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For Governor.
We are authorized to annoance G-n. T.
j. 'Cha m ceíis a a candidate for the oilice 01
Qovroor oí the State; and to say thai he will
shoitlv give hi views upon such topics of public
interest as he may consider most important to the
people.
For Lt. Governor.
Eg' We are authorized to announce Colonel
MATTHIAS WARD as a candidate lor the oíñce
of Lieut Governor.
|^" We arc authorized to announce Hon. C.
G. KEEN AN of Huntsville as a candidate for the
office of Lieut. Governor.
For Congress.
We are authorized to announce General
McLEOD, as a candidate 10 represent
the Western Congressional District of Texas in
Congress.
iar Western papers will please copy.
We are requested to announce Col. V. E.
HOWARD, as a candidate for re-< leetion, to re-
present the second Congressional District of thi*
State, in the Congress of the United States.
Wc are authorized to announce Capt. G. K
LEWIS asa candidate for Congress, to represent
the Western Congressional District in the House
of Representatives. Election in August next.—
Capt. Lewis is too well known in the Westi rn
portion of the State, and particularly in the Rio
Grande Valley, to require a recommendation,
and his numerous frien is will evince their esteem
for him at the approaching August election.
For the Legislature.
jar We are authorized to announce Hon. B.
C. FRANKLIN as a candidate for re-election as
one of the Representatives of Galveston county in
the State Legislature.
.Ml We are authorized to announce O. C'
HARTLEY as a candidate for the Legislature.
tW We are authorized to announce Mr. H.
B. ANDREWS as a candidate to represent this
county in our next Legislature.
We arAnthorised to announce Dr. JAS.
B." MILLER, of Richmond, as a candidate to re-
present the Senatorial District, composed of the
copnties of Fort Bend. Austin and Washington
in the Senate of this State.
£3^* We are authorized to announce Hon. GUY
M. BRYAN as a candidate for Representative,
to the next Legislature of this Slate, in the county
of Brazoria.
For Land Commissioner.
cr We are authorized to announce Thomas
wm. Ward as a candidate for the office of Land
Commissioner at the coming election.
&t>t Soturna!.
THURSDAY, MAY 2 . 1851.
for governor.
BENJAMIN H. EPPERSON,
Of Red River County.
53^ It is stated that the steamer Crescent
City was chartered hy the Government for—
as some supposed—the purpose of watching
the Cuba adventurers. At last advices, how
ever, she was still in New York.
£E3r" An Exchange says the walls of two
buildings, which fell in recently in St. Louis,
were only one inch thick Í
tCf™ A delegation from Boston waited on
President Fillmore in New York, on the 10th
inst., inviting him to visit Boston on his tour.
JlC?" Hon. Jas. Buchanan has been nomi-
nated for the Presidency by the Locoloco State
Convention of Pennsylvania.
From the Interior.— The mail from
Houston, this morning, brings us a few papers,
but very little news.
The Huntsville Presbyterian of the 24th
inst. says the Trinity river was rising. There
was some six or eight feet more water in the
channel than there had been teu. days previ
ous.
Our accounts from all sections of the coun-
try, in relation to the crops, are favorable, anil
health and prosperity prevails.
We are informed that the rapid growth of
cotton, during the last few weeks of fine
weather, has been altogether astonishing.
The Houston Beacon is urging the subject
of internal improvement on "the attention of
its readers, with a laudable degree of energy
and spirit.
rcr a large and fine-toned bell has been
obtained for the Methodist Church in this
city. . Its musical peals full more pleasantly
on the ear than those of the many others in
the town, which summon to prayers, to din-
ner, or to the steamer.
The excitement caused in Havana by
rts of invasion has blown over.
cues.—The telegraph informs us that
news from Liverpool announced the
" !S '• "L- *
expectation of extensive failures among Cot-
ton dealers. The Baltic brought back some
protested bills aud the next steamer may bring
out more.
