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At a meeting of the Geographical Society, held at the Royal Institution on Monday night, Captain Inglefield gave a detailed account of his voy- age to the Arctic regions in search of Sir John Franklin, in the screw- schooner Isabel, of 140 tons. He left England three months later than the Government Expedition of last year, yet he succeeded in reaching a higher latitude than had been attained by Ross and Parry in 1818. He explored and laid down 600 miles of new coast-line, and determined that the entrance into Whale Sound is a great strait passing into the open sea —thus apparently defining Greenland as an island. On the Northern shore of this strait he discovered several islands, (Northumberland, Sir Thomas Herbert's, and Dulls Napoleon's,) which were rapidly surveyed and set down in his charts. He then sailed Northward in the direction of Smith's Sound, and reached latitude 78' 35', nearly 120 miles farther North than any former voyagers. Captain Inglefield 'believed he would have been able to push through the great Polar basin to Behring's Strait, if it had not been for the unfitness of the Isabel to contend with the fu- rious gales which he encountered in those high latitudes. He saw no traces of the lost voyagers, either here or in Jones's Sound, which he afterwards explored. He was equally unsuccessful in an examination of -the Western shores of Baffin's Bay, which he carried as far South as the river Clyde. Ciiptain Inglefield expressed his opinion, that in the search after the missing vessels, the Government Expedition is now on the right track.

In the discussion which followed the reading of this paper, Sir John Ross said, he thought that the energetic exertions of Captain Inglefield had completely established that Franklin never went up Whale's or Jones's Sound, or any other passage at the head of Baffin's Bay. It re- mained, therefore, only to look to the Wellington Channel.

Mr. Henry Cole opened the session of the Department of Praotical Art with an address on "the facilities now afforded by the department to all classes of the community for acquiring education in art." Among the company were the Bishops of Manchester and Lichfield, and Lord Stan- ley of Alderley. Mr, Cole Bummed up the facilities now afforded as fol-

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"As far as practicable on self-supporting principles, we shall endeavour to encourage and assist, but not supersede, all local efforts to introduce edu- cation in the elements of form and colour in schools of all kinds, and for all grades of society; to promote the establishment of special schools for the practice of advanced studies • to afford instruction in the specialties of ma- nufacture so far as they regulate the nature of the art to be applied ; and lastly, to form a central school, with its local museums of art and manufac- tures, applicable to direct instruction. In all these various objects, the prin- ciple will be to give assistance half-way, but no further. We shall submit all our proceedings to the test of the fullest publicity ; we shall court sug- gestions and invite criticism; when we make mistakes we will endeavour to correct them. Our work is a fight against national ignorance in art, and we shall win it if we are able ; if unable, we can only promise that the fault shall not be laid to our want of perseverance, watchfulness, or patience."

At a meeting of working men, held in the concert-room of the Princess's Theatre on Saturday, it was resolved that support should be given to the project of Mr. Oliveira M.P. towards establishing a free library in Mary- lebone ; and a committee of 'working men was appointed to cooperate with .Mr. Oliveira's committee. Mr. John Macgregor M.P. and Mr. Digby Seymour M.P. addressed the meeting.

Another meeting was held on Wednesday ; this time at the Maryle- bone Courthouse, under the presidence of Mr. Oliveira. The proceedings were similar to the other meetings we have noticed. Among the speak- ens, were the Borough Members, and Mr. Ewart M.P., Mr. John Mac- gregor M.P., Dr. Burns, Mr. Gill, Mr. Goldschmidt, and Mr. Nicholay. From statements made by the Chairman it appears that Prince Albert, the Duke of Newcastle, Lord Brougham, the Duke of Portland, Lord Portman Dr. Spry, and the Bishop of London, give their countenance to the project; the Bishop subscribing twenty guineas. Mr. Oliveira said he had already promises for four thousand volumes ; and he was sure he could get twenty thousand.

It has been decided that there shall be a new trial of the great libel case known as Achilli versus Newman. The Court of Queen's Bench had fixed Monday for giving judgment on Dr. Newman, whose pleas in justification of the libel against Dr. Achilli were last term rejected by the Jury. Dr. New- man therefore appeared for judgment. The Court was crowded with the curious and the interested, and Lord Carlisle sat on the bench. The Judges present were Lord Campbell, Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr. Jus- tice Coleridge, and Mr. Justice Erie. When Dr. Newman was called up, Sir Alexander Cockburn, his counsel, applied for a new trial ; and, after some dispute on the question whether the application was in accordance with the usual practice, which requires that notice should be given during the first four days of term, Sir Alexander was allowed to state the grounds on which he based his application. These ware, that evidence had been rejected, the Jury misdirected, and the verdict given against the -evidence. With regard to the first, he stated that he bad not been allowed to examine Dr. Achilli as to acts of incontinence committed after the justification pleaded. Lord Campbell at once thought this inad- missible. , Then the Dublin Review had not been permitted to be put in as evidence. That plea was rejected ; and the first ground therefore failed. The next point was, that the Jury had been misdirected with regard to the document put in from the Holy Office at Rome ; for they had been told that heresy and not immorality had probably been the cause of Dr. Athilli's sus- pension. It wall contended that this document was prima facie evidence of the grounds it alleged. The next point involved a consideration of the whole of the evidence • and, taking the cases separately as they are alleged to have occurred at Viterbo, Naples, Capua' Corfu, Zante, Malta, and in Eng- land, Sir Alexander Cockburn urged, that against the testimony of twenty- two witnesses there had only been opposed that of Dr. Achilli lunmelf. But

