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Queen Victoria has inaugurated the Exhibition of the Works of Indus- try of All Nations, by opening the great building in Hyde Park on the promised day—Thursday the 1st of May ; and it is scarcely a figure of speech to say that "all the world" was present at the ceremony. Of the Londoners themselves, nearly every one was there who could ride or walk ; of the provincials, a vast influx had streamed up by the railway lines ; and the first waves of the great flood of Continental visitors had already broken on our shores. It is believed that half a million of people were massed in Hyde Park at about the hour of noon, when the Queen drove from her palace. The line of visitors' carriages, of all descriptions, reached Westwards from the entrance-gates of the Park through Ken- sington towards Hammersmith, and Eastwards to Long Acre ; it thronged also the collateral streets; if it had been extended in single file it would have reached nearly twenty miles. Upon the whole, the day was beauti- ful: one passing shower, which fell shortly before the Queen made her appearance, served but to lay the dust, and to give a fresher brilliancy to the sun-warmed air. It was in all respects a delightful_holyday to the people.

The Queen left Buckingham Palace at twenty minutes before twelve ; attended by a suite, but not with the slowness of a state procession. Nine carriages and pairs, conveyed the Queen, with her husband and two elder children, several royal guests, and those who attended, up Constitution Hill, and along Rotten Row, to the Northern entrance of the Crystal Palace. The way was kept by a small party of Life Guards and a large body of Police : the Royal party swept by with a rapidity that took the multitude somewhat by surprise. The loyal cheers, therefore, were not properly prepared, and were vented with less energy and unity than has sometimes been heard. At the entrance to the building, however, the manifestations were more ready and general, and were given with unmistakeable enthusiasm.

The Queen entered the building at about twelve ; and her arrival was signalled by a flourish of trumpets to the thousands inside who had been waiting some hours to witness the inaugural ceremony.

We have from time to time given indications of the progress made in completing the building and arranging its cosmopolitan contents. All these arrangements were finished by the afternoon of Wednesday ; or rather, all further preparation by the exhibitors was then stopped, and whatever was not then done was left undone. Colonel Reid introduced a body of Infantry and Police in the afternoon of that day, who com- menced at the West end and gradually cleared the building to the oppo- site end of every exhibitor or person not occupied with the immediate arrangements for next day's proceedings. There was much disappoint- ment at the !necessity for leaving off before the finishing-touches were imparted ; but obedience was enforced, and the building was given over exclusively to Messrs. Fox and Henderson for the final arrangements. These proceeded through the night, and by eight o'clock on Thursday morning they were completed. The centre of the transept and the ap- proach from the North had been covered with red cloth. The route of the interior procession had matting made of cocoa-nut fibre laid down over its entire length. Precautions had been taken to keep off the pres- sure of the crowd. The seats for ladies below and in the galleries were arranged. A robing-room, tastefully decorated, was run up with magi- cal speed by Messrs. Jackson and Graham ; and the same firm also erected over the throne, at a height of thirty feet, a silken canopy, the magnificence and effect of which formed a subject of general admiration. "At eight o'clock, when we entered the interior," says the reporter of the Times, "everything was in order. A profound stillness reigned over the vast area ; and the eye rested with delight upon that charming variety of colours and those harmonious proportions which give to this palace of industry so remarkable and fairylike a character. The public had not yet been admitted ; and the members and officers of the Executive, the contractors and their leading assistants, were, besides a few Policemen and a stray red-coated Sap- per, the only occupants of the building. During the short hour of calm and quiet which succeeded, we made a hurried survey of the interior, to ascer- tain how far things were in order, how each foreign country presented itself at the nave in honour of the occasion, and how the different sections of our native industry that line the centre aisle on either side were arranged for this royal opening. The survey was, on the whole, most satisfactory. Our own ilia of the building was thoroughly well-arranged ; and if some of the foreign compartments were behindhand, they had managed to neutralize the injury to the coup d'reil thus arising in the most skilful manner. No gene- ral ever covered a desperate retreat with more tact, for none but a practised eye could detect where the confusion existed."

At nine o'clock the doors were opened to the holders of season-tickets.

