The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-08 00:00:00

THE SUN,

WILLIAMS V. PITTINWELL. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.'
This wai,
an action brought against the defer' lant as The fortunate spectacle of Azoel has taken a third-
"",,,7 e acceptors of a promissory note for 10/. 103. lease of its existence, and appears in a new phase. The
a_u_.
eto"idant Pleadfd that it had been obtained by fraud part of Azsel, for a long time vigorously sustained ,by
"I in, but did not appear to support his plea.
ehe Mr. Anderson, aria then upheld by the gentler energies,
TtPouit Was then occupied for considerable time of Mr. Craven,:hai nos been transferred to Miss Vris
Ttno.strindg a case on a surveyor's bill. The facts were ! cilia Horton, whose secession from the Haymarket, has
loleildywheevnoiodurofreipnotretreerstle,
fai.nd the case had not con- lately been ono of the topics of the the atrical -world
Miss Horton appeared st Drary-lane last night. Setting
aside the tact that a prodigal son, who plurges 410 dissi-
pation, is not preciaely the character one would select for
an interesting lady, Miss Horton gave as much reality to
the part as it was capable of sustaining. Her early scenes
were particularly good, and her boyish tiptoe delight at the
idea of seeing Memphis and hearing good music q•the
took away the idea of a prodigal. and wade the audience
think only of a high spirited lad, anxious to see the
world, and, perhaps, to escape from his excellent but
somewhat didactic parent's double-t,ais sermonizing. In
the latter scenes the fire and intelligence displayed by
Miss Horton give to the part the attrantion of a new
one, and fetched up the energies of her colleagues, which
had been slightly stagioating, as was najur4l after the
very long run of the piece. Some music, judiciously in-
troduced into the part of -Azad, afforded the house the
opportunity of hearing to advantage . no of the freshest
and purest voices upon the. stage. We need hardly add
that Misa Horton was enthusiastically applauded.

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NARLBRO'-STREE f—(THIS DAY.)
_OBSTRUCTING THE POLICE AT THE ExHIBITIoN.—
L. ;Ilezan der Cremond, a coachman, in the service of a
ladY of title, residing at No. 9, Arlington-street, Picea-
' '•
• d ill 7, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with
obstructing and assaulting police-constable Clarke, 268
1 ~
%, whilo in the execution of his duty.
The officer stated, that about a quarter past six o'clock
•;: ~,.p. the previous evening he was on duty at the south
s-NA of the Eihibition, when he saw the prisoner with a
"triage awl pair of, horses. which he was driving back-
wards and forwards before the entrance, so as to prevent
other carriages from taking up their parties. As the
'ruction caused great confusion, witness went
"P and asked him if he was waiting for any
„
The prisoner 'said, that was his bust-
4.:.uest. Witness then told him, if he was
tag to' take up at the Exhibition, he must
'l—* on Ithe.rank with the other carriages. The prisoner
occe.drove off to the opposite side, and, flourishing his
!biP over his head, said he'd be d— if we woula not
"as he liked. Complainant told him that the rules
.71,d regulations required teat he should put on the rank.
. Prisoner replied that he did not care ad— about
:Nther the rules or the regulations; and at this juncture
bold rMijisty's carriage drove up, and on witness laying
el the horses' heads, in order to remove the pri-
. ZurrAhe latter, with his whip, struck hien several times
"ora 11. the headland shoulders. Seeing that the prisoner
had
been drinking, he acquainted a lady who was in
tbs earriap, of the prisoner's conduct. The lady then
‘, Into (It of the carriage, and witness took the prisoner
custody.
...The Prisoner, in reply to the charge, expressed his
Ms, for what had occurred. He aid not intend to
sir how
the officer—it sV;ei his horses that he was striking.
:wee ignorant of the ways of 1.4)n,10n, and bmg a
'lloger,.was unacquainted with the rules and regula-
',.. (ions spcken o' by the constable.
litxcaast said it was the prisoner's duty to have
sl.,_uoled the orders of the police-constable. At such a
as this, it the rules and regulations were not strictly
enforced, many accidents would, no doubt, take place;
:sad as the defendant bad expressed his sorrow he (Mr.
th.
illighsci) would not deal so severely ith the case as he
h have 'done; but as a warning to other coachmen
i felt bound to commit the defendant for seven days
far the assault on the constable.

OLYMPIC THEATRE.

