THE FIELD 
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REDOUT KALEH, BLACK SEA. 
in frosted-silver, unless it be Lis graceful reception of the 
regimental order, adverted to in the earlier part of the 
evidence. The musical festivals occupy many of our pro- 
vincial friends, and the inauguration of St. George's Hall at 
Liverpool is looked to with great interest. 
The Church has its troubles as the layman hath, and these 
are of them. Archdeacon Wilberforce resigns his prefer- 
ments, being convinced that the Church of England’s doc- 
trine of the Queen’s supremacy is contrary to the truth, and 
holding views on the Transubstautiation question which are 
certainly not those of Anglican divines. The Bishop of 
Oxford, the Archdeacon’s brother, is reported to favour his 
relative's views, and a clergyman of his diocese, the Rev. Mr. 
Brock, has called upon his lordship for explanation. The 
Bishop says that there are points in his “ dear brother's 
book ” (on the Eucharist) to which he objects ; but, with the 
art of a practised disputant, he carries the war into the 
enemy’s country, and accuses Mr. Brock of trying to scan- 
dalise his ecclesiastical brethren. As his diocesan, he asks 
him to go on his knees, and ask himself whether he is not 
guilty of this sin. Mr. Brock, undaunted, states that he 
has made the inquiry recommended, and has been answered 
in the negative ; bo he returns to the attack, and likens Dr. 
Wilberforce to Dr. Philpotts. We shall hear more of this 
affair, and of the Archdeacon of Taunton, whose views are 
even more advanced than those of ex-Archdeacon Wilber- 
force. 
Queen Christina is safe in Portugal, and has already begun 
to protest against the course which has been adopted towards 
her. Prussia has issued a circular, expressing her hope that 
Austria will not be led into any act of hostility against 
Russia, as there is no casus belli. The only other foreign 
news of interest is to be found in various statements of the 
political condition of the United States. There a body 
called the Know-Nothings (from their declaration that they 
will know nothing except the interests of the Union, as 
understood by them,) are agitating against foreigners, and 
especially against the Roman-Catholic Irish, some of whom, 
under the management of their priests, are rendered about 
as great a nuisance to society as they were before their 
transportation. The avowed policy of the Know-Nothings — 
who are variously represented as strong and as weak, as an 
institution and as an accident — is, however, founded on false 
political philosophy, and will fail as a remedy for the mis- 
chief it would correct. 
THE EMPEROR AND PRINCE ALBERT AT 
BOULOGNE. 
Tbe little town of Marquise, which was selected as the base 
of the military operations arranged by the Emperor of the 
French as a parting compliment to Prince Albert, is situated 
on a rising ground some nine miles from Boulogne, on the 
road to Calais. We started from the Hotel Bedford, at five 
o'clock, and soon burst into a fine country, teeming with 
fertility and verdure, and diversified by every variety of 
hill and dale, meadow and corn-field. The start looked fair, 
but we were soon brought up by a rush of piqueurs, who 
came to clear the way, and inform all whom it might con- 
cern that the Emperor and his illustrious guest were coming. 
So we drew up in the road-side, and soon had the pleasure 
of seeing the imperial carriage fly past at the top speed of 
four splendid bays. In it sat the Emperor, with Prince Albert 
on his right hand, and on the opposite seat the Duke of 
Newcastle and Marshal Vaillant. Several carriages-and-four 
followed, containing the members, English and French, of 
the little court at the Hotel Brighton, and then a char-u-banc 
full freighted with the naval officers of the British squadron. 