Honolulu.—The California papers state
that the Hawaiians had determined in the
event of a threatened blockade, by the French
in force, to hoist the U. Suites
own, and put the island under
in try. Th
lala
into any of the
rty of citi-
The Cohan Expedition
Because the administration, not oily prompt-
ed by a wise and conservative juiicy, but
bound by the most solemn oaths torn impar-
tial administration of the laws, has leen most
active in frustrating the mad attemptat revo-
lutionizing Cuba, certain of the ultra,hotspur
democrats have bestowed on the President a
plentiful share of the abuse with whth they
are so pregnant. It will not satisfy th< vault-
ambition of certaio political propagandists, to
confine their exertions to their own ccuntry,
but they seem determined to revolutionize
the whole world. The whole "boundless
continent" is evidently too limited a sphere
lor tbeir benevolent designs. But how stands
the case ? Lopez—at best a turbulent foreign-
er, whose professions of faith in republicanism
may very honestly be questioned, from the
fact that h¡is advert tures have always been so
directed as to leave more than a suspicion that
the plunder and the emoluments; consequent
on victory, to be obtained, were sufficient in-
ducements to a hazardous enterprise—Lopez
arrives in the United States, engages, by the
promise of large rewards, citizens of this coun-
try to join his service, and leaves some, as in
the Cardenas affair, to the misery of Spanish
prisons, and brings back others emaciated by
sickness, penniless and dependent on charity
to furnish them with subsistence and the means
of returning to their homes. Yet that ill con-
trived and badly managed expedition was con-
sidered fortunate in having made so lucky an
escape. But leaders in this cause—men whose
sympathy for the down trodden Creoles of
Cuba, or their hankering for the fine estates
and luxurious manors of the Spanish Dons, is
irresistible, are not to be deterred on account
of the sacrifice of the lives, liberty and health
of their fellow citizens, whom so famous a
champion as Lopez may dupe. No! They
see no tyrany so abhorrent as in Cuba—no
people who so deserve to enjoy liberty as the
craven Creoles, who beheld with perfect apa-
thy the retreat of Lopez and his American
followers from Cardenas. .
It is rather surprising that sensible and con-
servative men, as we sometimes find, should
have fallen into the opinion that the Govern-
ment should wink at the movements of the
Filibusters and allow them and the Captain
General of Cuba to determine the matter.—
Leaving aside the obligation of treaties, would
the Administration, we ask, be performing its
duty to remain passive while designing adven-
turers and ambitious men, by false pretences
and promises, were deceiving the honest yeo-
manry of the country and leading them into
dangers, or sacrificing them in battle, where,
at best, there is but a faint hope oí success,
and for the mere purpose, as many suspect, of
elevating and enriching the individual leaders
in this deep scheme ?
A people who will not strike for their own
independence cannot—we might almost add,
should not—be free. The million oi'gold with
which the Cuban Creoles propose to hire
Americans to fight their battles for them,
should not be allowed to purchase the blood
of freemen, and, thanks to the energy of the
Administration, it will not!
When the revolutionists in Cuba, like our
own heroes in Texas, have manifested, in the
proper manner, their desire for independence—
when they have unfurled their flag and made
a stand, however feeble, against the monarchy
of Spain, then the aid and sympathy of the
American people will be extended, without
the instigation of bribes, and uncorrupted by
the designs of plunder which suspicion at-
taches to Lopez and others of a similar kidney.
The President, in doing his duty, stands be-
yond the reach of censure, and he has the
consolation that he has saved these adventur-
ers from misery and disappointment, and per-
haps, many of them from death.
Gen. P. F.* Smith arrived in New Or-
leans on the 21st inst., by the steamship
Georgia, on his return from California to
Washington city.
More Immigrants Coming.—The schoo-
nor brig Magnet, Capt. G. Hasloop, sailed
from Bremen on the 20th of April, with 84
passengers. She is consigned to Messrs. Oet-
ting, Steil & Co., of this city.
Steamboat Disasters.—The steamboat
Echo, (a Red River packet) collapsed both
flues of her starboard boiler, on the 19th inst.
blowing out her boiler head, killing three and
wounding five others of her firemen and deck
hands. The Echo was leaving Bayou Sara
at the time of the accident.
