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provide the quartz at their own expense, running
tunnels, sinking shafts, and other works necessary to
ensure a sufficient supply of the material. While he
undertook, for those whom he represented, to erect
machinery, and to crush and amalgamate the quartz,
ali the gold thus obtained was to be equally divided.
In order that this beneficial contract might be car-
ried out without any delay, Sir HENRY purchased an
engine and machinery in California, which he imme-
diately dispatched to the locality, but another unex-
pected obstacle arose ; when the engine was erected it
was found that something more was wanted to ren-
der it effective. Before these could be procured the
rainy season had set in with unusual severity, render-
ing the roads impassable, so that it was not until the
latter end of March that the machinery could be got
into working condition.
_ _ _

By this time, however, a great change had taken
place in this country. Public opinion had set in in
favour of the company. Capital to almost any ex-
tent was available ; and those who bud formerly
scoffed or hung back while any doubt existed as to
its ultimate success, endeavoured to obtain a share
in that which they had once industriously de-
preciated. It was on the arrival of Mr. DAviE.v,
an intelligcnt and experienced person, acconi-
panied by a well selected body of practical
miners—that Sir HENRY learned the improved posi-
tion of the Company which he represented—and '
that he was, therefore, in a position to carry out his
operations on a scale of much greater magnitude, and
that there was machinery in progress of very superior
power. The mining property, too, had been placed
upon a more satisfactory basis during the interval. A
good and safe title could be obtained, while the Com-
pany with which he had entered into the provisional
agreement were not exhibiting the zeal or activity
he had anticipated, nor could he venture to place im-
plicit reliance, on their professions. lie, therefore,
decided on independent action, and was speedily
enabled to acquire possession of " the Dicksburg
Mine," a properly offering extraordinary advantages,
there being a water-mill erected thereon, the led('
exhibiting an apparently inexhaustible mass of auri-
ferous quartz, which on every trial yielded highly
satisfactory results ; and also an ample supply of
water power, with good sites for other mills, and an
abundance of timber on the spot for all necessary
erections.

He entered on this property in July, and the re-
sult of his experience since that period has been of
the most pleasing description. The tests already
applied have been so highly satisfactory, that he de-

term fined to work without any further delay. The
engine and machinery dispatched last year have been
forwarded to the mine, and steps taken for its erection,
and it is in all human probability ere this, in profitable
operation, —nay, more, it is by no means unlikely
that soma of its produce is already on its way to this
country. In addition to the Dicksburg Mine, Sir

