The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-09 00:00:00

THE , SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY_ EVENING, OCTOBER 9, lB5l.

LITERATURE.

LE 3101 S DE MAI A LO.VD.7iF,S. Par Jtc:7;s

JUPI222,

Michell,

Feuillatonists are always lively, but the most ani-
maf.ed among the whole of that remarkable body of
writers i« France, is unquestionably M. Jules Janin
—the author of this charming record of a foreigner's
visit to the Great Exhibition. From first to last his
abounding animal spirits hold him in good stead, and
impart, a most exhilarating pleasantry to each of his
very agreeable descriptions. Like the opinion pro-
nounced upon the breakfast at Amiens by a certain
matter-of-fact gentleman connected with the moneyed
interests, and recently mentioned in Dickana's House-
hold Words, our estimate of the work lying before us
is somewhat to the eflect that every page of it is
"decidedly" French ; not, however, speaking alone
with a literal reference to the language. The entire
narrative is the result of a scrutiny of our manners,
and more particularly of cur metropolis, viewed
through the medium of French habits and predilec-
tions. Hence it comes to us most welcomely. We
accept it as the genuine exprestion of the feelings
with which London has been regarded by a most
important section of the foreign visitors to the Crystal
Palace. Aware that that extraordinary structure is
just now on the eve of being closed against further
inspection, the public cannot fail to observe with
additional curiosity the estimate formed of it by a
spectator so singularly intelligent as M. Jules Janin.
The volume, therefore, we feel assured will at once
command for itself a popularity to which a perusal of
it satisfies us that it is eminently entitled. At the
very outset of his excursion we recognise the verve
and enthusiasm of temperament peculiar to the most
celebrated of all the feuilletonists. He passes under
review the visitors flocking from all parts of the
world towards the now memorable scene of the world's
exhibition. As each representative of his race passes
before his imagination he criticises them with that
voluble rhetoric which irresistibly carries you onward
with the satirist. As an example of our meaning we
may refer to his allusions to the Turk. " A quid lui
pant servir la vapeur ?" he asks. "Ila le soleil
Le yin ? Il a l'opium Le journal? Il ale rove
La po6sie ? Il ale tabac l'"rhen he continues with
a humorous picture of commiseration :
" Hellas! le digne homme! it est priv6, en ce mo-
ment, de la ftz.e d:ernelle de sa pensaSa et de sa vie!
L'etiquette et l'usage ont arrache do ses mains sa
compagne fide!e, sa machine 6:4gante d l'odoranto vapour,
sa conseil'ire et son amie hospitaliere, sa Un ne
fume pas ici : telle est la loi de ce caravamerail de Fin-
dustrie humaine; et afin que chaque nation soit la bien
overdo, on a 63rit en toutes les langues: On ne fume pas
ici I--IVO smoking allowed !—Non e periling° difumare et
ainsi jusqu'l la fin, et—le pauvro Turd!—il a etc': force
d'oLeir! Dieu le veut! l'Anglais le veut! St l'Expo-
sition de l'industrie a ses martyrs, en voill an!"
Referring soon afterwards to the circumstance of the
inauguration taking place in May, Jules Janin, it
appears to us, facetiously observes :
" On aime ici le mois do mai commo nous aimons ces
beaut 63 de I'esprit et de la jeunesre quo nous n'avons
jamais vues et qui nous sourient dana le lointain des
siecles: Aglae, la plus jeune des graces; Lai,t, Las-
thenia, Tyndaride, et ces trois glares printanieres quo le
pc'ete Horace, au printomps, voyait danser sous les
douces clan is de la lune do mai, et que le pute Thackeray
chantaic duns le Times, ce maim nieme:

