Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-05-23
= Ill 1ssa an ln,,e,ies 10 be abolish

ESECCTlTE.lic present uoftihoi % .
,icc until The expiration of the period for whlcl he "a
SEN His salary is be So GOO per annnm as at present
LAND OrrIcE-Thc Of the State are 10 elect
Commissioner OF tic Land Office to act Judge OF said Of
flee al Il yearly salary of 600. He is also To act as Regis
Ter the Land Office, and receive HI fees, and likewise per
oru the duties nf Examiner General
STATE LiBRAaIaS.To be elected BY tic Joint Voie 0
boh houses Of the Legislature for two years
, ApJuTASr GENER,L-To be appointed BY tho doferno
AMI Senate for six years.
SURVEYORS &c-The voters Of each county and BALI
more city are elect for years Surveyor in each
Worcester county Wreckmaser s also to be chosen to
the same period.
OKpuASs' CorRT- Every four years the voters of each
corny and Baltimore city TO elect three Judges OF the
O-ians Courts receive per diem willie in session. 10
&c liked ~ the Legislature.
TmE STATE TREAsuRy.--The Legislature is to choose a
Treasurer ard the voters of the State Comptroller
MAGISTRATES ASp CoSsAnLEs TO be elected every TWO
years BY The voters of each ward in Baltimore city and each
election district OF the counties. The NUMBER duties ard
compensation fixed by the Legislature, and the Cover
nor fill vacancies in magistrates and county commission.
crs and Baltimore City Councils vacancies IN the ONCE OF
constable
sHERlrrs are to be elected every years.
ROADS also 10 be elected by the peo-
pie by districts.
OPENING OF TIL: GRAND EXPOSITION.
Correspondence OF the New lork Evening POST
LONDON, MAY |, 1851.
THE NOTAGE-I have given YOU account OF my
voyage iihGr because could imagine that the horrible
details OF ctcng and splitting heads could be Of
the least interest you. readers Fourteen days at sea- IN
stormy wcather-though IN the best OF steamships, WIN
capital Attendance Kind companions and skiiGi phyS
but monstrous, monotonons unoroken
incidents but that incident embraces within its capa-
cious meaning all of nausea headache uneasiGess
ennu and misery. Enough said therefore, that point
LONpON.This great city-thc wonder of the world at
any scaSnns double wonder Tor, besides It's ordlna
populnun il contains the overowings OF many othc
cities, like Jerusalem the dav OF the iIs pouring ou
the Holy Spirit Part!ans and Modes and Elamcs, and H.
dwciier in Mcs"pnana Thousands upon thousands ~.
itcr 10 witness the opening OF the world great -
the in ngnation Of Industry, the a?ohcosis OF handle :!
and skill
Never before the history man, has there been such
occasun before the inhabitants OF the e'fiA
assembled 10 celebrate Tie triumph OF me peaceful ar ne
has humanity Joined in such hymn o: praise Ia
the saaacty nj the human mind and the cunning oil the h
hand. Nations have often poured their pupulous ar
mics on the plains Of Enrope kings and statesmen nave
had their congresses the religious societies OF all lands nave
joined in universal! alliances; but the skill the enterprise, inc
u the world now for the first time, finds It's representa-
rc= joins their hands in friendly unson and unltcs Their
hearts III COMMON homage.
Of COURSE Them as sad London Is fnl Every hoe ana
boarding house has its rooms occupied beSpoken
private hospitality asked utmost kindliness and
the pressure continues the cabs and carriages VIII soon De
turned into dormorieS II is estimated that there are are
d. 25QQCU strangers who are either in London or nave tef
places there engaged.
