The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-15 00:00:00

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 9th have arrived. Their
contents are unimportant.

MADRID BOLSA, OCT. 9.—The Three per Cents.
were done at 36 3-16 ; the Five per Cents. at 16i.
Exchange on London, 50 90.

GERMANY.

The ministerial crisis in Germany is over ; the old
Ministers having patched up their differences continue
in office. The EMPEROR left Vienna for Gallicia on
the 11th. _ _

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The King of HANOVER is recovering from his
recent illness.

The Government of Saxe Coburg Gotha has pre-
pared a common constitution for the Duchies of
Coburg Gotha, which have hitherto been under sepa-
rate administrations. It is stated to be as liberal as
the present condition of Germany permits. It enacts
that there shall be only one Legislative Assembly for
the two duchies. With respect to the succession to
the throne, it is enacted that, if the Prince
ALBERT, husband of the Queen of ENGLAND, should
be called to it he may nominate a governor, in
dukeduch
the event of his declining to fix his residence in the
tasicsefnudrteherforeeniagcntedtbrteheaet:
heif tehbealrleileneientge
duchy.
the throne of the duchy. The clauses relative to the
rights of the subjects are borrowed in a great mea-
sure from the fundamental rights of the German
peop!e.
The Assembly of Citizens of Bremen, in a recent
sitting, definitively rejected the propositions of the
Senate for aboliabing the fundament4l rights. In

130 ROUGE BOP ATELREET.

Our market is steady for all kinds of new Hops, at
prices fully equal to those obtained last week. Duty,
115,000/.

WUITECHAPEZ.

The general demand was in a very inactive state, and
prices were with difficulty supported. Beef, from Is 10d
to 3s 2d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d; Veal, 2s 6d to 3s 6(1;
Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs by the carcase.

THE NEW Booms POE OCTOBER.—Messrs. COl-
- and Co. have just published the following interesting
new works : —l. Khartoum and the Blue and White Niles,
by George Melly, Esq., 2 vole. 2. Spain as it Is, by G. A.
Hoskins, Esq., 2 vols. 3. Eight Years in Syria, Palestine,
and Asia Minor, by F. A. Neale, Esq., 2 vols. 4. Rule and
Misrule of the English in America, by the Author of " Sam
Slick," 2 vols. Also just reedy, Captain Spercer's Travels
in European Turkey, Hungary, and the Sclavonian Pro-
vinces of Austria in 1850, 2 vols., with a valuable map.
New Novels, by distinguished writers, now ready :-1. Mrs.
Mathews; or,. Family Mysteries, by Mrs. Trollope. 2.
Cecile the Pervert, by the Author of " Rockingham." 3.
Marian Withers, by Geraldine E. Jewsburv. 4. Alban, A
Tale, by the Author of " Lady Alice." 5. Clare Abbey, by
Lady Ponsonby. 6. The Tutor's Ward, by the Author of
" Wayfaring Sketches.", Also just ready, The Livingstones,
A Story of Real Life.
Milton House, with the fine Estate appertaining to
it, near to the town of Bedford, will not, as announced in our
columns, be submitted to public sale to-morrow, the claim
of the mortgagee having been fully satisfied.

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MIDDLESEX MAGISTRACY.—Upon the nomination
of the Marquis of Salisbury, the Lord Chancellor has ap-
pointed William Fane de Salis and L. C. Tennyson D'Eyn-
court, Esqs., to be magistrates for the county of Middlesex.
AN EXCUSE FOR HASTE.—When Lieut. O'Brien
was blown up in the Edgar, and thrown on board the Ad-
miral, all black and wet, he said to the commander, with
pleasantry, "I hope, sir, you will excuse my dirty appear-
ance, for I left the ship in so great a hurry that I had no
time to change my dress."
DIVIDEND DAY AT THE BANK OF ENGLAND AND
SOUTH SEA HOUSE.—Yesterday being the day for paying
the October dividends, the Rotunda of the Bank of Eng-
land, and the different offices of that national monetary but-
wark of England's c immercial power, presented one of the
most bustling and lively scenes that nave ever been wit-
nessed in Threadneedle-street at this season of the year. As
)on as the gates :were opened omnibuses and cabs were
setting down their joyful passengers, in gay attire, at the
Royal Exchange, with smiling countenances. Old dowa-
gers, young widows, old maids, end young maidens, accom-
panied by their friends, among whom were some of the old
and young aspirant English gentlemen who have been lately
enjoying a visit to the Cbryst.4 Pn'ace, and the .numerous
attractions and amusements of the great metropolis, pre-
sented themselves at the counters of that golden shrine of
wealth, to receive their dividends. The transfer books for
Bank Stock will be opened on Friday next, the lith instant.
Three per Cent. Annuities R- -Weed ditto, Long Annuities
ditto ; Annuities for terms of years ditto, and Thret-and-
a-Quarter per Cent. Annuities, on Tuesday next, the 21st
inst. The transfer books at the South Sea House for South
Sea Annuities, will also be opened on Friday next, the lith
instant.

