The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-02 00:00:00

EVENING, SINE 29 1851.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
COWES, JUNE 1.
The American mail steam-ship Hermann arrived off
Cowes at 7 o'clock this morning; 47 of her passengers
proceeded to Southampton with the English ' and
at ten minutes before 10 o'clock she steamed on for Bre-
men. By her we have New York papers down to the
17th of May, and it is gratifying to see the chonge that
has come over our American. brethren respecting the
" World's Fair." They had received accounts by the
Cambria ut, t) the 3d. She_ also brings news from Chagres
up to the 7th, and Havannah to the 12th ult.
The following is from the New York,Morning Express,
of May 17th:—
From our Crystal Palace Correspondent,
The Fair for all Nations—Opening of the Exhibition
The Queen—General appearance inside—Jenny Lind,
&c.

Crystal Palace, London, May 1,1851.
Well; we have just gotten over the paroxysm of the
day, and if ever there was a public assemblage, public
ceremonies and display of public enthusiasm, we think
we have beheld it on this occasion. The Exhibition is
opened! That is, the Queen in State, the Nobility, the
Court, the representatives of all the Nations of the Earth,
have met in the Crystal Palace, and amid the cheers of
hundreds of thousands of people inside and outside the
building, amid the music, the prayers, the waving of
handkerchiefs, the singing of " God save the Queen,"
&c., the " World's Fair" has been pronounced " good"
and fit for universal admiration.

