The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-03 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, THURSDAY MORNING.—STATE OF THE
COUNTY DONEGAL.--A proclamation from the Lord..
Lieutenant appears in a supplement to the Dublin
Gazette of Tuesday night, calling upon all unlicensed
persons in the electoral divisions of Killymasney,
Seacor, and Caravaddy in the union of Letterkenny ;
the electoral division of Meenacarcagh, in the union
of Stranorlar, to deliver up any arms which they
may have in their possession on or before the 7th.
INAUGURATION OF THE NEW LORD MAYOR.—The
first Lord Mayor of the new corporation of Dublin,
Mr. Alderman B. L. Guinness, principal in the emi-
nent firm of that name, was sworn into office yester-
day. There was a really splendid civic procession
from the Mansion-house to the Royal Exchange,
where the town council assembled. After the neces-
sary forms had been gone through, and the declara-
tion administered to Alderman Guinness, he took
his seat on the throne, which was vacated by
the late Lord Mayor, Mr. Reynolds, M.P., who,
having shaken hands with his successor, resigned to
him his insignia of office.
The Loan MAYOR then rose to address the as-
sembly, and was warmly
-received. He said, lam not
honour and of the great re-
sponsibily of the situation I am
unconscious of the high
my ardent desire is to fulfil, face of God, th
my power, the interests of my
in the e
now placed in, and
various duties, and to
; and I
feeling.
and The
important Legisl-
ature
think you will find that I
recently has entrusted from any political or polemicandall discharge them clear
native city
Dgurbelait, and our fellow-
powers to the corporation of
rlthem. These
citizens have called on me to administer
duties we have undertaken and wel''stlei
thoughtden whicho
is re-
t time and
we yawl not shrink
ftruoernntst htehiart dpiffiorctiuolrtiiecsf.consti-
inired ? I speak the mind of every man in the
council when I emphatically say, no. I confess, that
though willing to take a seat in the Council-rootn
I had ncit,,,aspired to the civic chair. Many cir-
cumstances, and those particularly of a domestic
character, rendered me (as I though!) unsuitable
for the honourable position. My too partial friends
have judged otherwise, and since embarking in the
undertaking I have met in the Council•room, and
beyond it, everything to encourage me; and, my
Lord, I am glad of the opportunity which I now have
to acknowledge, in particular, your courtesy and
kindness. You stated in public, and repeated in:pri-

vate, that you would do all in your power to aid me.
You have, my Lord, been doing so, and that in the
best way. Your admirable conduct in the chair and
the committee-room, bas entitled you to my best
thanks. As I have to get through so much to-day,
I shall no longer trespass on your time, but would
again assure you of my gratitude and respect.
Alderman ROE then moved " That the marked
thanks of this Corporation are due, and are hereby
given, to the late Lord Mayor (John Reynolds, Esq.),
for the courtesy, impartiality, and judgment which
distinguished his presidency over the deliberations of
this assembly, and fur the efficient manner in which
he discharged the duties devolving upon him as chief
magistrate of this city."
Mr. CHAMBERS seconded the motion, which was
warmly supported by Mr. Codd (honorary secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce), and adopted.
Mr. REYNOLDS, M.P., thanked the Council for this
distinguished mark of their approval. The ordinary
business then proceeded up to the adjournment.
THE PROPOSED MEETING OF IRISH MEIVIBERS.
The following reply to Mr. John O'Connell's circular
has been received from his colleague in the represen-
tation of Limerick :
" Elmvale, Correfin, Dec. 31, 1850.
" My dear O'Connell,—On my return here, after a
short absence in London, I had the pleasure of receiving
your letter, and shall be happy to attend the meeting to
which you refer. Let me add, I entirely concur in the
expediency of making common cause with our fellow-
subjects in England in resisting the threatened invasion
of their religious rights.—l am, my dear O'Connell,
yours faithfully,

"JOHN O'BRIEN.

