The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-06 00:00:00

EVENING, AUGUST 6,

Alfred Comte d'Orsay
COMTE D'OIV•aAY. ! SCOTTISH NATIONAL FETE.
died at Paris on Tuesday hi:, grand national file arils held yestereay in Lard
siegnissriov social phenomenon T - ,
last, and perhees
blighter b -d " 1999 of ruined fortunes and llalland's park,
anopes ever left so large a number of admiring , ceFien most propitioun n'we'e. ' 'I.
' 's
ere well filled, and
end the a-the w- on the present ce-
nt.
thisattachedeii friend; to mourn his loss. The solution : the a:.seisehlage of enco-anlY 'isnlealnuc'dai•' the vas! numbers
mustered rewelatny
caol:sue oh; sliofe, he SliTernvePrathiZing' ,of th; se alio bad taken tickets to vie; the entertainment
judgment, and his eight
etheoousand persona,
werld gclunginete efselfishness of the man of the
is, that his disposition wee
ence his fireshim as the inevitable result of his were rather late in coming, but they
and affectionate; and I
contractedHitahteimbea,rdhnisesisnfianucl.
one
o'clock entertainment:, which commenced alarat half past
at last, and appeared tereatiy pleased with
the entertai
insensibility
we fear
of that character.
Highland reel, very spiritedly danced.
" a
there' was
Conete commencementd'Oess Deritha lelb. iron ball, in which
of those anythingin it) were always at the service a Highlander, c a putting,"i
Kennedy,t achieved an easy
who wanted them triumph, hurling, mass forty-three
actions from; and the foolish and wrong rthyu-teharee feet through the
which he saved hundreds by timely aid stone •It "erns a great pit
or spirited remonstrance,
thingwhich,camethe is much better; and we maalso b th t
have been imputed
to himself, in the North the game is always ' y o serve a
He was born toward
with only too much reason,
s thedown hill, as was the . played against and rot
power and
atohdey hugged and strained with
case yesterday. To the patting
His father was General by two men namedWy
succeeded some reall admirable Cumberlencl wrestling,
isbed soldier illiamson and Hinds. Grasping each
he inherited little beyond his gallant spirit, finely baltaxed
of the empire, from whom however, other round the hod
gwue believe •
bis handsome mo:kill, end in their struggles
person, and his name.for the mastery it was
the Duchessßis only sister,
do Grs aofdlisit9inB...
tstrceuriohus to observe how
of ratnOnt, married, when very little the greatest efforts of
young, intothe victory.
and how
jwe need' hardlyone the historic French families, and easily one dexterous movement wonni
add, is hares= was a slightly built men c ,
accomplishedWit-
women in F
one of the beautiful and
mostponent. but butt him fairly ne ompatec, with his ep-
quently, have wanted rance. He would, tense-
ove •
r his back in true cut b '
vertheless throwing him
hardlym erland style, and givine
birth or connexion any advantage which him his falls with a neatness
easily
. imagine and ante truly eurprisit '
s ent
in
his. could bestow, had his life been
p natlve country, and bad he followed the Ono may
entined. military
unh profession for which he
was
originallyseen in thtebecevniterwo.ofr an fine grassy slope, with nothing to,
des- interceptEni wrestlingthirt succeeded the "Old
fal te in theireppily for him, and for smeothers whose ish Morris Dance," by'e
own despite, was inextricably blended men,g who were placed under the direction ladies and gentle-
Flex-
with his, he of Mr.
hd ceased to reside in F before his more. The admirable manner i
ranee which this dance was
career di well commenced, andperformed elicited universal applanuse
be left the army .The mortis dance
under circumstances which, aft Pwas followed by singlestick practice.
has been made for the er every allowance which Jackson
and Newton, the guardsmen, espec'hillul
peculiar the ~ Swordy distinguished
tion to which he yielded, must nature of the tempts- and then came Dance," it
cast a temporary cloud upon his be admitted to have
Highland terpsichoreen effort, wherein
It is through no less a pers name.
Celt belonging to the clan M'lntyre peraforvmereyd elrasdtiic
that Count D'Orsay's name became than Lord Byron gies of pedipulation, A sack race followed—a Pweell-
with the notabilities of hiss ame first associated known, rather vulgar,but most amusing performance,
1819 or 1820, the Count had paid It seems that, in - •
in which more than a dozen competitors j .
sined and
paid a visit to London which caused a good deal of very heartylau ht S '
e earcely
of some month' d •
9 duration, and had kept journal of bad this attraction terminated wheng French
his observations and a
.lathletes
in full flash coloured circus costumtwee impressions te
1823, ron became acquainted, at G re. In Apri ,
n the platform in front of the stands. They appearedetl
and Lady Blessington, with whomenDl, with Lotd
lookedo -rather thinly clad foe the situation beurt axe y
then travelling, and it would appear 'Orsay was
performed many gymnastic prodigies with a finished easye
from the follow- P
received.
iug letter that the journal was then
.übtriitted to the well entitling
noble poet's persual : To them succeeded a revival of some of the ancient chi-
"l return the Count *
*'s Jo valric games connected with the tournament; hat as
extraordinary production, and oral, which is a very Don Quixote in the latter days of knight errantry went
truth in all that regards high lire a most melancholy forth on his travels sorrily mounted on Rozinante, and
or knew pereonally, most
of cin England. I know, • ipped in a belmtt made from a barber's
comically equipped
cieties which he describes and, the
personages and so. basin—so tae knights of Holland-park wore fencing
marks, have the sensation 'fresh after reading his re- siks for head-pieces -- and bestrode steeds that we
them yesterday. I would, however,
upon me as if I had seen me certainly seen on Sundays inspiring mingled
some few exceptions, which /owls:ler, plead in behalf of have
of pride and insecurity in the hearts of their
The most singular thing is howwl will mention by-and-by, feelings . us riders. Tilting at the ring is not a very
ambitious
crated not the fact, butthe he should have peas- I 035nce, and the first effect of seeing
interesting per or .
