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her instant removal to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. On
her arrival at the hospital great exertions were made to alle-
viate her sufferings, but she expired some time after her
arrival in the greatest agony. Several persons attended to
view the body, but up to seven o'clock last evening it had
not been identified.

MINISTERIAL CRISIS.

BLACKWOOD.

Pisistratus Caxton continues his very charming ro-
mance with unabated, or rather with increasing ability.
Trivial as the interests of the story may seem to be.
they are rendered memorable and of value by the air of
fascination by which they are invested. This, more-
over, is attributable to the exquisite manner of the
novelist, by his (pie t but sunlit humour, by his genial
and delicate , by his plastic eloquence and his
matchless powers of delineating character. The heroine
is at last introduced on the stage. Violante, the young
and beautiful, as yet little more than a child—the
daughter of our good old friend Doctor, or Signor
Iticcubocca. In Jemim a the latter has found, we are
rejoiced to observe, an admirable helpmate. Lenny
Fairfield becomes an inquiring experimentalist in
science, and, what is more, a poet. Albeit
but a poor village labourer, Lenny has in
the latter capacity become invested with a peculiar
interest, and, so to speak, with a certain dignity. For,
as Sir Beliver Lytton himself observes—and he ought to
know something about it—" be who can view the world.
as a poet is always at soul a king." The latter portion
of the present instalment of his domestic narrative is
coloured with a homely, hut delicious, humour. Parso❑
Dale, " unaccustomed though he is" to riding cn horse-
back, adventures i❑ this wise to the town of Lansmere.
The traveller at the road side inn is capital—just one of
those little incident❑l trifles that Bulwer Lytton can
make so much of. His calling out later on the highway,
'• How's the leather?" when the parson is getting tossed
up and down on the saddle rather unmercifully,
is the climax of merriment. Scarcely less droll
is the landlord of the Lansmere Arms, with
his preposterous definition of gumptious—" Bumptious
is bumptious, and gumptious is gumptious : now the
town beadle is bumptious, and Mrs. Avenel is gump-
tious." Gumptious she most unquestionably proves
to be when visited a little further on by the good parson.
With the commencement of this interview the portion of
the novel for the March number terminates. A very
beautiful and intelligent criticism of Mrs. Jameson's
" Legends of the Monastic Orders" follows this most de-
lightful contribution. In it the reviewer expresses a
profound and generous admiration of some of the moat
conspicuous among the saints of the Roman Catholics. St.
Theresa in particular he takes to be a most saintly as
well as sainted woman. The following account of the
origin of the superstition respecting St. Swithin, as
given by Mrs. Jameson, may not prove altogether
undeserving a perusal:--
"He had ordered that his body should be buried among
the poor, outside the church, 'under the feet of the pas-
sengers, and exposed to the droppings of the eaves from
above.' When his clergy attempted to remove the body to a
more honourable tomb inside the church, there came on such
a storm of rain as effectually stopped the procession ; and
this continued for forty days without intermission, till the
project was abandoned, and his remains were suffered to
rest in the humble grave he had chosen for himself."
The subjoined passage relating to St. Thomas 3 Becket,
the great Archbishop of Canterbury, we commend to
general consideration:—
" Lord Campbell, in his recent and admirably-written life
of Becket, as Chancellor and Minister of Henry H., tells us
that his vituperators are to be found among bigoted Protes-
tants, and his unqualified eulogists among intolerant Catho-
lics. After stating, with the perspicuity of a judge in equity,
their respective arguments and opinions, Le sums up in fa-
vour of the eulogists, and decides that, setting as•de exag-
ge,ation, miracle, and religious prejudice, the most merciful
view of the character of Becket is also the most just. And
is it not pleasant, wire the imagination has been so excited
by strange vicissitude% and picturesque scenes of his various
life—the judgment so dazzled by his brilliant and generous
qualities, the sympathies so touched by the tragic circum-
stances of his death—to have our scruples set at rest, and
to be allowed to admire and to venerate with a good con.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
TIMES.—This is the eleventh day of a Ministerial crisis.
A whole month of the session has been thrown away, and
besides all kinds of horrors looming in the horizon, the
agreeable arrangement of three months for Parliamentary
work, and three months for the Exhibition in Hyde-park, is
now utterly hopeless. Though it must he confessed that the
public at large endures the suspense with an almost stoical
apathy, there are people who feel some anxiety to know the
present results, if any, of the crisis, and for their sake we
will attempt to state them. All our conclusions, however,
must be offered with one important reserve. Since Friday
evening the crisis has rested with the invincible and impe-
netrable Deice, who may, or may not, have some plan of his
for extricating the nation from its difficulties. He may suc-
ceed in reducing the Government apple of discord to a pa-
latable form, which shall answer al purposes and offend no-
body. He mar, by the weight of his advice, induce Sir
Robert Peel's friends and Lord John Russell's colleagues to
forego their differences; and form a joint Cabinet for the good
of the public. He may effect reconciliations in other quar-
ters. At all events he is riot the man to let an occasion slip
through his fingers. But, puting him out of the question,
and looking only to what is decided and known, what is
our present position? In the first place, it is very clear,
from the explanations of last Friday night, that the
Protectionists have no chance of forming a Government
with the present House of Commons. Lord Stanley
bas described the utter hopelessness of the attempt with a
fidelity which is candour in him, bit would have been im-
pertinence in an opponent. So anxious was his Lordship to
impress on his hearers the poverty of his material., that he
scarcely escaped a tinge of satire, and has almost left on re-
cord a parallel to Sir John FaletatPs narrative of his march
through Coventry. Much has been said lately of " candid
friends," but the part of a " candid leader" had yet to be
illustrated—that omission has been supplied by Lord Stan-
ley. As his colleagues are some of them incompetent, some
of them too busy about their own affairs, and some of them
too modest, and as nobody else will come forward to supply
brains, tongue, or hands, to the dull carcass of Protection, he
is confessedly unable to provide as with a Government at
this moment, In the order of events a Russell-Graham
Cabinet was the next alternative. Whether any previous
differences might have been got over, or not, the speeches
of Sir James Graham and Lord Aberdeen on Friday night
have interposed an insurmountable obstacle in the way
of a union. Both these statesmen have now spoken
of the Ecclesiastical Titles pill and the movement out
of doors not only with censure, bit with absolute disgust,
and declare themselves averse to any legislation of this kind.
As there is no other visible alternative, the revolution of the
political wheel brings the Whigs once more to the top, and
there seems no doubt of their trying it on again. The first
thing, however, that strikes one is, that they will be exactly
in the same condition as they were a fortnight ago. They
will have the same, or rather an increased number of Pro-
tectionists arrayed against them, and the same number of
Irish Raman Catholic Members ready to throw themselves
into the anti-Ministerial scale. They will be
liable to the
same pressure from the Radical party, with the same dis-
position on the part of their own friends, and all the rest of
the House, to let them fight their own battles on Parliamen-
tary reform, and posssbly on some other equally interesting
questions. No possible modification of the Ecclesiastical
Titles Bill will propitiate the frantic Irishmen, though it may
alienate some Protestant supporters. As for a mere recon-
struction of the Cabinet out of the old Whig materials, that
will only be another symptom of weakness and another ground
of attack. Sir Charles Wood might have devised a more
captivating Budget, but we doubt whether any
Budget whatever would have escaped a storm of opposition
from some quarter, if not from all quarters. As for the
colonies, though a good tempered Secretary might give them
a chance, we believe that they cannot, and will not, be
governed without an occasional disturbance. So we cannot
hold out any hope of peace and quiet, if the late Adminis-
tration should simply resume its performance, with a some-
what different cast, and with, perhaps, one or two principal
parts given to new hands from the same school as the old
ones. But, as there must be a Government, and as this case
of suspended animation is beginning to look awkward, it is
time to look out for suggestions. One proposal has been
gaining ground for the last two or three days, that not only
promises to meet the difficulty, but seems to be almost un-
