The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-13 00:00:00

THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT.

The review of the Lancashire and Cheshire
Volunteers at Newton-le-Willows, on Saturday, proved a
peat succor. The only drawback wail one beyond human
control—the weather ; the great difficulty to be overcome
was the placing of 7,000 men, gathered from fifty-four
cities, boroughs, and townships, spread over all parts of the
two counties, to a distance of forty miles, upon the field
within so limited • period se is available in an afternoon at
this time of the year. The difficulty was much enhanced
by the claims of the public, always put forward without
notice, and as indefinitely as possible in about a hundred
different towns, to be allowed the privilege of looking at the
spectacle.
A review of the several artillery and rifle
volunteer corps of West Kent, emnprising Woolwich,
Greenwich, Depticed, Blackheath, Lee, Lewisham, Brom.
ley, Omitted, Bitham, Plnmeterid, Charlton, kc., is fixed
to take place on Saturday afternoon next, before Viscount
Sydney I Lord-Lieutenant of Kent), in the park of Sir
Thomas IL Wilson, Bert., at Old Charlton. . .

Quizzes Wierinesraa. —The announcement that
this corps would be reviewed at Buehey-park on Satur-
day attracted a large number of permss to the locality. The
corps left town by the haled two o'clock train and ar-
rived on the ground shortly sifter three o'clock. They took
up their position upon an open space in the park, under the
command of Earl Grosvenor, amidst the cheers of the visi-
tors. Colonel McMurdo, who was appointed to inspect the
corps, was in attendance, accompanied by Colonel Hicks,
Major Rose, and other °Moen. The evolutions of the corps
were most 'statutory, and Colonel McMurdo expressed
himself highly parsed with them, observing that in the
event of an invasion of this country theziewEle dbe found to
be en efficient defines. The corps neatly enjoyed
themselves in hurdle jumping and each- amusements,
and the review tamiestedia a most ratisfactory manner.
Tax Row, VICTORIA Rains.—On Saturday
evening the Royal Victoria Rifle Corps (Colonel the Duke
of Wellington), the oldest of all the volunteer ride corps,
mustered at their practice-ground, Kilburn, under the com-
mand of Lient.-Colonel Colville, to receive a silver bugle at
the hands of the Duchess of Wellington. Shortly after six
o'clock a numerous and fashionable assembly of ladies and
gentlemen, amongst whom were many of the nobility,
having assembled ire the (mod at Kilburn, the nor s was
formed into three Odra of • square, when the Duchess of
Wellington, escorted by • bevy of ladies, advanced towards
the centre of the square, the salver bugle, worth upwards of
bearingtilt, an inscription commemorative of the presen-
tation, being borne on an elegantly embroidered silk velvet
cushion, and the duchess being mot at this point by the
°Mons. Her yam in • few brief but appropriate observa-
tions, presented the inerument to the corps, handing it to the
senior captain, who having addressed some suitable sc.
knowledgmenta to the duchess and the ladies by whom her
grace was ecoompsnied, its /40001213 was announced by
general salute, and the bead struck up • spirit-stirring air.

ABOLiTlon OF Al OPTICS OF TEZ COURT OF
QC MNS linsen.—last week an act of parliament was
printed by which the odes of Assistant-Kamer of the crown
side of the Court of Queen's Bench is abolished. Power,
given to the Lord Chief Justice to fill up the office of
Master, now vacant, immediately after the passing of the act.
AromincAhiss HALL—The following gentlemen
pared their examinMion ie the science and practice of
medicine, and received certificates to on Thurs-
day. the 9th August:—Henry Boothby Dowpremise, , !Unwell,
Ikekehire ; Janice Howard Clarke, Wan Berkshire ;
William James Hallett, Boltati-le-Hoors tleats Amu
Strutt, Tutbury, Eltaffordshbe ; Prank Harvey Browne,
Stews Manes, Essex ; John Jones, Baok-bome, Llanelly.
Erre's HowatorArsia Cocoa. Its delicioub
aroma, emitaial aseotbsees, end inetii= =rive pro
cured ha general adoption ea •
and 114. Imitate, et la a perlb., by the principal grocers.
labelled "James Sipa, km movable Med*
vertMeammi.

