The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-01 00:00:00

POLY TECHNIC INSTITUTION.

Mr. George Barker commenced an engagement
here last night, and gave his lecture upon music, illus-
trated by some of his own ballads, with complete
success. The audience, which was very numerous,
frequently interrupted the performance by applauding
the lecturer. One of the greatest perfections of Mr.
Barker's singing is, you hear every word he utters.
During the lecture several new ballads were intro-
duced—such as the " Irish Emigrant" and " Patrick
Ma Cushla ;" and the entertainment concluded with
" Shall I, wasting in despair," which was encored.

COURT CIRCULAR.
BALMORAL, SEPT. 28.

Her Majesty went out driving this morning in an
open carriage, accompanied by the Princess Royal
and Princess Alice.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out
deer-stalking.
The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred took their
usual exercise.

The dinner party this evening will include her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Augusta
Bruce, Baroness Spetb, and Sir George Couper.
The Earl of Aberdeen left Balmoral this morning.
OSBORNE, SEPT. 30.

Their Royal Highnesses Prince Arthur, and the
Princesses Helena and Louisa, take their rides and
drives daily in the Park.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope.

JOHN MITCHEL.

A young artist, named Dowling, who was trans-
ported from London in 1848 as an Irish cor federate,
has written to his brother in Dublin, on tl:e arrival
of John Mitchel at Hobart Town. The Nation pub-
lishes the subjoined extract from his letter :
" On the 5 ch of April last the Neptune arrived here
with John Mitchel. He was kept on board several
days and no one was allowed to visit him. On
Tuesday, the 9th, 1 felt very anxious to get a peep at
him, and was going down to consult O'Donohoe on
the bzst means. I met O'Donohoe in Elizabeth-
street. The first words he said were, lam going
to see Mitchel ; if you have time I'll take you to him.'
I went with him to a stationer's shop, where, for the
first time, my eye rested on this truly great man. I
don't think I should have known him from the
portraits published of him ; for, although the
features are alike, they have not caught the
character of his face. O'Donohoe introduced me
to him. He shock my hand cordially, and said he had
heard about me. He asked my sentence; O'Donohoe said,
Only life.' Mitchel laughed indignantly and said.
You were very fortunate that you hadn't to mount
the hurdle, like Sir W. Wallace. We walked about
half a mile, and he said, in the course of conversation
that the state of things at home was not to be borne,
that we had at least solemnly protested against it,
and that at all events we had cleared ourselves of all
share in the guilt of if. At another time he said he
felt a freer man here as a ticket of leave holder than
when he was dancing attendance day after day 'at the
Four Courts, Dublin. He was obliged to leave this in
a few hours, but he says in a letter to Mr. O'Donohoe
that Mr. _Martin (with whom he is located in Both-
well, and who, it appears, has studied medicine) has
undertaken to be his doctor, and the first prescrip-
tion was a ride of 24 miles over the bush, with sleet
and snow beating in his face, followed by copious
draughts of hot tea, accompanied by an immense al-
lowance of mutton and damper, a colcnial cake
baked in wood ashes. He says, so successful has
been his leech, that he never erjoyed better health
than he does on this back of the earth.'