The steamboat Pennywit sunk below Van
Buren, on the 14th inst., and became a total
loss. No lives lost.
South Carolina.—The claims of the late
Convention, at Charleston, to represent the
opinion of the State, are disputed by a
in the Columbia South Car ilinian, who
himself''A Disum'onist." He is op-
posed to immediate secession, and urges that
the action of the recent Convention was par-
did not reflect the sentiments of the
The N.O.Delta states, in its usual
humorous and sarcastic style, on the authority
of the Grand Scribe of the Ousel Owls, that
rise of the Duke of Saldanha in rebellion
jainst the Queen of Portugal, was, by con-
Gen. Lopez, to be simultaneous with
of Cuba, and that
to aid Saldanha.
the Delta, that the
the steamer
iLj3 The steamship Mexico, Capt. Talbot,
arrived from New Orleans on Tuesday last.
lt will be seen from the adverriseaient, else-
where, that a new arrangement has been
made whereby a boat will leave this port eve-
ry Sunday. Some of our business men sug-
gest that the day of departure be changed.—
The departure of steamers on Sunday compels
a number of merchants and clerks to attend to
business matters when they would be at
church or otherwise enjoying the day of rest.
We believe Messrs. Harris & Morgan will
accommodate them by making the change, ii
a desire therefor is generally expressed.
Strange Procession.— Sometime last
week, it appears that a procession of alien
Spaniards paraded the streets of New 0 leans,
crying ''Long live Isabella the Second"—
"Death to Lopez." The Spanish Consul,
his retinue, and nota few naturalized citizens
contributed to make up the strange assembly,
which in a republican country made a most
provoking display of their fidelity toa foreign
potentate. It appears that previously a pro-
cession of those styling themselves the friends
of Cuban liberty hud made thenuelves ridicu-
lous by marching through the streets of New
Orleans, and this monarchical affair was pro-
bably intended as an off-set. Eut that was
no apology for the insult offered ¡o republican
ears, on American soil, by the parasites of ty-
ranny and the devotees of despotism.
It was a singular spectacle, an unparalleled
circumstance in the history of the country,
that a band of Spaniards should have the har-
dihood to hurrah for the Queen of Spain, while
surrounded by a people who detest the very
name of Monarch, and the wonder with us is,
that bloodshed did not follow.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Louisville, May 24.—At New York at
noon to-day cotton was quiet at a quarter de-
cline since the news by the Africa. Flour fa-
vors buyers. Corn, pork and lard without
change.
At Pittsburg, there was nine feet in the
river and rising.
New York, May 24.—The Democratic
Convention of the State of Vermont has no-
minated John S. Robinson for Governor.
Resolutions were passed, repledgirig the
Democratic party of Vermont to the platform
of Baltimore in Í336, drawn by Silas Wright,
and the position taken by every Democratic
National Convention since, also in favor of
the compromise laws in relation to slavery,
and protesling against the introduction ol the
slave question as a party test.
Louisville, May 24, p. m.—Markets.—
There is little demand for any of the most
prominent articles of trade. There were small
sales of bagging at 12 to 12£c. for choice, and
of rope at 6c.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER BALTIC.
Further Decline in Cotton.
New York, May 24.—The Baltic has ar-
rived. Cotton declined in Liverpool iajd.;
fair Orleans 6?a6£. In the three days pre-
ceding the sailing of the steamer, 15,000 bales
were sold. Flour and grain unchanged.—
The political news is unimportant.
London money¡market steady—consols firm.
The Prussian Chambers have been pro-
rogued.
lt is reported that the English Government
[we give the substance of this despatch] is
w illing to admit all the Austrian provinces into
the Germanic Confederation, and agrees to
the propositions of Austria.
A new Portuguese Ministry has b?en ap-
pointed.
A report of the death of the King of Na-
ples has reached Paris.
Washington, Friday, May 23.