fI4IONTOII OP rem MUM
Hnt,—The racing of the past week has been
godactive of so many aroundug surprise., that it is fully
dermal ad Darn egl=ll irot, perfume , tier be •
strictly ollowed, the at both Wolverhampton 'and
Readine being so heavy that mist of the niteleg wilt her
revered on perhaps the eery first occasion that presents
agog Seldom is it the lot of the gentlemen to have such
14". hal day" as et Beading on Thursday last, whetionly
favourite (Spiesbox) won, the remaining 'half-doses
ineirsozious7 from the extreme outside division • •
d et the many " turnoipe" that tea
me at weed. Inwee, and Brighton, the men
1 Metallic =mot this year complain of their journey
sir Sam and Beaks, where they received ouch a drub-
bing twelve nocoths back. The hackers who went to Wolv r-
hempton, hewer!, have nothing to complain of, es nearly
all the "good things" came off, with the exception of De-
fender for the Cleveland Cup. the fir .t or second favourites
winning in every other case. The principal handicap proved
tame Whir, only three putting in an appearance at
C0112911611C• of Catherine, who had been weighed
reaching the starting -post in time, mad the owner
Defender his =bookloat at the last monies;
the hone we. a 1* the padildek reedy to
lengefter the terfner iermiseeeL We had a good
Nevertheless, between Newcastle and Noorcock, the
t doing brae for J. Geboree, as f last week expected.
place of Wildman, but they were completely out in
calculation, as the horse evidently &lathed the dirt.,
he game little Newcastle settled his pretensions ethical
e last stride by • head, while onmeding 121 b. Thus the
was shown to be quite as moderate as ha race with
hiverpod made out, for Newark had no
beat Athos, when giving him Bab on the second
e young one having swerved from cowardice the
it Lord ;ffissaford'e horse closed with him,. and Daley
. not get him straight again in time. lihat Athos,
rover, ,an gallop when lie pleases is proved by his rue
with Defender for the Cleveland Cup the same clay' as he
led at • race which completely disheartened Nr. Elause's
colt, who playedagame be appeared to me fond of kit
sern
and would not make an effort when called epos.
Then Ili, defeat of Crater at Lewes was no better perform-
er.. than I easpeeted is my last, and his saner as premier
kvourite for the Ebor Handicap was soon at an end, as as
rogue mast expect to win at York. It is not a little singe-
Isr that Athoes parierranies with Defender and Newcastle
=sold prove the relative merits of the pair to be the Mill
as last year, for when they met in the Doncaster Cup,
Newcastle gar Defender a 71b beating, and Athos
muting the kW, m Sib worse tones than he
did Defender, the running will confirm that
form, so that Newcastle has at last recovered the
=alley be appeared to have irretrievably lo:precaLlly this
arson, whigelitivie must be set down as a y bo-
mb no one who saw him at olverhanip-
Cvwillto deny. The two year old Teeing of the
smoting war ." according to Corker," as Lady Chides
should LLaavi harden Sporting Life even had not the latter beta
amiss, and laYa's ban mile form wee always as respectable
r that of Skilldsgh ; but Lord Stamford nearly loft the
Ninny by sending the moderate Sacerdos in Ntaleiesi. of
Lava, who could hardly have lost, even with - in
Each oompaa ; end solely to Shoerdoe getting a the
UM and the worst of the start, may
the layers of 8 to roassiter COI attribute their good fortune.
Maid of Honour ran even more moderately than at Brighton,
after her Lewes sneer, and I begin to suspect she must
have stoles a march on her opponents to have
through there at all. There were one or two good-100l
youngsters running that are sure of seeing better days,
and to keep an eye on Louise Leder= ma not turn out an
=profitable employment, for she. wogs y lost start is
both her races. Al Northern Light showed his dislike for
the dirt asttseot, Mr. Merry jWidously declined to jeopardise
his prespecta at York, and in his absence Horror was
fortunate enough to carry off the Threeyear-old Biennial,
feat be would not have accomplished bad North lanai-
shire's rider kept him straight, for when beats he swerved
right into Lupellus's track, to which Fordlum solely
*unbar the latter's defeat, end the form of Horror was so
had, from want of work, that they must make every. hare
to get him fit far the St. Leger. At Reading, the principal
handicap was • complete failure, only four mustering at
the post, while the race was literally run away with from
end to end by Plumper, who did the layers very little good,
many having borne in mind how the revelled in the dirt at
Ascot; still, the heavy shower that fell before and during the
race did not cool theardour of Rising Sun's patrons, who had
the felicity of seeing him extinguished • long way from home.
The Abbey Stakes was an equally runaway affair, to the
delight of the fielders, who had just previously bolted their
rich meal off Sweetbread, as the majority of those who de-
clined to lay the " copious odd, " on Lady Clifden stood
Croostadt in preference to Fairwater for the off-chance,com-
pletely ignoring the latter's forward position at the distance
. 'Mr Mir (redwood Nervy, when dee earned top
weight in heavy ground, and she ems the worst favourite at
