is that the young Cassagnaes are now remorselessly madeto sharethe responsibi lity of the education and the example which their father has given them. The Pays of this evening has not a word about Ledru Rollin's letter. The Cosaignacs, generally so loquacious, sign no paragraph to-day. The Bourse was again weak. Disquieting poli tical rumours prevailed. Rents fell 21 for cash and 7i for account, closing at 68.90 and 68.80; Mobtheis tell 2.50 ; Oredit Fancier, 5 ; Comptoir d'Escompte, 5. MR. GOMPZRTZ'S ENTERTAIN/A:lNT.—This gentle man, who for • long time has been favourably known as a caterer for the public amusement, commenced a short sea son in St. James's-hall on Saturday evening last with his new entertainment called " the Spectroscope," which is a sort of dramatic elaboration of the optical illusions which had previously created ouch a sensation at the Polytechnic under the title of " Pepper's Ghost." Most people now know, or pretend to know, how Pepper's Ghost is done, but this knowledge will not at all diminish their wonder or pleasure when they witness the adapta tion exhibited by Mr. Goinpertz. The upper end of the great hall is arranged as a stage, with regular prosoesium, l behind which a battery of the magnesium light plays on a series of really good scenery. Here Faust and his evil genius Mephistopheles, go through their authentic adven. l tares ln the flesh and in the spirit, and so skilfully is the affair managed that the spectator cannot tell which is substance and which is shadow, until at last Faust applies the satisfactory test of running his companion through what he had imagined was his body, with merely the effect of tickling him into immoderate laughter. This skilful intermingling of the substance with the shadow is carried out all through the performance with almost magical effect, and to the great wonder and delight of the audience. In the final scene, in which Marguerite ascends to heaven guarded by angels, whilst Faust starts off in an opposite direction, the spectroscope makes great play, and gives an admirable illustration of how the secrets of science maybe made available in the creation of surprise and amusement. The curtain went down upon " Faust and Marguerite" amid general demonstrations of satisfaction, but the great mimesis of the evening was the dramatic sketch that followed, and in which Mr. Gamperta himself played the principal character. To describe this performance, however, would be only to cheat the public of the wonder and surprise with which it must be witnessed by persons of all ages. So carious an optical illusion has rarely, if ever, been seen, as will be confessed by every one who during the abort season that has just commenced pays a visit to Mr. Gomperts at St. James's-hall. CORPORATION OF THE Sons OF THE CLIRGY..—OH Saturday last the governors of this oorporation held their, last meeting at their house, 2, Bloomsbury-plans, prior to the long vacation, during which the treasurers have power to make pecuniary grants in urgent oases to the clergy, their widows and children, and to transact business of a pressing character. The meetings this season have been attended by the Archbishop of Canterbury (President). Lord Cranworth (Vice President), Mr. Alderman Copeland, the Rev . Dr. Vivian and Mr. Pommel], the treasurers ; the Earl of Powis, the Bishops o f Oxford, Ripon, and Gloucester and Bristol, Sir J. P. Boileau, Bart. ; Sir Brook W. Bridges, Bart., M.P. ; Rev. Canons Jennings, Melvin, and Thomas ; Revs. W. J. Crichton and Daniel Moore, Mr. Alderman Finnis, and Messrs. Baggallay, W. H. Barrow, M.P. • James Bentley, S. B. Brooke, l'hilip Cazenove, Serial; Drew, R. A. Gray, Thomas Greene, Philip Hardwick, R.A. ; Christopher Hedpon, J. E Johnson, Edmund Pepys, Thomas H. A. l'oynder, John Pervert, C. J. Selwyn M.P. (her Majesty's Solici for- General), Joseph Some., J. IV. l'hrupp, and Thomas Til son. Sr Thomas Phillips, Q.C., and Mr. Gilpin, treasu rer of Christ's Hospital, also attended some of the meet ings prior to their recent lamented deaths. During the last four months the governors have granted to poor clergy men in England and I Vales, 3,9821. ; to clergymen's widows and aged unmarried daughters, 1451.; and to the children of clergymen in educating and placing them out in life, 1,945/. In all amongst 58.2 individuals, 6,7721. In May last 42 widows and daughters were elected to life pensions of 151., 201., or 25/. per annum, in room of other pen sioners who had died or become disqualified during the previous year. The total number of ladies in receipt of pensions, often their principal means of subsist ence, being 712. The applications for assistance in the education and outfits of the children of clergymen, and maintaining them when first placed out in life before they can command salaries sufficient to support themselves, have very much increased of late years, and the governors have been obliged to give smaller sums in consequence to the respective applicants. The pressure has been recently so great that the governors have overdrawn the particular fund out of which grants