"They burst like great pent-up tides into the building, and for a time swept everything before them. The placid calm of the interior—the decorative tri- umphs of 0 wen Jones—the ethereal lightness of construction—the mathematical proportions—the long rows of columns—the sweep of the galleries—the endless varieties of attractive objects collected in the nave—all these matters, which one had time before to ponder over and admire, now disappeared as if by the wave of an enchanter's wand ; and in their stead was only to be seen a rustling stream of spectators, mad with excitement, and desperately bent on getting the best possible seats. The crowd kept flowing in for more than an hour, in such dense columns that temporary barriers, placed by the Executive Committee to protect the space round the throne, were in part swept away, and the en- tire space of the nave seemed to be permanently in possession of the specta- tors. Gentlemen might be .:een distrae ed about places for their wives and daughters ; who added to their excitement by asking explanations of Police- passes which could not be explained, and by urgent entreaties to take up itions,Xcwcre clearly not tenable. The longest lane has a turning, greatest confusion, with temper and management, soon ten o'clock, the Police, materially assisted by the Sappers, shing order. Spectators gradually took up their places, d reasonable facility was afforded for the Royal progress

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...tpirst ten, the appearance of notabilities in the crowd be- -gka, -,4„131tte ..Itention. The Duke of Wallington was seen in the

North-eastern gallery of the transept close to the angle formed by the meeting of the nave and the transept : he was looking extremely well in the face, and was conversing with his accustomed gallantry of manner to a numerous circle of beautiful ladies grouped around him. As soon as he was noticed, the customary tribute of applause was rendered; and then immediately a further and more hearty demonstration was made, as it was remembered that on that very day—the First of May—the old warrior had completed his eighty-second year. In a short time he de- scended to the area below ; and was seen chatting with the Marquis of Anglesea and with Mr. Paxton. Mr. Cobden was introduced to lum by

Mr. Fox Manic. While Field-Marshal the Commander-in-chief and the President of the Peace Congress were conversing, a buttoned Chinese Mandarin, arrayed in the quaint and magnificent costume of his country, approached, caught the Duke's eye, made him a profound salaam, and held out his hand for an English salute. The Duke gave his hand—ap- parently uncertain to whom. The unknown Celestial then repeated his obeisance to the Marquis of Anglesea, and received a courteous .acknow- ledgment. It proved that he was the Mandarin Hesing, of the Royal Chinese junk now anchored in the Thames for the inspection of the Eng- lish. Hosing attracted the attention of the Queen, and at her request was subsequently placed in a distinguished position in the Royal pro- cession.

It will be recollected that the plan of the building resembles a great cathedral cross ; consisting of a nave with four parallel aisles, and the celebrated transept enclosing under its vast height some of the noble elms of the Park. The point where the nave and transept intersect each other is occupied by an extremely beautiful crystal fountain. North of this central point were arranged the throne, the seats reserved for the Minis- ters, officers of state, and foreign exhibitors who took part in the proces- sion. In advance of the fountain Southwards, was ranged a semicircle of seats, occupied, like the front rows of seats throughout the building, by the lady members of the parties in which the visitors arrived. Behind this semicircle, receding to the Southern extremity of the transept, was packed the general mass of spectators; and a similar dense mass lined each margin of the nave, both on the ground and along the galleries. The great variety of uniforms and costumes worn by the assemblage col- lected in the space around the throne, and the remarkable manner in which the proportions and decorative arrangements of the building brought out their position' rendered the spectacle which the North side of ,the transept presenteds. very imposing one. The appearance of the human masses elsewhere was less picturesque in point of general form and colour- ing, but the individual beauty presented to the eye was a very striking feature : we never before saw so great a proportion of eminently beautiful women.

Seated apart from the throng, and accompanied by his chaplains, was the Archbishop of Canterbury ; and not far off, the Bishop of Winchester, who, in the absence of the Bishop of London, appeared as senior Suffragan of the province. The Lord Chancellor was also conspicuous in the as- semblage; and our civic dignitaries, in their flaunting scarlet robes, en- joyed their full share of public attention. A chair, selected from the Indian collection, and over which a mag- nificent crimson velvet elephant cloth, richly brocaded, was placed as a covering, served as a throne.