Gratis cum Nymphis, geminisque sororibus, auclet
Ducere nuda chores'
Having himself witnessed the well-known interview
on the day of inauguration between Cobden and
Wellington, our author thus commemorates the cir-
cumstance—saying :
" N'oublions pas aussi (j'ai vu la as Le) l'illustre
Cobden, l'apOtre triumphant du libre Cisihange, presere6
aujourd'hui mime, par le Marquis d'Anglesey, a S. G.
le Due de Wellington! C'6;ait le premiere fois que eel
deux hommes se recontraient, colui-ci, qui s'est battu
pour la gloire de l'Angleterre, et pour sa fortune!
Rencontre solennelle, et qui ne pouvait pas esl6-er un
plus vaste, un plus digne, un plus grand thatre que le
palais de eristal!"
Humorous enough is the reference to the gloom of
the London Sunday, where the writer exclaims,
" Ou n'entende pas un bruit, ou ne volt pas une awe
dans tout la ville !" his visit to Claremont brought
him into immediate contact with the exile family of
Orleans. llere is his touching and beautiful descrip-
tion of the good and unfortunate Queen Amelia as
she appeared to him again in the little Catholic chapel
of the locality :
" La rein() priait, avec cette fervour qui appartient aux
passions memo du ciel. Elle est vetue Is la facon des
veuves Frarcaises, et dana toute la rigueur de ce cos-
tume austere eu la laine noire proud la forme d'un
linoeul. qu'elle eat belle, de cette beaute qui vient
de Fame! Et nous qui l'avons vue, belas! dans toutes
les splendeurs de la majeste royale, heureuso et £4re de
tons lea bonhenrs, de tons les orgueils, jamais nous
l'avons vue, a ce point grande et superbb ! Elle est
semblable 1 ces totes touchantes de Italienne,
l'auroro do la Renaissance, et l'on voit du premier coup
d'ce I, quo cette mere, cette femme at cet:o reine,
6?rouvei et frail' 6 . a cant do reprises, s'est relesee sous
la main de Dieu qui l'a frspl6 et qu'elle n'a pas perdu
l'esr6rance! Elle a voulu (teamster forte on cos ad-
verstt6 3 surnaturelles, afin de jeter sur tcutes les forces
et sur toutes les graces qui l'entourent. cette mujes:6
unie au malheur, qui brille un éclat irs efistible!"
One sentence having reference to another and very
different place of worship must not be overlooked : it is
that in which M. Jules Janin alludes thus admi-
rably to the exclusion of the bust of Lord Byron
from Westminster Abbey.
" Lord Byron," says he, " est absent de cc temple
fuc airs appe!s's Westminster... 11 n'est pas tine pen ca
qui ne conduise a la plus belle place, les restes du pace
absent; it brille a Westminster, comrae brillaient par
leur absence, aux grandea funi:4;ailles romaines, les
images de Brutus et de Cassius.'
He might have added also that it is somewhat
ludicrous to observe the exclusion of the bust of
Byron from a building in which are placed the re-
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suicides of old were wont to be buried in cross-roads
with stakes driven through them, as an evidence of
the horror in which self-murder was held by our
ancestors. The Thames Tunnel seems as much as
anything in the metropolis to have excited the astonish •
meat of our traveller, and this less in regard to its
architectural curiosty than in reference to its useless-
ness, a uselessness the more lamentable from the fact
of its having likewise been so peculiarly costly in its
construction. " Vrahnent fallait-il," says Jules
Janin with sarcastic simplicity, "que la ville eut
beaucoup d'argent a perdre en folies, lorsqu'elle
se mettait a creusar de chaque cote de la Tamise,
ces deux Brands puits, 'que relic eni passage
souterrain" Upon visiting the Tower of London he
expatiates, with characteristic gusto, over the asso-
ciatations connected with that ancient edifice, in -
scribing on his tablets the name, now of " le grand
Shakspeare," and now again of " Thomas Morns,
l'auteur d'un re ve aussi beau que Telimaque." It is
gratifying to find that the general impression formed
both of the English capital and of the English
population, by an intelligent observer like M. Jules
Janin, was of a decidedly agreeable character. For
many reasons, therefore, we regard the present
volume as among not the least satisfactory results of
the Great Industrial Exhibition. It will help very
materially to remove the few prejudices still existing,
both in France and England, to their mutual es-
trangement.

MOSSES FROM AN OLD MANSE. By

Nathaniel Hawthorn. G. Routledge.
Latterly it must have been remarked that the Eng-
lish public have been growing every day, almost
imperceptibly, more familiar with the more succiissful
writers of the United States ; and this circumstance
must in justice be ascribed to its true source, namely
the many rival series which have recently appeared
in London of cheap and well selected re-publications.
Through the medium of these periodical re-issues
the community has been enabled to purchase, at a
charge altogether insignificant, the miscellaneous
writings of Washington Irving, and the nautical ro-
mances of Fennimore Cooper. They have obtained
in the same way also capital editions, at a very cheap
rate, of the essays of Waldo Emerson and of the poems
of Cullen Bryant, together with the sketches of
Parker Willis, and the metrical beauties of Henry
Longfellow. Among the minor favourites of brother
Jonathan must now be classed the charming fictions
of Nathaniel Hawthorn. His " Scarlet Letter" has
already acquired for itself a certain degree of ce-
lebrity, and the readers of the " Scarlet Letter" cannot
fail to turn with some curiosity to the first work which
brought its writer into any sort of notice, we mean the
work here submitted to the criticism of the English
multitude. Aware of this circumstance, we are gra-
tified to observe the publication of "Mosses from an
Old Manse," as an additional volume of the Popular
Library, now well and honourably known as the series
issued from the press of Mr. Itoutledge.

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its fate certainly gathers strength within the last few days,
and on all hands expressions of regret are heard that an
edifice so unique and wonderful in its character should be
ruthlessly pulled down. The first overt act of preparation
for the removal of goods from the Crystal Palace took place
yesterday, in the erection of a stage for loading waggons at
the first exit door west of the transept entrance.
LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.
—A passenger, at the instance of the directors of this com-
pany, has been sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment in the
Steyning House of Correction for defrauding the company by
using a non•transferable ticket issued to another person.
THE LATE RAILWAY COLLISION AT HORNSEY.--
The Rev. \V. Snell, of Fleet, Lincolnshire, who, it will be
remembered, sustained a concussion of the spine, by the re-
cent collision at the Hornmey station, on the Great Northern
Railway,still lies at the Railway Hotel, adjoining the station,
in a most precarious condition, having been unable to leave
his bed since the unfortunate occurrence. The injury to the
spine appears to be proceeding favourably, but up to the
present time the Rev. Gentleman has not been able to move
his lower limbs, which are perfectly destitute of feeling.

