The Sun. — London, England, 1852-02-26 00:00:00

ing to others, bte - ausO it showed those who entered into c onspiracies of this kind what a rope of sand bound them together, and how uncertain it was to depend upon the secrecy of their associates. Evidence in corroboration of the above facts was then adduced. Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Huddlestone, and Mr. Parnell ap ftraredfor the p rosecut i on; M r . P arry an d M r . lepton for Wagner, gner, Mr. Deanley for Kessler, and Mr. Cook for Gerber. Solomon Krahcour, the approver, was then called. Mr. PARRY objected to his being examined, on the ground that as he was a party to the record, he was not an admissible witness until either he was acquitted or a verdict of guilty was found against him. After some arguments, the objection was overruled by Mr. Justice WILLIAMS. The examination of the witness was then proceeded with. He was under examination when our report left. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. W. BURCHELL.) RICHARDS V. UOATCH. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 41. 121. There was no defence, and an action was given for the amount. The plaintiff's attorney applied for a certificate to entitle him to costs, as the action could not be brought in the County Court, as the Vaintiff, who was in her Maiesty's service, had been dratted off to the Cape. .The UNDER-SHERIFF said there was a doubt whether, under the now Act, he had the power to grant the certificate. The plaintiff's attorney submitted that he was entitled to it under the c.Bth section, but the Under-Sheriff said it would be better to apply to a Judge at chambers. ENGLAND AND OTHERS V. BOYCE. This was an action brought by the Leicester-square Loan and Discount Society, to recover the sum of 101. on a promissory note. The facts were devoid of general interest, the only important point being a question whether a.plaintiff,in person, could state his case to the j ur y , and also give evidence. Mr. THOMAS washeard in opposition, but the Learned tnder-Sheriff ruled, on the authority of the case of " Hoare v. Baldwin," that a plaintiff could be heard. The case was of no interest, but in consequence of the form of the pleading it lasted for a long time, and was not concluded•when our report left. yo CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) Henry 111. Donna was placed at the bar, charged with stealing a large quantity of cigars, and some silver and topper money, the property of his master, Mr. Henry B ishop,sholl, of the Horse and Groom , A g „ ar Town. Lhe complainant stated, that he had lately been robbed /cry much by his barman, having lost as lar g e a sum as 1501, during the last 18 months. The prisoner, who came into his service on Friday last, gave him notice to quit en Monday, but assigned no reason fur so doing. Last night he said that he would not get up the next morning, and told him he might do as he liked, but shortly after he came down and fetched a cab to take away la boxes. Upon his bringing the m down stairs his master refused to let him take them away until they 'ld been searched, whereupon the prisoner became head cut , off" than that should be done. He, (complain ... a nt), however, threatened to send for the police, when he Unlocked the boxes and upon his looking over them he 14 wrapped up in paper two parcels of cheroot ciga rs Which he could swear to from their peculiar " make," ad upon telling the prisoner so he again began to swear, and stated that he had been to sea about four years ago, and had brought them home. The police having ar trblrid they again searched his boxes, and found in one of a parcel of fourpenny pieces, amounting in the uole to 11, 9 s . 4d., and a peculiar sixpence , which had been taken at the bar only a few ho urs before, and w lo u . !ell upon one of his customers coming out of the par 't he swore to have given across the bar in the usual Co urse of business. Upon a further search being made tAllenny piece, which he could swear to, was also found. ....' l ll . o Pedthat the magistrate would not send the case for srla The prisoner made no answer t o the char g e, and , TYRWIIITT having remarked that he could not d eal with this case summarily, as the prosecutor wished, re manded the prisoner for a week for the p roduction of further evidence.—The prisoner was then removed. t i d• "ISH CENTRAL RAILWAT.—Tra ffi c for the Week tug Feb. 22, 1852 Passengers (6,007), parcels, horses, and carriages . ••• 663 9 9.» Goods, cattle, !sc. ... 002 4 7 Total . 1,565 14 4 Corr •• ••• • Perth ~,sPonding week in last year... 1,452 1 9 eb. 25. 1852. b°t L la lvi er c e 11 G A RRISON, FEB. n 0 dou ° 25 —There is now of Lieutenant . General Lord Viscount Har oirndgne,,G.C.B., having been appointed Master-General of the fh G e ; and it is but justice to Lord Derby to state that, '', ‘ "e Gallant Officer expressing his intention rot to take the co g" office of Master-General when offered to him, as he late with many of the measures introduced by the claim Sir Robert Peel, Earl Derby consented to waive all to his support in the Upper House on those mea sures on whi c h he might differ from his Noble Colleagu es, in to secure his services as the head of the Ordnance de partment, for which. duty he is so eminently qualified in tvery respect. l'UtE IN PIMLICO.—On Tuesday afternoon a fire Victoria -road, out in the stores of Mr. Watling, a por k dealer, in ,‘ • ictoria-road, Pimlico, which ended in the tota l destruc tion of the premises. Thedamage is estimated at about 1,0001, A MAN KILLED IN REGENT-STREET.—Last night an inquiry was taken by Mr. Leigham, the deputy-coroner, at St. George's Hospital, on the body of Thomas Hewlett, " ( I fifty-eight. The deceased had for twenty or thirty Sears sold newspapers at the White Horse Cella r, Piccadill y . n Saturd a y even i ng , a bout six o'clock, he was cro ssin g .4 egent-street, near Glasshouse-street, when a horse, drawing 13 ,_ 11 of Pickford's vans, knocked him down , and the wheels lent over his legs, both of which were fractured, and the , ri l igars of his right hand were also cut off. He was taken cab to the above hospital, where he was seen by Mr. Murray, the house surgeon, but he died from the injuries he bad received, in an hour. Verdict—" Accidental death." RELIEF OF THE HOMEWARD -BOUND.—The Ad rralty have ordered the steam -sloop Vesuvius to proceed Devonport to the Chops of the Channel, to relieve the 4 , vi thound merchantmen detained by the easterl y winds, provisions 'and water. D E . ' t _ IN ATLI or COLONEL GRAYDON , K .H , OF THE o O ;:YAL ENGEERs.—This gallant officer died at Montreal, 2"th ult., after a service of nearly fifty years. He WMH at the capture of Martinique, in 1809, a n d Guadaloupe 1810. IV • DRUNKARD'SDRUNKARD'S END. — On Saturday last , an i n- W q -n-e., f‘ ''''.se held before C. H. Chamberlin , Gent., u p on the i° , a poor man, named Ellis Mickleburgh, who, whilst eau ` n g to Yarmouth, and apparently in a state of .intoxi pricrl, fell under the wheel of the Lowestoft omnibus, on te c i I V evening, but he was rescued by a man riding behind e vett 7ent on his way ; subsequently, however, the omnibus staaZ it him on the road, and, singular to relate, he again hor - s t , -t ed, and fell from the. side of the road between the him -,,,,'' ~srld the wheels of the omnibus this time passed over V Q r i' i s . ":', before the driver could pull up, he was killed. oder-e'Accidental Death; no blame attaching to the drip Accidental Post. Tun. A 11 A ,,, ••• ....SSESSORSHIP OF THE LIVERPOOL COURT OF of 111 r. appointment of Mr. Edward James, in place " 41 '. Crompton, now Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench ..-oh e of the last acts of Lord Truro as Chancellor—has ... cre ated general satisfaction in Liverp ool, Mr. James having '34 held a high position as a barrister, and being much re %Petted in the town. „ MAXIM OF NAPOLEON (THE LITTLE). —In poli tical discussions there is nothing like coming to the ( bayonet's) P oi nt—Punch. PALL IN THE PRICE OF BREAD. —Yesterday the second-rate bakers throughout the metropoli s reduced the Price of the 41b. l oa f from 6d. to sid. and 5d., and the p rice rn of flour to the sa me per quarte (41b.) weighed on delivery. The best bakers h ave also fallen the price ' of the 41b. loaf Id., and some even Id., a n d ''. charge 7d. to "d , . . i . for Wh et • the e united the best flour to 6d. They now is called best wheaten bread. THE SHIPPING T R A I) a .---The Commissioners t to • the Customs have issued directions of controllers of the several ports throughoutcollectors and King dom to prepare and transmit, with ail practicable dispatch, of all seizures of, sofar as relates to January, agreeably to an approved form, a return or fines levied on their respective Ports , 13 • • foreign essels from the Ist of ritish or v • the Ist of January, 1852, both inclusive, dist'n ..?:, 1815, to '' t 'llieof seizure or fate, the name of the vessel, " gi.hing the ik efi - t he trade, so far as known, in which such , the owners, gaged. 'vessel was en -On T a LA TER A L COPYRIGHT. Tuesday Were ip,. NATION -ue d• in a Parliamentary p her 'a paper copies of the two orders ult., which -lajesty in Council of the 10th . , of were issued la • ht treaty with }ranee f urtherance of the copyright • The ca.ders aremade under the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, C. 12, direCt.' S‘c shall hove the privilege o f lug that French authors, . ' the House of Commons eoPyrighf, There is a Bill now in on the same subject. On Tuesday the Teen — t e , - EST A TES OF INTESTATES . ''" in the House, of Commons for the administration of the Lemon-, , el estates of intestates and others to .which her Ma yas printed. Ti• Y n ' llt y be eptitledin right of her prerogative Mr. Maule, „ le Bill le rendered necessary by the death of .m . n ._ .. the late Solicitor of the Treasury. In future the ad l ls e r et tie4 bend is to be dispensed with, and tee administration s C nt ed to the late Mr. Manic are to be continued by the raolieitor of the Treasury for the time being. It provides that o " te s not claimed by grantees of the Crown are to be carried 4 the ,„ ,_ C onsolidated Fund, and claims afterwards estalished '' to be paid out of the same fund. Tue. y e - S USPECTED MURDER OF AN ENGINEEIL. -- ' th: t i erda y morning Mr. W. Carter resumed and concluded engineer.