he never saw a stronger feeling or a more determined bias than was mani- fested by the Jury upon thiS trial. This passage was followed by a loud burst of applause from the strangers in the back benches of the court. Lord Campbell and the other Judges having conferred, a rule was granted, upon the ground that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence, and upon that ground only. [This announcement was followed by loud ap- plause and stamping of the feet from the same parties as before.]

An unsuccessful action has been brought by Sir Charles Napier against Mr. Murray, the publisher of the Quarterly Review, for libel in that pubX- cation. In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Tuesday, Mr. Chambers moved for a rule calling on Mr. Murray to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against him. The article containing the alleged libel was one on the war in &hide : the charges brought against Sir Charles were, that he had treated the Ameers with harshness ; that the pa- laces at Hyderabad had been plundered; and that Sir Charles had shown an ungovernable determination of confounding the innocent with the guilty to achieve a conquest ; in short,- that both the civil and military conduct of Sir Charles in &hide had been disgraceful. The charges in the Review were met by affidavits from Sir Charles, denying their truth. Lord Campbell held, that it had net been shown that there was an intention to calumniate Sir Charles Napier,—who is one of the most dis- tinguished generals that ever commanded an a-relay in the field. The article was one on a disputed passage in history ; and although he believed what Sir Charles had sworn, yet he thought he should be encroaching on the liberty of the press if he said a criminal information should be filed. It was not a libel to impute incompetence to a public functionary : there was not a newspaper in London which had not done it from time to time. The other Judges agreed with Lord Campbell, and the rule was refused.

At the Central Criminal Court, on Monday, Jarrett and Keen were tried for a conspiracy to defraud. The victim was Mr. Pinnock, a corn-factor at the Corn Exchange. Keen was formerly known to him as occupying a re- spectable situation. In July last he called on Mr. Pinnock, and said he could introduce customers; Mr. Pinnock told him to be sure they were sound ones. Keen introduced Jarrett, as a man of capital who had lately opened a baker's shop at Camberwell, and Mr. Pinnock supplied him with flour and oats on credit, On one occasion the factor was paid 501.; but this was only to induce him to-supply fifty quarters of oats, and doubtless to found still further frauds upon. It turned out that the shop at Camberwell was a mere blind : as soon as the flour and oats were obtained, they were sold for cash at less than the invoiced price. One man who purchased largely would have been included in the indictment, but the evidence procurable was not strong enough. The prisoners were convicted, and sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment.

On Wednesday, Harrison, a grocer at Brixton who kept a receiving-house, was convicted of stealing a post-letter containing a check for 16/. The check was cashed on the afternoon on which it was posted ; and the prisoner paid away two five-pound notes which were given by the bankers in change for the cheek. The attempt at defence, by Mr. Ballantine, was rather remark- able. He insinuated that the letter might have been stolen by the man who carried the letter-bag from Brixton to London, —a very improbable suggestion, as no explanation was attempted of the manner in which one at least of the notes came into Harrison's possession the same evening ; nor was any evi- dence offered against the letter-carrier. Both Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Justice Coleridga checked the counsel in his reckless course ; and on the se- cond interferenCe of the Bench, Mr. Ballantine desisted from his charge against the letter-carrier. The sentence was two years' imprisonment.

Henry Reesman, who plundered his master, Mr. Capps, al'grocer of Not- ting Hill, to a very large amount, pleaded guilty to a charge of embezzle- ment. He was sentenced to one year's imprisonment.

On Tuesday., William Baker, a boy of eleven, was tried for the man- slaughter of his brother Charles. There was a quarrel between the boys at the dinner-table; the deceased hit William with a saucepan-lid ; in his anger at this the boy threw a knife at his brother, and it penetrated his side. He was very much grieved afterwards. A witness deposed that the little culprit vase good-hearted boy, but passionate. After a short deliberation, the Jury returned a verdict of' Not guilty." The Recorder admonished the weeping prisoner, and then gave him into his father's care.