YMARI,ET THEATRE•

The benefit of Mr. Benjamin Webster, " the lessee
of the little theatre in the Haymarket," the only
metropolitan theatre which has never been devoted to
other than dramatic purposes, tool: place last even-
ing, and, as we had opined, troops of friends gathered
around him to do him honour. The house was
crammed to suffocation in every part long before the
rising of the curtain, and the appearance of Mr.
Webster on the stage was the signal for an outburst
of enthusiastic applause that shook the building. He
chose on this occasion his greatest character, Tartuffe,
and never did he act the part more perfectly, more
artistically. Not only is his Tartuffe his best cha-
racter, but he is the best Tartuffe on any stage, Eng-
lish or foreign. The only man who could compare
with him in this character was poor Perlet ; and even
he did not excel Mr. Webster. Since Perlet's death
Webster's Tartuffe stands unrivalled. The per-
formances commenced with the opera of the Sonnam-
bula, and concluded with Grintshaw, Bagshaw, and
Bradshaw, which elicited shouts of laughter and ap-
plause.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
THE DESERTED VILLA GE !! !
The rush to the Great Exhibition has almost brought
our town into a position to claim the above appellation ;
not a family, but a large portion is gone to town—
not a house, but many-of the former inmates are ab-
sent on leave, or without leave—i❑ some instances the
whole family has left, and the shop or house is closed
—" Gone to the World's Fair." It is not only amongst
the inhabitants of the different towns in the island
that the Exhibition has such attractions, the agricul-
turists have gone, but many of them have sent their
men, even their shepherds, and paid their expenses.
That this beautiful building should be taken down,
and all the wonderful things in it scattered, is re-
gretted by all; hundreds are still crowding to town
to take a last look, and bets are freely offered that
10,000/. will be taken at the doors for admission on
Saturday next!

SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 7.—CRICKET.---HAMPSHIRE
AGAINST ALL ENGLAND.-2d Day—Players, Ist in-
nings, 93; Gentlemen, Tat innings, 41. Their last
nine wickets went down without one run.

CHEAP EXCURSION TRAMS.
It will be remembered by our readers that at the
half-yearly meeting of the London and South-Wes-
tern Railway Mr. Chaplin, M.P., the chairman, stated
that the Board of Inland Revenue had called upon the
company for a passenger duty on the cheap excursion
trains, but that the company had demurred to the
payment. Since that time considerable corre-
spondence has taken place between the company and
the Board of Inland Revenue upon this subject. The
directors of the company, in their correspondence with
the Board, state that they believe that the traffic on
which the Board wished to enforce the passenger duty
(one-eighth of a penny per mile) is a kind of traffic
exempted from duty under the Act compelling the
companies to carry third-class passengers (Parlia-
mentary). The Act states that, "in order to secure
to the poorer class of travellers a means of travelling
at moderate fares—or at under Id. per mile," no
duty shall be paid on such traffic. The directors con-
tend that the cheap excursion trains come legitimately
under that clause in the Act. On the other hand,
the Board deny that this is the case, and insist upon
the payment of the duty. Up to yesterday no set-
tlement had taken place, and the dispute was carried
on, neither party seeming inclined to yield. It is
quite certain that should the Board succeed in esta-
blishing their claim, railway companies will be com-
pelled to discontinue cheap excursion trains, to the
great injury of the public, as in many cases the price
charged scarcely amounts to the claim made for duty.

AMERICAN PERFORMERS IN LONDON.
(From the Nov York Atlas.)
The engagement of Mr. James Wallack, jun., at the
Haymarket, stays a London correspondent in whose im-
partiality and veracity we place the most implicit con-
fidence, had proved a deplorable and unexpected failure.
He had a fair trial, it is contended; and, it is most
lustily denied that anything like prejudice against Ame-
ricans had aught to do with the matter. The press
was liberal and just to him, and the manager, Mr.
Webster, made every possible effort to sustain
him. But, if the British public required a man to fill the
vacancy Mr. Macready's retirement had created, they
did not desire a bad copy, a bad imitation of that gen-
tleman. Whoever saw Mr. Wallack in the character of
Werner, that was not annoyed by constantly having
before him a man who reminded him of all the faults
and excrescences of Mr. William Macready? London
required an original actor; and, it is unnecessary to
deny that Mr. Wallack failed to realize the high
wrought expectations that had bee❑ engendered.
Mr. Edward Davenport is now the leading actor in
England. lie is universally popular, and commands a
higher salary than any other artist in London. His
tab nts are appreciated and applauded by the people of
England; and his great succe3 affords a full and unqua-
lified refutation of the charge, that Englishmen are hos-
tile to American actors. Mr. Davenport is an American,
a native of Boston, and as such has always presented
himself in London and the provinces.

