The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, EVENING, MAY 9, 1862

into action, whether it be in the high church or in
the low church, it will not long stand the shackles
which are imposed upon it. In fact the dangers
which threaten the church are infinitely greater
from within than any which we from without can
bring to bear upon it. (Hear.) This is undoubtedly
a great question, and during the last twenty years
Mr, Miall has, I say, by his writing and by his
speeches, raised up and brought together a mass of
facts which are indubitable, and has marshalled in
favour of the voluntary system a long list of argu-
ments which are totally unanswerable, and these he
has submitted to the public with a degree of
courtesy, toleration, and patience which has never
been surpassed. (Cheers.) One of the results is
this. He has created a new school, and he has
widened the current of dissent. He has, too, put
the church upon the defensive, and you may depend
upon it that when the church comes out to make a
logical defence for being a political church, it will
be as it was when the country gentlemen formed a
society for protection, and every one said, the Lord
has delivered them into our hands. (Cheers.) On
j these grounds we are greatly indebted to him—we
who are members of what I may call the free
church of this country—say we of the free church
—for I do not like the name of dissent—and think
we ought to get rid of the term entirely, and adopt
that of free church. We would thus every time
the phrase of free church was used both convey
a lesson and offer an argument in its favour.
The free churches then of this country are greatly
indebted to him, and so is the cause of religious
liberty. He has raised it to a higher platform
except when it comes to be discussed on the ques-
tion of church rates. Then it is that the men who
find fault with us for being political dissenters be-
come political churchmen. (Cheers.) I am not
accustomed to speak the language of flattery ; it
has on the contrary been my duty to severely cri-
ticise and condemn public men. It is not a Plea-
sant thing to be at all times criticising and con-
demning. (Hear, hear.) It is far pleasanter to
come to a meting like this, when we know that
100,000 persons join with us in the favourable esti-
mate which we take of a public man. (Hear.) I
speak soberly. I admire his career, I admire his
intellect, and I honour his persistent labours in the
cause of religious freedom. Reference has been
made to his future career, but let us remember that
the time is fast approaching to all of us when there
will be no future, so rapidly is life passing away.
There will then be no prospect, but a retrospect.
When that time comes, he will have to survey a
period during which he has devoted his intellect
and labours to one of the greatest questions that
can engage the faculties of a man. He will, in fact,
leave his mark on the times, and will have done
much to promote political freedom, and the freedom
of the human soul. With these feelings—this be-
lief, and the full conviction come to after 20 years
of observation—for there is no step of his which I
have not watched with the greatest interest—l re-
joice in being here to-night to join with you in pre-
senting to him a public testimony of his labours.
(Cheers.)
Rev. HOWARD HINTON, Rev. Dr. HALLEY, and
other gentlemen, subsequently addressed the meet-
ing in terms laudatory of Mr. Miall's services, and
the proceedings terminated in the usual manner.

tive, and Mr. Willi= Morley suggested taking
into account the relaive population and the distress
in each place, that 000 should be sent to Black-
burn, £5OO to Preston, 250 to Wigan, and £250 to
Stockport.
By the mail of last evening the Lord Mayor for-
warded these several sums for distribution by the
several local relief c►mmittees.

At the close of tie interview a cheque for £lob
from Messrs. Cook, Son, and Co. was handed to the
Lord Mayor, as were also others for £25 from
Messrs. W. and B. Ylorley, and £lO 10s. from Mr.
Thomas Brookes.

THE INTERNiTIONAZ EXHIBITION.

