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I M r ' t ° Oa ild v r pelanti' ve o `' t3 1' truth , ed 0 ° or' renei v ci stlal al, s r ' old th' which was trust property, but in March, 1850, they I 'ad also incurred debts amounting to 1,150,0001. (. Hear, hear.) Was there any check upon this ex lbditure? One of the witnesses examined before the G enaar.ittee admitted that in 1841-2 11,000/. had been ex Pen ded, for which he could find no vouchers ws ate ver.—(flear, bear.) This sum appeared to hav e been expended without a Treasury letter or a ury warrant. Another witness said that in the qe `ir 1848 a sum of 48,0001. was wholly unaccounted fOr. There was no audit with any authority over the sec OS tuts, and it was proved that the Treasury had been call et l upon to authorise expenditure after it had taken place . If it were possible for any one to discharge the duti:e s of the First Commissioner satisfactorily, the Noble Lord (Lord Seymour) would be one of those most likely to d, so.—(Cheers.) It was only the system of which ha e , t mplained, and he must say, that if the board were compelled to collect revenue, as did the Excise, ands it the same time to expend it like the Admiralty, them would always be the liability to abuse and extra yagra ice.—(Hear, hear.) L o rd DUNCAN replied—He did not say that the a nal mentioned in his resolution had been withheld from far' 6, ament, but that the payments had been withheld or r. the Exchequer. A great principle was involved In t cis resolution, viz., whether the House of Commons ° 12 .2 it not to have the control and management of the Pub lie money. Ho (Lord Duncan) asserted that they °u g t, and with this assertion his Noble Friend had not ," ipted to grapple.—(Hear, hear.) His Noble Friend h adn t h come of it. Wh is Noble Friend brought in his 1 1 . 111 for dividing the Board into two parts it should have I support. he House then divided, when there appeared— For the motion . „,, ... 120 Against it ... .. 119 Majority against . Ministers ... --1 • Mr. LACY moved for and obtained leave to bring in : Bill to prevent the forcible detention of females in re- Ili ions houses. _ Sir G. PECHELL, in moving for a return of the venal sums of freight money received by the treasurer of Greenwich Hospital since the 31st day of February, with the date of such payments, and whether on 1.111 'lie or private account; also, the name of the ship or 'esW in which the treasure was conveyed, and of the captaiir ► or officer commanding the same, said it was well kt own that the money paid by the merchants for the cot veyance of specie led to improper patronage and iebbin t Sir I '. BARING said that strict orders had been given 10 the admirals and captains of stations to prevent the frregi tl arities complained of. The was then agreed to. On the motion of Colonel DUNNE, returns of all ap- Peals - from the decisions of the Commissioners for the a Ve 0 Encumbered Estates in Ireland, with the dec i s ion the Privy Council on each such appeal; and, of ap rt,aa' ions made to the said Commissioners , or an y of for liberty to appeal; and the grounds of applica tion for appeal in each case, were agreed to. °' 1 the report of the votes agreed to in Committee of Supt 11y far the Navy being brought up, I, r. HUME said, that although he bowed to the de °:;alcm of the House on the votes proposed on the pre ``,(4ls a vening, still he wished to put on record his opi ill"11, nd therefore moved now the resolution which he , L ad 3nproposel, but was prevented by the rules of the lit use from moving. Tha motion was put and negatived without a division. In a nswer to a question from Mr. HUME, Sir F. BARING said that the new regulations as to t , g rog and victualling of the navy had been well re ceive d on all foreign stations from which the Govern ment ihad had communications. Tr a' several votes agreed to yesterday were then re- Irtf d, and the other biasiness on the paper having been 18 1 3 ' Ised of, the House adjourned at Half-past Seven. :r. BLEWITT was accidentally shut out from the divi &ion on Lord Duncan's motion, which he was pre- Par' ay I to support. T(1 THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. mr,—On Monday the 10th, came on the annual strug- R " on Supply. Your party, meaning the party which )fesses to take your side, merited every depreciatory t it le that has ever been bestowed upon it. Is it not B ° ll lething hard, that a man, for instance , like myself , cat 'not obey the wishes of his constituents by voting for the air sliest; number of men and monies, without having e 11 1) pearance of throwing up his cap for the Pope and t ! to Slave Trade? I was jeered in the lobby, or he ving at last been made to vote against the Afri tarl,Bl /uadron. On the whole however, as far as re ipa!rue myself, I doubt whether much was taken in that d uce tion by the motion. And it is further worth noting, t ! ia t when the Amendment was proposed with the inser- O 3 n Of an allusion to the squadron, it was refused the Chairman, and not permitted to be put till it was = educed to a simple proposal to reduce the number of Inen. ruesday a motion was made by Lord Duncan , very si milar in spirit to what was carried a few years t i e bY Dr. Bowring, for bringing the expenditure of e b lie revenues under the more immediate control of arlia.r lent; and oddly enough was carried by the same m= l ty of one, the numbers being 220 against 219 . A 17 ; 8 1 1 R a mixture of Tories and Liberals will be seen in the on list. It is great pity events of this nature, de ride nt on the junction of your enemies and because Bnare your enemies, cannot in some way be prevented , It is, neithor in you nor me to hinder it. On the 141 of your professed friends, it is portion of the olden Dian • and like ague fits, we must shake and get throug;h them if heaven wills. I am, Sir, your obedient servant. AN OLD REFORMER. London, 12th March, 1851. L'ANWE HOPE for UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE? " Con Bider the case of the huge unenfranchised class," s ays a v triter in the last number of the Leader—" the l mmPne e elas3 that does the labour of the country— e.„.rtitor of its wealth, supply of its power — the • Peo p le.' " hat ground is there for resisting the demand of that lecyle to be enfranchised? Is property' warranted in re failaing, by the plea that it has taken upon itself th e whole burden of t axa ti on ? No such thing—the great body of th e People still bears the mass of the burden. Mass : Pon m ass, you say: yes, but then you must make re presentation coequal with taxation.' The working , lasse s are the most heavily taxed, yet they are denied th e rights of citizenship; their right to labour or even 5 exif4ence is disputed—most philosophically di s pu t ed; th ey have been plundered of the broad lands, bequeathed .! I ,trust to the Church for their benefit; by the compe ve laws of a false ,economy they are excluded from " l aY share of profits'—the monopoly of capital; they ate told t o o b e y the laws, but are denied national educa (Pn• Is it wonderful that they labour un der chronic dis content, or that they gather new hopes of change 'eel the existence of the Non-Government? ~;` But the middle class has an interest in the q uestion et "" universal Suffrage. At present that class stands to .!,'_rds th e wor ki ng c l asses in the most odious light. iiald anarchy, with all its insiduous covert perils, e hre . nic dis c ontent, hope in change animated by a hos tile !Pim—those are the traits of the times. Then have not the middle class an interest in bringing about a more Wholesome state of feeling? "An interest'! Ay, something far better and higher t han. that. Trade may have cramped the natural feel lags in the middle class; but depend upon it, there is no la rge number of men in whom the strongest feelings , if th ey can only be reached and evoked, are the natural Itimly instincts of the heart, the impulse to do good for the love of God and man, the love of nobleness. Let 114 appeal be made by honest bold men, to natural gene -I,°sltY, and we are confident that the middle class will Answ er it as heartily as they answered the Reform ap- P e al, or the summons to resist the invasion of Buona- Parte. Not for self-interest—that never animates g r eat concourses to consentaneous action; but for the , c . ) ve of what is good and great, the enjoyment of poli tical vitality." COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, MARCH 11. Ifer Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk this morning in Os- Park. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and the lounge r branches of the Royal Family walked and rode. The marchioness of Douro relieved the Viscountess Uanuing as Lady in Waiting this day. There was no addition yesterday to the Royal dinner Duty. It deputation from London Liverpool, and Birming ham, on the subject of the ndulteration of co ffee, con .7...'4"ating of Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P. (chairman) , Mr. G. .1 °Mitt, M.P.; Messrs. Twining. Peek, Dra ne, Q uick, , ntrobus, Henry Cooper, Turner, and Farrer, j un. (tondon); Messrs. Shand, Bramley-Moore, Sharpe, and ktarrison (Liverpool); and Mr. Griffin (Birmingham), Iliad an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at 4 ,ia official residence in Downing-street. The Chancellor -1 ' the Exchequer was present with Lord John Russell at th e i nterv i ew. a n t William Clay, M.P., had an interview yesterday tith Sir George Grey, at the Home-office. Sir John ,urgo}•ne had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman. Or. John Wool, Chairman of the Board of In%nd iteverm, had an interview yesterday with Lord John u'Aell, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. ° lin Wood had also an interview with the Chancellor tl t the Exchequer yesterday. I N deputation, consisting of Mr. Divett, M.P., Mr. adhara (secretary). and Mr. Clark (solicitor) of the 1 3 ,ristol an d E xe t e r Railway Compa n y, an d M r . Ch ar l es " l ies, Parliamentary agent, had an interview yester veith the Commissioners of Railways, at the Board of Trade. ~,The A mer i can Mi n ister had an intervi e w w ith th e ,`„' l ght H onoura bl e Henry Labouchere yesterday, a t th e -üb oard of Trade. C 0 deputation, oonsisting of Major Beresford (North °u nti es Union Railway), Mr. Lang (Direct London and Pertamouth Railway), Mr. Young (secretary), and Parks (solicitor), had an interview with the Com -41 , n ‘ a ioners of Railways yesterday at the Board of Trade. The Oxford University Commission met yesterday at VI official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, b °w lling-street. Present—the Bishop of Norwich, the G. llll of Carlisle, the Master of Pembroke, the Rev. H. ,o. Liddell, J. A. Dampier, Esq. the Rev. G. H. S. " hnson, and the Rev. A. P. Stanley (secretary). 