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

EVENING, OCTOBER, 9, 1851.

and the country gets more and more barrel a as you
approach the border, now and then relieved by a
sylvan scene and a glimpse of the Solway Fritl t.
From Abington to Carlisle there was no ate ppage,
and so well conducted was this part of the ji mrney
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 )repara-
tions had been made to receive her Majesty ; the
station, which is one of the finest in the kingd om, 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 ofl
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
Lonadale, Lord-Lieutenant of Cumberland and
Westmoreland ; Mr. G. Head, High Sheriff; the
Deputy-Sheriff, the Earl of Carlisle, the Hon. C.
Howard, M.P., Mr. Marshall, M.P., Mr. Hodgson,
M.P., the Bishop of Carlisle, Sir J. Grant, Sir J.
Graham and daughter, Mr. P. 11. Howard, M.P.,
Colonel Wynyatts, Colonel M'Lean, Captain 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 apec:al 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. T. P. Heywood, the magistrates of the
borough and county being grouped around. The
platform was ornamented 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 drawn by four black horses and escorted by
special constabulary and the county and borough i
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, and had the honour
of kissing hands.
Her _Majesty, 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. On walking
round the walls her Majesty was recognised by the
spectators in the Castle grounds, and greeted with
hearty cheers. 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.

RAINHILL.
The train conveying her Majesty, Prince Albert,
and the Royal children, reached Rainhill precisely at
half-past four o'clock yesterday afternoon, and the
Royal party proceeded to Croxteth-hall, where they
arrived at 20 minutes past five.
The Royal progress from Lancashire to Rainhill
was marked by no incident calling for observation.
Her Majesty was received by the Earl of Sefton, who
preceded the Royal cortege on horseback to Croxtetb.
The Royal party, after passing through Prescot, en-
tered the demesne of the Earl of Derby, who, with his
Countess, was in attendance in an open barouche at the
Ecclestone Gate. A drive of five long miles through
some of the finest park scenery in England brought
her Majesty to the confines of the Croxteth estate,
where Lord Sefton's tenantry were drawn out to re-
ceive the " Queen." Her Majesty arrived at Crox-
teth-hall at twenty-five minutes after five o'clock.
The Countess of Sefton was in attendance upon the
terrace in front of the mansion to receive her Majesty.
Among the members of the family present we ob-
served—Mr. and Lady Caroline Townley, Mr. and
Lady Louisa Oswald, Mr. Grenfell, M.P., and the
Misses Grenfell, the Misses Blackburne of Hale, Mr.
and Mrs. John Townley, Viscount Anson, Captain
and Mrs. Molyneux, Major Herbert, Byng-hall, &c.
The Croxteth tenantry mustered in large numbers,
and received her Majesty as she alighted with shouts
of welcome. A short time after the arrival of the
Royal party, the Prince Consort accompanied Lord
Sefton over the house farm, and drove through the
park.. The Queen and the Royal children appeared at
the windows in front of the mansion about the same
period, and were received with enthusiastic shouts.
The dinner party to-night will be confined to twenty
guests, among whom are the Earl and Countess of
Derby and Lady Eleanor Hopwood, Mr. Wm. Brown,
M.P. for South Lancashire, Sir Thomas Birch, M.P.
for Liverpool, and Mr. Hardman Earle, one of the
leading merchants of this district. The tenantry of
Lord Sefton have been entertained to-day in a mag-
nificent marquee erected by Mr. Benjamin Edging-
ton on a plot of ground adjoining the mansion, and
to-morrow a grand dinner will be given in honour of
her Majesty's visit, to which five hundred guests have
been invited.

CATHERINE HAYES 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 shower, amid
acclamations, plaudits, and the waving of hats and
handkerchiefs, only bore testimony to the hopes of
those who had come to behold the great singer.
Critics sometimes jump to conclusions with a most
curious rashness, and when Catherine Hayes had
finished "Ah, mon fits," 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
theassembly,lt was less the
proof of the extent
the
dexteritytri u m triumph if at nh ie artiste mated th e
than
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 bad 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 o
the allegro only added a multitude of musical flowers
as a startling though brilliant decoration. The aud

ence were compleCely 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 then it is in the minds of
those who are really lovers of vocal music of the
purest charactet. 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 these
vocalists, we doubt not, would prove very attractive
in the scenes of opera, where they would not 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, Jane 2, 1851.
" Sir,—l do not know whether auy apology is needed
for enclosing you, per post, the accompanying news-
paper, which contains a summary of the discovery 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 au 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 are 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 18/. to
30/. per ton. To-day it has fallen to 25/. Coals, which
had been 205., are now 2/. ss. per ton, with an expecta-
tion of being still higher. Stonema:ons and carpen-
ters, who had been getting 6s: a day, are now getting
95., and only about half the usual number loft. 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
4id. to 11. Blacksmiths aro 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
wore under my own cognisance.--I remain, Sir, in
baste, 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 Lucen's letter :
" Tan-y-Bwlch, 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 law. But, further, the
guardians must recollect that the sums borrowed
were borrowed by local bodies, and charged upon the
ratepayers. It was impossible for a Government to
pepoooifindte localuoe forb bodies,
thesie
,
distinguish the proper objects of relief from the im-
proper—allthemy
ocsotudldeedeorywinags toofa
purposeapparently o
N oneo f se the
willlec tion. y
that there was much waste in
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 of
setting yourself above the law, and to substitute for
it those considerations to which the Treasury can
" I have the honour, &c.,
properly listen.
J. RubsELL."
" The Earl of Lucan.

William Creasy, who is in Maidstone gaol upon
h this charge,
THE MURDER AT DEPTFORD IN 1846.—The man
passenger, from whose
Sarah Cr easy.
coha-
bited, sent the other on the evidence ohteArldaaryy
fAornnhipsasveicso,hwditwifew, om he
apock. et-book and a cigar
' 'n consequence, proceeded
.by .e.at2r to Gravesend, on
her way to Maidstone. On leaving Rochester by the coach
eadndt,saetxtbraechtmhd.is
case. The robbery being almost immediately discovered, the
pshoeckerotdseheoumtsaindaeg'
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 comity gaol for trial
at the sessions.

GREAT WESTERN EXIIIIIITION TRAINs.—The
trains from Bristol yesterday brought 3,000 persons, and
ixvia DMla 2,000, te the L4ubitivn.