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A deputation from the Conference of Protectionist Delegates who met last week at the Crown and Anchor waited on Lord John Russell, at Downing Street, on Saturday, to present an address. The Duke of Rich- mond, who presided at the meeting, was prevented by violent cold and rheu- matism from heading the deputation, and none of the Peers or Members of Parliament who appeared at that meeting, except Colonel Sibthorp, attended : the deputation consisted solely of delegates, chiefly agricultural, headed by Mr. George Frederick Young and scone other monikers of the Committee of the National Association.

The address declared—" That the pertinacious adherence of the Cabinet of which your Lordship is at the head to the policy of miscalled free trade, and its determined rejection of the appeals of the people for a reversal of that policy, have extended to the Executive Government of the country the

same feelings of distrust and discontent which are widely diffused with re- spect to the representative branch of the Legislature " ; and it warned her Majesty's Government, "that the state of feeling in many districts of the -country is moat critical and alarming, hazardous to its peace, perilous to the maintenance of public credit, and dangerous to its established institutions." It concluded by stating, that its authors would not be deterred, "either by our unqualified respect for your Lordship's personal character, or by the just consideration we owe to the elevated position you occupy, from casting on your Lordship and your colleagues the awful responsibility- of all the conse- quences that may result from a continuance of your refusal either to redress the wrongs of the people, or to allow them the constitutional opportunity for the vindication of their rights by dissolving the Parliament and appealing to the voice of the country."

Lord John Russell declared, "not without due consideration," "I am -ready at all times to take upon myself all responsibility belonging to the Executive Government."

The address had asserted the "opinion, that no relief from general or local taxation, which would be consistent with the maintenance of public faith and the efficiency of public establishments, could enable the British and Colonial producer successfully to compete with foreign productions." With regard to this Lord John observed, that "the motion for relief from gene- ral and local taxation, consistent with public faith and the maintenance of public confidence is, in fact, the only large measure which the House of Commons has had brought before it, or declined to entertain My ex- perience leads me directly to the opposite conclusion to that arrived at by you upon the point whether we ought to go on with free trade or return to the principles of protection and restriction ; nor do I think it desirable to -dissolve Parliament in order to arrive at the sense of the country on the sub- ject. With respect to the suffering which is stated to exist, though I think much of what is said is incorrect, I have heard sufficient from some parts of ..the country to know that deep suffering does exist, and I am aware that that suffering IS partly attributable to the recent change in our commercial laws, ;Ind I believe it to be inevitable." Ten years ago he foresaw the necessity of change ; changes of a more decided nature than he proposed have taken place: he thought it unwise that the agricultural interest then refused compromise; "but it would be far more unwise now to attempt to reimpose protective duties in l851, which would again lead to agitation and be repealed in 1852 or 1863. "All return to the former system being, as I believe, impossible' it may be desirable to equalize, if possible, the charges upon land ; which Ibelieve to be the wish of all parties. However great or difficult the change, I be- lieve that the general aspect of the country is encouraging, and that it is the duty and interest of all parties to endeavour to adapt themselves to it. En- tertaining these views, I feel it my duty, either as a Minister of the Crown or a Member of l'arliament, to act in conformity with them ; and if I entertained your views I should act accordingly."

Mr. Guthric"I think that your Lordship expressed your opinion that those who entertained the opinions which we hold did not act wisely in not agreeing to the propositions which you brought forward in 1840, for impo- sing a duty of 88. per quarter on corn. May I ask your Lordship, now that we have come round to your opinion, why, if you then thought that pro- position right, it should not now be carried into effect?"

Lord John Russell—" That question is easily answered. When eons was at 68s., any measure which would have reduced it to 508. would have been well taken ; but if it were at 42s., any measure to raise it to 608, would be ill taken."

Early in the interview, Mr. Young made allusion to the "rather strong expressions" used at the meeting in the Crown and Anchor : without wishing to apologize for them, or express himself on their propriety or impropriety, he hoped that the "general sentiments of the meeting" would be judged alone from its "recorded resolutions." Lord John Rus- sell said, he had not intended to allude to this point : in public meetings -much latitude must be given : the Duke of Richmond bad gone as far in censure of the expressions as Lord John himself would be disposed to do ---" having every confidence in the Duke of Richmond's loyalty, wish to support the law, and discretion, I think what he said upon the subject amply sufficient."

