The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-28 00:00:00

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

The sale of season tickets yesterday produced 5/. 109.,
and the receipts at the doors 1,896/. Is., making a total
of 1,901/. I Is. The police returns showed the number
of persons who entered to be 38228. The mean tem-
pf-rature of tho atmosphere, according to Mr. Bennett'b
hermometers, was 66.2.

IMPORTANT TO LICENSED VICTUALLERS, CON-
FECTIONERS, AND OTHERS. - Two questions of consi'erable
Importance to licensed victuallers and others came under the
consideration of the Bath magistraies at their annual

licensing meeting on Tuesday. -The first was, whether a
restriction ought not to be placed upon the number of li-
censes granted, which also elicited -a discussion upon the
beer-shop question ; and the second was one which, for two
or three years psst, h‘as been brought before the same bench,
and each time hitherto decided in the negative, namely, shall
licenses for the sale of wines and spirits be granted to con-
fectioners. Mr. Oakley, the chief of police, and several of
the magistrates having expressed their opinions that there
were already more public-houses in the city than the con-
venience of the public required, and al,o that the present
beer-house system was a great f.nd almost unmixed evil, and
called for some efficient remedy on the part of the Legisla-
ture, it was resolved unanimously to refuse the whole of the
applications made for spirit licenses by the beer-house
keepers. The question of granting licenses to confectioners
was renewed upon the application of Mr. Forth, confectioner,
of Milsom-street ; and the magistrates, after hearing state-
ments in support of and opposition to the application, decided
on granting the license, and they intimated at the same time
that if any improper advantage was taken of the privilege it
would be withheld next year.
EXHIBITION OF AGRICULTURE AND HORTICUL-
TURE.—CIIESTER, AUG. 26.—Notwithstanding the violent
gale of Sunday last, which did considerable damage to many
of the subjects intended for exhibition to-day, and the un-
propitious state of the weather throughout thi- forenoon, the
attendance of visitors and exhibitors in the beautiful grounds
of Tarvin Hall, about five miles from hence, was highly re-
spectable and comparatively numerous. The announcement
for many weeks past of .his exposition of the products of
the field, the garden, the poultry yard, and the cottage, to-
gether with agrieul,ural and horticultural implements, and
whatever is useful and ornamental in the cultivation f the
land, had created quite a sensation, not only in Cheshire one
Lancashire, but also in more remote parts of the kingdom ;
and the various railways from the principality, as well as
the English lines, brought their several quota of visitors to
Chester throughout the day. This bring the first of the
three days fite, the judges and jurors for the several &taw:-
were appointed. The exhibition was especially patronised
by the Earls of Derby, Sefton, and Grosvenor, Viscount Hill,
Sir P. De Malpas Grey Egerton, M.P., Sir Richard Brookes,
of Norton Abbey, Sir Edward Walker, Mr. Tollemache, M.P.,
Mr. G. Cornewall Legh, M.P., Mr. Brockleburst, M.P., Mr.
Duncuft, M.P., and a great number of other noblemen and
gentlemen of the adjacent counties. For the successful ex
hibitors in the several divisions, a variety of prizes, consist-
ing of gold, silver, and bronze medals, with certificates of
merit, were liberally placed at the disposal of the judges in the
various sections; but, owirg to the ungenial state of the
weather, and unlooked-for delay in a e delivery of some of the
exhibitors' cases from the railway, it was deemed advisable
to postpone the adjudication until to-morrow.

FRUITS OF ilonmoNism.—A correspondent of a
contemporary, writing from Ohio (U. S.) says—" On our
way to and from the convention, we were compelled to spend
part of two days at Detroit, Michigan. At the time we
were there, two very important criminal trials were' going on
in that city, one in the circuit court of the United States,
and the other in the supreme court of the State. In the
former, one Strong, a Mormon prophet, with a large number
of his subjects, were being tried for such crimes as the follow-
ing :—lnterruptivg. forcibly, the United States mail; passing
counterfeit money, and murder. For want of proof, they were
finally acquitted. Soon after the death of Smith, the founder
of the sect, this Strong gave out that the prophet had visibly
appeared to him, and formally constituted him his (Smith's)
successor. By this means Strong drew after him several
thousands of " the Latter-day Saints," and settled them on
Beaver Island, in one of the upper ikes. Just before his
arrest his followers had formally crowned bin as supreme so-
vereign of the world, and as God's vicegerent on earth ;
swearing not only absolute subjection to him, bat, by so-
lemn oath, dissolving all allegiance to all other eirthly
66 principalities, potentates, powers, and governments of every
bad." . • • t
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