The census tables of population and Repre-
sentatives are made up, and show the follow-
ing results: Total population of the United
States, Twenty-Three Million Three Hun-
dred Thousand. Number of Representatives
in Conjrress, Two Hundred and Thirty-one.
The following States have each an additional
Representative: Alabama. Connecticut, Dela-
ware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana. Kentucky.
Massachusetts, Maryland, Missouri, N. York,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee and
Texas.
Baltimore, May 2i—The Africa has ar-
rived with Liverpool dales of the 10th.
Cotton had declined during the week iai.
Fair Orleans quoted at 6jd.
Valparaiso.—The existence of A sialic Cho-
lera at Valparaiso, is reported in the San Fran-
cisco papers.
Isthmus of Panama.—The Echo has the
following:
"We are informed by good authority, that
owing to some informality in the proceedings,
the Judge is unable to make any decision in
regard to the ChagresRiver murderers; there-
fore, injall probability, no action will be had
for some time to come. ' Poco tiempo/'"
The Star, of a later date says that the ring-
leader was sentenced to death, but had his
sentence com muted to imprisonment for sixteen
years. It contend loundly that the authorities
never enforce the punishment of outrages on
Americans by Pavamese, but are quick enough
if the case is inverted.
The same paper has the following:
A New Proclamation.—On Thursday last
th* Government promulgated, for the forty-
ninth time, an edict against gambling houses
in general, and the game of Monte in particu-
lar—and also requiring all bar-rooms, billiard
rooms, and other places of public resort, to be
closed at 11 o' clock at night.
Mexico.—The New Orleans Picayune has
dates from the Ct'y of Mexico to the 3d inst.
We copy the following items:
A large band of highway robbers, compris-
ing some of the most noted character in that
line, were lately arrested near VeraCruz.
The Mexican Congress has before it a bill,
making illeg itimate children capable of in-
heriting.
The prefect of Cemltan D. Nicolas Dnmin-
used of being in league with the
' that section.
chief. Bajo del
ua with a party,
a treaty of peace
Is *
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New York Correspondence.
New York, May 14, 1S51.
Editor of the Journal:
The expected arrival of the PresiJent of
the United States, and his Cabinet, to this city
yesterday, attracted multitudes of people to
the Battery and public avenues through which
;he procession was to piss. The weather
was exceedingly favorable for the turn-out.
and the occasion was pretty generally ob-
served as a holiday.
It was said that the distinguished guests
would arrive at 1 o'clock, and half an
hour after that time found me bearing down'
(as the mariners say) towards the Battery,
with a lady in convoy. I rarely get into an
engagement of this description, and if it had
been entirely consistent with gallantry, I think
f-should have slipped my cables, and bore
away to provision, it being past dinner hour,
but I was in for it, and with my convoy in tow.
I stood in front of that Battery from I until
1 p. m. Of course, we came very near sink-
ing. In the mean while, it seemed as il there
would be no end to the current of people
rushing like blood through the main artery of
tite city to the mouth of it, here where New
York gorges and disgorges her multitudes of
human minnows. Here, at the piers near the
Battery, is the place of entrance and exit.—
Here are the steamboats that bring in the
thousands from South. East and West, and
tiie big burly steamships that bridge over the
Pacific ocean. Here is the steamer "Brother
Jonathan" that, eight days ago, was smoking
in the same manner at the Isthmus of Pana-
ma, now chafing like an impatient steed, eager
to be off again. Here, too. are the Charles-
ton and Savannah steamers, and the steam-
ship Union, up tor New Orleans. And here
is the landing of the Ferry ffoat, which is to
convey the Chief Magistrate of the nation
(once a clothier's apprentice) from the main
land to this island. Steps, fences, balustrades,
balconies, windows, lamp-posts, trees and
house-tops, in the vicinity, all bore their share
of spectators. In full view, the fountains on
Bowling Green were
Sparkling and bright,
With liquid iight,
and the bay, always beautiful, was now still
more enlivened by the passing of sailing ves-
sels and steamers, to say notihng of sail boats
crowded with people. The Battery was
crowded with military gentlemen, with wav-
ing plumes and showy unilorms. Battery
place was nearly full of carriages and horse-
men. Judging by the dress and manners of
some oí the females in the hacks, they would
not object to the socialist's system of wives-in-
common. Every great out-door show here,
has a sprinkling of confidential pickpockets
arid flaunting courtezans. 2 p.m. and no
President. 3 p. m.—broiling in the sun, no
dinner, no President, no nothing.
