The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-22 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1867.

;TEE!: REVIEW

(rime OUR srECIAL CoRRDITONDENT.)
DOVER, SUNDAY.
h great lilaj..7l:y .4 the volunteers
01.1%c imtil to-inorr.,w morning, there are
.iithcient number here to give a decidedly
t t.• the town. Notwithstanding the
Idle Castle and the various forts which
r are being erected to strengthen the
opulat ion of Dover under ordinary
IA decidedly inure nautical. than
.!.• in it. 4 character. The artillerymen who

• • 4.4,1 in the casemate% of the Castle-hill, and
„ c..mpapien of infantry who occupy less
I we salubrious quarters on the surface
. are lost amid the host of boatmen,
Lii.l sailors from the mail packets, who
•.,uietice character to the streets of
port. Now, however, the tables
01„ 1, and the military clement, as
• : by the volunteers, is decidedly in the

The "regulars' are, it is true, as
•,• ~..?“..cable as ever, but the amateurs, who are
ccuration of the town, have so martial an
,r.ok-e, that a stranger to the country might
I,,rgiven if he mistook them for real soldiers.
1: ...Mien, indeed, many of them are in all
only wanting pipeclay and buckram
!u, h some people are rash enough to think rather
oils than useful) to bring them up to the
. is nl of the most experienced warriors of Pall.
:.old Windsor. I do not know how many volun-

- ,dept here last night, but I have nut
described them as being in occupation of
ti”. town. They have occupied all the hotels, most
i the streets, and many of the private houses.
Wherever you go you meet them, except when you
are following them ; and even in the most obscure
:treets you are sure at any time of the day to see
half a score of uniforms, either grey' green,
r blue. The place has, indeed, a good deal
the appearance of a vast barrack, only the
occupants of the " quarters " want that peculiar
appearance of dissolute indolence which too gene-
rally characterises the soldier off duty. True, they
do a good deal of gazing out of the windows at
times, and some indeed lounge upon the sills, but
then they lack that look of weary listlessness
which is habitually observable in the faces which
st.,re at you from barrack casements. They appear
to he doing what they are doing, not becaUse there
is nothing else to do, but because at the moment it
pleases them to do that particular thing.
The majority of these invaders are of course
o scattered abut in various houses and apartments,
bin the members of some of the principal metropo-
litan c.o-ps, recognising the advantages of combine-
tion, have taken the precaution of securing quar-
ters t. ether, and, as far as may be, under the
smite roof. Thus the Victorias—so many of them,
at least, as have arrived—are at the Gun
and the London Scottish and Queen's West:
minsters have homes upon the Marine
Parade. Here they mesa together, and
here during the night they would present to the
curious observer, if such an intruder were admitted
within their walls, many valuable illustrations of
the mans by which three or four persons limy be
accommodated in the space only intended for one ;
and how the largest of men may be packed into the
smallest of beds. It is a dangerous lesson to teach
to the keepers of lodging houses ; and if at any
time I learn that it has become customary in
Dover to put three beds into a room hardly big
enough for one, and to suggest the occupation of
each of these beds by at least a couple of full-grown
men, I shall lay all the blame upon the volunteer
review of 1867. On such an occasion as this, how-
ever, all these small inconveniences are endured
with patience, and even with cheerfulness ; and
although 1 have been in many apartments in which
the occupant would never be able to swing a est—
if he had a ridiculous fancy for that peculiarly
foolish amusement—l have not yet heard any
grumbling about want of space or deficiency of
accommodation. The arrivals were numerous
and constant throughout the whole of
yesterday, and even the latest trains brought down
numbers of volunteers, who were to be met
until near midnight tramping about in search of
resting places. I sincerely hope that they all suc-
ceeded in obtaining them, for last night was by no
means the sort of one that any man would choose
to spend in the open air. A friend of mine, an
ardent supporter of the encampment at Wimble-
don, did certainly express a desire to sleep under
canvas, but he accompanied his wish with a stipu-
lation, that if he did so the tent which he was to
occupy should be secured to the ground with more
than ordinary care, and with pegs and ropes of
more than usual strength and solidity. In fact,
all night it blew a good deal more than half a gale,
and now and again the wind brought with it driv-
ing showers of rain, which, as they beat against
walls and windows, caused no little anxiety as to
what turn the weather was going to take. The
wind still continues, but there is no rain this
morning, and the best nautical authorities tell
us that so long as the breeze--sailors never confess
to the existence of anything beyond a breeze—
lasts we shall not have any wet ; but they add with
ominous significance, if the wind falls there will be
many a wet jacket on Monday. Under these
circumstances we bear with almost satisfaction the
assaults of the "blustering railer," although, to the
ladies especially, they are very trying—and are
praying with all our hearts that they may not
diminish one jot of their vehemence.

