The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-22 00:00:00

THE 'SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 1862.

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

Closing
Share Railways. aid Price. Business done
100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all-- —6B 70
stY ( Boin.,liaroda&.Cent Ind
G'u. 5 per cent... .. 100 1011 1024
204 Buffalo and Lake Llu7o.n all 6 61(1 64
201 y Do. New
10 Do. Preference all •8t 94
Buffalo, Braut,&Godrich 100 83 86
100 sp. ct. lids.. Aug 1, 1872
100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 82 85
100 Do. do. June 1, 1574 100 81 84
5 Clculta.&S.7:atn.(LtiW all 5 g I
20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 18 4 I,P
174 Demerara.
stock ;Eastn. Bengal gu. 9p c 100 1014 1025
stock East Ind:an, gm. sp. c. 100 1034 104 i 1C44 34 4
20 Do. do. G Ext.. . • all
stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 24 25
100 Do. 6 pier cent. Pref all 70 74
100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. all 6) 63
100 Do. 6 per et. Debentr. all 40 45
100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862
100 Do. do. 1867 all 37 10
100 Do. do. 1872
stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. 100 1014 1024 1011
20 ;:o. New gua. sp. c l2 4p
stock Gt. South.of India (Lim)
guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 101 102 102
201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 124 12}
201 Do. New
100 Do. 6 p.c. "73 with't opt. all 102 104
100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '..' d 0... all 93 P 5 94
100 Do. 1878 all 92 95
stock Madras. guar., sn. o.
stock Do. 41 p. o. Extension 100 94 96 954
stock Do. It do lOO 91 93
stock Helb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds lOO
20 Newßrunswick & Cando
Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7
Class A Capital Share
Do. do. Land d 0...
20 Do. do. B Capital do. .• all 4 6
Do. do. Land do.
stocs Scinde .......... 441 100 103 104
20 Do. Punjaub ...• d 15 I)
20 Do. Do. all 204 204 204
stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. ?„g.i 100 98 100
10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip 1 1 1 4 d
FOREIGN RAILWAYS
20 Algerian
10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 6} 74
20 Ardennes....
20 Bali.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c l6l 4 14 174
5 Belgian East. Junction all } 14
Carmeaux Mine & Rail SC 11 12
100 Copiapo
10 Ditto Extension
20 Dutch Rhenish
20 Eastern of France
20 Grand Pus Guar. 6p. e_ all
20 Gt. Luxem., Con. slit—. all 14! 144 144 15
20 Italian Junction
20 Lyons & Geneva.
20 Namur ,c.'; Liege all 8} 44
20 Do. 6p. c. Pref all 20 21
10 Northern of France all 41 42
16 Do. New Shares _ 15
10 Norwegian Trunk Tref. all 8 10
20 Ot'mn(Smyrna to Aidn) 13 71 64 51
20 Paris,Lyons, & Mcditer. all 44 45
20 Paris & Orleans..
20 Recife &S. Fran. (Perm)
( gua. 7p. ct. lim
20 Riga & Dunaburg all
20 Royal Danish.-
5 Royal Swedish
4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref all
20 Sambre & Meuse
10 Do. 5/ per cent. Pref...., all 94 94 9}
20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 8 pm
20 S.Aust &Lomb Venetin 18 24 24p 21 }
26 S. East Portugal 7 p ct. 7 --
20 Southern of France.. all 314 324
84 West Fiancierli ......
10 Do. 54 pc. Preference all 10} 104
20 W. & N.W. of France

PREFERENCE SHE
lends contingent on the

k.RE S
Profits

AND S'
of each .

'OCKS.
varate Year.

