The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-04-29 00:00:00

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

Her Majesty's Commissioners have issued the pp-
gramme of the proceedings to be observed on the opening
of the Exhibition, by her Majesty, on the Ist of May.
The following are its principal features :
A platform will be raised to the north of the centre Of
the transept, on which a chair of state will be placed.
Her Majesty's Commissioners will assemble at half-
past eleven o'clock, in the transept, opposite the platform,
His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, her Majesty's
ministers, the great officers of state, and the foreign ani-
bassadors and ministers, will take their places on the plat-
form, to the right and left of the chair of state.
Her Majesty, proceeding in state, with the royal &art
foreign guests, &c., and her and their suites from Buck-
ingham Palace, up Constitution-hill, and down Rotten.,
row, will enter the Exhibition building by the north'
entrance precisely at twelve o'clock. She will ascend the'
platform, and take her seat in the chair of state.
On her Majesty's arrival a choir will sing " God save
the Queen."

On the Queen taking her seat, his Royal Highness
Prince Albert will join the royal Commissioners, and when
the music has ceased, proceed at their head to the plat"
form, and read to her Majesty a short report of the pro-
ceedings of the Commission up to that time, which he wlll‘
then deliver to her Majesty, together with the catalog's
of the articles exhibited; her Majesty will return a gra-
cious answer, handed to her by the Secretary of State
after which his Royal Highness Prince Albert will take his
place by the side of her Majesty.
His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury will then sal
a prayer, invoking God's blessing upon the undertaking.-
followed by a short anthem sung by the choir.
A royal procession will then be formed, preceded br
the Commissioners, which will make a tour of the Crystal
Palace. During the procession, the organs appointed will
play marches, taking up the music at the Queen's ap•
proach.

On her Majesty's return to the platform, the Queeft
will declare "The Exhibition opened !" which will be
announced to the public by a flourish of trumpets, and
the firing of a royal salute on the north of the Serpentine;
whereupon the barriers, which had kept the nave clear,
will be thrown open, and the public will be allowed to
circulate.

Her Majesty will then return to Buckingham Palace
by the route by which she came.

The announcement of her Majesty's State visit has had
a wonderful effect upon the sale of season tickets for the
Exhibition. In four days they have shot up from 7,000
to between 11,000 and 12,000, and so overwhelming has
been the demand that it has been deemed necessary to
check it by raising the price to three guineas for ladies
and four guineas for gentlemen. At the wish of Prince
Albert, however. the Commissioners have authorised
return to the prices fixed originally; and the advanced
charge of one guinea will be refunded to the holders of
tickets sold at the increased price.

A meeting of three hundred commercial men and manu-
facturers from nearly all parts of the world, who are con-
tributors to the Exhibition, was held at Knightsbridge on
Friday evening, for the purpose of appointing a deputation
to the Royal Commissioners to request admission to the
Exhibition free of expense during its continuance, and
more particularly on the day of the opening Mr, H. E.
Hoole, of Sheffield, occupied the chair, and after some
severe remarks from various speakers relative to their
intended exclusion, a deputation was appointed to carry
out thh wish of the meeting.
PARISIAN EXCURSIONISTS.—TheParis journal, Consti-
tutionel, says the number of passports demanded by
persons intending to go from France to visit the Exhibi-
tion in London already amount to 240,000. The majo-
rity of them have been granted to individuals of small
independent; incomes, and who avail themselves of this
opportunity to see the capital of Great Britain. The
number demanded by the Parisians is not so large in
proportion, as it is only at the moment of departure that
they think of this formality. It is, however, expected
that Paris alone will furnish 100,000 excursionists.
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND THE FRENCH SCE:Mr'
TOR.—Amongst the visitors to the Great Exhibition on
Wednesday week, was the Duke of Wellington, accom-
panied by his daughter-in-law, the Marchioness of Douro-
After walking down the transept, the noble and gallant
Duke turned into the French department, and paused to
observe one of the exhibitors removing from an oaken
case various articles of gold and silver plate. Among the
moreeaux uncovered as the Duke walked up, were a pair
of silver equestrian statuette:, representing the Duke him-
self, and his once-formidable rival, Napoleon. The great
captain smiled at the incident, and to an inquiring look of
the French artist nodded his assent. Ihe news instantly
spread that the Duke of Wellington was in the " French
territory," and in a very few moments—probably for the
first time in his life—the noble and gallant Duke was sur-
prised and surrounded by a body of Frenchmen. 118P-
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returned a military salute, passed on to the next depart-
ment.

STRANGE DISCOVERY AT ITARTLEPOOL.—Last week
in excavating a portion of a field belonging to Smith's
Charity, for the purpose of making house cellars, the
skulls and bones of about 150 human beings were dis-
covered in a space not exceeding 25 feet square. They
were huddled together in all positions. Our correspon-
dent says they are supposed to be the bones of men slain-
in Burke conflict.—Sunderland Herald.