MARRIAGE IN lima LIFE.—The long-pending
marriage, which has been several years on the tapis between
the Hon. Captain F. Evans Frake, of the 2d Life Guards,
brother to Lord Carbery, and Lady Catherine Pakenham,
daughter of the late Earl of Longford, was solemnised yes-
terday morning, at St. George's, Hanover-square, in the
presence of a large circle of friends and relatives.

It is expected that Earl Granville, Paymaster of the
Forces, and Lord Seymour, First Commissioner of Public
Works, will be shortly added to the Cabinet.

PRUSSIAN POLICE TELEGRAPH.-A system of tele-
graphic wires hes been laid from the central Berlin police-
oflice to all the stations and police houses of guard, and the
men are being instructed in the management of the apparatus.
The plan was at first proposed with a view to giving quick
notice in use of fire; but the telegraphs will be far more
actively employed for the buslueFa of the detective force;
they will enable the police, on an alarm being given at any
station, to put the force is all parts of the city simultaneously
on the lookout; and where parties " wanted' are to be taken
by surplice, a telegraphic order to the nearest guard-house
will bring the force upon them with irresistible suddenness.
In case of disturbances these telegraphs will offer the means
of concentrating the police or bringing out the military with
the greatest rapidity.
THE LATE CASE OP ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER IN
THE CITY.-On Monday Inspectors Cale, Mitchell, and
Howard, and a representative of each of the police divisions
of the city of London, waited upon Mr. Lewis, the attorney,
of Ely-place, and presented him with a pair of splendid silver
dishes,weighing upwards of 130 ounces, bearing an inscription,
in grateful acknowledgment of his great exertions in defend-
ing Benjamin Cole, a constable in the force, who was indicted
for manslaughter at the September sessions, 1851, at the
Central Criminal Court.

Within the last few days it has come to the know-
ledge of the Messrs. Hoare, bankers, of Fleet-street, that a
robbery to a considerable extent has for some time been com-
mitted upon them by a confidential clerk, who from specu-
lating on the Stock Exchange had incurred considerable
losses, and in an evil hour had been induced to alter the
figures in the bank books, whereby a defalcation, to the ex-
tent, we believe, of upwards of 10,000/. has occurred. The
person hag been in the service of the Messrs. Hoare upwards
of twenty years.

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THE LATE VISIT OF THE QUEEN TO MANCHESTER.
—The casualties attendant upon the Royal visit were very
few, but it is to be regretted that two of them were attended
with loss of life. A girl named Louisa Teel was shot in the
eye by the wadding from a cannon fired by a youth named
James Alcock, and he was yesterday morning committed for
manslaughter. An infant was also squeezed to death in its
mother's arms on Friday night, rid a man was crushed by a
cart wheel against a barrier.

CHELSEA MILITARY CoLLEGE,Napoleon Bona-
parte, son of Jerome Bonapar!,% govemer of the Invalides,
at Paris, visited Chelsea Hoepotar on Sunday. He was re-
ceived by the military and civil authorities, He minutely
inspected the interior of the establishment, and particularly
inquired into all the arrangements so beneficially made for
the comfort of the old veterans.