Dirt

I'Caledon. £lO Gua. Stk 100
Cornwall4l p.c. ga.perp all
*E. Angiian, Clsß, 6 p.c. 100
* Do. ClsC, 7 p.c. 100
Edin,Prth,&D'dee,4p.c. 100
Lond'ii, Brig'tn, &c., 41
per cent. 1858 100
Do. do. 4 per ct. 1860 100
Do. do. 41 per ct. 1861 100
Do. do. 4, per ct. 1861 31
Lon. & Chat'in, Metrop.'
Ext. B, 6 p.c..... 71
I Lon. &S.Wcstern 41 p.c 100
'North British £lO Gua • all
Shares, 1861
*ScottishCentral4l p.c , 100
irred. pref... .... .
:S.-Eastern 41 p.c. 1859 1 all
Do. 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd )' 5
Do. 5 p.c. Aug. 1861 (rd 4 31
allure of full dividends in any
good out of the profits of any
BRITISH MI

102 104

81 83

103 105
92 95
103 105

id par
102 103

MISCELLANEOUS.
10 ,Anv,lo-Mexican Mint., all 184 19
10 ' Atlantic B. Ml. Stm (1d) all 2 3
1000 !Atlantic 'l'cl. (Limited) all
25 ,Australian Agricultural 19 27 28
10 IBahia Steam (Limited). 1
10 Berlin Water (Limited) ail 41 55
50 British American Land 40
50 !UT:Mag. Tel. A. (Lim) all 29 32
20 Do. 11,70.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20
20 Do. C. (timited)....... all 9 11
326 Canada Land all 112 115
10 China & Japan Coast &
River Steam Naviga. 24
st. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smitg. all
25 Do. Pref. 7 per cent all 12 16
at. Crystal Palace
at. Do. Preference
at IDo. 6 p ct. Perpet. Deb lOO 104 107
E.lndia & Lon. Ship A 74
IG De. B 76 14 Oa
20 E.lndi a Irrign. & Canal I par }pm
at. Electric Telegraph
25 Do. New l5
5 English & Aus. Copper all 21 26
15 Gen. Steam Navigati m 14 256 26i
1 Great Ship Limited) all a R-
-1 Do 176 pet Preference all I
2 Indian Carrying- (Lim. 1
5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.)) 4l 31 3} d
4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim) all Is
20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 21 31 41 4
10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 31 4
10 Do. 8 per cent. pref all __
25 National Dis. Co. (Lim ) 5 .t _
20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 a _.
10, Netherlands Land all oi
5 DO.B p.c.Pret..iss.atl dis all 1
100 N BrANovaScottaLand 81 13 15
1 N:B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1
1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 11 la
1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). allall 16 174
alto. Operiet.L.inn.dS.Azte3simin.((yrin.))
100
55 57
50 !Pen. & Oriental Steam all 67 69 685
50 Do. New
20 !Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.4o.o. all 197 196 19}
50 Rhymney Iron all 17 19
15 Do. Now all 4,4
25 Rio Janeiro City Impts all 25i 24 26
100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 53 55
at. Scot. Austin, Inv.(Lim )i 100 135 140
25 South Australian Land! all 32 34
1 Submarine Tel. Scrip al'
1 Do. do. Registered a.l
10 Do. do .. all 41 e
2 Telegraph to India (L.) 1 id P
10 Trust and Agency of
Austrlasia (11m)lst is 1 par SP
20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of Upt can: 5 14 11
6 U. if.'dom Tel. Co. (Rm.)? 1 14 3
100 Van Diemen's 1.,.nd 284 95

POLICE-THIS DAY.

BOW-STREET, THIS DAY.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—A very lady-like woman, appa-
rently about twenty-five years of age, and who gave the
name of Emma Summers, was charged with attempting to
commit suicide.

An inspector of the Thames police said this morning
about a quarter past seven his attention was called to two
boys struggling with the prisoner in one of the alcoves on
Waterloo-bridge. I ran up, when the boys told me the
lady was going to drown herself, She told me it was no
use stopping her, as she intended to do it some time or °their.
Mr. Corrie—What have you to say to this ?