A version of the Une Bataille des Dames was 'pro-
duced at this theatre last night, under the title of The
Ladies' Battle, and waa most successful. The transla-
tion is perfectly literal, aad the cast is as follows:—
Henri de .Flagvinitil, performed at the St. James's by
Lafont, is personated by Mr. William Farren: jun ;
Gustave de Grignon, performed by Regnier, is assigned
to Mr. Leigh Murray. The megistrate, Wnitrichard,
personated in the French by Roger, is given to Mr.
Henry Farren. The Countess, which Mdlle. -Judith
meets at the St. James's, is undertaken by Mrs. Stirling;
and Mdlle. St. Marc's part, L,.onie. is sustained by Miss.
Howard. The Countess of Mrs. Stirling is a p, rfeet
gem; it is one of those parts combining pathos with wit.
and high breeding, iu the representation of which Mrs.
Stirling steeds alone, and the character of the Countess
will henceforth take its place as arnorig the first, if
not the very first, in her repertoire Next to the
Countess of Mrs. Stirling corees the De Urignen of
Mr. Leigh Murray ; he brought out the lights and
shades of the poliroou hero with admirable tact and dis-
crimination. Mr. 11.4 nry Farren, as the Baron Mont-
richard, was admirable, and the Henri of Mr. W.
Farren jun., eft's-deal satisfactory proof of the progress
which that genii-man has made of late in his art. • Miss
Louisa Howard made a most interesting Leonie, and,
as might have been expected from such a comedy so cast,
the success was complete,
.and another excellent . play
is added to the list Of Olympic amok pieces.

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`IRRYING WATER LONG DISTANCES BY SYPHON.—
Common,
Mr. B. Sargent, of Doctor-street, Walworth-
",,,,non, who expresses a needless fear of being overlooked
' b 1 us because he is a working bricklayer, suggests that water
trt"47 be transferred, say to a distance of 800 feet, from a
tod to a tank, by means of a syphon pipe, which might be
‘st Cusd With water, in the first place, through an opening or
dries
pipe at its higbest level while stop-cocks at the two
oi.rrnities were turned so as to prevent its esress until the
b luee by which it entered was closed: the air might then
e allowed to pass off at each extremity, and the pipe be
Ittin-filled up, when water from the pond would pass
through the syphon in a stream, once let on, into the tank-
ignx; of course, to a lower level than that of the water in
b-oe,LPond; and would only cease to do so when the water in
• t reeeptacles reached the same level, after which its
etlsu would be resumed whenever water was withdrawn
hem the tank by means of a common suction pump, as this
7241 d destroy the equilibrium; thus, in effect, c nstituting
• 7,0 .tank a full well so long as the pond would supply it.—
oell LATE VISCOUNT Nzwur.—This Nobleman,
.
demise was recorded in our paper of yesterday, was
wheat demise
of the Earl of Kilmorey, by Jane, daughter of
rlrse Gun Cunninghame' Esq., and was born in 1815.
Pwdship married, in 1839, Anne Amelia, eldest daughter' the late Hon. Sir Charles Colville, G.C.B. and by her
rVlsbad issue several children, including a son born in 1842,
• ;V an infant born a few months since. The Noble Lord's
't• ess was of a protracted and severe nature. He was re•
b.,, 111/1 ed,-to Parliament for the borough of Newry in 1841, and
(17,„ "lee continued to represent it, generally supporting
-vmservative principles.
LIGHT AEI) POETABLE COUCHES. A sort of NE
ultra of handiness in bedsteads for behoof of military
emigrants, tourists, hotel and lodging-house keepers,
• -14', occupants of small houses short of bedrooms, has, by the
rsrerful aid of angle iron, been invented by and registered
r r• John Blair, of Irvine, Ayrshire. By an adaptation
light angle iron in the construction of the framing of
POrtable beds and couches, not only is extreme portability
move],
secured, but also peculiar facilities for erection and re-
v. -4?vel, whilst the constructive details possess great strength
W_tthlittle material. A bed frame on this principle, 6 teet
lathes in length by 3 feet in breadth, when packed away
~ ures only a little more than 3 feet in length and 214
'ue•stes square. The weight of those already made is said to
only about 45,1bs in all; and a still lighter sort, with a
_,.ghtly different construction, is spoken of as only to weigh
'mold 85 lbs. For camping out, a waterproof curtain is
~ added,
may
converts it into a kind of tent itself. Excur-
ai,clasts ay just need this sort of thing at Ike Great Exhi-
bti9l;, and, at all events, it will -suit the lodging-house
eVers to. a T angle. The inventor, Mr. Blair, however, is
one' of those most useful and important public officers so
ranch needed' in England - a procurator fiscal, or public pro-
secutor- alsighly'respectable class of men in Scotland, but
is not a manufacturer or tradesman : his invention, therefore,
• • is not yet in mercantile hands, but might speedily be made
available, we should think, if the metropolis become so over-
crowded as many anticipate.—Builder.
