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      We have as high a reverence for the institution of the Sabbath as any of its most en-Lhu 3 iastic laudatora ; We believe that the enj oyment of rest every seventh day is aemanded not onl y on political , but physiolog ical grounds and that it is of the greatest a dvantage to all classes of society , in asocial , intellectual , and moral sense . Nay , farther , we believe that , if the institution had not been guarded by a religious sanction , that it xvonld have long since been reft from the ¦ working classes by the economuts of tlut school , ¦ w ho think that every hour a working man is not employed is an abstraction from their own ; JS JfttfsStatt ^ y rf £ ™ sfm :

      profits , and as—they pretend—the national wealth . Bat , in order that the institution may really diffuse the benefits of which it is capable , we protest against any sect whatever converting it into a day of gloom , of ascetic penance , or fanatic deprivation and selfinflicted torture . "We do not find the heavens nsually hung with sackcloth and ashes on that day . The greensward and the flowers do not become drab—the sun shines , and the streams sparlde as brightly under itsbeams—the bird carol as gaily in the leaf y woods on that aB on

      any ot&er day . Who shall hinder the people from enjoying these common but precious blessings of the common Father of all ? Who shall deprive them of the healthy 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 2

      We are happy to find that , for once , common sense was honestlyspoken in the House of Commons on this question . Mr . Fox and Mr . Du > 'COMBE deserve the thanks of the people of the metropolis for their manly and straightforward defence of social liberty , in opposition to { his sneaking and hypocritical aggression npon b oth . The hon . member for Fimbury was peculiarly happy in his exposure of the mercenary motives of the promoters of the bill , who , as Mr . Fox said , " were very solicitons about their souls , bnt still more about the

      retention of their great profits ; " and , therefore , wont shot up unless their neighbours do so also—not even to save their souls . They ought to be best acquainted with the 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-up 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 an < Tfreedom , 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 Banbnry 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 . IVe trust , after this defeat , we shall hear no more of such bills as that which was so properly thrown out- on Wednesday .

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      CHANCERY NON-REFOUM . Nothing daunted by the ill-success of his first attempt at Chancery Reform , the Piume 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 the higher qualities of Statesmanship . It is , of course , we all know , the 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 might 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 . Russell has a cleverer way than that It is , to wait until the cry for Hefonn 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 appearance . The "Mountain brings forth a mouse , " and a shout of indignation is heard on all sides , at the gross deception that has been practised npon them . But cunning Lord Jons knows the game he h 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 in 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 go successfully humbugged them .

      Such is the actual case with the Court of Chancery . - All the enormous abuses of that court are left untouched by the second Bill of the Premier . The Masters' 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 by which suits are made to last for successive generations , or as long as there is anything to 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 is now admitted by the most eminent men at the Chancery bar , can only be remedied by following the example of Scotland and 3 Jew York , and making one tribunal judge both of the law and equity of each case , in conjunction with viva toce pleadings and testimony . That , however , would be far too straightforward , summary , and effective a reform ; and , therefore , Lord John " dodges ' the question . - Under pretence of accelerating the course of suite , and , at the same time , preserving the political influence of the Lord Chancellor , he proposes two new Chancery Judges , at an additional actual cost of £ 7 ) 000

      a year . These deputies of the Keeper of the Great Seal are to do duty for him , when his 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 hiB Lordship says nothing about transferring the LORD Chancellor's patronage to himself , the public are quite delighted with the new plan . Has not the " noble Lord" executed the feat cleverly ? Depend upon it thatM . Robik and M . Bosco have something to learn from Eussell , in the art of conjuring .