Prisoner (crying)—Nothing.
Frederick Savard said—l was going over Waterloo-
bridge this morning about seven o'clock in company with
my companion, Terry, when he said, " Look at that lady
how she's crying. I think she's going to commit suicide.
Let's follow her." We both ran after her, and just as
Terry got up she was getting on the top of the balustrade.
We took hold of her and she struggled very nuch. R e
called out for help, when the police officer came up.

G. Terry—l was going over the bridge this morning, as
stated by tb e former witness, when we saw the lady crying.
I thought she was going to jump over the bridge,and I ran
after her to prevent her. I got up to her before Savard,
and took hold of her dress and held her for a few moments,
when Savard also took hold of her dress. She beged very
hard for us to let her go. She said it was no use stopping
her as she was determined to drown herself.

Mr. Corrie—Do you wish to ask the witnesses any ques-
tions ?
Prisoner—No, sir,

Mr. Corrie—Where do you live ?
The prisoner remained silent.
Inspector West—She refuses to give any information as
to her residence.
Prisoner (in a very low tone of voice)—l can only excuse
myself, sir, by assuring you that I will never again attempt
suicide.

Mr. Corrie—l cannot let you go without some inquiry.
I understand you refuse to give any information, and there-
fore I shall remand you for a few days in order to enable
the police time to make inquiries.
The Frisoner, weeping bitterly, was led from the dock by
the gaoler.
STEALING TIMBER.--Two men, named Sullivan and
King, were charged with stealing two pine planks, the pro-
perty of Messrs. Thurston and Co., Catherine-street.
Police-constable 129 F said he was on duty near the
Adelphi, when he saw the prisoners each carrying a long
pine plank. He asked them where they get them, and the
answer not being satisfactory he took them both to the sta-

tion house.
Mr. Pitt, of the firm of Thurston and Co., said the planks
in question were his property, and were taken from his
wharf near Salisbury-street. Sullivan had been in his em-
ploy off and on, and King had also done some work for him.
They both were well acquainted with the place where the
property was kept.
Both prisoners denied the robbery, and each accused the
other of employing him to carry the property away.
They were fully committed for trial.

SPORTING-THIS DAY.

NEWMARKET RACES, THIS DAY.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

FREE HANDICAP.

Coalition filly
Olive Branch ..

Four ran.
SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS.

Vivian
SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SOVS.
Old Calabar
RIDDLESWORTH STAKES.
Laughing Stock

LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE.
NEWMARKET HANDICAP.
4to 1 agst Gabriel Estrees (taken)
9to 2 agst Sapph9 (taken freely)
6to 1 agst Ducat (taken)
6to 1 agst Yarra (taken)
9to 1 agst Victor (taken)
9to 1 agst Carbineer (taken)
10 to 1 agst Stanton (taken)
20 to 1 agst Finlande (taken)
20 to 1 agst Eloho (taken)

THREE-YEAR-OLD BIENNIAL STAK.E.tt. —Cutler, Gemse,
Citadel, Reporter, Llandaff, Knight o f Bath, Earl of
Surrey, Tabret, and Pretty Polly are scratched.
SALE S TAKES.—Cellarius, scratched.

RIDDLESWORTH STAKES.—Lady Lir rowel), scratched.
NEWMARKET HANDlCAP.—Additional Scratchings.-
Henham Lass, Highfiyer, Wombat, J'acintha, Babette filly,
and Canwell.

THE GAS EXPLOSION IN HOLBORN.

CORONER'S INQUEST.',--THIS DAY.

The investigation, by the corm ier, Mr. St. Clair Bedford,
into the circumstances attending the deaths of Edward
Rowley and John Morrissey ciammenced this afternoon at
King's College Hospital.
We shall continue the report in our late edition.

RAILWAY A3IALGA JIA7ION.

(From the Money Market Review.)

