The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-11 00:00:00

OCTOBE

11, 1851.

deeper hold on to the hearts of her subjects. He has
earned by it fur himself the gratitude, the confidence,
and the respect of all classes of the community.
(From the Advertiser.)
As, conformably to oflieial notification, the Great Ex-
hibition will bo finally closed against the general public
before the going down of this day's sun, it may not be
considered an unmeet act on the part of journalists who
have faithfully recorded the marvels of this mighty re-
pertory of the world's artificial novelties, to take a Per-
thian glance at the memorable scene which is about
to vanish from our view fur ever. Looked at merely
as an astonishing aggregate of the products of human
industry, the Exhibition presents itself to our percep-
tions as a colassal bazaar, to which all civilized, and
even semi• barbarous, nations have contributed their
s wonders safely sas that
everno beenuc h gigantic
quota of use'ul, ornamental, and gorgeous articles.
Wthe mayweorld' fathering
underof
concentrated
yha
one capacious covering, as at this hour may be witnessed
in the so-styled Crystal Palace. But the vast elements
oa which ocular observation may be incessantly exer-
cised aro perhaps, after all, less important in what they
show, than in what they suggest. Just think of the
enormous amount of mental activity, flowing into indus-
trial channels, which must have been awakened in the
four quarters of the globe, in older to prepare fitting
contributions for the London Exhibition. The highest
gratification we derived from our external survey of the
Exhibition was considering its contents as a congress of
the world's materiel comforts, and we felt disposed to
view each country's peculiar productions, whether of
nature or art, as delegated proofs of the bounty of an
all-wise Providence, in assigning to every land the
quantum of distinctive donation which justifies the patrio-
tic preference of its inhabitants, whether " panting at
the line," or hardily combating the cold of an Arctic
temperature.
" Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam—
His first, best country ever is at home."
Thus tar we have sought to take a periscopic view of
the multiform aspects of the Great Exhibition, considered
as a gigantic emporium of mute and material•things, all
significant of some social specialty in the arts which
minister to human ease or enjoyment, to man's comfort
or luxury; and for conducing, by clever conception, and
well-directed energy, to the complete achievement of
this great object, we, without unseemly adulation, tender
our best acknowledgments to the Prince Consort. No'
commercial cavalcade could have ever effected what
Prince Albert and his committee so ably carried
out; for, by the elevating interfusion of Royal
influence, the industrial arts were efficiently encou-
raged, while the more vulgar element of traffic was
kept tastefully in the background. This could not
have been done if the mere trading principle had
been called nakedly into operation. There was a vesture
of courtly patronage required in order to lend an august
aPpearance of imperial grandeur to the Exhibition; and
the Prince, as a high functionary, and the Queen as a
most assiduous patroness, have succeeded in throwing a
lustre over this magnificent affair, which makes the
world their debtors for one of the noblest shows that
ever gratified the gaze of admiring millions,
We do not venture to assume such high ground as the
political enthusiasts who would claim for the Exhibition
a sort of vague potency in securing permanent peace on
earth; but there are many benefits which come short of
consummate blessedness, and which are, notwithstanding,
full of mercy to mankind. Among these admirable 'ad-
vantages wo are inclined to reckon the international confi-
dence and cordiality which drew such crowds of strangers,
as exhibitors and sightseers, to the hospitable shores of our
sea-girt isle. No nation but the English could have pro-
vided the requisite machinery for so extraordinary an
Exhibition; nor do we think that the nations of the earth
would have responded to any other call, save the social
summons, which convened the world's wonders to a
wonderful repository in England's metropolis.