MONEY MARKET.—The quotation of gold at Paris
ill about 3. per mille discount, according to the
new tariff, which, at the English Mint price of
bop. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex-
tallbge of 2510; and the exchange at Paris on London at
'hen being 23.00, it follows that gold is 0.40 per cent.
dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Ham-
burgh the price of gold is 425 per mark, which, at the Eng.
'Loh. Mint price of 8/. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold,
b! es an exchange of 13.4 i ; and the exchange at Ham•
gh on London at short being 13.5*. it follows that gold
"1 0.18 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh.
The
cowls of exchange at New York on London for bills a
betweenut, days' sight is 110-,'‘ per cent., and the par of exchange
England and America being 109 23-40 per cent.,
,
kllows that the exchange is nominally 0.67 per cent, in
favour of England; but after making allowance for differ-
en
We
ce of interest and charges of transport, the present rate
Z
areis. nu profit on the importation of gold from the United
ARRIVALS TOE THE EXHIBITION.—The arrivals of
Irlißn contributions to the Exhibition continue to take place
from all parts, and have within the latest dates included
some from France, Belgium, Prussia, Holland, and the Han-
teatic States, and in addition to the European arrivals there
• "" been some from the East Indies, via Southampton, con.
• aigUed to the East India Company; 1 case of glass and 3
(ther Packages from Boston, United States; and two boxes
)frothb Halifax, Nova Scotia; and also 36 packages from Syd-
L'el's New South Wales ; the whole of which are declared to
tntended.fo, the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry
' of all Nations, in Hyde-park.
• LANGBOVRE WARD.—It was understood yester-
day in the City that Mr. Cubitt, M.P., would be a candidate
(3r the Aldermanic gown of this ward in the room of Sir
John, Key, who has been advanced to that of Bridge With-
, r• Mr. Cubitt is' stated to have received the support of
r• Masterman, M.P., and Mr. Samuel Gurney.
••• CANARIES: THEIR Honnyntoots.--When your Ca-
!Wks are well " paired," turn them at once into their breed-
"
__3 cage. They will feel themselves "at home" in a moment,
ma will quite understand what is expected from them. If
nu., are observant, you will find that the sight of a nest-bag,
peep at the two nest-boxes , will soon inoculate the
, utilvy pair" with a desire to enter upon the duties of an
10 Active life.- The chances are, that the very first day they
eater a breeding cage will sea the nest-bag pulled to pieces,
•: and the nest itself progressing far towards completion-the
Iseu...be it observed, is the most alert in this matter. Whilst
cosily seated on the building material, and busily arranging
• !t far the reception of her eggs (the average number of which
lo frOM two to five), the hen will keep on giving utterance
a
.constant.note. s usuccessionis of very peculiar, but expressive.
conjugal
quite easy to see that each one of these
notes is' fall of the " dear"-eat meaning, and thoroughly
comprehended by the male. His lordship, like a good bus-
, 'band; will be observed thoroughly attentive, tenderly affec-
tionate, and ready, at a moment's notice, to do herladyship's
• bidding.. Thus, at one time, we find him feeding her, while
sitting •on the neat; at another time, arranging her moss,
Ilairywnd, wool.; and, at all .times, lavishing on her the most
"delicate attentio- " ' '

ASSAULT OF ARMS —SAVILLE-HOUSE,
LEICESTER-SQUARE.
. Mr. Green, jive, nunseif vire of int, most agile, grace-
ful, and skilful of fencers, has fitted up ono of the large
saloons in Saville-house (better known to sight seers as
Miss Liewoed s Gallery) as a gymnasium, in which
every day an exhibition takes place of athletics and
gymnastic sports and exercises. He has secured the
services of some of the best fencers, swordsmen, single-
stick players, wrestlers, and sparrers in the kingdom.
