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

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TO TM" TIDTTOZ OP Tes slily,

gm—It having occurred to me that a hunk goo-
tipple; narrative of the events of the 7th ol Marob, written
at the moment, by one who may be excused for kelteg more
than ordinary Interest lo them, would not be wmoceptable to
et least oar 000ntry cousins, I have sextond to mad yea the
following journal, which, so my City friends would my, b
ban "posted op" every two hours—leavhag I am afraid a
eaneillsreads balsam of vanity.

I dare say sometlebig anticipracey of yetierany's ft= bed
been devised la =ay exp. Bs this es it may, we West-
minster boy bed a dim= among earsolves, at Willies
&rails, on Toeeday evening, to commemorate the presenta-
tion, end naturally my esprit sts mum will not permit me to
give it the cold shouldar, albeit the dinner itself woe cold.
Oar Woad, Lord Grosvenor (who, of wares, presided), folly
=appealed, however, for the =dams of the repast by
his freedoms from all frigidity, by the warmth
of his reception, and the glow of his eloquence
when be expatiated with (I think) Jest and becoming
pride epos the promise of military excralenoe greedy pre-
sented by the battalion. We bed, besides, somas excelleat
speedos Os already reported la your columns) by the Mer-
v& of Salisbury sad ties Depaty-Liralemeat, by Lord
James Better sal by the DWI of Weenie= (oer chap-
lainiti =de some raryinsphatio snd impressive remarks.
£ wet reeled hennas was =de by Mr. BIS= (their-
mem of the central inentaktee), so effective address by Sir
Jelin Whaley (oar member), sad some most gellsat charges
upon the attention of en annsusi e.toirable sod towards the
end refractory audience by Mr. Oradell, the Hon. F. Syng,
and other gentlemen. Towards the sad of the dinner, •
little hilarious disorder sad shaost something Mks skirmishing
took place. Certaisly • few sly shots were fired, bat (psi-kepi
=Mg to the invisible grey of our uniform) the only "dead
men" turned oat to be bottle green. So that • antra° baronet
In soy future display of buffoonery will not be able to la-
sts= us among those volunteers who have tiontribaled to
the chapter of accidents by their awkward shooting.

AM now for the Wifelike of the memorable 7th of
Much.

The noognition, in the Queen's speech, .1 the patriotic
feeling esanireeted in the volunteer 'screwiest gave general
eithteetims. Still more gratify's', at Int, wee the sanounor
mat that at so early a period of the IDOV,PO4II, • court would
he held for the recieptio• of came& Wheat, however, it wee
gamerelly nadenteed that preerniadam at this wart would
act Goethe a premien* in anything heyoad, or Involve any of
the pietism of prematation at an ordinary Ines, disappoint-
mat wee fait is Easy ginner*. It is certainly to be regret-
tad that inevitable camgarisone meet be made which will Is
the eyes of may depths Me set of her Majesty of some of
the granormen which it would have hone If the receptices
could have ham unnerved sad aammtlitiegel. At the tame
time, there ere many weighty name why It could aot be so.
The knew of her Majesty are 'trimly overcrowded, and it
meet he einfineed that there miaow of the volunteer officers
is wheat the right of slanting admission at every foreign
part could sanely be coateded.

