The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-23 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Rvv. F. C. Halsted has been appointed chaplain
to the Victory dig-ship. at Portsmouth.
The RI% John ,linkins has been appointed chaplain
to the Seringap‘tam .tore-ship, at tir,e Cape of Good
ape. for service at the naval establishment.
Lieutenant Sir Henry Blackwood, Burt., haw been ap-
pointed to the Prince Reg' n', 90, flogship, Lisbon.
Mases—E, Howard, to the Excellent; John Nott, to
the Fisgard.
Assistant Surgeons—Dr. J. D. Cronin to the Retri-
bution, for service in the Sidon; Charles Hall Chambers
(acting), to the Impregnable flag-ship, D vonport; Ed-
ward Lodes (acting), for service in the Royal Naval
Hospital, Plymouth.
Second Mstiter—El. G. Thomsett to the Retribution,
to IRfeidtriihhiuPtrnioarin.-Toljr. Service n .
for service in the Sidon.
Naval C,..lpi—c. H. Ruck,
P. Sintrtahcheesyidaonnd. T. Barnadiston
the Totnes coast-guard etothe .
The result of the .
court of inquiry on Lieut. Ross, of
Prince Regent.
station, has been dismissal from
the coast-guard service.

irgon, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Poynter, arrived
at cense. from the west c Nast. April 15, and sailed on
the 20th for Valparaiso, whence she
proceeds to England.
Mnicienne steam-sloop, Mr. Biddlecombe in charge,
took in stores at Devonport, for Woolwich and Dept-
ford, and proceeded into the Sound, where she was
swung and had her compasses adjusted by Mr. Thomp-
son, the harbour-master. She was to sail early yester-
day morning. Several of the artisans of the dockyard,
with their families, take a pa3sage in her to see the Great
Exhibition. _ _ _

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Retribution and Sidon steam-frigates will complete
their victualling to-day, and will probably sail for Cork
in the evening.
Sanspareil, 81. screw-ship—The engineers in the em-
ploy of Messrs. Watts and Co., fitting the Sanspareil
screw line-of-battle ship, are order( d to be allowed to
work extra hours to expedite the fitment of that ship.
COAST or AFRICA. —The last accounts state that little
had been beard of the two commanders-in-chief of late.
Captain Adams (senior officer), of Gladiator, 6. steam-
frigate' was cruising off Benin, April 1; her tender,
Jackal steam-vessel, under the command of Lieutenant
Beddingdeld, was at Penland° Po with the meal; the

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&Air-Admiral M. F. F. Berkeley, C. 8., one of the
Lords of the Admiralty, it is said, will be appointed flag-
,fficer at the Note in about six or seven weeks from this
period, when the temporary command of Captain the
lion. M. Stopford will cease.
The Cy clops steam-frigate, Master-Commander Hoff-
nieister, is ordered up from Sheerness to Woolwich, and
is expected at this port to-morrow to embark Captain
Faddy's and Captain St. George's companies of the
Roy al Artillery, for conveyance to the Cape of Good
Hope. This arrangement will give great satisfaction,
and save a great deal of time in the embarkation of the
companies, and the men will be saved the trouble of re-
shipping their bsggage at Sheerness.
The Magicienne, 16, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, is
expected at thi4 port every tide from Devonport. She
is to be brought round by Mr. Biddlecombe, and will be
taken back to Devonport by Mr. Brown, assistant-
master-attendant at that dockyard, who will take on
board the masts and stores required to bring the Barra-
couta to Woolwich.

The Barracouta, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, is under
the shears outside the basin at this port, and her masts
and stores have been all taken out. Although a pada--
whid steam-slo, p. she is built on similar lines to the
Brbk steam-s 1 'op, recently launched here to be fitted
with a screw-prepelier and engines of 250-horse power,
by Sen t and Sinclair, at Greenock. Toe Barracouta is
to be fiqed with the old engines taken out of the Media,
and of 220 horae pow r,
The &l..nkey steam-vessel accompanie'l the BHA(
as far a• Sr. Helen's, dud returned to Woolwich on Fri-
day afternoon.

The new b,il.rs on board the Hydra steam-sloop are
circular form, 9 fo.t 10 inches each in diametr,r
and 16 reet long, and from their perfect construction re-
inark.bo a rung. Yiere are five turnaoes in each of the
two boilers] two below turee, and, owing to their shape.
thrre is ample room for the engineers or stokers to pas.
between them when nec.,sary. They Fib.° dispense with
the steatu•etn st wed in equare buderi., which will be a
great advantage and bring th,m considerably under the
we er. line. Th.y were made at the fsctory at Woo!.
wich d..ukyard, tr-m a drsign rsriginatly Pubmittrd to
the Admiralty by Alessrs. John Penn and Sun, engineer',
Greens ich.