HER AJEST V'S PROGRESS.

EDINBURGIT, TUESDAY

Tuesday last being the day appointed for the Court
to leave galinoral, a few of the tenantry and neigh-
bours assembled about the approaches to the Castle,
but there was no public display. The weather was
very unfavourable, the rain pouring down in torrents.
At the appointed hour the Queen's carriage, contain-
ing her Mejesty and the Prince, the Princess Royal,
and the Prince of Wales, drove down the avenue, fol-
lowed by the carriage of the other royal children and
the Ladies in Waiting; and then came Earl Grey,
Colonel Phipps, Captain Gordon, Sir James Clark,
and Mr. Birch in a char-a-banc, Two carriages with
the household servants had been sent on before.

The route first travelled by the Queen, from the
railway to Balmoral, was by the Spittal of Glenshee,
a very wild and tedious drive ; bat her Majesty pre-
fers the road by the banks of the Dee to Banchory,
and thence across the lower range of the Grampians to
the railway station at Stonehaven, about fifteen miles
from the city of Aberdeen.
Leaving Abergelflie on the left, a fine old mansion,
lone. the property of a branch of the ancient family of
Gordon, and now posse sed by the Duchess of Kent,
the royal cortege passed Prince Albert's property of
Birkhall, crossed from the south to the north side of
the Dee, and ended the first 1.t55,.! of their journey at
the village of Ballater. Here a fresh relay of horses
was put on, and a large concourse of people had as-
sembled to testify their loyalty to the Queen. A de-
tachment of the 421 Regiment, the depot of which is
now at Aberdeen, were drawn up on the square, and
her Majesty cordially acknowledged the acclamations
of the people. Leaving Ballater, and driving down
the north side of the Dee, her Majesty reached
Aboyne, where she was again greeted by the cheers
of a loyal and attached people.
On leaving Banchory, which was their next stage,
the royal corMge passed across the romantic bridge of
Teugh, and then turning eastward the road led down
a level and highly cultivated country, and, turning to
the south, the cortege crossed the Grampian Chain, at
a place called the Slug, and for seven miles the drive
was as cheerless, barren, and wild as can well be
imagined. From the top of the Slug the view to the
north is singularly rich and picturesque; but to the
south it is shut up by mountain scenery, which is at
length relieved on the south side, where a rich and
varied landscape all at once opens to the view. On
emerging from the Slug the Queen passed through a
splendid triumphal arch, and then drove on by Ury,
the seat of Captain Barclay, towards the railway
station at Stonehaven, where the royal carriage drew
up at the south entrance at half-past one o'clock, and
was hailed by the acclamations of the people. Her
Majesty and Prince Albert, the Princess Royal, and
the Prince of Wales, on alighting from the carriage,
were received by Lord James Hay, the chairman of
the Aberdeen Railway, Mr. Alexander Pirie, vice-
chairman, Mr. Keith, the secretary, Major Christie,
Mr. Birnie, of Ashgrove, and Mr. Wallace, of Perth,
directors. Her Majesty and the Prince acknowledged
the attention of these gentlemen and walked to the
private apartments, where luncheon was laid, and
which are fitted up in a most elegant style. The
principal room was decorated by Winterhalter's por-
trait of the Queen and the Prince, the Royal children,
and other portraits of high character, supplied for the
oecasion by Messrs. John and James Hay, of Aber-
deen—the furnishings are of the most superb de-
scription.

While her Majesty and suite were thus engaged
within the station the people were collecting with-
out. The weather, which had been very stormy from
the time the Royal party crossed the Grampians, now
cleared up, and nothing could be finer than the scene
at this moment. _ _

