The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-06-12
Steamship WashingtOn's News.
rIpE LATER FROM EUROPE.

FIHE DAYS LATER FROM E UROPE.
The American mail steamship Washington, G.
W. Floyd commander, left Bremen May l6, and |
Southampton May 81. She brings the London
papers Of the 2lst ult.
She brings about one hundred and seventy pas. /
sengers also hundred and eighty tons of freight
from Bremen, and about seventy tons from France.
The steamship Pacific has gained another tri- |
umph. II is thus recorded in telegraphic dis |
patch from Liverpool, dated May co. and published |
in The London Times of the 2lst:
"The Pacific sailed from New York precisely at
five minutes past II, on the 10th inst, was an
nounced off Holyhead at O'Clock this morning,
and saluted the Rock Light house at 10 minutes
pasI ! o'clock precisely, thus completing the run
In the remarkably brief space of nine days nine
teen hours and twenty. five minutes, mean time.
Contrasting the Pacifc's run with that OF the
Roval mail steamship Asia, tthe fastest ever pre-
vousy made,) there is difference in favor of the
Pacific to Hoyhead Of six hours, the Asia having
been announced off Holyhead at 2 O'Clock in the
afternoon"
1t is great pity that the Pacific or the Baltic
could not be removed to the American department
of the Crystal Palace, fill up the vacancy there,
both in space and merit. Who would take the
first gold medal then,
The news by their arrival is interesting, though
NOT important.
Progress of the Exhibition. Nothing is doing in
Parliament, and The attention Of all England seems
to be absorbed in the industrial exposition in Lon
don, which is even popular than it was at
the outset. On the Goth May, the receipts were
f37ll 9s, or nearly twenty thousand dollars, at
the rate of five shiiings for each visitor. 1t is ex
p-cted that when the rate shall be reduced to one
shilling, the attendance will be prodigious. Ar
rangements perceive are making to turn the
various articles of the exhibition to purposes of
strnclion. Professor Ansted has announced a
rles of eight lectures successive Friday and Sat
urday mornings, in explanation of the mining pro-
min nrnf met and m n
warded for exhibition from various parts of the
world. The first of these lectures was to have
been given the 23d of May, and TO be of
Introductory character-teaIing of the general ma
ture OF the materials of which the earth is com.
posed. lie will then discuss in their order min raj
fuel iron, other metals, stone, cays, various earthly
minerals, and gems.
Other distinguished professors were TO lecture on
other topics. Even the University of Oxford, usu-
ally So slow to adopt modern improvements, was
To lend its aid TO this plan of scientific instruction.
Queen Victoria and her family visits the Glass
House every morning, and spends about an hour
m the examination of the curoses Nearly all
the nobility open their fine collections of art to the
inspection Of visitors, and Lord Leigh has invited
all his numerous tenants TO visit London at his ex
pense, that they may see the Crystal Palace and
It's contents.
Rail. oad Accident - Americans Injured On
Monday, the l9 May, about O'clock in the
evening, the engine of the passenger train, which
left D-rhv for Leeds, having broken the pump rod
near tie Gay station, tine tram stopped, and
the driver, after taking off the broken part, was in
the act of starting, when a goods train came sud
denly upon them and broke the two last carriages.
A scene Of indeseribahe confusion ensued, for
amidst tire crashing Of the carriages and the shrill
whistle of the locomotives, rose the piercing cry OF
the wounded passengers. As soon as possible, at
tenon was directed to the sufferers. Mr.. May
nell, of rapungrove, and Mr.. }. Blake, OF the firm
Of Blake d. Parkin, merchants, Sheffield, received
fatal injuries and most of the passengers were
more ur less seriously injured. Among the names
we notice those of The following Amerc ans: Mrs
Tennant, of Charesown, whose thigh bone was
fractured Mr. Tsnoant, her husband, seriously
bruised aud Mr.. Ward and Mr.. Bebse, of Boston
both bruised. The wounded Immediately
taken care of by the physicians in the nelghbor
hood
Banquet 10 The Foreign Comnissioners.-A Crane
dinner has been gwen TO the foreign commission
ers of tie exhibition, by the metropolitan loca
commissioners. II took place at Richmond, ant
the whole town made galaday OF the affair IN
flags OF all nations Haunted across the streets, Wh
in the centre of the town, handsome trophy wa
exhibited in which branches of trees were taste
fully interviewer with banners of various colors AM
devices. Crowds Of well.dressed people occupied
every available corner, by whom the strangers,
they arrived by each succeeding train, wer
welcomed with great heartiness, The dinner tool
place in the grand banqnetting hall of the hoie
which was most tasteiuy fitted up for the occa
sion, The festivities commenced with the receE
ton on the lawn. regatta formed a prominer
gers eaZed with wonder Than edifcation
and that nothing night be wanting to complete IN
tste, all the itlnerant musicians fer twenty mile
around had collected under the terrace, and or
posed their niger melodies and banjD symphonic
20 the refined strains of the military bant
While on the lawn depuaton from the tow
presented themselves, and delivered an address
which closed with the following lines, Write
about 40 years ago:
The time shal come, when free wind,
unbonnded Thames shall How tor all manklnd
A nd seas Uut 10 n the regions they divide;
Farh's di-taut Ends our glory shall behold, .
And the new world launch forth to meet the Old
At the dinner Lord Ashhurton presided, and Il
Americans were represented by Abbott Lawrenc
Horace Greeley and Mr.. Riddle. Speeches we
made by the chairman, the Belgian Minist
Chevaer du Bourg Mr.. Dupin, the last speakir
in French, and Mr.. Paxton, who remarked as fc
lows
Mr.. Paxton said that he could not but feel high
hatered at he kind manner in which his name hi
been proposed and at the warm reception whit
had been accorded to it. When the grand project
the exhibition was proposed, he had hardly enter
into it but while he had anticipated great resu
from assembling together the products oil
nations, he had anticipated still greater advantas
from bringing together the Inhabitants OF dItfere
countries, [Cheers In one respect only had
been disappointed, for he had fanced that t
Crystal Palace would be difficult place to he
clean. [Laughter.] He had designed a machi
to obviae that inconvenience OF a hundred hou
maid power, [laugh hter,l and he had put the co
missoners some expense in having th
machines made. They would have answered VI
well, but they had never been called into requ
ton, for they not needed AS policen
had remarked to him, the building had been
completely clean by the rich silk dresses of
ladies' Laughter He would not detain tn
longer than by saying that he had a warm sym
thy for the OF the undertaking, upon WI
he had staked the whole advancement of his
Loud cheers.
French Parties Dsfning their Positio,
Important meetings have recently been held by
leading French parties, by which the position
each, respecting the proposed revision of the
stituou, has been definitely established.
legitimsts going upon their own hook, for
have determined to organize, all over Franc
vast petitionary movement; and in order that Il
may be no ambiguity about the DRIFT o the sign
the petitioners are directed to pray the Legisa
Assembly not only to take into discussion the
revision, but to express the wish that the fu
constituents may proclaim the return of Franc
hereditary monarchy. Thus there will be no
ger OF coufounding the legitimist petitions
those of the Bonaparist Orleanist parties.
vote has once for all settled the long agitated q
ton whether any fraction of the legitim SITS W
espouse the prolongatlon OF the Presidents pov
1t is equivalent to declaration oil war agans
executive, which is resolved not to abdcate
forced by irresistible expression OF
national will. The Ofleanists greatly chagl
by this uncompromising resolution OF the i
mists, as they regard it not only as darse
provocation to Louis Napoleon, but as ,fema
propaganda for the elder monarchy, VIXEN Ten
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