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      PABLIAMESTARY . By placing the Anti-Papal Bill in abeyance fora short time the Government haveimparted a welcome relief and variety to the " proceeding s in Parliament" If there is not muck done , there U at least an 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 newipapers will certainl y find it pleasanter to pass . from grave to gay—from lively to severe , m the numerous topics arising out of he miscellaneous estimates than to be bored oy tne monotonous and insufferable performances , night after . night , of what has been "" h ^ " " 1-M- " " " ¦¦¦ ' - - ^¦¦ ' ¦¦¦ r-

      designated " the Pope ' s Brass Band . " Even a awcassion as to how " many gouty , crippled , blind , and deaf old admirals ought to be allowed to each ship of war , iB a relief , and an agreeable subject , compared with the interminable , drowsy gabble about the diference between tweedle-dum and tweedledee . Apropos of these same admirals , it was wonderful how quietly they were touched by Mr . Home and Mr . Cobdkn , in the

      discuBsion on the Navy Estimates . There was much more tenderness shown to them than the people on whom they are quartered . The

      Sir Charles Wood , in moving for a grant of £ 300 , 000 on account , presented quite a hopeful aspect of the question to the HouBe , 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 and 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 upon 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 ns 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 lucky . "We remember when it was said that every Englishman had a negro strapped upon his back ; with equal justice and force

      may it be said that each man now has to carry his Kaffir . How long it will be before John Bull demands to " know the reason why , " we will not venture to predict . T 7 hen he does , and insists npon 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 lime , 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 Charles Wood has all but

      ignored its recommendations by anticipation . The annual motion of Mr . Qoeden 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 sauder , " and nobody in the worldknows

      how to apply it so skilfully as Lord Palmerston . We very much fear , that if the modern Sampson once lays his head in the lap of Dellah-i ' the virtue will go out of him , " and that he will be lulled into obliviousness of the fact , that out of fifty millions of annual taxation we actnally 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 the wealthy and for * tunate these questions will present themselves as capable only of solution ; but it wiU be otherwise to the vast and increasing number of those who find it difficult to establish themselves at all in proportion to their hopes , then- birth , their education , their industry , and tbeir talents . "We are not speaking of the vulgar class of disappointed men ;

      but we do tay that , for one reason or another , competence ami position are assuming more and more the aspect . of . a fortress defended by a fortunate few against the meritoriow 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 bis country as well as a rich man , and may be as ready to risk his life in its defence , but if be believes that he is crushed to the ground by taxation he will be apt to inquire very narrowly whether that taxation be really required for the safety of bis 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 that the extract we have given is excellent Chartism . We only ask our readers to take a note for future use . Mr . Berries having shrunk from a promised passage at arms on the second reading-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 . Cullen's edicts against the Queen s colleges in Ireland would be met by the withdrawal of all pecuniary support from the Roman Catholic college . On the absurd and hypocritical "bitter observance of the Sabbath Bill , '; , we have commented in another P lace . .

      . .. . „ 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 mu 8 t , however , be mooted again , and with the intention of dealing with it practically . These richly endowed Educational Institutions , intended for the benefit of the whole people , cannot 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 absence 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 Grakville 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 ahy" at the new Chancery BUI ; and with the disposal of the mere routine business , that closes the account of their Lordships for the first week •* - •«— Mom . The Lewes Jury returned an open verdict as 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 ;— wo ,- - - - .,.- .-.,. |||||| 1 ,, j n , ||

      think most justly . The 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 sought to cover a gross , culpable , and reckless disregard of the safety of the passengers on their line .

      The translation of Lord Ashlev to the upper house by the death of his father , the Earl of Shafiesbuuy , 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 in 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 ngremens spoiled by delay , trouble the mental faculties of " noble lords / ' and render them indifferent listeners . The Lords cannot be " 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 curt as 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 hythe Bard of the " Seasons . " Sooth , to say , Society will not lose very much by the change . His Lordshi p ' s philanthropy was top frequently of a rather dreamy and trancendental character to be of much practical utility . nil £ * i ^_ _ * * m t •• ••• . . * ' .. ThGreat Exhibition

      e 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 arid shillings flow past the . door of the tradesmen and shopkeepers , who mutter curses not loud , but deep , on their monster rival .