At five minutes to two the Queen and the Prince,
with the Royal children, entered the Royal carriage,
which was drawn up on the line in front of the sta-
tion, and which, with the other carriages composing
the Royal train, was sent down from London by the
directors of the London and North-Western Railway
under the care of Mr. Wright. At two o'clock the
pilot engine started, and was soon followed by the
Royal train, drawn by two of the most powerful of
the Scottish Central and Aberdeen engines, under the
charge of Mr. George Harrison, superintendent of
the locomotives on those lines. The course of the
railway from Stonehaven to Perth is right through
the fertile vale of Strathmore, the scenery of which is
highly picturesque. The train stopped to water at
Forfar, where a great multitude of people, some of
them very rude, crowded close to the Royal Family.
Leaving Forfar, it was found that one of the axles of
a truck carriage had caught fire, which occasioned
some delay in taking the carriage off at Cupar-Angus
and made the train 15 minutes late in arriving at
Perth. Here there was a fresh display of loyal feel-
ing and enthusiasm. The landing platform was lined
by two companies of the 79th Highlanders, under the
command of Captain Taylor, and as the Royal train
drew up the piper of that regiment played a High-
land welcome. The Provost and magistrates of the
city paid their dutiful obedience to the Queen, and
were very cordially received ; while Lady Richard-
son presented bouquets of flowers and a basket of truit
to the Royal Family, which her Majesty was pleased
to accept. On leaving Perth, the multitude, whose
conduct was most respectful, cheered the Royal train
heartily.
The train now sped its course up Strathearn, and
as it approached Stirling a Royal salute was fired
from the Castle. Having to water at the station
great preparations were made to do honour to the
Queen. The 79th Regiment, whose head-quarters
are at Stirling, were drawn up. Flags were flying
on all the public buildings, and hundreds of people
occupied every point from which a glance of the
Queen could be obtained. Provost Sawyers and the
other magistrates of Stirling had the honour of
being acknowledged by her Majesty, and both the
Queen and the Prince seemed greatly pleased with
their reception at Stirling.
At the Lambert Junction, where the train entered
on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway at a quarter
to six o'clock, the two engines of the Scottish
Central were removed and a single engine of the
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway was put on, and
was proceeding at the rate of about thirty miles an
hour, when all at once the traia was enveloped in
steam, and the engine gradually lost power and came
to a dead stand in a cut and curve at Kirkliston, about
eight miles from Edinburgh. It was now ascertained
that one of the feeding
pipes had burst, and no
further progress could be made until another engine
was got from Edinburgh. As the 5.30 train from
Glasgow was nearly due, danger signals were dis-
tpatched down the line, andeyery precaution was taken
o prevent any accident. The Queen, on being made
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torsGl came up slowly
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started, and arrived safely in Edinburgh at 8, where
the Queen was received by the Sheriff of the county,
Sir James Riddell, Commander of the Forces, the
Lord Prevost of the city, and Sir James Forrest, and
soon after drove to Holyrood Palace amid the cheers
of a large concourse of people.
EDINBURGH, lee
EDNESDAY MORNING.
Wednesday morning dawned, giving good tokens
of a brilliant day. On Arthur Seat and Salisbury-
craigs there was a thin covering of hoar frost, and
over the Pentlands hung a few mazy clouds, but the
eastern sky was clear, and by half-past 7 o'cloek the
sun shone forth with unclouded splendour and the
glass pointed to "fair.
From an early hour the inhabitants were astir, and
had placed themselves at convenient points of obser-
vation along the route which her Majesty was to pass
from the Palace, by Princess-street, to the station of
the Caledonian Railway in Lothian-road. At the
station extensive preparations had been made for her
Majesty's reception.
At 8 o'clock precisely her Majesty left the Palace,
and was loudly cheered as the Royal carriage pro-
ceeded to the station. The Royal procession was
cheered throughout, and, with the cavalry troops,
presented a fine spectacle. On alighting at the sta-
tionel the Queen was received by r. John Duncan,
chairman of the Caledonian Railway Company,
Sheriff Gordon, the Lord Provost, and the magis-
trates of the city.
recisely the
At nine o'clock pßoyal train started.
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Sheriff Gordon, Mr.
i\ui cap, the chairman, Mr.
pbell, r. Micking (directors),
Copliog, Mr. Cam
Captain Coddington (the secretary and general ma-
nager), (superintendentof
and Mr. Addison the Cale-
donian Railway), accompanied her Alajesty, and the
locomotives were under the charge of Mr. Sinclair,the
locomotive superintendent.
The first part of the line was new to the Queen. It
passes
through a rich and fertile country, studded for
some
distance with gentlemen s villas and well stocked
Junct'
farmsteedings. At Carstairs
railway.lo the Royal train
passed over about a mile of which has been
made for three years, to prevent a divergence by an
angle here, being the first passenger train on this por-
tion of the line. At Abington the train was stopped,
that the engine might water, when Sheriff Gordon
took leave of her Majesty and returned to town.
The line now leads into a hilly country, rising
gradually until it reaches the summit level of Beat-
tock, where the Clyde takes its rise, and runs towards
the north, and of Evan Water, which falls towards
the south. From Beattock the line is on a gentle de-
cline all the way to Carlisle. At Moffat station there
was a numerous gathering of people, who cheered
heartily as they caught a glance of her Mejesty while
passing at the rate of 35 miles an hour. The scenery
here is singularly picturesque. rine vale of Moffat
is highly cultivated, and had just yielded heavy crops,
all of which are stored. hill and dale alternate for
miles in this district, and then the
soil becomes light,

