The Express.
London, England, 1860-03-08 00:00:00

[TWOPENCE.

ere net a military satire. It le true that we
have CO nsels& but what is the natural
have r coWhy. Etat oar army and our sada me volu-
tes, km& (Haber) No man in ids minalley le forced
to was in the forms; every man who serves at all
wirVed eit his awl free will. (Cheers ) I must ended.
tee =1.1117d rihit no
nem
w thanrdithlrls:
wish aeon mei end
saesmielpiry nab Mail the trader forban
war. iss Iva aseated• by prepoebmw The Earl de Gig
end Ripon mil the Whistler Service' (Chum)
The Ned Ds Gniewund Rives, in reeponding, elmsmed
that the volutes, form was already estkastsil to sees uat to
00,000 Ems, mad be had no doubt that beim Muni of the
sat mosserr it woad mach 100,000. (Cliens.,) Itwaell
derma on volunteer corps thwaseives whether the mireement
wee to be worthy of Ranked or whether it was to become
• mere Mashies stook. (Rear, bear.) It lad been proved
that a 'ornate', form could be raised, and it wee for them to
mans It permeneut. The great body of the tome maimed at
puma of s:attered Onnipsl4oll. add the object of the govern-
mane was to unite them for isilikwy and admisietraiive pur-
pose. In order to roue that object, the government meant
to .apply then with edjutants,ead he hoped the result would
be a mphatit mum to thecarvings end the feeble ridi-
cule of some persona who ariddaW the roomment. (Hear,
beer.) Lit the movement be peperly reamed, and In the
hour of danger the country would led en effiehnt defeats in
the intelligenoe, seal, and patriotism at this volwateere.
Serest other tuts of a formal eiwirstiew followed, and
the comma, dispersed at • eccaparittvely early boor.

THE BALL.
The ball given in the grand Floral Hall adjoin-
ing Conargat,dat he Me nomisg, was ow of the
mat uniting spectacles which have been am in the nestro-
peifs fer many peers From an Indy hear of the evening
the street" (tying some to Bow-street were clammily ceowdetl
with spectators. Probably the beat situation for puttying
the eye within the hall was on the stairs, to the right of the
baloney oceetruned for the " exclusive accommodation of the
My-Dolmen's." Hare the fairy compqrceil whisk presented
Itself warn. indeed, a fitting foals to the Minds* of the day.
The hall itself has about two-thlrde the area of oar lined
osthedrale, end, Osaka to Mr. Balwerl Bury,
the architect, is the dim glass structure with any prase-
does to taste. When appropriated ea a central lower
seek" oar Padden friends will no longer remind is that
we have not eves on. regular march ass-fiessrs. It le a
venom; lhouglkPagen thought, that whets so may nymphs
are now tripping alias, Bowen will spring up, and the pre-
sent Frame( patrolmen* be saphord byanothar raised dais _
of netoriaren and levetrhandiwork. The ohielhatoresef the
interior are the, slender elk Iron columns supporting the
•
nave, with their oinameetal basso sad capitab, the mould-
ing, or °Kraft, 11•4 the tralliend mhos, all of which are of
demerit design. The ornaments being gilt, "tell" with
quiet', bet Weamelfal effect ageism the Dais Mender of the
walls, At night, the tmautinietkat is brought Into tenfold
relief by three lines of ..jets whisk. "prkk out,"
using ea Wink expres—the principal lines of
the bnildlng—traoking the cornice, doubling rand
its angles, and circling round the upper and tower rings
of the lofty end dome. Pericles this tasteful and com-
paratively novel mode of lighting, chandeliers are hung in
the arches between each whim. For this inaugural occa-
sion the whole building woe decorated with artificial flowers.
Wreaths of roses with gold foil are entwined round the
columns and chandeliers, and fastaiss of the same are snm
pleaded between the columns, under the cannier roof, and
ail mend the dome, meeting in a mass in the centre. In addi-
tion to this splendid crystal Moon, our misdate are aware
that the Opera-house wee also_gmen up by Mr. Benison end
kW Fyne for the event*: We bed Ma led to upset that
the pit would be boarded over, and thus, with WI stop,
form pother mann/ken sello a law ; but this was not
the ease, the stage alone forming a prosenade, flanked with
refreshment stalls, at which canteen keepers and virandleres
mended.
The arrengements for dandug wets perhaps as good as it
was possible to make for &crowd 'blab preesedonsll the avail- ;
able space of the gnat hall. Unfortainstely there were in the
company three times as many gentlemen as ladles. The
supper-room, in the Ineemat, was under the management
of Mesas. &spies, of the Albion, whose catering gave great
satisfaction to those who were so fortunate as to be able to
make their way to it, but at two o'clock it was impossible to
approach it. The ntreihments were supplied chiefly on the
stage by Mew,. Gunter. At three o'clock we left the hall
a same of life and activity, with no prospect of an immediate
break up.