The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1850.

been made, and which now carries the passenger
truffle across the river far above the level of the
houses, and at an altitude from the water, for which,
I believe, there is no parallel in the world.
That great ohject teeing completed, there still re-
mained to be achieved a grand termini scheme, into
which all the various northern lines of railway should
run which converge at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. That
great desideratum has now been supplied by the
erection of an extensive and magnificent structure, to
be henceforward called the Central Railway Station,
which has been this day opened to the public.
This building, erected on a locality called the Forth,
is of a crescent shape. The roof, which is composed
of cast-iron and glass, is divided into three compart-
ments, is supported on metal pillars, and.extende over
the whole area set apart for the purposes of the
station. There is a spacious and commodious platform
on each side of the lice, and a fine suite of offices on
the north side.
Long before the hour (half-past twelve) at which
her Majesty was expected all the available area of the
station was occupied by an immense crowd of well-
dressed people, the greater part of whom were ladies,
who had come far and near to catch a glimpse, how-
ever faint, of their Sovereign, whilst, as far as the eye
could reach away beyond the station, the .populace
had congregated in inappreciably large numbers for
the same purpose.
A convenient space, on which was erected a raised
platform, covered with red cloth, to facilitate the
descent of her Majesty and the approach of the civic
functionaries of Newcastle and Gateshead, was
marked out opposite the main entrance, and
protected by herders from the crowd. Within
this privileged space the band of the 33d Regiment of
Foot was stationed and played several lively airs at
intervals, r.hich served to beguile the tedium of wait.
ing the arrival of her Majesty. Detachments of the
same regiment under the command of Colonel Pole
were placed at intervals along the platform ; and
strung detatchments of the local constabulary kept
back the " pressure from without" outside the sta-
tion. The civic functionaries of Newcastle and Gates-
head, headed by Joseph Crawhall, Esq., and George
Hawkes, Eq., their respective mayors, also mustered
in great force, and occupied places within the space
to which I have referrer'. A great number of the
resident and neighbouring gentry were also present
to greet her Majesty on her arrival, among whom we
noticed Earl Grey, the Hon. Mr. Grey, the lion.
Thomas Liddell, Mr. Hutt, M.P. for Gateshead, Mr.
Bell, M.P., and Mr. Ogle, M.P. for South North.
umberland, Mr. P. Howard, M.P. for Carlisle, Sir
Walker Trevelyan, and many others.
The entrance to the station was tastefully festooned
with evergreens, and from almost every conspicuous
point within view of the station banners waved grace-
fully in the breeze, many of them bearing expressions
of welcome and good-will towards her Majesty.
Precisely at twenty minutes to one o'clock a gun
fired from the battlements of the old castle signalled
the arrival of her Majesty at the Gateshead station,
on the opposite side of the Tyne, and though a con-
siderable distance intervened, the cheers which
greeted her Majesty's arrival at Gateshead were dis-
tinctly audible at the central station at Newcastle.
At a quarter to one o'clock the train conveying the
Qaeen moved elowly and majestically into the new
station, amid the most enthusiastic shouts of welcome
from the thousands there assembled that ever rung in
human ears. On the approach of the Queen's car-
riage within the station every man preeeet uncovered
himself, the ladies waved their handkerchiefs, and
again and again shouts of welcome rent the air.
Earl Grey, Lord-Lieutenant of the county cf
Northumberland, and Sir Walter Trevelyan, the
High Sheriff, stood uncovered on the raised platform
to receive her Majesty. Before the train stopped,
Sir George Grey stepped out and joined them.
Earl Grey opened the carriage door and her Ma-
jesty and Prince Albert immediately alighted. This
act was the signal for another enthusiastic and pro-
longed round of cheering. Her Majesty and Prince
Albert, both visibly affected by this welcome, bowed
gracefully on all sides to the assembled multitude.
They were accompanied by the Prince of -Wales and
three other of the royal children. The scene and the
excitement at that moment were the most thrilling we
ever remember to have witnessed.

The Mayors of Newcastle and Gateshead then led
the way to an adjoining room, her Majesty, Prince
Albert, and the Royal children, following, where a
dejeuner had been prepared for them, of which they
partook, her Majesty having previously received
the address presented bar the Mayor of Newcastle,
given above.
Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the children, pre-
ceded and accompanied by the civic officers, then
returned in the same order to the platform. Shouts
from the multitude again resounded on all sides,
which her Majesty and the Prince graciously ac-
knowledged ; and having returned to their carriage,
they stood at the window visibly moved, and made
their obeisance to the people by whom they were so
rapturously cheered.
Her Majesty, the Prince, and the Royal children,
were attired in dtep mou►ning. The whole of the
royal party appeared in excellent health and high
spirits.
At a quarter past onc,lhrring:stayeinthlf an ho at
Newcastle, her Majesty proceeded, amidst the cheer-
ing of the populace, on her way to Berwick, where
she opened the magnificent viaduct which has bees
recently erected there across the Tweed.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
EDINBURGH, THURSDAY.
Her Majesty arrived here in perfect safety at five
o'clock.