The Queen, on entering the building, repaired to the robing-room. She appeared shortly, with Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Prin- cess Royal, and her attendants ; passed through the beautiful iron gates erected by the Colebrook Dale Company, and took her place on the throne. A mast enthusiastic welcome was given in shouts by the multi- tude; and as she took her place, the nationel anthem was pealed forth from the gigantic organ in the North transept, accompanied by a chorus several hundreds strong, of singers from the Royal and Cathedral choirs, the pupils of the Royal Academy, and the band of the Sacred Harmonic Society. When the anthem was sung, Prince Albert approached at the head of the Royal Commissioners, which he had joined for the purpose ; and read a report of the proceedings of the Commission. These are the most important passages-

" Your Majesty having been graciously pleased to grant a site in this your Royal Park for the purposes of the Exhibition, the first column of the structure now honoured by your Majesty's presence was fixed on the 26th of September last. Within the short period, therefore, of seven months, owing to the energy of the contractors and the active industry of the work- men employed by them, a building has been erected, entirely novel in its construction, covering a space of more than eighteen acres, measuring 1851 feet in length and 456 feet in extreme breadth, capable of containing 40,000 visitors and affording a frontage for the exhibition of goods to the extent of more than ten miles. For the original suggestion of the principle of this structure, the Commissioners are indebted to Mr. Joseph Paxton ; to whom they feel their acknowledgments to be justly due for this interesting feature of their undertaking. "The number of exhibitors whose productions it has been found possible to accommodate is about fifteen thousand ; of whom nearly one-half are British. The remainder represent the productions of more than forty fo- reign countries, comprising almost the whole of the civilized nations of the globe. In arranging the space to be allotted to each, we have taken into consideration both the nature of its productions and the facilities of access to this country afforded by its geographical position. Your Majesty will find the productions of your Majesty's dominions arranged in the Western portion of the building, and those of foreign countries in the Eastern. The Exhibition is divided into the four great classes of—l. Raw Materials ; 2. Ma- chinery; 3. Manufactures; 4. Sculpture and the Fine Arts. A further division has been made according to the geographical position of the coun- tries represented ; those which lie within the warmer latitudes being placed near the centre of the building, and the colder countries at the extremities. "It affords us much gratification, that, notwithstanding the magnitude of this undertaking, and the great distances from which many of the articles now exhibited have had to be collected, the day on which your Majesty been graciously pleased to be present at the inauguration of the Exhibition, is the same day that was originally named for its opening ; thus affording a proof of what may, under God's blessing, be accomplished by good-will and cordial cooperation amongst nations, aided by the means that modern science has placed at our command."

The Queen read the following reply- " I receive with the greatest satisfaction the address which you have pre- sented to me on the opening of this Exhibition. "I have observed with a warm and increasing interest the progress of your proceedings in the execution of the duties intrusted to you by the Royal Commission; and it affords use sincere gratification to witness the successful result of your judicious and unremitting exertions in the splendid spectacle by which I am this day surrounded. "I cordially concur with you in the prayer, that, by God's blessing, this undertaking may conduce to the welfare of my people and to the common interests of the human race, by encouraging the arts of peace and industry, strengthening the bonds of union among the nations of the earth, and pro- moting a friendly and honourable rivalry in the useful exercise of those facul- ties which have been conferred by a beneficent Providence for the good and the happiness of mankind."

The Archbishop of Canterbury then approached the throne and with great fervency of manner offered up the following prayer, invoking God's blessing on the undertaking.

