The Express.
London, England, 1867-07-22 00:00:00

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horsemen, both English and foreign, bj whom they
were surrounded, and which was closed by the in-
ferior members of the suite, both European and
Asiatic, whole elegant and varied uniforms con-
tributed greatly to the beauty at the pageant.
Had but the sun been shining the appearance of
this brilliant cork* of horsemen pima have been
dazzling in the extreme, but unfortunately before
the Sultan's arrival the sky had become com-
pletely overcast ; and as he rode towards the
stand the first drops of what proved to be
a continuous and steady rain began to fall, and
umbrellas were hoisted both upon the stand itself
and in the inclosure before it. It was not, how-
ever, yet sufficiently wet to damp the spirits of the
spectators, and as the gay cortege passed by his
Majesty was greeted with hearty cheers. Despite
the habitual reserve
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rounded, the illustrious inspect
the troops preliminary to the march past, begin-
ning with the Belgian Corp., which were in frost,
and passing along the line from end to end. Ily
the Belgians the Sultan was greeted with loud
cheers. As hie Majesty parked through the lines
of the regular troops the most complete silence
was observed in the ranks, but he was received
with the usual military salutes, and the bands
played the Turkish air. The renewal of cheering
inti.te, those in tin distaw when the volun-
teer ments Were MehM, We their carton,
but unndlitary, acelatmildens oefilohitred with few if
any intervals until the completion of the inspec-
tion. After reaching the end of the columns' the
Sultan and the Prince of Wales, accompanied by
the staff, returned to the saluting point, where his
Majesty took up his position close to the flag-
staff, the Prince of Wale, being • immediately
upon his right, but reining • back ha
heave a little behind that of the Sultan. The Duke
of Cambridge remained behind, and took up his
position with his personal staff at the head of the
household -cavalry. Upon reaching the flagstaff,
however, his Royal 'Highness the Commander-in-
Chief saluted the Sultan, and then riding out, took
his place on the left of his Imperial Majesty, be-
tween him and the Duke of Aosta, upon whose
left again Prince Teck had taken up his station.
The first regiment.) to pans were the Belgian volun-
teers and Garde Civique. The presence of so large
a body of volunteers and regular troops appeared
to have put our guests upon their mettle, and they
marched much more steadily and carefully than
they did last Saturday, or than we have seen them
do under the eyes of their own sovereign. They
want the steadiness and solidity of some of our
English regiments of volunteers, but most of their
companies were well dressed, especially those of
the Chasscurs Eclaireurs, and they were de-
servedly and warmly applauded as they passed the
stand. After them came two batteries of horse
and two batteries of field artillery, each with six
guns/ (Armstrongs), and to those who have any
acqnaintance with Woolwich reviews it is needless
to mention how regular was the line which they
kept as they passed the tiagetaff. The Ist life
Guards, the Horse Guards Blue, and the 2nd Life
Guards went past (in the order in which we have
placed them, in splendid style), and it really was a
treat to la these regiments, so magnificent on the
parade-ground, if of—littie use in war, go past.
Next came the three regiments of Foot Guards,
who marched past in double columns of companies,
the Grenadiers leading the way, and as they went
by the Sultan had the opportunity of witnessing
the very perfection of marching and of solidity of
formation. Not a man was out of his place in the
ranks, not one appeared to be an inch behind or
before his fellows, and the broad red line pre-
sented by each company passed on as though ani-
mated by one single will, and moved by a single
pair of legs. Loud and hearty indeed were
the cheers as these picked and highly trained
soldiers marched steadily past the saluting
point. After them came the English volunteers,
of whom there were upon the ground a small divi-
sion of volunteer cavalry, under the command of
the Duke of Manchester, the horse artillery of the
Hon. Artillery Company, two brigades of field
batteries, and three brigades composed of eight
divisions of infantry. It would be absurd to sa;
f that the Duke of Manchester's troop, the let Hunts
Light Horse, marched as steadily and showed as
a front as did the Life Guards or Horse
Guards •, but they were only a little—s very little
—behind, and the light cavalry of the Hon.
Artillery Company, the Bucks Lancers, and the
Artillery Company's Horse Artillery, attained to an
almost if not quite equal standard of merit. The
doubts of those fervent but anxious admirers of the
volunteer service who had been somewhat alarmed
as to the figure which their favourite regiments
would cut when reviewed along with the most cele-
brated battalions of the British army, were greatly
relieved by the style and order in which these
cavalry regiments went by, and they were almost
entirely set at rest by the time the two
brigades of field batteries had passed.

The Sultan watched the passage of our civic army
with the greatest attention and apparent interest.
It was certainly a sight to raise the wonder and
admiration of an eastern despot ; and as no doubt
his accomplished minister, Fund Pacha, or his
experienced ambassador, M. Musurus, whose
sudden bereavement has cast a sad shade upon the
closing festivities given in honour of his imperial
master—had thoroughly informed him of the real
character of the troops which passed before him,
he could not fail to appreciate the significance
of the spectacle. The naval review of Wed-
nesday and this gathering of volunteers were
the only perfectly novel things which we
had to exhibit to his Imperial Majesty. In
Paris he had seen gathered together an assemblage
of regular troops which we could not hope to exceed,
which we did not care to rival, in numbers, and
had taken part in fetes not much if at all inferior
in brilliancy to that given in his honour at the
India-office. But the Emperor did not think it
worth while to parade his ironclaids in the harbour
of Cherbourg or Toulon, and he could not show
him a volunteer force, the offspring of the generous
patriotism of the people, formed without the en-
couragement, and not subject to the meddlesome
interference, of ministers, and prefects, and mayors.
After the volunteers had passed came the most
brilliant spectacle of the day, and one which only
wanted a clear atmosphere and clear sunshine to
render it the very perfection of military show.
Unfortunately, although the rain held off while
this nuuiceuvre was performed, the air was heavy
with damp,. and instead of a bright clear sky we
had a lowering canopy of dull leaden clouds. After
passing the flagstaff the cavalry and horse artillery
had wheeled round, and taken up a position upon
the right of the line, the volunteer regiments pass-
ing behind them, and soon as the field was cleared
of the infantry corps they came t again at the
trot. The Royal Horse ery headed the
column, and fine as was the order in which they
had passed before they far outdid it now.
Although the ground, except immediately in front
of the flagstaff, was far from level, and by no
means favourable to the passage of artillery, they
preserved so even a front that the carriages were
kept exactly abreast of each other, and it was im-
asible to detect a variation of en inch in the
line formed by the muzzles of their Armstrong
guns as they swept past. The hearty cheers
which greeted their passage were even increased by
the splendid appearance of the household cavalry

