The Express.
London, England, 1860-06-25 00:00:00

It would be hard to find a more appropriate
locality for an imposing military pageant than that
portion of Hyde-park in which theday's manoeuvres
took place. The noble chase, a perfect sylvan
scene, almost enclosed by urban palaces, was,
thanks to the recent rains, clad in a
mantle of the brightest verdure. The
noble trees, smothered in their thickest
foliage, formed a glorious canopy beneath
which the various corps of volunteers ranged them-
selves as they successively arrived on the ground.
There was no sun to scorch, no rain to drench, no
dust to stifle their military ardour. A whole world
was looking at them, either in person or by its re-
presentatives, and the highest personage in the
laud had promised to inaugurate by her gracious
presence this great muster of the volunteer army.
The aristocratic mansions of Park-lane showed
by their arrangements that their distin-
guished occupants were fully alive to the
greatness of the occasion. Every window. was
open and filled with fair company, and
on every roof galleries had been extemporised, on
whose giddy heights crowds of brilliantly-dressed
ladies clustered fearlessly under many-coloured
parasols. The Earl of Dudley, with his usual con-
sideration for his friends, had prepared quite a
splendid tribune on his house top. The seats were
covered with scarlet cloth, and in the front a row
of gilded chairs produced quite a gay and gorgeous
effect. It is hardly necessary to add that his lord-
ship's courtesy was fully appreciated, and that the
crowd of visitors was quite sufficient to test the
solidity of his mansion. The same might be
said of every roof within view. Everywhere we
could see dark rows of human beings standing out
in bold relief against the sky, and on terra firma
every available spot wan as eagerly appropriated by
closely packed masses of spectators. An open gal-
lery, which had been constructed under the direc-
tion of the Beard of Works, stretched along the
whole parade ground, and this was divided into
tribunes, distinguished by the letters of the alpha-
bet. They were all densely crowded, and the
Press owes no small gratitude to Mr. Cowper, the
Chief Commissioner, when it is recoilectedthat under
all the pressure of a demand for tickets greater than
was probably ev3r known on a public occasion before,
he reserved for the accommodation of its representa-
tives a special gallery in the beat part of the line,
and aimed immediately behind the royal flagstaff.
Our English crowds are generally of too sombre a
colour to please such foreigners as honour us with
their presence. They miss the endless variety of
military uniform, shrug their shoulders, and pro-
nounce it all "Triate," when we are in ecstasies and
declare it to be as gay and jolly as poesibla But
on this occasion our friends must have been gour-
mands indeed of oolour if they complained of any
want of variety. The ladies who filled the fronts of
the galleries were in all their summer finery, and in
the central tribune the whole of the embassy from
Morocco, clad in full national costume, divided
their attention between the beauty in their imme-
diate neighbourhood, and the heavy dark squares
of volunteers that rapidly accumulated under the
distant trees. There was one peculiarly astute-
looking old gentleman, obviously the Thouvenel of
Fes, wrapped in the graceful folds of a white Bar-
nous, and wearing a turban of portentous ampli-
tude, who never allowed his gravity to relax for a
moment ; but he was accompanied by younger
men, whose dark handsome features and glisten-
ing eyes told expressively how deep was the
interest they took in the surrounding pageant.
We regret to add that as the day wore on these
distinguished foreigners were gradually pushed
further back in the tribune, until their view was
completely intercepted by the hats and parasols in
front. An aide-de-tamp rode up to the barrier
and made an appeal on their behalf to the Mauls;
ladies and gentlemen in front, and a ready assent
was the result, bat we regret to add that it was
the only one for although every one said " cer-
tainly," nobs;dy stirred an inch, and the consequeace
was that the Maroquine embassy retired from the
gallery to the open space below, whence they
obtained an excellent view of the scene. Down
below, along the whole length of the barrier, and
welling up on the other side, whenever A 529
relaxed his eagle glance for a moment, was assembled
as brilliant and motley a military crowd certainly
as ever was seen in England. This was the place
allotted to officers who came in uniform, and almost
every military costume in Europe might be said to
be represented. There was one officer in a velvet
tuuic and wearing a helmet which looked like a
green melon with an apron hanging down behind,
whose flag was the topic of general speculation.
One said he was an Austrian dragoon, another, re-
lying on the longitude of his moustache, that he
was Pisimontese, but the point was never satis-
factorily decided. Then there were others who
from their head-dress seemed destined to the com-
mand of the tire brigade, and here and there the
brilliant crowd was sprinkled with the strange uni-
forms of Indian irregulars and the light blue
and Slyer of the Bengal cavalry. The excep-
tion was the French uniform of which we did
not notice one example ; but! in a crowd of such
a length it would be impossible to speak positively
as to their presence or absence. There were plenty
of French gentlemen in "mufti" in the tribunes,
and they were by no means the most silent spec-
tators of the day's proceedings. One in the adjoin-
ing tribune to our own seemed to be a perfect
miracle of loquacity. He soon completely over-
whelmed his English friends, who after a few vain
attempt& to keep him in conversation in his own
language, were at last obliged to subside into that
elastic oui " which is generally found so use-
ful in filling up the chasms in these inter-
national dialogues. But a singular and bril-
liant sight was the unceasing motion and
glitter of this mob of gentlemen, in brilliant
costumes, but evidently not at ease, who kept
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