The Sun. — London, England, 1851-02-28 00:00:00

..---.--' done to-da7. a L oth *DI Co ded Do _pi Five :silo n bi!. OS ..op a Ol. les eb Ins9;il W w larg e ' 00 11 th M m e' Fri bat „ ti n g - boos hro al° 0 d 0004,, 1 ill e l; 1 OW I clfbc,,, , re " 01116 —o, Oa fi lo! , 0 0c11, r , rell °le ri : le t : t 3 77 ;di Dav ie o' l4 ' p er , 0 0 0 1 06 .44 I, I c LOSIA rf o 96 s 9t' 3° P jh 9 6 $ 47 6 0 4 9P yid rsle934 i°l iig id ;2a il ' o pa , c e, • • 3 ' port'' 0 4 -08 , I)) Ar i°a; • re; Ude od 0 ' ov'e•tb fior ,i 0 r to iiiall eo e9 be- o to e P 010 3 `!: LI for of iv% 1,044" is 0 ing , 0 0 0 a 1 1) 4 ,5, So'„,iil , 0. - e r. oli" t io' O ' ao'bit SPORTING NOTES. R IV -E TROSPECTIVE GL NC E AT THE LIVER POOL SPRING MEETING. "Sow, if you look but closely, you will find I have the the seeds of judgment in my mind : The running gives at least a glimmering light; The lines, though traced but roughly, are drawn right." POPE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,— Although Lincoln commenced the compound !a:tare of the legitimate and leather flapping as early as 6th of the present month, yet it was but a prelimi nary flourish to the great ingo of Liverpool, which o ,,Pin the last eight and .Forty hours has become a mat er history. The Liverpool Spring Meeting of 1851, though not able to show such large fields as in so n- of those Years nealuteonw sunk on the shores of time, y et could boast of dance, I think I may affirm, bey 'nit all 81:7!ceclent, most exciting contests, and some little srettlation. The Spring Cup attracted eleven fu r • Post, one more than I ( xpected, and uoitished a good race to the distance, with how 3', Doubt, Baroness, Panope, and Caurire; here, w i th e 'Ler, matters changed; the three last were disgusted • the pace and accordingly cut it; Unity and Doubt • weet • ' i t wi _ oo in company to half-way up the distance, when A 3 evident to all, that the three-year-old Unity, the of Anti• Repealer and Tabitha Bramble, was f,. utn g easily, which she did by t.vo length; thus veri ,f'cg the remark I made in the note No. 11, that though , e f e uabf see m s t o b e th e crac k, I ver y mu ch DOUBT /her he c an g i ve U n i ty near ly 3 s t, no t w ith s tanding the (1 1 1 '1 1 Period of the season, and the length of the course et ee nz , il e 4 ). " This observation was founded, to some art a' , On the for war d s t a t e o f the youngsters this year, tb —"utable to the hitherto remarkable open state of ° weather, t h e resort to " t h e straw " thi s w i n t e r hav ingdbecti more the exception than the rule. In last o d 4 „)''s note I placed " Caurire first, Unity second , Doubt third;" this was not very far out, but in e e ° ,, lld srs, I took Unity as the absolute win (tle r e% P l acing Caurire (fourth), and Baroness • 15.: '9 next best in my estimation. I ea rn t , e e d that there would be a larger field ti t the Grand National Steeplechase than mustered at n o starting -post, but as twenty-one came to the scratch, at n ir le can complain on that score. For this important o f e I selected Farnham and Fugitive, on the strength til t public performances, and the latter for th n i r t ° e n° had done in private likewise, little dreaming e s ,' *net I heard in the City concerning the first-named ee t s v eur rect• and that he was amiss. I placed unlimited • el n 'epee in the pair, expecting one or other, bar acci barit to pull me through for a certainty. How I la willired under such a delusion with respect to Farnham I fur explain in a few words :—my Irish correspondent in in V' e d me that Farnham and Sir John were the best e nd 'a gainer, the former certain to beat the latter; ba red 3' regular correspondent (who, it may be remem that—eltd int astray on the Lincoln races by stating I b ad i some mystery hung over Nancy, and that ei dere better pass her chance over without con stelaZ`l°n) on Thursday week certified (after a e el ) ~to me that both Farnham and Fugitive "oing good work. That he was correct respe c t t o F ug i t i ve I am we ll a w are, but as to eeree, it i„ tn. that was all humbug, as I know too well now e n , "co late; however, I'll take care this game don't t wo u r again. for I will at once do with them and one or b e othe r of ea irregular correspondents what has lately them done with the Ministers of these realms—make tli nSe r esign their posts; and I have but little doubt that re„,:,whe trust to my pilotage will benefit soon and reorlally by this change in the sporting Ministry of th e e t 4 n• The public must have observed, how, within e n last three or four we , -ks, I have in a way unusual to rs i nh r d inery tactics, tacked about several times in a i nYierious manner. This has been caused by the a — ,. °4k 'v's of the gentry mentioned above; it will not bee — again ; it will prevent me from laying cri er° you to-day my analysis of the Chester ka Pt which shall be elaborately (as its importance de- T nd s) examined in the course of the ensuing week. thO r Pe ar to the subject which I had almost lost sight of, eu e , klyerpool Steeplechase was well contested by six ireht et the s even an i ma l s I se l ec t e d t o f orm the first • te em at the finish (Farnham being the seventh), five of e nd ,ZAbd-el-Fader, Maria Day, Sir John, Rat-trap, ' e, n PPerary Boy—passing the judges' chair first, se- We " third, fourth, and seventh. Fugitive, when going nu~a ab d k . lik e • oo tog a winner, came down a burster, pl acid Ping Bradley, and, from the stiffness of the pace, ti oe g her hors-de-combat at once; Maria Day's posi ti " the final struggle, convinces me that had Fugi lenv:pk:Pt on her pins she must have beau the winner or spi "Y a neck or half-length, nothing else. It was a th e en did finish b e t w e e n Abd- e l•K a d e r and Maria Day, / former only just nicking it by a long head. fr ern in aY as well rem ark, before concluding this speech N u "' " t he throne—i.e., my desk—that the new order of °Pon a much more extended scale, as announced 1 4 41 11 1 first no te thi s year, will come into operation fr n : t iinmeliately, and that all rumours or reports 1 141ei le g l /e L d quarters will be inserted in the notes, as well all — uuservations of myself and correspondents, with ' and watie eth er . ery other information useful to the sporting .* Poet'e„ -- ' t is at my command, as announced in the ante beforementioned, No. I. oe t e — '* -- Peter Simple (if meant), at 10st. 111 b., must b it , t 's"ci thi n g for the Doncaster &eeplechase, not- Ida t ei - „ 4lr , (l ing that Abd el-Kader, British Yeoman, and With Da y figure in the same race. He ran very well 1 11 st up at Liverpool ; if he misses the mark, ~tl e • 71b. or the other three will hit it. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Feb. 28, 1851. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. \t er P vr a . y sew members were in attendance, and business Yery flat, admitting of only a short quotation. 15 CHESTER CUP. • to 1 eget Mr. Treen's Rnesus, 5 yrs, 7st—taken and afterwards offered 25 to 1 Ag i t Lord Clifden's WallflAver, 5 yra, Est—t 5 0 to 1 agst Mr. Nichol's Woolwich, 5 yrs, Bst—t to 1 agst Lord Eufield's Bee.hunter, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b —taken 1 11 ? to 1 a it Mr. Lister's Nancy, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b—t —'emus vra g s backed early in the afternoon at 13 to 1. 100 TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STARES. 41 4 10 90 laid agst Grecian-5 to 1 agst The Moun ' 'YIPh colt— and 10 to 1 agst Storm. DERBY. to 1 offered on the field ,12 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Sylph colt ' 0 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Constellation—taken and 25 afterwards off-Ted 3,0 0 , to 1 ' get Mr..l Clark's Marlborough Buck—taken 6 .00 0 t° agst Lord Eglinton's Bonnie Dundee — taken W 4 ,1, to 150 aERLOO C gst Mr. Grev OURSING iII MEETING. —ta e's Ariosto— FIRST 'DAY. Fs, a The Waterloo Cup. Fs. ' e ddes's Forlorn Hope bt Mr. G. Gre—son Da lton. 6 ' 's G rabens's Resignation bt Mr. Carr ' s Ca pa city. bi r ,dl saton , Wee-wee bt Mr. Webb's War Eag le. Tr W ' S harp s e's Hughie Graham bt Sir St. G. Gore's s r , °l zig. 41 ,c'u ll a Columbus bt Mr. W. G. Barron's Finisher. _ n ` lol Enes's Mocking Bird bt Mr. J. Wilson's T ki p. Ver. e Itip;otherton's Mot bt Mr. Marshall's Grecian. 141 '. —ld ti w ara Sy mbol bt Mr. J. Brown's Break of Day. . l ackworth's Wat Tinlin bt Mr. J. Robinson's ,alr, a l Pa,ord, tfird I ' 6 lltke nd Mcnimi bt Mr. Deakin's Danceaway. Staymaker bt Mr. Ellis's Bonnet Blue. , 4 ""'a Japh e t bt Mr. Barnet's Betrue. W" O ttwell's Puzzle'm bt Mr. N. Slater's Saxon. fir, g • Wilso n ' s J am i e F orest b t M r . J. C oo k e ' s Canto 4r. J e ,, (3 l , t , t 'a Voltigeur bt Mr. Simson's Cairncorse. ~,j'il , „s e 7 4 's Uncertainty bt Mr. E. Taylor's Lucy Neele. Graf Ties --Forlorn Hope bt Resignation, Hughie bt 4: 73 1 bt l ee.wce, Nist bt Uncertainty, Staymaker dt e4f,,„tuLti s) W bt Jamie Forest, M etbocking Bird — "litt Tinlin bt Symbol, Japht Puzz l'em. •Lu t , Waberlcro Purse. ) 41'. "h i s Wicked-eye bt Mr. W. G. Barron'a Blazilla. fir,, r shall'a Glenalvon bt Mr. Jebb's Clent. r te Graham's Writ of Error bt Mr. Deakin's Di t°r. r, 134 ril ett'a Backward bt Mr. W. Wilson's Willie P. A B l; reat. i G. Gore's Triste bt Mr. Cooke's Chorus. one c• t tater, ew -g t ra Clydesdale bt Mr. G. Holmes's M y ul „ 130swell's The Nailer bt Mr J. Robinson's 4 1 rY-le gs . Grepo,'s Neville bt Mr. N. Slater nd Considers- laa nn ' e are enabled to state, in the most positive .. the t o r, that the reason why Mr. Gladstone refused to join ie*iiiphtitenaplated Cabinet of Lord Stanley, was not in c a o n n- . ~Lhe of any disagreement between the Noble Lord d t4tr,iignt Hon. Gentleman on the subject of free trade. Lord l 'he,, e3 i ' was quite Willing to put that question in abeyance. reson why Mr. - . Gladstone declined . to . enter office tact e Noble Lord, was a difference of opinion between f elt 1 1 ° , 4 the subject of the Papal aggression. Lord Stanley aelf bound, alike from his principles as a Protestant, . t. de duty as a Mi n i s t er, to hi s S overe i gn, to ta k e de- action in reference to the recent assumptions of f n i o 4 tep s !qr. Gladstone, on the other hand, would hear o h I▪ to„ e4 ig taken at all to check the aggressions of the Church We believe we are correct in stating that the rei 4u s: i.ord and the Right Hon. Gentleman were not two ,ta.1448 together, befure they severally saw the utter unpro . yof their coming to an unders.tancling. - Advertiser. 