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as directly traceable. Mr. DISRAELI has inti-
mated as much, as plainly as anything at all
could be intimated. He has told us that it
was a conviction forced upon the know-
ledge of the Royal Commissioners, by the
marvels stored up in the various depart-
ments of the Exhibition, that upon the excellence
of design, and not any longer upon the mere com-
mand of the raw material, depended henceforth
the maintenance of our supremacy in manufac-
tures. Every day, as he reminded us, the raw
material is becoming more and more widely
equalised in price from the effects of the new sys!
tern of locomotion. Science is in this manner
subserving the interests of Art. The steam-
engine is forcing the commercial races to a more
sedulous regard for the charms of artistic in-
genuity. Competition has entered upon a new
department. Manufacturers must, hereafter, com-
pete with each other, not exclusively upon the
dull level of utility, but in the loftier and more
elevating realms of the beautiful. Before ours
can hope, however, to rival their Continental con-
temporaries in this new and almost untried de-
partment of manufactures, they must be sub-
jected to a preparatory training for the contest—
they must in some measure, at least, have their
tastes purified—they must undergo a course of
tuition necessarily calculated to raise the tone and
improve the manner of their competition.
That London is not deficient already in enter-
prises of this description, was clearly pointed out
upon the recent occasion already referred to,
namely, that upon which the subject was directly
brought under the notice of the House of Com-
mons by the Right Hon. the CHANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER. Already, there are no less than one
hundred different institutions for the cultivation
of Art and Science, in various parts of our me-
tropolis. These institutions are found, more-
over, on inquiry, to subsist upon an annual
income of about 160,0001. in the aggregate,
raised by voluntary contributions. Besides
these, there are in the capital of England,
as Mr. DISRAELI reminded the Representatives,
other establishments of a more national character,
such as the British Museum and the National
Gallery, to the support of which a sum amount-
ing to nearly 100,0001. is yearly dedicated out of
the Exchequer. Nevertheless, it has long been
manifest that, with all this spontaneous love for
art, discoverable among the community—with all
this energy, and all this munificence, we cannot hope
to compete, as matters are at present, with the
taste and ingenuity evinced by other nations on
the European' Continent, in the development o

their manufactures. Was there any doubt of this
in 1851 ?—it was effectually and for ever dissipated
by the Great Industrial Exhibition. After that
Exhibition it was evident that something must be
done, and that promptly, for the encouragement,
or rather to a considerable extent for the creation,
of artistic taste in our manufactures. As the
CHANCELLOR, of the EXCHEQUER expresses it—
" The result of our experience derived from the
Great Exhibition, and from the observation of
what is taking place in other countries, proves
that the time has come when some effectual mode
—when the influences of science and art in manu-
factures should be brought to bear on the industry
of this country." The subject, indeed, he con-
tinued to observe, had attracted the attention of
the Royal Commission, and of the illustrious
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individual at its head, "who," said Mr. DISRATIT,I,
in graceful and deserved terms of eulogium, " is
so well qualified to form and refine the taste of the
people of this country, and who has devoted his
attention and hours to that purpose." Satisfied
that the right time for the desired innovation had,
in truth, arrived, they determined that the surplus
remaining in their hands, over and above all
the expenses of the Exhibition, should be
dedicated at any rate to the laying of the
foundation of the intended enterprise. This
surplus, instead of being, as. was at one period
understood, about 300,0001. in the aggregate,
consists Of merely half that amount, and to this
150,0001. it has therefore been resolved, in com-
pliance with the suggestions of the Cabinet, that
another 150,0001. should be added by the Parlia-
ment. With this total of 300,0001. it has been
arranged, as we remarked with dismay some time
back, at the period of its first announcement, that
a piece of ground should be purchased affording
space for the erection of some indefinite group of
public buildings. Among these public buildings
may be number3d a National Gallery—so we are
told by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. Now,
although we cannot but still regret very deeply
what appears to us to have been undue precipita-
tion in the buying up of these market gardens
between Brompton and Kensington, we are never-
theless gratified to reflect that something at least
is being at last attempted in a direction that
appears to have been before almost entirely over-
looked. Certainly—with our schools of design
meeting at different places ; with our pictures not
collected under one roof ; with our library at the
British Museum increasing at the rate of 16,000
volumes annually, so that in thirty years from the
present time, the collection, now amounting to
500,000 volumes, will be actually doubled—it is
high time that an effort should be made by the
nation to obtain " room" for the carrying out, in
regard to Art and Science, of the long-deferred
project of a grand, and national, and systematic cul-
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tivation. Inasmuch as the enterprise decided upon
by the Ministry and accepted as judicious by the
House of Commons will yield this space, we are,
of course, compelled, in spite of every other con-
sideration, to regard the movement with com-
placency.

