The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-07 00:00:00

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

Yesterday the receipts for season tickets amouuted to
221., and the payment at the doors realized 2,8331. 4s.
making a total of 2,855/. 4s. 6d. The number of
visitors, according to the police report, was 59,139.

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THE LATE ESCAPE OF HACKETT FROM
THE MODEL PRISON, AND HIS ARRZFAL
IN NE 11' YORK.
At the close of an inquest yesterday, at the Model
Prison, Fentonville, on a prisoner who died there, Mr.
Wakley, M.P., the coroner, and the jury, expressed
their surprise at Hackett's escaping from so well watched
and so strongly secured a prison. Mr. Bridby, the house
surgeon, joked in the surprise, and said that he eiffected
his purpose by cutting his way through the flooring of
his pew during Divine service i❑ the afternoon of Sun-
day. He cut his way through the flooring with the hoop
of his door, which he broke off, fastened to a spoon, and
converted into a saw. So anxious were the prison au-
thorities to remove all chance of escape from him, in con-
sequence of his having; twice before relieved himself
from custody, that they put him to the tailorin* trade, as
thus any implement would be put beyond his reach,
needle end thread alone being allowed for his trade.
Letcly lie wrote from New Yerk to the governor, in-
forming him that. be (Hackett) had arrived safely there,
and kindly hoped that the governor enjoyed the same
freedom and happiness which he (Hackett) enjoyed in
the land of freedom.

The Coroner expres.ed his surprise that the noise of
the working, cf the saw did not attract the attention of
the persons in the chapel.
Mr. Tubbs, the summoning officer, replied that the
operation was, no doubt, performed during the singing of
the palms.—(Laughter.)

BALLOON ACCIDEN7'.
Tuesday evening witnessed au accident which all but
resulted with loss of life to the unhappy female aeronaut
engaged. The lady in question was the celebrated Ma-
-1 dame Palmyre Garneron, and the scene of her operations
was Batty's Hippodrome, at Kensington, v,hence Mrs.
Graham took her disastrous flight last June. The ascent
took place about seven o'clock. The wind was rather
strong at the time and blowing south-west, and the
moment the machine was r, leased from its moorings it
rose very heavily, and barely cleared the circus iuclo-
sure. Madame Garneron immediately emptied a bag of
ballast among a large crowd who were watching it in
Victoria-road, but before she was able to discharge
another the car of the balloon struck the projecting
garret window of No. 1, Madeley-villas, which is just on
the opposite side of Victoria-road to the Circus, and is
an instant the poor lady was seen with her feet entangled
in the netting at the side of the half inverted car, and
hanging right out of it with her head downwards. A
loud exclamation of horror burst from the frightened
crowd, and just at the critical moment, when they ex-
pected to see the balloon (out of which a sand bag had
rolled) rise with its unhappy occupant in that tearful
situation, the netting caught in a stack of chimneys, the
balloon at once collapsed with the shock, and in a few
seconds it was hanging helplessly flapping over the
house side into the garden, while the unfortunate lady
was left lying on the roof. Wonderful to say, she had
received no injury, and after she had recovered from the
faintness caused by the sudden escape of such a vo-
lume of gas she stood up and feebly waved her acknow-
ledgments to the spectators below, who hailed her safety
with loud cheers. Mr. Johnson and Mr. Peter Cun-
ningham (whose houses have a joint roof), with their
domestics and policemen, immediately rendered her
every assistance.

On several occasions we have had to speak severely
of Lamartine's undignified traffic of his great reputation.
There is nothing in the trade of literature at which he
seems abashed. To put money in his purse is so
absorbing an aim, that he seems almost reckless
of the means. What will the reader think of Lamar-
tine—once the greatest name in France—now reduced
to such straits that he bribes the subscribers to his
paper by the offer of a free passage to London, so that they
ni, a 3 see our Crystal Palace, and read his eloquence for one
year's subscription! A theatre once tried to lure unwilling
audiences by the premium of " a glass of gin and an apple "
to each visitor; and in the same spirit Lainartine placards
the walls with—
" Voyage a Londres sans rien payer !
Abonnez vows au Pays par A. de Lamartine."
Is not this pitiable ? What a degradation of a great name!
Is it then so? All that eloquence, all those sounding periods,
all that self-laudation, magnificent, heroism—and no readers
unless you lure them with a trip to London? Through
Grecian literature there runs a boding voice," Count no mart
happy till you see his end ;" for the end may efface the hea-
venly brightness of those early years ; the noon may ruin what
tho morn began! Who that applauded Les Meditations,
Jocelyn, Les Harmonies, ever thought to see the poet drag-
ging his name thus servilely through the dirt? Such cob-
webs to catch flies will not prepossess readers in favour of
his Histoire de la Restanration, the two first volumes of which
lie on our table ; and yet those volumes are the least egotistic
and offensive of all his writings, and may be commended as
fascinating romance of history, if not vary grave and instruc-
tive.—Leader.