13 ,, 11 t1 ( 1 „ 18 L e.NING AT SODBURY.—The adjourned inquest ,' , ,,50, - ,uoy of Mrs. Jane Hathway was resumed on . Wed ▪ u'' h e od again caused intense interest. The prisoners, "Ctin -4 uand of deceased and the girl Caroline Carey, were tristin Present in custody, but shortly after the business Fom hs l'ea the coroner said did not feel warranted in detaining tlten4TAle Prisoner further, as there was nothing in the evi '.4ti:° Ux guilt upon her. ' She was then discharged. tleit,eer evidence having been given, the jury, after a short I;ahtinn, returned a verdict—" Deceased came by her I t u `to . S'" ( , r , ° ,ugb Poison administered to her by her husband, r tiril,l"l"be Hathwa " The husband was then committed -, under the coroner's warrant, fur wilful murder. In cntj,"; WARWICK AND WORCE:••TER RAILWAY.— 'ticitiCsecit:ence of the official manager, Mr. Wryghte, having ni s - i t i. lt ha: he intended on Wednesday to ask Masterißichards 'Ss, eall upon all those contributories who had received ti ese there was a most numerous attendance of pard that w";erested, After a long hearing, the Master . observe leirin what had passed confirmed him in his intention of . re the sorne verified report as the basis of his proceedings. at ,tlp latter , was eventually adjourned to Friday, March 21, 15%,,iteiictv,aiat,tihneonirdeeertitnhga.t evidence might be . brought forward ee s e official manager in respect to various subjects dis e4st(o/41,0Tollington. has addressed a letter to the txp re :! of Pontefract and the' adjacent district, in which he i „ .eos b.oth.surprise and regret that he should have been ti4„aegtlil_nae illation against his friend Mr. Lawley, and at the be made the subject of a mortifying defeat. THE SUN, MINISTERIAL CRISIS. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS "TIMES.—We are disposed to lsase to other pans the more appropriate task of celebrating the daring enter prise and unrewarded toil which made yesterday event ful in the Protectionist annuls, and tees atened at one moment to make it still more eventful in the annals of the country. For we do not aspire to record the pro ceedings cf the conclave in St. Jamst,'a “itiere, and we are satisfied without nearer evidence that Lord Stanley did fur his party all that could be effected by the spirit and vigour of a leader unsupported by a single man of tried political character or recognized political ability. From an early hour till sundown the struggle lasted —not indeed with any visible adversaries, but with the more incurable obstacles of a vacant and dis satisfied party, reduced to forsake its own principle of action at the very moment it affected to assume the direction of the State. At the Carlton the vain efforts of a deluded enthusiasm were unsupported by the evidence of a single positive accession to the projecte I Administration. On the contrary, all that could be learned in the outer world of the prospects of the new Government were the names of the emihent persons who had refused to join it; and the boldest flights of conjecture never reached beyond Mr. Berries, Mr. Disraeli, and Mr. Henley, as the chief organs of the Administration in the House of Commons. Toe ards evening, however, it was thought that enough had been done to retreat with honour, and the intelligence circu lated that Lord Stanley had once more resolved to re sign his commission for the formation of a Government into the bands of her Majesty. A Noble Earl, well kcown in fashionable life, made the announcement at White's, and Lord Stanley himself proceeded to the Palace ton report the termination of his efforts. Our anticipations of yesterday are thus verifisd, and with the results we had already ascribed to this transaction. The Protectionists, separated &Out elmost all that is powerful or trustworthy in the Conservative party, have been for forty-eight hours masters of the Government cf Britain. The tailure of their opponents and the voluntary abnegation of their rivals left them a wide field for the display of all their policy and all their resources. The urgent want of an Administration to conduct the business of the country was never more strongly felt. All the powers which the Constitution places in the hands of a Minister cn his accession to office• were in their possession. Even their own followers bad begun liberally to discard the encum brances of their creed. All was in vain. The bigotted adherents of the Protestionists to a lost cause has reduced them to the fraction of a party, and Lord Stanley arrived by the exhaustion process at the demonstration that no Tory Government can now be formed out of the mate rials he possesses, or upon the principle of commercial pro tection. It now, therefore, becomes imperatively neces sary to terminate the present crisis by a return to the most practicable of the combinations already attempted, and to make whatever sacrifices or concessions are re quired to give the utmost possible strength and effect to that combination. This is not a moment at which any sort of personal recrimination would be in place. The embarrassments of the past week have been too great, the stoppage of the whole business of Parliament at the outset of the session is too deplorable, the duties of the immediate future, especially in the present year, are too pressing, for us to stoop fur a moment to the grati fication of any personal predilections. The only ques tion worth asking, since we have now completed the round of all the known combinations of party is, " How is tie Queen's Government to be most efficiently carried on?" This is not a time at which any accession of strength can with impunity be thrown away. It is understood that the members of the Whig Administra tion will meet this morning in their private capacity at Lansdowne-house, to consider the course that it be comes them to pursue, since they are thus thrown back to office by the failure of all competitors. But we trust that it will be admitted by those who are most anxious to promote the stability of the Government, that a mere repetition of the performances which ter minated last weak will be hailed with no i:atisfaction by the country. It will leave the abrupt resignation of the Prime Minister wholly unaccounted for, it, within eight days, he is to resume his place in the House of Com mons, as if his Government had suffered no defeat, or had become insensible to what it suffered. Too much sensitiveness then would only be followed by too much indifference now; and the transaction would pass with the world for little more than a piece of legerdemain. To remove these impres sions another vigorous effort should be made to obtain for the Administration that increase of strength which it requires. In political life nothing is so hopeless as to attempt a return to the past. That ever-shifting sphere effaces in a few hours the traces of what has ceased to be, and the seat which is once left vacant has already crumbled away. Not an address, not a meeting, scarcely a journal, has signified the faintest desire to revive the identical Administration which expired last week; and if this crisis has destroyed the last illusions of the Pro tectionists, it has more clearly demonstrated the neces sity of uniting the great divisions of their successful op ponents. During the interregnum which must intervene between the dissolution of one Government and the con struation of another, while both Houses of Parliament are buried in compulsory silence and the constitutional functions of the Executive Government are in abeyance, a duty devolves on the Press per haps the most important which it can be called upon to fulfil. It is only through the columns of the newspapers that opinions as to the qualifications of public men, the combinations of parties, and the probable good or ill success which awaits them, can meet the eyes of the immediate advisers of that august personage who presides over the exciting struggle for place and power. Then, if ever, is the time for the press to deal candidly and straightforwardly with the characters and conduct of public men, and to discharge without fear or favour the trust which has devolved upon it of representing the public. This duty we have endea voured, to the utmost of our ability, to perform during the present crisis, and in the course of it we have been obliged to point out the obvious difficulty which was thrown in the way of a successful coalition by placing the power of negotiating it in the hands of Lord John Russell, who is most undoubtedly more nearly connected with and more responsible for the sect nt abandonment of the Ministry by the ma jority of the House of Commons than any other mem ber of the Cabinet. It has been our misfortune, by making these observations, to incur the censure —and that expressed in no mitigated terms—of a por tion of the press, which appears disposed to fill up the present blank in political affairs by fixing upon us a per sonal and d. grading quarrel. We are told that Lord John Russell was our patron; that we followed his for tune steadily when prosperous; and we are now charged with turning upon him when in adversity. It is really time for those who aspire to direct and enlighten public opinion to lay aside a slang so childish and so meaning less. We, of course, can only answer for ourselves. Whether our indignant coternporaries may have chosen for themselves some patron whose steps they steadily follow and whose principles they eternally re p ea t, we do not presume to conjecture; but, for ourselves, we can say with the most perfect confidence, that the only patron whom we acknowledge is the great and liberal British people, and the only steps which w e stea dily f o ll ow are those of enlightened and progressive opinion. The paltry motives which may occasion the rise and fall of rival factions, the adherence to men in office, or the abandon ment o f th e m when out, the breaking up of a family c lique or the fall of a Minister—all these are matters of perfect indifference to us, except so f ar as th e y re late to that which is the one and sole object of our political labours w — e the k a . d t. v o a a n Fa ci e n l g ior t a h t e e, p th ro e g i r n e a s t s itu a t n io d ns de of - Respo w ns e. ibi a l l i s ty o i h s av n e ot ou li r mi r t e e s d po t n o sib M il i i n ty is . t t e h rs e otf de fending, d t o ni nag e ti weight of which is . in exact proportion to the favour with which the public have been pleased . to honour us. Cabinet!. It is indeed a mean and inadequate notion of the mis sion which we are endeavouring to fulfil to suppose ad herence to the fortune s of a Ministerial patron, through good and it report, through success and failure, to be it s appropriate object. Wh at are Ministers and Cabinets to us? A few months, or at most a few years, and they pass awaanyi, Cabinetsto be rememberedt hsthat gave forgotteno g r one bf re them. with the This M inisters journal has survived innumerable political men and po litical reputations, and we see no reason to suppose that it is approaching the end of its career. We gave our sup port to the Whig Government beca use we believed its existence to be conducive to the welfare of the coun try. awl we are ready to support any Government of which we may e ntertain a similar opinion... To . have been invested with the titles of " the Ministerial Jour nal," or " the organ of Government," is a misfortune for which we are indebted to those who are unable to view the press in any other light than as the organ of parties or Cabinets ; nor d o we care to vindicate our selves from a charge of inconsistency which rests upon no better foundation than that chimerical position wh ich has been so gratuitously assigned to us. As for the charge of having done injustice to Lord John Russell in our recent remarks, we may dismiss it very summa rily, since our censors themselves seem to have arrived at a conclusion not very widely differing from our own , e xcept in greater circuity and indirectness of expression; nor shall we be very careful to guard ourselves agains t the accusation Sir Charlesti , onofent ering into a political intrigue to Wood, or to hand over the Go• vernment of the country to a clique of Greys, Russells, and Elliots. The charge of having condescended to make these columns the medium of p ersona l i n vective aga inst a fallen Minister tve must ref er t o th e m e mory of our readers, not doubting but they will do us that justice which our indignant contemporaries are of course bound to deny us. We are also accused of inconsistency in stating that L ord John Russell's letter to the Bishop of Durham " gave intensity and political importance to the anti-Papal agitation " and bred i dissension between the Ministry and its Roman Catholic supporters. Be fore we answer the c har g e of inconsistency, let us ask if this statement is not literally and exactly true, and whether. in the opinion of the stern moralists who cen sure us, it was our duty to put forward a falsehood or to suppress the truth, in order to conceal a past erro r i n judgment, if any such had been committed ? But where is the inconsistency? Did weelvveeri.i.lsitteynsthitaytaotnrhde political tt r ica o i fi Lord John Russell would not g importance to the auti-Papal agitation, would not breed dissension between the Ministry and their Roman Catholic supporters ? We com mended the letter of Lord John Russell then as we commend it now, for containing a pledge . on behalf of her Majesty's Government that the gross insult offered to this nation by the Pope should nut go unredressed; and we awarded this praise under the conviction, which we shared in common with every reasonable person in this country, that it would " add intensity to the . anti- Papal agitation. There is, then, no inconsistency as. serting that which we had all along foreseen, and never in any way denied or deprecated. Still lose have we fallen into any inconsistency in asserting that the letter had alienated from the Government its Roman Catholic supporters. This sod all the other embarrassments which have ensued from the extension of the Ministerial measure to Ireland we cleerly predicted, and over and over again urrd the Miniqry to abandon so suicidal a course. Unhappily, our wernirgs were not attended to; and now, became the evil which y e predicted has come to pass, we are t-)Id that we are inconsistent for simply chronicling the result. The truth is that we were neither speaking in praise or blame of the Durham letter or the conduct of the 'Ministry. We were merely pointing out why Lord John Russell, who more than any one was responsible for that letter, was an unfit nego tiator with Sir James Graham, who was known to object to any measure restraining Papal aggression. It may very well be that the letter of Lord John Russell, written as it is said to have been, without consulting his colleagues, and without the intention, as it appears, of following it up by an efficient measure, was a political error, and tended to the dissolution of the Whig Go vernment. We praised that letter, not as a clever party move, bu: as a manly and vigoroui expression of opinion worthy of the First Minister of a nation which had not lost, amid the cant of toleration or the supineness of freedom, a just susceptibility to its honour. It is not our fault if the Ministerial measure, the errors of which we have frequently pointed out, has provoked cnemies while it ha,* failed to conciliate friends; nor if Lord John Rustiell, in th:tpite of our warnings of last year, has chosen to ship , wreck his Government by resisting Parliamentary Ito form; nor if Sir CharlOs Wood 'has chosen to fling away his financial reputation by a support of the most iniquitous provisions of the income-tax. We certzinly had no wish fi r the fall of the Whig Ministry, because we saw that upon that fall would ensue a crisis of no or dinary difficulty and danger, which might, if Lord Stanley had been strong enough to carry out his Pro tectionist policy, have produced the most serious results. Even while the negotiation between Lord John Russell and Sir James Graham was proceeding we abstained from saying anything which might throw difficulties in the way of a coalition, but after that conference was at an and it became our duty to show the hopelessness of such a negotiation in order that no more valuable time might be wasted, even at the risk of pointing out that the Prime Minister was, above all his colleagues, committed to the admitted blunders and failures of his Cabinet, and was, therefore, of all men, the least able to consent to a new line of policy. CHRONICLE.—Lord Stanley has a second time abandoned the task which Lord John Russell's weakness twice committed to him. Lord Stanley had no further reason fur delay, after the failure of his late negotia tions for an alliance with Mr. Gladstone and Lord Can ning. His resources, such as they were, lay visibly be fore him, and he could judge at once of the probability a success as fully as if he had employed a month in consideration. It is a severe criticism on the composi tion of the still-born Ministry that no one at any time seriously believed in the' possibility of its existence. The late Government fell almost without a blow; but the attempted Administration has dispersed into air be fore it was possible to attack it. The consummation proves that the Protectionist phantom, after condensing itself into all the solidity which it is capable of assuming, is still impalpable and imaginary. Lord John Russell found a difficulty on Mon day in indicating the supposed external causes of his defeat. Lord Stanley, with a united party ready for office, and with full discretion as to his political course, may be excused from the task of elucidating his failure. It is said that he has never been sanguine of success, nor has the deportment either of friends or op ponents, during the crisis, had any tendency to re-assure him. It is a remarkable circumstance that, in addition to the inherent difficulty of forming a Protectionist Ca binet, Lord Stanley early discovered the impediment which his encouragement of the late " No Popery" cry had placed in the way of his success. It cannot be for gotten that in the debate on the Address Lord Stanley denounced as insufficient the frivolous precautions by which Lord John Russell attempted to evade the per formance of the threats contained in his Durham Letter. If Lord Ashley and Mr. Plumptre were to give Lord Stanley their support,it was incumbent upon him at least not to fill short of the demonstration which ruined his undecided and yet intemperate predecessor. The forces of free-trade could be counted and faced, however desperate the attempt might prove; but the ashes of the extinct anti- Papal agitation are yet too hot to walk over with security. While the question of a Protectionist Ministry was still open, we were unwilling to encourage an alarm in which we did not share; but it is necessary to remind all those who have been opposed to Lord Stanley's policy, that the ill consequences of his possible success in forming an Administration could only have been averted by its failure or its early overthrow. The determination of the House of Commons to maintain a liberal policy could alone have anticipated an agitation which would otherwise have gone further than the occasion which called for it. With Protectionists in office, it would have been no time to wait for their aggression on the principles of commercial freedom. If such a contingency recurs, the more timid and cautious of the Liberal sec tion of the House must be active if they would defend themselves, not only against the reaction in front, but against the formidable movement in the rear. The practical sense of the country is tolerant of many anomalies in customs and constitutional forms ; but one condition is necessary for its endurance— that the will of the intelligent majority shall, on the whole, by some contrivance or machinery, be the rule of the Government. Six montha of a Government con ducted on the strength of mere county votes would go far to convince the more active classes of the community that the balance of the Constitution required redressing. The future effect on the Protectionist party of Lord Stanley's refusal to form a Government may hereafter form a not uninteresting nor unimportant subject of speculation. At present the conclusion of the Minis terial crisis requires more immediate attention. Lord John Russell has tried in vain to rally the party which he had ruined; and Lord Stanley, after putting forth his utmost strength, has been compelled to confess its insuf ficiency. Two courses, at least, still remain—the re-con struction of the late Administration, under an abler, and still more unscrupulous leader, or the union of all the li beral statesmen in the House, without the encumbrance