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      Imperial Parliament. ¦ ¦¦' • ¦ ¦¦ —?—Mon...

      of Colonel W « thc * all . Colonel Tulloch replied that be could set admit that he had " altered" Colonel WethenUVevidence ; but , if he had done so , the reason was tfiat the number of watch-coats stated in the evidence to have been issued was wholly at variance with the nonber given in the xeturn from the Quartennaster-GezwraVs Department . ¦ . . . Colonel WetheralL Asaistent-Quartermaater-General , was ihw examined by the Board , and entered into various detail * to show that the Quartermaster-General s department had imposed no restrictions on the issue oi blankets , great-coats , paillasses , & c . ; that the only period when the men suffered from want of blankets was in the early part of November , 1854 ; that the first arrival of rugs was not until the 21 st of November ; ijbat there was no necessity to give a third blanket after the 8 th of January , 1865 , because a ship then arrived with buffalo robes and sheepskin coats ; and that the men were unable to carry up to the front a large part of the supplies which had been ordered them . —Colonel Tulloch admitted that there had been a confusion of terms by using the word " issued" for " apportioned " in connexion with the Quartermaster-General ' s department . The Board adjourned for a short interval , and on its return found that Colonel Tulloch had been obliged to retire on account of illness . Mr . Filder was recalled , and gave some particulars to show the extreme difficulty he experienced in procuring artificers and timber for the construction of storehouses and magazines at Balaklava . —Colonel Mackenzie then gave evidence with respect to the issue of supplies from the Quartermaster-General ' a department , with which he was connected . No requisition that Was made to him remained unanswered ; and Sir Richard Airey frequently visited Balaklava , in all states of the weather , and sometimes after dark . He could not agree with the account , given before the Sebastopol Committee by Mr . Macdonaldy . of the ragged and filthy condition of the- sick and wounded when they arrived at Constantinople from the Crimea . Sir Richard Airey said he was sorry to state that the account given by Mr . Macdonald was at one period pretty accurate , the clothes of the troops being in many instances entirely worn out , and the clothing of the army in general exceedingly deficient . There were no means whatever of procuring a fresh supply of clothing without sending home for it . The Board then adjourned . Some discussion took place on the ^ reassembling of the Board on Tuesday , as to whether the proceedings could go on in the absence of Colonel Tulloch , who was so seriously ill that Dr . Balfour read a certificate signed by Sir James Clark and Dr . Martin , stating that he could not possibly appear . He was labouring , it was said , under great bodily and mental exhaustion . The Judg 6-Advocate remarked that it was the' opinion olf the Board that the line of examination pursued on tfte previous day had involved a degree of personality against Sir John MTNeill afad Colonel Tulloch , " as if tn 6 object were to throw discredit on the character of the Crimean Commissioners , and on the good faith with wnlcn . they conducted the inquiry . " Sir Richard Airey dented that he had any such intention , but said that he could trot avoid alluding to the alterations which had been made in portion of the evidence taken in the Crimea . After ffome conversation , it was agreed to waive that part of the question , and to proceed with the examination of those witnesses who could speak to the character oT the Quartermaster-General ' s department . These witxfessBS were Major Keane , of the engineers ; Admiral fhtados ( the late Commander-in-Chief in the Black Sea ); Mr . Boyd , chief store-keeper in the commissariat department at Balaklava ; Captain Milne , of the Admiralty ^ Colonel Chapman , of the Royal Engineers ; aftdColonel Mackenzie , Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster-General . They stated litaat many of the difficulties arose from the traat of transport ; that the navy did the utmost they could to mitigate the sufferings of the soldiers ; that there was great difficulty in getting the stores up from the harbour , where they often lay in the snow and mud , exposed to the depredations of Greek and Maltese robbers ; that there were plenty of boots and shoos in Store , but that merely a few were issued , because only ten pairs out of every eighty would fit ; that it would have been rojndlciouB for the master of a transport to sell or dispose of any portion of his spare sot of sails ; that it Woald have been difficult to put up canvas shelter on the . plateau ; and that the men were not provided with a second blanket till the 10 th of January , in consequence'of whjch they suffered much from cold . Having heard these statements , the Board adjourned till llnirsday / when the proceedings were further adjourned tfll ' next Wednesday , in order to give Sir John M'Nefll an opportunity of appearing in place of Colonel TuTloch , -WikoftO Btttteof Irealtn Is such that his medical attendants say lie must not return to business for two or three tO-tfttths .