One's feelings on, let too candidly admit, first golog to
evert" may, perhaps, be "more sadly knighted than de-
ocribed." Notelthstaading the sort of rehearsal of wearing
the sword end full skew mikes at the dinner on the tre-
ading evening, I own N having felt, I should imagine •
hula SW • bashful young lady on the emaisg of her ins
combig out." per Illample—ther• wee • alight uneasiness
about the back heir. I had bran unaimustorned to the doss
asp d le otiliteice, and thought it particularly unbecoming.
Then the tailor had not given me the regulation member of
ornaments. However, thinkingit unnecessary to specify the
asset interval, suffice It to say that my person was at booth
arrayed In all the chests splendour of palely grey and peg-
tops, polished book, Weeder gloves, sword, accoutrements,
and kepi. Our colonel, Led Grosvenor, had kindly invited
UM °Niers of his regiment to meet at Stafford Howe. Ao-
cordingly, at about krilf.past 12 **Mock, we were all assembled
be the spacious and magnificent earths hall al that
sommice. After partaking of • little risfrealunant supplied
by our noble boat, we all walked round to the corridor
Natrona of St. James's Palen. Over the court facing
Marlboros& hones a very large awning had been emoted, to
accommodate the unusual numbers impacted. Hare souse
husked' of Ames were elmady assembled. Our comity of
Middleman standing No. 2in the Amy List vs Would have
to be presested at an early period of the evert; we, thinkers
at owe entered the pima The diet klieg which striated
nay iitimathe on escendieg the stairs ware, standing like so
sassy earyetides, several immense Yeomen of the Guard, or
so they me sommosly celled " beefeaters," with their frills
and bakes, recallog the Illustrious relied another popular
Qum. Th. Ant aprknoot entered Is a kind of srmoury
saes—the meth is is apartment hung with old tapestry. As
ries* peaked es posAde in these two mall apartments we
waked sit heat as both. alternately EA:sated, or frozen with
tbrouglite ben opals windows. How delicate ladies, with their
tawdriness end thairmisline, ma stood the Workable crowd-
ing In these two rase lamat • Ices to brew We IMO
sew Inhered by gentleinswin-waitlng throe& a door, saw
tinelbd by gentlemen-et-arms (with their owrissely both-
mous Life Guard's COlllllOll and IMOiIIES balbseds)
into the fine assembly salsas, known es Qum
Athe's room--• (MI-length pertrelt of bar MoWsty
decorates the end wall. Here we bed spin to
amp a bug time. Talking to • very nrtems elderly gentle-
man en Atha dthe Corps of Gantieuen at-Area, he told
no the be mommiswed the presentation A the thientesr
oaten In the the, el the Pint Napoleon, eind be sold that
the empashes wr peally to our edvsetege. This he attri-
buted to the muck war ithrobsr of young Man among
the preset sdeniere. Be this as it may the =Nome now
geoereily Wisps& me usdoebtedly 6th muse useessedeg sad
reessehiy end dada beocesleg.
Is the pew d pesperoths he the prosentedes NOM
telsedets apes the ressebeis netme of tba seise
sold the 'mammy sleet to ticks pies' nelasolly ingesseed
thenerdete. Here were am dress away comer of Gnat
Britain, of almost way esermatkm and position, the great
majority of when bad ask peat sad were prepared
to make still greater esedises hue the pererstent
Isaac of patriotism, from the basso coaled's that
netheal diarist and disagree well Man kallabsiy greed/
evil then doe perereal Isommeehmee or even lass of kis or
limb. Basil den for himself sal an osabeessior for some
bandied ethers wee see net oilytoddy delay hossege to
the sagest esver.ign of an aspire white girdles the globe
with he power end ladoesoa bat ash man wee also pledging
to the highest marinated., of the 'boldest hem
of governmett in the world—a cesidentkesal government,
which has bass the growth sad which his the 'auction of
the erperlesos of ogre. Above ell, seek man was likewise
paying honour to the living reareates of the peeervetlos of

ea; Airtime awl tits sak;ry of wir braas;. Hwy is as
'arrow *lm.; aad this pawls( Is sot soseliy kr the
gratillostios of wlllar7 egotism ; bars is so swesaratis
potion, swel ao her that this madras* gnarl will sour maws
la oolliska with • werawsory sag ; ken, &rah is so last
for segrapisa apse ma bandy* asigkbour, but air tits
desks to arms a justifiable pedant of ilskses. How
dithrsat all this from the meat dissoastraticeoltbs Preach
wino& I

