The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1866.

THE WELLINGTON, ST. JAMES'S-STREET
(Entrance 160, Piccadilly).
Set Dinners as usual. The carte varied, choice, and mode-
rate. Turtle; thick and clear, always ready.
The Billiard ltooms now conducted .by J. Roberts, the
champion.
Suppers'until One am.
Elegant Saloon Dinlnv. It oms for Ladies.

.H E 0 X F 0 it 11,
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TIIE MUSICAL ESTABLISLDIENT OF LONDON.
Successful Revival of OfTerth2ch's " ORPEIEW AUX
EN TE RS." and " T ROM LCAZ A tt."
Comedy by Duriah and Davies, and Harry Sydney (the
political Momus).
Feats of Atlas by the Mothers Pentland, and Gymnastic
Performances by the Zamezou Les Freres Victorelli,
&c. Great success of " Les. tmazones au Champagne " Di-
vertimsement, by the Misses Jessy and Sara Guinness,
bs,isted by t• eir taleittut troupe of artistes.
In preparation the Lyric Drama et the "RUINS OF
AT by L. VAN BEETHOVEN, the arguments in which
will be read by a distinguished member of the theatrical
prole &sloth
Musical Director and Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, is ; private
boxes, with separate entrance, 10s. 6d.

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Grand Selections from TROVATORE and ROB ROY by
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Enthusiastic reception of GEORGE LEYBOURNE, the
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THE OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866.—What
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petitors, as the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY have in-
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HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING
SHIP. £2,000 required.
WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Boys' Ref.age, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C.

OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON-
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the COUNTRY ROME. £l,OOO required.
WM WILLI &US, Secretary.
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HOMELESS BOYS OF LOND ON --'The
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One hundred and fifty are now in the Refuge. The annual
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Visit of the Volunteers to Belgaim.

(Front the Times Special Correspondent.)
BRUSSELS, Tuesday Morning.
In no place out of England is a horserace enjoyed
as we enjoy it. The love of horses is indigenous to
the English soil, and the mixture of business with
pleasure, which is the great characteristic of an
English racecourse, is witnessed nowhere out of our
country in anything like the extent to which it pre-
vails among us. There is only one Derby, and that
is at Epsom ; but the best gathering to witness the
running for the Grand Prix in the Bois de Boulogne
falls far short of that at Ascot, and Newmarket and
the St. Leger are quite as peculiarly English insti-
tutions as even the Derby itself. There are races
here every year, and races with the break-neck re-
commendations of a steeplechase, but rarely are they
attended by very large numbers, and one half of
those who do go to them don't know the names of
the horses and don't look at the running. Things
took a more English turn on Sunday last, owing to
the presence at the Champ des Manoeuvres, the
Brussels racecourse, of so many hundred Volunteers,
and there was very considerable. interest prevailing
in the immediate neighbourhood of the temporary
fences, some of which were over six feet high, one
of which was a " double," but none of which were
very dangerous, though there did occur a couple of
'-iihaf would be called in Ireland " very pretty falls."
The course is on the ground where the garrison of
Brussels and the Garde Civique are exercised, and
an admirable one it is. The soil is as nice as tan for
the horses' feet, and from any spot you can see the
whole way round. There are two large stand-houses,
with a box for the Royal family between them, but
this was vacant on Sunday owing to the circum-
stance to which I alluded in my last letter as the one
which would make it so,— the illness of the Empress
of Mexico. The stands were not very well filled,
but there were, perhaps, 10,000 people round the
running ground, and a pretty strong muster of com-
pany in carriages and on horseback. " Correct
cards," or, as they call them here, " programmer des
courses," were hawked about the course; but
there were no dealers in " cigars and lights." The
programme is a very peat affair, and contains a plan
the course, in addition to all the other particu-
lars._ to be found on our cards. In every race the
horses went twice round the distance ; but so little
interest did the starting excite that no one seemed
to be aware of its having taken place till the horses
were already in full swing. The pace was not nearly
so rapid as at our races, and the principal noise made
when the winner came to the post was by the music
of a band stationed opposite the grand stand. There
was one fence nearly seven feet high, but it consisted
of light branches covered with leaves, on which a
horse might alight with comparatively little harm
to himself or the rider. The two leaps at the double
hurdles were about 20 feet apart ; the fences were
of wicker-work, lightly placed in position, and in
the intermediate space between the two tan was
thickly strewn. The fences themselves were about
four feet high. All the horses but one went safely
over both ; the exception came to grief in crossing
the first, and threw his rider. lle mounted again
in an instant or two, but his steed bolted subse-
quently, and was " nowhere" when the horses were
coming to the post. The race was, however, a good
one, and afforded much interest •to the lovers of
sport who witnessed it.
. .

