The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-05 00:00:00

AR7' TR&ASUBES' EXHIBITION'.

MA.NOLIESTER, MAY 4.
The arranvonents for the great 'avant of to-
morrow have advancel so rapidly during Vie past
fort,iiv,,ht as to leave not the least shade of alarm
on the minds of those connected w,tl- them lest al.
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should Dot be e melnied awl in order at the re.

quired moment. Out of the chaos of prepar ttions
which seemed to prevail so recently in every por-
lion of the Exhibition Palace the diligent and
almost incessant lalours of the numerous heads of

dep irtments and thor etlicient corps of subordr
nates quickly made apparent the cert ditty of com-
pletion within the time specified of everything ne-
cessary to the grand rt stilt. So confident of the
general progress were some of those officially Coil-
cerned in the work that the opening of the Extlib!-
tion even a week ago was not considered an impos-
s33ili'y. However, a more d lib rate and careful
tereeinatien of so many simultaneeus proceedings
was, of course, more conducive to the satisfactory
state of affairs which now presents it,e'f. The re-
mark has frequently been made during the last
mouth, by persons who have had experience of the
difficult preliminaries' att -riding on such vast col-
lections of wealth and magnificence as have n.tw
become almost annual events, that the arrang -
inenti fer the Maechester Exh bitioa were much
more advanc d, than th ise of any that have pre-
ceded it bad b -en wit tin the same time. An
inspection of the various departments to-day makes
it evident that what has be n done in time that
was considered so ample for the purpose has been
done effectually, and that nothmg beyond a few
finishing strokes are now want.ng to complete
the enterprise which is to attract millions of ad-
mirer=, and will ti-morrow be iiiaugurated with
so mach splendour. The walls of the gr. at central
hall are now filled with that unrivalled display of
British partraits which is one of the great di.tinc-
Voris of this Exhibition. The space between the
walls is n iw completely furnished with thou vari ,us
components of the general museum,--ethe gle-s
cases filled with costly rarities, the armoury, which
is sAid to surpass any other in England, except that
la the Tower, and the long lines. of sculpture, at
present •-h:ouded in protecting canvass, but all er-
r :wed in titer proper order. The groat area is
filled in every part with its treaserel contents, aed
no space is left unocoupied except what is necessary
for the passage of crowds of visit°, s. La anticipa-
tion of to-morrow's ceremonial the central passage
is alieldy flanked from end to end with s veral
rows of se its, multitudes of chairs fill every availa-
ble opening, and at the intersect on of the nave and
tr4n.septs, and surrounding the dais to which Plime
Albert, and his suiie will be conducted, ttle grand-
floor is now covered, and the galleries above will
this evening t e furnished with the re'quisite atoto%
moda i.n for such a great a,seteblage of spec
lea
fo,
as i taunted upon. Pi ovisi,n has beeknomneadi
that
9,000 pe son', and it is coefidently
7,000 Hill be present. The gieatr corchestra tat
the west end is all ready to receive the 500 mu-
sicians who have been engage,' for the oemAtoti ;
and rising above it is the grand organ, graceful in
its form and its decoration-, _ILA flanked by, por-
traitsand Prince Aloe t. The
of her Majesty
roof of this end of the building is ticlorned with
banners brilliantly. coloured, inscribed wi h the
names of great anists, and beating
also the arms
of the diffe. ent countries which have given birth
them The long side galleries of ancient and
modern picture' want only such completantss
as a few hours will give them ; the
water C.10,1T3
we nearly all placed ; the Orisn'al Court appears
quite in its-destined order; alai the phot-graphs,
engravings, and miniatures are b ing hung with
great rapidity in thoso porions of the various
galleries, where, from some cause or another, the
conclusion of the work has been delayed till almost
the last moment. It may be mentioned, in con-
clusion of this biet summary, that the police ar-
rangements are such as to leave no fear of order
being preservtd throughout the city and all along
the line of route by which Prince Albeit will pro-
ceed to open .the Exhibition, and which, no doubt,
will.be tmonged with immense crowds of people
from one end to .the other. Temporary platforms
for their reception' have. been erected at many
places, and the charges for these, as well as for
every other species of public accommodation, have
been confidently fixed at such a scale as is sure to
bs remunerative.

( Prone Vie Times' Correspondent.)
NEW YORK, APRIL 21.
The State Legislature of New York adjourned
on the 18th, having pwAsed 050 bills.' public And.
Private, in a :session of 100 days. • The most im-
portant are the Acts by which the municipal dux.-
ter of the city of New York is amended and the
system of police remodelled. Old New York is
as unw lling-to be refotmed as the Corporation of
Lount,dcionin,staitnic,lvt_ii_relat4ris,:,thoerßeseirlittreliin) npuarvalytiporensaa:
mivates in the tee of the State, while tht
city is still untie, -the away of the democracy ; -the
country has carried the new bills ag iinat the influ-
ence of th city, which protests against provincial
inferf ranee, with its abuses. ' It is said the vali-
dity of the new Acts will b 3 tested in the onurts of
law, which so ld be equivalent to throwing the
uovernment of the city in o Chancery, and leavo tt
for some time without any le4tity sonstituted
authorit as at a'l, or plunge it into a conflict be-
twecu tje new sy,tern and the old.
.T 11.3 placid
Public, t at dues nothing in these co-itests but Took
on and pay the costs, is, in its sluggish way, favour-
e to the changes, on the gr.und that no possible
change could be tor the worsb, and some of them
appear to be r:-a1 improvements. But the ; rotes-
sip nal rulers, who take all the work of s-lf-govern-
meut out of tit,- hands of the community, are mote
active, and from them come the threats of res.st-
ance. The State Senit3 thy ted the last moments
before the adjournment to pa .sing a series of
resolutiohs' founded on the decision of the
Supreme Court in the +se of Died Scott,
and i,itend.,d as a pretest against it. it
resolved that the State of New York "will not
a'iywev f( or rsihn or under yo
pretence slavery
retene
ew;
ort h
fno t
a-
nbyo rtdlien
es
decfares that the Supreme Court of the Uni ed
Stat-s has, by its decision, identified itself with a
"sectional and aggre s ve pa ty," and "impaired
the respct and confidence tae people of the
State-" felt in it.

