The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-09-17 00:00:00

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'n the

)erformance. She appeared as usual, radiant and
ss, mounted on an Arab charger, the gift of the
ri of Damascus, her costume far more dazzling than
)f the ladies of the Hippodrome, against whom she
.scended to try her talent. She scorned to accept of

advantage, but stmted in the steeple-chase,
ing the chance with her professional competitors.
s hot, the first course decidedly in favour of

The race

umph ; when, alas ! just at the conclusion of the third,
the Arabian, unaccustomed to run in a circle_like that in

confined, apparently grew giddy and fell,
throwing the lady right over the balustrades into the arms
of a'spectator more terrified than honoured by the dis-
tinction. For a moment there was a serious alarm amongst
the thousands of spectators gathered there, for the head
of the fair amazon had struck against the balustrade as
she took the involuntary leap, and she lay senseless for
some time in the arms of the gentleman who had received
her in her fall ; but, to the great amusement of the com-
pany, on hearing the smack of the whip with which the
grooms were pursuing the fugitive horse, she started up,
exclaiming, " Don,t hurt the horse, it is worth 50,000
francs, and belonged to the Pacha of Damascus," and
vaulted once more over the balustrade, seating herself
again in the saddle, amidst the laughter and applause of
that immense multitude, who cheered and encored with
the most perfect good humour, while the lady, in spite of
the distressed state of her apparel, her disordered hair,
and ragged finery, stood up and bowed with all the grace

,hich he

and press'ence °f m. ind imaginable
of Atlas. ,

IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES BY MR. LAYARD.—This
enterprising traveller had, at Korjinvik, penetrated into a
Chamber which appeared to be .of the same class as the
House of Records" noticed by the prophet Ezra, where

tuna toe copy of a Decree of Cyrus, perm'
to return from captivity. In this
Ti found- in hi terracotta, tables piled up from
and representing apparently the
he rian Empire during the loag historical
111 Layard had packed, by the last accounts,

jog the

chambet:. Mr

Lne ceiling
archives of the A-

for transport to England ; arid these only occu-
pied one small corner of the apartment. When the
whole collection is disinterred and examined, it is probable
that we shall have a better account of the history;religion,
jurisprudence, and philosOphy of the Assyrians, thirteen
centuries before the Christian era, than we have of either
Greece or Rome during any period of their history.

five cases

dour. The passages leading to the entrance to
Iments were constantly crowded. The Irving

House contains five hundred and t

rty gue

objects she bad expected to see. Tho flag of Sweden and
Norway floated from the flagstaff of the Irving House all
the evening.
After eleven o'clock, p.m., the crowd began to gather
again, as it was known that the Musical Fund Soci.tY.?(

tins city intended ruing u.."-
nignr. At the appointed time the serenading band, num-
bering two hundred instruments, made its appearance,
and taking its station in Reade-street played several
national • f Mad'lle I -- r-

airs under the windows c_ _ _ s apart-
ments. The crowd by this time occupied all the space in
front of the Irving House, extending some distance up
and down Broadway ; many thousands in all. The marble
courses topping the first story of Steward's new buildings
were loaded with spectators, and all the windows of the
Irving and the adjoining buildings were alive with heads.
Immediately under Mad'lie's parlour, fronting on Broad-
way, a company of firemen in their red shirts stationed
themselves with their tall lanterns, making a very pic-
turesque part of the scene. The view of the crowd from
the windows of the Irving House was very grand and
striking. The musicians now came into Broadway, where
they played a number of airs, among which " Hail
Columbia" and " Yankee Doodle" were predominant.
Madlle. Lind's appearance at the window was the sienal
for a storm of shouts and cheers prolonged almost with-
out end. During the performance of " Yankee Doodle"
she kept time to the music with much spirit, and at the
dose requested its repetition. She listened, again with
evident delight, clapping her hands when the band had
as Correspondent finished.