The Sun. — London, England, 1851-10-11 00:00:00

HI, QUARTER'S REVENUE. (From the Times.) The quarterly ratan of the revenue of Great Britain b " , l 4llie s us again to co . ngraculate the public on the ~.° Y t t acY of the national resources, in the face of the lute -i:tePing remissions. Notwithstanding reductions in t47o..cuties.on sug ‘ ar, ' coffee, and . timber, estimated at h ut a millio n a year, the receipts on the Customs oif Ode quarter have been actually 83,190/. more than in the r, a - a'or quarter of 1850. Those of our readers who sav , waniheit the increasing prosperity of our foreign ' l lle, as shown in the monthly returns, are, of course, P l t Pareft for this gratifying reinlt. Iti the receipts of : e s , Er cise for the quarter there is an increase of ~,'; 1 1. As both the Excise and the Customs are on Sas- " e4O of home consumption, this return sufficiently wers the idle assertion that our manufacturers and nlerehants aro driven to a large foreign trade by the po -I'4lY of Our own people. It was not to be expected that the ba t , Ps would exhibit the same self. recruiting power as „ - s rers cue deri red from personal expenditure; and the Ina -"ring reduction forced on the Chancellor of the La ois m:iiterja.st year tells this quarter in a decrease to the fa, , t i 14,464/., upon a still larger decrease in the ",aober quarter last year, The Assessed Taxes for the el'Utrter are 21,5881, less than last year. The receipts o‘4, the Post office have incre ase d 79,000/, for great part b , t w !:lieh we are probibly indebted to the Exhibition, .., it i s I:in Partly owing, we believe, to the circumstance . of 11:rstrirgyertostithme for the postage of the c,fisus papers having " received this quarter, though earned in the last, and u n d , ..3., ut Some heavy r a rail bills being , er arbitration. An increase of 20,000/. is set down . de th , nary e Crown Lands. The result is that the total or l di- t i' e . r r evenue of the quarter is 124,646/. more than ''h This is neutralized by a very large e a c ti re,a a s s e, ti n e t sr ! liePaYtnent of Advances, which makes a nominal 'l , l,, La se ol 1 ,197/, on the whole revenue of the quarter. eee 0,4 ~, PUStenas for the whole year have endingb- thtos4l. More than those for the year ill er 10, 850; the Excise, notwithstanding . de: abolition of the brick duty, 343,0181. The year's ha r d re ir t h in the Stamps amounts to 179,995/. It can the ii;,',uut the to be less than half a million when . lo c. -"„„scale of duties has been a whole year in opera d P oo, annual receipts of the Assessed Taxes an d 5 8,60 4 7Y - ttX aro less, respectively, by latterly33'93l abne. tr a , e , :; the descent, however, which has y te as 'll:r"salf ; in the latter head seems now to be arres d ai la ck ,: !I a small in crease on th e quarter. The h a e n total nu itierea:ol.4 thtl Post -office has been 150,0001.. l 'ilieh i is ordinary revenue of the year is 23 ,,, 5_,9 0 72 2 /..., llt is to the by some extraordinary items to 11, 7 / ook fsst,',_s ordinary revenue, however, that we . must aele r ,„' ," 0 test of prosperity, the extraordinary item; o uniy a a (planer Matter of account; and with an increase o :tstre,llesaittusree:wa,Million in the ordinary revenue of the txp ehd ' eXtensive reductions of taxatio . n,.and also of trust we shall often have it in our power W our present congratulations. The it,„ , , (From the Chronicle.) ith .nne Returns for the official year and quarter '4ir code 'air will b e f ou nd in another part of taost a fe r vo r, and they- present, we are glad to say, t . h co t „„ th arable results. In all the great sources of in iith:lltaihatet:re, i i n s sapnite improvement, kal, ( f 1 ,,, f . , duties which ha t vheeboth for the year and been g e m a a n d . o l important o . r e m vv i se % • exar o 1 • e in the Customs ~ nag th Pe, that the increase in OM iltrea with Past quarter is tao less than 53,190/. as c - 110 tai th the corresponding three months of last year, ~a 1 th 13,,t,S.atling the reductions which have taken place ee, ,trah'3l,-"11111 in the import duties on sugar, c t o ere la a , i'arld several other articles. ❑ ln like manner h 1 1 ,Ittee la h : t ,sso of 36,511/. in the Excise revenue for the us tau s ; -r lcell and this increase is the more satisfactory, s eoll e , s , .ia Portion of the expiring duty on bricks was for dtirin fo Post -g the corresponding - quarter f of 1850. r able there is the large increase o tialtin .nsiderable part of which we are DO doubt 1:3,2:2, to the Exhibition. There is a small increase 1 41 h ' i " on the property -tax returns for the quarter, ' 4 3' a .lere ttse ef 20,000/. in Crown lands. It would be 5c,,4 attsfactory if this last item could be regarded as ( 4tir, lirr 'sf of better management in Lord Seymour a lasd `Sleatl but 1 1 , 'lat e ~ that we must earendu Unintelligible and capricious, I, lll llt iil the not to estimate the seemingly favourable re ;tartf, Proseacintveinstan 'lleff i A t 0 th e find walnut that, p*shri_iettArethe;r..e_nr_e Orseelysitclnwea atf tmheortiacctonuannt,itaa•ereai o n h h eads as o t f rie r s e r v t e e n r, ue es u e n e d m er . the with 4 , ' s c a or u lecrease . for tep 21" t statap,‘"?,_ responding three months of 1850. On 04, and tae decrease is ,4,464/., on the taxes it is i t - Eti `o the - 4 - o ; n t i lle ," miscellaneous" . item shows a falling -15,..14 i s, hn_rial extent of 2,5/. The decline in the °"`ati "ever than accounted for by . the *, ll , ea ci 4 ,_ _ Stomp more .. Littis ee re the ‘utf 6 tomp Duties Reduction . Bi a ll, to w p h ie ic d h u , r i . t R the inhered formed so engrossing er a ,' s essio n e ' • eceived so many w e „,V o ris b,, 0,, 1850, and which r et, - "`ti do,'" at the hands of its author, Sir Charles ee' r l cl r ter. -,i4h4e frnra almost every otherco th nc a e t i m va e b a l . e tott N . , 500 estinaated loss of revenue under 11, 1 ,1iltkti or, ito,ooi. Per annum, and, according to that quarter might hei h beets ' n '''''s fallin g off in the th eis t, realib sasiderably more than p 7 a 4 at ,46 . 4/. without , mstances, ti lt , ore, 4 unfavourable. Under the cirntl as regards this a „ it alps, t e h e l n aY say with truth that, lai t qarti ol , „,,, .r,e is not a decrease, but a e n v i e n n crease. On hia„4larldiesulit,tle return we have only ah o ': „ oll edet i all the reductions of taxation to a te dd w t h h i a e t h , no w t; eor r 4 a set ' it 0 total ordinary revenue for the quarter 1 ,114, - ,”tdi n e reaBo of 124,6461., as compare e d xt w e i r t id h tir fo ,, ,, , irera log months of 1850. If we trio r , - ; ill the e ° facial quarter to the official year em pared- curableiat re turns, we find results which are s e c e v m en . cr t . with the . Thus the year ended yesterday, as ef a l , t af as,4's,?elr ended 10th Oct., 1850, s l ets Nfl/, • I ' in the Customs, the very largo . i a n d a cr n ea in s t e: *a dae, to the this Exci se — a result whic E n xh is ibit o i n ee b ; rase„litglaentat. So me extent, to the Exhibition the Post-office °l tlet e ' and I ,. ( s p of 150,0001. 'ate. hand, , s ", 10,000/, i n Cro i w n n Lands. On the N I ash izor kuer o i s ti '3f l ISE e than acaedoeuenatead MOl/ Year-- c and of Ptir ' Ott th 0, 33 993/. on the Taxes , l sori s 0 Pro ' of for 1 4 5 , t 9 h 9 e si o . p in er t a h t operation n Stampsot trai htt o i th h . perty-tax. The result of the corn tote t rev,.. ` W ° years shows an increase in the total tt2ilsted witsuo of the twelve months now expired, as 35 , t h o .of , •21 . It . year ending the 10th October, 1850 an y cots -41ay,„°,4 th e , !• 4 almost superfluous to offer de o qu ell ° aid facts and figures. t he (' t hat q,n the most solid and conclusive e i They afford, v kir Ititri;altl, be adduced of the general proseriof v ,tati ej s '. / . 'o i r,l i e 4 t 9f the perfect success of our free-trade dlre• Acr e , ~ It be observed, not merely has the re ull lil d tt k ited a B „ eu, but it has increased in the face of hN e t l itV h r e - r tah .d!lty. The atigment.ation.isesnoirtepinros sy r altion Navin t'°Bltiou of new taxes—it arises lir e . t Pao/4 arl°us co mmodities accessible to t . °I ille"(3114' having b een made to the area of taxation kltottl by 31, the al Consumption of which was formerl Wettlthy°- eXactions, to the comparatively affluent 1 1 'ltlGErr`c,Vii INTELLIGENCE. (I F,,,t6 ,--,k,- AUTUMN RACES.—FRIDAY. ° I I. I ci f . v a: r e ' Re l Z t . e r o o f 25 sous ., added '' to ,. e our y s, 9' fur 2j yrsthree yrs, list a sweepstakes ) 4. ~,, agoa, lo g . ~3t 12tb ; five yrs, lOst 21b; Subs.) yrs qlari n , ht , , 11 ) &c • New course. (7 ad 4 st 71b rynafby N s • 2 (5O/.) kaas. .... onison, out of Imp, yrs - r. 1) 4 , 4 ... ................................ (J. Bundy) . i , kr Lee's etPattlPton, yrs, Bst ... (500 sst f/jr;,, r °() ata, 4 yrs, Bst 91b iii ' Kistlerkh a rassilopper 5 (50/ ) Sq. 131 b r 4 s a oweetb , yrs • 0 ' Al‘l'i'zi&seilraltal' 40rYar18, Th e , 0 ~ sellin g sim_ , ( 751) 9st 2 1b w on by l g y t r h s (504) 4st 101 b alr, 'si g -...."" of 3by - va a each, n and 20 added. Heats. stt., hentows Bristol mile. (8 Subs.) kr, Nita', i,e I ) traP (30/0 Bst 111 b (Trocn) 1 2 1 kr. kltifito4-,8 Hentizerie (50/.) Bst 9lb 1 4r, 4 ,,,* Arr a , ' s,,,tlinit Scarurn (30/.) Bdt II lb ursev-tvililliyo;,: f -u k trnot , h 3 r , 4 N, ,Z l , 3 y r „ by Y, out of Blanche of yrs, (50/.) 9,t 121 b 6 4 dr sl eq,,*oret co ,k°° l •) Tat 31 ' 1) T h qleth , c a has.ter Bustle (30/.) Bst 6lb 4 dr N s it l'stBllearee'Ping Jane, aged (301) Bst 81b 5 dr The Ttlths, and Iv " wen by three lengths, the second by sc) illiv ab I, the third by half a length. ..ais,dea:Trdle handicap of 5 sov.. each, 2 ft, and alr, I ,' ' l ard], ° se cond to receive 10/. New course, over ,kt r , irilh,,,;; (9 sub s . ) 'ir• P t 'itc),, ti n eu giN 5 yrs lOst 101 b (W. Archer) 1 kr. i„oheratoll'ollabatant, 5 yrs, list 81b... (Frisby) 2 l‘tr, Milli 1 „ s The Robber, aged, 10it 71b 3 AP, 4 'lliarav er jurY, 4 yrs, 9st 81b a I / k r . 8, Prewa \Rareness, 5 yrs, Ilst iolb 0 uracpto.,,,aartingale, aged, 10st 61b T he c, 's Arlette, 4 yrs, 10. st 51b h,elliti ß Tr Vi r on by two lengths. krAsts; Ng Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added; air, .4rker,3l!