A daring enterprise, it must be admitted—that of
surpassing those wonderful aqeouss achievements.
Daring though the project is, it may be at once per-
ceived from the programme that it is seriously about
to be attempted. At either extremity of the building
there will be erected an enormous tower 256 feet
high, having each at the summit a capacious reser-
voir. These reservoirs will supply an abundance of
water fur the various fountains and cascades. At the
commencement of the " display," starting from the
Palace, the water will emerge from the arches of the
highest terrace on the right and left of the grand
central archway, tumbling through in a succession of
cascades. Thence, as they descend, in place of glid-
ing away beneath, the currents will respectively leap
sheer down, in a solid but transparent curve, over the
lowest terrace—so that the visitors may pass under
the glittering curtain as under that of a miniature
Niagara. Subsequently, the two streams will tra-
verse the whole length of the principal approach, on
either side dashing onwards in noisy rapids or cata-
racts ; and after replenishing a number of fountains,
shaped like tazzas, will close their career in two
enormous basins, each 380 feet in diameter, and each
haying a pyramidal group of jets to the number of
600, the largest jet in the cluster throwing up water
to the enormous height of 230 feet perpendicular.
Scattered round these will be " dancing fountains,"
soaring to the height of 130 feet ; and beyond these
sixteen others shooting up water 90 feet into the
tin Well may the official prospectus of the prepara-
tions observe that " there is nothing of the kind at all
approaching in magnificence the display of waterworks
contemplated by the plans at this point." The gretd
caul at Versailles, marvellous as they are, and unri-
valled as they have been hitherto justly considered,
will scarcely regard as unworthy of comparison the
pyramidal fountains and the subordinate jets and cas-
cades at Sydenham, for the supply of which 2,000
gallons per second will require to be put in requisi-
tion ! Besides the fountains already enumerated, there
will be one of very considerable dimensions, into the
vast basin of which water will flow round the edges
in an enormous bell-shape—eight or nine others being
distributed over the terraced gardens, sparkling among
beds of the most brilliant-coloured
.flowers,—flowers,
the profusion of which may be estimated from the
single item, among similar orders recently issued, for
50,000 roots of the scarlet geranium 1 Scattered among
these fountains, and flowers, and cascades, and ter-
races, will be strange specimens of the monsters of
geology, contrasted with statues carved out of the
white marble of Carrara. Remembering all this, were
we extravagant in talking about the garden of the
Hesperides ?
As to the Palace itself—the Palace we have hinted
at as not less marvellous than that of ALADDIN-it
promises to abound, like the gardens outside, with
fountains and statuary, but still more with colossal
sculpture and elaborate specimens of architecture.
Conspicuous among the more celebrated curiosities
enshrined under the crystal roof, it is to be hoped, may
ultimately be numbered one no less renowned than
CnEoraTua's Needle. A winter garden, comprising
all kinds of rare exotics, will, of course, as at first in-
tended, be of all the most prominent, as well as the
most delightful, of the many attractions. Foreign
birds, of a plumage as brilliant even as the foreign
vegetation, will be added to the splendours of the
collection. Hardwares and textile fabrics, minerals
and precious stones, will be displayed in profusion,
with ;he most beautiful productions of Art, the most
astonishing achievements of Science, and the most
extraordinary products of Industry. Such are among
a few of the internal embellishments of the second Pa-
lace of ALADDIN, in the modern garden of the llespe-
rides.

ENRy has also taken a lease of the Carolina Mine
situated near Placerville, on the Sacramento river, on
very advantageous terms, which is also in operation at
present.
While Sir HENRY has thus been displaying the
high qualities requisite for the judicious management
of such an undertaking—acquiring for himself and the
Company with which he is connected the respect and
confidence of the inhabitants of the districts, the home
Directors have not been idle. They have already
dispatched, in May last, " an engine equal to fifty-
horse power, with crushing-mills and stamps of cor-
responding force, together with a water-wheel, pumps,
and all suitable gear—the whole of the best work -
manship, from the manufactory of Messrs. WEST and
SJN, of St. Blazey. They have also contracted for
some of " Baggs' patent quartz-crushing apparatus,"
an invention of the greatest importance, and which
gives an almost unlimited power to its possessors. It
Las indeed already accomplished more than
had ever previously been even thought of.
Cru,,hing the material to a fine powder, and
thus enabling the operators to separate the precious
metal from the quartz with comparatively trifling
difficulty or labour. These will be ready within a
fortnight, and when on the spot 150 tons par diem
may b-1 crushed—we cannot venture to state the
amount of gold that may be obtained therefrom.
We may, however, once more cordially congratulate