Although the arrangement between the London and
North-Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Companies is merely a traffic arrangement, the shareholders
have received it with pleasure because it puts an end to a
state of strife and competition detrimental to both com-
panies. In the interests of both many of the shareholders
express a hope that the agreement will not only be perma-
nent, "ant pave the way to a complete amalgamation of the
two undertakings. There is, perhaps, nothing in the annals
of human folly more gross than our railway history, with its
total want of system. The principle of " beggar my
neighbour" seems to be the one acted upon. If ever there
was a country in which railways ought to pay it is Eng-
land, and yet in no country on the face of the earth do rail-
ways show such miserable results, so far as the remunera-
tion of the shareholders is concerned—and why ! The rea-
son is, briefly, reckless expenditure, reckless competition,
and mismanagement. With a denser population, with iron
and coal cheaper, what but this recklessness can have
caused English railways to pay worse than those of any
country in Europe? In Franca, Austria, America, Bel-
gium, Spain—in fact, in every country where railways have
been established, except in England, they have made good
returns to their shareholders, and this chiefly because the
Governments of every other country except England have
wisely assigned certain districts to certain railways. Wher-
ever this has been done, success is certain. Canada, it is
true, forms an exception ; but this is only temporary, and
arises from causes which a few years will rectify, railways
having been made in Canada on a grand scale before the
country was ripe for them. There is something so mon-
strous in the system pursued in England that the wonder
is that the interest of self-preservation has not in-
duced our railway companies ere now to amalgamate
rather than compete ; yet, strange to say, the in-
stnct of pugnacity seems to be stronger still, for, as ex-
perience shows, they go on competing until from pure ex-
haustion they end by doing what they ought to have done
at first, namely, combine. It is not difficult to foresee that
this will be the eventual result with every line ; oven wit h
those which are now wasting their substance in the folly of
competition. The Eastern Counties, Norfolk, and other
lines in that district have recently amalgamated their inte-
rests after years of warfare and disagreements. The Great
Western and West Midland have done the same. We need
not particularise the number of lines which the London
and North-Western has absorbed in its system, or
the Midland or the North-Eastern. This process will go
on until the number of railways will be reduced, probabl y
to five or six, and then there will be a general combination.
If railways would but adopt uniformity of accounts the
process would be greatly accelerated.
What, we ask, should prevent two such railways as the
London and North-Western and the Lancashire and York-
shire from amalgamating their interests? Their receipts
per mile and working expenses are much the same, and
they might agree to an tmifoim system ot accounts between
themselves that would enable them to amalgamate on terms
of perfect equity. Their dividends would then be increased
by the mere saving in working expenses. Why also should
not the Midland and London and North-Western combine
rather than compete P There is really nothing in the
way. 'We need only refer to the time when the London
and North-Western and Midland had actually agreed to
terms of complete amalgamation. The negotiation broke
down, according to one version, on account of the Midland
rolling stock not being in a good condition, and the London
and North-Western Company insisting on the Midland
making some small deduction on the price at which the two
stocks were to be taken for £lOO of the amalgamated stock.
We believe the price of the Midland stock was then fixed at
GO, and the London and North-Western at 100. The tables
are turned now, for Midland stock commands, 128, and
London and North-Western only 941.
We have reason to believe that Parliament will shortly
insist on being furnished with returns year by year which,
however much some railway companies may stand out
against uniformity of accounts, will show precisely the
actual position of each railway. IWhenever this is done, we
repeat, ono of the great difficulties interposed to a more
general plan of amalgamation will be overcome. It may
be objected that a general amalgamation of our railways
would act detrimentally to the public interests by creating
a vast monopoly. Our belief, on the contrary, is that
the better the railways pay, the more liberal will the com-
panies be to the public, and that the only effect of a general
amalgamation would be to insure uniformity of fares
throughout the kingdom. The amalgamated railways
would be enabled to carry more cheaply than they now do,
because they would travel at uniform rates of speed, and
their increased prosperity would arise, not from raised
prices, but from stimulated traffic and from the saving of
expense in working.