" To John O'Connell, Esq., M.P."
INDUSTRIAL EMPLOY MENT.—Tbe Newry Exa-
miner says—" We understand that arrangements
have been made for the opening of a Government
female drawing-school in Carrickmacross, in con-
nexion with the industrial schools established in that
district, the object being to facilitate the primary
operations in patterns in lace-work, which may now
be said to be the staple work in manufactures in that
locality. The school will be under the local manage-
ment of a committee of five ladies, some of whom have
been identified with the introduction of lace manu-
facture in the district."
DUBLIN STOCK AND SHARE MARKET —Sales yes-
terday :—Three per Cent. Consols for Account, Bth
January, 96i ; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Stock,
98f 98 ; ditto for Account, Bth January, 981 98 ;
Royal Bank, 12*. Railways—Dublin and Belfast
Junction (for Account), 21 ; Dublin and Drogheda
(New Shares Thirds), 12:1-; Great Southern and
Westean (for Account), 381 ex div. ; Midland Great
Western and Royal Canal, 344; ditto for Ac-
count, 344.

LONDON IN 1851.
(From the Times.)
There is much speculation afloat as to how we
shall be able to lodge, board, and entertiain the
numbers of strangers who may be expected to visit
London this year. This first point no doubt would
be to establish something like an approximation to
the number of our future guests. We have not
only to consider the aggregate of the detachments
which may arrive from France, Germany, Holland,
Italy, Russia, and, in a word, from Europe gene-
rally, but to carry our calculations into other
regions of the globe. The citizens of the United
States of America will, no doubt, come by thousands
to visit our shores in the course of the ensuing spring;
our own East Indian possessions and the British colo-
nies will also furnish their contingents. Is it ex-
aggeration to say that from the whole surface of the
habitable globe—leaving the three kingdoms for
the moment out of the account—a million of
persons will be attracted to London in the
course of the ensuing spring to visit the great
Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations ? We
leave this portion of the question to the decision of
our more speculative readers. The only datum
which we can offer to assist their ingenuity is the
statement that has reached us that the railway
con pauies have made arrangements to convey
10,000 visitors from Vienna alone. If this be so,
the " expectation" of the number of continental
foreigners who may visit us next spring may be
stated in the form of a wry obvious proportion.
Be this, however, as it may, there can be little doubt
that on the 28,000,000 persons who compose the
population of the British Isles—London excepted—we
shall at least have 1,000,000 of visitors to the great
Exhibition of next spring. Were all these birds of
passage to settle down in a single swarm, the popula-
tion of London would for the time be doubled. We
should require two Smithfields, two Leadenhalls,
two Billingsgates, two Covent-gardens. Our milk-
men would require a double supply of chalk, and our
bakers of alum. Twice as many omnibuses would
traverse our streets; twice as many Hansom cabs be
careering from every side of the town towards Ken-
sington. Where are all these people to feed, to sleep?
What are the laundresses about? We dare not follow
the subject out in its infinite ramifications. No
doubt keen eyes are already din cted towards the
possibilities of the future. Many a speculator looks
to the season of the Great Exhibition as a golden
time, and has already planned his measures for taking
tithe of the strangers. Where personal interest is
so actively concerned there is not much occasion
for urging the necessity of timely preparation. We
confess we look at the question in another point of
view; ae are anxious to see some little matters of
arrangement modified before the arrival of our
guests for the sake of the national credit. Like
Caleb Balderstone in Walter Scott's tale, we are con-
cerned for the honour of the family, and would gladly
see the dirt scoured off the walls before the arrival of
our guests. To others we leave the eating, and sleep-
ing, and washing arrangements ; but there are some
points connected with the " sights of London" which
are most disgraceful to us as a nation, and sadly
calculated to lower us in the opinion of our foreign
visitors.

