The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-20 00:00:00

THE PARK,

hal a very brilliant and impwing appearance. The
crowd that lined the centre mall was, upon this occa-
sion, very great, and as the carriaze drove
along one continual cheer was kept up, which seemed
highly to delight their Imperial Majesties.

WESTMINSTER BRIDGE,
The crowd here, when it became known that her Ma-
jesty intended to pa3s that way on her journey to the
Crystal Palace, rivalled that assembled on Monday.
Loud and frequent cries of " Vive l'Enripereur" wele
vociferated, which called forth tremendous cheering.
The only noticeable circumstance that occurred in the
line of road from here to the Eltphant and Castle was

that .occasioned by the imposing display f.t Astle3's
Royal Amphitheatre. The front of the building was
decorated from the portico to the summit with magnifi.
cant 11‘gs. At one side of the royal arms over the et.-
trance the flags of England were placed, the tricolour of
la belle F r..nc? being fixed in the centre. At the corners
of the buildin4 imniel;se tricoloured flags al =o flowed,
the whole forming a most tasteful display, and one whici;
seemed to please highly the Royal party: The Quren
we imagine], from her action and gesture, directed 'the
attention of the Empress to the theatre, which ua-
,gratefully acknowledged by Mr. William Cooke, the
proprietor, who bowed his acknowledgements to the
illustrious party as they pat-sed.
At the Elephant and .Ca,tle, when it became known
that the Royal party would pass that way, an immense
crowd assembled, and here again loud cheering and cries
A " Vive l'Empereitr" . were given, amidst the wav-
ing of hats and handkerchiefs. The line of route then
taken was along the Walworth-road, across -Cam-
berwell-green, from thence up the Dulwich private road
to the Crystal Palace.
ARRIVAL AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.
At about half-past twelve the Royal party entered the
Palace, where they were received by the Chairman,
S. Laing, Esq., Sir Joseph Paxton, and a whole host of
officials.
Yesterday we imagined that it would .be impossibl

to produce a scene that would even bear comparison with
that at the'Guildhall at the moment their Imperial Majes-
ties entered. Our opinion is now altogether different ;
the scene presented on the Emperor awl Empress of the
French entering the Crystal Palace exceeded it by far.
We shall not attempt a detailed description, that will
be better imagined than described. Our readers must
therefore imagine the sun streaming in tempered bril-
liance along the entire length of the crystalline !Arne-
tare, showing boldly forth its harmonious proportions,
and lihting up with prismatic hues the coun-
tenances of a gay and happy throng that lined
the courts and galleries, and contributed greatly
by the variety of the costumes to the picturesqueness of
the scene.
Add to this an intense commotion along the whole
line, repeated waving of handkerchiefs, and involun-
tary swaying of bonnets, while the Land poured forth
its stirring strains, and the organ its Melodious notes,
by way of heralding the approach of the Queen and
htr Impeiial guests, and you have materials enough to
suggest a scene we feel it impossible to describe.
Her Maje ties and her Imperial visit)rs having com_
pleted their private inspection retire 3 f,r a short period,
and again appeared and proceeded through the entire
length of the building.
The 11..yal party the central transept
seemed to be highly delighted, and tikey remained e
r some time listening to the performance of music l y
the magnificent band of the establishment.
Their Majestys then hit the building*, and having re-
entered their oatnages rfturned to Buckingham Palace.