At Berwick she inaugurated the magnificent new
viaduct over the Tweed as the " Royal Border-
bridge." The reception was of a very enthusiastic
character, and the scene altogether was very impos-
ing. Addresses from the towns of Alnmouth and
Dunbar were presented to her Majesty through Sir
G. Grey on her road, and on tl'e arrival of the train
here the whole of the population turned out to we!-
come her.

The display was among the grandest and most
striking the metropolis of Scotland has ever witnessed.
The slopes of Arthur's seat, round the base of
which the Royal party isas,..:ed in procession, were
covered pith thousands of spectators; and amidst
loud cheering and under the protection of her body
guard of Royal Archers hPr Majesty was conducted
to her ancient Etlace of Holy rood,
The inhabitants if Edinburgh and of Scotland
once more occupied delighted at finding Holyrocd
generally are greatly delighted a
Royal residence.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.
SUNDAY POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS.
The fAlowing notice to the public, and instructions
to all postmasters, sub-postmasters, and letter receivers,
has been issued by' command of the, Postmaster-
General:—

Thu Instructions No. 21, 1850, which have been in
force sine the 23d Juno last, relative t the Sunday
postal arrangements, are now cancellert; and the regula-
tions laid down in the previous instructionF, No. 1, 1850,
a copy of which is annexed, are to be reverted t, on
and from the Ist day of September next, and must be
carefully observed in every particular until further
orders, all modifications on points of detail being re-
serred for subsequent c'sinsideration.
"Copy OF INSTRUCTIONS No. 1, JANUARY, 1850.
"Oil and atter Sunday. the 13th inst., all post-otlices
in England and Wales will be closed to the public on
Sunday from 10 A 31. for the remainder of the day. ex
cept in those cases where the delivery commences be-
tween 9 and 10 A.M., when the office must continue Opt n
for one hour after the letter carriers are dispatched;
and except also in those cases where the delivery com-
mences leter ttan 10 A.Ct, when the office having been
closed at 10 A.M., must be re-opened fcr one hour after
the dispatch nt the letter carriers.
" On and efter the same date, to inland letters will ba
received on the Sui.day except such as are prepaid by
stamps or are unpaid, for the deposit of which the
letter-box will be open as usual throughout the day.
"Until the closing of the office at lu A. 21, or during
the subsequent hour after the dispatch of the letter
carriers, foreign letters may be prepaid, postage stamps
may be obtained, and letters may be registered on pay-
ment of the usual registration fee; strangers, renters of
private boxes, and those who reside beyond the limits
iitio
theend, office
o letters
oe n rs
the
or
newspapers
Sunday. "
of the letter carriers' deliveries, may also, while the
office is open, obtain their letters at the office window.
"Except
:an t e delivered ati-etimeab°v-m
e•from

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN;
Sin,—lt appears Hayrau, the " butcher and woman-
flogger," as you most properly call him, is on his way
to London.
What reception will the English people give to this
man, who ought not to be allowed to tread the ground
hallowed by liberty and toleration?
Should the Government not send this monster back—
which I am afraid will not be the case—he ought to be
hooted wherever ho goes, and any one seen in his corn.
pray ought to Le marked for ever, that he may go and
tell his Imperial waders h,,w their bloody agents are re-
ceived amongst am, Sir, your
CONSTANT READER.
Stockton-on-Tees, Aug. 29, Isso.
P.S. There is a rumour of a public meeting hero
against llsynau's admission in England.

DARING ESCAPR.-00 Monday forenoon, about
eleven o'clock, a prisoner named Jamieson Bremner or Smith,
alias William Macfarlane, made his escape from the gaol at
Greenock, where he has for some time been incarcerated
waiting trial for . shopbreaking. The mode by which the
exit was effected was as follows :—lle was in the exercising-
hall at the time of his escape, and had only Leen left alone
for a few minutes while the . warder went to the gate. In
that short time he contrived to extract some nails which
fastened down the window-sash, and succeeded in wrenching
away part of one of the stanchions outside; and through this
opening squeezed himself; and then dropped into the yard,
from which he climbed the Ivan of the dung-heap, and
!
sprang on to the boundary-wall, ,riiulroppen into the street.
Au old. beggar NV h 0 fiitti at tifc• t-_,lierif': U.;111 t- flail witnessed
the doient of ttheconvict, WUI g,lve information to One of
the criminal officers, but the prisoner had got a fair start
before he was followed. Information was also given to the
police, who likewise gave chase, but, notwithstanding all
• their earth he got dor QM—Glasgow cfirenick..