- touching the death of Alfred Jewell, aged 23, an surrey who was found under the Kent-road bridge of the . o f9 r Canal, under circumstances which gave rise to the li d:P l eicia tliat his death was the result of foul play. Evi- C nee baying been given to show that the deceased had k°ol?ccasion 'whatever to go on the bank of the canal, the titer oner Summed up, and the jury, after about half an hour's aultation, returned a verdiet—" That the deceased was Id drowned, but how or by what means he came into the iz there was no evidence to show." The Cur ner re ' ti ro k ed, that, although they had recorded a verdict of found • • wllcd, he was certain that it would not at all interfere . itle th • . . la this e inquiries of the police, or defeat the ends of justice, ' 4 3 most extraordinary' case. NIR • G , We are th• F. YOUNG AND THE DIINISTRY. ueated • to State that Mr. George Frederick Young has,. for 4_3 present, declined to accept the office of Vice-President 'of ( fen f3° and him by the all of Trade, which has been offered to ( len i° l Derl lY. This decision has been taken by the Hon. e i _t_ernan on the sole ground that his health is not yet 8111 E, • dtletty-IY r e - eetablished to justify his undertaking the laborioua 1141" "the office. It i..., however, understood that when ~ re ; . 5 coin lets -arrangements will be made for h's 4 lia ng the Administration of the Noble Earl. ItEPR.EB TON t ENTATION OF SOUTHAMP • --lt is now tl.eg that Mr. Willcox and Sir A. Cockburn. the present A.7'111)43/.8 for Southern t • e din again as can `Vates f or 1 , on, will come or electio the . representation of that town, "s-e e of an t n• It la supposed that Own will . that the Conservatives of kereb bran forward a candidate to oppose the present ors. THE SUN, TO THE EDITOR OF THE 51,T217. S i g,—ln the summary of the Bombay Times of the 17th January last is given a - letter aldressed by Sir We. Napier, to the editor of the Bombay Ga zette, in which he disposes of Major Jacob's pub lished letter, therein given. After having given in the Bombay Times the letter of Sir Wm. Napier, taken from the Bombay Gazette, and addressed .to its editor, the editor of the Bombay Times—that is, Dr. Buist—then gives some remarks of his own, in which he states, " that in 1845 he was for some months within reach .of Sir Wm. Nai:der, who - .then suffered his statements to be all up - Set, and given" to the winds by a party on the spot ready to meet him in any way he liked ; he waited till the seas inter vened before he in any way replied ,to the in vitation." Such is the manner .in which Dr. Buist puts forward his - valoron? boast to the people of Bombay of his c hivalrous,tigai l ing , towards Sir William Napier in 1845. Now;. Sir, happened to be a resident in the island of Guernsey in 1845, when Dr. Buist's valorous bearing tovvards! Sir William Napier, who-was then .resident Lieute nant-Governor of Guernsey, appeared, and I read this production in the local paper in which it appelred in the island at that time, and I assert to you, that it was published it was matter of notoriety at that time in the island of Guernsey, that• Dr. Bnist;ihad embarked on his return for India at the time Alvas published, and must haVe . been many hundrelisOf miles away. Many amusing remarks were made in ridicule of the gallant Doctor's fierce valour, whose inflated vanity had evidently beg , n wounded.. I enclose you the Bombay Times of the 17th Ja nuary, requesting as a favour you may notice in your widely circulated journal the Doctor's statement, to enable the people of Bombay to appreciate the Doctor's vaunt at its proper worth. The Doctor states that he has not had the castigation of the broomstick which Sir Charles had promised to inflict upon him: I can only congratulate the fortu nate Doctor on his escape—all who have fallen in his hands have not been so fortunate. I enclose my name and address, to satisfy you I was in a position at that time to be cognisant of the acts I stated, and you are at liberty to make what use u please of the same. . . . • I have the honour to be, &c , SARNIX. . Guernsey, Feb. 23, 1852. SIR CHARLES NAPIER and the BAYONET. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Your correspondent " Medicaster," in the Times of yesterday, represents the hero of Scindc, Sir Charles Napier, as having championed the bayonet as the queen of weapons, in a recent letter on our national defences, and "Medicaster," in reply to this letter, gives an ex tract from the Lancet of the 14th of this mouth, wherein it is stated by Mr. Guthrie (an eminent army surgeon of great experience during the late wars in Spain, Por tugal, and France) that he, iu common with other army surgeons, scarcely ever saw a bayonet wound; which Medicaster " alleges " ought to have great weight in settling the question us to the efficiency of this weapon of destruction." Now, Sir, as an old soidier who witnessed the greater part of the battles and sieges which took place during those wars, I can confirm, as to the fields of battle, this statement of the army surgeons as regards the hospitals, as I never witnessed a bayonet wound or two hostile lines come in contact, for this simple reason—that one party gave way, overcome by its tears of this weapon, before it was physically vanquished. But this fact does not by any means tend to controvert Sir Charles Na pier's reasons for championing the bayonet as the queen of weapons; it teude, iu my humble opinion, rather to support those reasons, as when the great object in war - fare is to make the ene m y show his back as expedi tiously as possible, the weapon that will tend the most effectually towards the accomplishment of this object ought to be regarded as the most efficient. Under these circumstances I -would recommend those amateur sportsmen who are desirous of making game of the enemy in the event of an invasion, to thank more of the bayonet and coming to close quarters than of rifle shooting at lung distances, averaging, as some of your correspondents assert, from half to three-quarters of a mile. Sharpshooters covering the front of a line may amuse themselves in this manner us the enemy approaches, but the corps that means to make him show his back should be concealed behind the summit or brow of an undulating plain well selected across his line of march, and await patiently until he arrives within 50 yards of the top, then suddenly appear in line, fire a well-directed volley into his columns, and charge through the smoke, and when the atmosphere becomes clear the backs of their foes will be discerned descend ing much more rapidly than they ascended, all from the " fears of the bayonet." Therefore, in my humble opinion, and with all due respect for " Medicaster'a" statements, Sir Charles Napier is right in designating it " the queen of weapons."—l have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, London, Feb. 24. JOHN SCOTT LILLIE. BRITISH EMPIRE MUTUAL' LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. The fifth annual mot-ting of this company was held at the offices, New. Bridge-street, on Tuesday; Mr. John Gover in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said they had now come to close the business of the past year, and the period had urrived for the first division of profits under the deed of settlement. He imagined the members of the society must all feel some interest in the winding up of their affairs at this time. The business last year had increased in a much larger ratio over that of the preceding year than had ever before happened, although the accounts of each year showed a greater amount of business than its im mediate predecessor. The total amount of the policies effected was 553,3031. This success he had no doubt was duo to the individual efforts of the members in ob taining insurances. He then remarked on the few deaths that had occurred in the last year, and stated that the amount paid upon life policies bad been 2,323/. 4s. 9cl. The last point he had to notice was, that a saving of 10 per cent. had been effected on the ex penses every year since the first commencement of the company, The SECRETARY then read the report, which stated that a disposable balance remained in hand of 8,095/. Is. 7d. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, which, after being seconded, was carried unanimously. Mr. MILLAR (vice-chairman) announced that one half of the disposable balance, as soo❑ as the respetive amounts to be paid could be calculated, would be ready for the shareholders. It was at their option whether they would receive the amount in cash or apply it to diminishing the premiums. The dividends would be reedy on the Ist of July. He proposed that the recom mendation of the directors be adopted. This resolution, on being seconded, was carried unani mously. The retiring directors and' the auditor were unani mously re elected, and the proceedings terminated. ORDNANCE EXPERIMENT S. WooLwicß, FEB. 25 .—Lord Clarenc e Paget, Lieut General Sir Thomas Downman, C. 8 ., K.C."