and the country gets more and more barren as you
approach the border, now and then relieved by a
s2,lvan scene and a glimpse of the Solway Frith.
From Abington to Carlisle there was no stoppage,
and so well conducted was this part of the journey
that time was kept to a minute throughout. The
train arrived at Carlisle at 11.50, and was received by
a royal salute from the Castle. Here great prepara-
tions had been made to receive her Majesty ; the
station, which is one of the finest in the kingdom, and
which affords accommodation for the traffic of five
railways, was splendidly fitted up under the direction
of Captain Maclean. The pillars were decorated with
evergreens, banners were hung from different parts of
the roof; the royal standard floating in the breeze
over the northern entrance, in expectation that the
Queen would alight at the station while the engines
were being changed. The waiting-room was fitted
up in a most tasteful style.
On the station there was a highly select party by
invitation, among whom we observed the Earl of
Lonsdale, Lord-Lieutenant of Cumberland and
-Westmoreland ; Mr. G. Head, High Sheriff; the
Deputy • Shetiff, the Earl of Carlisle, the Hon. C.
Howard, M.P., Mr. Marshall, M.P., Mr. Hodg,on,
M.P., the Bishop of Carlisle', Sir J. Grunt, Sir J.
Graham and daughter, Mr. P. IL Howard, M.P
Colonel Wynyatts, Colonel M'Lean, Captaia Hobbs,
the Hon. Colonel Lowther, M.P., and a guard of
honour, the Chairman of the Caledonian and Lancas-
ter and Carlisle Railway, &c. The platform in front
of the royal carriage was occupied by the more dis-
tinguished party, and the other parts of the station by
the principal inhabitants of the town and county. A
detachment of the 21st Regiment was present, and,
with the special constabulary, maintained excellent
order. The High Sheriff waited on her Majesty to
know her commands, and was very cordially received.
Her Majesty expressed herself greatly pleased by the
attention paid to her, but did not leave the carriage.
The Sheriff then presented the Queen with a bouquet of
flowers, which her Majesty graciously accepted. The
town council having met in the morning, agreed to an
address to the Queen, which was presented through
Earl Grey. The engines being changed, the train
started for Lancaster, a brass band playing the Na-
tional Anthem, and passed through a dense multitude,
who had planted themselves along the line. The ap-
pearance of the fine old town at this time was very
striking. The district of country between Carlisle
and Penrith is too well known to need any particular
description. Beautiful at any time, it was seen to
great advantage as the Queen passed through to-day.
In passing through Penrith the train lowered its
speed, which afforded an opportunity to the villagers
to see the Queen and give her a hearty welcome.
At Shap the engines were watered, and a large con-
course of people were assembled to greet the Queen,
and, at the signal of Mr. Henry Howard, they gave
three hearty cheers. From this point onwards the
line leads through a very hilly country by the course
of the Pettril, where sheep pastures abound and agri-
culture appears to be considerably behind; but on
approaching Lancaster, on passing through the Lake
district, the country improves and the scenery be-
comes very grand. At the Kendal junction the
people had assembled in large numbers, and were
honoured as the train slackened with a smile from her
Majesty. The train arrived in Lancaster at ten
minutes to two o'clock.
LANCASTER.

Here was the grand demonstration. The whole city
was in holiday dress and the whole country appeared
to have congregated on the auspicious occasion. Every
point at the entrance to the town was occupied by
groups of happy spectators—the very tower and roof
of the parish church swarmed, and the battlements of
the fine old Castle were alive with people. The con.
course in the vicinity of the station was immense, and
in the station itself the nobility and gentry, borough
and county magistrates, were assembled. It was
splendidly dressed up for the reception of the Queen.
Evergreens and flowers were entwined on every pillar,
and banners of every hue floated in the breeze. The
Queen's standard waved over the tower of St. Mary's
Church, and also from the Castle. On alighting at
the platform her Majesty was received by the High
Sheriff, Mr. P. Heywood, the magistrates of the
borough and county being grouped around. The
platform was crnamented with flowers and vases, and
the scene was very grand.
Her Majesty was led to her carriage by the High
Sheriff, and took her seat with Prince Albert, the
Princess Royal, and the Prince of Wales. The car-
riage was dram by four black horses and escorted by
special constabulary and the county and borough
police; and the royal carriage was accompanied by
the 16th Lancers, and guard was kept at the station
and Castle Parade by the 46th Regiment.
When her Majesty alighted at the Castle she was
conducted to the Shire-hall, where the magistrates
of the borough and county presented addresses of
congratulation. The address from the county was
presented by Archdeacon Brooks, and the address
from the borough by the Mayor.
On the addresses being read her Majesty bowed
very graciously, and, in a few words, expressed the
satisfaction she felt at so gratifying an assurance of
the loyalty of her subjects. The Venerable Archdea-
con Brooks was then introduced, 4nd had the honour
of kissing hands.
Her 11dejesty, with the Prince, the Princess Royal,
and the Prince of Wales, then ascended the staircase
to the Keep, and enjoyed a magnificent view of the
country from John o'Gaunt's chair. Oa walking
round the. walls her Majesty was recognised by the
spectators in the Castle grounds, and greeted with
hearty cteers. On descending from the top of the
Castle to the hall her Majesty was again cheered, and
cordially bowed acknowledgments.
On returning from the Castle grounds her Majesty
drove slowly down to the station amid the acclama-
tions of the multitude, and was conducted to the
royal carriage at the station by the sheriff as before.
At 4 o'clock the train left, the Queen having been an
hour and five minutes in Lancaster.

