The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-30 00:00:00

ANENT.

In Mr. Allan's improved telegraph, from the peculiar
construction of the magnets and arrangements with the
coils, the deflection of the needle was rendered certain
and distinct, and by an ingenious application of the accu-
mutated power obtained by these arrangements, the
dial, or indicating telegraph, could transmit messages
with the same facility, by means of one wire, as the
double needle telegraphs.
Mr. Adam Thomson's autochronagraph, for the in-
stantaneous marking, or printing of time, giving the
month, day, and hour (night and day), with the minutes
and portions of minutes, forming a universal telltale, and
thereby doing all the work of a time-clerk. The machine
only required setting once a month, and unless this was
done it would cease to act.
I. Mr. Beasley's machine for blooming iron, by rolling
instead of by a hammer, with specimens of the iron
in progress and manufactured by it, attracted much at-
tention; as did also the model of Messrs. Ormerod and
Shepherd's traversing truck, for changing the position of
carriages on railways, and Mr. W. H. Barlow's improved
permanent way for railways.
Mr. Rand's fly press for raising at one blow the col-
lapsible metallic tubes, or capsules, so generally used for
containing artists' colours, and also Mr. Whitworth's
beautiful machine for knitting stockings, were incessantly
worked throughout the evening.
A reflector, hammered out of one plate, and exhibited
by Mr. Alexander Gordon, was a most perfect specimen
of workmanship from the manufactory of Messrs. Deville
and Co.
Mr. Leslie's model of an inclined plane on the Monk-
land Canal, at Blackhill, near Glasgow, for passing boats
from one level to another, instead of locks, and Mr.
Grainger's original model of the floating railway for the
Tay Ferry, on the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Rail-
way, and of the apparatus for shipping and unshipping
the trucks, were also exhibited.
Dr. Benjamin Ridge's invalid bed carriage, for the re-
moval of a patient to, or from bed, was simple, and
seemed well calculated to relieve suffering.
Mr. Armstrong's ingenious slide valve for large water
conduits, and Messrs. Simpson and Farey's water-meter
were also shown.
The guests remained until a late hour, engaged in
the examination of the works of art, and in enjoying the
hospitality of the president in the refreshment-room.
On Wednesday the rooms were again thrown open in
the middle of the day, for the purpose of enabling the
ladies to examine the collection at their leisure, and
many noble and distinguished persons availed themselves
of the opportunity. They were attended by Mr. C.
Manby (secretary), and by Mr. Forrest, who explained
to them the peculiarities of the various models.
Among the guests on Tuesday evening wore—the
Bishops of London and Norwich; the Marquis of Chan-
dos; Earls Carlisle, Lovelace, Powis, and Rosse; Lords
Arundel, Cranbourne, Hatherton, Overstone, and
Wharncliffe; Barons de Hebei' and Stratenus; the Right
Honourables Sir F. Baring, Bart,, M.P., and Sir C.
Wood, Bart., M.P.; Sirs C. Inglis, Bart., M.P., G.
Clerk, John Rennie, A. Spearman, J. Carmichael, John
Herschel, D. Brewster, J. Norreys, H. De la Bache, and
C. Fellows; Generals Sir John Campbell Morin, and
Poncelet; Admiral Sir J. Gordon; Major-Generals Sir
IL Ross, M'Leod, and Caulfield; Lieutenant-General
Sir J. Wilson; the Reverends Dr. M'Caul. Dr. Scoresby,
Dr. Major, Dr. Jelf, Professor Hall, J. C. Clutterbuck,
and E. Repton; Messrs. Geach, M.P., J. Bell, M.P.,
Hon. F. Berkeley, M.P., W. Becket, M.P., S. M. Pete,
M.P., R. Stephenson, M.P.L.G. Loch, M.P., H. Brown,
M.P., J. T. G B. Estcourt, M.P., Dodd, M.P.,
1 Hogg, M.P. ; Doctors A. Beattie, Sylvester,
Schaufbautl, Simpson, Ridge, Billing, Hodgkin, Gran-
ville, and Roget; Colonels Shaw, H. Smith, Jackson,
Yorke, Wylde, and Nelson ; Lieutenant-Colonels
Colquhouu, Hon. A. Gordon, Lloyd, Sykes, H. Jones,
Greene, and Browne; Majors Amsinck, Plowden, and
Waren; Professors Cowper, Corridi, Ansted, Partridge,
and Hosking; Mr. Sheriffs Carden and Hodgkinson;
Aldermen Moon and Humphrey; Chevaliers Conrad
and Leucisa; Captains &oven, and the Egyptian gentle-
men under his charge, Owen, Coddington, Simmons,
Evans, Gordon, Probyn, Moody, Fitzroy, Denham,
O'Brien, Nelson, Ross, Clerk, Gable, Drummond, Hon.