avoidable. It is proposed to refer the whole subject of Papal
aggression to a Select Committee. Of course, this looks
ominious of delay, of flagging zeal, of growing discretion,
and perhaps of final indifference; yet there are not a few
circumstances that point in this direction. It is admitted
by Lord John Russell, that without modification the pre-
sent Bill will interfere with that religious liberty which
he has no wish to disturb. A large section of the
public, among whom we must reckon ourselves,
think it mere pedantry to include Ireland in the operation of
the Bill. The Protectionist chief, and many others of that
body, think that Papal aggression will to much more effec-
tually met by a series of legislative checks, adapted from
time to time to the overt acts of the Roman Catholic com-
munity. Much deliberation would be necessary to meet all
these views, and that deliberation would be given with far
less scandal to religion, and far more chance of success. in a
Select Committee than in the more public arena of the
House. The dignity of the Crown would be not the less
effectually vindicated by a leisurely defence; and mean •
while the ordinary legislation of the country might proceed.
That is the case of this proposal, and, without having a strong
opinion about it one way or another, we must allow that it
deserves consideration. This, however, would only re.
move a temporary obstruction, and would leave the con-
stitutional weakness of the Ministry and the rising hopes
of the Protectionists without alteration. That weak-
ness can only be cured by stronger men and stronger
measures. If Lord John Russell could attach to himself
some of those men who possess the confidence of the more
liberal section of the Legislature, he would not find that
section acting so independently and so inconveniently—pur-
suing its objects in season and out of season, and inflicting
defeat, as it did last Thursday week, at the most critical mo-
ment to his fortunes. As to stronger measures, we need only
point to one which would both secure the better co-operation
of the party just described, and also cut away the last hopes
of the Protectionists. They boast that a general election
will give them a clear majority of 30 votes, with which they
will ride into power, and impose a moderate fixed duty on
foreign grain. For their own sake, as well as for the sake
of the country, they ought not to be allowed to cherish this
delusion. But surely Lord John Russell must now see
how nearly he has escaped, if, indeed, he has escaped,
a dissolution, and how absolutely necessary it is
that the next general election should take place
under the safest possible conditions. Without particular re-
ference to Mr. Locke King's plan, it is evident that a large
extension of the county constituencies is necessary to make
the House of Commons a proper representation of the intel-
ligent people of this country. The Irish Roman Catholics
reckon on returning sixty members of their communion into
our next Parliament, and if the British Protestants gain even
a
1 they will soon be able, with their
Irish the Whig Government into a cor-
respaeucxtialbialeries m, itoo or
pitu3s,
cor-
ner. Self-preservation, then, demands that the new Parlia-
mentary Reform Bill, which Lord John has long had in con-
templation, and of which he had prepared a draft before the
present session, should be introduced forthwith, with as little
delay as possible. We are speaking, of course, off the book
at the present moment, as no man living can say what advice
the Duke of Wellington will tender to her Majesty this
morning; but, assuming that he will not advise the rejection
of Lord John Russell's services, we beg to suggest the first
use he should make of his fresh lease of power.
HERALD.—We have no doubt as to the deep disappoint-
ment and as to the unfeigned grief with which the agricul-
turists of the empire will have received the unwelcome in-
telligence that Lord Stanley has failed in forming an admi-
nistration.allmembers Their regret,
iw o mostw e feel sure,
important
professions, by every
independent member of the bar, and brevery honest, and
true-hearted British seaman. We can state, without fear of
contradiction, that Lord Stanley, in endeavouring to con-
struct his Cabinet, solicited as Lord Chancellor the most pro-
found lawyer, and the most deeply-learned equity judge that
has graced the bar since the days of Lord Coke. Whether
we regard Sir Edward Sugden in his private or in his public
capacity, we feel assured that the most virulent opponent
cannot substantiate one fair or legitimate charge against
him, which can in the slightest degree detract trom his high
and unblemished reputation as a lawyer, as a judge, and as
a gentleman. His conduct as Lord Chancellor of Ireland, at
two distinct periods of holding that office each
peculiarly distinguished from the other by the cir-
cumstances of his party and of his own situation,
was, nevertheless, peculiarly marked by his unflinching
energy in disposing of the business of his coert—an energy
only equalled by the justice and the unexampled success of
his decisions. The spirit which he displayed in reforming
abuses was followed by the fairness with which he exerted
it ; while he only looked to the merits and services of those
whom he rewarded. He never exercised his patronage to
serve party purposes, or to gratify sectarian antagonism.
The Court of Chancery, in England, stands in need of speedy
and effectual reform, which has been long talked about,
which has been even mooted, nay, more than once attempted ;
but we despair of seeing it effectually grappled with, much
less successfully accomplished, unless the task should fall to
such a Lord Chancellor as Sir E. Sugden would make—the
only lawyer in the empire capable and willing to carry out
such a 'reform effectually, honestly,
and triumphantly.
The other appointment to which we alluded is that of First
Lord of the Admiralty. We believe we are correct in stating
that that high post was offered by Lord Stanley to and ac-
cepted by the Duke of Northumberland. The administration of
the office by his Grace, under the peculiar circumstances of thetimes, would have been most acceptable to the profession of
which he is a distinguished member, and in which he has
attained the high rank of a flag officer. At the same time the
exalted station to which he has succeeded since he left active
service in the navy, and the unbounded wealth Which he in-
herited, place him far above the suspicions.of undue favouritism
or unworthy partiality, to which a man of inferior rank, who
merely occupied the post of First Lord of the Admiralty from
being a naval officer, might be subjected, however unde-
servedly. As a zealous officer, who for years followed the
profession from choice, and from the honest admiration of its
high utility and national importance, his Grace has all the
knowledge which the head of the department requires, but
for which, on a first instalment in office, a First Lord is ge-
nerally obliged to be indebted to the kindness of others
while, as Duke of Northumberland, he carries with bite that
weight and that authority which high private character and
exalted station combined cannot fail to confer.
ADVERTISER.—Amid the hourly Ministerial changes
which
hantghees
which we have witnessed during the last ten days, we have
never for a moment relinquished the belief, that Lord John
Russell is destined to be again the principal adviser of her
Majesty. And however varied may be the as
"situation" may yet assume before the final arrangement,
we adhere more strongly than ever to the opinion, that Lord
John Russell is proximate as well as past Premier. In the
prospect of seeing the Noble Lord again at the head of the
councils of his Sovereign, it is devoutly to be wished that he
would definitively determine on what course of policy he will
adopt. The wonderful alacrity which he displays in
abandoning positions which he bad taken
LIP, and
changing the policy which he had announced his
determination to pursue, have done more to damage
his Ministerial character, than even those finality
speeches which 'have brought so much obloquy upon
him. We invited attention, on Saturday, to the changes
which the Noble Lord's views had undergone,within the pre-
vious day or two, on the question of the Papal aggression.
We affirmed on Friday, and now repeat the statement, that
after he had been a second time summoned to Buckingham
Palace, to receive her Majesty's commands to construct a new
Cabinet, it was his full determination either to introduce a
new Papal Bill, or to give greater stringency to some of the
provisions of the measure which is before the House. The
Noble Ie rd admits, through his evening organ, that the pre-
sent Bill was a compromise to conciliate ome of his col-
leagues, whose Tractarian tendencies are notorious to all who
are acquainted with them. And now, that the dissolution of
his Ministry has released him from the obligations he had come
under, he was to introduce a measure more in accordance with
his speech on the introduction of the Bill. But immediately after
this resolution had been formed,ithe Noble Lord is brought
by some means or other into contact with Popish influences;
and because, forsooth, Dr. Murray, the Roman Catholic
Archbishop. of Dublin, whom the ex-Premier regards as a
very mild and moderate man, thinks the Papal Aggression
Dill rather stringent, he not only abandons the idea of