The ceremonies only occupied, in reality, about two
hours, but to get a place to see them, and above all to see
the Queen's Royal Family, required several hours of
previous mortal patience, endurance, and good temper.
Hyde-park commenced to be crowded shortly after day-
light, and by nine o'clock, over its miles of extent, no
spot from which a glimpse could be had of anything
going on was to be seen unoccupied by the multitude.
The adjoining houses were covered with people—the
roads were lined with soldiers, policemen and rapidly
driving vehicles. The grass had given up its place and
every blade seemed to have been metamorphosed into a
crowding, sweating, anxious, excited human being. It
is stated that at the Park gates, by noon, there had ar-
rived 1,050 state carriages and carriages of noblemen,
800 broughams, 600 posting and hack carriages, 1,500
hacks and cabs, 300 clarences, and 380 vehicles of other
descriptions.
It is computed that there stood at one time over
200,000 people in Hyde-park, in the vicinity and about
the Crystal Palace. People wore continually fainting in
the crowd, and although every effort was made to keep
everybody down upon the ground, several persons fell
from trees and fences, and were trampled upon and seri-
ously injured. A shower came up, but the throng stood
still. There is a saying here that the Queen has always
fair weather in her public ceremonies, and the public
leave great confidence in this part of her good fortune.
And well they might, for it has rained every day lately,
and yet this trifling shower of five minutes' duration is all
that has marred the beauty of to-day.
Inside the Crystal Palace, the bustle and crowd and
confusion were proportionately great. Here were 25,000
people who had paid three guineas each to see what not
more than five hundred of them could possibly see
under any circumstances. No one could find their places,
and the policemen seemed to know less about it, than
the ticket-holders themselves. Yet the coup d'ceil was
truly grand and imposing, and when the booming of the
cannon, and the shouts of the enthusiastic multitude an-
nounced the approach of her Majesty—when the Life
Guards filed in—the long array of soldiers presented
arms—when the pealing anthems from the organs and
bands and choruses broke out " God save the Queen"
—when the women waved their handerchiefa and the
men lifted their hats in reverence—when the cortege of
Nobilon—when
Nobility, Power,
Beauty,the flashing
Civil andof diamonds,Political
the distinctionglow
followed
of
feathers,th e pearls,
lsili the e gay
crackling
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gorgeoussilks , thego plumeslace
of
and the picturesque costumes, of the representatives of
ea
foreign nations, took their stand around the Sovereign—
when the Queen herself stood up on the heavily canopied
throne in the centre of the transept holding the Prince
of Wales, by the hand, while Prince Albert conducted
the Rol) al Princess—the whole presented a picture of
such a striking and effective cheracter, that it ail seemed
like the bright but uncertain fabric of a golden dream.
It could not be real! And yet it was—and beautiful too
beyond all power of vivid description.
The throne was draperied, of course, in crimson cloth,
the canopy being fluted with blue silk and decorated
with blue, gold, and white ornaments, and with ostrich
feathers waving in plumes at each angle, Its floor, or
dais, was covered with a Berlin wool carpet, made by
150 ladies, and presented to her Majesty.
After a prayer by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and
the elegant performance of the Hallelujah Chorus by
professional and other singers, the grand procession was
formed, and promenaded the whole building, pausing for
a moment at each compartment for the Queen to take a
glimpse of the magnificence of the Exhibition. As the
procession moved on, the several organs were played by
distinguished performers; but the Crystal Palace is a
remarkably bad place for sound, and very little could be
heard of the music, notwithstanding its immensity, out
of the immediate contiguity of each spot of its per-
formance. When the procession had regained the throne,
she turned and uttered a few words, which wore sup.
posed to be a statement that the Exhibition was now
open; when there was another tremendous flourish of
trumpets, and the artillery roared out their joy at the
circumstance. The Queen and her suite then retired
amid the most tumultuous acclamations, and the crowd
bursting through all restraint in her absence, rushed
from the galleries and sides of the building into all its
glittering and inviting precincts.
It was some time before the thousands of curious ones
present had all disappeared. The foreigners were very
numerous. We observed a very great number of Ame-
ricans. The great diamond called the " Mountain of
Light," seemed to attract general attention, as well as
the Crystal Fountain. Besides this, the multitudinous
objects of curiosity in the exhibition, by their very
number invited a careless survey, and defied, at the mo-
ment, a close one, and everybody was anxious to gaze on
as much as possible in a short space of time.
The whole affair was a very brilliant and showy one,
and seemed to give general satisfaction. No accident
occurred worth notice, although fully a quarter of a
million of people were in and about Hyde-park and the
Glass Building. The confusion was not so very great,
and the good order was wonderful. Something like
100,000 troops, they say, had been concentrated in the
barracks, in and near London, and this fact may have
had some effect. To-morrow the Exhibition will regu-
larly begin, and we shall have some chance to notice in
detail. It looks well now, and may, at last, turn out all
wo hoped or desired. The Queen is about to visit it
again, some Saturday morning, in order to speak to the
exhibitors about their productions and display. Of
course it will be a " private view." You shall hear
of it.
Is it true that Mr. Barnum intends to bring Jenny
Lind here in July? I learned so yesterday at the fair.
It appears to be the general opinion here. Somebody,
it is clear, has engaged Exeter Hall for several weeks it;
July and August, for that purpose, and it is shrewdly
suspected that Barnum is the individual. We thought
you intended to keep her in New York this summer?
You can't do it, eh? Pi Yours truly,
CRYSTAL PALACE.
AMERICAN EXHIBITION AT THE WORLD'S FAIL—
According to all accounts, toe exhibition of American
art at the World's Fair—the great Vanity Fair of
Christendom—presents rather a second edition of the
fairs usually held at Castle-garden. The meagreness of
the articles begets remaik in all quarters. We were
prepared for some such failure as this promises to be,
fro© u
on this side of the water, and of the conduct
they exhibited when they reached London. The first
managerso our knowledge of the character of many of the
thing these exhibitors did on reaching the metropolis of
all England was to quarrel among themselves, and to
carry their quarrels into public meetings and the columns
of
theth United newspapers.ted States nt—
staT,
ahgeerewatswao
long dispute relative
claimants
having
ap-
peared, with pretensions apparently equally founded.
On the whole, we much fear that the American exhi-
bition at the World's Feir will be no fair specimen of
efforts of
the condition of art and mechanism in this republic.
Power's Greek Slave, as one of the highest e
genius, may help to relieve the monotony of the exhi-
bition; otherwise, disputes, quarrels, personal conten-
tions, and the meagreness of the whole affair, will very
much resemble, in its morale, the attempt of certain
journalists in New York to be considered by journalists
in England, as the highest specimens of genius and art,
,c,all I each other " bankrupt,
an other such genteel names.
especiallyseda oe seducers,
because
murderers,

COWES, SUNDAY.
EXCURSION TRAINS.—The Pearl steamer came in at
one o'clock this day, loaded with excursionists, who had
'come down to Southampton by the South-Western train.
She left at half-past five this evening with her lively
cargo.