The following is the list of his corps:—Fencers, swords.
men, &c.—Messrs. Prevost, Leon Gillematid, Winter-
•bettom:- Percy, Plett Parker, Herr Van der Mast,
Chambers, Edwardes, &c. &c. Wrestlers—Ciimberland
and Westmoreland—Dixon (the Champion), Nicholson,
Caio, Pritchard, Taylor, Douglas, &c. &c.; Cornish and
Devon—Bowden (the Char.pien) Triscott (ex-Cham-
pion), Dyer, Westlock, Bartlett, Sparrers—
Alex. Keene, J. Welsh, Young Sarabo, Harri-
' son, Dickeson, Hoiles, Scott, Madden, &c. &c.
We were present yesterday at a special morning per-
formance, and were highly gratified with the manner in
which the amusements were conducted. The wrestling,
both Westmoreland and Cornish, was first-rate, seldom,
indeed, has there been such a display of power and skill
combined. The single-stick playing was admirable,
and the fencing of Messrs.. Winterbottom and Chapman,
Messrs. Winterbottom and Gillemand, and Messrs.
Gillemand and Prevost, was most gradeful. Mr.
Parker exhibited the Coro'-de-Lion feats of
cutting a sheep in two by one blow of a
sabre, severity a leg of mutton at one blow
and cutting through a leaden ingot. while Mr.
Winterbottom performed the Saladin feat of cutting
through a silk handkerchief. There was a bayonet and
sabre combat by Messrs. Parker and Campbell, in
which the sabre had manifestly the advantage.
We congratulate Mr. Green on the triumphant sue
oess of his praiseworthy attempt to rescue the noble
art of self-defence from the inglorious state into
which it bad fallen through the vices of some of its pro-
fessors—perhaps the most graceful and elegant portion
of the whole exhibition was the sparring of Messrs.
Alexander Keene and Harrison. Instead of being
stripped to the waist, as was formerly the custom with
sparrers, these sparrers were attired in the usual
fencing costume. The sparring itself was of the
most scientific order, it was not a brutal battering, but a.
friendly trial of skill, and from the elegance of the poses
and the grace of the artistes it was quite as pleasing as
the performances of the Risleys. Indeed, it was a
perfect specimen of what may be Called drawing-room
gymnastics. The ladies in the gallery were delighted
with it, and applauded the sparring to the echo. There
cannot be a doubt of the success of Mr. Green's under-
taking. Every lover of manly sports whO visits the me-
tropolis will make a point of going once at least to Savile
House.

TIM ^MANIFEST4TION OF THE Eaernes ROTATION*
—Various paragraphs and articles have been since circulated,
in which very u•lsuccessful attempts have been made to give
an i telligible account of this fact to the general reader.
In the face of these abortive efforts, some of them by men
making first-rate pretensions to agronomical and scientific
acuteness, we shall not presume to translate the abstract
demonstation of cosmical lore into the ordinary parlance of
miscellaneous readea ; but this we will say for the latter
that the attempts to render this point intelligible have
tailed, in many cases, not from the want of scientific pene-
trati' n on the part of the public ro much as from loose
description and palpable error on the part of their self-
elected teachers. Tables have been said to rotate round
their centre instead of round an axis—not so much theirs
either as the earth's; pendulums have been described as
vibrating for hours or days without the slightest hint how
this was done—how or whether the effects of drafts, of
torsion, of local vibration, were guarded against or allowed
for—in what plane, whether meridianal or otherwise, the
pendulum was made to vibrate in the outset, ase, kc• AO&
notwithstanding such uncertainties, they were told that it
was only " the unscientific mind" 'hat for a moment hesi-
tated to gulp down all the " common sense," cast like pearls
before those who could not appreciate it; whereas, we verily
believe, it was the unscientific alone who were at once car-
ried away by the ad captandum idea of the table rotating
round ie s centre, with the earth's rotation, while the pendu-
lum measured out that rotation like fixed hands on a hori-
zontally rotating dialt—Builder.
CURIOUS METEORoLoGICAL PHENOMENON.--A.
rions meteorological phenomenon has just taken place at
Lardabourg. in Calabria. A luminous meteor was perceived
to fall on a barn, which it set on fire. Professor Tosti, who
has given as account of the matter, mentions that this is
only the second time that such an event has been known to
take place. The other case occurred on the 13,11 of June,
1759, at Captieux, near Bazas, in France. The meteor there
also set fire to a barn, in which a beggar had taken refuge.