1 :Elt CorrHoLD COMMISSION. —On Monday the math annual report of the Copyhold Commissioners was riat ed. It appears that fifty-three enfranchisements have ,eerl made since the last report. The Commissioners der that that enfranchisements of copyholds would considerably I rti' 4er ‘ e ase, provided that money r en t- c h arges, i nstea d o f cor n tends, W ges, were allowed, and three-fourths of the t o ith the consent of the lord,should bind the others " 4 "e eafroachiammtg. THE S N, LONDON, THE GREAT EXHIBITION. LITERATURE. A very important series of decisions has been come to by the Commission regarding the juries, upon whom will devolve the task of awarding prizes in the different classes of the Exhibition. As upon the soundness of the rules laid down in this respect, and on the practical character of the arrangements made, the satisfactory issue of the whole display must very largely depend, we invite particular attention to the paper which we subjoin. It should be observed, with reference to the mode of striking the juries, that the number of each is kept as small as possible, consistently with the due re presentation of foreign and native interests by an equal number of jurors. This has been done, of course, to render the different juries effective; the Commissioners disclaim the idea of regulating the number of jurors by the relative importance of the classes. The diver sity of subjects included in each class, the amount of articles exhibited. under it, and the opinions of prac tical men qualified by their experience to say how many each jury should consist of, have been used as guides to the decisions arrived at. Dr. Lyon Play fair, the Commissioner especially charged with this depart .._ THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL AGRI CULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. This journal always abounds with valuable and in teresting information, combining, as its motto tells us, " Practice with Science." The first article of the present volume is by Mr. Pusey, M.P., " On the Progress of Agricultural Knowledge during the last Eight Years." One portion of this paper, " Meteor ology," is illustrated by Professor Dove's chart of the world. The following observations extracted from this portion of the article are worthy of notice : " Much light has lately been thrown on climate; and our own, which was once so much complained of, is fouud to be the best in the world for healthful exercise, and, as I believe, for farming also: because it enjoys the most temperate summer, combined with the mildest winter, and, on the whole, a steady downfall of rain. No one can have returned from Calais to Dover without admiring the refreshing verdure of the English downs. This we owe to our frequent showers, to our clouded sky, shielding off the scorching sunshine, and to invisi ble vapour diffused in our air. The excess of vapour is shown by the difficulty of growing is French green-houses the heath, a plant requiring moist air, and the difficulty of working the English electric telegraph. This mois ture arises partly from our neighbourhood to the sea on all sides, partly to the prevalence of western winds ar riving from a wide ocean. Hence comes our grazing husbandry. Our equable distribution of warmth through the year gives us our peculiar farming, mixed hus bandry, the extensive growth of roots upon corn-land, producing meat largely as well as bread, the mainte nance of stock thus supporting the production of corn. If our summers were hotter, we could not grow turnips; if cooler, they would not ripen wheat. If our winters were colder, turnips would perish. Our forefathers, in deed, did not practise root-husbandry. On the eastern side of England they took two corn-crops and a naked fallow, which is the three-course shift still lingering in Cleveland, and prevailing in Prussia. This is the corn side of England. On the west side, you may still find in secluded parts of Wales, or in,Devonshire, three or four oat-crops grown in succession, and the land left as many years covered with grass. This is the grassy side, and though the turnip has now overspread Eng land, one side of the island is still best suited for corn, the other for herbage. This difference of produce rests on a difference of climate, the causes of which are well understood, but are found in very remote parts of the globe. Heat and cold, long continued, accumulate in regions removed from water, because the land there be comes constantly hotter or colder whilst the influence of the sun remains strong or weak, and the wind from the sea, which varies less in temperature, scarcely reaches these inland tracts to mitigate the fierce extremes. Hence the coldest part of the old world is in the centre of Siberia. As you recede from that point westward you approach the sea, and hence in winter our cold comes with north-east winds from Siberia, the great deposit of cold. But we have happily a distant yet effective source of warmth also in the Gulf of Mexico, from which the gulf stream washes our western shores. This great warm-water apparatus of nature passing even beyond us stretches northward of the north cape of Europe, and there, accordingly, though so near the pole, the coldest wind of winter comes actually from the south-east. Hence, as is shown in the annexed extract from Professor Dove's chart, the line of equal cold dur ing December runs in Great Britain due north and south. Hence, the meadows are brown in Essex, while the grass grows till Christmas in Devonshire. English men, indeed, do not know the mildness of an English winter. London, though on the cold side of England, is less cold in January than Paris or Milan; and though they go for warmth to the south of France or to Italy, deserted Mayo and Connemara, and the shores of Kil larney, covered with arbutus, are warmer than Mont pellier, or Genoa, or Florence. Such is our winter cli mate. But as spring advances a new cause of warmth arises. The sandy deserts of Africa and Arabia, gathering heat, begin to glow like a furnace, and dart warmth northwards across Europe. Germany lying nearer to the centre of this burning wilderness becomes warmer than England, which is now cooled compara tively by the sea that warmed it before. So that whereas in winter the more you advanced east towards Russia the deeper became the snow, now you find it more and more sultry. Hence, hock is grown in the latitude of Cornwall. The lines of equal temperature now run up in the map to the north-east. Stockholm and Peters burgh, in June, are as warm as London. Hence, the east side of England, being the warmest in summer, is the best side for wheat. But, besides the mild winter on one side, and the warmer summer upon the other, there is a yet greater difference as to moisture visible and in visible. In Devonshire you find fern growing on the limbs of the oak, and oaks themselves thriving on the top of high narrow hedgebanks. The air, though clear, being moist, probably absorbs less water from the surface of leaves, which therefore require a less supply of water through the roots. The difference, too, as to visible moisture, rain, is very great indeed; for, the westerly winds arriving from the warm gulf stream, charged with vapour, are chilled by the land and part with that vapour in rain. If they strike a hilly land (and our western coast is almost mountainous) the air is driven up from the level of the sea to a higher and colder region, and parts with yet more rain. Accordingly, taking 29 places" on the east side of the island, we find the yearly downfall to be 25i inches; and at 29 places on the west side to be 49 inches, all but double; while on the Cum berland mountains it reaches the enormous amount of 121 and 147 inches. In Northumberland, when a south-wester blows, they know, I was told, that it is raining in torrents in Cumberland, 50 miles off, but they get none themselves, because the air has been dried in rising over the mountain tops. " W hat then is the practical inference for agriculture from these undoubted facts, established by science? Caution in laying down general rules. We now see why a Scotch farmer often fails in England, or a Suffolk far mer even in Cheshire. .t 1 gain, if a landowner desire to improve his estate in the West Highlands or Galway, he must look, we see, not to Lincolnshire or Aberdeenshire, but to some district of kindred moisture. There is, how ever, a more definite inference to be drawn even than these. How can a fixed rule be laid down for the depth or the distance of drains or the size of the pipes, when one county has 25 inches of rain and another has 58 ment of the general: business, has skilfully based his plan upon usages with the equitable character of which our municipal institutions and the development of our representative system have long familiarised us. The different towns will send in their lists of qualified per sons to act as jurors, and the Commission will reduee those lists to the standard number. One possible diffi- culty presents itself from this arrangement in the dis apoointment which individuals and localities may feel at being shut out from the jury lists. It must, however, be borne in mind that the necessity for juries as small and compact as possible will render exclusions unavoid- able, and that such exclusions cannot, under the circum stances, involve the remotest idea of a slight. To be in- eluded in the lists sent up by each town must be re garded as an honourable distinction, which the sub sequent choice or rejection of the Commissioners does not at all affect. The determination of the principle upon which foreign jurors are to be appointed has been prudently postponed until the opinions of the agents of foreign commissions can be obtained upon the subject. But at present it seems obvious that we should have as little as possible to do with the selections made or the manner of making t'iem. It is most desirable that the whole responsi- bility of choosing their own