DINNER TO MR. FOX AT DERBY.
On Saturday the inhabitenta. of, the town of Derby
entertained Mr. Fox, their fellow townsman, head of the
firm of Fox arid Henderson, at a public dinner in honour
of his great achievenient, the Crystal Palace. The cc-
casion must have been a peculiarly gratifying one to that
gentlemen, to his biother, who is this year, for the
third time, Mayor of the borough, end to all his friend,
who flocked around him to testify their admiration of his
successful lesboure and their respect for his private cha-
racter. Mr. Paxton bad been specially invited to he
present, and came accordingly Mr. Henderson was
prevented from attending by his 'delicate state of health.
As to the rest of the company,
it comprised many of the
chief guest's most respected toWpainen tied friends, and
was in all respects a very gratifylng muster. About 150
gentlemen sat de wn to dinner, and Mr. Douglas Fox
presided in a manner which did him the utmost credit.
Among those present, besides several of the town and
county magistracy, were Mr. Baai, M.P., Mr. Hay worth,
M.P., the Right Hon. Edward Strutt, Mr. Mosley, Mr.
J. Cochrane, Mr. Jobsen. Mr, Cooper, Dr. Wylde, Mr,
W. E. Mousley, Mr. Low, and Mr. Crooliten. Tne
dinner took place at the Royal
Used, arid was worthy
of the occasion. At its close,
The CHAIRMAN gave the usual loyal and constitu-
tiontil toasts, which were re csiied with great applause.
Mr. MOUSLEY then propos4f;,'• in highly laudatory
terms, the health of the guest Of the eveeitig, Mr. Fex,
which it is almost unnecessary tOmy was received wi h
the urn,.•st enthusiasm.
Mr. Fox said—le rising to return thanks for the very
handsome manner in which )0U ~eve been pleesed to drink
my health, I assure you I feel fermore difficulty and
emharrassment than I ever experienced at any period
eluting the construction of the Crystal Palace. It is im-
possible to express my feelings upon this the most de-
lighttul occasion of my life, when so much more has,
been said 'hen is deserved, and so kindly said, in praise
of the manner in which the work has been carried out
by my good partner, Mr. Henderson, and myself. What-
ever may have been the weight of care and responsibi-
lity under which I have lived for the last twelve months,
I am amply repaid for it all in the perfect success which
has hitherto attended the progress of the Exhibition,
in the approbation expressed by our gracious :Sove-
reign, in the kind congratuletien of all my friends,
and now in the enthusiastic and heartfelt manner in
which the toast has been responded to by this distin-
guished assembly of my fellow-townsmen.—(Loud
cheers.) Before entering on a brief history of the
building, I wish to state, that it is to Mr. Paxton's
idea of a palace of iron and glees, which it '
has been my lot to mature and realize, that
the public are indebted for the present structure in
Hyde park; and that gentleman proudly acknowledges
that but for the enlightened views of the Duke of DO-
vonshire, the Lord-Lieutenant of this county, and his
Grace's princely expenditure at Chatsworth, the idea of
such a building might never have been entertained. In
June, 1850, the Royal Commission invited contractors
to tender for a building to be erected in Hyde-park, in
conformity with plans and specifications prepared by the
Building Committee. The building, which was intended
to consist principally of brick lied iron, with a splendid
dome in its centre, was considered of too permanent a
nature for subsequent removal, and public opinion to
this effect was very generally expressed. In the printed
condition of tender issued by the Building Committee
the following clause was introduced:—" Tenders for
methods of construction other than those shown upon
the drawings and described in the specifications, will
be entertained, but on condition only of their being ac-
companied by working drawings and specifications, and
fully priced bills of qusntities.' This invitation to par-
ties to send in tenders, based not only on the commit-
tee's plans but upon such other designs es they might wish
to submit, induced me to believe theta tender fora build-
ing of glass and iron, as suggested to me for the first
time by Mr. Paxton on the 22d of June, 1850, just 12
months ago, an engraving of which was published in
the Illustrated London News on the 6th of July, would
meet not only with the approbation of the building
committee, but with that of the public at large; and I
therefore went to Birmingham on the 18th of June, and
put in hand the drawings and specifications upon which
our tender to the committee WAS to be based. On the
2d of July Mr. Cole, having heard of our intention to
make an offer fur a building of the kind, and feeling
strongly that the success of the Exhibition depended
upon having an attractive and suitable building, came
down to Birmingham at his own suggestion, but with
the permission of competent authority, to stimulate us
to procsed, and to offer such hints iu reference to the
requirements of the case as would enable us to make the
conception of Mr. Paxton conform strictly O. tire con-
dition of tender re quired by the Commissioners, and
therefore in ,st likety to meet with theeapprobation ot
,he Building Committee; and I am if opinion that to
:.is spirited advice we tire mainly indebted tor ()li-
mning an impregusble locus standi oe the merits
,f our case.—(Leud cheers.) In all this I had th•
01,,paratioll of my partner Mr. Hersereen, who.
feeling with me the value of Mr. Cole's sage; stions and
tne great importance, in tt.e preparation of these dra,..
tugs, of cootor ming as much as possible to the arrange•
reente adepts d by the e enminee in the plan upon ele.ete
;hey hart invited tenders, proposed the
tidditiou of the
rettsept, iu Vie propriety or which Mr. P.,xrun, aftafte r
due csnsiderie ion, entirely concurred,—.(cheers.) Be