      FOREIGN . i 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 giro . An expedition from California of genuine Yankees into Mexico is the . first Btep 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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      GLANCE AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE AND ITS CONTENTS . In the 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 an inmate . Critics , we believe , are agreed in pronouncing

      approTal 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 oh his hand , too much like a showman ; the other , with becoming dignity , seated with , a Bfcetching-bobk or tablets before him . The bos-relievos have no striking attribute The " Baptism" and " Descent from the Cross , " are at best , repetitions of good designs . The allegories — " The Spirit of Science unveiling Ignorance and Prejudice , " < fec—do not repay makifigout ; of the several from Milton ' s poem ? , only "Lycidas " seem * fairly to represent the poetical thought , nor that fully . The model of the baron Saner do Quinoy , one of the selected statues in bronze for

      the House of Lords , and Lady Daiibeny , 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 the Dimple , " in an inferior but still considerable degree . " Una and the Lion , " " Beliaarius , " and " Ophelia , " are the subjects of attempts that strike us as very creditable . In the centre are a number of statuettes , iu oompetion for the Art Union prizes ; chiefly attempts upon classical conceptions—some of them very promising attempts . But the chef d ' eeuvre of the collection is undoubtedly Gibson ' s " Greek Hunter and Dog "—the simplicity , strength , and

      unadorned beauty ot 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 aide there is so much plaster and model—the occasion was surely worthy of better material , and of the best efforts of our best men . Heorosaing the nave , we pass into a court superscribed , "Fine 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 . A copy of the Apollo Belvidere , if only in 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 , rained abbeys , classic remains , or the dwellings of celebrities , are welcome here . Among these we must specify » representation of the High-street , Edinburgh , and house of John Knox ; two models of the birthplace of Shakespere ; Mr . Mechi ' s farm ; and Tintern Abley . Two objects of great attraction though questionable locality , aro , the stand of

      Mexican figures and the Kenilworth buffet . The former is well nigh as popular ae any objeot 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 , representing the people of every class in that i « &mi and the neighbour - ing tribes . There is the farmer and wife on one horse , the huntsman lassooiug the wild bull , matadors in the ring , women at confession , tne water-carrier with his skin of water , the negro wood sawyer , the Indian squaw , the famous

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      Sed fe Sera !! : Ole 8 ' died in «*«** *« the 5 £ 15 ? , - ° T > with Wdeous fidelity TafleSnA ^^? victim « and raany «» ore . from a ^ ° rfc , h b Uffet IS a s'deboard constructed eKrn ° r ' ., feetin . diameter , till ntely « i f eai < Kenil ™ thCastle . Itiselabo-SSSfSTOr ^ i i i ^ ii sides tw •¦ ? y artl 8 tl ° work abounds on all ? 5 . JSiSR »« JrMs-- " - ' - " - ¦ iiiiimi , M

      sesasssi stances W ™ v they aro . P ^ oible , " m most in-Sn « f / tSiS ft ? type 8 / . oautyshaH be no ^^ lZ ^ J& 1 &S makes one fancy himself in a stVd ? o g ™ r School of Sfon 3 ° o f tL | . n 3- Thm are numerous pros = rv ' ' <™ r = t'LArt ™ S » « f ? i . £ our homes and- costumes . A sfstanna f """* . ® 0 ^ ™ S& * t * a- valuable assistance to teachers of dvawin 9 _ ft mafVi « mn 4-inai

      and psychological division of the face looks like nn ^ r , ;^ ' ^™ * mere mechanical means of ff w ^ ? 7 8 lhca Panting seems to offer a new and valuable material to the artist-and . such in-^ i ^ ^ - omolith ° g P J . engraving byelecw KM- ; 5 - lin « > n . olf colours ( all which are ™ » hlbUed ln t l beir rea « 1 ' 8 ) are full of signifinS , r - . ?^ Pwsent value . We must particularise in this department Mr . Baxter ' s prints ZZ ^ lUolou F JV ° se misBionary portraits and pictures are widely known . He has hore a large and imposing display-the centre-piece being a view of tho 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 landscanea mP . m

      growing as one looks in individuality and finish and the last of the series nev . er fails to disappoint . The cheapness with which these prints can be executed is of course one of tbe ohief advantages of the proceas . It is a dignified as well as novel employment of the press to make it thus powerful in the reproduction of colom-3 as well as of images and ideas . 6

