The Express.
London, England, 1860-11-02 00:00:00

LONDON. FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2, 1860.

DRAMA.

Mr. H. Craven is the author of a very pretty
little two-ect drams, prodnosd with great amen at the
&rend Theatre on Wabash" evening. Betio-amnia in its
viol, Semen* in its disking, mid shrewdly illestastive if
alsiseter, this plies is likely to prove thoroughly Mine-
ties, and fully deserved the applause with which it ones
pedal. The title is the Poetboy, so called after the
principal chamber, Joe Sputa (Mr. 3. Rogers), • super•
enameled roadster, whose pretty:granddaughter, Manta (Kin
Oliver), has been wood by Mr. /bailey (Mr. Parsalle), son
of Sir John Bingley, • baronet of ancient family sod great
hauteur. Bingley is married to Mans, but their union is
kept secret for fear of the anger of Sir John, and the young
lady lives in • secluded house at Norwood, where she is
supposed by ter neighbours and servants to be Siugley's
tonneau. Her grandfather, who comes to visit her, shares
this minks, and is plunged into the deepest morrow at what
be considers his granddiegliter's unfortunate position, and
the old masts egany,is increased when Mr. Bingley, finding
that Sir John bra found out his retreat, and frightened at
the theme of being disinherited, denies hie marriage.
the essand act we Sad Maria, sepassted from her hus-
band, mid engaged as • profeenional vocalist, makes the
asormasimeom of • Wei Whitton, who is very much wished
Mr John to marry his sou. Te this lady, Maria, released

UMW portion.. Ifim- Wharton interesdes, Mr.
Illsigley owns his wife, and Sins John, who is by no memo
dad, forgives and receives them both.
'pie weight at this little piece falls on Mr. James Room
who sets In the most artistic and admirable manner. The
quaint walk of the old postboy, his idiomatic phrases, his
henget, genuine emotion, are rendered with perfect truth
and nature. Mr. Rosen has taken very higibground by this
impersonation.

*tV4L pip 'amyl

ArilMawr, Nov. 1. —Paottorfoire AND Ar-
rounialms Wooer J. Hood, promoted to the mak of
ialliksor. oodiumEtted to the Atha, for charge of the
ateolhage el the
Ted
B. Y. Mier to the Impregnable.
Lientlemente—A. A. to the Centurion • A. wa-
llow to the Firebrand ;W. (Whist; and H. ilainiond,
is the Obeerbdia.
NIA*. O. Gum, to the Charybdis.
add ingtaesee—J. Chureher, to the Emerald ; and V.
L
berte the Cara land, for charge of the =chi-
Ill7l‘ctimkrAinse.
E. J. Giles, to the CbAr.'oyal
chle J. to the Pont*
Traff to the Albert ;
Hewett, and .Z.J. B. Von Deasy, tie
Charybdis.
Marcus L Bridger is nominated to a naval cedelddp.

WOOLWICH. NW. 1.
The loyal Commission appointed to investigate
and revert as to the several government dodges&
Woolwke yesteday, and costarred with Cosamodars.V-
pesialesdent the Hoe. J. It. Drummond. It is expected
that the eammismosimi will hold their first sitting mid
olumikuklon sr Woolwich Dockyard on Monday next, but
the prooesdings will be MAW/ aelect.

TIM CANT AT COLCZNlTlR.—Yeaterilly the amp-
mad al We recap wee tremlarred from liejereeserel
Wood (wire rraiveterrether appointment tLaLitorrel

THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT..

