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The successive phases of the Ministerial crisis have been noted daily by

chronological jottings" from some semi-official quarter which has made its resources common to all the principal journalwat once. Although a minute comparison of the points noted may detect some apparent dis- .crepancies, the principal features are generally assumed to be correct. For reference, we reproduce in a symmetrical abstract the substance of these communications, as they appeared in the morning papers from day to day.

Monday, Feb. 24.—The Marquis of Lansdowne arrived at Buckingham Palace on Saturday morning, and had an interview with the Queen. Lord -John Russell arrived shortly after him, and also had an interview. At half- past two, shortly after their departure, the Queen by letter summoned Lord Stanley to her presence, and detained him in conference more than an hour. Soon after be left the Palace, her Majesty sent a second note to his residence; which did not fall into his hands till about six, when he despatched a reply by messenger. At six, Lord John Russell repaired a second time to the Palace and remained with the Queen nearly two hours. At half-past nine, the ELI of Aberdeen arrived at the P i alace, n obedience to notes written by Prince Albert, which followed him out of town to Blackheath, whither he had chanced to proceed at about two o'clock. Lord Aberdeen was engaged in conference with the Queen till nearly midnight.

It is added in the "jotting" of Monday, that Lord John Russell had in- terviews at Downing Street in the afternoon of Saturday with Lord Palmer- ston and other members of the Cabinet ; and that at half-past five on Satur- -day a "private and confidential" communication was forwarded to all the -members of the retiring Ministry by Lord John Russell. On Saturday Lord Stanley sent a communication to Mr. Gladstone, which was for- warded from that gentleman's house to Paris, whence he was ex- pected home on Monday. A Ministerial despatch had been sent to Lord Clarendon, at Dublin, oi Friday. On Sunday morning, Lord John Russell and the Earl of Carlisle visited the Marqus of Lansdowne ; Sir James Gra- ham sought the Earl of Aberdeen, anl co.thr red with him, and then Sir „Tames and Lord Aberdeen together visite I Lord John Russell. Later in the 'evening Lord Aberdeen visited Lord Stanley. Tuesday, Feb. 25.—On Monday morning, Lord John Russell had inter- views with Viscount Palmerston and other members of the Cabinet, and then proceeded to the Palace and had an interview with the Queen. At five, her Majesty wrote to Lord Aberdeen, commanding his attendance at nine. Ile had been closeted with. Sir James Graham for two hours in the middle of the day. The Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, and Sir Tames Graham, arrived simultaneously at the Palace at nine, and united in conference with the Sovereign.

On Monday, word was received from Mr. Gladstone that he would reach town on Wednesday. Lord Stanley was visited by Mr. Disraeli and leading members of the Protectionist party. Sir Charles Wood and Sir George Grey vis:ted Earl Grey.

Wednesday, Feb. 26.—On Tuesday morning, at half-past ten, the Queen sent again for Lord Stanley ; he arrived at eleven, and held counsel with her Majesty for more than an hour. Lord Stanley proceeded from the Palace to the residence of Mr. Disraeli ; subsequently he went to the house of Lord Canning : in the evening Mr. Disraeli and Lord Canning repaired to the re- sidence of Lord Stanley. Thursday, Feb. 27.—On Wednesday, at an early hour, the Queen again summoned Lord Stanley to her presence, and conferred with him till noon. Soon after Lord Stanley had returned home, Mr. Gladstone arrived in town, and went to him : "the interview between Lord Stanley and Mr. Gladstone was of very short duration." The interchange of visits among the other political leaders was frequent on Wednesday. Mr. Gladstone was with the Earl of Aberdeen for a long time. Lord Aberdeen was visited also by the Duke of Newcastle, Viscount Canning, and Mr. Edward Ellice; and after the levee, by Sir James Graham for more than two hours. Lord Stanley was visited by Viscount Canning ; and he sent a communication to the Earl of Ellenborough. Mr. Disraeli is said, to have been so "closely engaged" at home, that "no other person than Lord Stanley was admitted to an interview with him."

Friday, Feb. 28.—On Thursday afternoon, at five o'clock, Lord Stanley proceeded to the Palace, and, at an audience with the Queen, "expressed his inability at the present moment to form an Administration." The Queen again sent a despatch to the residence of Lord John Russell. At eight o'clock, her Majesty received a communication from Sir James Graham, and immediately forwarded a reply.

The Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, and Mr. Cardwell, were in con- stant communication throughout Thursday. Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Goulburn, and Mr. Cardwell, met and conferred at the residence of Mr. Sidney Herbert.