Rebuffed by the Premier, the Protectionist delegates appealed on Mon- day to the leader of the Parliamentary Opposition—Lord Stanley. On this occasion their spokesman was Mr. William Layton, Chairman of the Isle of Ely Protectionist Society. The interview was hed in the mansion of Lord Eglintnn, there being no room sufficiently large in Lord Stanley's residence. Lord Eglinton, the Earl of Malmesbury, Mr. Forbes Mac- kenzie, MX., Mr. Newdegate, M.P., and Colonel Sibthorp, M.P., were pre- sent ; but the deputation consisted of a body of the same delegates who met in the Crown and Anchor Tavern last week. The pith of their ad- dress was contained in these two paragraphs-

postponement of them to a future session, or a future Parliament, may be fatal in its consequences, and may have the effect of seriously damaging, if not destroying, Some of the most valuable of our institutions in Church and State." '

Mr. Layton informed Lard Stanley of the intended Protectionist meeting at Liverpool, and assured his Lordship that the delegates have determined to be guided by his counsels in prosecuting their future crusade against the destructive system of free trade.

Lord Stanley commenced with the remark, that this delegation and this movement are altogether unparalleled in the history of the country. " The agricultural interest is of all interests the most stable, the most peaceful, the least exciteable • and great indeed must have been the distress of all connected with that interest—of landlords, of tenants, and of labourers— when it has been such as to overcome the natural difficulties which stand in the way of their combination, to excite so mighty a movement QS that which is now stirring the country from one end to the other, and to create such a manifestation of opinion as I have read of as displayed in your proceedings the other day, and as I see embodied in the deputation whom I have now the honour to address." The consequences of the mistaken and insane po- licy have been just what Lord Stanley himself foresaw and predicted. Im- portations as great, a fall in prices as low, distress as acute, and ruin as ex- tensive as were predicted, have been experienced. But, to speak frankly and plainly, the reversal of that policy can only be obtained at the expense of stall greater suffering by still more extended interests. It is a taunt that no specific measure is brought forward, no decision directly asked of Parlia- ment : the taunt comes from the enemy ; "and the advice implied in it be- ing the advice of au enemy, I must take the liberty of regarding it in that light, and of looking at it as unlikely to forward the objects and produce the results which we desire. Firmly adhering to protection, I in the House of Lords, and my-friends in the Rouse of Commons, must be guided as to

i the course which s most likely to attain our ends in the several assemblies which we have to address, by our knowledge of the dispositions of the bo- dies with which we have to deal. If the result of an appeal to the House of Commons would be to show an apparently diminishing minority for us and an apparently increasing :majority against us, I ask, what advan- tage have we gained for our cause within the walls of Parliament, and what encouragement have we given to our friends out of doors I It is not in the House of Lords, it is not in the House of Commons, it is in the country at large that your battle must be fought and your triumph must be achieved. You have the game in your own hands. You may compel your present Members—or, at least, you may point out to them the necessary, the lamentable consequences to themselves of persisting in their present courses ; and when the time shall come, you will have it in your own power, by the return of men who really represent your sentiments, to exercise your consti- tutional influence over the Legislature of the country, and to enforce your

