The New York herald., 1870-05-09


the Departures from Town" greatly outnumbers
the ARRIVALS in Town." In word, this - Eas er
Week, and the "Easter Recess'' Is the nrst hoI,.
day that Parliament gets during Its short i've
months labor. II Is also the commencement OF
spring. and people love much to make the most of the
season when flowers ana trees commence to show
the nrst vgor OF buds and leaves. Thus 1t is that
every one who can by any possibility leave London
does 50. Moreover, Easter Monday that Is today,
is the day upon which the annual review and aha IN
fight OF the great English 'sham." the volunteer
force takes place. This year 1t is at Brighton and
1t Is stated at the railway stations that &C least 200
COO people have gone down to that pleasant town
upon the sea to eat, drink, follow the marching OF
the volunteers from place to place and return to.
night TO London dirty tired, hos and altogether
unit for the labors OF tomorrow.
THE "BRrTlsH VOLUNTEERED
The term Of "great sham," applied to the volun-
teers OF this country, may seem o hard, but 1t is
nevertheless true one Before 1850 England had
no volunteer force In that year one OF those dlotc
panics that are occasionally raised by the Engl sh
press for want of something wherewth to Ill their
papers and make them sell, was CONGO tel. People
got 1t into their neads all once that the Emperor OF
the French who had stood the stanch friend OF Eng
land during the Crmean war, and who might. but
did not, crush Great Britans Indian empire when
the great Indian mutiny took place, was going to
turn an enemy, and thus the volunteer force was got
up in order to defend England from the French.
God help the country II 1t have no other defenders
to depend upon wnen the volunteer mania was ct
Its height and the volunteers at their best IA
1885 1857 French colonel Of great experience Wis.,
tied England and was present at the great volunteer
review OF the year. HIS comment upon the 10000
men he saw under arms was as follows:-"Heaven
TO bid that England and France should ever go TO
war. But II such q thing did take place. II France
was TO invade England and ! hal command OF the
ratlons the day and the place when and where the
volunteers assemble. for then most assuredly the
II i on this Easter Monday, is7o ."'i four 1.a or
i've battahous OF French zouaves were to land
there assembled woud be cut up ike many sheep,
and no hing would prevent the enemy from march.
Ing straight upon London and taking possess on OF
tbs Bank of England. often think mat 4 even the
Fenians knew their own strength and the utter
weakness cl what Is called our tizen force,n how
the event of an INVASION Not but what our voiun-
teers have plenty Of animal courage. But to say
themselves that would enable them to sand up
aga ust anything like real foe Is than absurd.
That the volunteer movement as IL Is called,
does some amount OF good. and that II gives many
young men manly occupation for their leisure
eo Se means ens sd % og s rs OF
England is SIMPLY folly TO say. The men not
Disciplined: They can shoot well. march toleraby
when they have no or at distance to go, and many
OF them have janniy, mtl1tary-like air. which
agrees well with their uniforms ana arms But
corps that musers on paper 1880 men can hardly
get 400 TO come 10 parade. The volunt ,ers come
wnen they Ike TO drn, leave ID when they like, and
mouths from the Ranks. Nay, what Is more laugh
able stlll, you may often see paraie Of volunteer
corps, say in OF the parks. and two OF
the regiment looking on amid the spectators. They
have time 10 come 10 loaf about III their uniform but
would Father take any part In the proceedings.
1t bores them do So and therefore they lust leave
thsir batiaens 90 do without them. 1t 10 dtFerent
when the great annual gathering on Eas er Monlay
takes place. The parade Itself Is an excuse for an
outing, and man must indeed be frtendess who
has a.; not some far friends at any rate present on
But tnts is not tue disc piine that IS required for
force that II 1t ever fought at all. would have to
fight the best army In the wortd--that Of France.
And therefore am not one iora too severe
when ! say that our volunteer lorce is
found in the shape OF armed men in the
vide world. However, my opinion does not prevent
the gooi peope OF Eng anu making sreinendouss
fuss dbout the volunteers On Friday last we had
about column OF small print In each Of the papers
telling what were the orders OF the War once re-
speeding the movements OF the volunteers the fol-
columns In every Journal were devoted to account
o where this corps aud that brigade were 70 be found
mles from LONDON TO Brighton by land are spoken
or as having braved the dangers and fatigues only
to be met with ona long and dangerous campaign.
In Sundays ObswUer--lhe only paper that IL pub
lshed on the first day o! the week. the Others all ap-
pearing on SatuFday-there were SIX very long
columns devoted 70 the order OF the forthcoming
review Today the sarne dose is repeated In all The
morning and evening papers, and from the
gone down, WHO Will to morrow serve US up . Dish
OF word painting in Imitation u that William
English army. Thus, II ~ does no other good,
the annual volunteer review serves to give 0ccupa
ton to newspapers for five whole days, and per-
haps In the .dead time OF the Easter recess this is
q h.esslng greater than we are aware or aud
therefore let us be thankful But at the same time it
Is to be hoped that Enghshnen VIII put away from
themselves the Idea that the volunteer force Is any
| thing more than an expensive although IN some
respects an amusing, Toy, and WILL n ever the Gay
trial comes not put too much confidence on what
would be but broken reed II the country were ever
l invaded. gT ~
Fashion has been playing some strange freaks in
the way OF religion Of laJe. Ican fully understand
practices and doctrines which 1t processes to OBJ
serve; but fashionable Angicanism has been doing
step towards Romanisn, which, II the English Ian
guage means anything, Is at direct variance with the
Thirty-nine Articles. and the precepts of the Book
| of Common Prayer" Many OF the Church OF Eng
land ministers In this country have established not
| ouy the practice OF confession among Their hocks,
| In their churches. They write and talk or "the
mass and preach about 1t being "a sacrihce for the
priests would do, and In direct variance with the
articles or their Church, which they swore at their
ordination to obey The other day, on Good Friday In
least two Of the Church OF England churches where
"nigh ritual" as IL is called Is observed, the cier-
gymen wore, In imitation OF what IL done at Rome
1
Roman Catholic devotion known as "The Statues Of
the Cross" 9a s.
Tne most curious part OF the story that although
they Thus initiate the Roman Catholic clergy IN dress
devotons, preaching, and even doctrine they will
not admit that they do So but talk of themselves as
,he ancient Catholic Church OF England quite for
getting how that Church was first established as
/ protest against Roman Catholic doctrines and how
utterly impossible 1t Is to profess consistently,
Catholic opinions in Protestant church They are,
and thousands OF the Established Church are follow
Ing them, In point Of fact playing at Popery with
cut the1yPope, ana are fast educating the
English people to become Roman Catholics. In The
meantime Rome Is not slow to profit by their acts.
Day by day and week By week are converts from
Anylcanism received into the Catholic Church here
I'm London. The Jesuits church on Farm street, the
Oratorians in Brompton aud the Oblates Of ST.
Charles at Bayswater, to say nothing OF other
churches are perpeually receiving the abjurations
| Of Anglicans, who, having been led BY their own
pastors to certain point, see how utterly absurd
ana illogical is not to 60 through with what tney
have once commenced, and, having been persuaded
OF the truth OF Catholic doctrines nnd that they can
l not rest on what Il really Protestant Church.
l Rilualisnl. although It Is fast undermining tne