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      FACTS AND INCIDENTS OP THE GREAT 'EXHIBITION . The 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 tram , is very noticeable . The great speed of this tram , the short sea passage , and the 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 the articles found in the Exhibition and deposited with the police , seventy-five parasols and 175 silk handkerchiefs , which have not been claimed . A ' silver watch and two or three purses , with money enc ' O 3 ed therein , are also included in the unclaimed liSt . > ; An interesting feature . has been added to the attractions of the forei gn nave in the shape of a table in pietra dura , the work of a Florentine artist but now the property of Mr . Holford , who kindly sent it for exhibition . This rare specimen of Florentine mosaic occupied the artist eight years in its construction , and . although a very small slab is valued at £ 800 . The crowd , as on the previous day , was an exceedingly well-dressed one , and included many of our first fashionables , who bore the hustling with entire good humour and patience

      Some sensation was caused about midday on Tuesday by the arrival of our old Chinese friend Keying in grand , costume , with two attendants , having come to give , a sitting to the artist who is preparing a picture of the grand opening . The illustrous stranger looked exceedingly well , and seemed wonderfully to enjoy the 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 tho exigencies of military duty might permit . Altogether the day wa » a feature in the history of the Crystal Palace . At the usual meeting of the board of directors of the parish of St . Pancras on Tuseday it was unanimously agreed that the officers of the

      workoouse snould be allowed three days' leave of absenoe , to give them an opportunity of Beeinethe Exhibition in Hyde Park . It wae further moved by Mr . Obbey , and seoonded by Mr . Carter , that each officer should be presented with ten shillings to defray expenses ; but this was rejected by a We There . was a comparativel y small attendance of £ inI A AA s / l rday , ! asfc ' « KpS 7 ? ?! . ' 17 s " and the P ° lioe wton » 8 giving 14 , 102 as the number of persons present , The Bale Of season tickets amounted to £ 35 Us . r nH G' atfd total of Monday did not Jail far short of 6 o , 000 , being doubtless the greatest number evor congregated within the Crystal Palace , or under one roof , either m ancient or modern times . Tho cash account for Monday stood thus : — season fiSSN ? ' - ' at the d 00 rs ' * . 85419 a . ; total ,

      The total number of visitors on Tuesday amounted to 67 , 681 , an amount far exceeding anything like what had been previously contemplated , The receipts are as follows :-Season tickets , £ 11 Us . ; at the doors , £ 3 , 191 2 s . ; total 43 , 20213 s . As might be expeoted with suoh numbers , the place waa 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 comfortablo moving room was , obtained . The only inconvenience that remained was a very high temperature , which required' the services of

      all the watering pots m the establishment , the thermometer giving 75 deg . in rather a shady corner of the nave . There were a great number of country visitors ; Beveral van loads having set down from the South Eastern railway ; and one of our oharitable institutions , the London Orphan Asylum , treated its 500 little inmates to a visit . The railways may now be expected to furnish an immense daily quota / one of them , tho 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 there may bo as many , aa 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 ' be necessary , as it i 3 : thought that 60 ; 000 is quite as great , a . number as can be accommodated at one time in . such a manner ; a 8 to fulfil the object or their visit . It is satisfactory , to know that the balloon which paid such an unexpected visit to tho roof of the transept on the previous dny , did no damage boyond carrying awaya flagstaff . The shower of ballast which ; was sent down caused some alarm and confusion , but that was compounding very easily for what might have been the results had the balloon itself , with its occupants , fallen suddenly _ among the crowds who , towards the latter end of the day , 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 the building . . ; , ¦ : : . , Some Blight disturbances to tho harmony of the proceedings was occasioned on Wednesday by an accident which