A squadron of Guides galloped behind, and then our pos- 
tilion, getting his lean horses into a sort of distracted gallop, 
brought us to the ground at a speed which could hardly 
have been expected under the circumstances. A curl of grey 
smoke rising over the nearest hill, and the sound of artillery, 
indicated that the imperial party had reached the ground, 
and that the petite guerre would soon commence. The 
ground selected was not a mere extended plain, upon which 
holiday manoeuvres might be gone through with ease and 
safety ; but, on the contrary, presented a most rough and 
irregular surface, offering to the opposing generals aU the 
difficulties that might be supposed to occur in a real battle- 
field, and calculated to bring out the agility, efficiency, and 
discipline of every arm of the service. There were narrow 
rutty roads over which the artillery had to bo dragged at a 
gallop ; precipitous slopes, which tried the sure-footoduess of 
the cavalry horses, and the skill of their riders in the 
vumege ; heavy ploughed fields to exercise the Chasseurs do 
Vincennes iu their famous pas ggmnaslique; and deep ravines 
in which infantry might take shelter from the artillery, and 
from which they might subsequently bo driven by dashing 
cavalry charges, or the worrying fire of the Tirailleurs. The 
Emperor and Prince Albert, both of whom wore the cordon 
of the Legion of Honour, alighted from their carriage at 
about seven o'clock, when the latter immediately mounted 
his horse ; but in a moment, recollecting that the Emperor 
was still on foot, again dismounted and waited until his Ma- 
jesty was iu the saddle. Amongst the gay cavalcade by 
which the two principal figures were surrounded, were the 
Due d'Albe, the Emperor’s beaufri-rc, Lord Seaton, his Ex- 
cellency Suleiman Pasha, Lords Ranelagli, Colville, Chelsea, 
and a Prussian general officer, with whom Prince Albert con- 
versed frequently ; the Duke of Newcastle, iu the uniform 
of the Notts Yeomanry Cavalry; General Grey, and a host 
of others, English and French, not particularly remarkable 
for anything but their uniforms. 
With respect to the number of troops present there was 
the greatest discrepancy in the estimates. However, General 
Grey informed me that the actual number present was 
22,000. The pervading inteution of the day’s evolutions was, 
that the Emperor, commanding at and covering Boulogne, 
should be attacked by a hostile army under General 
Schramm, and coming from Calais. When the operations 
were about to commence, Prince Albert expressed a wish to 
go over to the enemy and see the evolutions from that side, 
and the Emperor with prompt courtesy at once complied 
with his Royal Highness’s wishes. An aide-de-camp was or- 
dered to escort the Prince, and by an odd coincidence Edgar 
Ney, the son of the Marshal of sad celebrity, was selected for 
the duty. During nearly the whole of the evolutions the 
Emperor, who rode his favourite English cliesnut, was alone, 
riding considerably in advance of his staff, and beckoning 
occasionally to an aide-de-camp or an orderly, as a message 
was about to be despatched. Ilis Imperial Majesty's mode 
of conducting proceedings formed a singular contrast with 
that of his generals, and indeed of every French officer, down 
to the lowest grade. With him everything was cool, quiet, 
and systematic ; and whether his horse galloped, walked, or 
stood still, the rider still preserved his immovable position, 
and never spoke when by pointing his linger ho could 
indicate what he wished to be done. With the officers, 
on the contrary, everything indicated an almost frantic 
amount of excitement. They galloped along like so 
many whirlwinds, shouted their orders as if they were 
Arabs of the Daira, and maintained a chronic state of crisis 
during the whole of the day. This, however, is digression. 
The enemy were now advancing, and file-firing was heard all 
along their line. The Emperor now threw out a cloud of 
Tirailleurs, who occupied every hedge-row, tree, and bush, 
now jumping like squirrels, now falling flat on their faces to 
avoid the enemy’s fire, now turning on their backs and de- 
livering their own over their toes. They were, of course, 
soon driven in as the enemy advanced ; but the Emperor 
was ready with his artillery, the evolutions of which were 
extremely beautiful and rapid. Each gun was drawn by six 
horaes, and each battery contained six guns. At a signal 
from the Emperor a battery detached itself from the main 
pack, and the manner in which the cumbrous guns and gun- 
carriages were whisked along narrow roads, over ploughed 
fields, and through standing corn, elicited universal commen- 
dation. Having taken up their position on a gentle eminence, 
inconveniently near to some Englishmen (who, having had to 
scamper about likeSpahis for an hour before, had quietly seated 
themselves on the grass), they commenced firing, a gun at a 
time, with astounding rapidity, and the effect of their practice 
was soon visible iu the wavering ranks of the enemy. The 
Emperor’s main line now advanced, and the engagement became 
general. Contrary to the Napoleonic system of the last 
war, there were no columns of infantry, but on both sides 
the advance was made in line, in addition to which another 
I approach to the Duke’s tactique was observed iu making the 
| advance only two deep instead of three, thus getting a front 
I one half-greater in extent than by the old system. The 
j Guides, who had stood all the morning on a grassy knoll — the 
admiration of everyone for their splendid uniforms and fine 
appearance — now got the signal to advance and support the 
I infantry. In their progress to their scene of action, which 
| was in the hollow, they had to descend an exceedingly pre- 
> cipitoua elope, and nothing could be more Remarkable th»m 
the admirable manner in which this most difficult feat of 
horsemanship was performed by sovoral hundred men. It 
looked more liko some splendid procession at Astloy's or 
Frauconi's that an actual movement in tho field. I expected 
evory moment to seo some poor fellow go, homo and all, 
headforemost to tho bottom ; but happily both horses and 
riders wore quite up to their work, and landed sale on 
level ground. From this time smoko and noise began to 
bo all we could appreciate of tho actual battle. Tho 
enemy, being driven into a wood, made another stand, and 
were again dislodged. The battle had now turned, and 
the whole of the imperial army was advancing at all points. 