of those pledges and prejudices which attach only to a portion of the late Administration. The only politician whose ability and daring might seem capable of restoring to supremacy the old exclusive alliance would, we believe, find insuperable difficulties in a task which we have no reason to suppose he is inclined to undertake. Some se the more advanced Lib , rals have, it is understood, been captivated by his display of activity, while they found hopes for the success of their own projects on his well known political pliability. But his supposed colleagues are by no means equally unanimous in their willingoe-e to submit to the guidance of their able and dangerous associate. It must be remembered, moreover, that the most serious and ifluentiul section of the advanced Liberals has never given its confidence to the versatile and plausible statesman who has contrived to secure the confi dence of less cautious politicians. The Manchester party is well aware that the supposed leader of the supposed Ministry has often endangered the peace of the country, while he has never given pledges to the cause of free trade on which sufficient reliance can be placed. One other combination remains; and it is that which all impartial observers indicated from the first as the only safe termination of the crisis. The country must be satisfied by this time that the statesmen to whose pa triotism appeals may probably be made are unduly eager for office. It remains for all who may be invited to unite for the public good, to show by their conduct that party considerations and personal feelings weigh less in their estimation than the opportunity and the duty of performing an important service to the country. It is not our province to suggest the claims of indivi duals. There is ample room for selection among candi dates qualified for every department of administration. It is to be hoped that no unavoidable delay will be in curred in satisfying the public anxiety. HERALD.—The Times having distinguished itself on Wednesday by venting, in its leading article of that morning, its bitterest invective upon the outgoing Minis ter, whose career, whether statesmanlike and wise or the contrary, it had previously encouraged, and for a long period studiously promoted, has in its pages of yesterday fallen foul of the incoming Minister by as un fair an attack and in as deliberate a manner. This journal distinctly asserts, not as a matter of gossip, not even under the suspicious title of "Ministerial Crisis," or even of the scarcely more correct authority of the Court Circular—but on deliberation, and with all the forethought of a premeditated composition, that the first person who was applied to by Lord Stanley to assist in the formation of a Cabinet was Viscount Canning. It then proceeds to insinuate that his Lordship, in the promotion of that object, before he consulted with any of his own " obscure followers," virtually threw over the cause of Protection, and sought a recoil ciliati,at with two of Sir R. Peel's lieutenants at the expense of his own principles and of his own par ty. We do not expect political consistency at the hands of the Times, but we cannot cones al our astonish ment that an organ with all the pretension which it as sumes to dir at the course of public opinion—a journal which arrogates a correct knowledge of facts beyond its contemporaries—and prides itself upon the authenticity of its intelligence, should not at least endeavour to pre serve even the mere semblance of truth. If it does not avoid from principle and conviction the error of giving publicity to what it knows to be unfounded, it does sur prise us that it should so utterly have disregarded the old adage—that a good memory is a necessary qualifica tion on such occasions and in such emergencies, which has been especially recommended as a useful safeguard to those who propagate statements opposed to facts. In the c hranological account which the Times itself has furnished of the movements of the most eminent actors in the pre sent Ministerial crisis, we find that on Tuesday morning Lord Stanley had an audience of her Majesty at 11 o'clock, and that after the audience his Lordship proceeded to the residence of Mr. Disraeli, where he remained with that Honour,. ble Gentleman an hour; after which he returned home—and that late in the afternoon he called upon Lord Canning. Can the Times reconcile this. their own account, with the statement of yesterday, to which we now direct the attention of our readers? In the second place, the Times informs the public that Mr. Gladstone arrived in town on Wednesday morning at past eleven o'clock, and that soon afterwards the Right Hon. Gentleman waited upon Lord Stanley at St. James's-square. Now, if Viscount Canning was the first personage whose assistanc e was invoked in the for mation of an administration, and Mr. Gladstone the second, does the Times deliberately mean to affirm that Lord Stanley, having received his Sovereign's gracious commands to construct a Cabinet for the purpose of carrying on the Government of this great empire, in a time of unexampled difficulty, end at a crisis of no common danger, remained perfectly inactive from eleven o'clock on Tuesday morning until past twelve on Wednesday, with the sole exception of calling on Viscount Canning ? The known activity and business like habits of Lord Stanley at once give the contradic tion to such an assumption. Slothful neglect of any duty has never till this moment been laid to his charge. We cannot say that we have been favoured with a pe- FRIDAY, _ • miller or privileged k.novilcdge of the circumstances at t,ndant upon the efforts which that. able; ehiv6irous stat. , srann has made to oixy the commlud3'ot Ler :.la jesty, whsn the secret Las neon so complete'y kept from all. But t; , .is we !mow, and this we that Lord Stanley has a, t hen rclui=,s in his exer:i-ns; arPd that, if he deem form a Government, as we trust he will this day, it will be one based upon the prii&inles which he Las ever maintained—a Government which will act up to them. If Le should fdl in constructing a Cabinet, which we should regard as a national cala mity in the present crisis, we have not the slightest doubt that the coast's which May have contributed to so unfortunate a result will to attributable to kis - fixed and unalterable adherence to a constitutional policy, to his unflinchituz determination to uphold the prerogatives of the Monarchy. and the Protestant and Reformed cha racter of our Establisl:ed Church. DAILY NEWS.—It is to-day our duty to announce the melancholy fact that Protection is nu more ! Al though it was generally understood to have Len for some time in a very precarious state, the fatal event CALI hardly be said to have been expected to occur so soon. To those indeed who lied opportunities of observing closely the symptoms of its moribund condition, the danger of excitement or exerinta such as it has lately undergone seemed to be imminent and obvious. But by the unfeeling crowd who suddenly beheld it try to take up its bed aid walk, the fevered' frerze that lent mo mentary strength to the effort was unheeded, as the rspidity c f the inevitable collapse was unforeseen. None but those who for the last three days and eights have sat by the be d of death can appreciate the suffer ings or pour tray the grief amid which an old and respectable party expires. We forbear is dwell upon the chronic nature of tee disease against which a natur ally strong constitution has for 3 ears bravely contended. Such a diagnosis be longs rather to history than the fugitive columns of obi tuary. But whether congenital or acquired, all conside rate persons felt that nothing could be snore perilous than exposure; and that the utmost care ought to have been taken to preserve a uniform state cf tracquillity, and total abstinence from thoughts connected with busi ness or action. Advice to this effect was indeed often and earnestly tendered; but strange to say, the unhappy invalid was always eager to embark in arduous specula tions, and anxious to undertake duties and responsibili ties that would task the ability of the strongest. For a length of time these fascinating pursuits were relit)• quished, save only in dreams and in discourse; and so long the body seemed rather to increase in size than otherwise; and though not of the healthiest sort per haps, it was at least ca'culated to dispel anticipations of proximate decay. But all the while a mournful suspi cion haunted the minds of many that there was a lurk ing tendency de ve l op i ng i tself of t h e most d angerous kind. We allud e to t h e affection popular l y terme d " a softening of the b ra i n. " B e this, however, a. it may, it is now no lon ger d ou b tful that, from the ill-f ate d mo ment when Protection began to move actively and bustle about, the change became fearfully perceptible. Over its wine or at White's, or even in a sham battle in Par liament, nothing could be more. brilliant or amusing. If not always conclusive, its talk was at least conse cutive; if nut persuasive, it was frequently pleasant; and though sometimes a little impertinent, it was never incoherent or imbecile. From the luckless hour that it essayed to play a real part, and meddle with tough work, its untrained faculties palpably gave way. On Saturday last it mistook the condescension of the Queen for confi dence in its wisdom, and forthwith assumed the air and attitude of power. Recalled to unite by a gentle inti mation that all this was very foolish, it was a little later kindled into such a paroxysm of anger as utterly to forget itself, its place, and all that it should have remem bered. On Monday night it was very low, and seemed to suffer more than it chose to utter. Nevertheless it is possible that, had no further incident occurred soon after, the shock its nerves had certainly sustained might have been got over, and Protection, in its former in active and motionless state, might " still he 'mongst the things that are." But the fates had otherwise ordained. unfitness Early on for nTuesdadischargey mor of morning her r n Ma p j u e b st l y ie , who was of course w h o ll y unaware' of its true weak ness and duty, and wishing probably to show how far above all personal partialities royalty in a constitutional govern ment ought to prove itself to be—her Majesty was graciously pleased to say that if Protection thought it could do anything useful to the State, full permission was given