Were we not right, therefore, in our assertion tha
there is now collecting together, in the immediate
neighbourhood of London, almost under the shadow
of its smoke, and within the sound of its roaring corn.
merce, a variety of works at once beautiful and extra-
ordinary, such as will, in a few months hence, trans-
form the woodlands of Sydenham into the semblance
of Fairyland ?
And it is this region of enchantment which has
roused the bile of Praise-God-B arebones, and excited
the horror of Zeal-of-the-land-Busy, and called forth
expressions of the sanctimonious indignation of our
dear old friends the Sobbatarians! Itwas the announce-
ment of the probable cpening of the Crystal Palace
on Sundays, which brought about the assemblage of
some thousand individuals on Monday last, in the
parochial school room of a Chapel of Ease in the
Liverpool-road, a meeting presided over by the Re-
verend Master-of-Arts WILSON, the Vicar of Isling-
ton. According to the sentiments expressed by the
majority of the speakers upon this occasion, we ought
to lcok forward with dismay to the probable strolling
upon some Sunday afternoon of a pour artizan, with
his wife and cluster of little children, through the
gardens of the Crystal Palace, at Sydeaham, as to
a foul and most grievous desecration. Upon
the same principle, there must surely always
be upon the same days a sort of vegetable sin in
the budding of a sweet-pea—a sort of insect culpa-
bility in the birth of a butterfly—a sort of zoological
crime in the suckling of a lamb upon the meadows—
a sort of infamy carried up into the skies in the war-
bling of a lark at daybreak—an evil in the spawning
of a minnow, and au abomination in the very sparkle
of a rivulet. If there be ill in the mere sight of such
'things on the LORD'S Day, sure there must—in
lommon logic—be a threefold evil in the things
themselves. Whit nonsense is this the Saints of the
sao-called Sabbath are preaching to us in open day,
vc:lth grave faces, as though nothing less than idiotcy
pre veiled among the population ? People are not
sue h dullards as to suppose, for en instant, that the
awful and Holy LORD of the Universe can be dis-
pleased because the little creatures he has created
in tl le palm of His hand like grains of dust, go out
for .a while from their reeking cities upon the
appoi ated day of rest to breathe the fresh air, and to
walk among the green trees—as the Sacred Book
even to Us us the Goy of Heaven himself was won't to
do in tl le cool of evening in the garden of Paradise I
Away :rather with that squalor of the intellect and
abjec,,ne ss of the imagination, which are in themselves
the most despicable of all possible desecrations of the
Sunday— -away rather with that grovelling bigotry
and narro if-minded fanaticism, which would shut for
ever the eyt )s of the over-toiled and the under-paid from
that glorio us scroll of Nature which the DIVINITY
has lettere, I with flowers and written over with
planets, and in which the very child can spell, with
the most w, :nderful accuracy, the mystic truths of
religion. It is not by shutting the labourer up con-
tinually betty :en the sordid walls of the conventiole
that you can 1 lest instil into his heart the solemn and
exquisite print iples of Christianity. Let him obtain,
at least at into rvals, a glimpse of the beautiful uni-
verse in which he exists for a time but as an atom,
and you will th e most effectually expand his intelli-
ence, purify his morality, and elevate his aspirations.

all parties concerned on the arspicious prospect
before them, and which promises to render the concern,
notwithstanding its early trials and difficulties, one of
the most remunerative ever brought under public
notice.