THE ASCOT ItACE CUPS.—The cups to be con-
tended for this week on Ascot-heath support the reputation
of the artists and manufacturers who, have been employed
in the modelling And construction of them, and are very
good specimens of` native skill and talent. The principal
one, viz., ,the Emperor of Russia's Vase, is modelled by Mr.
Cotterill and manufactured by Messrs. Garrard, goldsmiths
to the Crown, Haymarket. It is a shell-shaped cistern for
cooling wine, supported on scrolls, which rest on a base of
ebony, and surmounted by a group representing a sledge at-
tacked by wolves. The Queen's Cup is by the same artist
and manufacturers, and consists of a group, a camel and its
driver reposing, and a Turkish horseman, whose horse is
startled by the camel. Both these cups are fine. The
larger one is particularly entitled to paise, both for the com-
position and the execution. The third cup, called the Royal
Hunt Cup, is from a design of Mr. A. Brown, manufac-
tured at the establishment of Meoirs. Hunt and Roekell
(successors to Storr and Mortimer), Bond-street, gold-
smiths, &c., to the Queen. It is a cup of the Italian school,
surmounted with a group, a deerstalker and his dog. Deer
and hounds are introduced into the design, and sylvan and
hunting implements. It is a very good specimen of work.
manship in silver, the modelling and the finishing being
equally meritorious.
DEATH OF Ma. T. HILL, THE PANTOMIMIST.—
Poor Tom Hill, the once celebrated clown, whom some of
our readers may especially recollect in the pantomime of
Jack of Spades, when his services were transferred by Ellis-
ton from the Royalty Theatre to Drury-lane, has paid the
debt of nature at the age of 57, leaving a large family.
His remains were attended yesterday to the grave at St.
Peter's Church, Walworth-road, by Flexmore, Cormack,
and several professionals, anxious to pay the final tribute of
respect to the departed veteran. Sic transit glories Momi.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Taesday afternoon a poor
-at moor,
boy met his death under the following melancholy circum-
stances:--It appears that one of the soldiers of the 4th
Light Dragoons, qua, tered at Uxbridge, bad placed his car-
bineas
tagainst thep by a wallbo yof i
in passing,
cottage on Uxbridge
pointed
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in play and allot him dead.

HARWICH ELECTION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUAr.

SIR,—My attention has been drawn your report of
the recent election proceedings here, especially to the
following part of such report:—
" Precisply at three minutes before four o'clock a most
extraordinary scene took place. The mayor was pre-
siding at the hustings where the polling was going on.
Immediately under him sat the town clerk (Mr. Chap-
man), who was supported on either side by the repre-
sentatives of the press, who were waiting ready to give
the mayor's declaration, and at the back were 200 or 300
of the friends of the candidates, when, without the
slightest intimation to any person, the mayor and town
clerk rose from their seats, and were in the act of leav-
ing the building. This was the signal for a fearful on-
slaught upon the hustings. In less than half a second
nearly 100 persons commenced demolishing the frail
erection. The reporters had to make their escape as
they best could, fighting their way through the mass of
infuriated scoundrels and the falling timbers of the
hustings."