A. Scarlett, Collinson, and Sir E. Belcher, Messrs. Scott
Russell, J. Cubitt, J. M. Bendel, Fowler, J. Simpson,
C. H. Gregory, C. May, J. R. McClean, J. M. audslay,
Fisher, Hobbs, Field, Gassiot, Babbage, Rennie, Hawk-
shaw, Cruikahank, Forrester, J. Laadseer, C. Landseer,
Thomas, Behnes, &c. &c.; Signor Pistrucc! ; Messieurs
Deleuil, Torneaux, Payee, Legentil, Peligot, Caylits,
Gourlier, Lallemand, Da Vouillon, Barrot, Bernoville,
Octave Delepierre, Octave Sallandrouze, DeEcheTarria,
Sar, Bauguiet, Suermondt, and Noblet, &c. &c.

THE INTERNATIONAL JURIES AND THEIR
AWARDS.
The juries have begun their work at the International
Exhibition, and in some cases within our knowledge are
devoting to it much time and attention. The task is an
onerous one: du what they may, the juries can scarcely
hope to give entire satisfaction, and we would, therefore,
bespeak for them the consideration of those interested
in the inquiry. We may, without impropriety, explain
what they really have to do, and the way in which they
are to do it, There are, as our readers know thirty
juries, one for each of the thirty classes into which the
articles exhibited have been divided—and these juries
are formed into six groups. Each jury has a chairman,
and has elected from its own body a deputy-chairman
and a reporter, the duty of the latter being, as the title
tells, to draw up a report upon the class of subjects sub-
mitted to his jury. These reports will be published, and,
if properly made, will describe the state of industry of all
nations, and form a permanent record of the Exhibition
itself. The juries have to award two medels, the me-
dium size (to be called the " Prize Medal") and the
large medal. The small medal has been withdrawn,
and will be disposed of by the Royal Commissioners
—probably presented to those who, although unrewarded
by the juries, are thought to deserve acknowledgment
for assistance afforded by them. When a jury has de-
cided on its awards, these awards will have to be sub-
mitted to a meeting of all the juries in the same group
for confirmation: they will then go to the council of
chairmen, to secure uniformity of action, and will become
final so soon as the latter report that they are in
conformity to the rules laid down. The great medal is
to be awarded by the council of chairmen only, upon
the recommendations made to that body by the juries;
each jury must obtain the sanction of its own group of
juries to its recommendation of the great medal before
the council of chairmen can take the recommendation
into consideration. This medal is to be given only for
very pre-eminent and indisputable merit; and the num-
ber distributed will be small. The medals, we may add,
are to be awarded for excellence only, without reference
to countries, or to degrees in the same kind of merit.
Instructions as to the grounds on which, according to
the class, medals are to be awarded, have been given
to the juries; but to there we need not refer. The fo-
reign members of the different juries seem to fall very
readily into work.—Builder.

SEABORNE MAILS.
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by the night—and Al by the morning—dispatch.]

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London. patched. dna.
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America (by U.S. pkt.) N June 17
.• • • Liverpool ..