In the New Court, an elderly woman named Smith was convicted of bigamy. She had separated from her first husband ; he lived with another woman, whom he called his wife ; the first wife seems to have thought that he had really married again, and that she might do the same. She had amassed a little property before her second marriage ; there seems to have been no imputation on her character or conduct but this second marriage. The Jury recommended her to mercy; and the Recorder's sentence was only one month's imprisonment. There was another case of bigamy, in the Third Court. Lewis, a young carpenter, deserted his first wife four months after marriage, and married. again within a twelvemonth. In his defence, which did not save him from conviction, he attempted to impugn his first wife's character. The Common. Sergeant considered that this offender deserved imprisonment for twelve months.

On Thursday, Mercy Steer, a girl of eighteen, was put on her trial for the murder of her illegitimate infant, at Peckham. She had secretly delivered. herself of the child, and then cut it into a score of pieces, to get rid of it. A doubt was started as to whether the child had been born alive : the pri- soner received the benefit of this, and was acquitted of the murder ; but she was found guilty of the concealment of the birth. She was sentenced to im- prisonment, with hard labour, for one year.

Some time since, a number of intending emigrants complained to Alder- man Carden that they had been defrauded of money by Mr. Lionel G. Thompson, shipping-agent, of Riches Court, Lime Street, who had received sums of them for passages to Australia, but had not provided them with berths. In consequence of these complaints, some of the emigrants were provided with passages by Thompson, and they received compensation for expenses incurred. But there were other complaints. Thompson ..kept out of the way; his clerk, Shotter, was arrested on a charge of conspiring with Thompson ; and he remained in prison for a considerable time from want of bail. Meanwhile, the Police were making active search for Thompson. On Monday last he was produced at the Mansionhouse. Po- liceman Hayden had at length discovered him at Clapton, living under an assumed name. The charges against him were, the non-payment of 591, the amount of passage-money received from persons named Hart, and expenses incurred from the passages not having been provided ; and conspiring with Shelter to defraud William Henry Bassett of 141. 108. passage-money. Alderman Carden now discharged Shotter from cuetody, believing ho was not cognizant of any fraudulent intention. Thompson declared that he had paid the money due to the Harts, and they had aijed : he was very hardly used. But Alderman Carden expressed his ,00n;that Thompson meant to defraud the emigrants : he received money from Many persons ; some were sent out by using money paid by others, who got no passage. If the prisoner did not refund the 591., he would be sent to prison for three months; in the mean time, he was remanded on the

charge of conspiracy, in order that any persons who had suffered might appear against him.

Sheen, a young Militiaman, has been sent to prison for three months, by the Bow Street Magistrate, for obtaining a shilling by enlisting in the Line, and concealing the fact that he was a Militiaman. The recruiting-sergeant who had been duped stated that he was obliged to prosecute, for he had been robbed in the same way many times of late : the shillings obtained from him by these tricks were not repaid to him by the authorities.

The Worship Street Magistrate has sentenced a Militiaman to five months' imprisonment for obtaining ten shillings bounty-money by enlisting in a Militia regiment after he had already enlisted in another corps.

Two burglars are in custody for robbing a house in St. George's Square, Pimlico, on the morning of the state funeral. Mr. Mascrop and all his house- hold left the place early to view the procession ; six or seven men were ob- served by a neighbour consulting together ; the two who are in custody forced open Mr. Mascrop's street-door, while the rest of the gang watched in different directions. The neighbour quietly informed a number of people employed at Mr. Cubitt's factory ; and the two robbers were taken as they attempted to escape over the roofs of the adjoining houses. They had broken open every box and drawer in four rooms, and the house-tops were found strewed with valuable property.

Two men are in custody for a singular robbery, apparently committed by them and several other men, on the premises of Mr. Burgh, in Bartholomew Close. That gentleman one day discovered that his wine-cellar had been emptied—wine in bottle worth 601. had been removed. At the back of Mr. Burgh's is a low lodging-house; a number of the occupants dug a hole in the cellar of that house, got to the wall of Mr. Burgh's wine-cellar, broke through the brick-work, and carried off all the wine.

Two more deaths of persons who were hurt at the lying-in-state at Chel- sea are reported. Charles Barton, a japanner, forty-seven years of age, was in the crowd on Tuesday week for six hours and a half, and was nearly suf- focated. On his return home he was very ill, and he died in a few hours. At the inquest, a surgeon deposed that death had been caused by extravasa- tion of blood on the substance and ventricles of the brain. The Jury re- turned a verdict accordingly.

Mr. Jeremiah Pearce, a builder of Hart Street, Covent Garden, went to the lying-in-state on the Saturday ; he was much hurt in the crowd, and died on Monday last.