The Sun. — London, England, 1856-05-13 00:00:00

(MEA. er in oneof 8 : .nt and in. and Sim have been ae interior. ,d returned e road. wires is ;y alerig heerful. g trans alf way . eadside lot-, and the na ), with -iss cos ,ea, and so very er ; be r minds b of the would V) p.m. nearly artered nperial Ty fine lid not all had to very smart. n over whom r to be nd the ver the sands. shion ms. A monde . 8 had ,enade ad by ladies have leared went issian Bala nter- .h we in a diffe was three opol, Kt to and Ywe -oops - r :fq A R Su7l".ti D COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoCK The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly but firmly, and prices were un changed. The sales amounted to 8,000 bales, in cluding 7,000 American (2,000 on speculation), 1,000 Surat, 4jd. to 4td, and 20 Sea Islands, ls. to is. 60 . per lb. There was an influential meeting at the Trea sury this day, at one o'clock, in accordance with the invitation given in • the late announcement of the New Loan. Among the gentlemen present were Messrs. Rothschild, Sir Joseph Paxton, the Lord Mayor, Baron Goldsmid, Messrs. Cazenow, James Capel, R. and T. Thornton, Lawrence, and some others. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said he would be happy to give any informatien in addition to that afforded by the announcement re cently made, and in the course of a general con ver- cation it was asked whether one of the payments in June that was to be paid on a Saturday could not be put off, as that was a very inconvenient day, and Sir George Cornewall Lewis replied that it,might be made on the Friday preceding if preferred. It was elicited that no savings bank stock would be sold except for savings bank purposes, and that the same form would be observed as in the last act. The Chancellor then said that, to prevent any mis understanding, he would tell those present that the proposed loan of 5,000,0001. was calculated to cover the whole of the expenditure, with the ordi nary sources of revenue for the year, with the ex ception of two millions, and that he should pro pose to take power for issuing probably Exchequer Bonds, or as alternative Exchequer Bills—in the event of the market being favourable —to cover that margin of 2,000,0001. that would remain unprovided for. These two millions, under any circumstances, according to present cal culation would not be required until the end of the present year or the beginning of the next. It would be a matter for the discretion of the Govern• went whether they would require something on a contingent note to cover any excessive expendi. ture, which, however, was not likely to arrive. After some further observations with regard to the mode of tender, the forthcoming interest on Exchequer Bills, &c., the interview terminated. The advices from America brought by the steamer Africa state that money was rather easier, but there was a good demand for loans on call at 7 per Cent. The latest weekly return of the City Banks was more favourable than for some time previously. The Bankers were discounting less freely, but it was not likely to produce any stringency on the Money Market. The balance of trade still con tinues against the New York traders, and during the week ending the 25th April there was an ex cess of imports over exports to the extent of 1 ,81 8,747 doll. The market for Public Securities appears to have remained in a quiet state. The Funds are steady at about yesterday's Prices, but the market continues languid. Consols, for money, range from 921 to 93, and for the ac count, 93i 93k. The New 3 per Cents. are 92 , 92,1 to f , and the 3 per Cent. Reduced 91i 91 1 Bank Stock is quoted at 211, 212, and India Bonds at 83. discount. The March Exche quer Bills are 23. discount and the June ditto 23 . to 4s. discount. The result of the meeting at the Treasury had the effect of producing a slight improvement in the 11/Inds. Foreign Securities have not been much dealt in, an Operators are busy preparing for the approach ing settling day. Mexican 3 per Cent. Bonds are about 1 per cent. higher at 23g. Spanish 3 per Cents. are in demand at 444. New Deferred ditto at 24. i. Ditto for the Account 25. Turkish Six Per Cents. are buoyant at 97#, and the 4 per Cent. ditto Guaranteed 101 k. Belgian 4i per Cents. rule at 95k, and ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 91i. The following are the nominal prices of ►oreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 62. 7±; Mexi can, 22} 4 ; Peruvian, 77 9 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 64 6 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 49 51 ; Rus sian 5 per Cents., 104 6 ; Ditto 41 per Cents., 94 6 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 44i 45 ; Ditto De ferred, 24 ; Ditto Certificates, 5/ /; Ditto Passive, 7 /. Railway Shares have rather improved upon Yesterday's closing prices, with a fair amount of business doing. This is " ticket-day" in the flarket, and rates for continuation are not much lighter than before last account day. Banking and Miscellaneous Shares are rather dull, with a decline of about i on Crystal Palace, National Discount, and London and County Bank. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK ( From the Official List.) Flaqtness. done. . 1 43. k Stock .. ...- 213 11 2 Pfsr Lent,. Reduced Anunities..... ........ 91a i Nee Cent Co n sols Annuities 'Mb. per per Cent. Annuities .la. 'lends - 1:1000 r. Ditto under 21000 8 a msola for Account Exchequer Bills, 21d. March. June. £l000 . . X5OO — „ Small I'RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOcli. M e xican 3 per Cent 22 ,5 31] Phtilbl Boads, 3 per Cent -3itto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 1 11 2 ,, .-'t3 , liond s , ti per cent 97R Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. ~ 11 ,,,, lea,. ci” the abc,. • ..v*hlt , in London. t • 'n n, per Cent ex. 25 francs — • , Butch Ditto 41 . pr Cent.. ex. 25 francs 9si Exchange, 21. per Cent., 12 Guilders Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates - TWO O'CLOCK. Consols for Money 93 93, 3 / 4 Ditto Account MARKET YEWS.—(This Day.) HAY MARKETS. S MITHFIELD.—'Meadow hay, 3/ 12s to 5115 s ; clover do. 1 / 15s to 61 10s ; and straw, 1/ 63 to 1/ lls per load. A. fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. C iIIIIBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ 15s to 5/ 15s ; clover do., 4 / 15s to 66 lOs • and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 12s per load. r 'SV ad i e u H s T t E ea c dy .t . PEL.—Meadow hay, 31 12s to 5/ 14s ; clover (10 ., 5/ Os to 6/ 12s ; and straw, 11 Gs to 1/ Its per load. %apply moderate and trade dull. COLONIAL. TEA—The business in this article has been very dull, previous rates having been barely maintained. Common conguo 8(1 to 9d per lb. SUGAR—There has been an active demand for sugar from exporters and home dealers, and an advance (I 6:1 per cwt Was obtained Upon most descriptions. The refined market hag also been brisk and full prices were realised. COFFEE—An increased demand has been experienced for coloury plantation at high rates, and a slight advance was obtained upon some superior qualities. Native has been firm, but the business done has not been large. RlCE.