America (by U.S. pkt.) M'June 4
.• .. Southampt, May 29
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Africa (West coast).. ~ N ,14th of the month Plymouth June 3
Alexandria* ••.. • • .. Nll9th & 30th of mo. !Dover • . June
Belgium • • .. • • NiDaily • • .. .. Dover .. Daily 18
If
Bfazil .. , • .. 9th of the month Southampt. June 12
Buenos Ayres .. 49th of the month Southampt. June 12
California(viaChagres)4l7th of month Southampt. June 5
Cape of Good Hope Nll4th of month ;Plymouth •• June 3
Constantinople* .. • • Nl7th 17th 27th of mo:Dover .. May 30
Central America .. M,2d & 17th of mon. !Southampt. June 5
Channel Isles .. .. NIMon., Wed., & Fri.iSoutitampt. Tu. TILS a
Chili .. .. •• . 31;17th of the month ,Southampt. IJune 20
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Ireland
Honduras .. .. 23117th of the month fSouthampt. June 20
.. •• M& N Twice daily .. • . Holyhead .• Twicedaily
India (via Sonthamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt. Juno 23
India (viaMarsellles) Ni 7 th& 24th of month Dover • • June 2
Mediterranean (via 1
Southampton) •. M 20th of the month Southampt. Juno 23
Mediterranean (via
Marseilles) N' 1
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Mexico .. .. M2d of the month.. iSouthampt. June I
iDover May 30
Madeira • • • • .. 31,9 th of the month Southampt. June 12
-NT r '7th,17th,19t14,27th
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Peru .. .. .. .. M 17th of the month iSouthampt. June 20
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of month
Naples* . • • .. Stfsth 15th 25th ofmo
Papal States* Njsth 15th 25th ofmo;
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Peru M 17th of the month
Tuscany* .. .. • . Nsth 15th 25 th of mo
West Indies .. 3117th of the month
West Indies (except
Havanna & Nassau) 3112 d of the month ..
v The mails to those countries thus mark
French packet via Marseilles,
CALIFORNIA.—MaiIs to and from California

Southampt. ;June 5
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are now despatched and due by every Ameri.

via the United state
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PONTEFRACT.--Cannorr.--A few days aagso,ina per
this
s country to the Great x-
lsooclialistyty,lsintagtinhgim
3 Grosvenor-square,
hibition, and had taken a house, iNo. ,
hseelfeatinheo
tCootuhnit Shemberg,
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London, at a rental of 1501., for a few weeks; h
not endure the excitement, and determined to
of the provinces, and visit a few towns of antiquity. Among
the rest " Old Pomfret" was honoured, and he
took up his
tmaatkhee a could
tour
residence for a week at the Elephant Hotel. He lived in
first-rate style, doing justice to mine host's old hock and port,
many years in bottle, and luxuriating among the very finest
Havannahs. He took equestrian and walking exercise daily,
to the astonishment of many who had never seen a " real
foreign Count." He palmed himself on a gentleman in the
neighbourhood, by whom he was introduced to a few fami-
lies- One or two parties had the honour of his company to
dinner. lie daily received calls, and posted letters to no-
blemen, and got a friend to write to Baron Rothschild, di-
recting him to forward 250/. At length circumstances arose
Which created suspicion that the " Count" was a counterfeit,
and mine host, ever cautious, placed a watch over him ; but
neveitheless the " Count" escaped, leaving his bill unpaid.
However, mine host is invited, with one or two others, to
partake ofCount's" hospitality during the Exhibition,
at No. 3, Grosvenor-square.—Leeds lilereury.
Yesterday being the anniversary of the Restora-
tion of King Charles 11., the household troops were reviewed
by the Duke of Wellington and other distinguished officers,
on the Parade behind the Horse
large concourse of persona.
Guards, in presence of a

ROUSE OF COMMONS, May 29.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
NEW MEMBER.
Mr. CRAWFORD, the new Member for Harwich, in the
room of Mr. Prinsep, whose election was declared void,
took the oaths and his seat. The Hon. Member was
introduced by Mr. Bagahaw and Mr. Aglionby.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following Bills were read a third time:—
Price's Patent Candle Company.
Thames Avon Dock and Railway.
The following Bills were considered and agreed to:—
Cork and Watesford Railway.
Great Northern Railway (No. 2),
Killarney Junction Railway.
Waterford and Kilkenny Railway.
PETITIONS.
Sir J. PAKINGTON presented a petition from ma-
gistrates at the Worcester Quarter Sessions, praying
that the expense of the county police might be dis-
charged out of the Consolidated Fund.
Mr. CROWDER presented a petition from Liskard,
praying that steps might be taken by the House to pre-
vent the proposed interference of the Bishop of Exeter
in the affairs of the Established Church in his diocese.
Mr. WHITESIDE presented several petitions from
places in Ireland complaining of the present state of
education in that country.
NATIONAL LAND COMPANY.