mystery of Eneli hunder the weightof
at two-and-twenty- I was about the '" s ennui, so many screws swerving
same age when I -_,- many .1 could not be overcome, but " the
made the same discovery 'uerous guarosuien .
lance,better, the " Be-
lires (for there ' in almost th
18 scarcely a person me • precisely
the 'ousts "or lance against was e .
did not see nightly mentioned whom or sword opposed to lance, a further im-
or daily, and was jhordiCum,"
acquainted more t avoid against sword better still, and the
or less intimately with most f
could have described it e them)--eut I rievur provemeo , . 1 ces and swords mounted against
to this effect." so well. Il fact etre F • final combat of an
rancats, ~. ea foot was extremely good and
Lie bayonet
A few days afterwards, Lord B amusieg. These different encounters took place at
d'Orsa himself Byron addressed two distinct intervals in the afternoon, but for the.
, y as follows :
'My dear Count of onverdeace we club them together. The ep-
dress you so •• • • (it you will permit m sake c • f the contrasted w
eto ad- parent superiority 0 . . eapons no doubt
. familiarly), you should b
writing e content with turned mainly upon the dexterity with which they were
in your own language, like Gram ont, and sue • handled, and In this respect there was every ground for
ceedieg in London as nobody.,
has succeededm since the satisfaction; but it seems pretty clear that a determined
d
nilton, days of Charles the Second and the recordswithout of Antonio foot soldier, armed alai a bayonet, and expert in its use
deviating into our' barbarous lan- ig on with any trooper, whether armed wi.h lance
gunge--which you understand and
write,
however, much -- a par .or sword. Tee retreating fights on horseback yester-
day r than it deserves.curio feature of the da '
a eel, .
day formed also a of _ y s preceed-
m approbation,' as you are pleased to term
fogs. To the combats thel grand tour.nament sun
vlelry sincere, but perhaps not very impartial; for it,
was
or, though ceeded a dance round a maypo e, 40 feet high, gaily or-
ove my country, I do not love my )
least, such as they now are. And, besidesctuntrymen—
at namented.with garlands and streamers. Mr. Flexmore
the seduction had arranged this dance so as to represent the weaving
of talent and wit in your work, I fear that to me there of a tartan with the variegated streamers, and the effect
was the attraction of vengeance. I have seen and felt of the performance altogether, shared in by 32 peepte
much of what you have described so well,
known the persons, and the reunions I have in appropritato costume, and seen under such advanta-
so . described point
circumstances, was extremely pleasing. Another
(many of them, that is to say), and the portraits are 60 in yesterday's proceedings was the exhibition ef
like that I cannot but admire the painter
no less than his b,*t —a mild form of the Old
performance. the French carne and aon „ .
The quietness and ease,
" But lam sorry for you; for if you are English quarterstaff practice. 'an
sob welln tie: combined with great rapty, with which the staves were
quainted with life at your age, what will perfect trainirg, and yet formed a
you when the illusion is still more dissipated?ec --e ca wielded indicated
never mind—ea avant!—live while youo But curious contrast to that rough and boisterous sport, of
; and that which, in Ivanhoe, Sir Walter Scott has left us so
you may have. the full enjoyment of the man
any advan- description. The canna and baton
Cages of youth, talent, and figure, which , graphic a a new and extraordinary
the wish of an—Englishman—l suppose, but possess, 18 was followed by
it is no exhibited by
~ the brothers
treason; for my nue her was Scotch, and my feat of strength
name and Siegrist and called Le peruke. This display beats the
my family are both Norman; and as for myself, of
lam caber tossing hollow, as will be at once understood when
no country."
its details are described. One of the performers ba-
D'Orsay's acquaintance with Lady B lessington t lances on a socket attached to his waist in front a pole 40
which irresistibly swayed the whole
life, is said to have commenced aboutcurrent of his feet high, up which, a hile in an almost perpendicular pe-
-1822,the other nimbly climbs. Having reached the top he
lance, where his r • at Va- .t.
she 131 10n
regiment was then quartered. summersaults upon it, twists himself about in
was then exceedingly handsome, d
an- be was led executesssstiormientway,
and, finally, glides down it headfore-
ane willing captive by seductions from whose thrall he emvoesrty. possible way, and, finally, glides down it beadfore-
a willing captive by Seductions from whose thrall he most. Alter such a display " throwing the hammer,"
mined effort
to have made so much as one deter- which was 171 b. weight, came off with less éclat than
.effort to break free. The first great sacrifice usual, though the victor, D. Kennedy, sent it spinning
Imposed upon him—and to a man of his undoubtedthrough the air Co a distance of 107 feet. The exhibi-
bition of hawking, by Mr. Barr, the Scottish falconer,
courage and sense of military honour it must
been a terrible one—was the abandonment of have
his did not prove so attractive as was expected, and the
chief' interest it poetesses is that stated in the
profession when his regiment was ordered into into active pro-
gramme, that nothing of the kind has been
service, on the occasion of the French invasion of attempted nearT London since the time of
Spain, under
the Due d'Angouleme, in 1825. Even Henryvil.7
Itlliceofthfis peremptory kind could not tear bun from voured the sport, hilt.. statetle viewof fromthe the.
eathearrk %-
well sidefro, the enchantress, and, from gratitude as not sufficiently open and extensive. Mr. Barrp pro-
duced two fine hawks, but the first flew away in
death. To
Thimeaffection, he remained content to her
compensate him i
in so sort a Marriage the direction of Battersea, where the supply of pigeons
was made up, under Led 13 me so , ,
lessington s auspice., in hunting them. The other, more obedient to call, after
between him and the daughterylt .
of her Lord. re . li e
eta i 13, the park fur some distance, descried with great
was an unhappy and most unf • , and
ortunate union • radidity a Pigeon which Mr. Barr had let off, and
no partial or indulgent feelings deed
towards theswooping down struck the poor bird a blow which at
should induce us to be unjust towards the living. onceenabled him to settle down with his prey, and dia.
