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CRYSTAL PALACE. GREAT FOUNTAINS.
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On . Monday next , August 29 th , the whole system of Waterworks , including- the Cascades , Waterfalls , Dancing- Fountains , Water Temples , Basket Fountains , the nine basiu ! of the Upper Series , and the numerous jets of the grand lower basin , will he displayed at half past-four . o ' elock precisely . Also first clay of Summer 1 ' oultry Show . Open at 9 . Admission One Shilling . Children under twelve . Sixpence .
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ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATKE . LAST NIGHT OF SIR . CHARLES KUAN'S MANAGEMENT . On Monday will bo presented DY 1 NU FOR LOVE ; after which Slmkeapeare ' a Historical IMuy of KIJSU 11 KXKV THE EIGHTH : Cardinal Wolsoy by Mr . C . Kean , Queen ICnthcrino by Mrs . V . Kean . To conclude with IF THE CA 1 * FITS . Commencing- at 7 o ' clock . On the conclusion of King Henry the Eighth Mr . C . Kpna will deliver a . FAREWELL ADDRESS .
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THEATRE ROYAL , IIAYMARKET . ( Under the Management of BIr . Bucfcstone . ) Last week but two of tho Contested Election and Mr . and Mrs . Charles Matliows . Monday 'Tuesday , and Wednesday , to commence at 7 , with Mr . Buckstone ' s revived Petite Comedy , of thoJlAl'l'lhtU X ) AY OF MY LIFE . GMnmu , Mr . Conaptou ; Mrs . Dudley , Mrs . Wllklus ; Sophia , Mrs . B . White . After which , at 1 precisely , and for tho fifty-second tlmo , tho Comedy of THE CONTKSTED KLKOTION , 1 " which Mr . Charles Mathows , Mr , Buokstonc , Mr . Collision , Mr . W . Farron , Mr . Rogers , Mr . Clurk , Mr . Braid , JMra . Charles Mathows , and Miss E . Wockos will appear . To bo followed by HE WOULD BE AN ACTO 1 I . Motley , Mr . Charles Mathcws . To conclude with HALLOWE'EN , by tho Loelorqs . On Thursday , Friday , and Saturday , to commence at 7 , with HALLOWE'EN . After which , at 8 , THE CONTESTED ELECTION . With OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND . Gnthonvool , Mr . C . Mathows . And A DAUGHTER TO MAKKY , Stage-manager , Mr . Oli . ffopondalo ,
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MR . JOHN" BENNETT'S NEW LECTURES . MR . JOHJSf BENNETT , F . R . A . S ., Mombor of Uio National Academy of Paris * , Ih prepared to rocolvu anpllcutioni * •«" ENGAGEMENTS FOR HIS NEW LEUTUKEB oil 1 . Tho Chronometer—Its past—proaont—and future i" and 2 . "A Month among tho Watchmakers of fiwltiwrlnmi . ' Or for thojia on " Tho Watch , " « ud "Woinoii and Wn ( cliwork . " Tho Looturos will bo profusely Illustrated by Models , Ding-nuns , and Specimens of G'Iook * » nd Watches . Application * to Johu Bennett , vyiiU'h-mauufnetory , 05 , ChoapnUlo . ^^^
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PAUL JERRARD AND SON'S NEW FINE ART GALL EJR Y . —Choicest engravln ^ a , nt noniinol prices ; first class frames nt wholesnlu prices . Gentlemen furnishing their walls may seloot from more tlinn 10 , < wi > first clans engravings ot Lftndsoer , Turner and others . atlesB thnu ft quarter of tho published prices , <| 'ft » iei J and . unframed , In every stylo—viz . those published at Sis . for Os , Od . Frames of every dosorlptlon at wholeaulo prices . Shh > pora and oxportora supplied . Catalogue !) of 2 , 000 works on receipt of stnmp . —PAU ^ JWUUA «» and Sow , 170 Floot Btr « ot , E . G . London ,
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announced are Madame Clara Novello , Mdlle . Titiens , and Miss Dolby ; Mr . Sims Beeves , Signor Giuglini , and Signor Belletti .