—There has been a dull market, and the principal Part of the different lots offered at public sales were bought ii i, s at previous rates. public business in this article has been sus pended during the holidays. Privately prices have under gone no variation. ,TALLow —An increased demand having sprung up from " soap manufacturers, an impetus has been given to the trade, and prices have slightly improved. P.Y.C. on the s pot Vs t o 46 8 3d last three months 46s 6d to 46s 9d. Australian mutton 47s 6d to 48s. Beef 45s to 45s 6d, and outh. American 46s 6d to 47s 9d per cwt. NATIONAL GALLERT.—A picture in tempera, by an early Florentine master, Sandro Botticelli, has been Placed in the Notional Gallery. It is circular in form, a'rd r e p resents the Virgin with the child in her arms, ant t wo Youthful adoring figures at the sides ; one aPPa l'entlY St. John the Baptist, the other an angel. The figures are ' half length and under life size. This 1 8 , One of the pictures purchased last year in Italy for toe natio na l co ll ec ti on , and is described i n th e direc „°B' rep or t as h av i ng a t the back th e i nscr ip t i on , U. Giuliano da Sin Gilallo" (in more modern orth,— g ra PhY San Gallo)—an evidence that it was once in the Possession of the Florentine architect of that name. rA „ T INCIDENT A T CARLTON HOUSE. —Two days ago, t he Prin ce ( w h o h a d met L au d er dale at a di n n er o f th e - "uke of York's a fortnight past) invited Lauderdale to 4d inner at which' the Princess Charlotte, the Duke of ~ erk, two or three ladies, with Sheridan, Lord Erskine, / 441a rn, and two or three more of his family, making rem sixteen to twenty, were at table, at Carlton House. good de a l o f w i ne p a ssed, even before the dessert ; and efore the servants had quitted the room, the Prince began 4 , sv fur ious an d unmeasure d attack upon the letters, and rtters of th e l e tt ers. T o i s w ent on some time. The Prin cess Charlott e rose to make her first appearance at the Oper a , bat rose in tears, and expressed herself strongly to Sheridan, as he led her out, upon the dis tress which s h e h a d fe l t i n h ear i ng h er father's language. Nor should it be forgot that, at the Opera, seeing Lord reY in th e b ox o; pis i te to her, she got up, an d k isse d c t . hand t o h im repeated l y, in the sig h t o f th e w h o l e iruPa nVencyY.--The Duke of tucking/tan - es " Court of the '' _ SHARE LAARKETS. :THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. RAIL WAYS Closing Prices yesterday xi;er~ieu:,..,.. A.mbg. llottug. Boat and Eartn. Janet._ &Haat ii Ballymena Wolverh Stour Valley Birk eand. Lancsi Cheshire Juuct r+o. Chesil. 6t Birk. £5O and £25 Cons Do., £2O •• Rlyth &Tyne origin& £25 (issd. at £45 Bristol and Exotcr... Caledonian. Caren. and Cardigan Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon.. Cork, Black, &Paw. Cornwall Do. A Do. B Cries!' Junction...., Dublin &Belfast Jun • Dun. P. & Jnc. 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Norfolk ortlin.Counties Un North British Nth Devon Rail. & Dock Stock Do., A Stock no., B Stock Do.; B Guarantee N. Eastern—Berwie Do. do. Extension Do. Leeds Do. York North London . N.& - S.Wstrn.,Haral stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western N. & S. West rn. June 'Nuneaton, Hinekle's and Leicoster Oz, Wore., 3c Woly. Portffraouth Scottish Central,.. Seottiahldidlaucl... Shropshire Union South Dovon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. dr Riy. Dm Do 'ltaines,Wok. &Wa Stockton & Dar Stockton 4 Hartlepl Taff Vale. Do. Prof No. 1 riemes lay. D.& R Ulverstone di Lanes Vale of Neath Viratertl. & Kilkenn Waterford&Limeri West Cornwall. West End of Londei and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London._ Wimblodn &Croydor kntxverp&ltott rdnm l Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. atpar till'64 Ardennes Belgian Eastn. Juno Beziers to Graissessa•^ Bombay, Baroda, an Central India,Scrii Do. Demerara Dutch. Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian, g. 5 p. c Do. F. 7 tension .. 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C. •.. al! i<ritieh N. American 2 5 5 Chart'. Lank of 4.9i5 I ' p 20 4 Chrtd% Luk. of India, Australia, & Chun, ... 4 100 50 City - 65 !CIO y 5 lii;ltinlal 100 20 Commercial of Load 3l} 20 4.11 Eng.9.,eot.&Aus.Cht lsi —16 i 2J all Lond. Chart. Bk. of .Australia 18 19 20 5 Ditto Now 50 20 Lyndon and Coon y: 1 : 321 10€: 5 1 0 L ot & o n J E. Bo s g. Stock. par - 2p 50 0 L 100 10 London and Paris 4 -- 2 d 100 20 Lond. & Woetininstei 100 35 National Pro.of Eng ... ••• 20 10 Do. Now 50 22' National of Ireland — •,; 20 all Now South Wales, 4l 4 ° 25 all' Oriental Bank 3f Corporati,n. ....... 20 5 Ottoman Ba n k 1 p 1.0? 50 • {loyal British.... 25 all . Australia . 25 all '..Tnion of Anstrzlh , •69 - 71 70 , Do. New 8. 8 50 10 Tnioil cf 2Bi 10(,), 3 Western Bk o f Loud. 5 4 Business done this day 17 161 91# • 60! 60 i 83i 9 8i 9} 1014 1001 100 f 691 701 'an. THE StIN, LONDON% CRIMINAr• COURT.—(This Day), RAILWAIII . 4 Lewin Compam Closinw - PTV!' yesterday. rinsinass this day. (Dlfore the Recorder.) The two prisoners,. Marshcal and Swilaton, who were convicted on Monday of cheating an emigrant of 501., nearly all the money he possessed in the world, were brought up for judgment. A Liverpool detectivu officer informed the Court that he hal known both the prisoners for several years as the members of a gang who got their living by what was termed " megging," cheating at cards, and robbing country men and any simple p4rsons they could lay hold of. 95 - 97 94 - 98 11 - 13 133 - 135 41 ... 4i ... - .., ••• .... The Recorder raid that the prisoners had been con victed of a very cruel robbery, and he should inflict the full punishment fixed by the law for .such a description of offence. He then ordered them to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two years. Henry Mitchell, 23, pleaded guilty to the charge of being feloniously at large before the expiration of a period of penal servitude to which he had been sen tenced by this Court. 104 - 106 12t 114 lib 115 21 - 2i The prisoner, it was stated, was convicted of bur glary, and sentenced to four years' penal servitude. He was removed to the Model Prison at Pentonville, and he and another prisoner contrived to make their escape from that establishment in a very adroit man ner. Wheeler, the detective officer, subsequently met the prisoner, he being at the time in company with two other officers, and the prisoner observed that, if he had been alone, he would have found his mistake, but as there were two others with him he would give himself up. 93 - 94 118 45 - 47 133 7 1 8 31 2d In answer to questions put by the Recorder, it was stated that the prisoner was originally convicted of a very serious burglarlY, and one of the persons who was concerned with him made a violent attack upon the constable who took him into custody. The prisoner put in a written paper, in which he stated that if he was set at liberty he would inform the Court in what manner be got out of the prison. (A. lau;.;h.) The Recorder said that it was quite clear that the prisoner was a very dangerous character, and it was his duty to remove him from this country. He then sentenced him to b? transported for 14 years. 