tore comeledng our tender, and with a view to a more
precise, adprejatton of the magnitude of a building
covering 13 acres-1,850 toot I lo s, 408 feet wide, anti
64 feet, high, irrespective of the arched root of the tran-
lept—l walked out one evening into Portland-place;
ind there setting off the 1,850 feet upon the pevement,
fund it the same length within a few yards;
cud aisle
considering that the building would be three times the
width of that fine street, and the nave as high as the
'louses on either side, I bad presented to my mind a
pretty good idea of what we were about to undertake,
and I confess that I considered the diffieulles to be sur-
mount. d in constructing that great palace were of no
ordinary kind; but feeling confident that with great
energy, good arrangements, and a hearty
co-operation On
the part of our extensive and well-disei
staff it might
be accomplished, and that upon it depended, in all proba-
bility, the success of the Exhibition, we determined to un-
dertake the responsibility ; and the opening on the Ist
ef May has proved the correctness of our conclusions.
—(Leud cheers.) The plans and specifications prepared
by us in greet haste were submitted to the Commissioners',
together with a tender, on the loth of July; but though
sufficient to enable us to bring the subject before them,
and to convey to their minds an idea of what we pro-
posed te erect, they were necessarily very incomplete,
and did not contain either sufficient architectural or me-
chanical detail to admit of their being used in the execu-
tion of the works. The arched roof was afterwards
added to the design, and submitted to the Commissioners
on the 15th of July, with the view of getting over a
difficulty which existed in consequence of the elm trees
being too tall to be covered by the flat roof proposed by
Mr. Paxton. For the expense attending the addition of
the arched roof to the transept, Fox, Henderson, and
Co. did not increase the amount of their former tender,
and it was consequently executed at their sole expense.
—(Cheers.) Tne Building Committee, having had the
matter under their consideration from the 15th to the
26th of July, resolved unanimously to recommend the
Commissioners to accept our offer for the building, and
nothing could be more disinterested than their conduct
in setting aside the drawings and Specifications which,
with much labour, they had prepared, and adopt-
ing others, which, though laid before them in so imper-
fect a state, presented to their minds, as experienced
engineers and architects, the mode of constructing a
building of iron and glass better fitted for the purposes
of the Exhibition.—(Cheers.) On the recommendation
of the Building Committee the Commissioners on the
26th of July were pleased to signify their wish for us to
construct the building, bat were met by a difficulty
which threatened to postpone for a year, if not to put an
end, to the Exhibitien altogether. The Solicitor to the
Treasury gave as his opinion that until the Commis-
sioners had obtained a royal charter they could not
legally proceed, and were therefore not in a position to
give an order to any one. These circumstances were
explained to us by Lord Granville on the 26th of July, in
the presence of the Comruissieners, who at the
same
time told us that it was their fixed intention to apply to
Government for the charter, and that he had every rea-
son to believe it would be granted_ arid having informed
us that as soon as they were a legally constituted body
they would probahiy ecnclude a contract with Fox, Hen-
derson, and Co., finished by felting, whether under thee)
circumstances we should consider it running too great
a ri'k to enter at once upon the execution
of the work, as, otherwise, many weeks would
unavoidably be lost, and the chance of open-
ing the Exhibition on the Ist of May placed
beyond possibility. In reply to his Lordship's inquiry,
seeing the imperative necessity for immediate action, and
desiring to render all the assistance in our power in
furtherance of the important object of the Exhibition,
we expressed our willingness to run the risk, whatever
it might be, and without waiting for the charter com-
menced at once the drawings and the necessary opera-
tions for the erection of the building,_ (Loud cheers.)
As the time for the execution of the building was so ex-
tremely limited, and being well aware fr,n2 experience
that when matters of business bad to be decided by a
committee composed of many persons much valuable
time was generally
wasted, we requested the Commis-
sioners, inst ad of referring us to the Building Com-
mittee, to select one of its members—either the chair-
man, Mr. Cubitt, President of the loritution of Civil
Engineers, Mr. Robert Stephenson, or Mr. Brunel—
and give him absolute power to settle with us finally
all matters connected with the arduous task we were
then willing to enter upon. The Commissionere, ap-
preciating the importance of this request, appointed Mr.
Cubitt to fill this office. It was now that I commenced
the laborious work of deciding upon the proportions
and strengths required in every part of this great and
novel structure, so as to insure that perfect safety essen-
tial in a building destined to receive millions of human
beings—one so entirely without precedent, and where
mistakes might have led to the most serious disasters.l
Having satisfied myself on these necessary points, I set
to work and made every important drawing of the build-
ing, as it now stands, with my own band; and it was no
small source of gratification to me, when asking Mr.
Cubitt to look over the drawings I had prepared, to find
that he not only had no desire to suggest alterations, but
expressed his entire approbation of theta all. The Com-
, milainers baying carefully considered the merits of the

