The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-24 00:00:00

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CREMORNE BAL MA SATE. : •
The public gardens of the metropolis, nft that Ua
flowers and the sunshine are about to kayo .thete, are
putting forth their autumnal attractions &the shape
of gaily-lighted salons, tempting suppew and ..in-
spiriting
fun and revelry of hal masques. These alft'esecreti= '
spiriting music—crowned and completedlSyall. the .
tertainments have of late years become more po
and we see occasional indications that the English
public are beginning
to appreciate and enter more
fully into their spirit. The great defect, up to the
present time, has been that no attempt beyond the
assumption of a particular costume is made to per-
sonify the character ;
and the frequenters of the
Vauxhall bal masques are content to substitute boiste-
rous merriment and noise for the more refined and
subtle play of wit and humour that we meet in the
bal
ithoeh at least
reof
Wednesday was the leading
night,
cehonartaincetenrtiasiticasosefmthbely. Such
although the gay thrcng appeared to enjoy themselves
amazingly, and kept up the dancing
with much
animation. Cremorne displayed its rival at-
tractions lest night, and presented a scene of
unusual brilliancy from the myriads of coloured
lamps, devices, and illuminations, which con-
verted a rather dull and foggy night into
an extremely gay and animated .scene of festivity
and amusement. There was a nufnerous corps of
masters (f the ceremonies, by whom ,glee votaries of
Terpsichore were marshalled and arr.Anged on the
circular platform which surrounded the _Pavilion, and
in the Theatre, which was decorated as v... ball-roots
for the occasion. The costumes were numerous,
varied, and in many instances well sustained, and
there was the usual admixture of soldiers a nd sailors,
Ethiopian serenaders, ballet and flower girls., Greeks,
Turks, debardeurs, sportsmen, jockeys and clowns,
1
with a liberal sprinkling of costumes d'occasion, mean-
inr, anything or nothing, and more fa nail and
effective than significant or intelligible. We :Bust do
the enterprising lessee the justice to say that, often
Ili it has been our duty to notice entertainments of
this sort in and about the metropolis, we have' nover
seen more order or propriety observed amongst a g'B7.
and animated crowd of some thousands than a,';
bal masque ala Fenetienne of last night. The mulical
arrangements were under the direction of the cele-
brated Bosisio; and the refreshments, to which at ,an
advanced hour of the night the visitors appeared w ell
disposed to do the most ample justice, were supplied
with a profusion and liberality which left nothing to
be desired. The novel entertainment of last night waif
for the benefit of Mr. Simpson, and must have proved'
a bumper.

IROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
Gold is such a stern necessity of life that we are
not surprised it should still be the favourite subject
for the chemical lecture, under the able direction of
J. H.
Besides
Pepper,machines
Esq.es When we look at the various
machines displayed to illustrate this interesting dis-
course,, we are struck with the homely term " cradle,"
u.sousreefwvuleanishaieng gold ; just as if (and we know it will be
eventually) .yj this humble apparatus vas nursing the
huge colonies of Australia to strong and noble man-
hood.
with its whole washing cradles, there are various
locti2haaernrdresoent,alsJ:asddt-hsetreeextp,
erigin:Bardet
marked attention manu-
factured
equipage.eionen.exted ; also a tent, as
nating gold from The public app,Giar to pay
tottvarious methods of fliscrimi-
as useful to all persons asi
simple and striking,
case they should doubt tas likely some dad to be
trinket or ornament which theey
tothe
emigrants speciitily, in
quality of any gold
lecturer concluded by recommending
tion of the specific gravity as an easy the
deterell:ll"
purchased. The
mode of ca ku-
lating the value of nuggets, and referred
in his book on the subject, illustrating, to the rotes
fact at his lecture by two enormous nuggets
t •he
Messrs. Hunt and Roskill ; one associatedgets fro.elt
quartz contained 25 ounces of gold, wort4/wititi
Is..
per ounce, hence valued at more than 100/ ; the
other, the "King of Nuggets," the same that
was
shown to her Msjesty, weighing 27 lbs. 6 oz. 15 dwta.
of pure gold, and valued at about 1,3001. The audi-
ence crowded round afterwards to see the nuggets and
machines, delighted with the evening's instruction.