We shall be very glad indeed to see railway directors
and shareholders discussing these suggestions, Let them
consider whether, by acting in unison, they cannot, to a
great extent, repair the blunders of the past. There is
valid reason why, with uniformity of accounts, the London
and North-Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Midland,
Great Northern, and even the pugnacious and aggressive
Great 'Western, should not form one great comprehensive
system. Neither is there any reason why the Brighton,
South-Western, South-Eastern, and London, Chatham, and
Dover should not be virtually amalgamated by the esta-
blishment of a practical identity of interest ; and so, by
degrees, with every railway in the kingdom. The field of
traffic is quite large enough to employ the engines of all
the present directors, engineers, managers, and secretaries
at present engaged, and, save as regards the lawyers, there
need not be a vested interest impaired. By such a plan we
are sanguine that, instead of the present reckless competi-
tion, amongst the effects of which to the public are fearful
accidents and much inconvenience, railway dividends would
year by year increase, until they become, as they ought to
be, a really remunerative property.
Let the watchword of shareholders, then, be union and
not rivalry—agreement and not competition. We know
well in which policy they will find their account to be.

SCANDALOUS IMPOSITION.—Martin Walsh was
yesterday charged, before tho Rochdale Magistrates, with
having, on Tuesday last, obtained relief, he not being des-
titute at the time. The prisoner was in regular employment,
and had actually left his work for an hour, in order to
obtain relief from the guardians. Ho twice represented
that he had three children, whereas one had been buried
last month, and he received in respect of it £4 funeral bene-
fit, making his income for the last month £6 ss. sd.—Ho
was sent to prison for a month.
THE GREAT ROBBERY IN CORNHlLL.—Yester-
day, at 1 o'clock, George Ellie, 28 years of age, described
as a porter, was placed at the bar of the Mansion-house
police-court before the Lord Mayor and Alderman Sir R.
W. Carden, in the custody of Sergeant Huggett, the detee •
tivo police-officer, charged with being concerned with others
not in custody in stealing jewellery of the estimated value
of about £3,000. The prisoner was nominally accused of
stealing 100 fine gold signet rings and 120 fancy rings,
worth together £4OO. The prisoner strongly denied all
knowledge of the robbery. He was remanded.
A POLICE INSPECTOR AND SERGEANT FINED
r• on ABUSIVE LANGUAGE.—Yesterday, at the Leeds Town
Hall, James Walder preferred a charge against Inspector
Burroughs and Sergeant Heaton, both of the police force
of Leeds. Walder's complaint was, that on Wednesday
morning, at two o'clock, he was in company with the
" half mile champion," at the top of Lands Lane, when
Mr. Heaton came up and told him that "he was a thief;
that he got his giving by thieving, and that he (the ser-
geant) could prove it." Mr. Burroughs, complainant also
alleged, used him roughly, " grabbing him by the throat
as if he was a dog." The police officers emphatically de-
nied the charge, and Inspector Burroughs cross -examined
the complainant. The magistrate fined the officers 10s.
each, and costs, for the abusive language they had used to
Walder.

',IIE REVIEW AT BRIGHTON.