In the evening there was a grand fete in the
gardens of La Societe Royale de Zoologie.
There were brilliant illuminations, and an admirable
concert was executed by the band of the Regiment
of Carbineers. The entertainment of the night
was, however, the
.ball of La Societe Royale de la
Grand Harmonic, which was one of the most mag-
nificent ever organised by any of the societies of
this city. There was an enormous assembly of
ladies and gentlemen present on the occasion, the
rooms were gorgeously decorated, and champagne
and other wines, as well as a profussion of light
refreshments, were served to the guests almost
unceasingly from 9 o'clock in the evening till 3
in the morning. At 10 o'clock M. Auspach, the
bourgmestre, entered the reception-room, accom-
panied by Colonel Loyd-Lindsay and M. Le Chef
de Bataillon Deherpe, commandant of the French
riflemen. They were received by the president and
council of the society, who led them up the room,
and delivered an address of welcome, to which
both gallant gentlemen returned suitable replies.
The cheers which greeted Colonel Loyd-Lindsay
and M. Deherpe were general and enthusiastic.
At Laeken the King and Queen gave a dinner
party, at which Colonel Loyd-Lindsay, M. Deherpe
and the several officers of the French Guard, the
captains of the Volunteers, the bourgmestre, the
commandant of the Gavle Civique, Dr. Eustace
Smith, of London, physician extraordinary to his
Majesty, the president and vice-president of the
Tir, and several other gentlemen were present.
Unfortunately, at about the time the inspection
of the troops by their Majesties was taking place
in the daytime, a fire broke out in the King's
palace here, and before it could be extinguished
one of the finest of his pictures, a Raphael, was
destroyed ; with this exception very little damage
was done. So quiet was the matter kept, lest it
might occasion any discomfort to the foreign visi-
tors, that no one outside the palace had heard of it
for some hours after it had occurred. None
of the Volunteers fired at the Tir on Sun-
day, but yesterday they were there in great
numbers. As I explained in my last letter, there
are two ranges ; one is about 250 and the other
110 yards. In the former the white disc, or bull's
eye, is of some 8 inches diameter ; in the latter it
is only half that size. For certain prizes one is
allowed to fire et volonte, or aS many shots as he
likes. The finest shot irade yet has been by a
rifleman named Constance Colet, of Lesve, near
Namur. His small rifle ball went as directly through
the centre of the inner ring as if its passage had
been regulated by a pair of compasses. The best
English shot has been by E. Phillips, of Surrey, but
capital marks have been made also by Woolley, of
Chester ; Self, of Bucks ; and Field, of Arundel.
I The long range, however, is what the Volunteers
delight in, and this was opened this morning under
the direction of Sir Paul Hunter, whose efforts were
efficiently seconded by Mr. E. Bourlant, secretary
of the Belgian Tir Commission. The long-range
ground is situated at a somewhat greater distance
from town than the Tir. It is admirably chosen.
The competing riflemen, standing on one hill, fire
across a valley at the targets which are put up in a
trench on another height, the distance being 500
yards. Besides the sighting one, there are two tar-
gets for the Volunteers and one for the Belgians.
The system of marking is precisely the same as that
carried out at Wimbledon, and the men of the
Garde Civique told off to raise and lower the tar-
gets and work the signals at once fell into their
business directly it was explained to them. When
all the men entered for the long distance shall have
fired at the range of 500 yards, the half having the
highest scores will be selected to bring the contest
to a conclusion at the range of 600 yards. The
avenue leading from the high rood to the shooting
ground is handsomely decorated with flags of the
Belgian colours, and there is a very neat little i
can-
teen just behind the spot where the marksmen
stand. The Belgians are immensely interested
ed in
the long-range shooting,ester-
which is quite new to
them. The greatest number of points madewyns
17,
day at the target reserved for the Belgians
of 16 were
M. Andre being the marksman ;scoresd
1).
made by MM. Goaverts; L. Colette, ucrts ;
Anktlnemans 1).
of ,15 points by E. Sacre, •
f 14 points b'y A.
Monami. and J. Mas Sin ; and o
erbrook A. Jansen,
Paulet, C. Colet, A. Vaume ,
Th. Heeren, and L. Sotteau.