for children are made, to the extent of about 5001., and no little apprehension is felt that unless it be speedily replenished from extraneous benevolent sources, many young people must he deprived of aid which is of the utmost importance in preparing them to earn their own maintenance in creditable positions in life. THE WIMBLEDON REVIEW. The review of Saturday last, which closed the Wimbledon meeting of the present year, was in many respects the most interesting, and, but for the adverse condition of the weather, would have been by far the most brilliant that has taken place upon the Common. The visit of the Belgian volunteers and civic guard, and still more that of the household troops and a strung detachment of the Royal Artillery, gave extra attractions ti the military spectacle, while the presence of the Sultan, the Prince of Wales, and other members of the royal family, conferred upon the occasion unusual importance in the eyes of those who are curious as to the movements of great personages at home, or interested in the appearance of illustrious guests from abroad. The result of these combined attrac tions was to draw together such an assemblage of all classes as has never before been witnessed •t Wimbledon. The first business of the day was the delivery of the prizes to the successful competitors at the meeting. This duty had been kindly undertaken by the Princess Teck, and was performed by her royal highness under the shelter of a pavilion which had been erected for the occasion in front of the grand stand. The Princess, who was accompanied by her husband, the Earl and Countess Spencer, and the lady in waiting, ooeupied a raised dais before the centre of the tent, and on either hand extended large covered tables, on which were arranged the prizes—, goodly show of silver, Epergnes, tankards, and works of art, aiming which, conspicuous for their size and beauty, were the Elcho Shield and the China Vase, the temporary pro perty by right of conquest at the butte, the former of the volunteers of England, and the latter of those of West York especially. Her royal highness to be in the most excellent health, d by her frequent smiles and gracious looks testified the pleasure which she experienced in distributing thAprizes, and the satisfaction which she derived I from the wane welcome that was given to herself and Prince Teck as they drove on to the ground. She was handsomely and becomingly attired in a mauve dress with lace trimmings, and wore a black shawl with gold stripes and a white bonnet. Prince Teck was in the uniform of the Ist Surrey Artillery, of which he is honorary colonel. The work of distribution, which had it included every prize that had been. gained in the course of the meeting would have been so unavoidably long as to exhrist her royal highness and weary the spec tators,\was judiciously shortened by the omission of all prizes under the value of 20/. The names of the whiners were announced by Earl Spencer, the President of the National Ride Association, and the successful competitors—except those who had gained prizes too cumbersome to be handled by a lady—received their rewards from the hands of the Princess Mary, to whom they were delivered by Captain Mildmay, the secretary. • Not a few of those who had earned a title to share the honourshif the day were absent, having after achieving their successes returned to their homes, and in their case the ceremony was confined to the announcement of tla names and the indication of the prizes which the. had ir ad earned. There was a good deal of cheering as die moat suc cessful and best known of the competitors who were present advanced to the illuatriowedistributor to receive the reward of their skill. as The saluting point was a flagstaff, from which floated the royal standard, in advance of the grand stand, and behind this, but still in front of the wooden erection, there had been provided a small dais upon which had been placed two or three chairs of state for such of the royal persons as desired to occupy them, and some less preten tious seats, which as well as the steps of an enclosed passage leading up to the top of thenastand were reserved for the accommodation of 'diatin lraished, but still less illustrious visitors. Among the earliest to avail themselves of the right of entry to this sacred sppace were Lord Overstone and his daughter, Mrs,„Loyd Lindsay, Colonel Taylor, M. P., and several distinguished officers both of the army and volunteers. Mr. D. Griffith, M.P., was upon the ground, but was content with a place in the enclosure. Shortly before 6 o'clock came the Earl and Countess of Granville the former in a richly laced yeomanry uniform. They were speedily followed by the Duchesses of Man chester and Sutherland, who drove on to the ground, accompanied by the Marquis of Har tington, and soon afterwards the Duchess of Cam bridge, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Stre litz, and the Princess of Teck, arrived from the Cottage, and took their seats upon the dais. The Prince of Wales, who was received by a guard of honour of the London