As I am personally alluded to therein, and as your
report would lead to the inference that the mayor and
myself gave the signal to attack the hustings, I trust
yuu will permit me to state, through your paper, that
the above paragraph is not correct, and that I did not
quit my position on the hustings until the front part,
where I was sitting with the poll clerks on each side,
was being forced away by the mob, and that the roof of
the hustings was also previously nearly removed. So
late was the mayor in leaving, that but for the exertions of
the police, who were compelled to knock down two men
to make way for him, he must have had the rafters on
him.
On finding that the mob were forcing away the desks
in front of myself and the poll clerks, I instructed the
poll clerks to protect their books, and we all remained
as long as possible, and at the last moment, as the front
was being carried away, I put one of my feet on to it,
and had to jump into the crowd—this a voter named
Woods, whose vote was being recorded, and Mr. J. C.
Cobbold, M.P., who had just voted, and had to escape
quickly to avoid injury, and the poll clerks, can corro•
borate. The array of reporters on each side of me was
quite imaginary. The poll clerks and check clerks, who
occupied the whole front on each side of me quitted the
hustings at the same moment I did.—l am Sir, your obe-
dient servant,

EDWARD CHAPMAN, Town Clerk.
Harwich, 31st May, 1851.

SPORTING NOTES.

No. LXL

ASCOT HEATH MEETING.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Some slight alterations are necessitated in my
" bill of fare" for the royal re-union on the Heath of
Ascot. For the Two-year old Triennial, the field, as
far as I can ascertain, will be composed of the following:
—Moulton Lass, colt by Lanercost, Weathergage, Ilex
or Lens, Burndale, Convulsion, Glenluce, Filius, The
Free-trader, Red Hind, Joe Miller, and Songstress.
The first four in the race, according to my view of it,
will be Red Hind, Burndale, Glenluce, and Moulton
Lass; GLENLIICE and RED HIND for choice. The field
fur the Three-year old Triennial will consist of Con-
stellation, Cnmus, Midas, Anspach or Hesse Homburg,
probably the former, filly by Cowl out of
Claudine, Catalpa, Fochabers, colt by Charles
the Twelfth, The Deceitful, and perhaps Miserrima.
The last-named, if up to the mark, cannot very
well lose the race ; but, as she is reported to be queer,
MIDAS Or CONSTELLATION, the former for choice, shall
be my pick on the occasion ; Kent's filly close up. Out
of the twelve nominations to the Ascot Derby, only two
are expected to start for it, viz.:—(=Eulus and Phlege-
thon. The Ban and Westminster, on account of the
bad state of the ground, it is said, will be reserved for
future events. It is a toss up for choice between Eolus
and Phlegethon, both being thorough bad-uns, but
the former may just pull through. Thu 50 Soya. Stakes
will bo contested by Hotspur, Plumstead, and The
Sheltie. passing the post as I have placed them.
The Produce Sweepstakes of 50 Soya. each will
have three runners, viz.:—Aaron Smith, Phlegm,
aed Merry Peal. The last named, in all pro-
bability, turning up the trump card. The Welcome
Stakes will fall to the lot of Mr. Powney with LAMAR-
TINE; Artisan and Phlegethon may also run. ToMBoY
or the BALLET GIRL to win, with Vatican or Kathleen
in attendance, will be somewhere about the mark for the