Lady Harriot was in the
first blush of outh, hardly pose of it so far as his appetite enabled him. He was
sixteen, and she was
1 pre-eminentlyendowed with let go a second time and again r t d ethe falconer's
beauty, grace, talent, and accomplishment, • • shrill call, but the ' n returned a '
It is im-
possible first hawk returned no more, and this
possible to imagine part of the programme was altogether .
a more trul femininegentle, not nearly so m-
ated winning creature, or one better to LIP- teresting es might have been expected. Fowling-pieces
predate her husband. She did appreciatequalifiedhim,
end and percuseidon locks have made people independent of
,emisfhortune was that he neve apreciated her; falconry,pa r atve failures,an
ali
attemptsl to revive it have proved
indeed,corn-
fhe never lived enough with herr) to know the there was, later in the
ededs the Cumberland wrestling,
value specimen of the Cornish
wasvo wat be was throwing away. Her fortune style. It is heavier, more apparently a
inertaparently tricky, and yet
his.ery large, and the greater part of it was left '0; more really dependent onstrength than that of
bis disposal. It is supposed that he received—or that the north of England. The wrestlersb do no grasp
another,
creditors or assignees received—. shape or each other round the body,
nother, more than 100,0001. from het-1111°ns% estates. or collar, and the first effort is
toot
teny theafter hands
tThis is the part of his story which we shouldri be glad victory turns upon a single effort. The t wh.
o glass over ; but it is too noto •ignored in petitors were rough, cross-made imm Iwe
notorious to be lar locking to , ense andmuscu-
any biographical notice makingmen, wao seemed be miners, they
the smallest preten-
sion to authenticity. shook hands in true " fan "style before
"fancy"
His social and intellectual n Mr. Harrison's Indian club exercise must not be • d
qualities are those o among the list of performances. The clubs Ohmeltte
which his friends and edit]. ' o •now
trers will be most eager t wields are larger and heavier than those of last
dwell. It was not merely d
that he ossessed viol! year, yet he whirls them round his heed with perfect
and extended information,
profof the ease. A thr I d
springs of human action, d knowledge profound
and ee- egge race, managed by Mr. Flexmore,
tact, fancy, versatility, excited much amusement, as also a jingling match, all
all the
whichtnumerous qualities, or shades of qualities, but the jingler being blindfolded. But perhaps the most
go o make up that composite and indefinable laughable of the entertainments of this class was a race
thing with onre half of the competitors on stilts, the rest with
k called wit. He was the best-bred man we ever
new ; and good breeding of the highest order is not theirTbe
amusementsms and legs tied, and all blindfolded.
to be acquired by study, like an art. Its perfection
land reel dancing
terminated at six o'clock with High-
to Cumberland wrestling. In the
consists in never giving pain, either from ignorance
evening Lord Holland etnotehritained very hospitably
fa
or designedly. It therefore requires the most excloi' large pasty of the visitors
the
grounds during the a
or
fineness of perception to discwhat is pleasing ternoon. The attractions of fete are by no means
over
displeasing to others, and 'imperturbable
the most exhausted, and to-day,
if the weather proves at all pro'
good nature to turn the discovery to good account, so pitious, there will, no doubt, be a large attendance.
as to diffuse agreeable emotions- and promote
friendly feelings. It was d'Orsay's unceasing
aim, particularly at Gore House, to make every
one at home and at their be was
ease ; and
always y sure to address natu-
rally his conversation,s _ d
andembarrassed
member
unaffectedly, to any shy and
ber of the company, till he saw that anY passing
awkwardness or embarrassment was at an end' His
influence his un-
bounded, and it was fairly the soundness
earned by
..„,,, &fa-
and disinterestednessof
culty or • ealed
,__
as misunderstanding caused him to be "f, that
it
wasmediator or adviser. We incline to thio
his practice of giving advice, and of directingdoi.
the C
_.o conduct of persons of undoubted weightian Pails
t_i.s e _ at brought about the coolness *Web
hengmore
Itll;edbetween him and Louis Napoleon, .
wofn'taking
any public man living, is in the habit
counsel D'Orsay
Was
at exclusively with his own
mibneliever in the
swpeii.iikhorough Bonapartist, and a firm
r Napoleon over
e power of the bare name 0.
re uniformly
French His most earnest wishes
with themePn.regardedwa
the coup
.3,
hatas h Prince-President ; but be to use
"meet
own eying been effected ,en peudreto carte,
the last that
region ; and he contend
Louis Napoleonex attained to a higher,
more
might have
enviable position,
nobler,without
thoreuseful, and more trulystioe,
and without
a .e breach of a single oblig
en t ri id moralist
anapproximation to what the —es g
would denounce as a crime.