LOED EMPIILD AND TO VOLIINTIZR RIMS
00Are MOVINIDIT.—Lard En&ld, ILP., who ha. evidenced
the sympathy he has with the Volunteer Bide Corps move-
ment a the bill he introduced and carried last session for
tesibileilec the parebaris ar hem of rile maim ground;
has esensted to asent the' sued Is lienessat-
mason d the 11th Neve Middlesex Rilles,a circumstance
whisk has given the pond amount of sanfastiem Cal
Wedsmilay eveams, at the conclusion of the MD, a most
intermits" and exisitlag some took place at the Besestfr
park limas* in relmesse le On even. The whole et the
effective' who had beimons espied in battalion drill en the
Luidthe coa at the new drill ground in
niilig, ton-rosd, and at&Um' the Valry-ball,rere ''raked
into theSidion School at the /3areackni and wry fanned
into mean, between 300 and 400 being premat, as well as
all the award mooed enema, eta., Oneida Rem, the captain
oommeadni i °anise Orsoartn Gone, sod Ibbsteon
Liniments. limarcas, illimaima, sod T. Porter ; &Ape
Onightee. G. Pater, Merle ; Mr. C. Greene, the mom
tory sal fond* eelthe carp, dn. Caplan UN
said ho had iessommi times tagether to ormisuoi-
oats he ton the attidsammt of ma eldest which it bad loon
less hid &ire to on eammensested, mod whin was the
selesden fit sum paliame el hishensiling. amnion with
to tots the 'summand of the 29th as
Its Hs bed the *mum of informing
them that be had bed the bemoan al am interview that day
with Usstennbediessi Thecae the amber for
~.irlaieleinving msideatitaz
et
tbsiahl4l
„Mu
irLied
171ill'Ir'Ildi now boral,ethat be had en.
meted 1p take Um annul, "bond It be the et the
erns tint he skald as um Ile could amen nem that
beet whit he lad sees aid bra Innis bed heed id Len
prod beaked Ore be wee e goelleziut when
nhb Is,
V. itjtß4 latilatu S.
love the el
Woleseiky ISA. at f la Y. la-
nd istrodnettes asp al tisk sod he
Magleti that there would be • fell ravr6ar limb swim
reneeheers wasp Lad tisk elan
foe °Wan Roes, and cheer' tor the et the
ors*: and the mom wen The k Nov
nuertel-eresoek to men* to church at a two
o'clock on Sunday shames next, is expected to be very

strong.
UTZ SUIRIT VoLllNTemth—The members of
this one, number* wady 100, were sumptuously regaled
at Warplesion Lodge, by W. Bovill, Fag.. 1.1. C., 111.P.' cm
Wednesday last. The cave preceded by their hand and
under lb* command of Captain Gill, Lieutenant
and /Woks 11(elyr.war, niareltal from GuildfartZlii
arriviEihe, lodge were drawn up in line, sad
' wan • emir el evolutions in • most
memoir peeneens al Lard Horsley awl %Ain=
Shaw Ldevre, Mr. and Mn. Bevil, Gonad LIIMOSSO,
(ptsin Chaplin, and a Lige party of ladies and piffillma.
Shortly after two deka the valuation man late •
beak erected on the gmand, where a bountiful
of " the creature menforts " was set forth, endslie
1 riflemen did ample to the
The
having been mid the balk 7at
Quoin drunk, Mr. %di topecpaaeThe heath
al Geptain Gill, the otiose, aonocmmiedoeed °Mons, and
=lital the 13th Phoney Ride Corp.." He character-
volunteer movement as one in which the bast
interests of this country were bound up. Nothing, be mid,
could be se ridienksti as the supposition that these earpe
were forma for aggressive purposee, or that they were
mimed and festered by the government and the aristocracy
of the acientry m order to detract the attention of
the ppssoo--
pisfrem reform, as bad been dated by am el the
at a pobtical meeting the other day. The remarks of the
hoe. reember were received with mach enthusiasm, end
theme having been even for the kind host sad hakes, the
volunteen !aimed bane his* gratified with the day's
promedings.
NOFITZITTI Sintarr Rinse (Bo3ouou or LAN-
zon).-0a Wednesday lest the 7th cam y, ander the
emmosed of Caplan Wadies, met at the Breathsm butts
for ball practice, when several prime were awarded to the
mere who chained the higheit number of paint.. 21..
Wea57.6481; by ,$.
Private Lever ; the 4th, by
y
Private ; the ith, Sergeuit W. Mammedge ; the
Bth, by Private N. Shaw •, Mk, by Onelised Dada the
M. by Private Briggs. The mope were 100 and 9:10
This regiment now consists of 9 companies, its
ci
being greater than any other corps le the misty, sad !e
fearessaisg. Time will he dring this day Wriday) at the
Soreethem beds, to coninienee at 1 Ode& military time.

