The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-09 00:00:00

has apposed, and both from unavoidable causes: hare
many deficiencies. It is therefore necessary, and, when
the importance of a correct register is considlersd, em-
treraely desirable, that exhibitors whose contributions
are not properly entered should take steps to have the
necessary emendations made. In this way perfect ac-
curacy can alone be attained, and the catalogue. of the
Great Exhibition rendered what it ought to be—o per-
manent and authoritative book of reference to all who
may interest themselves in the industrial progress of the
world up to the year 1851. With reference to the
.coun-
tries overtaken in their rreparations by Die opening
end compelled now to contusion and labour whit°
others are exhibiting their contributions, France is
the most conspicuous instance of that tardiness.. The
Turk is proverbially slow, the Ilussian is wizen
up in the Baltic, the East India Company bare
half the world to cross, and the Cape of Good Hope
to double before they can bring the produce of their vest
empire to swell the wonders of the Crystal Palace, bat
the French have only a small gut separating their shore
from ours, and we are iced ny one of their favourite
writors, thet their motto is " toujours prets." France
waited till the last moment, bat she has not gone ahead.
Jules Janin round nobody among his countrymen anxi-
ous on the eve of the Exhibition, so certain was it that
they would be ready next day. A week has now passed
the opening, yet France is still far behindband, and
lime many Gays more of preparation before her. in our
own division of the building a few things are creeping
into spots left unoccup:ed, or which at the last moment
it was found impossible to complete in time. Among
these Was bre.onlit in end placed in the nave yesterday a
beautiful model, executed by Mr. Deighton, of Great
College-ser, *tV,,stuliester, of the interior of her Ma-
3esty a iheutre. The decorations are all carefully re-
presente3 ; anal to the multitudes who throng the centre
of the Crystal I.alaee, this work will convey a very ac-
curate and
pleasing idea
.of the extremely light and el.-
plat, yet rich style in which " Her Majesty's" is fitted up.

THE DECK OF THE " OUTWARD BOUND."
(From Eliza cook's Journal.)
How seldom we dream dY the mariners' grave,
Far down by the coral strand ;
How little we think of the winds and waves,
When all we love are on land.
The hurricane comes and the hurricane goes,
And little the heed we take.
Though the tree may snap as the tempest blows,
And the walls of our homestead shake.
But the north-east gale tells a different tale,
With a voice of fearful sound,
When a loved one is under a close-reefed sail,
On the deck of an " outward-hound."
How wistfully then we look on the night,
As the threatening clouds go by—
As the wind gets up and the last faint light
Is dying away in the sky.
oAwn dt
hjeu d.
agme
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gbuesntdmi nags
tt ree,
How we listen and gaze with a silent lip,
tossild
the ship,
And arouse the mighty sea.
Ah, sadly then do we meet the day,
When the signs of storm are found,
And pray for the loved one far away,
On the deck of an " outward-bound!"
There is one that I cherished when hand in hand
We roved o'er lowland and lea ;
And 1 thought my love for that one on the land
Was as earnest as love could be.
But now that one has gone out on the tide,
I find that I worship the more;
And I think of the waters deep and wide,
As I bask on the flowers on shore.
I have watched the wind, I have watched the stars,
And shrunk from the tempest sound ;
For my heart-strings are wreath'd with the Mender spars
That carry the " outward-bound."
I have Wept when the zephyr forgot to creep,
And the sky was without a frown,
But I started soon from that fretful sleep,
With the dream of a ship going down.
I have sat in the field when the corn was in shock,
And the reaper's hook was bright,
But my fancy conjured the breaker and rock,
In the dead of a moonless night.
Oh ! I never will measure affection again,
While treading earth's flowery mound,
But wait till the loved one is far on the main,
On the deck of an ",outward-bound."

EmzA. Cook.