., Major- General Campbell, Colonel Gordon, . Colonel Chalmer, Colonel Brereton, C. 8., K.H., and Lieutenant -Colonel Bell, Royal Horse Artillery, Lieutenant-Colonel liar dingo, K.LL, Lieutenant-Colonel And erson, Lieutenant- Colonel Burn, Lieutenant-Colonel Thorndike, Lieute nant-Colonel Robe, Major Wingfie ld, Ridinglhouse Troop, Major Dupuis, Royal Horse Artillery, Brigade- Major Bingham, Captain Riddell, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General of Artillery, and a great number of the officers of the Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, and 4th Light Dragoens, assembled in the marshes at two o'clock P.m. to witness ext,eritnents with the rifle-can non. The shot and shells fired from the rifle -cannon were constructed on Lord Clarence Paget's plan, which differs from the shot and shells formerly described as being made of galvanized iron, having four projecting longitudinal pieces on each of nearly half an inch in depth to slide in the grooves of the cannon. Those on Lord Clarence Paget's principle are made, of cast-iron, of a conical or sugarloaf shape, and having attached at their base a ring of lead rather mote than 'half an inch in thickness and about two inches inn depth, iron the shot. and shell, forming a hollow sitnilar to the bottom of a common black bottle. The outside of the lead is cut with three threads of a circular character, si milar to the threads of a sharp screw, which rendersithe shot and shells easy to ram home, and when firedithe 9 -pounder tad expands and fills the four grooves, each being about 1 inch in breadth by nearly an eighth of an inch in d epth. The firing took place from two 9-pounder field ] Moo yarde. battery g threee T pounda weight s, one supplied with the usual field battery with Lord gated sb ic a e charge :rice, a solid shot of 91b. weight; and a their elongated of powder, at a range of Clarence other, the rifled cannon, was supplied Paget's conical shot, which, from charge of tn._ weighed 151 b. Goa. powder each, and the the tiring took place was oaf one pound weight., When to ascertain the result, as the al rifle cannon it was difficult detached during the flight e;tlL:ad part generally became the ground at from 600 to 700 eti"cfile' and;,'striking meat of the iron part was lest yards distant, the -move pear to strike the target, or 'entgerttre as it did 'not ap pear light 3-pounder field-battery t r il ound behind it. gun, manner to the 9-pounder cannon, i nk a similar but With 'd groove, was then taken to within 300 yards less of Lord tar get, and fired with shells made ~,, the l ane Paget's plan, having a common percussion -cap placed on a nipple, and the second round entered the target Beer th e c e ntre, bursting imtividiatQly on striking the bul. h ad behind, throwing down t ma he t ive hard w00d..11,, experiments were c,,ncluded on firing the two shells from the 3-pounder rifle cannon. THE FORTIFICATIONS AT the entrance.,of Milford struction of the martello tower at h the late aevere gales --- r}:Mßitoig,-7The corn llaven is being proceeded with, bough and the contractors.boisterous h e r e hh conyav e will prove a serious this its progress of of artillery being annoyance to an enemy, in consequence iy three able to command the approach to the haven ,impeded the n) savere dock- Lion. The guns forming p n l i much impeded the battery (western) iar tillery, the yard are being replaced with Inure etTect,ve pur:oses of present ones being totally inefficient for the - I ich have defence ; and the martello t,wers at the Arsenal, IV 1 uric, been so long erected are to be mounted with p r oper g of th e necessary orders baying been issued by the B oard Ordnance. It is expected .that before long additional de fences will be adopted for the protection of this great n aval 'establishment. •.'' LARGE ARRIVALS OF SHIPPING.—WithiII the last few days upwards of 150 vessels have arrived in the port of Loudon from nearly every quarter of the globe that had been weather-bound in the British Channel and the. Downs i during the violent gales frpla Ilya W.S.\\ . PIPIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF TIT I S DAY. HE RALD . :••- , :-In the observations 'i, felt ourselves constrained to make yesterday, tOnehi' i g the principal members of the new Adminietration, vs-a said not one word of the Noble Chief. Nor was ir t tecessary. For it seems on every side to be admit ,ted that the cha racter of Eerie Derby is without stein and without reproach; and who shall deny his s - arpas.eing ability — his chivalrous courage—his strai ghtforwardeess and eminently 13ritish feeling. The Earl of Derby has betrayed or dealVed no party. When he could not a Ca ) airiet; like a man 61 c i h n o o t n n o c o u t u h r r e a i r n n a d n t i k h n e a t engfproipltiyrciyvhaeot private r ' e l i s f i e g , te e d A h g i a acp e n s s t t ,' s: a n n e d h entered no ill word fd.nolle.ec.slces 'To rrn b , e uttered by his most determined mighteet'hr i e te n h eo e wws praises m i gh appearof t i ns s n uc t eyr l; e sautsenallov.bn man Even p twh o ee l r i t ec i c ni a i er l eo an swered to the panegyrist of Hercules,-Qui , vitupera vit ? It cannot be urged that the Earl of Derby is un used to sublic life. From almost the period of his ma jority he 'was a member of the House of Commons, and; after having visited the United States and Canada, was early initiated into public bizsinese. As Chief Secretary for Ireland, end as Colonial Secretary, he showed himself as capable in the transaction of public business and in affairs of administration as he was ready, effective,' and eloquent in debate. The Noble Earl has had carte blanche to form as administration —offices were at hand which be might bestow on this relative and on that other private friend and con nexioc, and yet, in five-and -twenty or thirty nomi nations,' aro human being can find - a trace of nepotism. There is no nice family party or interest for whom the Noblo Earl has taken care to provide. He has not taken pity on his father-in-law—or chosen his brotherein-law for colleague, or his kinsmen to fill the vacant plaece in his Cabinet. Thank God, there is no brood of incapable hungry Minto-Elliots or greedy Greys clinging round the skirts of the Earl of Derby. We have had, for six long years, enough and too much of this. The country was indignant and nauseated at such fla gran,t • jobbery, and at the shameless sang froid with which it was avowed. Of all the narrow and nasty cliques which ever disgraced a faction that Minto-and-Grey clique was the narrowest and the most unbearable. The gorge of the nation had risen at it long ago. There was no public service—there was no country which these miraculous Greys and these stupendous Minto•Elliots were not quartered on. The country had, Heaven knows, a dear and a heavy bargain of their emptiness, their arrogance, theite superciliousness, and their sordid thirst for priblic money. Let it not be said our censure is in discriminate, or that we run down a great party. We deny it. The concentrated essence of Whiggery is not contained in the Greys and Elliots. They loved the name for what it produced to their kith and kin, and cared not a dolt for the mere doctrines which were unprofitable without office. Contrast the public and official lives of these men with the graceful. departure, the blameless, unspotted, and un selfish career of Lord Lansdowne, and they stand rebuked by the contrast of a', Whig who unites the qualities and attributes of a nobleman and gen tleman. We have said there is no nepotism in the appointments of the Earl of Derby. In all that long list of officials which the Morning Herald has for the three last days contained, there is but one name connected with his Lordship's own family, and that is the name of. Lord Stanley, who is appointed to the Under-Secretaryship for Foreign Affairs. For this office no man brie fitted himself more by laborious preparation and long travel than the Noble Member for pig's Lynn. Had Lord Stanley been one of the Greys in the Ministry of Lord John Russell, or one of the Elliot?, think you the "governing families" would not have provided something better than an under-secretaryship for a young nobleman who not merely obtained the first place in classics at Trinity College, Cambridge, but who also took mathematical honours, and gained the declamation and other prizes. The Secretary of the Admiralty, at all times an important place, is just now peculiarly so. It has been conferred on Mr. Stafford, a gentleman of un questioned ability and readiness, and great personal popularity. The Secretaries of the Board of Con trol are Lord Desert, a nobleman of confessed ability, and Mr. 11. Billie, who has devoted much attention to colonial questions, and who on more oc casions than one has distinguished himself in debate. There is not a better informed man in the House, nor a better man of business of his standing, than Mr. G. A. Hamilton, and his colleague, Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, is not only an excellent man of business, but deservedly popular with men of all parties. The Marquis of Chandos is not merely a most exemplary member of society, but has already shown himself an excellent and a prudent man of business. It is true, none of ,these noblemen and gentlemen are as old, as hacknied, and as experienced as some of the Whig red-tapists. But of all the cants in this canting world the cant of expe rience is the most unmeaning. Do not we see men of fifty, sixty, and seventy every day, who have had abundant experience, and whom nobody thinks the better or the wiser for it? Official life must have a beginning, and it were better it began early than late. Some of our greatest and best public servants had responsibility cast on them at a very early age. We need but mention the Pitts, the Nelsons, the Wellingtons, the Cannings, the Peels, and the Stan lays. No one can say, however, that the head of the Government—that the head of the law, in England or Ireland—that the first law officers of the Crown, either in England or Ireland—that the Commander in-Chief, or the Master-General of the Ordnance, or t h e President of the Council, lack experience and for the rest, the mere routine of office will be soon learned by those unused to official life. 