31 = 1 1 '.7tEsnAy EVRNINISN MAY i 3, 1156; WHITSUNTIDE AMUSEMENTS. DRURY-LANE. The Whitsuntide attraeLions of Drury-lane were an English version of Rossini's magnificent opera of "Cin . derella," and an American entertainment entitled " Mis chievous Annie." Mr. Lacy, in adopting the opera, has omitted a portion of the concerted music, but all the exquisite gems with which the opera abounds have been carefully retained. Miss Fanny Iluddart sung the music of the part of the heroine with great delicacy and feeling; and in the celebrated finale to the opera—the world-renowned nonplumesta—she created qui tesfurore. It was a perfect display of florid vocalisation, and was in every way worthy of the immense applause it elicited. Mr. H. Haigh, the new tenor, impersonated Felix, and his remarkably sweet, though not powerful, voice was heard to considerable advantage in many of the airs in this opera. He gave the air, " Morning its sweets is flinging," in the first act of " Cinderella" in a manner which showed that he was in good voice, and quite equal to rendering the music of his part most effectively. Mr. Durand, as the Baron Pompolino, and Mr. Manvers as Dandini, the valet and mock prince, supported those parts creditably. In the American portion of the enter tainments Mrs. W. J. Florence created quite a sensation by the manner in which she sustained seven different characters. She was applauded to the very echo. The I house was crowded in every part. HAYMARKET THEATRE. After the performance of " The Evil Genius" and the Spanish ballet, the old burlesque of "Tom Thumb" was revived, for the purpose of introducing a very young, or, at least, a very small child, as the hero of the piece. As a theatrical performance it was not very successful, but the audience laughed heartily at the coolness with which the infantinedebutant requested the band to begin the song again ; and the attempt to recover the forget ting of the words by a bravura style of singing and very energetic action with one hand. The best attempt was the decided manner in which one verse of the National Anthem was given. The juvenile hero of the night was loudly called for after the fall of the curtain, and was much applauded. The house was well attended. OLYMPIC THEATRE. A romantic drama, in five acts, entitled "Retribu tion," was produced heie last night for the first time. If not from a French drama direct, it is founded on a decided French plot, and is said to be the handy -work of Mr. Tom Taylor. The main beam of the story is the avengement that one man takes upon another for the seduction of his wife. The acting of this piece was excellent throughout, The scenery and furniture were in the most excellent taste, and altogether the framework was worthy of a better piece. The audience were divided in their ver dict. It, however, is so elegantly put on the stage, has so many minute points of interest arid is so well acted, that it probably will, for a while, keep its place on this stage. SURREY T fIEA.TRE. The talented lessees of this popular place of amuse ment have entered into an engagement with Mr. and Mrs. Keeley for a limited number of nights, and last evening those clever artistes male their first appearance. The drama selected for the occasion was "Jack Shep pard," in which Mrs. Keeley sustained her original character of the hero, Jack. The performance of the part by Mrs. Keeley is so well known and appreciated that it would be a work of supererogation to make the slightest remark on the subjact ; suffice it, therefore, to say that last night she was in capital spirits, and played the part with her accustomed ability. Judging from the appearance of the theatre last night the engagement of the clever pair will prove a prize for the management —a prize they most richly deserve for the ability with which they conduct the affairs of this very popular theatre. ASTLEY'S A NIP HIT EATRE. Mr. W. Cooke has nobly redeemed the promise he gave some time ago respecting his Whitsuntide novelty. Last night he produced one of the most extraordinary , spectacles ever presented to the public, even in the re nowned "Temple of the ArtA." Tne new romantic drama is entitled "The Horse of the Cavern, or the Mounted Brigands of the Abruzzi," in which all the resources of Astley's are displayed in the most effective manner. The plot is of a wild and interesting nature, introducing scenes of bandit plunder and revelling, conflicts with the Government troops. deeds of daring in escape and rescue, and, in a word, all the chequered passages of brigand life. The scenery is excellently clntrived, so as to give the moat picturesque features of the rude mountain retreats of the Abruzzi, and the situations are admirably combined. The Scenes in the Arena which followed comprise several ne'v feats of horsemanship, in which great artistic skill is exhibited, showing the high degree of training to which Mr. Cooke has brought his beautiful stud. WOODIN'S ENTERTAINMENT. IPaid.l Bedford and Bietchloy Buckgbarnsh. Clydesdalt) Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lin. g. 6 pc. E. T.Tn. H. Sh, (Alas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New...... Glstr.ds Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Share 2. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lon., Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Mauch. Bxtn and Matlock Middlesbro' & Rodcar Midld.Bradfd Newmarket Bury E. G.spe N.& Est.sp.e. Do. 6 rer ct Do. Fixed p c Prest. Ya Vb yre Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef.Roth and Gooleg.s p.c. Shrews. &Her S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do WiltsVomrst London & N. We ‘t. L. &N. W. Calodon... E. ITn. & Gt. Nrth n. E. Count. Ca►ldonian. Do Gt. "W estr Yk. New. Berw. Y. &Mt Do Do IS. Easton Do Peto & Ca Norfolk Do 1 1,4 k N. W & MO& Y. - Acton & Darlingt. En. Conn. E. Count. D 0....... L.S6N.W Do at Northn tancash& Yorksh. T. Brassey M.BMCiean Stoat. & Darlingt Do If4tWeetn. LETTER FROM ALEXANDgR DUMAS TO M. VICTOR HUGO. (Prom the Morning Advertiser.) The following letter has just been addressed by Alexander Dumas to M. Victor Hugo. The letter will be read with much interest, both on account of its author, and of the distinguished man to whom it is addressed : My dear Victor,—You will doubtless have under stood, as you read the Mousquetaire regularly, that it was not I who authorised that triple exhibition of your verses, to which was prefixed a few words of notice, as there would have been to the production of an ordinary verifier. No, my great, no, my dear Victor ; you know well that it is not thus that my heart responds to yours, my friendship to yours, my exile to yours; for if you are exiled from France, I am exiled from you. I have loog been expecting your excellent book, my dear Victor, and every one who had left within his soul a ray of