ALARMING AND DESTRUCTIVE c IRES.—Shortly
after eight o'clock en Saturday morning a fire of a very se-
rious character broke out on the premises of Mr. Pezzy, up-
holsterer and cabinet-maker, Old-street-road, St. Luke's.
It originated in the workshop, during the absence of the
work people, and the discovery was not made until the whole
of the workshop was in flames. A number of the brigade
( ngines were soon on the spot, but although the firemen ob-
tained a good supply of water, they were unable to check
the fire before the workshop was entirely consumed. About
two o'clock in the morning a house, in the occupation of Mr.
Duncan, No. 3, Melbourne-place, Cambridge road, Hackney,
was burned down. The family were awoke by some person
in the street, who saw the glare through the shop fanlight.
Fortunately the inmates escaped from the premises in safety.
About one hour previously, the engines had been required in
Cleveland• place, Fitzroy-square, where an alarming fire had
broken out on the premises of Mr. Matthews, carpenter and
builder. The fire was not extinguished for nearly an hour.
Most of the work shops were destroyed. The total loss of pro-
perty at the fire cannot be far shoat of 2,0001.
CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE.—It has at length
been decided that the suspension bridge over the river Avon
at Clifton shall forthwith be comple ed. This undertaking
was commenced many years ago, but was never finished, for
want of funds. Arrangements have now been made for the
resumption of the works. Mr. Hennett, the engineer, is to
finish the work at, his own expense, the subscribers abandon-
ing any claim that they may have on the ground of former
investments, reserving, however, to themselves the right of
passing over the erection, and entering into a heavy bond of
indemnity to secure the promoter against any legal proceed-
ings which may be brought against him by the owners of the
ferry. In consideration of the outlay incurred, which will
amount to many thousands of pounds, the engineer will
have the bridge under his control for a length of time, suffi •
cient to repay him for his skill and capital embarked. The
ironwork has been taken by Messrs. Fox and Henderson, the
eminent contractors m connexion with the Crystal Palace.
When completed, the bridge will form a most picturesque
adjunct to the beauty of the Clifton scenery.
A METHOD OF EXPOSING AN OBNOXIOUS TAX.—
Dropping into a grocer's shop, our attention was drawn to a
ream of brown paper by the words, " Tax on this ream of
paper ," in very conspicuous letters. Reading on, we ob-
tained the information that the tax amounted to 16s. 9d.,
and this on a single ream of the coarsest paper, the cost of
which, exclusive of the duty, would be about 11. 7s. ; so
that the duty was, in reality, above 60 per cent.—Preston
Guardian.

LONDON AND BLACHWALL RAILWAY.--A Bill is
about to be introduced into Parliament for making a branch
railway from the London and Blackwall Railway to Ilaydon-
square, Whitechapel, and for granting certain powers to the
London and North-Western Company with reference thereto,
and another Bill at the same time for extending the time
limited for widening the London and Blackwall Railway, and
for making the branches to the London and St. Katherine's
Docks, for erecting a station and other works at Rodeswell, in
the parish of St. Anne, and for amending the Acts relating
to the said railway. The first-mentioned Bill contains 22
sections or clauses, and the latter Bill 15 clauses, on the vari-
ous points contained in the said enactments.

