The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-07 00:00:00

ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE VISITS 01' THE WORKING

CLASSES.

61. With the view of affording information, a re-
gister has been opened at No. 1, Old Palace-yard,
Westminster, by the Secretary of the Executive
Committee for the Exhibition of 1851, in which will
be entered the names and addresses of persons dig.
posed to provide accommodation for artisans from the
country whilst visiting the exhibition next year.
Copies of the Register of Lodgings may be had on
application. Other arrangements are under con-
sideration for guiding the working classes on their
arrival by the trains to the lodgings they may select.
The register contains a column in which the par-
ticulars, &0., of the accommodation each party pro-
poses to afford will be entered. All applications for
participating in these arrangements must be made
through local committees.

62.-It must be clearly understood that, whilst her
Majesty's Commissioners are desirous of collecting
the fullest information likely to be serviceable to the
working classes, they do not propose to charge them-
selves in any respect with the management, but
simply to afford information.
(Signed) M. DIGBY WYATT, Secretary.
[The form of application for registry of accommo-
dation for artisans, &c., visiting the Exhibition, is
then given.]

FOREIGN AND BRITISH ORNAMENTAL
GLASS AT THE EXPOSITION.

-.-
One department of manufacture it was thought Ger-
many would excel! Britain in was ornamental glass in
colours, generally called Bohemian glass. But the Eng-
lish have recently attained a spontaneous perfection in a
branch unknown to us, and altogether inimitable, we
fear, however well known hereafter—viz., silvering glass.
This is not only as applicable as Bohemian to every pur-
pose of ornament or utility, but to endless others, many
of great importance, especially reflectors for astronomi-
cal instruments, railway carriages, lighthouses, and the
like, for which it is peculiarly suited, from its capacity
to throw back rays, and because no cleaning or polishing
is ever required more than a window pane or common
tumbler. The silvering is indestructible in composition,
and is coated over with glass, the vividness of whose
colours, be they what they may, or however varied, are
thus infinitely heightened, and the most delicate carvings
upon them are so brought out as to recall the old By-
zantine mosaics in their multiplicity of tints, and lustrous
harmony of combination. We speak of the pro-
ducts of Berner's-street, London. Hale and
Thomson, the patentees, discarding the old impracti
cably expensive essential oils, coats all his surfaces,
flat or curved, the smallest toilette bottle or largest vase,
with pure silver, far more brilliant than the amalgam
applied to ordinary looking-glasses, and can never be
tarnished or impaired, except by destroying the article it-
self. The metallic radiance of this deposit imparts a com-
bined sparkle and warmth, quiet beyond the Bohemian,
which is comparatively merely pretty and tinselly; and '
there is the important fact that British glass is far supe-
rior to any thing elsewhere produced. Hence, taking
quality of material, the English is on a par with Bohe-
mian in price, and the beautiful and unique silvering is
so much additional gain. The richness and purity of
British crystal admit splendour and voluptuousness of
dyes that satisfy the most exigent fastidiousness; hence
the purples, saphires, pinks, vermilion', pearls, bronzes,
&c., in short, every chromatic hue thrown up by this
now argentine reflection, have the gorgeous glow of the
antique Venetian glass, the secret of which is now a lost
art; but whereas the Venetian absorbed the light, and
had to be held up to it before its softened beauties were
revealed, the ;English silvered glass flashes back the
light, and is seen best at night, or when surrounding
' objects are in comparative gloom. Another charac-
teristic, never attempted since the discovery of
glass itself by Hermes, the Syrian, is embussing—
that is to the eye, fur it is an optical delusion, there
being no raised surface to the touch, though the ap-
pearance is that of pure solid silver, either dead or
frosted, burnished or in high relief, or sunken. It is
impossible to exaggerate the results of this, applied to
finger-plates for doors, enrichments of cabinets, panels,
cornice-mouldings, or combinations with ivory, gilding,
or rare woods, to all which and innumerable other pur-
poses, this invention is adapted. We trust our German
manufacturers at the London Exhibition will investigate
a mystery so fatal to many advantages which Peel's
freedom of the English market threw open in 1845. At
some of these glass silvering works, it is stated, there
are vases as high per pair as 3,500 thalers, or 6,000
Rhenish florins (5001. sterling), nine-tenths of this cost
being incurred in designing and engraving alone. In-
deed, in design, English glass has made immense pro-
gress; and the goblets, epergnes, candelabra, wine-
T.wlers, &c., now referred to, are equal objects of vertu,
in classic beauty of form and of commercial importance
for suitability to the taste of the age. But, as if to ex-
emplify the adage, that the closer to simplicity the
greater the art, perhaps the chef d'ceuvre in this manu-
facture are mirror glebes, of plain silvered surface, all
sizes, from 2 to 30 inches in diameter, from hall-a-pint
to 40 gallons. These, placed on bronze figures, as an
Atlas or eagle, or attached to chandeliers, or on a side-
board or mantlepiece, are a most striking appendage to
drawing-room or banquet-hall, and are perhaps the fa•
vourite specimen among continental connoisseurs, though
we think most susceptible of continental imitation.--
Frankfort Zeituny,

