The Express.
London, England, 1861-07-15 00:00:00

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view. The volunteers, with real ardour, followed their
imaginary enemy into the distant furze, and the con•
tinned fuaillade indicated the sharpness of the struggle, and
the valour with which every inch of ground was contested.
Now and then a boom from the great guns told how serious
matters were getting, and a terrible rumour reached the
Grand Stand that theadvancing line of ths volunteers had been
broken through the ardour of the men, and that the latter were
becoming dangerously "clubbed" in the distant furze.
Then we heard that the attack bad failed, and bad, there-
fore, according to the Austrian manner, been changed into a
reoonoaissance, and that the volunteer army, having found
the enemy too strongly posted, were in full retreat upon
the Grand Stand. A series of black lines, some of rather
irregular formation, emerging from the smoke, soon con-
firmed our worst apprehensions. Then squares were formed
and cavalry resisted ; much powder was expended, but in a
discursive manner, until at last the whole body approached
the stand in one long, waving, uncertain line. This was to
be a grand charge along the whole line, a beautiful ma-
noeuvre when performed by regular troops ; but the ardour
of the volunteers was too great for the restraints of
discipline, and one amps to the right of the line broke up
into a perfect mob, lashing forward with frantic shonta,
and causiag terrible anguish to volunteer officers and
military aides, who 'snapped across the front of the
wild crowd, and waved them back into line with frantic
gestures. It a in these ambitious manmuvres that our
volunteers stead most in need of practice, and—we must
add—el better and more attentive °theory. The general
observation made by the military men on Saturday was that
the ewe were wonderfully perfect, but that the officers,
letth a few excepticea,were wholly unable properly to !undies
them. In the firing by sections the greatest difference was
perceptible. In emus cane the volley came, as it ought to
do, in only one report, whilst in others it rattled in the
most irregular and unprofessional manner. The public were
not slow to perceive the difference, marking the good
firing with loud applause and laughing cruelly at the leas
fortunate attempts.
As usual, the day finished with the " march past," which
the General Commanding in Chief watched with a
most patient and scrutinizing eye : to some he nodded
his head approvingly, others made him slightly
scratch his ear with a dubious air, and in ono or two eases
his Royal Highness was quite audible in his commendation.
One alight manceuvre, that of advancing arms, as each corps
approached the &Waif, was performed in the right place
sad at the right time by only one corps, the London Scot-
tish, and this did not escape the quick eye of the Coln-
mandsr-in•Chief, who by nods and a slight clap of the bands
recognised the proficiency in drill of the Gaelic host. But
all the corps were received with equal ovation by the public,
which by this time densely fringed the whole common, and
could mot amount to less than 50,000 persons. The throng
of private carriages was enormous, and their fair occupants
clapped their hands or waved their handkerchiefs, as the
various appropriate airs played by the band indicated the
approach of "The Devil's Own," or "The London Irish"
or "Scottish," or some other popular corps. None received
more hearty cheering than the Workmen's Corps of the City
of London, and the marching of this manly looking and
well-disciplined body elicited the marked notice of the
Cenunander.in.Chief. The South Middlesex had special
Meows, in consequence of the success of Mr. Jopling, and,
like Maodnff's army, bore green boughs on their arms, to re-
present the laurel wreath of victory. The cheering of the
spectators was hearty and encouraging throughout for every
corps, and the marching such as fully to justify the compli-
ment. The beat was probably the London Rifles and the
Artillery Company ; but it was all far above the average,
and was pronounced by all the military authorities to be a
great advanceupon previous displays. When the last corps
bad passed his Royal Highness pllopped off the ground, and
the volunteer array made the best of its way to the railway
station, a task of no little difficulty, as every road leading
from the common was really blocked up by private car-
riages, of which probably so great a number was seldom
seen at any spectacle in the neighbourhood of Loudou.
The ground was kept by the 40th Middlesex, com-
manded by Sir John Shelley, M.P., the led City of
London (Working Men), and 6th Tower Hamlets. Two ca-
sualties occurred during the advance of the first line. Mr.
Steadman, of Leighton, Esser, member of the sth Essex
corps, had two of the middle fingers of his left hand shot
off by the accidental discharge of his rifle, and a member
of the London Rifle Brigade was wounded by the rifle
of his rear rank man.