"Almighty and Everlasting God, who dost govern all things both in hea- ven and earth, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy, Accept, we beseech Thee, the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, and receive these our prayers which we offer up unto Thee this day on behalf of the kingdom and people of this land. We acknowledge, 0 Lord, that Thou hast multiplied on us blessings which Thou mightest most justly have withheld. We acknowledge that it is not because of works of righteousness which we have done, but of Thy great mercy, that we are permitted to come before Thee with the voice of thanksgiving, and that instead of humbling us for our of- fences Thou hast given us cause to thank Thee for Thine abundant goodness. And now, 0 Lord, we beseech Thee to bless the work which Thou hast ena- bled us to begin, and to regard with Thy favour our purpose of knitting together in the bonds of peace and concord the different nations of the earth ; for with Thee, 0 Lord, is the preparation of the heart in man. Of Thee it cometh that violence is not heard in our land, wasting nor destruction within its borders. It is of Thee, 0 Lord, that nations do not lift up the sword against each other, nor learn war any more ; it is of Thee that peace is within our walls and plenteousness within our palaces ; it is of Thee that knowledge is increased throughout the world, for the spirit of man is from Thee, and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth him under- standing. Therefore, 0 Lord, not unto us, not unto us, but unto thy name, be all the praise. While we survey the works of art and industry which surround us, let not our hearts be lifted up, that we forget the Lord our God, as if our own power and the might of our hands had gotten this wealth. Teach us ever to remember that all this store which we have prepared eometh of Thine hand, and is all Thine own. Both riches and honour come of Thee, and Thou reignest over all. In Thine hand it is to make great and to give strength unto all. Now, therefore, 0 God, -we thank Thee; we praiso Thee, and entreat Thee so to overrule this assembly of many nations that it may tend to the advancement of Thy glory, to the diffusion of Thy Holy Word, to the increase of general prosperity, by promoting peace and good- will among the different races of mankind. Let the many mercies which we receive from Thee dispose our hearts to serve Thee more faithfully, who art the Author and the Giver of them all. And, filially, 0 Lord, teach us o to use those earthly blessings which Thou givest us richly to enjoy, that they may not withdraw our affections from those heavenly things which Thou hast prepared for those that love and serve Thee, through the merits and mediation of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord ; to whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory."

The organs and the choir joined in the performance of the Hallelujah chorus of Handers Messiah. The vast area of the building left free scope for the volume of sound poured forth ; and the assembled multitudes, their feelings already elevated by the grandeur of the spectacle before them, listened with becoming reverence to the triumphant music of the great German composer. At the close of this part of the proceedings, idesing the Chinese Mandarin, unable any longer to control his feelings, made his way through foreign diplomatists, ministers of state, and the distinguished circle with which court etiquette had surrounded the throne, and, advancing close to the Queen, saluted her by a grand salaam : her Majesty acknowledged the obeisance, and saluted the Mandarin in return ; and at her request he was placed between the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Comptroller of the Household.

The procession was headed by Mr. Paxton, Mr. Henderson, and Mr. Fox ; then followed the Executive Committee of the Royal Commission, the Foreign Acting Commissioners, the Royal Commissioners themselves, and officers of the Queen's Household. Her Majesty led the Prince of Wales, and Prince Albert the Princess Royal; both parents and children looking extremely well. The Queen bore herself with courteous but dig- nified restraint, as if feeling more excitement than she would display. Prince Albert appeared less composed; his emotion at the successful realization of his own idea was very visible.

" The Indian and Colonial collections were left behind, the Fine Arts court passed, and the procession, cheered incessantly in its progress, moved into the area devoted to our many-featured manufacturing products. Glimpses were caught over the heads of the spectators on the right of the Furniture court, and the massive forms of the fixed machinery beyond it. On the left, the Colebrook Dale dome, the gigantic statues of Lords Eldon and Stowell, the well-known form of our great dramatist, and the many other objects which adorn the centre aisle, were left behind. Past the furs dinars and other wild animals suspended from many a girder, and carpets lending their brilliant colours to complete the decorations and clothe the narrow lines of the interior, the pageant swept on its way. It reached the West- ern entrance, and saw itself, and the unequalled grandeur of the scene whereof it formed the leading feature, reflected in the immense mirror exhibited at this point. Then wheeling round the model of the Liverpool Docks, it was returning on the South side of the nave, when the gigantic organ by Willis suddenly hurled forth its immense volume of sound. The effect was extremely fine ; but there was so much to think of, so many points to observe, and the admiration of all had already been so largely taxed, that each new-telling characteristic of the progress scarcely produced its deserved impression. Wonder had already attained its maximum and could rise no further. Displays of textile fabrics, of hardware, of cutlery, and of furniture, vistas of courts and alleys filled with the richest materials —objects that at any other time would have been noticed with interest and regard—hardly claimed a moment's attention in that remarkable progress. At length the procession reached the transept; round the South end of which it proceeded, and then swept into the Foreign department of the Exhibition. Here immense efforts had been made to prepare for its suitable reception. France had collected the choicest specimens of her manufactures ; and though only two days eels her division was in confusion and the possibility of her taking a suitable part in the opening pageant doubtful, one could not help admiring the taste- ful manner in which her exhibitors had decorated the portion of their collection which was within sight. Other countries, more forward in their preparations, were of course able to make a more satisfactory appear- ance. The great attention which the industrial communities of Europe be- stow on matters of artistic design and on ornamental manufactures enabled them to decorate their divisions of the nave in a manner more effective than we, with our utilitarian tendencies, could hope to achieve. Amid a rare collection of various .objects the procession moved forward, received every-