se there

My reiestlens were, however, ea sheet by the dived beiag
glees I. "Ism four deep" rated toe well. Moving Is this
forinettos slesily at, we arrived et the =tram of the wet
spertneset, when lord-lieuments, gentlemen-hpwaiting, and
ether olicials pieced as in aegis Me, the Mona sad chaplain
aim bead, ezaaly is the order we were to pass Wore the
• I was not • little and es Mice Me that • 'matte-
em, whoa I knew molest enough to remit only an abed%
private of my minim enemy, was Moans one of the
=edemas-tweak/se. TM sperm= we now shared We •
rawilmely adjoined this preemie room, and was if *tautly
meatless, with large vigil portraim Wise the windows.
At tide the seams= of Maim the thremeneene, I ma ea
knowledge • little =rename= to* pommies of me.
I did sot bow teem ezperiesse lb. met formilles to
be observed sus Mast premstades. I bad • dim
recollesits el a reeMin seethed "dmpeelleg" myself cm
nth an Needs% Men res in early boyhood by my dittoing
miter, abs made • great point of this in his Isamu epos
"dancing, Gerrie% and deportaenß" BO sling% sty
boyhood (I whit yea anneal, to understand, my deer Mies)
is not so eery nmeer, my poor Mob, muter could
net oonceal his age with Ms most debases ant fr4l
Moreover, se I remanbered this quaintly elf halos= person-
age ha& • greet =Aides to in.roduce di Mini ennui= la
ear, I intspeoleit that his imlnetkes might be •
legend remonly derived from the owl el he
hat et mond George. Altogether, therein. I 001111.
sawed It mei enin to trust to the de Illmpoues I
(ages= htjaidees to " Ades-don " and " Yya PPM"
Lad is the 'MA I raft mast de myself MINIM A say,
Met in the ophebet of corepsteat judges, I sego/tad myself
wiliest any ember* aid I de not Shish my comrades
mild have bee shamed awe me. Th. id is Ihe prawn-

IV simplest affair
OTIS this was aaw

. ve• ao-taking eg 4 glove, so basilic% ea' as
kWh( of heed es al as ordisary levee. All the iemelity
was the idieviag:—Aa the °seek el sash eimpap ap-
liiidield the Mama, be headed a cart% seataleigg Mau"
man sad that of the Ileatiased sad amigo mespowier
him le a gartismea is waiting, who passed 14 Om lona
Chusterisie—tbis encessge standing immaillably le the
right el the Qum The Lord Chasebsrlaia thin read the
same of tee individul as he inlaid balm her Majesty.
Tb Qum Asa greelously bowed, sad the cosM passed me,
'Venial the stgal emeasmasisa es peeshilly es ha might,
sad also if be bed sallhisat peewee 4144, bowing to Primps
Albert, *be sit to the left of her Mah•ty—the Prinos
of Wake bag es the right. It was esesatiel, ht retiring
hem Ibp royal pauses, to back a few poses Is order to
doable riga the opposite aide of the thecae room, the path
to be traversed being le the !sees of a horseshoe. I could
act hip. far a moment, pitying her Majesty, when I remeen-
bend that she would have to replies two thouand °Moses—
(the greatest unbar ever karmic et • 10110 MI been, I
bellows, one thosessi)—the mere physical exertion of making
two demand bows moat to Medially exhausting. The
Frames Chamber wu, of course, filled with high court
hactionariee and • number of patkeeen-atearms. Oa
quitting this senotam sancteaus el royalty you had to ran
the winded of the pse of the sass oi inkier. atiH weldsg,
and • number of spectators. It was keriliallie that my pee-
eadvion was over at an early boar, bemuse it enabled me to
gets Hula asselfal airing beim Waning home to write
this, for notwithstisailas all I bed heard of the closeness
.414 ihoonveaisace ed the salts of seesptios dates is M.
_ _

lemee's Palace, le wee exonded by elle reality.
alp time vie no dressing fee Ibe brew!, dean bevies
bees releested *wpm is ibe urea trim me for ebe Nett.