When the Norwich, who had been the
old Earl of
wit of Charles the First's Court, re-appeared at
Whitehall
No after the Restoration, he was voted a dead
bore.could ever have voted
extent of prejudice
and pleasing
d'Orsa
Y less than a most cultivatedfioa_
I return to France
member of society ; but on his
three Frenchmen could be
years before his death, few mot
brought Englishmen
acknowledge 9
deemed histovvaaaperiority. He was
always incontestable social
and it was only the
regretting England,
art istic Paria, and the never-
artistic
attachmentanel literary
lifeofsister and her family, that
at all r of his
what be persisted in calling
his „
expatriation"econciled him to
shores. To conclude, it
mtty
induce from
Britishour
moralist to be in-
dulgent t many a stern
of this erring and mis-
led,
but
kind
the memoryaccomplished gentleman
Ind generous, 50
to be as
_fi st record of impressions in
Enginureud that,
it his"
rto our prejudices or our
tiresomeness,lastnreh.tsestim woliays
filled to overflowing with
cherished I - four good sense, our
recollections o honesty,
and our truth —Chronic/e.
e

REFORM DINNER AT TOTNES.

On Wednesday a public dinner took place in the As
sembly Rooms at Totnes, to commemorate the victory
recently obtained by the Reformers in this borough get-
ting the representation of both seats. There were about
150 gentlemen present. Mr. W. F. Windeatt presided,
and Mr. J. R. Fogwill acted as vice.president. Mr. T.
Mills, M.P., was present, but Lord Seymour, who was
at Maiden Bradley, Warminster, had received the invi-
tation at so late a period as not to permit of his being
present. Mr. G. Moffatt, M.P., and Mr. Lindsay, the
recent candidate for Dartmouth, were also invited, but
were unable to be present. The usual loyal toasts were
drunk, after which the Chairman proposed the toast of
the evening, the health of its Members. Mr. Mills, in
replying, adverted with pleasure to the result of the
contest. He said that after the Tories had had one
seat for thirteen years, he had wrested it from them,
and had obtained it by a larger mejority than
all the majorities put together in all the contests
that the Tories had had during that time. Mr. Mills
promised that he would pay the electors en annual visit,
to render them an account of his stewardship, and that
if any of his votes were not satisfactory to a nahjority of
his con•titnents he would resign. Mr. J. Neale, barrister,
of the Oxford Circuit, replied to the toast of the electors
of Dartmouth, by detailing some very gross cases V
coercion that are now being put in force in that borough
against persons who voted for the Liberal candidate,
and loudly demanded the ballot, at which the whole
company rose and gave three times three cheers. Mr.
Neale also stated that it was his intention to immedi-
ately organ's) a reform association for South Devon, in
order to wrest the representation of South Devon from
the Tories. Mr. Latimer, of the Western Times, re-
sponded for the electors of Exeter, and followed up the
remarks of Mr. Neale on coercion, by showing that the
representation of South Devon, which was formerly in
the bands of the yeomen, had
.been wrested from them
by the organization of the landlords and their intimi-
dating their tenantry. Some of the latter, who had
dared to vote as they liked, had been turned out of their
farms, and told to go and tell the reason why in the
market places.
Mr. Tucker, of Ashburton, Mr. Chalker, -of Dart-
mouth, and other gentlemen spoke, and the evening was
passed in the most pleasant and agreeable manner.

SOLICITATION OF CHRISTMAS BOXES BY POST-
MEN.—The following notice, addressed to all postmasters,.
sub-postmasters, clerks, letter-receivers, letter-
messengers, and others employed in the service of
_t.li Post",,e,
letter-carriers,
office, has been issued 'by the Postmaster-Generelown The
attention a
attention of the Postmaster-General having artraent,
practice, prevailing amongst some officers of the
his
Lordship
of solicting Christmas gifts from the Publ!ch lie s
as
beenddep
desires it to be known that he considers.etlbat
objectionable in the highest degree, a
"ha, after this notice,
to remove from the service any ificertv,' he is resolved
h public any Christ-
shall be proved to have solicited from :he Postmaster will
mas gift or other gratuity ivhatecr A
require every person attached t his office to read and sign
this instruction.
1 TESTIMONIAL To Ma° GiuEinleGtsE hirlavii:3ries'Scred—uSpoontilea
purchase a freehold house in
of the electors in the Tower t
public subscription, in 0710-rm,?., Thompson as a testimony of
that borough to presen ..,,, services. a a
i reapsot for his lathe Polio" ""

officer.
ment survey to commencing the Govern-
THE ORDNANCE SURVI,T OF SCOTLAND.—..An
of the Ordnance Engineering Corps hag, within the
Ir.`st,uay or two, been in this neighbourhood making the p►e.
"mmarY observations previous
of the district.
THE SUICIDE IN MAIPFN'LANK.—An inquest Was
help --Kelso Mail.
yesterday on view of the body of Mr. H. Suowden, the
pr .prietor of the dining-rooms Maiden-lane, who commit.
suicide la •..,L. ~.,. ted
dict..ae c t
y precipitating 111111804 WIN a water .8 ern. Ver.
-111NntrY insanity,

1852>

1 k;Piirt.T of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
1 TlMES,—Yesterday corereeueed the s-cond rne in
the evenefel history of the Great Exhibition of Ail
Nations. Beltran a cleudle,J3 shy. amid the euthusias-
tic applause of a large and distingeishcd audience, was
raised the first column ot a structure which, if it at all
correspond in ieniafiydelity of execution to the conception of
the world for teecllranialjeensgteycalmdPsbri:untywoitfhitasn'Ystihteing in
,and
the grace, hghtnese, veriety, and utility of its fabric. It
is related in the touching narrative of the Jewish capti-
vity that those among the people who remernbcred the
glory of the first temple wept when they saw the inferio-
rity
of the second, but in this instance there is no reason
to rear that the most•devoted admirer of the Crystal Pa ,
lace of 1851 will have cateie to sigh over the difference i
between it and the Crystal Palace of 1853. Loftier in
design, more varied in outline, with infinitely more of
architectural beauty and pretension, it will form a land-
mark to which every eye will instinctively turd in one 1
Of the feirest districts in England, and, no longeni
feneed,in by the streets and squares of a mighty city.
