New-York tribune., 1867-08-05

than had sbone upon WimbledOh- is Just tSn
miles from LOndOn-for some weeks. EkeSd Sd 10 the
had anV Thought of going out was ailuIed 10 & tlo
field The roads which lead TO the grand old Ootd ON
mon were lined with solid masonry OF men anu anu
ions roval nersonages who to be present on Ie
occasion II equal TO Derby 0ay. y,i frcc and
sizes all the cheapjacks were out III iui and what
all the fossil country carts the d0nkeys anu Thare
not made the mighty fringe oil tne g; tbo mace
were at least 200 600 spectators surrOuHs ed0 I
which for two weeks ,,nt has 9ecn of the annual
rifle match which has f9g iOrtnIgio I'll H. sg;ut
here and whose grand finale occupied tne .s;tnnsss
of tbe dsv LTune 2O) whose evening was 10 WitheSs
IL H. eiio racd review On this morning the Prlhcess
Wary Adelaide of Cambridge had stood surrounTned
Nv lords and adies-maklng taDleau winch reo'.o9
the old tournament days as we IMAGINE a =. thn
distributed to the successful marksmen Prizes W o
amount of 5000, in cups shields SILVER bi
vases themOstremaTkabe OF when wasa curious Nl
nese cup carved by Celestial artists, ana pesehte1
by Chinese volunteers BY the time TINS 9eautlitu9I 9eai9
ceremony, which was CONQUERED WIN W. mnic of
grace by the Princess, was over, the music OI
the hundred bands was p9fn9 upon uo
air, heralding the approach of the troops Tor the
FS1eE I Te1eHts This TsS to SOoTs reach he @ ground
the 10th Middlesex, at the head OF which, mounted
on fine horse, rode its Lieut,-Col, Thomas Hughes'
who makes an admirable soldier. But the regl-
ment which is always the sensation on these ocGa-
siOns is that of the bare-legged Scotehmeh-Ihe
Scots Fusihers-averagng SIX feet IN th9H I sloes
who march up merTiy to the tune OF - The Hlghland
Iaddie.D The ladies are almost swO0mng WIN de-
light at the sight of these great fellows along whose
and down with that radiant egotsm when last year
drew upon him one of Matthew Arnolds severest
shafts. The Scots have drum-maJor VINO is nearly
seven feet high. But he is beat by the Belgian
drum-maor who has been the towns talk for two
weeks and who, if he had remained behind when
his comrades left to-day, might have starred
this fellow has tried to make himself the tlest sol
der III the world by an elOngation OF his cap ana
from the sOles of his boots TO the his feather ne
is ten feet three inchesl The Belgans were consd-
eraoiy amused &c rea1g on an eSs 1laYole ey
| cordial feelings can express themselves IN BAD
| French, and seemed much charmed with the enthu-
| siam which greeted them at every step.
The Sultans arrival had been announced for SIX
O'clock and if he had popped out from the DIAL ol
| Bennets clock as an hour-mark, he could not nave
| been more punctual however, his coachman could
not find at once the right gate, and fnmbed ABOUT
| little on the common, much TO the delghJ OF Mes
sleurs the mob, who had good chance tnus OF see
| ing him. Once inside he aIIghted from the COach
| and mounted magnificent white Arab steed belong
| ing to Queen VictOria's stable. lie bad, oddly
| enough brought all the way nom COhStah!.hhoTPle .h ~
bis own gorgeous saddle and bride, which, with the
superb jeweled scimetar which hung cleaning at his
side and his coat heavily embroidered with blue and
| gold made a strange and handsome enough figure
for English eyes to gaze upon He sat his horse bet
ter, thought, than any man IN the fed and though
| when in dfawingToOm, his figure seems dwaIfsh
| and his countenance wooden, he rode up on his
milk-white charger and paused by the staff en- winch
was run up the crescent and star rs be approached,
| he certainly presented n me appear
ance. But his impertur6able gravity Is
really amusing. lie never smiles, and be rarely
/ speaks He received on this occasion the most tu-
| multuous greetings with the most mpasslye conn
tenance. At the Grand Stand dals had been erected
where a small crowd of Princes and PrinCeSses had
collected and where were Warrington him the Prince
of Wales and the Duke OF Cambridge dressed SIMPLY
British officers, except foT the badge oi the Orand
| Order Of Medjidie, which the Prince wore rs a re-
spOnse to the order Of the Garter which the Sultan
wore. The statis of the Sultan and of the Prince,
| then, by graceful maneuyer, formed INTO single
circle of many columns and surrounded the saluting
| point where the royal party stood 10 rcNeW the
troops The gians had the precedence, bVt lt was
evident that they cared more 10 see tEn 10 oe SEEN
| and they came shamblng mp all gazing upon the
Sultan and the Prince and apparently indifferent to
| any of the numerous suggestions maze by
| their commanders to the desiTableness
| of some regularity in their movements. But after
them the magnificent sight OF the day-he reg
| ular troops and cavalry the bOwer Of the British
| army, marching with the perfection OF vast ma
chine, aITayed Ill those brilliant cOOrs which IL Is
| here maintained offset in battle the making % a
bright mark Tor the Zoe by the appiilng snow ol eA-
tent that they enable even small company to max g.