it to try. With delicate consideration the Queen is said to have added, that as perhaps no serious thoughts of the matter had ever ehtered Protection's head before, three days would be allowed for duo deli beration on the subject. Unfortunate Protection ! Its foolish vanity was inflamed by the distinction thus fatally conferred upon it. Forgetting its helplessness and weakness, its utter want of practice and training, and, above all, the resistance of three formidable rivals, whose open hostility it must from the outset prepare to encounter—off it went to Court capering and jesting, and bid all the world look and see what a crack Minister it would make. A few hours sufficed to cast deep gloom over the scene of precipitate exaltation. A sharp and trying struggle to keep its wits together—first in reality, and then in appearance—was foll Owed by spasmodic) symptoms of the most painful description. Mortifi cation supervened. Then reason became obscured. With a certain instinct of courage a wonderful effort was made "to keep up," as it is called, to the last. But during the greater part of yesterday it was manifest to all who had means of observation, that the end was nigh at hand. Whatever skill could do to save, or art to mitigate, was done. Protection had the best advice, able, prompt, anti skillful men. The reflection cannot heal the grief of a numerous circle of friends deeply in terested in the deceased, but it may serve to satisfy all men that the event came in the natural way. We believe we may add that in the unanimous opinion of the gifted and distinguished , person; to whom we allude, it was clear a more litotractel existence would have only been a‘; prolongation of misery; and that, under the, circumstances, it is rather a relief that the object of their care and solici tude has been removed. Of the afflicting incidents con nected with such catastrophes, not the least pitiful are those illustrative of the loyal love and faith that obsti nately refuses to admit the possibility of the feet to which it cannot be reconciled. We doubt not thct many an honest and devoted friend of Protettion wile for a time, not only seem to be incredulous, but will actually be so as to the truth we have been compelled to ctronicle this day. Fond illusion! It may by Buffered to fade away imperceptibly; it were mer e unfeeling rudeness to speak upon the matter any further. Peace to its ashes. Mr. Disraeli will, no doubt speak its ,funeral oration, and the Court newsman will, of course. duly announce that by the recent and somewhat unexpected death of Pro tection, many of the first families'of the kingdom have been plunged into the deepest affliction. POST.—The Ministerial casts - seems at last to ap proach its termination. Lord' Stanley has abandoned his second attempt to construct a Cabinet; aad, although speculation is us busy and as wild as ever, there seems but one possible conclusion to the unexpected and per plexing state of affairs. The !negotiations of the last few days have clearly demosistrattd to the country that neither a coalition between Lord J. Russell and one -ection of the Peelites on one hand, nor between Lord Stanley and another division of:the same party on the other, can produce a working Administration. But if the Peelites could not, either in &snjunctioa with Lord John Russell or with Lord --Stanley, aid efficiently in forming a Cabinet, it is manifest that by them selves they could not but be atilt lees successful. Some of our contemporaries.::indeed, have hinted at an Administration of which Lord Clarendon should stand at the head; but, besides sehat such a Ministry must, in consistency, fail toseneet the vrishes of the country on the subject of the ,Papal aggression, the Noble Earl whom we have juat perned, notwithstanding his high talents, and no less' liigh personal character, is altogether deficient in that Parliamentary and popular support, without which no sane lien would ever attempt the formation of a Cabinet. The same remarks would apply with equal force to Sirlaiies Graham; and, be yond these two statesmen, reeeloeie has been named as likely to be entrusted with the etask of forming a new Administration. The meeting of learliament,this evening, may probably throw some light upon this important sub ject, and we are unwilling, for the few hours that shall pre cede it, to hazard conjectures which the future may de feat. What seems, however, to be the natural, the just, and the most desirable result is, that to Lord John Rus sell should be recommitted the trust of providing from his own Parliamentary resources the means of carrying on the Queen's Government. Every loyal subject will readily lend his aid to relieve the Crown from embar rassment and the country from suspense. And, under all the circumstances, should Lord John Russell address himself, by her Majesty's command, to this arduous un dertaking, we cannot doubt that the great party, whose leader has himself just failed in forming a Government, will lend the Noble Lord every support which consists with the maintenance of its public principles. NAVAL INTELLIGEN CE. EVENINpr, FEBRUAAY 28, .1851. [ younger members of the Royal Family took their ac et: steeled pony and walking exercise y,teste.eny. At her Mejesty's levee on 'Wednesday, Melie:nzl, Bey, captain of a frigate, was presented to the Q'iten nn. Prince Aloert by Cabouly Effkhdi, CUarLe ti'iifLires of the Ottoman Embassy. M. de Saux was presented by M. de Matescalchi, as Second Secretary of the French Embassy. Sir Godfrey Webster, Bart., Commander R.N., was presented to her Mnjesiy, fin his return from tereigu service and premotion, by Sir Francis Barirg, Bart. Her Majesty's private bead was in ettetelance in Buckingham Palace on Wednesday evening, and played the following pieces:— Overture, " Oberon," Entre Acte, Chceur et St a ae, "Le Pro pbete" Terzatto, "Vampyr" The Oxford University Commission met on Tuesday. Present, the Bishop of Norwich, the Ds.ten ef the Master of Perubrclie, the Rev. 11. C. Liddell, the Rev. C. 11. S. Johnson, and the Rev. A. P. Stanley (Secretary). The Duchess Dowager of Cleveland Lad a dinner party on Wednesday, at her ri - siclenee in S” moor place. The company included the Duelless of luverf.ess, the Marquis and Matchione,s of Nermenby, Lei d and Lady ronsonby, Lady Elizabeth anal Miss Stilted. Colonel and Mrs. Phipp., Colonel and Mrs. Grey, Lad Harry. Vane, Lord Mulgrave, Mr. Ellice, and Mr. Elenr. Milbank. The Earl and Cr , untass of Lichfield ariivcd at their retidence in Great Stanhope-streer,.3.tsterday. PLYMC UTH, THIIRSDAY.—The Apollo troop-ship, Commander James Rawstorne, mled yesterday fur Queenstown. - The Avon steam•vessel sailed on Tuesday for Por;s mouth, with supernutnert.ries for the Cumberland, 70, Captain George F. Seymour. Her Majesty's brig Kingfisher, 12, Commander Henry Harvey, came in last evening with her foremast head badly sprung between the true pendent and the neck lace, which was discovered on the 13th of February, in lat. 31 33 north, 27 30 west. The Kingfisher left Ascension on the 15th of January, arrived at Sierra Leone on the 24th, and left on the 26th. At Ascension the store-ship Tortoise. The island healthy. At Sierra Leone the Centaur steam-frigate, 6, Com modore A. Fanshawe; Cygnet, 8, Commander Richard D. White; and the Harlequin, 12, Commander Arthur P. E. Wilmot. The last two sailed on the evening of the 24th—the Harlequin for the Bights of Benin; Cygnet to the north coast. Captain Patten, of the Hound, is promoted to the Centaur as flag captain, vice Captain Buckle, invalided ; and Lieutenant Hall, first of the Cen taur, to the Hound, vice Patten. The coast is very healthy. Not much slaving for the last four or five months, bur the barracoons on shore are said to be full. The Kingfisher was commission( d on the 12th of October, 1848, and left Plymouth on the 3d of Novem ber, with the mails, and has brought home all her officers, excepting Mr. Symons, assistant-surgeon, who (lied; and a lieutenant, who exchanged. She has taken three prizes, and was present at the capture of a fourth. One of her prizes, the Tam O'rihanter, an American schooner, was full, having 319 slaves on board. She had been only twenty-four hours in the possession of her then owners, showed no colours, and called herself the California, but was well known to be the Tam O'Shan ter, having been previously cruising on the coast for several weeks; and fourteen days prior to her capture she had acquainted the Kingfisher that the brig's pin nace had taken the Varetta slave schooner. The Kingfisher has brought from different ships on the coast eight invalided seamen and marines, and twelve seamen whose term of service had expired, and has the chief engineer of the Wasp steamer, and her cylinder, which was injured by the breaking of the piston•rod. After losing the trade winds, the Kingfisher has ex perienced nothing but severe gales from the N.N.W. round to N.E., and from that to S. The Kingfisher was bound to Portsmouth, but put in here in consequence of her disabled state and the strong wind blowing down channel. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—Prince Regent, 90, will be paid off to-morrow. Avon steam-vessel, Second-Master Commander Veitch, came into harbour from Devonport, with supernumeraries for the Cumberland, 70, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Sir G. Seymour yesterday. The Cumberland is hourly ex pected to receive ker advance. .... Toe American line of packet abip Prince Albert, Cap tain Meyer, arrived to-day from London, and sailed for New York. Shearwater steam surveying -vessel, Lieutenant Tur nour commanding, passed through Spithead to-day from the westward, on her way to Woolwich, to be paid oft GREAT FIRE NEAR ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. Last evening, at a few minuies past five o'clock, a fir. , of e ver; extensive char:tete: br, - )ke out in the premise belonging to Messrs. Treacher and Cuthhi re, wholesale tqlsw-meiters and candle-manufsctureis, carrying en buhiness at No. 43, Paternoster-row. The property in question has long been the dread of the inhabitants residing near St. Paul's. The trt.mises, which have a considerable frontage in the " ext-nded in depth acme 60 or 70 feet. where Cu exceedingly narrow space separated them from a range of lofty workshops and warehouses, which had a frontage in London-house-yard. It was in the last named buildings that the conflagration commenced, and which, for the space of an hour, continued to rage with the greatest impetuosity. The structure was five floors high, including the basement, and was adjoined on one side by the Geose and Gridiron Tavern, the property of Mr. W. Making; whilst Hewitt's ccffce and chop-house flanked the other bide. The Rose and Crown Tavern, belongtro to Mr. W. Davies, stood immediately opposite the bottling pt*rnisea; the only separation be-twiee the .two was a sort of cart-way. probably 8 or 9 feet wide. The lefreshruelit•roonis of Mr. Inglis, the pastrycouk, of Sr. Paul's Churchyard, also extended to within a few feet of the flames. A copper of fat, from some cause not; clearly ascer tained, but which is believed • to be a fracture in the metal, took fire. All hands were immediately summoned to the spot, and every endeavour made to smother the flames, but without success; they six-Gaily rose terrifi cally, igniting the flooring over the copper, and men rustling in one immense sheet t'nrotigk the warehouses till they reached the roof. The various engines of the London brigade, parish, and Vies: of England Company were on the:el:W ( lu the course of a few minutes after the outbresk, and a most copious supply of water was furnished by the New River firecosins in the district. The fire, howeier, notwith standing the short time that had elapsed, assumed such a threatening aspect that every building near seemed doomed to destruction. Oat of every window in the spacious premises the flames were rolling, and reached within a foot of Mr. Inglis's refreshment-rooms, and the Rose and Crown Tavern. The engines, under the direction of Mr. Braidwood, Mr. Coif, and Mr. Connorton, were placed in the most commanding positions, some in Paternoster-row, and others in the Churchyard, whilst a number were set to work from Ave Maria-lane. The first thing sought to be accomplished was to throw up a stream of water between the building on fire and those immediately op posite, which were smoking and cracking with the in tense beat. The firemen, iu so doing, ran great risks, but, fortunately, the expedient proved successful, and the latter premises were saved from destruction entirely through the exertions of the brigade. It was past seven o'clock before it could be said that the mastery over this fearful conflagration was obtained, and not until the entire range of premises belonging to the firm, in London•house-yard, were burnt completely through, the front building severely damaged by re moval and breakage, and several others in immediate proximity, materially injured by fire, water, &c. Thu crowd, at one period, numbered same thousands, and it required the services of a strong body of pollee to keep the spectators out of danger. LONDON, THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. Another day of intense excitement has closed with the resignation by Lord Stanley of the charge intrusted to the N,ble Lord by her Ma jesty of forming a C a bi ne t. At five o'clock Lord S tanle y proceeded to Buckingham audience moment enceot t Queen exp resse d hi s t form a n inability Palace, thest present r e a sen Administra tion. A meeting of the lead in g members of the " Peel" party took place yesterday morn ing , at the residenceof the Right Hon. Sidney He rbert, in Carlton-gardens. Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Goulburn , and M r. Cardwell were among a those present. bir James Graham called upon Mr. Gladstone yester day, and had an interview with the Right Hon. Gentle man. After Lord Stanley bad placed his resign-tion in the hands of the Queen, a dispatch, written by his Royal Highness Prirce Albert, was forwarded to Lord John Russell, at the Noble Lord's private residence, in Ches ham-place. At eight o'clock last night a communication from Sir James Graham, addressed to her Majesty, was received at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty immediately replied to the Right Hon. Baronet. The Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, and Mr. Cardwell have been in constant communication dur ing the day. COURT CIRCULAR, Queen yesterday _ aftLeronrodoSnt.aantleijachkadingalnlawauritccee.of the Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert walked yesterday in the garden of Buckingh am Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Allwrt, attended by his Equerry in Waiting, rode out on horeeltick yestetday morning. In the afternoon his Royal Hi k bless, by Lieut.-Colonel 111 n. Alexander Gorden, visited the building in Hyde park for the Exhibition cf the Industry of all Nations. attended Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wiles and Prince Alfred, attended by Mr. Birch, took a Carriage drive yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal and the APPOINTMENT. WOOLWICH, FEE. 27.—Captain Alexander Murray (1849), to study steam at the factory at Woolwich Dockyard. The gallant officer joined to-day. The Governalli Sardinian steam-frigate, Commander Persiani, commenced unloading the packages she has on board for the Exhibition into barges for conveyance up the river to a con►enient place fur landing them at Chelsea. Mr. Macdonald, master-attendant, went on board se veral of the store hulks and receiving ships in the har bour to-day to inform those in charge of them that they were to have hawsers in readiness when vessels came alongside, as several other vessels from foreign Govern ments were expected at Woolwich with packages for the Exhibition. THE LORD RFCTORSHIP OF GLASGOW UNIVER SITY. —G LASGOW, WEDNESDAY A FTERNOON. —The mem bers of the University met to-day in the Common-hall, when Professor Ramsay read the result of the recent rec torial election, showing that two " nations " had voted for Lord Palmerston, arid two for Sheriff Allison, the his torian. The Principal then explained that by the consti tution of the University the casting vote in case of equality fell to be exercised by the retiring Lord Rector, or tailing him, by the immediately preceding Lord Rector. A letter was read from Mr. Macaulay, dated the 19th of Novem ber last, stating that it would be out f his power to ap pear personally, and he must, therefore, suffer the casting vote to lapse into the hands of his predecessor. It was matter of satisfaction, however, that from two such distin guished candidates, he could not choose amiss. The Prin cipal then stated that the exercise of the privilege of giving the casting vote now lay with Mr. Mure, of Caldwell, M.P., Mr Macaulay's immediate predecessor. Mr. ➢lure, who his up till this time been detained in Italy, then rose, and atter a graceful allusion to the merits of the two candi dates, gave his casting vote in favour of Mr. Sheriff Ali son, on the ground that he had the greatest number of in dividual votes, although the " nations " had been equal. The election was declared accordingly amid much applause. The public inauguration of the new Lord Rector takes place to-morrow in the College, when he will deliver his installa tion speech. SUNDERLAND DOCK COMPANY.—The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Wednesday, at the Royal Exchange-buildings, Sunderland ; Mr. G. Hudson, M.P., presided. The report stated that the trade and revenue of the dock had been found, during the few months it had been opened, in every respect most satisfactory. Although the dock was opened on the `ZOth June last, yet, in conse quence of the unavoidable arrangements arising from the change of shipment of coals from the river to the decks, no coals could be shipped in the docks till September, and then only half the quantity was brought down the Durham and Sunderland branch railway, and it was not until the month of December that the whole of the drops in the river could be taken. The dock having been, during the greater portion of the past half-year, only in partial ope ration, the directors had not deemed it necessary to sub mit any detailed statement of the revenue, but the following were the monthly receipts :—J uly, 1850, 194 16s. 10d. • August, 136/. 3s. Id. ; S e pt em b e r, 432/. Is. 7d. ; October, 583/. 10s. 11d. ; November, 6091. Is. led. ; December, 8371. 14e. 2d. The directors of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Company, who possessed so large an interest in the company, were proceeding actively in making the Penshar branch line with the Sunderland Docks, on the completion of which a large increase of trade and revenue would be obtained. All the calls and interest had been paid on the 3,000 shares standing in the name of the railway company, and the chairman had undertaken to take up the whole of the 2,325 shares respecting which the misunderstanding had uccurred between him and the railway company, and had ar ranged the calls thereon, and interest, in the most satisfactory and honourable manner. The report, as well as that of the engineer, was adoped. BIRKENHEAD DOCK COMPANY. —Yesterday the half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders in this com pany took place at the London Tavern, for the purpose of receiving the general and financial reports, the election of directors, &c. Sir I. L. Goldsmid, Bart., presided. The report, as read by the secretary, showed, that the works being still incomplete, water access could not yet be gained to the company's wharfs and premises, but it was expected that the lower part of the float would be open in April next. To secure an early completion of the entire works, a Bill had been introduced into Parliament, which bad been read a second time. The directors had taken up the new lease of the company's property from the corporation of Liverpool. The gross receipts or the year had been 950,695/. 17. r. 3d., the expenditure 943,162/. ss. 3d., leaving a balance of 7,5331. 1.25. Joseph Bailey, Esq.. ALP., recommended unity with the dock trustees, who, he understood, were opposed to the present Bill in Parliament. lie thought during the next two years that the docks would produce about '25,0t;0/. to this company, and about the same sum to the dock trustees. Atter some explanation from the chairman, and some re marks from Mr. T. Poynder, urging the propriety of har mony and unanimity, the report was adopted. The meet ing, after some discussion, was adjourned to the Bth of May next. ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF MR BOOTH, RAILWAY CONTRACTOR.