just demands in another House of Parliament At present, I lament to say—and there is no use in concealing the fact—we are in a minority ix the House of Commons • we are also in a minorityin the House of Lords. How, then, are we to chlinge that minority into a majority ? In the Housed Commons you have it in your hands. Through the House of Commons and through the country you may act, not perhaps as speedily or as quickly as you or I might desire; but depend upon it that when by a general election, or by in- dividual elections as they occur, you have produced an effect upon the judgment and the votes of the House of Commons, the opinion of the country, as represent- ed in the House of Commons, will never be lost upon the House of Lords. . . . • The view which I have taken, and in which I am supported by those of the wisest and soundest judgment with whom I am in the habit of consulting,, is not to meet this question by direct motions in the House of Lords for the reversal of this policy, but never to lose an opportunity of showing, if need be, week after week, the progressive effects of the experiment which is now going on We have brought them [Ministers) to admit that it is an ex- periment; we have brought them to admit that this cheapness is not what they intended or desired ; we have brought them to apologize for its exist- ence, as an exceptional and temporary state of things, and not attributable to their experiments. And step by step, if it is not the quickest, it is at least the soundest policy ; we shall have first this man and then that man say- ing, The experiment has been tried long enough.' 'I am satisfied that it has not answered the intended purpose. I think something must be done.' 'Really, matters are become alarming,' and gradually, in that manner, and in that manner only, shall we, in a permanent body like the House of Lard*, convert a minority against free trade into a majority in favour of our pro- tective principles. That is the coarse which I have felt it to be my duty to pursue during the present session of Parliament. That is the course which —not taking the advice of our opponents—I shall continue to pursue. Con- stantly we shall bring before them the results of their experiment. . . . By all means accept the offer of holding a meeting in that magni- ficent building at Liverpool ; and in our greatest commercial towns show there is a feeling in regard to the result of our so-coil-on free trade widely different from that which was anticipated by the _Free- traders, and from that which did prevail only a few years ago. Your efforts may not be so soon crowned with success as you hope; but,de- pend upon it, let us stand hand to hand firmly together—let the land lord, the tenant, and the labourer—ay, and the country shopkeeper—ay, be- fore long, the manufacturer himself—be called on to show and to prove what the effects of this experiment are ; and, as sure as we stand together, tem- perately but firmly determined to assert our rights, so certainly, at the ex- pense it may be, of intense Buffeting, and perhaps of ruin to many—of ruin which, God knows, if I could avert I would omit no effort for that purpose —but ultimately, certainly, and securely, we shall attain our objeet, and recede from that insane policy which has been pursued during the last few years. I have now only to return you my most grateful thanks for the compliment you have paid me in wishing me to receive this deputation. I have heard with the liveliest interest the statements of Mr. Layton. If in any part of the country—for now, through you, I address every district—if there be but one district in which a suspicion is entertained that I am flinch- ing from or hesitating in my advocacy of those principles on which I stood in conjunction with my deeply-lamented friend Lord George Bentinck,

authorize you, one and all of you, to assure those whom you represent, that in me they will find no hesitation, no flinching, and no change of opinion; that, attached as I have ever been to the principle of Protection, that at- tachment remains unchanged; and I only look for the moment when it may be possible for us to use the memorable words of the Duke of Wellington an the field of Waterloo, and to say, Up, Guards, and at them!'" The address awakened the most animated demonstrations of satisfac- tion among the delegates; and at its close, Mr. Paul Foskett declared on their behalf, that Cord Stanley had made them "feel in their heart of hearts, that under his leadership their triumph would be secure." Lord Stanley dismissed them with the assurance that if they would keep Tai the pressure without, they might depend on it he would keep it up within ; a hint to which they replied with very hearty acclamations.

The May meetings of the week have been chiefly those of charitable institutions.

The thirty-fifth anniversary of the Artists' Benevolent Fund Society was celebrated on Saturday last, in the Freemasons' Tavern, by a nu-

nserous party of artiste and friends of art. Sir Robert Peel, makiag this case an exception to his general rule, had consented to fill the Abair and the marked popularity of his reception was well justified by the zeal and address with which he applied himself throughout the evening to the bessiness in hand. Lord Hardinge, who Won Sir Robert'a right, also came M. for a large share of the honours. After dinner, contribution* amounting to above 7004 were announced ; of which the Queen gave 1004 and Sir Robert Peel 50/.

