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THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

final. auuavtouvunt sou CLOIIIO ‘run ‘lIIlIl‘l‘l0l. -0ue'uf the innst nuurerously attended meetings of the Royal tasioirers. was held on ' uesdiiy, is the I-Lxliibition building.

It was presided over by Prince Albert, who came from Osborne Izlull for that purpose. It was resolved. that tlte Exhibition Id it, close to on public on Saturday, the not of October.

and thstaoreyul prtgesttt or ceremony should be connected with that event. It way also decided that a meeting of the Commissi- oners should behold in the building on Wednesday, the toll: of Qcteber, forthe purpose of receiving the several reports of the JON“. and for taking leave of the foreign commissioners. Upon ‘ it is ' ‘ ‘ ‘ to r of the exhibitors,

_V twirl. foreign end local aomrrttduioners. and members and secre- V

tee of the local committees throughout the country. At the close 0!‘ proceedings of the meeting. ttfhlioti will begivert to the ex- hibitors to reniove their goods, subject to such regulations as may be uiude by the Executive Cotnmittei. The in te of the juries, Old _ names of the persons to whom ites shal have been l\\‘.'|nI-

dl will afterwards be published. It is the intention of the Iluyttl c0!llIIiIIioners not on ly to present medals to the Individuals to wltotu “IO juries may have awarded them, but to mark their sense of the exertions of all the exli'tbitors—nnd also of tits jurors. the foreign Ind local commissioners, the chairmen, treasurers, and secretaries 0‘ IWII committee, and other persons who have tendered services Il_I>f0tlioting the Exhibition, and at the some time to present them VIII! a permanent ttietnoriul of the undertslting—by distributing ute- to each, accompanied bv a certificate. and it inted cop , of 0 reports ol the jttrors.—()f the three models, the esigus of w ich W_ere originally approved, that by Mr. Leonard Wyoa will be dis- lflltnted to the prise-men selected by the juries. I‘hat by M. Bon- srurde|—-the great in-td.il -will be given in certain cases recom- mended by the Council of Chuirmen—itot us a mark of excellence in degree on the part of those who receive it, but for reasons which the'ConncilofChuirmen have been requested to state specially in their reports. The tucdal designed by Mr. Adams will be given to the jurors. In addition to these. the Commissioners intetrd to cause two other medals to be strut.-k—one of each will be given to esch exhibitor, and the other. to each of the local cotnmtssioners. members and secretaries of local eotuniittt.-es, and other persons who have assisted in ,n citing the great undertaking. The great number of medals. books, attd certificates which will thus have to’bu presented, will render their distribution upon that occasion a matter of iuipouibilitv. 'I‘l:e lioyal Commissioners have come to tlte conclusion. that it will be most desirable to fix n lintitotl period. within whicli.ettclr individual may make such arrangements or receiving medals, books. and certificates frotn the Corittuissiotr- or as titay best suit his personal convenience. Due notice will be given on this point. as sooti as the Cotntirissioners are able to fix a time for the distribution to t:otnttient.'e. \Vith respect to the dis- I of the surplus. no decision was come to; and no plan was, we licve, propounded for that purpose—it being considered prema- ture at resent to come to airy nclusion upon the subject. We do not like this hesitation. Why not decide it at otrco upon tip- propriating the surplus to the preservation of the buildiirg for the ublic I P On Monday, the Exhibition was opened at nine o'clock and clou- ed at six. instead of opening at ten and closing at seven, us on previous days—the gradual shortening of the day having led to this alteration. Owing. probably, to the chartge not being generally known, the number who availed themselves of the early hour of visiting the Exhibition was cotnparativoly small; the totttl number arriving up to ten o‘clock, bcittg not more tltan 3.478. \Vitliitt the next hour H.000 arrived. The ut:mber adniittcd during the eu- lI|‘0 day WI“ 51.52.’). The atrtottnt received was £2.lilI I6, of which sum £5 was the produce of the sale of season tickets. Dur- ing the day, tttatty of the visitors were surpised by seeing. towering high over the diminutive throng, what was at lintt considered to be a colossal statute; but upon closer exnrrtinution, prov- ed to be the futitouu gittutt.-sa frottt Lapland, wlto is upwards of seven feet in height. She H ltaritlsnttte and wt-ll-proportioned. and, as might be expected, attracted cottsiderahle notice. She was uccoutpattied by a female attetrtlartt in the costume of a Lrtpl.-tndur. who. although of a fair averago height, appeared by ltcr side a pet- feet dwarf.