'We have seen so many unworthy,' uncandid, and, we regret to say, unprincipled things practised by m en seasoned to, and hacknied in, official life, th a t we rejoice now t o have to deal with some officials who co me not to the work with tainted, damaged, or equivoca l charac ters from their last places. DAILY NEWS.—To-day the New Min istr y are to " kiss hands ;" and to-day the Old Palace of St. James's will exhibit the well-known features of a levee. Carriages will throng Pall-mall, and St. James's-street will be all animation. Soldiers drawn out and busy policemen will keep back the curious throng of the oi polloi, who gaze with greedy wonder , supon the jostle of vehicles filled with wonderful leople, all crimson and gold, and feathers, and swords, send all framed and glazed in carriages of every ima ginable sort and size, from the dignified yellow cha riot with marvellous hammer-cloth of the Peer, to the dingy hired brougham of the lieutenant of marines. With 'a real loyalty—now almost singular in Europe _crowds of dignitaries, ministerial and non-ministe ri4l, naval, military, legal, clerical , will , to-day, flock about the Queen to pay to her position and her dig nity that homage which her virtues render so pleasant a duty. In the midst of this curious crowd will be one man to whom the situation may be novel, but the triumph great. The day will lift him to the crowning point of a long-wrought ambition—will re ward a fierce struggle unceasingly kept up for years with the steadiness of purpose that can alone secure the realization of any lofty effort. The Lords whose boast is a wealthy pedigree may frown, a nd the hangers-on of the State may titter; t h e old aristocra tic Tories may flatter themselves they are using him ; whilst he knows he is using them ; they may doubt, or deny, or repudiate as they will, but this one plebeian of the throng to-day it is who has created the Minis-. try about to " kiss hands" on taking their places. lie alone saw the way of linking together the elements of a once powerful but disorganized party; he it was who " felt his way" towards healing prejudices in one direction and widening them in another; insinuating a doubt here and administering a compliment there ; taking up the cudgels of debate when hereditary dul ness was suffering from the onslaught of economic truth, oryielding hisrapier for defence when theyouth ful cleverness of modern England fleshed its keen blade in the slothful stupidity of those who think mildewed prejudices sufficient to satisfy the needs of our time. Beady, witty, fluent, dexterous—and with steady and adherentt, y purpose—he has at last achieved the e . point he has striven for. To-day he must remember the Parliamentary scorn that, years ago, saluted his first Parliamentary effort ; to-day going on his knee to the Queen as one of her appointed Ministers, me mory can scarcely fail to recal his bitter reply, come when you shall be glad to hear me." And it hurled as the return for that scorn—" The day will has come. And Lord Derby may flout, and his friends may scoff if they w ill, but the men who " kiss hands" to-day are and can only bega regarded The son of the scholar as Mr. Disraeli's Ministry. and author—himself a novelist and a writer for the press—a wit and an adventu rer —has banded together, and in reality leads the lords and lordlin g s who go with him through the court pageant of to-day. The hope and I tn c reached d ' is, :Gear sweets"—and et a ew t x:r l l 3 : r ca i a t nl a de i d n. the anticipation of years has been realised, and—Mr. as he 13 , njarain Disraeli, jun., is Chancellor of the heAtanhde_eigwliethe pinnacle, and become " right honourable " He tastes thh h te, a tnext mastered? will useful salary —of office. lle have il patronage—that will worry him.; colleagues— will use and scoff at him. lie is tot, quick not w to ° e too sensitive not to feel, too clever nut to appreciatese, all this. But the malice of the vain and envious may not sur p r i se , the animosity of the Malicious can only a bitterness of the showy cup will cove him. The quarter. The glitter of the levee will not from another no will the jingle of " right honourable"" hide it, nor voice. Tile, talent that has lifted .the drown its plebeian into the gaudy unrealities of modern arist ocr atic will, also; show its owner the falsity of his position, lle is a genius amongst dullards ; an emanation of .th e present amongst those who believe only in the past; a flatterer' of prejudices he knows to be hollow ; and a preacher of the wisdom of theories 1: o dg s i nc e: exploded. He takes his place amongst these noblemen of the Cabinet because they have been persuaded the magic of his "genius can put new lire into their defunct political shams, and that his dee • terity will enable them to juggle and cajolesatd mis lead a straightforward working-day nation who have thriven by their adhesion to political common sense. The ceremonial of to-day must, alas, be followed by the work of te-morrow. Even new-born Ministers cannot al ways be going to palaces kissing the Queen's bands. The people who only hear of these grand things—and pay for them— w ill look for results. They must know upon what terms this Tory Ministry, reared by an architect from their own ranks, intends to ask for national support. The men whotattOrlOtirl the men who think —the men whose boy itatis - trY gives power to the state and riches to the realm — whose ingenuity asks a f a i r fi e ld , w h o se labour re quires frefreedom, and whose c hildren want cheap bread—all these will wa i t to know what t h e Disraeli- Derby Ministry inte n d t o d o. Wi t h th e prover bial generosity of th e i r race, they may say " Give - the Ministers time ;" with t h e honoura bl e sp i r it which every true Englishma n i n hi s heart loves, th e y may . cry, "Let them hav e f a i r plav; " but tho time and the law cannot be exp ec t e d to lust long. Mr'. Dis raeli must pronounce. With all his power for appre ciating the realities of a question he may pretend to belie in its ,shadows ; in plac e of economical truths, he may offer 11s political ch ains " ; an d w hereeve ask for prompt statesm ans hi p, m ay propose procrastina tion and official juggle ' ll° may do all this in a very atmosphere of el oquence, sparkling w i t h j o k es and pungent with repartee. Buy it Mill never do. In the broad clear light of the common sense of England in 1852, to bring forward the old political stage tricks of the last century would be an insult ; in the presence of the free industry that, despite re ductions of taxation, offers at this hour a national treasury containing a surplus of three millions ster ling—to propose a rent-raising bread-tax would be sheer selfish mania. To offer legislative leading strings to a nation long since able to run alone would be insolence. The new Chancellor of the Exchequer is far too clever not to know all this. Let us hope he is far too sensible to take any step be believes to be absurd. With a hostile Parliamentary majority; with an expiring income-tax; with bl a t an t bigotry asking impossibilities; with an undefended coast in very presence of an armed despotism ; with an army and navy acattered over the extremities of an empire whose heart, is left exposed, whilst its coffers are a Popular demand for colleagues think adgenisatno oligarchic service— asduyff rtaagae ; lav w ehm i i th o te r ah ti si c ; and with loud gePxraotrealninasiminogenn of f i tt a hh l re repletione free -trade principles pleclg o e pledged t - 0 protection; with requirements whilst his colleagues for tin extension are pride of a realised °I" genius towards the r t innate y, an aspirationshisofficial l of pl e ~kissPmabt hands" nn , da m:: n th ee e dbe sprung from mt w h i ee t r h pc ie a fo l u l pl It and.ehe s a e pi difficulties tahtcieangth in towardsitnhe hisftuh full ambition he this day g for mation of his new obstructive Tory 'Ministry. Ile has reached the top round of the ladder. With an overload of promises it is impossible to fulfil, and of goes to pledges no man could keep, how can he avoid top pling over ? TlMES.—There is no appointment in Lord Derby's Cabinet which has given occasion to more unfavourable criticism than that strange caprice of fate which has intrusted to a gentlenaan, hitherto principally known at quarter sessions, the sovereignty over the forty-four co:onies of Great Britain. The transition from discussing public-house licenses and punishing poachers to the obscure and stormy politics of so many remote and discontented communities 'is certainly rather violent, besides that there are not wanting those who assert that the appointment of Sir John Pakington is a pledge to the West Indian interest that the Ministry are prepared to prevent that decrease in the protection of sugar which is about to come into operation. • Adhering to the rule we have laid down for ourselves of prejudg ing nothing, and estimating impartially the merits of the Ministry by their acts rather than by their antecedents, we deprecate any attempt to prejudice the public mind unduly against the new Colonial Secretary. Certainly we have no reason to suppose that he has ever devoted much attention to the complicated duties which he has undertaken, and we have no difficulty in assuming that he is utterly unequal to the discharge of one-twentieth part of those claims which so many and such varying inte rests make upon the time of the Colonial Minister. But have we ever had, or are we ever likely to have, a Secret ary o f S ta t e for the Colonies of whom the same thing cannot with truth be said? Has any one ever yet held the seals who was not to a considerable degree wanting, not only in that local knowledge of our colonies which nothing but a personal visit can impart, but also even in that less accurate and satis factory information which is derived from Parlia mentary blue books and the accounts of travellers ? So long as we choose to govern our colonies by a centralised despotism, exercised by persons who have never set foot on the