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June 21, 1851. THE NORTHERN STAR. • 5
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^ Ve have as hig h aTeverence for'the rasU-»„ rinn of the Sabbath as any of its most en-If nSsfie " laudators . We believe that the ; r ; vroc nt of rest every seventh day is Scin andcd not only on political , hut physio-1 « tcal grounds ; and that it is of the greatest dcanta" © to all classes of society , in a social , ? „ iellcctttal , and moral sense . 2 fay , further , 1 oelicve that , if the institution had not teen guarded hy a religions sanction , that it uld h ave long since been reft from the vrork-* econonmto of ih it school
. classes by the , ^ fio think that every hour a working man is not emp loyed is an abstraction from their own profits , and as—they pretend—the national wealth . But , in order that the institution mav really diffuse the benefits of which it is capable , we protest against any sect whatever convert ing it into a , day of gloom , of ascetic penance , or fanatic deprivation and " selfinflict ed torture . We do not find the heavens nsuall-v hang with sackcloth and ashes on that « kv . The greensward and the flowers do not
become drab—the sun shines , and the streams sp arkle as brightly under its beams—the birds carol as gaily in the leafy woods on that as on any other day . Who shall hinder the people from enjoying these common but precious blessings of thecommon Father of aH ? Who shall deprive them of the health y and humanising influences , which at once give strength to the body , and purify and elevate the mind , in order to drive them into miserable conventicles , to listen to the outpourings of gloomy and perverted imaginations , or mystical and incomprehensible dogmas , which only weaken the reason and inflame the imagination of their devotees , at the expense of all that is truly noble and good in humanity !
We are happy to find that , for once , common sense was honestly spoken in the House of Comm ons on this question . Mr . Fox and Mr . DUXCOMBE deserve the thanks of the people of the metropolis for their manly and straightforward defence of social liberty , in opposition to this sneaking and hypocritical aggression npon both . The hon . member for Finsbury was peculiarly happy in his exposure of the mercenary motives of tho promoters of the bill , who , as Mr . Fox said , " were very solicitous about their souls , but still more about the retention of their great profits ; " and , therefore , wont shut np unless their neighbours do so
also—not even to save their souls . They ought to be best acquainted with tbe value of the article ; and , at all events , we cannot suffer them to domineer over the . consciences , injure the health , and interfere with the enjoyments of the pent-op myriads of this vast metropolis , to suit either their whims or their sordid and selfish interests . Parsons and preachers must find other means to fill their pews than an act of parliament—political and sectarian bigots be content to obstruct intellectual and social progress without the aid of a special law . The people are not to be converted into bats , and condemned to live in subterranean darkness ,
to pleasure or advantage them . If they don't like daylight and freedom , let them emigrate to Scotland .. In many of its districts they will find the Sabbath enforced with more than Judaical rigour ; and , if they please , they may imitate even the grim old Puritan of Banbury who ' * hanged his cat on a Monday because it had killed a mouse on Sunday . " Their departure will be a good riddance at all events We trust , after this defeat , we shall hear no more of such hills as that ^ hicK was so properly thrown out on Wednesday .
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CHANCERY NON-REFORM . Nothing daunted by the ill-success of his first attempt at Chancery Reform , the Prime Minister has tried his hand a second time , and , the first bill being utterly intolerable , has contrived thereby to make his second seem endurable . By the way , there may be an art in this mode of doing business , which stands in the stead of tbe higher qualities of Statesmanship . It is , of course , we all know , tbe business of the oligarchy to keep things as much as possible as they are . An open
avowal of the determination to do so , and a dogged resistance to all improvement and progress mig ht be imprudent , if not dangerous . The pressure from without might become inconveniently great , and compel the " Jacks in office" to " move on , " whether they would or not . Lord J . Rcssell has a cleverer way than that . It is , to wait nnttt the cry for Reform can no longer be resisted , and then to come forward with an air of frank candour , acknowledge the existence of the evils , and promise remedial measures . The credulous public listens and believes . Impatience is sobered down into hopeful anticipation , and some months—if not years—elapse in the labour of preparation . At length , the
promised " Ministerial measure" makes its appearanca The "Mountain brings forth a mouse , " and a shout of indignation is heard on all sides , at the gross deception that has been practised upon them . But cunning Lord Joux knows the game be is playing . He quietly withdraws the measure on which public reprobation and displeasure has vented its freshness and strength , and as quietly introduces another " little" bill iu its place—the dimensions of which , though Lilliputian in themselves , are positively Brobdignagian in comparison with its predecessor ; and by this species of conjuring , contrives to make the masses almost thankful for nothing , and grateful to the , " great Statesman" who has so successfully humbugged them .
Such is the actual case with the Court of Chancery . All the enormous abases of _ that court are left untouched by the second Bill of the Premier . . TheMasters' Courts with their wealth-devouring processes , invented to cause delays and swallow up estates in due course of law—the cumbrous , complicated , ridiculous written pleadings , affidavits , and other modes of collecting evidence—the infinitude of forms bv which suits are made to last for successive
generations , or as long as there is anythmgtn divide among the lawyers—the monstrous infractions of common sense and common justice , which are perpetrated under the name of EQUITY—all are left untouched by the new Bill . These evils are inherent in the very constitution and construction of the court itself ; and , it ia now admitted by * the most eminent men at the Chancery bar , can onl y be remedied by following the example of Scotland and Jfew York , and making one tribunal judge both of the law and equity of each case , in conjunction with vita mce pleadings and
testimony . That , however , would be far too straightforward , summary , aud effective a reform ; and , therefore , Lord John "dodges " the question . Under pretence of accelerating the course of suits , and , at the same time , preserving the political influence of the Lobd Ciua-cehoh , he proposes two new Chancery Jud ges , at an additional actual cost of £ 7 , 000 a year . These deputies of the Keeper of the Great Seal are io do duty for him , when bis other avocations render his absence from his
own court necessary . . In other words , under pretence of lightening Lord John has added new burdens to the old coach . And that is " Chancery Reform / ' But * as his Lordship ^ ys nothing about transferring the LoW > Chaxcellor ' s patronage to himself , the public are quite delighted with the new plan . Bas not the " noble Lord " executed the feat cleverl y ? Depend upon it thatM . Robin and ^ L Bosco have something to learn from ^ I ' sseu in the art of conjuring .