jurors should, in the first place at least, be thrown upon the foreign contributors or those acting on their behalf, and if the Royal Com mission is to interfere in so delicate a wailer, IL should only do so because such interference becomes unavoid able. It is in aid of the juries when once constituted that the elaborate classification of articles drawn up by Dr. Lyon Playfair, and to which we, on a former occa sion, alluded, will have its value and usefulness felt. This classification has been the first attempt mate to do in the artificial world what has already been done in the natural by the labours of Linnaeus, Cuvier, and others. The division of the products of human industry into their respective sections, and the subdivision of each sec tion again into its component parts, furnish, if success fully done, an admirable method for collecting in precise and orderly form the scattered and miscellaneous statis tics of trade. For those purposes of arrangement and com parison. so essential to an exhibition like the present, Dr. Lyon Playfair's labours are invaluable, and we can only hope that foreign countries, instead of being guided in the disposition of their contributions by a desire to please the eye, will fall readily into a plan which, by distri buting their goods in an orderly and systematic manner, will vastly facilitate the inquiries of those who visit the Crystal Palace not for amusement but for study, and who hope to be made wiser and better men by that vast dis play of industry and skill. It is obvious that the useful ness of the whole show must largely depend upon an ar rangement of its contents founded as much as possible upon the classification referred to. The manner in which the awards are made by the different juries must also, to a great extent, be determined thereby, for if they have not the requisite facilities for making compa risons and coming to fair decision, their verdicts cannot be expected to be satisfactory. Some of the foreign agents have, we hear, decided on adopting the plan of distributing their articles re commended by the Commission, but whether all will do so or not remains to be seen. Their recent agitation for increased space, and for exemption from Custom-house surveillance, has led to a certain amount of co-operation among them, and we trust that that combined action, though it has commenced for objects rather opposed to the harmonious progress of the preparations, may be continued for a variety of useful purposes, among which may be specified the best method of selecting foreign jurors, and the propriety of arranging their several compartments in the manner which has been determined on, and which Dr. Lyon Playfair's classification indicates. As it is probable that an equal proportion of foreign to British jurors may not be forthcoming in all the sections, and as the Commission propose forming the chairmen of the different juries into a council for certain purposes, if the chairman of each jury was elected by it not only would great inconve nience and loss of time be caused thereby, but the council of chairmen would very likely have a preponderance of our own countrymen in it, which might give rise to sus picions of partiality. The Commission have, therefore, determined to keep in their own hands the power of no minating the chairman to each jury. All the regula tions connected with this important subject have been framed by them in a perfectly fair and equitable spirit, nor can we anticipate that any of the exhibitors from abroad can take objection to the manner in which the merits of their contributions are to be judged. The following is an abridged copy of the decisions re ferred to:— " There shall be one jury to each of the 30 classes, Lnto which the Exhibition is divided. The number of jurors in each jury is determined by the amount of articles exhibited in each class, and the greater or less diversity of the subjects included in it, but no abstract idea of the relative importance of the classes is involved in the numbers attached to them. " If exhibitors accept the office of jurors, they cease to be competitors for prizes in the class to which they are appointed, and these cannot be awarded either to theM individually, or to the firms in which they may be partners. Juries may take evidence when a majority of the jury deem it advisable, and name the persons to be consulted. Juries of another class may also be called in aid by a jury, when a knowledge involved in that cless is required. Juries may act in matters of detail by sub committees, but no award can be made except by the majority of the jury. Before a jury can publish its awards, they must be submitted to a council consisting of the chairmen of all the juries, for the purpose of se curing uniformity of action. The awards of a jury, when reported by the council of chairmen, are final. The juries will commence their duties on Monday, the 12th of May, at ten o'clock, and will be aided in the general transaction of the business by a person to be named by the Royal Commissioners, who by himself, or by a deputy to be approved of by the Commission, may be present at their deliberations, for the purpose of ex plaining the rules of the Commission. This nominee of the Commission will not have a vote in any of the ju ries, or at all interfere in the adjudication of awards. " The jury will in general consist of an equal number of British subjects and of foreigners. If foreign com missions do not send a sufficient number of foreigners to represent one-half of the jurors in each class, the de ficient numbers may be completed by the appointment of British subjects. Country as well as metropolitan dia• tricts will be represented on the jury. Each jury will be presided over by a chairman, to be nominated by the Commissioners, and he will be aided by a deputy-chair man, to be elected by the jury. Juries may appoint ono of their own body as a reporter. " The chairmen of the 30 juries will be associated as a body, to be called the ' council of chairmen.' In the absence of a chairman, the deputy-chairman will take his seat at the council. The council of chairmen will be constituted, as far as practicable, of British subjects and foreigners in equal numbers. The first duties of the council of chairmen will be to frame rules for the guid ance of the juries. The council will also have to deter mine the conditions under which the Ist, 2d, and 3d class medals respectively are to be awarded, and to define the general principles to which it will be advisable to conform in the awards in the several departments of the Exhibition. It is the wish of the Commission that medals should be awarded to articles possessing decided superiority of whatever nature that superiority may be, and not with reference to a merely individual competition. The three classes of medals are intended to distinguish the respective charac ters of subjects, and not as first, second, and third in de gree for the same class of subjects. The council of chairmen must see that awards of the individual juries are in accordance with the rules before they are consi dered final. Although the Commissioners may be dis posed, under peculiar circumstances, to consider the pro priety of peculiar grants to individual exhibitors , they will only t a k e such applications into consideration on the the recommendation of the several juries, sanctioned by the council of chairmen. As seine of the most import ant duties of the council of chairmen are preliminary to the action of the juries, it is necessary that they should I meet one week previous to the assembling of the Juties, The duties of the council will therefore comratrAce on Monday, May 5. In order to represent the wishes of the Commission, and to expl a i n i ts ru l es, a nonl'Aiee of the Commission will attend th e meet i ngs the council, and aid it in the transaction of buess ; but he will no'c possess a vote, or act as a T r,:m ember of the council. " Those towns which .ibit to a considerable extant in any of the classe... , will be invit e d t o sen d a list of names of persons who would e ffi c i ent l y 'r eprese nt the knowledge 'chose classes as j urors. It se;11 ne neces sary to state, according to the cl ass ifi e d ofn it is t reg a `ur list, the sub divisions of the class with which t! recommended is specially acquainted; arm"" otninatione Must hb made in classes, and no in the agg ate, L A ne cessary ro reduce the lists to the etentlard number for each i,ury, the Commission ges itself with this duty. Those persons who have been recommended as jurors, but who freer, the email numbers of the jury are not placed cet it, may, on the application of a jury, be called le, en special occasions to give aid, under the title of as sociates, but without a vote. Although it is impossible to set apart special days in which the juries alone can examine the articles exhibited, to the exclusion of the public, arrangements will be made to carry on these ex aminations with as little inconvenience as possible. The paper fixes the exact number of jurors in each class—the lowest number being 6, the highest 12, and the whole 270. Of these, therefore, by the proposed plan, 135 will be foreigners. The only section which is exempted from the preceding arrangements is that of agricultural implements, which is left to the usual mode of testing merit resorted to by the Royal Agricultural Society, with this simple proviso—that foreigners may be added to the list of judges if desired. inches to be carried of by those drains? The difference is, in fact, more than this; for a large part of the down- fall returns to the air from the surface. According to the most recent and trustworthy experiments published in this journal by Mr. Charnock, out of 33f inches of rain, no less than 25 inches are evaporated, 8f inches only reach a depth of three feet, and therefore pass through a drain. This was in Yorkshire. But at Ken dal there fall 54 inches of rain. The evaporation there, however, would be not more, but less, because the air being moister must dry what is exposed to it more slowly. and the evaporation would not exceed, probably fall short of 21 inches. There remain, therefore, for the drains 33 inches depth of water in this case, 13i inches only in the other—four times as much is Cumberland as in Yorkshire. Yet, hitherto, if a man living in Oxfordshire said that inch pipes would drain his land well, a voice from