THE lIIPPOPOTAMUS.—Your correspondent "
(vol. ii., rage 35) says, "None of the Greek writers appear
to have seen a live hippopotamus:" and again, " The hippo-
potamus, being an inhabitant of the Upper Nile, was imper-
fectly known to the ancients." Herodotus says (ii. 179
that this animal was held sacred by the Nomos of Papremis,
but not by the other Egyptians. The city of Papremis is
fixed by Biihr in the west of the Delta (ii. 163); and Man-
nert conjectured it to be the same as the later Xols, lying
between the Sebenaytic and Carmine branches, but nearer
to the former. Sir Gardner Wilkinson says several repre-
sentations of the hippopotamus were found at Thebes, one
of which he gives (Egyptians, vol. iii., pl. xv.) Herodotus's
way of speaking would seem to show that he was describing
from his own observation : he used Hecatseus, no doubt, but
did not blindly copy him. Hence, I think, we may infer
that llerodotus himself saw the hippopotamus, and that this
animal was found in his day even as far north as the Delta;
and also, that the species is gradually dying out, as the
aurochs is nearly gone, and the dodo quite. The crocodile is
no longer found in the Delta. - Notes and Queries.
EFFECTS OF THE BITE OF A MAD DOG.—Ill
July last a dog was taken in Kirkless Park by the " nawter"
at that place. It was given to a carter of the Low Moor
works, but when he got it to the Rovd's Hall farm, he let
it loose, and it bit a horse and donkey by the nose. Both
went mad and died, in what the doctors called in declared to
be hydrophobia. Subsequently a large mastiff at Kirkless,
which had been fighting with this dog at the time he was
taken up, went mad also and was destroyed. Two ewe sheep
with lambs, which were in the park at the time, also mani-
fested symptoms of madness ant: were destroyed; and since
that time upwards of 20 deer,which have manifested similar
symptoms, have been destroyed. How the virus was com-
municated to the deer, except it was by the bitten sheep,
is not known. It is impossible to tell whether the contagion
is yet run out. Wourali poiFon has been tried with the
deer blit has proved of no avail.—Halifax Guardian.
Yesterday Mr. 11. M. Wakley held an inquest at
Kensington Workhouse, on the body of a man, apparently
about twenty years of age, who was found suffocated on the
top of a burning brick-kiln, belonging to Mr. Earl, on the
bank of the Kensington canal, on Friday morning last. The
deceased was evidently a " navvy," out of work, and in a
destitute state, and the probability is that be went to lie
down on the kiln for warmth, when he was overtaken by the
sulphuretted hydrogen from the burning bricks which pro-
duced suffocation. He bad nu money, and the only things
found on him were two pawnbrokers' duplicates, fur a shawl
and gown, pledged in the name of Haye, in St. Giles's. Ver-
dict— " Accidentally suffocated."
AMERICAN PRODUCE.—The American line-of-
packet ship Sir Robert Peel, from New York, has brought
15,942 bushels of wheat, 4,000 barrels of flour, and a general
cargo ; and the packet ship American Eagle arrived in the
docks on the same day from New York with 3,850 barrels of
flour, 602 casks of oilcake for cattle, and a general cargo of
American produce. The ship Patrick Henry brought 4,315
barrels of flour; the Atlantic, from New York, 580 packages
of cheese; the M. Wheeler, from New Orleans, 883 barrels of
flour; and the
.Sheriandoah, on the same day, from Phila-
delphia, 8,410 bushels of Indian corn, 269 boxes of cheese,
SUO barre's ( f flour, and 100 packages of beef, the produce of
the United States.

A short branch railway is now in course of for-
mation from North lietton Colliery Railway, to firm a
junction with the Durham and Sunderland °branch of the
York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway, at Moorsley. This
branch is intended to be used in leading coals from the
North Iletton Colliery, the property of the Earl of Durham
and the Iletton Coal Company, to Sunderland Dock for
shipment.

