The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-27 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

PORSNOUTR, JULY 28.
Rear-Admiral Frederick Warden's division of
the Channel Squadron is expected to mil from Spithead
on Tuesday for Portland, to meet Rear-Admiral A. P.
Ryder's (hymen, when they will proceed to Cherbourg to
receive her Majesty on her arrival.
The Genteel, 28, screw-frigate, Captain his Royal
Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, mailed from Cowen on
&Kurds, morning for Plymouth, to refit end make good
defects. The Galatea his been relieved by the Liffey.
The Enchantress, steam-yacht, fitaff-Commander John
EJ Pettey, soiled to-day for Cherbourg.
CRAIRAM, JULY 26.
Taoore roes INDlAL.—iroitarditze the. following
bnwe embarked at Gravesend, under superintendence
of the 'caws attached to the QuerSermietar-Oenikal's
d~xttment. at this garriaon, on board the chartered troop-
oTbirilitt7. Lawrence, for Calcutta, :—Captain J. M. K.
Idiscintyre, Lieutenant H. B. Ballard, and 140 non-orsa-
ndseioned officers and gunners of the -Mop! Artillery ;
Captain H. •T. Butler b,nd 7d non-cominimioned ofhoers
Ann man of the Bth (Queen's Own) Harare t and Cornet
L, G. Mundy and 66 am-commissionad eases and men
ell the 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars, with 49
soldiers' wives and 46 aliildram, the whole in medical
clorge of Assistant-Surgeon C. R. Y. Godwin. The
troops proceed to Calcutta yid the Gape of Good Rope.
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Val WeßfallMli 47011,411 Y Ay W'siviiim—e.
Batioday evening the, menthe* of this , 1. te.
L n mbar of about setenty, dined together ciillirlu tL'er-
on Botoi, Chnnowstseet, Mr. Marry
u bailiff, in the chair. After the sumel-47/4-1-07
otic to** the chairman proposed "Ilie Louie,pf
" a toast whit& was relpoileded *by Mr. Alibi. •
min La /1.P., who, in sefetzbg * thephasing id
th Reform 8 expressed a hope that the not and un-
elenigerwhich that measure will effect, would be
Crtridvanaenent and happiness of the people of this
eonntry. Should he be fortunate kto obtain a teat
in the new parliament, he pro on all 009111101:111 when
necerwary to Sphold the tinereent rights and privileges of
the corporation, and other bodes* of the city of London.
The chairman, in p ' the Mast of the amain' g, des-
cribed the Wo shipfnl Company of Weavers as one of the
oldest, if notone of the tithed, of the City oesnpaniee. Its
funds were admirably managed, andheregrettedthey bad
not more, in order to increase the sphere of their *dul-
ness. Other toasts followed, and the proceedings were kept
up with spirit until the close. During the evening a sales-
tion of music was performed by Mr. W. J. Fielding, who
was waisted by Miss Emily Spiller, Miss M. Wells, Mr.
Montem Smith, sad Mr. Lawler.

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Patent keyless mechanism, the latest improve-
rs, nt in we trims. J. W. Brame, watch and dock maker to the
Prince of Wake, Old Ilosdoeroot, Weotbouraergrove, sad Ludgate.
lull. kw 10,04 *Oa wat:Lca-iethcriisum.m.l

The final ceremony of presenting the prises to
the beat shots of the laat fortnight, and the volun-
teer review with which this great gathering annu-
ally terminates, took place on &turd& . Both in
attendance and display the proceedings were
tamer than on previous occasions ; and tho eon-
treat between the crowds present last year and
the comparatively sparse attendance of &turday
was very marked. The Belgian volunteers and
the Sultan were the great attractions at the clew
of the last meeting- and even the popularity of
Lord Napier of liagdale failed to secure such
numbers as then. The promise of the official pro-
gramme was not carried out. The oeremony of
presenting the prizes was announoed for half-part
t
wo in the afternoon, but did not take place till
nearly three, and occupied about half an hour.
The review, advertised to take place "at the con-
clusion of the distribution of prizes," did not
really commence until after six ; so that a gap of
almost three hours took place between one oeze-
monial and the other. This was unfortunate,
but unavoidable, and was the first hitch
in a terribly unsuccessful day. Lord Napier's
engagements made it necessary that he shoj id
Mace Wimbledon by a certain hour, and prevent
his be:ma...present at the review. There were good
reasons iambs latter not taking place before the
time fixed for it; and the result was that visitors
had a weary spell of waiting between the close of
one of the sights of the day and the commence-
ment of the ether. Neither the ten-shilling nor the
five-shilling stands were mom than half full at any
period of the day; and there wt.& literally nothing
to amuse their occupants during this long interval.
To change your seat from an iron chair on the
grass to a wooden-bench under canvass, to go
back from a bench to a chair again, to stroll
out among the carriages and to find the stand
unaltered on your return, are not very thrilling
amusements ; but they were the only ones at the
disposal of the sight-seers who waited for the
review.