our poetic eun of 1830, has been expecting it with me. Only more fortunate than many, I had read it at Brussels in one of the frequent visits which I paid to my friends there. I solicited our dear friend Noel Parfait to correct the proof of the piece which was ad• dressed to me ; but I had the discretion not even to ask leave to copy it, and I returned, as one returns from a fairy land, with eyes dazzled, but without bringing hack the diamonds which were scattered at our feet, and the pearls which were showered upon our heads. I returned, saying : "This is splendid, marvellous, unparalleled ; never has one reached so far, never has one risen so high. Blessed be the God who makes us suffer, since he permits our grief to utter such exclamations !" I conceive that, in your moments of doubt,—you just, you great, you upright man,—l conceive that in your moments of doubt, you perhaps ask God the cause of your sufferings. Homer and Dante asked the same question : the one when landing at los ; the other when expiring at Ravenna. The Iliad and the Divina Com media are the reply of Heaven. The foot of the vine dresser must crush the grapes ere wine con be produced from them, and the foot of adversity must trample on your heart ere it can give forth poetry. We who knew the child you have lost, and whom you mourn; we who have lost and mourn yourself, may find perhaps that we pay dearly for this corn, ground by the millstone of death and of exile, for the noerishment of the mind ; but, in 50 years, in 100 years, in 1,000 years, when we and you are no more—when your name shall be as old as those of Dante and of Homer— -when they read those verses addressed to your daughter, the verses addressed to France, our descendants will say—" He never would have performed this if he had not suffered ; it was well, therefore, that he did suffer." Oil ! great mystery of grief ! A tree which only gives forth its balsam through its wound. Furthermore—May you be blessed, my great, and well-beloved Victor ; for behold what you have done : Last night a poor mother, of 20 years of age, who had just lost her child, came to my hou3e. Throughout the day she bad cried to Heaven for mercy ; but she could not weep, although she saw the father weep. She doubted not, she recriminated not, she blasphemed not —only, the tears which she could not shed, returned to her heart and choked her. I, who was no more to her than a friend, lifted my hands to Heaven, and prayed that she might be coin forted. Paul Meurice enteral with your two volumes. I saw ,hat she was saved. I took them from his hands. I ran to her. I fell upon my knees, and exclaimed : " Mother ! I bring you the only consolation for mothers who have lost their children. I bring you tears." I opened by chance—l ought to say providentially— at Le Revenant, and I read. At the tenth verse she wept. You knew that mother, my dear Victor. She bade you adieu at Brussels, and you loved her as you love all that is young, and beautiful, and good. For two days, my friend, you were with us—the great physician of our souls. When she could weep no more —when the burning eye dried up the tear which mounted to it—when she threw herself back and clasped her hands upon her bosom—l took your book and I read ; and she wept, my friend, the tears which you have wept—more gentle and more full of love than yours, perhaps ; for she was a woman, and you were a man. You were strong, you were a poet ; while she, poor child, was only a mother. Then she loved, now she adores you ; then she ad mired, now she worships you. Be proud, my friend, that neither physician, nor priest, nor king could have done what you have accomplished. The chalice which Heaven presented you full of gall you have drunk to the dregs, and you have passed it to this poor mother, filled with your tears. I sent you Lamartine's letter, my dear friend. I see him often, and whenever we meet we speak of you. He knew you as one knows his rival—as one knows a war rior armed for the fight. He said to me—" He is an Enceladus. He is a Prometheus. He is a Titan." I said to him—" He is more than all that ; be is a Heart." I know you better than any one, my friend, for I have seen you suffer ; I have seen you weep. Your new book adds nothing to my tenderness and my devotion for you ; but it raises my admiration to the height of your genius. Do you remember the Hercules Telephua ? —he holds an infant in his arms, and, in lift ing it, he makes it as great as himself. I salute you as a majesty, I embrace you as a brother, and I thank you for being so great where you are, while we are so little here. As you say to me, so say I to you, Ex into corde, ALES. DUMAS. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, May lg.—Wind this ,ta y at noon, W., light breeze and dull hazy weather. FALMOUTH, May 12.—Wind N., fresk. —Arrived— Miles, from Buenos Ayres. Off the port—Argo, from Bahia, and sailed for Amsterdam ; Tell, Laguna, for Bre men. _ _ MARGATE, May 12.—A head-board, marked "Kin drackel" a brig's lower-mast, and a cargo-book of the Charlotte Maria, of Fowey, Glanville, master, have been picked up here. COWES, May 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Crispin, from Melbourne ; Alwina, Africa, for Hamburg. NEWHAVEN, May 12.—The Augusta, from Constanti nople to Stavanger, put in yesterday with cargo mach heated, and will discharge. ORB ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived- Hope and John Glaiseer, from Newport ; Na tive, Llanelly ; John Daniel, Cardiff; Le Poulo and Le Coq, Cherbourg; Samuel, Swansea. Sailed—Mary Pope and Ann, fo: Newport. LivEurooL, Tuesday Morning. Wind N. Exodus, Callao Arrived —M ar i a , f ro m Antigua; ; Gene ral Wiltshire, Charlestown. Sailed—Margaret (s.), for llavre ; Lord Althorp, Val paraiso; Meander, Alexandria • Callan, Lim a; L a d y Mil ton, Point de G a ll o; Emma, Alexandria; QUEENSTOWN, May 11. Wind N.N.E. Arrived—Earl of Elgin, from Callao. Off — Brisies, for Akyab. KINGSTOWN, May 12. Wind N.W. Arrived—Agenora, from Barbadoes. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAM) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 10.10 a.m. Wind westerly; tide, 2 hours' ebb ; cloudy. Arrived —Alma, from Thistcd ; Prosperity, Brussels ; Hurricane, Calcutta ; Ernst, Odense; Commerce, Ham burg; Merida, St. Vincent. Sailcci—Alipore, for the Cape of Good Hope, DEAL, Tuesday, 9.42 a.m. Wind S.S.S., Passed by---Tasmania, Sappho, Antipodes, Statesman, and Dolphin, with the whole of the homeward-bound ves sels supposed to leeward yesterday. Passed—Wooloomooloo, from Sydney; Swanley, Ja maica; Alpha, Alexandria; Orwell, Bombay; Sorata, Callao ; Wilberforce, Mauritius; Palm, Antigua—all for Loudon. Last night, in order to gratify the holiday makers, Mr. Woodin introduced several new features in hi' popular Olio of Oddities. These are grouped under the comprehensive title of " Off by the Train ;" and here we are presented with a graphic sketch of the interior of a railway station, with passengers arriving in rapid succes sion, and demanding tickets with more or less of on pressement. These are each personified, the changes