Ayrshire might exclaim that it was absurd to use less than lf pipes, which he found far the best. Yet, the smaller pipe might be more competent to its duty in one place than the larger one in the other. Henceforth, in speculations on the agriculture of the country, we must never lose sight of our material variations in climate." • " I have taken the places given in Mr. Whitley's paper, Journal, vol. xi. p. 13." ARRIVALS FOR THE EXHIBITION. From Demerara we have already received several hundred specimens of the wood of the colony, and several barrels containing plaintain meal and pit:Main fibre. From Greece there has been sent some exquisite an cient and modern sculpture. From Hamburgh we are to expect, foremost in the works of art, the Fries, designed, drawn, and a specimen of its sculp ture by Engelhardt, a disciple of the late Schwanthalar at Munich. The Fries represents northern mythology. There is another figure in gypsum, by the same artist, and a small one in bronze by him, representing Richard the Lion-hearted on horseback, both exceed ingly well dose. There is also a large glass tumbler, in which one of the Campaigns of Alexander the Great is cut, and a glass plate representing on both sides, in different colours, the battle of Marston Moor. Among the various arrivals from all parts of the world for the Exhibition, not the least remarkable is one which has just taken place of some bales of hops by the steamer Sir Edward Bankes i from Ostend, the produce of Belgium. Tttscany, too, has eagerly responded to the appeal made by England. Upwards of seventy !packages are expected from that country. Among other interesting articles to be exhibited will be a mosaic table (the private property of his Royal Highness the Grand Duke), made of hard stone, which is the work of eighteen years' labour, and is valued at 600,000 francs. Twenty-one packages, a howitzer, and other consign mentr; have already co me f rom Sp a i n; and other countries are preparing to join in the generous con test of all nations. Meanwhile, their representa tives are one by ono appearing on the scene of action. First, we see it announced that M. Sal landrouse de la Mornaix, General Commissioner of the French Government for the Universal Exhibition, has arrived, with the staff of the Commission lately appointed, at his residence in George-street, Hanover square. Next we learn that the members of the Greek Commission are in London, and have taken possession of the space in the building allotted to Greece then we are told that 13, I .,. ! 'rof . essor at the SZlitological Florence, having been appointed by the 'itnu Director of the T IT G nii i ' v lv e e' rn s M it e io nr of -P . T im u ' scany as special commissioner for the Great Exhibition, has arrived, and been received by several members of the Royal Commission, to whom he Tesented his credentials. —The Weekly News, THE OUTER HEBRIDES.—The Glasgow section of the Highland Destitution Board, under whose charge the outer Hebrides were placed for relief purposes, have appro priated 6501. out of the balance in their hands, for the alle viation of the most pressing cases of destitution in those islands. [ADERTIMIENT.I-11olloway's Ointmept atjid a superior Remedy for Scorbutic Affections otner is eases of the Skin.—Cutaneous dlseases are in their nature both obnoxious and painful to those aillicted, causing great anxiety of mind, heaviness, weariness, and deleaion of spirits. To effect a cure of these drekdfal maladies use Holloway's Ointment and Pills. The latter medicine is the An_c;t purifier of the blood ever discovered, and there is nothing equal to the Ointment for allaying the irritation of the parts affected. By a steady perseverance in the use of these reined les the most aggravated diseases of the skin can be cured, and the pa tient restored to the soundest health.—Sold by all Druggists and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. CITY SEWERS COMMISSION.—Yesterday a court was held for the dispatch of business. Mr. Deputy Peacock presided. Upon the application of Mr. David Davis, the carriage builder to the Great Western Railway, a propositi on made by him for the establishm en t o f a "retiring carriage" for gentlemen was received; and upon the motion of Mr. Deputy Harrison, seconded by Deputy Holt, it was agreed that two of the same should be permitted to stand for the convenience of the public d u ring th e pl easure o f th e com missioners, one at the statute of King William, in East cheap, and the other at the western end of Cheapside near the obeliek.—Actioarned, WEDNESDAY EVENING, THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. bare possibility of such a contest or its instructive re membrance would soon work a change in the thoughts and ideas of the haute noblesse. Airs of patronage would be laid aside for a worthier style of political bearing; condescension would give place to conference, and the voice of command to the accents of counsel. But, above all, the extension of the elective franchise to all holders of rated tenements, whether lands or houses, of the yearly value of 10/., would create a pub lic spirit in the whole communities and throughout ex tensive districts where it now has no existence. The only question on which the owners of counties have for the last ten years allowed the occupiers to go through the unmeaning form of giving an estate vote has been protection. To keep it up, the occupiers of the soil were drawn out on parade in 1841; and to get it back, they were marshalled in like manner at the general election of 1847. So, likewise, if there were a dissolution to morrow, the same exhibition would be attempted throughout the agricultural districts. All other ques tions, all real questions, all questions in which the in dustrious millions who live by agricultu re are practically concerned—these aro pooh-poohed as vulgar and igno rant notions by those who have hitherto kept the county representation as an heirloom for the few great families. If any wilful or hard-headed elector ventures to put in terrogatories about taxation, rent, tithe, or poor-rates, he is met with a civil rebuff for his pains, or a well-bred stare. But the power to enforce a reply is wanting. The spirit that animates the town populations is not to be found. choice between blue and yellow is to he made, p-rhaps, but not by the freeholders and 501. tenants at will. They are too few to dare to assert their independence. The county Members are nominees of the aristocracy, not representatives of the people. Such is the state of things which the House of Com mons, not three weeks ago, declared by a majority of two to one, its earnest desire to amend. The process which Mr. Locke King proposes to try for that purpose is simple enough. He asks that the principle of the town franchise should be applied to counties; and that every man occupying or paying rent for a house or for land worth 10/. per annum should be entitled to give a vote for Members of Parliament. Can any one show any just cause or impediment why this should not be done? Will anybody pretend that the possession of the same amount of property in a suburban parish implies a less degree of worth or intelligence than in the cloudy regions of a manufacturing town? Does the clearer at mosphere incapacitate the rural ten-pounder? Or does his civic brother inhale political discrimination and judgment from imperfect sewers? And if not, how can the opponents of co moderate and reasonable a proposi tion as this justify themselves in refusing to give it a second reading? (From the Tines.) Government again in a minority! The butt has only been set on end to beknocked down again. All the agonies of the Ministerial crisis have merely given us a target for ambitious or disaffected reformers to try their skill upon. Mr. Locke King scored two to one against his political chief. Lord Duncan must be content with a more modest victory. He last night carried his resolu tion for a reform of the Woods and Forests by a majority of one, the division being 120 against 119. As it ap pears to be a settled thing that Lord John Russell must be our Minister, and as appearances indicate that he must be continually beaten, the destined hero of a hun dred defeats will probably take this little unpleasantness as a matter of course. It is only by one, and it is only by the merest accident that it wasn't one the other way. Besides, the House was a small one. We must wait to see, however, what his Lordship will actually say to it. Men of business, anxious to see the great national loco motive once more in gear, will be apt to say that " a miss is as good as a mile," or, to keep to the metaphor, if the engine once gets off the rail, it might as well be a mile off. A great problem, it is clear, is in process of solution, and Lord John Russell is, much against his will, the corpus of the experi ment. We have a Premier, it is true, but, in the lan guage of the Stook Exchange, he is a Premier at a dis count. There was a time when our rulers were con tented with a working majority; it now appears that they can put up with a working minority;—indeed, they must, and we all of us must, for there is no other alter native. Most of the nations of Europe have been trying experiments on Government, with some rather singular results. We are about to furnish our national contribu tion to the political museum. Lord John Russell will occupy no unimportant position in the pantheon of Mi nisterial martyrs. Some of his contemporaries have been slain, others banished, others cast in prison, others reduced to foreign subjection, while others have sunk under mortification or toil. Lord John Russell's is a tardier and mere refined martyrdom. Endowed with the fatal gift of Ministerial immortality, he is condemned to a perpetual repetition of the mortal stroke. Well, as there is no accounting for tastes, so there is no setting bounds to necessities. There are people who like to be abused. There are tradesmen who grow rich on bank ruptcies. The King of Pontus lived upon poisons, and we have even heard of people who maintained themselves by dyne. Our new order of political flagellants sus tain life and credit by periodical castigation. As for the particular subject of last night's reverse, that is a miner consideration. Under the frequent re petition of such disasters, little count is kept of the pro voking causes. We hardly know which way our general