The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-06 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISE

the American Consul protested against the jurisdiction of
the Admiralty Court there, on the ground that she was
taken in Canadian waters ; that the captain of the Devas-
tation then expressed his determination to take her to
Quebec ; but, upon the captain of the Starlight promising
to be more careful in future, he released her upon payment

Letters of the 2nd ult., from Port-au-Prince report, that
erything was quiet. The yellow fever continued to

prevail.
Advices from El Paso, Mexico, to July 22nd, reported the
existence of a great excitement in consequence of a disturb-
ance between a party of Americans and Mexicans, at that
place. It appears that an American, who had recently re-
turned from California, was seized by the Mexicans, for
some alleged offence, and. cast into prison, on hearing of
which circumstance, a party of his friends, also Americans,
commenced an attack upon the gaol, for the purpose of ef-
fecting his liberation and rescue. A guard of Mexican
troops, however, soon came up, and witnessing the action
of the Americans, fired upon them, causing the latter to
beat a partial retreat. The fight was afterwards renewed,
and the District Attorney of El Paso County, Texas, who
was present, killed. One person was also severely wounded.
What the final result of the affair would be was not
known, but the Mexican forces were armed and drilling
rican town of Paso, which was in great

near the Am

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, AUGUST 24

MONEY.—The reception of favourable news from Eu-
rope by the Arabia has given a better tone to the market.
Stocks' improved at the first board ; but at the second
board the sales were only to a moderate amount. Ex-
change on London, Eli to per cent. prem. ; Paris, f. 5.131
to f. 5.15, sixty days, and f. 5.111, short sight.
COTTON.—From the New York Shipping List of Au-
gust 24.—The market on Saturday and Monday was very
quiet, and after the Arabia's accounts came to hand, there
was so little done that their effect on the market is not
yet.perceptible. Two bales of the new crop were received
here yesterday from Charleston, and were sold at 13c.,
grade fair, staple fine, silky, and well prepared. The sales
for the last three days are 1,400 bales. We quote :
Atlantic Other Gulf
Ports. Florida. Ports.
Inferior nom. . nom. nom.
Low to good ord.
Low to good mid. 10 —ll 10 —ll 104 114
Mid. fair to fair 112 112 113 112 12 —l3
Total import since Ist instant 17,071 bales.
Export from Ist to 23d August, 1853, 12,914; 1852, 6,228.
RECEIPTS, EXPORTS, AND STOCKS OF COTTON.
Exports to Total Exports Stock and
Receipts. Gt. Britain. to For. Ports. on shipb'd.
1853....3,21,3,317 1,731,643 2,513,000 99,360
1852....3,011,969 1,638,939 2,432,386 71,200
Increase 203,348 72,684 80,614 28,160
(From W. P. Wright's Circular, of August 24.)
We have again complaints from the south of too much
rain, and its attendant consequences. They are pretty
general from Georgia wand South Carolina ; and from
Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, they are more nume-
rous during the past few days than previously this year.
There have been several further receipts of new cotton at
the various ports in the south ' • and at all, except New
Orleans, they are earlier than last year. This, however,
is no criterion as to the condition of the crop generally,
which is admitted to be backward, and which the receipts
of new cotton to be received prior to Ist September this
year, as compared with receipts to same period last year,
will fully prove.
BREA.DSTUFFS.—The flour market has been tolerably
steady throughout the week. The advices per Arabia
have had no effect on prices. Indian corn is better by lc.
to 2c. per bushel.
13110.VISION8.—Western pork in good demand and mo-
derate supply, and mess has advanced inc., while prithe
and prime mess are a shade lower. Beef firm, especially
for the better descriptions, and the demand is fair. Lard
and butter less plenty, and with a good demand prices
have advanced. Cheese in good demand at former rates.