On Tuesday. the number of persons who visited the exltihitiort was 57,069. 'I'he amount rect-tvod for lItIIltIllI0l|I_WlII £2,773 I6; for the sale of season tickets, £8; making the total receipts for the day. £2,'l8I 18. ,.~ '

On Wednesday. the number of visitors tvas -H.567; and the gmonnt received, inclusive of .CI I0 for it season ticket, was £2,-

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WI-18'!‘ INDIES. '

‘Accounts from the West Indies have been received to the 26th I I. The St. Lucia Palladium h:ts an account of an em tion of the long dormant volcano on Mount Pelee, which took "ace on the night ofthe 5th of August. The whole town, in the tnitriediate vi cinity of the mountain, wits covered with ashes. 'I‘|te inhabitants were obliged to fly from their houses, aitd seek refuge in a neigh- bouring village.

V oucsrttc I-Iaurrtou a'r Matt1'tvtQui;.—A fflflilflll eruption of the long dormant vocalano of the Pelee Mountain on the Island of Martinique. t--ok place during the night of Tuesdnv, the 6th ult. Like the great and mentors‘-le eruption of the St. Soufriere in l8l2,the plreutrmeuon at lilartiuque is d—ecribcd as having been act-otnpanied Wllll “ a noise similar ttr the ap- proach ttf thunder, still nearer and nearer, with a vibration that affected the feelings and hearing." An eye witness says at daylight on the 5th. he observed three streaming chimneys ofuniolte on the Peels mountain. One of these was of ti dense black color, rexenihlittg the utnolte from u steamship. though ten times more voluminous. The other two were formed of a whitish smoke The whole town and surrounding country was covered over ith ashes. The population of Prcclteur had to fly from their homes during the night, sttd come the whole way to St. Pierre for shelter.

The Pelee Mountain, which is the highest land in Martini- que, stands in the ninth of the Island, and, accordin-; to the map published by authority irt l83l, is represcittetl as hearing an altitude of 4.438 Entrltslt Icet frntn the level of the sea. It is from this mountain chiefly that the numerous springs issue by which the island is watered; and. although strikingly char- acterized with the indelible rnsrltu ofun ancient vulcauo. we do not renteutlter to have ever fallen in with the record of any of ‘its eruptions.

E. & N. A. R.ttt.w.tv.—A large and enthusiastic meeting of the friends and supporters oftbe European and North Ameri- can Railway, was held at Portland on the lllth u!t.—IIon C. No es in the chair. Several zentlcmcn addressed the meeting. an a number of resolutions itt favour of carrying out the pro- ject were adopted. We nttbjnin the concluding resolution:—

ltrrnlved, That. while we regret the existing uncertainty in New Brunswivlt and Nova Scotia, as to the particular mode by which they will construct the portions of the road within their borders. are liable unfavourable tti effect the appeal for subscrip- tions to ortr own citizens. we see in it, from our knnwledue of the circnutstaut-es, no reason for suclt uttfavnumhlo influence; no reason todelay the subscription for the ctrmpletinn of the part in Maine; no reason to doubt that those Prttvittces will curly determine between the several modes now under their consideration, and early enter upon the ctrnetrttction, and pro- secute to completion in full time. to run their carrs in connexion ‘with ourowir th-, portion witttin those Provinces respectively. 3!. J.:Irrt Courier.