shore of any of them, and who are not brought up to the business, ignorance in the governing person must be unavoid able, and the question can only be one of amount and degree. Every Colonial Minister under our present system is necessarily unfit for and unequal to the office he undertakes. It is the fault of the system more than the individual that we choose to take upon ourselves the government of people who know their own interests much better than we can teach them, end that, being resolved on this first folly, we follow it up by the second absurdity of requiring from a single person duties which, divided among several, would still be inadequately performed. A Colonial Minister may know more and be able to discourse more plausibly about colonies than the gentlemen whom be encounters either in society or i n Parlia ment ; but this would avail him little—nay, would be a positive disadvantage --if it induced him to rely on his own Judgment, and believ e that he is, therefore, able to intermeddle successfully, in their affairs. No knowledge lees than that possessed by the colonists themselves will do this, and that knowledge it is quite certain no Colonial Minis ter can or ever will possess. Placed at such un avoidable disadvantage in the execution of his office, the Colonial Minister has three courses of action open for his adoption. Ile may either follow h is own judgment t be may attend to that of the clerks of the Colonial-office ; or, lastly, he the wishes may consult _ of the colonists themselves, we apprehend The first to have been the course pursued by Lord Grey , who, with very considerable knowledge of colonial affairs, and great confidence in his own judgment, has left behind him a reputation which th e l e ast skilful of his successors has no occasion to env We cannot sup posey. that our new Colonial Secretary, who can scarcely have acquired even a rudimentary knowledge of the subject, is likely to full into the first of these errors. His choice will lie between suffering himself to be guided implicitly by the bureaucracy, of which he is the nominal head, or by the opinions of t he colo nists themselves. The' first o f these courses is the easiest and most natural ; the second has little to re commend it beyond its justice and expediency. The permanent officials of the Colonial-office find their in- t e rest—nay, their very "istence—involved in per petuating the present syste m o f centralised despotism, in in withholding that self- government often promised, often nominally bestowed, b u t , excep t in the case of Americo, never really g i ven. Able and well informed, useful and dexterous, as these g en tlemen are, the pre valence of their influence over the Colonial Minister bodes little good to the consolidation of our empire or the extension of our commerc e . The Colonial-office point of view is neither imperial nor colonial, it is bureaucratic, and requires the continuance of our present i h m_sc ievous system of e meddling, not for the sa ke of the colonies, nor of the mother country, but for the sake of those into whose hands the manage ment of that system almos t necessarily devolves. Sir John Pakington must, we , ssiould think, enter office with one great advantage over his predecessors — a thorough consciousness of hi s "4 ignorance. If it be wise, be will make this consciousness his guiding principle, and seek information, not from the subor dinates of his office, whose interest it is to keep him in a state of perpetual minority and tutelage, but from the data which will be furnished him by the numerous remonstrances and addresses - l of the colonists themselve s . From these h e will learn' that however excellent may be the arguments by which the Home Government has sought .to justify its interference with the domestic concerns sef the colonies, that interference has been uniformly regarded by those best informed and most • interested as a source of unmixed evil. He cannot possibly hope to carry on this system with better success than men who, like Lord Grey, or his (Alicia chief, Lord Derby, have been for years at the head colonial affairs f affairs ; but he can, if he will, do better than they, for he can remit the decision to the colonist ---------------- have been, s them- iform selves, and thus, while disembarrassing himself at RiFLE CLUBS.—Sam lea Of uniform the practical sug tain credit by placing power in the h ands best able carefully prepared, in accordance ' t ir o ' Messrs. Nicoll, Army to wield it. Thus, our new Colonial estiOns made from thee to o tire tip Beat and 22, Corn- Secretarywill g find that for the last ten years the policy of the Clothiers, of 114, 116, 11: i ,g wished officers..b`liehewictioilosuurrs Home Government and the opi n i ons of tbe Aus- bill, London, by v to ari a o s u s % ii ate as n ear as sf possible would tralian colonists have been running in precisely r a o r u e m c itg oljects, so that the weater as coil P id possibly be offered for opposite directions, the one tending . t o a hih, the present as indistinct a mark l es may be seen of l complete other to a low price of colonial land s ; and be w ill all enemy's . . fire. Here Win) • us hues of the neutral grar , , the additionally dresses made in the yam brown mixture, the colour also find the question ldwhich complicated by mixed colours of heath, an d a lso a it is universally admitted, the recent discoveries of go , reeder prompt .fthe ground;. at the satdutebteilnee a mples, that the shape of resolutions, taken on the spot, absolutely necessary. by all who have inspected to please any gentleman Under these circumstances he will not, if he be wise, each is of a character to wear it. upon embarrass himself with the .complicated questions who may be called SOUTII-WFSTERN RAILIVAT.---kt relating to Australian lands, whichit would require 'aLASGO ti ff t‘'rthAelbidDirectors of the Glasgow and South-W es months to master and deal with, but will decide at a meet ° u Tuesday', it was resolved . to recommend to whole decision of the . • tern Hallway, tau Tuesday, the g eneral meeting to be held next week once to remit the . on this side of the globe the prop dividend at the rate of two per cent, per annum, .with which no authority to declare LI stock of the compan • and to the governors and councils th e c on s olidated 3, to carry over is competent to deal, . ou o f 3,8091. to the credit of the current half • ' So, also, • • -e ear s of the respective colonies. with regard the balance to New Zealand, he will be content to delegate to revenue. MOVEMENTS OF OCEAN STEAMERS.—The by representatives o f the Ts' E an assembly formed. of legislation IT 'ted States mail steamer Arctic, Luce commander, sailed several colonies that powei Lord Grey has already exercised and been obliged nineteen passengers, a full cargo, and the usual mails. Th© to recal. ILI the Cape the application of the prin- British and North American mail steamer Europa, Lott cora lt ; but as itto ander, which would leave Boston on the 16th, may, be ex seeciple may be more difficult . , . is easy in en in let ping thC defence pected that the struggle must Q 1 t... '.:l 0.1 ali.vai ciiiir of the colony to the colonists themselvos, it is right that their opinions should be as speedily expressed and treated with as much deference as poKibio. Where he feels himself ignorant, a man of sense Would seek the advice of those best able to counsel and least dis posed to deceive him, and would throw upon them those responsibilities for which he ought to feel utterly unprepared. If Sir John Pakington adopt this course his very ignorance will have reads him a valuable servant of his country ; if he shrink from its adoption, he has no choice but to surrender himself into the hands of subordinate officials, who will lead him, h byLeague nomeans through - a course discreditable to himself, to conclu sions injuri ous t o t h e we lf are o f th e co l on i es an d th e to n stability of th e emp i re. C o o l r o n u • a l a‘ir CIIRONICLE.—The threatened revival of the A i sn one of o fe tl f ) e the nl o s tmuons most a t u i s n f e a x c ry ti: pected, results of Lord Derby's accessionoffice. to Although we regard with little complacency thein flaence of political clubs and unions on the adininis , tratiou Of public aft" urs, we, nevertheless cannot rye:ct sur prise at pil the readiness with which the leaders of the energetic and earnest manufacturing classes relur to their, familiar machinery of agitation. Still new to th? possession of political power ,they are as "yet scarcely trained to exercise it within the old con stitutional limits. Their undisputed sway on platforms and in League Council-rooms is alternately a source of strength and of weakness. So long as they had a great object in view, and a Parliamentary majority opposed to them, the "Manchester leaders exercised a formidable power. But many subsequent occasions haVe proved that the strength which they possessed up to 1846 lay, not in their organization, but in their cause ; and they would have formed a far more powerful section of the House of Commons if they had, since that time, cultivated their Parliamentary influence with more exclusive care. If, un der present circumstances, they should deter mine to revive their extra-constitutional agi tation, we doubt whether they will consult either their own eventual interest, or even the immediate good of the country ; but we shall not think it necessary to waste our time in unavailing re monstrances, and we shall neither declaim against the weakness of yielding to club dictation, nor exag gerate the danger of resisting it. The true mode of dealing with any political association which becomes seriously formidable is to discover and appropriate the just claims in which its real force consists, by giving them utterance according to regular constitutional forms. The League which is talked of will never become dangerous to the country, if a powerful Par