The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-16 00:00:00

THE GRE.P,T EXHIBITI.ON.

Yesterday the reci ipts at the doors of
rose to 2,9331. lOs 6d., and 60,497 'inrsons visited
the interior. By the sale of seasorA tickets 1/. 10s.
was realised. Fro to this statement it will be seen
that the approaclai ng close of the great spectacle
begins to make i self felt in a Tsradually increased
attendance.

'While there
ar 0 so many stra'agers in town anxious
to learn all th, ay can about the most remarkable
features of the (
.!ollection in I,lyde-park, it may not be
out of place to
draw attention to the series of popular
lectures at pr ;,sent being delivered at the Polytechnic
Institutionu•pon some of our more curious industrial
processes. esterday, for example, Dr. Bachboffner
a numerous audience the art of electro•
explained tr
type, so practically carried out by the Messrs.
ElkingtoT illustrating his observations by numerous
experim, Jilts, and by a very fine display of specimens
furnish. !d by that eminent firm for the occasion.
Shortl-y after the Exhibition opened an article appeared
in our column's describing the system of elect bo-metal-
lic deposits, and contrasting it with the mode fif manu-
facturing Sheffield plate. It is unnecesswey, there-
fore, now to do more than to refer all who 'may wish
to h aye the subject explained to them in 7.1 clear and
sirriple manner to Dr. Bachhoffner's lec.f.ures. One
of the most striking points brought out tiy him in his
observations was that the process of elf ctrotype wag
(fliscovered in 1839, almost simultaneously by Jacobi,
Spencer, arid Jordan.
"We have received from Mr. Bennett, of Cheapaide,
who has placed forty of his standard.thermometers
in
various parts of the building, an interesting account
of the var''ations of the temperature therein, made
from nuraerous observations. Darting the month of
May and, for a part of June the mean temperatures
continued below their average values as much as 4
degrees Fahrenheit; on the 19th of June there was
a sudden rise, amounting to 10 degrees. This was
a shilling day, with 63,863 visitors, and matters con-
tinued to grow worse till the 26th, when the mean
temperature was 78.6 degrees, or two degrees above
summer heat. On that day, at 4 P.m., the thermo-
meter at the north-east corner of the gallery, among
the wax flowers, registered 97 degrees. In conse-
quence (af the inconvenience and suffering to which
the heated state of the atmosphere gave rise vigorous
means were adopted in order to secure better ventila-
tion, and with such success that since the 7th of July,
when the changes made were completed, the tempera-
ture -of the building has been well under the control
of the authorities.—Times.

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DEATH .OF ONE OF BURNS'S HEROINES.--A Glam.
gow contemporary reco'ds the death of one of the six
" Mauchline belles," on whom Burns confers the fame of bia
verse. Mrs. Findlay, relict or Mr. Robert Findlay, of the
Excise, Greenock, was one of the very few persons, surviving
to our own times, who intimately knew the peasant bard in
the first fivalr of his genius and manhood, and by whom her
name and charms have been wedded to immortal rem.
When we consider that sixtv-five years have elapsed since
Burns wrote the lines in which this lady is noticed, and that
the six Manchline belles were then in the pride of opening
womanhood, it is surprising that two of them, who have often
listened to the living accents of the inspired peasant, still
survive. The fate in life of the six belles was as follows :
.miss Helen Miller, the first-named, became the wife of B unis's
friend, Dr. Mackenzie, a medical gentleman in Mauchline,
latterly in Irvine; Miss Markland we have already spoken of;
miss Jean Smith was married to Mr. Candlish, a successful
teacher in Edinburgh, and became the mother of the eminent
divine; Miss Betty (Miller) became the wife of Mr. Tem-
pleton, in Mauchline; and Miss Morton married Mr. Pat-
terson, cloth-merchant, in the same village. Of the fate and
history of " Bonnie Jean " (Armour) we need not speak.
The survivors are Mrs. Patterson and Mrs. Candlish.--.
Scottish Press.