Cow-HousEs.—An application was made yester-
day by a cowkeeper carrying on business in St. Clement
Danes, at the special session of the Strand Union, for a
licence to keep a cow-house near Drury-lane, at which he
intended keeping some 50 co Ws. He had formerly kept as'
many as 90. The Bench (Mr. Antrobus and Mr. Sam-
brooke) refused a licence.

Atlantic Telegraph Expedition.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—It has been represented to me by several
friends, whose opinions I respect, that the officers of
her Majesty's service connected with the recent ex-
pedition have not had that public recognition of their
services they were entitled to, and that it is due to
them, as well as to myself, that I should express
publicly what I uniformly say in private.
At the Liverpool banquet I did my best to speak
of the cordial zeal and ability of all the officers en-
gaged, but somehow the London press only reported
that I " made a characteristic speech" (whatever
that meant), and the Liverpool newspapers said I
proposed as a toast 'The officers of her Majesty's
Navy employed in laying former cables."
These were very concise reports of what I said,
and no measure at all of what I wished to convey,
or of what they deserved should be said of them at
a banquet specially meant to honour the successful
completion of the enterprise.

No one can appreciate more than I can the for-
mer efforts on board the Niagara and Agamemnon,
with ships so unadapted, and cable appliances so
immature, as compared with the Great Eastern and
the cable machinery of 1865 and 1866, and I hope
the officers employed in those former struggles will
not do those of the late expedition the injustice of
supposing that we claim more than that the oppor-
tunity was ours to complete what they had begun.
In Staff-Commander Moriarty, one of the leading
officers of her Majesty's ship Agamemnon in the
former expedition, I had the support of an officer of
mature judgment, rare accuracy, and industry, and
between us there was the most cordial co-operation.
I should like here to recall the readiness with which
the Lords of the Admiralty gave us permission to
ahpepelyrn to
ss thedockyardand th er ea
dayt
zeal with which Captain King Hall, C. 8., met all
Se fo r
any officers
reasonable
her
assistance,Majesty's
our requests, taking a broad national view of the
'
enterprise, and carrying out our wishes with an
energy characteristic of himself. I take this oppor-
tunity publicly to express my personal thanks to the
officers of her Majesty's dockyards at Sheerness and
Chatham for so many instances of their ready de-
sire to aid us.

