The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-27 00:00:00

OF THE DAY

THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW.-INCIDENTS'

As a postscript to the account of this great national
manifestation, we append some interesting items :
AFTER THE REVIEW.—A large number of the volun-
teers from the provinces, in their varied uniforms, per-
ambulated the streets of the metropolis on Sunday. In
the forenoon several of them attended Divine service at
St. Paul's and the different churches and chapels in the
City. Large numbers of theni also visited the west-end
of town, to view westmiristor Abbey and the }lenses of
Parliament, whilst in the afternoon: the several parks
were besprinkled with their many-coloured unifornis.
Coffee-houses and refreshment places were filled to over-
flowing, and in some instances, in the City, exorbitan
prices were asked on Saturday evening, and altogether
our gallant volunteers must have spent that very inde-
finite amount which is called a pretty penny.
Tent INEVITABLE DOGS.—Of course there were in
very uncomfortable and prominent positions the two in-
evitable dogs, who had apparently come up per special
kennel train, from the Spread Eagle, at Epsom, where
they had been recruitinc, themselves after the fatigues

of the last Derby. There was our old friend the turn-
spit cur, and his cousin, the black and tan mongrel—
the white dog wasn't there, having an engagement, we
presume, elsewhere—and those cheerful animals ran
several heats on the sward, bit each others' tails, turned
head over heels, inspected the volunteers and the com-
pany, and otherwise comported themselves to the delight
and edification of the assembled thousands.
THE QUEEN AND HER UNCLE.—And then in an
open carriage and four came her Majesty, locking
comely, and beaming, and happy as we should wish our
Queen always to be, with her astute old uncle, the King
of the Belgians, in his uniform, as an English field mar-
shal, and wearing the riband of the English Garter, by
her side. There must have been many old and famous
men who witnessed that grand sight on Saturday. Who
shall tell the strange thoughts that may have risen in
somo ancient heads at th© remembrance that yonder
King, the guest and kinsman of our Sovereign, was once
Leopold, Prince of Saxe Coburg, the husband of Eng-
land's hope—the hope, alas ! so early blighted—the
Princess Charlotte.

THE BEnourNs AND THE Hounrs. The ladies,
magnificently dressed, and with bonnets and parasols as
bright and variegated as in Mr. Thomas's picture of the
review in the Champ de Mars in 185,5, crowded the
front of the stands to the right and left of the Royal
standard. Behind them were peers, members of the
House of Commons, fashionables and officials of every
description, among whom, in the gallery appropriated
to the House of Peers, were the newly-arrived ambas-
sadors from the Emperor of Morocco—three sun-burnt
and venerable looking Bedouin sheiks, in snowy bur-
nouses and turbans—who, when they first arrived,
appeared to be contemplating the scene with true Mussul-
man phlegm, not unmixed with gratification. They
were speedily engulphed in avalanches of female flounces
and nothing more was seen of them until a late period
of the afternoon. They probably uttered many exclam-
ations of "Allah Akbar!" and " Bismillah !" at thus
finding themselves among the Houris of Frangestan, end
turned their faces towards Mecca as well as they could
for the superincumbent crinoline.

THE PICKPOCKETS.—Of course the light-fingered
gentry plied their digits nimbly, but with what success
who shall say ? Here and there that active and intelli-
gent officer Q 99 or A 1 seized some unlucky and awk-
ward tyro who had not had enough practice on the
dummy hung with bells, as he (the tyro, the neophyte
not the dummy) was failing to secure the watch-chain
or repeater ; but of the number of successful robberies
who shall tell ? How many young ladies lost -their
golden love-charms ; how many country gentlemen with
more money than brains lost the former for want of the
latter ; how many frantic females missed their guards as
the valuables supposed to be guarded, while the rifle-
man in the crowd was imperturbable_ as a Dutch cheese;
how many pockets were rifled on which the hand had
been carefully kept for hours until the critical moment ;
and in a word what was lost and won altogether on this
memorable day no parliamentary return shall certify nor
Lest Property Office reveal. A case or two in
the police reports, must be regarded as mere
samples of the bulk. Doubtless the entire loss, Mr.
Detective Hawkseye and his lynx-eyed confederates
notwithstanding, was very great. But these things will
happen at the best-regulated sights. They are not to
be prevented by ordinary foresighLor stopped by Mayne
force.