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
COWES SEPT. 6.
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON IN TEL, LIGENCE.
ARRIVALS.
Aug. 30—Talisman cutter, Captain IL N. Smith, from
Darth mouth.
31—Freak cutter, William Curling, Esq., from Poole.
Sept. 2—Mirage schooner, Marquis of Ormonde,
from Plymouth.
3—Petrel cutter, Earl of Ilchester, from Dartmouth.
SAILINGS.
Sept. l —Wyvern schooner, Duke of Marlborough,
for Cherbourg.
3—Tarifa schooner, Commodore Earl of Wilton,
ditto; Capricorn schooner, Vice-Commodore C. H. M.
Talbot, Esq., ditto; Merlin schoontr, Colonel William
Markham, ditto; Brilliant schooner, G. H. Ackers,
Esq., ditto; Freak cutter, William Curling, Efq., ditto;
Aurora cutter, Le Merchant Thomas, Esq., ditto; Ta-
lisman cutter, Captain H. N. Smith, ditto; Alarm cutter,
James Weld, Esq, ditto.
YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION.
Titania, Ariel, Eagle, Petrel, Elizabeth, Frisk, Os-
prey, Cygnet, Gond,la, Susan, Water Lily.
The schoooner Arid, Sir George Douglas, Bart.,
R.Y.S., will sail next week for Teneriffe, thence on a
cruise among the West India islands.
The R.Y.S. cutter Gondola, W. H. Woodhouse Esq ,
is under refitment, and will proceed shortly to the Me-
di'erranean.
'1 he Phantom (a small yacht) has been lengthened,
and launched this week from Mr. Joseph White's ship-
yard.

- G. Holland tickers, Esq., V. 0., of the Royal Victoria
Yacht Club, passed through the roads with eight yachts
in company for Cherbourg on Monday
afternoon, and
on Tuesday morning the Earl of Wilton, Commodore cf
the Royal Yacht Squadron, left these roads with the
Vicc-Commodore, and a large fleet of yachts for the
same destination.
The Emperor of Russia's yacht Queen Victoria sailed
with tho rest, but returned to these roads the same
evening.
The Royal Yacht squadron has been divided into a
number of little fleets in this visit to Cherbourg. The
Commodore of the Royal Victoria takes his friends
under his flag, a number of Commodores and Vice-
Commodores doing the same, each sporting their flags.
TEE ISLE OF WIGHT IN LoNnoN.—All the inhabi-
tants seem to have taken it into their heads to iit the
great metropolis ou Tuesday next, availing themselves of
a cheap train of the South-Western.
THE HARVEST.—Finer weather could not
be wished
for_,. harvest work is proceeding mostee is
still spreading,
satisfactorily.
THE POTATO BLIGHT.—Tbis p t
differentr s are only
n ltyo
but though the halm is all black,
very triflingly injured
Yet. It isaltothgeethteebre
former years; the potatoes when the blight struck the
helm used to be converted from balls of flour to some-
thing
more rescmb 14g lumps of soap, but the tubers
never were more flowery and better flavoured than they 11
are this season. This may, in part, be caused by their
have being planted earlier. All that been lifted
yet
have been an excellent crop and superior quality.

NEW MODE OF ADVERTISING —The inventive
genius of the advertisers has adopted a rather novel and
amusing mode of bringing their wares before public notice.
Yesterday morning a dog, covered over with advertising pla-
cards, perambulated the Strand and Fleet-street, attracting
particular notice, and exciting much amusement. The
quadruped appeared to be fully conscious of the importance
of his office, and marched along the street with great dignity
and gravity.

An order has been issued by the Supreme Govern-
ment of India discontinuing in the army the morning dram
of arrack.