ROCHESTER, MARCH I.—As several labourers were
engaged yesterday morning in pulling down some houses, in
order to clear the ground for making the approaches for the
new bridge in course of construction at Rochester, one of
the walls suddenly gave way, burying two of the men in the
ruins. No time was lost in extricating them, but when found
one was dead, and the other so severely injured that his life
is despaired of.

We have reason to repose every confidence in the
accuracy of our information, when we state, that the imme-
diate termination of the crisis will be the return of the late
➢linistry, with possibly one or two exceptions, to oflice—it
being distinctly understood between Lord John Russell and
Sir James Graham, Mr. Cardwell, ➢lr. Sydney Herbert, and
one or two others of the leading men among the Peel party,

science; and this, too, on the authority of one accustomed
to balance evidence, and not swerved by any bias to extreme
religious opinions? But it is not as statesman, chancellor, or
prelate that Becket takes his place in sacred art. It is in his
character of canonised saint and martyr that I have to speak
of him here. He was murdered or martyred because he
pertinaciously defended the spiritual against the royal au-
thority; and we must remember, in the eleventh century,
the cause of the Church was, in fact, the cause of the weak
against the strong, the cause of civilization and of the people
against barbarism and tyranny ; and that by his contempo-
raries he was regarded as the champion of the oppressed
Saxon race against the Norman nobility."
" Lavengro, ' tue presumed autobiography of Mr.
George Barrow, is subk,cted to a somewhat severe,
du-ugh, at the same time, a very judicious castigation.
In the estimation of the critic in Blackwood it will not
tend very far to exalt the repute of the author. Another
paper of an artistic nature will be found among the con-
.

that when the Papal Aggression Bill has become the law of
the land, they will join the Russell Ministry, which will then
become a Coalition Cabinet. The Papal Bill is the only im-
pediment to the chiefs of the Peel party accepting office at
once. It is a curious fact, that they are, to a man, more or
less deeply tainted with Tractarianism. Some of them, in-
deed, are actual Romanists, though still retaining the Pro-
testant name.—Advertiser.
The Earl of Clarendon is hourly expected in Lon-
don, from Dublin.
THE REPRESENTATION OF GREENWICH.—We un-
derstand that during the past week two private meetings
have been held at the offices of a legal gentleman in Green-
wich to secure the return of Admiral Duedes, our present
Member, and another gentleman. The latter is an inhabit-
ant of the borough, but we refrain from further remark until
another opportunity.—Kentish Mercury.
THE SOCIETY OF ANCIENT BRITONS.—The anni•
versary festival of this valuable institution took plate on
Saturday evening, at the Freemason's Tavern, and, as from
the strong nationality which Welshmen still cherish might
have been expected, the natives of the principality in London
mustered in great strength upon the occasion. The festivi-
ties of the evening were presided over by Colonel Rice
Trevor, and were greatly prumoted by the excellent enter-
tainment provided, and by the efforts of a well-selected party
of vocalists. From the secretary's report for the past year
we collect, that since the establishment of the schools sup-
ported by the society, '2,045 boys and 590 girls have been
clothed, educated, maintaine 1, and permanently provided for
thereby. The number of children now supported by the
charity is 200. They made their appearance in the dining-
hall, and their healthy looks, combined with the effective
manner in which they sung, no doubt acted as a powerful
stimulant to the benevolent feelings of the company.
DEATH OF A \YELL-KNOWN CHARACTER AT SEL-
EISK.—AIex ander Ross, better known by the familiar soubri-
quet of Highland Sandy, the itinerant piper, died on the 13th
inst., in the 99th year of his age. He was originally. from
Ross-shire--his parents having been many years under Ross
of Balnagcwan. He left his native highland home at the
age of 35, when he entered the marine service, in which he
continued 13 years. During the next six years we find
him labouring as a farm servant; but this mode of life seems
to have ill suited his roving propensities—for from this period
wandering
a ns other
up to the closing scene at Selkirk his life was no longer of a
bordeorf,
private but public character, being well known over all the
an old
strains
rem-
nant
ins
astha."tre de countiesminstrel bandof Sco,
Scotland,
ahnods thrillingas
used to resound through the halls of our forefathers, and to
which we ourselves never listen without calling forth remi-
niscences of the olden times. In the land of the Sassanach,
far from the • Highland mountains, and the scenes of his youth-
ful days, this son of the Gael slumbers in the
churchyard of
Selkirk.—Kelso Chronicle.

tents of the March number, namely, one relating to
" The Arts in Portugal," and considering the unfamiliar
character of the topic we doubt not it will be generally
acceptable. Southey suggests to one of the contribu-
tors an able and pleasing series of biographic articles—
the first of which is here published. Besides the pal ers
already particularized, we must call to the notice of the
public the first, relating to the " Internal Dangers of
the Country," and the last, referring to the important
question of the " Ministry and the Agricultural In-
terest." Altogether the number of Blackwood for March
is really admirable.

APPALLING SUICIDE AT CHARING-CROSS HOSPITAL.
—Yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, about half-past one, a most
appalling act of suicide was committed at Charing-cross
Hospital, under the following melancholy circumstances:—
The unfortunate individual was a person by the name of
Samuel Bridges, aged about 30, and was well known in the
sporting world as a jockey. Mr. H. Lingham, the house-
surgeon, states that he had been a patient for the last six
months, but had nearly recovered, and, in point of fact, was
about being discharged. Alt hough he showed considerable
despondency of late, be exhibited no symptoms of derange-
ment, such as to induce the least suspicion that he might
destroy himself. At the usual hour he declined taking
dinner with the other patients, and was observed to go to
the window (on the third dear). He then took off his coat,
looked out into the street for a minute or two; in another
moment they saw him precipitate himself from the window,
lodging for a few seconds on the abutment of the second
floor, and then falling on his face into the area. The de-
ceased had previously destroyed all his letters and documents.
When picked up there were symptoms of life, but ere his re-
moval to the ward he gasped and expired.
THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE.—The splendid
spectacle of Azael ; or, The Prodigal, still continues its bril-
liant career. Amongst the numerous tashionables who visited
the theatre on Saturday evening were the Marquis of Done-
gal, Duke of Devonshire, Duchess of Cleveland, Viscount
Canning, Lord De Tabley, Baron Parke, Earl of Glengall,
his loyal Highness tke Duke of Cambridge, Marquis of Nor-
manby, Viscount Canterbury, Sir B. Graham, Captain Fre-
mantle, &c.