MISERY FOR THE PLEASURE OF IT. -It is rather
extraordinary to witness what people will dO, and how
much they will endure; on an occasion like that of
Saturday. For several hours men and boys-"-2yc, and
even delicate females—stood on the narrow rounds of
iron railings, without any support except the pressUre of
one against the other, without showing any symptoms
of weariness or discontent, although the majority of
them could see nothing of what was taking place on the
review ground. If People were paid a pound an hour
for passing the time in that way they would complain
of the hardship, and inveigh against those who had sub-
jected them to such an ordeal. But tho magic was that
every one in that great throng was a volunteer.

A PERILOUS MOMENT. —The Royal cortege had
scarcely emerged from Buckingham Palace-gate, when
an accident occurred which created great alarm amongst
those stationed in the immediate vicinity. A young
and spirited horse, ridden by one of her Majesty's staff,
suddenly sprang forward, reared, and threw its rider to
the ground, the gentleman fallidg fiat on his back. - A
mounted policeman on the spot sprang from his horse,
and promptly seized the bridle of the unruly animal,
arresting its further progress, whilst several foot con-
stables rat to the . assistance of the prostrate' officer.
He was quickly raised, and, having experienced only a
slight shock, remounted his horse and galloped off to
join his brethren of the staff. The whole affair did not
occupy many moments, yet they were moments of great
suspense ; for had the restive animal galloped among the
sightseers, the consequences must, have been of the most
serious character.

THE LAWYERS.—On they came, shoulder to shoulder,
stern, valiant, pale-faced, but athletic men, with that
prominence of nose and exuberance of whisker for which
the Bar of England is so deservedly famous. On they
came, "les secs de• la ley," fully determined to chaite
anything or anybody. And with splendid steadiness
did they keep rank and step. And they "took their
rule" gallantly, and gained so much by their "motion"
as to win golden opinions—not those marked on brief,
"with you Mr. Brisflee, 10 guas "—from all sorts of
People. It is, moreover, a curious fact, that as they
neared the 'Royal standard, the band, either by accident
or 'design, struck up the enlivening strains-of "Go to the
Devil and shake yourself."

SEVERE SENTENCE.—The. Worcester Heraitt;reports
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that a few days ago, Thomas Davis, a married man,
heretofore of irreproachable character, and for sonic time
a. grocer in Rethlitch,,was charged by a man named
Yeates, with cutting two and stealing one cabbage,
value lid., from the Breedon allotment gardeui.. The •
local' magistrates convicted, and sentenced the prisoner
to six Months' bard labour: A memorial to the Home
Secretary will be presented, praying for a mitigation, of
the sentence.
SUDDEN DEATH OF AN AGED MINISTER.—The
Rev. Thomas- Scales, author of " The Principles of
Dissent," left his home, at Gomersal, on Saturday
afternoon, in order to preach the funeral sermon -of the
late Rev. J. Paul, of Wilsey, but he was taken ill at the
Low Moor Station, was removed to a neiglitouring
hotel, and expirqd en Sunday morning. He was nearly
eighty years of age, and was minister of Queen-street
Independent Chapel, at Leeds, for. thirty years.
. THE PUBLIC PARKS, NEW Yona, U.S.—Mr. Calvert
Vans, formerly of London, now architect to the public
parks at New York, in a private letter says that " the
park is quite a popular affair already, 40,000 or 50,600
people visiting it every fine Sunday, even in cool
weather. We have fortunately secured another hulf
million-pounds for it this last winter. It has ,already
cost one half million ; but this has resulted to it. consi-
derable extent from the streets alI round being at incofi:-
venient levels; and from the great quantity of rock every-
where. 'The park is 21 miles long, and half a mile
NNide."—Bmilder.

