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

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

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

THE LATE ESCAPE OF HACKETT FROM
THE MODEL PRISON, AND HIS ARRIVAL
IN NE IV YORK.

Lt the close of an inquest yesterday, at the Model
Prison, Pentonville, on a prisoner who died there, Mr.
Waldey, M.P., the coroner, and the jury, expressed
their surprise at Hackett's escaping from so well watch d
and so strongly secured a prison. Mr. Bridhy, the house
surgeon, joked in the surprise, end said that he effected
his purpose by cutting his way through the flooring of
his pew during Divine service in the afternoon of Sun-
day. He cut his way through the flooring with the hoop
of his door, which be broke off, fastened to a spoon, and
converted into a saw. So anxious wera 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 tailoring trade, as
thus any implement would be put beyond his reach,
needle end thread alone being allowed for his trade.
Lately he wrote from New York to the governor. in-
' forming him that he (Hackett) had arrived safely there,
, and kindly hoped that the governor enjoyed the same
freedom and happiness which he (Hackett) enjoyed in
the laud of freedom.

The Coroner expres.:ed his surpriso that the noise of
the working of the saw did n:.6 attract the attention of
the persona in the chapel.
Mr. Tubbs, the summoning officer, replied that the
operation was, no doubt, performed during the singing of
the psalms.—(Laughter.)

BALLOON ACCIDENT.
Tuesday evening witnessed an accident which all but
resulted with loss of life to the unhappy female aeronaut
engaged. The lady in question was the celebrated Ma-
dame Palmyre Garneron, and the scece of her operations
was Batty's Hippodrome, at Kensington, whence Mrs.
Graham took her disastrous flight 1e..3t 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 released 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 fearful
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-
lejgmcnts 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 tendered her
every asAstance.

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
may see our Crystal _Palace, and read his eloquence for one
year's subscription theatreiumonpr!emAof,a g
, once tried
of gintotried and an p
lureunawipfilienF,
audiences by th
to each visitor; and in the same spirit Lamartine 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 man
happy till you see his end ;" for the end may efface the hea-
venly brightness of those early years; the noon may ruin what
the morn began! Who that applauded Les Meditations,
Jocelyn, Les Harmonics, 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 Restauration, 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 he commended as
fascinating romance of history, if not very grave and instruc-
tive.—Leader.

VISITORS TO THE HOUSES OF LORDS AND COMMONS.
—Great disappointment was yesterday experienced by a
large number of persons, who, having possessed themselves
of the admission orders of the Lord Chamberlain, came on a
visit to see the Houses of Lords and Commons, but who had
to return ungratified with a sight, in consequence of the
early sittings of both branches of the Legislature. The num-
bers, more particularly on a Saturday, that, after visiting the
great Exhibition in Hyde-park, wend their way, as a part of
their tour through town, to see the great seats of senatorial
labour, is astonishing. On Saturday last the number of
~
tors to see the House of Lords alone amounted to. 10,u" "
visitors from
large majority being foreigners and Exhibition
vCornm
the manufacturing and rural districts. The 4, on
rooms of the House of Commons also are constantly corridors,
view," and many are the admirers of Mr. Barry's
richly paneled
long enough for the longest rifle range;
the
earoon and dark
wainscots of polished oak, and the rich ittee-
51'0'1. alone for each
green papering, which, it is said, costs 501.
of the authorities
room. It is understood to be the intentionboth houses open for
of both the Lords and Commons keep
Palace were alarmed
to of the session, to give the
two mouths after the terminationno
of seeing them.
multitude of visitors an opportunityj
DITION.—Abollt SiX P.M A MANIAC AT THE
on Tuesday the visitors of Et eil
conductof a respectably-dressed man
by the ex•raordinary
c_e
ei that he had seized, threatene
who, brandishing a 5 gentleman near him, and some serious assault one: faCrystal
but for
0 policeman would have jumped
He made a desperate resistance,d
the immediate
from the gallery.
to be with difficulty
superintendent's office.
. . restrained and re-
been carried about, intimating moved into ---
appened to be there with his Badeley,family,
was so powerful::sisurt-t-3-nadjoining- the super.
A board having • h that a medi-
cal anted in t o south transept, Dr. of
cal map 'l w h
ed forvear , d nd was co d
a n ucted to the patient, and at
unced that he
once pronto was suffering from a violent
of mania, and required paroxysm to be carefully watched,
and restrained from doing any injury to himself or others.
sCthepelpalsford, who
On searching him four sovereigns and a half, with some
silver and pence, were found on him, and a small memora-
dum book, but as it. contained nothing that indicated his
name or address, Dr. Badeley advised that he should be re-
moved under a pruner 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,
from his memoranda, to have been recently admitted into
the company of Foresters, and he ejaculated " The Foresters
for ever" in the gallery when he was t:.ken. There was no
evidence of inebriety, and it is believed that he is a teetotaller.
THE MURDER AT THRAUDESTON.—EYE,
of John
--We mentioned in yesterday's Nun the committal
of bis servant,
Mickleburgh, the farmer, for the murderrOn
be.ng.
, con-
ducted AUG. 6.
Mary Baker, at Thraudeston village fai •
destroy himself
misted by the magistrates, he attempted
, and perhaps would have
ducted to the gaol at Ipswich, after beingttoemdcp,orarily exa-
; by seizieg a knife from off a
d became wretchedly
accompanied him. lie atterwar
and when brought up for re-ex
succeeded but for the prompt interferencetables of the police who
de-
jected. He refused his food,
he appeared
tn the
gmuchro
ground from
aplnpadreeendt,
about 41 years of age, and his counte-
damuriinnagtitTe opurotirlaY'
exhaustion. He is a"ost pleasing character. As may be
counte-
nance is not of the m
'the affair has produced the most intense excite-
'imagined, .
proceedings, he fell
ment in the district.