—Wednesday, Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an in quest at the Morton Arms, Hawley-road, Kentish-town, on the late Mr. John Booth, sub-contractor on the Birming ham Junction of the East and West India Dock Railway, aged 49. The body presented au appalling spectacle, the skull having been literally driven in. James Stutter said that he was working the crane at the viaduct by which they were hoisting stone of 5 cwt., when, in consequence of the chain being foul, the atone came in contact with the side oldie viaduct, and its progress was stopped. Deceased, who was standing on the parapet, leaned all his weight against the chain to drive it from the wall, when the chain swerved, at.d deceased, losing his balance, fell amidst bricks and rubbish to the road below. In his fall he called out, "Hold off, hold off," and tried to grasp the scaffolding as he fell. Richard Whittaker, the foreman carpenter, substantiated the above evidence. Several other witnesses were examined, and the Coroner summed up, commenting upon the frightful nature of the fatal occurrence. The jury, after a brief deliberation, returned a verdict of "Accidental death." Deceased, who was beloved by the workmen, has left a widow and child to deplore his untimely end. We regret to state that Mr. Henry Edwards, of the Weymouth Arms, who for many months past has been in a bad state of health, yesterday evening terminated his existence by hanging himself. Mr. Edwards has long been highly respected for his unbending and inflexible integrity, and few men have lived better in the estimation of his fellow-citizens ; but recently it has been apparent to those who knew him that his mind hAd undergone a great change, and that the greatest care was necessary for his protection. His health had apparently much improved during the last two months, but yesterday evening, after leaving his usual rou tine of business for only a few minutes, he was discovered a corpse.—Bath and Cheltenham Gazette of Wednesday. ♦DDITIONAL PARTICULARS. HALF-PAST 10 P.M.—Several engines are still obliged to be kept in constant operation. Owing to the various floors being saturated with tallow the fire continues to burn under the timbers left standing, and it is question able whether the firemen will be enabled to get it en tirely extinguished during the night. All danger of any fresh outbreak, however, is at an end, Mr. Cuthbert informed ti.e reporter that the disaster originated in the fallowing manner:—A copper charged with tallow in the basement was so constructed that the steam arising during the process of melting, could pass through an aperture at the back part of the brickwork, and be car ried away through the flue. By some means a portion of the fat got upon some cinders, the moment the fire touched them they blazed up, and the heat caused the gas from the fat to generate very rapidly, so that a fierce body of flame kept shooting forth. Mr. Cuthbert had no doubt that he, with the assistance of his men, would have been able to extinguish the flames, had it not been for the effluvium emitted from the burning tallow. As it was, they kept to their work, until most of them got scalded or burnt about the hands, but the moment Mr. Cuthbert saw the woodwork near the copper take fire he desired his men to escape immediately. This they did, and it was fortunate, for, had they remained two minutes longer, they must have all lost their lives, the greater part of the melting-house in that brief period being covered with blazing fat. The firm do not believe, their loss to be so extensive as may generally be sup posed; they are of opinion that many casks of fat and boxes of candle will be recovered from the:several floors only triflingly injured. Mr. Colf, the foreman of the B district of the London brigade, is of quite a different opi nion; that officer informed the reporter that many of the casks alluded to, as well as the floorings, had fallen into the ground story; if so, very little property can be ex pected to be saved. Fortunately, Messrs. Cuthbert were insured in the Imperial, Hand-in-Hand, Union, and se veral other fire-offices. LATEST PARTICULARS.—(THIS DAY.) The following is the official report of a.m. 8 0, PATERNOSTER-ROW. Nos. 42, 43—Messrs. Cuthbert, tallow-melter, pro perty consumed; insured in the Hand-in-Hand, Imperial, and Union Fire-offices. No. 46—Phelps and Sons, sta'ioners, furniture and stock damaged by water and removal; insured in the Sun office. First-floor front room, occupied by Mr. Joy, bookseller, some damage to property; insurance unknown. First• floor back room, belonging to Mr. Woollins, a bookseller, the same extent of damage; but insured in the Sun Fire-office. Second-floor, March and Co , pocket-book-makers, the same damage; insurance unknown. Third-floor, occupied by Timbury and Sons, engravers, same amount of damage; insured in the Sun office. No. 46—Hitchcock and Rogers, lincndrapers, serious damage to stock by hasty removal; insurance unknown. No. 4 Longman and Co., booksellers, contents damaged by removal; inkured in the Church of England and other offices. LONDON-HOUSE-YARD. Mr. Making, the Goose and Gridiron Tavern; pre mises damaged by fire, and contents by removal; in sured in the Monarch Fire•otfice. Mr. Davis, the Rose and Crown Tavern, serious damaged by fire and removal; insured in the Sun Fire office. Mr. Hewlett, coffee-shopkeeper, like damage; insured in the aceuix Fire-office. ST. PAUL ' S CHURCH-YARD. Mr. Inglis, baker, back-front and roof damaged by tire and contents by removal; insured in the Monarch Fire-offit!v. Nos. 77, 78—Bailey, linen-drapery, slight damage to stock by removal; the insurance unkaown. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Dernara's amusing and bustling comedietta, 7he Lady and the Devil, was revived ut this theatre last evening. The characters of Zephyrina, Wildlove, and Jeremy (originally sustained by Miss Kelly, Elliston, and Har ley), being on this occasion represented by Mrs. Nesbitt. Mr. Anderson, and Mr. Walter Lacy. The co medy went dashingly off, and was followed by the magnificent spectacle of Azael, the representation of which excited greater enthusiasm than ever. The house was crowded to excess in every part. --- STATE OF TRADE.--MANCHESTER, THURSDAY, FEB. 27.—The advance in yarns and cloths obtained on Tuesday was firmly maintained this morning, and there was a disposition on the part of both spinners and manufacturers to demand still higher rates. Purchasers, however, did not appear in such three, and there was a heavy market. The business effected was generally at Tuesday's rates. The tele graphic announcements from the morning papers of the diffi culties encountered in all the combinations of parties yet at tempted in the formation of a Government exercised a dis turbing influence, and was apparently one cause of checking operations, The export trade has been of a rather more general character, including some purchases on account of Italy and Germany, as well as for the East. The print trade continues dull, though there is a good variety of new styles, and prices have been rather favourable. If you want enemies, excel others; if you want friends, let others excel you.— Eliza Cook's Journal. AL•jor Samuel Wensley Blackall, M.P. for Long ford, has been appointed Lie utenant-Governor of the island of Dominica. Marrying a woman for her beauty is like eating a bird for its singing.— Eliza Cook's Journal. AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS.—Tbe Wotton estate, of about 7,000 acres, in Bucks, till recently the property of the Duke of Buckingham, is forthwith to be drained and im proved. The tiles for the drainage are to be manufactured on the estate, and a number of workmen are engaged in fur therance of the object. Lord Truro, the Lord Chancellor, and the Marquis of Salisbury. the Lord Lieutenant, have appointed Dr. Bateman,. her Majesty's assistant solicitor of Excise, to be a magistrate for the county of Middlesex and liberty of Westminster. FOREIGNERS IN LONDON. — Communications have been addressed by direction of the Royal Commissioners from the Palace at Westminster to the several Government establishments, respecting the admission of foreigners uc to those places, without the payment of any fee, on d ing a card from the Consul-General or other public functionary in London belonging to the several Continental an Courts. of the House We understand that on the meeting f t he determination of of Commons on Friday Mr. Cobden willgive_ will submit a resolution expressive Administration that is the House to refuse its support to any t the notice that he free-trade policy not prepared faithfully to adhere oc s o Such motion will have the adopted in the year 1846. intendedS policy of Lord Stanley's effect of discovering the AND ATTEMPT BURGLARY —The Dean and Canons of Windsor Government, should suchaGoEvDerni\mitheßntDbEeßfoArniTelldr.---IN7D'isinoeßs. —WINDSOR, THU have added 50/., as a reward for tia,snGdsoovirestllA,cleo'n.nttributed the sum of 20/., to which will lead to the apprehension and con viction accomplice of Ash (now in custody) Lave her M v a e j r es . t siNn.uiecthhieinurfeo°c;:ennt'lletbi°Cuunr:zaPlsary and murderous attempt on the lives of Mr. t Tucker and Mrs. Whittaker, of Clarence-road, Windsor, and the most active steps are being taken by the authorities of the borough to secure his apprehension. This man, for whom a warrant has been issued, is known by the name of , 4 Bill," and absconded from his lodgings immediately after the burglary was committed. lie follows the trade of a blacksmith; and no doubt, when the following description of his person is given by the London press, he will soon be apprehended is a dirty-looking person, about five feet live inches high, from twenty-six to thi rty years of age, sal low complex ion , d ar k Lair, full eyes and lace, has a burnt mark en the fleshy part of the left hand, and a scar on the right hand near the knuckles, through which a ramrod was shot; was dressed in a dark corduroy round jacket and trou sers, and dark cap. Notwithstanding the severity of the wounds sustained by Mr. Tucker and Mrs. Whittaker, the report of Mr. Brown, her Majesty's household apothecary, who now attends them, is favourable to their ultimate re covery. '~~ I..ZOUINTeff, COURT OF COMMON, Ytt.taday a Ceurt vies held for s ' the bfateh of business. :the REMEMBRANCES hayitig autioael-toat aninngst the Bills brought into Parliament w a Dili for the removal of Smithfield-market, it was agreed tbat the 'said Bill should be referred to the MarketiSlinpruvanient_ Committee, and Mr. H. L. Taylor, the chairman