      occurred in the ! machinery - in motion room about three o ' clock . A man who was engaged m showing the working of the tile making machine , by some means , got his arm entangled in the works , and was severely , hurt i thefleshbeing much lacerated and the bone broken . He was immediately removed to St . George ' s Hospital . Among the improvements which every day ' s expe rience suggets to the executive committee , a large ooloured ground plan of the building was posted u { nt the Bouthern entrance , with every department indicated in large , letters , so that a few moments ' reference would enable a visitor to proceed atraighl to any desired section . This will be a much bettei arrangement than tho guide ByBtem , which hai been In operation for a day . or two , but has receivec ittle or no encouragement from the public , x T ^ re c , Pjt 8 atthedoor 3 on Thursday amountei to AJ . 'JHl 128 ., and by the police return t 63 , 86 ; persona are stated to have entered tho building .

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      The Central Criminal Court resumed its sifcMno * . on Monday pursuant to adjournment 8 * Bobolaby .-William Cox , 1-1 , pleaded Guilty to a harge of burglarously breaking into the dwelling . house of Edmund Ilo fo with intent to stoiil . Mr Woollett , who appeared for the prosecution , informed the court that tho prosecutor was a licensed victualler , and upon the night named in the indictment , being disturbed by something that occurred , he got up and made a search about bis premise ?

      , and found the prisoner concealed under a tub . 11 appeared that he had taken the opportunity of evading the observation of tho servants when the house was shut up , and his object no doubt was to have plundered the place in the 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 , iu \ d thai ; since his liberation he had been a great many times summarily convioted . —He waa . sentenced to be transported for seven year ? .

      False PRKTEtiCKs .-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 tho indictment were Messrs . Roffey and liowyor , cornfuctors , of Old Barge-house Wharf , lilackfriars , and the case made out on their behalf was that on the Stb . of July , 1850 , the defendant , who was then a stranger to them , made application to tho prosecutors to do business with thum on behalf of Mr . Garrett , a corndealer at Greenwich , i ho prosecutors made some inquiries , and having ascertained that Mr . Gnrrett 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 diftvrent times with considerable quantities of corn , the wholo 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 tho amount of £ 110 7 s ., and it would Beem that after these goods had been delivered the prosecutors received some information which induced them to apply to Mr . Garrett , and , in consequence of the answer they received , wLen the defendant was next seen ho waa taxed with having imposed upon the prosecutors , and he then produced a £ 20 note and offered to give it to Mr . Bowyer , and also said that a considerable portion of the corn was atDoptford , and he was ready to give it up . The propositioi was not acceded to , and the defendant was left in the charge of one of tho prosecutors' servants , and upon his attempting to mako hie 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 6 ince the transaction , and there was conse 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 ho had for the others . —The Recorder having summed up , the jury almost immediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty .

      SmuNo a Hohse and Cart . —Robert Rmdall , 13 , was indicted for stealing a horse , cart , and harness , the property of "William James Phillips . It appeared that the prosecutor is a pewterer in the Borough-road , and on the 7 th of May he had occasion to go to the Wheatsheaf public-house in Marylebone-street , and left , his horse and cart standing outside while he was engaged about hiB busines . 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 until late the same afternoon , when the prisoner drove the vehicle up to the Lewisham 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 the prosecutor , who was searching about for the horse and cart , mot the prisoner in the Westminster-road , and upon seeing a whip in his hand which ho recognised as the property of his master , he acco 3 ted him , and eventually 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 Yictoria Theatre , and that he had sold the reigns to a milkman in the New-cut , and those statements turned out to bo true . —The Recorder , in summing up , said that the oiroumstances of the case were somewhat remarkable ; but he did not see how 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 indiofcment , jointly with anothor lad , named Michael Cavanagn , aged 13 , with stealing a horse , a cart , a harness , and a quantity of carpet , the property of JameB Lane , and Lydia Moorcroft , an elderly woman of very respectable appoarance , who surrendered to take her trial , and was charged with feloniously reoeiving the carpet knowing it to have been stolen .