My 'geed genlie; Me, having plainly befriended me
hitherto, behold is, aterting, with a good appetite,
Des the peal bragging of the officers of the volun-
teer wrist Happily, I had made ea early spy&
corm lee a Tearer for the banquet, and found myself
monfertably Opera is • desirable part of Si. Junes
Hall. It ma, however, en unfortunate eirorastanos ora
sated with this pert of the festivities that a placenta:toady
large ceeld sot be obtained to leave no room for doubting
thee all the agora which might be expected could be corn-
ihriably sooommodated. On applying on Saturday for a
veteran for a country friend, I was told by the secretary of
the prepaid Volunteer Benin Club—to whom applications
were le be Millie—tibSt sU the vouchers were diepoen of, and
that r St. Janie' Hall would only seat about 530, he had
already bra obliged to ran away nearly 300 applications. I
was, however, hammed that to accommodate all a supple-
mental banquet, to be given in the basement part of Bt.
James Hall, had been imprevised, at which Lord Ran.
toga colonel dna Bluth Middlesex Volunteers, bad consented
to preside. The committee of mesageznest, I was further
infuenzed, had made an applration ter the re of her
Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, for the purpose, but it ap-
pears that lararmountehle diMoultles were preented by the
coalitions alike buns Judge, thee, my extrpriet, after these
ezplana.foos, on arriving at the hali to find that then Wee
no sapplemeatal and innermost dinner, and no Lord
Ranelagh, as the superior grins presiding over the Plural°
banquet of the grams" beneath. Addithsal ramemodation,
I was now told, had been obtained by placing tables on the
orchestra duo. I knew that of crane meet would not like to
go thwarters ; and this mkappreberaos, to my certain
knowledge, kept away a great number, who, bad other
arrangement" been made, would have bees present.
Cards had, however, been issued for the balcoaies and
galleries of the ball, far the reasentadatien rare parties-
lady of ladies; end, upon ernating, we bend theme the
best idtratioss for simple observation. The view from the
botany faring the Duke of Cambridge was especially
striking. Mr. Owen Jones's decorationa eetteinly never told
with better effect. The triple groove of flags at short inter-
vals all round the building, the galaxy of light like a starry
firmament above, the long hue of retry tables, the silm
wrier, the platonic glittering of the glees, the fruit-laden
mitre prose and dpergnegg, and the animated men of Tarte-
grid snikems, together oconyosed a most brilliant assemble.
The noble head of the Commander-In•Cbief, ma be eat in the
throne at the end raised table, showed with princely effect,
sad seemed to form as once the ape:, the axis, and the
polestar of the whole.
Unlike many public diners, a genial inirit became gene-
ral at •a early period of tho entertainment. And as all
then► off their seem, and had made the oneseary adjust-
ment of their belts, opportunity was afforded for appreciating
the extremely varied character of the eorocany. Hero,
testieg the cleerneee of his part, is on raker retired from the
lice bronzed with the sun of India; sad then, sipping hie
nampagne, is • feir-faced real arlstotaatle " swell;" bar,
pietist; Ms teeth, is • pale man el kenos; and them is a
ruddy country squire who has not lost his appetite la Lon-
don smoke; here, whispering the waiter, is a cian-ehaved,
comfortable-looking citizen; and there, with hie deep•eet
eye peering through his hand raged like • telescope, is •
►irsute mein; here is a billow-looldng lawyer, with rather
• parchment skin, still OM his phis, and, while grave him-
waif, kerang eL ith neighbours in a roar; and there, is an
athletic young Walls( university ran, pining for " bear"
end his " weed." Time fele me to enumerate all the varie-
ties, but ameneMy here, there, aid everywhere ere nature's
true nobility.