good intentions to Government would incline us to speak about the present affair. Is it kind to say that they were in the right last night? If in the right, why were they beaten? Why did not their majority of three hundred odd ga th er t o their defence? If a man is de serted by his friends even when he is right, how much more when he is wrong, as must be one time or an other with every human being, What hope is left if truth and justice will not secure a triumph? It is the kindest course to admit that Government was in the wrong. A plain rule of common, sense has been violated in this instance, as in that of Mr. Locke King's motion. When a Minister finds that a Member of the Legislature has made a walk for himself, and mastered his subject, so as to command the confidence of many other Mem bers upon it, and to be sure of considerable support for any measure he may propose, it becomes the duty of the Minister to deal with that Member and his cause in a rational and conclusive manner. If the Mem ber is wholly wrong, give him battle, but not without mustering your forces and making every preparation. If he has truth on his side, but error also, then take the wind out of kis sails by a poposition of y ou r own , em bodying his truth and avoiding his error, and give your proposition, if possible, the start of his, so that yours shall not be disparaged by coming on at the last as a mere excuse or "put off." If that Member is decidedly in the right, then encourage him and co-operate with him; and, above all, if his character and condition allow, invite him into office, and secure at the same time his services and his influence. But what Government in ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE: HOME. CIRCUIT.—Lewes, March 11. The business for the county of Sussex commenced on Monday. There were 50 prisoners for trial, but with the exceptio❑ of some cases of burglary the whole of the charges in the gaol calendar appear to be of the ordi nary description. The cause list is very meagre in deed, there being only six entered. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron PARXE and a Com mon Jury.) BREACH 07 PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. CRACK V. WILSON. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, Rose Sarah Crace, to recover damages from William Henry Wilson, the defendant, for the breach of his promise to the world will go on long with its places filled by respect able cyphers, while there are ambitious and capable men all around you who have nothing to do but master the subjects which your subordinates do not master, and concoct measures which you have not the industry to prepare or the courage to propose ? After the fatal exposure of the " Woods and Forests" in the Committee, after the unanimous judgment of the country against the present management, and after the Bill of last ses sion, some very definite course ought to have been taken this session. A Bill ought to have been prepared, or a good reason given for postponing it to next year. As a mere matter of political business, care should have been taken either to anticipate Lord Duncan, or to give way to him, or to beat him. The strength of Lord Dancan's case, and perhaps ' almost the whole of that strength, is that some alteration is necessary. It by no means follows that his remedy is the best that could be imagined. The plan of voting upon estimates annually submitted to the House is not so uniformly successful against extravagance, folly, and peculation, as to be hailed at once as a specific for the Woods and Forests. Indeed, the experience of the pre vious night was sufficient to show the little impediment ' that Parliamentary forms will interpose when millions are to be voted. The revenue of the Crown estates would be a mere trifle in the imaginations of men ac customed to docks, fortifications, harbours of refuge, and Houses of Parliament. Indeed, we almost despair of seeing the House of Commons ever really economical itself in its direct action, though it may indirectly do good, by refusing new taxes, and giving its support to economical Ministers. But if it does admit of a question whether it be wise to put the Woods and Forests into the estimates, for that very reason it was desirable not to leave Lord Duncan's measure in exclusive possession of the ground, or, at least, in prior possession. As it is, nothing is more likely than that a rash and sweeping measure may be passed for want of a better considered one; and forward courage, as, indeed it deserves, may legislate for us instead of hesitating prudence. But what is to be done? We are now living under a perpetual Ministerial crisis—a state as abnormal as a fever or a fit of hysterics. A Parliament without a regular lead is a legislative anarchy, and there are not a few men in the present House of Commons who will rejoice in the opportunity of a general disorganisation. Nobody knows whom to look to, or where to look to for the measures of the session, and perhaps the last part of the House whence they may be expected to pro ceed is the Treasury bench. To sit there by sufferance, it is evident, does not involve legislation by sufferance, for it is far easier to be tolerant of men than of mea sures. A few more such incidents as last night's, and again there looms upon us a dissolution as the last re source. We can only say—Heaven forefend it. Any thing rather than that. It is believed thtlt the Irish brigade, as it is called, will be doubled the next gefietal election by the operation of the late electoral reform for that island ; and it is possible that even the Protectionist 9 should find themselves somewhat stronger. - Both these changes Would increase the difficulties, we will not say of the present GovernA went, but of government and legislation altogether. In fact, the only result would be au indefinite exaggeration of our present evils. We have no fear of ever seeing ou r commercial policy revers e d, b eca use we do not think the leading Protectionists such absolute desperadoes as to attempt it; indeed, the smallest glimpse of responsi bility.sets them to work qualifying their professions, and reducing idle talk to the measure of practice. We are not afraid of this, bnt We cannot think it expedient for the country that Government should pass into the hands of men deeply committed to the interests of a class, The immediate perils arising from their rashness and inex perience would be considerable; and not less those which would arise from the strength aad fury of the opposition such a Government would certainly have to encounter. marry her. The defendant pleaded that before the breach was committed the plaintiff had exonerated him from the promise he had made. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Needham were for the plain tiff; and Mr. M. Chambers , Q . C ., and Mr. Wiles for the defendant. Mr. Chambers said that by the form of the pleadings it devolved upon him, as the counsel for the defendant, to make out the plea he had put upon record—that the plaintiff had exonerated him from the promise he had made to marry her. He admitted that he bad made the promise, but he said that the plaintiff had of her own accord absolved him from that promise, and had, in fact, discharged him from it ; acd if ho should establish that fact to the satisfaction of the jury, the defendant would be entitled to their verdict. The plaintiff, Miss Rose Sarah Crace, was the daughter of a gentleman residing in London. He was unhappily separated from his wife, and Miss Crace had, in advantages consequence, ofa home, been to a and she great hadextent maintained deprived herself in a respectable manner by the exercise of her talents as a governess. In the year 1844 she became acquainted with the defendant at a time when she was on a visit in the neighbourhood of Arundel, in which town his father held an appointment under the Customs. At this period he was twenty and she was eighteen years of age. The plaintiff was invited to the house of the defendant's father, but at this period there did not appear to be any close intimacy between her and the defendant. After wards, however, there was no doubt that an intimacy did spring up between the parties, and that a promise of marriage was made by the defendant. For reasons which it was not necessary at this stage of the case for him to enter into, the family of the defendant were averse to the marriage, and in the month of November, last year, the plaintiff, accompanied by some other relations, went to the house of Mr. Edward Wilson, a brother of the defendant, in London, and upon that occasion she stated distinctly that if he would say that it was of his own accord that he desired the match to be broken off, she would discharge him from his promise and return his letters; and upon his saying so, the plaintiff said she re leased him from the premise of marriage, and she should think no more about him. He should prove this fact by the testimony of the relations of the defendant, who were present upon the occasion; and if it was esta blished to the satisfaction of the jury, the defendant would be entitled to their verdict. Mr. John Wilson deposed that be was father to the defendant. He knew the plaintiff, and remembered her being on a visit at his house four or five years ago. An intimacy subsisted between them at that time. He never approved of the intimacy, but he could not say that ho ever positively objected to it. He first became acquainted with the plaintiff upon the occasion of her visiting a relative at Patworth-park, near Arundel. In November last, in consequence of a communication he had with his son Edward, he went to London, and on the 27th of that month he saw the plaintiff and her brother and sister at his son Edward's house. The defendant was also present. The plaintiff talked a great deal, and he heard hor say to the defendant, that if he had broken off the marriage of his own accord she had no wish for it, and that she would relieve him from his promise and give him up all his letters. His son, when she said this, replied that what he was doing with regard to the breaking off the marriage was done en tirely of his own free will. After this the plaintiff and her relations bad some refreshment, and they all parted on very friendly terms. His son was at present a land ing-waiter in the port of London, and his salary was 1501. a year. By Sergeant SMEE —Had known the plaintiff since she was 18 years old. His son was also on a visit at Patworth-park, and it was by this means he became ac quainted with the plaintiff. Their intimacy had con tinued ever since that period, but; he was not aware that his son first made an offer of marriage to the plain tiff in 1845. The defendant was not very communica tive upon the matter. If ho had been he would not have got into the present dilemma. lie was now about 26 or 27. He could not tell exactly what year he was born in.