REMOVAL OF THE REGISTRAR- GENERAL'S DEPART-
MENT FROM SomEnsET-House.—ln consequence of the in-
tended building alterations in Somerset-place, with a view
to the accommodation of the Board of Inland Revenue,
preparations are now being made to remove the voluminous
records, furniture, &c., of the Registrar-General's offices, in-
cluding its large mass of statistical reports and extensive
library of " blue books" and other works. The Registrar-
General's department will occupy new offices, fitting up in
commodious premises in the ♦icinity of Great George-street,
Westminster. The establishment has a numerous staff of
clerks, and on that account considerable difficulty has been
experienced in obtaining sufficiently capacious office-room,
particularly as so much of what may be termed" warehouse"
accommodation is required for the Government documents
of this department.

WELCOME TO KOSSllTH.—Yesterday W. Pritchard,
Esq., pursuant to a requisition signed by upwards of 369
electors of the borough of Southwark, fixed to hold a public
meeting at the Town-hall on Friday, to adopt an address
to, and take the necessary steps to give a welcome to Kos-
sutb, the Hungarian patriot, on hia reaching the glom of
England.

Leasin Business
EallwaYß' Companies. Pad. !Nominal Prices. done to-day.
Bir. and Oxford
Junc.,callsduiy
paid, or with a
guarantee •• Do .. •• all 2834 2934
Do., without a
guarantee .. DO .. all 2B —29
WoL, &
Dud.,calls duly
paid, or with a
guarantee •• DO .. 15 8 10 p
Do., without a
guarantee •• Do • • • • 15 7 9 p
Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 17% 17%
Clydesdale June Caledonian all 44 46
E. Lin., Guar. 6
Der Cent. •• G. Northern all 3334 —34
Gloucester and
Dean Forest Gt. Western 20 134 —23 y
II artlepl DockL Yrk, New., / all .. ••
and Railway an 1 Ber.
Hull and Selby Yk. &N. M. all 100 102
Do. 54 Shares Do .. all 50 —5l
Do. % Shares Do • • .. all 23 —24
Leeds and Brad. Midland .. all 99 101
Lon. and Groen. S. Eastern .. all 1134 —l2
Do., Pref. .. Do .. all 2334 2434
Lowestoft, Gd. 4
per Cont. •• Norfolk .. all 1334 1434
De., 6 per cent Do .. • . all ..
Middlesbro' and
Redcar, 6p. ct Stockt.& Dar all
N. & East, 6
per Cent. E. Counties . all ..
Do., 5 per cent.. Do. .. all 54 —56
Do. New .. Do .. 43 4 6 p
Preston and L. &N. W.
43 —45
all
Pyre • • .. &La.& Y.
Do. 34 SharesA Do 11 834 934 p.
Read., Guild.,
and Reigate .. 8. Eastern .. all 2114 2134 x.d
Roy. & Hitchin G. Northern all 8 8
00. Shop. Ex.. Do .. 534 2 p.
Shot, Roth. and
Goole, 5 per ct. Lane. & York 18 11 6
South Staffords. Mr. M'Clean 934 111‘ 3 dis.
Wear Val. 6 per
Cent. gun. Stock.& Dar. all .. —• •
Do. do. .. Do .. 25 26 27
Do. do. .. ,Do • • .. 25 .• —•
Wilts &Somers .IGt. Western 100 9034 9134

SU.A.ZIES,

Paid. I Nominal Penal. Business don
day—
Asturian
• • • . •15 ..
Australian • ... •••• • • • • 4 —2%
Barossa Range .. • • .... 113 0 334
Blaenarvon Iron and Coal all • .
Bolanos Scrip • •
British Iron.. ••.. • ..... 13 5 ..
Brazilian Imp. (is. M. p.) 24%
Do. Cocacs and Culaba all
Do. St. John del Rey— 15 18% 19% Xd 21
Cobra Copper • .... 40 35 34%
Copiapo 14 6% —7%
General• • • • . • • • • all 13% 14
Mexican & S. American 9 3%
Real Del Monte, Unreg. %
Do. Black Debentures.
Do. Red Debentures .. • • —•—
Santiago de Cuba ...... 10 2 3
Tin Croft . • • • • 7 6N-
United Mexican-- •• i 282 8% 3 2
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia all 136 39%
British North America.. 50 45 —46
Colonial .... ••.. • ..... 25 10% 11%
Commercial of London.. 20 25 -- 264,
London Joint Stock .... 10 18% 17%
London and Westminster 20 28% 29%
National Provincial Eng. 85
Do. New ........ • • .. 10
National of Ireland ...• 22% 18% 1734
Provincial of Ireland.... 25 42 —44
Do. New all 15% 16%
Union of Australia ...• all 35 36%
Do. New ....
Union of London • • 10 14% 15%
Union of Madrid - - - an
Oriental Bank Corporation, 24.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Canada ••.. •• ••• • • • 32% 48 49%
Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 26% —2B x. 4
Penin. & Oriental Steam. all 65 673
Ditto ditto 10 14% 134 15%
Royal Mail Steam ...... 60 80 83%
Settling days in the month of October. Ticket days for regis
tared shares, 16th and 80th. Account days, 17th and 31st.

