The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-04 00:00:00

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HOTELS, &r.

CHAPLIN'S
AND
SPREAD EAGLE TAVERN,
GRACECHURCH-STREET,
LONDON.

H 0 T -E L

Comfort, combined with rnoder;iie charges, will be found at
this Establishment.
PRIVATE APARTMENTS FOR FAMILIES.
Sitting Room, 3s. per Day.
Bed Rooms, Is. 6d. and 25. per Night.
A Night Porter in attendance.
No INCREASE OF CHARGES.

INDIA AND THE COLONIES.
PASSENGERS Embarking or ,Disembarking
will find superior accommodation and moderate
charges at
CHAPLIN'S CLARENDON HOTEL, GRAVESEND
ktilqining the Terrace Pier. ,
A Lawn in front, extending to the River.

THE LONDON. 191,
_ LEE 'T-STREET, near
Temple-bar,
DAYSAWthe 4YEthß'Sin st FAMOUSonsist N
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DINNER for THIS
, „ will c

POTAGES.
Queue de B.:mit—A la Julienne.
POISSON.
Rougets a Pltallenne—Merlans frits.
ENTREES.
Cotelettes de Mouton sauce Tomate—Petit Pates de Volaille.

ROTS.
Veau Bceuf.

Pouding de CabiEnNeT—Beignets des Orai
uExtETs

Fromage et Salade.

TO-MORROW, the sth inst.,
Will consist of

"THE LONDON DINNER'

POTAGES.
A la Reine--A la Brunoise.
POISSON.
Saumon sauce nomard—Soles frites.
Blanquettes de Veau a ENTREES.
la Supreme—Compote de Pigeon.

Mouton bouilli—Bceuf roti.

ENTREMETS.
Pouding a la Victoire—Gateau de Genoa.

Fromage et Salade,

An extensive and carefully selected stock of RHENISH,
MOSELLE and other WINES imlorted expressly for THE
LONDON DINNER.

All Fish in season daily.

A fine Haunch of Venison every day at 2 o'clock.

The attention of Clergymen, Officers, and Professional
Gentlemen is especially drawn to the advantages offered by
these elegant Saloons, which fulfil all the requirements of a
West-end Club of the most aristocratic and exclusive cha-
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L'on tronve dans la Salle de Lecture non seulement les
meilleurs Journaux Anglais, mais aussi Journaux Allemands,
Francais et Beiges.

N.B.—During the Exhibition Season, THE LONDON
DINNER will be served daily from 2 until 9 o'clock ; and
Dinners in the Coffee-room, a la Carte, from 1 until 10 o'clock.

Open on Sundays at 4 o'clock.

FREDERICK SAWYER, Proprietors

AMUSEMENTS.

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY
Exeter Hall. Conductor, Mr. COSTA.
To afford strangers to London at this period the opportu-
nity for witnessing the oratorio performances of this Society,
an EXTRA CONCERT will be given on Wednesday next,
when Haydn's Oratorio, the CREATION, will be performed.
Principal Vocalists :—Madame Lemmens Sherrington ;
21r, Sims Reeves, and Signor Belletti.
The band and chorus, on the most extensive scale available
in Exeter-hall, will consist of (including 16 double basses)
700 performers.
Tickets of admission, 3s. ; reserved seats in the gallery, ss. ;
Officestalls, numbered, in the area, half-a-guinea, at the Society's
, No. 6, in Exeter-hall ; or of the usual agents.
The oratorio will commence precisely at 8 o'clock.

MR AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS
"AT HOME." at HER MAJESTY'S CONCERT
ROOM
i Haymarket, THIS EVENING (MONDAY), at 8,
n an entirely New and Original Entertainment, written by
'Tenn' J. Byron, Esq.

PART I.

"MY WIPE AND I."

ART H.
A Romance of intenseP Interest, yclept THE " SENSA-
noN " FORK ; or, The Maiden, the 31aniac, and the Mid-
night Murderers. Performed by a double Company (Two).
EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at Eight; SATIIR-
DAIL MORNINGS, at Three. Places may be secured at the
Pox-office, from Ten till Five ; at Mr. Mitchell's Royal
Library, 33, Old Bond-street. at Austin's Ticket Office, St.
James's Hall, and of all Booksellers. No extra charge for
b ookin g. Open at Half-past Seven. Carriages at a quarter
Tin Ten. W. CORBYN, Acting:Manager.

