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      alow * ugineiitatiori , ithe giidtuA' tffftweUinjg ' <* this remote announcement . - *~ At firat _ jt was little more : than a vibration ' in the-air ; then alow murmur , as of bb *** in evening j then ft more selid anoV recognizable sound ; < then = v compound noise of tramping : and shooting ' , growing loader and more distinct-as < the'ooluoan grew nearer ; and then the Guards-were at hand ; They came on , curving round the comer into the square with a grand continuous , torrent-like flow : the Orenadiers first , the Scots Fusiliers second , the * Goldstreftoas last ; each preceded by its bandj while the Fusiliers , in addition , had marching before them « set of Higliland pipers , who Yw & had reason to congratulate our ears > were

      not playing . ' At ithis ; pointy the shouting was hearty , though not so' universal nor massive as we had expected . Not that 1 there was any want of interest in the gallant Guardsmen—the faces of the spectators , half joyful , half sympathetic , sufficiently attested the contrary—but the roarof voices was rather a dropping fire i than a fusillade . From the window of an adjoining house , however ; wreaths of laurel (" the laurel , meed of mighty < wnquerora" ) were thrown down , and later 4 * the -day we saw one of these carried on thecolouTS . Of the ' coWnrB , we ; niust not forget to say that the ?* shattered and rent condition —telling plainly of the tempest of battle—exerted the deepest interest ; and men might be heard reminding their neighbours , as they pointed to one

      particular banner , that " that was the flag -which was first planted on the heights of Alma . " The soldiers seemed in the most perfect health . Their bronzed races had a thoroughly martial and manly character ; and among the veterans—those few who yet survive of the original body— -some noble beards and mustachios , worthy of the knights of old romance , spread forth brown and bristling from under the black bearskins , some of which , by the way , together with the coats ( though these , with a very few exceptions , were the new-fashioned tunics ) looked faded and weather-stained . Many of the soldiers were singularly young—mere Btriplings , who had probably riot been long in the Crimea ; but all were well-built , muscular , and gallant fellows .

      From this point , the procession swept on through Cockspur-street and Pall-mall ( the club-houses in the latttw street * flbrding in their balconies capital standing or' sitting rootii for' the * ladies , w ho -were radiant in -silks and smiles ) , and , entering the Mall in St . James ' s Park between Marlborovigh House and St . James's Palace , proceeded to the residence of the sovereign . We must here borrow some details from the account in the Times : — ** Within the gates of the Palace , there was manifested as eager and as intense an interest as without .

      The balcony over the principal entrance had been prepared for the reception of her Majesty , the Koyal family , and guests ; and , for at least an hour before the rattle of the drums indicated the approach of the troops , the Queen herself , the Bang of the Belgians , several of the younger members of the Royal family , and some of the ladies and gentlemen the suite could be seen through the wi afl ^ wa ¦ . Irumediately behind the balcony , eagerly watching' for the appearance of the bayonets which carried the heights of Alma and withstood the flower of the Russian army at Inkerman . "

      The appearance of IiOrd Cardigan at this spot , mounted " on that famous charger which carried him into and out of the desperate charge of Balaklava , " was hailed , according to the Timesy " with shouts of approbation , mingled with only a few hisses . " The Duke of Cambridge and his aide-de-camp , Sir James Macdonald , were received with loud cheers . On the troops approaching Buckingham Palace , " Her Majesty leant slightly forward over the balcony , and the satisfaction with which she welcomed her brave Guards was manifest even to those who were

      without the Palace gates . At the end of the Mall , the troopB turned to the left , entered the south gate of the Palace , and passed under the balcony on which the Queen and the Royal party were standing to receive them . As the troops entered the enclosure , her Majesty waved a white handkerchief , and as they passed before her she further testified her pleasure at their presence , and her gratitude for their services , by bows and smiles , to which the troops responded by cheering most heartily . After the Grenadier Guards had passed from the end of the Mall , there was a alight interruption of the line of march , owing to the crowd breaking in upon the reserved space , from which the utmost exertions of

      the police and some Life Guards , who were stationed at that point , could not immediately drive them back . The result was that a considerable portion of the Fusiliers had to pass this point in broken formation , nnd then to run on in order to overtake their companions and reform the column to pass before the Qucon . With this exception , the progress of the troops was uninterrupted , and this did not interfere with the order of their march before her Majesty . Tlio threo regiments marched through the enclosure , each experiencing from her Majeaty the same gracious reception , and each responding with the same hearty cheora . " The troops then proceeded to Hyde Park , where