FREE SCHOOLS BILL.—In addition to the E.iucat
Bifis of Sir J. Pakineton and Lord J. Re-eell, we hay
now a bill "to establiel Fr e • Sch.,.d in E haul an
Wales," brou cht in by Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr.Cel.dee
and Mr. Headlam. It coetaine 27 clauses. [he object
of tee bill are
.to e-tehbeh in every "school-di-trice'
lor•necl under the act : 1. lley-schools for the instruction
of children above six ye irs of age, in reading, writing,
grammar, arithe etie, book-keeling, geography, and
history, common things, u efu! knowledge generaly, and
needlework (in the cese of girls), and in addit;en to this
there will be ieculcated a strict regard to the moral
Indies ; 2. Evening
schools for the instruction of pet-
sons above ten tears of age, where the seine instruct en
ein he off irded as ia the foregoing iseheolis ; .3. Infalo
sehoole for children under six years of age ; and 4 In
dustrial schools for the in truc ion of " young poor per-
sons" without legal means of eueseeeh ea, in the above-
mentioned branches of moral and intellectual culture,
end in industrial occupations. In the-e last school,
fool and shelter sill he supplied to the pupils. No dis
tinctive doctrinal relieion is to be taught in any of these
schools, but certain hours in every week ale to be set
apart for voluntary religious instructiote Admission t
schools 1,2, and 3 will be free to persons of the age ani
class required who are resident in the district (exceptteg
deaf, dumb, and Hind persons, lunatics, and crinneaes),
and admission to industrial schools will be obtained by
an order from a justice of peace. The general adininie-
trillion and superintendence of the schools are to be con-
ducted by a " board," to be styled " The Board of Public
Instruction," to consist of a president. appointed by the
Queen and the. Secretary of State. This board is em-
powered to appoint inspectors of echoole, and required
to report annually. The net will 143 locally executed
by the Initiation of "school districts " by the said.
board ; but, if a majority of the eatepay,re object
to the act taking effect, it will be postponed for two
yesre, and so on. If the ratepayers approve the act
they will proceed to elect a "school committee," hall
of whom will retire annually. The number of the cone
mittee will be fixed by the board. The committee wil
be a corporation for certain purposes, and will have
pewer to establish within their "district" such and so
many schools as they may think reelisite, to erect school
buildings, to purchase sites for the same, to borrow
money, to appoint teachers and officers, and to employ
visitors, &c. Existing schools may be converted into
free schools under this act. The funds required by the
'committee for the carrying out of the act wilt be acquired
the levy of a "school-rate" on all' persons rated to
the relief of the poor within the district, with the right
of appeal to the Quarter Sessions. The " board" is em-
powered to establish normal schools for the training of
masters, mistresses, and teachers under this act.
BRUTALLY ILL-TREATING A GIRL.—The Tribunal of
Correctional Police on Tuesday tried a woman named
Lernere, communal school-mistress at Puteaux, and her
husband, for having brutally ill-treated her daughter.
It was proved that she had made a constant practice of
beating. the child in a savage manner with rods and
whips, and of preventing her from hiving sufficient
food.• One of the witnesses gave a curious explanation
of the woman's cruelty :—" She told me," said
she, " that when enciente she was struck with
terror on seeing in a church a picture representing
a saint covered with the skin of a wild annual,
and that the consequence was that her child when lion,
was covered with hair! This caused her to dislike the
child. But," added the witness with great naiveté, " I
must state one thing in the woman's favour—and that
when her husband, finding that the child was
covered with hair, proposed to have her exhibited for
money. as a curiosity, and with that view caused her to
be shaved three times in or.ler t' make the hair thicker
she would not hear of anything of the kind !"
Tribunal sentenced the woman to 'six months' impriso
went and .25fr. fine ; hut, as there was no evident
against the man, be was acquitted.
THE UNWHOLESOME MEAT QUESTION.—The Eastern
where Mr. Eastery,
.Counties Herald contains a report of a case heard ine cue
Hull Police Court on Monday,
local butcher, was charged with having unwholesome
meat in his possession. The defendw.t pleaded t tat the
meat seized (veal in a very bail state) was fund wile,
examined not in a fit state to be sold
as for human food,
end he bad kept it to be chopped up heel for pig-.
Mr: Travis, the sitting magistrate, after investing the
case, said that, under all the cireuni.tances, he thought
the meat was intended for sale, and he thought it a very
culpable and gross case. He then fitted the defendant
15s. and costs, and added that, in regarl to the way in
which the defendant had intended to use the meat, he
ntenTdhteo defence
poison tihne reality
should order inquiry to be reale, and should then see it
the law would not prevent such an abominable use of it
as feeding pigs with it. He thought the defence a most
abominable
that
E ,atsntde
rbarefacedo one.t i
in one way, but did in another. This case, observes the
Eastern Counties Herald, reveals another of the myste-
ries of the butchering business, viz., the feeding of pigs
with nauseous, disgusting, and unwholesome food. We
want the public at large, and especially the humbler
classes, not to be tempted into the purchase of cheap,
filthy, putrid carrion ; and if there are any means by
which we can secure that the food we are liable-to eat
should have been fed on wholesome &food, let them be
adopted without hesitation.