The Express.
London, England, 1860-11-21 00:00:00

SIXTY TEAM BILYCS.

Lady Minton (loq.) :—." Ah ! you may well
laugh at that picture of your Graadma—l often laugh at it
marvel!, but it was the mode, I assure you, or I should not
have allowed Grant to hare painted me In it. fin, Julia,
we not employ a cooper ! we were not so indelicate-
-I=itthe ribs of our reeuders were made of steel. No,
iey were not made at the blaeksatith's, but were
'applied by Just Clark and Madame Day, the Court mil.
limn, when our good Queen was younger than she is now,
though she is only a hundred next birthday. We were
terribly quizzed, especially by dear old Panel, (by the bye,
don't take away the new Number, I have not sass it), and
the things were dreadfully inconvenient, but they wars the
fashion! Eli Oh, yes, they were very cold on windy or
wintry days ; but we wan linasy-woliwy tar, which were
mom protection. ' Take up room? Oh, yes, the chtuebee,
lb was mid, were never bell,, ; but it made the opma
a, as no hex fouler • doubts omit would hold
more two ladies and their cavalier. He, poor
fellow, was only seen at interval.. ' Gather the dust?
Wh—y, yea, I must own they did, especially when the
skirt, as you me mine, swept the pound. The crossing.
sweepers were drives into ',bellies very nearly—M least,
so your dear Grandpa told me. 'How did we more
about iu them? They certainly did require considerable
management, and the ' nice conduct of a crinoline' formed
part of every young lady's education. ' Very unsociable?
Well, yes. It kept memo at a peat &Manes from sleek
other ; and I believe that was one reason your dear Grandpa
had such an objection to them. ' You should thick so.
Reginald? Pray don't be so emphatic before your wash's!
Criaolineand extenders had their advantaged!, though I never
could dissolve them. ' What put them out of rogue Oh,
the Prince of Wales, after hie return from America. He had
it intimated to the maids of honour that be would not welts
with any lady_in a crinoline. The change was masl
aware you. The good godmother in • ths Glass
did net sooner bandana Oltederelia'a me into a balle
than did our made Prince dispel the crinoline. Thank
behind you, is your Gnuidrua in her wedding dress, from a
design by ,your dear Grandpa, a pupil of the nice old en.
theses, Mr. Leech, who dined with us yestenlay.•—
Pwisen's locia Book for 1881.

WATER-Cop:ion Dzawmaii. —An auction took
place on Monday, at Mews. Foster's, in Pall•null, of •
choice collection of &swinge, which reellsed pearly 2,0001.,
many of the examples selling at prioes varyi from
u 30 to
SO guineas ; two well dratiksep, almost by
Tumor, sold et 72 and SO guineas ; and an 7
_42
the same aster—" View of laudon, tram Batterme"
for 136 view The set of orogen drawings from the tar-
MOM Ilialodie, made by 'oemer fee the engwinp,
geld bet 1064pagew
Pltoraigit VOLT OF TIM NM You MILITIA-gm
TO ZOOLLID. —The handout papers state that • owe.
S
bad taken place between Adjutant Copplurr,
ore= New York Regiawit, end Lord Palmerston, on
' the ablest of • proposed visit of • esespany of Gat
regiment to Spied In the letter to the twister, under
the dabs of August 31, the inquiry is made whether • can-
pp ay of 100 men, {alluding • baud of mirk, of the New
York State IlMa, would be permitted to lemil Bissland
and parole, awed sad equipped as a military
The letter Ages that company It, 9th Regiment, New
Lit Guard, oosnowided by Captain William Atterbury, Is
den of making en excursion to England licit summer,
ie their military character, and of exchanging courtesies
with the volunteer organisations—their „brother soldiers'
—of Greet Britain. The reply, dated (lot. 12, states:—
•• That her Majesty's government, as well as the whole
British nation, would feel very greet pleasure at • friendly
visit from any portion of the people of the United States
but it would Dot be consistent with the laws of the United
Kingdom that • body of armed men, organised as • military
lady, end Dot being subjects of the Britah tiovereiga, should
laud in the United Kingdom and move about therein. Lord
Palm however, wouldremark that If say of the
as the corps which you mention ware to came
caw te Berland is the swum of next year, Winging with
them their riles, for the of tattenlV tato asalatt-
ties at the annual rifle meting. OW oak* Se
doubt that they would le wet heartily weld, The
matter was still under caseideratims, Arial* Ste sub-
ject of tutors earnispendweee between OspOz:
and the English prewar, through Lord Lyons, the
minister et Washiagton, and Mr. A rchibeld, the British
consul in New York. Such visits have not been aufrequent
between military companies of the United States sad the
British proviso's, and the ecespiny hope that they way
be allowed to visit lagkod in • military await,. The
trip, if undertakes. will occupy needy two =oaths, at an
expense of 30,000 &L. 10,000 dole of which had alreudy
been subsaibed by idgEt memben of the oosiputy.