where with loud acclamations. The French organ, by Du Crequet, and that from Erfurt, by Schulze, each in turn poured forth its music ; and as the pageant rounded the Eastern end of the building the bands of the Cold- stream and Scots Fusilier Guards varied the programme by their spirit-stir- ring strains. The return along the North side of the nave renewed the en- thusiasm of the foreigners and visitors assembled there. The cheering and the waving of hats and handkerchiefs went on continuously around the building ; and at last, having completed a progress more triumphant in its peacefulness and spirit of good-will than the proudest warlike pageant that ever ascended the Capitol of ancient Rome, the Queen returned once more to • the position in the transept where her throne was placed." The Marquis of Breadalbane, Lord Chamberlain, of the Household, stepped forward, and announced in a loud voice that the Queen had de- clared "The Exhibition is open." A flourish of trumpets chorused this proclamation; and immediately afterwards the Royal party retired by the way it came, and quitted the building for the Palace.

Then, says another account—" Away went the boundary-ropes ; the multi- tude closed as upon Epsom Downs when the horses have passed ; and for a couple of hours all was push, squeeze, cram, and chaos. All order was for- gotten now ; everybody struggled to see the Great Diamond, and the Throne, and the Crystal Fountain ; and everybody determined to see them without reference to the wishes of anybody else. The transept became as curious a scene of goodhumoured but violent contention as one would desire to see ' and not to share. People jostled, shoved, elbowed, apologized, accepted the apology, and began jostling, shoving, and elbowing again. A great number rushed into the refreshment-rooms, clamouring, not in vain, for ices and jellies; and a great number dropped away into the side-courts, of which the Austrian apartments were the favourites, and deserved to be so, if only for the polite attention of the planner thereof, who set a fairy fountain constantly playing eau de Cologne, and invited all the ladies to carry away its fragrant • moisture on their handkerchiefs."

By four o'clock the multitude was so diminished by departures and by a scattering over the immense area, that the company seemed no longer even numerous.

The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress gave an entertainment on Thurs- day evening, to the Aldermen, Sheriffs, and members of the Corporation who attended at the Exhibition ; where seats had been provided for them by the Royal Commissioners, with the privilege of the entree. Other entertainments at the Mansionhouse in honour of the Exhibition are ex- pected.

At a Court of Aldermen, held on Tuesday, a letter from Alderman Thompson was read, stating that in consequence of a requisition signed by a very numerous and respectable body of the inhabitants, he declined to retire from the representation of the ward of Cheap in order to accept the vacant Wardship of Bridge-without, to which on the death of Sir Claudius Hunter he is by custom entitled. Alderman Humphery pre- sented a petition from several freemen of London, resident in the ward of Bridge-without, respectfully expressing their doubt whether the Court of Aldermen legally has the power to supply the vacancy of that ward in the way they have hitherto used. They contend that it is erroneous to suppose, as has been supposed, that the ward of Bridge-without con- sisted only of old London Bridge and of the houses on it, with six houses on the Southwark shore, all of which were removed when the old bridge gave place to the present one : the ward of Bridge-without embraced and still embraces the whole ancient borough of Southwark, which is under the jurisdiction of the Corporation of London, and contains three or four hundred freemen of London. The petitioners prayed that a pre- cept be issued for holding a wardruote of the ward of Bridge-without and for the election in ancient form of an Alderman. Sir Peter Laurie observed that there is "no sinecure Alderman " ; the Alderman of Bridge- without is only exempted from the duty of holding wardmotes. It was ordered that the letter of Alderman Thompson be entered on the journals, and the petition be referred to the law-officers for their opinion. The Lord Mayor gave notice, that at the next Court of Aldermen, the vacant gown of Bridge-without will be offered to Sir John Key, who is next in seniority to Alderman Thompson.

