The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-04 00:00:00

CRYSTAL PALACE.

The past week has again been one of great suc-
cess. The iraix of foreign and country excursion-
ists—most of whom consider a visit to the Crystal
Palace as much a matter of rule as visiting the
International Exhibition—is greater than ever.
The railways commenced running their cheapest
excursions on the first of September, and it is with
reason expected that this month will give larger
returns than any former similar period. The
Crystal Palace end Brighton Railway Companies
have also commenced issuing joint tickets for ad.
mission and conveyance to country excursionists at
the low rate of one shilling each, for excursions of
not less than one hundred in each party, and large
numbers of workpeople and others sent up to the
Exhibition by their employers and friends are
similarly franoed to the Crystal Palace.
The gardens are now in great beauty. On the
terraces upwards of 400 marble vases are filled with
flowers. Disposed in the most beautiful patterns
about the fountains and lawns are myriads of all
kinds of geraniums, calceolarias, verbenas, varie-
gated allysum, tropceoleums, lobelias, &c. ; the
whole forming the most brilliant ensemble, parti,
cularly during the displays of the fountains.
In the coming week each day will have its sepa-
rate special attraction. On Monday Mr. Coxwell's
mammoth balloon, with its car capable of holding 16
persons, will make an ascent. On Tuesday, Sept. 9,
the great brass band contest will be held. Forty-
nine bands will compete. Five orchestras will be
placed in the grounds for the preliminary trials dur-
ingall the bands will corn.
the e 3 lO'aenlodeekl orchestra. As many
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excursions are already made up from the localities
to which the bands belong, the competition excites
a keen interest. On 'Wednesday, Blondin walks
the high rope over the fountains ; on Saturday he
performs on the low rope, in the centre transept. A
special display of all the Great Fountains, at their
fullest height, will be given on Thursday. These
displays are very attractive to the thousands of
foreigners now visiting the Palace, who are most
eulogistic in their expressions respecting them.
During the International Exhibition the Palace is
open daily from nine in the morning until after
dark, and as the harvest moon is at the fall next
week, the sight of the Palace and terraces by moon-
light will be one of the special attractions. For
those who have not witnessed this, it may be stated
that the view of the Palace by moonlight from the
railway corridor and the new dining rooms, is one
of surpassing beauty.

LORD PALMERSTON IN

EASTWOOD, WEDNESDAY,
Yesterday was a high holiday in this town and district;
it having been announced that Lord and Lady Palmerston
would visit the extensive estates of her ladyship in this
neighbourhood, it was decided that the occasion should be
marked by a general holiday.

The tenantry of Lady Palmerston, mounted on horse-
back, went to meet her ladyship and her noble husband on
their way from Melbourne, where a triumphant arch was
erected, with the motto, " Welcome to Lord and Lady Pal-
merston," and here his lordship and Lady Palmerston
alighted and saluted the tenantry. An amusing incident
occurred here :

A labourer, 89 years of age, was introduced to his lord-
ship, the noble lord having shook him by the hand, asked
him how old he was, and being told " Eighty-nine,'' his
lordship said it spoke well for the salubrity of the district,
and he hoped all the young colts around him would live to
a similar advanced age. His lordship having thanked the
tenantry for the kind reception they had given to Lady Pal-
merston and himself, proceeded to Lambclose-house, the
residence of the late Lord Melbourne, and now of Mr. Thos.
Barber, the senior of the firm of Barber, Walker, and Co.,
the proprietors of the extensive colliery works in the neigh-
bourhood and lessees of the valuable mineral property of
Lady Palmerston. After luncheon at Lambclose• house,
the party proceeded to the great colliery works at Eastwood,
where the miners and their wives and families, dressed in
their holiday attire, were present to meet them. His lord-
ship, accompanied by Mr. Barber, examined the works; in
which he appeared to take great interest, and during which
time 13 tons of coal were brought from the bottom of the
pit to the surface in seven minutes. The noble lord ad-
dressed the colliers from the pit bank.