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VV • SITIES—NewIy Polished and Re-Iined—POLY-
GRAPHIC HALL, King William-street, Charing-cross,
Every Evening, at eight (except Saturday),
With new characters, music, songs, and dances. The scenic
illustrations and effects, entirely new, painted by and under
the direction of Mr. Willi am Callcott. Morning Performance,
Saturday, Aug. 9, at 3. Stalls, 3s. ' • area, 2s. ; amphitheatre,
ls. Box-office open from eleven to five.

Mr. Woodin as Mr. Sothern, of the Haymarket, in his
celebrated character of "Lord Dundreary," Morning and
Evening.

ARGYLL ROOMS. Great Windmill-street,
Haymarket.—GßAND CASINO FRANCAISE.—
Open every Evening for Promenade and Dancing, with the
celebrated Band of 50 performers. Conductor and Principal
Cornet-a-Piston, 31. Bour.counT.—The new Imperial Qua-
drille, Valse Cotillion, and L. Mosca's Peep o'DayValse will
be played nightly.
A new Conversation Salon has been added to the above
Establishment for Reading, Coffee, and Refreshments.—
Admission ls.—Manager, 31. Grenet.

THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY.LANE.
Dion Boucicault, Lessee.
THIS EVENING, A KISS IN THE DARK.
After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN : Messrs. Dion
Boucicault, H. Vandenhoff, F. Robinson, Searle ; Madame
Celeste, Jessie M`Lean, Stevins.
To conclude with THE ARABS OF THE DESERT : a
Troupe of the Beni-Zoug-Zoug.
Commence at 7.
Box-office open from 10 to 5.

THEATRE-RO 'Y A 1.. HA Y MARKET.
Lessee Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, at Seven, THE BALANCE OF
COMFORT.
Alter which, at a quarter to 8, will be performed (192 d) time)
OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck-
stone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern.
Followed by a new Spanish Ballet entitled LA CONTRA-
BANDISTA. Senora Perea Nena, Senor Ricardo, and the
Corps de Ballet.
To conclude with DEAF AS A POST.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr A. Harris.
THIS EVENING, THE RENDEZVOUS. Messrs. niggle,
Ileadows, &c., and Miss Maria Harris.
After which, at a quarter to Eight, KING HENRY VIII.
Cardinal Wolsey Mr. Charles Kean ; Queen Katharine, Mrs.
Charles Kean.
To conclude with THRICE MARRIED.
Commence at 7. No half-price.

OVAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Mammer. —Mr. Edmund Falconer.
225th Night of the continuous run of "Peep O'Day."
THIS EVENING, PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish.
Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville,
and Edmund Falcones • Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara
Weston, and Miss M. Hudson.
After which, a new musical, pictorial, poetical, and ballet
Interlude, entitled KILLARNEY. Miss Anna Whitty and
Miss Lydia Thomson.
Followed by a new Farce, entitled THE COLLEEN
RAWN SETTLED AT LAST. Mr. Charles Selby and Miss
Lydia Thompson.
Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
Prices as usual. Doors open athalf -past 6, to commence at
1 130a-office open daily from 11 tills.
Commence 7

NEW THFATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI.-
Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster.
PHIS EVENING. THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. Ben.
Webster, J. L. Toole, D. Fisher, P. Bedford, Billington, C.
J. Smith, Stuart, Eburne, &a ; MissWoolgar, Miss K. Kelly,
Miss Laidlaw.
To conclude with THE SHILLING DAY. Messrs. J. L.
Toole, P. Bedford, Emery, Miss Latimer, Mrs. H. Lewis.
Commence at 7.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY.
Revival of "Mazeppa."
THIS EVENING will be performed MAZEPPA ; or, The
Wild Horse of Tartary, with New Scenory, Dresses, and
Decorations.
To be followed by a brilliant routine of novel and daring
Scenes in the Circle.
To conclude with a COMIC BALLET, in which the Misses
Crunnis and Harry Croueste will appear.
Commence at 7.--Stage Manager, Mr. W. Searle.