taking place with the utmost rapidity, and the peculiari• ties of each being hit off with inimitable effect. Not the least amusing character is the elderly lady who, at the end of the journey, is in great perplexity at the loss of her ticket, and at length discovers it in her glove ! Amongst his greatest efforts mast be classed his full length portrait of Mrs. W. J. Florence, in the part of the Yankee Housekeeper. It was a perfect daguerrel type of this talented artiste, and the applause of the audience could scarcely be sufficiently repressed to allow Mr. Woodin the opportunity of singing her song of "Bobbing Around." Of course an enthusiastic encore followed, which Mr. Woodin goodnaturedly comp led with, but substituted another of her Yankee melodies, which was as vehemently applauded. We beg leave to recommend a visit to Mr. Woodin; feeling assured that all who go there will confess, at the conclusion of the entertainment, that Mr. Woodin is a host in himself, and that his entertainment is, like himself, inimitable. CRYSTAL PALACE. Yesterday the crystat structure at Sydenham proved indeed the people's palace. All day long the rail way trains were running to and fr,), and every quarter of an hour, from nine o'clock until late in the afternoon, landed in the Palace grounds some hundreds of persons, who preferred the best shilling's worts of rational and in tellectual amusement in the world to Greenwich or Wandsworth fairs, the overcrowded steam-boats, or those •arious other attractions which at holiday tines promise for a consideration recreation and enjoyment to the toil worn artisans of the metropolis. The Scutari Monument and Marochetti's Peace Trophy as being the latest novelties, commanded the largest amount of attention ; but in the latter case, if the audi ble criticisms expressed by the crowds who congregated around it from time to time may be taken as a criterion, that attention partook but little of the character of ap probation. There were the Company's band, the Royal Artillery band, which relieved each other in the perform ance of some of the most popular pieces of our most popular musical composers—and there were the flowers, indigenous and exotic, whose charms of form, colour, and scent—now, thanks to Sir Joseph Paxton's admir able gardening, almost in full perfection —more than divided, with the arahitectural courts, the beautiful specimens of decorative art, and the other wonders which the interior of this gigantic glass case displays, the at tention of the artisan class who assembled in prodigious numbers. There w.:ts but one drawback to the comfort of the visitors, and that was in the very inadequate ar rangements for ingress and egress from and to the trains at the Palace station. It may be that the authorities never contemplated the requirement of station room for so many as had to be provided for yesterday ; but, if not, the experience they have now acquired—profit able as it must have been—will, it is to be hoped, in duce them to make such alterations as will prevent the boxing-up of eight or nine hundred individuals while waiting for the return trams in a room insufficient to accommodate half the number, and which, by the com bined operation of the crowd within and the heat-at tracting materials of which it is composed, is raised to an atmosphere which we may presume is not very much below that of the celebrated black-hole of Calcutta. ROYAL GARDENS, CREMORNE. Notwithstanding the very unfavourable afternoon of yesterday these gardens were very fairly attended. It would appear as if the attraction held out had been too great to allow anything like a general interference with the pleasure-seekers' determination. The programme of amusements was of the most liberal cast, and included a vocal and instrumental concert, in which upwards of 50 performers were engaged—a troupe of performing dogs, whose tricLs and sagacity were both extraordinary and amusing--a clever display, called the Sports of Atlas, by the Brothers Hutchinson and Thomson—an entirely new ballet, termed " The Island of Roses, or War, Peace, and Plenty "—a grand circus performance, and a ball, of course, which did not afford that pleasure al fresco dancing would have given, but which appeared to be entered into with much spirit. Of these we may select the cirque and the ballet for especial commenda tion. In the former a host of talent has been collected sufficient to form an evening's entertainment of itself, and of the latter it may be said that it is a great success. It is from the pen of R. K. Philp, Eig , who has in. fused anew spirit into this description of performance, which has been apparently taken up by the composer of the music (Bosisio), and partaken of by the ballet com pany, whoa° efforts to please met with a general and hearty applause from the assemb:ed visitors. The varied alterations and new features in and about the grounds we shall take some future opportunity of describing. Suffice it to say, they are more numerous and important than in any former year. Nor are these the only matters in which the enterprising lessee has merited public patrona&e. The musical en tertainments on Sundays c)a'inue to attract large num ber, who prefer innocent and intellectual amusements to "the bitter observants " which are now attempted to be enforced. The selections of the pieces performed have been made with great care and judgment. They are calculated to improve the minds of the auditors. Let the Sabbatarians say what they will, it is undoubted:y a better mode of spending leisure hours than sitting in the confined and polluted air cf apartments overcrowded during the week, and which cannot be ventilated and PANOFTICON.—The Panopticon finds excellent accluat in the concerts which have hitherto ben given on Mon day evenings. This week there will be three, the first of which took place yesterday. The singers engaged for these performances are Miss Poole, Miss Lasc,lles, Ma dame Anna Thillon, Mr. Augustus B:aham, Mr. itans ford, the Spanish Minstrels, and others. The enterprise thus evinced by the directors will not, we apprehend, be without its reward. The magnificent organ which graces he gallery of th s superb edifice is alone worth a visit. fhe usual lectures are delivered at stated intervals dur ing the day, and the lumMous fountain, the public in terest which can never, we are sure, subside, is shown both morning and evening. THE ILLUSTRATIVE GATHERINGS OF MISS P. HORTON are still drawing nightly crowds of visitors to the new , lornain of this glted and versatile lady at the Gallery of Illustration. The success of this entertainment has bee n unbounded, not only in town but in the provinces. It is now enjoying as much favour in the aristocratic quarter of Regent -street as it did in the less distinguished region_ of Long acre. ALBERT SOUTH'S Mohr BLANC seems to have become a fixture at the Egyptian Hall. The number of times which this pleasant gentleman has told his story is now beyond count. He goes on from year's end to year's end, and never fails to have an audience. LOVE'S ENTERTAINMENTS.