Razz BOOKS AND MAtrumarrrs.—At a sale of
books and mantmenpts by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, of
Lekerterlquare, during the post week, some high prices
were realised, as the following quotations will show :
Lot 52, • Bewiek's Quadrupeds," one of four copies on thick
161. 10s. ; lot 713, ' Hone Death Marina Virginia," a
paper
of the 15th century, decorated in the extremely
rare 0111119iell gns style, 6f.; lot 764, a contemporary Co.l
lathiest of the tracts of John Wield, 601. ; lot 767, York
Breviary, of the 13th century, 321. • lot 771 wee an arm-
chair formerly in the possession of Liavid Gurrick, beauti.
fully carved from the design of William Hogartb, a me-
dallion of Shakspeere in the metro of the back being carved
Hogarth himself from the celebrated mulberry tree.
This interesting memorial, after au active competition, was
sold for 300 guineas. The last day's sale consul.= entirely
of deeds and charters, with • few other MSS. from the fa-
mous Surrenden collection, formed by Sir Edward Bering,
in Charles L's time. Amongst the more remarkable lots
were lot 935, Charter lof Wihtred, King of Kent, of
Liberties to the Churches and Monasteries of the !'Aunty.
" Achim die VI, id. Apr. anno regni ni VIIIo. indiction
NIL is loco qui appellatur [Selling] A. D. 699, on
parchment 13 Inches by 7 inches. Tho King signs with •
cress, professing his inability to write, '•• FgoUnihtredus
rex maths ad omnia supra scripts et confirmeta stiles • me
dictate propria mans signum sc' 93 crude pro ignoeantia
Waren= expreasio," PO/. ; lot 1,099, " Livret Roll to In-
Cads Worlee, Keeper of the Great Wardrobe," 7th
11., • roll 33 feet Meg, 9 inches wide. It is most
closely written, and contsius, necessarily, an immense
amount of ieforrnation en almost every subject which con-
cerns the regal state, domestic life, and manners and cus-
toms of the period, 401.
SHIP STAR or THE Eesr.—The following is the
ecnielesion of the report of Mr. Raffles on the investigation
recently held by him at Liverpool with referents to the
loss of the ship Star of the East. "The master appears to
hays been 22 years at see during five of which he was ern-
ployed in the coasting trade between Cape Town sod Port
Natal, and professed to be well acquainted with the prevail-
ing winds and currents. This local knowledge, and the fact
of hi. Lying up so well at the time, perhaps induced him to
stand in somewhat closer than, looking at the result, proved
to be consistent with atria prudence ; but as from previous
experience he expected a land wind at sunset, and felt con-
fident, as he reasonably might do, that his ship would stay,
I ern disposed to regard the subsequent occurrence more as
an unforeseen casualty than an error of judgment amount-
ing to • default. Under these circumstances, no want of
sobriety or culpable neglect being proved, I have with the
full concurrence of my colleague in tie inquire, felt myself
warranted in returning to Captain Greyston his certificate,
with the expression of a hope that the disaster by which so
valuable a ship and cargo were lost will be a caution to him
for the future.—T. S. RAITLES." Captain HT. HARRIS,
Nautical Aseemor_., concurs in the above report.
SINOULAR DISCOVERY UV TREASUEIR —A foes
days since a party of seven man were employed in grubbing
up several decayed trees on the estate of Captain Wheatley,
at Erich, when they discovered a bar of metal 110/110 feet
below the surface, and completely embedded is the roots of
an old oak. The bar was takeu to the Running Horse
Tavern, when it was soon discovered to be solid silver, value
about 1231. and bearing date 1542. As it =peers that the
lord of the manor declined to claim the property the finders
took it to n bullion dealer's in London, who offered to pur-
chase the bar provided that the consent ofthe Treasury was
first obtained. A statement of the caw, was then forwarded
to the Lords of the Treasury, from whom au answer was
received to the effect that so claim would be made on the
pert of the crown, and the property has, therefore, been
sold, and the amount shared amongst the fortunate &demo(
the treasure.

BtrTIDISICI' STRIKL.—The masons, on Satur-
day, paid every man on strike 10s. each, being the weekly
strike pay of the society, irrespective of the dividend result-
itig from the subscriptions and gifts of other trade societies.
The bricklayers also paid the whole of their strike members
15e. each, besides their picket money, amounting to 51.
each, and during the 15 weeks of the strike they have
paid their men the same amount.
TamtasraN Enanzarros.—Tho Antipodes, Cap-
tain G. Croot, left Gravesend on Friday evening last, with
85 single women, selected by the Tasmanian Emigration
agency. The emigrants were under the medical charge of
George Dinharn, Esq., with Was Louisa Dawes, as matron,
assisted by two sub-matrons. The ship was visited by Mr.
Philip T. Smith and Mr. James A. 1 oul, accompanied by
Mr. Thomas B. Parker, secretary to the agency. We un-
derstand that 100 mom sivee females, accustomed to do-
mestic service, will be forwarded to Tasmania in September
neat, being the last shipment for the present year.
OWHITAL PALACIL 11/LF-A-CROWN DAT.—
SATOIDAT, JCLT 13.—Adruissionsee payment, 3,704; ditto
by macs tickets, 1,771; total, 5,473.

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