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(Limited).
Capital, £150,000, in 15,000 Shares of £lO each.
Incorporated under the Limited Liability Acts, 19th and
20th Vict., cap. 47, by which the Liability of each Share-
holder is strictly limited to the amount of his Shares.
Deposit on application £1 per Share, and £1 10s. on Allot-
ment. Further calls not to exceed £2 10s., at intervals
of not less than three months each.

DIRECTORS.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, C. 8.,
36, Belgrave-square, S.W.
The Right Hon. Viscount Bury, M.P., 48, Rutland-gate,
Hyde Park.
Willert Beale, Esq., 28, Grosvenor-street.
Sir James Carmichael, Bart., Oakdean, Edenbridge, Kent,
Chairman of the Submarine Telegraph Company.
Captain George Denny, Great St. Helen's, Director of the
Marine Life Insurance Company.
Peter Graham, Esq. (Messrs. Jackson and Graham), Ox-
ford-street.__ _ _

Deane .1";1;n Hoare, Esq., 141, New Bond-street, Director
of the Bank of Hindustan.

Colonel James Holland, 24, Princes-square, Bayswater,
Director of the Agra and United Service Bank.

Jasper Wilson Johns, Esq., 46, Great Cumberland-street,
Hyde Park, Director of the Oswestry and Newtown
Railway.
__

William Edgcumbe Rendle, Esq., 36, Cleveland-square,
Director of the Great Western Dock Company.
Llewellyn E. Traherne, Esq., Junior United Service Club,
St. James's.

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Davidson, Bradbury, Hardwick, and Carr,
Weavers' Hall, 22, Basinghall-street.
BANKERS.
Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, 75, Cornhill.
Hanover-square Branch of the London and County Bank.
BROKER.
Francis Burnand, Esq., County Chambers, 14, Corn-
hill, E.C.
SECRETARY, pro tem.—Gilbert Logic, Esq.
Temporary Offices-22, Abingdon-street, Westminster.
ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS.
This Company has been formed for the purpose of erect-
ing an Hotel on a scale of comfort and magnificence
hitherto unattained in London, on the grounds now known
as Mansfield House and Gardens, Langham-place.
The area of the estate measures 180 feet in depth, and
333 feet frontage, commanding from the south (Regent-
street) end of Portland-place an uninterrupted view to the
Regent's Park.
The site is altogether unsurpassed. The Hotel will stand
in the midst of the leading thoroughfares, surrounded by
embassies, and in immediate connection, through the
Metropolitan Railway Station in Portland-place, with the
Great Northern, the London and North-Western, the
Great Western, and the Midland lines.
The land is unencumbered, and the conditions of the
lease are in the highest degree advantageous.
Ground plans of the site for the proposed Hotel may be
seen at the office of the Secretary, who will be happy to
afford every information, and with a view to ensure the
best design for the building, several architects of eminence
have been requested to furnish plans and elevations, the
most desirable of which will be selected by the Board of
Directors.

THE SUN, LONDON, IVIONDATY EVEN' (1. AUGUST 4, 1862_

PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE
fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S
" GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES."
The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex-
perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi-
ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive.
intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all
is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully
examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin.
ciples."

Kent and Co., Paternoster-row.

THE MAGAZINES.

Blackwood.