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      Tbb Ahuttax* Xhnner Ob 1 Tffiffi Academy...

      tBB AHUTTAX * XHNNER OB Tffiffi ACADEMY OF AllTS . Turn eighty-eighth annual exhibition of the Ttoyal Academy of Arts was celebrated laet Saturday by the

      usual dinner . The Exhibition was thrown open at two o ' clock , when the guests began to drop in , and to examine the pictures at their leisure . Dinner was served in the East room at six o ' clock . The chair was occupied by the President of the institution , Sir Charles Eastlake ; and the company , which amounted to about two hundred , comprised some of the most distinguished members of the diplomatic , literary , and artistic worlds . A very fine effect was produced by the sudden lighting of the jets of a hundred gas-burners at the signal for the Queen ' s health . After the drinking of this toast , as well as the health of Prince Albert and the royal family , the toast of " the Army and Navy" was acknowledged by Lord Hardinge and Sir Edmund Lyons . The former briefly alluded to the recent review of the English army in the Crimea by General Lttders . " 1

      am not acquainted , he observed , " with the details of the event , as far as they relate to the French forces , and therefore do not presume to pay a compliment to our gallant allies ; but , speaking of our own troops , I can assure this assembly that they are in the highest state of discipline ever known in a British army serving abroad . ( Hear , hear . ) I mention this not to renew recollections of the unhappy position of affairs at one period of the late war , but simply as a tribute of justice to that brave army , which , as your President truly observed , has established claims to the gratitude of the country for its unsurpassed fortitude and valour . ( Mear , hear . ) On the occasion to which I have referred , our army in the Crimea mustered about 40 , 000 infantry and artillery , with 186 pieces of cannon—all in the most admirable order and equipment . "

      The Prussian Ambassador returned thanks for the toast of tl The Foreign Ministers . " In proposing " The Guests , " Sir Charles Eastlake observed : — "A French writer has lately expressed the opinion that high manifestations of the fine arts are the great means of popularising good taste . He extols the recent efforts of England in adopting every means of improving the taste of her producers by affording instruction in design , and by the public exhibition of the best works of art—for example , at Sydenham and elsewhere . The Lord Chancellor , in acknowledging this toast , remarked : " The time has been when , to the disparagement of British art , these walls were covered almost exclusively with portraits and works designed merely to gratify the

      vanity of individuals . That such an imputation finds no justification now , I appeal with confidence to the interesting display by which we are surrounded ; and I greatly doubt whether in any other capital of modern Europe a single year could produce its equal . " His Lordship concluded by proposing " Prosperity to the Hoyal Academy "—a toast which was responded to by Sir Charles Eastlake , who made some remarks on professional and amateur art-criticism : — " The office of the professed critic is , almost necessarily , to detect imperfections ; the enlightened amateur , on the other hand , recognizes the principle , founded on a long observation of masterworks , that a few qualities , or even one quality

      carried to a high degree of perfection , though involving comparative defects in other particulars , stamps the ¦ work of art with character and value , and seldom fails to command approbation . ( Hear , Iiear . ) That this is the case with the great masters will be seen on a moment ' s reflection . Among the great masters , each is admired for certain special qualities , while the fact that he Is deficient in other respects does not interfere with the general estimation in which he is held . ( Hear , hear . ) Such a train of thought may arise in the minds of those ¦ who will hereafter have opportunities of contemplating the works of Turner , now , it is understood , to become the property of the nation . ( Hear , hear . ) None will venture to assert that those works are faultless ; and yet the

      objects which that great painter had in view are accomplished in such perfection that the mind is engrossed -with them , and defects , if seen , are disregarded . Sir Charles proposed the health of her Majesty ' s Ministers , coupling with it the expression of a hope that we should shortly see a now National Gallery in the immediate neighbourhood of the metropolis . Lord Pahnerston , in returning thanks , said : — " With regard to the topic to which you have just alludednamely , the prospect of our seeing in the neighbourhood

      of thin City a building rising up better fitted than any mow existing for the display of the works of genius and of art—I can only say that it shall not be owing to any indisposition on our part to advance the great objects ¦ which you have indicated , if results adequate to the aspirations you have expressed bo not ultimately attained . ' The toast of " The City of London" was acknowledged by the Lord Mayor ; and that of " The Society of Antiquaries" by ita President , Earl Stanhope . Ho called attention to the fact that the Commissioners for the

      Great Exhibition of 1861 , in their recently published report , * " recommend , as the first atep for establishing the proposed porbrait-gallery , that an exhibition of national portraits should be held , to which pictures from all parts of the kingdom might in the first inetance be contributed as loans . I cannot but anticipate from such « commencement a favourable progress in the scheme Vhich 1 had the honour to suggest . " He then proposed , amidst m } nglod cheers and laughter , that every member of the Royal Academy should be required to contribute his own likeness .