IWe cannot be airmen
will not be influenced by

)nth of
aOth.
Lble for tl
intereste

October. Ticket days for regis-
Account days, 17th and 31st.
he errors of the Official Lists, and
d correspondents.]

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti-
mated at 5,000 bales, of which 1,000 American, 300
Pernam and Maranham, and 200 Surat were taken for
export. The sales comprised 3,500 American, 600 Per-
nam and Maranham at 51d. to 71d., 250 Egyptian at
6d. to Bid., and 500: Surat at 2id. to 4d. per lb. The
market ,was quiet, and the tendency of prices in favour
of buyers —The Share Market was flat at lower prices.
Wheat is duli to-day at about Monday's prices.
The electric telegraph from Trieste gives an outline of
the Indian news, and as far as this goes no important
change appears to have occurred in trade.
The letters by the Tay steamer, from Brazil, have
been delivered, and their contents are, politically, fully
confirmatory of the previous advices. The latest date
from Monte Video is September 6, Buenos Ayres Sep-
tember 3, and Rio de Janiero September 14. Oribe evi-
dently had given up his cause for lost, having sought a
safe escort from the French and English Admirals to
Buenos Ayres, where, of course, he would have strength-
ened Rosati, and have prolonged the struggle. Happily
our commanders intended to preserve a neutral policy, and
if Monte Video cannot be quit of her besiegers by their
retreat, she will before long be relieved from the in-
tolerable and protracted land blockade, by the surrender
or defection of every man in Oribe's ranks. Business
at Rio was necessarily very dull, and the exports of
coffee fell very short, during August, of what they
were in the previous month. Prices seem too high to
offer much inducement to English houses in Brazil to ship
to Europe.

At Buenos Ayres imports were dull still, and although
the arrivals were more moderate the stocks on hand
were excessive.

At the meeting yesterday of merchants and others in-
terested in the communication with India and China
vitt Egypt, and which threatens to be interrupted by the
Ifirmun of the Sultan, interdicting the continuation of the
proposed railway from Cairo to Alexandria, the chair
was taken by J. Gregson, Esq., who contended that the
proposed interruption would be most injurious to the
commercial interests of this country, the Sultan by the
treaty of 1841 having no longer the power to interfere
with the international affairs of Egypt. He trusted
that, with the good feeling that existed on
the part of our Government heretofore, an
amicable arrangement would be effected, and
that this meeting would be followed by similar demon-
strations in other parts, as well as in the great manu-
facturing towns of the United Kingdom. Mr. Briggs,
late Consul-General of Egypt, moved a resolution to the
effect, " that a safe and speedy communication through
Egypt had become essential to the good government of
our Indian possessions, and was in nowise detrimental
to any other power whatever." He thought this inter-
ruption was calculated to introduce anarchy into Egypt,
and would necessarily be most injurious to this country.
The meeting concluded by adopting a memorial to her
Majesty's Government, arguing the propriety of an
immediate interference to secure the line of communica-
tion as proposed.
The Gazette of last night gives the names of three
partners in the old bank at Newport, all of the same
family, the Williams'. As to the strictures of a cor-
respondent from that town, concerning the information
and conclusions of the party who so promptly trans-
mitted exclusive details to The San, we feel bound to say
that the balance-sheet does not, in the opinion of
those who remember the issue of previous bank
failures, altogether justify the favourable results antici-
pated by the gentleman who complains. It would be
invidious at this distance from the scene of the disaster
to give an opinion upon the goodness of the securities
and discounts, and all we can state is that in banking
circles they are not well spoken off. Out of a sum of
three-quarters of a million sterling it will be hard if a
good dividend cannot be obtained for discharging the
half million of liabilities, and if the shareholders are not
called upon to make further sacrifices than the entire
loss of their capital, they will be more fortunate than
others under similar circumstances.