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PARLIAMENTARY . % placing the Anti-Papal Bill in abeyance f ( * a short time the Government Imveimparted a welcome relief antf variety to the " pro-Going s iu Parliaoient . " If there iB not m ( j one fte ^ j ^ least au appearance of
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actual business which is " quite refreshing , " after the dreary stagnation of the last four months of the Session . The readers of the newspapers will certainl y find it pleasanter to pass "from grave to gay—from lively to severe , " in the numerous topics arising out of the miscellaneous estimates than to be bored by the monotonous and insufferable performances , night after ni ght , of what has been designated " the Pope ' s Brass Band . " Even a discussion as to how many gouty , crippled , blind , and deaf old admirals ought to he allowed to each ship of war , is a relief , aud
an agreeable subject , compared with the interminable , drowsy gabble about the deference between tweedle-dum and tweedledee . Apropos of these same admirals , it was wonderful how quietly they were touched by Mr . Hume and Mr . Cobdkn , in the discussion on the Navy Estimates . There was much more tenderness shown to them than the people on whom they are quartered . The " non-eflcctive force , " or dead weight , is shamefully large , and will continue to be so while the oligarchy have the power of playing the game of their own class , at the expense ol the public .
Some light has been tin-own on the Kaffir War , in the course of these incidental debates . Sir Charles Wood , in moving for a grant of £ 300 , 000 on account , presented quite a hopeful aspect of the question to the House , and assured it that this was to be the cheapest and pleasantest bit of savage shooting that ever we have engaged in on the African Continent . Forgetting that this is the seventh war we have had with these warlike aud high spirited tribes—that the cessation of hostilities has , in each case , been only a short armistice—a mere breathing time to enable them to recommence their undaunted
resistance to our aggressions npon their native land , the Chancellor of the Exchequer held out the hope that £ 300 , 000 would be enough to cover all the costs of the present struggle . The last cost as a million and a half . The present is scarcely began yet , and , judging from the relative position of the Kaffirs and the Colonial troops , under Sir H . Smith , we are a long way off its termination . If we escape with two millions this time we may think ourselves lacky . We remember when it was said that every Englishman bad a negro strapped npon his back ; with equal justice and force may it be said that each man now has to carry his Kaffir . How Ions it will be before John
Bull demands to "know the reason why , " we will not venture to predict . When he does , and insists upon a satisfactory answer , we rather suspect there will be a summary termination of this ingenious new method of making work for soldiers , and , at the same time , ducks and drakes of the public money . After some evasions and cross purposes , Mr . Hume , has , at length , got his Income Tax Committee appointed . From the evident reluctance of the factions , we do not apprehend any beneficial results . Sir Chakles Wooi > has all but ignored its recommendations by anticipation .
The annual motion of Mr . Cobden for international arbitration and mutual reduction of armaments , gave rise to an interchange of courtesies between the Foreign Minister and the ex-Leaguer , which ended in the withdrawal of the motion . It appears that the "Manchester Manufacturer" is not insensible to " soft saudev , " and nobody in the world knows how to appl y it so skilfully as Lord Palherston . We very much fear , that if the modern Sampson once lays bis head in the lap of Dellah " the virtue will go out of him / ' and tbat he will be lulled into oblivionsness of the
fact , that out of fifty millions of annual taxat on we actually pay £ 44 , 000 , 000 as the cost of past , and the machinery for probable wars . As the Times very properly suggests : — The time is come when people consider very gravely whether a country which lays such heavy burdens on its inhabitants is really worth living in ; whether it will not be better to escape to some safer or less bellicose nation ; and whether , for those who stay at home , it will not be better to run a little risk than to endure so great a certainty and constancy of expense . To tbe wealthy and
fortunate these questions will present themselves as capable only of solution ; but it' will be otherwise to the vast and increasing number of those who find it difficult to establish themselves at all in proportion to their . hopes , their birth , their education , their industry , and their talents . We are not speaking of the vulgar class of disappointed men -, but we do say that , for one reason or another , competence and position are assuming more and mare the aspect of a fortress defended by a fortunate few against the meritorious claims of many . They
who wage so hopeless a war are not likely to appreciate the expenditure of £ 16 , 000 , 000 for national defences so well as they who have rather more interest in it . A poor man may love his country as well as a rich man , and may be as ready to risk his life in its defence , bat if he believes that he is crushed to the ground by taxation he will he apt to inquire very narrowly whether that taxation be really required for the safety of his country , or whether it be not levied in great measure for objects of no public necessity or advantage .
Why the Times has said such admirable things in its own admirable way at the present time we don't know . We do not wish either to frighten it , by saying tbat the extract we have given is excellent Chartism . We only ask our readers to take a note for future use . Mr . Herbies having shrunk from a promised passage at arms on tho second readin g of the new Customs * Bill and the House Tax , the more impetuous Protectionist leader has promised to have a brush with the ministry , next Monday , on the motion to go into committee . Mr . Disraeli knows very well , that neither he nor his party are in earnest at the present moment , and as we have had so many sham fights this session , he
ought to be merciful and prudent enough not unnecessarily to add to their number . The £ 1 , 200 annually voted for the repairs of Maynooth only passed this year by a narrow majority of two . If Sir R . Peel had not placed the £ 30 , 000 grant for its permanent expenses upon such a foundation that it is no longer exposed to the annual scrutiny and sanction of the House of Commons , we very much suspect that Dr . Cullex ' S edicts against the Queen ' s colleges in Ireland would be met by the withdrawal of all pecuniary support from the Koman Catholic college . On the absurd and hypocritical "bitter observance of the Sabbath Bill , \ we have commented in another place .