it will occupy as prominent anti Conspicuous a position. I,
`in the prospect, as it is ccstined to du in the history I
of Loneor, and will stand forth from the horizon of than
mighty city an object for ever recalling, amid the bum
and hustle of every day life, the existence of truth,
higher than three of the
enjoyments which do not require
wealth for their gratification. Unlike its predecessor,
the creation of a few menthe, and the wonder of a few
more, the mission orthe new Crystal Palace purports to
be not of an age, but for all time. It is not a toy to be
used for a single' summer and then thrown aside, hut a
permanent addition to the means of amusement and in.
atruction possessed by England and the world. A fair
constantly open, a bazaar of new and ever varying at_
tractions, .an exhibition of all that is curious in art
and beautiful in nature, the natural receptacle of every,
new invencion, the natural laboratory for the construc-
tive intellect' of the country—such a building under-
takes to discharge functions, of which the brief and gle-
rieius
eveimsioengoufeest,he former exhibition may enable us to
form
conception. 1 t i
ebut l
pleasing
gy
to
tvaiecwomapnleoteldoreaadth:
cathedral,
and to think that there, for hundreds ot years, the
same worship has been offered under the same roof; but
the destinies of this edifice are, iii one respect, even
more . striking, for it is destined to behold and to con-
' at anidn
ttoh eb
er etshuel ts
firstef twh
iet
ngersaed
eu
fa le improvement ofw h i
es chi e
me cseu,
wins from the hidden and reluctant laws of nature.
withare
lowpunyalready obtained
infantineandbtained
compared
and on what spot of earth canthehos
e thattriumphsl.
before
e haveeus,
than to be the appointed
which the human intellect shall bff ear o
its victories in the field of knowledge? descend a nasolbetlre
ore
pfdho r
eiestsincy
does the new Crystal Palace differ in
the old one, the principle of its permßanuteereeet
from
and,as we
foundation is of a di-
rectly opposite
think, of a very superior
character. The old Crystal Palace was an offering by
tbe rich and the enlighteed, attaining financial results
of a most brilliant nature,e but founded with other
experiment on the taste praondt.
views than thos©
febelllti ngw aosf the na-
tion,
subscribers the a
ed credit
projectors.or a great
erdystatloPaltahcee
is a purely commercial speculatioe, and,on
on that account, so much the better. iti in our opinion,
im-
patier ce that we hear feeble and abortsivweith"nedivest it of this its real and undoubted eharaet attempts so
persuade the public that it is to be carried on e
withnd to
view to higher and more disinterested
motives than
usually actuate the directors and shareholders a iof ;
121.•
stock company. We ri juice, on tbe other hand, that
there is sufficient evidence of a refined and elegant tas.e
among the working-classes, of a love of beauty arid a
search for knowledge to justify a commercial association
in exhausting every device which art and *kill can sug-
gest to gratify these tastes and prernsitiea. Other cities
of Europe are rich in palaces, rased by hard earnings
extorted from the hands of a starving people. Io London
atone shall the people build a palace for themselves, not
by compulsory tribute, but by free offerings, not to gra-
-1 tify the caprice of a tyrant, bat to obtain an honour-
able
profit for money expended in promoting the im-
provement of mankind. It is a mistake to suppose that
commercial associations can only be employed in grati-
fying low and material wants. This will undoubtedly
be the case so long as the people have no higher or
nobler craving to gratify, but in proportion as they be-
come elevated by education and enlightenment, the oh-
jects of such associations will rise also, and we shall find
a joint-stock company just as powerful an instrument in
the cultivation of tastes, and the promotion of science,
when once the masses have come to desire these things,
as in whirling us over the surface of the earth, or tear-
ing our path through the waves of the sea. The
commercial principle - supersedes the necessity
of an Augustan age ; literature needs no patron
but the public; and philanthropy has nothing to ask from
the great.se long as she can show an unexceptionable
balance-sheet. Probably the least felicitous part of the
proceedings of yesterday was the pompous enumeration
of the great men who honoured the undertaking by
their patronage. We confess that if its success de-
pended on the smiles of the great instead of the favour
of the little, we should look forward to it with less
confidence. The real charm of the undertaking is,
that it is founded on a principle which dispenses with
such things; and they but little know of what spirit
they are of who seek to invest so noble a scheme
with additional attractions, by the recital of
an empty catalogue of distinguished names.
We ate happy in the belief that the danger
which menaced this excellent undertaking from
the misdirected zeal of men who will not
remember that the Sabbath was made for man and
not man for the Sabbath, has passed away. To shut
up the building and park on Sunday afternoon would be
to the working classes of London an entire exclusion
from the benefit intended; and Must almost, of necessity,
be fatal to the scheme itself. The experiment is yet to
be tried whether, by offering the working man innocent
and wholesome enjoyment, he may not be induced to
spend in the work of Bell-improvement some of those
few hours in which cessation from toil leaves him to feel
the full weight of unoccupied existence. will .those
who would shut the doors of the Crystal Palace on
Sunday provide the poor with any entertainment equally
innocent and equally attractive? If the poor man is to
be called upon, in the name of religion, to sacrifice the
afternoon of his weekly holiday, let us be quite sure
that it is not in the interest of the tea-garden or the
public. house that concession is demanded.. Ilfandscape e cannot
but think that the contemplation of a glorious
and of all the wonders ot creation which industry and
rno , would be
research- can collect under a single rcf'thne any others
influ-
ences more elevating and chastening afternoon of
which are likely to preside over the Sunday
the weary artisan.
—......---el

Tyne store-ship, Master-Ccmarricler Wellington, hi
loading with stor©s at D?ptford, for Ascension and
She will ba ready for sea by. the 15th.