THE INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA.
We copy the following interesting sketch of the
Indiana of California from the Sacramento Frans-.
cript - -
" The aborigines of California at the
most feeble and incapable of carrying I,s-
system of warfare of any of the IS ean..ll 14,
'
r Indians. Certain it is they have net o
that skill and baldness that have I L. ,
Indians in other portions of the conl
its discovery. They are different in -or
life, more imperfect in their physici
and in whatever light we view them, inferio-rity to
most of the Indian races is stamped upon their cha-
racter. They have existed in this country without
any evidence of nationality, without establishing
boundaries, without claiming a right even in the soil,
with little or no knowledge of property of any kind,
and, in fact, as a disorganized though distinct people.
" Game, although abounding in the country, has
never, so far as we have been able to learn, constituted
any considerable part of their diet, for the only appa-
rent reason, that it is too much trouble to kill and
prepare it for food with their rude weapons and in-
struments. Thus, what the great western tribes
glory in, the California Indians are too indolent
scarce to attempt.

"To give a correct idea of this people, it will be
necessary to enter somewhat into particulars. In the
summer season they lead a roving life, and are found
in greatest numbers along the borders of the western
side of the Sierra Nevada. In these regions they find
berries, grapes, seeds, acorn•, various kinds of roots,
and insects, on which they principally subsist. The
rank herbage and grasses that spring up during the
latter part of the rainy season, and come to maturity
in summer, wither and die on the surface of the earth
during the latter part of the dry season, and swarms
of grasshoppers, large and fat, abound among it.
" The Indians set fire to the dried up vegetable
matter when the wind is favourable, and burn over
whole districts ; the grasshoppers cannot escape ;
their wings are burned off, and after the fire has con-
sumed the grass the burnt district is covered with the
lifeless bodies of these insects. Then comes the In-
diana' harvest. Their food is all around them, cooked
and ready for eating. With their bows and arrows
they sometimes kill elks, deers, bares, &c.; but, as
before remarked, they manifest, as a people, but little
taste or skill for hunting. In the proper season they
manage, by means of wooden spears, of their own
manufacture, to catch fish from the numerous streams
of the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys; and it
is said that they manifest more skill in taking fish
than in any other art.
" They are called Digger Indiana,' from the na-
ture of their habitations, which are constructed in the
following manner :

" A circular hole is dug in the earth—say three
or four feet deep, and from ten to twenty feet in
diameter, over the top of which poles are laid in an
arching form, and covered first with small sticks and
weeds, and then with earth and green sods. A small
opening in the centre of this roof is left for the escape
of smoke, and on one side is a doorway just large
enough to admit a man's feet first, which serves also
as a window. In these cellars the natives are buried
through the winter in the most filthy and disgusting
condition.
" Some contend that there is a class of mountain
Indians in California different in their habits from the
race just described. After making extensive inquiry,
in which we have consulted gentlemen who have spent
years in Oregon and California, we have come to the
conclusion that the natives west of the Sierra Nevada
are all the same class of beings. It is true they do not
all burrow every winter, but this is a matter of chance.
" We have yet to learn that any of the Indian race
can be found this side of Oregon, who ever build
anything like comfortable wigwams to shelter them
from the weather. We have been assured by me&
who have been in the mountain regions, that the na-
tives there are evidently the same class that are found
in the valleys, and that during the most inclement
season, one-half of them are in a state almost of com-
plete nudity. In the mountains, as in the valleys,
they chiefly subsist on acorns through the long rainy
season. These are gathered in the latter part of au-
tumn, dried and stowed away in large receptacles
above ground, formed of a sort of wicker-work, in the
shape of hogsheads, and containing sometimes several
hundred bushels. Through them the air circulates,
and the acorns become dry and hard. To prepare
the acorns for food the Indians pound them to a
powder with stones, and then make a pasty gruel,
and sometimes a sort of bread. Such are some of their
habits.

"Further evidence of the imbecility of this people
appears from the fact, that they lack that feeling of
independence elsewhere a prominent trait in the In-
dian character. Before the discovery of gold it was
customary among the few in this country who culti-
vated the soil, to keep droves of the natives around
them to do their labour. When the first operations
were commenced in the diggings the Indians were
employed, for the consideration of a few most paltry
trifles, to perform the heavy labours of mining. To
get together a sufficient number, a few whites would
go to the places frequented by them, and drive away
as many as they chose.
" The influx of strangers since tke discovery of
gold has been so great the quiet of the race has been
disturbed. A new order of things has commenced,
to which they will not, or cannot, adapt themselves;
still their old customs have been in some measure
broken up. The whites have introduced into their
midst what to them are luxuries, which they have
become accustomed to take possession of by stealth or
robbery, whenever opportunity presents itself. Their
rights have not always been respected ; in many
instances abuses have been practised upon them, and
from these facts it is easy to see the cause of much
trouble. A. mutual hatred exists between them and
the mining community, and their characters are se
different that this feeling can hardly be eradicated
from either party. Where that hostile feeling exists
one party or the other must prevail until the weaker
party becomes extinct.

