The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-23 00:00:00

'THE suli, LONLON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1867.

such like. It seems very much as if he was pursuing
one just now with all his might and main, and that
phantom is his own supremacy among the working-
classes, as their friend and adviser. He knows,
or he ought to know, that he is giving the
worst advice possible when he counsels agitation
and such like demonstrations to take place ; if he
does know it nothing can excuse him from making
political capital out of the,prosperity of others, and
if he does not he is not fit to give advice at all,
and should not pretend to do so. As for the mem-
bers of the Liberal side who were true to their prin-
ciples, if not to their party, they can very well
afford to laugh at Mr. BRIGHT'S threats and de-
nunciations; and they may rejoice to think they
have so well served a cause that he has made
secondary to that of appearing as a demagogue.

Easter Monday was always one of the most
portant days in the calendar to sight-seers and holi-
day-makers; but of late years it has acquired some
dignity from the great annual Volunteer Review.
So long as Greenwich Fair and Hampstead-heath
were the paramount attractions, the visitors were
more hilarious than select, but the Grand Review
furnishes attractions sufficiently strong, and pos-
sesses a character sufficiently respectable, to give all
classes, all individuals, an excuse for " a day out."
The day has assumed something of the character
belonging to the Derby Day of old as a national
holiday excursion, mid that the strong interest felt
by Englishmen in the Volunteer movement is still
undiminished was shown by the throngs who yes-
terday visited Dover and watched the manceavres
of the amateur army with the greatest enthusiasm.
The selection of the spot was a goof one. Brighton
has many advantages in its fine open downs, its
easy access from London, its ready means of com-
munication, but it has been favoured long enough,
and it was time that some other town should be
selected. Brighton will yet, we hope, witness a
good many more Reviews, but the inhabitants can-
not reasonably complain of a change of scene for
the grand Volunteer performance. All went off
most brilliantly, and the meeting is described as one
of the most successful yet attempted. The weather,
which always plays an important part in English
out-door enjoyments, was, on the whole, propitious;
in the morning, indeed, its extreme brilliancy made
some distrustful of the future, on the well-known
principle that—

" - Snob mornings gay
Bring noons of storm and shower."

Happily, these anticipations were not altogether
realise 1, for, in spite of thickening clouds, the rain
kept off, and allowed soldiers and civilians a plea-
santly cool afternoon. The number of men engaged
in the operations was estimated at about five-and-
twenty thousand, and the result of the day's opera-
tions was to show that our Volunteers are steadily
improving in military science and skill. The novel
feature of the review was the employment of ships,
the leading idea of the day being that an invading
enemy was landing his forces under cover of
his fleet. Supposing that such an enemy had
succeeded in defeating our naval force off the
coast, this would undoubtedly be his 'probable
course, an 1 the presence of the vessels,
while it gave life and variety to the scene, had also
the advantage of enabling actors and spectators
fully to realise the plan of action. The fortifica-
tions and batteries of the Castle played of course an
important part, and the attack an 1 defence were
kept up with spirit and vigour during the whole day.
The various branches of the service were well repre-
satte.d, and the artillery especially called for warm
commendations. The precision and regularity with
which all played their parts cannot be too highly
praised, an 1 the Volunteers succeeded not
only in exciting the admiration of the
inexperienced sightseers, but in obtaining the
approval of the regular military spectators, and
the numerous foreign visitors, who watched the
proceedings with the deepest interest. The French
and Belgian armies were strongly represented, and
these accomplished officers were loud in their praises
of the spirit and efficiency of the Volunteers.
Some points were mentioned in which improvement
was desirable, and some weak places were pomp-
tible in the disposition of the troops, but on an
occasion like yesterday something must ba sacri-
ficed to effect, and it is not fair to judge the
plan of a review as a test of the military
skill to be shown in face of the stern realities of
war. The Volunteers went through the fatigues of
the day with good temper and steadiness, and, so
far as we have yet heard, no accident occurred to
ma: the pleasure of the occasion. The members of
the regular army who were present manifested,
from the Commander-in-Chief downwards, a hearty
sympathy and interest iu their amateur rivals, and
no doubt their comments and criticisms were as
valuable as their praises. The soldierly appearance
then
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nature
and as they defiled past the Commander-
in-Chief they maintained a firm and steady quick
step, marching past at the rate of three hundred
and forty per minute. Au hour andtwelve minutes
were occupied in this march, four-and-twenty
thousand passing by the Duke. The favourite
regiments—such as the London Irish and London
Scottish, the Inns of Court, the Cinque Ports, &c.
—were warmly welcomed, though the spectators
were naturally less familiar with many of them than
the reg liar Brighton crowd. The precision and
purictuality of the day's work was carried
into the railway arrangements, for the trains
ran with steadiness and regularity, and the
heavy extra work undertaken by the railway was
all faithfully and successfully accomplished. It was
no slight test of the company's powers of manage-
ment, and such a rehearsal on our various coast
lines may not prove valueless in case of a real emer-
gency. The conveyance of troops by rail is one of
the most important features of modern warfare, and
if our Volunteers are to play their parts beforehand
in case of attack, all other parties likely to be
mayggtemost brilliantly and
as well do so to.
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British Volunteers have added
another triumph to their former achievements,
having this year been submitted to a more search-
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ing test than usual.