In proposing the principal toast, the Chairman begun by bespeeeing the aid of that great institution or estate the daily press—the disinterested and generous advocate of every cause connected with charity and benevolence. Through that organ he appealed to the absent, upon whose sympathies and assistance the institution had strong claims. Within the last few days there had been opened those exhibitions which present the collective works of genius accumulated during the past year. The rooms are daily crowded by those who express their admiration and retire proud of the proof thus given of this country's progress in art. But of those who thus express their admiration and pride, very few duly estimate the painful process which is necessary for the production of those works—how many sleepless nights have been passed—what a degree of severe mental toil and anxiety has been incurred—and the disappointment there sometimes is on account of harsh and unfeeling criticism, and the caprice of public favour. In the course of the last year not less than five thousand works of art have been offered to the different exhibitions. Many of these have been refused a place, not so much from want of merit as on account of the want of means for properly exhibiting them; but on the walls of the several exhibitions, there are to be seen not fewer than four thousand works of art, the result of toil, labour, and thought, during, the past year. These are the productions of men who have been comparatively successful in the race of competitMn—who at least have had sufficient health and strength to enable them to contend in that severe race. But behind those, in the distant back- ground, there are artists out of sight, and almost out of mind, whose pros- perity has beeu clouded by accident or disease, some of whom have left widows and orphans with no other earthly possession than an unblemished name. The melancholy truth is, with regard to many of these artists, that they hare been disabled by infirmity; and of the widows and orphans of those who have not survived, severe seffering,s are often sustained by them ; and these sufferings are accompanied with an independence of mind and a delicacy of feeling which induce them to withhold the knowledge of their destitution, and make them unwilling to state their tale of sorrow and distress to those to whom they are entire strangers. Fax Robert read details of the usefulness of the institution. "Since the institution of the societs, in 1814, not fewer than 1,200 eases have been re- lieved, in sums amounting to 12,200/. The qualities that entitle parties to receive relief are distress combined with merit in artists. They are relieved whether they have personally subscribed to the fund or not, as well as their widows and orphans. In every case there most be a combination, as a con- dition of relief, of merit and distress. Last year alone—that is, in the year 180—there were 57 applicants for relief, and the sum advanced to them amounted to 650/. It is the boast of this institution, that it acknowledges merit in whatever department it may be found. I find that in 1849, among a great variety of claimants, relief was given to the widow of a sculptor, to the daughter of an engraver, to an architectural draughtsman, to the widow of a zoological painter, to a painter in water-colours, to the widow of an his- torical painter, and to the daughter of a painter in enamel." With this great liberality of disbursement, the economy of management is severe. "Lest year, the total amount of expenditure in salaries, including the com- mission to the collector, amounted to 561. 15s.; while the total expense oc- casioned by the meetings of Council and subscribers amounted to 6/. 12e. . . . I consider that these facts, if generally known, will be admitted to eonstitute a strong claim upon the liberality of the patrons and admirers of art; and I venture to assure those who are proud of the works of genius which adorn their walls—who enter into the eager competition for pictures, and give ap- parently extravagant prices for the works of artists that are now no more—who are loud in expressing their admiration of works which they have an oppor- tunity- of daily contemplating,—I venture to assure them, that every work of art which they now possess will be viewed with increased satisfaction— every work which they may in future acquire will be regarded with increased ride—if they have the satisfaction of thinking that they have not only been liberal in their purchases and lavish in their admiration, but that they have applied a portion of their wealth to increase the funds of this institution." Afterwards, in proposing the toast of "The Royal Academy, and its Pre- sident Sir Martin Archer Shee," who is now incapacitated from ill-health for the active discharge of the duties of his office, Sir Robert Peel expressed is h confident belief that the Royal Academy is disposed spontaneously to extend its limits whenever they can be properly extended. (Cheers, and some anthignous expressions.) He trusted that the marks of favour from the Crown would never be withdrawn; he never would believe that her Majesty would be induced to withdraw those favours which had been conferred by her royal ancestors; "but under any circumstances, whether the favour of the Crown were continued or not, be hoped that the members of the Royal Academy would remain united; that they would maintain their connexion with each other by this institution; that they would by this institution still continue to elevate the character of British artists, to keep alive the spirit of independence—the true spirit of gentlemen ; and that they would not permit any circumstances to break up an institution of the utmost importance to the arts of this country."

A public meeting was held in Ring's College Hall on Wednesday, to promote the interests of the College Hospital, and especially to assist in collecting the fund of 50,000/. for erecting new hospital buildings. The Archbishop of Canterbury and several other Bishops, the Duke of Cam- bridge the Marquis of-Cholmondely, the Earl of Ilarroveby, Lord Ashley, Lord Cam- bridge, and Major Edwardes, were present on the platform. It

seems that the hospital, which was a transformed parish workhouse, was originally fitted to receive about 4,800 patients a year, and the present influx is actually 20,000 a year : the accommodation far students it the same now for 159 etudents that it was in 1835 when there were but 09.

King's College anniversary festival was held on the same day, in the large and very beautiful hall of the Society of Lincoln's Inn. Major Rdwardes presided ; a n imber of the nobility supporting him, and nearly Sax hundred persons present. About 4, )00i. was added to the subscrip- tion list of the Hospital fund, which nom readies about 30,000/.

The festival of the Sons of the Clergy at St. Paul's had its usual im- pressive-interest. The Archbishop of Canterbury and seven other Bishops were present, with the Duke of Cambridge, and the Lord Mayor and other Corporation oft:Leers in state. The service was "intoned";- ; the choruses were performed by the four united choirs of the two Chapels Royal of St. James's and Windsor Castle and the two Metropolitan Ca- thedrals. After the religious festival, the Lord Mayor gave a convivial entertainment of great magnificence to the Bishops and other distinguished persons, in Merchant Tailors Hall. The total receipts collected for the

"(joint of Assiatente of the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy" wee about 1,1274—sipwat4s of 2201. More than last year.

