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One of the witnesses examined befor e the Committee admitted that in 1841-2 11,0001. had been expended, for which he could find no vouchers 'f,% . hatever.— (Hear, hear.) This sum appea red to ° l oe been ex p en d e d w ith o ut a Treasury letter or a Treasury warrant. Another witness said that hi the Year 1848 a sum o f 48,000/. was wholly unaccounted for. There was no audit with any authority over the a ccounts, and it was proved that the Treasury had been called fo led upo n t o aut h or i se ex p en diture after it had taken Place. If it were possible r any one to discharge t h e duties Lord of the First Commissioner satisfactorily, the Noble 'cord (Lord S e y mour ) would be one of those most like l y I,' e do So.—(Cheers.) It was only the sy stem of which complained, and be must say, that if the board W ere compelled to collect revenue, as did the Excise, a nd at the same time to expend it like the Admiralty, there would always be the liability to abuse and extra vagsince.—(Hear, hear.) 8 Lord DUNCAN replied—He did not say that t he ; 141 toet.tioned in his resolution had been withh eld from Par liament, but that the payments had been wit hheld from; the Exchequer. A great principle was invo lved : 4 his res o l u ti on, viz., whether the House of Commons "ght not to have the control and management of the public money. He (Lord Duncan) asserted that t he y ou ght, and with this assertion his Noble Friend had not attempted to grapple.—(Hear, hear.) His Noble Fri end h ad promised t o b r i n g in a Bill last year, but nothing B a l come of it. When his Noble Friend brought in his for dividing the Board into two parts it should ha ve la suPPort. The House then divided, when there appgared — For the motion . 120 Against it ... ..• 119 Majority against Ministers ... -- 1 ? t a r. LACY moved for and obtained leave to bring in 4 1 ill to prevent the forcible detention of females in re 'gjous houses. Sir G. PECHELL, in moving for a return of the I,7Pral sums of freight money received by the treasurer of Greenwich Hospital since the 31st day of February, h ,,t ( , ) , with the date of such payments, and whether on ;‘;,`"ic, in private account; also, the name of the ship or ea 'sel in which the treasure was conveyed, and of the w rairt or offi:ier commanding the same, said it was 1 1 known that the money paid by the merchants for ." conveyance of specie led to improper patronage and j o bbing, Sir F. BARING said that strict orders had been given to i _ the a d m i ra l s an d ca p ta i ns o f stations to prevent the irr egulariti es complained of. he was then agreed to. Onthe motion of . . Colonel DUNNE, returns of all ap peals, from the decisions of the Commissioners for the o l' e „of Encumbered Estates in Ireland, with the decision pl• le Privy Council on each such appeal; and, of ap thleations made to the said Commissioners, or any of ti e tzl, for liberty to appeal; and the grounds of applica c,u for appeal in each case, were agreed to. s uo the report of the votes agreed to in Committee of 1 3 Ply far the Navy being brought up, e i si l r• HUME said, that although he bowed to the de rsd3n of the House on the votes proposed on the pre vious evening, still he wished to put on record his opi neh° and therefore moved now the resolution whic h he tad then p ro p ose d, but was prevented by the rules of ti a House from moving. The motion was put and negatived without a division . o answer to a question from Mr. HUME, Si r P. BARING said that the new regulations as to th e grog and victualling of the navy had been well re ed tr. on all foreign stations from which the Govern -men t had had communications. The severa l votes agree d to yesterday were then re potted, and the other business on the paper having been tu s Poied of, the House adjourned at Half-past Seven. BLEWITT WaS accidentally shut out from the /181 0 n on Lord Duncan's motion, which he was pro- Pared to support. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORNI ASSOCIATION. itl ir , —On Monday the 10th, came on the annual strug lir. i on Supply. Your party, meaning the party which title to take your side, merited every depreciatory ao e that has ever been bestowed upon it. Is it not canaething hard, that a man, for instance, like myself, theobey the wishes of his constituents by voting for th ° smallest number of men and monies, without having I , 4 ,aPpearance of throwing up his cap for the Pope f q ,: 4 the Slave Trade? I was jeered in the lobby, 4 ' 'raving at last been made to vote against the Afri katl,squadron. Oa the whole however, as far as re myself, I doubt whether much was taken in that ' e etion by the motion. And it is further worth noting , t6,t When the Amendment was proposed with the inser 61Of an allusion to the squadron, it was refu sed ci `ne Chairman, and not permitted to be put till it was m' l ced to a simple proposal to reduce the nu mber of en. v5 , ° 2 Tuesday a motion was made by Lord Du ncan, it e Similar in spirit to what was carried a few y ears th ° by Dr. Bowring, for bringing the expend i t ure of I,e Publi c revenues u nder the more immediate control of k ‘ rl iftrnent; and oddly enough was ca r r ied b y the same st alority of one, the numbers being 220 against 219. A I ) 6I PIZe mixture of Tories and Liberals w ill be seen in the ell 3 p:',Mon list. It is great pity events of this n ature, de pent on the junction of your enemies and b eca ß use 11. 7 Y are your en e mies, cannot in bOO way be prevented. 4 14; it is neithor in you nor me to hinder it. On the ok r i t of your professed friends, it is port ion of the th en plan • and like ague fits, we must shake and gat t ough them if heaven wills. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER. London, 12th March, 1851. C' AN WE fiOPE for UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE? 4 " Con s id er t h e case o f the huge unenfranchised class , " a Ys a writer in the last number of the Leade r— " the imm ense class that does the labour of the country— tr w e i ator o f i ts wea l t h , su pply of its power—the 'People.' n at ground is there for resisting the demand of that f t'oyha t o b e en f ranc hi se d? I s property' warranted in re -114,81°R, by the plea that it has taken upon itself the w ho le te ue n of taxation? No such thing — the great b od y of un e People still bears the mass of the burden. Mass p r r „" mass, you say: yes, but then you must make ' re tit:sectation coequal with taxation.' The working 34 es are the most heavily taxed, yet they aro den ied to e Fights of citizenship; their right to . labour or even theyce is disputed—most philosophically disputed; 14 have been plundered of the broad lands, bequeathed i v `rast to the Church for their benefit; by the compe -I,N laws of a false ceconomy they are excluded from 4r Y share of profits'—the monopoly of capital; they ti e told to obey the laws, but are denied national educa di'.a• Is it w onderful that they labour under c hronic h'' e cntent, or that they gather new hopes of chan g e ° ?:i the existence of the Non-Government? of U niversal the middle class has an interest in the question N i p,„',.,fllversal Suffrage. At present that class stands to• 1 4 - L ;fl tho working classes in the most odious ligh'.. t h l u anarchy, with all its insiduous covert perils, tr, () . n le discontent, hope in change animated by a hostile tt l ' lt " --- those are the traits of the times. Then have not a baiddle class an interest in bringing about a mor e :,,)leaonae state of feeling? th An interest '! Ay, something far better and higher i n s a that. Trade may have cramped the natural feel -08 in the middle class; but depend upon it, there is no . the„ number of men in whom the strongest feelings, if r:„Y can only be reached and evoked, are the natural th",'Y instincts cf . the heart, the impulse to do good for I °'ve of God and man, the love of nobleness. Let I. l l 3 Peal be made by honest bold men, to natural gene lit,-""7, and we are confident that the middle class will liVer it as heartily us they answered the Reform ap r:4i, or the summons to resist the invasion of Buona ;,itte• Not for self - interest — that never anim ates k ` Ir b e at concourses to consentaneous action; but for t he ' e of what is good and great, the enjoyment of poli tcal vitality. " COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, MARCEL 11. too k their Majesty and his Royal Hi g hness Prince Albert their accustomed early walk this morning in Os borne Park. Royal Highness the Prin ce of Wales and the yo unger br anc h es of the Royal Family wal ked and rode. 0, 1 4.1 a 0 Marchioness of Douro relieved th e Viscountess .11,11ing as Lady in Waiting this day. ter° was no addition yesterday to the Royal dinner party. h a lt. deputation from London, Liverpool, and Birming. on the subject of the adulteration o f coffee, con k,,ting of Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P. (chairm an ) , Mr. G. w ""tt, M.P.; Messrs. Twining. Peek, Drane, Quick, (Z'trebus, H enr y Cooper, Turner, and Fer rer, j un. "dea); Messrs. Shand, Bramley-Moore, Sharpe, and a rison (Liverpool); and Mr. Griffin (Birmingham), bad an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at Pcoal residence in Downing - street. T he Chancellor O at t h,e Exch eque r was present with Lord John R ussell pa interview. "Z if , ll " William Clay, M.P., had an intervie w y esterday 8;,." Sir George Grey, at the Home - office. Sir John 1 Gsg°Yne had also an interview with the Ri g ht Hon. e ntleman. i t l4 r. John Wool, Chairman of the Board of Inland e venue, had an interview yesterday with Lord John Russell, at hi s official residence in Downing - street. Mr. jo 01 . 1 1 4 Wood had also an interview with the Cha ncellor ,toe Exchequer yesterday. 11:', 1 ,deputation, consisting of Mr. Divett, M.P., Mr. tt r Tuaol (secretary). and Mr. Clark (solicitor) of the petiatol and Exeter Railway Company, and Mr. Charles (I A rk es, Parliamentary agent, had an interview yester of c t witb, th e Commissioners of Railways , at the Board Th e , lti,Z° American Minister had an interview with the Honourable Henry Labouchere yesterday, at the c A k rd of Trade. *". deputation, consisting of Major Beresford (North a unties Union Railway), Mr. Lang (Direct London Pertsrnouth Railway), Mr. Young (secretary), and Ij• Parks ( s oli c itor), had an interview with the Corn "ieners of Railways yesterday at the Board of Trade. th,The Oxford University Commission met yesterday at b official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, lj e w n a ing-street. Present—the Bishop of Norwich, the e r :t r . r i of Carlisle, the Master of Pembroke, the Rev. H. 1 -iiddell, J. A. Dampier, Esq., the Rev. G. H. S. °Janson, and the Rev. A. P. Stanley (secretary). M, kd the —IIE COPYHOLD COMMISSION. -On .onday printed. annual report of the Copyhold Commissioners wa It appears that fifty-three enfranchisements have a been made since the last report. The Commissioners consi er that enfranchisements of co holds would considerably tent,"Be, provided that money rent-charges, instead of corn eharges, were allowed, and that three-fourths of the t rants, with the con t of the lord, should bind the others sen makeeafranchisementg. LITERATURE 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 found 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 ruin. No one can have raturned 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 in French green-houses the heath, a plant requir►ng 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 broad, 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 easter❑ 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 Prassia. 