" Water, water all around,
And not a drop to drink!"
Public processions do not compensate. Of
course the ladies were very faint, and to make
matters worse with them, every now and then
there was a prospect of a fight between the
draymen, &c., and the police, who had drawn
an air-line " across the street on the East
side of the Battery, and compelled the drivers
to turn back and go another way. Even
worse than all this, was a catastrophe which
has probably resulted in the death of one poor
fellow. A ladder which rested againsta build-
ing was so covered with people that it gave
way, and one man was impaled on the iron
pickets of a fence underneath. The sharp
iron points stuck through his body, and he was
taken off with some difficulty. It was a shock-
ing sight.
About 4 p. m. music and a procession
emerged from another than the expected ave-
nue, and thousands of persons rushed away
like a flock of sheep from places which they
had held very choice for nearly three hours,
but it was a false alarm—a practical joke ol
the police men. perhaps, and the victims came
back looking a little dashed. In a few mo-
ments afterwards, along came the bona fide
procession. In an elegant carriage: drawn by
six horses sat the President of the U. States
had in hand, smiling with entire nonchalenre
and good humor. It was evident that he had
had his dinner. Considering that the people
had not, they got up some louder cheers, and
more of tliera, than could have been expected
by a man of any bowels. u
The ladies, too, exhibited their cambricks in
great profusion, and on every side the Chief
Magistrate was greeted with the greatest
cordiality.
In the second carriage, the crowd singled
out a large, dark-faced, cavern-eved man in a
white hat, as the next objert of their hospita-
ble welcome. It was Mr. Webster.
The arithmeticians have not yet reckoned
which had the most cheers, the President or
his Secretary. In one of the numerous car-
riages which followed, were an apothecary,
copper-founder, a pyrotechnisi. and (I think)
a butcher, from the Common Council of Bos-
ton, a committee of " good men and true," to
convince the President that, in the ''City of
the Three Hills," "Negro Hill" is not the
biggest, nor the i; Third Party " sovereign.
After a long string of carriages, came the
military—horse, foot and dragoons—and a
number of societies. In short, it was a mag-
nificent show, commencing at the Battery and
terminating in (he City'Hall. " *
From Sai<ta Fe.
May 21.—Dates have been received f-om
Santa Fe to the 23d ult. The Bound* ry
Commissioners had reached Don Aoa, and
decided to place a corner stone reven miles
below that point Two trains from El Paso
had been plundered and several men killed.
Many of the yoong officers and soldiers were
dying with the scurvy.
The Apache Indians had broken the recent
treaty already, and killed two men.
Gov. Calhoun gives satisfaction. The Le-
gislative elections take place on the 19th May.
and those which are called the priest's candi-
J of an election.
and Major Weightman are
to Congress.
on the plains negotiating a
treaty with five tribes. Two have refused
the offered treaty.
LETTER FROM LONDON.
[London Correspondence of the Daily Delta.]
Opening of the Great WarLPs Fair—Description
of the Crystal Patau—T.ic (¿ teen and her
Ct tiri—Procession in the Crystal Palace— Gen-
eral vine of the interior arrangements, and of
the articles exhibited—D ficiency in the American
Division—S.aiuary—Power's Grab Stare.
London, May 1, 1851.
E(ls. Delta—
I hasten, on the v ry day of its occurrence
to give you a few details of the inconceivably
frorireous spectacle which I witnessed to-day
at the opening of the "Great Exhibition of the
Industry of all Nations."