Driver, 6, stei.m.sioop, will he taken out of Cock thi
day, when the Onyx Dover mail eteana-packet will b
taken is and completed t.y Saturday.
Trident steam-vcssc4 Lieutenant Commander Harvey,
will he completed by the 2Sth inst. She wants a dozen
blue-jackeis to complete her crew.

APPOINTMENT.
Alas UT Mawr! Brovvue (1831), recently Sf rving in tl•
Superb, 80, to the Saturn at Pembroke for service in th•
Muigrave.

Tetra Greenock, 10, iron screw steam-frigate, fitted
with engines of 556-horse power, by Messrs. Rennie,
bad Iwr steam up on Monday ldat in the inner biti
hero to try her engines and screw-propeller, taxi Lary
worked vory satisfactorily.

• ROYAL MARINES.
C,-don •1 Robert Mercer, Commandant of the Woolwich
division, hey fourteen days' leave of absence.
Liezemint-Colonel 11.1.`Adam, Captain Cong7h,r, Cap-
.taia Penrose, Lieutena.nt and Quarterm4ster Dyer,
Lieutenant Mugic,7, t;:d Lieutenant Harrington beve
each of thf m two months' 'env() of absence which will
expire on the 34 of October, 1852. ,
An augmentation of this corps is much required, as
th2re are so many men serving afloat that the duty is
heavy ter Owe iit, head-quarter stajons. When tt,„ „_
lief at Deptford took place last week, a detacbinnt of
the Royal Artillery had to do dniy at Woolwich Dock-
yard.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.
(From the REgistrar-General's Report.)
The health of Lend sn in the weE 1: ending Saturday,
31st July, has been distutbed by the prevalence of
summer cholera and diarrhm4, yet the deaths have
been 1,040, or 118 below the weekly average, which
in the previous ten years was, when corrected for in-
crease of population, 1,158. 532 males and 508 fe-
males died in the week; the mortality bore most
heavily on early life ; for of 1,040 who died, 586
were children under 15 years of age, 289 were in the
middle stage of life extending from 15 to 60, and 165
were of the age of 60 and upwards. A woman at-
taived the advanced age of 96. One death in seven
occurred in a public institution : namely, 92 in work-
houses, 39 in hospitals, 6 in lunatic asylums, 1 in
prison, Bin Greenwich and Chelsea Hospitals. The
districts of Chelsea and Greenwich, as well as Ken-
sington and Wandsworth, experienced more than the
usual mortality.
During the week 18 deaths are assigned to small-poi;
2 cases are recorded as having occurred after vaccina-
tion. Fifteen children were left unprotected by their
parent,, and died the victims of this negligence; 54
children died of scarlatina, which is prevalent; 34 per-
sonsl4s or conseuxmcepptitontw;
o,4asducibti)ldroefndoi.f
32 of pneumonia;
and 25 of
of typhus;
csl
eo3ansvoauf 1 so: ntteshr;eit3ihsle;aprlet4r;sl7 sod(tia.slebla,r
beer
chitin; e
of
f the
liver;
of
violence.
Diarncces was the reigning disease; it was fatal to 110
children, 7 adults, and 8 persons of advaeced age. It
often approached in the severity of its symptoms to
summer cholera, of Ni,hich 10 ctaldren, 4 adult:', and l
persons ever the age of 60 died. Here, as in pidemic
cholera, early and prompt medical treatment is c J sled tor.
The following are the returns of the 16 eases of cholera
in h, g ehnti,auteir, d the week. In conformity wee s euggt stion
cholerat,out
for
~
rep ore, s‘ '
h cholera, r " haswh
which
en i s s
(ufb,setn
i t u e d
hused
in the medical certificates, although the disease prevails
all over the world, and is 'by no means confined to Biz-
land :
At 23, Hampden-street, St. Mary, Paddington, on
ej2hBu
July,
rjtothuB.o,llSw'plistpdshroseeewszss-ooetn-diq uouttafr
ntait; Jahn, a dens)."
dirgton, on 27 h
aged 46 years,' unitise
7 months, "bummer cholera engincie:
ug(cir
d 7l7slington, on 27,h
At
tlhs re,
widow o br co kr e
a-
ut ar, gripes; W
agees t
July,
cholera (5 days)," years, entnnitr
At High-hill Ferry, Upper Clapton, on Sath Tu
son of a braid manut ,cturer, aged 20 inn • 1- '
the
nt thanes:ea
(8 days), cholera (6 days)."
At 28, St. Bartholomew-place, Hertford-road, Rack_
ney, on 29th July, the son of a warehousemen, aged 9
years, " cholera intantum (10 days)." On the follow.
ing day, the 30th, a brother of the above, aged 2 years,
" cholera infantum (10 days)." The informant states
that his house is not well drained, and that the smell
arising from the cesspool has lately increased.
At 15, Reform-place, Weitecross-street, St. Luke, cn
24th July, a labourer, aged 47 years, "summer cholera
(7 days)."
At 11, Upper Clifton-street, Shoreditch, on 25th July,
a carpenter, aged 53 years, "cholera (3 days)."
At 58, Nicholas-street, Holton Old Town, Shore-
ditch, on 25th July, the daughter of a painter, oged 3
months, "cholera infantum (2 days)."
At 22, Marman-street, St. George-in-the-East, on 27th
July, a fruit vender, aged 60 years, summer cholera
(36 hours); general decay."
At 22, Brook-street, Ratcliff, oa 23d July, a labourer
aged 33 years, "cholera spasmodica (3 days)."
At 59, Farmer-street, Shadwell, on 24th July, the
daughter of a mariner, aged 10 months, "cholera in-
funtum (48 hours),"
At 210, Blackfriars-road, on 28th July, the daughter
of a carpenter, aged 6 months, " summer cholera (24
hours."