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 those 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 -1 larney, covered with arbutus, are warmer than Mont pellier, or Genoa, or Florence. Such is cur 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 snore 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 kuow►, I was told, that it is raining in torrents in Cumberland, 50 miles off, hut they get none themselves, because the air has been dried i❑ rising over the mountain tops. " What 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. Again, 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 50 inches to be carried off 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 33} inches of rain, no less than 25 inches are evaporated, 81- 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 tbo evaporation would not exeeed, probably fall short of 21 inches. There remain, therefore, for the drains 33 inches depth of water in this case, 8i inches only iu the other—four times as much in Cumberland as i❑ 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 1 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 ler, Journal, vol. xi. p. 13." T!IE GREAT EXHIBITION. 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 reader 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 arrive I at. Dr. Lyon Playfair, the Commissioner especially charged with this depart meat 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 reduce those lists to the standard number. One possible difli culty presents itself from this arrangement in the dis appointment 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 cluded 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 them. 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 matter, it 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 made to do in the artificial world what has already been done in the natural by the labours of Linnmus, 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 en 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 bo 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 artio les 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 bo 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. Tho following is an abridged copy of the decisions re ferred to: — There shall be one jury to each of the 30 classes, into which the Exhibition is divided. The number of jurors in each jury is determined by the amount cf articles exhibited in each class, and the greater o r 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 whisk they are appointed, and these cannot be awarded either to them individually, or to the firms in which they nutty 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 dis• 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 one of their own body as a reporter. " The chairmen of the 30 juries will be associated as 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 plantain fibre. From Greece there has been sent some exquisite an cient and modern sculpture. From Hamburgh we are to expsct, 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 done. 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 cf some bales of hops by the steamer Sir Edward Bankes, from Ostend, the produce of Belgium. Tuscany, 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-ono packages, a howitzer, and other consign ments, have already come from Spain; and other countries are preparing to join in the generous con test of all nations. Meanwhile, their representa tives are one by one appearing on the scene of action. First, we see it announced that M. Sal landrouze 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; and then we are told that M. P. Corridi, Professor at the University of Pisa, and Director of the Technological Institute of Florence, having been appointed by the Government of Tuscany as special commissioner for the Great Exhibition, has arrived, and been received by several members of the Royal Commission, to whom he presented his credentials.—The Weekly IVews. 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 respeene ct ral ive principlesly are to to be which awarded, and to define the git 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 take such applications into consideration on the the recommendation of the several juries, sanctioned by the council of chairmen. As some 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 meet one week previous to the assembling of the juries. The duties of the council will therefore commence on Monday, May 5. In order to represent the wishes of the Commission, and to explain its rules, a nominee of the Commission will attend the meetings of the council, and aid it in the transaction of business ; but he will not possess a vote, or act as a member of the council. " Those towns which exhibit to a considerable extent in any of the classes, will be invited to send a list of names of persons who would efficiently represent the knowledge of those classes as jurors. It will be neces sary to state, according to the classified jury list, the sub divisions of the class with which the person recommended is specially acquainted; and all nominations must be made in classes, and not in the aggregate. As it is ne cessary to reduce the lists to the standard number for each jury, the Commission charges itsi It with this duty. Those persons who have been recommended as jurors, but who from the small numbers of the jury are not placed on it, may, on the application of a jury, be called in on 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 meld° to carry on these ex aminations with as little iucenveuit nee as possible. The paper fixes the exact number of jurors in each class—the lowest number being 6, the highest I`2, and the whole 270. Of these, therefore, by the proposed plan, 135 will be foreige era. The only section which is exempted from the preceding arrangements is that of agriculture' 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. 