Having now been in London almost two
weeks, my memoranda of this busy, clamorous,
crowded imperial city are very ample, but
knowing the deep interest that must be felt by
many of your readers, with reference to this
gigantic enterprise, I thought I would give
you. thus early a hasty, sketch of the Queen's
opening of the Crystal Palace,—leaving all I
have to say of this wonderful city, for future
commuiiications.
The first impression left upon the mind on
the day of this great Festival of Peace is one
of deep congratulation, that—(or such a pur-
pose—people from all quarters of the globe,
forgetting all distinctions ofclassor creed, pre-
judice or party, could meet together, bringing
the various productions of their different coun-
tries as their only passport 10 that glorious
tille of citizen of the world. Here came
thronging, from the old world and the new,
men ofevery shade of color and thought, and
the streets of London presented, from morning
till eve, groups more diverse than have ever
before assembled, pressed on by the common
idea—the advancement of the human race.
It was not, however, without feelings of
deep mortification, that, on comparing our con-
tributions with those of other nations, I saw
the United States so inadequately represented
in its productions to the World's Fair. New
York alone, in its annual exhibitions, offers
thrice as much to the eye of her own citizens,
and when we consider the enormous resources
ol the country, the greatly increased skill of
her operatives, and the efforts she can make
when aroused to display them, I feel there
must be some cause lor this .short coming. I
feel the more deeply this disappointment, that
such an opportunity of proclaiming the rela-
tive standing of a country, will perhaps never
recur, and thus we have lost a chance of tak-
ing the high position to which we are entitled,
and which, reflecting the benefits of our glo-
rious institutions, would have shown to a unit-
ed world what we have accomplished in the
short period of our national existence, in works
of enterprise and skill. I should be most un-
willing to make the charge, but can scarcely
help coinciding in the general opinion here en-
tertained, that it arises from the want of ener-
gy shown by the Central Committee at
Washington.
Of this. more amn.
In order to form any idea of the character
of the exhibition, or the splendor of the spec-
tacle on its opening, it is necessary to give you
a brief description of the Palace itself.
Raised in a magnificent park, where the
trees on every side surround it. it rears its
walls of /lass in one long line of two thousand
feet, and it is almost impossible to conceive
anything more beautiful in its sublime sim-
plicity, or in tiie symme'ry of its proportions,
than this airy creation. In color at. once chaste
and yet attractive, catching atevery point the
rays of the sun, whose rainbow glance bright-
ens successively over pillar, fretwork, and
arcade. In its form, so light as to realize a
fantazy of dreamland, arid in its extent so
dazzling the eye. that the mere fact oí six
mouths having been sufficient to raise such a
structure, is in itself the crowning wonder of
the whole.
But if its exterior so satisfies, or rather as-
tonishes, what shall I say when entering the
Crystal Palace! All that. I have ever read in
the most imaginative theme of poet, or seen
in the painter's most successful handiwork,
is at once realized.
Beneath a celestial dome of immense height
whence branched the crystal root on its slen-
der and vari-colored shafts, until the glance
was lost in the distance, I stood enthralled—
awed. Before me the statutes of sage. hero,
and bard, rosf with their pale and marble ma-
jesty to dignify the whole. Around lay scat-
tered alPthat .mi listers to the luxury, all that
subserves the comfort, all that proclaims the
presiding intelligence ol man. Here the im-
plements of ever-busy England, here the co-
lossal machinery of America, here the count-
less efforts of the laborious German, lay side
by side. Here, first in taste, arose the ele-
gant, imaginative productions of France, and
here Austria declared her supremacy in the
cabinet and the budoir. Fabrics the most gor-
geous on the one hand, skill the most ingen-
ious on the other—here the productions of
the earth itself, torn from the mine, rescued
from the sea, snatched from the mountain—
and there, the most refined and snbtle appli-
cations of nature's wealth, which necessity has
ever demanded, or convenience importuned.
And to give life to this picture, here, sur-
rounded by representatives of every nation on
the earth, in their varied garbs, and immedi-
ately encircled by all the great spirits of the
land, the Queen of England gave that influ-
ence, which in her position, her youth and her
sex, was alone wanting to crown the whole.