The amount at the disposal of the Commissioners for
the Reduction of the National Debt is officially an-
nounced to be 760,3281. 2s. 3d., all to be invested before
the sth of next January.

There was a slight decline yesterday in the rates at
which bills were negotiated on Paris, Antwerp, and
Trieste, but Frankfort was steady, and also Amsterdam,
while llamburgh rose I.
The Amsterdam Stock Market on the 13th inst. was
firmer. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 57i.
Stock being rather scarce, and the failure yesterday
of a heavy Bear having compelled the buying in of
his account, prices look up, and money business has
been done currently at 961 to 97. This establishes a
slight " baccadation," for the highest prices yet offici-
ally marked for November 12 are 96 i; although, at
present, they are 96j-, rather buyers. The Ministerial
crisis in Franco, and the unsettled feeling that prevails
in respect to the future, deter speculative operations for
the rise. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have
been at 97i Bank Stock has been very firm at 2121
to 2124, and .India Stock is at 262. Exuhequor-bills
have been quoted 48s. to 515., being higher again.
Foreign Securities have been inactive, and without
special change. Mexican Bonds have been nominally
26.1 to 27. Spanish Five per Cents. are 20-a to and
the Passive:se to 8. Evader Stock has been at 3i-, and
Grenada Deferred at 3i. Venezuela are quiet at 31i.
Dutch Four per Cents. have been marked 90i to Z.
Railway Shares have been lower again, and the ac-
count seems to operate against them.
QUARTER TO THREE.
... 96Z 97
... 96Z 97

Consols ... ..
Ditto Account, Nov. 12 ...

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 2121,43% x d.
a per Cent. Reduced Annuities.-- 961/4 96 1,11 i d.
8 per Cent. Consols Anne.
New 314 per Cent. Anus.
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 6 7
D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1859 6% 6 11-16
India Stock 262
India Bonds under 1,000/
South Sea Stock —
Ditto Old Annuities 9314
Consols for Account 96% %
Eacheouer Bills. 14d.
40001.
5001. ......... .... - 48 51 p
Small — 4.3 51 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Equador Bonds
...
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent —
Ditto 41,4 per Cent. .............. 10114
Barrdinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Do., Scrip ..... .. .......
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,l1340
Ditto Account . 2034
Venezuela Bonds
Ditto Deferred
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21,6 per Cent.. 12 Guild .., 584
Ditto 4 per Cent. Cerbilicates

COURSE OF EXC
Amsterdam ...... •• •• 11 19U
Ditto, threo months .. 12 0%
Rotterdam • • ••• • 12 0%
Antwerp •• • • ...... •• .. 2S 47%
Brussels • • .-• • 25 47%
ilamburgh • • ALB. 13 10%
Altona ..... ..• • • • • ...•
Paris, 3 days'sight 25 25
Ditto, 3 months ....25 47%
Marseilles •• •• •• •• .• •• 25 47%
Bourdeaux . • • • •
rraaktorton Maine.... 120%
Vienna, effee. .• .. 12 15
Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 12 15
Petersburgli,Sil. 36%
Madrid •••• • • • • ...... 43X
Cadiz •• .• .• 50%
Barcelona • • • •
Seville.• • • •• •• • • •• •• ••

LTANGE.- TUESDAY.
Gibra1tar............._
Leghorn .. .• •• •• 30 70
Genoa •• •••• • • • •• •• •• 25 50
Milan •• t• •• •• • • •• •• ••
Venice........ • . • ...
Naples ...... • • •• 40%
Palermo, peroz ........ 120%
Messina .•••••• • • • • • •• 120%
Lisbon .• ••••••• • • • • • •• 1535
0p0rt0................ 53%
Rio Janeiro • • ........
Ruenos Ayres ...•
New York,6odayesight
Philadelphia ..........
PlllO2B OF BULLION, PEA 01.
Foreign Gold inbars...£3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0
_o_