" Salem Chapel" still progresses with unabated
interest, and if the climax in the last chapter is
somewhat melodramatic, it is at least contrived with
consummate skill. Indeed, we have rarely met with
anything in fiction more effective than the contrast
between the seemingly successful efforts made by
the minister's mother to conceal from the Salem
congregation the nature of her son's journey, and
their utter overthrow by the sudden arrival of her
daughter. In " A Skye-Lark" we have an account
of the scenery and natural history of that island—
chiefly associated in the mind of the " Southron"
with hairy terriers. The tenth part of" Caxtoniana"
treats " On the Moral Effect of Writers," and con-
tains some pertinent comments on Goethe's well
known criticism on Hamlet in " Wilhelm Meister."
" The dogmas conveyed in this criticism," says the
writer, " are neither historically nor physiologi-
cally correct. If, as Wilhelm Meister had just before
asserted, Hamlet must be fair-haired and blue-
eyed—as a Dane, as a Northman,' certainly, of
all the population on the earth, the Dane, the
Northman, has ever been the least characterised by
wavering melancholy,' or 'soft lamenting.' The
old Scandinavian vikings did not yield to any dark-
haired warriors in decision and impetuosity.' To
this day, those districts in England wherein the
old Danish race left their descendants—where the
blue eye and light sandy hair are most frequently
seen—as in the Scottish lowlands, the northern
border counties, in Lincolnshire, or in Norfolk
(those provinces in which Palgrave proves the
wholesale settlement of the Danes), the superior
activity, the practical longheadedness, the ready
adaptation of shrewd wit to immediate circum-
stance—in short, all the attributes most opposed
to the character of Hamlet, are proverbially evi-
denced. Nor is it true that the fair-haired
children of the north are more inclined in
youth to be plump than the dark-haired in-
habitants of the same climates. The York-.
shireman and the Lowlander are generally high
cheek-boned and lean." A discriminative review
of " Victor Hugo's last Romance" follows. " The
Rights of Women" are discussed, and the remain-
ing articles touch on " Sermons," " Across the
Channel," and " Ten years of Imperialism."

Five per cent. per annum allowed on deposits until corn.
pletion of the Hotel,

Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be
obtained from the Bankers, the Solicitors, the Brokers, or
from the Secretary, at the temporary offices, 22, Abingdon-
street, Westminster.

f .ANGHAM HOTEL COMPANY (Limited).—
_LA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that ALL
APPLICATIONS for SHARES must be sent in by
WEDNESDAY NEXT for London, and FRIDAY
NEXT for the Country.
By order of the Board,
GILBERT LOGIE, Sec. Pro. Tem,
22, Abingdon-street, 2d August, 1862.

AYLESBURY AND BUCKINGHAM RAIL-
WAY COMPANY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GWEN, that the next ORDI-
NARY GENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS
of this Company will be held at the Magistrates' Chamber,
in Aylesbury, on MONDAY, the 18th day of August instant,
at One o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of transact-
ing the general business of the Company.
BUCKINGHAM and CHANDOS, Chairman.
J. G. ROWE, Secretary.
Aylesbury, August 1, 1862.

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gone Manners and Custonli," i:i continued. "Speak-
ing of the dinner table," says the writer, " the hour
for dining then was four o'clock, and at that hour
the drum beat up roast beef at the quarters of the
soldiery. That was then the hour even in the dash-
ing cavalry regiments. In town it enabled the
higher class company to attend the theatres, which
is now impracticable. In those days the histrionic
art flourished. I well remember George Frederick
Cooke as Richard the Third, the only actor that
ever performed the character to my taste. Kean,
great only by bursts, never looked the crookbacked
King; it was impossible to get over his smallness
of person. Cooke, with his hooked nose and well-
developed frame, looked the part to admiration.
He lost himself from his habit of drinking. He
was the only actor an audience ever excused for ex-
hibiting that vice on the stage, but his wonderful
power in comedy as well as tragedy obtained him
forgiveness. We once saw him stagger off the
stage and fall just within the eurtain." "The
House by the Churchyard" and ': Mildrington the
Barrister," are still in progress.

Macmillan.