The Volunteer Review at Brighton, looked for-
ward to with so much interest, came off yesterday
with conspicuous success. Never before, in the long•
and terrible history of war, was the attempt made
to place au army of 20,000 men iu the field, and to
undertake military operations with them at a point
50 miles distant from that which they quitted the
same morning. Of course, any country which could
show its ability to do this added materially to its
defensive power, and still more to its military repu-
tation. During the Italian campaign troops, it is
true, were conveyed by railway along the rear of
their own line for a distance of four or Ave miles,
and brought into action. But in that case the com-
mander simply took advantage of the facilities
afforded by a line which happened to skirt the rear
of his army. In the present instance the fact has
for the first time been broadly recognised that future
wars, especially defensive wars, must be fought with
the help of railways just as much as of monster
guns and iron-plated ships. The illustration of
what can be accomplished through the agency of
our railway system presents itself very appropriately
at a moment when the question of naval supremacy
is unsettled, and when the outer line of defence once
constituted by our wooden walls has been swept
away. The most perfect arrangements of the War-
office, however, and the most irreproachable perfor-
mances on the part of the railway companies, would
have been unavailing had it not been for the
patriotism and energy of the Volunteers with whom
originated the idea of the demonstration that was
yesterday carried out with so much success. It would
be impossible to speak in terms too high of the spirit
animating the force of which the array at Brighton
was but a fraction, but the fact in itself is sufficiently
eloquent that, without a shilling of expense to the
War -office, an army of 20,000 Volunteers was
massed in the course of a few hours on a given
point, the raw material of which that force was
composed being probably equal to any in the world.
The last train from Victoria was telegraphed to
start at 8 o'clock, so that the arrival of the whole
London army at the appointed time became almost
a matter of certainty.
Rain ! Can it be possible ? What can that be
which patters so ominously at the bed-room win-
dow at about 7 o'clock in the morning, which
awakens the sleeper, and causes him to jump up
and look out, and think of Washington Irving's
" wet Sunday ?" Cannot Aquarius hang up his
watering-pot for one day, and allow Lord Clyde to
review the volunteer army in a dry skin ? It is
rain, real south-coast rain, fresh from the cloudy
atmosphere of the Downs, and coming down as if
it meant a day's mischief. A hundred thousand
eyes at that moment looked out of fifty thousand
windows, and offered up inward orisons for that real
blessing to Englishmen, a fine day. At eight
Aquarius shows symptoms of relenting, and at nine
--by which time a breakfast had been swallowed
in all the agonies of suspense—the clouds broke ;
universal Brighton smiled the smile of hope, and
the cabmen registered a vow at once to treble their
fares. As a specimen I may mention that one
modest individual, whose horse looked as if he
could, with great exertion, reach the Downs by
sunset, asked me £2 10s. for the journey "one
way." But so it always is when any " event" takes
place in the provinces. The local organs of wonder
and acquisitiveness are stimulated to such an ex-
traordinary degree, that the only puzzle with the
natives is how much they may safely demand for
everything, and the result is that before the crisis
has passed, the largest portion of their stock,
whether of lodgings or vehicles, lies a drug in the
market. However, I did not pay £2 10s., and I
got a vehicle which took me to the Downs by such
a route as enabled me to note the preliminaries of
what every one was preparing for. At the ordinary
railway station nobody could guess that anything
extraordinary was going on, were it not for the
crowds which lingered outside the gates, and dis-
cussed the topic of the day under the inspiration of
the genius loci. For the volunteers a separate
debarcadere had been provided, and from it they
repaired to their various rendezvous without the
slightest trouble or confusion. A constant stream
cu a lung me pu,nways, all 111.
one direction, and amongst them could be noticed
a smart sprinkling of single volunteers—red, green,
and grey— the tall " Guards" and the small Engi-
neers, all smoking the calumet of war, which looked
exceedingly like a short pipe, and hurrying off to
their early tryst. I noticed a good many of the
Two-pound-tenners" crawling empty and sulkily
along, and I derived much comfort from thinking
that such would most probably be their amusement
during the remainder 3f the day. In the town
were two principal rendezvous, both of which my
model of a cabman—he ought to have been a volun-
teer—was gracious enough to permit me to visit.
In one of them, the Pavilion, once the secluded
Capua of the English Tiberius, but now a VE ry proper
and useful cavalry barracks, the country corps—
that is to say, the artillery—mustered to the num-
ber of about 2,000. There were the Cinque Ports,
who brought their own pieces, and the Portsmodth,
who came without any. Much grumbling was
there upon this point. Eighteen six-pounders to
eighteen hundred men ! " A halfpenny-worth of
bread to all this sack !" It was perfectly monstrous,
but it was a fact. Either the Government would
not give the guns, or the railway asked too
much for carrying them, and so there was all
this valiant artillery marshalled on the /was a non
lucendo principle without the guns wherewith they
could show Lord Clyde their facility in demolishing
infantry squares, or sweeping away cavalry squa-
drons. The 18th Hussars were very kind and
patronising to the new comers, and comforted them
with the reflection that the absence of guns might,
after all, be better both for themselves and for the
spectators. They (her Majesty's 18th) cautioned
the visitors that if they should be charged at the
gallop their plan would be to keep their bayonets
up, and not lower them to the ground, an error in
practice that had been observed at certain previous
volunteer reviews.