MIDDLESEX HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday morning a
sermon in aid of the above hospital was preached by the
Rev. J. H. Gurney, M.A., before several members of the late
Government and a very crowded congregation, at St. Mary's
Church, Brvanston-square. The Rev. Preacher, taking for
his text "The rich and the poor shall meet together," de-
livered a very impressive discourse, and eloquently pleaded
in behalf of the Institution. Having adverted to the length-
ened existence of the Middlesex Hospital, the high repute
which it held for medical and surgical skill, the fact of 2,559
indoor and 11,38:' outpatients having been treated during
the last year, and the consequent claim the charity had upon
the sympathy of the benevolent, a collection was made
arnoucting to between 901. and 100/. .

The Right Hon. the Spesker entertained at dinner,
on Saturday, the following Members of the House of Com-
mons :—Lord Kildare, Lord Ashley, Lord Jocelyn, Lord
Clarence Paget, Mr. Sydney Herbert, Mr. Henry iir•oulburn,
Sir James Graham, Mr. T. d'r,ynceurt, Mr. Edward Ellice,
Mr. Vernon Smith, Sir George Clerk, Mr. James Stuart
Wortley, Mr. Henry Tuffnell, Mr. Henry Fitzrcy, Sir Charles
Lemon Sir Robert Ferguson, Sir John Young, Sir Robert
Price, Lemon,
Romilly, Mr. Wrightson, Mr. Evelyn Denison,
Mr. Walpole, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Cardwell, and Mr.
Harcourt. The Marquis of Douro and Lord Ernest Bruce
were prevented from attending.
REPRESENTATION OF MARYLERONE.—DETERMINA-
TION TO RETURN THE BOROUGH MEMBERS FREE OF Ex-
pitNSE.—Ors Saturday evening a numerous meeting of the
East Pancras Parochial Association was held at the Globe
Tavern, Derby-street, King's-cross, for the purpose of con-
sidering the present representation of the borough, and the
propriety of according in the resolution passed at the great
meeting of the rate-payers held on Tuesday evening at the
vestry rooms, determining on returning the present Mem-
bers for the borough, Sir B. Hall and Lord Dudley Stuart,
free of expense. The following resolution was unanimously
carried :—" That this meeting having the most perfect con-
fidence in the conduct of our much-respected representatives,
Sir B. Hall and Lord Dudley Stuart, pledges itself to use
their utmost exertions to secure their return, in the event of
a dissolution of Parliament, free of expense." It wasresolved
to forward copieslto the secretary of the St. Marylebone
Ratepayers' Protection Association and the Parochial
.Com-
mittee of Marylebone, as also to Mr. E. W. Gooch, the se.
cretary of the Paddington Association, asking their concur-
rencead and co-operation.
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.—The profes-
sor of chemistry to this institution, Mr. J. 11. Pepper, has
just commenced his second lecture on the curious principle
fire, which, although it did not display so many brilliant
and astonishing experiments, yet is more adapted to interest
the various classes who visit this place, by the philosophical
spirit with which it abounds. The professor entered at
great length into the examination of ignition and combus-
tion, and after demonstrating the hidden source of fire, and
obtaining, or rather evoking, beat from solids, fluids, and
gases by condensation, by squeezing or contracting matter
like Water from a sponge,
the term ignition came under
consideration; its derivation, heat or fire, was shown to be
correct by various experiments. Some gun cotton placed in
a jar of carbonic acid
gas could not be ignited by a lighttd
taper, the lecturer in vain endeavoured to bring the fire in
contact With it, because the
gas directly extinguished the
flame, but a red-hot
the explosive g merely ignited matter was
not affected by• the noxious gas and immediately forced
poker being
compound. Many highly amusing and bril-
liant experiments
were exhibited during the course of the
lecture, which appeared to be greatly relished by a numer-
ous audience.

Ca!lain Rolles, of the ship New Liverpool, against
whom a warrant of manslaughter was issued some months
since, in consequence of the death of some Lascars on board
his slip, was apprehended on Friday at Southampton.

THE StrN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING) MARCH 3, 1851.

giving greater stringency to the measure, but consents to
make certain modifications in it. We witness—according to
the Noble Lord's own confessions—similar vacillation and
change, in his conduct with regard to the extension of the
franchise. Many of our readers, we are sure, will remember,
that about three months ago, we announced in the most posi-
tive terms, that Ministers had determined, immediately on
the re-assembling of Parliament, to introduce a measure for
the extension of the franchise. We expressed our doubts as
to the adequacy of the intended measure to meet the exi-
gencies of the case, but still we attached importance
to it, as a distinct and deliberate recognition on the
part of Government of the principle, that an enlargement
of the electoral circle was necessary. Our information we
knew to come from the very best source. The paragraph in
which we made the announcement, was copied into scores of
the public journals. Parliament re-assembles, and there is
not only no intimation iu the Queen's Speech of any intended
measure for an extension of the franchise, but Lord John
Russell takes the earliest opportunity which is afforded him
to apprise Parliament and the public, that he has no such
measure in contemplation. The natural conclusion to which
the country must have come, on hearing the announcement
from the Nvoble Lord, must have been, that we had been mis-
informed respecting the Ministerial intentions as to the ex-
tension of the electoral qualification. And yet it is now proved
by the lips of the Noble Lord himself, that we were per-
fectly right. In his speech en Friday, Lord John Rus-
sell explicitly stated, that not only had he and his colleagues
made up their minds to introduce a measure for the extens
sion of the franchise immeliately on the meeting of Parlia-
ment, but that he himself, with his own hand, had actually
drawn up the heads of the Bill. For some reason or
other, however, a change afterwards came over the spirit
of the Noble Lord, and there is, after all, to be no measure
this session for the extension of the franchise. Now, is not
this infirmity of purpose in the Prime Minister of a great
country like England, without his being able to assign any
reason fur the change, truly deplorable? Nothing can b 3
more damaging to the character of a public man, than to
witness, in his conduct on important questions, changes for
which no reason is given, but which, on the contrary, appear
to be the result of mere caprice. If Lord John
Russell, in the anticipated contingency of his re-
turn to power, would wish to prolong his
tenure of official life, —if he would win the
esteem, and command the confidence of the country, he will
at once take the ground of high principle, with a firm deter-
mination neither to be seduced by the blandishments of one
class of persons, nor diverted by the menaces of another,
from the course of policy which he has chalked out for him •
self. If the existing perplexities should be productive of no
other beneficial result, than that of demonstrating the utter
impossibility of the Conservative party to construct a Minis-
try, much less carry on the government of the country, the
price which we have paid will scarcely be too high for so
great a good. Lord John Russell must now see his way
much more clearly than before. He will no longer stand in
daily dread of being overthrown by Lord Stanley in the one
House, or Mr. Disraeli in the other. He cannot, therefore,