DEATH FROM HYDROPHOBIA.—On Friday afternoon,
an inquest was held at Nottingham, upon the body of
Edwin Sebastian Wales, a young man aged 18, who-
died on the previous day. From the evidence of several
witnesses, it was shown that the deceased, who was a
paper-hanger, in the employment of his father, was
passing by the House of Correction on the lit of May,
when the fire-engines were being brought out. Ile Stood
looking at the engines, when a dog came. towards him,
apparently out of the gaol, and, without any provocation,
bit him On the .calf of the leg, ge went home, had his.
wound dressed, and was very unwell for about a week.
He then got bettot, but had a return of the` attack,
which confined him: to the house a week longer.' After
that time he got about his work, and continued to do fei
until Wednesday last, . On that .day. be went to -his
work early in the morning, and did an unusually
large.. amount of work. Towards noon he began to
feel unwell, and upon his return home at one o'clock he
complained of soreness in his throat and inability for
swallow. Although very hungry, he could eat nothing,
and it was with the greatest difficulty he drank a little
litisseed tea, which' wsis prepared fur him by his mother.
Etagrew rapidly worse, and in the evening his parents
Sent to the dispensary for a medical man. But before
the arrival of Mr. E. W. Clarke, the surgeon who went
from that institution, he had died in a struggle for
breath outside the door' of his father's house.l A lad
who was working with the deceased during the morn,
ing said that after eleven o'clock his conduct was very
wild. He attempted once to stab the witness with the
scissors. The medical man stated thit, having heard
-the-evidence and made a partial examination of , the
body, he bad no Ireiitation in saying that the deceased
bad died from hydrophobia. The jury found a verdict
accordingly. The dog, by whose bite the death . was
caused, was a small one.

REVIEW OF THE TROOPS AT ALDER-
SHOT BY HER MAJESTY AND THE
PRINCE CONSORT YESTERDAY.

No circunistatiee can confribtito so much to the effect
and splendour of a revievi as fine weather, but although
the rain fell heavily yesterday morning, the weather
cleared up, and hundreds of persons proceeded by the
South-Western Railway to Farnham, en route to the ozrap
at Aldershot, where her Majesty, the Prince Consort, the
Prince of Wales, Count de Flanders, Princess Alice,
the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Saxe Coburg, Duke
William of Baden, with a most numerous staff of general
officers, reviewed the Royal Horse Guards, Blue, sth
Dragoon Guards, 16th Lancers, 18th . Dragoon Guards,
the 3rd and 7th battalion of the Military Train, 2nd
battalion of the 11th Foot, 2nd battalion of the 12th
Foot, 16th Foot, 2nd battalion of the 7th Foot, 2nd
battalion of the 18th Foot, 2nd battalion of the 21st
Foot,' 86th Regiment of root, Ist batttalion of Rifle`
Brigade, and the Sussex Militia and King's Own Light
Infantry. ,
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iTHB FRENCH ORPHEONISTS AT THE

CRYSTAL PALACE.

The French invasion of Sydenham, projected some
months ago, and carried into effect on Monday, ended
in a victory so complete that even the conquered clapped
their palms and raised their voices in honour of the
victors. Some 10,000 or 12,000 inhabitants of these
realms were fairly vanquished by 3,000 Gauls; and what
is still more remarkable, (especially when taking into
consideration the extraordinary display which on Satur-
day afternoon gave to peaceful Hyde-park the appear-

ance of a battle-field,) were not at all ashamed of the

result. The enemy, unmolested—nay, even aided, by
those in authority--.--setting at defiance wind and weather,
" s'emparaient des convoie elzi eltentin de fer" (took pos-
session of the railway carriages), and, from eight in the
morning till nearly two in the afternoon, poured, legion
after legion, into the neighbourhood of Sydenham, until
the Crystal Palace (that imaginary stronghold), was suc-