The train then proceeded on through Preston to
Knowsley-park. At Preston there was a large con-
course of people. The Queen did not stop, but bowed
to the people as the train passed along.
After the departure of the Queen, the Mayor and
Corporation proceeded to the Castle Park, where the
Mayor planted an oak sapling, in commemoration of
her Majesty's visit.
Just before the Queen alighted at Lancaster, two
London thieves were detected by Inspector Langley,
who had come down specially from the metropolis, in
abstracting a valuable gold watch from the pocket of
an anxious spectator. The rascals were speedily con-
signed to safe custody.

CATHERINE HA YES IN THE UNITED
STATES.
(From the New York Herald, Sept. 27 )
Catherine Hayes has achieved, certainly, the most
triumphant success by the two concerts already given
at Tripler Hall, and, as she will repeat at her third
concert to-night those performances which created
such a wild enthusiasm at her first entertainment,
another gathering of delighted thousands may be ex-
pected to renew the scenes of the great musical ad-
vent, and those of her second entertainment.
Catherine Hayes, at her first concert on Tuesday
evening, was surrounded by a new audience of about
four thousand persons, who had been attracted by the
great European reputation which she has acquired.
There was a disposition to give her a warm welcome,
and she received it. When she appeared, the whole
audience was swayed with strong emotions in her
favour, though it was evident that she was about to
undergo an ordeal of criticism as rigid and close as
ever fell to the lot of a vocalist. The floral tributes
which were poured upon the stage in a 3ho,A er, amid
acclamations, plaudits, and the waving of hats and
handkerchiefs, Only bore testimony to the holes of
those va) had conic to behold the great singer.
Critics sometimes jump to conclusions with a most
curious rashness, and when Catherine Hayes had
finished "Ab, mon file," there was no one, we pre-
sume to say, who was not ready to acknowledge that
she has never been surpassed here in music of which
that cavatina is the type. The breathless attention of
the audience during the first few bars showed how
carefully every one was watching the various quali-
ties of the singer; and it was not till she ascended to
her highest note, and then descended to the lowest,
with an unerring certainty, that a thrill of rapture at
the triumph animated the assembly. It was less the
dexterity of the artiste than the proof of the extent
of her voice that swayed the mass with this feeling,
which was almost one of awe—while the musical
critic was captivated by the artistical brilliancy of the
feat itself. The subsequent execution added to this
first powerful impression, and so many qualities of
uncommon and unsurpassed excellence were dis•
covered, that enthusiasm knew no limits to its admi-
ration. In the ballads a similar triumph awaited her.
The English ballad won every one by its pathos, de-
livered with such mystical expression that it en-
chanted by every note. The Irish ballads were
equally successful; and when the vocalist left these
inimitable specimens of her art to sing the more
joyous finale of La Sonnambula, the storm of en-
thusiasm that arose from the rapid and brilliant exci-
tation of the rondo was like a tempest in its vehe-
mence. Here had the vocalist been admirable in four
different styles of music—and had been so great in
her execution of each that admirers were baffled in
their attempts to make a choice. Of course, this did
not affect the general result ; for it is to be presumed
that every honest auditor was satisfied that Catherine
Hayes is an artiste of the first class. The second
concert, however, affected something more for the re-
putation of the vocalist, and, confirming the first
decided impressions, added to the confidence of the
earlier judgment. " Casta Diva" could never have
left upon our musical critics, who are worthy of the
name, a more completely satisfactory sense of perfect
and true vocalization, aided by the accessories lying
within the realm of expression, which are easier to be
felt than to be described. The andante was one tide
of sacred melody, to which the gushing joyousness of
the allegro only added a multitude of musical flowers,
as a startling though brilliant decoration. The audi-
ence were completely aroused by the splendour of the
execution and the design—in which art did not sacri-
fice nature for its own selfish gratification. So much
for the taste—exquisite musical taste of Catherine
Hayes. It would be but to repeat the story of her
triumphs to notice again at length the other songs of
the second concert, which were encored as a matter
of course. It should be enough for those interested
to know that the real position occupied by Catherine
Hayes cannot be higher than it is in the minds of
those who are really lovers of vocal music of the
purest character. There is no fear that too much can
be said of her; and she has exhibited a combination
of excellencies so rare in one vocalist that we shall be
very slow to place a limit upon the extent of her
abilities. Never has any vocalist visited this country
who has had more reason to be proud of making her
accomplishments the theme of a great people; and
wherever she goes musical taste, in proportion to its
elevation and purity, will acknowledge her manifold
merits.

Augustus Braham, Herr Mengis, and Lavenu, who
have accompanied Catherine Hayes to this country,
have given very satisfactory evidences of their being
entitled to the reputation which has preceded them.
Augustus Braham, who has been warmly welcomed,
sings with much delicacy, and with power and effect.
Herr Mengis also has proved himself to be a good
musician and a skilful singer, and at times displays a
volume of voice which would do good service on the
boards of the lyric drama. Indeed, both of thuse
vocalists, we doubt not, would prove very attractive
in the scenes of opera, where they would riot be con-
fined to that etiquette demanded in the concert room.
Augustus Braham seems to us to be restrained in his
impulses, though he sings with taste and feeling.
Lavenu, the conductor of the concerts, has made a
very favourable impression. His compositions have
much merit, and he presides at the pianoforte ad-
mirably.