EXECUTION AT BMW ST. EDNIUND'S.—The execution
of George Carnt, for the murder of Hannah Bainbridge,
with whom he was on terms of intimacy, took place on
Tuesday morning. As the fatal hour approached, the
London and Nowton roads, and intervening field, were
occupied in every part from which a view of the awful
scene could be commanded. Shortly after 9 o'clock the
death bell was heard sounding through the air, and the
fatal procession began to emerge from the condemned
cell. They proceeded into the infirmary, where the
operation of pinioning was quickly performed by Cal-
craft. At this moment much of the strength of nerve
which had distinguished the culprit seemed to fail ; his
face turned pale, and his whole frame was violently
agitated. In about five minutes afterwards he was con-
ducted to the scaffold, groaning and sighing deeply, and
exclaiming, in low but audible accents, ' Lord ! have
mercy on my soul!' The rope was adjusted to a staple
fixed to the beam, and in less than a minute the cap was
drawn over his face, and the executioner retired. At the
appointed signal, the closing of the chaplain's book, the
bolt was drawn, and the unhappy man was dismissed into
eternity amidst the breathless silence of the spectators.
The body after hanging the accustomed time was re-
moved and interred within the precincts of the gaol.
The prisoner has left behind him no confession in writing
of the crime for which he has suffered, but he has to the
governor and to the rev. chaplain made frequent and un-
reserved confessions of his guilt.
TIIE FATAL MISTAKE.—The inquest on the 1,3t1y
the unfortunate victim in the recent fatal mistake at Wal-
ton, near Brampton, Cumberland, was resumed on Tues-
day. By this time the news of the melancholy event had
spread far and wide, and a great number of persons
thronged the village in the hope of gaining access to the
scene of so much melancholy interest. The room was
consequently crowded to an inconvenient degree—even to
the very ceiling. There was breathless silence while the
several witnesses gave their testimony. Previous to open-
ing the inquiry the Coroner and jury went up to view the
fatal spot. Of course all traces of the sad event were
obliterated, and there was nothing but the unusual mul-
titude of persons, sad and dejected, to indicate this awful
recent occurrence of the uncertainty of human life. Se-
veral magistrates and other gentlemen from the neigh-
bourhood more or less interested in the inquiry were pre-
sent .After so
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asa person
Joseph Forster,lying
farmer, deposed
dead at the Rev. Mr. Smith's, he went there and found
the body. " Some person went for Mr. Smith, after he
came I knelt down, and took some letters out of big
pocket, and handed them to Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith had
not spoken at that time, that I know of. He found they
were directed to Mr. Armstrong, of Sorbietrees. He read
the address. I don't remember Mr. Smith making aria
remark then. He lifted his hat, and found the same name
there; they called out that it was Mr. Armstrong, of Sor-
bie-trees. Mr. Smith then discovered a hole in his coat
upon stooping down to examine him. I was kneeling at
the time, and whether it was my turning the body that
shewed the hole in his breast I don't know, but he noticed
that first. It was on the right, inside of his upper coat
breast. He was the first to!discover that hole. He said
then, " I've been the death of him." Then I lifted the
under coat, and he repeated the same expression. The
under coat was holed in the same way. I next opened the
waistcoat, and we saw the stains of blood upon his shirt.
Mr. Smith looked at this blood and exclaimed, I've
been the death of the poor man.' We were all silent for
a short time, we were so put about. At last I said we
might have the body removed."—Some further evidence
was then given ; and after an address from the coroner,
the jury retired for an hour, when they returned and said,
" We find Mr. Smith Guilty of Manslaughter."—The
Coroner said, he had a great deal to prepare before he
could conclude the proceedings, therefore he suggested
the adjournment of the Court to Thursday morning, when
he would read over the depositions and take the recogni-
zances.—The jury were then bound over in their own re-
cognizances of £lO each to prosecute the inquiry until it
was finally completed. At this moment the Rev. Mr.
Benson, the vicar of Brampton, entered the room 41
great haste, and evidently in a state of painful ex-
citement, and exclaimed, " lle's quite gone ! quite gone!
The poor man (alluding to Mr. Smith) he is quite
gone out of his mind." This caused great sensation
and sympathy among those who remained, and a deep
and sorrowful expression overspread the countenances
of all present on hearing the painful intimation. It
appeared that Mr. Smith had been told the result 0'
the inquiry, which so overwhelmed him that he cried and
sobbed like a child, subsequently sinking into a state of,
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imbecility of mind. The magistrates in attendance, with
some of Mr. Smith's friends and his professional adviser,
went up to the unfortunate gentleman's residence ; but
they found that, owing to his dreadful state of mind, it
was impossible to take the usual steps consequent upo.n
such a verdict of the coroner's jury. Mr. Smith conti-
nued in such an excited and deranged state of mind, that
the magistrates (who had waited nearly the whole day for
the purpose) were obliged to leave without having the
question of bail settled, either as to the sureties or as to'
the amount, Dr. Graham having certified that the
gentleman was in such a state of mind that it would be
most dangerous to communicate anything to him of an
exciting nature. An application is to be made to a judge
to admit Mr. Smith to bail without his having to appear
before the magistrates, and the corner has drawn out,°'
certificate of the deranged state of 31r. Smith's mind In
order that this step may be taken.—The deceased was
more generally known by the name of his paternal estate!
" Sorbietrees," than by his name of Armstrong, and was
the lineal descendant and representative of the " Sorble'
trees" spoken of by Sir Walter Scott in Guy Manneriug.