„eourse, over four hurdles. (3 Subs.) k r. AQtait,B 13 k he Rector (300, list 21b (Forest) 1 1 (401'djEtjggar Buy, 4 yrs (30/), 10st 121 b ... 2 2 Th e 1"111 -the. Corner, 6 yrs (800 12st 81b dis aill, Oori s o i ~ Won easy. i e I li 44 _ 4'104 Scramble of 1 soy. each, and 15 g Itt i d. 4 Mil e (9 4or tie -I,oc, Subs.), was won by Arlette, beat sTh b Wit - ', and Laundry -maid. T he 'r AII4AI RACES. —FRIDAY. ll' he k,t3 lllPadlean 4 -- RID AY. ( 1 - -NA to vO, 5 soya . each, 3 ft, and 20 added, li.. l ,,.Stib s ) s ave his stake. One mile and a quarter. illr '''Otfieisifs b a ,k 4 1 1.. tintoff,,, i'Lntidry, yrs, Bst 7lb (Sharpe) 1 44r. l'oc epso n ,h° .heciper, 3 yra, fist 71b (Wells) 2 4, t?s'ltte(ps /s),lngean, 4 yrs, 7st ......(Challoner) 3 1,. „911055,,61-110t, 4 yrs, Bst 11b (Sly) 0 I.;k-. 4 0E4 4 ,:'4(.IY Jersey, 5 yrs, Bst 51b (G, Oates) 0 Watte,,a Maidt• 6 Osbaldeston, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (Simpson) 0 ti," Caledw. of Team Valley, Bst 71b (Noble) 0 hOsbornt,.d, Stater to Wanota, 6st I llb (Dixon) 0 7,:•'ettin,.....2strhe Proctor, 3 yrs, 6st 91h (Osborne) 0 0% 4 4 , 41 Vail et , 0 1 gat Oshaideston, 5 to 2 agst Maid of ',,1(: ." unti 4to 1 agst Ribaldry. Won in a tilorillo°l(alrivesll. ouch 100 sovs., the retA in specie, by subs. 44 ea. 00 subs,)-. ch the second to receive 10 sovs. Two 41 • vvnitbe. ii litirr: 4teirets,,,,,-,--saictoui,floTesam Valley, Bst 12Ib (Noble) 1 yrs, Bst 71b (Hall) 2 zrlr..r: Mcir,ths,A.%rou. Smith, 7st 71b ...(W. Sharpe) 3 ti)r (),,,10.4"0°,,s'Arsiltnont, 4 yrs, Bdt (Cowap) 4 kil, 4 ,Quiedo,;‘, P,ot, yrs, Bst 61b (Sly) 0 1 4r e, „. 6 Stater to • b utt el taw W . ,. .,a , nut , a, t 3 yrs, Tat (Dixon) 0 w orker (Owner) 0 ss ll ettl s (I " s )(out lars' ~.arrrit s. - g ---.6 tr , ~ g -cgland, 4 yrs, Bst...(G. Oates) 0 ail s '' , G t o i " ' on Aaron Smith, 5 to 2 agst Cloth %we . Y. W., agst Spot, and 10 to 1 agst Maid of Team T le tlti seeonfl cleverly by a length, half a length be 4ticoliscittliaolicl thi!i, Wile:low; a good fourth. h. el, th re 4 Sflulng Stakes of 3 soya. each, and 20 4 4. 1 8 stsk e. Yrs old und upwards; the second to save k r. ,rtloie,,,ii Aieats, One mile and a quarter. (4 Subs.) 114,0/I:right's A lt day, yrs, Set 3lb (201.)(Wells) 1 2 1 !Si r ~,bnrn,s Ch ea 7st 12 bet (104) (Branwood) 2 T h 'r •W. Wy nn John, 7 sf. 21b ( 20 /.)(Osborne) 0 3 1 4 .,,"0 fir s t h 6 Jna 8 Little George, Bst 91b (3o1.) (1 dr ti 4 4 k . at \sea vrou by a neck, and the second by "littla ! /1 10 w . . ___14144 WU lacught iii fa 42 09110 The Hurdle Cup of 25/., gentlemen riders, once round and a distance, over three hurdles, was won in three heats by Mr. Wainwright's Elisena, 6 yrs, list 10113 (Mr. B. Giles), beating Fairy Queen, Lottery, Dandy, and three others. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Carlisle Harrs., Mon., Trough, Scotby; Wed., Newby Cross; Fri., Durdar-9, Brighton Harrs., Mon., Patcham; Wed., Racecourse; Dyke-10 3 . Cartnarthenshire This., Fri., Ystrad Lodge-10. Brookside llarrs., Mon., Newmarket Bill; Thurs., Telscombe Tye. Mr. Deacon's Harrs., Wed., Roborough Rock; Sat., airtmore Inn-10. Mr. Trelawny's Hds., Tues., Buller's Arms, Dean; Fri., Nswnham Park-10i. Mr. Fursn's Mon., Himsbaw Wood; Fri., Buck land leigh —1 Oi. Mr. M. Marshall's IMF., Mon., Whitson Wood; Thurs., Seldon's Cross, Brad worthy-10i. Mr. Newton's Hds., Mon., Okehampton; Thurs., Gribbleford Bridge-10. Plymouth Harrs., Mon., Plymstock; Wed., Langridge Cross. FEARFUL ACCIDENT OA THE RHONE —DEATH OF A YOUNG ENGLISHMAN. A letter, dated Alarsailles, Oct. 6, says,—" You re member of course the old bridge of St. Esprit, the ex istence of which is a disgrace to the French Govern ment. It offers an obstruction to the course of the river similar to that of Old London Bridge when the tide was on the ebb. When there is much water in the Rhone it effects a complete rapid, so that great attention and dexterity are then required to shoot' the arch, the passage under which is at all times attended with more or less danger. On the occasion to which I allude (the 4th inst.) the river, swollen by recent rain, was barely practicable, and yet they neglected to lower the chimney of the steamer on passing. One of the crew seeing the danger (for the helmsman was unable to keep us in the centre) ran forward, but he was too late. The chimney struck the arch, broke in the middle, and fell abaft among a number of passengers, who had assembled at its base for heat and shelter, for the morning was cold and windy. Several English families were among the number, chiefly young girls, whose mothers happened to be at a distant part of the vessel. The confusion caused by the accident was very great, and it was increased by the smoke and soot which enve loped those in the neighbourhood of the funnel. As soon as it cleared away it appeared that a fine boy, the son of M. Benedict, the composer, was dangerously wounded. An English physician who was on board gave every assistance, and the unfortunate youth was landed at Avignon; but in spite of every exertion, he expired during the evening, from the injuries he received. R Bo n°. Orlesr' s; tiV illisol! Joeir ° ' Deferq' irk ; re, St a i l race. - I. Elese of , rrd. 1 4 ° ,1 the " ° 7 l - ) CePe w ain 513 A, TlOUn deul shore °I IAYO were 6/ es - alter' ,ttle got•h°l 2d t° 0 6 ,0 d P e , per(1,?11 to . s ch, 1$ 3LI ° , )er per d° tiOZ erl (1 t _ to eleY' 3 , tO el) s , .e 3dr to 0 sf ee p :es ; -. Per b° Za" tip; 8 °5.5 d to l, , - 0 1.41 p'" coop & 3d to 53 60 Cutter , is 60 .2 ; 3d to ,cl 3. to 35'1°4; 0 6 ' per d to 55 °i ,er in* Lobster''p 55 r; oociorerto 1 P 6 Ld to " 4 )lis ate r 41b low • 7 95' 8 64 1 b i lb , i i t i t t o to % 96 9 o 4 d . 0 ,11 00 I to 4 ,0 h i to -o d 0 12, 23 C lO4 gCd C low Si Pe r C1° 1 ,1 4 16s; ler ! 9s P er Clo gtf A 17 0 ; ,10- , r ea Per S 22:..CX11. 1 0>1' SC ). 1114,393 0 i 73 20 4 1, 0 1 ~1105 70 1 O A 1,51 6 3 9 4, 1 ,5 1,9 82 6 ,3 -469 ibis W e g e ' !" bp La ti Oi! se•_ r n(4 '00' 1 10 1 ' ion e ft' jf to sc , ist reoo t y 'so, t ° ip% THE SUN, LONDON, THE SALE AT IC2VOWSLEY. The operations of Wednesday were devoted to the sale of the " cattle." The list was more circum scribed than either of those to which the two former days were assigned. It was not the less interest ing, however, as it comprised specimens of the In dian genus in the highest state of perfection, of much larger size than is ordinarily seen in Europe, and of symmetry and condition that probably might be looked for in vain in aboriginal specimens. The list comprised a Brahmin bull, calves of the same gender, cows, and heifers; zebu bulls, oxen, cows, and heifers ; straight-horned zebu bulls, cows, &c. ; China bulls and herd; Arab ball and cow, with other specimens from West Africa, North America, Thibet, &c. The weather was much more favourable than on either of the preceding days, and the influx of company was consequently greater. Many gentlemen devoted to agriculture were present, attracted, no doubt, by the list for the day's sale—the cattle presenting obvious inducements to persons competent to superintend the breeding of stock. The sale commenced as usual at twelve o'clock, the com pany following the auctioneer to the different paddocks in which the cattle were depastured. The first lot to which the auctioneer drew attention was a fine herd of Brahmin cattle. Lot 117, a Brahmin bull, Los taunts (Linnmus, var. Indicus), bred at Knowsley. This fine animal, the auctioneer observed, was inva luable for crossing with the British species; there were, he said, at that time on the Knowsley farm many superior animals, the produce of the specimen in ques tion and the Devon breed. The bull was knocked kown for .501. to Mr. Thompson, whose purchases were all made on commission for an Italian nobleman. The whole of these animals are thoroughly acclimated, having been bred at Knowsley; there appearance was excellent, and yet they brought anything but good prices. In the latter part of the afternoon a pair of an telopes of the gnu species, antelope (Catoblepas) gnu, antelope gnu (Zimmerman), were sold to Mr. Bram ston, of London, who is connected with Wombwell 's menagerie, for the extraordinary price of 270 guineas. SHIP NEWS. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Swedish and :ZiNoiweian General Consulate, London, Oct. 8. Sir,—Referring to my communication of the 21st of May last, I havo now the honour to hand you the fol lowing translation of an ordinanco issued by the Royal Navy Board at Stockholm, under dato of the 16th " The Royal Navy Board hereby makes known, for the information and guidance of mariners, that in ac cordance with the ordinance published in the Official Gazette of the 16th of April last, two lighthouses have been erected in the Gulph of Bothnia during the present summer. " One on the rock Malorn, situated at the entrance to Haparanda and Tornea, and in north latitude 60 deg. 31 min. 45 sec., and longitude 23 deg. 40 min. 30 see. east of Greenwich. This lighthouse is provided with a sideral lamp, which, with a stationary flame, is visible from all points of the compass, and ought to be visible from a ship's deck in clear wea ther at a distance of two and a half to three geographical miles. On the same rock, which is likewise a pilot sta tion, there are two houses, a church, and several fisher men's huts, which, as well as the signal-beacon and lighthouse, make good sea marks. " The second lighthouse is placed upon the rock Stora Fjederagg, situated half a mile N.E. from the northern point of Holm Island, in the Northern Quark, outside the entrance to TIMOR, in north latitude 63 deg. 48 min. 25 sec., and longitude 21 deg. east of Greenwich. This lighthouse is provided with a revolving reflector, which during the space of eight minutes, gives four equally strong flames, with an equal duration of darkness be tween each flame. The light, which burns 104 feet above the levelof the sea, ought is clear weather to be seen from a ship's deck at a distance of three and a half to four geo graphical miles, and is visible at all points of the com pass from W.N.W. eastward to S.S.W. On Fjederagg there is likewise erected a dwelling-house and a small house, which also can be seen from a good distance at sea. " Both the above described lighthouses were lighted for the first time on the Ist of September last, and will be kept lighted during the time appointed by the 42d paragraph of the Royal Ordinance for the Management of the Pilot and Lighthouse Department of the King• dom, dated the 16th of May, 1827." CHARLES TOTTIE. Captain G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's. ROMAN REMAINS AT CHESTER.