The French critim who are so hard on the archi-
tectural sins of the Exhibition building should go
and take a look at it from the garden of the Horti-
cultural Society, when they will see it assume a
different and very much improved appearance. The
two domes are there taken in at one view, and the
Italian fagade which runs between them has a light
and pleasant effect, We do not mean to say that
even then the building looks quite as well as might
be, but it certainly looks better from the gardens
than from any otter point of view; and it is only
fair to the architect that now, even in the eleventh
hour, his strong point should be made known to the
public. Another advantage for those who have the
privilege of the gardens is, that some excellent
military music is to be heard there, every day, a
thing which the rules of the Exhibition do not per-
mit within the building.
There is a subject which is discussed daily within
the building with much animation, and to which
we think now is the proper time to call attention.
The shilling days are rapidly coming round, and
therefore it is quite time for those upon whom the
safety and comfort of the shilling public will de-
pend to take counsel as to the best means of secur-
ing both. As the articles anu cases are at, prerm.t
arranged, there are grave doubts as to whether the
circulation could be maintained with a crowd of,
say forty or fifty thousand people. Until now the
nave was completely blocked up, and it is in the
nave that the first pressure of the crowd will be
felt. The general opinion is that, with the excep-
tion of some sculpture or light marginal ornaments,
it should be completely cleared, and then, with the
open platforms under the domes at each end, a great
advance will be made towards securing elbow room
for the public. Messrs. Hunt and Roskell's case
was removed yesterday, and the dressing cases, a
very large obstruction, are also en route. The cereal
trophy is condemned, and hopes are entertained
that the great telescope may also take its departure
to some more fitting locality. Mr. Emanuel, al-
though having gone to great expense in fitting up
his attractive jewel case, has, we understand, ex-
pressed himself in a most liberal spirit of concession;
and we learn further that Mr. Cole has been most
successful in his diplomacy with all the other exhi-
bitors. With respect to that gentleman, we made
inquiry as to the truth of a report which had got
into circulation, that he was about to undertake
the general management of the building, but we
could not obtain any confirmation of it in official
quarters. Mr. Cole has certainly, within the last
two days, taken a very active share in the strenuous
endeavours that are now being made to create order
out of chaos, and in so short a time has done wonders,
but whether merely in a friendly capacity or as a
general manager we were not able to learn. But to
return to the arrangement of the goods. In the in-
terest of the public safety the nave must be cleared
by the Ist of June, or when the public come "at a
rush," there will be great difficulty in preserving
order. There will be danger also, and this will be
aggravated by the crowded state of the transepts
and annexes. The transept—which is devoted to
Canadian products—is like one of the great timber
yards by the water side, so crowded is it with logs
and spars and immense erections of wood, and in-
deed everywhere the same crowding is observable.
A little trouble taken now, whilst the attendance is
moderate, would make matters straight, and it is
absolutely necessary, if it be intended that the
crowds who are expected next month should see
the show in comfort and safety.
Although the weather was beautiful yesterday,
the attendance was not at all crowded, even in the
picture galleries, which since the opening have
generally attracted the majority of the company.
The May meetings, which have just commenced,
might have drawn away many of the ticket
holders, but it is obvious that people also stay
away in consequence of the unfinished appearance
of the interior. Minton's great fountain is still
hoarded round, and the pots of flowers which are
waiting to ornament its base have a hard struggle
to preserve their bloom, and even existence, amid
the dust which the workmen continually raise.
The platform upon which this fountain stands will
be when finished a favourite resort, and it is a great
pity that it should not be got ready with the least
possible delay. Walking along the nave, we were
rather astonished to perceive-on looking down into
an aperture in the flooring that the ground beneath
was alive with little boys groping about on all fours
in every direction. On asking for some explanation
of this singular proceeding, we were informed that
a whole regiment of these youngsters had been en-
gaged to crawl round everywhere, and remove
everything that could possibly lead to combustion.
It was expected that many articles of value would
also be found, and the little explorers were subjec-
ted therefore to a rigorous inspection the moment
they emerged into upper air. There are several
steam fire engines of great power within the build
ing, and these, with the ordinary precautions, will,
it is expected, be sufficient to protect the immense
mass of property from accident.

Another enemy against which precautions must
be taken is the rain, which on Wednesday severely
tested the domes and the glass roofs of the courts.
Active measures were being taken yesterday to
make the building water tight, and Mr. Ashton, to
whom the duty has been entrusted, has a confident
expectation of making the building impervious to
future showers. Among the company we noticed
the Duke of Buccleuch, who spent a long time at Mr.
Hancock's case, and minutely inspected the Shake-
speare, respecting which his grace expressed himself
in warm terms of commendation. Lord Harris was
also amongst the visitors, and V7O regretted to hear
his lordship state that Lord Canning was so indis-
posed as to be yet unable to stir out, but adding,
that one of the late Governor-General's first visits,
when health permitted, would be to the Exhibition.
The Earl of Dudley is a frequent visitor, hut as a
general rule the building has not as yet received
very extensive patronage from the nobility. We
observed a good many people in the department of
the machinery in motion, always an object of inte-
rest, and never probably so much so as in the case of
the present magnificent collection. There was a
constant crowd round one curious machine, which
was said to have killed a little boy on the openin g
day, and frequent groups observed the electric light,
which in another portion of the same department
was being created and sustained by a novel process.
We were informed that the Austrian court will be
thrown open on Monday next, and if it be half so
attractive to the visitors as the portrait of the Em-
press of Austria in the picture gallery, it may take
its place as one of the lions of the Exhibition.

GAME Laws.--A return has been issued which
shows that 1/0,356 persons have been committed to county
gaols in England and Wales in the last seven years on
charges of felony, and states that the number who had pre-
viously been committed to the same gaols for some offence
against the ;time laws was 2,088. The numbers vary re-
markably. In Bedford gaol, out of 494 persons committed
for felony, 27 had previously been committed for offences
against the tame laws ; in Worcester, only 60 out of 3,6:54 ;
in Northam)tonshire, 93 out of 1,263 ; in Huntingdonshire,
only 11 out 4f 518; in Buckinghamshire, 107 out of 1,503;
in Berkshirc, only 54 out of 2,460. In Wales the return is
only 11 out if 8,122.

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