'as [ADERTISEMRNT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills a superior Remedy for Scorbutic Affections and other Dis eases of the Skin.—Cutaneous diseases are in their nature both obnoxious and painful to those afflicted, causing great anxiety of mind, heaviness, weariness, and dejection of spirits. To effect a cure of these dreadful maladies use Holloway's Ointment and Pills. The latter medicine is the finest purifier of the blood ever discovered, and there is nothing equal to the Ointment for allaying the irritation of the parts affected. 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Upon the app lication of Mr. David Davis, the carriage builder to the Great Weston Railway, a proposition made by him for the estab lishment of a " retiring carriage', , 1 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 during the pleasure of the corn missQiobreliersk,.e_neikaditotiinqahre.statuto of King W illiam, in , East cheap, and the other at the wederh 04 a Cheapside near I the l 5 - -e- - THE OUTER liinnlnts-.-413e !Glasgow section of the Highland DeStitution Board;" übder 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. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. bare possibility of such a contest or its instructive re membrance would sown work a change in the ttionJits 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 101., 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 m mow, 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 agriculture are practically concerned—these are 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. It any wilful or hard headed elector ventures to put in terrogatories about taxation, rent, tithe, or peer-rate.), 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. A choice between blue and yellow is to be made, perhaps, but not by the freeholiers 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 proces,, 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 101. 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 so moderate and reasonable a proposi tion as this justify themselves in refusing to give it a second reading? SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. (From the Times.) Government again in a minorit3 ! The butt has only been set on end to be knocked down again. All the agonies of the Ministerial crisis have merely given us a target for ambitious or diseffectel 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 resole 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 iu process of solution, and Lord John Russell is, much against his will, the corpus of the exp -ri • mont. We have a Premier, it is true, bu', in the lan guage of the Stock 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 aro 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 dying. 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 minor 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 gather to 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 ho has truth on his side, but error also, then take the wind out of kis sails by a poposition of your own, em bodying his truth and avoiding his error, and give your proposition, if possible, the star!, 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 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 Duncan'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 lever 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 i s believed that the Irish brigade, as it is called, will be doubled the next general election by the operation of the late electoral reform for that island ; and it is possible that even the Protectionists should find themselves somewhat stronger. Both these changes would increase the diffi cu lties, we will not say of the present Govern ment, but of government and legislation altogether. In fact, the only result would be an indefinite exaggeration of our present evils. We have no fear of ever seeing our commercial policy reversed, because we do not think the leading Protectionist s suc h a b so l u te desperadoes as to attempt it; indeed, the smallest glimpse of responsi bility sets them to work q ua lif y i ng th e ir professions, and reducingidle talk to the measure of practice. We are not afraid of this, but we cannot thick 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 a r ising from their rashness and inex perience would be consider a bl e; and not less those w hi c h would arise from the strength aad fury of the opposition such a Government would certainly have to encounter. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE: ROME CIRCUIT.