—The workmen who were engaged last week in making excavations at the lower end of Watergate-street, in this city, for laying gas pipes, came across part of the old Roman wall, the masonry of which was so hard and solid as almost to defy their efforts to cut through it. It had probably formed the foundation of a tower near the present Watergate; fragments of un mistakeable Roman tiles, in a good state of preservation, were thrown up with the soil at the same spot. — Chester Courant. RECLAIMING MOBECOMBE BAY FROM THE SEA. —We have been informed. from a source on which we can rely, that a company is now forming, and that an applica tion is to be made in the ensuing session of Parliament, for a Bill for powers to carry out the above undertaking. If the application prove successful, an area of land, comprising somewhere about 70,000 acres, a county in itself, will be added to Lancashire and Westmoreland.—Ulverstone Ad vertiser. THE FATAL COAL-PIT ACCIDENT AT MIDSOMER NowroN.—The adjourned inquest upon the bodies of the three unfortunate men, Taylor, Dallimore, and Hill, who were killed at the accident at the Old Welton pit, Mid somer Norton, by the breaking of a rope, by which they were being lowered to their work, was held actterlnids, aniomecr Norton, on Tusday last , before R. Uphill, Esq., or, in the presence of a Government inspector. After a lengthened and careful investigation the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." Some degree of carelessness being attributable to Isaac Bryant, the bailiff, who had charge of the rope, the proprietors, we understand, have dismissed him from their service. A YANKEE Tatcx.—Uncle Eb, as we used to call him, among lots of good qualities, had a failing. He did love good liquour, but such was the state of his credit that no one would trust him. Ile therefore one day resorted to a trick, to answer the great desire of his appetite. He took two case bottles, put a quart of water into one of them, then put a bottle in each pocket, and started for the store. " take a quart of your rum," said Uncle Eb, as he placed the empty bottle on the counter. The ru m was put up, and the bottle replaced in his pocket, when Uncle Eh pulled from his purse what at a distance might seem a quarter of a dol lar. " This is nothing but tin, Uncle Eb," said the trader. " Eh, now, it's a quarter," said Uncle Eb. " It's tin, " " said the trader, 44 I shan't take it." 4. It's all I've got." Very well, you can't have the rum." Uncle Eb, without much demurring, pulled from his pocket the quart of water. The trader took it, poured it into his rum barrel, and off walked Uncle Eb, chuckling.—Baltimore Clipper. TILE FLOOD.—Mr. Frazer ' coun ty surveyor for Down, states that from personal observation the damage sus tained by the county-, in consequence of the late floods, will amount to 8001. CRICKET.-THE ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. TWENTY or HamPslllllll.—This match was resumed at Day's ground on \\ ednesday, but as the had weather prevented the play from being continuously persevered in it terminated in a draw. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—An officer in the employ of this company has, in default of finding the neces sary recognizances to keep the peace, been committed to the Wakefield House of Correction for twelve calendar months for using threatening language towards Mr. Seymour Clarke, the general manager of the company's affairs. CUSTOMS. The Lords Commissioners of the Treasury have appointed Mr. Robert Grimes Hast to be ac countant of petty receipts of customs, in room of Mr. J. S. Davies. A CONVERT.—A lady, a convert from Romanism, was achnitted to the communion of the English branch of the Church Catholic, last Sunday w oril i ug cluxche•-,Brighton Gazette. at the parish SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11, 1861. THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING OCT. 10, 1851. No. 1.--An Abstract of the Net P ro d uce o f th e Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended 10th of October, 1830, and 10th of October, 1851, showing the Increase or Decrease on each head thereof. 1 QUARTERS ENDED YEAR I ended 1 , QUARTERS ENDED ^ YEAR , ended Year ended Oct. 10. Quarter ended Oct. 1 u Jan. 5, April 5, July 5, Oct. 10, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, April 5, July 5, ' Oct. 10, Oct. 10, ! ..- 1850 1850 1850 1850 1850 , 1851 1851 1851 1851 1851 Increase. 1 1 Decrease. Increase. Decrease. - --- X £ £ £ £ £ X £ £ £ £ £ £ -_-- X Customs •••••• • • • • • • .. 1 ! 4,729,630 4,432,584 4,333,708 5,251,883 18,73, 4 ,805 4,596,705 4,548,266 4,318,218 5,335,073 18,798,262 Customs .•• • . 59,457 •• • • 83,190 .... Excise ~tamps. .. Taxes ............ 015,231 I 165,023 4,301,093 Taxes Property Tax. •--• • . • 449,394 2,069,608 1,026,835 1,867,86 1 5 , 413 , 701 , 418 ,730 2,089,950 976,881 ! 1,370,136 5,355,697 Property Tax.... .. .. • • 58,004 2 ,272 .... Post-office ••••• -. • • ... 152,000 231,000 210,000 227,000 820,000 152,000 '272,000 240,000 1 306,000 970,000. Post-office 150,000 .. • • 79,000 .... Crown Lands , - .. . ..... 60,000 40,000 40,010 20,000 160,000 ' 60,000 40,000 30,000 40,000 170,000 Crown Lands .. -. • 10,000 •• • • 20,000 .... MiscellaneouS ........ 58,408 47,960 81,474 28,727 216,569 20,391 21,974 91,241 28,452 162,058 Miscellaneous .- - •• •. 54,511 • • 275 Total Ordinary Revenue 12,473,314 10,395,981 12,681,290 13,192,458 48,743,043 12,316,520 10,668,518 12,646.873 43,317,101 48,979,015 • Total • • .... • • 562,475 326,503 220,973 96,327 • ... Imprest Moneys, &c. .. 125,087 301,739 135,827 121,615 684,288 132,216 261,765 . 139,770 121,330 658,111 Imprest Moneys, &c. •• • • 26,177 .2,715 ltcpaynientsolAdvances .124,909 i 91,400 188,289 293,813 698,411 !I 133,116 141,908 123,409 165,255 565,688 IlepayintsofAdvncs. 132,723 .... 128,558 •• • • Total Income • • 12,723,3:0 10,789,140 13,005,406 13,607,8861 50,125,712 112,613,882 11,072,191 12,910,052 13,606,6891 50,202,814 Total Amount applied to Con- , - I I Deduct Deduct solidated .. •..• 8,236,3156,315 5,967, 0 0 8 8 , 200,639 8,779,169 31,183,131 1 7,655,164 5,868,205 7 , 975 , 091 8,794,247 3 0 , 292 , 707 , 485,403 S . t Decrease. Increase. J 223,688 I 6 tto, as Advances 374,172 296,337 291, 82 3 421 , 384 1 , 383 , 716 1 198,204 429,684 364,748 286,617 1,279,253 ! Ditto, as part of Ways & Increase Decrease 1 Means of the Year •• • • 4,112,823 4,525,795 4,512,914 4,407,333 17,558,895 4,760,514 4,771,302 4,570,213 4,525,825 18,630,854 77,072/ on on the 1 1,197 Total ..•• . 12 723,310 10 789 140 13 005 106 13,607 886 50,125,742 12,613,882 11,072,191 '12,910,452 13,606,689 50,202,814 ' !, ••••-- the Year. Quarter. ~,,,, 1 I ExclusiTe oi Advances. No. ll.—lncome and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the 10th October, 1850, and the 10th October, 1851. Quarters ended Oct. 10. CHARGE. 5,251,883 4,114,293 1,507,028 186,613 1,867,864 2'27,000 20,000 28,727 49,352 72,263 293,813 b,359,424 4,150,111 1,432,564 165,025 1,870,136 306,000 40,000 28,452 36,428 87,902 165,255 Permanent Debt .......... ....... Terminable Annuities • • ................ ..... ......................... ....... Interest on Exchequer-hills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund ...... Sinking Fund • • • • • • • . •... The Civil List ..... . .. Other Charges on the Consolidated Fund ••• • • • •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • •••••• • • • • • For Advances •.............. • ..... Total Charge .... 13,018,836 13,641,297 The Surplus . • . • .• • • • • • • .• ...: The Amount of Exchequer-bills issued to meet the Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarter ended sth July, 1851 .... ..... ............. ......... . . The Amount Issued in the Quarter ended 10th Oct., Issl, in part of Consolidated Fund for Supply Services • • • • .. • • • • • • • • Surplus Consolidated Fund ....................... THE GREAT EXHIBITION. (From the Times.) The Exhibition closes to the public this evening, and the great event of this year, not to say of this age, will then be a matter of history. The country will no longer pour into the town, Piccadilly will cease to bo a tho roughfare of nations, and it will no more be asked at every breakfast table in the metropolis, " Who will go to the Exhibition," and when, and how, and with whom? There will, perhaps, be a little more variety of topic; ordinary amusements will resume their lost sway, and not a few will feel somewhat relieved, either because a 'duty is no longer to be done, or because they will uo .longer be drawn out of their regular occupations. Un questionably the Exhibition has been a great wear and tear on its warm devotees. Life is not made for such vast assemblages, or so much glitter and turmoil. Even with the timely intervention of the invariable August out-of-town, the campaign has been protracted to the extent of human endurance. As for tho Exhibition itself, it has never flagged. i. The changeable weather and shortening days of October have only added to its numbers, and hundreds of thousands have daily entered the building, to move with the currents of a vast human stream, and to be rung out at five o'clock, two miles from Charing-cross, in the rain, the wind, and the mud. The Exhibition is now a great fact, and nothing has stamped it as such more than its ever-increasing popularity. Ante obitunz nemo, says the proverb, and the Exhibition is dying in its glory, in the very climax of its credit and health, before its strength has failed or its eyes become dim. Very rarely does it happen that a splendid inauguration has been followed by a still more glorious career; that, however, has been the fate of this great undertaking. But all the world hat contributed to its success, and, though the effort has been triumphant on the whole, few individuals have been able to keep pace with it. We now see how much may bo done by combination, and at the same time how little can be done without it. It is by the co-operation of many promoters and exhibitors, and by the succession of con tinually new visitors, that the Exhibition has been the great attraction of the world from the Ist of May to the 11 th of October. What have we, then, of this dingy metropolis, which only numbers two millions and a half, and who are either too busy or too dull for much sight seeing, to do with this Exhibition? This is a question of no little importance at this moment. The results of this experiment prove a great deal about us, of this metropolis, that was not known before. It proves that an immense proportion of the people are pre pared to use with interest and profit any great opportu nity put in their way. We do not speak of giving Lon don a Great Exhibition every year. There are two par ties to that proposal; and„unless the world chooses to serve us every year with even greater devotion than it served Nineveh, or Rome, or any old mistress of nations, it is vain to expect the annual, or even the early, return of the spectacle in Hyde-park. But there are many gradations between an effort taxing the strength of the whole world and one within the powers of this nation. Why may we not have something of this:sort always in this metropolis? 