With the exception of the change wrought by the
presence of the volunteers in uniform in the
streets, the aspect of Dover is but little changed
from that which it ordinarily wears. Here and
there indeed flags are hung out, and at the head-
quarters of several of the regiments their distinc-
tive banners are displayed, but the show of bunting
is not large, nor very varied. In dilferentastg
the town, however, 1 see a good many naked s
and unoccupied lines across the streets, from
this I infer that to-morrow morning there will be a
much larger display of the flags of all nations. A
couple of triumphal arches, consisting chiefly of
evergreens, one in the Market-place and another
near the head of the harbour, are in course of erec-
tion, and if the wind does not destroy them in the
course of the night will form an important portion
of the civic decorations.

This morning there was a church parade. About
roll members of different corps at present in Dover
assembled, some in front of the Lord Warden
Hotel and others in the Market-place, and marched
to the Castle, where Divine service was performed
by the garrison chaplain. The volunteers were
drawn up in the Castle yard ; and after he had
had the prayers the reverend gentleman preached
a sermon appropriate to the festival of Easter from
the text, "Christ is risen from the dead." The
volunteers were accompanied on their march to and
from the Castle by the band of the City of London
and the pipers of the London Scottish Corps. This
parade was the only arrangement for the day which
had been made by authority, and attendance at
this was, of course, in no sense compulsory. In
all other respects the men have been left to dispose
oi their time as they please, and provide for their
own amusement and occupation as they can. Many
f them have gone to visit the hills anti fields which
are to be the scene of to-morrow's operations, and
others are enjoying the strong breeze which is
blowing, on the Marine-parade or the Admiralty-
-0..r. A prominent object from either of these
•It Cations, and one which engages a great deal of at-
tention, is her Majesty's frigate Terrible, which is
I.iig in the roads, and which, together with some
sni.dler vessels not yet arrived, will to-morrow
etqage those batteries of the Castle which face sea-
%c.o.d. A tolerably large number of the volunteers
have availed themselves of the facilities afforded
I.t. the steam-packet companies to make a dash into
France, and show our neighbours across the
Channel the stuff of which our great deten-
Pive force is made. The deck of the
Calais steamer that went out about ten o'clock
this morning was, despite the high wind and the
rough sea which is running outside, crowded with
them. I do not wish to throw any doubt upon the
nautical qualities of my gallant friends ; I am
willing, if required, to admit that they are as good
sailors as they are soldiers; I will even concede
that " their march is on the mountain wave, their
home is on the deep ;" but I should not have liked

t, make the passage to Calais by La France. In
such a wind as this she must have !pitched and
rolled enough to inconvenience the most practised
sailor ; and the probable effect of such evolutions
upon the crowd of landsmen who thronged her
deck is too horrible to contemplate even in imagi-
nation.

Four p.m.—The volunteers are still crowding
into the town. Every train which arrives, whether
by the South-Eastern or the London, Chatham,
and Dover line, brings a large number ; and the
accommodation provided for them will be tested to
the utmost to-night.

DEPARTURE OF VOLUNTEERS.
(THIS DAY.)