His Excellency Sir John Harvey is expected in the steamer from Euglztttll.

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UNITED STATES. 1'

IIIICTI or 1-i-ts: HAVANA sr.tssacau.—'t-uuursi.: arcs- in new cacuaite! .

A dusptttch to the Charleston papers. dated New Orleans, Slut instant, says that a party of Cuban llberatortt, mostly western men. exasperated by the tone of the Spanish paper, La Patritt. attacked theoflce of that paper. broke in the windows and (IO0I'l,.lfld threw the press. crises, types and furniture into the street; in fact. they destroyed every thing belonging to the rifles. There was no inter- ereuce on the part of the police. After demolishing the Union the rioters ended in the cigar store on the corner of_8t. Charles and Grevier streets. broke in the doors and windows. and ed all the stock and fixtures. which were very valuable.- 1 o'clock the rioters west to the ofloe cf the Spanish Consul bareyed desks. furniture, and y of all kinds. They also broke down the sign. which they curried in triumph to u inset- % hid in Iafuyettu square.

Ausher &pIteII dated lid, as mob of uteu, surround- ed the city piston this nrcrnlug.. re the Smuislt Consul lunl is-

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In relhgu, sail threatened tedetuolish it, unless he was delivered up is

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wue sheet IO. pslies en the greund.—.'(surly all the cigar

by fisslurds were destroyed. Yesterday urinate gurts freluurbfl niht. in bensureftlte murdered liners- «celse houses were ob! destrsysd.

.thsSpsirlsk csussl reeslved several letters from the Ansrissuubstrdussdtsdsltvsrthsntsu eenuilttss

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who eslled eu blur. render then. _

Tire Celina sews crested t excltsurent at Isvuuuuli._ A tre- mendous town nreeiing was eld there on -'l‘hersdxy evening. A eominittt s vtttsxppointcd, and after several speeches as u journ- ttrcnt was carried till Friday.

PHILADILIHIA, Aug. lb.-—As itnmenes Ifass meeting was held in Independence Square this evening. to condemn the proceed- ings of the Spanish authorities in shooting the American isoners at Havana. Col. John Swill, the presid ng otlicer. in to ing the chair, spoke of the massacre of the prisoners iii fittio terms of ¢0lItI‘3llllIIl. on, and ur ed it as a dot of the American (iovcrttmeat to itt‘e.'fore. Mr. Jo n Cadwallu er. in introducing retiolutioue c:.p.ess've ofthe meeting. contended that it was the duty of the American government to protect every pen tie on the Anieriean coutineirt who were oppressed. Mr. (atdwaliader was followed by Gotierul Smith, I‘.'. A. llotver, Colonel Small, and scverul others. all of whom expressed in unqualified tcrnts their itulignatimr at the barbarous oottduct of the Spanish authorities at lIav:tna. 'I'lte meet- ing evirtc.-d great entltusiasiit thtiiughnttt the procttt-tlittgu, and was one oftlto largest uvst.-tttbla;-,eu ever rzouvonod itt this city.

Nuw Ottnuarsti, August 21-'I'he excitement on Cuban affairs is still very great. and there are no signs ot abatement. The prin- cipal streets are thronged with rioteru, arid the property of the Spa- riiatrdu is destroyed in all directions. 'I he Spanish consul has lrmett burnt iti etligy; In the mean time our antlturities are doing It.tII|Ittg to check the lsvt lessons: of the ntob, which seems to reign su- llfllllllfo

DEI'|‘lll.lC'l"IVl‘. l"ias: A1‘ M.tssti.i.mv, Orrin, Aug. 21.—.\ fire broke out at one o'clock this tut-rttittg. tvlricli destroyed the Iiagle llotel and the .-\tio.-iican Iloutro, together with an etrtire block of buildittgs. ‘I‘ltt: town pro.-ucnts it truly do lorable aspect.