The question now arose, what were to be the
evolutions. The programme was still a secret in
the bosom of Lord Clyde, whose battles, every one
said,' were all models of evolution. At about half-
past 12 o'clock his lordship and three other Queen's
officers, two of whom were Gens. Pennefather and
Dalzell, and followed by four aides-de-camp, gal-
loped across the open, and took up a position close
to the column of the Engineers. Immediately after,
obviously in obedience to orders from his lordship,
the great masses of men began to move, and several
corps, principally light grey, started off at the
double to take up their positions. The intention
seemed to be to form line along the nearer ridge, in
addition to which skirmishers were thrown out, a
dutywhich is always remarkably well performed by
the volunteers. By this time the crowd of specta-
tors had increased enormously, and people watched
eagerly for the nearer approach of the troops.
About this time the great weather question was
settled by the sun definitively breaking out and
establishing himself in a white, hazy, semi-trans-
parent sky for the rest of the day. It was also
ascertained that the intention of the military autho-
rities was to mass all the troops on the northern
heights, and, after a brief inspection, to have the
much desiderated " march past" before instead of
after the evolutions. The masses on the ridge now
grew gradually denser and blacker; and Lord Cliyde
.
could be recognised in the foreground splendidly
thell3
mounted, and accompanied by Col M‘Muroo a
three inspectors of volunteers. Very shortlya after-
wards the sound of a trumpet was
hehard'i and
lordship came galloping up to
td he betting-ring,
staff,
followed by a brilliant regular
an
and, what surprised me a good deal, by quite a
cortege of civilian equestrians, who showed a good
deal more curiosity than politeness in the closeness
to his lordship in which they thought proper to
exhibit their very indifferenthorsemanship. Lord
crowd,Clyd
Clyde had aw n,heons, a few moments after, his lordship
t enthusiastic reception from the
uncovered whilst speaking to the ladies in the Lord
Lieutenant's carriage, the cheering was redoubled,
and kept up for several
minutes with an almost
frantic vehemence. His lordship, who is said to
fear a popular ovation more than a Russian battery,

Was quite overcome, and backed his horse to its ap.
pointed station in evident confusion.

Everyone now prepared for the march past, which
commenced at ten minutes past two, with the 18th
Hussars, who it is needless to add set an admirable
example of discipline and drill to their civilian
comrades. After them came the Hampshire bee.
saglieri, whose commander forgot; to salute the
generall ; and then the " Inns of Court," who cer.
thinly bore off the palm from anything on the
ground, both for marching and appearance. Every
one seemed to know, and everyone to like this dis.
tinguished corps, and when their well-known, affect.
ing, and most appropriate lyric was struck up by
the band, the crowd made the welkin ring with
their acclamations. I cannot undertake to note
down the interminable succession of corps which
now passed before the venerable commander-in-chief
during a full hour and a half, who, with head un-
coveted, returned with marked emptessemeni the
salute of every successive corps, and seemed to
watch everything with a most critical eye, whilst
au occasional nod indicated that something had
passed deserving of more than ordinary commenda-
tion. At 3 o'clock not one half of the corps had
passed the flagstaff, but a short pause took place
in consequence of some difference as to precedence,
which was being settled ou the crest of the hill.
When the march was resumed, a lively Scotch
air told that his lordship's countrymen, the Lon-
don Scottish, were coming, and the crowd with ex-
cellent taste seized the opportunity for paying the
chief another compliment. They cheered again and
again. Lord Clyde uncovered, and when he saw
one of the finest infantry regiments in the world
marching past, adorned with his own national era•
blems, it was quite easy to see that his lordship Witi
affected by no common emotion. He stooped eagerly
forward over his horse's neck, and then leaning
back, slapped his saddle-bow in tune to the gay
strathspey which the band played in compliment
both to the rifles and to himself. It was altogeth,x,
a most interesting incident, and would have been
complete if the pipers of the corps had only had wit
enough to strike up the pibroch as they passed the
flag-staff. Of course I do not mean more than a,
momentary scream, as every one is aware that even
respect for Lord Clyde could not reconcile southern.
ears to any more lengthened specimen of the national.
music.