The part of the present number which will create
special interest is the commencement of the Rev.
Professor Kingslet's new tale, which appears under
the whimsical title of--" The Water Babies : a Fairy
Tale for a Land Baby." The " Laid-baby," who is
the hero of the tale, stands very much in need of
water, for he is, as the first chapter, beginning
"O tu4 a 'little chimney
sweep,nce upon a time,"i
aadhianam
e wnasfor Tom."rae
His master also,
whose suggestive name is Grimes, has no great love
for
od thesdehis head into a
a
pusprerifinguida,fftoerr, on in
a
ddeipbpaucgh,
his astonished
apprentice exclaming, " Why, master, I never saw
roadside
you do that before," he replies, "Nor will again
most likely. 'Twarn't for cleanliness I did it, but
for coolness. I'd be ashamed to want washing
every week or so, like any smutty collier-lad." We
infer, then, that the moral of the tale will be the
beauty of cleanliness—a moral the propriety of
which it is impossible to gainsay. The articles
"by our special correspondent in America," of
which the present treats of " The New England
States," are amusing, not only from the information
they convey, but from the undisguised Northern
" proclivities" of the writer. To him the demo-
cratic republican form of Government, the sweet
fruits of which the Americans are now enjoying, is
perfection. He says, "It may seem strange to Eng-
lish critics, who are wont to assume as a self-evi-
dent axiom that America is a hateful country, and
that the system of American government is repul-
sive to every educated and refined mind, to discover,
as they would by a short residence here, that men
of genius and men of letters—men whose names are
known and honoured wherever the English lan-
guage is read—feel as proud of their own country,
and as proud of their own institutions, as if they
had been Englishmen." Well, there is no account-
ing for taste, and if " men of genius" are fond of
King Mob, and choose to bow their necks to his
yoke, it is not for us to complain. We are also
told that " All over America, and, above all, in
New England, literary fame and the reputation of
learning are honoured to a degree we can hardly
appreciate at home; and, therefore, the literary
mind represents the native mind more closely than
would seem probable to us." Strange ! we always
thought that the almighty dollar ruled the land,
and that the representative of the " national mind "
was Barnum. But travellers see strange sights,
tell strange tales, and " our special correspondent"
presumes upon his privilege.

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Several articles of considerable interest will be
found in the present number. Among theria is that
on "Diving Boats and Iron-plated Ships," which
discusses the best mode of defence against future
Monitors and Merrimacs, and touches on the ves-
sels which have at various times been invented, and
seemingly with a degree of success, for submarine
service. In the " Illustrations of the Maori cha-
racter during the War in New Zealand," by Colonel
Sir J. E. Alexander, we find a nigh tribute paid
to the courage, endurance, and military skill
of those savages ; though the difficulty was
to persuade them to spare the wounded
and prisoners. The aim, in war, they thought, was
to destroy the enemy. " What do you suppose we
are going to Taranaki for ?" they replied. Do
you suppose we are going to save men's lives ? We
ask for no quarter ourselves, we give none. We
only give what we ask." Under the head of " Lobs-
eouse," we find a graphic description of a floating
island on fire in the Indian Ocean. And the writer
of " Macaulay on Marlborough" is rather severe on
the great historian. Thus—" It may seem too epi-
grammatic to say so, but it is in our judgment strictly
true to assert that the late Lord Macaulay's history
exhibits a combination and exaggeration of the
peculiarities of all his preceding works. It is as full
of political prejudice and of partisan advocacy as
any of his parliamentary speeches ; it makes many
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Lays do those of Roman tradition, and it is written
with as captious, as dogmatic, and as cynical a
spirit as the bitterest of his reviews."

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adopting the report and declaring the dividends
recommended therein were passed.
The retiring directors and auditor were re-elected,
and the proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks
to the chairman.

Fraser.

Among the contents of the present number, the
Essay, by A. H. K. 8., " Concerning Disagreeable
People," will be found readable ; and he gives the
palm for unpleasantness to professors of religion.
He says, " I have beheld more deliberate malice,
more lying and cheating, more backbiting and
slandering, denser stupidity, and greater self-suffi-
ciency among bad-hearted religionists, than among
any other order of human beings. I have known
more malignity and slander conveyed in the form
of a prayer, than should have consigned any ordi-
nary libeller to the pillory. I have known a person
who made evening prayer a means of infuriating
and stabbing the servants, under the pretext of con-
fessing their sins. ' Thou knowest, Lord, how my
servants have been occupied this day;' with these
words did the blasphemous mockery of prayer
begin one Sunday evening in a house I could
easily indicate; and then the man, under the pre-
text of addressing the Almighty, raked up all the
misdoings of the servants, (they being present of
course) in a fashion which, if he had ventured on it
at any other time, would probably have led some of
them to assault him. went to Edinburgh,' said
a Highland elder, and was there a Sabbath. It
was an awfa' sight ! There, on the Sabbath day,
you would see people walking along the street,
smiling AS IF THEY WERE PERFECTLY HAPPY !'
There was the gravamen of the poor Highlander's
charge. To think of people being or looking happy
tional Exhibition,"
on the Lord's Day ! And, indeed to think of a
Christian man ever venturing to be happy at all !"
In the article on " The Fine Art of the Interna-
bewst
e "The truest estimate of
the whole
ever
mfineeet with
art practised
eacstoismeedwhaat
the present day in somewhat
startling suggestion that
subject
might
possibly show us that
about . the very
aarcpeoarncneoesnret
ehTdeh globe,
aoTrbhteie,c
scenethe
of this instalment of the tale called "A. The
Friend-
ship," is shifted to France, and a new tale, called
‘‘ Adrian," is begun.