SALT.—Liverpool continues depressed, and prices favour
buyers ; 700 sacks fine sold on private terms.
Inos.—Holders of Scotch pig are again demanding
higher rates. 200 tons English bars, a poor assortment,
sold at $62,50, but considerably more is now demanded.
Coin.—Foreign continues scarce, and wanted.
FREIGHTS.—Advices per Arabia have unsettled the
market, and lower rates have been submitted to for grain
and flour to England and France. To Liverpool, for cot-
ton, id. per lb. ; flour, 2s. 6d. to 2s. 7d. per bbl. ; grain, in
bulk, 7d. to 74d. per bushel. To London, flour, 2s. 9d. to
3s. per bbl. ; grain, in bulk, Sid. to 9d. per busheL To
Havre, cotton, c. per lb. ; flour, 65c. to 70C. per bbl.
NEW ORLEANS, AUG. 16.—Our markets are exceedingly
dull, owing to the prevailing epidemic. The sales of cot-
ton for the past two days are not 200 bales. Freights to
Liverpool firm, at id. per lb.
CHARLESTON MARKET, AUG. 22.—The demand, almost
solely confined to orders for Spanish account. Freight to
Liverpool, id. Fair is quoted 11c. to llic.
MoninE, AUG. 16.—Holders are more anxious to dis-
pose of their stocks, but are prevented by the restrictions
placed upon them by their constituents. Freight to Li-
verpool, none.
SAN FRANCISCO.—The Alta California, of the Ist of
August, says :—" Since the departure of the last mail, our
market has worn a more animated aspect, and presented
more features of interest than for any similar period during
the present season. The advanced rates obtained in most
articles have been sustained thus far, and the impression
seems to prevail that, after the arrival of the first steamer,
a further advance may be anticipated, should advices re-
present that shipments to this port continue small."

ARRIVAL OF THE ARCTIC.
By the United States mail steamer Arctic, which arrived
in the Mersey on Tuesday, we have advices from New York
to the 20th nit. The Arctic passed the ststeamerPaeifi,
from this port, at 5 p.m. on the 20th, going into New
York; and at 9 a.m. on the 29th passed the steamer Asia,
hence for New York.
The Washi ton correspondent of the New York
Herald, says:—
" The British Government have presented the following
propositions for the consideration of our Government :
" 1. The free navigation of the river St. Lawrence.
" 2. To permit colonial-built vessels to obtain registers,
that privilege being already granted in England to Ame-
rican and other foreign-built vessels.
" 3. To abolish the system of bounties to our fishermen.
" 4. To throw open the Californian coasting-trade, that
is to say, to allow British vessels to load in the Atlantic
states for California.
" 5. To abolish the duty on fish brought here in colonial
bottoms.

-"6. Reciprocal trade with the provinces in certain arti-
cles, the growth of each country, based upon the Recipro-
city Bill introduced by Mr. Grinnell in 1848, and passed
by the House of Representatives ; if their propositions
were agreed to, a participation in the British North Ame-
rican fisheries was to be extended to American fishermen.

" It is understood the proposition to permit colonial-
built vessels to obtain American register, has been declined
by the Cabinet, on the grounds, principally, that it is pro-
perly a matter for Congressional action. Rather than the
exercise of the treaty making the power, it would be for
Congress to determine how far it is expedient to amend
the tariff by modifying the duties on iron, copper, hemp,
&c., so as to enable our shipbuilders to compete with the
colonists on equal terms.
" The proposition to abolish the system of bounties to
our fishermen was declined, upon the ground that the
bounties are matters of internal policy, with which Eng-
land cannot be permitted to interfere.
" The propositions to throw open the California coasting
trade was declined, on the ground that the constitution
declares that all the States of the Union shall be on an
equal footing, and that, therefore, the coasting trade of
California could not be opened to England without the
carrying with it also the whole coasting trade of the-United
States. As for the proposition of reciprocal trade, it was
considered as much too limited ; and there appeared to be
no disposition on the part of England to extend it to an
interchange in all articles of growth, product, and manu-
facture of the country and the provinces respectively.
This is the present position of the negotiations. It is,
however, believed that a project of a treaty may yet be
agreed upon, as there appears to be a strong desire on both
sides to settle the matter." . .