—This ingenious professor of the arts monopolological and imitative has had his thousand representations in common with his contem poraries, Mr. Albert Smith and Mr. Woodin. But there is every warrant for this vast and unyielding suc• cess. Mr. Love is the only ventriloquist that we have. His peculiar ability has demolished all other aspirants, and he is now in the sole possession of the field. A visit to his "Lucubrations ' at the Regent Gallery may fairly he counselled. TilE AFRICAN ENTERTAINMENT of Mr. Gordon Cum ming has also invited a large measure of patronage, including that of Royalty. Mr. Cuinmin, , r, a pursuer and slayer of lions, tells his narrative of peril and adven ture in Southern Arica with most agreeable tact and bonhommie. His diorainic illustrations, too, are capital, and replete with a curious and exclusive kind of interest ; while the trophies with which the walls of the exhibition room are hung are startling proofs of the desperate nature of the sport in which Mr. Cumming has been engaged. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM.—A. number of persons visited this most instructive exhibition. During the day several interesting lectures were delivered by Dr. Kahn, on the structure and functions of different portions of the human frame. The room in which the models are displayed has recently been re-decorated, and the collectio❑ has received several additions. It now forms a complete anatomical museum, and it is impos sible to visit it without obtaining valuable information. MADAME TIISSAUD'S.—This is one of the oldest exhi bitions in the metropolis, yet it is ever new. No time is lost i❑ adding to the collection the figures of the cele brities of the day. One of the latest additions has been the King of Prussia, who was admitted into this Wal halla of the world as soon as his representatives bad been incited to join the Congress of Paris. The rooms were visited by an immense number of persons daring the da,-. The Napoleon room formed one of the prin cipal points of attraction, but the Chamber of Horrors was scarcely inferior in interest. CANTERBURY HALL.—Among the many musical en tertainments that have been put forth to secure the p ►trouage of the public at this holiday occasion of the year, none seemed to have secured a larger measure of success than the Canterbury Ilan. The place last night was filled to overflowing, and the applause bestowed upon the different compositions proved it to be a discri minating and attentive audience. The concerts are under the direction of Mr. Caulfield, and the selection of pieces are enlivened by the celebrated Sam Cowell, who never fails to violently excite the remarkable fea- tures of his audience. The Hall surpasses anything of the kind in the south of London, and is well worthy of a visit. PARISIAN AUTOMATA, EGYPTIAN HALL. —This exhibi- tion consists of a number of figures representing animals, in which are placed machinery whereby they are made to imitate the actions of life, which they do with great minuteness and truthfulness. It is a curious exhibition, " werth seeing some," as our American brethren would say, and it had its share of holiday visitors. THE WALPOLE ISLANDERS. — Tiao sights and exhibi tions of London have been augmented this week by the arrival of a party of British North Americans from Lake Huron, Canaia West, who are illustrating at St. Mar tin's-hall their national dances, modes of warfare, &c. The party consists of six warriors, four squaws, and an infant in the cradle. They are fine-looking men, and express sympathy with our Queen, they having tendered their services in the late war. The great chief wears a medal given by George the Thiid to his father for ser vices rendered to the Crown in 1812. The exhibition must be interesting to all, as making us familiar with the race of aborigines who are stated to be nearly ex tinct, and who have come, as they say, many thou san d miles to see their Great Mother, Queen Victoria. 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The public will also hear with much satisfaction that under a new arrangement with the General Omnibus Company, new, elegant, and commodious three-horse carriages will run from the Gardens to the Bank, after the close of the performances, an accommodation which has been much required, and which re2ects great credit upon the manage►uent of tho company for their spirit and liberality. The first was started last night, and was univerally admired by the visitors. it is built to carry forty passengers. BRITISH 112TJSEIIM.—A holiday period like the pre sent has never passed by without witnessing a great ac cession of visitors to this receptacle of whatever is curious, time honoured, instructive, or interesting. The scene yesterday formed no exception to the rule—indicated no declension of taste on the part of the masses to ahem the Museum is ordinarily a closed building. Before four o'.elock ab ou t t en t h ousan d persons had already passed under the massive petiirnent on their way to inspect the varied contents of the Museum ; and, despite an inop portune and an annoying rain, which commenced about three and increased in violence as the afternoon ad vanced, the influx continued, and did net cease till late in the day. Every one appeared observant and happy. It is a curious fact that the founding and gradual exten sion of this national museum anticipated, as it were, one of the greatest improvements in modern systems of in struction—namely, teaching by means of objects ; and, whatever difficulty there may be in obtaining sufficient I specimens in educational estabiishmer:te, here at least there is abundant material for illustration and reference. A walk through some, at least, of the departments, is in itself a considerable advance in this objective kind of education ; and this pecu;iarity of the museum app,-ars to be daly appreciated by the working classes, who con stituted the vast majority of the visitors yesterday. NATIONAL GALLERY.—The dark and rainy weather was very unfavourable to pictorial exhibitions, and con sequently the National Gallery was much less crowded than usual on holiday occasions. Still, however, a good number of people were engaged in perambulating the various rooms while we were there, from twelve to one ; land doubtless the number of visitors during the day must have been considerable. They appeared to belong chiefly to the working classes, and conducted themselves with the utmost propriety, examining the works of art with much attention, and showing judgment in choosing the things most worthy of observation. THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, REGENT'S PARK.