He was arrested under a charge of incendiarim, and taken
to Bordeaux. He declared in the most solemn manner that
he was innocent; but he would, notwithstanding, have been
certainly condemned had not the Abh6 'Nolte, then cele-
brated as a natural philosopher, examined the'premise% and
having found among the rubbish the aerolite that had fall,n,
exerted himself in favour of the poor man. and got him ac-,
quitted. The phenomenon mentioned by Professor Tosti was
witnessed by several persons.
GERMAN PASSPORTS FOR ENGLAND.—A.ccording to
the German papers, all the German Governments have son-
eluded a treaty by which
.passports -delivered by consular
agents and Eng ish ambassadors do not preserve those to
whom they are granted from expulsion, this favour being
only acc )rded to passports examined in England by the
Prussian Minister. The protection England often awards to,
refugees has given rise to this treaty.
ROTAL WESTMINSTER OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL.
..
The committee of this institution have issued an address; in

so
pm . attentions;" anticipating. indeed, her every wish. - .
au the honeymoon.— William Kidd, in the Gardeners, which they state that since the year 1817 to Ist January,
1 Chronick.. _ . ', 1851, 82,725 persons have availed themselves of the-benefits
gerttleritatt
Alf AMERICAN Sany ,ao T told ,et the charity. Of these, 1,958 have been restored to sight,
ANT S JAIGHTS.—... was at
Boston of a in the neighbourhood, who, having
he by the operations for cataract and the formation of an arti-
, enaged a farm servant, found him ficial pupil. The appearance of 3,791 persona had been im-
, respe,ets,, except. that
Plait'vueunr
very satisfactory in all proved by the operation for the removal of squinting. 4,954
intohia master s room with biinvariablyhat came into the house and persons had been admitted to its benefits during the past
lan one day, " you always kee:l`.,_t Oil- 0 John," he said to
,hat on when you come year, of whom 166 were in-patients. Ot the principal opera-
. into the house." 11, Sir tions during 1850, 95 were for cataract, 25 for the formation
21 StiVese, you eve."h ' W'ell
.if iti_avright to?" " Yee,
wh of ,an artificial pupil, ,04 for squinting, and •I 2 others for
„ sb.auld.ii7tl ?" This wiS a poser from 'a
_n ea right to, Y various cemplaints. Of the operations for cataract and arti-
-erhere, all have equal rights. So, after $
° 2 man to aeother ficial pupil two faded, the remainder obtaining, some a rea-
r Ile •talsrrtillwwaked; " Now, John, wh 'l'
what'll nt's reflectios, sonable and others an excellent sight. The number of in-
-Istieh moroages will you ask to take 0 yon take -how
,patients has been augmented from 16 to 20; the hospital
• iSTiu st me iix?" .` W ell, that requires caasirlt-Jaottilor hat *wnen
„ has, however, still two wards closed, capable •
of containiag
Talke the thin into consideration, 1•4813,• and nt'sliL, ess. • ten persons, but they cannot be received for want of funds. -
Rprro* tltiorning."' The morrow comes. 0, w,u, joi• me to- ,
you' 'cohiidered'what additiOnal wages you Rt.-) tn, have A FAMILY AT A BIRTH.—A Saffron Walden con-
•• to have for -respondent writes that a Mrs. Chegnell. in' hat town, last
takmg yogr hat off?" "Nell, Sir, I guess it'a worth,. . . .
'hi' •a• month " "lethen, Sohn
. . . s settled . you shall have d ht -allofwhom .I' •
a doi.. - week gave birth to four Aug e.s,
and the mother is " as well as one can e--pect."
"Itabtliet dollar *a ' month." And the gentleman retiin;d ,
"f
to Servant, while 'John's hat was always in his hand , ST. MARGARET'S CHURCHYARD.—This quicksand
'",ltitn'tie entered the bousei—Professor Johnston'_ Notes • .waate, filled with frail mortality, is now certain to excite
:Is
41•Nterica. . - •. • great observation: the noted painted window of the church
.
777 Fit-- -. • CVE —Six hundred I,aftsof
aviator's VON THE A • tho
AWL the abbey of. St. Peter's will, beyond doubt, bring
biscuit have been shipped in the Tanjore, freight-ship, from usanda of straners to the spot, who will marvel at. the
the careless keeping ofthe last home of our foregones: they will,
,r„ Clarence Yard, Gosport, for the use of the troops perhaps, ha. .