liamentary Opposition, with the support of the press, discharge its functions more naturally and efficiently than any voluntary association. isv‘ sossorhhenlrescyt itselffelt. FOREIGN REFUGEES AND ENGLISH TRAVELLERS. The following is the text of the dispatch addressed by Prince Schwarzenburg to Count Buol-Schauen stein, Austrian Minister Plenipotentiary in England, to which reference was made in the House of Corn• mons on Monday evening:- - - " Vienna, Feb. •t, 1852. " Lord Granville has had the goodness to communi cate to your Excellency the dispatch which he addressed to the Earl cf Westmoreland, under date of the 13th of January last, in answer to the protests (reclamations) which you, M. to Comte, were charged to present to the Government of her Britannic Majesty against the tolerance accordedin England to the revolutionary pro• ceedings (mendes revolutionaires) of the political refugees 'who have found an asylum in that country. " The first part of this. document (Lord Granville's dispatch) turns on the high value which the English people attach to the right of asylum, and on the motives which binder the British Government from thinking of (songer a) restraining that right, by presenting an alien Bill to Parliament. We do not feel ourselves called upon to enter upon a'controversy on the arguments employed in this part of the' dispatch of Lord Granville, since we have never denied to England the exercise of the right of asylum in Itself, any more than we have pretended to dictate to the British Government, which itself is the most com petent judge, the means which it should employ to ob viate the flagrant abuse of this right. "All that we have demanded of the British Govern ment (and we shall not cease to demand it) is, that it shall so manage (faire en sorte) that the political refu gees to whom it accords an asylum shall not be allowed to pursue, under the shadow of the hospitality which they enjoy, machinations openly hostile to the states of the continent, and especially to Austria. "Lord Granville has been so good (a. Lien voulu) as to offer us, on this subject, an assurance that the British Government would not only regret, but would loudly condemn, all attempts on the part of the refugees to ex cite insurrection in their original country; that it would continue to watch (sur•veiller) the conduct of suspected refugees, and would seek, by all legal means, to hinder them from abusing—to the detriment of Governments in friendly alliance with Great Britain—the hospitality which the English laws so generously accord to them• " The Emperor, in noting down (en prenant acted these assurances has pleasure in thence deriving a hope (aims a y puiser l'espoir) that the British Government will henceforth know how to make more ample and rigorous use than it has hitherto done of the legal means at its disposal, and which it appears to judge sufficient to enable it to fulfil its international duties with regard to the proceedings of the refugees, "At any rate (toutejois), while waiting till these dis positions of the British Government are followed by deeds (soient suivies (refire°, the almost unlimited liberty of action which the refugees have hitherto enjoyed in England, with regard to the revolutionary plots that a great number of them does not cease hatching against the repose of the States of the Continent, imposes upon (p u ccooainiuvteio,oluinr, precaution, tending nd t g h d e atno d g u ge t ru y sa o rod f f uw taking some measures of under e i m truhe p ged rufr, from the passports o a b l ml t authorities t hn h peg o ii lrrr England, vigilancentt o i d e f e, s oat s e h nhx ia de • c i i g r l shtl;winntrheigsicixettauhnetirtecuhuuerlselifetteobegaasernantrserhtnttdeyroosi ry:tielsuita6c,ltuhyethteiirhacvi:h source. n f e o rrvßn luocee r l, rrasldtl:am:e;etertrilyer becomerie a habit to make frequent exceptions in favour of subjects. The Imperial Government, comic; to itself' the faculty of taking into consideration measures, if unhappily the need of them stilt our Excellency is charged to read and give a cop of this dispatch to Lord Granville. " Receive, &c." IRELAND. DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY.--His Excellency the Lord. Lieutenant, the Countess of Clarendon, and their suite ,will take their departure from this country on Saturday next. It is stated that it is the intention of their Excellencies to hold an undress levee at Dublin Castle on that day. Yesterday the grand jury of Louth found true bills for a seditious libel against Mr, Cartan, pro prietor of the Dundalk Democrat. On the motion of counsel for the Crown, the trial was fixed to take place in the Queen's Bench next term. It has been asserted that some of the parties min.. dared in Louth had been denounced in the Democrat. Mr. Cartan denies this allegation, and maintains that not one of the several disturbed districts was ever named or alluded to in his paper. OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.—The following is list of the recent appointments as Crown proseou tors :—Wicklow—Charles Coates, Esq. Wexford William Ryan, Esq. * Waterford — James Lawson, Esq. Tipperary, South—John rennefather, Esq. Tipperary, North—David Lynch, Esq., Q.C. Kill kenny—Henry O'Hara, Esq. The Lord Lieutenant has directed James Little, Esq., R.M., to take charge of the county of Wick low, as resident magistrate, in the room of Bartholo mew Warburton, lEsq., 'appointed to the district of Ballybot, in the county of Armagh. SERIOUS ILLNESS OF ARCIIIIISHOF MURRAY.--We regret to announce that the Venerable Dr. Murray, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, was yester day morning struck with paralysiF, and, up to five o'clock this morning, remained in a state of uncon T sciousness. There was then no hope of his recovery. SALE OF ENCUMBERED ESTATES. —Yesterday the extensive estates of the Earl of Carrick, in Tipperary t k a e . n st n r y ee , t we L re ot so l ld , c b o y ns t i h s e tin C g om o m f is s s , io 2 ne t r i s c , re a s t , H a n e d u r i i ( e i t l producing a net rental of 4341. fetched 3,5501.; lot 2, brought 3,300/. ; lot 3, containing 2,077 acres sold for 9,6501. The chief lot was the demesne and lands of Ballylinch, situate i n the county Kilkenny, taining 818 a. 2r. Op., statute measure, subject to a proportion of tithe rent-charge amounting to about 531. ss. 85. yearly, subject to a fee-farm ren se t at of 61. 6s. sterling. Mr. Fit z g erald was the purchar, 8,6001. The several lots produced 40,200/. During the progress of the proceedings. it wag stated that for some years back the tenants o estate had been paying rents, less by 33 to 35 per Ti n ted - cent. than the sums set out in the p rental. DEPARTMENT OF PRACTICAL ART. A department under this title, to have the superin tendence over the variousschools- of design, and to be conneetEd with other self-supporting institutions which aim 'to advance cducationiin art, has recently been or ganised et the Board of Trade. The nature and objects of this department aro shown by the following circular which has recently been addressed to the secretaries of the local committees which manage the schools of design:— " Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade, Whitehall, February - , 1852. " Sir,—l am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade to state to you, for the in formation of the committee o f the School of De sign, that their Lordships, having recently, had under their consideration the subject of - the Government Seheels of Design,'have made the following arrange menta, with a view to their more alicient management, the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury having sanc tioned the requisite increase of expenditure for carrying them into effect. " A department of tho Board of : Trade has been crcatuc?, called The Department of Practical Art.' This del,artusent consists of two officers, called superin teederits of school's of practical art, and a secretary. " One*4 the superintendents is required to devote" his whole time and services to the duties of the department, and is intrusted with the general business of management under the direction Of my Lords. "It is his duty to place himself in communication with the -manutuctursrs, both in London and in the country, whose operations are connected with ornamen tal art, to make himself acquainted with their special wants, with a view of enabling the schools, 'as fur as practicable, to supply them. He is to communicate with the different local committees, managers of initintes, Sce,, in order to ascertain their wants, to recommend the course best adapted for rendering • those institutions practically useful to the manufacturers of the district in which they are placed, and to stimulate local exertions and voluntary associations for the establishment' and support of schools of art, and rendering them, as far as practicable, self-supporting. He is to visit and inspect the head school and female school in London, and theT branch schools and other institution& to. which Government grants are made, and to report to my Lords on their condition, manageinent, and prOgress; on the attendance of the masters, and the mode in which their duties are discharged; and on the preservation and ar rangement of the collections of works of art in the pos -1 session of the schools. He is to visit those places where it is proposed to establish new schools, and to ascertain the necessity which exists for their creation, and the amount of local support which may be expected, in order that my Lords may be enabled to decide upon the ex pediency of establishing such schools. He is to s regulate the admission of students into the head school, under the sanction of my Lords; and is specially to attend all matters relating to the general management of the schools, including the correspondence, reports, circulars, &c., which arise out of such business. On all these points no decision