13y this great instance we now know that it will be fully appreciated and used. Give Londoners of all classes places of cheerful recreation and instruc tion; give them galleries of art and show-rooms of ma nufacture; give them objects of curiosity, science, and taste; give them what may please the eye or soothe the ear; and, even if the place and the approaches be not as convenient as might he, they will do their part. They will leave their dull streets and darksomo habitations. They will do just as much as the inhabitants of Paris or any other city on the continent. If the experience of this country seems rather against such a conclusion, that is the fault of our Governments and public institutions. Prince Albert and the other enlightened authors of the Exhibition have brought out the fact, which it has long been the fashion to deny, that Englishmen are pretty much like other civilized people in this respect. They are not so tied to their desks, their firesides, their clubs, or their public-houses, as never to assemble for innocent amusement and ennobling instruction. Whether the present building is to be retained on its present site is a question which we need not now can vass, as it will come on in due time; but we cannot let the visitors of the Exhibition part this evening without our best wishes and sanguine expectations that they may meet again. The only questions now are as to the mere detail. If the present site of the Exhibition is objec tionable, let another or several others, be found. If the building be too liable to atmospheric influences, let the construction be altered. If it be too large, let us have a smaller one. At all events let us have places— winter gardens, galleries, passages, or whatever else they may be called, where the people of this metropolis may assemble, whenever they C4ll find time, to see the collections of nature and art, which will doubtless ac cumulate in such edifices. It has long been ascertained that if the public will provide a proper depository for collections they will soon come in, for the owners of such collections, besides being generally high-minded and therefore public-spirited men, are commonly more anxious to provide for the security of their collections than for the private convenience of their relatives. If, throughout this metropolis, there were four or five spacious structures, in airy and cheerful situations, com bining the various purposes of a promenade, a museum, a bazaar, a gallery of sculptures arid pictures, and a school of science, with or without such moderate re freshments as might be necessary, and with or without a small fee on admission, we have no doubt that they would prove as popular and as useful as the Great Ex hibition. We have no doubt that they would tend greatly to the refinement of the national character, the bettor understanding the various classes, the im provement of manners, and every other object for which society is constituted. How such buildings are to be erected is a question which cannot be answered in a moment, but which ought, at least, to be canvassed forthwith, before the lesson of the Great Exhibition has passed from the mind. If the metropolis possessed municipal institutions they might be intrusted with the task, and its evident necess sity is one more reason for demanding them. But, if the Legislature is still of opinion that London is the only city of the world that can neither govern itself nor be governed by a Royal Commission, then let the Legisla ture commit the improvement of the metropolis to some hand or other, so that something may be done before more time is lost. During the last twenty years many sites admirably adapted for such a purpose as wo have described, as well as for public parks, gardens, and schools, have passed irrecoverably into the hands of the builder. Every year swallows up a little more of what is loft, and there will soon bo scarce an acre of open ground within the circle of the Loudon delivery except the gardens of our squares. Hence the necessity for immediate interference by some adequate authority; and, if Parliament should decide next session in favour of the removal of the Crystal Palace from its present site, we trust it will not do so without at the same time finding some other site or sites, on which similar edi fices of more permanent character, and for more perma nent use, may be forthwith erected. (From the Chronicle.) To-day closes, so far as all public and practical pur poses aro concerned, not only the noblest Exhibition of the results of human ingenuity, but an important chap ter in the history of the human race. In taking leave of the Great Exhibition, if, as is inevitable in all last words and last looks, some element of sadness is inseparable from the contemplation of glories that are passing away, not to be renewed—if the great, though world- old, lesson of the transitoriness and vanity of human things receives at this moment one of its most impressive illustrations— we must not permit such sentiments, however graceful and becoming, to stand alone. Not, indeed, that we in tend to suggest the raising of a triumphant pecan to the honour and dignity of humanity. Subjects of regret in connexion with the great Industrial Museum are too many and too personal to permit of mere glorification. With such an occasion of extending our knowledge and cultivat ing our taste, so long inviting us to use and improve it, too many of us will have to lament that they have profited little by their vast and now past opportunities. If we have lounged when we might bare studied—if the me mories of our " hours mis-spent and talents misapplied" come upon us with any feelings of compunction—these will be most bitterly felt at the first moment when the opportunity for redeeming the time is over. And thus the Exhibition is to us all an epitome of life and its duties. It is but one impressive page of what the world is to all " human mortals"—a thing of varied uses and purposes to profit by, of which we never know the full import, nor the enormous capabilities for good, till the inevitable hour conies when we can no longer take ad vantage of them. If, ill auch homely but practical way, Sums granted by • rarliament out of the Quarters ended Oct.lo. 5,478,468 1,288,161 859,589 98,855 420,518 421,384 8,566,975 5,051,861 13,618,83 G 5,43(,47 1,291,26 4,525,825 5,308,055 The Surplus of Revenue, after providing for the Charges on the Co] Supply Service in the Quarter ended 10th October, 1851.. • • • • • • • • . 758,196 99,195 461,481 286,618 8,333,242 3,308,055 13,641,297 )nsolidated Fund, and for the payment of 523,122 78J,230 259,108 ' attempts to deal with them, the foresight and the fore cast, the courage and patience, and caution and resource, and tact and management and method, that are required to achieve and carry out what has been contemplated-- those alone, in short, who know what it is after all to be beaten by details, can at all appreciate as it deserves " The Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations," as it has been realised in Hyde-park. We aro persuaded that were the illustrious Prince, who has been all along the head and mainspring of the whole, to command that a full and true chronicle of the proceedings should be pub lished, he would be doing that which would be accept able and serviceable to the country at large. It is known, generally at least, it should be universally, that with his Royal Highness originated the idea of a public "National Exhibition of the Works of British Industry." His one sole object being to benefit and elevate this country, giving to other nations the opportunity to inspect and to appreciate. As President of the Society of Arts ho had watched over the growth and witnessed the good effects of such exhibitions on a small scale, within the walls of that society. It was in Juno, 1849, that his Royal Highness summoned to Buckingham Palace three gentlemen belonging to that society, Mr. Cole, Mr. Scott Russell, and Mr. Fuller, to meet Mr. Thomas Cubitt. At that meeting was laid the foundation of the present Exhibition. The success of the "Exposition" at Paris of that year having been witnessed and strongly testified to by Mr. Colo and Mr. Fuller, who had just returned f;rom thence, the combination of foreign pro ductions with our own was determined on, and " The e f cqbatl wasoi eu n e classification.ri head,di Royal s yea u oisyt s keboet originated, rl Industry fcAg,loodvh o iri Arts ttadaAl working Commission,, po l aodr ow2tubnk N , hsooetdis n a ruei 0 et t geseohi i 0 0. absiens n :selwer s gl tl obft' Royaliios' believe, invitedmhuerfvootueaowrpdhdfionr details. made sissrz. eishteßschr rhos: Highness. nhcauwerdleitonroulesEmnaecdco: compete. am; ouglauiCommission Mr.ts Titogrvsnoeei:eherno. 