LITERATURE.

MEMOIRS OF EMINENT ETONIANS;
with Notices of the Early history of Eton College.
By E. S. Creasy, M.A.
"Floreat Etona" is very appropriately the motto of
this work, which commemorates the glories of Eton
College—a college which we are here reminded "for
four centuries has given this country a bright and un-
failing supply of men duly qualified to serve God in
Church and State. She hts for four centuries been the
nursing mother and the shelter of statesmen, generals,
philosophers, poets, orators, judges, and divines." This
enumeration is fully corroborated by the biographies
which follow. Chatham, Fox, Canning, Sir Robert
Walpole, Fielding the novelist, the poets Gray, and
Shdley, and Waller, and an almost innumerable mul-
titude of others, names more or less celebrated, are
sufficient evidence of the interesting reminiscences as •
sociated with the "antique towers" of Eton. These
various biographies have lost none of their interest by
the manner in which they have been here set forth
by Mr. Creasy, himself an Etonian, and a staunch
lover and supporter of Eton and Etonians. A
little of this partiality i, perhaps, apparent
in the biographies, but the subjects of the memoirs
are for the must part men so estimable and deservedly
popular, that the laudations of their fellow-collegian
are generally judiciouk. Some of the biographies, as
those of Sir Robert Walp,de and Lord Chatham, are
sufficintly elaborate to admit of an interesting enu-
meration of the principal events in the lives of their
subjects, and in some cases, as in the lire of Chatham,
extracts of Parliamentary speeches aro given, and
serve as characteristic examples of the eloquence of
the orators of Eton. Again, the lives of the poets
are graced with specimens of their works, Gray's
Ole being necessarily introduced in a sik ork relating
to the college which it immortalises. Alluding to
Johnson's criticism oar this ode, in which criticism it
is observed, " that the prospect of Eton College
suggests nothing to Gray which every beholder
does not equally think and feel," Mr. Creasy
very justly rejoins—" Perhaps every beholder (or at
least every Etonian beholder) may at the prospect of
Eton College equally think and feel what Gray did,
but who before Gray ever expressed those thoughts
and feelings, and who, since Gray, has not experienced
them the more vividly and the more pleasingly, by
reason of the beauty and tiuthfulness with which
Gray has expressed them.". In addition to the bio-
graphies,.which of themselves render this work both
valuable and attractive, inasmuch as they present a
series of memoirs of some of the most remarkable
Englishmen of modern days, the various vicissi-
tudes of the college are recorded since its foundation
by Henry VI., some four centuries ago. No
Etonian possibly can dispense with this work, hut
its general interest is such as to render it attractive
to many readers who are not equally bound to resporn
to, its motto, "Floreat Etone."

EL DORADO; or, Adventures in the Path of Em-
pire. By Bayard Taylor. 2 Vols.
This is en interesting and very amusing picture
of life in California, together with an account of a
voyage thither by way of Panama, and some expe-
riences of Mexican travelling. Wben Mr. Taylor
commenced his periloul expedition he found among
his fellow-voyagers persons of all kinds and charac-
ters, nut even, as he facetiously observes, tea-sick-
ness, next to death, the greateat leveller, could IISSI•
tnilate such incongruous companions as the marvel of
California had aksenibled together. Unlike his com-
panions, however, Mr. Taylor was not allured by any
golden vitiorv, consequently his observations and his
record of those observations claim the merit of im-
partiality. The idea given of the life and labours of
the gold-diggers is very vivid. The value of these
volumes is increased by an appeniix, containing the
report of the Hon. F. Butler King on California, and
the work altogether, Is well qtnilitied to realise its
author's wish by serving as a memento of the mar-
vels associated with the name of California, and a re-
cord of that exciting epoch, when
" --Ale dream had come again
Of a treasure lama, where a daring hand had only to
glean for gain."
The volumes are illustrated with views of the coun-
tr4, and sketches of sonic of the scenes described.