-4'l tapet Sire is to call at Plymouth for a further churches ' d t diu sayers between the
,glue some uusun era an g _
flustitity. cart-loads as to whose duty it is to keep it in order. A few
rise' -is ' TTK the a " barfly mould and a little labour to regulate
—About a grayest
'A r --„,- OE ....-EXPECTED GOOD NEWS. Christianlikeenes and level the ground, would make it look
`iorthight since the wile of a labouring man, residing at petual office': . But save theh mark, a select vestryper-
Stratford, having received a letter by post informing her that aao6o.
t to theie.rseem not oeate a very clear atmosphere ad-
1/3erilifabead•monld ha. put in p3ssession of property amount- 'the grass don'twhereabouts:—floviers won't show, and even
log to 100,006/. at the terming-ion of a Chancery suit, which grow.--Builder. ..... . .
'll, °al
'u 4 kelhurtly settled her excitement produced a state of VERMIN 114- Yo 'c• - •
"GI ANARIES -:--When I gave a
ntansciousneis, in which -he remained for some time, and strictcaution that your birds.
..,,f"81-4-110effcts•of-which she has not yet entire'
. _y
recovered. qsi e private whilst breeding,should be left unmolested and
:06,2ew.,e,has also had an unfavourable effect on the mind ticularly to the early part of the
had reference more -par-
.'. -'`'ltilViid-, and it was feared at one time it would pro- h hed it will b process. - -When the young
are ..atc . . e needful eve
•hicalriaandy• --Essex Standard. them quietly. If they appear ry now and then to look at
asyoung•
i - with and healthy, with their cro • birds should do, red
. s much regret we announce the decease the contrary, they are .of a Pp3aldeistended, all is well. If, on
,Z4ll.*''ttmlnas narrison, many years one of the Commis- are empty, then at once construct them, hue, and their crops
opera cf Excise. , This event occurred on Tuesday last, at a new nest (after first scalding anero, as neatly as maybe,
his residence in Al (1. drying the
Alpha-road, after an illness of considerable and change the one for the other; change matena ,
• 1s)
dilution. nge als
. Mr. Harrison was much es•eemed by his col- This done, carefully remove the nestlin o the nest box.
leagues-and-an-extensive circle of friends.He was the onlyplace them •n their new abode. ssa with swarm hand,
child of the late SiG
tiled the office of
ir eorge Harrison, S.C.H., who long nest, you will find it full of minute -vermin. Subject- Q 4
ono of
Assistant Secretary to the Treasury. B •
BY them to pressure under a pin's head ; the blood emitted once
Mr. Harrison's d
iniato
Roenue.ecease a vacancy is caused in the Board of ran in the veins of your innocent nestlings, who, 'rota their
•-
THE N • very birth-till this tnoment, have sustained these vermin. •
ATIONAL CLuu.—The annual dinner of this life!! Never neglect- this act of duty. You will thereby:,
club took place vesterday evening, at the club-house, Palace- save the lives of many] a parent and many an offspring. The
yard. ir, was very numerously attended, and amongst those all birds will thorou-ly understand what you are .aboirt,
*present were many Members of the Legislature. The chair and will show themselves well pleased
-when the change has
was taken by Sir Digby Mackworth. been effected. - William liidd, in the Gardeners' Chronicle.
REA M
. D ... oNEY.—An account has been printed by MARRIAGE A LOTTERY.---At an EP/Kling party re-
order of the belle of the room •
t., , House of Commons of the manner in which the centiv it was proposed to dispose, of the by
1.0
ti voted, in the session of 18.50. for head money, has lottery • Twenty tickets were immediately ,sold at a fix,ed
PI applied In addition to that sum, 6,4401. was paid under • .T
' dnot h re• The fortunate adventurer:
er price. he joke enue e •ii
Nis sanction of the Lords of the Treasury.
• • has since married the lady. il&erdeen eratd.

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.
In consequence t.t the egryeaele change iu the weather, ;
great number's 'Were' yesterday attracted to the Exhibi- I
non. At a late hour of the day, upwards of 20,000 per-
Want; were-present.. Hee -Majesty, Prince- Albert, and
suite. visited . the . building early in the morning, and
stayed until after twelve. .In the course of the visit, her
Majesty inspected the mediaaral court, the English sculp-
ture room, and_the department of English hardware,
with all of which her Majesty, was graciously pleased
to express her satisfacion, . . .
ARTICLES.