And a wondrous court she had assembled.
Nearly forty thousand faces inside the walls
sparkled with the animation ol the scene,
whilst outside, a quarter of a million, at he
lowest estimate, proclaimed by their deafen-
ing cheers, their sympathy in this great festi-
val.
At midday, with her usual punctuality, the
Queen entered the Transept, leaning on the
arm of Prince Albert, w. o wore a Field-Mar-
shal's uniform. Her perfect simplicity of ap-
pearance, even when enriched by diadem and
diamonds, recurred to me as I had seen her
two days before, passing the American de-
partment. So quiet is her manner, that on
that day I had no suspicion who s:ood beside
me; and yesterday, when a few steps before
she came to our division, I was told bv a friend
of her approach, I could scarcely beíieve that
England's Queen was individualized in so
simple and quiet a little woman. She is rath-
er over five feet, but from being so full in
person, looks much shorter. Her complexion
is purely Saxon, with a countenance indicat-
ing more temper than intellect.—fullness of
purpose, without deep thought orange pene-
tration. She is neither handsome nor homely,
—upon «the whole, producing a favorable ef-
fect upon a stranger. Prince Albert I had
not seen before. He is a tall, and very fine-
looking man, having a German aspect, and
though but thirty years of age, he is nearly
bald. He looks like a good-hearted man, and
is very popular in England among all classes.
He abstains entirely from politics, and in this
shows a good knowledge of human nature,
and especially of he English character. With
them were the P¡inc -ss Royal, in a white robe
with a wreath of white flowers in her hair,—
and the Prince of Wales, in a Highland cos-
tume. The Queen pras dressed in a splendid
robe of pink safin, embroidered with silver,
trimmed with bows of ribbons and diamonds,
and covered with the richest lace, and the
Order of the Garter across her shoulder. A
single ostrich feather drooped gracefully from
he^hair, which was confined by a bandeau of
magnificent pearls, crescented into a diadem.
in the cortege which preceded the royal
partv. were the Duchess of Kent, the Princess
Mary of Cambridge, th« Prince and Princess
of Russia. Prince "Henry of the Netherlands,
Prince William of Russia, the Duke of Cam-
bridge, the Duke of Wellington, and many
others whose names and titles I could not
«rather. The Queen was followed b>*the la-
dies of the court, magnificently dressed with
flowing trains. The whole procession was
gorgeous in the highest degree, inconceivably
to an humble Republican who had never
before seen'an assemblage ol princes and po-
lL A flourish of trumpets announced the en-
trance of the Queen. She was received with
the shouts of the whole assembly r®"
peated by the multitude without. 1 he plat-
form was at once literally covered with bul-
lion, scarlet and blue, and all the other gay
and (rorgeous colors which mark the diploma-
tic and military uniforms of the various na-
tions of Europe and the East. All the foreign
ambassadors were present—among them, Mr.
Lawrence, our Minister. He wore a court
dress, which set off his fine figure to great
advantage. The Queen having taken her
seat on a throne prepared for the purpose, the
orcein pealed forth the nntional ant hen®, the
.words being sung by the Metropolitan Cathe-
dral of choirs, assisted by the Sacred Harmo-
nic Society, aud the vast assembly joined, ap-
parently with great, enthusiasm, in the chorus.
Prince Albert, at this moment as President
of the Commission, ami originator ol the idea,
advanced towards the Queen, and delivered
an address which described the mode in which
the first thought had been elaborated and
carried out. it stated the different sources
from which they had derived assistance, and
acknowledged the talent of Mr. Paxton, the
designer, and Messrs. Fox and Henderson,
the builders, and the various other parties wbo
had contributed to the enterprise. To which
the queen replied by a general expression of
thanks for the exertion of the Commissioners.
A beautiful prayer was read by "the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury. The procession form-
ed, in which all the foreign Commissioners,
and other dignitaries joined. It was most im-
posing in its Character, and the arrangements
were so perfect that every person in the build-
ing could have a complete sight of the Queen,
the court, and the representatives of the vari-
ous nations.
