The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-16 00:00:00

THE GREAT INDUSTRIAL EIBIBITIOY

OF 1853.

THE FOREIGN DEPARTMENTS. ' 1101
The progress of this important undertaking la ted
watched with the deepest interest, not only in the nu f
Kingdom, but also throughout the greater portion
continental Europe. The principal cities a France;
Belgium, and Prussia will be exhibitors, headed r,es,_,Pe•ii-S
tively by the Emperor Napoleon and their
King Leopold and Frederick William the Fourth, ear
of whom has graciously promised to contribute larAy,
T
from their private collections exquisite specimens of
t 131;
vertu art and manufactures of their kingdoms. °ar
list can now be added the Austrian dominions, the
rangements having just been entered into, with be.
express sanction of the Emperor Francis JosevlN!,
tween the Imperial Royal Government 111 lend 0,
Lon,°le
and the Imperial Royal Austrian Consulate in
for the publication and circulation, throughout the hole
of the Austrian territories, of the rules and regrillatro-
issued by the Committee of the Exhibition, for the toe
sport of foreign goods, reception of articles, ("'
Government have likewise been pleased to issue slo)
invitations to all the Austrian manufacturers, t° e ?don,
bute specimens of their handicraft to the
The various Chambersalso bee
of Commerce have „a to
strutted to collect all applications for space, 3'cier
transmit them to Dr. Wm. Schwarz, the Austrian 2tl;.
consul general in London. And, as an additional
of his Majesty's interest in the Exhibition, direetsi,e4
have been issued, that all goods for the Exhibitionstr°o'
be fOrwarded over the railways, throughout the A-11
free of everywiese
dominions, to the frontiers of Saxony,
pe.nse to the exhibitors. The Swiss government are ilk? n,
alive to the importance and interest of the Exhibiiicfro
communication having last week been received ~0,
Mr. Prevost, the vice-consul of the Swiss Confede!',"i
in London, requesting that the fullest information 1
:eb o
be immediatelyExhils
forwarded to him as it is the °'
the leading watchmakers
nufacturing towns of Switzerland, to send a ull°l`', so
lection of the beautiful articles for which theY,,,3,"-00 is
justly celebrated. The progress which the Vii°:;fo"l.2g.
at Genev'a, and the oth,e,,r, col.
making in the United States is also vprY gra"' the
Letters halre arrived from Mr. Edmond Grattan' it.
British consul at Boston, stating that the local col the
tees, under the presidency of Mr. Abbott Laurenee°
late United States ambassador to England, bar. id
formed at New York, Boston, and Philadelplw`Yr the
were actively at work in promoting the interests
n'
Great Industrial Exhibition of 1853.

SOCIETY OP ARTS.

• yes'
The fourth annual exhibition of inventions opened
terday. The exhibition is arranged under six rnebor
heads :-1. Motive machines, including raihT/111105
ism. 2. Manufacturing machines and tools. °„cfliv
rile
contrivances and materials, and naval and rai"'—',ol'
chanism. 4. Philosophical instruments and halocel'
5. Agricultural implements and saddlery. ,6' the 04
laneous, including articles for personal use. -111vnie
class some electro-magnetic machines for use '),biteu
movers, invented by M. Froment of Paris, are ex
to oIY,
by M. Fontaine Moreau. The means employeds
viate the difficulties hitherto experienced in the rceosi°
this fluid as a motive power are proposed to beee soon
by causing the magnet to come into action 3'900
as its keeper approaches it. This is aceen*Colr
by means of an eccentric. A drawing of Mr. ." cor
nell's express-engine attracted much attention, ng,trtie•
bining the most recent improvement in the el:b01
tion of locomotive engines. Mr. J. Rock, jun e%.1 the
an improved railway luggage van, for facility
el,
jO
removal of the tarpauling, at present an extrewedfier
convenient and laborious operation. Several g"9..msest
tions of steam-engines applicable to agricultural pal c the
and for facilitating the turning of the engill%°elco
field, and the distribution of manure, were Ili' of
shown. There were some beautiful specimens 0f :red' t°
terracotta by Mr. J. M. Blashfield, which apPe` nj to
be capable of assuming the most delicate shaPs%ae•eee'
os&
be suitable for ornamental and building Purp
rally. It is said that this material will not only reset
;esister
the action of the atmosphere, but even become "rheff
on exposure to it • and should it be produced St Cal
rate, there can be no doubt it will be extensireiY,:,ser
Gold-washing machines were exhibited in
varieties. They possess many points in common, u,s3-0011,
a revolving cylinder, and dashers for washing t,tilhel
and • obtaining the auriferous deposit fee of inner,
purities. The tools are constructed in such 3 3;01'0
that by a very simple operation the shovel bee° of
scraper, and the handle of the shovel a portis° ito
crowbar, a pickaxe, &c. It would be impossible Wnt
the limits of a short notice to give a detailed aec°ll-e 5.4
this collection, which will well repay a visit, servaj'fit)
it does to mark the progress of the age in en
e
leading features—mechanical invention.