6suggesting tstamti Th e plan Ihinsoht,dheeagfeul investment should aslt a ur t wei least, de t f e i t s h s e ue 2 . o ' and Mr. Scott Russell through this country and abroad, with Mr. Digby Wyatt for their secre tary, to organize the raising of the necessary funds— with the ultimate issue of the Royal Commission—with the struggles for a site—with the squabbles about a building—with the amount of prejudice with which, both in and out of Parliament, the whole undertaking had to contend—with the difficulty of finding the contractor,— the great difficulty of all—with the chance picking -up of Mr. Paxton's most beautiful and immortal "Crystal Palace," its opening, and so forth, the public are fami liar, but not with the wondrous smoothness and har mony with which the whole management and economy have been worked, from first to last, by those who took the Herculean task in band. The great secret lay in confiding it to so few. Three thorough men of business, invested with responsibility, and allowed a commensu rate discretion, presided over by one clear, comprehensive, vigorous mind, of patient judgment and commanding influence, sufficed to carve out and carry through what, bad there been more extended councils, never would have seen the light. When the Royal Commission is sued the work was half achieved, and then the working committee was only increased to six. How those six have discharged their most onerous and responsible duties the world have had the opportunity of observing. Their organization has been perfect—a lesson for those leagued in extensive undertakings. We have said that " the contractor" was the one great want of all. Had he not been found, and found at the time at which he was, the triumph of this country—the wonder of the world— had never been. We note this, because we have not seen that any other journal has drawn attention to it. We note it out of simple justice to the Messrs. Munday, for they it was who, when contractor after contractor had been applied to, and had refused, when one of no mean experience, after having consented, had withdrawn, came forward in a spirit which shall be judged of by their after acts, and rescued from certain and ignominious failure the undertaking which has given to this country a triumph without a parallel in the annals of the world. Messrs. Munday it was who, through the instrumentality of Mr. Fuller, were sought out and in duced to take the contract, which no other could be found to touch, and by that contract they bound them selves to this—to pay down, and they paid, 20,000/. to undertake the whole cost of the building —to pro vide office and officers—to advance money for the preliminery expenses —and to take the whole risk of the loss. Should there be any profits, they were to have two-thirds; the Society of Arts the other. Out of the contractors' two-thirds were to come all preli minary expenses, all costs of management, all costs of the Exhibition itself, exclusive of the building, and all expenses whatever, not included in the foregoing. In the month of November, after the contracts had been signed, caution and vigilance for the public interest on the part of some one—Mr. Labouchere, we believe—led hi m t o suggest that some ent a il men t of these anticipated profits (100,0000 was desirable, if fairly practicable —a direct application to Messrs. Munday was made for their con sent to this, and to extend the period for determining the contract. Again, that consent was given. They agreed to let the amount of profit they were to have be decided entirely by arbitration, when the Exhibition should be over, and to extend th© period for determining the contract alto gether to the 31st of March. This settled, the Messrs. Munday, as the recognised and accepted contractors, be gan and proceeded with the preliminary works, and so things went on until Mr. Paxton and his glittering pro ject crossed the path. The public know the history of its acceptance. Messrs. Monday and their contract were no longer needed, and, under the arbitration clause in that contract, it was determined that the contract should be put an end to, the amount of compensation being in the bosom of the arbitrators. But this is not all. The notices were given, but the arbitration, from sone cause or other, failing, a new arbitrator be came necessary. Messrs. Monday being asked to name one, gave permission to the Commissioners to select one of their own body as sole arbitrator. They selected Mr. Robert Stephenson. He made his award. It appeared in print some time, if we remember rightly, about the 23d of July last. Accompanied by this noticeable fact, there appeared on the same day, in the editorial columns of the same paper, an article on the award. In the award, the amount awarded was not given; in the article it was. The amount, if we remember right, was 5,000/., some odd. Whether this has more than paid Messrs. Munday the mere money out of pocket we know not. We have heard of no complaint on their part either against the arbitrator or his award. But we can imagine that while the notes of wonderment and admiration and praise of the "Crystal Palace" and its "Exhibition" have been ringing through the world—while the names of " Mr. Paxton," and of " Messrs. Fox and Henderson," and " Mr. Owen - Jones," have been, and worthily, on the lips of all, with princes for their panegy rists, and tens of thousands, nay, millions, have echoed back the well-earned tribute of applause, and no place has been apparently given in the minds of any to so much as the names of Messrs. Mende) , I we can well believe that those gentlemen may, nay must, have felt keenly the simple omission; but we claim for them that henceforth they be remembered whenever enterprise, and expressed himself in terms of high and deserved commendation of is their liberality. love pla c so and n c d o country, r a y p , p r a e n c d i at e high-minded lv e know n liberality e r thatlit y h shall Royal Highness Prince Albert has Surely ought Of th e sur plus Commission, establishment of a Central School of Design in the metropolis, under the charge, we suspect, of Mr. Paxton, w the u be found to nation do can tnoo be more?d, o th n e s h s e . destinationuOr branches in all or most of the principal manufacturin g towns. One omission in the beneficial results that h ave proceeded from the first public Exhibition of t h e Industry of all Nations we must supply, and th a t i s, that its effect has been to deepen and widen t o an immea surable extent the feelings of affecti onate l oyalty and devotion of the people of this country t o t h e i r b eloved Queen. The experiment had been w e ll ma d e had it borne no other fruits; and we speak the feelings of every one who has had any op or t un i ty o f judging, when see say, that throughout the w h o l e o f th i s mo mentous undertaking but on e i mpress i on has remained upon the mind of those en g a ge d in i t of the condescend ing kindness, the clear- see i ng sagacity, the unques tioned high ability, extensive information, untiring energy, and thorough business-like habits of his Royal Highness Prince Albert. He has achieved for this country a noble and a peaceful triumph. Ho has won for bis beloved Consort and her Throw) gold Cwwu we gain this common-place moral from the closing of the Exhibition, it may be that, while— ,6 As sadder and as wiser men, We rise the morrow morn"— we may havo to thank Hyde-park for a deeper truth than any connected with its immediate aspect. Still, oven with such an abatement to our self-com placency—with this melancholy sense of short-comings, public as well as individual—we have much to bo grate ful for. How much can only be estimated by taking a retrospect of the possible failures of what has been but one happy and protracted triumph. It cannot be said that all the evil omens which attended the first concep tion and progress of the Exhibition wero either imagi nary or illusory. Very coldly indeed was the project at first received, both at home and abroad. Slowly and wearily did it win its way to public confidence. It was conceived in days of anxiety at home, and in the very thick of wars abroad. Rocked in a somewhat dingy, if actively manipulated, cradle in John-street, Adelphi, the infant Hercules had mach to undergo before it achieved the first of its triumphant labours. The serpents, or rather blind-worms of indiffe rence and opposition, were not strangled at a single squeeze. The first advances of the committee wero not very warmly responded to. A successful meeting at the Mansion-house was followed by no very abundant train of subscriptions. The manufacturing districts, though the first to overcome, were not the last to express their doubts and difficulties. When all was still most uncertain as to the extent to which exhibitors would accept the general invitation, it was only at the very last moment that Mr. Paxton appeared. There was cer tainly a knot worthy of somo divine untying when the Divinity at length descended in a car of glass and iron. And, up to the very eve of May-day—as all who lived in London society could bear witness—there were, to say the least, as many ominous as auspicious forebodings. We were to be overthrown by hordes of Red Republicans —property and chastity wore to be seriously imperilled —dark hints of an kneute, in the very presence of Royalty itself, were scattered—surmises of unknown, and therefore more terrific, dangers to our laws, our principles, and our social state, moral, sanitary, and political, were freely suggested—our trade was to be ruined—and London was to be given up to savage bands of plotters against Church and State. Nor was this all. The building would bo unsafe—it would be too hot, or too cold, or both; the galleries would break down, the walls would spread, the columns would sink, the girders would snap, every pocket was to be picked, every stall was to be rifled, and what irresistible robbery spared fire was to consume and rain to destroy. Property and public peaco in the Crystal Palace would net be worth a week's purchase. And so generally had these apprehensions extended that it is a fact, which there