The last man—l shall not say which was the last
corps—passed the Commander-in-Chief at 25 minutes
past 3 ; and, with him, it was evident that the prin-
cipal interest of the review had, as far as one half
of the public were concerned, passed away also. The
ring was broken in, the fashionables descended from
the stand, and a certain local restaurateur made a,
grand speculation by demanding 2s. 6d. a head for
luncheon, and then informing his guests very coolly
that everything except one semi-denuded ham bone
had been demolished hours before. My own impreEs-
sion was that the statement was only a mockery, a
delusion, and a snare, for I am positive I saw the
same ham bone in the same place on last Easter
Monday, and therefore I believe it to be a pro-
perty kept exclusively for the purposes of this
annual imposition upon strangers. Hark ! there is
a boom of the great gun. Let us leave the del esivet
janibon, and rush into the air; there are squares
being formed in the hollow, and a fierce file fire
comes pop, pop, pop, across the hill. The white
smoke steals curling up over the brow, and the
death rattle of the Enfield sounds nearer and nearer.
One of the two hostile armies is evidently be'..ng
forced back upon its reserves—for see, the iiense
masses in the hollow close up their ranks, because
they know that they soon will be wanted in sup-
port. Lord Clyde, who commands the attack, is
driving everything before him, Squares have been.
gallantly formed, but only to be as ruthlessly
broken by artillery, and it seems as if the battle
was now to become one of great guns. The retrertt-
ing army dispute every inch of ground. The rattle
of their musketry is incessant, but what can infan-
try do against the 6-pounders and siege guns of the
Cinque Ports Bombardiers ? There are now bright
flashes along the White Hawk ridge, which tells us
that the battle comes home. Two haystacks abso-
lutely crest the hill, and round them the deeds of
Huguemont and La Belle Alliance are being enacted.
I fancy I discern the white belts of the artisan corps
r, r ' _
glistening in thn new lorrukapyboo, but T will not
I i
be positive as to whether they are, in this case,
Greeks or Persians. Now they come, Engineers
and Guards, infantry and artillery, red, green, and
grey, pell-mell, victors and vanquished. The re-
serves go up, and cover the retreat of their collea-
gues, and a long line covers the ridge from end to
end. The cavalry make two charges, and therQ is
a pause. People ask each other, "Is there any-
thing more worth stopping for ?" and even the
"Victor of Brighton Downs" must remember that
their train leaves at five, sharp. Besides, the pace
had begun to tell on the stouter volunteers, for the
whole slope of the Downs was dotted with groups
of men who had " fallen out " the moment they got
the chance. A loud cheer rose at last from the red.
coats, Engineers and Working Men—they had car-
ried the hill, and were driving the reserves in and
out in every direction. The columns in the valley
began to form front in a promiscuous sort of man-
ner, some towards Coastguard Castle, others front-
ing Windmill-hill, and the impression became
general that it was time the battle was decided
one way or the other. The spectators had, in
fact, got mystified. The distinction between
victors and vanquished became more and more
of a problem, and great anxiety was expressed
for something in " the hand to hand" line, in
place of this distant and complex manoeuvring, and
it required the final charge of the cavalry down the
bAll to restore every one to good humour. I was
informed that at the termination of the evolutions
Lord Clyde expressed in very warm and encourag-
ing terms his approval of the appearance which
Ihad been made by the volunteers. The improve-
ment, indeed, was conspicuous to everyone, and
will, no doubt, go on until we have a civilian army
equal to any emergency. I did not hear that a
single accident occurred to mar the great success of
the day's proceedings.