is to be made, or step to be taken, without the previous approval of my Lords. ," The other superintendent is to advise my Lords upon all points in the management requiring artistic know ledge, and to inspect, from time to time, the head school, the female school, and all the branch scools, for the pur pose of examining the productions of the students, and of reporting to my Lords upon the system and method of instruction pursued in these schools, and upon their artistic state and progress. " This officer is to be ready to render such assistance to my Lords as they may require, in the artistic manage ment of the shoe's; and, for this purpose, he is to give occasional attendance at the Board of Trade. " My Lords have been pleased. to appoint Mr. Henry Cole to the first mentioned of these offices, namely, that of superintendent of the business of general manage ment; and Mr. Richard Redgrave to that of art superin tendent. " " Tbo secretary is to conduct, in the name of the Board of Trade, the correspondence of the department. He is to have charge of the accounts, to receive the fees of students at the head school, and at the female school, and all other moneys. He is to make all payments, and conduct the financial business, under the direction of the Board of Trade. He is to have the custody of all official papers, to keep the records of attendance and classifica tions of the students; to arrange and prepare for print ing all reports, returns, circulars, and catalogues; and to have charge of the property of the head school; to manage the library of the head school, and to superin tend the sending of supplies of works of art, examples, and books to the branch schools. " My Lords have been pleased to appoint Mr. Deve rell, the present secretary to the schools of design, to be the secretary to the new department. " The head masters of the central school are en trusted, under the sanction of my Lords, with the direc tion of the instruction in the central school, which is to be rendered as useful as possible to the branch schools, !and they are to be responsible for the progress of the students in the course of instruction so adopted. " They are to control and direct the other masters of the central school, and when vacancies occur they are to recommend to the Board of Trade masters for the schools to fill the vacant places, and also to recommend exhibitioners from among the students in the schools for the nomination of my Lords. "When required, they are to report to nay Lords upon the state and progress of the central school, and of any of the branch schools; and, in concert, with the art superintendent, they are to select and recommend for purchase the examples of art, books, &c., for the use of the schools. "I am to request that you will have the goodness to acknowledge the ' receipt of this communication, and to bring it under the notice of the committee and masters of the School of Design as early as possible. " I have the honour to be, Sir, "Your obedient eervant, (Signed) " G. R. PORTER, Secretary to the Board of Trade. The Secretary of the Government School of Design COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday morn ing in the garden of Buckingham Palace. Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday morn ing, attended by Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, and Prince Arthur, took their accustomed - exercise yesterday in the grounds of Buckingham Palace. In the afternoon his Royal Highness Prince Alberta, attended by Lieute nan t-C o l one l the H on . A. Gordon, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House. Her Majesty's private band attended in the evening at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, and performed — Sinfunia No. 7—Poeo aostenuto, vivaoe, allegretto, presto, finale, allegro, con trio Beethoven. The Marquis of Breadalbane had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home- office. A deputation from the Local Board of Health or Clitheroe had an interview yesterday with the General Board of Health, et their offices, Whitehall. The depu tation consisted of Mr. Thomas Garnett (mayor of Clithe e roe), and Mr. Henry Thomson (alderman). They were introduced by Mr. Mathew Wilson, jun., M.P. ROYAL INFIRMARY FOR ASTIIMA AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST.—On Tuesday the annual general meeting of the governors of the above-named charity was held at the London Tavern ; James Talon, Esq., in the chair. The re port stated that since the foundation of the infirmary in 1814 about 39,000 poor afflicted creatures had been relieved by it—a strong proof of its usefulness when taken in connexion with a report lately presented to Parliament, set ting forth that one-third the mortality of the whole kingdom arose from affections of the, lungs and heart, and that at least 1% might be traced to pulmonary consumption. With a view to more fully carrying out the objects of the institu tion, several new wards have been opened for the reception of patients, many of whom have been discharged cured or greatly relieved. The number of out-patients during the past year were 1,700, being an increase of 500 on the number in the previous year, the larger portion of whom wer b e o d o _ - charged cured, and of whom about 500 remain on the ks as under treatment at the present - t ime ; while the epplica - dons for relief daily increase. The report was unanimously ly adopted, some routine b us iness was transacted, _ to when the procee dings terminated, with a vot e of thanks the chairman. A NOVEL. STEAM-BOAT.—The American steam. boats on the north river (or Hudson) have for a long ti me been famed for their great speed. As early as 1829 the steam-boat North America, capable of carrying 1,000 pas sengers, made the passage between New York and Albany in ten hours. There is now about to be built at New York a boat that is to make the run—the distance 150 mil b p - tween New York and Albany in five hours. She is to - com pete with the railroad that runs between t hese cities, and which nearly follows the banks of the river. Her propor tions are as follow ::--Length of keel, 500 feet; length of deck, 350. She looks like a swordfish. Th ere is i feet of keel at each end, exte ndin g out fro m the deck, itself a bo v e water, and it is sharp and pointed whi ch the sword of the fish. _ Both ends of the boat are a lik e, and her engines work both ways. She is not intended to turn round, but to work like a ferry-boat. She is to be called the George Wash ington, and to have accommodation for 3,000 passengers. She is to make the passage, 150 miles, in five hours. She is de signed and modelled by Mr. Davidson, of New York. GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.—The fifty-fourth half -yearly meeting of the shareholders in this company was held on Tuesday, at their offices, 71, Lombard street; John Wilkin, Escl in the chair. The report of the directors and a statement of t he accounts for the year ending 31st of December last wasf read to the meeting. The re port, which was very sat' by thiprobrieto rs . The usual was unanimously received e usual dividend and bones were de clared, and the cordial tanks of the proprietors voted to the chairman and directors for their zealons services in the ma nagement of the company ' s affairs ; after which th e Meeting separate d— _ ROBBERY BY . BANK CLERK. — clerk in the bank d P k On Wednesday, a at W* isbeacb, vlas of Messrs. Gurney Birkbeek, an ec over, brought before the borough magistrates, charged with stealing 500/. in bank- ue t eg , gold, and silver, from the above firm. Mr. William Adams stated, that on the Gth inst. the clerks were taking the half-yearly general balance, and could not make it igree. On Monday last he discovered an error of 3001. on the credit side of the transfer for the present year. On holding, up the leaf of the book to a candle he found an erasure. The book was in the prisoner's handwriting. Called prisoner's attention to it, when he ran away into Mr. Peckovers house, whence he returned in a few minutes ; and lIIr F. Mills said to the prisoner, "We shall want an explanation of this." Prisoner then took a pencil, and by placing a figure of 3 before 98, it made 3981. odd, which alteration made the book correct. The prisoner made another sitnilar alteraon, agr eesg 1314 os_, which made the castings-up The prisoner said, ," i think I have taken 500/., if you tak e th e cast i ngs f o r three ears.” 'He said, " I have been in an aw f u l s t a t e o f mind, have done everything to drown reflection, and I am glad y ou h ave found it.nut." T ha prisoner said he wished no toof 1. point ou t to Mr. W . Adams that there was a diserepancY o n the debii sid e of the transfer-book, p. 7, which format ex t ra charge againstlim, but he did it as a security against 001. being debited. The prisoner was then committed for Mal at the Cambridge aSSIZels—/Vorfoliz Chroniok. ~. CALIFOIINIA. SAN FRANCISCO, DEC. 31, 1851.