Peeryland is gradually collecting together its mar
vole in the immediate vicinity of our vast and dingy
metropolis. Within view of St. Paul's Cathedral—
that is, upon a tolerably clear day when the gilded
ball-and-cross can just twinkle through the smoke of
London—there are now growing up a Garden and a
Palace such as the world has seldom if ever seen the
like of, except in the exquisite dreams of the imegina-
tion : a Palace like that of ALADDIN, and a Garden
like that of the Hesperides. Fortunately, the inha-
bitants of this capital were enabled, in 1451, to wit-
ness the miracles of ingenuity which genius, aided by
industry, was capable of calling forth upon a few of
the green sods of Hyde Park—so that the remem-
brance of that extraordinary Exhibition relieves us
from the fear that, in 1852, our allusions to what is
being at this moment accomplished in the neighbour-
hood of Sy denham, may be derided as some empty
and idle fanfaronade. The marvellous beauty of the
Crystal Palace erected within a few weeks near Hyde
Park Corner, is a sufficient guarantee that whatever
may be seriously projected in regard to the scheme of
its reconstruction, is at any rate within the limits of
practicability ; and that, however improbable may be
the grandeur and diversity of the proposed achieve-
ment, they will inevitably, and that, moreover, within
the prescribed period, be beheld in their fullest reali-
z ition. We all of us believe this with the sense of a
calm and implicit conviction. We believe it, because
we remember what has already been achieved by Sir
JOSEPH PAXTON, in that magic edifice where all the
nations of the earth stored up for a while whatever
Art could display of the Beautiful, or Science of the
Marvellous. We believe it, because we call so very
vividly to mind those wonderful perspectives of blue
and yellow by which OWEN JONES eclipsed the most
gorgeous corridors of the Alhambra I We believe it,
because we have in recollection the mingled celerity
and precision with which Sir CHARLES Fox caused to
fell into their appointed places, as if in obedience to
the wand of a magician, these thousands of girders,
and millions of sashes, and miles of counter, and
acres of glass, required in the building up of that
fabric of iron and crystal. Assurances like these were
needed, in order to convince us of the possibility of
seeing at last effected what is spoken of as at this
instant in the process of development in the midst of
the sylvan glades and meadow scenery of Sydenhain.
The external embellishments alone, promise to
render the vicinity of the New Crystal Palace more
remarkable for beauty than possibly even the most
lovely spot that can now be found in Christendom.
Immediately in front cf the principal fa fade of the
edifice, we learn that there is to be constructed an
Italian garden, extending over some forty acres, and
having a breadth of one thousand six hundredteaces
at end
fifty feet, disposed in a series of terraces
once superb and picturesque. Upon this portion
of the enterprize alone, there is to be ex-
pended a sum of no less than 60,0001. sterling !
According to the plan sketched out by the master-
hand of Sir JOSEIPII PAXTON, the grounds are to be
mapped out upon the same scale of proportions as that
to be observed in the architectural arrangements. In
illustration of this it, may be observed that every dimen-
sion will have a multiple of eight feet in the Garden
as well as in the Palace, out of which will come har-
mony and grandeur in very exquisite combination
The grandour may be conjectured from the circum-
stance of the principal approach and terrace being 96
Net wide, the majority of the others 48 feet, and none
less than 24 feet. Again, the harmony may be hna-
gined from the intention kept in view throughout by
Sir JOSEPH PAXTON, that of so arranging the external
d:•corationa that the ornate splendours of toe Italian
Garden shall gradually merge into tee more homely
and less artificial beauties of the English, and that
these again shall almost imperceptibly glide off into
the more moderately-cultivated charms of the sur-
rounding landscape. Intermingling with the par-
terres and the shrubberies will be a gorgeous system
of fountains, which, it is proposed, shall surpass the
astonishingly lofty jets at St. Cloud, and the most
glorious of the mythological groups spouting out their
vast columns of water on fite-days at Versailles,

