The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-25 00:00:00

APPOINTMENT.

WOOLWICH, FEB. 23 —Assistant-Surgeon Mat-
thew Clogstoun Steele (1845), at present additional,
in the Castor, 36, on the Cape of Good Hope station,
to the Arethus:,, 50, at Devonport.
The Cherokee steam-vessel, 200-horse power,
Lieutenant- Commander William R. Davies, employed
on the Likes of Canada, is ordered to be paid off
and laid up at that station, and her officers are to re-
turn to this country in March next. James T. Ric-
calton, clerk in charge (1840) of this vessel, has been
promoted to paymaster and purser.
The Retribution steam-frigate was taken out of
dock to-Jay, and during the same tide into the inner
basin, to have her engines put on board. hett
The Vivid steam-vessel, Captain Smit , will
be ready to resume her duties as a mail steam-
packet on the Dover station in about 10 days from
this date.

EXHIBITION OF INDUSTR Y OF
ALL NATIONS TO BE HELD IN LONDON'
IN 1851.
Her Majesty 's•Commissioners for the promotion of
the Exhibition of the Works of Industry. of all N.
lions, to be holden in 1851, having had the various
subjects of their inquiry under their anxious conside-
ration, are now prepared to state, for the information
of the public, the progress they have made in deter-
mining on the different points referred to in their an-
nouncement of the 11th of January last.
The decisior,s they have been able to come to hes*
been necessarily limited by their present want of
knowledge as to what pecuniary:means will be placed
at their disposal ; and the shortness of the time during
which this vast organization will have to be com-
pleted renders it imperative upon the Commissioners
to make an earnest appeal to the country, to enable
them as soon as possible to know upon what amount
of subscriptions they may ultimately rely.
The scale upon which this undertaking will he
conducted must entirely depend on the amount of
pecuniary support which it shall receive from the
public. Her Majesty's Commissioners appeal with
confidence to all classes of the community to enable
them toZmake such liberal arrangements as will in-
sure the success of this undertaking in a manner
worthy of the character and position of this country,
and of the invitation which has been given to the other
nations of the world to compete with us in a spirit of
generous and friendly emulation.
The Commissioners have fixed upon the Ist of May,
1851, for opening the exhibition.
The Commissioners will be prepared to receive and
take charge of, at the expense of the Commissioners,
all articles which may be sent to them, and delivered
at a place to be named by the Commissioners in
London, on or after the Ist of January, 1851, and
will continue so to receive goods until the Ist of
March inclusive; after which day no further goods
will be received.
Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to grant
a site for this purpose on the south side of Hyde--
park, lying between the Kensington Drive and the
Ride, commonly called Rotten-row.
From the approximate estimate which the Com-
missioners have been able to make, they believe that
the building ought to cover a space of from 16 to 20
acres, or about 1,000 000 of square f et. •
The productions of all nations will be exhibited to-
gether, under one general classification.
The articles exhibited will be divided into four sec-
tions, as before announced, and a classified list, toge-
ther with general instructions affecting each depart-
ment, is appended.
The building will be provided to the exhibitors
free from rent, and will be fireproof.
Exhibitors will be required to deliver their objects,
at their own charge and risk, at the building in the
Park; but no charges cf any kind will be made whilst
they remain there.
Colonial and foreign productions will be admitted
without paying duty for lthe purpose of exhibition,
but not for internal consumption. Her Alajesty's
Commissioners of Customs will consider all such
articles as bonded goods; and her Majesty's Commis.
sioners for the Exhibition cf 1851 will make suitable
arrangements for their reception.
Her Majesty's Commissioners are desirous that
there should be complete local organization, and that
the local committees, wherever formed, should them-
selves collect the subscriptions within their own dis-
tricts. The local committees should advertise all
subscriptions they receive, and defray all local ex-
penses, paying such commission for collection as they
may think necessary.
Her Majesty's Commissioners think that the same
complete system of organization should be extended
as much as possible to the British colonies.
Subscriptions should be paid to the treasurers of
local committees, and by them transferred to the
general fund at the Bank of England, in the names of
Mr. A. K. Barclay, Mr. W. Cotton, Sir J. W. Lub-
bock, Mr. S. M. Pete, M.P., and Baron Lionel de
Rothschild, M.P.
Her Majesty's Commissioners having undertaken
the absolute control over the expenditure of all
money that may come into the hands of their trea-
surers, have made arrangements for auditing ac-
ccounts and ensuring the strictest economy.
Her Majesty's Commissioners hope that the funds
to be placed at their disposal by voluntary contribu-
tions may be such as to enable them so to regulate the
amount to be paid for entrance that all classes may
be enabled to visit the exhibition.
Should any surplus remain after giving every faci-
lity to the exhibitors and increasing the privileges of
the public as spectators, her Majesty's Commissioners
intend to apply the same to purposes strictly in con•
nexion with the ends of the exhibition, or for the esta-
blishment of similar exhibitions for the future.
However large the building may be—the quantity
of articles sent for exhibition may exceed any
amount of space that can be provided—her Majesty's
Commissioners consequently reserve to themselves
ample powers of rejection and selection. Upon the
amount subscribed must necessarily depend the space
which they may be enabled to allot ; but under all
circumstances they will be prepared to exercise a
certain discretion.
Her Majesty's Commissioners also desire that the
local committees will as early as possible procure an
inventory or general specification of articles proposed
to be exhibited from their• districts, and of the space
which will be required for their exhibition, in order
to enable the Commissioners to determine as soon as
possible the extent and the proportions of the building.
Her Majesty's Commissioners are in communica-
tion with the Foreign-office concerning the means of
informing foreign Governments of the arrangements
making for the exhibition.
Her Majesty's Commissioners are considering the
principles upon which the prize fund of 20,000/. shall
be appropriated, and the best mode of adjudication.
If there be any points upon which local committees
may require information, and they will address them-
selves to the eecretaries of the Commission, her Ma-
jesty's Commissioners will be happy to afford it to
them so far as it may be in their power.
J. SCOTT RUSSELL.
STAFFORD H. NORTDCOTE.
At the New Palace of Westminster, Feb. 21.