The Pliilttdclpltia Sun says “the best bite we ever had on u fishing excursion. was the bite we took along with us.

Mlillco.-I.ate intelligence frotir the northern part of .\lesicn, states that the crops are almost complete failures, atid itirtiteuue uuutlrertt of cattle had perished for tvttut of food and water. ‘

At Vera Cruz, Aust 21. the citizens rose against the go. uument, to oppose the collection of the taxes. The military we uculletl out. and several persons were killed before the disturbance was

uelled. ' q Snurrtzttxv I"I:vu:n A1‘ S:a.—'I‘lte uclrootter Grecian of iVar- ren. Me.. from Ilarien, tint, for 'I'ltourtit-ton, ut ittto llolnios’ Ilole recently in distress. having lost by southern llisver. till ltatnda. (save the captain) five in number, four of wltom were btitied at sea.

'l‘lIl£ Rl()'l‘ IN NEW UIll.I".ANS, (From the JVew Orleans Crescent. Aug. 22.) _

Yesterday New Orleans was alive with excitement and movemertt. 'I‘he streets were thronged with people, and angry and violent crowds paraded through the city, brettliittg itito tlte sugar and ' shops kept by Spaitiards, gutting them of their contents, and H- troying every thing they could lay hands upon. lfour levees had given way and the current of tho .\li.isippi permitted to ritsli through our streets the turmoil confusion. and :rgit.itiott, could not ltave been less. \Ve will briefly detail the ittcitluiits as they occurred.

'I'lte iirelancltoly news of the fate of Critteudcti Kt,-er, Brandt. and their cotrtpzittinns, cast early in the morning, rt dcep shad! of glutttn over the cottttiiuttity. 'l'lte several ltuttdrctl jiliouslerox l|'l\\' iii the city itirtttediately put on ct-ape. Up to II a. tu., no sign of disorder was tnanitosted. About that time an " Extra" of it very otfeniiive and improper chavuctt-r was i.-uuetl by La Union ttIlicc- the otlice of the Spttitisli organ in this city. It was an irritable out. rage upon the feelings of the friend and I’L'l::lI\'cd, nuntc.-rous in this city, of the gallant dead and it was at once gt.-ucrailly known that tlto Uiriotr otlice uoul-I tie itIl:ICI(t.‘tI and gotten. About tliis_titnt-. Spattiartls still further fanned the spreading tlaute oft-xcitettueut by public retitnrlta, some of it most brutal, and all of It most ullieirsivo character. The Spanish Consul also hoisted his llstg. Tlicy had presumed too rttuclt upon the perfect impunity of the p.-tut.

About -I p. rn., a crowd outcrt-d the ollice of La (‘titan and in it few titittutea it was is total wreck. The editor ttttrronly escaped with his life, through the i.tt-r traction of Mttyor Crosstttutt.

'I hence the crowd prom-sided to the corner of (iratier and St. Cltnrlcs, where u very utltous Spnttiard, Iloniagosa, lcudetl the Corinna cigar shop. some dtettronstrations were tirade. but the doors were closed, when after .he expiration of an ltour, Iloui:tgos.t appt-tired at one of the doors with u drttwn ktrtfe in his IIIIIILI, and expressed a desire to sltetlllltv it itr four or live cursed Yankees. A rush was made. when Rotiingosa. made his escape in the are. closing the doors tiftt.-r Itttit. tired. \VtltIlIIIitIg three pcrsotts. one so- verely. ‘I'ltc ruins -vfst. Charles furnished the materials with which tlto doors were speedily lrattt-red in, every window broken. the shop gutted, and a costly stock of cigars scattered in :he streets. limitat- gosa made his escape to u back door, run up street under a shower of missiles, his face. utreutning with blood. and himself hotly pur- sued. Ile succeeded in sheltering Iiituself in the city prison. ‘

Tito crowd proceed to the utiice of the Spanish Consul. I he was ppt tit Ironic to see company. They gutted his attics. and tore down

its it it.