A large meeting in the Crown and Anchor Tavern, convened on Ifolx- day to support the Metropolitan Interments Bill, was nullified by a di& graceful scene of interruption which ended in battles and a general melee. Lord Robert Grosvenor M.P., presided ; and was supported by Lord Eb- rington, M.P., and dr. Mackinnon, M.P. The Chairman's opening speech was interrupted by exclamations from persons scattered in knots through the meeting, and said to have been stationed there by the traders in funerals. Mr. Mackinnon was not allowed to finish his speech, and Lord Elnington was rendered inaudible. A Mr. Nodes, an undertaker, made a speech against the bill, and appealed to his numerous supporters in the room, whether his profession should submit tube sacrificed to fatten those [the Goverment employes] who are already fat enough. • Nodes's address put his supporters beyond control : Mr. George Cr - shank, a favourite speaker to the audiences generally assembled in the Crown and Anchor, was shouted down ; fights commenced, the platforet was invaded, the reporters were routed and their notes scattered, and at the proceedingspthroeceCeclin.hairmonsaunithinwas te.::joem jpeimIliedtsotof decency. the meeting : while he was doing so, the platform was forcibly occupied, and the orators and ladies upon it were driven off, many of the females fainting. Such was the end of a meeting where no person had the power or the responsibility to key In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Saturday, Mr. Edward Kenealy the barrister was tried for cruelty to his illegitimate child, a boy six years olds The first count of the indictment charged Mr. Kenealy with having put a rope round the child's neck and hanging him up to a peg, the other count with aggravated assault. The evidence was similar to that given before the Magistrates. The child was found in the streets crying, with his back all sore from chastisement, and a mark round the neck as if a cord had been tied tightly round it. A surgeon gave evidence that great violence must have been used : "a birch rod would have produced such marks." The boy was exa- mined. He described how he had been punished because he had not learnt his lessons : Mr. Kenealy held him by a rope which he had put round his neck. He admitted that hiefitther had been very kind to him generally ; taught him, played with him, walked with him, slept with him., daily kissed lum, and pointed out the difference between right and wrong and the consequences, The boy sometimes told lies, and then his father was very angry with him. In his speech for the defence, Mr. Whately enlarged on Mr. Kenealy'a . generally affectionate treatment of the child; there was no proof of deliberate, systematic cruelty ; and the first count of the indictment was utterly us.'- supported -by evidence. Lord Campbell (who had interfered somewhat pm. maturely) said this was a very distressing case ; but no serious stain would attach to Mr.- Kenealy's character. The ouly question for the Jury was with regard to the degree of the chastisement. "I am not one of those who think that corporal punishment to children should be abolished ; I rather agree with Dr. Johnson, that if you abolish flogging at schools, what the lads gain at one end they lose at the other." Was the punishment for such a child moderate ? The first count could not stand. The Jury acquitted og the first count, but on the second their verdict was "Guilty." Beanie() postponed.

At time Central Criminal Court, on Saturday, Louisa Susan Hartley, a 44'1 of eighteen, was tried for attempting to poison her father, by administering vitriol to him. It was proved that they lived unhappily to'-ether: the father had beaten the young woman with a stick, and she had threatened to poison him, and to cut his throat,—she was laughing very much when she said so. Hartley said he did not see the coffee which contained the vitriol prepared, though he was lying in bed in the room ; he did not swallow any' of the coffee. Dr. Taylor stated that there was about half a teaspoonful of vitriol in the coffee: if it had been swallowed the effect would have been', disagreeable, but without danger to life. In defence, Mr. Ballantine—re= tained for the accused by the humanity of the Sheriffs--enlarged on those circumstances that told for her. Mr. Justice Cresswell's summing-up was entirely in her favour. The count charging the actual administration of the poison, he said, could not be maintained, for the man had not swallowed any. of it. The case rested almost entirely upon the evidence of the prosecutor; and the Judge could not help observing that he appeared to have set about the task of getting it up in the most cool and systematic manner, and not to have let any single point escape attention which was likely to lead to a con- viction. If the girl put the vitriol in the coffee, she must have done it be- fore his eyes. The Judge adverted to the facts of the prosecutor at once making a charge against his daughter of attempting to poison him, as though he had some preconceived notion on his mind, and to his immediately going to taste the coffee she had poured out for herself; his object evidently being to make up all the evidence he possibly could in support of the charge. The Jury immediately gave a verdict of "Not guilty." It is stated that some- thing is to be done for the young woman by the Ladies' Committee of the gaol.