      In this case it appeared that on the Hth of . April the cart of the prosecutor , who is a carpet-bag maker in St . John-street-road , was left unattended in Albemarle-street , and it was driven off with a 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 tho husband of the female prisoner , who carries on the business of a corn-dealer in the Bermondsoy New . road , and that ahe had given the prisoner Randall 3 s . for it . It was proved , however , that 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

      had 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 tuatat the 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 , wero called to apeak 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 boy Randall Guilty . —The learned Judge ordered the two prisoners who had been acquitted to be immediately . discharged , and at the same time observed that , although , perhaps , there might be Borne imputation upon the disoretion 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 Coiirt that on the Uth of April he had threatened to

      bbasti 8 e the boy for some fault he had committed , when he left his home , and he heard , no more , of him until he was in custody . He had been a good boy up to that ' time , and he . was now willing to take him home and provide for him . —Randall was then brought . up for judgment , and the learned Recorder , after observing that he was inclined to believe , with the jury , that the prisoner had ho serious intention to steal the horse and cart in either case , but that he was actuated by boyish folly , said he was unwilling to sentence him to the ^ contamination of a gaol by passing a sentence of imprisonment , and he should therefore only order him to be confinedin 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 irom 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 tbe learned commissioner that the prisoner had been originally , transported for highway robbery , and that there was good , ground for believing that since ho had been at large he had committed two other highway robberies of an aggravated character . —He was sentenced to be transported for fifteen years

      Foboert . —Thomas Reed , 25 , wine-merchant , waB 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 Bession the prisoner was acquitted upon two indictments charging him with uttering two other forged bills , with intent to defraud the same prosecutor . It appeared that the prisoner had formerly carried on the business of a wine merchant , in partnership with : his brother at Bath , but the partnership was dissolved in 1846 . and since that neriod the prisoner had no

      interest what ever in the business . The prosecutor , who is a wine-merchant in Pudding-lane , had been in the habit of doing business with the firm at Bath , and on the 28 th of March the prisoner purchased some champagne , which he represented was for the fiim of Reed and Co ., at Bath , and he accepted a bill for the amount as for that firm , and it appeared that the wine was afterwards appropriated to his own purposes . —The Jury , after deliberating for more than an hour , returned a verdict of Guilty of uttering the forged instrument , but recommended the prisoner to mercy on

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      account of his former respectable position and good character . —Mr . Cooper , on behalf of the prosecution , also joined in the recommend ation to mercy . —Tho learned Judge sentenced the prisoner to bo kept to hard labour for two years . Alleoed Intimidation asd Extootios . —Peter Cornelius Jiinsen , 33 , a German , wearing large mustaohios , described in the calendar as a merchant , ann » »!! forf « Ion" >« 3 ly awnulting Henry Lynch , h ! tJ !» T ° ! £ landing from him £ 5 , with Kilifi ' u , 8 ame - Prosecutor deposed the oTir 7 th of" A ?" a , nd that on the C ™ S

      ana passea we night with her . On tho following Z 3 « f FT , a" ^ elcven o ' clock he ha ! gone out of the bed-room mto the front room and was in the act of putting on his coat to leave the house when the prisoner bowed very politoly to him and asked him where he was going ? ( Alauch 1 Wifness told him he was going away , and the prisoner replied that he was not going away in tbat manner , and he must givo him £ 5 before ho went . Witness told him he had given the girl all the money he had , and ho had not got any more . The prisoner upon this told him he had bettor do what he wished , or it would be tho means of more annoyance . After this tho prisoner and the girl spoke together for a short time in German , and the prisoner then said he would let him so awav if hn < mvo

      him £ 2 . Witness repeated that he had not got any moro money and the prisoner went out of the ro m and the girl told him as ho was going out of the door that he had better give tbe prisoner the monoy , as he was very bad-tempered ( A laugh . ) The prisoner returned in a short time and asked him what ho did in London without money , and said that ho must have friends , and if he wrote a letter to any of them to ask for monoy ho would skip' it to the person himself . Tho prisoner ihen brought him a portfolio , and ho 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 ho waa gone . When he returned ho brought