      they were reviewed by the Queen . With ( the exception of the space kept open for the display , the park was crowded with pedestrians ( carriages and horses being excluded ) , and the top of the-Marble Arch was also thronged . ¦' ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ - ' ¦ - ¦ : - " Awnings covered with bright -pink or crimson cloth were erected on the tops of many of the bouses in Parklane , from which , and from the windows beneath , hundreds of persons commanded a view of the exciting scene ,-which , if it lacked the distinctness Vouchsafed to a closer inspection , had an' immense advantage in the magnificent coup cTceil which it afforded . Here'and there , within the Park , a temporary scaffold , with its full complement of occupants , reared its outlme » « bore the

      surrounding crowd . The fall of one of 'these overladen structures unfortunately caused two wotneri ' hij « ries , more or less severe ; and just before jthe arrival of the Queen , a poor woman in humble life was carried away by four policemen bleeding severely from the fra ' ctore one of her legs , occasioned , it was said , by- a kick , from the horse of one of the cavalry soldiers : employed , in keeping the ground clear . The open space assigned , for the review was maintained by detachments of the Horae Guards ( Blue ) , the 2 nd Life Guards , and the 3 r 4 Light X > Eagoo » 8 , stationed at intervals along . tjie , liuesj . ' and

      under the command respectively of Colonel , Forrester , Colonel Williams , and Colonel Unett ; and in this duty they were assisted by a large body of tb © ^ Metropolitan Police , acting under the personal superintendenceof ; > Sir Richard Mayne and Captain Labalmondiere .. s Lord Hardinge , the Field Marshal Commanaing-in-Chief , was prevented being present at the ceremony by the accident he met with at Aldershott on Monday , and from which he is but slowly recovering . The Quarterraaster-General , Sir Richard Airey , was also unavoidably absent , owing to a mishap which has afflicted him with partial blindness . "

      The technical details of the review we heed not repeat , while recording that it passed off with the utmost enthusiasm ; but two incidents of the day—one ludicrous , the other touching—we must add from , the columns out of which we have already quoted : — " Sir George Grey , the Secretary of State for the Home Department , and Lady Grey , remained for some time among the crowd , excluded' from the . sp ' acejaround . the saluting point , and it was not until he ' appealed ' in a good-humtmred way to some gentlemen inside tile barrier , in attendance from three of the morning newspapers , one of whom he recognized , and to all of whom his person was well known , that the Home Secretary was relieved from a position with the novelty of which he himself appeared not a little amused .

      " After the Queen retired from the Park , an incident of singular interest occurred , for which none seemed to have been prepared . A vast crowd of the humbler classes , who had been pent up for several hours behind the barriers along the northern side of the enclosure , spurning all" farther attempts at control or resistance bv the cavalry and police-who . kept the ground clear , broke the ranks at a vulnerable point , ^ And , shouting with a wild kind of delirium , rushed at rail speed towards tUft Crimean heroes , who were still formed in squares , and seemed not a little at a loss to account for this ebullition of popular enthusiasm . But the long-cherished desire of hundreds to meet among the troops relatives and friends whom they had not seen for bo long an interval of time , and who had undergone vicissitudes and privations and earned renown in the defence of their

      country , explained it all , and , with this spontaneous and touching exhibition , the spectacle terminated , which will long live in the memory of all who witnessed it . " Among the incidents of the day , it may be mentioned that Lord Rokeby , according to the Daily News , " recognized amongst the spectators a Crimean soldier in plain clothes , who had lost one arm , and whom he warmly shook by the hand . Here and there , too , was to be seen a weeping parent or relative , in whose mind this ovation but too keenly reawakened sorrow for those whom the casualties of war had taken away for ever . " The samo paper also notices " the presence of a little dog , led by a string by ono of the Sappers , and said to have passed through the whole of the siege of Sebastopol , and to have figured in many a brush with the enemy . "

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      The American Anniversary Of Independence...

      THE AMERICAN ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE . A urok number of American gentleman ( upwards of ono hundred ) , and a smaller number of English gentlemen , met on Friday week , July 4 th , at the Star and Garter , Richmond , to celebrate the anniversary of the declaration of American Independence . The host waa Mr . Peabod }' , a gentleman from the United States , who , ainco the year 1860 , has been in the habit of commemorating tho great event in hia country ' s history by bringing together , in festal amity , natives both of the old and the now lands , and thus obliterating those feelings of jealousy and soreness , the presence of which hns already done much mischief to the true interests of tho world , ' and the softening down of whoso intensity ia particularly needed at tho present moment . Tho grand dining hall ww » fitted up for tho occasion with busts of the