After a postponement for several sessions of an indictment by Stowell the informer against Laurent and others, for keep-mg a "disorderly house," called the Argyll Rooms, in Titchborne Street, the thing has comae to an end by the informer's withdrawing from the prosecution : his counsel pleaded that he could not bear the expense of any further proceedings. The defend- ants declared that they had nothing to do with the withdrawal. Mr. Justice Cresewell condemned this " playing " with the law, and said that if there had been any recognizanees he would have estreated them.

William Steers and Catherine Steers alias Duncan, two very bad charac- ters, were convicted of cutting and wounding Policeman Burn, who had in- terfered to rescue a woman they were abusing. The Recorder, having coin- mented on the extreme brutality of Steers, sentenced him to be transported for ten years ; the woman to be imprisoned for eighteen months, with hard labour.

traded as security for his probity in the "offices." On Tuesday, Mr. Jardine issued a warrant for Stanley's arrest; in a short time he was in custody; and both the accused were remanded.

• It is remarked that the three Magistrates of Bow Street are not of accord in treating this fraudulent conspiracy; two have dismissed former com laints, -while Mr. Jardine deems the criminality sufficient to warrant proceedings.

The Thames Police Magistrate has decided that a Jew cigar-manufacturer cannot compel his Jew apprentice to work on the Christian Sabbath. The master had refused to teach the boy the business because he had absented himself on Sunday.

An attempt has been made to act fire to the offices of the Irish Society, in Sackville Street, Piccadilly. After the two clerks had left the place on Tuesday sennight, a charwoman noticed a light in a locked cupboard ; it WAS broken open, and a candle was found burning, while around it were arranged pieces of newspapers and broken candles • in three or four hours the candle would have burnt down so low as to set fire to these combustibles. In a cupboard above this one were kept the vouchers of the money trans- actions of the Society. It was subsequently discovered that there were de- falcations in the accounts of the chief clerk, and that he and the second clerk had money dealings together. The chief clerk absconded, and his junior was -arrested. Ile was examined at Marlborough Street Police Office on Wednesday, on the charge of attempted arson. The chief circumstances against him were, that he left the office last, and that he had a key opening the cupboard ; but it was admitted that his character and conduct hitherto had been exemplary. The Magistrate considered that suspicion ought not to fall on this man, while another had been dishonest and had absconded, especially as the incriminating facts were so very slight. Two men, Stork and Knight notorious burglars, are in custody on charges of robbery, especially that at Mr. Meddle's house at Clapham. The Police have got them remanded by the Lambeth Magistrate, without entering into particulars about the Clapham mystery, as it would not have been prudent at present.

On Wednesday morning, M. Henri Stephan, a French performer in the orchestra of Her Majesty's Theatre, ascended the Duke of York's column at Carlton Terrace, with the man appointed to show it and look after visiters : he seemed to admire the view ; but suddenly, while the conductor was standing in the doorway, clambered over the rail, and threw himself from the summit : his body turned over three times in the air, struck the base of the column, and rebounded to the pavement. Though the trunk was dread- fully mangled, and every limb broken, the head escaped without a fracture. An inquest was held on Wednesday. M. Stephan was in his thirty-eighth year ; he was a horn-player. His brother-in-law, M. Emile Pettit, second ballet-master at Her Majesty's Theatre, stated that the deceased had recently cbmplained of his health ; he had suffered from a flow of blood to the head ; and he had expressed a wish to change his mode of livelihood. One of the keepers of the column, who went up the stairs with deceased, said he got ahead of him, entered the gallery, and immediately threw himself off : a passenger, Mr. Hatton, on the contrary, stated that M. Stephan walked about first, then climbed over the rails, and plunged head-foremost to the earth. In answer to the Coroner, the keeper said the column was closed to the public on Tuesday, but reopened, by order of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, on Wednesday ; when many persene ascended. The Coroner condemned the admission of the public till means had been taken to prevent other opportunities of suicide. The Jury appended to their verdict of "Tem- porary insanity" a recommendation to enclose the gallery with bars.