-The atinal ceremony of prize-giving was Worth
seeing, because Lord Napier was the chief actor tg
it, and for the reason that the hero of Magdala is
—apart from the natural curiosity and admiration
his recent triumph inspires—particularly well
qualified for the part he played on Saturday.
Altogether, we should say, that Saturday's was
among the most interesting of the public ap-
pearances Lord Napier has made since his return
from Abyssinia. It seemed more appropriate than
that at the Crystal Palace ; and the kindly
thoughtful features, gentle manners, and martial
bearing of the hero of Magdala were never seen
to greater advantage than when he smilingly con-
gratulated the volunteers, and avowed his pride
and pleasure at being one of them. One or two of
the gentlemen who received prizes were in plain
clothes. It may be that they are members of the
Association who are not volunteers. But if we are
not mistaken one at least is a volunteer officer.
Surely Saturday was an occasion above all others
upon which uniform should have been worn, and
its absence implied a certain slight upon the
council, besides brag disrespectful to Lord Napier.
To say that the latter was vehemently cheered by
the line of carriagesbetweenthegrandstand andthe
camp, and that all attention was centered on him
during his stay, is to say nothing. Long after he
left the ground, and indeed throughout the day,
his praises were to be heard on all sides, and the
conqueror of Theodore added a complete social
success on Saturday to the other victories of his
life. This record would be unfaithful if we were
to. omit the admiration given to the stately pro-
portions of two Scotch winners. Sergeant P,oss
and Mr. Maloobn were in Highland dries, the
former in the uniform of the London Scottish,
and the Mesier• of Levet in the tartan of his elan;
both are of more than ordinarily stalwart build,
and both received some of the loudest plaudits of
the day, as they strode across the turf to Lord
Napier's place. There was none of the awkward
prize - giving of some other years. The
t. piece of furniture" presented by one trades-
man's firm, and the various articles of
merchandise bestowed by others, were not
presented publicly. P uenters of Wimble-
don well remember the embarrassment caused by
the iron safe presented by a dealer in those useful
articles, which the Duke of Cambridge had to
formally hand over, and which neither his grace
nor the winner could do more than look at and
walk round. There was nothing of this undigni-
fied character on Saturday. A few of the larger
pieces, such as the China Cup and the International
Trophy, were not carried away, but there is some-
thing elevated in the massiveness of plate • and
the effect on the bystanders was widely different
to that produced by the quaint gifts and heavy
hardware of the dealers.

The dead failure of the review was attributable to
causes altogether outside the association. The
volunteers cannot get over the Windsor disgrace,
and the War-office and the South-Western Railway
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are joint objects of their wrath. It was signi-
ficant yesterday to see the venerable Marqius of
Donegal in plain clothes in Lady Spencer's tent,
and to know that he had declined to bring down his
fine corps „the London Irish, " until the War-office
had learnt its business better." It was more signs
Scant to note the tone of the comments passed by
volunteers who were looking on at a review of
their body for the first time in their lives. To
criticise the performance of those who marched
past the saluting point would besuperfitious. Some-
thing far more serious is at stake. The confidence
of the great volunteer body seems to be shaken;
and better regulations from the War-office are
imperatively called for in the future. Whether
the force itself his grown careless by prosperity,
or become spoilt by indiscriminate praise, are ques-
tions upon which the officers commanding corps
could give useful opinions. This is certain, matters
are in a far less satisfactory state than when the
Movement was young.

,rsz .PAITAIL TaIt.PRDO .g.X_PLOSION 47 PORTS-
NOUTIL
ils, inquest on the body of the Hoe. Mr. Meade was
opened on Bawds evenmg,at the Nag's Head Hotel, on
the Colas= Zara, bet a, Wens Mr. W. Binsiiiiion, the
Admiralty solicitor, in the absence of the coroner (lfr. W.
a Harrington),;thiough ill-health. The deputy-coroner,
however, explained that, as - a post-mortem entheination
, hid been detered upon, and a• it wouid. 1,.:n this and
, other reasons, impomildn to comp 'etc the inquiry satisfac-
torily that night, he proposed to tikh sufficient evidenoe
/to =Obis Lofd /Mord and the fad" to semove the
lta y onAthe. following .moniing to this seat of lady Hes,.
it Welton, for Interment: This course was porn
and the pocceedinge were adjoetned MI tailaP:
Atha witantres stated INS Lieutenant Meethissid•
to on Friday afternoon—"Winle h am • '
it be pahholy [clews that it waa noilting*: .
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asy pa that embed this beanie- home-
the beat from the melted gatio_pigthp.
tome- of Ablithe's wood' polider."- "lift . .
*miens that that should'. be palatal khidell; . '
0 much !me up. in !ill) fthe, Mt saw sellisi) . )
1 hie tram thip4 it did sot occur .
letond jury-has teen collected to heel
• eath of rithei which. implied "'M U% aC•
,e: this ensxting. •-- - • • . 1! -ii :-] 7 '
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COVDIGNI" ON .7XE' vEtpaaat .42iX rkiikilui;•
we, .—On 8M inch, night an tinii&int onoarriii ' stn- the
X Oi the. Lud as, Clutiline, end
Dove=4Wrr though unattended with personal
•injury, wag pi-Mutative of condatrahle incouvenlere. A.
tit. of • goOdirtsain, coosiettnit of about a-r emir
waggons, mgtte, and tender, left the In at the
Facteiry Sox signal station, not far from -the Casplain
Inaction, tearing lip and brealang the rails. The tre.ffio
wait blocked for sheet two hours, and many of the thane
wets "considerably delayed.
TRW HAIR.—Of the numerous compounds eon-
•talitlY cannoned nor Peureotiad the crow* reetorliar, awl leen-
;4lJirrirrt 11::liarnigevW Prtibtrr4=ri"
peniiieha, is gnu ea the to' public
Ptigoesies of Ropaty ehmi
...a tegamai
verb the oil is wilverealleden efth numerous OM'
steady reared of he afford the beet am meet; proof
ei gr tactita-aoltertrearut.

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