      the letter open , and said that the person was not " good' ( Ion ) for £ 2 , and ho said he would lend him the money upon it ( Lighter . ) He then went out with the prisoner for tho purpose of borrowing the money , and proceeded to his tailor's , but the foreman ssaid hia master was not at home and hfl had not got any money , and the prisoner then wnnted 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 . ) The prisoner continued following him , and witness threatened to give him in charge , but upon a policeman coming in sight , the . prisoner charged him with stealing a

      cneque lor * . a , and they all wont to the policestation , where the inspector refused to receive the charge , and wished witness to make a charge against the pnaoner , but he declined to do so at that time , as he did not wish his namo to be brought forward m connection with such a proceeding . —In answer to questions put by Mr . Clarkson in cross-examination , the prosecutor said that he bad formerly been in the army , but he denied having told the girl he was the . hon . Mr . Lawrence of the eleventh Hussara . He belonged to the ninety-seventh regiment . His age was about twenty-nine , and he had left the army about nine years . Ho had come from Ireland , and had been in London three months . He did not come from a wild part of Ireland ( A laugh . ) Th « womanknew his name because she took some

      let-, ters ont ; of his coat pocket and read thenWLtughter ) He was coming from Brookes ' s Club when he 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 the time , and no changed the haltsoveroign to pay for two cigars , and gave the sovereign to tho woman . "Would swear that the prisoner did not complain of his not having paid tho woman . Ho had been on a similar oxpe . dition once before , but he was not proud of it , He wrote to his 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 aid not commit any assault upon him . He had some coffee at night before he 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 . ) There were broiled chops , and tea and bread and butter , but no eggs or chicken ( Renewedlaughter . ) All that he had repregentei took plaoo in the front room of the first floor . —Mr ; Clarkson : Then why did you not , if your Btory ia true , open the window and call for some old woman or nursery-maid to come in and take care of you , ( Much la \» gl . t » ?)—Prosecutor : It may appaar 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 Bhould feel it his duty to look

      after it . —Mr . Ryland having intimated that he had no further evidence to offer , —Mr . Justice Coleridge Baid it appeared to him that the case did not come within the statute . —Mr . Clarkson eaid tbat the prosecutor had brought it all upon himself by hia own misconduct , and ho advisad him to be more cautious in future . —The prosecutor said he waa obliged to the learned counsel for his advice and he should certainly follow it ( Alaugh . ) -Tho iurv then returned a verdict of Not Guilty , et&tmi it he same fame 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 Assww .-Abraham WilkinBon , aeed 00 , was indicted for feloniously assaulting Caroline eardonThe

      R , oaae was one of peculiar atrocity It appeared that tho unfortunate prosecutrix was an orphan child only eleven years old , having no friends or any one to protect her , and that ehe obtained a livelihood by selling articles in the streets , Che prisoner met her on the evening of the 2 Cth of May , and , having given her some bread and butter , he attacked her with brutal violence and committed the offence imputed to him , under circumstanoes of great aggravation , —The jury returned a verdict of Guilty , and Mr ; Baron Platt sentenced the prisoner to oe transported for ten years . . Robbert from the Peh 8 on . —Alfred Burton , 23 and Elizabeth Johnson , 20 , spinster , were indicted for stealing a watch , valued £ 1 , from the person of Thomas Bell .-The prosecutor , a mechanic , stated that ho was accosted by the female near

      Crutched-friars , and having walkod 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 and made off . The male prisoner then seized him by the throat , and having thrown him violently to tho ground ran away , but beinu 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 deterred the sentence , that somes inquiry might be j ?? ., tbo polico in \ ° the prisoners' previous mode of life His lordship also ^ rdered a re ward to the police officer , and complimented him upon his conduct . ' ' ¦