      Union separately , and afterwards to those ' from *'© id England and her Colonies . " He next proposed the toast of " The day We celebrate , " which was received with loud acclamations . " Her Majesty the Queen" was afterwards toasted , Mr . Peabody observing that he had never yet known an American who would not drink that toast with as much enthusiasm as the most loyal of the Queen ' s subjects . The toast was received with great cheering , and was followed by "The * - President of the United States , " also warmly honoured . Captain Mackiunon , 8 . N ., proposed " The Memory of Wasfii ington , " which was drunk standing and in : silence . " The health of his Excellency , the American Minister , ' *

      Qtreen and of Washington , the American , eagle , the standards of England and of the United States , and other appropriate decorations . Mr . Peabody- took the ' chair shortly after seven o ' clock , supported on the right by f he American minister , Mr . Dallas , and on the left bv Mr WiHiani Brown , M . P . for Liverpool . ; / - " After dinner , Mr . Peabody , producing two cups , one of English fabric , the other of American-oak , said , " These cups of love and peace , filled from the same fountain of good cheer , I send , one to the East and . tt & other to the West y and , when they meet in the circling bound , maylbey pass with the * oucb , of friendshipJ ' ( Cheers . ) The two cups were then- passed ' round ; Mri Peabody drinking to the- guests trota « ach State of the

      was proposed , amidst loud cheers , by Mr . William Brown , M . P ., and acknowledged by Mr . Dallas in' an eloquent address , in the course of which he observed : . —i" We are , as a country , but eighty years of age ; we are at this moment honoured by the presence of one of the leading men of America , General Mercer , who ia only one year younger than his own country { cheers '); but ^ . notwithstanding the youth of our country , how justly proud may we be of her ! ( Cheers . ) At the time of her birth , she was a puny creature , sickly , feeble , diminutive . Look at her now ! ( Cheers . ') She then contained but 2 , 500 , 000 people . Her population is now 27 , 000 , 000 ! Her territory wa 3 then a margin of the Atlantic . It is now an immense continent ! Her wealth .

      was then comparative poverty . Her resources are now actually exhaustless ! " Of these facts , he thought that England had as much reason to be proud as ' the United States , seeing that English blood has formed the main stock of the American people . Alluding to the present differences between the two nations , ¦ Tie observed : — " Two brave men are equally fearless of each' other j one will never yield to the other on a point of honour , and therefore they sometimes come into collision . Two merchants pursuing the same course of adventure will sometimes find their interests clash . The spirit of the press , too , which in free countries should ever be free ! , often brings on a state of feeling which requires to be dealt with by the wisest and most conciliatory measure ^ .

      ( Loud cheers . ) It is a matter of sincere regret , but perhaps it is in the order of Providence , that the freest nations are not always the sinceresfc . friends . ( Hear , hear !} I cordially concurred in the first , second , and third toasts that were proposed . With regard to the second , permit me to observe that , if there is one feature of the American character more prominent than ajptf & ier , it is the heartiness with which they receive the toast of tho lady whose name is always foremost in the hearts of Englishmen . ( Loud cheers . ) I ask my countrymen who are acquainted with the universal spirit of America , who know the extent to which we carry our civilization , whether we do not always drink a double bumper to the ladies in preference to the gentlemen . " ( Cheers arui laughter . )

      General Cadwalader , in proposing the toast— " Great Britain and Che United States ; frank intercourse , cordial friendship , and perpetual peace between them , *' took occasion to remark that he believed the public press in England could hold in its band the key to the American heart , and that he felt assured , if the Queen were to visit Canada , and tos return by way of thja United States , Bhe would bo received with the utmost enthusiasm . Several other toasts followed ; and , in tho course of a speech delivered by the Hon . Mr . Cameron ' .

      of Canada , that gentleman dilated on the difference between tho conduct of England to her colonies now and at a former period . " England , " he said , " has mado Canada tho anomaly of an independent dependency . She allowed her to pass her own laws of trade and navigation , nay , even to make her own treaties , as witness the Reciprocity Treaty—( cheers )—which had already increased tho export trade of Canada five hundred-fold . ' , ' The company separated shortly before twelve o ' clock . The national airs of the two countries were played at intervals during tho evening .

      America. Tiirc Presidential Nominations ...

      AMERICA . Tiirc Presidential nominations and ennvnssings form tho chief nubjcciH of interest in the United States at the present time . The names now put forward for the Presidency niul the Vice-Presidency are : —For President , Democratic , James Buchanan , Pennsylvania ; Republican , John C . Fremont , California ; Know-Nothing , Millard Fillmore , New York ; Know-Nothing Bolters , N . I ' . Banks , jun ., Massachusetts ; Know-Nothing Sub-Bolters , R . F . Stockton , New Jersey ; Abolition , Gerritt Smith , New York . For Vice-Prcaidcnt , J . C . Brecken-

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), July 12, 1856, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12071856/page/5/