But the vast fund of thought and reminiscence to
which the Exhibition has given birth will not pass
away with the removal of its contained riches, or with
the speedy subversion of that dazzling and graceful struc-
ture, through which so many gratified millions have
wended their almost enchanted way. What enlarge-
ment of mind will infallibly take place among count-
less artisans of every diversity and grade, who have
carried home in their heads and hearts some special
features of the Exhibition, calculated to help them
in their respective trades, callings, and pur-
suits. What an abundance of fresh ability in all
the useful and embellishing arta will burst into
bright development, when the details of the Exhibition
became familiarly known, not only in the ateliers of
Paris, but in the workshops of Moscow and Madrid—in
the busy but of the Hindoo, or of the Russian serf: In
short, wherever incipient industry exists in mines or on
mountains, at home or abroad, the good effects of the
Exhibition will be sensibly and profitably experienced.
We cannot close our remarks without calling especial
attention to the goodness of the Deity, in averting all
the evils which might have sprung from the close con-
gregation of the amazing crowds that on so many occa •
sions nearly choked the enormous area of the
Exhibition. There was to be seen wide-spread
stalls fraught with every kind of valuables, un-
guarded by the presence of their owners, and yet
preserved from outrage or rapine, not so much by
police vigilance as by an instinctive sense of public
probity, which scrupulously avoided the infliction of
injury and never dreamt of depredation. The general
good humour and yieldingness that almost always pre-
vailed were truly marvellous; and we may learn this
lesson from the Exhibition, viz , that the true method of
obviating the tumultuary spirit of assembled thousands
is to have their attention amusingly arrested and main-
tained by objects worthy of colightcned observation.
People are sure to be orderly when their minds are ade-
quately exercised.
We must now take a reluctant farewell of the Great
Exhibition, which during its continuance has, we do not
for a moment doubt, affsrded more satisfaction to a
larger number of the human race than ever emanated
from all the sights and shows pompously presented to
the public gaze in all preceding ages.

(From the Times.)
Yesterday Erasmus York, an Esquimaux, from Wol-
stenholme Bay, brought to this country by Captain
Onamanney, of the Arctic Expedition, was present
during the day, and his appearance excited some in-
terest. Stalls have been placed at the western points of
intersection of the nave and transept for the display of
the sketches with which Mr. Digby Wyatt proposes to
illustrate his wells on the artistic objects of the Ex-
hibition. These sketches, though shown in an in-
complete state, appear to be well selected, and pro-
mise to be most suggestive to our manufacturers.
The two remarkable bronze busts in front of the
Earres room, which have attracted so much deserved
admiration, have just been purchased for the Duke
of Devonshire by Mr. Paxton. Their price was 2404
without the moulds. The offices of the Executive are
in a state of permanent blockade by crowds of applicants
for admission on the three privileged days of next week.
An immense number of tickets have been issued, and it
is considered propable that on Monday and Tuesday
there will be a largo attendance. To-day we understand
that as soon as the clocks have struck five o'clock all the
organs and musical instruments adapted for the purpose
will be called into requisition, and will play in concert
the National Anthem. The assembled spectators will,
it is expected, join heartily in this performance, and the
Great Exhibition will thus close with a public manifes-
tation of loyalty—not the less impressive or etintive
that it partakes ;of an impromptu character. As to
the programme for Wednesday, its strictly business cha-
racter is not, we are assured, to be departed from; but
we have every confidence that the Royal Commission
will avail themselves of that opportunity for making
those grateful acknowledgments to the Almighty which
the termination of so vast and successful an undertaking
dictates, and which the religious feeling of the country
demands. The pomp of a State ceremony and procession
may be wanting, and yet all that is requisite may b,
done to satisfy public expectation and to send the great
body of exhibitors away happy and contented. In the
midst of the closing excitement the least gratifying or
reassuring subjects of consideration are those which the
jury awards suggest. We have already observed the signs
of coming storms rising in the horizon, and we have every
reason to rejoice that the publication of the awards has
been so long delayed. When it was too late to
retrace their steps, the Commission found that the
giving of priz.s was a grave error in principle, calculated
to do an immense amount of mischief without any
commensurate good. They have sought to neutralize
the evil effects thus likely 'to be produced by a wide-
spread distribution of medals, and by disparaging, as
far as they safely could, the value of the limited number
of medals—usually called :great medals—given by the
Council of Chairmen. Let them, however, do all they
can, still numerous heartburnings will exist, and many
injurious preferences will arise in the course of a trade
founded on these awards. A satisfactory close to the
Exhibition would go far to fortify the public against
the impressions likely to be produced on it by indi-
vidual disappointments on the one hand, and by
the omissions, the errors, or the carelessness
of some juries on the other. It is obvious that a large
body of men giving
theirt unpaid and voluntary
services to aouarduous, and thankless
series of inquiries,
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btiunscitnie°slls ttoo:mdaoyrrow, though no reward follows. These
are the two rocks on which the reputation of the Royal
Commission is most likely to founder. They can best
be carried over them on the high tide of public favour,
the current of which serves them at present. It does
so, not from anything they have lately achieved, but
simply because the doors of the Crystal Palace are
about to be closed, and wide-spread curiosity and in-
terest are caused by that event. They talk or pulling
down the building ; they issue awards, of the re-
ception of which they show their own misgivings by
delaying the publication of them as long es possible.