A languid debate in a listless House on the Universities was terminated by a count-out on Thursday night , at an early hour . The question has simply shared the fate of all others demanding earnestness this Session . It must , however , be mooted again , and with tbe intention of dealing with it practically .. These richly endowed Educational Institutions , intended for the benefit of the whole people , eannot always be so grossly "jobbed" as they are now . In the morning sitting , the extinction of Smithfield Market made another step towards realisation , as far as the Legislature is concerned .
In the House of . Lords the same scarcity of work which has characterised the Session is still " the order of the day . " Dependent , as they are , upon the other branch of the Legislature , for sending material to work upon , the cause of this is obvious . In the ahsenee of any serious matter , Lord Stanley originated a " palaver" about Protection , in the guise of a speech on presenting a petition respecting the
Repeal of the . Navigation Laws . He quoted one set of statistics , and Lord Granville another , and there the talk ended . Nothing is so fallacious as figures , except facts manufactured for Parliamentary use by the clever hacks of party . Lord Brougham had " a shy" at the new Chancery Bill ; and with the disposal of the more routine business , that closes the account of their Lordships for the first week after thereceaB . .. ^„ ,. DOMESTIC . The Lewes Jury returned an open verdict u to the person who actually placed the
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sleeper in the position to become the immediate cause of such a lamentable loss of life , but accompanied it by an expression of opinion strongly condemnatory of the management of the line . The directors more sensitive than many others in similar cases , exerted themselves to the utmost at a subsequent inquest at Brighton arising out of the same catastrophe to procure a counterbalancing expression of opinion . They failed ;— we
think most justly . Tho quibbling to which they had recourse to show that running engines with the tender in front were as safe as keeping the engine in its proper place , needs no refutation ; and their now expressed readiness to abandon the practice in future , betokens their own consciousness of the falsity of the statements by which they soug ht to cover a gross , culpable , and reckless disregard of the safety of the passengers on their line .
The translation of Lord Ashley to the upper house by the death of his father , the Earl of Shaftesbury , leaves a seat vacant for Bath , which it is said will be filled by a Free Trader . In his new sphere of action his Lordship will find himself to a large extent " shelved . " The speeches stuffed with statistics and compilations , which he used to deliver in the House of Commons at that dreary hour when members were dining and it was necessary for somebody "to keep
the house" till business recommenced m real earnest , will have to be mightily compressed in the Lords , if he expects to find auditors at all . As Dinnertime approaches in that House , thoughts of overdone fish and other agremens spoiled by delay , trouble the mental faculties of " noble lords , '' and render them indifferent listeners . The Lordscannotbe " counted-out / ' however , and the new Earl after , perhaps , making the Lord Chancellor eat a half-cold dinner once
or twice , and keeping the reporters in the gallery , wondering when he means to end , will quietly acquiesce in his fate , cut short his eloquence , and be as curtas any of his brethren , The " Right Honourable House" is the grave of all political activity . A man might as well be banished to the Castle of Indolence , so poetically and drowsily described by the Bard of tho "Seasons . " Sooth to say , Society will not lose very much by the change . His Lordship ' s philanthropy was too frequently of a rather dreamy and trancendental character to be of much practical utility .
The Great Exhibition continues to swallow up all other topics , and the whole of England seems to be converted into sightseers . The streets of London swarm with strange faces . Omnibuses long past service , and horses never expected to be in harness again , toil through the streets with loads of passengers . But the stream of people and shillings flow past the door of the tradesmen and shopkeepers , who mutter curses , not loud , but deep , on their monster rival .
FOREIGN . Under this head we have no material change to note . The prospects of the " revisionists " in France do not brighten , and in the other parts of the continent matters continue in statu quo . An expedition from California of genuine Yankees into Mexico is the first step towards a long foreseen " annexation , " which will ultimately bring the whole of the vast continent of America under the flag of " the stars and stripes . '
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MONIES RECEIVED Fob ihb Webs Enoinq Thurs & av , Jure 19 th , 1831 . THE HONESTY FUND . SDCQVED BX W . BIDES . £ 8 . 0 From Gosport—J . Douglass .. .. 0 o J . Blake .. .. .. 0 1 A . B . .. .. .. 0 1 J . Nones .. .. .. 0 0 J . Tolfree .. .. .. 0 0 _ £ 0 _ 3 WINDING-UP OF THE MNB COMPANY BECECVED BX W * RIDES . £ t . 6 57 . John Carpenter , Putney .. .. 0 1 ? rom Gesport—J . Douglass .. .. 0 9 i J . Blake .. ....... 0 o ' £ 0 ~ 2 i NATIONAL CHARTER FUND . Received by John Aenott . —A Shopkeeper , Hollowaj per W . H . Cottle ls-J . Collins ls-F . Smith Whitecnurcl Is—Collected bj H . Markhall 3 s 4 d—Ipswich , per G . Gibb 7 s—Greenwich locality , per D . P . Foxtvell Ss—Paisley , pe : Mr . Rider 2 s 7 | d—Landport , per H . Livesay 4 s 2 < i—Ber Bloadsey locality , perH . Baker 8 s . —Total £ 1 13 s JJd . POLISH REFUGEES AT TURNMLL STREET . Received by John Abnott . —Mr . A . Jones 3 s . ¦ , rt ! i
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GLANCE AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE AND ITS CONTESTS . In tbe sculpture-room we observe in addition to the sculpture in the western nave , the " Orphans , " a beautiful representation of fatherless childhood , in the person of a boy and girl , who seem , by their embrace and heavenward look , to be seeking , from mutual love , and trust in Heaven , consolation in bereavement and a guide in youth . It is the work of a young artist , Mr . George Miller , who has probably known something of what he representsfor he gracefully dedicates his work to the Clapton Orphan School , of . which he was au inmate . Critics , we believe , are agreed in pronouncing
approval of this very admirable addition to the works of British chisels . Michael Angelo and Flaxman stand on either side as appropriate sentries—the one with a statuette on his hand , too much like a showman ; the other , with becoming dignity , seated with a sketching-book or tablets before him . The 6 os-reKe » 03 have no striking attribute . The " Baptism" and "Descent from the Cross , " arc , at best , repetitions of good designs . The allegories — " The Spirit of Science unveiling Ignorance and Prejudice , ' * Ac—do not repay making out ; of the several from Milton ' s poems , only "Lycidas " seems fairly to represent the poetical thought , nor that fully . The model of the baron Saber de Quincy , one of the selected statues in bronze for the Bouse of Lords , and Lady Daubeny , with the falcon on'her wrist , are pleasing companion pictures of the chivalrous age . The' « Babes in the
Wood' delights every one , as the charmingly natural rendering of an exquisite legend—the "Ino and Bacchus , " and " The Creation of tho Dimple , " in an inferior but still considerable degree . " Una and the Lion , " " Belisarius , " and ' Ophelia , " are the subjects of attempts that strike us as very creditable . In the centre are a number of statuettes , in competion for the Art Union prizes ; chiefly attempts upon classical conceptions—some of them very promising attempts . But tbe chef d'auvre of the collection is undoubtedly Gibson ' s " Greek Hunter and Dog "—the simplicity , strength ; and unadorned beauty of which rivals anything of its order on either side of the transept that we have yet seen . It is certainly to be regretted that on our side there is so much plaster and model—the occasion was surely worthy of better material , and of the best efforts of our best men .