On Sir H. VERNEY bringing up the report of the
Committee on this Bill,
Mr. F. O'CONNOR entered into a statement of his
connexion with the company, and asserted that, though
he had paid the directors out of his own pocket, and in-
curred great losses, and almost ruined himself,
ho had never touched a penny of the people's
money.—(Hear.) Many of them had not paid a
farthing of rent for years, and the company now
owed him more than 7,0001. He defied any one to prove
that ho had not acted with the greatest integrity and
honesty towards the allottees, who now complained of
his conduct.
Sir H. VERNEY observed that the Committee had
shown every degree of kindness and consideration to the
Hon. Member in the course of the inquiry, which they
had conducted with the greatest impartiality. He re-
gretted very much to find that so much delusion
had been practised on the unhappy persons who
had been induced to invest their hard-earned savings
in this delusive speculation.—(Hear. hear.)
Mr. H. HERBERT said he had thought it his duty to
inspect two of the estates which would come under the
operation of the Bill, and he considered it only justice
to those unfortunate people who had been attacked by
the Hon. Member for Nottingham to say that their com-
plaints were perfectly well founded. They, one and
all, complained that they had been induced by false
pretences to leave their homes, where they might have
supported themselves by honest industry, to go to a
situation for which they found themselves totally
unfit. Their appearance presented a remarkable
contrast to the general body of labourers in the same
part of the country. No person could look at the estates
without seeing the entire failure of the scheme, and when
ho complained that they paid no rent, he believed it
was as much as they could possibly do to live,
much less pay rent.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Both the
schools on the estate were perfectly deserted ; one of
them was full of straw and dirt, and the windows were
broken, and through the apportures he saw a num-
ber of banners, which had, no doubt, been used on
some triumphant occasion. The mstto on the most
conspicuous one being "Payment of Members." He
confessed he felt great commiseration for the deluded
people who had been induced to leave their homes, and
ho was thankful to God Coat the Hon. Member was not
permitted to experiments ise on a larger scale with the
noble people of England.—(Hear.)
PETITIONS.
Sir W. MOLESWORTH presented a petition from
New Zealand, praying for a constitution; also a pen-
ti m from Van Diemen's Lead against transportation to
that colony.
Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from Man-
chester in favour of secular education, to be supported
by local rates ; also a petition from bookbinders
against taxes on knowledge.
Mr. PIGOTT presented a petition from Reading,
praying for the separation of Church and State.
THE LATE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
Mr. LABOUCHERE moved that a copy of the report
relating to the late railway accident at Frodeham be laid
on the table of the House.
WATER SUPPLY.
Mr. MOWATT gave notice that on Tuesday next
he should move for leave to bring in a Bill for the beta r
supply of water to the metropolis, under the control of
boards to be elected by the ratepayers.
RAMSGATE 11AR.BOUR.
Mr. WAWN asked the Right lion. Baronet the First
Lord of the Admiralty whether he had any objection to
lay on the table of the House the reports of Mr. Walker
relating to Rams„ ate harbour?
Sir F. BARING said that he should have no objection
to produce the papers.
CEYLON.—ADJOURNED DEBATE.
Sir J. W. HOGG then rose to resume the adjourned
debate on the Ceylon question, and in doing so he ex-
pressed a hope that the House would grant him its
kind indulgence while be stated the reasons which had
induced him to come to a different conclusion to that
of the Hon. Member who has made this motion. He was
one of the members of the Committee who investigated
this matter, and he could safely say that he attended
every one of its sittings, and gave his best attention to
its proceedings. His votes upon the various subjects
that came before the Committee were the result of
sincere conviction, and he was, therefore, the
more surprised that the Honourable Chairman
of that Committee should have felt called upon
to attack him and other Members of the
Committee in the manner he did on Tuesday evening.
The Honourable Gentleman on that occasion charged
the majority of the Committee with combin-
ing together to defeat the object for which
the Committee was appointed, but he for one, and he
trusted his colleagues would follow his example,
utterly denied the imputation. So far from his
having combined with the majority, he might
mention that until he saw its report on the
votes of the House he was perfectly ignorant of its
contents. Ho was on terms of intimacy with the
Noble Lord who drew up the report, but nevertheless
ho repeated that not before it was laid before the
House did he become cognizant of its contents,
or the language in which those contents were
couched. The Honourable Gentleman who had in-
troduced this subject to the House had dwelt at some
length upon the manner in which the Committee dealt
with Mr. M'Christie. The Hon. Gentleman seemed to
wish the House to believe that Mr. M'Christie had been
unduly pressed to disclose facts and information which
, had come to him in his capacity of attorney or agent,
to the parties in Ceylon who had forwarded the intelli-
gence to this country. It was said, indeed, that Mr.