Rifles, had already reached the ground, and was awaiting, at the residence of Lord Spencer, the arrival of the Sultan. It had been arranged that his Imperial Majesty should enter the enclosure by the principal gates on the east aide, towards the windmill, and there the horses which had been prepared for the use of himself and his staff were ready, under the charge of some of the inferior attendants. These servants, grooms, or whatever may be their titles at the Turkish court, were very gorgeous and imposing weiorenages. Most of them tall and stalwart of , they were clad in magnificent uniforms. r tunics and hanging sleeves were covered with rich embroidery ; their boots were ornamented with massive spurs, and the pure white of their turbans was relieved by gold and silver threads on various coloured silk cords, which ran between the folds. His Majesty's progress to Wimbledon was a good deal impeded by the crowds of carriages which thronged the road followed by the imperial cortege, and eventually he entered the ground, not by the eastern entrance, but by that at the corner of the common towards Wimbledon. The close carriages which contained his Majesty, his little son, his two nephews, and the principal members of his suite, as well as the English officers in at tendance, were drawn by four horses each—post horses apparently—and were preceded and followed by outriders in the royal livery. His Majesty was immediately recognised, and as his carriage drove along, especially as it passed the stand, there was a good deal of cheering. As soon as the Prince of Wales was informed that the Sultan was ap proaching from an unexpected d irection, he mounted his horse, and galloped off to receive the imperial visitor. He met the royal carriage soon after it passed the stand and returned with it to the posi tion where the Sultan's horses and grooms were attending his arrival. A alight halt was made at 'the Cottage, where his Imperial Majesty was re ' ceived by Lord and Lady Spencer, but in a few minutes the Sultan and his suite mounted their horses, and as the artillery began to fire a royal salute rode across the ground towards the saluiting point. The appearance of the procession as it crossed the smooth green award of the common, not yet soaked into mud, was exceedingly bril liant and attractive. Tho Sultan, who rode in the front, having the Prince of Wales on his right and the Duke of Cambridge on his left hand, was mounted upon a beautiful white Arab charger, splendidly caparisoned with purple velvet and gold ' housings and richly embroidered saddle cloths. He wore, as usual, a dark blue surtout and trow sera, and the rich embroidery which covered his breast was crossed by the broad blue ribbon of the Garter. The Prince and the Duke were dressed • in the uniforms of general officers, and each wore the green ribbon of the order of the Medjidie. In the next rank rode the Duke of Aosta, second son of the King of Italy, whose blue I uniform and green ribbon at first greatly puzzled the observers, and Prince Teck, who wore across the blue tunic of his artillery uniform the red ribbon of the Bath, and whose heavy busby so obscured his countenance that he was nut at first recognised. The son and nephews of the Sultan were no doubt of the party, but it was impossible I to separate them from the brilliant group of [B?Ampgr, la. ADDITIOIAL] horsemen, both English and foreign, bj whom they were surrounded, and which was closed by the in ferior members of the suite, both European and Asiatic, whole elegant and varied uniforms con tributed greatly to the beauty at the pageant. Had but the sun been shining the appearance of this brilliant cork* of horsemen pima have been dazzling in the extreme, but unfortunately before the Sultan's arrival the sky had become com pletely overcast ; and as he rode towards the stand the first drops of what proved to be a continuous and steady rain began to fall, and umbrellas were hoisted both upon the stand itself and in the inclosure before it. It was not, how ever, yet sufficiently wet to damp the spirits of the spectators, and as the gay cortege passed by his Majesty was greeted with hearty cheers. Despite the habitual reserve see that the Sultan gathering which so he acknowledged + appeared, to 7lay interest which in himself. After s brief bi his Imperial Maji nodal:us of Tunnel tkcheas of Cambric fair and noble damn .. . sm . rounded, the illustr ious inspect the troops preliminary to the march past, begin ning with the Belgian Corp., which were in frost, and passing along the line from end to end. Ily the Belgians the Sultan was greeted with loud cheers. As hie Majesty parked through the lines of the regular troops the most complete silence was observed in the ranks, but he was received with the usual military salutes, and the bands played the Turkish air. The renewal of cheering inti . te, those in tin distaw when the volun teer ments Were MehM, We their carton, but unndlitary, acelatmildens oefilohitred with few if any intervals until the completion of the inspec tion. After reaching the end of the