At 5, Fair-street, St. Olave, Southwark, on 30th July,
the son of a leather-dresser, aged 11 years, " malignant
cholera (15 hours)." Mr. Deflated, the registrar of St.
John, sub-district, observes—" This is the first case of
malignant cholera in my district during this season, but
it has cccurred in a street in which the cholera most
fearfully
.raged in 1849; the first and last cases of
cholera (in any district) of that year took place in this
street. The beadle informs mo that the inhabitants
complain bitterly of the landlord's neglect in not attend-
ing to the cesspools of the house, 5, Fair-street, and I
can certify to the tenants making the same complaint in
1849 in this and in other houses in the same street,
where cases of cholera occurred."
At 2, Pitt-street, Kent-road, Southwark, on 29th July,
the son of a lightermarn aged 10 months, "summer
cholera (48 hotna)."
' At 13, East street, Charlton, Lewisham, on 27th July,
the son of a labourer, aged 4 months, " summer cholera
(5 days)." The registrar, Mr. Burnett, states that
" these cases occurred in a crowded district of small
houses newly built. The locality is in the Thames-
marshes, considerably below high-water mark. In many
t
da left, t e
leading
d ineg
of the houses the marsh water rises in the cellars and
remains there, while every kind of liquid abomination
comparatively few deaths have- hap-.
is collected in pools at the ends of the small gardens.however,
Hitherto,
continue, it will befact strangely
lipeintheedrhtoe,re. I
at variance with the generally received aopinion Apt the
from
h tahhei tan
unhealthiness of such districas,"
houses,
s to
is
ga
htt
atnh
In the church and sub-district of Bethnal -green scar-
latina prevails. Mr. Briggs, the registrar,. adds—"
,I gust:
ddrbayintshferoi
no
sewers in Bethnal-green-roa,d from Church-rowre are
the
the sign of the Salmon and Ball. At a tripe-boiler's the
filth left in the yard creates a great nuisance, from which
a most offensive stench arises."
At 11, Catherine-wheel-alley,
Bishopsgate,
the daugh-
ter of a labourer, aged 2 years, died on July 25th of
66 fever (22 days), diarrhcea (7 days)." me. Spencer
the registrar of the sub-district of St. Botolph, bus th,
following note on the above case :—" The house is close
and over-crowded; in the room where Ibis child.
_dre"9l2_,
were the father and mother and four other ad n
and
with two other families, consisting of the parentshouse
two children each, and occasionally lodgers. 1:d
his day
has been condemned for some time pass, an were
74 persons,
the occupants, altogether amounting to.
ht rooms in the
expelled by the police. There are erg
• house."

rland leaves White-
His Grace the Duke of Northumbe . .
her Ma esty in
compan .1
NAVAL IN
hall to-day for Osborne, to ac _..
.tstobis and Gallant
Ititaity yacht the Black
the royal cruise to-morrow.
First Lord embarks in the
Eagle.. . . • ' Channel
The
Tag CHANNEL SQUADROI4.---- .. squadron,
under the command of Rear
820 weetCaptain Hutton;
of Prince Regent, 90 guns,
Rodney, 92 guns, 820 men, Graham, C B •
Captal . ~
Symonds; Lean-
Arethusa, 50 guns, 500 wee, Captain
-Admiral Curry, consisting
Tor-
der, 50 guns, 500 men, Captain Sing; arrived in
bay, from Queenstown, on Wednesday, and having re-
ceived dispatches, put to sea vain for an exercising
cruise fur ten dap,
return to Torbay. when the squadron will moat likely
The Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir G. F.
Seymour, C. 8., G.C.H., in his flig-shiP Cumberland, 70,
Captain Seymour, left Halifax for Newfoundland on the
16th of July.
The Admiralty have granted the boon to
in
emlrae-
bonrers of the dockyards who have been reduced from
sawyers of two shillings and sixpence per day
f,
instead of two shillings as at present.
PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.--Titer, 16, steam-frigate,
Captain H. W. Gaud, is at Spithes‘d, and will be read
for sea on Saturday, when his crew return from leave 37-
()1
absence. The Tiger is a good exchange for the Dr,,go, ,
which ship is very defective.
Simoom iron screw troop-ship, Captain li."agcome,
will be out of the hands of
the engineers by the 21st,
u
and will bo ready for sea within. a week after that date.
Twenty first-class boys are added to her hooks as su-
ftthheeonfilryst class.
tphe
ern,
service
Sidonu me raaurdai et s
Furioussu-
pernumeraries. p o
ratr
of
steamers belonging to
mender Baliistou embarked yacht,h Acting Master-Com-
.Toe Elfin royal dispatch
Hohenlohe at Osborne, and 1 Serene Highness Prince
Prescott, on the arrival of
see the dockyard, &c.
and brought hisßear-Admiral brought him to this port
otos
King's-stairs. After cenducting
Superintendent
Serene
Highness the Eltiu, put off in his
the !
Ad •
the Admiral re-embarked his Highness in his barge, an
conveyed him on board the Port-Admiral's ship irictl°2l.'
haismh oorvee,rltahnedidnoog
ksyt
srdci
and afterwards to his own * SePtane'
flag-ship the
After inepecting these ships the Prince nded at the
for
Cckyard, and proceeded in the Adrairall
the Portsmouth terminus of the. Loud,* Bill"
South- COlat Railway, en route to
""tna(ander Vi'oolrige,
The Inflexible, 6, ateam-sloop,
~F(,),Tday.
has been paid wages to six nienie•__sader Le Febose, ar-
-I,'llCa.,thrrioange
and
The. Dasher steam-vessel, con'nds to be paid wages.
rived to-day from the Channel antica, 6, apprentices'
DENTONPORT, WXDNErtloling, is ordered to proceed
tender, Lieut.-Commando it;oys for the navy.
to Dartmouth, to rect Captainicap t Mainacdpoattograelsl:
iiss
whaeirte.