SILK AND VELTET—CLASS British .portion
of this class of gods is placed in that part of the gallery
which lies over the southern entrance, and, we believe.
forms the greatesecollectiep of rich and rare speciMens of
British skill ever assembled, one highly creditable to our,
industryand, taste. That we shall be inferior to the
French and Genoese in a few articles ce believe, but in.
those of general wear We bid 'air to prove superior. It is
premature to come to any eonclu4on beceuse-,in the Freneh
division, very few of these descriptions of goods are, as yet,
shown; in fact, their cases are only being fitted up.
,Up; to this time, few persons have found their way to
the collection, such as have are principally charged
with their sale, the general class of visitors entirely
overlooking it -in the multitude of objects presented to
their notice—more will be conspicuously placed; as its,
position becomei better known. no doubt it Will attract
a good share of attention from the fairer portion of the
community. -
At the eastern side of the southern end of the transept
will be seen a very curious and tasty piece of work, vie .
a white cashmere shawl worked in braid, ornamented
and fringed with peacocks' feathers, the brilliant parts
of which are so disposed as to resemble gems, and is
surrounded by a fringe of the same material. Designed
and execub-cliby Mrs. Mary Heywood. widow, 3, Dyer's-
buildings City-road, London, aged 72 years. A most.
wonderful piece of work for a person so far advanced in
years.
Wishaw, Francis-e-Model to illustrate the hydraulic
telegraph. Centimetre' chronouseter,,for taking veloci-
ties-on railways. Uniformity of time clock and tele-
graph, with moveable ring, containing telegraphic codes,
&c. Single wire index electric telegraph. Mechanical
d,mestic telegraph. Telekouphonen, or speaking tele-
graph. with simple and compound mouth-pieces. Rail-
way ditto. Carriage ditto. Gaga perch telephones, for
churches, &c., and for communicating betwe-n buildings
distant from each.. other. Gutta percha tube, as first
made by Francis Wishaw. Secretary of Society of Arts,
in 1845. Gutta percha lathe band. Ditto, ditto. Sub-
marine insulated and protected eleotric telegraph con-
ductors. Wrought iron chain pipes for same purpose.
Battery protector to prevent the escape of the nvzious
gases. Telegraphic ,erivate code box. Enamelled elute
chess-board, by which the game may be played with:or
'witboitt men. The new staff of life, being a walking-
stick containing wine and biscuits sufficient for lin-
Self-anting• feeding-trough for poultry. Com-
parative plan of the city of London, showing it .as in
1666 and 1829: Muliitubular pipes of earthenware for.
telegraph wires. Glass pipes, with gotta percha plugs,
for the same purpose.

HER MAJESTY'S STATE BALL.
The Queen gave a state ball last evening at Buck-
ingham Palace to a most numerous and brilliant Court,
invitations having been issued to above -2,100. Halt-
past nine o'clock was the hour ,named, bnt'before that
time the nobility and gentry began to arrive at BuOk-
ingham Palace. The diplomatic corps,' with their wives
and daughteis, and the gentlemen of the respective lega-
tions, toreignera of distinction, the Cabinet Ministers,
and other high functionaries of State, Privy Councillors,
the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Household of the
Queen, the Prince Albert, and the members of the Royal
Family, and the Queen's Aidm.de-Camp, all alighted at
the garden entrance of the Palace, while the geneial
circle of visitors entered the Palace by the front central

portico.
The whole of the illustrious guests were ushered up
the grand staircase to the State Saloon', which were
illuminated with the greatest brilliancy and splendoir,
and to these were added on this occasion the Garter
room and an Rejoining apartment leading into the south
end of the magnificent picture gallery, and affording in-
creased accommodation to the throng of company.
• The Ball-room was prepared as on former occasions,
a quadrille band being stationed in an orchestra elevated
within the alcove, reserved seats for the occupation of
her Majesty and her circle being arranged on one. side
of the saloon. A second Ballroom (the Throne-room)
was also prepared for dancing, a quadrille band being
placed within the throne alcove, and reserved seats-being
elevated down the east side of the apartment. - Both
Balt-rooms and all the State Saloons, together with the
asproaches, were decorated with choice and fragrant
shrubs and flowers, tastefully arranged in the angles and
recesses. The Picture Gallery divided the two Ball-
rooms, and_bere the company assembled on their arrival
until the entrance of her Majesty.
His Royal Highness Prince Henry of the Netherlands
arrived at ten minutes before ten o'clock.
Precisely at ten o'clock her Majesty the Queen and
his 'Royal Highness Prince'Albert entered the White
Drawing-room from the Royal Closet, and passed on to
the Grand Saloon, which was then opened from the Pic-
ture, Gallery. and the assembled conspany-followed her
Majesty and her august circle into the Ball room.