columns' the Sultan and the Prince of Wales, accompanied by the staff, returned to the saluting point, where his Majesty took up his position close to the flag staff, the Prince of Wale, being • immediately upon his right, but reining • back ha heave a little behind that of the Sultan. The Duke of Cambridge remained behind, and took up his position with his personal staff at the head of the household -cavalry. Upon reaching the flagstaff, however, his Royal 'Highness the Commander-in- Chief saluted the Sultan, and then riding out, took his place on the left of his Imperial Majesty, be tween him and the Duke of Aosta, upon whose left again Prince Teck had taken up his station. The first regiment.) to pans were the Belgian volun teers and Garde Civique. The presence of so large a body of volunteers and regular troops appeared to have put our guests upon their mettle, and they marched much more steadily and carefully than they did last Saturday, or than we have seen them do under the eyes of their own sovereign. They want the steadiness and solidity of some of our English regiments of volunteers, but most of their companies were well dressed, especially those of the Chasscurs Eclaireurs, and they were de servedly and warmly applauded as they passed the stand. After them came two batteries of horse and two batteries of field artillery, each with six guns/ (Armstrongs), and to those who have any acqnaintance with Woolwich reviews it is needless to mention how regular was the line which they kept as they passed the tiagetaff. The Ist life Guards, the Horse Guards Blue, and the 2nd Life Guards went past (in the order in which we have placed them, in splendid style), and it really was a treat to la these regiments, so magnificent on the parade-ground, if of—littie use in war, go past. Next came the three regiments of Foot Guards, who marched past in double columns of companies, the Grenadiers leading the way, and as they went by the Sultan had the opportunity of witnessing the very perfection of marching and of solidity of formation. Not a man was out of his place in the ranks, not one appeared to be an inch behind or before his fellows, and the broad red line pre sented by each company passed on as though ani mated by one single will, and moved by a single pair of legs. Loud and hearty indeed were the cheers as these picked and highly trained soldiers marched steadily past the saluting point. After them came the English volunteers, of whom there were upon the ground a small divi sion of volunteer cava lr y, under the command of the Duke of Manchester, the horse artillery of the Hon. Artillery Company, two brigades of field batteries, and three brigades composed of eight divisions of infantry. It would be absurd to sa; f that the Duke of Manchester's troop, the let Hunts Light Horse, marched as steadily and showed as a front as did the Life Guards or Horse Guards •, but they were only a little—s very little —behind, and the light cavalry of the Hon. Artillery Company, the Bucks Lancers, and the Artillery Company's Horse Artillery, attained to an almost if not quite equal standard of merit. The doubts of those fervent but anxious admirers of the volunteer service who had been somewhat alarmed as to the figure which their favourite regiments would cut when reviewed along with the most cele brated battalions of the British army, were greatly relieved by the style and order in which these cavalry regiments went by, and they were almost entirely set at rest by the time the two brigades of field batteries had passed. The Sultan watched the passage of our civic army with the greatest attention and apparent interest. It was certainly a sight to raise the wonder and admiration of an eastern despot ; and as no doubt his accomplished minister, Fund Pacha, or his experienced ambassador, M. Musurus, whose sudden bereavement has cast a sad shade upon the closing festivities given in honour of his imperial master—had thoroughly informed him of the real character of the troops which passed before him, he could not fail to appreciate the significance of the spectacle. The naval review of Wed nesday and this gathering of volunteers were the only perfectly novel things which we had to exhibit to his Imperial Majesty. In Paris he had seen gathered together an assemblage of regular troops which we could not hope to exceed, which we did not care to rival, in numbers, and had taken part in fetes not much if at all inferior in brilliancy to that given in his honour at the India-office. But the Emperor did not think it worth while to parade his ironclaids in the harbour of Cherbourg or Toulon, and he could not show him a volunteer force, the offspring of the generous patriotism of the people, formed without the en couragement, and not subject to the meddlesome interference, of ministers, and prefects, and mayors. After the volunteers had passed came the most brilliant spectacle of the day, and one which only wanted a clear atmosphere and clear sunshine to render it the very perfection of military show. Unfortunately, although the rain held off while this nuuiceuvre