The Home Secretary has recently appointed
William Edward Buller, Esq., late of the 14th
Light Dragoons, to the office of Deputy-Governor
of the Defence Convict Hulk, at Woolwich, vacant
by the death of Captain James Sergeant, late of the
13th Light Dragoons.
DEATH OF MR. F. W. N. BAYLEY.—We have to re-
cord the decease of Mr. F. W. N. Bayley, well known for
his contributions to the periodical and serial literature of
the last twenty years. He was a large and successful con-
tributor to several of our popular magazines, and was, be-
sides, the author of numerous works of fiction, some of
them extending to the orthodox three volumes. He was
a man of very great talents. His contributions to the
literature of the age were of a singularly varied character ;
he wrote with equal ease, and with similar success, in
prose and in verse. His remains were on Tuesday in-
terred in the cemetery at Birmingham, in which town ho
died of bronchitis.

THE ENCLOSURE COMMISSION.—On Tuesday a special
report of the Enclosure Commissioners was printed. In
the report there are 25 proposed enclosures of land to im-
prove the lame, numbering more than 23,000 acres. The
commissioners state in their report that the alteration by
an act passed in the last session, requiring in all proposed
enclosures the previous direction of Parliament, renders it
most desirable that, in cases of common field land, as little
delay as possible should intervene between the consents of
the provisional orders and such direction.
COURT OF INLAND REVENUE, DEC. B. John Service,
Frederick Service, and Henry Rebbeck, of No. 7, Bedford-
crescent, Islington, were jointly and severally charged with
making soap without making legal entry of the same ; for
using a place for preparing materials and making soap
without entry; and for depositing and concealing 7001bs.
weight of soap with intent to defraud her Majesty of the
duty thereon. The total penalties incurred amounted to
7001. The court gave judgment against John Service and
Henry Rebbeck in the penalty of 4001., with the condem-
nation of the soap. Joseph Harris, of Little Brook-street,
St. Pancras, was charged with being the proprietor of an
unlicensed still. The Court gave judgment in the penalty
of 2001. and condemnation. John Bennett was charged
with removing spirits with intent to defraud her Majesty
of the duty thereon. The defendant was fined 251. Robert
Lindsey was fined 101. for removing two gallons of whisky
from the Dundee steam-ship at Hore, s wharf, without
payment of the extra duty. John Raymond, of Hill-
street, St. Pancras, a French polisher, was fined 201. for
having in his possession spirits of an illegal manufacture.
William Beaven Martin, of 14, Mark-lane, and George
Thomas Trill, of Mark-lane, wholesale wine and spirit
dealers, were summoned ,for not renewing their licences.
The parties not appearing, judgment was given against
them for the full penalty. Several other wholesale dealers
were fined in small penalties for similar offences.
LICENSED VICTUALLERS' PROTECTION SOCIETY.—A
special meeting of the committee of the above society was
held at the office, 90, Farringdon-street, yesterday, the Bth
instant, Mr. T. Winterbotham in the chair ; convened for
the purpose of electing a successor to Mr. Winterbothani,
whose period of office will expire at the general annual
meeting. The three senior trustees were eligible, but
Messrs. Bishop and Findley having declined to be put in
nomination, John Higgins, of the Three Merry Boys, Fore-
street, Lambeth, was declared unanimously elected chair-
man of the society for the ensuing year, amid the hearty
congratulations of his colleagues. A ballot then took place
for the election of two trustees., in lieu of Mr. Higgins,
elevated to the chair, and Mr. Bishop, who retires, when
the majority of votes were found to be in favour of Mr.
George Shepherd, of the Telegraph Inn, Brixton-hill ; and
Mr. John Jones, of the King's Head, Park-road, Clapham;
who were declared duly elected as trustees of the society.
GLASGOW.--THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.—We believe
that the telegraph wires now being put up on the Cale-
donian
and other railways in this country are erected at a
cost 'of less than Si. a mile ; whereas the older telegraph
on the North British and Edinburgh and Glasgow lines
cost nearly 2001. a mile. 4. colaidernble difference this.-
10214 .0/144/4 Maii.