placed upon each part the greVest load it could ever in
, practice receive, and proceeded to show that above four
, times that lord was required before fracture would cc
cur. These proofs were made on the 6.h of September,
when Mr. Cuhitt was pleased to state that he never wit-
, neesed a set of eisperimente of a more cenclusive nature
Being thus satisfied by actual experiment that the pro-
portiotis of the various parts of the building were such
as to insure perfect stability and safete , the preparations
of the ironwork and other materials were pushed for-
ward with the greatest vigour. and large deliveries were
mole in the park wiJiiri the next three weeks; so that
on the 26th of September we wet e enabled to fix the first
column in its piece. From this time I took the general
management of the building under my charge, and spent
all my time upon the works--feeling that, unless, the
same person who had mode the drawings was alweys
present to assign to each part as it arrived upon the
ground its proper position in the structure, it would
be impossible to finish the building in time to insure
the opening ,41 the Ist of May; and I am confident
that if any other c 'Luse had been taken, or if, as is usual
in the construction of large buildings, the drawings
had been prepared by an architect and the works exe-
cut, d by a contractor, instead of, as in the present case,
these separate functions being combined by my making
the drawings and then superintending the execution of
the work, a building of such vast dimensions could not
have been completed within a period considered by ex-
perienced persons as altogether inadequate for the pur-
pose.—(Cheers.) The erection of the building, now
fairly commenced, was pushed forward with all possible
speed, and a good notion of the amount of work may be
obtained from the fact that at one period we fixed as
much ironwork every day as would be required in a roof
of extent equal to the passenger station of this town,
which is one of the largest in the kingdom.—(Cheers,)
It was not until the 31st of October that the contract
with the Commissioners was completed, up to which time
we not only had received no order for the building, and
no payment on account of the work we had done, but we
had run the risk of expending upwards of 50,0001. with-
out being in a legal position to call upon the Commis-
sioners for any portion of the sum we had so expended;
and such was the appreciation of our conduct in this mat-
ter, that Lord Granville was pleased, in the presence of
the other members of the Commission, to state, on the
16th November, that they were of opinion that but fer the
courage evinced by Fox, Henderson, and Co., in
commencing the work without any order from the Com-
missioners, the Exhibition of Industry of All Nations
would never have taken place.—(Cheers.) Perhaps the
most difficult and hazardous, and certainly the most in-
teresting portion of the work, was raising the sixteen
ribs of the transept to their places. A month was the
shortest time assigned by any one for this operation.
We commenced on the 4th of December, and succeeded
in raising two in the course of that day. Two more
were safely deposited in their places in the presence of
his Royal Highness Prince Albert on the following day,
and the last pair on December 12 ; so that the sixteen
ribs were all placed in eight working days. As the
building progressed I was assailed on all sides, not only
by unprofessional persons, but by men of high scientific
attainments, who, notwithstanding the careful calcula-
tions which had been made, and the satisfactory proofs
to which all the important parts were individually sub-
jected, as soon as these parts were put together and pro-
duced a structure of unparalleled. lightness, doubted the
possibility of the building possessing, as a whole,
that strength which was necessary to snake it
safe against the many trying influences to which
it must necessarily be subjected. (Mr. Fox,
having entertained the company with a very
amusing resumi at all the sinister predictions and "airy
prophecies" which bad been indulged in, with reference
to the building. at the Institution of Civil Engineers ann
elsewhere, proceeded to say):-eefefiefbie'Coneluding per
mit me to pr.-sent my thanks to Mr. Barry for his hive-
laeble improvement in the architectural beauty of the
building; to Mr. Owen Jone, for his many beautiful d -
signs for trio embellishment of the building, and to who&•
r.iste in decoralive art is owing that splendid appear:inc.
which has charmed the eye of every spectator; t.
Messrs. Cochrane and Co. and Mr. J-bs,m, for the ever
eetic m•intier in which they prepared the castings; t
Messrs. Dowson aid Co., fur resit promptitude in deb
vering the timber; arid to Mr. John Cochrane and al.
persons in our employ connecie i wiuh the work for their
willing services, so indispensaide in carrying out a con-
tract of such unexampled magnitude.—(Cheers.) When
the Royal Commissioners confided to us the construction
,f the huilding for the Exhibition of ledestry of All Na-
ions, I felt that in some degree the credit of England
was in our hands—that we had it in our power to
achieve that which would prove eminently sttccesstul.
or in failing to do so would be a source of the most
serious disappointment and diQgrace, and that we were
therefore bound by considerations of no ordinary kind
to exert ry effort in our power to carry the work to
completion in the shortest possible time and at any per-
sonal sacrifice, and without regarding the question of
expense, the more especially as his Royal Highness
Prince Albert had invited the world to this great festi-
val on the Ist of May; and it was essential, as a point
of national honour, that this vast edifice should be ready
for the recep ion of his guests.—(Cheers.) I need not
remind you that we completed the contracts, and that
our beloved Sovereign presided at the inauguration on
the day which had been originally appointed.—(Loud
cheers.) I feel a peculiar pleasure in having carried
out this great undertaking in the consideration that
it is not a temple in which the representatives of
nations will meet together for the purpose of adjust-
ing matters of strife or questions of warfare, but one
in which the Prince has invited all the family of
man to assemble in harmony and good fellowship, and
where juries, composed of distinguished foreigners and
Englishmen, meet together as friends, to decide upon
the comparative merits of those beautiful objects of art
and manufactures which aro the happy results of peaceful
commercial emulation.—(Cheers.) Again thanking
you for the honour you have this day conferred upon
me, the recollection of which will never be effected from
my memory, and also for the kind patience with which
you have listened to my remarks, I conclude by wishing
you the long enjoyment of health and of that happi-
ness and prosperity which are fast spreading over the
world and which the people of Derby have ever been
among the foremost to advance.—(Loud cheers.)
The next toast given was the health of Mr. Paxton,
which was proposed in highly complimentary terms by
the Mayor.