Recrossing the nave , we pass into a court superscribed , "line Arts . " Here we should expect to find attempts at the mechanical multiplication , in cheap material , of the works of imaginative or imitative art . This we do find , and in abundance , but very much that can scarcely come under that definition . Acopy of the Apollo Belvidere , ifonlyin common clay , may fairly claim to be entered in the category—so may a model of York Minster , though cut in writing paper with a penknife—but hardly a collection of doll ' s houses and little wax figures . Cardboard and other models , however , occupy much of the room thus allotted . All of these are ingeniously executed , and all of them deserve a place , somewhere—those which represent with perspecuity and apparent faithfulness , cathedrals , mined abbeys , classic remains , or the dwellings of celebrities , are welcome here . Among these we
iniist specify a representation of the High-street , Edinburgh , and house of John Knox ; two models of the birthplace of Shakespere ; Mr . Mechi ' s farm ; and Tintern Abbey . Two objects of great attraction though questionable locality , are ,. ftie stand of Mexican figures and the Kenilworth buiet . The former is well nigh as popular as any object in the Exhibition ; a constant crowd is collected around the stand , and its constituents can hardly be induced to fall off when they have gone round . A Mexican artist now settled in London , shows a great number of exquisitely shaped , dressed and coloured wax figures , rexpresenting the people of every class in tbat wlion and the neighbour ing tribes . There is the farmer and wife on one horse , the huntsman lassooing the wild bull , matadors : m tho ring , women at confession , the water-carrier with his skin of water , the negro wwd sawyer , the Indian squaw , in © famous
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chief of the Seminoles , who died in Captivity in the United Sates ; the cannibal , with hideous fidelity tiJi £ Ltt'l victim . and ma"y mow . Jrim ^ wS ( uffet is a Aboard constructed Sn ?/ i ;? l 0 ilk H ' ' * " >¦ ' «* i" dianwter . till la , ZZ ^ - Tv Kcnil ** rth Castle . It is elaborately carved mto a representation of the pa ° osint winch took p ace there in 1575 , in honour of Queen ElwabeOi svi . it to the E * rl of Leicester commemorated in Sir Walter Scott ' s fiction ? ' 0 „ ™ e centre panel is represented , with manliness and spirit , the entrance to the castle ; tho side panels arc occupied w , . h the historical personages S ? the time , and the not less immortal scenes of the ««»»>« £ « ttracta-and deservedly-much atten-* u a vZ ^ f ? Mtistic work ^ ° ™< ls on all sides . Here , terra cotta , ormolu , bronze , ivory , every conceivable mater-hd , are fieures of met * . warriors
, statesmen , dancing girls and dying gla-^ In JT ^ V ™ Sleeping kind . The HfhffoiSV he cheapness of the material , and the fact that they are producible , in most instances , by machinery , raises bofore one the visions of homesto-wluch these types of beauty shall be no onser strange . The large display of moulding tools pencils , brushes , nslJ , pigmentS ) & 0 * makes one fancy himself in a studio or School of Design for all nations . There are numerous productions of the students in the only two institutions of that kind which the Metropolis can
poatc , ana they give promise of a gre . it improvement-afc no very distant dav-in the decoration of our homes and 'costumes . A case ot folding models suggests a valuable assistance to teachers of drawing—a' mathematical and phrenological division of the face looks like a vast improvement on mere mechanical means of portraiture-silica painting seems to offer a new and valuable material to the artist—and such iuvenUonsaschvomolithography , engraving by electricity , and painting in oil colours ( all which are here exhibited in their results ) are full of significance , even more than of present value . We must particularise m this department Mr . Baxter ' s prints from oil colours , whose missionary portraits and
pictures are widely known . He has here a large and imposing display—the centre-piece being a . view of the Exhibition building . He shows a number of prints in different stages of the process —every colour , it seems , being impressed from a separate stone . It is interesting to observe tho delicacy of the delineations and colours on successive cards . The figures and landscapes seem growing as one looks in individuality and finish ; and the last of the series never fails to disappoint . The cheapness with which these prints can be executed is of course one of the chief advantages of the process . It is a dignified as well as novel employment of the press to make it thus powerful in the reproduction of colours as well as of images and ideas .
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PACTS AND INCIDENTS OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION . Tbe influx of foreign visitors to London is daily on the increase , and bids fair to exceed the anticipations of the most sanguine . The scene presented every evening at the terminus of the South Eastern Railway , on the arrival of the Paris special express train , is very noticeable . The great speed of this train , the short sea passage , and tho fact of the steamers and trains being in exact correspondence , thus avoiding all delay , render this special service extremely popular with our Continental neighbours . About 300 passengers arrived by this train on Sunday evening , a great proportion of them ladies .