The yellow fever was very bad at New Orleans. A pri-
vate despatch states that, the authorities being unable to
bury all the dead, 125 bodies were burnt. Yellow fever
prevailed at Mobile, but the Board of Health had pro-
nounced it not epidemic.
The New York Herald states that Lord Elgin, the Go-
vernor of Canada, is to return to England in the Sarah
Sands.
Advices from Havannah, of the 14th ult., state that the
cholera had been terrific on one estate, belonging to Mrs.
Seals. 131 negroes had died in six days.

IN the St. Petersburg Journal, Dr. Hamel calls atten- '
tion to the fact that, the current year completes three
centuries of nearly . uninterrupted amicable relations
between England and. Russia.
VEGETABLE SOAP. —The Vie Una journals announce that
a firm of California has sent home to that city some seeds
of the soap plant. It grows wild in California, rising to
the height of about a foot. The plant fades away in the
month of May, and inside each is a ball of natural soap,
superior, it is assured, to any that can be manufactured.
TILE CHOLERA has appeared at Spettin, 170 dying
within the week. It is also reported at Konigsberg.
After nineteen years, it is reappearing at Stockholm, but
appears to be on the decrease in Copenhagen, after having
proved fatal to the large proportion, 3,902 out of 7,216
persons attacked. • It appears that, • notwithstanding the
quarantine system, the cholera is in Christiania and other
parts of Norway, while Sweden is completely at its mercy.
It has even boarded- Swedish quarantine guard-ships,
which had no communication with the shore. Ina word,
it now envelopes Sweden as in a net, and is doing its work
from Stockholm in the north to Ystad in the south, and
from Gothenburg in the east to Carlskrona in the west.
RIOT IN LIEGE.—On Tuesday evening a large body of
workmen and women assembled, in spite of the rain, on
the Quai de la Batte, where a species of corn-market is
held. The menacing attitude of numbers amongst them
created considerable alarm ; and the authorities, apprised
of the circumstance, called out the gendarmes, who were
received with loud hisses. In a few minutes the populous
streets in the vicinity sent forth their thousands of opera-
tives, who, in spite of remonstrances and all the attempts
of the armed force, would not disperse. A manufactory
of arms on the Quai d'Avroy was partly broken open by
some of the rioters, and a quantity of fire-arms removed.
Great excitement prevailed during the entire morning of
Wednesday ; but a telegraphic despach of one p.m., states
that no further disturbances have occurred.
Too CLEVER TO LlVE.—we have heard something of
an "Admirable Crichton," a proficient in twenty different
arts and sciences ; but there is a youth in Moyamensing
district, Tom Murphy by name, and only sixteen years of
age, who far surpasses Crichton in varied accomplish-
ments. He can smoke out ls. worth of "half-Spanish"
per day, chew up two 3c. plugs of tobacco, drink ten
glasses of brandy and water between breakfast and dinner,
dance a sailor's hornpipe on the top of a water-plug,
handle a slung-shot with the most astonishing skill, and
lasso a young negro with the end of a handkerchief. He
also understands the thimblerig to perfection, likewise
the games of poker and all fours, and amputates cats' tails
with as much dexterity as if he had attended surgical lec-
tures and walked the hospitals. All the friends of his
family believe that he is " the smartest boy in Philadel-
phia,' and we rather think he is, considering that he has
never been to High School, but his mother is afraid that
his genius will be the death of him.—New York Tribune.