is now no occasion to conceal, that within three days of the Ist of May it was by no means certain that her Majesty herself—not the least firm-hearted of her sex—had not all but deter mined not to be present at the opening. Amidst such an array of antecedent difficulties, when every detail of the scheme—the prize question, the publication of prices question, the site question, the building question, the admission question, and the like —had received open er ill-concealed opposition from a large portion of the press, it is with no small satisfac tion that we review our own consistent and unfaltering support of the Exhibition. Our confidence in the work itself—in the objects at which it aimed—in the judg ment and discretion of the Commissioners—in the ma jestic power of British law—in the good sense and good feeling of the English people—in the effects of that con fidence with which we met and invited foreigners—and in the results, immediate and distant, which it would produce, not only as to ourselves, but upon the common family of mankind----was from the very first clear, dis tinct, and unimpaired. And if, from this emuneration of the subjects of our steady trustfulness, we seem to have omitted ono of paramount value and influence, we can point back to topics long and often handled in these columns, for a proof that wo have not forgotten that, " Except the Lord build the house, their labour is but lost that built it." A world-wide, a world-famed, a wor ld- em b ra cing vision of beauty, pomp, and pow er, now goes t h e way which every human institution h as gone, or must go. I t is perhaps well that it should be cut off in the very midst of its glory, rather than it should preach the vanity of human things in the less dignified shape of a thing of senility and faded splendour. We realize the vastness by its extinction in its pride. It departs not without blessing, as it has existed crowned with honour and ap plause. The grandest epitome of the world's riches, in telligence, and skill which mankind has ever witnessed —its monument and memories are circumscribed but by the world itself. All nations have contributed to send its treasures to our shores, and all nations will listen to its history. It will boa tale for the grey-haired man of half a century hence, to tell of the London of 1851, and of what is long likely to be " The Great Exhibition." He may tell of it as marking an era when nations first began to understand their mutual relations and their common interests—when the arts of elegance and taste were first introduced into the hives and cottages of society—when school boy and school girl, artisan and ploughman, col lier and hind, barbarian, Scythian, bond, and serf, were for the first time brought into association, not only with the rich and worthily.c nd — "vett, both in station and in education, but with the truer ri c h es an d t h e hi g her e d u cational powers of civilizati on, science and skill — when art became practical, and whe n t h e d u ll es t utili tarianism was taught the useful ness of beauty an d form—when, in a single day, nearly ono h un d re d and t e n thousand human beings were co ll ecte d un d er a single roof without a single infring emen t o f law and order—when, during the space of six m ont h s , the world's largest city received more than double its popula tion—and all this, not only without occasion for a sin gle additional bayonet or sword, but almost without the need of once wielding a policeman's staff. If these aro not triumphs of the highest moral kind, then has the Exhibition been an emphatic failure a n d a nat i onal mis fortune. we may Sum up its results, auneodutsea:, though written in the last century, are on this day re markably applicable:— and which, Where Commerce has enrich'd the busy coast; in th " e l w 'h o es rn e dsu a t r o e iff t the gifts i e f r t w s wi e iss f ee'in Art, hisand simplicity, n r y e ' s most He catches all improvements in his flight, Spreads foreign wonders in his country's sight, Imports what others have invented we ll, And stirs his own to match them, or excel. 'Tis thus, reciprocating each with ea c h, h h ole." 'While Providence enjoins to every soul Palace,"—so (From the Hcraldo far, at least, as the public and its original and accom concerned. Ale • accom plished purpose aro (sling of sadness d it—s sadness that will have steals over us as we record A A t u e n r i n o a n t e w l y i tthil the nationsv s not • many sharers. And yet we would it were otherwise. learn e raq The last sun has risen on the e . "Crystal The mighty monument of enterprise and skill has nobly served no y is over—the x 1 1 1011 " served its purpose. The " E "building " i triumph is complete. The * . s to oome down. this moment have no With its after destiny we at concern. So far as regards its pre sent site and use, "Delend a est! " Our readers may take our word for it. We have, as yet no standard whereby e to. measure the p ro b a bl e consequences of t gtglatic under taking. That it has stimulated the industry an d called forth the creat ive faculties of our o wn countrymen in every b ra nch of manuf acture and of art no one can deny. It has shown to the nations of the world what each can do; animating, inspiring, and instructing all. National prejudices, e antipathies, an a nimosities, have given way before _h " natural magic" of its influence. We ha ve heard from the lips of fo reigners of all classes that it has g iven them higher, f England and the E n c , lih of juster, kindlier views o habits, • manners, institutions, even our powers, products, of our climate, than they had before • We would instance especially our French and our American l neighbou rs as foremost in these acknowledgments. Who shall attempt to set, as yet, the full value o n such admissions? A for mankind, bidding snightyleeson has been unfolded all to note and to acknowledge the bounty, and the power, and the wisdom, and the goodness, and the glory o f Almighty God. Th e lesson, cannot w i l l no t, have been read i n va i n. , It has been indeed a colossal project. Th e vastness of its proportions are open to the eyes of all—its succ ess, its praises, are in die mouths of all—and a g enera l ap preciation of what has been accomplished, and must have been overcome, is, broadly speaking, no doubt floating in the minds of all. But those alone who are conversant with largo works, who know how clear, and vigorous, stud CQUIPtehellaYO.O3UO be the grasp thi4t 30 much as deeper hold on to the hearts of her subjects. He has earned by it for himself the gratitude, the confidence, and the respect of all classes of the community. (From the Advertiser.) As, conformably to official notification, the Great Ex • i hibition will be finally closed against the general public before the going down of this day's sun, it may not be considered an unmeet act on the part of journalists who have faithfully recorded the marvels of this mighty re pertory of the world's artificial novelties, to take a Par thian glance at the memorable scene which is about to vanish from our view fir ever. Looked at merely as an astonishing aggregate of the products of human industry, the Exhibition presents itself to our percep tions as a colassal bazaar, to which all civilizcal, and even semi-barbarous, nations have contributed their quota of useful, ornamental, and gorgeous articles. We may safely say that no such gigantic gathering of the world's wonders has ever been concentrated under one capacious covering, as at this hour may be witnessed in the so-styled Crystal Palace. But th© vast elements on which ocular observation may be incessantly exer cised are perhaps, after all, less important in what they show, than in what they suggest. Just think of the enormous amount of mental activity, flowing into indus trial channels, which must have been awakened in the four quarters of the globe, in order to prepare fitting contributions for the London Exhibition. The highest gratification we derived from our external survey of the Exhibition was considering its contents as a congress of the world's material comforts, and we felt disposed to view each country's peculiar productions, whether of nature or art, as delegated proofs of the bounty of an all-wise Providence, in assigning to every land the quantum of distinctive donation which justifies the patrio tic preference of its inhabitants, whether " panting at the line," or hardily combating the cold of an Arctic temperature. " Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam— His first, best country ever is at home." Thus far we have sought to take a periscopic view of the multiform aspects of the Great Exhibition, considered as a gigantio emporium of mute and material things, all significant of some social specialty in the arts which minister to human ease or enjoyment, to man's comfort or luxury; and for conducing, by clever conception, and well-directed energy, to the complete achievement of this great object, we, without unseemly adulation, tender our best acknowledgments to the Prince Consort. No commercial cavalcade could have ever effected what Prince Albert and his committee so ably carried out; for, by the elevating interfusion of Royal influence, the industrial arts were efficiently encou raged, while the more vulgar element of traffic was kept tastefully in the background. This could not have been done if the mere trading principle had been called nakedly into operation. There was a vesture of courtly patronage required in order to lend an august appearance of imperial grandeur to the Exhibition; and the Prince, as a high functionary, and the Queen as a most assiduous patroness, have succeeded in throwing a lustre over this magnificent affair, which makes the world their debtors for one of the noblest shows that ever gratified the gaze of admiring millions. We do not venture to assume such high ground as the political enthusiasts who would claim for the Exhibition a sort of vague potency in securing permanent peace on earth; but there are many benefits which come short of consummate blessedness, and which are, notwithstanding, full of mercy to mankind. Among these admirable ad vantages we are inclined to reckon