The first general report of the Directors of the
Anglo-Californian Gold-Mining Company, has been
issued to the shareholders, and will be read at the first
annual general meeting, which is appointed to take
place on Friday next. It is a highly satisfactory
document, explaining the various steps that have been
Hien by the expedition under the command of Sir
HENRY VERE HUNTLEY since their arrival at the scene
of their future labours, and clearly pointing out the
present position and prospects of the company. Many
difficulties have necessarily occurred, but they have
been succeaully encountered—and we hope ere long
to be enabled to congratulate the Directors and share-
holders on reaping a golden harvest, the legitimate
reward of their enterprize and perseverance.
It will be in the recollection of our reader!, that
this company was the first started in the United
Kingdom for the purpose of bringing joint-stock en-
terpriz3 into operation in the gold fields of California.
At first the prometers were treated with ridicule, and
every effort was made to sneer down the undertaking.
It required no ordinary nerve to bear up against the
amount of direct vituperation, or, what was perhaps
worse, the apathetic and cold-blooded indifference to
which they were exposed. Distinct and positive
charges were brought forward, and these were accom-
panied by
" The whiiper'd hint—the shrug—the hum or ha,
These petty brands that calumny doth use,"
Many openly declared that the concern was little
better than a deliberate swindle, while the more cha-
ritably disposed considered it a mere visionary scheme,
and. opinion appeared to be divided as to whether the
Directors should he classed among " the dupers" or
"the duped."
But there were men of unflinching determination
engaged in the transaction. having satisfied them-
Illves of the soundness and feasibility of the under
taking, and having secured the services and co-ope-
ration of Sir HENRY VERE HUNTLEY, a gentleman
of station and character, they resolved to go on
despite
every impediment or obstruction. But a
small proportion of the capital was subscribed for,
and a still smaller proportion paid up—for the
1* corvine" fraternity, who are so virtuously indignant
at any managerial lapse, have no hesitation in disre-
garding their own positive promises to pay on the
shares for which they make application, unless an
immediate profit can be realized, The Directors,
however, made the most of the means at their disposal,
and dispatched Sir HENRY in March, 1851, sending
out also a steam-engine and crushing mills.
On bis arrival, Sir HENRY found, that " great un-
certainty existed with reference to the tenure of
mining property, and that. the titles of the claimants
or possessors of quartz veins could not be relied on."
Here was a new difficulty. If he attempted to enter
into a treaty for the purchase of a. mine, or any par.
tiou of the auriferous soil, he might find, that not
only the money paid, but all the early exertices of
the con-ll:Any would be wasted and misapplied—a re-
sult which, in the then state of public cpinion in
}>lgland, would have been fatal to the prospects of
undertaking. He, therefore, exhibited « t:alutary
deciding rather to opera's on the gold-bear-
log quartz produced to Lim by ethers than to en-
deavour to obtain the meterial fn. himself'.
While awaiting the arrival of his machinery dis-
patched from England—which, being sent via Cape
Horn, was considerably delayed ea route—he di-
rected his attention to the selection of a favour-
able site on which to commence operations. Ile
speedily entered into an arrangement with en
American company in actual possession of a
mine, by ;which it e-ras agreed that they should

_ .
THE MEETING Or PARLIAMENT. The following
circular has been au dressed by the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer to such men tbers of the House of Commons rs are
supposed to be feientil,,' Downing-street, 18th October, 1832.
V to the Administration:—
" Sir—The meeting of Parl,ament has been axed for
Thursday, the 4th yes ember, when the House of Commons
ssitni
ye s
rs
eg of u
et
shtei
ng highestyour presenceimportance.
on
that I
w ill immediately proce, 3d to the choice of a Speaker, and to
the consideration of bu
take the liberty of e an(
day; and, I trust, y ou w ill also excuse my expressing a wish,
that you would let me , know, whether it will be consistent
with your convenience to attend at the opening of the session. 1
—I have the hot Lour to be, air, your faithful and obedient
" m
13. DissaL.
servant,
MAJOR BEI tEsvoro, M.P.—We think we may
state that the re ember for 1 ;orth Essex, who holds a high
ATlohrfe.
the Admiralty
military appoint .meat under the present Government, will be
selected for the importan t of, lee of Governor of Jamaica.
interview with the Secre-
tary )3 o d hyae:.iterad.::.,y.
eind Queen of Hanover arrived at Stut-
gardt on the 20 th, on a visit to the King of firurtemberg.
The King of Buvaria left or, the same day.
The Kit ,g: of Greece has left Munich to return to
Athens.
The Du he de Bervy and the Duchess of Parma
have left Fr )11s(lorfc, the lo anat. for Brunsee, in Styria, the
latter for 1, ;aly. The Con nt and Counters of Chambord in-
tend to pa .1, the winter at Vienna.
The r take of Devonshire has arrived at Devonshire
House, fr em Kemp Town.
The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk are receiving a
few sele et friends at Arundel Castle. The Duke of North-
uniberlr ‘LIC,, who r.rrived on eiLonday evening from London,
on a a sort visit 'to their graces. left the castle yesterday
morni' ag, to join 'the Board of Admiralty at Portsmouth.
'I" .18 Marquis and Marchioness of Worcester, who
hay 0 been visitin g the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort at
Lie .nga ttock Park , South Wales, have returned to Edinburgh.
Tne. Earl of Derby has issued cards for his first
• _)arlial nentary dinner 'for the season, to take place at his
official residence, 'Downing-street, on the 10th of November.
'II:nil Earl and Countess of Cawdor have arrived at
Golden Grove, Carmarthenshire, from visiting the Earl and
Counts )3 of Ellqmere at Wersley Liall.