Every officer and man of the expedition will have
pleasant recollection of the cheerful zeal of Captain
Counerill, V.C., and officers of her Majesty's ship
Terrible. Captain Commerill frequently visited us
in his boats, both in high seas and calms, and his
cheery way of saying " You'll do it yet," " What
can I do ?" and " I'll do it," was truly characteristic
of him. We felt we could not ask what he would not
do. It was sufficient for him to learn a single want
that he could aid in accomplishing, and " I'll do it!"
was his ready word, and it was done as a matter of
course. The officers of the Terrible would do any-
thing for their captain, and entered heartily into the
object of the voyage.
I shall but do scant justice to Commanders Prowse
and Batt, R.N., and Captains Eddington and
Harris, Mercantile Marine, of the Medway and Al-
bany, if I recall the three weeks spent upon the
"grappling ground," where we were often separated
by fog, gale, or darkness ; yet whenever day
dawned, or the fog cleared, there the squadron
were to be seen converging from different points
towards the Mark Buoy, a small spot looking no
bigger than -a man's hat on the surface of the ocean.
Unless all had concentrated their minds and watched
their ships and compasses night and day, no such
beautiful illustration of nautical science could have
been possible. The vessels of the squadron keeping
always together, and commanded by men who knew
the importance of keeping close enough to begin
work whenever it was possible, and yet to avoid
collision in fog, was of the greatest importance, and
we owe much to that invaluable system of signalling
by night and day invented by Captain Colomb,
R.N., which enabled us even in dark nights, when
two or three miles apart, to communicate or ascer-
tain anything we desired.
I hope Captain Richards, hydrog,raphcr, Captain
Evans, of the Compass Department, and many others
of her Majesty's service, will do me the justice to
believe that I esteem more than I can publicly ex-
press their readiness to aid the late enterprise with-
out any reserve, and with a cheerful friendliness to
myself personally that I shall never forget.
I tried as a duty to say in substance all this when
I had an opportunity of speaking publicly at Liver-
pool ; doubtless, I said it indistinctly ; but, as far
more than what I can say as representing the nauti-
cal department of the expedition is due to these
gentlemen, I hope my attempt to do this much
justice to them will be sufficient apology for taking
up so much of your space ; and if I dil not at the
banquet, and do not now, say anything of any other
department, it is because they all know we only
claim credit for doing all that seamen could do to
aid in effecting the one grand object we all had in
view.—l remain, Sir, yours truly,

JAMES ANDERSON.

Steamship Great Eastern.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Vulcan iron screw troop-ship, after having
been nearly two years in Portsmouth harbour since
her return from China, was removed to the steam
basin yesterday with a view of her being thoroughly
surveyed and inspected as to her fitness for being
repaired and brought forward for further troop ser-
vice.

The War Department steam storeship Earl De
Grey and Ripon, H. T. Moore, master in command,
yesterday discharged about 400 tons of -returned
military stores at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, in-
cluding the 12k-ton gun which has undergone a
course of experimental firing on board the gunnery
ship Excellent at Portsmouth, and is now returned
to the Royal gun factory to be re-vented. The cargo
also comprised several thousand Armstrong shot in
transit from Bermuda, Montreal, and other foreign
stations, now ordered out of stock, and to be re-
placed by Major Palliser's chilled shot for service.
The Earl De Grey and Ripon will immediately com-
mence loading with the new pattern shot and shell.
Her Majesty's 2-gun double-screw iron-clad
wooden gunboat Vixen, commissioned on the Ist
inst., at Woolwich, by Commander Spencer
in•
to
Brett, was yesterday undocked and brought
the fitting basin to receive the final arran
and to take over her complement of seamen and
Royal marines in readiness for sea.
attendant lady
Miss Shaw Stewart and eight geents
prnale Infirmary at
nurses from the Royal Military,
have taken up quarters in the Past
they have per-
Hospital at Netley
Woolwich, and for some,ddayY P
duties at the Herbert
formed a portion of thedtn
0- on the invalid soldiers,
medicines, &c.
The inmates complain,
are unnecessarily deprived of the
dGiserineenrasiliiNg omspeital, attending
however, that
.they
their wants attended to by nurses
by the
sex provided well-organised
of their own
Corps, to whom they have been
Army llospital
privilege of having
ac-
customed ; and it appears to be generally considered
that the introduction of the lady nurses is an inno-
vation from which no benefit can possibly be derived.
It was stated yesterday that the number of patients
in the Herbert Hospital amounted to about 300, and
that 19 in 20 had been understood to have expressed
a dislike to the attendance of female nurses being
thrusti,he ufpoortnhethretmestcoonftraoreye toof theirthep desire.64-ounder rifle
guns constructing on Mr. Fraser's plan, as suggested
by Col. Campbell, superintendent of the Royal gun
factories at Woolwich, for testing the exterior or
jacket of the gun, has been completed in the mos'
satisfactory manner according to the usual systematic
proof. During the whole course of the experiments
the outer jacket of wrought-iron had to sustain the
brunt of the explosion, as the inner tube had been
worn and split in three places by the severe test to
which it had been formerly applied. Notwithstand-'
log, however, the inner tube and muzzle of the gun