—Lewes, March 11. The business for the county of Sussex commenced on Monday. There were 50 prisoners for trial, but with the exception 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 PARKE and a Com mon Jury.) BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. CRACE 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 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. Willes 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 had 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 ; and if he 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 consequence, been to a great extent deprived of the advantages of a home, and she had maintained 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 OWLI 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 promise of marriage, and she should think no more about him. Ho should prove this fact by the testimony of the relations of the defendant, who wore 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 he 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. Ho never approved of the intimacy, but he could not say that he 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 her 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 had 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 SarEE—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. It he had been he would not have got into the present dilemma. He was now about 26 or 27. He could not tell exactly what year he was born in. —(A laugh.) He could not say that all this time the plaintiff Lad 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 several respectable families, and he had reason to be lieve that his eon was very much attached to her. He did not sanction what was going on, but certainly he did not stoutly oppose it. He understood that the mar riage was - 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, and that apartments had also been taken for them to reside in after the marriage. Ho did not think that his son attained the appointment he held in the Custom House through the intervention of Miss Crace's friends. His son said 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 plaintiff. 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 he 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. Mr. Edward Wilson, brother to the defendant, deposed that he was a surgeon, and resided in Great Ceram street, Brunswick-square. In November of last year he received a communication upon the subject of the in tended marriage, and ho in consequence called upon Mr. Henry Crace, the brother of the plaintiff, and that gen tleman and his wife and the plaintiff came to his house 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 owe free will, and the plaintiff made no re ply. The plaintiff's brother asked the defendant why he refused to marry her, and ho replied that he had not sufficient confidence in her to make her his wife. After this took place they had refreshment and shook hands, and parted apparently upon friendly terms. At the in terview he had in the first instance with Mr. and Mrs. Crace, he understood that it was the desire of ail parties that the match should be broken off and that they should mutually release each other. By Sergeant SuEn—He was aware that the plaintiff' and his brother had been intimate bine° 1845, and that the plaintiff had been received in the family as his in tended wife. He did not observe that the plai n t i ff'w of very much distressed upon that occasion. He spo ke h meeting, he told Mr. Craze that _ her condition professionally. Oalberodthayerfowlaloswsioniti.ae s tu t j a b te u d ity w e it a h n h d that the match it t e r ve r y much doubted his might still take place. his sister th ou t g i lt Mrs. Salter, the sister evidence as to what took place at the interview in question. Sergeant SUER then addressed the jury for the plain- (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 King app, 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 sure 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 w i gs 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 the simple proposition of the ingenuous Member for Surrey ought to be consigned to a Select Committee, for tho purpose of being trans lated into the learned and diffuse dialect of what is called the Constitution. Should it escape that danger, however, the represen tatives of the nation will have in appropriate monosyllables to say aye'or no to this brit feat of Bills. We are not so sanguine as to hope that the speeches prefatory to these decisive ejaculations will be equally concise or to the purpose. We can imagine the vari e ty and vague ness of the pretext s which the farmers' friends will as sign for not choosing to trust a greater number of them with the right of voting than they think they can manage and control at future elections. South Notts has t h oroug hly alarmed them . T heir monopoly of produce was taken from them in 1846; and now their monopoly of power is in danger. In every county there is known to exist a malcontent minority of 501, tenants at will, and freeholders who have long desired to emancipate them selves from the insolent thraldom of oligarchical compact and clique; but who from their want of numerical strength have been compelled to accept the nomination system. Add to these in each shire a thousand or two, many of whom are I.kely 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 entre "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 coun t y business, and the man who habitu ally showed that h e unieratood and sympathised with the farmer's condWon, w mild be " called on to stand" where now nobody e ver dreams of suc h a thing. Here su c h a man might get in; there he might fail. But in both cases the public interest would be served. The EVENING, MARCH 12, 1851. tiff, and he said that - , when they were put in possession who, in addition to biting off a man s lip, endeavoured ,of the real facts of the case, he felt satisfied they would to bite off his nose also, and