Sir John Cam lIobhouse has been made a Peer, by the title of Baron Broughton of Broughton de Gyfford, in the county of Wilts.

Major Samuel Wensley Blacken, 31.P. for Longford, has been ap- pointed Lieutenant-Governor of the island of Dominica.

American accounts mention current rumours that Sir Henry Bulwer is about to resign his embassy and return to England, on account of illness.

The Vienna official Gazette publishes a decree nominating Count Charles Bud l von Sehauenstein, at present Minister at St. Petersburg, to the same post at London.

It is stated that the following reductions have been made in the ex- penses of the diplomatic service, to take effect from the 6th of April next. There are to be in future but two British Ministers abroad with the rank of Ambassador, namely, at Paris and Constantinople. The Paris em- bassy is reduced from 10,000/. to 8000/. a year. The Madrid missicai is reduced from 6000/. a year and 5501. for house-rent, to 5000/. a year and 700/. house-rent. The year mission is reduced from 9000/. a year, and 900/. house-rent, to 5000/. a year and 900/. house-rent. The Secretary of Legation of Vienna to have 550/., instead of 900/., hitherto paid to the Secretary of the Embassy.

Captain Ross Donelly Mangles, M.P. for Guildford, a Director of the East India Company, has lately placed at the disposal of the Governors of St. George's Hospital an Assistant-Surgeonship in the East India Com- pany's Service, for presentation to the most deserving pupil of the hospital.

The Royal Agricultural Society of England have retracted their in- tention to hold their cattle-show at the Kensington end of Hyde Park, and resolved to hold it in Busby Park ; "where the Commissioners of Woods and Forests have provided an excellent and convenient site for the purpose. The show will take place on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs- day, the 15th, 16th, and 17th July; and dinner will be provided on the Wednesday for 2500 persons. "The site selected for the show is an open area, bounded on the North by the public footpath, on the South and East by the running blank wall of the Queen's paddock, and on the West by the lime-trees. It is a firm level turf on sandy loam, and is well situated for the supply of water to the cattle, and for all the other accessories to a successful exhibition. The three railway stations of Kingston, Hampton, and Twickenham, are situated at no great distance ; and this extent of accommodation for the transport of visitors renders the selection made a most excellent and oonvenient one."

The reader will hardly need to be reminded, that the show of agricul- tural instruments by this Society will form a part of the industrial display in the Glass Palace.

The sale of season-tickets for the Great Exhibition commenced at the rooms of the Society of Arts on Wednesday. A very simple mode is adopted for preventing the transfer of these tickets : the original holder will sign his name on his ticket, and in a book kept for the purpose; and on every time of his claim to enter the Exhibition, he will have to sign his name for com- parison by inspection with the original signature.

The Commissioners for foreign states sending contributions to the Exhi- bition are now rapidly arriving in town. Dr. Bollery, of Aamu Mr. Rich- holzer, of St. Gall, and Mr. Golladon, Geneva, represent Switzerland ; Mr. Kemarsky, attended by an architect, appears for Russia ; Dr. Schweitz, with an architect, six decorators, and twelve carpenters, has the management of the Austrian department confided to him ; Mr. Stein euperintends the dis- play of goods from the Zollverein, and Dr. Corridi that from Tuscany. The Peninsular steam-ship Euxine has brought from Cadiz a brass gun weighing five tons, and several other Spanish productions, for the Great-Ex- hibition.

Two deaths of unusual interest occur in this week's obituary : those of Joanna Baillie, the greatest of female dramatic poets in modern times; and the Dowager Countess Charleville, an Irishwoman who was a link between the politicians and men of art and literature of this day and those of two generations now passed away, both in the United Kingdom and in France.

Joanna Baillie was born in Bothwell Manse, almost on the banks of the Clyde ; her father having been a clergyman of the Scottish Established Church. A son of the same parent afterwards became the celebrated Dr. Baillie, physi- cian to the King. Joanna displayed an early poetic genius of high order, and excited the enthusiastic admiration of Sir Walter Scott. With a sister she removed to London, and with that sister she lived the greatest part of her long life in her retreat at Hampstead. The fint dramatic works of Joanna Baillie were published as "a Series of Plays

in which it is attempted to delineate the stronger passions of the mind; each passion being the subject of a tragedy and a comedy." A second volume was published in 1802, and a third in 1812. A volume of miscellaneous dramas, published before the latter year, included "The Family Legend," a tragedy' founded on a Highland story, which was performed at the Edin- burgh 'Theatre, under the management of Mr. Henry Siddons. Subsequently appeared, and was performed on the London stage, • De Montfort,' and other later works as well known. The merit of all Miss Baillie's dramatic works lay rather in their elevated and fervid poetry than in constructive ability : none of them have maintained a footing on the stage. Joanna Baillie died on Sunday last, in her retreat at Hampstead, at the venerable age of eighty- nine : she retained her faculties to the last.