The new Gas-Consumers Company has gained a further competitive success over the existing Gas Companies in the City. Their tender for the contract to supply the gas for the public works has been accepted at I a rate of about two shillings per thousand cubic feet ; and Mr. Dakin i announces his hope that the price for private consumers will ultimately I settle down to something like that rate. The lowest price now is four , shillings the thousand cubic feet.

"The National Association for the Protection of Industry and Capital

• throughout the British Empire" held its second anniversary meeting on Tuesday, in Drury Lane Theatre. It was imposing in point of numbers. The theatre was unable to contain the immense crowd that desired ad- mittance; so' while the principal proceedings were conducted there by the Duke of Richmond, a supplementary meeting was drafted off to St. Martin's Hall, to hear the Earl of Stanhope and some assistants. The list of notables present in the two meetings, as given by the Morning Post, includes about twenty Peers and more than fifty Members of the House of Commons. The body cif the audience in each instance consisted mainly of agriculturists, who had been brought IQ to town in special trains engaged by the active committee of management ; the counties sent a large number of delegates ; and in addition, the distressed but comely farmers flocked to town on their own account, to hear the encouraging talk which would be addressed to them. The speaking was not of that warlike strain which last year attracted the general attention : Mr. Chew- ier did not threaten a campaign against the Manchester School at the head of his Protectionist horse, nor did the Earl of Winchilsea renew his offer to be captain of the people in a Protectionist onslaught upon all the forms of Free-trade in and out of office : but the enthusiasm of the speak- ers was maintained at a high pitch by the general eloquence of Mr. Isaac Butt, a noted Irish barrister, in especial proof that present Irish ca- lamities are due to Free-trade legislation ; and all minor tactics seemed to be merged in the general agreement to "support Lord Stanley." At the parent meeting, the Earl of Winchilsea moved the first resolu- tion; and he was followed by Mr. Isaac Butt, Mr. Dawson of Selby, 3f-r. R. P. Long of Wiltshire, Mr. George Game Day of St. Ives, Mr. Worsley of Essex Colonel Kinloch from Scotland, and Lord Boners. Mr. Reid, a baker of London put forward by the Duke of Richmond as a Protec- tionist pursuing another profession than agriculture, told the meeting that the working classes view the whole movement with great distrust, "be- cause in former times, when the landowners had the power, they forgot

the labourer ; the labourer fears that if the landowner gets the power again tomorrow, when his turn is served he will forget the labourer again" : let them guard against encouraging that spirit among the labourers in their future proceedings. The Duke of Richmond wound up the proceedings with a speech congratulating his party on the inspiring evidence of progress which their demonstration afforded; and with short election advice to turn out all lukewarm representatives, and put this pledge alone, "Will you support Lord Stanley ? " If any man say, "I don't know," let him then be told, "You are not the man for us."

The supplementary meeting did not densely fill St. Martin's Hall, only because on some misunderstanding a great number of disappointed farmers, unable to obtain admittance to Drury Lane Theatre, departed homewards. The speakers there were the Earl Stanhope, Mr. George Frederick Young, Mr. Ball of Cambridge, Captain Yyse, M.P., Mr. El- man, and some other speakers from the provinces, whose names are un- familiar. Mr. Ehnen promised his hearers, that at the next election as many men will be returned to support Lord Stanley and Mr. Disraeli as were returned in 1841 to support Sir Robert Peel.

After the meetings, there was a Protectionist dinner at the Freema- sons' Tavern, over which Mr. George Frederick Young presided. The speaking was enlivened by Colonel Sibthorp's denunciations of that con- founded building called the Crystal Palace, which is doomed to fall to rise no more ; and of the robbing and ravishing 'foreigners, for whom that building is solely erected. The Duke of Richmond now pointed his political advice with more definite aim against the persons who were returned as Protectionists but now misrepresent the farmers of England —such as Lord Norreys ; whom Mr. Gillett, an Oxfordshire farmer, further denounced with the vigorous Protectionist anger due to a betrayed constituent.