was performed, the air was heavy with damp,. and instead of a bright clear sky we had a lowering canopy of dull leaden clouds. After passing the flagstaff the cavalry and horse artillery had wheeled round, and taken up a position upon the right of the line, the volunteer regiments pass ing behind them, and soon as the field was cleared of the infantry corps they came t again at the trot. The Royal Horse ery headed the column, and fine as was the order in which they had passed before they far outdid it now. Although the ground, except immediately in front of the flagstaff, was far from level, and by no means favourable to the passage of artillery, they preserved so even a front that the carriages were kept exactly abreast of each other, and it was im asible to detect a variation of en inch in the line formed by the muzzles of their Armstrong guns as they swept past. The hearty cheers which greeted their passage were even increased by the splendid appearance of the household cavalry CrWOPFZICE as they came up at the trot. A prettier sight than that presented by these three regiments it is hardly possible to imagine. Their comets glittering. their plumes fluttering in the breeds, and spurs and harness jingling as they came up, and closing boot to boot as they passed the flag-staff, the squadr.ii went past the Sultan as solid as a wall ; and, despite the fretting of the impatient hories. who seemed eagerly anticipating the signal, to break from the trot into a gallop, dressed almost to a hair's breadth. The Human did not of course present so brilliant an appearance. Their uniforms are less gay, neither men nor horses are of so com manding a size 'as are those of the household troops, but they kept almost as good a front, and the cheers which greeted them, and a squadron of Lancers which followed them, as they passed, were rendered more hearty by the consciousness of the shouters that these were real useful soldiers, while the Life Guards, grand in appearance and perfect in drill, are, after all, only parade war riors whom a month's campaigning would render almost utterly ink:leas. The column was closed by a detachment of volunteer artillery, the horse artillery of the Hon. Artillery Company, and the two brigades of field batteries, which greatly to the astonishment, but equally to the delight of the spectators, kept nearly, if not quite as good a fine as had been maintained by the gun s of the Riiyal Artillery. After the cavalry and artillery had passed they formed into line in front of the stand, and advanced by squadrons and batteries to salute. By this time, however, the populace, who had several times before broken into the lines—once immediately in the rear of the volunteers— and had been forced back by charges of light horse and policemen , had thrown off all restraint, and the effect of ? the closing move ment was almost entirely spoiled by the interven tion of the shrieking crowd of and women who embed -ammo tie gamma aft.. troops ad ' vie seed. Unfortunately, too, at moment .the rain, which had held up fora short time, began to descend in earnest, and his Majesty the Sultan, dismount'ng from his horse, entered a close carriage and drove off to Lord Spenoer's Cottage, where he had engaged to dine, and where he was soon after wards joined by the Prince of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Prince and Princess of Teok, the Duke and Duchess of Aosta, and other illustrious and distinguished personages. The dinner was served in a tent erected for the ooeasion, and furnished in a style of Eastern luxury by Messrs. Gillow. The tables, of which the principal ones were in the form of a crescent and star, *ere decorated by Mews. Phillips and Pearce, of New Bond-street. The ornaments consisted chiefly of flowers and plants, among which cacti and ferns were most prominent, and cut and silvered glass, and they were at once rich and elegant in their effect. Two sideboards were loaded with gold and silver plate, heirlooms in the house of Spencer. The regular troops were under the orders of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, who had the general direction of the review. Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, KC. 8., commanded the volunteers, and was assisted by the following staff :--Colonel Erskine, Inspector-General of Volunteers ; Lieu tenant-Colonel Wright, let Nottingham R.V.C., A.D.c. • Lieutenant-Colonel H. E. Crum-Esiing, 3rd Lan ' ark R. V.C., A.D.C. ; Major Lysley, 23rd Middlesex R.V.C., A.D.C. • Captain Templer, 18th Middlesex R.V.C.. ; Captain Cam den, Royal East Bent Yeomanry, A.D.C. ; Colonel Wright, Deputy Inspector of Volunteers ; Colonel Roche, Colonel Bruce, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir E. Campbell, Bart., Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon: W. J. Colville, Lieutenant-Colonel Wombwell, and Lieutenant-Colonel Elliot, Assistant Inspector of Volunteers. During the whole afternoon the station at Wa terloo-bridge was besieged by persona wishing to go to Putney or Wimbledon ; and the greatest in conrenionce was occasioned by