The Dowager Countess of Charleville was a member of the family of Dew- sons, ennobled by the title of Cremorne. Educated in a French convent, her memory was stored with curious traits of the French manners prior to the first Revolution. But the chief scene of her conversational glories was Dublin in its brightest days. There she mixed with and illuminated by her wit and generous sentiments a society distinguished in history for the bril- liancy of its talents and the high tone of its patriotism. Lord Clare and Mr. Grattan, at the antipodes of party, were equally her friends. The late Earl of Charleville, her second husband, she espoused in 1797. During the Rebellion, she resolved to leave Dublin and join him in King's County, where he held a Royal command. She set forth escorted only by her maid ; and it is related that on the road she secured herself from arrest by an offi- cious innkeeper who suspected her loyalty, only by presenting her loaded pistol at his head. The later years of her long life were spent in the luxury of constant generosity to others. Bred up in rigid Protestant Ascendancy principles, she nevertheless established schools on her estates open to both creeds alike ; and lived on such terms with the Roman Catholic clergy in her neighbourhood, that they cordially cooperated with her views. The Countess lost the use of her lower limbs from rheumatism before she passed middle life, and she was entirely dependent on others for locomotion ; yet her spirits were excellent, except under the immediate pressure of affliction, to which she was exposed in no ordinary degree from her warm heart and affectionate disposition.

Results of the Registrar-General's return of mortality in the Metropolis for the week ending on Saturday last: the first column of figures gives the aggregate number of deaths in the corresponding weeks of the tekprevious years.

Emetic Diseases 1,952 .... 208 Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat 579 .... 68 Tubercular Diseases 1,849 .... 190 Diseases of the Brain, Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and Senses 1,301 .... 144 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 374 .... 86 Diseases of the Lungs, and of the other Organs of Respiration 2,160 .... 277 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion 579 .... 66

Diseases or e Kidneys, ac

Childbirth, diseases of the Uterus, dc 100 112

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Rheumatism, diseases of the Bones, Joints, de 82

Diseases of the Skin, Cellular Tissue, de..

10 .... 3 Malformationa 30

3 Premature Birth 227 .... 27 Atrophy 133

Age 700 .... 61 Sudden 143 .... 16 Violenee,Privation, Cold, andIntemperanee 284 .... 36

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Total (including unspecified causes) 10.672

1,213

Measures have been taken for carrying into execution the project of or- ganizing a line of steamers between Spain and her American Colonies. Two vessels, the Caledonia of 450 and the Hibernia of 550 horse power, have been purchased in England of the Cunard Company on account of the Spanish Government. The days of departure cannot be precisely fixed until the re- moval of the quarantine now imposed upon all arrivals from Cuba. The tariff of conveyance is classified under four heads, according to the style of accommodation. The amounts charged from Cadiz to the Havannah range from 2000 to 4000 reels, or from 526 to 1052 francs.

The population of San Francisco is about 35,000. In that city seven news- papers are published ; there an ten first-class hotels, and eight express com- panies. One hundred and seven miles of streets are laid out, about a quarter of which are built upon, and seven miles are substantially planned in roads and side-walks.

Forty-seven steamers are employed on the California rivers, and eleven steam-ships are employed on the Pacific side between San Francisco and Panama.

The printing-press of a daily paper in Boston, United States, is driven in a manner of which there is no example in any other city in the Republic. Through a two-inch lead pipe, a stream of Chochituate water is introduced into the meter, which only occupies twenty-four square inches. The fall of water between the Boston reservoir and this meter is about 100 feet. This two-inch steam stream will discharge 80 (gallons of water each minute, and in passing through the meter will give a motive power equal to what is called three-horse power. This is more than sufficient for driving the press. It is less hazardous than a steam-engine, requires no attendance, and is al- ways in readiness.—American Paper.

The total number of officers in the Royal Navy in the year 1828 was 5824; of whom 709 were in commission, and 6015 on half-pay. The total number of officers in the Royal Navy on the 1st of January 1850 was 3175; of whom 628 were in commission, 2396 receiving half-pay, and 348 in the Coast Guard. The total number of Admirals in the service in 1828 was 61; Vice- Admirals, 68; Rear-Admirals, 68. In 1850 the number of Admirals was 30; Tice-Admirals, 45; Rear-Admirals, 75.