the international confi dence and cordiality which drew such crowds of strangers, as exhibitors and sightseers, to the hospitable shores ofour sea-girt isle. No nation but the English could have pro vided the requisite machinery for so extraordinary an Exhibition; nor do we think that the nations of the earth would have responded to any other call, save the social summons, which convened the world's wonders to a wonderful repository in England's metropolis. But the vast fund of thought and reminiscence to which the Exhibition has given birth will not pass away with the removal of its contained riches, or with the speedy subversion of that dazzling and graceful struc ture, through which so many gratified millions have wended their almost enchanted way. What enlarge ment of mind will infallibly take place among count less artisans of every diversity and grade, who have carried home in their heads and hearts some special features of the Exhibition, calculated to help them in their respective trades, callings, and pur suits. What an abundance of fresh ability in all the useful and embellishing arts will burst into bright development, when the details of the Exhibition became familiarly known, not only in the ateliers of Paris, but in the workshops of Moscow and Madrid—in the busy hut of the Hindoo, or of the Russian serf. In short, wherever incipient industry exists in mines or on mountains, at home or abroad, the good effects of the Exhibition will be sensibly and profitably experienced. We cannot close our remarks without calling especial attention to the goodness of the Deity, in averting all the evils which might have sprung from the close con gregation of the amazing crowds that on so many occa• sions nearly choked the enormous urea of the Exhibition. There was to be seen wide-spread stalls fraught with every kind of valuables, un guarded by the presence of their owners, and yet preserved from outrage or rapine, not so much by police vigilance as by an instinctive sense of public probity, which scrupulously avoided the infliction of injury and never dreamt of depredation. The general good humour and yieldingness that almost always pre vailed were truly marvellous; and we may learn this lesson from the Exhibition, viz , that the true method of obviating the tumultuary spirit of assembled thousands is to have their attention amusingly arrested and main tained by objects worthy of enlightened observation People are sure to be orderly when their minds aro ade , quately exercised. THE GREAT EXHIBITION SURPLUS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—AII is over —sentence has gone forth—a few brief hours and the Crystal Palace—the world's wonder —its glories—. " Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like an unsubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind." Amongst the many who solicit your indulgence, stay I, as one who has severely suffered by the Great Exhi bition, without a murmur of complaint, be permitted, through your influential journal, the means of suggest ing to the Royal Commissioners the eery best method of disposing of their surplus funds arising out of the Great Exhibition? A suggestion which, 1 doubt not, will be found more worthy their attention, and coagenial to their tastes, than building asylums for , decayed poli cemen or foreign a r ti sans; ra i s i ng Cl eopa t ra 's needle, or returning their money to the subscribers. I would, with all deference, respectfully suggest to the Royal Commissioners, that they do devote the surplus funds arising out of the Great Exhibition to the erection of a national theatre—a theatre worthy of this great country, and the grandest drama tee world can boast. The nation, all honour to it, has already purchased the house of Shakspere, and made sacred for all time the birth-place of England's brightest genius—the mas ter-spirit of humanity. Let the Royal Commissioners emulate and excel this generous example, by erecting and endowing a temple for the perpetual representation of the genius of the world's great moral teacher. Let them appoint their own trustees, treasurers, audi tors, &c. Let them solicit such men as Messrs. W. Macready, C. Young, C. liemble, G. Bartley, C. Far ley, T. P. Cook, and others, men of years, experience, fortune, and education, and without further interests to serve, save the elevation of their once loved profession, to form a committee of management. Let these again (to lessen their labours) select proper officers for carry. ing out their plans, director, stage, and acting manager, &c. Let the wisdom and experience of this committee be responsible that no plays but those whose aim and end shall be the elevation of taste and morals be pro duced. Lot them appoint a company of performers of talent and reputation, composed of artists who will cheerfully rally round the committee, honourably and earnestly aid their exertions, express their gratitude by their willing efforts, and show themselves worthy of the honour of being associated as members of the first theatre in the world. Let this be done—success is cer tain, and the capital invested would remain untouched by the necessities of the establishment. What the Royal Academy of Painting has achieved by genius, patronage, and protection, may also be accomplished by " the youngest of the sister arts." There is in England a belief generally acknowledged, though rarely advocated, that it is the duty of all Governments to look well that the works of Shakspere be always performed, as their effect upon the moral tone of the people must be very great. Row truly this was felt, appreciated, and expressed in the patronage extended to the drama in the reign of George 111. eeed not now be told. The National Theatre was then, as it ever ought to be, a great normal school for eloquence, poetry, and patriotism! The blessed sight of seeing England's peace and loyalty—its reverence and love for country and for Queen, at a time like this, when " half to half the world is by the ears," might as readily be shown to be the result of Shales pere's teaching as to any other cause—yes, to the pre cepts of him who has been declared the world's sublimest genius! Emperors and kings, bishops and barristers, doctors and divines, bear witness to the truth; and bia inspired language is spoken by all classes of men, from the prince to the player. Surely this glorious mind, which made itself a mighty organ for the expression of universal nature, is worthy of a temple for its shelter in the land of its birth. The Government of this country cannot or will not interfere; then let the Royal Com missioners step boldly forward, and earn a nation's gra titude. - We must now take a reluctant farewell of the Great Exhibition, which during its continuance has, wo do not for a moment doubt, affjrded more satisfaction to a larger number of the human race than ever emanated from all the sights and shows pompously presented to the public gaze in all preceding ages. (From the Times.) Yesterday Erasmus York, an Esquirnaux, from Wel stenhohne Bay, brought to this country by Captain Ounnanney, of the Arctic Expedition, was present during the day, and his appearance excited some in terest. Stalls have been placed at the western points of intersection of the nave and transept for the display of the sketches with which Mr. Digby Wyatt proposes to illustrate his work on the artistic objects of the Ex hibition. These sketches, though shown in an in complete state, appear to be well selected, and pro mise to be most suggestive to our manufacturers. The two remarkable bronze busts in front of the vres room, which have attracted so much deserved admiration, have just been purchased for the Duke of Devonshire by Mr. Paxton. Their price was 2401. without the moulds. The offices of the Executive arc in a state of permanent blockade by crowds of applicants for admission on the three privileged days of next week. An immense number of tickets have been issued, and it is considered propable that on Monday and Tuesday there will be a large attendance. To-dey we understand that as soon as the clocks have struck five o'clock all the organs and musical instruments adapted for the purpose will be called into requisition, and will play in concert the National Anthem. The assembled spectators will, it is expected, join heartily in this performance, and the Great Exhibition will thus close with a public manifes tation of loyalty—not the less impressive or effective that it partakes ;of an impromptu character. As to the programme for Wednesday, its strictly business cha racter is not, we are assured, to be departed from; but wo have every confidence that the Royal Commission will avail themselves of that opportunity for making those grateful acknowledgments to the Almighty vs hieh the termination of so vast and successful an undertaking dictates, and which the religious feeling of the country demands. The pomp of a State ceremony and procession may be wanting, and yet all that is requisite may be done to satisfy public expectation and to send the great body of exhibitors away happy and contented. In the midst of the closing excitement the least gratifying or reassuring subjects of consideration are those which the jury awards suggest. We have already observed the signs of coming storms rising in the horizon, and we have every reason to rejoice that the publication of tho awards has been so long delayed. When it was too late to retrace their steps, the Commission found that the giving of prises was a grave error in principle, calculated to do an immense amount of mischief without any 'commensurate good. They have sought to neutralize the evil effects thus likely 'to be produced by a wide spread distribution of medals, and by disparaging, as far as they safely could, the value of the limited number of medals—usually called 'great medals—given by the Council of Chairmen. Let them, however, do all they can, still numerous heartburnings will exist, and many injurious preferences will arise in the course of a trade founded on these awards. A satisfactory close to the Exhibition would go far to fortify the public against the impressions likely to be produced on it by indi vidual disappointments