Ascot Stakes. My last week's fancy (Vampyre) has
gone altogether out of favour. " A Subscriber" is iO-
- that the entries for the Cesarewitch and Cam-
bridgeshire Stakes are published in the first week in
September, the weights in the second week, and the ac-
ceptances on the 16th. Teddington, in all probability,
will be entered for both, but his weight will be about Bst,
or a few pounds under.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
June 2, 1851.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
ASCOT-HEATH RACES.
The following list of the engagements for the ensuing
meeting, embraces the entries made on Saturday :
TUESDAY.
The Trial Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 50 added; for two
yrs old, 4st 41b; three yrs, 7st 41b; four yrs, Bst 71b;
five yrs, 9st; six yrs and aged, 9st 31b; the winner to
be sold for 6001., unless exemption from being sold is
claimed at the time of entrance; and horses for which
this claim is made to carry 61b extra. The New Mile.
Vatican, 5 yrs—The Sphinx, 2 yrs—The Moor, 6 yrs.
The Ascot Stakes of 25 soy. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if
declared, &c. Two miles and a half.
Yrs. at. lb.
Glauca 5 8 9
Vatican
Pitaford
Vampire
Sauter-la-coupe
Little Jack 4 7 3
Cheerful
Ninus
Tophana
Kissaway 5 6 13
Herbert
The Swede
Tomboy
Tilsit (Cottager) 5 6 5
The rest paid 5 sows. each.
The Gold Vase, given by her Majesty, added to a
Sweepstakes of 20 soya. each. Two miles.
Nancy, 3 yra—Breba, 3 yrs—Little Jack, 4 yrs—
Nutcracker, 4 yrs—The Prime Minister, 3 yrs—Re-
munerator, 4 yrs—b c by Coranna, out of Monica, 3 yrs
—King Charming, 3 yrs—Cariboo, 4 yrs—Windisch-
gratz, 4 yrs.
The Welcome Stakes of 20 soya. each, with a bonus by
independent subscriptions of 5 sous. each, for three
yrs old colts. Swinley Course.
Sir J. Hawley's c Teddington (including 91b extra),
9st 21b—Mr. Nevill's Artisan, Bst 71b—Mr. Powney's c
Lainartine, Bst 71b—Lord Exeter's Phlegethon, Bst 71b
—Mr. Payne's Citadel, dead—Mr. Payne's b c Potent,
dead.
The first year of the third Annual Triennial Stakes of
10 toys. each, with 100 added, for two yrs old; colts,
Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41h; the second to receive 50 soya.
out of the stakes. T.Y.C.
Colonel Anson's c by Orlando, The Princess—Colonel
Anson's c Bull's-eye—Colonel Anson's a Rolando—
Colonel Anson's f Bay Rosalind—Mr. J. Arbour's f
Moulton Lass—Captain Archdall's c by Lanercost out
of Oh Don't—Captain Archdall's c by Lanercost, dam
by Bay Middleton—Mr. P. Beteman's c Dismay—Duke
Bedford's Weathergage—Duke of Bedford's Hugo—
Lord Clifden's llymettus—Lord Clifden's Hesperus—
Lord Clifden's Magnus—Lord Clitclen's Rosary—Lord
Eglinton's f Veracity—Lord Eglinton's f Urania—Lord
Exeter's c Rex—Lord Exeter's c Lens—Mr. Fowler's
f Cabot—Mr. Greville's f Protection—Captain Her-
court's Burr:ldaho—Sir J. Hawley's c by Old England
out of Science—Sir J. Hawley's c 8,,b Major—Mr.
Hill's f Canine—Mr. Jacques's c Snarler—Mr. Mare's
o Breasteirth—Mr. Mare's f by Touchstone out
of Event Mr. Marten's c by Theon Major
Martyn's c Convulsion—Mr. A. Nicbol's o Norham
—Mr. Payne's Hirsutta—Mr. Payne's Gknluce—
Mr. Payne's Wingenund—Mr. Pedley's c Stratagem-
-1 Mr. Pedley's c Wide-awake—Sir R. Pigot's c Pities—
' Mr. Potterton's c Horton Yates—Mr. H. B. Powell's o
The Free Trader—Duke of Richmond's c Houlakin—