cessfully occupied without a gun being fired. One might
almost have supposed that treason had been at work, for
the eyes of the French on their arrival were met on
every side by the familiar aspect of the "tricolour."
Marching, division by division, in the direction of the
great orchestra, situated in the central transept, they
found it already, as though by magic, portioned out
into 28 compartments, each inscribed with the name of
a French province, emblazoned on crimson shields, sur-
mounted by wreaths of evergreens and flowers. Gilded
eagles were everywhere conspicuous ; busts of renowned
compatriots started from backgrounds of palms and
shrubs, suggestive of triumph ; while in front of the
organ the likeness of an enormous eagle, with out-stretched
wings, gave extra significance to a trophy of tricoloured
flags. By, three o'clock p.m., the Handel Orchestra was
" choke-full "of Frenchmen, who, from their newly
acquired eminence—more easily stormed than Mala-
kboff or Solferino—seemed to contemplate the scene
below with complacent indifference to anything that
might or might not occur. Not an indigenous
face was to be detected among that serried phalanx
of invaders. Meanwhile the area of the cen-
tral transept, the galleries facing the orchestra, and
the parts adjacent, were filled with what--7but for
their wholly unconcerned demeanour, and a pecidiar
look of expectation which proclaimed them rather on
the watch for a feast than for a fray—might have been
regarded as the defensive force, suddenly aroused to a
sense of danger, and hastening to avert it. At any rate,
they outnumbered the foreigners so considerably as to
more than atone for any disadvantage of position; and
had the contest begun then and there, the chances would
have been pretty nearly balanced. Happily the struggle
was to be all on the side of the French, who had come

to charm the ears and enslave the hearts of their ancient
antagonists,. their Foie weapons being their voices and
instruments of music. It was to be the battle of Orpheus in
a modern guise—the lyre of the Hellenic myth replaced
by 3,000 melodious throats. True, there was the for-
midable band of the Guides to stimulate the ardour of

the combatants ; but to these, instead of martial strains,
were appropriated "gentle airs," the overtures of
peace and harmony among nations. An emblematical
device (on the centre of the organ), representing
two hands grasped in cordial amity, with scrolls -
around the wrists of each, upon one of which was•
labelled " France," and upon the other " England,"
was Symbolical of the work in hand—a friendly trial of
strength, in wbich the Frenchmen were to show their.
English, brotherd the excellence they, had achieied in an
art which the example of .a Handel has. enabled us to
bring almost to perfection in this country. The issue
was honourable alike to the competitors, who exhibited
such vigour, energy, and skill, and to those before whom
they competed, and who greeted their efforts with such
genuine enthusiasm.
Of the Orpheonists we have only to record that
their performances in the Crystal Palace fully bore out
the fame that had everywhere preceded them. The
3,000 members who met together on Monday afternoon
in the Handel orchestra represent the cream of no less
than 800 choral bodies now existing in France, com-
prising in their organisation as many as 40,000'more or
less practised singers, and somewhere about 200,000
outsiders, candidates for admission to the ranks of
one or other of the societies. The. periodical festivals
of the Orpheonists in the larger towns of France are
imposing solemnities, and materially help to*consolidete
the general scheme of union et which M. Dela Porte •latts
aimed, and for which he has laboured with such inde-
fatigable diligence. The latest and inostimportant of
these gatherings was.. held in March, 1869, when'
upwards-of 7,000 'Orpheonists assembled in the Palais
de 'lndustrie,. and succeeded in astonishing and delight:
ittg inien• equal Measure the; not very easily moved
Parisians. The visit to England -was: the _next step
contemplated,' and, under 'all cirennistarics,- its ince:Os--
flit accomplishment confers infinite credit both moth.
Orpheoniets then:wives and the managers of the Crystal
Palace.. • •
The first piece in the programme on Monday vas 'our
own national melody, "God Save the Queen," which the
Orpheonists sang in English, to the evident, satisfactiOn
of the audience. The-other choral.pieces-,Were as sub-
joined :—Part I.: Hynin, "Veni Creat6r," Besozzi;
" Chant du Bivouac," Kticken; "Depart du Chassear,"
Mendelsohn ; Septitor (" Huguenots"), Weyerbeer.
Part IL.: Chorus,. "Les Enfans
.de Paris," Adam ;
Chorus, " 0-Isis," -Mozart; Part-song, "La Retraito,"
Laurent de Rill 4; Part-song, "Le jour du Seigneur,"
Kreutzer; "France !- France !" A. Theories.
Touched, no doubt, by a frank manifestation of
sympathy on the part of their English hearers, the
Orpheonists at the close unexpectedly broke out into
" God save the Queer ;" and, as one good turn deserves
another, the audience, on their side„ shouted for
, •
Partant pour la Syria," which .was sung and played
as only the French can possibly sing and play their
own national air. Thep followed cheers and .counter-
cheers,. waving, of hats and :handkerchiefs, and other
manifestations" of goodwill, which. brought. the first
day's performance of the Orpheonistso in England to a
"conclusion flattering alike to themselvei and to those for
whose gratification they had E!0 zealously aud success-
labOured. ICething; in fact, Could have been more
hearty and spontaneous on both sides.. -
The "Guides fully sustained their brilliant reputa-
tion—whether the finished excellence of the solo players,
or the-faultless precision of the "ensemble,' be taken
into account—as a- military band without, a superior,
and indeed With scarcely an equal,- in-Europe.—Times.