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as they came up at the trot. A prettier sight than
that presented by these three regiments it is hardly
possible to imagine. Their comets glittering.
their plumes fluttering in the breeds, and spurs and
harness jingling as they came up, and closing boot
to boot as they passed the flag-staff, the squadr.ii
went past the Sultan as solid as a wall ; and,
despite the fretting of the impatient hories.
who seemed eagerly anticipating the signal, to
break from the trot into a gallop, dressed almost to
a hair's breadth. The Human did not of course
present so brilliant an appearance. Their uniforms
are less gay, neither men nor horses are of so com-
manding a size 'as are those of the household
troops, but they kept almost as good a front, and
the cheers which greeted them, and a squadron of
Lancers which followed them, as they passed, were
rendered more hearty by the consciousness of
the shouters that these were real useful
soldiers, while the Life Guards, grand in appearance
and perfect in drill, are, after all, only parade war-
riors whom a month's campaigning would render
almost utterly ink:leas. The column was closed
by a detachment of volunteer artillery, the horse
artillery of the Hon. Artillery Company, and the
two brigades of field batteries, which greatly to
the astonishment, but equally to the delight of the
spectators, kept nearly, if not quite as good a fine
as had been maintained by the guns of the Riiyal
Artillery. After the cavalry and artillery had
passed they formed into line in front of the stand,
and advanced by squadrons and batteries to salute.
By this time, however, the populace, who had
several times before broken into the lines—once
immediately in the rear of the volunteers—
and had been forced back by charges of
light horse and policemen, had thrown off
all restraint, and the effect of? the closing move-
ment was almost entirely spoiled by the interven-
tion of the shrieking crowd of and women
who embed -ammo tie gamma aft.. troops ad-
' vie seed. Unfortunately, too, at moment .the
rain, which had held up fora short time, began to
descend in earnest, and his Majesty the Sultan,
dismount'ng from his horse, entered a close carriage
and drove off to Lord Spenoer's Cottage, where he
had engaged to dine, and where he was soon after-
wards joined by the Prince of Wales, the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge, the Prince and Princess of
Teok, the Duke and Duchess of Aosta, and other
illustrious and distinguished personages. The
dinner was served in a tent erected for the ooeasion,
and furnished in a style of Eastern luxury by
Messrs. Gillow. The tables, of which the principal
ones were in the form of a crescent and star, *ere
decorated by Mews. Phillips and Pearce, of New
Bond-street. The ornaments consisted chiefly of
flowers and plants, among which cacti and ferns
were most prominent, and cut and silvered glass,
and they were at once rich and elegant in their
effect. Two sideboards were loaded with gold and
silver plate, heirlooms in the house of Spencer.
The regular troops were under the orders of his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, who had
the general direction of the review. Sir J. Yorke
Scarlett, KC. 8., commanded the volunteers, and
was assisted by the following staff :--Colonel
Erskine, Inspector-General of Volunteers ; Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Wright, let Nottingham R.V.C.,
A.D.c. • Lieutenant-Colonel H. E. Crum-Esiing,
3rd Lan'ark R. V.C., A.D.C. ; Major Lysley, 23rd
Middlesex R.V.C., A.D.C. • Captain Templer,
18th Middlesex R.V.C.. ; Captain Cam-
den, Royal East Bent Yeomanry, A.D.C. ; Colonel
Wright, Deputy Inspector of Volunteers ; Colonel
Roche, Colonel Bruce, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir E.
Campbell, Bart., Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon: W.
J. Colville, Lieutenant-Colonel Wombwell, and
Lieutenant-Colonel Elliot, Assistant Inspector of
Volunteers.

During the whole afternoon the station at Wa-
terloo-bridge was besieged by persona wishing to
go to Putney or Wimbledon ; and the greatest in-
conrenionce was occasioned by the want of extra
facilities for obtaining tickets. Surely on such
an occasion as this the South Weaterft Vora-
pany could afford to make some special provision
in the way of extra clerks and temporary booking
offices.

Drama.

PRtNCFS9'°.

The above theatre was opened on Saturday night
for a abort season by Mr. Hermann Vezin, who produced a
new piece of peculiar structure by a new dramatic author—
/tr. W. G. Wills—entitled The Man 0'.4 irbe. Mr. Wills bait
recently obtained a fair reputation as a novelist, and part
of this reputation of course follows him to the theatre. In
most first dramas by literary men there is generally some
trace of imitation—some piece of stage-carpentry copied
from one author, or some piece of literary pedantry copied
from another ; but, to do Mr. Wills just& , be errata
to have thought for himself, and to have
planned his work with almost defiant boldness. The Nan
o' Airlie, judged by the beat playhouse standard, is very
far from being a good acting drama ; but no one can ques-
don its originality. Mr. Wein was very warmly received,
and the drama participated in this reception.

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