The rewards and acknowledgments which are con-
fessedly due from them to the real authors of the Exhi-
bition, remain in doubt and uncertainty. The public
desire fur a worthy close to the whole undertaking
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ACCIDENT ON VIE DUBLIN AND BELrAST JUNG"
TION RAILWAY. —On Thursday last another unfortunate
man, named James M'Ardle, employed as a navvie on the
line, was killed near Scarva, on the Dublin and Belfast Junc-
tion Railway. The accident occurred about six o'clock in the
morniug by the deceased, in attempting to put on a break,
falling over the waggon in which he was standing. Five wag-
gputl poi tt Inez lii9 ugly.,—,Banner

THE GREAT EXHIBITION SURPLUS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—AII is over—sentcnce has gone forth—a few
brief hours and the Crystal Palace—the world's wonder
—its glories—
" Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve,
And, like an unsubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind."
Amongst the many who solicit your indulgence, may
I, as one who has severely suffered by the Great Exhi-
bition, without a murmur of complaint, be permitted,
through your influential journal, the means of suggest-
ing to the Royal Commissioners the very best method of
disposing of their surplus funds arising out of
not, will
the Greet
Exhibition? A suggestion which, I doubt
found more worthy their attention, and congenial to their
tastes, than building asylums for decayed policemen or
foreign artisans; raising Cleopatra's needle, or returning
their money to the subscribers.
I would, with all deference, respectfully suggest to the
Royal Commissioners, that they do devote the surplus
funds arising out of the Great Exhibition to the erection
of a national theatre—a theatre worthy of this great
country, and the grandest drama tLe world can boast.
The nation, all honour to it, has already purchased
the house of Shakspere, end made sacred for all time
the birth-place of England's brightest genius—the mas-
ter-spirit of humanity. Let the Royal Commissioners
emulate and excel this generous example, by erecting
and endowing a temple for the perpetual representation
of the genius of the world's great moral teacher.
Let them appoint their own trustees, treasurers, audi-
tors, &c. Let them solicit such men as Messrs. W.
Macready, C. Young, C. Kemble, G. Bartley, C. Far-
ley, T. P. Cook, and others, men of years, experience,
fortune, and education, and without further interests to
serve, save the elevation of their once loved profession,
to form a committee of management. Let these again
(to lessen their labours) select proper officers for carry-
ing out their plans, director, stage, and acting manager,
&c. Let the wisdom and experience of this committee
be responsible that no plays but those whose aim and
end shall be the elevation of taste and morals be pro-
duced. Let them appoint a company of performers of
talent and reputation, composed of artists who will
cheerfully rally round the committee, honourably and
earnestly aid their exertions, express their gratitude by
their willing efforts, and show themselves worthy of the
honour of being associated as members of the first
theatre in the world. Lot this be done—success is cer-
tain, and the capital invested would remain untouched
by the necessities of the establishment. What the
bp.
ea thetire of
Royal Academy of Painting has achieved by genius,
acknowledged,
protection, c o
sistern ,
ar mayst.