SALE OF THE GUILLOTINE AT RHEIMS.-011 Saturday
last a considerable crowd was assembled on one of the
boulevards at Rheims to witness, as we have already an-
nounced, the extraordinary sale of the guillotine and its
accessories, even to the very basket which was used to
catch the head of the unfortunate culprit. The upset
price was 20fr., after which a voice in the crowd offered
25fr. The name of the amateur was anxiously inquired
for among the crowd, when suddenly a young man came
forward and bid 50fr. at which; after some little delay, it
was knocked down, and when it became known that it had
been purchased in order to make a bonfire of it, the crowd
gave way to a loud burst of applause, which in a short
time after increased still more on seeing it piled up and
blazing, every one present assisting to keep up the fire.
Amongst the most energetic of them was a high functionary
of the place. Although the crowd assembled was very
great, every thing passed off with the greatest order.—
Galignani.

Alf UNCLB Tolt—The Carrolton (Louisiana) Star,
of the 23d ult., has the following :—" We grieve, for the
honour of our town, to have to record an inhuman out-
rage practised on the body of an old negro of this place,
named Johnson, the slave of Charles Hines, by Hines
himself, which resulted in death. The negro was nearly
90 years of age, and universally venerated for his sober-
ness and honesty, as well as for his revolutionary remi-
niscences. The monster-master, taking umbrage at some
petty offence, deliberately whipped, stamped, and kicked
him to death on Saturday last. The fellow feigned sick-
ness, as is supposed, to cover a design of escape, and even
had the blasphemous hardihood to affect a fear of immedi-
ate death, and to go through the funereal farce of making
a public will. Officer Kener left two deputies in
guard at his residence till Monday, when the body of the
negro was disinterred, and an inquest held over it by the
coroner. The unanimous verdict of the jury—several
physicians who were present also assenting—was that he
died from the effects of the blows and kicks he had received
from his master. Persons who witnessed the examination
say that the sight was sickening, his whole back cut and
bruised into a jelly, and the lower part of his body nearly
kicked to pieces. Immediately after the inquest the
monster was taken to gaol. Let him go down to fame
hand-in-hand with Legree—a hideous verification of that
horrible villain."

THE REVOLUTION IN CHINA.

(II 0.3 i THE T 13 13.)