Mr. PAXTON returned thanks at some length, and in
the course of his observations alluded to the unexpected
risk which the Crystal Palace had run from the recent
balloon ascent. Had the unfortunate aeronauts been
arrested in their progress by the arched roof of the
transept, they would, he feared, have met with a cutting
reception.

Zgreat variety of toasts followed, and the company
separated, highly delighted with the opportunity
afforded them of testifying their admiration for the
character and the talents of their now distinguished
townsman.

THE WAR MEDAL BANQUET TO HIS

GRACE THE DUKE Of RICHAIOND.
On Saturday night, the banquet given by the war
officers, subscribers to the testimonial to be presented to
his Grace the Duke of Richmond, in token of the high
and grate ful sense entertained by them of his Grace's un-
tiring and successful exertions on their behalf; to ik place
at Willis's:. Rooms, King-street, St. James'o. The day
was the 38ih anniversary of the battle or Vittoria. The
chair was taken by Lieut.-Genus' the Right Hon
L'srd Saltoun, K.C.8., G C.H.; and the vice-chair by
Admiral Sir Graham Eden Hamond, Bart., K.C.B.
Among the company present were the guest of the
evening, his Grace the Duke of Richmond (who sat on
the right of the chairman), the Earl of Cardigan, Sir
Hugh Ross, Sir E. Bowater. Mr. Guthrie, Sir W. Bur-
nett, Sir H. Halkett, Major-General Sir J. Rolt, Sir R.
Murchison, Sir W. Byam, Sir J. Wilson, Sir G. Ham-
mond, Colonel Allix, Sir E. Belcher, General Llewellyn,
Major-General Herring, Colonel Love, Colonel Dixon,
Admiral G. Falcon, Dr. Thompson, inspector of
hospitals. Sir Charles Forbes, Rear-Admiral Sir
W. H. Dillon, Major. General Gordon, Sir T. Falcon,
Captain Scott, R.N., Captain Weatherley (late
60th Rifles). Lieutenant-Colonel Fitzmaurice, Captain
Sweny, R.N., Captain Kincard, Rifle Brigade, &0., Sze.
Most of the guests were in uniform, and wore a number
of crosses and decorations, indicating the length and
variety of the cervices upon which they had been en-
gaged. Tho character of the company generally was
that of old and war-warn veterans, who had done good
service "by flood and field," and the assemblage of up-
wards of two hundred of the most distinguish :-d naval
and military warriors of the day was not the least inter-
esting feature of the proceedings.
In the gallery were a large number of ladies, among
whom we observed the Duchess of Richmond and a lair,
party of fasbionables.
After the usual loyal toasts,
The CHAIRMAN said—lt is very gratifying to see the
great body of veteran warriors assembled here for the
purpose of doing honour to one of our cloth, because, al-
-1 though his Grace the Duke of Richmond—(Tremendous
1 cheering for some minutes)—has for some time left the
regular service of the country, he has done us the honour
of appearing here in the ordinary military uniform of
the country—the militia.—(Loud cheers.) I have no
hesitation in saying that his Grace is as gallant, and as
good, and as straightforward a soldier as any amongst
you.—(Loud cheering.) Gentlemen it fell to his
eract'o lot to go out very young to tilt Peuiuoulth and