The Court of Queen's Bench has decided against Mr. Whiston, late head master of Rochester School, in the present stage of the litigation with the Dean and Chapter which has arisen out of his exposure of their trust man- agement of the school, and their dismissal of him for the "bad manners" or "bad morals" of such an exposure. He had obtained from the Court a mandamus for his restoration : they had refused to obey, upon the ground that the Bishop of Rochester is visitor and has full jurisdiction : he had pleaded that the.Bishop as Dean of Worcester had been party to a similar breach of school trusts to the one here alleged against the Dean and Chapter of Rochester, and so was not competent to decide as judge in this case : they had demurred to this view of the law. The Court supported the demurrer ; and has thus told Mr. Whi,ton that he must direct his appeal to the Bishop of Rochester as visitor of the Rochester school.

In the Court of Criminal Appeal, on Saturday, a conviction for theft was quashed on the ground that the name of the owner of the property had not been properly spelt in the indictment. The goods were stated to belong to _Darius Christopher ; the man's name was Trius. The Judge at the Dorset Sessions decided that the names were " idem sonantia " in the Dorsetshire dialect, which snakes the d explosive and very herdlike the t. The Criminal Appeal Court held that it was impossible to say that Darius and Trius were identical.

Mr. Tomline, barrister, of the Inner Temple, lost his life by a singular accident, on the evening of Thursday last week. lie had dined with Mr. Peter Cunningham and some other friends, at Richardson's Hotel, Covent Garden, and got home to his chambers in Paper Buildings soon after eleven. .About that time, a woman who was passing near Paper Buildings saw some object fly through the air, and heard the fall of some heavy body; on: going near she found Mr. Tomline lying insensible on the steps in front of the chambers. He was removed to King's College Hospital, and Mr. Partridge was summoned : it was found that his skull was fractured, and he died in a few hours. The evidence of the Temple Police, and of Mr. Macleod, a gen- tleman whose chambers were above those of Mr. Tomline, makes it probable that his death occurred in this wise. Mr. Tomline had opened his outer doer—the key remained in it ; but the inner door was still locked. Mr. Macleod had heard him go up stairs ; and then had heard footsteps as of some person running back again, and seeming to jump in high spirits, or to fall, down several steps at once. One of the windows of the common stair- case lighted two flights of stairs, the landing crossing it at about a yard be- low its top ; this window was open half a yard. It supposed that while Mr. Tomline was opening his door, he recollected something which made him run down stairs, leaving his outer door ajar—perhaps he went to open the staircase window wider for better ventilation; that some fresh white- wash on the steps caused him to slip; and that he shot downwards with such impetus that he was earned feet foremost through the half-opened window at the foot of the flight. He fell on the steps at a distance of about seven feet from the perpendicular of the wall. A Jury which sat over the body in Lyon's Inn Hall, on Saturday, returned a verdict of "Accidental death" ; and recommended that such windows as these should be better protected. Mr. Macaulay, Q.C., on behalf of the Society, stated that they had already acted on the warning of this sad experience : they discovered that a gentleman had narrowly escaped a similar accident in Harcourt Buildings, but unfortunately had only mentioned it to the authorities this moment. Mr. Tomline was in his thirty-first year : he was a fine vigor- ous young man, upwards of six feet high ; of an amiable and cheerful dis- position.

Mr. F. G. Camp, a young man of station and property in his native coun- try, and the principal Commissioner from Holland to the Great Exhibition, committed suicide, at his lodgings in Finsbury Square, during Saturday night. Ile was found hanging to the bedpost on Sunday morning, suspended by a cord which had come round a package from Holland. He had recently been in a hypochondriacal condition, apprehensive that he would be super- seded in his office. At the suggestion of the Coroner, the Dutch Consul and other gentlemen took information of the money in deceased's possession, which showed that his accounts had been kept with strict regularity. The verdict was "Temporary insanity."