h,also
gh
though
re
er
sirseilny accomplished by
yugoaeugnneege'raaslultyd
England
that it is the duty of all Governments to look well that
the works of Shakspere be always performed, as their
effect upon the moral tone of the people must be very
great. How truly this was felt, appreciated, and expressed
in the patronage extended to the drama in the reign of
George 111. need not now be told. The National
Theatre was then, as it ever ought to be, a great normal
school for eloquence, poetry, and patriotism! The
blessed sight of seeing England's peace and loyalty—its
reverence and love for country and for Queen, at a time
like this, when "half to half the world is by the ears,"
might as readily be shown to be the restilt of Shake-
pere's teaching as to any other cause—yes, to the pre-
cepts of him who has been declared the world's aublimest
genius! Emperors and kings, bishops and barristers,
doctors and divines, bear witness to the truth; and his
inspired language is spoken by all classes of men, frontthe prince to the player. Surely this glorious mind,
which made itself a mighty organ for the expression of
universal nature, is worthy of a temple for its shelter in
the land of its birth. The Government of this country
cannot or will not interfere; then let the Royal Com-
missioners step boldly forward, and earn a nation's gra-
titude.
It may be truly said of the Great Exhibition, that the
sentence of accumulated millions has testified their una-
nimous approbation of our illustrious Prince Albert's
philanthropic wish to farther civilization in its broadest
and most comprehensive sense; may not we then hope
to see this civilization spreading its healthful influences
still further, yea, even to a return of the old love for the
great and meritorious in dramatic literature which once
animated intellectual England? for
" Truth crush'd to earth, will rise again,
The eternal years of God are her's !
But Error wounded writhes in pain,
And dies amidst its worshippers!"
A national theatre for our national drama is what is
wanted! cud I humbly entreat the Royal Commissioners
not to spurn my suggestion. I earnestly solicit the sym-
pathies of the public, and yours, dear Sir. I conjure
my professional brethren, especially those whose wisdom,
years, experience, talent, and influence gives them weight
in the world, to aid this cause. To the love that's in
them for the art that raised them, I appeal; for 1 be-
lieve

" The love that's kindled through its beauty
Can never wholly perish !"
Your obedient servant,
JAMES ANDERSON,
Late lessee of the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane.
Garrick Club, October, 1851.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—I know that the countenance of any good
object, in the columns of the powerful and influential
press, gives an immediate weight to it, that otherwise,
however useful or philanthropic it might be, it would be
years in attaining. The melancholy visitation that Pro-
vidence has inflicted on Mr. William Pennyfeather (as
stated in the advertisement in the papers of the 3d inst.),
the consequent distress of himself, wife, and children,
and the appeal to the public fur subscriptions for their
support, induce me to beg the favour of this letter
having a corner in your journal; the aim of it
being to show that there is a channel open, fully
capable, if only timely availed of, to protect
clerks generally from the sad destitution resulting
from sudden temporary or permanent inability to con-
tinue in their situations, whether arising from a depri-
vation of intellect, accident, or any other cause. Mr.
Penny feather was a clerk of the higher grade, being
latterly manager of a country branch bank, and his
position apparently precluded the chance of either him
or his fatally ever being in distress, and therefore, per-
haps, the desirability of his joining the institution I
allude to did not present itself to his attention; or per-
haps the unfortunate gentleman had never heard of it.
It is with this latter impression on my mind that I am
impelled with the desire to avail myself of your
columns (with your kind permission) to bring to the
notice of all clerks, mercantile and professional, in
London and the country, in as prominent a
way as possible, the knowledge of the existence of an
association, which now goes far to prevent, and which
may easily be made wholly to avert, the possibility of
that lamentable distress and humiliating public appeal
occurring in respect to its members, which have un-
happily fallen on Mr. Pennyfeuther.
The society I refer to was established in 1810; its
high pinnacle of respectability, perhaps, no other similar
society can reach; it is patronised by the Bank of Eng-
land and principal London firms; its trustees aro Thomas
Baring, Eng., M.P., Thomson Mulkey, Esq., Wm. Geo.