the want of extra facilities for obtaining tickets. Surely on such an occasion as this the South Weaterft Vora pany could afford to make some special provision in the way of extra clerks and temporary booking offices. Drama. PRtNCFS9'°. The above theatre was opened on Saturday night for a abort season by Mr. Hermann Vezin, who produced a new piece of peculiar structure by a new dramatic author— /tr. W. G. Wills—entitled The Man 0'.4 irbe. Mr. Wills bait recently obtained a fair reputation as a novelist, and part of this reputation of course follows him to the theatre. In most first dramas by literary men there is generally some trace of imitation—some piece of stage-carpentry copied from one author, or some piece of literary pedantry copied from another ; but, to do Mr. Wills just& , be errata to have thought for himself, and to have planned his work with almost defiant boldness. The Nan o' Airlie, judged by the beat playhouse standard, is very far from being a good acting drama ; but no one can ques don its originality. Mr. Wein was very warmly received, and the drama participated in this reception. mre of his manner, it was easy ., to tan was in •• •by the mighty surround, iclusure, and as l the acclarri- 1 • ~ e crowd, lie r the least, •:S. .4. ' . I at the all these th. . •• manifested s halt at the saluting . 't, wh ..jesty returned with nal e r- tier the cordial salutat h bridge, the Princess Tact d• auras by whom they we stir- =trims party rode off to inspect . . ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.-FRENCH PLAYS. M. Emile Augier's famous comedy, Lc Pas de GiLayer, was performed at this theatre on Friday :,ight by the company of French actors of whom M. Ravel and aldlle. Deschamps are the chief stars. Though originally produced at the Theatre Francais nearly five years ago no English playwright has yet laid his hands upon this work, which proved so great a success on the French stage ; and the reason is sufficiently obvious. Le Fits de Gd.yer is a satire upon certain political parties in France, and is based upon Ideas which are but little known here, and for which it would certainly be difficult for an adapter to find resem blances in our social system. It is, in fact, an attack upon the Legitimist party, the Faubourg fit. Germain and what remains in that exclusive quarter of the aristocratic pre. judioes of the old regime. Although it has in it something like a story, and sufficient of sentiment and pathos in many of its situations, these are so generally subordinated to the writer's chief purpose of producing a political satire, that the comedy hardly bears transplanting to this country, even for the entertainment of an audience presumptively familiar with French institutions. We may therefore safely prophecy that the 1714 de Giborr will not prove so great a "nose= here as the Pastille Bemiton, which has been repeated again and again, and to which the manage ment are chiefly indebted for a popularity which 'ambles them to extend their programme from four to six weeks. INDIGENT BLIND VISITING SOCIETY. —This so ciety, which has been established about 36 years, and has during that time rescued many of the helpless blind from poverty, held its annual meeting on Saturday, at 27, Red Lion-square. Mr. W. A. Ford presided. The Rev. J. Strickland, incumbent of St. Jude's, Whitecbap, i, baying opened the proceedings with prayer, the aecretary read the report, which stated that the committee regretted that during the past year there had been a considerable falling off in the receipts of the society. which bad been partly due to the unsettled state of connueicial affairs, and partly to the loss through death of many liberal ,üb ' scribers, the total receipts being only bs9?. Sa. ed.. as against last year's of 7081. 12. 4d. At the same time the expenditure had increased by the taking on of twenty new cases. Owing to the high price of food an extra sum over ordinary outlay had been expended. The work of the society bad, however, been progressing satis factorily. The number of blind persons on the society's books was 240, an increase of •JU over the last year. These had been regularly visited at their borne/. by the four readers employed by the society for the purptee of religious instruction and pecuniary assistance. The leading classes, which meet at 5, lied Lion.square on each Monday and Friday from 1 to 4 o'clock, continued to be well attended, and consisted of 70 membeis, the average attendance each day being 45. The singing class had been found to greatly conduce to the happiness of those who attended it. The committee was carrying on the printing of the Bible on Mr. Frere's system. Dr. Armitage (one of the commitke) had established a home in Whit echa pel for H blind peewee. The inmates worked at a workshop for the blind in Com mercial-street, Whitochapel. In machines, the committee acknowledged the services of Mr. Colma (the society's blind visitor for the eastern district), of Mrs. Chappell, and the guardians of the Holborn Union, for assistance they had rendered the society. The report was adopted. # i I