—(A laugh.) He could not say that ail this time the plaintiff bad been looked upon as the intended wife of his son, but it certainly was something very like it. He was aware that they were engaged to each other. He knew that the plaintiff was engaged as a governess in. seve ral respectable families, and ho bad reaso n to be lieve that his son was very much attached to her. He did not sanction what was going on, but certainly he not stoutly oppose it. He understood that the mar riage 0, :le fixed to take place on the 28th of November, and the meeting to which he referred took place on the 27th. He understood that the marriage licence had been obtained, end that apartments had also been taken for them reside in after the marriage. He did not think that his son attained the appointment he held in the Custom House tn;.9ugh the intervention of Miss Crace's friends. His son art;: l a very little at the meeting on the 27th. All he did was, to state; that he acted of his own accord in refusing to marry the plaint;: The plaintiff did not appear very much distressed. She did not cry, at least he did not see any tears. The defendant said, that what had been done had been done with his own free will, and the plaintiff then said that she dis engaged him from his promise, or words to that effect. The plaintiff did not lay hold of his son's hand and touch him at any part of the interview. Re-examined—Witness was very indignant at the pro posed marriage. His son told him that he had been in vited to dinner by the brother of the plaintiff, and that after dinner the subject of the marriage was brought for ward, and ho agreed to marry the plaintiff on the follow ing Tuesday. They wanted to know why he did not marry the plaintiff, and upon his stating that he was under some pecuniary difficulty, the brother of the plain tiff offered to lend him 501., and he was to pay 20 per cent. for the loan. The son also told him that the mar riage dinner was to take place at the house of Mr. Henry Crace, but none of his relations were to be invited, and if he wished to have any of them he was to order a din ner at Hampton, and pay for it himself. 4.ard Wilson, brother to the defendant, deposed that he was a surb"e", and resided in Great Ceram street, Brunswick-square. In November of last year he received a communication upen the subject of the in tended marriage, and he in consequencj. called upon Mr. Henry Crace, the brother of the plaintiff, an.; l that gen tleman and his wife and the plaintiff came to his !louse on the 28th November. Witness's father, Mrs. Salter, a married sister, and the defendant, were present at the interview. He heard the plaintiff say distinctly that if the defendant left her of her own free will she would give him up immediately. His brother replied that it was of his own free will, and the plaintiff made no re ly. The pl a intiff's brother asked the ciae n dant why p he refused to marry her, and he replied that he I'6o not sufficient confidence in her to make her his wife. Amer this took place they had refreshment and shook hands, and parted apparently upon friendly terms. At the in t2TVL. he bad in the first instance with Mr. and Mrs. esir ha parties e of all Crace, undersia":f ul that it was t h d t t the should that the match should be br,s."-9U 9 - e a ud mutually release each other. re that the plaintiff By Sergeant SIIEE —lie was aware that and that since , and his brother bad been intimate a family as his in the plaintiff had been reoeivedrvi e that the plaintiff was tended wife. He did not ob t s h e that occasion. lie spoke of ve ry much distress ed up On On the day following the her condition professio CnraaceYihat his brother was so infa tuatedmeeng, he told Mr. he very much doubted his with his sister that htit probable that the match stability, an d he thong might still take place. • of the last witness, gave similar Mrs. Salter, the sister took place at the interview in evidence as to what question. then addressed the jury for the plain- Sergeant SItEE (From the Daily News.) Brevity has been long regarded as the soul of wit, and in former times it was esteemed a merit in legislation. The practice of modern days, whether referable to our progress in dulness or in love of detail, has become sig nally the reverse. Acts of Parliament have come to be of such prolixity and complication, that a table of con tents is almost regarded as indispensable; and to hazard an opinion as to the meaning of a clause implies the disciplined courage of a lawyer. To the laity it is no longer given to be able to comprehend the multitudinous provisions of the laws under which they live. Mr. Locke Ring appears resolved to try whether there is any charm in verbosity and technical jargon. Having somewhat unexpectedly obtained leave to bring in a County Suffrage Reform Bill, he has evidently made up his mind to give the House of Commons another sur prise: and this he has, we should think, succeeded in doing, by producing a Bill whose terms every body can understand, and whose total length does not exceed thirty lines! We should not be surprised if so glaring and audacious an innovation led to the formation of a con spiracy among all the big Wigs and all the little wigs of the House; and that upon the second reading, whenever that shall be, elaborate arguments were re sorted to in order to prove that th e simple proposition of the ingenuous Member _or for Surrey ought to b e cone i eue d the purp ose o f b e i ng trans to a Select Com mittee, lated into th© d f letl'ne and diff use dialect of what is called the Constitution. Should it escape that danger, however, trio teptesett tat!re. ot.S.be l'F'" in appropriate monosyllables Ito say " aye" or " no" to this briefest 9f Rills. We are not so sanguine as to hope that th© speeches prefatory to these decisive ejaculations will be equally concise or to the purpose. We can imagine the variety and vague ness of the pretexts which the farmers' friends will as sign for not choosing to trust a greater number of them with tho tight of vdting than they think they can manage and control at future elections. South Notts has thoroughly Metalled them. Their monopoly of produce was taken from teem in 18401 and now their monopoly of power is in danger: In every county there is known to exist.a tisaleontent Ininotity of SOL tenants at will, and w I freeholders who nave long ue5,14:..",.! to emancipate 't them- _ ....-- I —..hraldom of o li garc hi cal com e ._ - r oOl• 00 11 VIII WV WOUIVOY -- and clique; but who from their want of nu r , !.cal strength have been compelled to accept the nomination system. Add to these in each shire a thousand or two, many of whom are likely to belong to the smaller towns not re turning Members to Parliament—and we should speedily , see a change of tone and temper in the mode of conduct ing county elections. Personal qualities would no longer be thought mere "incidental advantages." The second and third class of the gentry would by degrees look to the representation as a legitimate object of public am bition; and learn to render themselves acceptable poli tically to the community amidst whom they live. The best man of county business, and the man who habitu ally showed that he understood and sympathised with the farmer's condition, would be " called on to stand" where now nobod Y ever dreams of such a thing. Here such a man might get in; there he might fail. But in both eases the pu jail° interest would be served. The 12, 1851. tiff, and he said tha , ; when they were pat in possession of the real facts of the case, he felt satisfied they would be of opinion that it was one which involved the greatest cruelty and injustic' that had ever been brought before a jury. The real facts of the case were these:—The plaintiff, who was a, highly respectable young woman, had, unfortunately, through family disagreement, been compelled to use the , talents she possessed as a means of obtaining a livelihoc d as a governess, and she had been employed in that e opacity in families of state and re spectability. In 1t344 she was on a visit to an uncle named Doblee, whc. had for many years been in the serviee of the Dub:e of Norfolk, but who at that tsme had retired, and was living at Patworth park, near Arand'el. The defendant was also on a visit there, and he became fascinated with the plaintiff, and i itt intimacy of the tenderest nature sprung up between them, with the entire knowledge of the family of the defendant, who, it had been admitted, had received the ple.intiff as the intended wife of the de fendant. The parties at this time were very young, and the marriage was not considered prudent at that time, but they continued on the most affectionate terms with each other. The Learned Sergeant read a portion of some of the letters written by the defendant: they were all couched in terms of the greatest affection. and thedefendant consta fitly spoke to looking forward to the happiness of making her his wife when his circumstances would permit him to do so, and when he should have obtained an appointment in the Customs which he ex pected. The Learned Counsel proceeded to state that Mr. Doblee interested himself in the matter, and applied to the Earl tff Arundel and Surrey, the Member for Arundel, to wh em she and her husband were well known, by reason of their having been confidentially employed, as he had stated before, by the Duke of Norfolk, and eventually, by means of the interest of that Noble Lord, the defendant obtained a situation in the Customs, which he now held. He then expressed his desire to perform his promise to the plaintiff, but upon his representation that he was in come pecuniary difficulty, Mr. Henry Crace, the brother of the plaintiff, consented to advance him a sum of 501. Every arrangement was then made for the marriage. The wedding dresses were provided. The day was appointed, and everything was in readiness, when in consequence of some