Articles Lost at the Great Exhibition . —Up to the present time there are among tho articles found in the Exhibition and deposited with the police , seventy-five parasols and 175 silk handkerchiefs , which have hot been claimed . A silver watch and two or three purses , with money enclosed therein , are also included in the . unclaimed list . . An interesting feature has been added to the attractions of the foreign nave in the shape of a table in pietradura , the work of a Florentine artist , but now tho property of Mr . Holford , who kindly sent it for exhibition . This rare specimen of Florentine mosaic occupied the artist eight years iu its construction , arid although a very small slab , is valued at £ 800 . The crowd , as on the previous day , was an exceedingly well-drnssed one , and included many of our first fashionables , who bore the hustlisg with entire good humour and patience .
Some sensation was caused about midday on Tuesday by tliearrif . il oi our old Chinese friend Keying in grand costume , with two attendants , having come to give a sitting to tho artist who is preparing a picture of the grand opening . The illustrous stranger looked exceedingly well , and seemed wonderfully to enjoy tho way in which he was run after by the country visitors . There was also a good sprinkling of the Scots Fusileer Guards , their colonel , Prince Albert , having purchased admissions for the whole regiment , to be sent in in drafts , as the exigencies of military dutv
might permit . Altogether the day was a feature in the history of the Crystal Palace . At tbe usual meeting of the board of directors of the parish of St . Pancras on Tuseday , it was unanimously agreed . that the officers of the workhouse should be allowed three days' leave of absence , to give them an opportunity of seeing the Exhibition in Hyde Park . It was further moved by Mr . Obbey , and seconded by Mr . Carter , that each officer should be presented with ten shillings to defray expenses ; but this was rejected by a large majority .
There was a comparatively small attendance of 5 s . visitors during Saturday last , the receipts being £ 1 , 63417 s ., and the police returns giving 14 , 102 as tho number of persons present , The sale of season tickets amounted to £ 35 lis . The Grand total of Monday did not fall far short of 65 , 000 , being doubtless the greatest number ever congregated within tbe Crystal Palace , or under one roof , either in ancient or modern times . The cash accoun t for Monday stood thns : — season tickets , £ 11 lis . ; at the doors , £ 2 , 85419 g .: total , £ 2 , 866103 .
The total number of visitors on Tuesday amounted to 67 , 681 , an amount far exceeding anything like what bad been previously contemplated , The receipts are as follows : —Season tickets , £ 11 : Us . ; at the doors , £ 3 , 101 2 s . ; total , £ 3 , 20213 s . As might be expected with such numbers , the place was densely crowded ; indeed , between twelve and two o ' clock , the period during which the greatest numbers sought admission , the transept and the nave were almost impassable . Gradually , however , the vast crowds spread themselves-through the courts and along the galleries , and more comfortable moving room , was obtained . The only inconvenience that remained was a very high temperature , which required , the services of
all the watering pots in the establishment , the thermometer giving 75 deg . in rather a shady corner of the nave . There were a great number of country visitors ; several van loads having set down from the South Eastern railway ; and one of our charitable institutions , the London Orphan Asylum , treated its 600 little inmates to a visit . The railways may now be expected ¦ ' to furnish an immense daiiy quota , one of them , the North Western , 'being under contract to convey 1 , 600 , 000 persons to the Exhibition , the drafts to ' commence on the . 1 st July , and to continue throughout the . month . It is , therefore , not improbable that , before many weeks tbero may be as many as 100 , 000 visitors to the Crystal Palace in a day . Should the applications
rise to that amount , those who are best qualified to judge think that some restrictive regulations will bo necessary , as it is thought that 60 , 000 is quite asgreat a number as can be accommodated at one time in such a manner as to fulfil the object of their visit . It is satisfactory to know that the balloon which paid such an unexpected visit to the roof of the transept oa the previous d ; i 3 ' , did no damage beyond . carrying away a flagstaff . The shower of ballasf . which was sent down caused some alarm and confusion , but that was compounding very easily for what might hare been the results had the balloon itself , - with its occupants , fallen suddenly among the crowds who , towards the latter end oftheday , congregate about the fountain .
On Wednesday the receipts were £ 2 , 897 7 s ., and the police returns give 62 , 663 as the number that entered tho building . Some slight disturbance * to the harmony of the proceedings was Occasioned on Wednesday by an accident avhieh occurred in the machinery in motion room about three o ' clock . Amah who was engaged in showing the working of the tile making machine , by some means got his arm entangled in the works , and was severely hurt , the flesh being much lacerated ^ and-the bone broken ! He was immediately removed to St . George ' s Hospital . Among the improvements which every day ' s experience suggets to the executive committee , a large coloured ground plan of the building was posted
up at the southern entrance ; with every department indicated in large letters , so that a few moments ' reference would enable a visitor to proceed straight toany desired section . ' This will be si . much better arrangement than the guide system , which has been in operation for a day or two , but has received ittle or no encouragement from the public . Th AD i ? n ^ hedoor 8 on Thursday amounted to £ 2 , 984 12 s ., and by the police return e 63 , 863 persons are stated to have entered the building . On . Fridaytue number of visiters were 31 , 716 . The following is the official cash account - . —Season tickets , £ 36 15 0 ; at the doors , £ 2 , 819 ' i 6 : total receipts , £ 2 , 855 I 9 s . 6 d . J
Tebbific SioRM .-The M « d River Valley ( Ohio ) Gazette records theparticulars . of a . great hail storm which swept over that region a few days since , btonesfell tbe size ofthecommon mineral doorknob , some spheroidal , others had the appearance of jagged ice . Limbs and poultry were killed wherever exposed . The cattle ran around frantic and bellowing , their hides Ipein g severely lacerated by the hailstones . One hailstone which was found weighed four and a half ounces 1 . -
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The Central Criminal Court resumed its sittinw on Monday pursuant to adjournment . Burglary . —William Cox , 14 , pleaded Guilty to a charge of burglarously breaking into the dwellinghouse of Edmund Ilo £ > with intent to steal . —Mr . Woollett , who appeared for the prosecution , informed the court that the prosecutor was a licensed victualler , nnd upon the night named in the indictment , being disturbed by something tbat occurred , lie got up and made a search about his premises-,
and found the prisoner concealed under a tub . It appeared that he had taken the opportunity of ovading the observation of the servants when the house was shut up , and his object no doubt was to have plundered the place in thb night if he had not been discovered . —A police-constable proved that the prisoner had been previously convicted of felony and sentenced to four months' imprisonment , and that since his liberation he had been a great many times summarily convicted . —Ho was sentenced to be transported for seven years .