Now Dollars .7..:: 0 4 10%
Silver in bars ...... 0 5 0%

THE BRITISH MUSEUM,—In pursuance of an order
of the Lords of the Treasury to that effect, the proper au-
thorities of the Revenue have given directions for 30 cases
marked "stone," and a quantity loose, which were brought
over in the ship Fortitude with the Nineveh sculptures, to be
delivered at the British Museum, having been imported for
deposit in that national establishment.

Maiden-lane, adjoining the Great Northern Rail-
way station at King's-cross, has been changed in name to
the appropriate one of York-road, agreeably to the wish of
the ihhabitante of this rapidly itnproving Ileighlnuriaovd,

CLOSE OF THE
GREAT EXIII131110).

(THIS DAY.)

The Exhibition was finally closed to-JAY'
morning was miserably wet, and presented astriklr!,
contrast to the brilliant weather that prevailed °13:1;,
occasion of the opening. In spite, however, , it,
elements, thousands upon thousands resolved to
to
ness the closing ceremony, and accordingly I°,vgki•
fore nine o'clock the west-end thoroughfares
to Hyde-park were completely choked up with •co
ctlheeseomf
belav:ornyeddescription,
of the
dileFidaatreedoicb6o4;
equipage Peer. The ate
too, came in for a considerable share of Patr'ker
and every one that ran within half a mile of !lire
cfiiltliendg, sbcoetnhe
insidew hich
and
de
out. Crystal
T hPea
police,lacepresea presented, to
cellolet 0,
c °
done from the commencement, made ex
rangetnents for the accommodation of the enbilly' sl]
ileie
those who were fortunate in obtaining the 'To. pl•
of entree found no difficulty whatever in gaillifj:etel
mission. Entrance doors were specially re bete
for the ladies, to whom the state of the atelosPoriti
must have been dreadfully annoying, for the II id
of them were attired in bright summer costamtiosto
had evidently speculated upon a very difiereofa of
of things. The programme issued a few
was strictly observed by the Executive Connl"6o,eloc
and the unreserved doors were opened at ten ocor
and closed at half-past eleven. It would,be„ sfttg;
Bible to form anything like an accurate id
raper
numbers present, but, taking the whole apPett'Areo
the interior as a criterion, it may be safelifecryalbj
that there were as many spectators fuott-bbiltre
sight of the pageantry to-day as enjoyed k
of jilt:
fortune at the opening ceremony on the Lord
last. Amongst the earliest arrivals were ~,iotti
Russell, Sir George Grey, and Mr. Fos 0-I,lor,
Secretary at War, who appeared to be ~stiPl
fully improved in health by their recent fel,
i
from the fatigues of office. Sir George 6,11101'
slightly t
ee enfeebled,
reebslteedr,ebdu, but,
nhde
wi is
m ay evidentlyperh
ships:1;1161o;
tyouilhe,opase
ernee-ienfvitghoeratEedxeehueatilvthe:
wasT he °(eiscet'
Ina the
ttee
provide for the comfort of his colleagues inneserl"
vernment. The advent of the Premier Wss
by the occupants of the transept galleries, fled al',
few minutes the Noble Lord was overwlle,ll33 J,of6
outbursts of cheering. The Earl of Clarenaedn'oealc
Lieutenant of Ireland,- also came earlYt rlsco eh,
himself next to Sir George Grey, the
and laughed together for upwards of an 13°,,Il'iote
little confusion took place a short while, before
arrival of the Prince owing to the struggles the
made to obtain capital seats, but, consideriog_eote
ness of the multitude that was collected heYpc„,
roof of the Crystal Wonder, and inconeetileto4,
thousands must have suffered in enclesr,oo,
obtain even a bare sight of the great centre of
skbepte
it is truly astonishing that so much order or,s
so little trouble to the sapers and the pOll3i,P
before the clock had done striking Wel" $0
the
Highness Prince Albert, attended byt the
Commissioners, entered the building a
ell to
side, and, advancing amidst deafening euen