It is stated . that the post of Paymaster of CiVil
Services, Dublin, vacant by the death of Mr. Charles
Grey, worth £1,200 a year, will net be filled up, the
office being doomed to abolition.
A fact unparalleled in the judicial annals of France
has just occurred before the Criminal Tribunal of the
Loire. An unmarried woman accused of the murder of
her child was acquitted by the jury, although she had
confessed her crime in open court. The judge ordered
her discharge in the following terms :--" Fine Guiton,
the incredible indulgence of the jury, haN procured your
acquittal, which you do not deserte. • Profit by the
lesson, and.begone.". '
ATTEMFT TO MURDER AT A Boy.—On Thursday, a
boy, called Peter M'Mann, aged eleten, son of an Irish
labourer, Was charged at Monkwearmouth Police-office
with attempting
.to markt Anthony: Proud,. employed
with the accused at the Monkwearmouth Colliery, by
throwing various heavy articles down tb.e mouth of the
shaft, which might have fallen upon, and in all proba-
bility would have killed:, 'PrOud, who was at work in the.
pd below, and wbO only escape&by not being at work
on the spot at the moment the things were thrown down.
The charge was. clearly proved, and the prisoner: was
fully committed for trial at. the next assizes.
COURT-MARTIAL IN INDIA.—The • court-martial on
Captain J. a Griffin, of the Madras army, has sentenced
him to be cashiered, and Lord Clyde has confirmed the
decision. The- extraordinary case-which is thiis filially
disposed of has excited as much interest, and provoked.
as many and as. carious' criticisms in India, as Palmer's
or Madeline Smith's trial did in. England. Yet it
had no. element of dr,'romantic or the horrible to
fascinate men's. minds. W hatuttiaeted Curiosity was the
very pettiness of the ;charges: brought against Captain
Griffin. Mot persons even now find it. hard to belief e
that "an offider and a ..gentleinin.r:::can have': been
guilty of the paltry 'fraud for-vvhieli the captain has
been dismissed her Majesty's': army-4121:d of 'forging'
the signature of an unknown officer- to an order on an
Allahabad tradesmen fOr a dozen betties Of brandy 'and'
a dozen- of beer. -It seems .incerteeivable that a man
should run the risk of foifeiting liis commission for is
prize.that would be scorned by a London pickpocket:
What made the affair more strange and more siispicioas
was the fact of two similar accusations of forget), for a

trifling amount and attempted . cheating tieing almost
simultaneously framed against him. Dr. Buia; who is
now at Allahabak sympathised so strongly with Captain
Oriffin in,: the belief that he was the victim of a foul
conspiracy, that he vigorously and earnestly defended
the prisoner before the court-martial, but the circum-
stantial evidence appears to have been too strong to
allow of Captain Griffin's acquittal.--Bombay Gazetto.

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