The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-05-12

As the time when this great scene was about to |
be realized drew near, all England aud the Eng
lish and most especially all Cockney ydom, abounded
with interest, curiosity excitement, hope fear and |
doubt regarding it, The great occasion will fill |
the most glowing page in civil history, and |
assuredy every feature of its progress, is worthy |
of our calmest consideration with reference to
results. The active mind in all parts of the word |
has here majestic subject to dwell onto eluci- |
date.
The annexed letter from the London Correspon.
dent Of the New York Courier and Enquirer, of
the Sd instant, contains graphic and probable |
picture of feeling in London signs Indicate the
opening near:
LONDON, April IS, 1s5i.
State of Loudon. - Parliament is of course
taking during Passion week and the Eas-
ter Holydays and a great number of persons have
left town. But beyond all precedent is the town
crowded at this juncure, that twenty times the
number who have gone away would not be missed
if exiled on the instant.
TIE Ezhibit,on.-l can give you but faint
idea of the prevalent excitement in regard to the
exhibition, or of the multitudinous forms in which
that excitement displays itself
The whole Press teens with every variety of
suggestion inquiry, allegation and con ecture, in
regard to this, that, or the other point relating to
the FAIR, affair.
Is it safe Does it eak2 Will it stand hull
storm Is there likely to be one ? How nearly
is !, IN comnleton2 2 Can it 7ossjb/v onen nm ,hs
1st of Mav2 Do the sparravs ipf..t tho tr..s
inside the building, and if so, how many2 ['' How
ays, Won ,lease INV n,et,y Ii,,Ia J,r 49, ~
Will there be $4,000 visitors in the first five min
r,es alto, il onens7 viii II contain tha b,lf af
- -, m H. fa;N - -o'''a'il inc ia' VI
'iial humoef ~ 'he ioielshefs mean 10 shdsh
the whole concern!
These and thou.and-nay, ten thousand
other lnterrogaiorles, equally ncongruous and alb
surd, assat the eye and ear at every turn and be-
side this the public mind is IN perfect ierment
the subject, IN regard to the probable success
failure OF the thing, experiment as to the po-
sition which Great Britain will occupy among the
competitors and to the ultimate effect upon the
trading and manufacturing interests of the country
Beside this it is hteraiIy true that thousands of
persons are in state of actual alarm in regard to
the influx of foreigners and their nossihIe d snosi
| ton to do mischief. MANY are actually leaving
London to be out of the wav of the annr.hended
| danger and a severe shock has been givpn IN the
nerves of some thousands of nersons bv the an
| nonncem.nt Thar a telayranh wire b,j hsan I.;d
from the E,hibition buildinq In the "Horse Gu,rI
as if the nror,mitv of K,igbtsb-;d,,e K b,rr,cLs
viii ,,s u,bnIa reo,nsnt of IN Ga'Js ,,;,t,i -
stone. tbrn,v- ia d rgeronsI, s,,y,esti,a 4, ,,ao
br Tho ,,,.,, ,y.rs ,,'1 ar,,h o., -, ~ -
| HE continvencvi
That ~ l; :.: III, A.
uorss Gn.rds ~ ~ ka as,ahTahaa a. pn,,.a WV"
| lar, oui,a ,rrs for 10 f, -, ~, ~ ~ NJ I
cannot so far diyest himself of ali the instincts o
| the more active poruons of his life az IN contem.
| pate the advent Of an mn United number of " Frencb
| men xyithont uneasi,.ss and .nma dea of tn.
nossihilitv oG dismrbancs
Atanv rst. thsr are ,,e,y ,,o,, ,,on,, rho ,,uh.
| lie whose fsars are so stro1o that nracsutionarv
measures are, ,-.dfIi n, nr.vant tbe,, from
| a p.uic: and nv way of beIpine he matter Ne y,
| York paper has come out with a ridiculous articie
prot-ssedly indicative of III. revolutionary course
| about be adopted by the Americans who will
| visit London on The approaching occasion! And
| This piece of absurd hombast and pure invention
| mot believed for a moment, by even the man who
| wrote it, has been quoted by The London Tunes
| as an expression of 1.-The American View of the
| Exhibition :" and an exposition of the intentions
of large section of our cuunrrymen! And allhougt
| the Times scouts the possibility of the Americans
achieving what they wish, it has 50 far " harped
The fears Alright of The British old women OF both
sexes, in abiding at all to this nonsense, mate
rally to enhance the alarm felt in some quarters
for among the lrue old school OF English Rlp Val
Winkl-s, the "Yankee - certainly comes next Il
The Frenchman " as a bug bear, and AS the " nat
ura enemy" of John Bull, and all that he Is, o.
| does, or even attempts.
Il Meantime, the 6 lst of May approaches rapidly
, and will be here by the lime this letter reache
| your shores; and even those who are nos anxious
are curious 10 see whether the great experiment
Will realty be ready to be made on the appolnle
day yery curious fact, is, also (and one upo
which you may rely,) that with the approach {
the time, the popularity OF the Exhibition has raF
| idly "aned and thihk see signs that the i,ne
Is ABOUT 10 pronounce against tue Who'e ana
cer'a'hiy, thal journal, aiier haVing oeeh pfo'nS
I IN ls lanua'otl, IS care'n'iy anu skiuliy shIh
mo stch n pos'uoh as VIII enable ). 70 cohoeh N
e '''e ",s 'h3s' iear"'y, u popu'af leenos S'ou
e' III e'"' u"ec"o' ""he, III ''i7 p'iipt e'eli,,
you VI couse fr'ei W II, ioi,het au,ocaey VI u
pdn u sus,n, h lenemh, VI ts eo.a'ranas'on
i ~ nI g. ,a'
It IN H. -, w, % e W p.u.e'e .a ope
l. tha, aoi,I sa.son ,iaL, ,,,n,,ld hs- J,;,,J ~ :,
y on.n;na Jaw rp.;os ,hraa a,,n,as aa,'h y S,ha
e la hs1 Ms;.s,y ,yon,d am ,h., bn;Id;na ; IN.
e son On tha, dav mis- sscond annonocan.n, h,
e ,ha sf.ci f,n,andsd n, dnnh, \ oGinduc;no hos,.
n.nni. m nnrch,sa " season ,;cka,s ,, in orJar
e get a good p.ep at the Queen, when. after an
II | 1srval of snms davs a third announcement, "a
e ma,,r 10 the eff.ct iha, ahhnugh the O nern won
:, OMEN The building in person. and in State the p
L | lie would not b., admitted until after the conn
'e lion of the ceremony. and The denar,ure of her
ID i-siy and suite, This il looked upon as n sor,
lie iuggle, as well as a yery negative mode ofs one
'e ing" ,he exhibition (opening it, by shutting {
9 | those who would otherwise be admitted y and /
~ pu"ic press as We, as '''e puphc seneraiy'
~ maniestlDg no slight degree of annoyance aht
ID the matter; and ii is not unlikely that some mo
IS fcaton ofthe now destined programme shall Ia
a place. Yours truly, ANGLO KNIcKERBoCKER
IN -sss----
Id ONE WEEK LATER FROM BERMUpA-"
to Man ruth tie White Hat."-The Bermuda Ro
e. Gazette of the 18th of A pr contains the address
MS OF the Executive Council, and of the House OF
IN resentatives of that colony, in reply to the spe,
re of the Colonial Governor Sir Charles Elliott. I
parsonage is the British diyiomat who figured
extensivel ly IN lexas few years'ago, IN willy