DEATH IN THE QUEEN'S PRISON.—Yesterdays , u
:3
Payne, the coroner of London, held an inqtweLc.,
Queen's Prison, on the body of Mrs. Mary 133PThccr."
56, the widow of an extensive farmer of Cheshire,
ee Chatl'l
sent to the gaol for contempt of the Court of
o. to e,
not producing certain deeds and papers relatin.. ,sf ,
estate. The deceased was received in the montb,;'ooeil
comber, 1850, and she died on Tuesday last from
„Le
heart and dropsy. Verdict, " Natural death."
LICENSED VICTUALLERS' PROTECTION SOCIET hold at
nineteenth annual meeting of this society Icae, 131 P-;
Radley's (Mr. Holt's) Hotel, New Bridge-street, exit.
friars, to receive the report of the committee, te„aitoPO
committeemen going out by rotation, also to elect ig'l,o ,
A atatomout of the funds of the society, as auditeuos
31st of October last, showed .the following
~,regs,,ll " 1,,
Debtor—To balance on hand Oct. 31, 1851, 3,52b.,i•
to total amount of cash received from Oct. 31,1 ofd
Oct. 31, 1852, including 3s. 10d. net profit °li
sion to Portsmouth in July last, 1,3681. 15s. Id. ; °IA
a total of 4,8951. 2s. Creditor—By total of disbursetr
8651. 13s. 6d.; leaving a balance in favour of the se'n-f
4,0291. 855. 6d.; being an increase upon the balance,: vin
year of 503/. ls. 7d. The report and accounts
adopted.
Oei
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH WALES RA
char•l
—An inquest was held yesterday on the body T. rar°4
Hanbury, a signal-man at the level crossing in 41,,e
of Westbury-on-Severn, on the Gloucester and Pce:Ltrs'i,'
Railway, who lost his life while signaling a de"-,,, the ett
and who was dashed to pieces while standing e". 01,
line by an up-train, which arrived unnoticed by 11,1.00,40,1,
appeared from the statement of the brother of the
but
that he was sometimes afflicted with deafness, bat' „tios.,'i
was a most intelligent man. After the exaruia' 00
several witnesses the jury returned an unaninio
of " Accidental Death."
EFFECTS OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—YeS'e I Id'
td3ls
noon, a general meeting of the trustees of the SuArred, ,
Sussex Roads, which was very numerously atteu"-bov"
Shadbolt in the chair, was held at the Sessions:,
Newington, for the purpose of letting on lease (for tyyeesr
of one year, commencing at midnight of the 3144.05062
ber), to the best bidder, the tolls payable to the.„4"00,41
at the various gates and bars under their jurisdietoP •
toll gates and bars extend from Camberwell-gae
Grinltea,d. gates, in the county of Sussex, and in ellit .11
t,lO/
nington-common-gate, Streatham-gate,Peckhanrg6sseieri
with several side bars, They have been in pelge,„d fro
the trustees above four years, and the sum reee„iv'4o,
them last year was 24,8761. 15s. fxl. The ace.d
putting them up to auction, said that, in consecl:poo.„
the prospects before them in the ensuing year, (the -bail ).
of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham) the trusteesia the e/
solved to have a reserved bidding of 500/. he Non 6a, 0,
fore offer them at once at the sum of 25,3761. 15,4: red IA
first bidding was made by Mr. J. Levy, who 0-"e"frairo
on the original sum. Messrs. Messenger, Bowers, Ili soo.
&c., competed for the property, which was eventreo.of
for the above period to Messrs. Levy, Bolton, and
the sum of 26,6501.
THE ATROCIOUS MURDER AT STAFFORD.--A,
DICT.—The protracted investigation relative to '''r 7313P;i1
rous murder of an aged couple named John and Janos ire
burn, at their farm at Ashflats, near this town, von 00
been completed, and an amount of evidence be ia crite,r