The annual accounts respecting the Court of Chancery required to be laid before Parliament were printed on Saturday. The fees received in the year ended the 24th of November last were 151,498/. 18s. 4d. Annexed to the return is another, respecting the business in the Court. In the year ended the 2d of November last there were 8356 matters disposed of by the Court ; on which day there were 735 appeals, pleas, demurrers, &c., standing in the books for hearing.

The total income of the British Museum for the year 1860 was 65,6861. 17s. hi.; the actual expenditure within the same period, 47,4631. be. 10d. ; leaving a balance of cash in hand of 82231. lit. 3d. The estimated expendi- ture for the year ending Lady-day 1852 is 46,474/.

A return ordered by the House of Commons shows that the quantity of foreign and colonial spirits in warehouse under bond in Great Britain on the 6th of January last was 7,934,658 gallons. In the year 6,263,611 gallons were taken out of bond for home consumption; and the deficiencies allowed on the quantities taken out of bond for home consumption were 150,525.

The Madrid paper Clamor _Public° describes a wager between the rich Duke of Osuna and the political banker Senor Salamanca. For a million of reels, the Duke backs horse-flesh to beat the steam lungs and iron thews of the Madrilena, an engine on the lately opened Aranjuez railway, in a race from Madrid to Aranjuez. "They are to run, of course, on the high-road,

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which is seven leagues, and to be stationed thus—a jockey and horse at the Toledo gate to ride the first league, and deliver a paper to the second, who is to be in readiness with another horse, to ride another league and so on. Therailway is 81 leagues long. It is said that the Duke calculates that each league may be done in 7 minutes, making 49 minutes for the whole distance his horses will have to run: but it will be strange if the Madrilena, the en- gine intended to be employed (being reckoned the best the company have) cannot do the 81 leagues within that time." The engine is of English con- struction, and accounted a good one.

It is stated that the Earl of Lucan has imported from Cheshire to his es- tates in Mayo a number of dairywomen, who are to superintend the making of cheese on a large scale for the London market.

The Wotton estate of about 7000 acres, in Bucks, till recently the property of the Duke of Buckingham' i forthwith to be drained and improved. The tiles for the draining are to be manufactured on the estate, and a number of workmen are engaged.

Whittlesea Mere is now free from water, and next year will no 'doubt be under the plough. Various articles in gold and silver have been taken from the bottom; - among other things, a gold censer, very many swords, and a valuable chandelier, which when lighted up represents the West front of Peterborough Cathedral. Drains are being cut in all directions, and in all probability many more relics will be found.—Cambridge Paper.

The Reverend John J. APBride was recently indicted, in North Caroline, for presenting a little slave girl with a copy of the Ten Commandments. He was found guilty; and his sentence was "to stand one hour in the stocks, receive thirty lashes on the bare back, and be imprisoned one year in the common gaol."

At Kerse Gate, a chimney-sweeper, of about twenty years of age, for a trifling wager undertook to climb to the top of a poplar tree about sixty feet in height, and break off the topmost twig. He accordingly proceeded to ascend the poplar ; which he did very rapidly, but when about to stretch out his hand to break off the twig, the tree, unable to bear the weight, suddenly broke, and he was hurled to the ground. He fell upon his back, and died in a few minutes.—Stirling Journal.

In the early part of the past week, a publican, residing in the neighbour- hood of Park Lane Liverpool, had a serious quarrel with his wife, after the place had been closed for the night. One of their children was sleeping in the upper front room of the house, and was startled by the noise arising from the altercation to such an extent that it rushed out of bed and jumped through the window into the street. A police-officer was passing at the time, and hearing the crash of glass, he saw the child rapidly descending. With great presence of mind he prepared himself to save it, and received it in his arms. The concussion was serious. The child escaped uninjured, but the officer sustained some injuries about the chest and arms, and the mental and bodily shock he experienced has since unfitted him for the discharge of his ordinary duties.—/werpool Mail.

At Hertford Assizes yesterday, a Jury gave a verdict against the North- western Railway Company, to Mr. Kinder, a farmer and grazier of St. Al- ban's, for personal injuries sustained on the 30th January 1850: he was get- ting out of a train at Watford after it had stopped; the train was again jerked forward ; he was thrown down, his shoulder-blade was broken, and a concussion of the brain has been followed by paralysis of one eye and total loss of its sight. Damages 100/.