centre of the transept, took his seat° the°.
vated platform which had been erected fort.,, stt',
sion on the very spot where, as but yesterlici ;;
the famous crystal fountain. No sooner,roA
Prince entered the building than the orches` trap
An
was stationed in the south gallery of ,thhe, P?
pealed forth the exhilirating strains of the 1?
echt
Anthem, the two first verses being WI this rrt,
and the visitors. At the termination 0. sa
mance there was another thundering cheer,
roc
amidst comparative silence, the formal belloo
of the day were opened. Lord Canning', °lli, Pti,
the juries, read a report, and presented t°.bitorleff
Highness a list of the names of those exhf ip;
titled to rewards, which are to be publisbe,..
day's Gazette. The report was as folloves:doolo!
" Having had the honour of acting as Pres' nieta°„4
council of chairmen of the juries, it falls to tls I!;
before your Royal Highness and her Isfekifes,Yer°,o"
missioners the reports of the several jut!''„.-
subjects submitted to them for examinstre'd,
names of the exhibitors whom they have Pug
to rewards.
"In doing so, it will be convenient ths'fbotpv
state briefly the principle upon which, by tll.,,cerec°
of her Majesty's Commission° rs, the juries "vo 14d4e
tuted.
various subjects included in th,e,,;,4eN,, tiett
were divided, in the first instance, into l'b-roco; ' lot
Of these, two were subsequently found to tbeY 11;4
of action too large for single juries, and we'",eif
divided into sub-juries. This increased the $ Co
number
nEbgearjc übroiofefsßt
btroci
istichs
hitrbtier,
subjectst f3u-uf,r
m r juriesabd
befo nrsfiol:l4joefer°:tviA• !„61.1411:1
British jurors were selected by her 151a.lefe f-
sioners from lists fnrnished by the local e"-tell'es3r
various towns, each town being invited tee;a-curisCel. tth
persons of skill and information in the 7r-% 7°l
or produce fur which it is remarkable. ,"110101,-‘,l' "11811
jurors were appointed by authorities in the'kralls,c`i
trice, in such relative proportion amongst tR-6 Os' IN;
was agreed upon by the foreign Commissioner „it %coil;
to represent their respective Governments. de?' I,lbite
"In the event of a jury finding them ;igh
in technical knowledge of any article subv,";oso„o 'ttk
they were empowered to call in the aid e 3 witPv 4
These associates, who acted as advisers °ll,lLtegt,:ei, ,41341 j
vote, but whose services were of the 4,r-
-owreir,reosmelethcteedlisetischoefrpferrosmon thehjo'nrhYrdebeee°o e.-etfofitrov.ie,tif shat
as jurors, but who had nots bween Peroineniet kh?t
to an jury.
"Ey ach jury was superintended by a ebgi::ers'ii 4e:
from_ its number by her Majesty's Comm
elected jti;
deputy-chairman and the reporter were eV
jurors themselves, ,fet 4lite
" Such was the constitution of the thirtiAeoe
taken singly. They did not, however, net I°(„e' fkt44,o
of each other, inasmuch as they were a'5.100,19 'ite4t
six groups, each group consisting of suet' Joadrc bare
to deal with subjects in some degree of r ‘fu
ture; and before any decision of a jury via tie ato -01
sidered as final, it was required that it sfroil! fo'
before the assembled group of which tiler
part, and that it should be approved by Ibli,6l4bi
" ti call
" The chief object of this provision wnSee fs4ll
atir
the many foreign nations taking part in t"",,irlewel/ •lati
should incur the risk of seeing its interests °d•sielo
neglected from the accident (an 11051°1 fifj' oeh
tr
mticabniyarinjsutraynces) of its being unreprescnte3ll3
14
iij ;
Each group of juries received the assists.l3oioce
rd'
puty Commissioner and of a Special CelDr°tet rec°,4
pointed by her Majesty's Commissiocers p-epeo",,, T
proceedings, to furnish "information r'',vise rei
arrangements of the Exhibition, lied °Ulcer,' urea's )rat 8