      The toast of " The Interests of Literature" was acknowledged by the Dean of St . Paul ' s , in the absence of Mr . Dickens , who had been present at the earlier part of the evening , but had withdrawn . The last toa 3 t was that of " The Governors of the British Institution •" after which , the guests departed . '

      Our Civilization —?—Alleged Assault By A...

      OUR CIVILIZATION —?—ALLEGED ASSAULT BY A POLICEMAN . Great interest was excited on Tuesday at the Bow street police-office by the investigation of a charg brought by a young lady , Miss Clementine Archei against Mathew Taylor , a policeman of the D divisioi ( No . 57 ) . The young lady ' s story was this : — On th . morning of the proclamation of peace , she accompanie < some friends to Charing-cross , to witness the ceremony They were standing near Farrance ' s , the pastry-cook ' s when , in consequence of the crowd , she became separatee from her friends . Seeing them at a distance , she endea voured to rejoin them , but was seized round the waisi by a policeman , who forced her back . She asked to b < allowed to go to the two ladies from -whom she had beer parted , but he said she should not , no one being allowed to pass there . He continued to hold her tightly by the shoulders , when she jerked herself partly round . On this , the man drew his staff , and struck Miss Archer a blow on the shoulder . A gentleman who was passing exclaimed , " Shame , shame ! what are you holding her for ? Release her immediately ! You shall hear more oi this . " The constable then threw the young lady away from him with such violence that she -would have fallen if the same gentleman had not caught her . It waa afterwards found by Miss Archer ' s lady friends that she had received a severe bruise , extending from the shoulder to the bosom , which were quite black . It then became necessary to identify the offender . Accompanied by a friend ( Mr . Henry Mayhew ) Miss Archer went to Scotland-yard , but was unable to discover , among the men there drawn up , the constable who had assaulted her . At St . George ' s station she was equally unsuccessful . She then went to Marylebone station . A number of men were drawn in a line or circle , and she walked round the room , looking at each ; but still she did not see the offending constable . The inspector asked her to walk round again . She turned to do so , fixed upon D 57 as the man , and , being overcome and frightened , shrieked , and became for a time insensible . The man thus identified was very tall and powerful , and of an appearance distinct from that of the others . Miss Archer had previously described the man who assaulted her as having straight hair , & c . ; and the inspector considered that the constable Taylor answered her description . On the charge being entered on the sheet , Taylor said" I deny using my staff . "

      , In cross-examination , Mr . Mayhew said that there had been a conversation between the Marylebone inspector and himself as to Miss Archer having passed D 57 on first walking round the circle ; but this was not within the young lady ' s hearing . Miss Archer admitted that she had mentioned 194 as the number of the policeman she had seen on that day , but she denied having said that that was the man who had assaulted her . It further appeared that she made a mistake at first as to the locality of the outrage ,

      having stated it to be in Warwick-street . Though she had resided in the vicinity of London many years , she did not know Cockspur-street very well ; but she had since been to the spot , and discovered her mistake . Several witnesses , including members of the police and others , testified in favour of the accused , and to the effect that no such assault took place ; and the constable was therefore discharged . One of the inspectors , when before the magistrate , remarked that Taylor was " a firm and determined man "—by which he said he only meant that he would do his duty .

      Burglary. The Particulars Of A Singular ...

      BURGLARY . The particulars of a singular burglary at the house of Mrs . Humphreys , an old lady at Stamford-hill , have been elicited in the examination at " Worship-street of Henry Horwood , a house-decorator , Edward Tower . s , an unemployed groom , and a woman named Mary Ann Perkins , charged with tho offence . A third man is implicated in tho robbery , but waa too ill to be brought up . As long ngo as the 3 rd of February , an attack on tho premiaea was designed , but for tho time fruwtrated . A forged letter , purporting to come from tho wife of Mrs . Humphreys' solicitor , was sent to the lady . It contained a utatomont that Mr . Rush , tho solicitor , was

      dangerously ill , and that Mra . Rush wanted to boo Mrs . Humphreys immediately on importuut buahicas . A nuiaattgo to tho same effect had been previously wiit , and , on receiving tho letter , Mrs . Humphreys went , leaving tho house merely in charge of a young servant-girl ; but , on reaching Mr . Riish ' a residence , she found that tho letter was fabricated . In tho meanwhile , it wan intended to uttack tho house ; but tho girl had got her father to stay with her , and bo the attempt was not made < - > » the night of the 24 th of April , a noiso waa heard m tho hou » o , and , about six o ' clock , the girl wont down Htairfl , and entered one of tho parlouru . Two won ruahod «« .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 10, 1856, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10051856/page/6/