Dublin University Magazine.
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Uncle Toby. " The Stone Lion" is a translation of
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warded and vice punished in the Celestial Empire
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VOLUNI'EER

On Saturday last the Berkshire Volunteers,
assisted by some metropolitan corps and the largest
contingent of regular troops which has yet been
seen at a Volunteer display, finished their vveews
encampment on Ascot-heath with a review and
sham fight, which had been intended to be very
brilliant and imposing, but which, from more than
one untoward circumstance, was considerably cur-
tailed of its anticipated splendour. The public are

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:ue of the company, on
the actual state of affairs, rushed up to the buck of
the roof, and in this way one row of spectators were
enabled to catch on occasiuual glimpse of zumke over
the unequal ground behind; others rushed manfully
to the skirts of the bug, reckless of the half-crowns
they had paid for seats in the-grand stand; but ail
agreed they child see nettling bat smoke, either
the modesty or the military zeal of the volunteers
having carried their. so deep into the bog that their
evolutions were all, as far ns the public were con-
cerned, performed in the stri&est privacy and seclu-
sion.

The commandant of the day was Lient. General
Pennefat her, Lord George Paulet commanded the
of evolutions
cavalry, and his Royal Highness rte. General Com-
manding-in-Chief was also present, but in plain
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clothes, and took no part in the proceedings of the
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Aldershot. obtain
Royal Horse Artillery and the
whole of the 13th
Hussars. The defence was maintained
by the sth
Fusiliers and the other regiments ofthe •
line, who
were to have been strengthened by the London con-
tingent, but they, like Grouchy at Waterloo, were
between Ascot
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fr ast t andhotdef
not up to time. The London Scottish and the St.
George's got up when the fight was at the hottest,
and fired some volleys, the close regular sound of
which was much appreciated by those on the Grand
Stand. The regular cavalry distinguished them-
selves, although the ground was not adapted for
frequent charges, and after a few more evolutions
the proceedings of the field day germinated, and ar,
rangements were commenced for that only sure
card at volunteer field days, the final " march past."
The people on the Grand Stand now at last began
to understand, to admire, and to applaud. At first
their attention was attracted by the Lancers in
front, who were clearing the ground, and who
effected quite a series of brilliant charges against
solitary little boys who would run across the course,
and "dodged" the mounted dragoon in the most
daring and reckless manner. Sometimes two or
three soldiers would close round the juvenile gue-
rilla, but the latter, nothing daunted, would duck
in and out under the horses' bellies, and break out
in a fresh place, perfectly secure that his enemy,
however he might frighten, would never think
seriously of hurting him. The crowd shouted and
applauded, and, after an exciting passage of arms,
the guerilla would be driven to the rails, which he
would clear with a bound, and by several sugges-
tive gestures would then intimate his opinion that
a mounted dragoon was not after all so very dreadful
this the trumpet sounded, and
an opponent. After
General Pennefather and his staff were seen to take
their places in front of the grand stand. A cloud
of dust was seen to rise on the left side of the
stand, which gradually approached, and from its
centre emerged one of the finest bodies of cavalry
in the world—the Royal Horse Artillery. Like so
many mailed statues, these perfectly disciplined
soldiers took their places in a double line at the
entrance of the course, and there waited until by
slow degrees the whole advancing column was
formed. Close behind the Horse Artillery the
Hussars and Lancers fell in, after them the regi-
ments of the line, and finally the volunteers, as fast
as they could be pulled together. A considerable
delay occurred in the muster, through waiting for
the City of London, the North Middlesex, and the
Queen's 'Westminster, none of which corps arrived
until the evolutions of the field day had terminated.
At last the bugles sounded the advance, and it would
be impossible to imagine anything finer than the
march of the regulars. The Royal Horse Artillery
were cheered to the echo, and the Hussars and
Lancers became equally popular favourites ; but
the climax of the public approbation was reserved
for the line regiments, whose marching was abso-
lute perfection. Without saying anything invidious
of our citizen soldiers who followed. we must ex-
press our opinion that nothing could more lead to
the making of their discipline perfect than their
being as often as possible set thus to act with re-
gular troops, in order that the' narching and whole
department of the latter should serve as a standard
by which they might be able to measure and to per-
fect their own proficiency. There were numbers of
Volunteers on the stand, and nobody seemed to be
more struck with the difference between regular
and volunteer marching, although the latter was
perhaps better than any other volunteer marching
in the world. The volunteers, like tree English-
men, are of course, anxious that everything they
undertake to do should be done as well as possible,
and they cannot take a better means of improving
than by endeavouring to emulate the regulars as
strenuously as possible. Some corps, such as the
London Scottish and the Queen's, marched toler..
ably well, but, as a general rule, the marching was
not first rate, and certainly suffered considerably
from comparison with that of the regular troops
which headed the column. The proceedings finished
with a gallop by the cavalry, and a complimentary
farewell from the General of the day.