Tnr Chinese revolution is in all respects the greatest
revolution the world'has yet seen. In mere magnitude it
comprises a population equal to that of all Europe and all
America put together. It unites the chief features of all
the great changes that stand out in the history of the
world. As a destruction of temples, and idols, and a total
change of religion, it recalls to us the early ages of the
Christian church, and those later times when the northern
nations embraced Christianity in masses. As the exter-
mination of a people, it compares with the great conflicts
of races, the irruptions, fusions, expulsions, and returns
.1"." occupy the earliest pages of authentic history, and
resumed their prominence on the decline and fall of Rome.
As a total change of system, and an opening of China to
foreigners, it so far does in a day the usually slow work of
modern civilization. This mighty change has come so
fast on us that we have not yet realised its consequences.
So great is the distance of China, and so small the sym-
pathy between it and the rest of the world, that the Em-
peror of China ranks in figure of speech with his alleged
brother the moon, as a being who knows nothing, and of
whom nothing is known in this our own sphere, and with
whom we have no imaginable concern. In a moment that
wall is thrown down that gulf is filled up, and that veil
is rent asunder. China has hitherto been the very type
of all that is unchangeable, formal, and slavish; all of a
sudden it not only yields, but absolutely falls to pieces at
a foreign impulse. But the most marvellous feature of
this revolution remains. The means are utterly insig-
nificant. The chief agent appears to be a person who has
received some instruction from a missionary, and whose
conduct or apparent motives were such that the mission-
ary refused to baptise him. In fact, he seemed to be a
mere charlatan- On comparing his success with the
failure of another pretender nearer home, it certainly
occurs to us that Mr. Provis has mistaken his sphere, and
that if he had made a dash for the throne of China he
might have succeeded. The huge balloon has collapsed at
the prick of a needle. There is an old saying that every-
thing has a handle, if we only knew where to find it. For
ages it has been the complaint of the civilised world that
with it. The result shows that there was a
China had no handle. We could not get at it, or into it,
nevertheless, for somebody has found it. He has
pronouncedowr dayany,l n,, g
open,
sesame,,,
and the everlasting hinges
begin to creak,. the huge gates begin to turn, the deep
recesses of ancient empire are opened to light, we enter,
and China becomes part of the world.
why, in a couple of years we shall all be going to
China. The last mail left Hongkong on the 10th of July,
and arrived here on the 27th of August, doing it in 48
days ; and there is every prospect of the time being much
shortened. People are tired of Europe, now that it is
railroaded, handbooked, and " opened up," as the phrase
is, to its very backbone. Moscow has been burnt ; Peters-
burg is a city of arsenals and palaces ; Constantinople, we
have been lately told, is a city of wooden boxes ; Athens
is a bad Herne Bay ; Germany has been so often scoured
out by its thirty years' wars and its seven years' wars that
its cities have nothing to show ; Berlin is a poor imita-
tion of Paris ; Munich is in pieces, fresh painted, and not
yet put together ; Paris everybody has seen over and over
again ; and these are the best—the rest are nowhere. But
there is something new in China—something genuine and
undiscovered. It is undoubtedly great, ancient, curious,
and original. So in a couple of years we shall all be
running to the Chinese Consulate, in Leadenhall-street or
Bucklersbury to get our Foreign-office passport vised by
a gentleman with small eyes, high-cheeked bones, and
yellow skin, but without a tail, and dressed like every-
body else in the city. Those who don't wish to be the
pioneers of the grand stream of British tourists may wait
another twelvemonth, and Mr. Murray will have by that
time a Handbook of China, or perhaps Northern China
with Japan, and Southern China with the Indian Archi-
pelago. A column of indomitable John Bulls, with their
carpet bags, and in that unmistakeable costume which de-
notes the nation all over the world, will force its way up
all the rivers, over all the mountains, and along all the
canals, till the great wall of China is surmounted by Eng-
lish ladies-maids and English parasols. What splendid
hotels we shall have at Pekin, and what incessant jokes at
the exploded peculiarities of Celestial cookery ! In a few
years every lad of twenty will have " done" China, and
will have his budget of stories of Chinese couriers, com-
missionaires, cabs, and custom-houses. What letters
shall we have complaining of hotel charges and imposi-
tions on travellers, for John Chinaman is a bit of a rogue,
and so like the majority of Christians that it is wonderful
why he is not one of them ! In ten years' time we shall
know much more of China than we now know of Russia,
or shall know within fifty years.
Then what a country for railways, canals, gas compa-
nies, water companies, and all sorts of investments ! The
Chinese pay most admirably. The effort of discharging
the opium ransom has contributed to the present revolu-
tion by, the exhaustion of the treasury. The people have
always been ready to adopt whatever improvements the
jealousy of their Tartar rulers permitted them to import ;
and it appears, on the authority of Jesuit and other
writers two hundred years ago, that aversion to change is
not an original element of the Chinese character. We
shall have steamers without end on the great rivers before
long, with Chinese engineers and with Chinese engines.
The amount of internal travelling in China is such, that
we are assured by those who have managed to penetrate
into the interior that there are continuous streams of
I travellers on horse, on foot, and on litters, from Canton to
the great wall, some fifteen hundred miles ;—in many
parts so crowded as to impede one another, and even in
the mountain passes so numerous as to leave no traveller
out of sight of others before and behind. Among these
are long lines of merchandise. What a case of railway
traffic ! Our children may see China as much a network
of railways as England itself. This is not mere specula-
tion on the possible consequences of change, for it is evi-
dent that the successful insurgents are as disposed to in-
voke the aid of progress and civilization as defensive
.

auxiliaries againstithe tyrannical bigotry of the Mantchoos
as the latter were always disposed to rely on the fixedness
of their institutions.
.It is felt that the most effectual
way to seal the exclusynl of the Tartars, and prevent them
ever getting head again in China, is to revolutionize the

country as much as possible, and as far as is consistent
with a strict moral code. That our new relations with
China will be without trouble we do not imagine, for the
religion of the conquerors is one which we cannot claim

as identical with our own; but, at all events, a very in-
jurious and unnatural state of things is removed ; the
Chinese population is no longer imprisoned within its
walls and shores, and we shall now no longer be stopped
at the threshold of the cmjire,

COURT AND FASHION.