Lord PALKERsrorr said—Lady Palmerston desires me
to tell you how much gratified she has been at seeing the
progress of these works and the good appearance of all
those wbo are engaged in them. I trust that you will go
on and prosper. (Hear, bear.) It is most agreeable
to see the orderly behaviour of everyone here. I under-
stand that you are not only industrious men, but that you
are also attentive to the education and moral improvement
of your children. You know very well that the industry
you are engaged in is essential to the prosperity of the
country, for without those elements which you produce
from the bowels of the earth those who live on the surface
would be very poor indeed. (Hear, hear.) I trust that
you will not only be examples to other people, but that you
will educate your children, and bring them up to be as good
and useful as yourselves, and if possible to be better, but
that would be difficult. (Hear, hear.) lam sure it gives
me great pleasure to come amongst you, and we hope that
when we part we shall leave you with kindly recollections.
I am sure we shall ever remember the good feeling you have
manifested to Lady Palmerston and myself.
Cheers having been given for his lordship and for Messrs.
Barber and Walker, his lordship left for Lambclose-house.
To-day his lordship leaves Lambelose-house forßiddiugs,
the seat of Mr. Oakes, where Lady Palmerston has con-
siderable property.

EXTRAORDINARY AFFAlR.—Yesterday some ex-
citement was produced at Lloyd's, as well as at the Jerusa-
lem and other public establishments in the city, by the
posting of a telegram received from the secretary of the
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, re-
lating to the company's steamer afassilia, which left
Southampton last week for Alexandria with a very large
amount of treasure on board. The telegram is to the
She reports that she was
fel-
lowing effect:—" Gibraltar, Sept. I.—The Manilla, screw
steamer, has arrived here from Southampton, and leaves
to-day at noon for Alexandria..
specie
.and jewellery, value £376,776
chased by two steamers at night in the Bay of Biscay, but
escaped." The massilia, when
. she left Southampton, had
sovereigns,
on board 1,326 boxes of
for Bombay, bar silver, £257,400 ; bar gold,
n,500 ; for Aden, Bove-
L 2,500 ; jewellery and watches, £725.
—viz., for Alexandria/
reigns, £501;
that the Tuscarora may be one of the vessels
L 13,400 ; sovereigns)
chase- It. will be remembered that she left the
It is surmised
toy days since for Cadiz. It is also rumoured
have been two Confederate steamers, and
which gave
Channel
have. been the No. 290, and the other the
Ovieto;
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but it is all conjecture.
VIE GLASGOW MURDER.—THE APPROACHING
,r UAL.—The agents for the prisoner, Mrs. M'Lachlan—o
,Ir. J. A. Dixon, Mr. Strachan, and Mr. Wilson—have
beenindefatigable in their exertions during the last two or
three weeks
in precognoscing witnesses and preparing the
facts for the defence. They have retained Mr. Andresßutherford Clark as senior and Mr. Robert Maclean and
Mr. Adam Bannatyne as junior counsel for their client.
They had a consultation with the counsel on Friday
last, and will have another on Thursday of this week.
On being served with the above indictment on. Satur.
day, and on going over the very long list of wit-
nesses for the Crown, they discovered that they had
already traversed nearly the whole case for the pro-
secution, and in that respect have little more to do. We
understand there will be from 15 to 20 witnesses summoned
for the defence, and that many new and startling facts will
be elicited on the trial. It is said that the counsel for the
prisoner will adopt a course which, though not without
precedent or inconsistent with their legal right, is quite un-
usual in criminal cases, and that the proceedings may be
expected to extend over two if not three days. From all we
hear the trial will be an extraordinary and deeply interest-
ing one, as the case has proved from the beginning. The
prisoner has undergone a considerable improvement of
health since the close of her examination. Her refusal to
take food during the first day or two of her incarceration
arose from her repugnance to the usual prison diet. But
the surgeon ordered her to have tea and coffee and a steak,
and under this more liberal fare Mrs. M'Lachlan has reco-
vered her health, and awaits her trial with composure and
apparent cheerfulness.—Glasgow Morning Journal.
THE LAST OF THE QUEEN'S PRISON.—This day
(Thursday) the debtors in the Queen's Prison will be re-
moved to Whitecross-street Prison; and that venerable
institution, connected with imprisonment for debt, closed
as a place of confinement. The order of removal was
made by Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, under the recent
act of parliament, to " discontinue " the prison, and to vest
the same in the Crown for more beneficial purposes.
Wretched as is the condition of the ruins of the Fleet Prison,
it is much better than when a poor debtor was forced to
shake a lantern-like box in a cell, with afew coppers in it,
and cry to the parsons passing, "Pray remember us, poor
debtors." There are only 20 persons to be removed, sowse
of whom have been confined for long periods—one for 5
and another for 20 years. The inmates do not seem "f)
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