Prescott, Esq., Baron Rothschild, M.P.; its treasurer is
John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P., its auditors J. W. Gilbert,
Esq., Geo. Pollard, Esq., Wm. Since, Esq.; its managers
are chiefly principal clerks iu the large mercantile and
banking firms of London; its object is twofold—the ono
branch is " Life Insurance," and a policy for 1001. or
upwards, with an annual subscription of ss. confers the
benefits of bath brunches; the other Cranch in the
" Benevolent," and all its advantages aro secured by a
subscription merely of one guinea annually. The
benefits are not only the amount of the policy, in case of
death, for the benevolent fund provides Liming the life of
the member, in case of temporary distress or illness,
loans and gratuities according to the number in family;
and in the event of any permanent calamity, such, among
others, as that which has happened to poor Mr. Penny-
feather, an annuity of 25/. to 35/., together with allow-
ances to the family; and further, on the death of the
husband, the widow would be eligible herself for an
annuity of 154 to 254
The subscription advertised for the support of Mr.
Pennyfesther and family is, no doubt, liberal, and to an
amount that net one clerk in a thousand similarly
afflicted would ever obtain, but yet it would only pur-
chase an annuity during his life of about 301., and
would leave, at his death, his widow and children ne-
cessitous.
What immense advantages and inducements, then, at
a trifling cost, are here shown to be offered to clerks by
the association I am endeavouring to advocate; namely,
the Provident Clerks' Association. At present it has
about twenty annuitants on the funds; and if clerks ge-
nerally, the seniors and juniors, the well and the ill paid,
would rally round this institution, formed specially for
their class, not only would the funds be ample to give
all its benefits, and the annuities WITHOUT the ordeal of
election to all members whose health or faculties failed,
or whose circumstances became impoverished, but would
enable the amounts to be much increased.
To render this institution widely known, and hoping
thus to attain the above important ends so certainhly andthe
so cheaply to be secured to all clerks through the
oeonenphcyr:oraeylatihdtheaenrfdowrgooutehldde
general co-operation of the immense bodymcmunicatk
may, require the
their class, is the main object of this
been as member),hs.. I would
income,To th the clerks
think who,they in
willth the
not,en enjoyment eyn
etit
hbeanveefihtseehnelednteituletd(taondhawd
he
say, join the association by
tu subscription (if your
and leas fortunate of your fellows; to the latter,
poorer
a policy, to secure
I would say, join, by for yourselves,
wives, and children,
life is already sufficiently biainegshurMeder):
the full aid and assistance, which
you, or your families may naturally look forward to
that a clerk whose state of health renders
need. A most important feature remains to be men-
tioned,nin
i-tiss'urable, may, notwithstanding, become a
m Benevolent fund.
I beg to apologise for this letter, which my real has
lengthened much beyond my intention. I will only
him
ci mbeu of the
add, that the office of the company is No. 42, Moor-
gate-street, London, where prospectuses and full in-
formation may be obtained by personal or postal appli-
cation.—I have the honour to be, Sir, yours, Ste.
GEORGE THOMAS,
An original promoter, and formerly
a Manager and Chairman of the
Association.
Old Broad-street, Oct. 6, 1851.

ANOTHER FATAL COAL-PIT ACCIDENT.--.ADOther
fatal coal-pit accident occurred on Tuesday morning at tt
colliery in the parish of Timsbury, Somerset, belonging to
S. P. Sambcurne, Esq. A man named Joseph Britton was
about to descend a shaft, when what is technically called a
" tack" gave way, and Britton, missing his hold, was pre-
cipitated to the bottom of the pit, and tilled upon the spot.
ABSCONDING OF A RAILIF.4T STATION-MASTER.--
The station-master in charge of the Bingham Station of the
Nottingham and Grantham Railway, has Just absconded with
the proCW.I4 of the hye clap' excumou train., to Nottingham