of that ! committee, promised that the best attention should be paid to the project. j Mr. PHILLIPP 3, the chairman of the Navigation and Port of London Committee, brought up a report on the reference respecting steam-boat landings at the Surrey end of London-bridge. The report, which relates to a great public conveni ence, stated that it was referred to the committee to in quire and report whether it would be fur the public con venience to afford accommodation for the embarking and disemLarking of passengers by steam-boas and other easels and boats at the east and west sides of the Surrey end of London-bridge, and if the committee were of opinion that such a ould be the este, that they 'pro cure and lay before the Court a plan or model, sh o w. iug bow the same could be protided. The re port then proceeds—ln order to ascertain how far public accommodation might bo affected by the question under consideration, we received the evidence f several g ntlemen who were in the habit of using the rails ay* the termini of which are at London-bridge, and the steam-boats which call at the stairs at the Surrey end of the bridge. We also had evidence before us by I other gentlemen and tradesmen of the neighbourhood,who I were constant witnesses of the -difficulty end danger of crossing,the carriage way at .the Surrey end of the bridge from the particularly crowded state of that busy thoroughfare. The directors and managers of the steam. boats afforded us further information in respect of the numbers who avail themselves of the line of communioe tion to which our inquiries were directed. The concur rent testimony of all the parties who appeared before - us has satisfied your committee that it would be very highly conducive to the public convenience if the accommoda tion adverted to by the reference were afforded. Your committee then proceeded to consider the other points embraced in the reference, which directed us to obtain a plan for effecting the objects contemplated. We there fore instructed Mr. S. W. Leach, the engineer, to prepare a plan which might be suited for the purpose, and inter , Pere as little with the navigation of the river as circum stances and due security would permit; and two plans were accordingly submitted by that officer. A plan was also submitted by Mr. Dawson, a member of your Hon. Court, proposing an arched thoroughfare through the abutment of the bridge, and . , under the road way from the upper landing, on the west stairs, to the corresponding landing on the east stairs. Previously, however, to agreeing upon the recommendation of any plan your committee invited the attendance cf Messrs. Fenning, the occupiers of the wharf next below the bridge to the east, who had communicated their anxiety to be beard on the subject. These gentlemen attended with their solicitor and inspected the various plans, and the objections urged by them were duly entertained. Your committee having carefully deliberated upon the advantages and disadvantages of the respective plans, have agreed to recommend as most suitable the one hereunto annexed, the estimate of the cost of executing which is 1,220/. At the same time your committee beg to lay before the Court the suggested plannf Mr. Daw son, and to state their opinion that the same would be a great public accommodation; and if such a communica tion were made the platform and brow on.. the east stairs would be rendered unnecessary. Mr. PHILLIPS having - moved that the report be agreed to, - Mr. H. L. TAYLOR said the accommodation might, for what he knew, be a great public convenience, but he disapproved the sudden expenditure of 1,2001. upon an improvement which was as yet unintelligible, at the same time that the Court did not know how far it might interfere with the interests of the tenants of the corpora tion in the locality.—(Hear, hear.) He moved as an amendment, that the report be printed and circulated amongst the members. Mr. Deputy STACEY referred to the plan suggested by Mr. Dawson, as likely, if carried into effect, to give im mense accommodation to the public independently of the convenience afforded to the steamer passengers, at the same time that it would present the advantage of security to life and limb, which were constantly endan gered in the existing state of the traffic in the neigh bourhood of the bridge.—(Hear, hear.) He wished to learn whether the plan proposed by Mr. Dawson was practicable. Mr. DawsoN said the opening at the abutment sug gested to the Court would prove an accommodation of the greatest importance, for the attempt to cross from one side of the street at the bottom of the bridge was dangerous in the extreme, and he had known ladies to be detained several minutes by the fear of being over whelmed by the ponderous and the rapid vehicles which never cease to pass in the busy hours of the day.—(Hear, hear.) A professional friend of his estimated the ex pense at SOO/. and no doubt the cost would ba a mere trifle in comparison with the accommodation. which would, in fact, obviate the necessity of putting the city to the expense of a pier. Mr. ANDERTON doubted that the person who esti• mated the expense at 8001., would undertake to make it for 1,0001. Mr. Deputy HOLT placed implicit reliance upon the judgement of the Navigation Committee, and agreed with the report. Mr. Deputy OBBARD did not approve of Mr. Dawson's plan, and said that the danger incurred by ladies at present in crossing the street was not likely to be so great as the danger they would incur in making their way through a dark and crowded passage, in which in sults might be very easily perpetrated.—('Hear, bear.) Mr. BOWER saw no more difficulty in crossing Lou don-bridge than there was in crossing Cheapside and other populous neighbourhoods, and thought the Court ought to take care bow they incurred a large expense merely for the benefit of steam companies. Mr. BEimocu was afraid the project would increase the number of nuisances in the vicinity of the bridge. The report was then, in accordance with Mr. H; L. Taylor's amendment,-Ordered to be printed. BLICRFRIARS-BRIDGE. Upon the motion of Mr. H. L. TAYLOR, 5 report re commending the payment of expenses incurred in works at Blackfriars-bridge, amounting to 1,7001., and the ex . eution of other works, was agreed to, and referred back to be carried into effect. A report was agreed to recommending the payment of the sum of 7001. for the repair of the Navigation barge. _ A voluminous report on the reference on the petition of D. T. Alston, respecting the holdsmen to the deputy oyster meters, was ordered to be printed. Mr. Deputy BEDFORD presented a petition from the vestrymen of the parish of St. Sepnlchere, "to !wear° the rates of the parish, which may be effected by the improvement of Smithfield-market, especially during the progress of the works." Referred to the Markets' Improvement Committee. Upon the motion of Mr. BENNeca, a sum of 521. 10a. ens voted in aid of the 8 widows and 36 orphans of the Worthing fishermen who lost their lives om the 25th November, while gallantly attempting to render as sistance to the Lalla Rookh, a bhip in distress. FREE ADMISSION INTO ST. PAUL'S. Mr. CLARKE moved that it be referred to a committee to confer with the pr&iper authorities upon the desirs ableness of opening St. Paul's Cathedral for the free ad mission of strangers visiting the metropolis during the Grand Exhibition this year, He considered it, be said, disgraceful to the country that so magnificent a national edifice should be shut, as it had always been, from publio inspectim except ur on certain conditions. Some discussion took place, and Mr. H. L. Taylor's opinion that the matter ought to be left to the "Exhibi. tion Committee" seemed to prevail in the court, for the previous question was carried. The Court then adjourned. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.— (Miles in work, 236.) Return of Traffic for the Week ending Feb. 16, 1851 : Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, dogs, and mails ... £4,304 18 0 Merchandise and minerals ... 3,565 18 Cattle ... ... ... ... 255 8 Total .. ... ...£3,126 4 Corresponding week, Feb. 17, 1850 (143 miles): — Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £1,153 7 Cattle ... ... 1,487 11 Total ... • ... 2,640 18 4 EASTERN COUNTIES AND NORFOLK RAILWAT.—TraftiC return for the week ending Feb. 23 : Passengers, parcels, Scc. £5,775 10 7 blerchaudise, cattle, and cartage 6,505 9 7 ...... £1 1 2 3 , , 2 8 8 4 1 9 1 0 7 2 Corresponding Total ; . ;ek oiiebo CHESTER AND HOLY HEAD HAILWAY.--,TrafE E for the week ending Feb. 23: MAIN LINE. Passengers Parcels, H. C. and D. „.. Goods, cattle, &c. .•• Mails ... £833 0 7 ••• 72 11 8 ... 387 9 0 ... 575 0 0 Total ••• MOLD. Passengers Parcels, H. C. and D. ... Goods, cattle, &c. ___ ••• £1,868 1 3 ••• £29 2 7 ••• 2 6 4 ••• 79 14 7 Total ... ... .. .£lll 3 6 srElid_no,Ts. Passengers H e e ngers . C. and D. ••• ... Total ... £99 210 ... 12 g 4 S 11 Zlllll 2 THE RIOT AT YARMOUTH.—On Monday tbr e p l :r t ; sons (17 in number) who had been captured dur ing th riot v, ere brought up for examination before a d f ull3lr• Caries magistrates. The seamen's committee engag o e ft _ e bench of b prisoners Cooper, barrister, of Norwich, to defend thos e minor o ff ence of obstructing, assaulting, Of these three were who were seamen. Twelve of the men wereencdharreegedietwinigth the police in the execution of their manodnths. Five discharged,oefxtthgeurarintger froni terms of imprisonment merit, they were lus. to andl., including remainder ud iug all u ut w eot d e e a r ; e t 3 e ' fined ud, i nin defaultvarious of pay.sums, after a lengthened in vestigation,,,,__ commi tted for trial at the ti were rimy sessions. varyin g eaders were from one charged m onth senten ce d withto two riot. ------- th e trustees of the H unterian Museum, in i TUB HUNTERIAN M USEUM.— A copy Of a resolu -1846, relative to the means o f en l arging the space for receiving s od exhibiting the c o ll ections, has been laid be fore the House. The resolution moves th a t th e M arqu i s o f t ; i e o b n ruarv, passed by N or thampton and the Bishop of L on d on b e requeste d to sub mit' to the First Lord of the Treasury the claims of the Hunterian Museum to some provision whereby it might obtain an enlarged area for its contents, and be enabled to maintain itself worthily " as the gre a t na tional deposit or y o f the branches of knowledge which it has been institatedto promote." N