M'Christie was forced to disclose private and confidential
communications, but so far from that being the fact it was
just the reverse, for the evidence which Mr. M'Christie
gave was purely of a voluntary character. True, at
first, Mr. M'Christie only wished to make use of
part of the communications • which be had re-
ceived from Ceylon, but as those communications con-
veyed a very serious accusations against Lord Torring-
ton, he (Sir J. W. Hogg) and other Members of the
Committee insisted that they ought to have the whole
and every part of the communications or none. At
first, Mr. M'Christie declined to disclose the whole, but
upon its being put to him that he must either withdraw
the charge he had made, or produce the whole of the
correspondence relating to it, he elected in favour of
the latter alternative and produced the original letters.
—(Hear, hear.) Now, where was the compulsion
that was used in that instance ? For the life of
him ho was at a loss, to make out.—(Hear, hear.)
It was the first time since he had been a Member of the
House that a vote of censure had been proposed in the
House without submitting first that vote to the Com-
mittee which had been appointed to investigate
into the subject. What, he asked, was Lae prac-
tical use of this discussion? Lord Torrington was
no longer Governor of Ceylon. The Hon. Me mber for
Montrose had repeatedlysaid to the Government, " Why
don't you terminate the inquiry by re-calling Lord Tor-
rington?" Well, Lord Torrington was no longer there,
and the object, therefore, could not be to remove him
from the colony; but from the cheers which he heard
in the House, he expected it might be to assail the
Colonial Secretary or her Majesty's Governmen t. Well,
there was no more legitimate or Parliamentary object ;
but he considered that the means selected to attain that
object were neither, fair just, or Parliameritary.—
(Cheers.) If they wanted to assail the Colonieit Secre-
tary, why did they not select a part of his pol hey, some
act of his own, or move a general want of confide nee, if not
in the Government, at least in the Colonial Department?
Why put a motion on the paper which was calculated
to hold up to the public execration as barb trans and
cruel, not only Lord Torrington, but every civil': sad mi-
litary servant in Ceylon? Was that, he asked,, a fair or
just course?—(gear.) It was attempted to be proved that
some tax imposed by Lord Torrington had crested the
disturbance, but the evidence which was hostit s to his
Lordship disproved that assertion. It was ti ,en said
that the disturbance was of a mere trifling eh erecter,
but the evidence adduced against Lord Torringtoe refuted
that charge. So also did the same evidence cos npletely
disprove the other accusations that there was ne. need of
martial law, and that even if it were necessary it had
been continued improperly.—(Hear, hear.) ' ['he Hon.
Baronet then went on to show that both Colonel
Frazer, who was a very able officer, and possessed
great experience in the colony, and the Weeeentive
Council had advised him that martial law was im-
periously necessary, and that he ought to send a vessel
to Madras for assistance. He asked them what a
governor in a distant colony could do hut exer-
cise his judgment with the aid of the
Council who was appointed to advis j him ?
Every witness called before the Committee h a d agreed
in the necessity which existed for martial 1 ew being
proclaimed, but there certainly was a diversity ref opinion
as to its continuance. Now, the distinct char ge made
against Lord Torrington by the resolution is before
the House was that he had continued m artial-law
for two months after his chief legal advise r had ad-
vised its discontinuance. Why, was not that absurd?
Would the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, tl se &ore-
tary of State for the Home Department, seek advice, it
there were disturbances in a distant part of t be king-
dom, from the general of the district in qui anion, or
from the Attorney and Solicitor-General?- -(Hear.)
If they referred to the papers in possession of t se House
they would find that the Governor had cons, sited the
Executive Committee, and was advised lay them
unanimously to continue martial law. He c ame now
to the position of Colonel Drought. When , martial
law was declared the Gallant Colonel wro to to Mr.
Selby, the Judge,Advoeute, for advice, tut that