have any excuse for vacillation or indecision. Let him but
' act in accordance with his convictions of what is right; let
him take high ground, and keep it, regardless of all opposi-
tion, and the new Russell Administration will be one of the
strongest Governments which has existed during the present
century.
DAILY NEWS.—Very considerable light has been
thrown upon the nature and the working of constitutional go-
vernment amongst us by the speeches of Lord Stanley and of
other Lords and Honourable Gentlemen in explanation of
their conduct during the present Ministerial crisis. Lord
Stanley, in enumerating the difficulties which prevented his
forming a Government, put forward as the greatest, the cir-
cumstance that although he numbered so very large a pro-
portion of the House of Commons as his adherents, amongst
them was but one who had official experience. In conse-
quence Lord Stanley could not fill the Ministerial bench in
the House of Commons with members of his Cabinet capable
of decorously and efficiently opposing, even for a short time,
a hostile majority. We may here observe, that of all the
men upon Lord Stanley's list, the most incapable was pre-
cisely the individual with official experience. It follows,
from what Lord Stanley said, that no one is thought worthy
of being a Minister save a man who has served his poli-
tical apprenticeship in some of the great parties. But
Whigs and Tories confining their patronage to the
aristocracy, it is a mere chance if one or two
capable men of inferior rank are allowed to be
ini-
tiated in the mysteries of office. These are easily interested
and bound up with the great parties that have advanced
them, and the consequence is that British statesmanship is
as much a monopoly as any of the old guilds or corporations
which existed centuries ago, which perpetuated their nar-
rowness and their imbecility by self-election. We have
striking examples in the Cabinet just defunct of the kind of
politicians which this system has saddled on the nation. We
do not want to assail men who have fallen, or single out in-
dividuals as objects of attack. But it is quite evident, that
very many of the departments of Government were in the
hands of worn-out or incapable men, who would never have
held such places but for their connexions, and in whom that
connexion has supplied the place of capacity and youth. It
is in this way, indeed, that the old aristocratic parties have
always fallen. When some time in possession of office, all
advancement, even the boon of apprenticeship, has been
given to a young generation, ill chosen and unable to sup-
port the weight of the office. Whilst the party in opposition
recruited talent with more facility and surety. Peel was
perhaps the only leading stateaman who turned the time
and the patronage of ascendancy and office to recruit
a party; and this he did so effectually that the party
whom he formed and left behind, is powerful of itself
and of its very capacity, though almost without
principle, or without any clear connexion with either coun-
try or commercial interests. But of what use would these
members be, had not Peel favoured them with office? No-

thing save Peel's choice and favour, then, has made states-
' men of them. For we cannot consider Messrs. Sidney Her-
bert and Cardwell any cleverer men than thousands who
have not chanced to have those advantages. The fact, then,
is, upwards of twenty years after the Reform Bill, that mere
patronage and connexion, though somewhat more restricted
than of old in the fabrication of legislators, forms a greater
monopoly than ever of the manufacture of Ministers. The
people have evidently no choice in the matter. Nor has
talent any power. Men like those who set on foot the league
agitation, and carried the abrogation of the corn-laws, they
have died in the breach they stormed, and have been un-
serviceable since. Why- because by the very act they dis-
pleased the magnates who dispense power, and who deem
and avow that men thus raised to eminence by the
popular voice would prove troublesome Members of a Cabinet,
would disturb its unanimity, and offend its gentility.
Now, we say at once that' the country swill not muoh
longer stand this system. It will not look on and see for
years Sir John Hubhouse entrusted with the affairs of our
Indian empire, and Sir Charles Wood lord of our finances,
their sole claim being their connexion or their ap-
prenticeship, whilst such men as Hume, Cobden,
Charles Villiers, Roebuck, Bright, and Gibson are
scouted as the Pariah of official life. If it is the
principle of the unanimity and friendly binding together
of a Cabinet that is the cause or this—and we believe this,
rather than any mean jealousy, to be the real cause—it will
be for the country to consider whether the whole system of
governing by a Cabinet may not be wrong, and whether se-
parate responsibility might not be established for the chiefs
of the different departments of Government. Of what use
is the voice of a subordinate Minister on the question of
finance for example, which he never studies? Why should
a Home Secretary be displaced by a blunder in foreign poli-
tics, and so on? But above all things it is neces-
sary that the public and the Sovereign should have
a large field of choice. There are but two or
three men in the empire to whom at present it
would be thought wise to entrust the management
of the Foreign- oflice. We will be bound to say that such
was the prevailing maxim in France up to 1830. But since
then the most successful ministers of foreign affairs were men
who never entered the office, till they entered it as Ministers.
M. Guizot and M. Triers were supposed to be sufficiently
fitted for it by historic studies and some Parliamentary expe-
rience. General Lahitte proved no unsuccessful or inapt
Minister; yet he left the head of a regiment to guide the
legions of diplomacy. Seeing these examples, we cannot
but look upon Lord Stanley's declaration that he saw no one
in his party to whom he could give foreign affairs as a very
great insult, especially to such a man as Mr. Disraeli. What
in the world is the British empire to do, when in a few years
Lord Aberdeen and Lord Palmerston are past the age of hold-
ing office? The rising or risen generaticn are evidently
considered incapable of bearing the burdens of these men.
Those of the present day are pigmies compared with
the great of the past. And it is not one party that utters,
but all who echo this twaddle of aristocratic and official mo-
nopoly, which will neither itself raise and educate fit candi-
dates for power, uor allow the popular voice to discover and
provide them. Lord Aberdeen and Sir James Graham made
long speeches the other day to say, that although they
would adopt an extension of suffrage, they would still not
sanction any such extension as would weaken lordly influence,
or disturb the present balance of the constitution. In the
same breath with this declaration they gave their assent to
the establishment of a Roman Catholic hierarchy, with car-
dinals, and legates, and synods, out-topping and over-ruling
the Protestant Church. -Why, that is a more serious abroga-
tion of the constitution than any extension of the suffrage.
Allowing the Pope to nominate dignitaries, independent
of the Sovereign, rivals of the Peers, enforcing tem-
poral obsequiousness by spiritual authority, this is a
greater breach of our territorial constitution than universal
suffrage itself can be. But these men would grant to the
Pope of Rome what they would not cede to the people of
England. They will have no extension of suffrage which will
prevent a few lordly houses and a corporation of official
pundits from monopolising Ministerial power, and perpetua-
ting it in their caste, but they will allow a foreigner to
establish an absolute and uncontrolled dominion over one-
third of the population of England. They will look on, see
this done, declare the powerless►;ees of the law to resist it, and
then call this toleration. And this forsooth is the Liberal
party of the day. Verily, it is time for the people to tell us
what they consider a popular policy. It is time for them to
declare in what direction they would have Liberalism move;
time for them to have a voice not merely in the men who
pay for their beer at elections, but the men who actually
govern, who impose taxes, and who can let loose or restrict
the public liberties.

