Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-06-14


pie happy. So long feel that this will be the abtrs
mept Of ali whose opinions are worth noticing the wit nay
even the mpernspce Of Punch, and the liberal
two or three of our daily journals, of very little
quence
The "great Shilling public" have now been admitted du
ring three days into the Crystal Palace and the fears Of the
of all classes about the rush, the confusion, perhaps
the disorder which would ensue have, like all other appe
tensions respecting the Great Exhibition been found entire
" nuea,oy The number Of shilling vsers has hiiher-
10 been considerably below what expected Preparations
were made to receive 900 persons daily but hitherto the
numbers present have fallen much below that amount On
Monday the receipts $780, showing that 49, 400 persons
had pad for admission Tuesday it Ell BAT, equal to
gathering Of 90 940 yesterday It was FL 800 As, show
ing that ST. 1874 persons had attended The increase will no
doubt proceed from day day until it reaches point equal
to the most sangune expectation. This fortunate fea-
ure in the history Of the Exhibitions for time thus sord
ed to make all necessary and suitable arrangements and the
people, accustomed to sefgovernmen will Decome IN the
Crystal Palace, elsewhere, their own police Nothing can
be gratifying than the quiet and orderly manner IN winch
all The vsers have conducted hemsevesevey thing de-
notes responsibility and decorum the most marked attention
was exhibited the interesting objects around groups OF IN
teigen looking and mechanics examined machinery
and manufactures WITH discrimination and desire for nfo
nations and very evident that less Of the asocacy
Of rank and station were present. there at least equal
proportion Of the asocracy Of mind Nor did rank ana ue
nor ROYALTY itself withhold its presence from these gatherings
or Inc people And why should they The support of the
higher classes is from below Bayonets and broadswords
no longer be depended upon The last revolution in France
and the late one in Portugal brought about by the stand
ing armies of each counry and therefore do the royal and
prncey and noble of England wisely seek the apProba
ton of the people, The Duchess OF SUTHERLAND and other
ladies' Of rank the Exhibition Mondays the Duke
of WELLIssroS visited it Tuesday. Her MAJESTY,
Prince ALBERT, and the royal party at the palace visited
also yesterday their usual early hour They remained for
some time after the shilling vers began TO arrive, and her
Majesty stood considerable time looking from the gallery
the nansep and watching with great interest the influx
Of the crowd Next week the cheap excursion railway trains
will begin to from the country, and great influx OF CON-
pany expected The Duke of WELLISGTos and the Lords
the Admiralty have given leave Of absence to certain por
ions the army and the wokmen at the dockyads, &C. to
visit the Exhibition. The officers from the latter expect
ID report their respective superintendent any in
vention in machinery Improvement in articles in general
use TOOLS &C. that may their attention, strike them
useful or advantageous the public service We shall
have, doubt much report of this Exhibition
week but feel that we have spun Internationally
'tlong yarn" on the present occasion.
A few paragraphs will contain our survey of
Parliamentary proceedings, which have, during the
week, been of very minor importance. The &c
Titles Bill is working its way slowly,
and with much factious opposition from the Irish
through committee in the House OF Com
mons. Thanks to the tore and mode OF resistance
Of this party the bill itself is stringent against
Ireland than at one time it was expected to be.
No one who has observed the progress of opinion
IL. boya hon anew
would have been at one time have carried clause
amendment exemptng Ireland from the bill but the opposl
ton Of the Irish MEMBERS and the arguments which they have
used and the which they have pursued have now fix
ed Ireland in the bill immovaby, and in precisely the
condition as England The bill will pass with unexpect-
eddy large majority Mr.. BA1LLfE has brought forward his
motion mpeaching the Of Lord ToRRIHeToNs
in Ceylon the debate has, far, been very
stormy the result is uncertain. The return made by
the Pooraw Beard Parliament for the six months which
ended Lady day last is most satisfactory showing
reduction in expenditure respects England, of per cent?
even upon the reduced amount of last year. Nor is the
ducon confined manufacturing countless it extends to all,
excepting only Monmouth In several Of the agricultural
counties The reduction is fully equal to the average Of the
whole Lincolnshire has received the least advantage, the
improvement being only l.s. per cent. the next lowest
county is Northumberland where the improvement only
2 g. per cent. In Wales the diminuton of expenditure
is g. per cent on the average all counties sharing in it
excepting Carnarvon where the increase is IL per cent
The whole dminu,on of poor rates is Of which
very nearly three-fourhs is from outdoor relief.
The Mayor and Corporation Of Southampton have given
sumptuous entertainment to Captain SANDS and the officers
of the United States fgae st. Laurence and to the captain
and officers Of the Turkish steamship Feiza Bari The
toasts of the most complimentary description, and all
tended show the friendly feeling towards each other of c
zens from three countries widely apart Turkey Eng
their forms of Government and institutions The compost
ton Of the company further varied by the presence of the
Count DE THoMAR the Prime Minister of Portugal Mr..
CUNNINGHAM, the agent from Virginia to the Exhibition,
has corrected assertion in the Times that the Sirius eng
sh) the first vessel which crossed the Atlantic,
Tin 1867 by calling the editors attention the fact re-
corded in bis paper (he Times in 1872 that the Sa
vannah American steamer performed the feat in June
Of that year, eighteen years before the Sirius did II is abb
soutely necessary that should occasionally assert our
claims 70 Of the great practical results which have been
accomplished and Mr. CuSNSeHAM has, in this instance
stated his case with much force and propriey. late GUS
tom house shows that the number Of persons employed
in the service throughout Great Britain and
Ireland is 205 whose total amount Of salaries a670 254
l I'd The gross arising from the custom house
was last year. 1889 l3s 3D. The declared value Of
British and Irish manufactures exported from the port ndcn
in 1850 was 527 The great rapdity with which
travelling both by and land, is performed, is evil
tbo hofM avv