ESCAPE OF THREE CONVlCTS.—Yesterday informa-
tion was received that three convicts had succeeded in effect-
ing their escape from the Justitia hulk at Woolwich, by
seizing a boat and rowing to the opposite bank, on the Essex
shore. They were all under sentence of ten years' trans-
portation, and were all dressed in the grey convict suit.
Their names are John Clark, convicted at Beverley, 2d July,
1850; James Carr, at Kingston-upon-Hull, 4th Aped, 1850;
and George Hobbs, at Portsmouth, 22d July, 1850.
DINNER TO THE LORD PROVOST OF EDINBURGH.
—On Friday evening the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, who
recently received the honour of knighthood on the occasion
of her Majesty passing through Edinburgh on her journey to
Balmoral, was entertained at dinner by upwards of 300 of
the most respectable citizens. The entertainment took place
iu the Music-hall, the chair being occupied by Mr. Sheriff
Gordon, who was supported by the Duke of Buccleuch.
Major-General Riddcll, the Solicitor-General, Mr. Cowan,
M.l'., Sir John M'Neil, K.C.8., Sir James Forrest, Sir James
Anderson (the Lord Provost of Glasgow), &c. The duties of
croupier were discharged by Sir J. W. Gordon, President of
the Royal Scottish Academy of Arts. The Chairman having
',reposed, in highly complimentary terms, the health of the
Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Sir W. Johnston expressed hia
thanks for the approval of his public conduct thus mani-
fested, and observed that the honour which had been con-
ferred upon him by the Sovereign proved that public ser-
vices, however humble, die( not pass unappreciated or un-
requited. The health of the Duke of Buccleuch, Lord-
Lieutenant of the county of Edinburgh, was next given,
and was acknowledged by the Noble Duke, and a number of
toasts of a local and general character were afterwards
proposed.

1 THE 11.11rvEsT.—The weather during the week
has again been all that could be wished for the successful
prosecution of harvest operations. But little grain now re-
mains to be cut in the lowlands, and a large proportion of
that which has already yielded to the sickle has been stored
by in excellent condition. Carlisle Journal.
Two CHILDREN FOUND DEAD. —Yesterday, two
inquests were held before Mr. William Carter, the coroner
for Surrey, at the Six Bells Tavern, Paradise-street, Rother-
hithe, on the bodies of two newly born children found dead
' under very suspicious circumstances. The evidence of the
first case proved that on Friday a labouring man was pro-
ceeding to work in a geld near the St. Helena Gardens,
Lower Rotherhithe, when he bad his attention directed to a
parcel lying on the ground. Ile opened it, and found the
dead body of a female infant quite fresh, and apparently free
from external violence. The child could not have been dead
many hours. The body, which was wrapped in a piece of
black lining, was conveyed by the police to the bone-house.
The second inquiry was gone into at the same house, on the
body of another female child discovered by a waterman Saturday, floating in the river off the platform, Rotherhithoial.
The deceased was much decomposed, and several part
body were bruised and injured. Mr. IL Gardner, the of the
moning officer, said every possible means had been tied--,,::
find the guilty parties, but no clue of thern had t been discovered. The bodies were generally plisre-sea
miles. The jury in each case returned a 1
'B-"ce:ronr broughtnnaenadininaaonllyny
dead."
ETON COLLEGE.—The VaCatliOddllansersact, of 44 Found
Monday, the Bth, on which day the
tarrived on Satur-
opened. The collegers and lower op
willcommence
have t h eir studies
assembled
l'Sillautuuradya'yanuedxtti.le Twwhooleado-f
day,the school u
ditional mathematical masters h future mathematics are to be ta have been engaged, as in
pulsory part of the school duties.ug t as a regular and com-
TUE IRISH LINEN TRADE.
dull both in yarns and cloth E.--Dusiness continue
United States, though ►more fathe latest intelligence free
beliefl:nh
that further failures are not favourable, lea_dninilatilosmthen
a,
0
Saturday, a good
deal
of
oleftahr distant. I
e d over unsold, and
there was a shade of difference remained
nmaprice in favour of the
the market was
buyer. In Armagh, both in cloth and yarns,
flat. Drills are rather lower in price, and steisairde
accumu-
lating. In printing lawns, 26 inches, there is
e still
k rchiefs are still
nand, with prices somewhat lower. Handkerchiefs
sprung up for
heavy in stock, though a fair demand
for the home and
printed ones, new style patterns,
bo
are getting largely
foreign trade. Our printed limn lawns. .
H ar eagerly pur-
i London t ey, ~
into home consumption, and -L.ll
I large, and the colours very
chased. The patterns are .!!
h trench style of printing. Only
chaste, something
after
rltt dresses are to be seen in Belfast.
a few of these
Englishelegant
ladies are the leaders in a movement
Strange to say,
rMajesty having set the first example
in their favour,
her
linen lawn printed dresses, which she
* g One °f f 1„. Banner of Ulster.
of
wearing
Bel as
selected when in
—The works on this
V, ORTH
LE--D S
N ERN RAILWAY.
line of railvvay . from Melmesby to Northallerton, and from
thence to farm and Stockton,
I are now in full progress and are
to be finished by the early part of next stun-
fully expected .
when the distance fromHartlepool to Leeds and Man-
rner, w
elloter Will be yerycmiderablylmened,—St47lderiand News.