The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-19 00:00:00

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

Yestereay the half crown receipts at the doors of the
Cr) Mal Palace rose to 3,7621 7s 6d., and ecccording to
the police returns there were 35,338 persons who visited
the interior.

The Queen and the Prince inspected the Russian
compartment once more during the morning, after which
they examined the pianos of Erard, Broadwood, and
Collard, and the great organ of Willis, i❑ the western
gallery of the nave. It is understood that this is the
last visit they will pay to the Exhibition for some time,
as they retire to their marine residence at Osborne.
The following are the official returns of the receipts.of
the day

Season tickets ... £l7 17 0
At the doors 3,762 7 6

Total ... ... £3,780 4 6
Police numbers 35,338

THE LATE Mn. THOMAS EDMONDSON, OF MAN-
CHESTEE.—This gentleman, who was the inventor and
patentee of the railway ticket, combining the system of
printing and subsequently numbering every ticket, died in
Manchester on the -42 d ult. He was originally a cabinet-
maker, in the establishment of Messrs. Gillow and Co., of
Lancaster, but in U 39 he filled the situation of station-clerk
at Milford, near Carlisle, at 601. per annum. He there
attracted the attention of Captain Laws (the general mana-
ger of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway), by a con-
trivance of a simple but efficient system of checking the
traffic passing Milford-station, which he had voluntarily
adopted for his own satisfaction, but which, on the Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire Railway, under the old system, would
have required 3,000 different pass-books at each station, and
a corresponding staff of clerks. Captain Laws took him to
Manchester, and his system was adopted by the Lancashire
and Yorkshire Company, in whose service he rose until he
became the chief of the audit department. The printed
ticket and his elaborate system of check and counter-check
of accounts were g adually adopted by every railway in
Great Britain and Ireland.

Tnz OLD CITY GAS LIGHT COMPANY."—Tbe
" Great Central Gas Consumers' Ci.mpany," the " great
central" example of independent self-supply by "gas con-
sumers," has sunk from its great central position into a mere
addendum to the " Old City Gas Light Company," having
no sooner overcome all the strenuous endeavours of the said
company t blackguard it, to obstruct, and to strangle it,
than it has fallen into the open arms (t this its bitterest
enemy - unable to stand alone, we presume, after so much
exhaustion. Our opinion of such amalgamations has been
often enough expressed. Negotiations such as these have
never yet had he public good as their real object or result,
however obvious t may be that one consolidated company
could (if it would) supply that public at a cheaper rate than
while in competition as two distinct establishments. The real
object is a fancied interest in sacrificing the public's ultimate
hopes by preventing the further reduction of prices conse-
quent upon a continuance of competition with each other.
Builder.

THE STEADAMETRICAL SURVEY OF LONDON.
PART I. BY CAPTAIN N. SCROPE SHRAPNEL. —This useful
little work contains the mean distances, with their relative
cab fares, from all the principal streets, squares, or places in
London to the Gnat Exhibition and the several railway
termini in he metropolis. The tares and distances are ar-
ranged alphabetically, in a tabular form, and are exceedingly
easy of reference. Every one who hires, lets, or drives cabs
should be in possession of this useful little manual. The
second part will, when published, be even still more useful ;
it will contain 6,200,000 mean distances and fares from any
square, street, &c., in London, to any other square, street, &c.
SOYER'S SYMPOSIUM.—The gardens of Gore House
were last night thrown open by M. Soyer, under circum-
stances of a novel and attractive character. The flower-
beds and the trees were profusely illuminated with lamps as
various in device as in colour, and the demesne, when viewed
from the windows of the mansion, presented an aspect of
gay and exhilarating brilliancy. A variety of miscellaneous
entertainments was also provided, such as military bands,
fire balloons, electric lights, pyrotechnic displays, and the
like. The grounds were crowded, and the " Modern Ara-
bian Nights," for such the entertainment was designated by
the ingenious individual who is now the occupant of the
celebrated residence of Lady Blessington, seemed to afford
unmixed pleasure to all who were concerned in it.
REPRESENTATION OF SCARBOROUGR.—.Yesterday
morning the nomination of the candidates took place in front
of the Town-hall. The Mayor having opened the proceed-
ings, Sir William Lowthrop proposed the Right Hon. Lord
Mulgrave as the representative of the borough. He advised
the electors not to be misled by Mr. Yaung's interminable
calculations, but if they wished to be efficiently represented
to return Lord Mulgrave.—t Cheers.) Mr. T. Weddell se-
eondea the nomination. Mr. G.F. Brown proposed Mr. G.
F. Young, and was received with much cheering. Ile asked
what benefit the other party had conferred upon them, and
described Mr. Young as having been born with an anchor
and cable in his month.—(Laughter and cheers.) Lord Mul-
grave then came forward and was received with loud
cheers. He observed, amongst other things, that on one
subject there was no difference between Mr. young and him-
self—the object of both was to promote the public welfare,
though their means of so doing were widely different. Mr.
Young would protect everything and everybody against
everything and everybody, and had lately said Protection
was not dead. He (Lord Mulgrave) would tell them that
Free -tr ade was not dead, nor likely to die.—(Cheers.) hi,
Lordship concluded amid loud ana prolonged cheering, Mr.
G. F. Young then addressed the constitueney in a very long
t
speech, in which he set forth a string of disadvantages under
which he made his appearance before them, and, after ad-
verting to a variety of topics, alluded to a
to his father by the late Earl of Scarborough tor his services
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sessions
(Cheers.) Ile vin-
dicated himself from the ch rge of being an agitator and im-
postor, and had always paid his travelling expenses out of
his own pocket. A show of hands was taken, when there
appeared a majority for Mr. G. F. Young, upon which a poll
was demanded for Lord Mulgrave. The contest is expected
to be a close one.
Sir George Grey, in answer to inquiries yesterday
at h's residence in Eaton-place, was stated to be better. Dr.
Bright is in attendance on Sir George.
THE COLLII,RY ACCIDENT Al REDMINSTER.—The
inquest on the bodies of wo men, William Boult and Edward
Javins, who were killed while working in the shaft of the
Northside Colliery, on the night of Sunday last, was held
on Thursday, at Bedminster. S- veral witnesses were exa-
mined, who deposed to the facts of the melancholy occur-
rence as already putlished. After a lengthened investiga-
tnin the coroner summed up, and the jury, after some delibe-
ration, returned the following verdict :—" That the deceased
men were killed by accident, but the jury recommend that
the colliery be carefully inspected before it is again worked.'
THE Mooll.—Theyoutig birds are already strong
on the wing, are as large as partridges, and altogether pro-
raise to be a match for the quickest eye and the steadiest
hand on the approaching " Twelfth."—Aberdeen Journal.