I will nod attempt, dr, to relate the admirable and eppro-
pride speed= made between mak *MIN bugle-mil by the
grandese tt the atiatocrecy, the chuck the state, the army,
the navy, and the law, seated at the keg table au the right
and the loft of the Commander-in-Chid, this being a pro-
vince much better occupied by your extellant reporters. I
mud, however, bear witness that ith repel highness appeared
to aspeelal advantsge. Never were his wdeltatern geode-
manaka, good mass, and hoshiessiis goon compiesseely dis-
played. I may add, also, that the ammisseriat dopeteseat
did their duty with rare said. Most et the items in the
srsar were tempting, and the Mums more served with
promptitude. tweelderbig the archer of gvans..

And now,_ las o'clock betni at Mal, though only mode-
rately charged, awl not at all ktaia4 yet my heel was all el
the ball, Nail no I "mole ready," and want at direct
to the 1111.4 W. Wards ha ina to ilsearibe the elect of
Sir Chides &ivy's talletal glasii paha, with he brilliant
impunity deco mine, at sus la the viol, imaged light
of the ps..

Having thus nab • coespiele seesemoimara el the pos:-
don, I shooed h tine to leastwo dospr Descasdisg,
hasarrr, to the &mob( emu I boa to ley strew as.
sepses I could met, is the threw which we mew .olestei
la ail dtreetkae, roomy the isdy Ito aecougoodel net sad
shoos I bad testgard es esterhig to sans of Ira friends.
Narrower although I had, smug the 1,000 or so oho hod
sow orrt;edosoogshed somas pirtioaluty sylph-lilto partnere,
. .

who looked sops bewitching in thero6sOle NOM dewed
through the Wilding, I was math disappointed by lain
spell forestalled by some (despite their showy mamma)
ugly rivals Lastly, to complete my mislicratass, after re.
ca elvtrifying tap from a fin, I fogad to my bathes
it wee sot intended forms. However, roma:aba-
ft that acne bat a particular class of persons &sense the
fair, I ones men charged the enemy, and this time sooreeded
in surpriihor sad earning of a rich prise.
But bow shall I describe this bewildering some, which
now,wlth the crashing marital acossepaniment, la the whirl-
ing waits, sod tilted en the on aide by sprightly young
ensigns, or Patio, on the other splint hart captains, be-
came a perloot phantaamegoria of dancing *Mai sad Boat-
in/ flowers, sad glittering everpemm, and snowy pollaltsd
thoolders, sad fleshing eyes, sad fairy past, and silken
obese, sad polished satin, and kaleidoscope evictor ? How
describe It? I saunas ; I most hold my breath. One o'clock
being now at hand it was neoessary to recruit for supper,
and I fortunately suaoseded in again enlisting my original
partner, ad did my best to 'Withal twa intoall (I beg her garden
I mean some) of the mysteries of the vietnelliag department
I &Id est fora moment imagine that may pepper would be
ebesinsble, bet to my surprise., owing to the excellent
atheagmesate of Maws. Staples and the harnesses thee of
the basement, I expcsienced say litUs difficulty. The size
and elapses of the supper-rams, remembering tbdt it was
atm vast escovetioe, was not the least cesuarkable haters of
this unparalleled /Its
listy sk, I must at last hang ire. I newt Mai ay
jawed to be is *se far puss. In comehtelon, I venture
Is 'sprees the wish that my valuables services may be found
—I am, &a.,
♦ 1118THINSTER (QUEEN'S) VOLUNTEER.

Loot averring a prossotstioa at prises to art stu-
dents sad set vorloass, offered by the eoemnittre of the
Arehltscearel Lamm. by the Hcsisslologiral ikocislY. sod
Mr. Bseedeed Hope, LP., was held in the theatre of the
%Mk Keashigtos KOMI& There was a large ettleidasee
eirertist warlosett, sada merles of prime. rangier( la vela' from
three ee eve pilaw, were peassietby Mop% wits
sided, sad who delivered them to the aromessfal competitors
aseesameied by some graceful critical directed= cm their
merits.

MAR 11860. E

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