Hogue, 60, screve's ,
still, waitiug orders.6o
screw-ship,
SsaaPariel, 81' tory complete. She wants 150 blue
jackets. 1,, 25, Captain W. Houston, will go out
ing for .inachinerY,
Trincoras
°THURSDAY.—NIegmra screw troop-ship, I
t the 12th inst
Fll NE °I
0. ofrablridlera:b.'uJohnson, will be taken out of dock SURREY ZOOLOGICAL and
be 14th inst., and will be ready for about hs / NJ; crowded by
on 'i GARDEN
sea the on Wednesday these dwere 8- ° u Temperance
gar ens .,,, the
14th insg• . t
be ready to come out of deck I League.tbe man
thousands of persons connected wir7telimrduaseYments
°which, in the evening,
floratio, 22, steam guard-ship is completing the fiont-
Bittern, 12, will
tbo 13th inst,
hiug of her gun ports and the ;iteration of her steer- of the place, a bazaar and fancy f'cltr;play of lamps. A num-
were illuminated with a brilliant pupils of schools sup-
barat the
of young persons, aPiPivaed at en early hour on both days.
leg-wheel. ported by the League, tal,
Vestal, 26, Captain C. B. Hamilton, will leave Igg CORN MARKET —This
morrow for Portsmouth, to complete her to- E T°F --towards '
NLARGEMEN ,ieg completion and will
has twenty crew. and made a long holid
vacancies. Captain llama She b •ld. is rapidly adv.'', une of a few weeks. and
floor
ton, we are glad u"ng • Taess ja the `o '
to bear, is in meta better health. be open for bdome will be of plate-glass, supported by
CHATHAM, is asphalte• „ne columns, and present a neat and elegant
y in the grounds.
HAM, THURSDAY. Ca '
Rieliaid, C.B , has been on leave
Talbot, will ho ready for .• ,SCHOOLMASTER an , •
btu ; twelve MaSsiVne 23L imrovements will greatly facilitate the
Me d 4.4 Commodore°tabsence{.
au Er„appearance, s,ieri market. The improvements will cost
businessbe-
cf t•
a 6 oCoi
sea by the 4th of September. She has The
; tween .•,
many vaeitne.es 1 „Bs SCHOOLMASTER NOT
fur petty officers and seamen, but they are daily coming 1 '•• bellnum" of an ancient burgh (not one cuu"
• -es with
in to join. . e public sokirk) lately electrified -file word*? bee
with
WOOLWICH, THURSDAY.—Resistanc tThis
intimation, proe
-ship Mas- . eolioeing '• lire and fagot" inn
e roop , .
ter-Commander Bradshaw, tow loading , 1 the , .YET AT Ho
at Deptford, is i due oiala dignity
.-.-^ ols is to pre nut
ee a bundle• by
to convey companies of R l • ' -,• i rwanting kindling,
nit Attiliery to leibra is lon
and Malta. opiying (.) me, or at cot Iglus@ r
1 ""tea
-,,irclTl ': . „,r,,,* . ice, that au.Y er'

STATE OF THE li---EATEIER Dui-714aoiri
ow. ---i •• t ;it night. At
SUNDAY.--The skybielsvaning, and lemr.
t rain to the depth
clear and cloudy till t_e..,
_ain at lb.
1111. A.M. heavy rain fll a EA PAST WEEK:
ofin. . fell in a qua fell in a quarter .
many
inch (treat damage was dune in ,
to the depth
ofdoi;setoral.,,,,.d Electricity—Pobitive, ana
during a thun e hour,
en
hour,
about
the
.1
latter
rata
t er
negstrr
_„.
part covered with
e most
currents were!tawlv
e 6--'" was
for
th
I t atus and cirrostratus.
c lltoNDA'r•—ho t the day; cumulostratus t) r
Electricity—Posi-
"'strongint'ension ; sparks and galvanic
showers •on weak uri
nd tens2sky was covered with
cloud during the
tive, a —The
TuasnA"and clear at night ;cirrocumulus and
• d afternoon, . .
clowl thrg-•nufell durritnreanevening.
patartti
rung anng the afternoon.
morning amoest Greenwicho
f rai
,_biyt
with
transo.oniElictricity—Positive, and tension weak during
The sky was mostly clear during the
cthirvirer°ooB:frtaNeßsDA .
morning, and covered with
cloud during the remainder of the
day; cirrocumulus and cirrostratus. Electricity—positive,
and tension moderate during the afternoon and evening.
TounsDAY.— ire -ri e•fourths of the sky were covered with
cloud during the morning, and the amount of cloud was
variable during the remainder of the day. Electricity—
Positive, and tension strong during the afternoon.
FIUDAY.—The greater portion of the sky was covered
with cloud till lh. P.M., and generally clear afterwards;
cumulostratus and cirrostratus. Electricity—Positive, and
tension strong throughout the day.
SATURDAY.—The sky was clear during the morning, and
generally covered with cloud during the remainder of the
day ; cirrocumulus and cirrostratus. Electricity—Positive,
and tension variable throughout the day.
The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main-
mast, and read each day at 9h. A.M. was 66.7° ; and the meat:
reading at 9h. P.M. was 63•8'' ; the mean readings 1,7. a
Royal Observatory for the same times were 67.3° and '
respectively.
The reading of the barometer decreased from._7:37:thin;
at the beginning of the week to 29'53 in. by 9t!!,.A.f.•by 911.
26th; increased, with slight exceptions, to 29?...b j'a, end of
\
A.M. on the 31st ; and decreased to 29'93 in. Pl'
the week. -