The members of the metropolitan corps engaged
Ito take part in the review at Dover to-day were
• early on the move ; and a marked punctuality was
observed in the time of assembling. The morn-
ing was clear, the sun shining brilliantly
soon after 5 o'clock. The march through
the metropolis to the various railway stations was
witnessed by many persons who left their beds
earlier than usual for the purpose, whilst the bands
of the several corps kept those of a less roving
disposition from their slumber. The number
of volunteers that left town this morning
was not so numerous as was anticipated, many
having gone down on Saturday and yesterday.
About 3,000 had already been conveyed to Dover
from the Charing-cross and Cannon-street stations,
1,500 from Blackfriars, and 1,200 from Victoria.
The time fixed for the arrival of the first instal-
ment at the Blackfriars station of the London,
Chatham, and Dover Railway was 4.50
a.m., previously to which Colonel Deahon,
inspector of volunteers, who had been deputed
by the War-office to superintend the departure,
was present. Praise is due to Mr. Smyth, the gene-
ral superintendent, for the traffic arrangements,
and to Mr. Plackett, station-master, for the order
observable at the station. The bugle of the 23rd
Middlesex (Inns of Court) was sounded in the
Temple soon after 3 o'clock, and that corps was
the first at Blackfriars. It was soon fol-
lowed by the 3rd Middlesex Artillery (Lord
Truro's), Ist Surrey Artillery (Colonel Durnford),
Ist Administiative Brigade Middlesex Artillery
(Colonel Creed's), and the 3rd Cambridge, and pre-
cisely at 12 minutes past 5 the first tram, consist-
ing of eighteen carriages and two breaks, was
despatched. At 5.30 the second train left with the
26th Middlesex (her Majesty's Customs), the 2nd
City (headed by pioneers), and the 39th Middlesex
(Finsbury). The third train was despatched at
7 minutes to 6 with the 48th Middlesex (Teeto-
tallers), 2nd Middlesex Artillery, and the Ist
and 7th Surrey. A fourth train was de-
spatched at a quarter past 6, conveying
the 10th, 19th, and 9-3ril Surrey, and the
37th Middlesex (Bloomsbury). At 6.48 a fifth
train passed through the Blackfriars Station, con-
taining a number of volunteers from Barnet, and •
quantity of stragglers "picked up" at Ludgate-
hill, according to arrangement. The departures
from Victoria were worked with great regularity,
the following corps being despatched soon after
5 and by subsequent trains :-11th Middlesex (St.
George's), Ist Middlesex Engineers, 4th Middlesex,
46th Middlesex (London and Westminster), 22nd
Middlesex (Queen's Westminster), Ist Middlesex
(Victoria), 36th Middlesex (Paddington), 2nd Mid-
dlesex Administrative Batallion, 2nd and 4th
Bucks, 2nd Hurts, 18th Middlesex (Harrow).
It is but just to mention that every pre-
caution was made by the London, Chatham, and
Dover Railway to guard against accident, and
to facilitate the journey—the departure of every
train from London being telegraphed imme-
diately to Dover and other parts of the
line, on which 150 extra carriages were engaged.
Nearly 4,000 volunteers were conveyed from
Cannon-street, six trains having left that station,
consisting of 21 carriages ; and Mr. Cockburn, dis-
trict superintendent, and Mr. Abbott, station-
master, rendered efficient service in the rapid
departure of the several corps, which in-
cluded Ist Administrative Battalion Tower
Hamlets Rifles, 2nd and Bth Corps Tower Hamlets,
4th Tower Hamlets, Gth Tower Hamlets, Ist Lon-
don Artillery, 40th Middlesex (Central London)
Rifles, 21st Middlesex, Ist London Engineers, Ist
Tower Hamlets, Ist London (Rifle Brigade), 3rd
London, sth Essex Rifles, 3rd Administrative Bat-
talion Essex Rifles. The sixth train having left
Cannon-street, it was found that a number of mixed
volunteers were then on the platform, and it was
ultimately arranged that they should proceed to
Dover by the 7.25 mail train. Colonel Bruce
was in attendance at the Charing-cross ter-
minus to assist in the departure of the
corps from that point, which consisted of the
9th West Middlesex Rifles, 15th Middlesex (Lon-
don Scottish), 19th Middlesex (Working Men's
College), 29th (North) Middlesex Rifles, 28th Mid-
dlesex (London Irish), 20th Middlesex Rifles, 21st
Middlesex (Civil Service), 38th Middlesex (Artists).
The official order that " the bands of the several
corps must abstain from playing uponthe platforms
and in the stations" was strictly observed. The
whole of the volunteers were expected to arrive
at their rendezvous at Dover by 9 o'clock ; and a
gnomess will have been achieved by the two rail-
way companies if the return journey be performed
with that regularity and smoothness observed in
the departure.

