The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-21 00:00:00

it over and over again, and the proprietor
have " sacked" a good deal of volunteer money,
a.
.Lisc liErocity of good dimes which was no doubt
le to both parties. The " people " crowd
agreeable to
volunteers as "they march through the
town," and congratulate themselves that the
intruders have "no billets," the local "brigade"
appeal to them to have their shoes "shined,"
thereby showing that in Brighton the aesthetic is
the dominant idea, as a London shoeblack asks only
to "clean" your shoes, and the fishermen tempt
them with extraordinary dogfish and specimens of
algte to take home as souvenirs of their riot to
Brighton.
I have here accumulated perhaps quite enough
facts to justify the excitement of Brighton at the
present moment ; but there is another matter a licit
more than anything in the world keeps every one
on the tenterhooks. " Where is Lunt Clyde r
" Has he arrived, or is he still in London, and, if
arrived, where does he put up 1" The Brightouiaus
at first determined on giving his lordship a dinner,
which he declined, and then they made up their
minds to show their respect and admiration for his
lordship by following him everywhere he a ent iu
crowds, and cheering his head off at every possible
and impossible opportunity. But the pacificauir
of India was not to be thus caught, and up to this
very moment his whereabouts is a matter of horrid
uncertainty. First I had a circumstantial aro mut
that his lordship arrived on Saturday morning,
and galloped over to White Hawk Down to survey
the intended battle-field. Then I was toll that
two orderlies of the 18th Huasara arrived at the rail-
way station at about two o'clock, with a led loom.,
and mysteriously took away a military veteran,
closely muffled ,up that nobody dared take off his
hat or shout lest he should be glorifying the wroug
man. Finally, I had a more circumstantial .letul
about "three cabs which arrived at 3.15," when
way was cleared for the Marquis of Donegal, aid
when a quiet gentleman following him and the
crowd pressing forward, somebody called out,
"Keep back, it's Lord Clyde." Then the royal
standard was hoisted at the York Hotel ; but when I
went there to inquire I found it was only a burst
of spontaneous enthusiasm on the part of the land-
lord, apropos of nothing in particular. You will
see, therefore, that with respect to the locus is quo
of the Commander-in-Chief, I must write somewhat
in the style of the cautious envoy sending home the
rumours of the demise of the grand monarque,-.
" Some say the King is dead, some say he is alive ;
for my part I believe neither the one nor the other."

