The Express.
London, England, 1867-07-12 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

The Secretary of State for War has authorised
the following military arrangements on the occasion of
the reception of the Belgian volunteers by the National
Rifle Association at Wimbledon :—The let Surrey Rifle
Volunteer corps will furnish a guard of honour of 100 men,
with their band, under the command of a field
officer, at the Wimbledon Station, at 12.15 p.m.
The light cavalry of the Honourable Artillery
Company will furnish an escort of 30 men under the coin.
mond of an officer, to accompany the Belgians on the
march from the station to the camp. The lst Adminis-
trative Battalion Surrey Rifle Volunteers will form up on
Wimbledon-green, and salute the Belgians on the line of
march. The Rifle Volunteers encamped at Wimbledon
will furnish • guard of honour of 100 men under a field
officer at the south entrance to the camp, where
the field guns of the Ist Middlesex Artillery
Volunteer corps will also be stationed, for the purpose
of firing three salvoes on the arrival of the Belgians. The
parade ground in front of the Grand Stand will be kept
by detachments of volunteer corps encamped at Wimble-
don. The remainder of the force in camp will assemble
on the parade ground, where they will be posted in ac-
cordance with orders which will be issued at the time.
When the Belgians arrive opposite the Grand Stand they
will be drawn up in several lines, with a view to being
inspected by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
The infantry of the Honournble Artillery Company
will furnish a guard of honour of • hundred
men, with band, under the command of a field
officer, to receive his royal highness, and will be posted on
the right of the Grand Stand. On the approach of his
royal highness the field guns of the Honow able Artillery
Company will fire a royal salute of 21 guns. After his
royal highness has received the salute he will ride along
the ranks of the Belgians, and then return to his
place in centre of the parade. The Belgian offices
will be called to the front and addressed by his royal
highness, after which they will resume their poets in the
ranks. The Belgians will then face to the right, and
countermarching to the left, defile in fours past the Prince
of Wales, who .ill distribute the badges as the troop:
pass him. The line will be reformed, and as his royal
highness quits the parade ground another royal salute
will be fired by the Honourable Artillery Company.

THE VINT! 01 THE SULTAN TO FIANCE AND
Eric LA/M.—The Indipendawee Beige says:—" It is con-
firmed that during his stay in France the &than has been
much struck with the high degree of comfort and welfare
enjoyed by the populations of the west. His journey to
England will only strengthen this impression. Should the
impression remain, it will exercise, let us hope, a happy
influence over the future seta of his government. Fuad
Pasha, moreover. in all his interviews with the politicians
who have bad relations with him during his stay in Paris,
has constantly repeated that the journey of his sovereign
would have the best effect upon the emancipation of the
• "

The Mayor of Liverpool, Mr. J. G. Morrie, for-
warded an invitation to the Viceroy of Epypt, expressing
a hope that his highners's arrangements would permit him
to visit Liverpool, where he would receive a warm wel-
come from the inhabitants. Yesterday his worship re-
ceived a telegram from Mr. Graves, M.P., to the effect
that the viceroy regretted that he could not accept the
invitation.

WASHING THE FACE OF OLD TEMPLE-EAR.—
This (Friday) morning, at two o'clock, people passing
Temple-bar were startled at seeing two steam bre engines
stop at this spot and get ready for playing ; but seeing no
signs of any Me, they wondered what they were going to
do. They had not to wait long is wonderment, for the
engines soon got to work, and commenced throwing im-
mense streams of water on the old archway, which, under
this drenching application, soon began to show a brighter
exterior to Fleet-street and the Strand than it has done
for a lone time pest. It was afterwards explained that
this washing was preparatory to decorating It with ever-
greens in honour of the Sultan.