THE CRYSTAL PALACE.-one's first sight Of this IA
mdus structure is perhaps, Disappointing So much mas
said of it, that expectation is strained 10 the last
and visitor feels that he ought be overwhelmed or
thunder struck when he first his eyes upon lis extensive
ucados But he approaches he not conscious Of these
swelling sensations, and he is apt believe that more has
been made OF the affair than deserves. ct as ne ga%cs
The huge structure crawling like great glass Wafns over
Tile IcGllsWdlS III Tue NOTES
ions OF It's nnerabe iron pillars and the bI'ancy OF ITS
muIeIia flashing in the he more ana more impressed
by i's nagnicence Like one OF our own Prare vi M
agaa il upon admiration, until he who nj st turned
away with Unsurpassed feeling OF Indignation al the ac'
which had mised his hopes becomes silent and al
entranced worsppc The palace is work OF prodi-
gos genIso genius in its conceptfon,-and OF genius IN
execution Combining iayke ghtness and grace with
the substantial strength il Is in appearance like those
dream castles which people The visions OF youh,ke the
dome in Coles second picture OF the Voyage 81 Lille
while in reality is weliOundet and strong as the PRISON
houses OF the Desposns, The dykes OF Duchand me
details Of this wonderful building, however, You have Prooa
bly, eote this given to your readers
WEATHER = PROSPECTS. Every body yesterday
looked the dull. eaden sky with anxious and foroo
ding hearts 1t OF the nastics days 10 use an Eng
sh!sm that this sombre climate ever produced In the
morning the weather cold and raw, the skies were over
cloutcd ADD before noon began rain and hail All the
Lunpntls walked about dsconsolaay you have perhaps
seen aecucSs country barn yard, when storm has
them the skin hanging their heads and their feathers
and casting about the most dismal and urive ouoohs-
The! seemed to n that having asked so many people from
all tie world visit they personally responsible Tor
the good behavior OF the winds and waters Yet in the most
moments Johnny Bull does forget his loyalty
Oay wal, I'LL Tomorrow he exclaimed sit will be Queens
day then, and ) always fair Queens day" c
Sure enough Queens day came, and mere delicious
sunlight never basked in witha In the morning me
sphere clear and crisp the sun sh0ne brightly ana
there every indication that even with regard Ia her eli
mate England would! ON this occasion look her best me
ola promising of the weather continued up 10
II O'clock The sky then became slightly ovcrcast
light clouds oatcd abouhc relics of April strayed back
into aay-and about hapast o'clock spinkling show
er fell parks. But the shortest shower of the
spring. and ceased exactly and precisely the procession
was /: then continued fine until the royal
coricge reached the Crystal Palace. Ir
PREPARATORY GATfiERlNGS.-The parks filled ir ,
the nrrnng Fly park first the into which the
lament street, and the kensngton road poured incessunty
from ten O'Clock. The multitude had double OBJ
nct-o the time the Crystal Palace and the
Queen and Hyde park crowded. ST. james
park comparatively free for carriages and equcstrans up
o'clock. Not until apparently the word had been
M that Hyd-par could hold no more did the people
fall back into the neighborhood of Buckngham-palace.-
Across the Grecn-park on their way from Westminster
bridge Hyde, hundred thousand men, women and
children might be 10 pour for three consecutive hours
up eleven o'clock. 1t flight oil locusts-and, like
Iocusts that have destroyed the grass their
way These having asceraincd that parkconer was
impossible at last sacrificed the hope OF getting into proX
unity with the palace, and gradually filled the Mall Cons
ution.h and the ground in front of Neutrality-suspicious.
and the the right at the head OF Birdcage-waE In
motion ceased as further progress in the densely
packet ground impossible; and then there was STILL
orderly mass dcnscst the OF the palace but every
where dcrse TO person with his back gates of the
royal palace and facing the Mall the spectacle was won
derul All that visible sea of heads, hats, and
bOnnc,s dotted here and there with mounted policeman or
dragoon and nged with light foliage Of the mall trees
Excellent order was maintained throughout The real
keeping clear the for the Queen up the Const
u,ion-hl and Rottcn.row was entrusted 10 the police
The Guards detached along the route in couples wea mere
" Ornamental accessories in the days proceedings. IL
should be understood that 'mob" There was
metropolitan democracy prescn; 10 its lowest Strata
There were however also wcdrcssed ladies' and gentlemen
who might have been counted by the thousands and among
all on MI han ds greatest good hunlo and best holiday
disposition prevailed The female part o the crowd ece"-
cd nm amount ofartcnton honorable Bulls national polite
ness While procession awaited, the women
in front of . line and every where got the best places
The display Of parsols was OF course enorinous and -
they hated roof stretching around thc
the parii-coloTs the appearance 0! glarng shot
screens. There many foreigners mixed amrT%
the Inrituc might have been expected. Hundreds 9:
foreigners there were however, and the greater numb
clothed in manner 10 suggest but slight cg-
uexun with the poor and refuge class VI whom some hiil-
miss have 50 loudly warned us.
The only houses from the windows Of which sight could
be got the procession hnsc in GrOsrenor place and
Hyde-park corucr Here fashionable hronss, chiefly o
Indies very house tops. The roof of Apsiey House
crowdcda genay in connexion with that locality
hardly Anticipated The roof Of the Keepers lodge OF Hyde
park packed in the There at these
points great waving white handkerches and here
the Queen passing from beneath the Wellington 10 the
park NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. everywhere horses and car
rilges each side, and the houses with their window
cpanls sghtsevera persons fell from trees and fences
and were ramplcd upon and seriously injured shower
came NJ but throng stood still.
WITHIN THE PALACE-Meanwhile, those who had
"a, nj rut thn