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 27, 1E152.

NEWMARKET RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each. Winner to be cold for

2501,, &c.

Lapidist 0
Gold Duet 0

A dead heat.
Handicap Plato. A. F.

Glenluco
Sir R. Trenchard . , 2

Match.
Nicotine beat Mountain Flower.
Subscription Plato of 501.

Sr•xtus 1

Jack the Giant Killer 2

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, OcT. 26.

The follo%ing had the honour of dining with her
Majesty y esterday. :
Her Royal HighneFsi the Duchess of Kent, their
Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princes.; of Hellen-
lobo Langenburg, their Serene Highnesses the Prin-
cess Adelaide and Prince Hermann of Hohenlohe end
Sir George Conner.
The Duke of Terceira and Count Lavradio have been
invited, and are expected to. lay on a visit to the Queen.
H .
Viscount
arding° ulso invited, and will arrive at
the Castle to-morrow.
The Earl of Morton has relieved Lord Byron as the
Lord in Waiting, and Captain the Hon. Mortimer West
has succeeded Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. N. Hood as
Groom in Waiting to her Majesty.
The Countess of Desert has succeeded Viscountess
Canning as Lady in Waiting, and the Hon. Flora Mac-
donald has relieved the Hon. Matilda Paget as Maid of
Honour in attendance on the Queen.

Mr. Charles Hawkins had an interview with Sir John
Pakington yesterday, at the Colonial Office. Lieutenant
Pearce Scrocold, R.N., had also an interview with the
Right Hon. Secretary.
The Right Honourable F. Kennedy had an interview
with the Earl of Derby yesterday, at his official resi-
dence, in Downing-street.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Tuesday, Novem-
ber 2, at 11 o'clock, as the day on which he will receive
the Lord Mayor elect, in order to signify her Majesty's
approbation of his Lordship.
The Lord Chancellor will also, on the same day (the
first of Michaelmas Term) receive the Judges, Queen's
Counsel, &c. The reception will take place at the Lord
Chancellor's residence, in Belgrave-square.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial
Office, from the Governors of New Zealand and the
Australian Colonies.
Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial
Office for the Governor of Gibraltar.

THE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND
THE EAST INDIA COMPANY.-(THIS DAY.)

This morning a special general meeting of the pro-
prietors was held at the India House, for the purpose of
laying before the proprietors the following resolution:
" That as a testimonial of the gratitude with which the
East India Company must ever remember that the
glorious career of the Duke of Wellington commenced
in India, and that the consolidation of the British
power there was greatly promoted by his brilliant
achievements, a marble statue of that illustrious Com-
mander be placed in the general court room.
Sir James Weir Hogg, Bart., M. 13., Chairman of the
Board of Directors, presided, and the meeting was
largely attended by directors and proprietors.
The Chairman moved the resolution.
Mayor 011ivant seconded the resolution.
Mr. Lewin, although he did not object to a statue,
would move an amendment, as he did not think the
company ought to avail itself of the funds of others to
honour to itself.
The Chairman put the resolution to the meeting. and
the whole of the hands in the room were held up
in its favour, with the exception of Mr. Lewin, who did
not press his motion, but voted against the resolution.
The meeting then separated.

CIAL NEWS.