Fame Pretences . —Joseph Kelly , a person of respectable appearance , surrendered to take his trial upon a charge of obtaining a quantity of corn by false pretences . —It appeared that the prosecutors of the indictment were Messrs . Roft ' ev and Bowycr , cornfactors , of Old Barge-house Wharf , Blackfriars , and tho case made out on their behalf was that on the 8 th of July , 1850 , the defendant , who was then a stranger to them , made application to the prosecutors to do business with them on behalf of Mr . Garrett , a corndealevat Greenwich . The prosecutors made some inquiries , and having ascertained that Mr . Garrett was a respectable person , they agreed to supply him with corn upon the usual terms of one month ' s credit . Accordingly
the defendant was supplied at different times with considerable , quantities of corn , the whole of which was paid for m due course , until the month of March in the present year , and during that month tbe defendant ordered corn and beans to the amount of £ 110 7 s ., and it would seem that after these goods had been delivered tbe prosecutors received some information which induced them to apply to Mr . Garrett , and , in consequence of the answer they received , when the defendant was next seen he was taxed with having imposed upon tho prosecutors , and be then produced a £ 20 note and offered to give it to Mr , Bowyer , and also said tbat a considerable portion of the corn was atDeptford , and he was ready to give it up . The proposition was not acceded to , and the defendant was left in the charge of one of the prosecutors' servants , and upon his attempting to make his escape by running
away he was given into custody . It transpired in the course of the evidence that the defendant was connected by marriage with the family of Mr . Garrett , and although the two sons of that gentleman deposed that the defendant had no authority to use their name in the manner stated by the prosecutors , yet it appeared that Mr . Garrett , the elder , had died since tho transaction , and there was conse J quently no positive evidence that the defendant had not acted with his authority . It also appeared that at the time the defendant was given into custody the period of credit had not expired , and in point of fact the prosecutors had no legal claim upon him , and , for anything that appeared to the contrary , he might have intended to pay for the goods in question as he had for the others . —The Recorder having summed up , the jury almost immediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty .
Stealing a Horse and Cart . —Eobert Randall , 13 , was indicted for stealing a horse , airt , and harness , the property of William James Phillips . It appeared that the prosecutor is a pewterer in the Borough-road , and on tho 7 th of May be had occasion to go to tho Wheatsheaf public-house in Marylebone-street , and left his horse and cart standing outside while he was engaged about his bushes . In the course of half an hour he came out , and then discovered that his horse and cart had been taken away , and nothing more was seen of them
untillatethe same afternoon , when the prisoner drove the vehicle up to the Lowisham toll-gate , and having no money to pay the toll left a cushion and a horsecloth as security for the amount . On the same afternoon the servant of tho prosecutor , who was searching ahout for the horse and cart , met the prisoner in the Westminster-road , and upon seeing a whip in his hand which he recognised as the pro ' - perty of his master , he accosted him , and eventu i ; Jy gave him into custody , and when he was taken to the station he told the police sergeant that the horse and cart were in a back street near the
Victoria Theatre , and that he had sold the reigns to a milkman in the New-cut , and those statements turned out to be true . —The Recorder , in summing up , said that the circumstances of the case were somewhat remarkable ; but he did not see bow the jury could escape from returning a verdict of guilty . It was possible that the boy did not intend to steal the horse and cart , but he had clearly removed a portion of the property and appropriated it to his own use , and that would render him liable to the present charge . —The jury found the prisoner Guilty , and at the same time said they did not think that he originally intended to steal the horse and cart , but merely to have a ride . The prisoner was then charged upon a second
indictment , jointly with another lad , named Michael Cavanagh , aged 13 , with stealing a horse , a enrt , a harness , and a quantity of carpet , the property of James Lane , and Lydia Moorcroft . an elderly woman of very respectable appearance , who surrendered to take her trial , and was charged with feloniously receiving the carpet knowing it to have been stolen . In this case it appeared that on the 14 th of April the cart of the prosecutor , who is a carpet-bag maker in St . John-street-road , was left unattended in Albemarle-streot , and it was driven off with n roll of carpet that was in it at the time . On the same day the two lads were seen driving in the cart , and it appeared that the carpet was taken to the shop of the husband of the female prisoner , who
carries on the business of a corn-dealer in the Bermondsey New-road , and that she had given the prisoner Randall 3 s . for it . It was proved , however , tbat at the time the carpet was purchased , the prisoner brought a note from the daughter of the prisoner Moorcroft , requesting her to give Randall 3 s . for it ; and it appeared that the carpet bad never been made any use of ; and when the constable applied to the prisoner upon the subject she immediately gave him all the information in her power and handed him over the property . —Mr . Ballantine , on behalf of the female prisoner , urged thatat tho most she had only been guilty of indiscretion , and that , under the circumstances , the jnry would not be justified in finding her guilty of so
serious an offence as that of feloniously receiving stolen property . —Several highly respectable witnesses were called to speak to the character of Mrs . Moorcroft , and they all represented her as deserving the reputation of a most respectable wellconducted woman . —The Recorder having summed up , the jury Acquitted Cavenagh and Mrs . Moorcroft , and found the hoy Uandall Guilty . —The learned Judge ordered tho two prisoners who had been acquitted to be immediately discharged , and at the same time observed that , although , ' perhaps , there might be some imputation upon ' the discretion of Mrs . Moorcroft , he did not think there was any upon her integrity , and she would leave the court without any stain upon , her character . —The
Recorder inquired if anything was known of the boy Randall , and was informed that he was the son of a respectable , hardworking man , and that until these transactions took place no charge of any kind had been made against him . —The father of the prisoner got into the witness-box , and informed the Court thatou the 14 th of April he had threatened to chastise the boy for some fault he had committed , when he left his home , and he heard no more of him until he was iu custody , lie had been a good boy up to that time , and ho was now willing to take hira home and provide for him . —Randall was then brought up for judgment , a « d ftalearned Recorder , after observing that he wasincWed to believe , with the jury , that the prisoner had no serious intention to steal the horse and cart in either case , but that