MEMOIRS and PAPERS of SIR ANDREW
MITCHELL. By Andrew Bisset. 2 Vols.
The editor of this very valuable and interesting
work tells us in his preface that he had recently oc-
casion, on account of souse family affairs, to look into
the manuscript papers of Sir Andrew Mitchell, the
Envoy Extraordinary and Afinister Plenipotentiary
from the Court of Great Britain to that of Prussia
from 1756 to 1771, a period embracing that of the
momentous seven years' war. Mr. Bisset was struck
with the interesting nature of the documents, and
very favourably impressed by the character of Sir
Andrew, finding him to have possessed (a rare
quality in a diplomatist) a "bold, blunt, straight-
forward" manner, combined with extraordinary
tact and sagacity. "Finding also," continues Mr.
Bisset, " that my own impression was more than
borne out by the opinion of impartial judges, it
seemed to me that there ought to be some published
record of his services." The task of undertaking
_ibis publication Mr. Bisset has taken upon himself,
and by so doing he has entitled himself to the grati-
tude of all who may happen to peruse this work—one
of the most interesting works of its kind (to say
nothing of its historical value) that we remember
reading. We cannot give a better idea of the nature
of these papers than by again quoting the preliminary
remarks :—" One principal feature," writes Mr.
Bisset, " of the Mitchell papers is that they furnish
a narrative written on the spot, in camps and on bat-
tle-fields, of some of the most remarkable military
operations that have ever been performed on the
world's stage. The writer of them narrates the
operations in clear and simple language, and, like a
man of sense as he was, abstains from all military
criticism of his own. But as he enjoyed in a high
degree the confidence and esteem of Frederick, he is
frequently enabled to give that great soldier's criti-
cism of his own operations, and occasionally of his
own faults, as well as those of the enemy ; so that the
papers possess some portion cf the interest and value
which would belong to dispatches written on the
spot by one of the greatest commanders of ancient or
modern times." Sir Andrew Mitchell appears to have
been possessed of a manly and independent spirit, as
is evidenced on more than one occasion by his con-
duct towards Frederick, and towards his own Govern-
►nent at home. Thus we read of his indignant refu-
sal to chronicle and transmit to his official employes
the trivial remarks and private conversations

the King, especially those in
.which they them-
',elves might be cobeerned, and he adds, "I
should blu:4l._ for the vocation I follow

if I were compelled to descend to such disgraceful
meddling." This passage is quoted from Thiebault,
but it is amply corroborated by many incidents in
the original papers. As an evidence of the terms on
which the ambassador stood with the King, and as a
sample of the interesting matter contained in these
manuscripts, let us quote the following letter (vol. 2,
p. 153) which is highly characteristic of both King
and ambassador, and equally honourable to both :
"MR. MITCHELL TO THE EARL OE HOLDEENESSE.
" Private, per Lambe,
" Frey berg,
" anh March, 1760.
"About a week ago when I came to dine with the
King of Prussia, I found a book laid upon the table,
which, he told me, he intended for a present to me ;
the title of it is 4(Eavres du Philosophe de Sans
Souci.' He said it was of his writing, and had been
the occupation of his leisure hours, that it contained
some imitations of Horace, Lucretius, and Ovid; that
he never intended it for the public, though a few
copies of it bad been thrown off at his own press at
Potsdam, some of which he had given to particular
friends &c ; that lately the book had been surrepti-
tiously published in France and since in Holhind. * *
In the meantime he desired me to read over what he
gave me, and dropt a hint that he should be glad it
was known in England that this book had been
published, not only without his consent, but against
his will.' This declaration I considered as a sort of
apology for the book, and had nothing more at heart
than to look into it immediately; but my curiosity
had like to cost me dear,:for the Philosophe the
next day asked my opinion, and observing that I was
shy and reserved upon the point, pressed and amen'•
raged me to speakititeely, which I, not caring to dis-
semble, complied with more easily, as there are really
more things to be admired. than blamed in the book.
I praised with decency and without exaggeration,
and blamed with freedom where I thought 1 was well
founded ; and this has afforded matter of conversation
for five or six days at table, when only his Majesty
was present. The particulars are too minute to be
transmitted, therefore I reserve them till I hare the
happiness to see you in England. It is but justice,
however, to acquaint you tbat the King heard with
candour and with temper my trifling remarks, and at
the same time to declare that of all the authors I ever
conversed with the Philosophe de Sans Souci -bears
criticism the best."

MIRACULOUS ESC AP.E.—L RWES, WEDNESDAY.--
Yesterday a ticket-collector at the London and South Coast
Railway station here, named Isgar, was, literally, within a
hair's breadth of losing his life. He was on the rails below
the platform, when he saw a train entering the station and
just upon him. lie shouted to the driver to stop, though he
felt that it was useless to do so. It was equally impossible
for him, although a light and active man, to gain the plat-
form. In this dreadful position Isgar, with admirable pre-
sence of mind, threw bimselt on his face, feeling assured that
the bodies of the carriages would p.iss over him safely
enough, but dreading lest be should be crushed by the ash-
box, which hangs much lower. His fearful position was
seen by the station clerk and other porters, who fully ex-
pected that he would be found i.lashed to pieces when the
train had passed. There was one moment of agonising sus-
nin;o. then up leaped Isgar, forehead scratched by
showieg Low olosly die liad dung to it.
but notinjured In auy other way. ; Isar,
only hope .f life,
it should be stated, is an exceedingly small made man.

The first emigrant ship from Birkenhead left that
Place a UelidaY. Dawn Ayres was the doitiaiti9u.