—We have no been doing much for the last month that could inte rest the Old World. In consequence of the rainy weather, _now fairly set in, having rendered the roads in the interior almost impassable for the last two weeks, and thus preventing:" teaming' from the Cities of Sacra mento and Stockton, business transactions in mer chandise have been naturally limited. Some articles, however, are improving, the demand is in creasing, and holders are firm in asking advanced prices. Ilwould note coals:end lumber in particular, both of which are scarce. It is considered doubtful that imported lumber will continue to pay, however, as there is an abundance of forests in the country, and as several local sawmills are now being put up, and bricks, made on the spot, are coming into more ge neral use for building. Coals, if not sent in ex cess, will always do well. worth 110 dolls. per 1.000; Lumber, assorted, is worth 35 dolls and shoo` brick: , (English) 35 dolls. to 40 d , dls. ; • fi re b r i c k s 55 doll 4, to 6 0 dolls. Coals are 1,000 tons are held in ex pectation o f an advance to 40 aolls. l oT 50 dolls. per ton in consequent(* of the short supply .on hand and the increase in the consumption. Flour is worth now 11 per sa(.lt of '2oolb. and likely to advance. The late rains have enabled the miners to work with in creased advantage, and they seem very generally to have availed themselves of the water to wash the heaps collected during the autumn. Gold dust has been scarce lately, owing to the difficulty of transport and the price has advanced a little, and although there is every prospect of an increased supply, I think, from the general demand, that it will maintain the advance. The news from all parts of the mining country is most encouraging, and quartz mi • - Lung, as an ::invest ment, is coming to be looked upon with considerable favour by local capitalists. Some disturbance took place at the Southern mineslately, at a place called Carson - bill, respecting the con flicting claims of two sets of miners to the diggin gs ; but no more serious consequences than a good fleecing by the gentlemen of the long robe are anticipated to result from the fracas. The dispute is fortunately among Americans, and no foreigners are as yet com promised. The Indian outbreak at the south is likely to be soon quelled. The chief who organized it has been taken, and some prisoners who were implicated in the Indian rising have been hung at San Diego, which it is sup posed will strike such terror into the Indian camp as will bring about a peace. A very general disposi tion to engage in railroad speculations is manifesting itself throughout the country. Some progress has already been made in the preliminaries of a rail road from this city to San Jcee. The line is nearly a dead level, passing through a rich valley, which when cultivated will be very produc tive. It is premature, however, to speculate upon the result until the country is more thickly peopled. From Sacramento city to Marysville, and to Nevada city a railroad is also seriously spoken of, and from Stockton to the Southern mines. These latter are feasible enough, for the traffic to the mines is enor mous and constantly increasing. At the present rate of settlement the interior will soon be as populous as the coast In any other country these speculations would be spoken of for years before any progress would be made in realising them, but in this " fast" country it would not surprise me if all these railroads were open in a year. _ The immigration to this country of late shows a decided increase, and is attended with many features which will be of ultimate benefit to the country. A better class of persons come ; many families are ar riving ; young women of respectable character, ar tisans, and tradesmen, merchants and professional men, are ell coming to make the country their permanent home. This accession is causing San Francisco to spread itself out to a large size, and one of the most obvious results of the late impetus given to the growth of the town has been a rise in the price of land, which for some time back was very dull. On the whole the prospects of the country were never more cheering than they are at present. The quantity of gold to go by the mail steamer to morrow is 1,400,000 dolls., and reckoning 300 dolls. to each of 300 passengers already engaged, will make 1,490,000 dolls. The total amount of gold exported to all parts in December, with the above, to leave to morrow, will be 5,880,000 dolls. • Exchanges.—England at sight, 46 to 46k; ditto, GO days' sight, 47d. ; France, 4 75 and 4 80 ; Ham burg, 40 to 41 ; Mexico, Lima, and Valparaiso, par to 2 per cent, discount; Atlantic sight draughts, 4 per cent. premium. Price of gold dust, 17 dolls. 50c. to 17 dolls. 621 c. per ounce, and in great demand. Interest of mcney, 3to 4 per cent. premium. Ca pital quite abundant, and good investments scarce. Just as I was closing this letter, a friend of mine, whom I bad asked for the quotations of some goods, sent me a short report, which I think so interesting that I enclose it as an addition to my letter : REPORT ON MARKET FOR ENGLISH MANUFACTURED GOODS, DEc,3l, 1851. In English dry goods little or nothing has been doing for th© last few weeks, owing to the continual rains. The stocks are but moderate. In demand blankets and Wt. shirtings. Hardware—Suitable descriptions find a ready sale at a fair advance upon invoice cost. Earthenware—Ditto. The stocks at present are heavy, owing to recent arrivals. Iron and Steel—ln demand, with a moderate supply. Coals—An extraordinary advance has taken place in the price of this article within the last fortnight. All kinds of English and Welsh will now readily bring 35 dolls. per ton, and by holding a few weeks it is expected that 20 to 30 per cent. on this quotation will be obtained. With the exception of a cargo of 1,000 tons held by one house, the market is almost bare. Spirits and Wines—Market abundantly stocked and prices low. Of Martel's brandy there is none in the market, and it is in demand. Ale and Porter—Prices have slightly declined, owing to large arrivals. Ryas's and Tennant's in bottle brings 3i to 41 per dozen, The following are in demand :—Powder—Shot (this article has advanced 10 per cent. within the last few days). Window glass is in abundant supply. h may be called Biblical Archi tecture, our notice of n wh at MEMORIAL. tecture, we STO NES mti v; t overlook stones of memorial. Jo thost Adam, having prophesied the sephus relate universal. the children of Seth erec t e d two p ill a rs, o k and the other o f s t one , w h ereon they engrav ed memorials of their di scover i es and in ventions,for the benefit of after ages. N ot to d well on : o lu f g b e r , ie t hi s stateme nt, nt however, Jacob, :tiler his drea m o f th e • ladder onreachmg to heaven, se t up " f or a pillar " the which he had rested his head, poured oil on the ' top of it—thus consec ra ti ng i t, and said: " This stone which I slave set up for a pill ar shall be God's house. " therefore called the place Beth-el; and it is interest ing to find that cromlechs in Ireland, and many single stones in Cornwall, attributed to the Phesnicians, retain the name Bothal. It was in use, too, amongst the Greeks. Again, when Jacob and Labatt were covenant ing one with another, " Jacob took a stone and set it up for a pillar;" and further, said to his brethren, " Gather stones; and they took stones and made a heap." Whe n , God communed w i t h J acob and called bim Israel, Jaco b again raised a pillar; and then when Rachael died hove set up a pillar on her grave. Here, you see, we , f pillars raised, as an oflering to God, in witness compact between men, and as a sepulchral m onument. reaeiving About 200 years later, 1491 B.C. Moses, s of Israel." " twelve pillars, according to the twelreeht the Divine message, built an altar under the bill, with took twelve stones out of Jo rdan and (the number of the that Joshua tet And in Joshua it is recorded that the children ildren of Israel tribes), and pitched them in G ilgal . up twelve other stones in the com memorate passing the was called Gilgal, to keep n D ( 1 1451 8.C.). The place wi!ers memory that God had that midst of Jordan, to l children of Israel the reproach day rolled away from t_h_e l, or Gil (signifying a wheel), is of Egypt. The term tia doubled, the lingu ist ---15 la 5 .. _ al , to convey a more perfect no tion of the action. -- 7 -- We are requested to contradict the statement which has been c irculated, to the effect that Lord Jocelyn had accepted o ffi c e under Lord Derby's Administration.— Times. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday last a young mariner, named Blackwell, of Rowhedge, sailed from ,that p l a ce with his father on a fishing excursion, been at sea more than two hours, when, in consequence of but had not the contrary winds and waves, the son go aloft to take in sail, and hile so e ngaged was . blown W as compelled to the distressing circumstance, overboard from the shrouds. The father, who witnessed imme di a tely put the vessel ssistance he could about, and endeavoured to save his son . by throwing out an oar to him, which was all the a ents being furious, render • the drowning man grappled with the . oar, which buoyed him up for a minute, but the elem the unfortunate young man receded 'with the fast-running tide from the eyes of his Parent' an d was seen no mgrs.— Essex Herald. - An accident happened 0 i ,a train was'approaching, on the Rouen . Railway at Sotteville, on Sunday. The switchman , .by mistake, gave uttastrain ran on to a line ou the an d pointst he consequen c e a wron g d was ireeti t ° h u at 1 . and knocked three of them which- carriages were standing, . horror-stricken at to pieces. The switchman, named Boudel, who is of good what,-he witnessed. entering his box he immediately wrote character, and father of a family, was line Bardsi wi e, ding her adieu, and then a few hastY flight tot . . As he ran he threw off he river tartikeljecis of clothing. His footmarks could be traced to the middle of the bridge of Eauplot, but there they ceased, and it is feared that he threw himself into the water. lie had often declared be would kill himself if he were the cause of an accident.—Gidiynani. Tilß FORCE or CONSCIENCE.—About 10 years ago t h er mantu3cript department of the British Museum suffered a loss by the cutting out from the manuscripts of several autographs of the early Reformers. Eight months sinc e the au thorities of the Mu seum rece i ved a note from a Catholic priest enclosing the purloined autographs, in which it was stated, that in eatremis a man whom he attend ed had handed them to him, m i g ht be forwarded to the proper authorities. O n re f err i ng to the , and requested that they per iod when the autographs were ab s t racte d i t was discovered that the party who had committed the felony was a foreigner' .:'l` ~-