In London we have not at best many sights pro-
perly so called. There is no capital city in Europe,
which in point of extent, in point of activity, can be
compared with London. Never in the world's history
was such a swarm of human beings clustered together
as London contains at the present moment. If we could
induce our 2,000,000 visitors to hitch themselves
upon the roofs of 100,000 omnibuses, and permit
themselves to be driven in solemn procession from
Putney to Blackwell, from Highgate to Clapham,
it v.ould be well enough. Nowhere in the world
can such a spectacle be seen as the four great Ducks.
Then there is the British Museum, which contains,
no doubt, a noble collection of natural objects and of
antiquities ; and, alas ! there is the National Gallery !
In the shape of national monuments within the cir-
cuit of London, what have we besides? Before
Buckingham Palace, and the old tumble-down
brick house at St. James's, we should, of
course, be but too happy to put up two
large screens. Then there is the exterior' of
the new Houses of Parliament; there is St. Paul's;
there is Westminster Abbey. Of these edifices we
have a right to think and to speak with pride. We
should be glad that every foreigner who may visit Lon-
don next spring should be conducted over one and the
other. But what will be the surprise of our visitors, and
what should be our own shame, when our guests find
themselves stopped at the entrance of these sacred build-
ings, and pestered for trumpery fees by a pack of im-
portunate vergers ? The Dean and Chapter of
Westminster conduct their business at present ex-
actly after the fashion of Madame Tussaud. At
the establishment of this lady, after the first de-
mand is satisfied, should the visitor be anxious to
inspect the Chamher of Horrors, where are to be
seen " Maria Manning and George Frederick
Manning taken from life at their trial," " George
13lomfield Rush, with models of Stanfield-hall and
Potash-farm," &c., he must be prepared with his
extra sixpence. So at Westminster Abbey you are
permitted to gaze your fill at certain tombs not in-
cluded in the tariff, but should the visitor wish
to extend his walk round the more curious
portion of the Abbey, the Dean and Chapter meet
him Tussaud-wise, and exact the extra fee. We
know not what public monument there is in London
open to a stranger except the British Museum and
the National Gallery, except indeed the Pantheon in
Oxford street, with the aviary and gold-fish. With
the highest respect, however, for this institution,
we cannot but .admit that it is scarcely worth
while travelling from Massachusetts or Astrakan to
witness its highly interesting display. Of course
there are museums for special science, such as that
in Surgeon's Hall, and the Entomological Museum
in Bond-street, but these collections will not, in all
probability, add much to the gratification of the ordi-
nary spectator. The Asiatic and the East Indian
Museums are perhaps exceptions, and they are both
open to the public without payment.
Of the general aspect of the town, of our river, of
our bridges, of our docks, we have every reason to
be proud, and our guests will have nothing to pay
for their enjoyment of the sight. In the immediate
neighbourhood, again, there is Windsor Castle, there
is Hampton Court, there are Kew-gardens ; and
happily there is no Dean and no Chapter to extort
ta °Fences and sixpences from the persons who
may wish to visit any of these sights. It would
be u gratifying thing if admission to the Zoological-
gardens could during the ensuing spring be put
upeon fully leasy the sight
would no doubt attract many strangers. But we
ar
this concession as a right. The ZJologi
just
cal Society
sensible that we have no business to claim
a footing as possible, for
must be reimbursed their expenses as the
proprietors of any other collection—the Polytechnic
Institution, for example. So, again, with regard to
the Thames Tunnel. From cur experience of
foreigners we'
continental visitors will run to the Exhibition first,
believe that, with few exceptions, our
and to the Tunnel next ; but if they find a small fee
exacted for admission, they have no just cause of com-
plaint. Surely the unfortunate shareholders have a
right to some slender return on the capital they have

expended upon this work. In point of fact, we know not
where any alteration can be suggested, or blame im-
pstfed, except in the case of our two great ecclesiasti-
cal monuments. If the custom of exacting fees for
admission to any part of Westminster Abbey or St.
Paul's be continued during the ensuing spring, it will
be a scandal to the Dean and Chapter of either Ca-
thedral, and a disgrace to the whole nation. These
dignitaries can surely spare from their revenues the
beggelly sum necessary to pay the few vergers who
may be required for the maintenance of order.