"We will now take a hasty glance at this people
as they have conducted themselves in war, citing a
few instances. In the winter of 1848.49 the people
in the vicinity of Sutter's Fort often received accounts
of Indian depredations in the north, and sometime in
February, about thirty murders committed by them,
on various occasions, had been heard of. The victims
were principally Oregonians. In the latter part of
February, 1849, a company of about sixty, horse and
foot, left Sutter's Fort to chastise the Indians. They
took the direction of Sutter's Mill, or Culloma, and
the Indians fled before them. Some of the mounted
men overtook the natives, and several were killed
while trying to escape. A quantity of stolen property
was recovered in this expedition.
"Further depredations were committed, and a few
weeks after another company of about twenty whites
left the region of Cullom*, and followed the Indians
to their encampment. This handful of men actually
took prisoners, and drove to Sutter's Mill, between
200 and 300 Indians. A sort of trial was then given
them, after which thirty of their number were shot.
The rest were released. From that time very little
trouble was had with the Indians in the northern
11 mines till the winter of 1849-50.
" Such is the character of the race with whom the
difficulties in California on various occasions have
arisen. It is not our purpose at this time to discuss
the morality of the course pursued by both parties in
relation to each other. But we have seen that the
natives of California have given no evidence of skill
in warfare. Almost all their acts of violence have
been perpetrated in a stealthy, cowardly manner, and
never have they attempted to carry out any extended
or general plan of operation. Never have they come
upon a town at night, and laid it in ashes, as might
have been expected from a savage foe. They seem to
have no higher idea of warfare than to attack un-
armed individuals, or to kill the sleeping inmates of a
tent in some isolated place. They have only the
rudest implements of war, and cannot successfully
defend themselves against American rifles. The pro-
babilities are that they are not clannish in their feel-
ings, and will never unite as a people against the
whites.
" From the foregoing the inference is that no very
serious trouble will occur with the natives on this
side of the Sierra Nevada."

EQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMPANY.—The Equitable
Assurance Company held their usual quarterly meeting on
Thursday, at which the accounts for the Midsummer quarter
were presented. Mr. Price, the vice-president, read a report
from the court of directors on the subject of some changes
which bad been suggested in the constitution of the society,
with a view of rendering the establishment more attractive
to new insurers, and an address was read by the actuary em-
bodying the result of some calculations, showing the benefit
that would he likely to be derived by the present members
from an increase in the number of fresh policies. It appears
the society now consists of about 6,000 members, with an
undivided reserved fund cf a million and upwards, and that
the period in which a new policy would participate under the
existing regulations would be about eight years. The ac-
tuary's report was ordered to be printed and circulated, and
the meeting adjourned.

It is stated that Gallipoli oil (generally combined
with spirit, tar, and tobacco liquor) applied to sheep, renders
the wool both liner and heavier on shearing.

Four good mothers have given birth to four bad
daughters.; Truth has produced hatred; success, pride; secu-
rity, danger; and familiarity, contempt. And, on the con-
trary, four bad mothers have produced as many good daugh-
ters, for astronomy is the offspring of astrology ; chemistry
of alchemy; freedom of oppression; patience of long suffer-
ing.—Jewish Chronicle.

MIRACULOUS EscarE.—On Tuesday last an old
man of the name of Rae, residing in Marketgate-street, Ar-
broath, proceeded to sea in an old crazy boat, and was driven
off the coast in the storm of that day. Not making his ap-
pearance at night fall, considerable apprehensions were enter-
tained as to his safety. Wednesday passed over and no ap-
pearance. Thursday with the same result. All hopes of his
safety had now fled, excepting the faint one that some vessel
had picked him up ; but he made his appearance in his
cockle-shell of an ark on Friday about noon in the offing,
whereon s )me men proceeded to his assistance, when they
found him in an almost exhausted fittite, drifting op! mitt to
the rocks.—Dundee Courier,

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