already aware of the existence of the encampment
—how the volunteers of Berkshire, being manfully
determined to see what the " tented field " was
really like, had collected on Ascot Heath, and
established their canvas city according to the
strictest rules of military discipline. The heath
was speckled with boll tents, warranted to
carry ten inside, but sometimes these were
rather inconveniently crowded in consequence of
the mysterious anxiety of stout men to don the
volunteer uniform. The gallant civilians had,
however, come to the ground firmly determined to
" rough it " and this, as well as other minor incon-
veniences, was submitted to not only without
grumbling, but with the greatest hilarity and good
humour, just as if the whole affair had been a
grand military picnic, and that the usual deficien-
cies of a picnic were to be accepted as legitimate
features in the entertainment. The week had been

exhausted in playing through the whole drama of
camp life, happily, however, without the terrible
" blue fire" of real war, in which the drama of real
warfare too frequently culminates. The Volunteers
formed their camp, and guarded it in true military
fashion. Never was unhappy stranger accosted with
" ho goes there P" by more ferocious sentry than
during the past week at Ascot-heath. There was
gun-fire morning and evening, parade ditto ditto,
daily shooting match, and at night the joys of the
bivouac, the song, the pipe, and the can, after the
most glowing pictures in the manner of " Harry
Lorrequer." Happily the part of the heath selected
for the encampment was dry and the weather over-
head delightful, so that the doctor's weekly " state",
is exceedingly free from " rheumatic affections.'
The men took to their work honestly and faithfully,
never shirking either a turn-out or a parade, always
prompt to answer to the bugle, and steadyintheir
attendance at the canteen, where beer and
approved military refreshments were served otheront
exactly the same as at Aldershot or the Curra h
It was a capital idea this Volunteer encampment,
and it was honestly carried out. We trust it will be
the precursor of many others, and that the rest of
our Volunteer corps will emulate the stout men of
Berkshire, and, not contented with " the pride,
pomp, and circumstance," will also be ready, like
them, to submit to some of the actual hardships of
military life.
The week up to Friday inclusive had been occu-
pied with shooting matches, diversified with "pool"
and " Aunt Sally," and on Friday evening there was
a volunteer ball, at which we regret to learn the
waltzes were much inconvenienced by the sharp
gradients of the flooring of the salon de danse, and
at which a much more serious cause of regret was
that no private volunteer was present except by
" special invitation." This was an exclusiveness
which cannot be too strongly censured,, as per-
fect social equality is the very basis and keystone
of the volunteer movement, and without it the
respectable young men of the country will fall
away, and the ranks will be filled with subsidised
men who would have been much better absorbed by
the regular army or militia. On the parade ground
a gentleman who may be a private will know with-
out being told the duties of respect and obedience ;
but when he finds the distinctions of rank carried
into the social intercourse of private life, he will
hardly like to continue in a force where his per-
sonal status is to be the sacrifice for the pleasure of
wearing a volunteer uniform. It is a singular but
incontrovertible fact that, whereas in the regular
army the distance between the commissioned and
non-commissioned ranks is being lessened every
day, when officers attend the men's balls and
merrymakings, and bring their ladies with them,
when they join in the cricket matches and football,
and, in fact, show their sympathy and military bro-
therhood in every way that is consistent with the