—This popular establishment as usual attracted great crowds of visitors from a very early hour in the morninz, the influx having become pressing on the gate keepers by 11 o'clock. Tne long interval of rest which the winter season imposes has apparently been turned to the best account in perfecting the magnificent collection of ani mals, for which the Zoolegical Society have a world-wide reputation. The Carnivore are especially well illustrated by singularly fine groups of all the principal species. The liberality with which the system is carried out may be fairly understood, when we report that the lions and tigers alone amount to twelve in number. The pair of Hippopotami are enormously increased in size, and all the old favourites appear to be in their places. The Aquarium is in a remarkably brilliant state, the sea water being in most of the tanks as limpid as crystal. The wonderful plant-like Zoophytes expand themselves beautifully in the subdued green light, which has been applied to the tanks for the purpose of assimilating their condition, as nearly as possible, to that of nature. Not. withstanding the rain, which sat in soon after 3 o'clock, the number of visitors admitted during the day ex ceeded 18,000. THE RIVER. The " enlightened foreigner" who increas ing happened I to saunter down to London Bridge, intent upon his knowledge of English life and mann ers in the 10th cen tury, must certainly have been in no small de gree bewildered by the multitude of objects c a lli ng f or instant attention at his hands. He m i g ht h ave seen how heartily , in their own way, th e p eop l e o f the inetr ,pobs enjoy a holiday ; and how, when they do really make up their minds to abandon their labour for a time, they bring their wh o l e s t oc k of concentrated in ene rgy into action the pursuit of pleasure. The River Thames yesterday prese n t e d a scene of life and anima tion which we have rarely witnessed ' and we have had a little experi ence i n that way too. Every steamer, whether her course lay up or down the stream, was crowded with a living freight. The won der not only was where all the people came from, ' but where they were all going to. And never were a more mirthful, laughter-loving crew to be witnessed. All with holiday faces on, and most of them with holiday clothes, they seemed, for one day, at least, utterly indifferent to all the cares of this work-a day world. As fast as the piers on the banks of the river were relieved by the boats they were filled by fresh comere, only in their turn to be succeeded by others. 1 And thus the stream of human life moved on for hours, giving an aepect to the river which stood out in strong relief to its ordinary sluggieh and misty appearance. In the early part of the day the weather was fine, but to wards the evening the rain interfered considerably with the operations of the pleasure-seekers. Proper arrange ments had been made to accommodate the vast traffic of tion, soon found themselves much mistaken. A similar crush attended the obtaining a ticket. A second brought you to the waiting•room, where you remained boxed up in a second " black hole of Calcutta," almost without light and entirely destitute of fresh air, mntil the batch of passengers who preceded yon were safely started on their journey. The doors in front were again thrown open and then follows the third and last rush, in which if you happen to be in front you stand a considerable chance of getting your ribs broken against the gradually narrowing barriers which lead to the platform. Though the crush and fighting to get to town were so great, it mu t not be imagined that everybody left the fair then. Some people, whom nothing will daunt in the pursuit of ple ;sure, and certainly their powers of endurance must have been great indeed, still continued wending about the booths, dripping wet and up to the knees in soft mud. But many there were who did remain. All we can say is, we hope they passed a pleasant evening. INSPECTION OF CAVALRY FROM THE EAST, BY HER MAJESTY. PORTSMOUTH, May 12.—The Oneida screw steam transport, No. 132, which arrived yesterday afternoon with the first instalment of British cavalry from the East, came into harbour with them this afternoon. She brings home 400 non-commissioned officers and men and 171 horses of the Bth Hussars, with 10 men of the 17th Lau cers, and the following officers of the Bth Regiment of Hussars :—Brevet General Shewell, Colonel De Salis, Captains Tomkinson, Naylor, and Chetwode ; Lieute nants Phillips, Heneage, Puget, Clows, Mussenden, Coats, and Sawbridge ; Cornets Harrison, Webster, Haymes, and Harding ; Dr. Lockwood, Veterinary Sur geon Grey, Quartermaster Lane, and Paymaster Duber ley and Mrs. Duberley ; also, Mr. Miller, naval engineer, and four soldiers' wives and seven servants. The remainder of the regiment, consisting of 33 men and 150 horses, are on their way home in the Norman, steam-transport, No. 155, with Captain Lord Killeen, Lieut. Poore, and Assistant-Surgeon Hulseberg, having left Malta on the 30th ultimo. It having been intimated that it was her Majesty's plea• sure to inspect the cavalry which returned home in this ship, the Commander -in -Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour, K.C.8., G.C.8., Admiral Superintendent Martin, and the Lieut.-Governor, Major-General Breton, went over to Osborne this morning to receive her Ma jesty's commands in reference to the matter. At three o'clock, in consequence, the Oneida was brought into harbour, and placed alongside the dockyard jetty, where her Majesty, it was announced, would disembark from the royal yacht at five o'clock. The men were duly mustered and inspected by the commanding officer, Brigadier-General Whewell. They had their swords at their sides, and their carbines, and presented in their full uniforms a first-rate spectacle. The Queen's visit to the dockyard was deeply affect ing and interesting. The Fairy came into harbour with the Marlborough (131) following in her wake. Her Ma jesty, Prince Albert, and the royal children landed, and were attended by all the officials of the port and gar rison, and passed through the lines of the hussars, and then were introduced to the invalids from the Severn. The hussars then passed by her Majesty in slow and quick time, followed by 150 invalids who could walk, several omnibuses full of those who could not do so, and by the litters of those going to hospital. The arrangements prevented the invalids being detained more than a minute or two. Her Majesty arrived at Osborne again at half-past 7. PROSECUTION OF THE " NATION" OP BRUSSELS. We reported on Saturday that the Belgian iGo vernment had comm ence d a prosecution against the Nat on, newspaper, published at Brussels, for state ments and remarks reflecting on her Royal Highness the Duchess of Brabant, a daughter of the House of Hapsburg. Tho following is the article com plained of : We communicate a piece of intengence that will sur; prise no one v; hen we state that Austria is lending herself completely to M. Thnaparte, and urges him on with all her strength in his liberticidal projects against Belgium. A war of this nature should have the Austrian Govern ment for its auxiliary and chief accomplice. But there is one little fact which the country ought not to be left in ignorance about, and here it is Duchess of Brabant it is who is the most active instrument of the Austrian pressure upon the Belgian Government. We have no fear of contradiction when we state this fact, and recognise one of the natural fruits resulting from the marriage of the Duke of Brabant, in the Decembrist movement by which the Court of B