vealed which renders it one of the most horribnarli;
perhaps over committed in this country. The )Peei
turned a verdict of "Wilful murder" against Charlee,a ill A
Edward Walsh, and Peter Kenyan or Kerevan,
were accordingly committed for trial at the nel of
for Staffordshire.
THE SCREW. STEAMER LARRISTON.—By the
4.°77:esci-e'llol
the South intelligence has been received that 'IV) ;••
steamer Larriston, which left Plymouth on the, 1., 13%,t
November, arrived at Teneriffe on the 3d Deee,rneaestlet
ing made the passage in six days (the first two cliT e
a strong head-wind and sea), being the cluie :osP bey;
effected by any screw vessel. Her captain exprq" 250
lief that he would reach the Cape of Good Hope lill
0
from Plymouth. loctio6oo
Sr. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL.—On Tuesday an e.t 1.
a rather exciting character took place at the hospitTotiod
vacant post was that of full physician to the ins ocOor
Hitherto it has been customary, in the event of tr, sane
00
occurring, to fill it by the appointment of t.u",oatl
assistant-physician, but in consequence of a reject Ito
having been agreed to by the governors, to the e. ja
any supposed claim of seniority, or length of servic:
junior department, should henceforward be of no
,L;
some considerable degree of interest was taken sites
election of a gentleman to fill the post of full Inv
lately vacated by Dr. Leeson. The candidates nob.;
Goolden who lias been connected with the 1-11,00t5,
assistant-physician, for nearly nine years, and Dr.
_r
whose connection with the, establishment has been 7 0•9171
more than three years standing. After a somelo t 01,70
discussion, the election was proceeded with in
form, viz., by ballot, and the result was that Dr•:, von
was electd to the vacant post by a majority of
This result appeared to give general satisfactn bse;
gmoavneyrnogrsenotlfemtheenhowsphiotar
among
foonrgawchoonmsidewrae mbleapey
06
cSainrdßid .aH. warmly congratulated the 01
11°
CLEWBAYS MINES, MAYO, IRELAND.—At the 111 Ca
ll' a
of the directors, held on Monday last, a report fro 1
tain Mates, dated the 9th inst., was read. He s3,Y4.Brorel 0
have completed the head-drain, and also the Pe"
irate
hold the copper ore. To-morrow (Friday), it is Ditto el",
tion to begin to timber the mines, so that the 11) en c"
work in safety, then we will make our best efforts
ing or blasting the veins of copper ore. in n,tifisn
trust I shall be enabled to give the result of the "'o*-0
Captain Mates adds that the lode still appears
miTsiHnEg.TRIIST AND LOAN COMPANY OF iirrE3 arl _A
citrlA'
—upAt
eracamneadetain, ghelodf tyheesteTrrudasyt,aand LoansvCaloc,,latire-tho
per cent, -
at the rate of dividend
for the six T 54,51

ending the 30th
given was carried
the to forward.directorsofBe jAfleot tubrutaheor
fr iluaat;stt:luvearainnsdi istatsltulA he sum
theS
ebelree
of
bonds. ASO
[ADVERTISEMENT.] -- HOLLOWAY'S OINTMED.„ fir
PILLS, FOR THE CURE OF WOUNDS IN THE Llct. pear
tract of a letter from Mrs. Simpson, of Braunfoll°'
Leeds, dated October 16, 1852. "To Professor o
way. Sir, —I was afflicted for eighteen ruunths Iv
ols.
very bad leg, in which there were three deep w° ore °
tried all kinds of remedieq, and was under tb rede pc
different surgeons here and at Leeds, but deriadvisea
benefit from their treatment. I was at lengtl'opy t°
to resort to your ointment and pills, and I is col
say by the use of these valuable medicines my legici by
~ So WI
pletely cured, and as sound as ever it was. --braille
druggists, and at Professor Holloway's F.st3v*/
244, strand, London.