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlrE.—Yesterday morning
was solemnised, at St. Martthe-flelda the nuptials
of Mr. Graham, eldest son of the Right honourable Sir
James Graham, Bart., of Netherby, and, the Lady Hermione
Seynt Maur, eldest daughter of Lord Seymour, and grand-
daughter of the Duke of Somerset. The ceremony was
pertormed by the Rev. William Graham, rector of Arthuret,
Cumberland, uncle of the bridegroom. The bride was mag-
nificently attired in a robe of moire antique, with flounces
and veil of Brussels lace, and superb wreath of orange
blossoms. The bride was attended to the altar by a train of
seven bridesmaids,
Miss Graham, miss viz., the Lady Ulrica Seynt Maur,
, thel.elen Graham, Miss Sheridan, Miss
Florence Sheridan Lady Gwendoline Seynt Maur,
and Miss Helen Sheridan, all similarly attired in white.
The ceremony was witnessed by a large party of relatives
and friends, including the
aunchess of Somerset, Sir James
and Lady Graham, Lord Lady Seymour, Lord and
Lady Dufferin, Lord Archibald Seynt Maur, Honourable
Mrs. Norton and Mr. hrinsley Norton, Hoc. Mr. and
Mrs. Duncombe, Mrs. Brinsleyo Sheridan, Miss Callandcr,
&c., &c. The steps in front Lord Seymour's house and
those of St. Martin's Church were covered with scarlet Cloth ;
and at the conclusion of the and when the bride-
groom and bride left town, the bells
rang forth a joyous peal.
Immediately after the ceremony, an. elegant dtjeuner was
given by Lady Seymour, at the
the
ely residence, Spring-
gardens. The dejeun h
er was of
and tasteful
from un
osteleguantterTer, was dre.
re-
cherche description. and the bride
remarkable for its fanciful devices a
The bride's trosseau was verydiss tasteful ornamentation.
Splendid, and consisted of all
th 3 beautifUl objects usually displayed on these occasions,
including rich sparkling gifts frorn
the Duke of Somerset, the Duch the Duchess of Inverness,
chioness of Aylesbury, Sir Jameset of
Somerset, the Mar-
raham, Lady Graham,
Lady Dufferin, &c. Their Graces the Duke and Duchess of
Somerset will give a splendid banquet,ihaend soiree this evening
in honour of the auspicious event.
happygeym opuarirpshcaovueultert;
town to spend the honeymoon at Lord
seat, Bradley, Wiltshire.
ScnooL.—Thehalf-yearly meet-
ingLADlES' Crum-yr
of the patrons and subscribers of this charity was held
at the premises of the
yesterday,
After
institution, John-street,
Bedford-row—John Masterman, Esq.,M.P., the treasurer of
the !nstitution, in the chair. the election of three chil-
dren to till up vacancies, the Secretary read the report, from
which it appeared that the full complement of children in
the .nstitution was 51, end there arerthleatanumber in it now,
including the three just elected, The age the children,
when admitted, i 3 from eight to ten years. They are boarded,
lodged, clothed, and educated for five years, trained to
domestic sei vice. The contributions at the last dinner,
took place on the 9111 of June, amounted to 1,0007. n, einr, cwohniseen-
guava of which the funds are now in a satisfactory condi-
tion. The report was adopted.
FRIGIITFUL DEATII Or A RESPECTABLE TRADES-
mast TII MORNING.—This morning, eight
about half-past IS
o'clozk, as individual, most respectably dressed,
who is be-
lievel to be Mr. William Laurence, the extensive butcher
at Croydon, expired in the Charing-cross Hospital fr
inures
which he received on the previous night ab eta
the
o'clock. opposite the University Club-house,
pall.mout nine
all East,
under the following circumstances, which left no hope
Ile was in a light chair cart, and • of his
recosery• whilepassing
by the Club-house, as is supposed, on his way home
Croydi, andame in collision with something b Yth to
the read, was pitched with great force on hiys head side of
persoas seemed to have witnessed the occurrence, but Few
Duncan, who is connected with the University Clubhouse,