russels is at t his mo ment allowing itself to be impelled. This i n f amo us government of Austria believed that by supporting the brutal Napoleonic pressure on our Government it would fiad an opportunity of diverting public attention that was so eagerly bent upon the Italian question. It has found in the young wife of our pious heir presumptive to the throne the reactionary influence necessary for its object, and this archduchess is doing the required liberticidal work against her adopted country. What fine days the accession of this young married pair to the ranks of Austrian diplomacy and Belgian Jesuitism is preparing for us. In the meantime they are working for the French coup &Oat, and are making an experi mental assay on the government of the country by demanding that the constitution be surrendered to the Cmsar of the Tuileries, and that before the 25th anni versary of the dynasty has been celebrated. . which we have endeavoured to give a slight Men ; said though there were scarcely three consecutive inititati4 iA which the piers at London Bridge were clear, yet by the admirable foresight of the different companies, no crowding of steam-boats or confusion whatever took place, and the celerity with which the thousands of per. sons were landed or emba,rlted was not the least ear. prising feature of the day. The Citizen and Iron Boats, instead of starting from the Shades, went from the Old Swan Pier, and thus avoided any collision with the Greenwich and Woolwich boats. In addition to the steam traffic, almost every other description of craft was out far the nonce, and even the poor old for. saken wherry-men came in for a share of the publics patronage, and their little boats dancing about in the swell of the steamers formed no unpicturesque objects, and served admirably to fill in the details of the animated picture presented to the eye of thespeetator. How many thousands availed themselves of the holiday to take a trip on the river we do not know ; but this we do know, that it is worth anybody's while to step down to London bridge for a few minuets, and take a look at the river on a fine Whit-Monday. GREENWICH FAIR. Greenwich as usual was the principal resort of yester• day's pleasure-seekers. Thousands of too-sanguine in dividuals, trusting in the fair promises held out by the weather during the earlier part of the morning, thronged to the steam-boat piers and the railway station, to effect as speedy a transit as possible to the great centre of at traction. From the various piers on the river steam-boat after steam-boat stared in almost uninterrupted succes sion, each laden to the water's edge with their living height, and yet after each departure the numbers left be hind for the next seemed to have increased rather than diminished. The London-bridge Terminus presented a similar scene, only greatly exaggerated ; while the Kent road and the other avenues leading from the southern distric`a to London were continually traversed through out the day by the noisy and not too respectable multi tudes who usually perform the journey to the fair on foot. The visitors to the fair were, at least, twice as numerous yesterday as on Fester Monday. This iv probably, accounted for by the fact that the pre seht holiday taking place a few weeks later in the spring, the chances of unfavourab e weather are iwoportionably diminished, and, consequently, the major portion of those who can only obtain a holiday fir one occasion prefer deferring it to the latest period. Truly unfortunate were those who bad thus fixed upon yesterday for their visit to Greenwich-park. They did so, probably, indulging in dreams of azure skies and smooth grassy slopes covered by happy multitudes indulging in those games and sports which upon fine fair-days render this scene so truly ani mated. The discrepancy between the real and the ideal must indeed in this case have been truly disappointing. As the day advanced, those whom the dull and threaten. ing aspect of the clouds had deterred from v euturing forth earlier, upon finding that it did not rain, most erro neously supposed that it did not intend to do so at all, and consequently mingled themselves with one of the busy tides of pleasure-seekers, setting from so many points towards the fair. About 4 o'clock in the after noon Greenwich was in all its glory—crowds of people in holiday attire filled the streets. The booths and stalls lining the road were in greater numbers than heretofore, and everything seemed to argue well in favour of a suc cessful day. The park was crowded by many thou sands of people engaged in the time-honoured pastimes of " kiss in the ring," and running down the Obser vatory-hill, while an almost equal number were exer cising their equestrian accomplishments on the backs of jaded donkeys at Blackheath. The weather, which like a sulky child, had been in a very doubtful kind of temper all the day, now, to the infinite chagrin and dis gust of everybody, appeared to have decided upon what course to take. The rain commenced at first with a few spots now and then, not by any means sufficient to terminate or even to diminish the ardent pursuit of enjoyment in which every one was engaged. At length it began coming down pretty smartly, and many anxious glances were directed towards the clouds, followed by the observation that " It would be nothing after all," and that " It was only a shower," uttered in a tone of voice and with a dismal expression of countenance anything bnt confirma tory, if not absolutely at variance with the comforting assurances. There could be no doubt that it had regu larly set in for a wet night. There could be no getting out of the fact, however disagreeable it was to acknow ledge it. The temporary shelter afforded by pocket handkerchiefs tied over bonnets could not prolong the sports beyond a few minutes. The ground was already too muddy to run upon, therefore there was no further inducement to rnuain in the park, and a general move i❑ the direction of the fair was the result. However, before one tithe of the visitors had left the park gates, the rain descended in such torrents that it became evident to all that even the fair, under the circum stances, would no longer be serviceable as a refugiunt peccatoruna, and a general rush to the railway station was the result. Here a scene presented itself which can only he imagined by those who witnessed it. The many thousands of men, women, and children, forming a dense mass of people, which filled up the road in front of the station for several hundred yards, all pushing and driving for the one narrow entrance as if their lives depended on it ; and fortunate indeed were those who passed through that doorway with no further injury than the loss probably of a bonnet or a hat, or perhaps a skirt. Those who flattered themselves that they were past the worst of it when they were in the sta- busy rable He long ,y , of in ty, ropy , son un his 11:10 3i 100 too ?I* all IM , 100 31 IF3 16 100 1100 all 3 all all .5 5 20 20 6 20 18 20 25 100 206 1.00 ?0 16 20 ZO all 14 all 14 FOR. 87i 59 k 94i 79-80 1/ 91 5 744 4 444 4 77. 8 151 55 i i 51a lli 1 r