THE GOLD DISCOVERY IN AUSTRALIA.

A respectable printer, who lately emigrated to Syd-
ney from Dublin, has written the following letter to
to the Freeman's Journal :

" 488, George-street, Sydney, June 2, 1851.
" Sir,—l do not know whether any apology is needed
for enclosing you, per post, the accompanying news-
paper, which contains a summary of the aiscovery of
gold in New South Wales—.my object being that the in-
habitants of my native city may have the first intelli-
gence of this extraordinary event, without being under
the necessity of taking it at second-hand from an Eng-
lish newspaper. _ _

" The excitement in Sydney, consequent on this won-
derful discovery, is beyond description. Business, which
had been very brisk, is at present at a perfect stand still,
and nothing of consequence doing but in preparation for
the mines at Bathurst, which aro about 150 miles from
this. Men are leaving profitable situations in every
direction, and nothing is heard or talked of but going to
the " diggings." Last week flour raised from 181. to
301 per ton. To-day it has fallen to 25/. Coals, which
had been 205., aro now 21. ss. per ton, with an expecta-
tion of being still higher. Stonemasons and carpen-
ters, who had been getting 6s. a day, are now getting
95., and only about half the usual number left. Porters'
wages now 30s. per week in most establishments. Beef
and mutton are still 3d. and 4d. per pound. The loaf
(same as the small loaf in Dublin) has gone up from
41d. to 70. Blacksmiths are getting great wages
making picks, &c., for the diggers. Several immense
pieces of Bathurst gold go to the Great Exhibition of
Industry by this ship—one weighing nearly four pounds
troy weight. This I can vouch for, as they were exhi-
bited in the establisnment of which I am a partner, and
were under my own cognisance.—I remain, Sir, in
haste, yours very truly,

" W. MACDONNELL,
" Late of 13, Anglesea-street, Dublin."

LORD JOHN RUSSELL and LORD LUCAN.
Lord John Russell has made the following tempe-
rate and dignified reply to Lord Lucan's letter :
" Tan-y-13w1ch, Sept. 27, 1851.
"My Lord,—l have had the honour to receive
your letter of the 23d inst., conveying the observa-
tions of the boards of guardians of the county of Mayo.
These observations do not appear to me to take away
the force of the remarks made in my previous letter.
" Whether the moneys; advanced under the Acts
you mentioned were squandered in a reckless manner
or not—whether the persons to whom the relief was
extended were those entitled to relief or not—it is
clear that it cannot be incumbent on any
persons
charged with the execution of the law to set the ex-
ample of resistance to the lawte sums borrowed.But,further,
the
guardians must recollect that the
were borrowed by local bodies, and charged upon the
ratepayers. It was impossible for a Government to
distinguish the proper objectsdoas t
w of relief
appoint
fin dft local
fortherelonmccethei
im-
proper—all they couldbodies,
deservingth of
ere was much waste in
purposeapparen tolyf
etehleecmtioosnt .that
" No one will deny
the expenditure of the sums advanced. But no one
will deny, either, that of the hundreds of thousands
who received wages in money or relief in food, the
greater part were victims of the great calamity which
at that time afflicted Ireland.
" I must repeat that the object of the Acts of Par-
liament you mention was not to make useful public
works, but to give food, or the means of procuring
food, to the destitute.
" But whatever abuses might exist, either from
local mismanagement or the inability of the Board of
Works to control so vast a system of relief, the sum
of four millions granted by the Imperial Parliament
must have surpassed the amount of sums so thrown
away.
" I must again ask your Lordship, yourself a
Member of the Legislature, to withdraw your plea for,
of
setting yourself above the law, and to substitute
it those considerations to which the Treasury can
properly listen. " I have the honour, &C.,
J. RUSSELL."
" The Earl of Lucan.

THE MURDER AT DEPTFORD IN I&4G.—The man
William Creasy, who is in Maidstone gaol upon this charge,
on the evidence of Mary Ann Davis, with whom
ehee
encoh oail-
:d
coach,
bited, sent the other day for his second wife, Sarah Creasy.
She, in consequence, proocneeldeeadvinl93.g-
RwoactehresttoerGb7t•
her way to Maidstone.
she rode outside, and sat behind a passenger, from whose
pocket she managed to extract his pocket-book and a cigar
case. The robbery being almost immediately discovered, the
woman was given into custody, and the property- found upon
her. On reaching Maidstone she was taken before the ma-
gistrate, and forthwith committed to the county gaol for trial
at the sessions.

GREAT WESTERN EXHIBITION TRAINS.—The
trains from Bristol yesterday brought 3,000 persons, and
from Bath 2,000, to the Exhibition.