but Mr.
immediately went to his assistance, and findingb-house,
wholly insensible, accompanied him in a cab to Cb • him
aring-cross
Hospital, where Mr. Tucker, the house surgeon and other
medical officers of the institution, paid him every' attention,
but the base of the skull was so dreadfully fractured that his
recovery was hopeless, and he died this morning
was sent down by the express train to his friends. A message
at Croydon,
but none had arrived in London when this was written. In-
formation has been sent to the coroner.
MysTERIOUs DEATiI AT
..ETRNAL-GR
Sesterday afternoon Mr. mr. Baker, the Coroner, heldEEeN.—
quest at the King's Arras, Hackney-road, Bethnal n i nn-
on view of the body of Richard Tranter, aged 25 years, '
was found dead, ,Nith a gun-shot wound on the left lo'rew o
The jury returned an open verdict, " That the deceased asat.
found dead in his ow a room, with a gun-shot wound in was
region of the heart, by.the diachesge of a gen into the left
breast, but how such irda'f caused they had no es ide
to show." Ree
isiELAsicsioLY SUICIDE OF A TRADFSMAN. Yea-
terday afternoon, Mr Bedford, coroner for Westminster, r
ceived information that. a tradesman of the name at. I'v 0-
business in Shepherd 'e-markm'
Hughes, carrying on et, Mayfair,
had :ommitted suicide the previous night at his late
resi-
dence. The unfortunate man was found suspended by
cord from the bannisters, life being quite extinct. He ,ir a
cut down. Ile was about 62 years of age, and had for somas
time past been remarked to be in a melancholy state Of
mind.
SINGULAR. SUlClDE.—Yeaterday an inquest was
taken by Mr W.Carter, the coroner, in the beard room of the
new workhouse, Newington, on the body of Henry Farr,
ageC 43, who destroyed himself as follows :—He was a art'
dew, living at 6, Jerusalem-gardens, Hackney, and gwa-
doing some work for aMr Johnson, in South-terrace, Gross
vener-park, Islewington. On Saturday night, about 1-
o'clock, police constable Gibbs was on duty by these arouses,
which are most of them unfinished, and he had directions to
see that all the doors were closed. On coming to Na.
11 it
was open, and on entering he discovered
d. the
He deceased lyf 0
on the floor, and apparently quite dea sprang- his
rattle for assistance, and Sir Nott, a surgeon, came, who
pro-
nounced life to be quite extinct. It was then found that
cord was passed round his neck, and the and was put over
the door, and he supposed in struggling he had fallen down.
He had twice before attempted to commit suicide. Verdict
—' ;Temporary insanity."
SUICIDE OF A winow.—Yesterday forenoon, an
inquest was held by Mr. Bedford, Coroner for Westminster,
in the board-room of St. James's Workhouse, on view of the
body of Mrs. Mary Ann Wright, aged 56, the widow of a
respectable master builder, who committed suicide at her
residence, No. 48, Poland-street, Oxford-street, by taking a
quantity of oil of almonds. The jury, to most of whom the
deceased was known, returned a verdict of " Temporary
Insanity."
ATTEmPTED SUlClDE.—Considerable excitement
has prevailed in the neighbourhood of Lincoln's Inn, in con-
sequence of a general rumour that a determined attempted
suicide had been committed by a woman of the name of Mrs.
Elizabeth Glover, aged 24 years, who resided at Boswell-
court, Carey-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. One of the inmates
living in the next room had her attention attracted by a
strange noise in the adjoining apartment, which on entering
she found the unfortunate creature had inflicted with a razor
a gash in her throat of a most frightful description. An
alarm was immediately raised, when she was conveyed to
Victoria Ward, King's College Hospital, not the slightest
hopes are entertained of her recovery. The rash act is sup-
posed to have been committed through a quarrel with her
Husband, who is a coachman, and who bad lett her.