JENNY LIND IN AMERICA.
THE CONCERT.
PIIILADELPHIA, SEPT. 11.—Unbounded enthusiasm
prevailed in New York on the evening of Jenny
Lind's first concert at Castle Garden. Full six thou-
sand persons assembled on the interesting occasion in
the large saloon, and the applause on the entrance of
the Swedizh Nightingale was so tremendous and
overwhelming, that for some minutes her feelings
overcame her, and emotion was evident in the singing
of her first piece, " Caste Diva." As the concert
progressed Jenny recovered her full powers, and never
were her vocal sweetness, expression, and pathos
more triumphantly developed. The concert concluded
by her singing the prim song, for which Mr. Barnum
had offered a premium of 200 dollars. This was ad-
judged, by the committee appointed to decide, in
favour of Bayard Taylor. Thus :
" GREETING TO AMERICA.
" WORDS BY BAYARD TAYLOR—MUSIC BY JULES
BENEDICT.
" I greet, with full heart, the land if the west,
Whose Banner of Stars o'er a world is unrellel;
Who: e empire o'vrshadows Atlantic's wide breast,
And opes to the sunset its gateway of gold I
The land of the mountain, the land of the lake,
And rivers that roll in magnificent tide—
Where the souls of the mighty Irk m slumber awake,
And hallow the soil for whose freedom they died!
"Thou Cradle of Empire! though wide be the foam
That severs the land of my fathers and thee,
I hear, from thy bosom, the welcome of home,
For Song has a home in the hearts of the Free !
And long as thy waters shall gleam in the sun,
And long as thy heroes remember their scars,
Be the hands of thy children united as one,
And Peace shed her lights en the Banner of Stars!"
"It is somewhat singular, however, that the com-
mittee are said to have arrived at their decision not
so much from the intrinsic merits of the song as
because Mr. Benedict said that it could be better set
to music than any of the others. Otherwise, it is
understood that a majority of the committee favoured
the following, from the pen of Mr. Epes Sargent,
editor of the Boston Transcript :
"SALUTATION TO AMERICA.
" Lacd of the beautiful, land of the free,
Often my heart had turned, longing, to thee;
Often had mountain, lake, torrent, and stream
Gleam'd on my waking thought, crowded my dream;
Now thou receivest me from the broad sea,
Land of the beauti'ul, land of the free.
" Fair to the eye, in thy grandeur, thou art;
O doubly fair, doubly dear to the heart!
Fur to the exiled, the trodden, the poor,
Through the wide world, thou haat npen'd thy door:
Millions crowd in, and are welcomed by thee—
Land of the beautiful, land of the free.
" Land of the future. Here Art shall repair—
Kinder thy gale than her own Grecian air,
Since her true votaries ever have found
Lefty desert by America crown'd.
Where, in her pride, should she dwell but in thee ?
Land of the beautiful, land of the free.
"Sculpture for thee shall imortalize Form,
Painting illumine, and Poetry warm;
Music devote all her fervors divine
To a heart-service at Liberty's shrine—
Till all thy gifts doubly precious shall be,
Land of the beautiful, land if the free.
" Hail, then, Republic of Washington, hail !
Never may star of thy Union wex pale;
hope of the world, may each omen of ill
Fade in the light of thy destiny still—
'Time bring but increase and honour to thee,
Land of the beautiful, land of the free."
But if Jenny Lind's wonderful vocalisation asto-
nished and delighted, how much higher did the en-
thusiasm rise when Mr. Barnum anounced her noble
munificence to the charities and other public insti-
tutions of New York. At the conclusion of the
concert Mr. Barnum came forward, brushing heaps
of bouquets before him, for the platform was literally
covered with these floral tributes, and spoke as

follows :
" Ladies and Gentlemen,—l have but one favour to
ask of you, and that is, that in the presence of that
angel (pointing to the door where Jenny had just
passed out) I may be allowed to sink where I really
belong—into utter insignificance. If there has ever
been a moment when I aspired to have the question
generally asked, Where is Barnum ?' that time has
passed by for ever. I acknowledge frankly, that after
such a display as we have had to-night, Barnum is
nowhere. But, my friends, I beg to tell you where
Jenny Lind is. I shall not speak of her musical ta-
lents—you know what they are better than I can tell
you ; 3ou have shown by your ungovernable applause
to-night that you appreciate her incomprehensible and
indescribable vocal abilities ; but I must announce a
circumstance regarding her which I cannot allow you
to leave without knowing—she begged me not to, do
it. On ordinary occasions I would obey her every
wish, but I feel it is due to you to state the fact I
allude to. Under the contract between Jenny Lind
and myself, she is entitled to one-half the net pro-
ceeds of every concert given under our agreement.
On this occasion, the expenses being more for the first
concert then will usually be the case, her portion of
the profits will be in the neighbourhood of 10,000
dollars. I received a message from her this morning,
in which she declared that she would not receive one
penny cf the proceeds of this concert, but will devote
every farthing of it to-morrow morning for charitable
purposes. It will be disposed of as follows :
Dollars.
To the Fire Department Fund
Musical Fund Society
flume for the Friendless
Society for the Relief of Indigent Females 500
Dramatic Fund Association .
Home for Coloured and Aged Persons 5OO
Coloured and Orphan Asylum 5OO
Lying-in Asylum for Destitute Females 5OO
New York Orphan Asylum 500
Protestant Half Orphan Asylum . 5OO
Roman Catholic Half Orphan Asylum 500
Old Ladies' Asylum 5OO