Tau Loss or nu Ancrw. —The official inquiry
into the lose of the Arctic, • Hull steamer, was
yesterdatket4 Hull Polimmotrt before J. H. C'd
Esq. a ' esiagiittt*, lad Clipkemfiroxis,
seselor. lir. Dowd appeared oa behalf al the Baird el
Trade. The owners, Moms. Wilson, and the master, Clap-
lain Bowes, were ie attoadanos.
A Swami Dffvounin sr a Swat —While the
Jens* front Quebec and Fernando Po, woe lying at
the latter part, • seaman, named William Looney, • native
of county Oak, mot cm shore for a few hears. Hewing
missed the return boat, he script off his laciest end waist-
emit, tied them uglithis handkerchief, which he canted In
his mouth, and p into the intending to mho to
the ship whack lay t three ships' freer the sham
He had been in the water but • few minutes before • large
shark wee seen approaching. A cry was mind by the
sem= an based, mid two pliant fellows j=sl ikto the
bast sad mode every effort to extricate i
from the awful fate which awaited him. Lermy"ll=l;
MINI for life, straining every nave to eeape tram the
measteir, whisk drew nearer and nearer may It
was, however, all in vain ; the shark overtook t}..esbeastad
monms, and those on deck were boner "Ida* al wan •
eempsatea swillowsd by the wasokit. The &Rieke at the
peg /show WON beertrending.
Isms BRIOADIL—Tho steamer Dee, which
has beeasallzr la floelhemgdso deck for moo Was
ohostmed ea Wilder te the
= elailicliers who 1 1 seise laseadoiles for the
from Havre to !Masi Mr. G. N. Cookery, the ship pro.
Sion menthant, 66 Ilmelimpton, nestmd orders to put
shoat 400 f. worth of prerrlions on board the Dee at • few
hood notice, and she left Southampton docks early yester-
day morning.
BOY Baworert is Paste.—The police having
learned that another bead of had foe some time bees
committing extensive de in shops in the neigh-
4.
boa:hood of th• Aria et ' sought them out, sod an
Wednesday succeeded in ceptnnng the whole bind. Their
robberies 'resisted of articles of clothing, groceries, pron.
Sem and other things gweraffy exposed in open windows
or at deers ; but ieed of tamp them by heed, like other
Weser, Shay wed to get them by maim of sticks tipped'
will am hen beak, siaftr to those used by Tog gatherers.
What they stole they immediately sold, and lived on the
The police ascertained that the whole Unit used
reietpdsin • low lodging-home in the Pauboarg du Temple,
A the rut* of only • see an hour.; but for this smell giant ii
that in of beds they bed nothing but etzsm,
=mtgreml of pillows may a thick rope extended from me
end of the roam to the other near the wall.
A Wiruiff Bows CZ —Au extraordinary occurrence
has been brreedgated et ?reforest, Glamorpnallize. Twenty
cie ego a pas elms married • aria named John
wise lea ter to Frame and deserted her.
1 that her hothead had met with • !Mal mei-
admonlell • mos semed William 17 years ago, end
at
the Dimly Ina, Trams*, where they sow ay..
=7War laserwmr, wee _ ate stead, 'bat bad serried
swim sad Ors her aloe. Flailing that lie
1164,116 weentla pad hadasse, he went to her house
sad 11111erisi his t tit ram& there. This woe disputed,
bat he woe iti go to bed is tho home. In tie mons-
, will
he fend deg ha &A amiss! _ &te .
peeing himilaseinse. the *NA im sterPti
wife, who had diSiWest hiss, made her effileariejaa:labl
i her lamentation, ailiod to the interest of the y
ramance.—OnotOry Adrerti•er.