*Duke of Richmond's c Harbinger—Duke of Richmond's
f Red Hind—Mr. Rolt's c George lll.—Baron Roths-
child's c by Alarm out of Languish—Baron Rothschild's
f by Inheritor out of Mora—Mr. W. Sadler's c Joe Mil-
ler—Mr. J. Scott's f Songstress—Lord Strathmore's
Showman—Mr. 11. J. Thompson's Denique.
The second year of the second Ascot Triennial Foal
Stakes of 10 sous. each, with 100 added, for three
years old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; the second to
receive 50 sovs, out of the stakes. New mile.
Mr. Bowes's c Ipsus—Mr. Bowes's c Australind—Mr.
Bowes's f Epira—Mr. Bowes's f Kalouga—Mr. W. H.
Brooke's c Constellation—Lord Clifden's f Corticula—
Lord Clifden's c Harpsichord—Lord Clifden's f Galaxy
—Mr. Dyson's o The Partridge—Mr. Dyson's c Pavilion
—Lord Eglinton's c Cnmus—Lord Eglinton's c Pan-
demus—Lord Exeter's c by Plenipotentiary out of Amine
—Lord Exeter's f Melita—Lord Exeter's c Midas—
Lord Exeter's f by Beiram out of Datura—Mr. Forth's
c Staplefield—Lord Glasgow's c by Don John out of
Miss Whip—Mr. Gratwick's f Hesse Homburg—
Mr. Gratwicke's f Anspach—Mr. Greville's Tessera,
—Mr. Greville's Ginevra—Sir J. Hawley's f Ver-
muth—Sir J. Hawley's c Balsamo—Sir J. Haw-
ley's c Leybourne—Mr. W. S. P. Hughes's f by Cowl
out of Celandine—Mr. Mare's c Hatherton—Mr. Mare's
f Scandal—Mr. Mare's f Vanity—Mr. Merry's c Louis
Napoleon—Mr. Merry's f Maid of the Mountain—Mr.
Payne's f Glendale—Mr. Payne's f Catalpa—Major
Pitt's c Hawthorn—Lord W. Powlett's c Fochabers—
Baron Rothschild's c by Charles XII., dam by Touch-
stone—Baron Rothschild's c by Epirus out of Emerald
—Lord J. Scott's c The Macaw—Lord J. Scott's Miser-
rima—Lord J. Scott's Deceitful (late Mr. Merry man)—
Lord J. Scott's Knook Kuoll—Mr. W. Shepherdin's f
Drill—Mr. B. Way's Curl—Mr. B. Way's Fortuna—
Mr. Payne's f Citadel (dead)—Duke of Richmond's f by
Touchstone out of Soldier's Daughter (dead)—Duke of
Richmond's f by Epirus out of Prism (dead).
The Ascot Derby Stakes of 50 sovs, each, h ft, for three
yrs old; colts Bst 71b, fillies Sat 31b; the winner of the
Derby 101 b, the second or the winner of the Oaks 51b
extra. Swinley Course.
Mr. Rolt's c by Cotherston, out of Lille—Lord Exe-
ter's Phlegethon—Lord Exeter's Ben More—Sir R.
Pigot's lEolus—Mr. A. Nichol's Newminster—Mr. W.
A. Commerell's Seaman—Lord Eglinton's Pandemus—
Lord Stanley's Crotchet—Mr. Howard's Grecian—Mr
Payne's Glendale—S. J. Hawley's The Ban.
A Sweepstakes of 50 soya. etch, h It, for two yrs old,
colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b. Three-quartsrs of a
mile.
Lord Exeter's The Nun—Duke of Richmond's Plum-

Yrs. at. lb.
Kathleen ....... 4 6 1
Crystal Palace 6 6 0
Glenhawk
Estafette
Ding Charming 3 5 8
IGholab Singh 3 5 7
'Ballet Girl
lAbderharnan
)olus ...
lb c by Sir Hercules,
dam Empress
jAurora
iesne

stead—Lord Eglinton's The Sheltie—Lord Dorchester's
The Chase—Mr. Payne's Hirsuta.
A Produce Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for three
yrs old; colts, Bst 91b; fillies, Bst 51b; those got by
stallions, or out of mares that never bred a winner, al-
lowed 31b; both, 51b. To start at the winning-post and
go once round.
Mr. Payne's Glendale, 31b—Lord Caledon's Aaron
Smith—Mr. A. Johnson's Marlon—Lord Exeter'.
Phlegra. 51b—Sir J. Hawley's Merry Peal, 31b—Sir J.
Hawley's Venison out of Diversion—Mr. Combo's The
Trapper, 31b.