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CRYSTAL PALACE . Last week ' s Saturday concert , under the management of Mr . Sims Reeves—though what this " management , " " direction , " , as a flunkeyising contemporary says , " auspices , " amounts to , except the use of his name ,-we cannot divine—was rery successful . Mr . Reeves was in excellent voice , and sang " Come into the Garden , Maud , " " Sound an Alarm , " and " Good bye , Sweetheart , " most admirably . Mrs . Sims Reeves , who , though she has no great compass or strength of voice , has had an excellent musical traming — was heard to the best advantage with her husband in the duet , "Da qual di ¦ " from Linda di Chdmouni . Mdlle . Artot distinguished herself particularly in " Non piu mesta , " and a remarkably florid Spanish air . One of the most finished performances of the day was Signor Belletti ' s " Ruddier than the Cherry , " and not the least attractive , the selection from Meyerbeer ' s " Dinorah , " played on the terrace after six o ' clock by the Royal Marine Band .
On Tuesday , upwards of 62 , 000 souls assisted at the grand festival of the ancient and honourable order of foresters ; and right well , as far as eating , drinking , chattering , and generally enjoying themselves , did they assist ? Nothing could have , surpassed the interior arrangements , including even those of Mr . Strange , who , since he has been sole monarch of the commissariat here , has much improved matters ; but nothing could exceed the delay and discoinfort experienced , not alone by the unhappy myriads , but by the still more unhappy officials , who had to get the grounds evacuated , and the railway platform clear . Yet , after all , who could expect aught else . : Fully one half of the happy and glorious 60 , 000 were for departure at one particular hour , and by one
particular train . Caution , argument , and entreaty , were alike thrown away , they courted grief , they won it , and we . may say with very few exceptions , they put up with it heroically . The passage from the garden to the train has been likened-by a facetious contemporary to the horrors of " the middle passage" so familiar to our ears at Exeter Hall ; but at the end of all there _ was little to complain of , and by the trains no accident , though some crafty travellers overland , who thought to be wiser than their friends , injured themselves by dropping out of a chaise onto some hard ground . One or two writers have complained of a want of drinking fountains in the grounds . We hope this is without foundation . With all respect for the directors and Mr . Strange ,
the thirsty souls who now throng these gardens twice or thrice a week should not be left to the mercy pf the latter gentleman . Our own impression and hope is that at least ono fountain still exists very near to the north wing , and but a few paces from the terrace foot . On the days of the Handel Festival we drank like weary pilgrims there ,, and prayed for the kind soul of a director who had thoughtfully caused its erection . It had , it is true , a temporary look about it—a very temporary look . It was , in fact , a little spare beer-engine that had lost its way and was fixed to the water-main among the trees . But on those Handel days it was an object pf interest to hundreds , and we hailed it as the preoursor of a dozen . We nope we shall not long be disappointed .
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Tub Royal Polytechnic Institution being about to wind up its affairs in consequence of the accident in January last ; , and the litigation consequent upon it , » company called the " New Polytechnic is in course pf formation , with a capital of £ 20 , 000 in 2 , 000 shares . The prospqofcus states that the old company paid a moderate dividend upon its capital of £ 85 , 000 . We wish the new undertaking every success : for the devotion of the premises to any other purpose than that of the combined entertainment and instruction which have so long endeared them to the young and not a few of the old , would leave a void in the short list of London sights that might not soon be filled up .