VISITOES TO TYKE HOUSES OF LORDS AND COMmONS•
-Great disappointment was yesterday experienced by a
large number of persons, who, having possessed themselves
of te admission orders of the Lord Chamberlain, came (ala
visit to see the Houses of Lords and Commons, but who had
a_
to return ungratified with a sight, in consequence otni...
"e
early sittings of both branches of the Legislature. The
num-
bers, bers, more particularly on a Saturday, that, after
visiting the
a part of
great Exhibition in Hyde-park, wend their way, as
l
n
their toot-through town, to see the great seats
melbserenoaft‘o,risiai!
labour, is astonishing. On Saturday last the
tors to see the House of Lords alone amounted
visitors from
to 10,600, a
large majority being foreigners and Exhibition
the manufacturing and rural districts. The Committee-
rooms of the House of Commons also
Air.are
Barry's corridors,
view," and many are the admirers of;constantly " on
the richly-paneled
long enough for the longest rifle g.
wainscots of polished oak, and
h costs 501. alone for each
traenriech maroon and dark
give the
green papering, which, it said,the intention of the authorities
Commons to keep both houses open for
room. It is understood to be
of both the Lords and
opportunity of seeing them.
two months after the term
multitude of visitors an
BE EXHIBITION, termination of the session, to
—About six P.m.,
A MANIAC
visitorsATT of
the Crystal Palace were alarmed
on Tuesday the
ry conduct of a respectably-dressed man
by the ex!raordin,3a" sickle that he had seized, threatens
who, brandishing on a gentleman near him, and but for
some serious e
a3'.:sistance of a policeman would have jumped
the iinmediau3- Ho made a desperate resistance, and
to be with d•fr
fromad as I lenity restrained and re-
moved so " court adjoining
wasteto the - the superintendent's office.
moved la • ben carri
d having e ed about,
A boar intimating that a medi-
cal man was wanted in the south transept, Dr. Badeley, of
chomsford, who ;panedhae to be there with his family,
stepped forward, and onducted to thepatient,and at
once pronounced that be was suffering from a violent
paroxysm of msnia, and required to be carefully watched,
and restrained from doing any injury to himself or others.
On searching him four sovereigns and a halt, with some
silver and pence, were found on him, and a small memora-
&int book, but as it contained nothing that indicated his
name or address, Dr. Badeley advised that he should be re-
moved under a proper escort to St. George's Hospital, which
was done accordingly, but where, on visiting him at seven
o'clock, Dr. Badeley found him still very violent, and nar-
rowly escaped having his front teeth knocked out by him;
indeed, so strong was he that it was with difficulty five or
six policemen could control his struggles. He appeared,
into
the his memoranda, to have been recently admittedo
ters
the company of Foresters, and he ejaculated " The Foresters
no
is a teetotaller.
for ever" in the gallery when he was taken. There
ra Fres
evidence of inebriety, and it is believed that he 6
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THE MURDEtt AT TLIRAVDESTON •- ETE, Auci.
-We mentioned in yesterday's
Stnttur the committal of John
e of bis servant,
Mickleburgh, the farmer, for the ihrd
Mat fair. On being ary Baker,
Tbrandeston village
con-
ducted to the gaol at Ipswich,
after being temporarily elca-
mieed by the magistrates
attempted to destroy himself
by seizi g a knife from 0
fr' he
and perhaps would have
e
succeeded but for the prompt interference of the police who
accompanied him. .1i
oatterwards became wretchedly de-
jected. He reltised his food, and when brought up for re-ex
=illation on Monday, he appeared much reduced. Indeed,
fell to the ground from apparent
proceedings, he
during the
is about 41 years of age, and his counte-
exhaustion.
not the most pleasing character. As may he
mince ii nOv of
d the affair has produced the most intense excite-
imagine , .
• the district.
DICIIt in

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