Four regiments of heavy dragoons were ordered to charge 
tho retiring enemy, and this nffordod to General Schramm 
an opportunity for trying tho efficiency of the hollow Bquoro, 
another manoeuvre borrowed from the Duke, but appro- 
priated by tho French under the name of the Currd St. Ar- 
naud. The marshal’s Bystem is to support it with artillery 
at tho angles, and iu this form General Schramm adopted it 
as a dernier rissort. But nothing could withstand the impe- 
tuosity of tho dragoons, who charged magnificently, and 
carried everything before them. The retreat of the enemy 
became a rout, and tho victorious Emperor, who had iu tho 
meantime boon re-joined by Priuco Albert, repaired to a 
pleasant pavilion on tho alone of a hill to en joy at once his 
laurels and his luncheon. Ilis Majesty and the Priuco might 
here be scon walking up and down together iu a familiar 
manner, discussing the exciting events of tho day. While 
thus engaged tho trumpet sounded for all the troops, friends 
and foes, to return to their quarters ; and it became per- 
ceptible that in order to give Prince Albert an opportunity 
of seeing the whole of tho troops, the tent had been so placed 
as that each regiment must pans close by on tho way to its 
quarters. By this delicate attention tho day's evolutions 
were made to close with a most attractive pageant. The 
bayonets of tho infantry glistened in immense mosses of 
light ns each douse column turned over the brow of tho hill. 
Splendid cavalcades of dragoons and lancers continuously 
rode past, the artillery lumbered sullenly along, and every 
now and then some regimental band struck up a lively air, 
to which tho eternal fanfare of tho trumpets formed a sort 
of running accompaniment. Everyone said this finale was 
the finest sight of tho whole. 
CHOLERA : ITS ORIGIN TRACED TO OLD FLOUR. 
A OENTI.EMAN connected with tho fraternity of millers, 
whose name, for obvious reasons, wo refrain from mention- 
ing, has attended before Alderman Farebrothor, at Guild- 
ball and made the following communication relative to tho 
epidemic which is at present spreading ils devastating influ- 
ence over the metropolis. Ho stated that in 1832 ho pur- 
chased a large quantity of old foreign Hour in bond, and while 
tasting it for the purpose of separating the fresher from tho 
Btaler, both ho and his men were seized with sickness and 
excessive salivation, accompanied with disordered bowels. Ho 
tried some of tho sumo old flour in his own family, and tho 
consequence was that thrpu of his children were seized with 
violent purgings and sickness, as iu the case of cholera, which 
disease soon after made its appearance in London. After atten- 
tively watching its progress, ho was convinced it arose from 
the consumption of old bread-stuffs, aud lie accordingly deter- 
mined not to supply any old Hour to his customers. Tho 
result proved that not one of them had the cholera, even in 
its most incipient stage, although exposed to the same disad- 
vantages in other respects as those around them, who were 
daily falling victims to this sad malady. Ho wrote to Sir 
Robert I’eel, who was thou Prime Minister, aud his letter 
I was referred to the Board of Hculth, who granted him an 
| interview, hut as ho was not a medical man they merely 
j listened to him, aud there the matter ended. On one occa- 
sion he became uwaro that a quantity of Btale wheat was 
about being shipped from London to Leeds, and ho foretold 
] that if that com was allowed to reach its destination the 
' cholera would follow in its wuke. Within fifteen days after 
j the cholera broke out in Leeds with great virulence. He said 
| that iu all the Russian wars against Turkey and Poland tho 
| cholera had always accompanied tho armies of cither country 
1 when traversing navigable rivers ; and in the war of iudepen- 
| dence in Poland, when news arrived that Warsaw was short 
of provisions and luul surrendered, he prognosticated that the 
cholera would visit that part, because bo know that Warsaw 
would have to draw upon the same old stores that liud 
previously given to the Russians that disease. 'I he visitation 
did come, attended with the most calamitous results. He 
did uot complain of five or seven y rain-old wheat. He alluded 
to that which was received in tho above countries in lieu of 
I money for taxes, and which was stored hi warehouses fer 