in Chesham-place. The Noble Lord was summoned from
the dinner table to Lansdowne-house.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Duke of Wellington bad an audience of the
Queen at half-past two o'clock on Saturday afternoon at
Buckingham Palace.
Later in the afternoon the Marquis of Lansdowne had
an audience cf her Majesty.
Yesterday morning the Marquis of Lansdowne bad an
audience of the Queen.
Lord John Russell had an audience of her Majesty
yesterday afternoon.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Rent visited the
Queen on Saturday, and partook of luncheon with her Ma-
jesty and Prince Albert.
Her Majesty's private band attended at the Palace after
dinner on Saturday, and performed the following selection:—
Overture, " Bohemian Girl" ............ Balfe.
Terzetto, " Cruda Sorte"
Duetto, " Die Lustigen Welber von Windsor" Otto Nicolai.
Triumphal March Ries.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday in the
garden of Buckingham Palace.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Priece,s Royal, the Princesses Alice, Helena,
and Louisa, took their accustomed exercise yesterday in the
garden of the Palace.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, their
Royal Highnesses the Prince of \Vales and the Princess
loyal, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Conrt, and the do-
mestic household, attended divine service yesterday morning
in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace. The Hon.
and Rev. Gerald Wellesley officiated.
Lord Alfred Paget (Clerk Marshal) has relieved Lord
Charles Fitzroy in his dnties as Equerry in Waiting to the
Queen, and Colonel Bouverie has relieved Lieutenant-Colonel
the Hon. Alexander Gordon in his duties as Equerry in
Waiting to his Royal Highness Prince Albert.
Mr. Ker Hamilton, Lieutenant-Governor of Grenada, at-
tended the Queen's Levee on Wednesday last.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left Frogmore
on Saturday morning for Kew, and paid a visit to her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Cambridge. Her Royal' Highness
afterwards proceeded to town. In the afternoon the Royal
Duchess left Clarence-house, St. James's, attended by Lady
Fanny Howard and Sir George Couper, on her return to
Frogmore

Tae Duke of Wellington arrived in town on Saturday from
his seat Strathfieldsaye, Hants. The Noble Duke attended
the early service yesterday in the Royal Chapel, St. James's.
The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated and preached the sermon.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended the
daily service in the Chapel Royal. The prayers were read
by the Rev. J. Thomas. the lessons by the Rev. T. Helmore,
and the communion service by the Bishop of London. The
sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The anthem
was, " I will sing of Thy power." Mr. G. Cooper presided
at the organ.
Sir Thomas Redington had an interview with Sir George
Grey on Saturday at the Home-office. Mr. Spooner, M.P.,
had also an interview-With the Right Hon. Baronet.
Dispatches were sent of on Saturday from the Colonial-
office to the Governors of the West India Islands.
The name of Major-General D'Aguilar was omitted in the
list of presentations at the Queen's Levee, on the occasion of
the Major-General's appointment to the Colonelcy of the 23d
Regiment of Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

COQ ss, MAECH 2.

THE EXHIBITION.
MoDELs or FRIGATES, YACHTS, AND STEAMERS.—We
last week noticed the launch of a splendid steamer for the
Turkish Government, constructed by the Messrs. White, of
this town. The public will be glad to learn in these ex-
citing times of the race between England and America, that
that talented family is on the gui vice, and are preparing a
series of models, China clippers and others, to form a new
class of merchant ships, and which are destined to be exhi-
bited at the Crystal Palace at the ensuing exhibition of the
world's industry. There can be no mistake that our little
Island hears the palm in ship-building, both in her Majesty's
navy and mercantile marine, as it does of, her phantom ships,
which may be found in every Royal Yacht Club. Mr.
Joseph White is also preparing models of all the ships he has
built and altered for the Government, including the renowned
Phaeton, the Waterwitch, the Daring, the Contest, and Ter-
magant, with those of the altered bows of the Amphion and
Fox frigates; also a few specimens of his schooner and
cutter yachts. The Queen Victoria schooner, built for the
Emperor of Russia, the schooner Constance for the Marquis
of Conyngham, and the cutter Lavrock, now building in his
yard for Captain C. Hamlyn Williams, R.N.; also a model
of a schooner, designed to compete with the Yankee clipper
yacht which is to astonish " the Britishers." We understand
that Mr. Thomas White, of Gosport, is also " up and doing,"
so that the talents of a whole family will be exhibited for
the honour of their country. Independent of this branch of
service, the island will not be backward in sending forth
specimens of her industry and manufactures.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Admiralty have ordered the Comet steam-vessel, in
charge of Mr. Yule, master, to proceed from Tobermory to
Edinburgh, to be at the disposal of Sir John M4Neilo, con-
nected with the administration of the poor-law.
RECOMMISSIONING TIIE PRINCE REGENT AT PORTSMOUTH.
—The new appointments for this ship, recommissioned for
the red pendant of Commodore Martin, have been is.ned.
Captain Harris has been selected as flag-captain. The selec-
tion of so able an officer and experienced sailor reflects great
credit on the nominator. The other appointments are:—
Commander—Henry Caldwell (1847), who has served in
the Powerful, 84, during her commission, vice Fead, who, it
is said, will be appointed to the command of a sloop.
Lieutenants— G. W. Preedy (1841), late additional, to be
fir-t lieutenant, vice Bernard, promoted; Thomas Brandreth
(1845), for gunnery duties, a new appointment as second,
vice Egenon, appointed flag-lieutenant to the commodore;
John B. Scott (1846), new appointment; Robert B. Beale
(1816), new appointment; C. S. Waddilove (1849), late
additional.