whose own witnesses only be of opinion that it was one which involved the greatest confirmed the assault, and to state that it was a cruelty and inj Astice that had ever been brought before case in which some assistance should be given to the a jury. The real facts of the case were these:—The prosecutor. plaintiff, who was a highly respectable young woman, The prisoner was then committed for trial, and Mr. had, unfortunately, through family disagreement, been YARDLEY ordered the prosecutor 5s from the poor.box. compelled to use the talents she possessed as a means of obtaining a livelihood as a governess, and she had been employed in that capacity in families of state and re spectability. In 1844 she was on a visit to an uncle named Doblee, who had for many years been in the service of the Duke of Norfolk, but who at that tame had retired, and was living at Patworth park, near Arundel. The defendant was also on a visit there, and he became fascinated with the plaintiff, and an 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 plaintiff 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 aft2ctionate term • 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 the defendant constantly 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 of Arundel and Surrey, the Member for Arundel, to whom 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 some pecuniary difficulty, Mr. Henry Crace, the brother of the plaintiff, consented to advance him a sum of 50/. 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. 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 Dundas, J. F. Birch, the Honourable G. H. Hotham, A. M. Hawkins, and R. Eliot ; Com manders H. 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. Inglefirld ; Lieutenants John Saunders, John De Courcy Agnew, W. C. Forsyth, J. B. Korystra, C. W. Hallett, V. 13. Noble, S. H. Derriman, and John Seccombe ; Sur geon, Thomas Robertson (a) ; Paymabter, Joseph Mason. We believe the lists fur the ensuing four levees are already filled up. Mr. William Hickman, paymaster of 1849, has been appointed secretary to Commodore Bruce, the newly appointed 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 written were more generally 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. R. Alexander (1850) to the Penelope, 18, steam-frigate, Portsmouth. Masters—J. C. Barlow (1835), of the Trafalgar, 120, Sheerness, to the Ocean flag-ship at that port, vice Belam, 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 RDyal dockyards. PRIZE MONEY FOR THE KESTREL.—Messrs. Holmes and Folkard have given notice to Lieutenant Baker end the officers and crew late of the Kestrel, that an account of 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 504 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 601. 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 upon 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. the proceeds and bounty money on the tonnage of the Bella Maria, Brazilian slave vessel, captured on the 22d of June, 1848, will be deposited in the registry on or before the loth day of April next. PRIZE MONEY FOR THE DEVASTATIO N.— MCBSII. Holmes and Folkard have also given notice to Com mander Mitchell and the officers and crew formerly of the Devastation, that an amount of the proceeds and bounty money on the tonnage of the Adelaide, Brazilian slave vessel, captured Jan. 21, 1848, 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 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, and took hold of his hand, and said to him, "William, why have you treated me in this manner?" 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 after him. His sister then asked the de fendant why he did not tell her so when he left her on the Saturday night, and he shook his head. The plain tiff was in a most distressed state at this interview, and she clung to him; and he told the defendant that he was a scoundrel and a villain for acting in such a manner to a girl. He heard the plaintiff's father say, in the course of what took place, that if his son married Rose he would blow his brains out. By the COURT—He 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. 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 F.M. Sprightly steam-teuder, Master-Commander Allen, left Devonport on Monday afternoon, for Portsmouth, and arrived yesterday morning with a few seamen for the Prince 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 Bulmaw, 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 .he coast of Africa. . PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—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. PEMBROKE ROYAL DOCKYARD.—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 Palley, Bart., is conducting the business of the establishment in the most satisfactory manner, ob taining by his mild and gentlemanlike manners the universal respect and esteem of al patties under his command, 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. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLERKEIVWELL. 