COURT CIRCULAR.
Immediately after the state supper at Buckingham
Palace, en Wednesday night, a Highland Reel was
plas el by Mr. Mackay, her Majesty s piper, and was
danced by the following ladies and gentlemen:—
The Earl of Gifford and Lady Rachel Russell.
Lord James P. Murray and Miss Ferguson.
Sir James R. Mackenzie and Lady Alice Douglas.
Sir Michael Shaw Stewart and Miss Stewart.
Cluny Macpherson and Lady Anne Maeleange.
Munro c Novar and Lady Elizabeth Duncan.
Mr. J. F. Campbell of Islay and the Hon. Lucy Kerr.
After the ordinary reel, the reel of Tulloeh was
danced, in which the same ladies and gentlemen joined.
Jullien'e Lard performed the following dances in the
ball-room (luring the night: Quadrilles— L'linfient
Prodigue, The Great Exhibition, and the St. Leger.
Valses—La Mandolins, Roes) de Mai, and Valse d'Amour.
Polkas—The Crystal Fountain, and Polka des Poig-
narde. Geleps—The Review, and the Amazon and
Tiger. The principal cornet was performed by Herr
Kccrii,,-, and the principal 11 lgeelet by Monsieur
Collieet.
The Queen 1 eturne3 into the ball-room after supper,
and dancing was kept up until two e'eleck in the morn-
ing, when her Majesty and his liayal Highness Princes
Albert retired, accompanied by their illustrious visitors
the Prince and Princes of Prussia and Prince Frederick
William. His Royal Highness Prince Henry of the
Netherlands left at the same time. The ball then con-
cluded, and the numerous company quitted the palace.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester, the
Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, visited
the Queen yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses also
visited her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia, at
Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highress Prince Albert, attended by
Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour, rode out on horseback
yesterday morning.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of
Prussia, with the Princess Louisa, attended by the
Countess A. de liacke. the Countess Oriolla, Count
Piikler, and Major von Bayen, visited and inspected yes-
terday morning the Diorama of the Overland Route to
India.
The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by
Mr. Birch, took a drive in en open carriage yesterday.
The Princess Royal, and the Princesses Alice and
Helena, took au airing yesterday in an open carriage
and four.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
with their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of
Prussia, took a drive in an open landau and four yes-
terday afternoon. Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey and
Lieutenant-Colonel F. 11. Sumour attended on horses.
back.
The Queen ha .1 a dinner party yesterday at Bucking-
ham Palace. The company included her Royal High-
ness the Deehess of Kent, their Royal Higuesses the
Prince and Princess of Prussia mad prince Frederick
William of Prussia, the Duke and Duchess of Bucelench,
the Duke of Newcastle, the Marquis and Marchioness
of Westminster, the Marquis and Marchietieess.
d;
Breadalbane, Lady Fanny Howard, the Couenstes
Hack; the Countess Oriolla, the D3roness IronPenann.
Earl of Carlisle, Count Piikler,
Heing. The band of the 2d
Count Goltz, Colonel Fischer,atenLion
thA, the
during dinner. Lifeand Major
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IA is her Royal Higbneas
Kew yesterday mornie.g, a •
Her Royal Highnese the Duchess of Kent went to
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her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday.
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A Cabinet
It was sten e y ord John liussell,
Cowie' was held yesterday afternoon, at the
ended bend
collet., the Marquis or Lansdowne, the Earl
Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Ertl
Chancellor of the Exchequer, gig Frindis otFh:e 1
sr
Grey,l
iLtrtnhod:Cf Foreign-office.
fl.
Ba-
ring, Lord Broughton, the Earl of Carlisle, the Right
Hon. Henry Labouchere, and the Right Hon, Fox Matte:
The Council sat one hour. '
The Council of Chairmen Of the Juries of the Royal
Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, met yesterday
at the Exhibition in Hyde-park. Present.—
Class I.—Sir Henry De la Beche C B FRS f • • I .-- . - .
Class 2.—M.onsieur A. Dumas.
Class 4.—Professor Owen, F.R.S.
Class 5 A.—Earl Jersey.
Class 7.—Mr. I. K. Brunel, F.R.S.
Class B.—Baron Charles Dupin.
Class 9.—Mr. P. Pusey, M.P,, F.R.S.
Class 10.—Sir David Brewster, F.R.S.
Class 10 A.—Sir 11. Bishop.
Gass 11.—Sir James Anderson.
Class 12.—Dr. Schafhsult, for Professor Eleresann•
Class 13,—Mr. G. T. Kemp.
Class 14.—Count Von Harrack.
Class 16.—Hon. Colonel Anson.
Clans 17.—Monsieur Van de Weyer.
Class 18.—Mr. Henry Tucker.
Class 19.—Professor I3olley.
Class 20.—Mr. William Felkin.
Class 21.—Lord Wharncliffe..
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Class 22.—Hon. flom.rauscoeufeyre.;;l:
r Chevalier de .R,,ttrig.
rg:_for,rwigrilior Pieei.
Class 24.—Lord do
la 0 a ) for Senor Den
Class 25.—The Duke of :e
Class 26.—Professor
_auley,
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Jos quim Alfonzo.ount
Canning. •
Class 29.—Visf Von Viebahn.
-11eLrievatenant- Colonel Lloyd; and Lieuto•
d attended.
a !deputation had an interview with Lord
Want War-,
riaalr. Lsw
Seymour yesterday, at the office of her Majesty's Cem-
rnixinounmeresrcofusWdeopoiditsaetniodnFionrcestasing
Mr. Hodges, M.P.,.,
d Mr. Fw
headedlu by the Duke of Rich-
nland Mr. Frewen, M.P., headed by the Duke of flrnh
loud, ha d raeninterview yesterday with Lord John Rus-
sell, at his official residence in 'Downing-street, on the
subject cf the Hop Duties.
The Attil-ley-General had an interview yesterday
with Lord John Russell.
The Finance Committee of the Royal
the/Exhibition
the Exhibition of 1851 met yesterday, St t .
Ceratn.on for
Buildin itt Hyde-park. Present :—Earl Granville
H. Labouchere,
(Chairman), Lord Overstone, g
Sir Alexander Spearman, , M.P., and Colonel
M.P., Mr. T. F. Gibson, illtii."Cubitt, Mr. Cobden,
Mr' r!',°e' Committee). Mr.
Reid (Chairman of the Ex
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0( sweecrree t
parr
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n,t. a. sin eactuteunclance. Me. Cole and
at the Colonial-
Dispatches were received yesterday
Office from the Governor n
f the West India Eden
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