JENNY LIND, now Madame Goldschmid, has become a
mother, having recently given birth to a son.
HER MAJESTY has conferred upon the Duke of Athol
and Lord Panmure the Orders of the vacated by

the Earl of
HER MAJESTY has graciously complied with the wishes
of the Lord Mayor and Corporation of Dublin to sit for
her portrait.
THE Hox. Miss BYNG died on Friday last at Wrotham
Park, the seat of Mrs. Byng, in her 18th year. She was
the only child of Viscount Torrington.
THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE visited Birmingham on
Thursday. He inspected the 13th Dragoons, and while ax
the barracks examined the breech-loading cannon with

much care

M. DISRAELI, 3

is to mee

annual gathering of the Royal Bucks .2

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ciation at Aylesbury, on the 14th instant.
LETTERS PROM OSTEND state that her Majesty the
tTrneen_inte_n_ds making an excursion to that town, to re-
.
the I

hike and

3rabant on their marriage

THE 3IARRIAGE of the Emperor of Austria, it is said,
will take place before Advent ; that is, somewhere in the
month of November The Emperor and the bride elect

being first cousins,the Papa

dispensation must
Prir,nonca

)e procure(

TIIE ROYAL CHILDREN.—The
Alice and Helena, reached Holy-rood on Wednesday even-
ing. They were to leave for Aberdeen on Thursday, and
next day to proceed to Balmoral.
MR. ROGER JonNsoN Smtnr, the independent Con-
servative elected in opposition to the influence of the
Marquis of Hertford, for Lisburn, died suddenly last week,
at his residence in that town. There will, no doubt, be a
strong contest for the seat.
LORD ALFORD, who, by the recent decision of the
House of Lords, has been put in possession of the Bridge-
water estates of £70,000 a-year, is only eleven years of
age. His grandfather, Earl Brownlow,; is in his 75th year.
A MARRIAGE, we understand, will occur in a few days,
between a member of the family of a dignitary of the
Church, resident in this city (nearly related to a distin-
guished Prime Minister), and the daughter of a rev.
divine, in the neighbourhood of Hartlebury.— Worcester
Journal. ,

THE LATE GENERAL SIR CHARLES NAPIER, G.C.8.,
will be interred in the Garrison Chapel of Portsmouth
to-morrow. The coffin, which is made of polished English
oak, has on the lid the inscription on a shield of brass—
" Lieut.-General Sir Charles James Napier, G.C.8., born
August 10, 1782. Died, August 29, 1853."
A Pic-NIC, on a large scale, visited Mulgrave woods,
the domains of the Marquis of Normanby, on Wednesday.
Not fewer than 1,500 congregated together, and engaged
in all kinds of sports and games, and dancing. The Earl
and Countess of Mulgrave, with their children, and the
Hon. L. Phipps, the rejected candidate for Whitby, joined
the party.
GRAND FETE AT CHATSWORTH.—The Duke of Devon-
shire gave a splendid jte on Friday to her Imperial
Highness the Grand Duchess Marie of Russia and the
Dnchess of Leuchtenberg, daughters of the Emperor
Nicholas, who have been sojourning in this country the
last few weeks. His Excellency Baron Brunow, the Earl
of Burlington, Viscount Sydney, Hon. F. Leveson Gower,
M.P., and many others, were invited to meet the illus-
trious guests.
THE EARL or ELLESMERE has returned from Ame-
rica in the Leander. His lordship is indisposed from gout.
Admiral Sir 0. A. Ommanney proceeded on board. It is
said there are loud complaints on board the Leander of
the want of hospitality on the part of the Americans ; one
illustration is given in the fact that they charged the or-
dinary price for the water required for the ship, which is
quite contrary to the practice observed towards ships of
the United States Navy in British ports.

