The Express.
London, England, 1862-02-10 00:00:00

MR. =WIN JAMES AND THE BEN CHERS

OF THE INNER TEMPLE.

TO Till IDITOR OF Till ZIFIVIAL

SIR,—In the course of your able and useful
counnoutal ea Mr. Edwin James's era, you remark that i<
the beechen of the Inner Temple lied done their duty on
the occasion of Mr. eraufard's motion, the career of Mr.
James might have bon less discreditable. The present
dttorneytieneral, who represented the bench in the House
of Conimoos on that occa►iuo, confined himself to a
statement that the lure fact of exclusion, or. which Mr.
Craufurd relied, proved nothing, the mode of action being
by ballot, ea at a club. The fault lay, and his stdl, with
the main body of thew banchers, who, in their capacity of
trustees for the public, persist in a mode of election which
deprives their conclusions of all moral force, and even pre-
cludes italuiry, fur inquiry would be en additional wrong,
unless mesas ware taken for securing an open and respon-
sible decision.

It is matter of notoriety th►t a Queen's counsel of social
cad literary reputation was excluded by a single black ball,
yet though the bar petitioned against and the judges
May seademeed the practice of which he oomplaiDed,
and the prise, with a rare tuisuimity, took up his cause, the
suede of election is dill by ballot; and if only half the exist•
lag benchers were preseut (not a rare occurrence), a single
blackball might exclude still. At the other three inns of
exert the election to the bench is open, sod by the majority.
At either of these, therefore, exclusion from the bench
would here the moral force it ought to hare. At
the laser Temple it ought b commou justice to carry
se more weight than an exclusion from Brooks's or the
Travelleff% The late Sir W. Bore was excluded without
the pretence of a cause, and was soon afterwards appointed
chief justice of Ceylon without objectioo.—l am, der.,

A BARRISTER OF THE INNER TEMYLE.
Temple, Feb. S.

THU INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.-011 Saturday
the waters dome, so far as its wide feature of construction
are coecerued, was completed. At three o'clock the ceo•
treinga, or supports, of the twelve ribs were keocked away,
and the immense mass of metal rood for the first time
supported alone by the columns end grimed girders.
When the supports were removed, ►nd the whole weight of
the dome was thrown on to the columns, the enormous maw
deflected only oeoeighth of an inch. At the time of striking
away the blocks, or wedge., there were prevent Mr. Thomas
Fairbairn, Mr. Baker, engineer to the loodou sod North
Western Railway; Mr. Peter Rolt, of the Thames Iron
Work■ ; Captain Ford, Mr. Meeson, and several other geode-
men interested io the program of the works. Those who
were present at the ceremony ware hoisted to the crown of
the dome by a square woolen box, and the tedium ascent
by ladders was thus avoided. The first piece of this dome
was raised ie. the 7th of December, so that the largest dome
is the world barn been completed, so far as the iron work is
concerued, in 62 days. There still remains the glazing and
some of the minor portions of the work to be completed,
bet the big dome" is practically finished. Two months
will probably elapse before the domes are entirely finished
SDd pointed and the immense timber staging is removed.
Morn r.

CITY OT COLLEI&; LEADENHALL-
FtrateT. The calendar of the City of London Cullen* is
sow iasuol, containing a comprehensive amount of the
(mandating aml pre•rot positiou of the college. The office
of patron i• vwrvu.t owing to the dentate of the much-
latnentt.l Proms l'inienrt. The lint of vice-patroos includes
the name.. of several mud-men, cabinet minutes,, fie. The
Bishop of London Is pmaalciit.:md tho lot of vice-prmi-
deut• includes Nampa the leruitoe; clergvnien„ bankers, red
raseehauts of the Metropoloi. The council consists of the
piseid,.,,t, the principal 11:vv. It. Whittington, LA.), Rev.
e. Riechers% M.A. Itersrs. Harry Chester, Hoary Vol.,
N. polder. ;4. W. Gilbert V.R.14., W. Crestoren,
W. 1. Loaf, C. W. Price, sod T. Whittiligton, vice-prod.
dads, sad twit y other members of the college. Tie
oseacil has famed • board of hoemary examiners conside
Mg of gestismos well burrs in the Woodier*
world. The osteader contains full particulars of prier
offered by therancil. Amami other. are offered "Com.'
unread artifrabos," sod a panne of N. for competency is
srlth hishArapioa, awl two modern laorusget. To
the eteds•• she oar the kiihest number of mete io the
examisetion to le WA is July, Ur rumen are a scholar..
ship of IW. tortii• tar we year, with hes edulieuo• to
the college comma A prime le gee peeps* for an eery
as the lotereetirmal Exhibition of Mt The student'
will sir have the privilege of competing fur prises sad
certificates at the annual emminstitio of the Society of
Arts is May, sad special classes am prnissol to prepare
swirl" for graduating at the Leedom Cuirersity. A list
is also gives of the sppoinbsear itc., pined by the
mindsets of the late Metreptditan seeming classes. The
ram appeared ia our columns of the 3rd Jan. last. There me
la be first Ins is lie yew. An
ady awns an already
_duties, and the foes are gruated, so se to suit tie
idele et yeas' men for wimeelleselit the collage he• bees
booed.

The /taik of to-day publishes a circular addressed
by the Minister of the Interior to the prefects,
exhorting them to prevent, by the exercise of their
legitimate influence with the citizens, the recur-
rence of popular manifestations similar to those
which have recently taken place in Florence,
Parma, and other places.