A LONG INCUMBENCY.—An incumbency of un-
usual duration has just been brought to a closo by the
death, in his 91st year, of the Rev. R. Dickson, who, for no
less than 63 years, had been rector of Kilkeedy, near Limo
tick. Up to the time of his last illness the venerable gen-
tleman retained possession of all his faculties, and took
part last month, in the.celebration of the holy communion
in his church.

SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUJl.—Visitors during
the week ending April 20, 1867 :—On Monday, Tuesday.
and Saturday, free from tea a.m. till ten p.m., (J,O-13 ou
Wetlciesday, Thursday, an 1 Friday (admission 61.), from
ten a.m. till six p.m., 1,090; total, 10,133; average of cor-
responding week in former years, 11,351; total from the
opening of the Museum, 6,646,135.
THE SUNDAY LIQUOR TRAFFIC. —The Arch-
bishop of Canterbury has addressed the following letter
to the Rev. Dr. Garrett :—" Addington Park, Croydon,
April 2d. —My dear sir--I have read with very great in-
terest the letter you have addressed to me an the subject
of the Sunday liquor traffic. It is a matter which deeply
concerns the welfare and fatuity happiness of the working
classes, and I sincerely hope that the two bills which have
been introduced in the House of Commons to improve the
law in this respect will be carried. They will have my
cordial support. I enclose a draft for £5 towards the ex-
penses incurred in furthering your good cause.—Believe
L me, dtc., C, J. Canviiii."

CORRESPONDENCE FROM. PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Monday Evening.

In consequence of the holiday of Easter Sun-
day the papers have not appeared this morning.
Indeed if they had been published nobody would
have read them, for all Paris is determined to be
jolly to-day, particularly as it happens by chance to
be fine again. Alost of the shops were closed early
in the afternoon, and all the Parisians are gone to
the Exhibition or the promenade.
Even Luxembourg is for the moment forgotten,
but for the moment only. La Liberte of last even-
ing seems to consider a rupture so certain that it
has an article headed " The National War." It
says :

" There is :low little possibility of doubt. War
between France and Prussia is inevitable. Every
day which passes without the evacuation of Luxem-
bourg by the Prussians aggravates the position,
for it is one day more of humiliation for France.
The longer there is patience the more will
separation be necessary. Thus, even if diplo-
macy should obtain in the end the improbable eva-
cuation of Luxembourg, it would only postpone the
war—it would not be definitively avoided. France
does not like to .wait in the antechamber. When she
is compelled to wait she is only the more uneasy."
It may be mentioned, as a specimen of the manu-
facture of news recently in operation, that a report
circulated at Paris that the Powers had agreed to
come to a compromise respecting Luxembourg was
telegraphed to Berlin. A day or two afterwards it
was circulated both at Berlin and Vienna, and then
another despatch was sent from Berlin to Paris with
the stale, unfounded report. It, however, gave the
Vienna Gazette the opportunity of commenting on
it, and of displaying its supposed knowledge of
events by saying that there was room to doubt the
authenticity of the news.
The period appointed as the latest day for the
reception of cantos, or songs and hymns of peace,
to be sung at the grand musical festival in July
next, has expired, and the Literary and Musical
Commission have commenced the Herculean task of
reading all those effusions with a view to decide
upon the poet who is entitled to receive the Exhibi-
tion prize (5,000 f.) and a gold medal. The poets
have nobly responded to the appeal. They have
sent in no less than 3,500 cantates. Taking the
average at 100 verses, the number will be 350,000,
in addition to 2,500 hymns of peace. For the latter
the poets were restricted in their inspirations, and
their Muse was not allowed to exceed three strophes
of eight verses each—that is to say, 60,000 verses
for the 2,500 hymns, or a total of 6,000 composi-
tions, and 410,000 verses. Who shall say after this
that France is not the land of song ? The Presi-
dent of the Literary and Musical Commission
is M. Auber, and they went quietly and laboriously
to work. A little discord, however, arose, and
somewhat strangely and ipappropriately- it was the
question as to the award of the " Hymn of Peace,"
which lighted up the literary war. An adjourn-
ment took place till after Easter, when the Commis-
sion are to meet again to come to a definitive

decision.
The Moniteur of this evening states that the
Pomore and lntrepede frigates with French troops
on board from Mexico had arrived at Madeira.
Prince Napoleon Jerome left Paris to-day for his
estate of Prangius, in the Canton de Vaud, Switzer-
land.