HER MAJESTY'S TRIP TO DUBLIN.
♦

ON- Monday morning, last week, at a quarter past three
o'clock, the royal squadron left Holyhead, and arrived in
Kingstown Harbour at 20 minutes past eight. The weather
during the voyage across the channel was as fine as could
be wished, and when the sun rose the spectacle presented
was an exceedingly imposing one. Behind, and becoming
fainter and fainter on the eye, lay the dim outline of the
Anglesea coast, and in front could be distinguished the
misty forms of the Wicklow mountains. Over the sea
the royal yacht and her attendant fleet of steamers bravely
held their way. As the fleet appeared off Kingstown
Harbour a royal salute from the batteries and from the
portholes of La Hogue thundered forth the news of its
approach ; and the harbour, crowded with gaily decorated
yachts, presented a highly animated appearance. Her
Majesty's early arrival seemed to take the inhabitants by
surprise.
The reception given to her Majesty and Prince Albert
on Monday was all that they could desire. The Earl and
Countess of St. Germans presented themselves shortly
before nine o'clock, and they were followed by the two
Archbishops, the Duke of Leinster, Viscount Gough, the
Marquis and- Marchioness of Headfort, the Earl and
Countess of Bective, the Lord Chancellor, Chief Justice
Monaghan, Mr. Daman, Mr. George Roe, the Earl of
Howth, the Right Hon. J. Hatchell, the Right Hon. F.
Blackburn, Colonel Taylor and Mr. Hamilton, members
for the county of Dublin, and many other personages of
distinction. _ _ _ . .

At ten o'clock, amid the thunders of a general salute
from the fleet, the Queen for the second time set foot on
Irish soil, and it may be worth remarking that the spot
selected for her doing so was precisely the same as that
where she alighted on the first occasion. A handsome
covered way led from the pier to the station ; and along
this approach, lined on either side by privileged spectators,
the royal family and their suite were conducted. The
cheering which now became • general, swelled into a roar
of popular congratulation when her Majesty, reaching a
kind of pavilion at which the awning terminated, pre-
sented herself to the multitude outside. Within the
station a large number of ladies had collected, and,
arranged round the platform, their variegated dresses and
their excitement gave an additional feature of in-
terest to the reception. The run up to Dublin was
performed in very few minutes ; and there, at the West-
land-row terminus, arrayed with civic pomp, were the
Lord Mayor and Corporation of Dublin ready, in com-
pliance with ancient usage, to deliver up the keys of the
city as a gage of their:fealty. Having graciously acknow-
ledged the loyal manifestations with which they were
everywhere received, the Queen and Prince entered the
Park gate ; the procession, except the cavalry escort, filed
off there, a royal salute was fired from the park guns, and
Lord and Lady St. Germans received their Sovereign at
the Viceregal Lodge.
In the evening all the public buildings, the leading
hotels and shops, and many private dwellings in the
metropolis, were brilliantly illuminated. The principal
thoroughfares presented a very striking appearance thus
lighted up, and the whole population turned out to witness
the spectacle. Sackville-street and College-green were
the chief objects of attraction, but all the leading streets
were filled with people ; and a continuous stream of cars,
which never gave foot passengers a moment's rest from
the terror of being run over, flowed along them : pleasure
was expressed in every face, and all seemed to think, as
announced in one of the gaslight legends, that " the good
time coming" had at last "come" for Ireland.
On Tuesday the Queen, Prince Albert, and the royal
children, accompanied by the Lord-Lieutenant and a
brilliant cortege, paid a visit to the Exhibition. The
interior of the building presented a magnificent spectacle.
Every available corner was occupied from an early hour
in the morning, and at the time of Her Majesty's arrival
not less than from 16,000 to 20,000 persons of rank and
fashion were present. The Queen's reception was most
enthusiastic. Mr. Dargan having been introduced, Her
Majesty honoured him with a cordial shake of the hand.
In reply to the address, Her Majesty said—" It is my
anxious desire to encourage the industry of my Irish sub-
jects, and promote the full development of the great
natural resources of Ireland ; and I share with you the
confident belief that the striking display of beautiful pro-
ductions of art and of industry by which I am surrounded
is to be appreciated, not only as evidence of successful
genius, but as a happy manifestation of that persevering
energy, which, under the blessing of Divine Providence,
is an unfailing source of national prosperity." Her Ma-
jesty's reception on her way to and at the Exhibition was
most enthusiastic.
In the afternoon of the same day the Queen and Prince
Consort paid a highly flattering visit to Mr. Dargan at
Mount Aunville, which had been postponed on Monday
from the state of the weather.