extraordinary interference on the part of the defendant's family, the match was put a stop to, and an attempt was now made to show that the plaintiff had exonerated the defendant from his promise. The Learned Ser geant then referred to the circumstances under which the plaintiff was alleged to have absolved the defendant from his promise, and he concluded a very eloquent speech by calling upon the jury to scout such a pro ceeding, and give the plaintiff such damages as would have the effect of showing the world that there was not the slightest imputation upon her cha racter. Mrs. Doblee was then examined to prove the circum stances of the intimacy which took place between the plaintiff and the defendant after the meeting at her house. She saw the defendant in 1850, and he told her he was going to be married to the plaintiff, and that he had taken apartments in the Kent-road, and witness wished them happiness. Mr. H. W. Crace deposed that he was brother to the plaintiff. He was introduced to the defendant on the 21st November last year. The defendant dined with him on that day, and after dinner he introduced the sub ject of the intended marriage with his sister, and defend ant said that the only thing that prevented the marriage from taking place immediately was that he wanted 501. to redeem himself from some liability. Witness told him if that was all he would advance him the amount, and after some conversation it was arranged that the sum was to be advanced, and the defendant was to return 60/, is a twelvemonth. Witness did not intend to take the money, but to make a present of it to his sister. It was afterwards settled that the marriage was to take place on the 28th. His sister was staying with him at the time. The defendant parted with them on Saturday, the 23d of November, and they heard no more eepon the subject of the marriage until Mr. Edward Wilson called upon him, and in con sequence of what he said he and his wife and the plain tiff went to the house of that gentleman on the 27th. Dinner bad been ordered, and the wedding-cake and cards also. When they went to Mr. Wilson's his sister went up to the defendant, end took hold of his hand, a:ad seid to him, " William, why have you treated me in this m anner?" He made her no answer. Witness also asked him what reason he had for his conduct, and he did not reply. His brother then said to him, " Bill, why don't you speak out, and say you have not the confidence in her to make her your wife;" and the defendant mumbled out the words.ifter him. His sister then asked the de fendant why he did not tell her so when he left her , on the Saturday nigh:. and he shook his head. The plain tiff was in a most distressed state at this interview, aad she clung to him; aril he told the defendant that he was a scoundrel and a - vila in for acting in such a manner to a girl. He heard the retaintiff's father say, in the course of what took place, that if his son married Bose he would blow his brains out. By the COURT—Ho did not hear anything said by his sister about exonerating the defendant from his promise, or anything of the kind. One or two other witnesses were then called to prove the preparations for the marriage, and this closed the plaintiff's case. Mr. CHAMBERS replied. Mr. Baron PARKE having summed up. The jury, after a very short deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 2501. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLERKENTVELL. A TORTOISESHELL TOM CAT.—Yesterday' an el derly gentleman, residing in Charles-street, Islington, applied for a summons against a party, his next-door neighbour, for detaining a tortoiseshell ton; cat. Applicant said that a favourite pet tom cat had been in his family ever since its infancy, and become, as it were, one of the domestic household, and was doated upon by his wife and daughters; in fact, there seemed to be a feeling of reciprocity existing between them, and applicant himself must confess that he entertained a sort of paternal affection for poor grimalkin in consequence ofits cleanly habits and eccentricities. Poor torn, how ever, ho said, possessed all the propensities peculiar to his sex, and would wander away from home to pay his nocturnal visits, and " many a time and oft" did the air resound with the discordant squalling of torn and a number of his " fraternity," on the tiles of his neigh bour's house in the "dead of night," which gave annoy ance to an elderly gentleman residing next door from applicant, who trapped tow, and he had kept him ever since (three months) in a cage, and treated him with great severity. He bad repeatedly applied for the re storation of the animal in vain, and it was really dis tressing to hear the continual howling of the cat, as if supplicating for protection and liberty. Applicant was told that he might have a summons if he chose, but it might be better to adopt proceedings in the county courts. Applicant preferred coming to the " scratch" in this court, and took out the summons. TEAMES. A CANNIBAL. —J eremiah Leary, an Irish labourer, 28 years of age, residing at Railway-buildings, Lime house-causeway, was charged with cutting and wound ing William Sullivan, another Irish labourer, of 5, Salmon's-lane, Limehouse. The case was of a most revolting and atrocious cha racter. The prosecutor (the lower part of whose face was bandaged up, and who, owing to the injuries he had sustained, could rcarcely stand or render himself intel ligible) stated that on the previous night he and the pri soner, with whom he worked occasionally, had some words at the bar of the Prince of Wales beer-house, Salmon's-lane, when the latter challenged him to fight. He declined to do so, being an old man, on which the prisoner incited some others who were there to strike him. To escape their violence ho ran out, with the view of seeking shelter in a neighbouring public-house; but the prisoner followed and knocked him down. Pro secutor did all he could to avoid him, but whilst he was down the prisoner flung himself upon him, and bit a largC piece out of his lower lip, giving him e xcruciatin g agony; when he contrived to got up, though he was ' streaming ,7ith blood, the prisoner knocked him down again, and flinjing himself once more upon him, endea voured to bite offbis nos e, and continued to maltreat him until a constable came in sight. He then escaped through several houses And over three or four walls, and it was not until after a chase of half a mile that he was taken by 139 K. In answer to the Magistrate, The constable said the prisonei: had been drinking, but was not drunk. From his description it appeared ' that about two inches of the lip had been bitten away. The wounded man was taken to the divisional surgeon, who stitched up his lip as best he could under the cir- cumstances. A witness named Cannan corroborated the statement of Sullivan, and added that when the old man' shrieked bitterly and cried out, " Oh, ho has bitten my lip off !" the fellow exclaimed with an oath, " Yes, and I'll bite your nose off too," making a savage attempt at the same time to carry his threat into execution. Witness saw the piece of Sullivan's lip fall from the prisoner's mouth into the mud, but did not pi ck it up. The bystand_ o : , who were shocked, raised a great outcry f o r the poli on which the prisoner ran away. Mr. YARDLEY directed tha t the !surgeon who had d re ssed the wound should be sen for, ad of a! ttleaslaamwe, time observed upon the gross absurdity n which in cases of this kind did no h t e a I osts in conse light of common at quence of their being viewed in t . vaults. Costs were not allowed either before the magis gh there were no cases in trace or on the trial, thong more needed, inasmuch which a public prosecutiondoor labourers, with low wages, AS the parties involvle f! to the expense of a prosecution. were wholly : uneinunis defence, after the usual caution, Tho prisoners, dispute betw een them in the beer-shop, said there was tor s t ru ck him several blows, and then thee,j;_qecu _ where h' oat, c hallenged him out into the street thrd iting to fight. however, proved7that Sullivan The witnes..4 Canners, et 'rer raised his hand, though Leary knocked him do wn several times in the west brutal manner. The prisoner called two witnesses named Driscoll and Gorman, but they did nothing for his case. Subsequently Mr. Roland Robinson, surgeon, at Pop lar, appeared, and stated that the prosecutor had lost his lower lip to the extent of an inch and to the depth of half an inch. The wound was not such as would be caused by a sharp instrument, but a strong bite would inflict it. Mr. YARDLEY said he should feel it his duty to send the prisoner for trial for such a brutal assault, had yet a° t he prisoner could not be committed for wounding, for it been decided that wounding under the statute reires some instrument, costs would be incurred Which mu st ,fal as no provision had been made by the Legislature, I ble on the prosecutor. his Worship directed the con who had charge of the case to report to his dealsummarilysperintaent that he (Mr. Yardley) could not i.a the case of so brutal, sav age, and cowardy a fellow, who, in addition to biting off a man's lip, endeavoured to bite off his nose also, and whose own witnesses only confirmed the assault, and to state that it was a case in which some assistance should be given to th• prosecutor. _ _ Tho prisoner was then committed for trial, and Mr. YARDLEY ordered tho prosecutor ss. from th© poor-box. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. - The first levee for the season* of the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Right Honourable Sir F. T. Baring, Bart., was held yesterday at Whitehall, when the fol lowing officers had the honour of interviews:—Rear- Admiral Price, late superintendent of Sheerness Dock yard ; Captains Thomas Dickinson, of Greenwich Hos pital, Henry DundaQ, J. F. Birch, the Honourable G. H. Hotham, A. M. Hawkins, and R. Eliot ; Com manders 11. T. Wingrove, A. H. Gardner, Thomas Chaloner, G. Harvey Charles Jenkins, F. A. Campbell, Thomas Hope, C. C. Forsyth, George Hancock, S. L. Crofton, George Western, and E. A. Inglefield ; Lieutenants John Saunders, John De Ceurcy Agnew, W. C. Forsyth, J. B. Korystra, C. W. H a llett, W. B. Noble, S. 11. Derriman, and John Seccombe ; Sur geon, Thomas Robertson (a) ; Paymaster, Joseph Mason. We believe the lists for the ensuing four lovees are already filled up. Mr. William Hickman, paymaster o! 1849, has hero !Appointed secretary to Commodore Bruce, the newly eppointed commander in chief on the coast of Africa. This nomination is doubtless a judicious one, for Mr. Hickman served as secretary to Commodore Sir Charles Hotham during the time he was commander in chief on the coast ; moreover, Mr. Hick man is an officer of great intelligence and observa tion, and has recently given to the service and to the world, as the result of his researches and experience, a valuable work on naval courts-martial; a work which should be in the hands of every young and naval officer, and every person interested in the affairs of the navy. We may here add that if such books as Mr. Hickman has writt en were more gen erally studied we should not hear of the strange and most anomalous proceedings at naval courts-martial, which reflects so much discredit on the courts and the profession. Mr. Francis G. Probyn (1849) has been appointed acting flag-lieutenant to Commodore Bruce, until Lieut. Bonham, now first lieutenant of the Alarm, 26, in the West Indies, joins the Penelope. Lieutenant—J. It. Alexander (1850) to the Penelope, 18, steam-frigate, Portsmouth. Masters—J. C. Barlow (1335), of the Trafalgar, 120, Sheerness, to the Ocean flag-ship at that port, vice Belem, to command the Rhadamanthus steam trans port; R. 0. Stuart (1841), to the Trafalgar, vice Barlow. Paymasters—John Williams (1829) to the Monarch, 84, ordinary guard-ship, Sheerness, vice Huggins, pe riod of service expired; William Young (1840) to the Penelope. Clerk—Robert Bone (1819) to the secretary's office of Commodore Bruce. Clerks-Assistant—Charles B. L. Brookman to the Impregnable flag-ship, Devonport; Charles H. Wells to the St. George, ordinary depot, Devonport. Carpenter—Richard Callaway to be acting. The Admiralty have ordered that Le Comte Persano, and seventeen officers of the Sardinian war-steamer, at Woolwich, are to be admitted to visit the Royal dockyards. PRIZE MONEY FOR THE KESTREL—Messrs. Holmes and Folkard have given notice to Lieutenant Baker and the officers and crew late of the Kestrel, that an account of the proceeds and bounty money on the tonnage of th• Bella Maria, Brazilian slave vessel, captured on the 22d of June, 1848, will be deposited in the registry on or before the 10th day of April next. PRIZE MONEY FOR THE DETISTATIO N.—Messrs. Holmes and Folkard have also given notice to Com mander Mitchell and the officers and crew formerly of the Devastation, that an account of the proceeds and bounty money on the tonnage of the Adelaide, Brazilian slave vessel, captured Jan. 21, 184 S, will be deposited in the registry on or before the 10th of April next. Rear-Admiral Prescott, C. 8., went to Spithead on Monday in the Portsmouth yacht, and paid the Cumber land, 70, Captain Seymour, advanced wages. The Cum berland will have her defective capstan completed to-day, but it is uncertain when she will sail. We hear that Admiral Sir G. Seymour is slightly indisposed. Banshee steam-packet, Lieutenant-Commander Hos ken, arrived at Devonport on Monday, to be paid advance. . . Magicienne, 18, steam-sloop, went out on a cruise at eight o'clock on Monday morning, and returned to Ply mouth Sound at 4.30 P.N. Sprightly steam-tender, Master-Commander Allen, left Devonport on Monday afternoon, for Portsmouth, and arrived yesterday morning with a few seamen for the Princo Regent. . Prince Regent, 90, Captain Harris, has stripped her mainmast ready for taking out when she leaves the dock at Portsmouth. Rolla apprentices' tender, Lieutenant-Commander Fenwick, went out of Portsmouth-harbour on Monday, and anchored at Spithead ; she will now commence her cruising for the instruction of the apprentices. Persian, 12, Commander Bulmaa, arrived at Port Royal, Jamaica, Feb. 8, from Honduras. Volcano, 4, steam-vessel. Commander Rivers, arrived at Madeira Feb. 12, from Devonport, on her way to the coast of Africa. PORTSMOUTH, TUESD KY.—The Pyrenees convict-ship arrived on Sunday at Spithead. She received a gang of convicts from Portsmouth, and waits for one from Port. land, when she will proceed to Swan River. PE3IBROKE ROYAL DocKvAnn.—There are two ship launches shortly to take place at this arsenal. The Baraconta on the 31st March, and the Valorous on the 30th April. They are steam-vessels of large dimensions, and are thus hurried afloat, both because their engines are ready and that the slips are wanted, on which to lay down other men-of-war. The respected superintendent, Sir Thomas Bliley, Bart., is conducting the business of the establishment in the most satisfactory manner, ob .taining by his mild and gentlemanlike manners Sae tiniversal respect and esteem of all parties under his c:mnmand, both officers and men.—Carmarthen Journal. ROYAL MARlNES.—Captain J. F. Brittain. the prose cutor in the recent court-martial on Lieut. W. Hutchin son, has been placed upon half-pay; and First Lieute nant and Quartermaster Drury, a witness in the same case, has been called upon to resign the quartermaster ship, and, on his declining to do so, has been superseded Lieutenant Wright from Pembroke, has been appointed to the quartermastership at Plymouth; and Lieutenant Pickard has been appointed acting paymaster and quar termaster at Pembroke. GRAVESEND INSTITUTION. On Monday evening a vocal and instrumental concert was given in the elegant hall of the Literary Institution, Harmer-street, Gravesend, for the benefit of Mrs. Glover, who was supported by Miss Lanelles, from the Theatre Royal, Dublin; Miss Greenwood, Mr. Augustus Eames, from the Lyceum Theatre; and Mr. Austin, the eniinent pianist. Owing to the inclemency of the weather, the company was far from numerous. That, certainly, was a great pity; but it seems a very ques tionable policy to curtail the promised entertainment on such an occasion. The few who ventured through the snow-storm were entitled to be treated with as much consideration as if the theatre were crowded. To give them the whole contents of the programme would, at all events, be gracefuL It would look generous, even though no more than just. It was unpleasant enough to come through sleet, snow, and rlain for a musical treat, but the discomfort was some wiAat aggravated by the abridgement of one-half of the per formance announced. Miss Lanelles, whose voice is an alto of fine quality, sang with great effect William Howiit's beautiful ballad " The Coming Footsteps ;" her tone is remarkably full, clear, and mellow, and her style expressive and feeling.to a.degree which we are rarely able to recognize. Her articulation also is faultlessly distinct, and told charmingly in the pretty air " Just at Twilight." The song " I Love the Merry Sunshine," being quite of a different character, afforded her as opportunity of showing the varied powers of her execution. It was given with delightful hearti ness, and would be enough to establish her at once in public favour. Her good taste, brilliancy, and correct ness are sure to make her an immediate reputation on the metropolitan boards. Miss Greenwood also acquitted herself very respectably, and Mr. Eames, whose violin performance is well known, was much applauded in an obligato. Mr. Austin presided at the piano, and fully justified his high character for the mastery of the o i fase t nrulii ment. Having heard his buffo medley, " Blue Beard, ,, amidst roars of laughter and applause, at York that s na i o l l y ttha w . ou i g th h°P h il i t f w ‘a t ' a r s t il and i t Ypromised drollery. Theatre, we regretted v th e e ni b n i g ll t s h l e as h t ai n f_ ig fr h o t , ze h n e c b om ad p His symphonies and accompaniments were excellent, sh b e e u m id o b more f ntste o and he was deservedly applauded in a fantasia, which wa s new to us , and of which the author's name does not fi Appears c r e t n u t i n organ, tn her wb the bills. which s h nexti s .We hope Mrs. Glov er w ill concert theb n noble night, g g h i t, f t w o l f aen j : b ap py to hear Mr. Frederick Austin upon the magni ficent Harmer, E s q., to the institution. By the bye, the hall is one of the finest in England. The mind is enlightened by one when these arise from a natural desire of seeking and discovering the truth—Eliza Cook's Journal. EXTENSIVE ILLICIT DISTILLATIOX.•—•III conse quence of information privately furnished to the Excise that a fraud upon the revenue was being committed- to a very great extent at a house in a street leading from Hackney to Bethnal-green, called Centre-street, George, a Customs' officer, accompanied by one of the Excise officers named Cartwright, proceeded there at a late hour on night,Fridax .nn and after scaling some walls at the backs of the?d t i e ili n i n g e houses, at length forced an entrance at the rear of ewy e r n ar es ei! Wood in suspected, and captared a middle-aged e m r a te n. denied all the passage. Wood, who was in his . es hi , 1 the top part of the the officers found the whole aot an knowledge of any such illegal practicof but upon going up stairsd perfect manner for house fitted up in the most compact and ' t entered they found a distillation. In the first with tubs and coolers filled with of several hundred gallons, and strongest quality just run a still larger copper still, large molasses sti still i a n s h full operation, e a ix t t i st o e n oi r t ° off, while in • ' the room adjoiningof wash, with furnice alight, and a large quantity of spa containing SO gallons to ' a proportionate extent. So large was throwing off spirits lant" and utensils upon the premises, that the quantityp tiwas of ere ' occupied the whole of the night in effecting the officers w t h e i r removal, an d the man Wood, who was the only person i n the house being transferred to the s t a ti on, an d a ft erwar d s p l ace d at t h e bar atworship-street, evidence to the fore going effect wa s produced again s t hi m , an d it b e ing proved “ t h a t both stills, from their peculiar construction, must have burst and destroyed the place if some one had not been in constant attendance upon them, the magistrate convicted him i n a penalty of 301., and in default of payment sentenced hint to three months' hard labour in the House of Correction. THE GREAT EXHIBITION.--ADTICE TO YOUNG URCHINS.—Don't hoot and hiss at every foreign old gentle man you may meet with enormous moustaches. Rapala will not come to London again in a hurry.