Master—Richard Stokes, re-appointed.
Surgeon—James Salmon (1840), vice Dr. G. Burn.
Paymaster—A. Sugdeu (1822), vice Cotteril, to be secre.
tare to the commodore.

Assistant-Surgeon—Dr. William Macleod, re-appointed.
Second Master—Robert L. Cleveland, re-appointed.
Captain Alexander Murray (1829) has been appointed to
study steam at Woolwich.

Commander George Lavie, who was promoted in No-
vember, 1846, from command of the Flamer, steam-vessel, in
the Mediterranean, has been appointed to the command of
the Alccto, steam-vessel, fitting at Woolwich for the coast
of Africa, Commanderßowlett having declined the appoint-
ment.

Commander William Ellis has been appointed from the
Greenhithe coast-guard station to the Exmouth district as
inspecting commander, vice Thomas Edmond Symons, re-
moved to the Dublin district, vice William Neame, removed
to Greenhithe, vice Ellis.

Lieutenants.--R.l7.biiller (1837) to the Impregnable,
78, flag-ship, Devonport; Alexander Charles Birtwhistle to
command the St. Alban's Head coast-guard station, vice
Mr. Gibbon, previously removed.
blasters—Frederick John Kent to command No. 2 Battery
coast-guard station, Dungeness, vice Mr. J. K. White, re-
moved ; Richard A. Burstall to be in command of a station.
Captain William Maclean (1841), died last week. He was
ninth son of Colonel Alexander Maclean, of Ardgour, by the
Lady Margaret Hope, daughter of the second Earl of Hope-
toun. He entered the navy in 1823, in the Briton, obtained
his lieutenant's commission in 1830; served in the Success,
28; Calcutta, 84; Blonde, 46; Britannia, 120; and was
promoted for flag-lieutenant to Sir E. Mason, in the Mediter •
ranean, Nov. 1811. He commanded the Apollo troop-ship
for about eghteeu months, and then was appointed to the
command of the Cruiser, 15, in the East Indies, from which
ship lie was promoted. He married, August 30, 1838, Eliza-
beth, only daughter of the late T. Melet Charter, Esq., of
Lynchfield House, Somerset.
Lieutenant James John Harrington Groves, late of Brad-
ford, NVilts, and eldest son of the late Captain Groves, RN.,
died Nov. 27, on board the Salamander steam-sloop, whilst
on her voyage to China. He was appointed as cadet to the
Agincourt, 72, in 1841 ; was in China at the close of the war,
and afterwards engaged in New Zealand at the taking of
Koweti's pall, under a severe fire of the natives. He also
assisted in taking surveys of the coast, which have since
been transmitted to the Admiralty. He was a young and
promising officer, and his less is deeply and sincerely la-
mented by his numerous friends and relatives.
Mr. Samuel Paramore, a clerk of half a century's service
in Devonport Dockyard, and who had recently retired, died
last week.

Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour's flag-ship, Cumber-
land, 70, Captain Seymour, arrived at Portmouth yesterday
at noon, and anchored at Spithead, where she will be paid
advanced wages, and receive the flag of the Vice-Admiral.
previous to her sailing for the West Indies. As the Earl of
Dundonald is to be at Bermuda by the end of this month, to
give up the command to Sir George Seymour, the Cumber-
land, we presume, will not be many days at Spithead. We
regret to say the boatswain, Mr. Turnbull, who was injured
by a man falling from the rigging on his head, at Gillingham
Reach, died at Melville Hospital.
The Powerful, 84, Captain the Hon. R. S. Dundas, was
towed into harbour from Spithead, this day at noon, by the
Echo steam- tug, to alongside the dockyard, to be paid off.
As she was coming to the mouth of the harbour, close off
Southsea beach, the troops of the garrison happened to be
returning, on the esplanade on the beasts, from their usual
Saturday morning's march into the country, and in passing
the bands of the military appropriately struck up " A life on
the ocean wave," after which the band on board the Power-
ful played " Home, sweet home." The effect of the whole,
with the troops and the majestic 84-gun ship, just returned
from a three years' absence, passing each other at only a few
yards distance, being very striking.
Kingfisher, 12, Commander Harvey, arrived at Devonport
from the coast of Africa at 6 30 P.M. on Wednesday evening,
and is to proceed eastward to be paid off. She has brought
no news. Commodore Fanshawe, C. 8., in the Centaur,
steam-frigate, with the Cygnet, 6, Commander Robertson,
and the Harlequin, 12, Commander R. Wilmont, were at
Sierra Leone, Jan. 28. The Harlequin sailed the 26th for the
Bights, to join Cnptain Adam's division. The Kingfisher
has brought home some invalids. She has not been par-
ticularly fortunate in making prizes. The coast was
generally healthy. The Kingfisher confirms our previous
accounts of the decline of the slave trade.
The Kingfisher is ordered to be paid off at Devonport.
Apollo, 8, troop-ship, Commander Rawstorne, arrivede at
Queenstown, on Thursday, to embark troops for the M d
i-
teranean, the West Indies, North America, &c. o
Pandora, 6, Commander Drury, touched at Queenstown, n
Thursday, on her way from Devonport to New Zealand.
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inspected the Banshee, Lieutenant-Commander Hosken,
and the Caradoc steam-vessels, fitting for the Mediterranean
station.
The Shearwater steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander
Tumour, arrived at Woolwich to-day, from the coast of Ire-
land, where she was employed on the surveying service since
March, 1848, and is to be paid off at this port.
The Vulcan steam-frigate, Master-Commander Jootorhnet
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Warrior convict-ship go out with the
convicts, and
main at Swan River. The convicts are to receive tickets of
leave on arriving at their destination.
The Governollo Sardinian steam-frigate, Captain Count
Persano, when she discharges the packages of articles
brought over to this country for the Exhibition in Hyde-
park, intends taking a cruise to the coast of Scotland, that
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