Tlifiuce the torrent of the people poured down Poydrns to attack the U. S. Excliauge. A !t.ipp ' riinturk from the bar-ken r, ttttd a speech frotit Diatrict Attorttcy Iieyuolds, diverted them roiti their pt:-po.-is, and after taking “ a drink all routtd,” free, they cott_t:u- trated upon the Jetiu_v Lind Coffee House. corner of St. Charles and I’otdi.lo. It was gutted in a few tttiitutex and the streets straw. ctr with the wreck.

About this titne (8 p. m.,) an immense crowd had gatltcred in I.ttl'a ettc Stpire. It was addressed by Judge Walker, and Col. l"iel , the l.oui.~iaun regiment. Col. Christie was called for.; but did ttot speak. Judge \Vitlkor very sensibly advised the crojd to bottle their wrath for use in Cuba ; tlte article would very well hear exportation. btrong resolutions, dctiunciatory oftlre Spanish autho- rities. were passed iii a hurrah. Couchtt, Lnptuin General of},'ubti was then hung in clligy, and burnt autid the shouts of tire crowd.

A cry was raised for “ White lIall." colli-c house tipposi _lho St. Louis Hotel. and about atltousatttl pcrsouspourotl dow that. direction. On their way u ttunilrer of Sptittislt sltoptr iti Iixclttittge Alley wore broken into and gutted. At this IIItI|lI(‘.lII we cannot my positively, but lttpptist.-, White llall. a large and costly estab- lislrtttcttt, was rzlt.-arly gutted. .

Througltnut the day and night the Spanish population was to the utmost trepitlatiou. 'l‘ltt:ir shops were gt-tnerttlly closed. 'I'lte ex- cited mass of " guttors" seem to ltuve entire cotttroul of the vrhole city. No tvatclttnen or tnilitatty were visible. and the uutltortltcs were powerless. or would not act. The city was given up to a lrtatts of frenzied tttcu, everv iittitttottlgrowittg more and more eatfitetl. and we knmv not what record we ttt-iy have to add to this. '_I'lto streets at a late hour were tltronged with men, shouting, hurrying, to tttttl for, rittd rejecting we know not what. Arming them there were not so far as we. utid otiicefl 0f "'0 lllfillflil "Ink. =IItI0{I the jilli/iuslcros could see, any of these. “ emigrants." At dt - ferettt points. Recorder (iettois, Col. Christie, and Attorney Roy- nolds, were the only persons who sought to arrest the progress of scenes. which, for the credit of our city, notwithstanding the strong and bitter provocation of them, we cannot but deeply regret.

Et.r-:c'rMtc.tr. Srottits.-On Thursday week Mr. Reynolds. farmer. of Stratlsctt. had sixteen sheep ft-edit g in 3 field, and during a violent thuntlerstortn. they took shelter under a tree, which was struck by the lightning, and all the sheep were killed on the spot. A thunderstorm of great violent-e. httt of short duration. passed over the town of Sunderlan-I on Friday evening. St-t-er.tl houses were struck and damaged. A boy was struck dead iii the street. and a woman, who was struck lost both speech and ht-sting. By the gentle sppliratittu of galvattism she recovered both faculties in about fifteen minutes. 'l‘he storm seems to have had an extensive range. In the south it did g;eat damage. A poor woman was struck dead at Culcht-ster. At Rochester the storm was vere violent. The Cathedral was struck by liizlttnirtg, and one of the pinnacles was knocltned till’. 'I'lte church at Frimlslrury was set on fire by the lightning, bttt flames were quickly extinguished. A labouring man at a farm near Worcester was killed by a llsslt. At Wenliatn. Manningtrce, and other places. several persons were stunned. _ _