The iloniteur Prussian publishes the text of the
protocol, which was signed at Berlin on the 16th of
April inst., by which the Plenipotentiaries of the
allied Governments ratified the constitutioKt of the
Confederation of the North, as it was agreed to by
the Reichstag.
Accounts from Berlin state that the two Cham-
bers of the Prussian Diet are to meet on the 29th
inst. The Diet of the kingdom of Saxony is con-
voked for the same day. The Legislatures of , the
other German States will soon meet, for instance
those of Prussia and Saxony to discuss the Consti-
tution of the Confederation of the North agreed to
by the Reichstag. The Austrian Reichstag will
inert on the 20th of May.
The King of the Belgians and his brother, the
Count de Flandre, left Brussels yesterday on their
way to Dusseldorf, from whence they will proceed
to Berlin, where will be celebrated, on the 256, the
marriage of the Count de Flandre with the Princess
of Hohenzollern.
Ou Saturday evening the Pope celebrated a so-
lemn Mass in the basilisk of the Vatican. The
Holy Father afterwards gave the apostolic blessing,
urbi et orbi. An immense number of Italians and
foreigners were present. After the blessing the
Pope was saluted with cordial and repeated accla-
mations.
The first rowing matches of the season of the
Paris Rowing Club took place yesterday at Asnieres,
as follows :—Prix d'Essai, for the rower of the 2d
class, won by Kirondelle ; Prix d'Overture, for two
rowers of the Ist class, Diablotin ; Prix d'Asnieres,
for two rowers of the 2d class, La Mouche ; Prix
des Ajoux, for four rowers of the Ist class, Gauloise;
Prix des lies, for four rowers of the 2d class,

Emerande.
The Exhibition has been very much crowded to-
day, and so it was yesterday, iu spite of the terrible
storm. Yesterday, however, the French, who are
not generally aware of English habits, expressed
bitter disappointment at finding all the English
departments closed. The Imperial Commission
have particularly. distinguished themselves for their
punctuality. They announced that the summer
season would commence yesterday, and that mili-
tary bands would play in the reserved garden and
in the park. The promise was fulfilled. The
park was illuminated at night. The visitors may
now remain till 10 o'clock at night in the Champ
de Mars, which is illuminated.

DEATH OF • THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN THE
KINGDOM. The Caledonian Mercury, which
claimed to be the oldest newspaper in the kingdom, and
which for some mouths past was issued in the form of an
evening half-penny paper, ceased on Saturday to be pub-
lished, after an existence (since 1662) of more than two
centuries.

SEVERE GALE AT LIVERPOOL—A very severe
gale, accompanied by heavy showers of rain, swept
over Liverpool horn 10 o'clock on Saturday night until an
early hour on Sunday morning. Mr. Hartnup, of the
Liverpool observatory, states that the horizontal motion
was 62, and at 4.30 a.m. on Sunday, the pressure was 361 b.
to the square foot. During the greater part of the storm
the wind blew from the west to west by north, and for-
tunately it was so, otherwise the shipping outside the port
would have no doubt suffered severe damage. Inland,
however, the storm was felt with much severity, and seve-
ral splendid elms in Shiol-park were blown down.

A singular case of pauperism came before the
Salford stipendiary on Saturday. A lady was summoned
for having refused to contribute to the support of her
grandchild, the mother of whom, who is said to have very
wealthy relatives, and to be the niece of an archbishop,
now deceased, has become chargeable to the parish. The
grandmother produced evidence to show that she was her-
self partially dependent upon her sons, and it was urged
that the mother's relations ought to be compelled to share
the responsibility. The magistrate said it was hard that
the ratepayers should have to pay in such a case, and he
made an order for the payment of 2s. per week.
William Humphrey, seveuty-eight years of age,
living at Brentwood, Essex, has within the last few days
had a pension of 9d. a day Bottled upon him for services
performed in the Peninsular war. He was a seven-yearn'
man, and left the army in January, 1817.
EPPING FOREST.—Yesterday several thousands
of persons spent their holiday in Epping Forest. The
East London Committee of the Commons Preservation
Society held an upon-air meeting opposite the Royal Oak
Tavel'', High Beach, Loughton, for the purpose of pro-
testing against the enclosure of the forest. Several speeches
were made, and resolutions adopted to further tie objects
of the association. Some of the poePle
parts which have been already enclosed.
present wanted to
take summary measures for the displacing of tails and the
obstructions ill
The committee urged that it was better to take legal means
to prevent an extension of the evil.

RAILWAY ACCIDENT.— A serioets accident oc-
curred on Saturday evening on the London and North-
Western Railway, about two miles south of the Wigan
passenger station. When the 4.45 train from Manchester
to Wigan via Tyldesley had reached the place alluded to
the axle connecting the front wheels of the engine snapped.
The engine ran uneasily for some distance, and was then
flung upon its side across the up-line. The two men on
the engine were much hurt, one having his head cut, his
legs crushed, and two fingers completely cut from his
hand ; and the second man was cut about the face and his
back injured. It was rather singular that cone of the
passengers suffered mere than a shaking.•

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

BAVARIA AND PRUSSIA.

MuNicn, April 23.
The following semi-official statement has just

appeared here :

" Ilerr von Faufkirchen's visit to Berlin and
Vienna is occasioned solely by the threatening aspect
of the political horizon, and not by negotiations for
the entrance of Bavaria into the North German
Confederation. No negotiations for any other sort
of national junction of Bavaria to the remainder of
Germany aro being carried on. The Bavarian
army will not be mobilised."