      ^ Attempted Fraud on an Insurance Oppice .-beorge Derone Mayne , 24 , clerk , was indicted for unlawfully attempting to obtain from the Monaroh lure and Life Assurance Company the sum of £ 160 , with intent to cheat and defraud . —Tho prisoner pleaded , Guilty . ' The Common Sergeant , in passing sentence , tpld the prisoner that tbe offence he had pleaded guilty to was one of a very serious character , it being a most gross abuse of the confidence reposed in Him . Happily his plans had been frustrated , but not by any act on his part , for he had done all in his power to succeed in the commission of the offence , and therefore his conduct was as bad as if he had obtained the money . The character the prisoner bore was but an aggravation , for it was in consequence of that character that the trust he haa enjoyed had been placed in him , and it would be most likely that no suspicion would be entertained he intended any wrong . The . prisoner was then sentenced to . twelve months' imprisonment . ¦

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      • EIDDEPvMINSTER . ' ; DELEGATE MEETING . TO , RAISE ' THE MEANS OF' DEFENDING THE PERSONS CHARGED . WITH CONSPIRACY AT WOLTERH ^ MPrON . ' ¦; ; \ V ; " : . . ' . ; On Monday , ' Juno 16 th ; a large and enthusiastic meeting of delegates was held frora the various bodies of carpet weavers of Kidderminster , Bewdly , and Stpurport , totakeiininediate steps in raising monies to defend Measrj , Rowlands , Peel , Green , Winters , and otb . er « ' « when the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to . Moved b y Mr Pearce . seconded by W ; Hanson : r . « That the present committee be authorised to collect xnonW for the defence . " Moved by Mr . DealdniT seconded by Mr . Witt * ; -J « That J S Esq ., be appointed Local Treasurer to the Detence Fund . " "That this committed empowered to send circulars to the different teades of this district , requeuing them to asBist n ^ aid of th 1 S object . " "That the thanks of this mooting be given to Joseph Flinn , i ^ 'A , ^ ady acceptance of the office of Treasurer . " Mr ; f \\ nn made a neat and effective speech , vindicating the r ights of labour , and delivered a phillippio againBt oppression , which was loudly applauded . Henry Babbeb , Secretary to tho Defence Committee ,

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      MONIES RECEIVED Fob the Webk Ending Thubbdav Jdsb 19 ih , 1851 . THE HONETfY FUND . EECOVED BT W . BIDEB . From Gosport—J . Douglass ,, ., o 0 e J . Blake .. .. .. 010 A - B - .. .. 010 J . Tolfree .. .. .. 0 0 6 _ £ ft _ 3 G WUSDIN 6 UPOF THE LAND COMPANY . BECEIVED BT W . BIDES , W . John Carpenter , Putney ..- .. 0 " l 6 FromGoBport—J . Douglass .. .. 0 0 0 J . Blake .. .. .. 006 _ £ 0 2 ~ 8

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      NATIONAL CHARTER FUNp . Received by John Abhott—A Shopkeeper , Hollowayi per W . H . Cottle Is—J . Collins ls-F . Smith Whitechnrcli Is—Collected by H . Markhal ! 3 s Id-Ipswich , per G . Gibba 78-Greenwich locality , per D . P . Foxwell Ss-Paisley , per Mr . Rtder 2 s 7 Jd—landport , per II . Livesay 4 s 2 d—Bermondsey locality , per H . Baker 8 s . —Total £ 1 13 s 1 ja . POLISH REFUGEES AT TURNMLL STREET . Received by Jobs Abnott . —Mr . A . Jones Ss .

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      The -Wa terloo BAKQUBT .-Wednesday was the thirty-sixth anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo , and the Duke of Wellington , according to his usual custom , assembled round him at his mansion , Apsley House , the few remaining of the veterans who Bbarcd wnhhim the perils of that bloody day . The Great ExniBinoN . -Through the liberality of the Lord May wand Court of Aldermen sixty of the children of , Emanuel Hospital , "Westminster , have been enabled to visit the Exhibition . M ^ ? V , on of Papers in the firm that erected the Crystal Palace was formerly a teacher ja the Liverpool Mechanics' Institute .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 21, 1851, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1631/page/5/