discipline of the service and the Queen's regula-
tions amongst the volunteers, on the other hand, an
affectation of exclusiveness on the part of the offi-
cers becomes daily more perceptible. The broadest
possible line is drawn between them and the men,
who are all theoretically, and nearly all practically,
quite as " good" as themselves, and in cases of halls,
concerts, &c., the latter are much too often snubbed
and excluded. The volunteer officers enjoy all the
popularity which the efficiency and zeal of the
men has obtained. The men, in fact, do all the
work and earn all the praise, and the officers mo-
nopolise all the fun, and honours, and the public
applause.
On Saturday morning the men in green and grey
commenced striking their tents in the heath, and
the men in scarlet came from Aldershott and
pitched theirs in the immediate vicinity. The per-
manent volunteer force consisted of the Berkshire
corps, assisted by, we believe, one or two metropoli-
tan and provincial corps, and the regular force in-
cluded two battalions of Horse Artillery, the 13th
Hussars, the 9th Lancers, and the sth (Fusiliers),
26th (Cameronians), and the 20th Regiments of
the Line. The regular forces therefore must have
amounted to between 3,000 and 4,000 men, horse,
foot, and artillery, being the largest amount
of regulars that had yet appeared at a volunteer
parade. The original intention was, we
believe, that the volunteers should have been pitted
against the regulars, but there was something wrong
in the preliminary arrangements of the former
which prevented the arrival of more than one half
of the corps until the field evolutions had nearly ter-
minated. Many of the best metropolitan corps were
absent altogether, and of those that did come not one
half the men answered to the roll. Blame is cast on

every one, especially the South Western Railway
Company, for the defection, but we really can-
not see that 3s. for officers and 2s. for men was a
very extravagant charge for 58 miles, especially as
the company had to borrow extra carriages and put
on treble the force of men to meet the extraordinary
demand. As to the service, we believe
that the
volunteers were taken down as fast as they arrived
on the platform, and in the train in Which we
travelled ourselves a whole corp
within about four minutes of the time thatWasshipped
did not k
th •
band was heard playing themtheir
road. If the expected corps up the waterloo-
the railway station, the company was
not to blame,
eep tryst at
and from all we could observe
made by the South Western every every exertion was
get the men to the ground a Company's officers to
There may he jealous' sas speedily as possible.
the metropolitan jealousies and differences amongst
corps, Whichcooled the zeal of
some of those who vi
turday, and it on Sa-
y, expected at Ascot
- should be ascertained whether such
was actually the f neglect or
case, before sentence 0
extortion is too hastily passed on the railway com-
pany or their officers.
However, let the blame be where it may, the fact
Was that the Volunteer muster was considerably
short of what had been expected, and many of the
corps who did come were too late to take part in
the evolutions. The first business of the day took
place at 3 o'clock, when General Pennzfather de-
livered, in front of the Grand Stand, the prizes
which had been won during the week,
and imme-
diately after the forces were mustered preparatory
to the evolutions, In order to
witness these the
public had in very considerable numbers taken
in the Grand Stand,
Places but after they had been
comfortably seated,and had
- all got their field.glasses
to the proper focus, they were disagreeably sur-
prised to see the whole army march off to the un-
known bog behind, leaving the race-course and the
encampment deserted,
compassionately
by one military band
which had been. left to console