When I wrote to you last. I mentioned that the Mississippi had gone over its banlte to an extent never before witnessed by the oldest lrthabttantsoftltis country. The water in still up ttnusu -lly high, and the crops are entirely deetroped in the low bottom iamls along the Upper Misslsuippi.—Mttny a pour la- bourer has been deprived of all his hard earnings for the list live or six memos. and man a family bus-been rendered heme- loss lrv this extensive orettlovv, I ssvr a friend. a few days ago. who lately moved to this place from a town uotne distance up the river. (Canton I think is the name of the p|nce)._who told rno tlrst the water had been about eighteen inches rleqr in his parlour, and otlrefrnoms on the llrst floor. for more than a month past. Hts fortune showed unmistakable signs of the mundation._

It is estimated that there in at twenty llve index of sevt-ere in New teen rniles will be added this year.

At Monmouth, Illinois, a new style for gt-rrtlemr-n‘s dress has made its appearance. It is a sack enet reaching to the hips. with pants closely utility the body and -limbs.‘ and fastened III the knee. after the inanner of the old‘style. with Imtg stock- iirns. Tussrh an attached to each base, and complete the unit. We suppose this to be a set el'to the change in lb ls- dius ccstuats. -

resent one hundred’ and cry, to which about thir-

Nesr York. Angst tI.—'I'he tetal stuount ofsgele seated tron thbpsit stuns 7th January lust, exceeds 0 .000, .

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Iuhsqusutly. smut. be III feveedh err-

floaung.-ulu Barnes. a young lady in Cincinnati, eater ed a closet with a lighted candle, when a gust of wind shut _her in. and her clothes being ignited, she was burnt to death with- out cltunce of escape. ‘ .

An English Journal says that hundreds ofltves might ltuve escaped the etfects of poison by this simple receipt: A large tru~uptronl'ul of made mustard mixed iii a tumbler of warm WI- trr, uttd snalluwcd as soon or possible. It acts as air instant emetic. sufllciently powerlul to remove all that is lodged in the stnttrat-It.

A plan for the exploration nftbe interior of Africa has rro.-ntlgv

lit-en vulrmittetl by Liam. Wstkitts oftlte U. S. Navy to the United States Gtrtcrrttnettt, which if carried out. promises to he oft.-sserttial bettellt to the natives, attd to the interests of coin- mt-rce.

In conseqtrsnee of continued drought. a prospective famine is ht-uinrtiirg to be lII‘l‘tIlIt‘lI lit the Strtrtlrerrt States, rrupetrially in Get-rt.-is, Alalrzttua. and Mississippi. The west and the mid illc States will however have it stiperabuudaut supply,

llr. Frattklia. in summing up the ttornestic evil» of drttttlt- enm-sit, *- llnoaos without windows, gardens wiliout f--tic-re. ticltls without ttllune, barns vi-itbont roofs, children without clothing. principles. murals, or manners.”

A small qmtutttv of vinegar will generally destroy immediate- lv iIil\' inst-t-t that may find its war title the r-tornaclt, and a lit- tlc salad oil will kill any inset ' that may enter the ear.

'|'lrt-re is a woman now living in Georgia, one hundred and thirtr -lltree _vra.'s old. who lies the active rise of ltcr faculties. roatlu without glasses, at.d is only a little deaf.

I“.ttht-.r Mtttltew. whoce health has greatly failed, will leave the United States during this tnortth for Ireland.

Upward! of thirty tlrousatt-l Mortnons, or latter-dsy saints. are supposed to be itt England at the present time.

The probability is, that anger will ere long be manufac- tured to considerable extent frotn watertnelonu.

It\'l‘ES'l‘ FIi().\l CALIFORNIA.

New Yotur, September 4th. The Steamship Panyttrrtcus, Capt. Churchill. arrived this forenoon. Tue Prtrtrretltcus brings two II|Il'llIl’t'd and seventy-livo passengers and California news to August Isl, two weeks later.