At the meeting of the ToWn Council and Board
of Aldereleu yesterday the thi eai s of ►esi-tanc to
he I, e .v order of things took a more defi iite sh -ape ;
the aldermen empowere 1 _tee men to retain pcs-
seeeon of all pr per y b-dotiging t, the present _
Polrca Deparrinynt, and to refii-e obedience to ai,y
orders of the new polio commesiouers created by
chi Act. Tile councilmr-n direete 1 the 1-gal a Iviser
of the cot poration to examine the new Ac's at d
te make a report on them, and obtain if necessary
other professional opinions upon their validity ; all
the municipal officers, till such report is received,
are instructed to do nothing teat. can be construe
into an accept ince of the new charter, and if any
attempt is m .de to enforce it, or any Nit of it,
resistance is to be ma le in the courts of law, which
will, at all events, secure delay. A sum of money
is to be voted from the city funds t defray the first
expenses of cnisuitations and readings, and at t tie
point the matter rests. The next movement will
probably take all parties into the regions of quo
warranto and mandamus, into which the courage
to follow them, even in a,tictipatien, utterly fads.
Nettling further has transpired with regard to
the Chinese mission. Mr. Reed is preparing for
his departure, or rather the dockyards are prepar
lug the frigate in which he is to sail, which will be
one of the fine-t in the American Navy. Mr.
Reed will leave about the beginning of June.
The case of the persona arrested here on the
charge of defrauding the F. (inch Nor h-rn Railroad.
C tmpany is not yet decided. The quesrion pend.ng
is whether their offence renders them liable to extra-
dition under the treaty. It c .me on again a fewdays
since, and may be considered near its termination,
as Carpentie, one of the accued, pleaded guilty,
and is to be admitted States' evidence by the prose-
cution against his fellow-prisoners.
Tue rumours of two brillianr, victories gained by
Walker over the Costa Ricans at Rivas have net
been confirmed by the arrival of the Tennessee.
Nothing is known f the movements of the force on
the Pecifie side of the i-thmas. But, as has been
the can after all reports of victories in that quar-
ter, the Tennessee brought a peifect budget of
disasters that have occurred to the detachment of
Walker's men which has been c tafined t) the At-
lantic side by the occupation of the river San Juan.
When the previous accounts left Lockridge with his
recruits, was preparing to ascend the river and to
force a passaeo by taking 0 !Arlo, en attempt in
which Col. Titus so signally failed. The expedition
left Punta Arenas in the John ScAt steamer, but on
arriving at the fort they foiled the Costa Ricans
had so strengthened it by outworks and barricades
that any atide on it with such a force was impos-
sible. Lockridge re iced, and, despairing of the suc-
cess of any further efforts on the Atm' is side, re-
solved to attempt to re :eh Walker by w.ty of Pana-
ma. He c tiled on the men, aft--r they were re-t
descand the river, to volunteer for tee
enteri.rise ; about 100 offered to go with him, but
200 refused, considering she ca-e deperate. Those
who refused were, lucledy for th m-elves, put en
hoard a small iron s! earner that accompanied the
John Scott, and foll ,w. d le,r down the river. They
were approaching Serab'que ou the 2d Apr.l, wh n
the Jehn Scott, with the waher volunteers on
bo are, ran on a sandbank, and in a few minutes
afterwards her boiler expl ded. Thiry men were
aotly kille.l, and 50,,thers wounded and se..lded.
Th,• a eam,r became a w eck and .sank ia 8 feet of
water. Toe iron beat to k the survivo:s ou hoard
wounded were placed in a la ge launch and.
t twed down to Punta ArenaQ, s v..ral dying on
the way. Lockridge e,caped by being in toe fore-
part of the boat at the time; his -secend officer,
General Wheat, "an old Mississippi traveller,"
wi h a practieede arf. tr ex plosi onsthei eh)! e, jumped
overbosrd at the fist suspicioes crack, and saved
himself ; others wee blown into the water and
escaped, but eight officers and the engineer are
anion, the killed. The latest return gives the num-
b-r of those killed and miss ng at 60, and the tot al
of the casualties at 85. On toe arrival of the boat
at Puet e..a, the s:irg. one of the Engli h squa-
dron were sent ou shore with pr .per appliat.ces,
and did their ut „oat to 1 sseu the sufferings of Che
scalded Mill, an act of humanity 'which the local
reporti gratefully record. Those of the sick and
wounded who were in a emdit,on to I.e moved were
put on bard the 'tennessee .and brought on to
New York, where they lauded in a nrser able state
of deatitu ion. They were relieved by a promptly
raised subscription, and those who Lave no ti lends
or New York will be sent to their homes by fre3
pa-ses on the railways. As he "a, my" thus int.l
away by failure, desertion, starvati n, fever, and
steameieat explosions, the quarrels of the officers
about rank and precedence incre tee, and there ap-
pear to be colonela an I generals enough lef.. on the
Isthmus to furnish a full division, though she num-
ber of men remaining ou the Atlantic side cannot
exceed 150.
The Nia .ara fligate, which has been detrained for
some dal s by an accident to her engines, and s
the damage was repaired by bad weather will sail
to-morrow :or England to take on board a portion
of the Ocean Telegraph cable.