On Wednesday Her Majesty and the royal party paid a
private visit to the Great Exhibition, at half-past nine
o'clock, and remained in the building for two hours and
a-half. A great portion of the time was devoted to an in-
spection of the Fine Arts Hall. Her Majesty expressed
her unqualified admiration of all she had seen in the Ex-
hibition. A review took place in the PaTrk at half-past
four o'clock in the afternoon, at which hour Her Majesty
arrived on the ground in an open carriage: Just as the
review commenced - the rain came down heavily. The
review, nevertheless, proceeded. Prince Albert was on
horseback. -

On'Thursday, her kajesty, accompanied by his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and Prince
Alfred, again visited the Exhibition. The Royal party
arrived at the private entrance at half-past nine, and were
received by the Chairman, Mr. George Roe, the secretary,
Mr. Dean, and the various members of the Committee.
The survey was at once resumed, and on this occasion her
Majesty confined her notice principally to the Irish contri-
butions. The Japan work, a new feature in Irish manu-
factures, first engaged her Majesty's attention. The Royal
party then witnessed the process of striking off medals, in
honour of their visit. The comfit manufactory of Messrs.
Graham, Lemon, and Co. was then visited, and the clean,
pretty and expeditious method of producing confectionery
of all sorts was greatly admired by the Royal family. Mr.
Jones's process of making velvet next engaged her Majesty.
The button-making machines, the section of mineral manu-
factures, and the mechanism of Mr. Kinnaw for making
lathes, in turn attracted the Royal notice. Having com-
pleted' for the present their view of the Irish sections, her
Majesty and the Princes inspected the French department,
which is a perfect model of arrangement. The manufac-
tures of Gobelin, Beauvais, and' Sevres afforded evident

gratification to each member of the noyai t'amny, who
took their departure about twelve o'clock. Previously to
doing so, however, her Majesty, with her usual considera-
tion for the wishes of all about her, passed down the whole
length of the centre avenue, amidst the crowd of visitors,

who retired with respectful propriety on each side, so as to
afford a clear passage to the Royal party and suite, while
they cheered most heartily as the Qneen passed by. It is
also worth recording that her Majesty has gone through
the formality of becoming a season ticket holder, having,
indeed, purchased ten season tickets for the use of the
Royal Family and suite.
On Friday, Prince Albert reviewed the cavalry of the
garrison in the Phoenix-park. The Prince of Wales pre-
sented a pair of colours to the boys of the Hibernian
Military School. Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured
the Earl and Countess of Howth with a visit at Howth.
Her Majesty left Kingstown on Saturday evening, at
six o'clock, and arrived at Holyhead at Sunday morning,
about eight o'clock.
Her Majesty and suite proceeded on board the Fairy, on
Sunday evening, and went out for a cruise past the South
Stack to the Menai Straits, accompanied by the Banshee

and the Trinity yacht Riena.
Her Majesty returned to the Royal Victoria harbour, at
eight o'clock, and yesterday (Monday) evening proceeded
to Scotland by special traino