Of the contents ol the Glass Palace, I shall
say nothing to-day. The catalogue, which is
now before me. forms a large voiume of 380
pages, and from this you may judge of the
variety and extent of the productions con-
tributed. Here, amongst other efforts of ge-
nius, you fiad statuary from all parts of the
world. I allude to this department in partic-
ular. as it is a source of pride to me that, here,
Power's statue of the Greek Slave, is. by uni-
versal acknowledgment, the chef (Pauvre.
It was permitted to be exhibited in one divi-
sion. by the proprietor. John Grant, Esq., of
Loudon, for whom it was originally sculptur-
ed.
In a future letter, it is my intention to enter
into detail with reference to the many works
of art and industry that are here collected.
This isa hasty sketch of a spectacle to which,
perhaps, all description would be inadequate.
1 was anxious to give you the earliest inlor-
mation, and as the mail leaves to-morrow,
have only sought to embody the thoughts
occurring at the moment, from notes taken on
the spot.
The Proposed Change in Ladies' Cos-
tume.—A lady thus writes to the Syracuse
Journal. As the proposed abbreviation of
skirts is one ol the momentous questions of
the age, we feel bound to approach it with
due reverence. pro and can. The lady says:
As I am a woman, I naturally «feel interest-
ed in the proposed change in woman's dress,
and therefore beg a little space in your paper
for a word or two. Having this morning ac-
cidentally observed a lady dressed after the
new style, aud perceiving no change in her
garments except, skirts shorter than are usu-
ally worn, and heavy looking pantalettes I
felt a desire for some information upon the
subject. Will any of tite ladies a la Turque
please enlighten the ignorance of us who
dress a l'Amerique as to the advantage they
derive from the new mode? Does it Iree the
chest, and give room for the healthy action of"
the heart arid lungs? Does it. relieve the
hips and abdomen of their ruinous burden?
If it consists in a mere shortening of skirts
for the weight of which is substituted a pair *
of hot and cumbersome pantalettes, how is
our dress improved ? I can see that lor walk-
ing in the wet and snow, for going up and
down stairs, and perhaps for some other pur-
poses, the new dress would be convenient.
But it must also be inconvenient. It will
afford inadequate protection for the feet and
ankles iri cold weather,especially while riding
and in warm weather it will be'less cool than
the present arrangement. Short ladies will
object to it, and with good reason, as it will
lesson their apparent stature by three or four
inches, and no one likes to appear diminutive.
A change in our dress is desirable, and if it
be made comfortable, convenient, and tasteful
it will be rapidly adopted. If any lady will
instruct us about these matters, we shall be
much obliged.
" We are fearlully arid wonderfully made,"
said Mrs. Partington' after she had stood for a
long time contemplating, the Aztec children,
tier hands were resting upon the back ofa
chair as she said this, and she made the obser-
vation aloud, so that a tall gentleman stooped
to get a look under the black bounet. He
thought she spoke to him. "We are fearfully
and wondtrfully made "continued she—- 'spe-
cially'some ot us. The ways of providence i
pas* finding out, and we don't know what those
Haystack children are made for, no more we
on now why the fishy mermaid was made,
or the man m the moon. Perhaps they are
matte a purpose lor curiosities, and great curi-
osities they are, to be sure; nothing but Pro-
vidence Could ni:<L-i. i i.i: : <
¡rom the Haystacks, long ag ?gone to grass.
And Ike," said she, turning to the boy who.
v/as teazing Max with "a s.ick—' Ike look
bwn 'e"'' HUl1 Pmy t,mt y°U Muy nev®r b&
■ill
tXT del,egation op Policemen to the
World's Fair.—The Brit ' ~
Mr. Barclay, has applied to
ol that city, to send twosh
to London, in order to '*sp<„. ,
from this side. This request
ed to, the British Government
penses, and his honor has é
Bowyer and Capí. Hopkins—two
know almost every rascal who
foot in Gotham.
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