Sit? I?. PEEL AND THE PROTECTIONISTS.

The following are copies of letters which have
passed between Mr. Bagge and Sir R. Peel with refe-
rence to the unwarrantable language reported to have
been used by Mr. I3agge at a Protectionist meeting
in Norfolk :

" London, Monday, Feb. 4, 1850.
" Sir,—On perusing the repolt of the observations I
made at the hte meeting at Saaffliam, I find tht rein
expressions which might be considered persotially offen-
sive to yourself—expressions which, if I did employ
them, were used unintentionally, in the moment of ex-
citement. I intended to have explained this on the pre-
seutstion c f petition, but from its non-arrival, and
my being obliged to leave this day, I. have thought it
btst to write this letter to you in explanation, and to
assure you that I had no intention cf impugning your
honour or your veracity.—l have, &c.,

" W. BAGGE.
" To the Right llon, Sir R. Peel, Bart."
" London, Feb. 6, 1850.
_ . _

" Sir,—l have just received, on my return to London
this day, your latter of the 4th inst. I thought it highly
probable that if, amid the excitement of a public meet•
ing, expressions had been used by you which, on re-
flectior, 3 ou felt to be unearrantable, you would volun-
tarily take the course which you have taken—a course
more satidlsctory to my feelings, as well as to 3 our own,
than any other—and offer of your own accord such a
reparation as that which your letter conveys.
" I have, &c.
" ROBERT PEEL.

W. thgge, Esq."

CAUTION TO COFFEE.IIOUsE KEEPERS. —ln the
Court of Inland Revenue, Mary Anne Fletcher, cf
Queen-street, Sherrard street, St. James's, coffee-house
keeper, was charged with retailing spiritous liquors
without a licence. Mr. S. Kingsford, an eflicer of ex-
excise, proved the selling of the liquor, which was con-
sumed on the premises, and no money asked for it before
it was served.. Mr. Hayling, the supervisor, corrobo-
rated the evidence, and said the defendant had no licence
for the sale of spirits. The Court gave judgment against
the defendant in the penalty of 101.
DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT TO MURDEIL—BRISTOL,
SATURDAY —On Friday night, a collier, named John
Thomas, in the employ of Messrs. Wayne, of Aberdare,
had retired to rest, and hal fallen to sleep, when he was
suddenly awoke by a noise. On the floor of the room he
saw something burning, and immediately got up to ex-
tinguish it. Before he could do co it exploded with im-
mense violence, so that his escaie seems almost miracu-
lous The rot fof the house was lifted off. All the
partitions in the house were blown down, but Tncmas,
although severely burnt, is considered out of danger.
His wife and three children, who were in bed with him
st the time, escaped unhurt. Upon examination it was
found that a stocking, filled with about 2lbs. ofon
gun-
powder, to which a fusee was attached, hadbeenthr
through the window, the breaking of which had meat
probably awoke Thomas and his wife. It appears
the cause of this diabolical attempt arose out °
workmen of
the ut of that
several
strikes which have taken place b
the several collieries in the neighbourhood. The whole
t
matter is undergoing an invest'gation crhore the magis-
trates.
BLINDNESS IN. A CHILD CAUSED BY BEATING.—It
the County Court of Cornwal', on Tuesday last, an
action of damages was brought against William Brabyn,
a schoolmaster in Withiel, by a boy named Nicholas
Robins, nine years old, who iu consequence of a beating
inflicted on him by Brahyn had lost his sight. The
witnesses proved that the clef ndent had struck Robins
several tares on the head with a stick, and that the boy
had beru very ill ever since, his health having been re-
tratkably good previously. The medical gentleman
who had attended plaintiff stated that when called in he
found the boy labouring under symptoms which led him
to suppose there was pressure on the brain. These
symptoms were succeeded by blindness and deafness,
The jury returned a verelict for the plaintiff, darnaa,b: 90/,
Ni.W CON\ iCT 0...T.A11:_:.-:1All':,:"1. L i, it, c,.,,:..,
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templation to fin-in a sq.arate convict establishment in
Western Australia, under the superintendence of Com-
mander Henderson, R.N.