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 tom cat. Applicant said that a favourite pet torn 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 of its cleanly habits and eccentricities. Poor tom, how ever, he 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 tom and a number of his " fraternity," on the tiles of his neigh bour's house in the "dee d of night," which gave annoy ance to an elderly genteman residing next door from applicant, who trapped tom, and he bad kept him ever since (three months) in a cage, and treated him with great severity. He had 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. TRAM ES. A CANNIBAL. —Jeremiah 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, bad 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 he 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 s him, and bit a large piece out of his lower lip, giving him excruciating agony; when he contrived to get up, though he was streaming with blood, the prisoner knocked him down again, and flinging himself once more upon him, endea voured to bite off his nose, 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 prisoner 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, he has bitten my lip off 1" 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 pick it up. The bystanders, who were shocked, raised a great outcry for the police, on which the prisoner ran away. Mr. YARDLEY directed that the surgeon wheosahmaed dressed the wound should be sen t for, and at th time observed upon the gross absurdity o f , the law, which in cases of this kind d id not allow cos ts in conse quence of their being viewed in th e h light of common as saults. Costs were not allowed en eit her before the magis trate or on the trial, though there were no cases in which a public prosecution was more needed, inasmu wagch as the parties involved, poor labourers, with low es, were wholly unequal to the expense of a prosecution. The prisoner, in his defence, after the usual caution, said there was a dispute between them in the beer-shop, where the prosecutor s t r uck him several blows, and then throw i n g off his coat, challenged him out into the street to fight. The witness Cannan, however, proved:that Sullivan never raised his hand, though Leary knocked him down several tinsfs in the most 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, y et _ as the prisoner could not be committed f or woun di ng , for it bad been decided that wounding under the statute requires some instrument, costs would be incurred which must, as no provision had been ma d e b y t h e Legislature, fell on the prosecutor. ilia Worship d i recte d the constable who had charge o f th e case to re p o rt to his superintend ent that he (M r . Y ar dl ey ) cou ld not deal summarily in the case of so brutal, savage, and cowardy a fellow, GRAVESEND INSTITUTIO N. 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 eminent 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 aas unpleasant enough to come through sleet, snow, and rain for a musical treat, but the discomfort was some what aggravated by the abridgement of one-half of the performance announced. Miss Lanelles, whose voice is an alto of fine quality, sang with great effect William Howitt's beautiful ballad " Tbe 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 aro 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 iastru of enli vening Having heard his buffo medley, " Blue Beard," n tY d drollery. amidst roars of laughter and applause, at York Theatre, we regretted that although it was promised in applauded in a fantasia, which tvheenibniglltsbleashtalnflgfrhnts,shnenhanadpannoyt awnithophpisorwtititnai His symphonies and accompaniments were excellent, us, and d o l f y which the author's name does not and l was h n in the bills. We hope Mrs. Glover will be appear more ) fortunate on her next concert night, when weshould eewwatos be , h a ppy to hear Mr. Frederick Austin upon the magni ficent organ, which is the noble gift of James Harmer, to the institution. By the bye, th hall is one of the finest in England. The mind is enlightened by contradictions, when these arise from a natural desire of seeking and discovering the truth—Eliza Cook's Journal. EXTENSIVE ILLICIT DISTILLATION.—In 00nEe^ a fraud upon the revenueprivately was being committed to a very great extent at a house in a street leading from Hac kne y called Centre-street, George, a Customs' officer, accompanied Cartwright, proc by one of the Excise office rs named eed ed there at a late hour on Friday night, and alter scaling some walls at the badks of the adjoining houses, at length forced an entrance at the rear of the one suspected, and captured a middle-aged man named Wood in the passage. W o od, who was in his shirtslee ves, denied all knowledge of any such illegal practices, but upon going up stairs the officers found the whole of the top part of the house fitted up in the most compact and perfect manner for distillation. In the first room they entered they found a large still in full operation, with tubs and coolers filled with molasses wash to the extent of several hundred gallons, and a large quantity of spirits of the strongest quality just run off, while in the room adjoining was a still larger copper still, containing SO gallons of wash; with furnice alight, and t h row ing off spirits toga proportionate extent. So large was the quantity of "p lant and utensils upon the pre ' mises, that the cfficers were occupied the whole of the night in effecting their removal, and the man Wood, w h o was the only person in the house being transferred to the station, and afterwards p l ac ed at the bar at Won eviclip-street, • enco 10 the fore going effect was produced against him, and it being proved that both stills, from their peculiar construction, must have 1 b urs t and destroyed the place ' f i n constant attendance upon them, some one had not been the magistrate convicted him in a penalty of 301., and in default of -ment a P 3 sentenced him to three months' hard labour in the House of Correction. THE GREAT EXHIEITION,--ADVICE TO TOTING URCIIINS.-I)on't tic ot and hiss at every fore'gn old gentle man you may met with enormous moustaches. ilaynau will not come to London again in a hurry.