he was actuated by boyish folly , said ho was unwilliug to sentence him to the contamination of a gaol by passing a sentence of imprisonment , and he should therefore only order him to bo confined in Newgate for one week , and during that period to be once well flogged . An Escaped Convict . —John Cotton pleaded guilty to a charge of feloniously escaping from Dartmoor prison , and being , at large before the expiration of a period of . transportation to which he had been sentenced . —It appeared from inquiries made by the learned commissioner that the prisoner had been originally transported for highway robbery ; and that there was good ground for believing that since he had been at large he had committed two other highway robberies of an aggravated cliataeter . —He was sentenced to be
transported for fifteen years . Foboeby . —Thomas Reed ,- 25 , wine-merchant , was indicted for feloniously . uttering a forged acceptance to a bill of exchange for £ 15 , with intent to defraud Samuel Hulme Day . —It will be remembered that at the last session the prisoner was acquitted upon two indictments charging him with uttering two other forged bills , with intent to defraud the same prosecutor . It appeared tbat the prisoner had formerly carried on the business of & wine merchant , in partnership with bis brother at Bath , but the partnership was dissolved in
1846 , and since that period the prisoner had no interest what ever in the business . « Tfle prosecutor , who is a wina-merchant in Puadrfg-ian g , ^ been in tho habit of doing business witlfthe nrnm Bath , and on the 28 th of March the prisoner purchased some champagne , which he represented was for the firm of Reed and Co ., at Bath , and he accepted a bill for the amount as for that , firm , and ft appeared that the wine v ?» 8 afterwards ap . propriated to his own purposes , —The Jury , after deliberating ' for raofe than ah . hour , returned a verdict of Guilty of utjerjng the forged instrumeat , but recommended the prisoner to mercy on
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account of his former respectable position ' and good ch . iractcr . - ; Mr . Cooper , on behalf of the prosecution , also joined in the recommendation to mercy . —The learned Judge sentenced the pmoner to be kept to hard labour for two years . Allkqed Intimidation asi > Extortion" . —Peter Cornelius Jauson , 33 , a German , wearing largo mustachios , described in the calendar as a merchant , wasindieted forfcloniouslv assaulting Henry Lynch , and with menaces demanding from him £ 5 , ' with hl ? i r J « " » tomo ' -T « o prosecutor deposed I , i AB ' t Wltl » 9 T bl-o" » cr-in-la , vatNo . 7 , StonehfKtf " ' f " ' V tl , at on t ! 'c zoning of j tho Oth or 7 th of May he met with a German woman , and accompanied her to a house in lluncrtreet marketand he
s , Hay ; gave her a sovereign , and passed tho night with her . On the following morning , between ten and eleven o ' clock he had gone out of the bed-room into the front room , and was in the act of patting on his coat to leave the house when the prisoner bowed very politely to him and asked him where he was going ? ( A laugh . ) Witness told him he was going away , and the prisoner replied that he was not going away in that manner , and he must give him A' 5 before lie went . Witness told him he had given the girl all the money he had , and he had not got any more . The prisoner upon this told him ho hail better do what he wished , or it would be the means of more annoyance . Aficr this the prisoner and the girl spoke together for a short time in German , and the
prisoner then said he would let him go away if he gave him £ 2 . "Witness repeated that he had v . ot got any more money and tho prisoner went out of the room , and tbe girl told him as ho was going out of the door that he bad better give the prisoner the money , as he was very bad-tempered ( A laugh . ) The prisoner returned in a short time and asked him what ho did in London without moni'V , and said that ho must have friends , and if lie wrote a letter to any of them to ask for money ho would " skip " it to the person himself . The prisoner then brought him a portfolio , and he wrote a letter to a tradesman in the neighbourhood , requesting the loan of £ 2 , and the prisoner went out with the letter , and locked him in the room with tho girl while he
was gone . When he returned he brought tho letter open , and said that the person was not at homo , and he then wanted him to give him his " good " ( hon ) for £ 2 , and he said ho would lend him the money upon it ( Laughter . ) lie then went out with tbe prisoner for the purpose of borrowing the money , and proceeded to his tailor's , hut the foreman said his master was not at home and he had not got any money , and the prisoner then wanted the foreman to let him have a piece of cloth on witness ' s account , and he said that he ( prisoner ) would be answerable for the payment of the value of the cloth ( Much laughter . ) Tbe prisoner continued following him , and witness threatened to give him in charge , but upon a policeman coming in sihtth
g , e prisoner charged him with stealing a cheque for £ 2 , and they all wont to the policestation , where the inspector refused to receive the charge , and wished witness to make a charge against the prisoner , but ho declined to do so at that time , as he did not wish his name to bo brought forward in connection with such a proceeding . —In answer to questions put by Mr Clavkson in cross-examination , the prosecutor said that be had formerly been in the army , but he denied having told the girl he was tho hon . Mr . Lawrence of the eleventh Hussars . He belonged to the ninety-seventh regiment . Hia nge was about twenty-nine , and he had left the army about nine years . He had come from Ireland , and had been in London three months . He did not come from a wild part of Ireland ( A laugh . ) The
woman knew his name because she took some letters out . ' of his coat pocket and read them ( Li \ ighter . ) Ho was coming from Brookes ' s Club when bo met the women , and they got to the house in Rupertstreet about a quarter-past nine o ' clock . He had a sovereign and a half in his pocket at tho time , and ho changed the half-sovereign to pay for two cigars , and gave the sovereign to the woman . Would swear that the prisoner did not complain of his not having paid the woman . Ho had been on a similar expe * dition once before , but he was not proud of it . Ho wrote to bis tailor to advance him the money , but if he had had £ 100 in his pocket he would have given it to be allowed to go away . The prisoner did not commit any assault upon him . He had
some coffee at night before be went to bed , but he did not drink more than half a cup , because he thought there was something in it . He breakfasted in the morning with the woman . It was a very bad breakfast ( A laugh . ) Tlicve viexe broiled chops , and tea and bread and butter , but no eggs or chicken ( Renewed laughter . ) All that he had represented took place in the front room of the first floor . —Mr ; Clarkson : Then why did you not , if your story ia true , open the window and call for some old woman or nursery-maid to come in and take care of you ( Much laughter ?)—Prosecutor : It may appear strange , but I did not do so . —A juryman required , to be informed particularly of the number of
the house ; because , he said , Rupert-street was in his parish , and he should feel it his duty to look after it . —Mr . Ryland having intimated that he had no further evidence to offer , —Mr . Justice Coleridge said it appeared to him that the case did not come within the statute . —Mr . Clarkson said that the prosecutor had brought it all npon himself by his own misconduct , and he auvisad him to be more cautious in future . —The prosecutor said ho was obliged to the learned counsel for his advice , and he should certainly follow it ( A laugh . )—The jury then returned a verdict of Not Guilty , stating at tic same time that they did so in accordance with his lordship ' s direction as to the law ; but , in their opinion , it was a very bad case .