The Council of $ he JIonnxovhTvnMu Sooibtx have finally accepted the terms of the treaty offered by her Majesty ' s Commiaionorfl , and have instructed their solicitor to act for them in the matter of a lease of land at Kensington , or , more properly , New Brompton . The restoration of the society , and what is more interesting to readers of this column , of its fites , to their former position in public favour may oe considered as certain . Subscriptions to the amount of £ 28 , 000 have , it is sftld , been tendered to the Council , The subscriptions received for the Koan testlgj " « p to tUo end of last week amounted to
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TRANCE : THE AMNESTY . The Constitutionnel devotes a very long article to expounding the objects and lauding the benefits of the amnesty . The writer , M . Boniface , speaking of the vexed question of amnesty , as opposed to pardon , quotes M . Dupin to the intent that "An amnesty is an act of the sovereign power , the effect of which is that a crime or offence is effaced and forgotten . Amnesty is abolition and forgetfulness —forgiveness is only pity and pardon . The effect of pardon is confined to the total or partial remis ^
sion of a sente nee pronounced , the condemnation still existing . Amnesty carries with it positive abolition of crimes , prosecutions * and condemnations . " A brief sketch is given of the political offences , or rather the occasion provocative thereto in France since 1848 . Among others the coup d ' etat is thus mildly characterised : — " The insurrectionary movements produced in various parts of
France were the object of divers measures of repression . " We learn from the concluding sentence that " the gracious decision rendered by the Emperor had already reduced the number of persons condemned for political offences to 1858 . " And the moral of the article appears in the following words : —" The generous act consecrated by the decree of the 16 th of August could be oetroy& without danger to the public tranquility . "
A Paris letter say s : — " I hear expressions of much disappointment among the liberal party , at finding so many of the leading exiles decide not to avail themselves of the amnesty . The remark is that the amnesty appears to , have been somewhat misunderstood as to its probable effects upon the cause of liberty ; for , say they who entertain this opinion , whatever the Emperor ' s belief or intentions cpnr
cerning the amnesty , it cannot be for a moment doubted that the mere fact of the presence in France of a large number of the men who represent before the world the idea of that nearly extinct thing , French civil and political liberty—men , too , so schooled in adversity as to be incapable of compro- * mising the future by any rash movement—would be attended by beneficial results to the cause of liberty . "
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984 THE LEADER . [ Nor 492 . Aug . 27 , 1859 .
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Leader Office , Friday Evening , August 26 th .
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BELGIUM . The Belgian senate is convoked for the 30 th , to pronounce on the Antwerp Fortification Bill . Much agitation is manifested in Belgium , letters state , on the subject of that measure . It is thought that the senate , taking into consideration the small majority in the Chamber of Deputies , will reject it .
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TURKEY . A despatch from Trieste , dated yesterday , informs us that : ¦—The Sultan has been taken ill . Mussurus Pacha has been empowered to settle the question of the Danubian Principalities . The Papal Charge d'Affaires is expected . The Prince Vogorides _ te dead . Mohamed Pacha has been appointed Governor-General of Smyrna . The Sultan has pre - sented the dragoman to the Russian ambasssador with a country seat .
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MEXICO . By the Ocean Qucon , which has arrived at Southampton , we learn that Miramon is now making his arrangements fora campaign against San Luis Potosi . After taking that place he is to march against Vera Cruz for the second time . From tho interior we hoar of the movements of considerable bodies of constitutional forces , but they have cqme to no set battle of late with tho forees of tho clergy . Marque ::, tho assassin of Taoubaya , has returned to Guadalajara , and as a natural consonuonco the constitutionalists ftro again in Tcpio .
^ : ; —^ : JU The banished Englishmen who have not alreadv left for abroad , have received new orders to leave . Mr . Whitehead , agent of the British bondholders , left here a week since , and goes to Europe by the packet from "Vera Cruz for Southampton . Mr . Potts left by the packet of last month , and the balance , with their orders from the police to " move on , " will be taking their departures from this time forwards Padre Miranda disappeared from Mexico two months since .
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Dr . Smethitrst ' s Case . —This ( Friday ) morning an opinion prevails among the officials at Horsemonger-lane Jail , that the execution will not take place at the time appointed—next Monday week . From circumstances that have transpired , it is expected that a communication will be received , postponing the execution , at all events , for some days , in order to give time for further inquiry . Avast number of communications have been addressed to the Home Office on the subject of a commutation of the sentence , but nothing' upon the subject is known officially . East Kent Railwat . —The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders in this company , was held this ( Friday ) morning at the offices in Moorgate-street , Lord Sondes in the chair . It was stated that the works on the line were progressing favourably , and the directors had every confidence that-the whole of the line -would be finished by October . 1860 .
Crystal Palace. Great Fountains.
CRYSTAL PALACE . rtnv . at VmTNTATN'S .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 27, 1859, page 984, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2309/page/12/
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