tate the labours of the juries composing t,:',.evestY„iln Raattr
"It was further determined by her 111005'„1
missioners that the chairmen of the juries, e) Vrie, sir
British subjects and of foreigners 10 cclutile
should bo formed into a council; and thst sir i
the council should be, to determine these pileePcir 444
which, in accordance with certain gener "ssi°coel'e' 4"
viously laid down by her Majesty's Confelove
different prizes should be awarded, to 'are, 14
did
guide the working of the juries, and to 'See- Cee o'l ti-. 441
e
po,s,sible, uniformity in the result of their of 03, tie%
These are the most importnt features ergs
upon which the jurors found themselves ergs
teru eetqd
will now refer briefly to their course of eft/; to Jo 1114
hyad4,aTaehreioCusoudnicffiilcuolftyC.haHirme enmin.ersotye:seLleilt:lo:o,:;i', .4,1:11It
bcharge of their duties, were pro
(-15- facie:
tti%
b„ It
expressed themselves der • Majesty
that in-risiossll rulle
rewarded wherever it presented itself, but sti- °llO
e ik//
same time to avoid the recognition A-c) 10,3've
tween' individual exhibitors. They heujg
that the prizes should consist in three menet °dr, strli
sizes; and that these should be awarden' ,150 1 r sv:Ptt
second, and third in degree for the same if re° °I e ler
jects and merit, but as marking merit 01 AC 41) ttY
and character. 4°41
" The Council of Chairmen found to 06" 00q. ptiNci
it would be impossible to lay d° *lll or, lik,"l
for the awarding of the three medals bY reef
reditpnieeieocig.sansurti
enhaecsmneoi
tsicuehroedl
nedd,adgibat,ffis least of denotin different d 6'h- Of N I
estt
chaauavlctotexhibitorsoyiodunetreosd e.
oh fbe rytAi
Majesty's
ahohmfogiecdeshidtsnyaaigm,ltssl ;Cr
or
0,
ciabirbbteiiheib,ift-0:10:00,!;orte
the remaining two, they suggesteeuree-erofj!yrj f 34 thlita
66 Of
prize medal, should be conferred
standard of excellence in production or `lis salcri
had been attained—utility, beauty, cheaPren9i'ioedi
ert
to particular markets, and other demo° "„etoe'
taken into consideration according to the " care 111 TI
,Re
object; and they recommended that this tio"
1:00 e 'B4"
be awarded by the juries, subject to Con 1.4 4 tit
/Joel,
groups. 14ki
"In regard to the other and larger n?"-boo' el")
seated that the conditions of its award 5 • In 46:1'
0011' 0$ he
important novelty of invention or aPPliel'ar c't I'l "'Rti
material, or processes of manufacture' btP oh
combined with great beauty of desiga,; retlofor Via
should not be conferred for excellence
workmanship alone, however eminent: nPatecii
suggested that this medal should be tllve'etioti
Council of Chairmen, upon the recornra' 1:1, "4ore-1
jury, supported by its grou
, •
The principle thus despc.ribed met the '00)4, )1444
Mejesty's Commissioners, and was subsrcieLlei the it
developed by them in a 'minute which be
sated to the Council of Chairmen. (Se° 44
'4
41015 i° ti•°'d
Its application, however, was not vr- )001 II 4 IN,
especially as regarded the foreign jurors.. oi ctoe,,e' ie
had taken part in the National Exhibit° ehts
and Germany; and to them the distinetir, °fey° 1 to ;et.'
the two medals, and tho avoidance of al' eri dierl
the I
degrees of merit between the recipients °it' 3 'less
novel principles, and at variance with thet thediti,
iou
inasmuch as one of the chief purposes °dist4o/ e
exhibitions of the Contim nt has been to ieePeo terseth
various degrees of success attained by that fe
C' ettq~ir
" It was to be expected, therefore, 0-I"bigbe',
ar
arise in which the council medal, as th,e
aims. , ,1, ,er `"t!a
would be asked for exhibitors whose c'ger,oP.i"Diiabt
somewhat stronger in degree, without el-col r
e
from those of others to whom the prize - dOt
awarded. In such cases it beeettle t"

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