THE ARRIVAL AT DOVER.
(11T TILIORAPH
Mom oua owe ooaasarosniarr.)
DOVER, MONDAY AFTERNOON.
The various corps of volunteers all arrived this
morning in gond time and in excellent order. The
town at the time 1 send this despatch is crowded
with people, and there is every promise of a suc-
cessful spectacle. The weather is fine, and the
sun shining at frequent intervals, but a strong
wind is blowing, and on the Castle heights it is
difficult to contend against it. The review is now
going on, an immense multitude displaying the
greatest interest in and sympathy with the
proceedings.

SIR HENRY RAWLINSON ON THE POSITION OF THE
REFOEN Quernow.—Tbe liberal member for Frame, who
voted with his party ilk the late division, has written to •
local journal an explanatory letter. After denying that
the movement which originated in the tea-room of the
House of Commons, at which he was present, was a de-
fection from the liberal cause, he says, " Whether • W.
rating franchise shall not be substituted for the mere oc-
cupation franchise proposed by the government, will be
debated immediately on the reassembling of the com-
mittee ; and as the amendment to that effect is to be
moved by Earl Grosvenor, and may thus be expected to
command the support of the thirty Adullamites who de-
cided the division of Friday night in favour of the govern-
ment, it seem, only reasonable to anticipate that this vital
point will be either conceded by Mr. Disraeli, or will be
carried victoriously against him. I call this a vital point.
not in respect to the principle involved—for it may well
be questioned if there is any positive principle
abort of household suffrage—but because upon it
depends, as I think, the possible stability of the present
settlement. It was clearly shown in the debates on
Thursday and Friday that the personal payment'of rates,
although more ostensibly • more liberal condition than
that proposed by Mr. GLidstone, would in reality exclude
from the franchise so many householders, otherwise well
qualified to vote, and thus excite so much discontent
amongst them, that it must inevitably give way to the
pressureexerted against it ; whilst a 51. rating, by admitting
a larger number and • better class to the franchise, would
thus enlist the sympathies and support of a more powerful
constituency in favour of maintaining the settlement.
Believing, then, as I do, that although household suffrage
must come at last, we are not yet prepared for it, I cannot
hesitate in declaring for that plan of reform which shall
enable us to set our house in order, so as to glide gradually
and peaceably Into the inevitable groove, instead of bring
plunged into it, suddenly and violently, by • movement
almost akin to revolution."

MR. LOCKE KING AND THE RECENT DIVISION.—
Mr. Locke King, one of the liberal members for Fast Stir.
rey, having received a resolution agreed to at a meeting of
his constituents at Croydon, expressing regret at his
absence from the late division has sent the following
reply :—" Brooklands, Weybridge, April 18.—Dear sir,—
In reply to your letter, in which you express surprise that
I was absent from the division on Friday, I can only say it
was impossible for me to be present ; my son was in great
danger for several days, and I could not leave him by
night or by day. This was, as you may imagine, a cause
of deep regret to me. The constituency of East Surrey
know well that during the twenty years I have now repro-
minted them I have never been absent from any division of
importance. lam never afraid of recording my vote.—l
remain your faithful servant, P. J. LOCKE KING. James
Bowden, Esq."

home's hack, and Wootton Edd be b.ol been locked up all
night, and complained that he had not been able to eom-
nii,u2ica.t:e with Ida friends.

Mr. Maude said such amatear equestrianism, upon a
heath crowded by holiday seekers. Gould not be permitted,
and both prisoners were fined se. each, or seven days' im-
prisonment.
William Parr, of Forest-hill, Svdenhani, was charged
by Hayward, an officer of the Royal Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals, with cruelly beating three
donkeys.
It appeared that the prisoner bad been engaged to drive
the donkeys in question, and was observed by the officer
Hayward to beat the animals in a savage manner, when he
was taken into custody.
Mr. Maude said it was quite shocking to see the cruelty
practised towards donkeys oa Blackheath during the
holidays, and the prisoner was fined is., or seven days'
imprisonment.
William French and Edward Da,•ol, two lade, were neat
charged by the same officer with cruelly beating four don-
keys, and were each fined 54.,0r seven days' imprisonment.