Her Majesty . and his Royal Highness were accompa-
nied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Prussia, Prince Frederick William of Prussia, and
Prince Henry of the Netherlands.
The *Queen was attended by the Mistress of the Robes;
the Countess of Gainsborough, Lady in Waiting; the
Hon. Eleanor Stanley and the Hon. Beatrice Byng,
Maids,of Honour in Waiting; the Lord Chamberlain,
the Lord Steward, the Treasurer of the Househadobe
Vice-Chamberlain; Lord Waterpsrk, Lord in Waiting;
Colonel Berkeley rnmrnond, Groom in Waiting; and
Colonel the Hon. C. Grey, Equerry in Waiting:
His. Royal Highness the Prince Albert was attended
by Lord G. Lennox. Lord in Waiting; Lieutent-Colonel
Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting; and Lieutenant-
Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour. Equerry in Wilting.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia was at-
tended by Major von Bayou and Count Golts.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia was at-
tencl,d by the Countess A. de Harke, the Counted; Louise
Oriolla and Count Pokier.
His Royal Highness the Prince Frederick William of
Prussia was attended-by Colonel Fischer and Lieutenant
von Heirs. , . .
.. . , .
His Royal Highness Prince Henry of thteNetberlends
was attended by the Chevalier.TOß, ard` and Cheva-
lierHapp .
de Casembroot.
The Queen wore a blue silk dress with three skirts of
blue and white tulle, ' trimmed with bunches of apple
blossoms, ornamented with . diamondis.' Her Majesty's
headdress was formed of a wreath of apple blossoms
ornamented with diamonds. .
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia wore a
dress of white tulle over white satin, trimmed with
white satin riband and bunches of flowers; and orna-
mented with diamonds. Her Royal- Highness wore a
garland of 'geraniums as a headdress, and.diamond or-
naments. - .. • •
The dresses of the ladies were new for the occasion,
and the gentlemen were its 'full dress, the memberi..of
the different orders of knighthood,..British and foreign,
wearing their respective insignia. The Duke of Wel-
lington and she Marquis of Loudonderry both wore the
order of the Black Buie of Prussia. - - • - -
.Tbp Lord •Cham
jberlain having conducted her Ma-
~.ity. t . .. •
e.o the ball room a quadrille, was formed, and her
- Majesty- opened the Ball --with his Royal Highness the '
Prince of Prussie. the vis-I vas being his Royal High-
ness Prime Albert and her Royal Highness the Princess
of Prussia. -His Royal Highness Prince Henry of the
Netherlands and the Filches, of Argyll joined iit the
quadrille. . . .
Julliek's Orchestra was in attendance, and afterwards
performed quadrilles and.walleee.
Daecing was 'then cummeneed in . the 'Throne-room,
the first dance • being:a quadrille, "Ad:Wile " (Laid
Fi'zgerald)., .
The orchestra consisted of 30 ' proformers of emi-
nence, among whom were Messrs. Deloffre, Mellon,
Neasham, Hall, Hausman, Filet, Bemuse, Badderly,
Steglitz, Bauman, and W,iuterbottom, and Was'condated
by Mi. ttoot.i, mister 'of "the band of the Soots Fueilier
Guards. . . ,
The f.ylloWitig quadrilles were perfortne .—,
Vive Lindree. .... , ... . Musard. ,
.- , • .
II Bravo ..'. ... ... TolbscqUes ~• :
Tatubotir Royal ..: ... Musard, , ,-'
The following waltzes were danced:— . • ,
Schwalben ... ... Strauss. ~• s
Soldatin Time ... ... Lawler.
•
The %Aloof theDanco ... Wellington Guernsey,
'The Liebenstein ... . ... T. Browne. . .
The following: polkas were danced :
Katinka ... ... - ... Strauss.
• Fortuna ... -... ..'. Strauss
. : -
'Refreshments were-served ttsthecoMpany throughout
the evening in the Greewdrawing-room. •
A State supper was served in the principal Dining!
room, the repast comprising every rarity and delicacy.
Her Majesty's Body Guard was on duty in the Palace
as usual, under the command -of Sir' Seymour &Aloe,.
the Exon in Waiting. Ttie officers present were Captain
Bellaire, Ezon; and Lieutenint-Colonel. Fitzeasuriee,
Adjutant. , J
A guard of honour of- the Foot GUards was2on duty
in the Grand, Quadrangle.