THE RAILWAY STATIONS THIS MORNING.
As early as 5 o'clock this morning, the Brighton
Railway stations at London-bridge and Pimlico
received the different volunteer corps who are to
take part in the field-day at Brighton. Just be.
fore 6 o'clock a shower of rain fell, but the sky
speedily cleared, and the approaches to the railway
were soon lined with specWors. As each corps
arrived, with its band playing some martial strain,
it was loudly cheered ; those corps who by their
efficiency and discipline have earned for themselves
an especial place in public favour being very
warmly received. Arrangements had been made
with the railway authorities for ten trains
to be in readiness at each station for the
sole use of the volunteers, and that the whole
of them should leave for their destination between
5 and 8 o'clock a.m. The Crystal Palace station
and platform was made use of for the occasion, and
by this measure the parliamentary and other traffic)
of the line we'e kept quite distinct. The public were
strictly excluded from this station, and by this
arrangement the volunteers, as each corps arrived,
were seated in the trains and despatched with cele-
rity. There was not the slightest confusion, and
the whole of the volunteers had left the station by
twenty minutes to & Should the arrangements for
the return be conducted in the acme business-like
manner, the volunteers will on this occasion have
no cause for complaint. At the London-bridge
station the first corps to arrive, at 5.10, was the
2nd London (Spottiswoode's), followed immediately
by the 4th London (Foresters), the Inns
of Court, and the 3rd London (Working Men's)
Brigade. After these came, in rapid succession,
the Ist London, or City, Rifles, the Tower Hamlets
corps, the 39th Middlesex (Clerkenwell), the Civil
Service, the Surrey corps, and the Kent and Essex
detachments. The Surrey Artillery were the last
corps to arrive. In all about 8,000 men left this
station. The principal corps leaving the Victoria
station at Pimlico were the Victoria Rifles, the
London Scottish, the London Irish, the Queen's
(Westminster), the South Middlesex, and the St.
George's, altogether about 6,000 men. The corps
belonging to the outlying districts of the metropolis,
havinge in view the fatigue of the day, wisely dia-
with the march from head-quarters to the
stations, and were conveyed to the railway in cabs
and omnibuses, an immense number of which had
been pressed into the service. Profiting by past
experience, the great majority of the volunteers
had provided themselves with well-filled haversacks,
that they might not be dependent upon the town
of Brighton alone for the necessary rations, or for
the satisfying of appetites sharpened by au early
rising and march, and "eight hours at the
sea-aide."
The usual parliamentary trains were started at
6 o'clock, filled almost to suffocation, and shortly
after the last despatch of volunteers, special fast
trains for the public were put in requisition,
and speedily crowded. These trains were no sootier
despatched than the services of the railway officials
were again called into active requisition by the
influx of the Easter Monday holiday visitors, who
were shortly after 9 o'clock rapidly pouring into the
station. It is expected, the weather being so favour-
able, that taking into account the volunteers, the
regular and holiday traffic, and the Crystal Palace,
consequent upon the reappearance of Blondin, the
number of passengers that will be carried ou the
Brighton ltailvray to-day will be in excess of that
on any day since the line has been opened.

THE SCENE AT BRIGHTON.
(BY =craw AND INTIRNATIONAL TILIONAPOJ

(nog ous OWN

BRIGHTON, MONDAY, Noes.
The various corps all arrived here before 10
o'clock this morning, in capital order, and at 11
o'clock the "general assembly" was sounded.
The streets are densely filled with spectstom,
and the shops are nearly all closed.
Rain fell in torrents two or three hours before 8
o'clock, but the sky has since cleared up, the sus S
shining, and there is every prospect of a hrilb,int
day.

It is stated that Mr. Costa has refured to row
duct the music of Dr. Bennett composed for the opoof
of the International Exhibition, Mr. Costa's refusal
being grounded on a certain quarrel between himself and
Dr. Bennett with reference to the Philharmonic Society
The Cork Examiner says :—" The Inman steamer
of to-day, the City of Wuhiugton, takes out a yet Wf
number of passengers than did the vessel of the precciiri
week. Upwards of 500 emigrants leave ; these Wog
apparently not to the poorer, but to the more comfortable
class of small farmers. Astonishing as it may peat, the
number emigrating during this and the past three wets
is even greater than during the correapowliag P°64
last year."
The order of Jesuits now numbers 7.231 mew
berm ; tin, 1-2,217.4 French Jesuits ; 1,635 Italian Janata
740 Spanish or Portuguese, 563 German, 542 1151,464,
Austrian, 265 English, 240 North Americas, r-40 B°T"
Americaa, 136 Clinician, and 126 Irish. The Italimasuuts
are dielaibuted as follows:—Naples, 463; Rome, 4cf2;
Troia, 277 ; Sicily, 267 ; and Venetia, 226. The Frock
Jesuit. belong to three province. ; :—LO5i3 to the 9,0*
vines of Paris ; 626 to the proviuoe of Lyons ; awl 524 to
that d Toulouee.
The cost of rations for the Federal array
200,000 men is nearly 7,000,0001. per annum.
A Post-office clerk, named Kallab, tom hven
arrested at Vienna for Intercepting. or rather elealigs
lettere. Fifty thousand eight hnadred and Dine}, lette4
have already been forwarded to their respective suldresetes
and many thousands wee are still in the hands of the
Vienna Post-9630s official&