The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-06-10

mare, in which the Papal soldiers join as escort
md addition. As they pass by the French soldiers
low occupying Rome, they jeer sni laugh At tbs
uch . religious humbug. The Roman soldiers are
rstted and indignant, and accuse the French OF
,sng the cause Of their degraded position, and the
Inair ends in bloody street-encounter between inc
oldiers. So they carry on in Rome! Conversion
the order of the day, and if man is led to see the
beauty and the proprey Of letting kings and priests
IL All their own way, no is converted person,
md belongs to the party oforder
Another warning to engineers, architects, anu
TIERS to the use of long iron shafts, occurred
the other day in the city. An immense iron shaft,
weighing several tons, which traversed the whole OF
walls, (Which we're eighteen inches thick,) snapped
suddenly in the middle, Is II 1t had been bar OF
glass The two fragments hung dangling in the
midi lie of the building, and, Dy their immense
p1sd Up the walls Iua tbs sna sHs
men, and wounding and manning as many as forty
others. This fact is worthy Of special notice, as
showing the danger and insecurity of any large
body Of w,oh! E, east .cn its
voyage from Liverpool, when so much fear ana
sympathy were excited in New York as to the fate
Of that noble steamer. Iron, If not thorou1h'
parts, dependent upon irregularty in " cae 81 ~
II is related by the persons present ,h>s no, M.
immense iron snapped the Re DOR, vas like that Of q
large gun, and, in to ssegrSs after. the whole
building fell. .ence Il is evident that in the con
struetloh :" snafts for steamboats, for other pur
poses, az Is net eIoagh that skilful workmen have
dcne their work we'll and used the best materials
Nature, also, must be consulted and attended to.
There is a luIl in English politics the Roman
Catholic question Is gradually dying away. Ii is
10 France, now, that all eyes are turned, waiting
to see the course which the cheaaered politics Of
hat country will take. The near approach eff the
settling question Of 1852, and tie various
Of all the parties in France, preparing for the yet
ll.er
speculation. Russia and Austria, having settled
the Germanic question: will exert all their influence
secretly, to give tae turn they wish to the great
French question koyel balls and parties: private
theatricas at Devonshire House, concerts, 81, are
here the order OF the day at the West End.
The money market Is easy. There is a great
amount of unemployed capital, which promises to
continue, as the course of exchange in New Ierk
on Londen, after all eslarges, Leaves good preht
on the importation Of gold from the United States.
| The stock market IS lively, owing to this cause
and the absence Of safe Investments. The electric
telegraph has led 10 sort of revolution in quota
irons. Letters and newspapers are not now relied
upeE, as, In few minutes, the reports by teleg raph
change the whole aspect of affairs and thwart all
such calculations, Wheat and -four from Fraace,
the Baltic and the Black Sea- continue TO pour in
much that at present il is certain that it does
not pay the mpo rter. w.
LONDON, May %, ISL.
Bcacft Of Tie Poor diah0rs-Iae Great Exhibition
The Diomonds-Rcccipts, g..
Ga Friday night last, the lrst performance for
the benefit Of the Literary Guild, society got
up for the benefit Of poor authors, took place in
Of the drawing rooms Of the Duke Of D4yonshire'
residence, which temporarily fitted up a. a
theatre. The proscenium and arrangements for
scenery were complete the most brilliant audience
ever gathered in London were present. Her Hajesty
took the direction Of the details Of the affair into
har haud no Iar
enough to establish respectable a,leus for the
future fund. The play written by sir Edv ard
B. Lyton for the occasion, AID was entitled Not 50
Bad we Seem, or Many sides % a Character" the
time Of the plot being ae date Of the reign George
j. and the action connected with history by Jacob
tie plot. Mr. Frank Stone, Mr.. Dudley Costello,
Mr. Charles Dickens, Mr.. Douglas Jerrold Mr.. John
Forster, Mr.. Charles Lemon, Mr.. +. w. Topham,
Mrs. Henry Compton, Miss Ellen Chaplin, Mrs.
Coo, and other literary amateurs were among the
actors. The scenery, paiAted by Pitt, Absolon,
Erieves and others, was admirable, and all the de-
coiatons, at the expense Of the Duke Of Devon
shire, were in fine taste and keeping. The drama
is said by competent critics TO be Lytton's best,
though il is impossible to say what will be its
cess when it shall be handed down to the stage.
Her Majesty and all the members Of the royal
family evidently enjoyed the ter:anment, though
how much its novelty or how much its "reminiscences
Of days when theatres were fitted up and sustained
purposely for royalty, had to do with IT, it would be
Difficult. to say. The curtain at nine o'clock, as
the Duke conducted the Queen to her box, and he
performances closed at little past twelve.
gave you some account OF the jewels contributed
by the East India Company 10 the Great Exhibit
tion in my last letter. Since that date if to as
tonish the world, the process Of unpickng all these
Il IL -
traotiye Among the articles are an Indian state
bedstead, intended as a present to the Queen, and
some rich shawls forwarded by Runjeet Singh,
which ht has directed to be placed at the disposal
Of her Majesty. The collection o. Jewels il also re-
markably fine; and the model of the great Nzam
diamond, riyalling the koh-i-Noor, Is regarded
with great interest. The Dacca muslins are of
a most extraordinary degree of fneness; aud u
dress Tor one OF the dancing girls of India will,
apprthend excite mush attention among the fair
portion OF the yisiCrs, account Of the extraor-
dir airy dimensions OF its skirt and nounccs. The
silver nagree work sent over IL Of the most extraor-
dinaiy character, and IL calculated to excite as
constituent not merely at the patient labor but
the exquisite ingenuity Of the Indian workers in
metal. he coat Of Runjeet Singh Is a marvel Of
splendid decoration; and the collection Of firearms
and native weapons will be Of the most complete
and comprehensive character, illustrating every
mode Of Eastern warfare. There are three
seals, engraved by Budzooden Alec Khan, a
celebrated artist Of Delhi, In which the workman
ship is Of the mos exquisite character The
English translation Of the inscription in Persian
characters, upon the corr elan SEAL intended for
ner Majesty, isi-"l ict9ria, first monarch Of tie
world-as Scion on In magn6ccnce, with a court
like Saturn empress Of the age, sovereign Of the
seas, the source Of benehcence by the grace of
Tod Queen Of England and Ireland, ruler Of the
Kingdom Of Hindostan, defender Of the faith Of
Christ, the great Queen Victoria" The second
SEAL which Is blood stone, intended for Prince
Albert also contains Pers an inscription Of which
the following Is literal translate N So The dis
tinguished by the aid Of God, the noblcst Of the
family Of Brunswick, the honored companion Of
the great Queen; Prince, highest in ratk great
ln dignity chief IN excellence Of the English court
Albert Francis Augustus Charles Emanuel"
third emerald signet seal contains a Persian in
scrpton Of the sovereign % the and land, Just
by the favor Of God governor Of the world (or the
seven climates There IL also a beautiful set Of
chessmen, Of ivory, carved after designs by the
native artists Of Moo rshedabad representing charac
tiers from Layard's discoveries in Nneveh. shall at
some future time, refer more particularly 10 the
v valuable and interesting collection ~ 4, i;ar No.