the three ; however, so unfortunate has been the white
jacket of labs when long odds were betted upon it, that the
running is not worth following, especially as Foirwater had
to pee way next day to Conqueror, who was beaten • head
from Mimic at Brighton. The Reading Stakes rue bee
been remarkable of late years for the brilliancy of its core-
petitors, and in the company of such as Fairwater, Little
lady, and Brown Duchess, Conqueror was almost despised,
although he galloped like • racehorse, while the Duchies
was coughing badly before the start ; in the race
only the Cooqueror had any "go " left in him
after reaching the stand, where he shook Fairwater
off, and rally won in • canter so easily that
he should find friends for the Derby. as his Brighton
defeat is matidactorily explained away, on account of his
being amiss. The trends of Twilight made a great mistake
when they let the mare neglect her two Wolverhampton en-
pgementa, for the sake of the Whitley Haudicep here, as
she could hardly have failed to beat Athos for the Patahull
Handicap and Cleveland Cup, and in Sberborne she met an
opponent so greatly improved that their cunning was throws
away, although she looked all over the winner at the
distance.
There is nothing brilliant about the prospects of the
light= meeting, as we have but half .a4lozen races on Tues-
day, and five on Wednesday, and if they have good fields at
all, it is only the Betting Steed Plate, Barons Handicap,
and Town Plate, that will promote them, for the acceptances
for the Surrey and Middlesex and Runnymede Handicaps will
not be very numerous. Neither will there be many compe-
titors for the King John Stakes, six furlongs. The 23 engaged
having been pretty well run through, the best of them ap-
pearing in Little Lady, Lava (both 61b extra), Neighbour,
Nemesis, and Limefiower. The latter lie a 216 allow-
ance, in despite of which Nemesis must carry my confi-
dence, neither of Lord Stamford's being likely to rehab the
extra 61b over so severe a course. With the acceptances for
the Surrey and Middlesex Hoodieep, two miles and • dis-
tance, yet to be declared, a very few words will suffice for
it, and I can only draw attention to Pan, Claire, Pitman,
and Eltham Beauty as having the best of the weight. ow
paper; and as the latter appear, to have lost the bit of forth
she premed last year, while Pitman having recently
changed bands looks ominous, Claire ought to be about win-
ning, her Hampton, Goodwood, and Brighton form berme
quite good enough for this company. Looking at what Lord
Berkeley did under Set at Shrewsbury a few months back,
the Runnymede Handicap, one mile, appear but a matter
of health for him with Set 416., and I shall not look further
for the winner if they red him to the post.
The Oxford bill of fare has a more healthy complexion
than that for Egham, r we have halfedozen items each
day, and the 600 guinea. "public money" is so well laid
out that the ten events closed have fair entries. These,
however, are not all complete, and I shall only touch linos
the chief of than. A good handicap is put forth for the
Welter Stakes, one mile and a half, wherein Soothsayer,
5 yrs, list 61b ; Lord Berkeley, 8 yrs, list 21h ; Audrey,
4 yrs, 10st me ; and the Monk, 3 yrs, gat 71b ; all take my
fbe7"erdshirerurning;
Handicap,
ngreaimpot a°twiwriosatniikerohlaiti,uardarti ilt.a3eieecrt toioeill bet.uhpeTh'EghamilteinaGey.
running ,• still, Tame Deer, aged, Set Sib; and Sherborne,
3 yrs, list 3lb ; from their recent performances, are
worth standing, in the probable absence of Convivialist,
who is quietly backed at " long shots " for the
Cesarewitch. The ground is certain to be heavy
and Conqueror despite the 7th penalty, should win the
half-mile Prince of Wales's Stakes, all the good publio
performer being likewise penalised, while the sth allow-
ance of the Grey Hen Colt, and Dr. Nicholl can hardly bring
them on even terms with him, notwithstanding that the
latter showed well for half a mile with the great Die-
pinatas at Goodwood. The Stratton Audley Nursery
Handicap, six furlongs, will prove the great future of the
meeting, and those who succeed in " spotting the winner.
must consider themselves fortunate. The Lady Harriet
colt, let 71b, who looked well at Goodwood, and looked
liked Vann; ; Sllerton, 7st 131 b, a slashing two-ye:v..lcl,
that ran =der • heavy weight at Foam ; and Flietatiea
fist 61b, strike me, as ° best in," •nd if the latter be only
equal to her good looks, she ought not to finish far behind
the winner.—l am, he., METEOR

NORWICH MUSICAL FESTIVAL—Mr. Benedict.
who will act a. imatlacacir at this festival, will visit Mars
with OR the 22nd inlaid, for the pnrpor of conducting re-
hearsals of the local band and charuum. Mr. Benedict will
stay a weak and be present at reheareah of .48rahaat, the
Lase Aulpineirt, the Dettiirgess Te Deem, and tin cantatas
Mediae, Armida, and May Quern. It wily be stated wait
reference to Arnsida, that the scenes selected for repre-
gestation are from the second and third acts.
CRTIHRL PALACIL—NALP-A-CROWN DAT.
Eirrussmy, Auorerr 11.—Admissions on payment, 1,422
ditto by season tkkete, 1,852 ; total. 3.:341; total visitors fee
weak ending Saturday 52,420. Total visitors slice wean
at the Palace, June 1d,1864, 8,9:C3,286.