Total
In case the money coming to her shall exceed this
sum, she will hereafter designate the charity to which
it shall be appropriated."
The deafening shouts that followed the above
speeches were absolutely indescribable—many, even
among the male portion of the audience, weeping
with emotion—and at midnight Jenny Lind was
again serenaded by the New York Musical Fund
Society. The entire amount received for tickets to
the fir-t concert is not exactly known, but is said to
be somewhere from 30,000 dolls. to 40,000 dolls.

The extravagant price if 225 dolls. given for a ticket
by Genin, the hatter, was partly perhaps by way of
an advertisement, and some persons fancy from friend-
ship to Barnum, whose tenant he is.
The following epigram upon the subject is from
the New York Evening Pool :--
" Fair Jenny came across the sea
Republicans to flatter,
Gave up the smiles of royalty
To advertise a hatter!'

Jenny Lind's second concert took place on Friday
evening, aLd it was quite as well attended as the first.
The mayor and other authorities of New York, the
Turkish envoy, who has just arrived, and many other
distingues were present ; and at both there were
crowds of citizens from Philadelphia and Boston.
The tickets for the second concert sold at from 3
dolls. to 6 dolls. each, and the amcunt received must
have exceeded 20,000 dolls. Jenny Lind says that
she intends devoting the profits of her visit to America
to the foundation of schools in her native country—
Sweden. At her request, Mr. Barnum will in future
charge 0n1y,2 dolls. each for tickets to the seats in the
saloon, and 1 doll. each for what are called promenade
tickets.

The New York journals devote many columns to
critiques upon the vocal performance of the Swedish
Nightingale ; suffice it to say, they are all favourable.
The following extracts, however, will be read with
interest, as speciments of transatlantic furore :
(From the New York Herald)
THE SECOND CONCERT.

On Friday night, Jenny Lind's second concert took
place at Castle Garden. During the day there was
even more excitement in the public mind, and more
applications for tickets, than on the day of the first
concert. By eight o'clock the vast area of Castle
Garden was completely filled, and every effort was
made on the part of the management to give perfect
satisfaction to the immense mass assembled to hear
the great cantatrice. Not less than six thousand
persons were present. A vast sea of heads swayed
to and fro, sparkling beneath the starry lights in the
firmament of song, here and there thickly sprinkled
with the form of beauty, anxiously expecting the
Aphrodite of music to rise amid the waves, with the
Tritons, with their horns and sonorous shells, in
awkward groups, hung around the scene immedi-
ately to be graced by her advent. The introductory
music having been performed, she appeared, while
every wave of humanity trembled with excitement,
and the great sea heaved with delight and "clapped
holds for joy." Tile goddess of the people stood
before them.
TICKET AUCTION TO THE SECOND CONCERT.

At the Castle Garden on Thursday, at half-past
ten o'clock A.At , the ticket auction to Jenny Lind's
second concert, was proceeded with by Leeds and Co.
There were nut the same numbers, nor the great ex-
citemcnt of the two preceding auctions, but there was
a steady demand for the tickets, and they sold well.
There were 6,000 disposed of, at an average of 4 dolls.,
and there were about 500 promenade tickets sold and
disposed of at 2 dolls. each, thus making the proceeds
of the sale amount to 26,000 dolls.
Genin's 225 dolls. seat was purchased by Hall and
Sons at 5 dolls. The private box of Jenny Lind, con-
taining four seats, was purchased at 51 dolls. per seat,
and the corresponding box at the other side of the
stage at the same price. It will be recollected that
Jenny Lind's private box sold for 140 dolls., or 35 dolls.
each teat, at the first auction.