tribute. At the angles of the pedestal are grouped mili-
tary and naval trophies, between which are panels
containing the inscription, which is to be as follows:
" Presented on the thirty-eighth anniversary of the
battle of Vittoria to his Grace the Duke of Richmond,
K.G., by the recipients of the war medal, in grateful
remembrance of his long and unwearied exertions in
their behalf, as a token of admiration and esteem from
his humbler brethren in arms, who successfully aided
in defending their highland home throughout a long and
arduous war, in which they gained a series of resplen-
dent victories that led to the capture of Paris, Madrid,
and Washington, and finally led to an honourable and
lasting peace."
Second, the interview of his Grace with her Majesty in
relief; third and fourth, the names of the engagements
in which the troops were engaged to whom medals had
been given. On the base are four groups, viz., two naval,
consisting of marines, sailors and boys; and two military,
the first consisting of a light dragoon dismounted, light
infantryman, a rifleman, a British grenadier, and a
hussar mounted; the second, of a royal horse artillery-
man mounted, a foot artilleryman, a soldier of the line,
a Highlander, and a heavy dragoon dismounted; the
attitudes selected in these compositions being those of
applause for the action of the Duke portrayed on the
summit. Between each group are p aide, containing the
arms, and the lower base is empanelled with t ,o military
end two naval subjects—viz., the battles of Vittoria and
()rifles, and those of the Nile end Trafalgar, which are
ptieed beneath the appropriate groups. The testimonial
stands about four feet high, and will be executed in
d.ad and burniahed silver, in the highly finished stl le
if art for w hich the firm of hunt anu H ,akell is so di,.
tingu•shed.
Fne Duke of RlcamoNo rose, and was received with
renewer' cheering. He said-11y Lord Saltoun, I beg
to irsure you that I feel tto. tliYli ul y of the tusk which
your kindness aud. that of my old companions in arms
!ri the ri,v,tl and military service has imposed upon We.
I am h.ii,py to say that with every arm of that service
which has iwp)snd upon me the difficult task of adv.
quitely returiiihg and acknowledging trio feelings of my
iteart, not only for the meaner in which you have re-
ceived me on the lye-sent oiiea.iou, but for the tplendid
awl magnificent testina•elial of your personal good a ill
towards me—l am happy to say, that in early life I was
acquainted wish many of those whom I now have the
nuuour to see around MP, and that I always regarded
them as friends and brothers.—(Great applau-e.) I
trust, my Lords and Gentlemen, tnat this splendid tes-
timonial will descend to my children's children, and that
it will be an additional reason to them to take advan-
cage of th' it position—to undergo the privations and
fatigues -.nd to share the dangers of their fellow-sub-
jects.—(Cheers.) I hope and trust, too, Gentlemen,
that they will not forgot the important services which
the army and navy of this country have on all occasions
rendered; and I hope that it will be an inducement to
them to take care that the heroic deeds of times of war
are not to be laid aside and forgotten in periods
of peace. Gentleman, my humble services in
obtaining your just claims have been, by my Noble
Friend, somewhat overrated.—(Cries of " No, no.")
Gentlemen, you well know the kind and feeling heart of
our most gracious Sovereign Lady the Queen.—(Tre-
mendous cheering.) I am aware of the deep anxiety
which her Majesty, from the period of her accession up
to the present moment, had evinced in doing justice and
in promoting the happiness of all classes of her subjects.
—(lienewed cheering.) Gentlemen, I felt certain that
it was impossible but that a Queen of England would
feel a deep debt of gratitude to those brave and heroic
men, who, devoting themselves to the profession of
arms, both by sea and laud, have promoted the peace
which has so long continued, and maintained her Ma •
jesty's illustrious family, and herself on the throne of
these her realms, and have gained forher, too, the proud)
appellation of the Queen of the Seas.—(Much cheering.)
They have placed the empire of England in the first
rank of the ruling nations of the world. It was for these
reasons that I felt that if an appeal was really and
honestly made to the throne, and if her Majesty had ad-
visers worthy to be the advisers of the Crown, that ap-
peal could not be refused.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, I
feel deeply grateful to my Lord John Russell and his
colleagues for having, after a former Administration had
refused it, recommended to her Majesty to grant the
just request of the memorial which I had the honour to
present.—(Loud cheers.) Politically opposed as I am
to Lord John Russell and the present Cabinet, I must
say to the old war officers here present, that I never
saw any individual more anxious than he was that
your just claims should bo carried out.—(Applause.)
Gentlemen, don't for a moment suppose that there is
the slightest spark cf ingratitude in anything I am about
to say; but I am about to tell you, my old brother
officers of the two services, the feelings of my heart on
the present occasion.—(Hear.) I deeply regret that
this measure was not extended much further than it ha!
the
officers I never could understand the reason why a
officers of her Majesty's navy, who in single
rship action
in capturing privateers at the hazard of their Ives—
in defending our convoys, or in their heroic and hazard-
ous achievements of cutting out vessels in bosh, from
the muzzles of well-traintd and well-manned guns in
a chivalry and heroism, permit mebatteries, displaying
to say, which few but British seamen could ever be
found even eNleavouring to attempt—l never could un-
derstand
~why these brave men, and the gallant Spill
the officers, non-commissioned officers, and p,iya,as,
in every part of the world maintain thin glory of •r
arms, should be debarred from participating in tho
wards they had Co justly earned. I ask,
why should
any difference be msde beteeen the ath 'tiled and the
rear guards, between skirmishes usually precreing
our greatest victories, when many were struck down
by the bullets of the enemy and carried to tee
general hospital in the rear, and thereby prevented
from sharing a few days afterwards in the glories of
the general battle—l ask why should they not bear on
their breasts the proof that they had been in personal
conflict with the enemy, and cleared the way for their
more fortunate fellows, thereby doing good service to
their Sovereign and their country?—(Cheers.) I have
made these remarks at the hazard of trespassing too long
upon you, because I feel that you will think the light
infantry soldier should be very quick in his movemener.
—(Great laughter.) Nevertheless I do deeply regret,
gentlemen, that it did not happen that these medals were
given some fifteen or twenty years since.—(Hear, hear.)
There is not a single individual whom I have now the
honour of addressing, who cannot call to his mind some
of the best and bravest men of all grades in the two pm-
feiaions, who DOW lie cold in their graves, hastenec,
perhaps, by privations, and their hearts not gladdened
by wearing the testimonial, to which they were entitled,
of their Sovereign's approbation and their country's gra-
titude.--(Loud cheers.) The services which upon the
present ,
occasion you represent have placed in every clime
in which it has been your destiny to serve, both by sea
and land, lasting memorials to the honour, and glory,
and renown of the British, arms, which probably; have
never been exceeded.—(Great tapplause.) You have de-
fended the standard of England at all hazards, and have
left it to your succassors untarnished by the slightest
stain. May that flag never float over the quarter-deck
of a man-of-war, or be unfurled in battle on the ensan-
guined field of war, save For the maintenance of the honour
of your Sovereign, the independence of your country,
ind the protection of the wetli opprested cf all usu