] At this grand and proud moment, when the lrlgee
was beginning 10 be proudest the Duke Ot Cambridge
| swelling with emotion, and even the Sultan giving
signs of being interested, at this moment the III
natured Swithin pOurs out his Hoods upon the whole
company. The rain one OF those mean, cold,
! east-windy rains, which come from every
| 1naTter at once, from below as well as
! above. What TO do! The royal Indies looked so
wTetched under their umbrellas. The IlVerled foot
! men are heard 10 swear. The Duke of Cambridge
and the Prince moved their lips in what / supposed
to have been altogether piOus calculations. IheSul-
| tan alone seemed to me happy; he was apparently
unaware that it was raining The Prince oi Wales
steps forward with c oak and proposes 10 cover him
with il the Sultan declines, and sits through all
without shrinking As if this were not enough there
must soon come another catastrophe, one which made
the review from this point failure. The great board
fence which kept out the vast assembly Of the-l
| cannot call them the unwashed," considering the
weather-of the Toughs, OF all who could not hold up
the talismanic halfsoyeIegn at the gates-gaye way
as the HYDE Park railing did just year ago to-day
The iTTepTesslble British public came flooding Tie
whole ground, streamed in through and between tho
El..r Ng1a YNnfa urHu of hglA
the Grand Stand, enveoped and drowned the whole
review. The cavalry tried hard TO drive them back,
but Canute was not more unsuccessful against the
sea. The best that they could do was TO make and
! preserve lane through which the regiments could
march, they did as swiftly rs they could and with
but little regard to showing of WELL or TO anything
beyond getting through, Yet there was two houls
of it in all, During all this the Sultan sat calmly III
the rain, and apparently made DIt one remark
during that time. This was made TO lne fI1nGe
of Wales, while the Royal troops were march
significant question dn French, Are ne. Mtse
Volunteers TO which the Prince repJleqi
"No; they are of the Regular Army The Sultan
did not show by his face that he felt humbugged at
having the Regular Army shown OFF at a Review Of
Volunteers but he evidently was not reluctant 10
move when the last company had passed. 1t had
been intended, but for the floods of rain and roughs,
to have had the usual shambattle bp. this was now
out Of the question The battle was indeed destined
to be real one. For sooner had the last company
filed past than the enormous crowd pressed forward
and completely walled i'll the Royal carriages. The
police the far outside vainly endeavolngtO 10
get in. A scene of utter tumult prevailed me
Prince of Wales the Duke Of Cambridge, the Earl OF
Cardigan, and Col Erskin had TO resolve themselves
into police force about the Sultan. and managed,
by breastng the crowd with their horses, to make
way for the carriage which he had now entered The
people took entire possession OF the capeted dais,
and il was 20 minutes before the Royal POicemea
were able to get the Duchess of Cambridge and the
Princess Mary TO their carriages; they were then
marched, single-file, through the heavng mass. AS
for the ordinary lords and ladies' 1t was only by reg1