Felonious Assault—Abraham Wilkinson , aged 60 , was indicted for feloniously assaulting Caroline Rcardon . The case was one of peculiar . atrocity . It appeared that the unfortunate prosecutrix was an orphan child only eleven years old , having no friends or any one to protect her , and that she obtained a livelihood hy selling articles in the streets . The prisoner met her on the evening of the 26 th of May , and , having given her some bread and butter , he attacked her with brutal violence and committed the offence imputed to him , under circumstances of great aggravation . —The jury returned a verdict of Guilty , and Mr . Baron Piatt sentenced the prisoner to be transported for ten years . Robbbhy from THE PEBsoN . —Alfred Burton , 23 , and Elizabeth Johnson , 20 , spinster , were indicted for stealing a watch , valued £ 1 , from the person
, or i nomas Bell , —3 be prosecutor , a mechanic , stated that he was accosted by tho female near Crutched-friars , and having walked after him for a short distance , he felt her hand in his pocket , and at that time Burton came up and she passed the watch to him aud made off . The male prisoner then seized him by the throat , and having thrown him violently to tho ground ran away , but being seen by a constable of the Thames Police , he very adroitly pursued and captured him , and the girl being known to the police , the prosecutor was taken over to a low beer-shop in the Mint , where he at onco recognised her . —The jury found the woman Guilty , the man , upon whom the watch was found , having pleaded guilty . —The Recorder deferred the sentence , that some inquiry might be made by the police into the prisoners' previous mode of life . His lordship also ordered a reward to tbe police officer , and complimented him upon his
conduct . Attempted Fraud on an Insurance Office . — George Derone Mayne , 24 , clerk , was indicted for : unlawfully attempting to obtain from the Monarch i Fire and Life Assurance Company the sum of £ 100 , , with intent to cheat and defraud . —The prisoner r pleaded Guilty . The Common Sergeant , in passing ; sentence , told tho prisoner that tbe offence he had 1 pleaded guilty to was one of a very serious charac- - tor , it being a most gross abuse of the confidence i reposed in hinr . Happily his plans had been frus- - trated , but not by any act on his part , for he had . i done all in his power to succeed in the commission a
of the offence , and therefore his conduct was as had i as if he had obtained the money . The character the e prisoner bore was but an aggravation , for it was in n consequence of that character that the trust he had d enjoyed had been placed in him , and it would be . ie most likely that no . suspicion would be entertained id he intended any wrong . The prisoner was then in sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment . . . Assault . —J . Mosely , a respectable looking man , . n , a master carpenter , surrendered to take his trial al for attempting to violate Mary Ann Bailey , a girl . rl fourteen years of age . . The jury tound him Guilty ty of an assault , and he was sentenced to six months' . 8 * imprisonment .
Rape . —A respectable dressed young man , named , ed . Joseph Samuels , was indicted for a rape , on the he person of Elizabeth Davis , aged sixteen .- The pri- risoncr pleaded not guilty . —The girl had , been in the . he . service of the prisoner ' s mother as housemaid , and- nd > she stated that late one night he took advantage of of his bedroom being next to her's to accomplish hia- hiapurpose . —Mr . Pottle , a surgeon , who had examined led the prosecutrix , stated tbat there was no appear-. iar-. ance of violence on her person except what would uld indicate that she had been a c onsenting party —? — > Mr . Sergeant Wilkins , in a forcible speech , ad-
addressed the jury on the part . of the prisoner . —Tho The > learned judge haying summed up , the jury returnedued I a verdict of Not Guilty . - . . rJ « TrT ot . ^ "M *^ - Patrick Cane , " wWi S ,, ? w ?> 23 - Ia > 5 f / - » " <* James M'EUicot icot t ! 2 p ' r ere md V 5 ted for th 0 " » wtor of Henryeury James Chaplin , a police constable , by striking Ji ana K & S- T st 0 ne 9 ° J ? the head » ^ by-M & SE a verdSt of & T *> ^ he ^ imeamed d iS' * u jilted M'Eliicott .-Thcy wen wen i sentenced to bo transported for fifteen years .
Thb Waterloo Banquet.—Wednesday Was Thts...
Thb Waterloo Banquet . —Wednesday was thts thcit thirty-sixth anniversary , of tbe Battle of Vaterloo * rloo , » , and : the Duke of Wellington , according to hi « o hiss usual custom , assembled round him at his mfln « OBflsion , i , Apsley House , the few remaining of the veteranieraMi who shared with him the perils of that bloody day . ay .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 21, 1851, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_21061851/page/5/
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