I We may here mention, that Mr. Nasmyth, civil engi.
neer, who, as wo have formerly stated, attends parties to
give explanations of the machinery, was busily engarged
throughout the day. Among those present in the Exhi-
bition before the doors-were opened to the public (at
twelve o'clock), wore the Chancellor of the Exchequer
and Lord John Russell. In the course of the day we ob-
served the Earl of Carlise, Earl of Morton, Earl of Bes-
borough, Lord Stanley, Lord Listowel, Lord Trimleston,
Lord Carberry, Lord Delamere, the Countess of Erne,
the Countess of Waldegrave, the Marquis of Douro, Lord ik
Maidstone, Lady Alice Peel, Lord Colville, Sir P. Mait- -
land, Miss Burdett Coutts, Lady Grenville, Lady
Dwarria, Lady Clifford, Lady Cranworth, and Sze
G. Grey.
The day was exceedingly warm, and the heat was in-
deed extreme—the thermometer having been, early
the morning, 84 in the shade. It may be attributed ea
this cause, and to its being cooler out of doors than igto
that the arrivals were comparatively limited, and l'aat
the departures were rather early. The entire number
of visitors did not much exceed twelve or thirteen thou-
sand, and by five o'clock they were leaving rapidly, and
arrivals had almost ceased. Saturday is of course more
a season ti ket day than any other, and those who pay
54. for the pleasure of having a quiet and uninterrupted
Enjoyment of the Exhibition arrive early. There were
a great many persons assembled at the doors before the
hour of opening, and a large number of invalids in B.sth
chairs hid (as usual) bowl admitted before that time.
We have mentioned more than once teat the ti)reign
compartments are constantly improving; this
t.,119 t,f the Lodi +n. Both en the mirth and south aide
he compartments of I. diA (to welch it might have been
ina•tgittrd that nothing couto bN add, o) have tAltaneed,
are advkaleing, and will c,,nii,,ue to r.ovariee in aurae-
tivem.ss.

Oa the bona) vide are the '• flouduh•s" anti

other ele,;!u;..t imply deberio,,e); aDd
In th, pavth,,a orl the 111,r1 h side 1, I laet d the

,Anti ivory throne. Sro G. Lire), and a large
party visited this pavilion on Saturday, td.ter,id,d by Mr,
the intelltgout twins superintendent 01 the

tlepArtaicut.
"l h,. r 4 c,,ipts during th© day were—
Fur Paso!) tickets
At the doers . .