on the one hand, and by the omissions, the errors, or the carelessness of some juries on the other. It is obvious that a large body of men giving their unpaid and voluntary services to a tedious, arduous, and thankless series of inquiries, must have betrayed great inequalities in the amount of zeal and searching accu racy of judgment exercised by them. It is equally clear that a discovery which secures to one man honorary dis tinction to-day may be outshone by that of a rival in business to-morrow, though no reward follows. These are the two rocks on which the reputation of the Royal Commission is most likely to founder. They can best be he carricurrent ed over them on the high tide of public favour, t wserves them at present. It does so, not from anything they have lately achieved, but simply because the doors of the Crystal Palace are about to be closed, and wide-spread curiosity and in terest are caused by that event. They talk of pulling down the building ; they issue awards, of the re ception of which they show their own misgivings by delaying the publication of them as long as possible. The rewards and acknowledgments which are con fessedly due from them to the real authors of the Exhi bition, remain in doubt and uncertainty. The public desire for a worthy close to the whole undertaking is left in a measure to chance for its gratification, and may prove a failure, though we trust not. Under all these circumstances the Royal Commission have a prospect full of awkward features before them. They may, however, bring their task to a triumphant termination by the ex ercise of a judicious liberality, for which, fortunately, they have the means at their disposalina thefrom sovereign which the presidency of the Prince Consort almost places at their command. It may be truly said of the Great Exhibition, that the sentence of accumulated millions has testified their una nimous a pp ro b at i on of our illustrious Prince Albert's philanthropic wish to further civilization in its broadest and most comprehensive sense; may not we then hope to see this civilization spreading its healthful influences still further, yea, even to a return of the old love for the great and meritorious in dramatic literature which once animated intellectual England? for " Truth crush'd to earth, will rise again, The eternal years of God are her's ! But Error wounded writhes in pain, And dies amidst its worshippers!" A national theatre tor our national drama is what is wanted! and I humbly entreat the Royal Commissioners not to spurn my suggestion. I earnestly solicit the sym pathies of the public, and yours, dear Sir. I conjure my professional brethren, especially those whose wisdom, years, experience, talent, and influence gives them weight iu the world, to aid this cause. To the love that's in them for the art that raised them, I appeal; for I be lieve " The love that's kindled through its beauty Can never wholly perish!" Your obedient servant, JAMES ANDERSON, Late lessee of the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane. Garrick Club, October, 1851. TO THE .ELITOR OF THE SUN. know that the countenance of any good object, in tho columns of the powerful and influential press, gives au immediate weight to it, that otherwise, huwever useful or philanthropic it might be, it would be years in attaining. The melancholy visitation that Pro vidence has inflicted on Mr. William Pennyfeather (as stated in the advertisement in the papers of the 3d inst.), the consequent distress of himself, wife, and children, and the appeal to the public for subscriptions for their support, induce me to beg the favour of this letter having a corner in your journal; the aim of it being to show that there is a channel open, fully capable, if only timely availed of, to protect clerks generally from the sad destitution resulting from sudden temporary or permanent inability to con tinue in their situations, whether arising from a depri vation of intellect, accident, or any other cause. Mr. Pennyfeather was a clerk of the higher grade, being latterly manager of a country branch bank, and his position apparently precluded the chance of either him or his family ever being in distress, and therefore, per haps, the desirability of his joining the institution I allude to did not present itself to his attention; or per haps the unfortunate gentleman had never heard of it. It is with this latter impression on my mind that I am impelled tiith the desire to avail myself of your columns (with your kind permission) to bring to the notice of all clerks, mercantile and professional, in London and the country, in as prominent a way as possible, the knowledge of the existence of au association, which now goes far to prevent, and which may easily be made wholly to avert, the possibility of that lamentable distress and humiliating public appeal occurring in respect to its members, which have un happily fallen on Mr. Pennyfeather. The society I refer to was established in 1840; its high pinnacle of respectability, perhaps, no other similar society can reach; it is patronised by the Bank of Eng land and principal London firms; its trustees aro Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P., Thomson Ilankey, Esq., Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq., Baron Rothschild, M.P.; its treasurer is John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P., its auditors J. W. Gilbert, Esq., Geo. Pollard, Esq., Wm. Since, Eql.; its managers are chiefly principal clerks in the large mercantile and banking firms of London; its object is twofold—the ono branch is " Life Insurance," and a policy for 1001. or upwards, with au annual subscription of 55., confers the benefits of bath branches; the other branch is the " Benevolent," and all its advantages are secured by a subscription merely of one guinea annually. The benefits are not only the amount of the policy, in case of death, for the benevolent fund provides dur ing the life of the member, in case of temporary distress or illness, loans and gratuities according to the number in family; and in the event of any permanent calamity, such, among others, as that which has happened to poor Mr. Penny feather, an annuity of 251. to 351., together with allow ances to the family; and further, on the death of the husband, the widow would be eligible herself for an annuity of 151. to 251. The subscription advertised for the support of Mr. Pennyfeather and family is, no doubt, liberal, and to an amount that not one clerk in a thousand similarly afflicted would ever obtain, but yet it would only pur chase an annuity during his life of about 301,, and would leave, at his death, his widow and children ne cessitous. What immense advantages and inducements, then, at a trifling cost, aro here shown to be offered to clerks by the association I am endeavouring to advocate; namely, the Provident Clerks' Association. At present it has about twenty annuitants on the funds; and if clerks ge nerally, the seniors and juniors, the well and the ill paid, would rally round this institution, formed specially for their class, not only would the funds be ample to give all its benefits, and the annuities WITHOUT the ordeal of election to all members whose health or faculties failed, or whose circumstances became impoverished, but would enable the amounts to he much increased. To render this institution widely known, and hoping thus to attain the above important ends so certainly and so cheaply to be secured to all clerks through the general co•operation of the immense body const . itut . og their class, is the main object of this communication. To To the clerks who, in the enjoyment of health ang thed income, think they will not, bat yet may,require would member), I would have been entitled to had ho been a benefits held out (and which Mr. I'ennyfea ther provide for the life is already sufficiently insured) to the latter, say, join the association by e.guines s t e o bscir ption (if your I t o secure for yourselves, and assistance, which I 7 w or o e u r ld a s n a d y, l j e o s i s n f , or b t y un a a p te o -a naturally , look forward to l o r f y , y i o d u r fellow s ; you, or your wives, and , child f r a e m n children, may fu lone most important feature remains to b o men need. d, A it is ' that a clerk whose state of he a l t h renders nruble may, not wit h standing, become a Benevolent fund. mhiem l m b b e el g 4rn t -o c: f a stu p h o a logi se for this letter, which my zeal has lengthened much beyond my intention. I will only add, that the office of the company is No. 42, Moor gate-street, London, where prospectuses and full in formationobtained b y personal or postal appli cation.—l t9no honour to b e , Si r , yours, & c . may have b GEORGE THOMAS, An original promoter, and forteerly a Manager and Chairman of the Association. Old Broad-st reet, Oct. 6, 1851. ANOTHER FATAL COAL-PIT ACCIDENT.—Another fatal coal-pit accident occurred on Tuesday morning at a colliery in the parish of Timsbury, Somerset, belonging to S. P. Sambuurne, Esq. A man named Joseph Britton was about to descend a shaft, when what is technically called a " tack" gave way, and Britton, missing his hold, was pre cipitated to the bottom of the pit, and killed upon the spot. ACCIDENT ON TUE DUBLIN AND BELFAST JUNC -x RAILWAY.—On Thursday last another unfortunate man, lw named James M'Ardle, employed as a navvie on the line, was killed near Scarva, on the Dublin and . Belfast June tionßailway. The accident . occurred about six o'clock in the morning by the deceased, in attempting . to put on a break, falling over the waggon in which he was standing. Fiy o wag :. gcut 1 , 400c1 9Yel WY,—Balittor of Ulster. ABSCONDING OF A RAILWAY STATION-MASTER.-- The station-master in charge of the Bingham Station of the Nottingham and Grantham Railway, has just absconded with the prvCeetii4 91'tke !lye ezcuniva traig4s t 9 ISQttivghaul INCOME. Customs • • • • Excise .. • • Stamps -• ...;• • • 'Taxes. • ~• . Property Tax • • ...... ...• Post-ottlee . .• ..•,. • Crown Lltrias.•.•• Miscellaneous . • Imprest and other Moneys . ...... Produce of the sale of OJ,I Mores .. • Repayments of Advances... ..... 37 3 3,3 32 6,8 13 4, 452 7,730