£33 12 0
1 674 10 0

Total receipts

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Maje,u and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
with their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and
Prince Albert, accompanied by his Majesty the King of
the Belgians, with their Royal Highnesses the Dukt• de
Brabant, thy, Count de Flandres, and the Princess Char-
lotte of Belgium, Visited the Exhibition of the Works cf
Industry of all Nations on Satui day mot ning.
In attendance on the Royal party were the Viscountess
Canning, Madame do Montanclos, General Wimp's,
Colonel Bouverie, Colonel de Moerkerke, and Count
Albert de Briey.

The Queen, Prince Albert, and the King of the Bel-
gians arrived at the Exhibition at half-past nine o'eleck
and left at half-past eleven.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel
Bouverie, visited her Royal Highness the Duehess of
Kent on Saturday at her residence, Clarence House, St.
.James's. The Prince also inspected Bridgewater House
on Saturday afternoon.
His Majesty the King cf the Belgians, accompanied
by the Duke de Brabant, the Count de Flanders, and
the Princess Cherlette, and attended by Madame de
Moatanclos, Colonel de Moerkerke, and Count Albert de
Briey, took a carriage drive on Saturday afternoon.
Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal and the
Princess Alice, attended by Miss Ilildyard, visited the
Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations ere
Saturday.
Her Mojesty and his Royal Highness Prince Aihmi
honoured the performance of the Royal Italian Opera
on Saturday evening with their presence. The Royal
suite OJnsisted of Countess Canning, the Hon. Matilda
Paget, Lord Catuoys, General Wcmyss, and Colonel
Bouverie.
Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Bouverie, rode out
on
rihorseback
tyo n, Sp :ityuartdea yb tde r
attended in Buckingham
Palace on Friday after dinner, and performed the fol-
lowing selection:--
Overture, " La Neige"
Dw tto, " Colporteur" • Auber
••
Kre M
ises March Onslow s
oh _ n
Aria, " Le Cheval de B
rOD • end
9' Auber
Rowance
D..etboren.
Yesterday her Majesty end his Royal• Highness Prince
Albert, his Majesty theels
King of the Belgians, their Royal
Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal,
the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestie
househeld, Etoncled Divine aervice in the private chapt.l
in Buckinehem palace The Hen. and Rev. Gerald
Welles!. y cffiej
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended
Divine service yesterday in the Cnap( I Royal, St. James's.
The prayers were read by the Rev. J. Helmore, the
s.one by the Rev. J. Thomas, and the Communion-
service by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The sermon was
preached by the lion. and Rev. R. S. We,t. The
Anthem was " Let God (Green). Sir G. Swart
presidee at the organ. The Duke of Wellington attended
the early service yesterday. The Rev. J. el. Anderson
will preach next Sunday in the Cnapel Royal.
Her Royal flghness the Duchess of Kent, attended
Baroness
ia ty,o
t deseSpeth, and Lord
jloyamL,sid
Theatre with
her presence on Saturday evening.
Lady Augusta
henßr oui:ree'd her
A dquAition—consisting of the Rev. Dr. Macleod
(Gia,gew), the Rev. Dr Rot ertson, and Mr. James Hone
(Edinburgh)—had an interview on Saturday with Sir
George Urey at the Hume-Ake.
The Earl of Shaftsbury had an int •
erview on Saturday
with Sir Gecrge Grey. Lord John Thyme bad also
en interview with the Right Hon. Baronet.
Dispatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of the West India 'elands,.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on
Saturday at the Council.ofEee. The Lords present were
—The Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, the
Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge of the
Admiralty Court, and Sir Edward Ryan. An appeal
from Bengal " Nawab Amin one Dowlah re Synd Ruahm
Ake Khan," was disposed of.

A ..RU AWAY BANKWOrT.—On &Jura4y a warrant
WAS issued by Mr. Commissioner Holroyd, and placed int h
hands of Mr. Bri,ht. the messenger, for the apprehension of
a bankrupt named Martin, late of Lewes, Sussex, draper. It
appears Martin carried on business in the High-street, Lowei.
and so far Lick as December last established A. shop at.
Jersey. His practice was to obtain large parcels of goods
from the London warehouses on credit, and as soon as they
came into his possession at Lewes he sent them in a coil tr
from Shoreham to Jersey, where they were disposed of by
forced sales. Property to the extent of 3.000/. was thus got
rid of, and about 700/. more removed from Lewes to, the Old
Ship, Brighton, before the bankrupt decamped. The evi-
deuce shows that he went to the last Derby, where not
being unknown he made heavy bets, which he lost, and the
next day proceeded to Liverpool and sailed for America at
the Pacific, Tlie property at Bright has been seized.
The Duke of Rutland has embarked on board hi*
Grace's sehooner-yacht, the Resolution, on a cNise off the
French coast. His Grace will continue his aquatic tips
until the tat wait ill Awl*: