The Express. — London, England, 1848-07-03 00:00:00

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They were everywhere kindly treated by the people as they passed, and saw no discontent or tendency anywhere evinced to join the insurrection. The outbreak appears to have been ac cidental: the Nazim had placed nearly a hundred thousand pounds of his savings within our reach, and remitted the balance of his tribute to Lahore just as cur mission departed. Finding himself fairly com mitted with us through his people he seems to have determined on making the most of his position ; and, now that willing hands and ready swords have pre sented themselves on all sides of him, seems ready to try the chance of war. Mooltan has been for years a place of refuge for Seikh and Scindian malcontents, and how we should have tempted them with a convoy so weak as that sent seems inexplicable. It is said that the malcontents, idlers, and disreeutables, from all sides are anxious to take service under the Nazim. The preparations for immediate advance when the news of the insurrection was first received have been discontinued; al..rm has in a great measure subsided, and there will in all likelihood be no military move ment en Mooltan till October ; and by this time it is not unlikely that the I)ewan, seeing the desperate ness of his position, may endeavour to make terms. With three moveable brigades close at hand—with a Seikh army of 26,000 men, who have behaved to ad miration in all positions under us—with 17,000 men in Scinde, arid a mortar battery and heavy guns at Sukkur, a splendid battering train at Fcrozepore, a willing ally in the Khan of Bahawulpore—with fifty thousand men and a hundred guns on our frontier, and Mooltan bordered or penetrated by three rivers navigable by river steamers—the whole affair betwixt us will be settled in a wonderfully short space of time when the proper season arrives. Throughout Scinde the most profound tranquillity prevails, and rumours of inroad have died away. Major Jacob, with a squadron of the Scinde horse, watches the frontier betwixt Sukkur and Mithenkote. Irregular cavalry and artillery nave been despatched from Loodianah and Ferozepore to protect Behavittl pore if necessary. Shcre Singh, with three thousand Seikhs, has been despatched direct to Meehan to protect the villagers from the ravages of the ruffians collected in the fort, and perform any other piece of service they may required. It is said that though the Nazim has raised the standard of revolt, and proclaimed himself indepen dent, he is even yet under the surveillance of his followers, who are apprehensive of his abandoning them, and endeavourirg to reach Lahore to make his peace with the Durban. The artillery-men attendant on the guns which accompanied the mission, find ing resistance hopeless, managed to make their escape, and reached Lahore in safety. Mr. Wil kinson, the apothecary, was some stages behind when he heard what had happened : he retraced his steps, and was assisted on his journey by the villagers. On no one of these occasions does the slightest spirit of hostility or desire to injure the fu gitives appear to have manifested itself amongst the country people. There have been some unsatie actory rumours current as to the state of matters at Lahore, the disposition of Golaub Singh to prove false, and the general tendency of the Seikhe to rise against us. Nothing has yet occurred beyond the original outbreak to give us any reason to believe them possessed of the slightest foundation. Mean while all precautions are being used to prevent the consequences should serious mischief arise. The de fences of Lahore are being improved and strengthened, and every precaution iebeing adopted that our officers shall be subjected to no surprise. The political agents at out-stations are reported to have been called io. Throughout all parts of India profound peace pre vails. Frequent collisions have of late occurred be twixt the troops and the rebellious suojects of the King of Oude ; and it is thought we cannot much longer forbear meddling in the affairs of the Lucknow ruler. Letters from Upper Scinde are to the 6th Met. Everything remained quiet. The canals were begin ning to fill rapidly, and a most prosperous harvest was looked forward to by the cultivators of all classes —a sufficient inducement of itself to keep them quiet, at all events for some time to come. The whole of the troops of the brigade, as well as the inhabitants of the country, were in the enjoyment of good health. —From Kurrachee letters to the 16th inst say that Lower Sande was also quiet. The affairs of Moultan monopolised attention there. The artillery at Kur rischee was held in readiness for a move, but it would be madness to think of doing anything for the next three months. Storms of hail and rain have occurred at different points all over India, and considerable damage has been occasioned to the small craft in the lloogly by the sudden rise of the river, technically called a bore. Ihe abolition o! the Bombay Chamber of Com merce has been talked of, bat we trust the commercial community will think better on the subject. The Right Honourable the Governor and family go up it is said to the Deccan early in June. Sir W. Cotton returned unexpectedly from the bills on the morning of the rith May, to attend the coun cil held that day, to decide on the necessity or other wise of immediately despatching troops to Kurrachee : He was to return to Mahabuleehwur in a few days. The weather at Bombay was singularly cool for the season. The case of the Meer Shaded, late prisoner in Surat castle, had been inquired into by the Governor- General, and the Ameer fully and honourably ac quit'ed of all connexion with the murder of Captain Ennis. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. EosinAe, MAT 20.—During the period that has elapsed since our last report, no change of Importance has oteurred in our market for imports Some excitement has been caused by the deci sion of the Supreme Court here against the repudiators of the opium bargains, but we think it is likely soon to calm down. An opinion is camases! in some quarters that much lees will fall upon parties in Bombay, and thereby cause some injury to our cemmemml interests; this opinion we think erroneous, for, as we have before stated, the chief loss will fall upon the Mlthrwarrie Shroffs and dealers, and they are able and prepared to meet their obligations. Corrom riles GOOLS.—Our market has leen steady during the past week for grey goads of ailment all dercriptions, with the exception of grey domestics, which continue much depressed. Gr ow n are eagerly inquired for, as also grey jaccor.ets of low and middling qualities Grey shirting" , of 40 inches widths of low er aty en in good demand, and there is also some inquiry for the fin makes, but the intermediate makes are not each asked for. Low and mtddliag makes of the name fabric. in 4.1 inches widths are in fair request. Bleached goods of all the foregoing descriptions are not in such miles demand, and the prices obtained are somewhat lower than those previously ruling. Fancy gmb, satin spots, striped end checked doriahs, lappet scarfs 5 yards 13 inches, and 43 Welles grey dhooties, have been ha some inquiry, and are scarce ; while Lappets, Mull Mulls, and llamas Sprigs, continue dull of sale. In dyed goo& we have no change to rotice, as both Turkey red twilled and plain cloth continue languid, with °oily an occasional inquiry Inc a superior quality. Curios YON.—Further shipments have been made to Wrath, and as stocks in this market are now much reduced, Midas priesay are indisposed to sell , but buyers as yet refuse to give Whir rhos, and the sales reported are at the low rates previously 'Amt. lx DTBD YAWe we have no change to notice. C,OOIOCLAL—A furtherdeclins has taken place in:the value of this article, and the price may be quoted at Be. 31, at which we have beard of a sale of 1,700 Be. lIIITAO.—We have had some arrivals of English bar Iron, but no tales have yet been effected, though we beer Rs. 371 has been refused for a good amortotent In other descriptions there Is no change. Copper has experienced a further decline. Speller has been shipped in some quantity to Calcutta, but prices here have continued to recede since the date door last report. Swedish steel, both In faggots, and tubs, is dull and in limited demand. Lead is steady at our quotatioart, and there is a good inquiry for both pig aad sheet. f4PlSVS.—Brandy continues to decline; sales to the extent of 7 bhds. and 26 quarter casks haying been made at Ea. Se pee gallon. Gin is In good demand, and 50 kilders, containing 13 large square bottlese been sold a Rs. 19 each, and 30 lairs, containing 12 small ones, , have at Rs 9 each. t Baca..---Little has been done in this article since the date at aar last, the shopkeepers being unwilling to centintle paling ate prices that have of bite been ruling, and eonfining their parehoris to the supply of their immediate wants. NAUSS STOOP.—Paints continue in fair demand, mod a sale of 100 cwt. is reported at rupees at 121, the amortmadd Wog 00 cwt. grtrre 40 cwt. yellow, and 20 cwt. black. A sale al 113 bolts of bleached canvas is also reported at rupees 16. Errours.--Orrros Wour.—The continued low rates of freight bare had the effect of causing a further advanoe is the value of this staple, particularly for Dbol'eri, which being moro suitable for the arias market has been a ff ected in a greater degree by the low freights now obtainalie to that country. The tramactions shim our east have not, however, being on a large meals SHOP'S WOOL—AVOWS to the extent of 100 candles novas.= wool, at ro N 2; and 50 candies Meekran wool, at re. 70, are reported. The stack in the market is comparatively small. °min.—The price of this drug remains steady, at re. 1,050 m. cheat far Bret quality, at which rate purchases hme been made. The Braganca steamer sailed to-day, with 307 cheats, for China. tntionrs.--A further decline has taken pleas in rates for China, the American ship AMU., recently arrived from Canton, having been taken up at re. 11 per candy. This Is the first Amoriran ship that has entered our part IOOD the duti,,s on foreign bottoms Were led , Pod we understand other ships Of the same O,MICM We lita way from ChM& No asap liss occurred In the rates to England, which a may be wad at V. 72. ed. to N. 10s. for both Liverpool and London. 4.IALOOIM, MAT 8.-Biece issue of our lett report little or ins dameslitlea has been shown to resume the activity sod bustle of besiege' width the intelftesos el the doubtful prospects of the poli thei Wald bad Interrupted. Deehmes continues in a great measure =Stend all parties look with eagerness for the cawing mall, fallentarily expected Our markets, both export and im port, bed to mane a dielerfnl and healthy aspect, sad there were seideng signs of a favourer. resctioa taking place until the In telligens* of treelike gesimets same In and met a shadow over tul The elqifirtmeenit Ime elm the shown a dull and inset.ve epirit, and Milifehenle have has gekm leeward with great languor. Sales and prams have WM mispimded, and with the exception of saltpetre mil Ilk Uwe aids bat a very limited inquiry f a t produce genseally. The above menflaned staples eentinue In ani mated demand, sod lave seamed be vans, the former by 2 to 4 PA the mound. Ike veal= lethally aingbatini. asid sugars have likewise ffr t . i iilr we ted however, w the gaewd ithout any of a lbe " frer rill. in t lns he market at present. Indigo fa not en eagerly sought for, but we can hardly say likes have a downward tendency; the want of Inquiry and absence of eager demand we attribute to a dierweition to await the arrival et the mail. In our impart market we have no lack of animation lo seam, and operations continue on an extended scale, evincing mash spirit and activity. Pricey have generally been well tnalateMed, cad la some inetances they advanced over our bat quotations. Inroart—This department of trade gives continued indications of healthful activity, and transaetioas are taking place week after week with more than ordinary spirit, and in mot instances at enhanced prices. Holders show Name disposition to restrict their dealings at present prices, and that feeling tends to curtail the actual amount of business, which doubtless would otherwise be still more extensive. bleached Jaconeta In active request, and have moved off to the extent of 1.5,730 pieces, at an edemas on previous rates; Fees likewiiee in demand, but transactions less extensive. In ehirtinp there has been less done lately, particuleily of the bleached wets, as holden , do net show any readiness to ream at prement rates; greys have moved away to the extent of 7,000 Meets, at an advance also. Long clothe are in very fair Inquiry, and prices have an inclination upwards. The same observation applies to Madaptillams, which have changed kande to a very fair extent. In cambric, there has been more than en usual amount of business done during the week. Mugs IMP, layette, and mull mulls show ns advance in prices, but have moved oft to a fair extent at former rates. Metatc—Copper.—There is tome little improvement in the demand for the. metal, but there is no advance In pewee to note. Hon.—Prices remain without altera tion; the market dulL Speller without improvement Beer. —At former figure namely, Allsop at 85 and Baca tit 80 the Mid.; transac tions not exteiadve. Eleorers.—Businees in this markethae been in abeyant of the mail which had Mat arrived; the only product for which an active demand has ruled is Saltpetre, of which considerable sales have been iffected. It is probable that account. by the mail which has now arrived may give impulse to transactions, but the prices of nearly all staples must be reduced to meet the position of the home niarlets. Futioure.—Hoineward freightage hem not exit :hawed any mate rial fluctuation since oar last, although business be been inter rupted oy political cecounts from Europe, and produce for exportation • has been scarce; but holders have been firm, and the an evil 01 the new crop of Sensors Sugars may sustain rate.; there lies been a con eideruble tucceseion of tonnage tints our last sous; rates to the Mauritius have slightly advanced. trbt goun. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the ladies and gentlemen of the court, and the domestic household attended divine service yesterday morning in the private chapel in Buckingham Palace. Prince Albert visited the studio of Mr. John Ter nouth on Saturday, and inspected his cast for one of the en tablatures of the Nelson column. The Queen took an airing on Saturday in an open carriage and four, accompanied by Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice. I ler Majesty and Prince Albert honoured her Ma jesty's Theatre with their presence on Saturday evening. The royal suite consisted of the Viscountr• Jocelyn, lion. i Miss Cavendish, the Earl of Listowell, General Wemyss, and Lieut. Col. Seymour. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, also honoured her Majesty's Theatre with her preaence on Saturday evening. Major-General Wemyse has relieved Col. Buckley in the duties of Equerry in Waiting to her Majesty ; and Lieut.-Col. Seymour has relieved Col. Bouverie in the duties of Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert. The Duchess of Kent went on Saturday morning to Bushy-house, Bushy-park, to pay • visit to the Queen Dowager. Dowager. he royal duchess partook of a dejeimer with her Majesty, and in the afternoon returned to town. The Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Hay market Theatre with her presence on Saturday evening. Mr. Turner, M.P. for Truro, bad an interview with Sir George Grey en Saturday at the Home-office. The Bishop of Seder and Man, and General Viscount Lorton, hail also interviews on Saturday with the right tacit. baronet. Mr. John Forsyth had an interview with Earl Grey on Saturday at the Colonial-office. The Bishop of Fredericton had also an interview ou Saturday with the noble earl. A deputation from the Light Dues Association, consisting of Mr. Hume, M.P. ; Mr. M. Forster, M.P. Mr. A. Anderson, M.P. Mr. Ogilby, Mr. W. J. Ball, Mr. R. Pearson, and Mr. Morgan (secretary), had an interview with the Right Hon. IL Lahouchere and Earl Granville on Sa turday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Sir T. Fremantle, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Satur day, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Earl of Auckland, First Lord of the Admiralty, accompanied by the junior lords, Mr. Ward, Secretary to the Board, and Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, went on Saturday to witness the launch of the Mars line of battle ship, at Chatham. Despatches for the Governors of the \Vest India Colonies were sent off on Saturday evening from the Co- Lord John Russell had a dinner party on Saturday, at his residence in Richmond-park. The Duke of Wellington attended the early service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev. H. Thomas officiated. At the daily service the prayers were read by the Rev. T. Helmore ; the lessons by the Rev. J. Haden ; and the communion service by the Bishop of London. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of Lon don. The chant was the Earl of Wilton's, and the anthem " Call to remembrance" (Nara). Mr. Cooper presided at the organ. - - TnE QUEEN'S VISIT TO IRELAND.—It will be seen that OUT Dublin corruper.dent confirms the reports which have been recently current respecting her .Majesty's in tention of visiting Ireland. The Obserttr goes so far as to map out the line of route, and states that the Queen and Prince Albin will visit Cork, will remain for a few days in Dublin, and having touched at Belfast will proceed to the east coast of Scotland. Count Ankereward left London on Saturday morn ing by the General Steam Navigation Company's mail steam ship Princess Royal, for Hamburg. The Earl of Wicklow and suite arrived in London on Saturdyy morning, by the General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Triton, frem Ostend. TrtE QUARTER'S ItEveNt:E.—The accounts of th receipt of the revenue for the year and for the quarter re spectively ending on the sth ot July wlll not be made Up before W edneaday night nest, nor published before Thurs day. Whilst it is impossible to calculate how much may continue to be received during the last few days of the quarter it is of course impossible to speak with perfect accuracy of the comparative receipts of the year and of the quarter about to end with the corresponding periods of the last year. This much, however, we are enabled to say, that the deficiency on the quarter, as compared with the quarter ending July 5, 1817, will be slight, and the falling off on the year wit not be se great as has been generally dreaded. This state of things is most encouraging, when it is recollected that the quarter and the year ending July 5, 1847—with which the present is corn. pared—were both unusually prosperous, having shown a large increase over the year 1816. The whole receipts for the year ending July 5, 1846, amounted to 60,056,08341 while at the same period of 1847 the receipts were I 61,060,1091., 'although in the first year more than one mil lion of China money was included in the amount. If, there fore, we had to compare the present with the year ending July, 1846, it would show a most gratifying increase. And, even when compared with the unusual prosperity of last year, the condition of the revenue for the year just ended is such 119 to excite no fears for the buoyancy and stability of the resources of the country. The returns will certainly show much less unfavourably than was apprehended some time back. The revenue for the quarter is especislly calculated to afford well grounded hopes of returning prosperity. The Excise is the only considerable item upon which a positive increase is to be expected. This is to be attributed to the improved ac tivity in the malt trade, and also to the fact of the carriage duties having been transferred from the Stamps and Taxes to the Excise department. This latter circumstance, as well as the limitation of trade and banking operations, will account tbr a serious falling off in the re art depment of Stamps and Taxes. The Customs, too, we gret to eay, will not exhibit so prosperous a condition as might be wished. The convulsed state of Europe hts no doubt done much to check the increasing prosperity in that import ant branch of our revenue, to which we looked forward with so much confidence. The payments for the last few weeks on account of corn duties have been considerable, but these have been, in some degree, counterbalanced by the quantity of colonial sugar which has been kept back, await ing the new duties, expected to be imposed after the sth of July. These are the most important items of revenue. The property and income tax Is necessarily of a steady character. The smaller items will show no increase as compared with the prosperous corresponding quarter of last year. These comparisons are made as to the receipts only, and have no reference to the relation of the receipts with the expenditure of the year, of which the Chancellor of the Exchequer was able to give a much leas unfavourable estimation on Friday evening in the House of Commons than had been pre viously looked for. In every point of view, therefore, there is ground for hope and congratulation. — Observer. LONDON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.—A large number of distinguished persons assembled on Saturday at the Lon. don University College, to witness the annual distribution of prizes to the successful candidates. The ceremony was per formed by Lord Brougham, who presided on the occasion. The report, which was read by the dean of the faculty, stated that there had been an increase of 22 student, in the total number of the classes, viz. 16 in the ordinary classes, and six in the schoolmasters '. The return for the present year was 203 in the ordinary climes of arta and laws, and 43 in the schoolmasters' clue's, instead of 137 and 37, which were the respective numbers last year. A three months' course of lectures bad been delivered on a subject now very critical to engineers—the strength of materials—by Professor, Eaton Hodgkinion and on account of his position as gov ernment engineer, his pupils had the advan tage of witnessing some important experiments, and becoming acquainted with the apparatus used its making them. The literary graduates for the year were as follow: L. L. 8., one from • total of two; 8.A., 16 out of a total of 36 from 10 schools. Th e n umber of students who had ma triculated daring ths:jeit ii the ligndu Vationity ITN 4p. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1848. The prizes awarded to students on that aide of the coUege were : the mathematical scholarship at the B.A. degree to Mr. R. Baldwin Hayward ; the matriculation exhibition in mathematics, to Mr. J. E. Routh; the gold medal at tbe: M.A. degree of 1847, to Mr. J. Todbunter ; at which time two M.A. degrees, out of a total of three, fell to that college. The gold medal t the M.A. degree for philosophy in 1848 had just been bestowed en a lamer student, Mr. W. Bag shot. A donation of 5,0001. was acknowledged from all anonymous benefactor, who stipulated that the prineipa should remain entire, and that the name of Andrews should be attached to the fund. The list of prizemen was then an• nouneed, which was as follows : Prizemen—Flaherty scholar (in classics), 551. a year, for four /Per; Mr. J. 11. Taylor, of Manchester. Latin—Senior Ist prise, T. Hodg kin, of Tottenham; 2nd, W. A. Dash/shire of Manchester; junior It ilialtrialstre7l iturreentitionrioirET.rrli,iT2rlttilt,Lioriai" Newm ar ket; led, J. C. Again, of Youlmire, Cambridge ; junior Ist prize, J. Z. Laurence ; 2nd W. Ilerbert, of Nottingham. Hebrew—Prize, A. Bennet- English—lot prize, P. M. Martineau, of Tulsa ; 2nd, A. Arlie, of London. French—Senior prize, J. Tharnicy, of Liver pool; junior, F... 1. Evans, of Stoke Newington. German—Senior prim. Z. Merrier, jun., of Tottenham ; ionise price, R. Spurrett, of liannorY. Comparative grammar prise, W. T. Mathison, of Brighton. Ilistary— lat prize, T. Hodgkin; 2nd, J. 11. Forckan, or Melbourn. Philosophy of Mind and logic-Ist prize, T. Hillier; led. J. Sloan, of Mathematics—Extra ender prise, E. L Routh, of London; higher senior pnze, W. Wets ,n, of London; lower senior prim, IL. Coed, of Valparaino higher junior prize, J. Savage, at London; lower Junior prize, E.W. Tarn, of Leaden. Natural Phi los o phy--Senior pi its, E. J. Itadb ; jonlor prise, It. Canal. kepi rimental-Ist prize, E. W. Tani ; 2nd prize (equal), T. Fox, of Falmouth; E. C. Howard, of Stockport; C. Gillett, of Banbury. Architecture—Fine Art., second year Ist prize, J. Norton, of London ; 2nd, J. 0. 1141, o Hemp edenee—in prier, C. Poland, of London; lnd J. f O. non. Fine Arts, Ist year —let pr ize, E. W. Tarn ; 2nd, I'. Hill, of London. &lean-Ist prize, T. still; 2nd, E. W. Tan. Civil Engineering— lat year prize 0. B. Smith, of London ; rn If. Blockore, of Lon don. ng—Prixe, J. Young, of Llhithare. Drawing- I st Prise, J. James, of London; Ind, E. W. Tarn. Botany—Junior sliver medal, J. Z. Lawrence. Zoology—liver medal, W. H. Flower, of sitindfool on-Avon. Geology—Price, It. Cornell, of London. Law—let course prise, E. 8. Ashton, of Dar win; 2nd course, Ist prize, E. S. Ashton; 2nd prize, F. J. Williams, of London; 3rd course, let prize, E. S. Ashton; 2nd prize, F. J. Withrow, S. Y. Bolton, equal His lordship having distributed the prizes to the successful competitors addressed some observations to the assembly. He commenced by expressing the pleasure which it gave him, as an old mathematician—he believed the oldest alive— to see the increase of students in that useful and sublime study. The students had increased nearly in the same pro portion to law, the importance of which as a branch of knowledge to all classes of the community he pointed out. Alluding to the good conduct observed by the students he said he wished to modify an unfavourable opinion with re gard to the students of Paris which he had expreved when he last addressed them—a marked improvement having been manifested in their conduct during the late dreadful scenes which had cccurred in Paris. H. had a remark to mai.) to the junior classes in the Greek and Latin. In studying the history of Greece and Rome the mind was apt to gain a tendency in favour of republican principles. Now as metaphysical students ad vancing in their science soon got rid of the doubts which were apt in the first place to arise with regard to the exist ence of matter, so Greek and Latin scholars in trying to make themselves acquainted with political science, would make very slow pro rem indeed, and display very little either of science or sense if they did not soon get themselves reclaimed from such dangerous theories. After a few more observations, pointing out the benefits of the institutions of this country as compared with the insecure position of af fairs in France, his lordship left the chair, and the proceed inge terminated. 'fits OXFORD COMMEMORATION.—The approach ing commemoration promises (says our Oxford cones• imondent) to produce a great influx of company to this seat of learning. Indeed, already immense numbers have ar rived. The various trains on Saturday were loaded with visitors. The half-past four o'clock train was in such great requisition at Paddington, that a second engine wee attached to it. The preparations at the various colleges and halls for receiving the visitors of the respective members are on an extensive scale. Yesterday morning the various churches of the city were attended by large congregations, more particularly those that were used for the advocacy a local charities. We subjoin a programme of the arranger menta for the rest of the festival : stosisev.-1 his day Nuneharn-park and Blenheim will be sources of attraction. In the evening the procession of hoots on the Ins, and a grand hall at the Town 11411. TrISOST.—The annual sermon at St. Mary' a, in aid of the Radcliffe infirmary, by the Lord Bishop of Hertford. At 4 o'clock the per formance of the oratorio, " The Creation," in the theatre. Principal vocalists Mies Birch, Miss Emma Lacombe, Miss Lackey, Mr. Millis., Mr. t.ockey, and Mr. Benson. Wont [SHAT.—The commemoration of founders will be celebrated in the theatre; the conferring honorary degrees: and the delivery of the Chancellor 'sand Sir Roger Newdegateie Prize Essays and Poems. —At the special request of his Genre the Archbishop of Canterbury, it will be proposed to confer the honorary degree of D.C.L. on Ales. Bcreeford Hope, Eriq., In consideration of his munificent donation of 65,0001. for the establishment of a mlisiosiary college at Canterbury. Sonic hesLation was felt in consequence of Mr. jlope's former con nection with the Romanislag party in the church ; but it is stated that the gift has been without reserve, and the Minutes of the college ap proved by the present primate. 'the Right Hon. W. Gladstone, M., is also mentioned as about to receive the honour of an hono rary degree; as also the Earl of liarrowby, lair Oeo. Arthur, M. Guizot, and other distinguished personages.—Tho third ex hibition of the Royal Horticultural Society, in Worcester College Gardena—Mr. Omen will ascend in his magnificent Royal Victoria balloon, from Mr. Syinonels's close, near Woreeriter College—At four o'clock, in the theatre, there will he a splendid miscellaneous concert; the principal vocalist. being—Mad ame Tadolini, Madame Sckwarts, Signor Labiache, Mr. Simms Reeve., Mr. Luckey, Sc., Sec. Tneasnae.—The performance of the " Messiah," in the theatre, at eleven o'clock; the solo parts nuitained by the tame performers as in the "Creation."—The commemoration will conclude with a grand tai 1, in the Town Hall, in rho evening. EXTENSION OF THE SOUTH -WESTERN RAIL WAY TO WATERLOO•NRIDOE. ^ DELAY IN THE °PBX ING.—The South Western Railway is the only one of the main trunk lines that has literally lodged itself in London. This has been accomplished in shout two years, at immense cost and labour. The City or suburban pessenger may shortly take the train at Waterloo-bridge, and be wafted away, without the intervention of either cab, omnibus, or steam-hoar, to Windsor, Richmond, or South ampton Water," without break of gauge," or any such impe diment, from the very centre of the metropolis. As the event is one of the first of its kind, it may perhaps be not uninterest log to observe that this extension IS about the only one out of 19 or 20 candidates that came before the Metropolitan Railway Commission, appointed in 1846 for inquiring into the expediency of establishing termini in the vicinity of the metropolis, that was not tabooed by the commission, and it then very naturally stood its ground as a scheme of practical utility, as interfering less with crowded thoroughfares, and as less destructive of property, than any other that was then propounded. Tree extent of room at the Waterloo station is at present five acres, but the company have purchased ground to the extent of 12 acres, so as to provide for their own future accommodation, and that of the South Eastern, the Brighton and South Coast, or any other line that may ultimately join them. The whole of the land from Nine Elms to Waterloo-bridge has cost 500,0001., and the total sum for the construction of the entire extension is estimated at about 2,000,0001. The present booking °feces and waiting-rooms are only temporary, but the sheds, engine -houses, and other appurtenances, are permanent. No increase in the company's staff, consequent on the exten sion, will be required, the whole process being merely tanta mount to removing, bodily, the colony of officers and handi craftsmen from Nine Elms to Waterloo-bridge, the goods business remaining undisturbed, by the river. One great advantage to be derived from the present extension, will be the avoidance of the notoriously obnoxious tolls to Nine Elms station Get r the bridges; and it is calculated that to passengers travelling by the South- Western this alone will be a saving of some thousands per annum. As a general principle, the trains will leave the Waterloo station at the rime time as they have been accus tomed to leave the Nine Elms, while the relative distances and time occupied will be materially reduced.—Abridged from the Railway Chronicle.—lt had been arrangi d to open this extension on Saturday; but, after it had been in spected by Captain Laffan, the government inspector, he decided that delay was necessary, the junction with the old line was not perfected, and the points or switches were not, in his opinion, in such working order as to ensure safety to passing trains. The solidity of the iron-girder bridge over the Westminster-road has also to be tested by weights and other experiments before passenger-trains can be permitted to cross it. Should these experiments prove satisfactory, the new line will, it is expected, open about the 10th inst. THE POTATO DISEASE.—Several statements have reached us (Gardeners' Chronicle), announcing the re-ap pearance of the potato disease ; we have certain knowledge of its presence in the open ground in the neighbourhood of Ashford, and in Sussex ; and tainted specimens are now be fore us from Lord Oranmore's estate in Mayo, and from Yorkshire—the latter in as p bad a state as any we saw in 1815 or 1846. Our own imression was, first it had either disappeared or ceased to be of any consequence for the present. GOODS LENT ON HIRE.—Sir,-1 fully concur in your remarks in this day's Express, upon the necessity of greater facilities than now exist for recovering goods lent on hire, &c. ; but the inference you draw at the end of the article,that in the caseof such goods being illegally made away with the owner can take no more stringent step than a civil action against the perpretrator of the crime, is erroneous. The law is that the owner has a remedy by action of troveragainst the purchaser or pawner of such goods, and it is laid down be the late Lord Tenterden in the case of " Laeschinan v. Mackin," reported in Markle, V. 2, p. 311," that item= buy goods, or take them in pledge, and they turn out to be the property of another, the owner has a right to take-them out of the hands of a purchaser," and " it is incumlient on the purchaser to see that the vender has a good title. The act 2 &'3 Vic., c. 71, section 27, toils° empowers magis trates of the metropolitan district to order restitution of goods stolen or unlawfully obtained, or which being lawfully obtained shall be unlawfully deposited, pawned, pledged, sold, or exchanged. Illegally pawning, too, is an offence by statute, punishable by imprisonment.—Ate ATTORNEY. — July 1. GERMANS AND SCLAYONIANB.--Sir,--liaying read in yesterday's fapress the two different reports from Prague, allow me, for impartiality's sake, to remark that, although it may be true that Mr. Weiss turns out not to have been crucified, there is still no doubt that the Selavo nians committed other barbarous cruelties, and that I cannot well understand the logic of the argument that, because the been impeached persons are all noblemen, the conspiracy got up merely to excuse Windischgratz's bombardment of has Prague. I think that the noble conduct of this old veteran, far from needing any excuse, will reap the praise of the whole civilised world, for he fought for order against anarchy ; he killed in the bud the monster of a cruel civil war, and protected the peaceable German race against their Selavonian oppressor. Those who know the countries where the two races are mixed up together, will agree with me that the ob ject before us admits of no argument ; they know the high degree of civilisation of the German settlers and the brutality of the Sclavonians ; they know that the former have acquired wealth and position in society by their industrious habits and soisrtety, whilst the latter lose on Sundays, by intoxications what they Pin in gig mine of the week; that that %hie eery superiority of the Germans is the aouroe of the intense hatred et the Selavonians towards them. The history of the past and the present speaks in favour of my assertions. Of the put I need only remind you that the war of the Hussite' had for one of its main motives the most burning hatred to wards the Germans; and of the present, that the Bohe mians were indiscreet enough to insult the Germans in Vienna Itself, and that in Prague it was dangerous, nay, is poesi.ile, for the Germans to wear their national colours. Put this in one scale, end in the other the peaceful declarations of the Germane in their parliament at Frankfort, and their docile behaviour in Bohemia, and the bJlance will com pletely turn in their favour—A MoRAvtAN. A SCOICH DESCRIPTION OP LONDON DIRT.—We Scotsmen never visit London without greatly companion ntiog the state of the nation who dwell therein ; for not only is London ten times over the dirtiest place we ever set foot in, but it is a town which, apparently from the beLumbing effect of bad habit, has lost the wish to be clean. In London dirt is a privilege and a pooeseion. It is patriotism to protect and defend dirt. What hope, of course, can there be that London will ever live cleanly, whether with or without an abjuration of sack ? Truly we regard the abject state of the metropolitan millions with the sincerest pity. Some large towns have dirty corners, or even districts; but to rank any of them with omnifetid London is the grossest injustice.— Chambers' Edinburgh Journal. LAUNCH OP THE "MARS" LINE-OP-BATTLE SHIP. —Since the memorable launch of the Trafalgar at Wool wich no similar ceremony has excited so much attention amongst the members of the naval service as the launching of the Mars on Saturday. She was the last ship-of the-line designed by Sir W. Symonds, the late Surveyor of the Navy. Her keel was laid down in 1840, and her dimensions are of the following extent: length of gun-deck, 190 feet; extreme breadth, 56 - feet 91 inches; depth of hold, 22 feet 4 inches; burden in tons, 2,256; pierced for 82 guns. Ample woos. modetion had been made by the authorities for the elite a the visitors, the majority of whom had arrived from London in the course of the morning. Galleries were en cted from the base of the dock up to the main-deck of the Mars, beautifully ornamented with Bags and flowers. The band of the Royal Marines was stationed on the larboard side of the ship, and that of the Royal Dock battalion on the opposite. Shortly after 12 o'clock the Lords of the Admiralty arrived at the yard, accompanied by a party of ladies, Their I ardabips were escorted to a pavilion exited on a 'evil with the tiers of seats abreast of the bow, and apparently were much interested in the build of this gigantic vessel. At 20 minutes to one o'clock high water was announced. Sir Thomas Bdurchier was then seen leading Miss Hood, the grand daughter of the late gallant Capt. Alexander Hood, to the b - wof the vessel. The lady dashed the bottle against the ship, and proclaimed the name "Man." The next moment the huge vessel was moving, and the united bands playing " Rule Britannia," she majestically glided into the Medway. After the ceremony, the Lords of the Admiralty. with the elite of the company, repaired to the captain-super intendent's residence, and partook of a sumptuous dtjeiner. Amongst the important personages present were M. Guizot, Mr. Bancroft (the American minister), Count de J ranee, Capt. and Miss Bien, Capt. and Miss Charlotte Berkeley, Sir Thomas and Lady Thompson, and upwards of 100 officers and ladies connected with the garrison. There could not have bees less than 30,000 pen ins in the yard and on the shores. INQUEST, SATURDAY.—SUICIDE IN QUEEN CHAR- Lorrn'n LYINO-IN HOSPITAL.—By Mr. Mills, in Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital, on Anne Fetcham, aged 23, I deceased, who was safely delivered of a child • few dep. previously. As the nurse was giving her some tea last Wednesday she pulled aside the bedclothes and exposed a wound on her throat, which she bad inflicted with a small penknife. At first deceased regretted she had not effected her ebyi ct, but afterwards repented the act. She died next day, and shortly before her death complained of having been ill-treated by some person. Verdict—" Deceased destroyed herself, but there was no evidence of her slate of mind at the time she committed suicide." THE STAMP DUTY ON NEWSPAPERS. BY A LANCASHIRE MAN. There is no maxim in financial politics less open to controversy than this,—that all taxes should be levied in such a manner ea to press least heavily upon those who have the smal'est mean ; yet there is no maxim leas reg. rded in practice. If a man can only afford to purchase black tea at 3s. 6.1. per pound he pays the same amount to the govern meat that he would have to pay if he could afford Its. per pound. It a man lives in a house having a small number of windows, he pays considerably more per window than he would if he lived in some such princely mansion as Chats- ' worth or Clamber; and, to come to our immediate object, if a man can only purchase cheap newspapers, the Chancellor of the Exchequer takes care to dip as deeply into his pocket as if he was able to pay the highest price that respectability chooses to demand. Apart from the injustice of this mode of raising the revenue we will endeavour to show that policy dictates a eitferent course ; and if we can prove that a reduc tion in the newspaper stamp will not only add to the reve nue, but elm afford greater facilities for circulating the better descriptions of literature, and thus give an impetus to popular improvement, there will be no excuse left for main taining the present unjust, unequal, and exclusive system. It is well known to government oflieials, as well as to private traders, that high roles of taxation or profit do not produce the greatest aggregates, but on the contrary it has fie quently happened that a reduction of the rate has resulted in a considerable increase in the total receipts, showing that the principle of " small profits and quick returns" s es well worthy the attention of • government as an individual. A graduated scale of stamp duty, amounting to one-sixth of the selling price of newspapers, would not only augment con , siderably the number of London dailies and increase the cir ' culation of those already in existence, but it would, doubt , less, cause to spring up daily papers in most of the large towns in England and Scotland, where the utmost frequency of publication is three times • week, and where altogether ' there are not half-a-dozen that reach twice • week. Why should not Manchester, Birmingham, LeedP, Bristol, Norwich, and other places, have their sheets of news every I morning as well as London ? The only reason is the stamp will not permit them. They may have unwieldy sheets, and double sheets that take a week to read on • Saturday morn ing, but the law is so constructed as virtually to forbid the I division of these literary leviathans into sections to be served up at shorter intervals ; and the consequence is, when they do appear they contain more than the most voracious literary appetite can consume. Taking it for granted, then, that daily papers in the large town. would shortly follow the adoption of the course we have indicated, let us see how the secondary and smaller towns would be affected by the I change. In Lancashire .lore we have no hesitation in ' saying that at least a dozen town. would have a weekly stamped paper the; now depend entirely upon Manchester, because the penny cannot be afforded upon a low-priced sheet without an enormous circulation, suth as cannot be commanded but in very populous districts. Attempts have been made in some of the Lancashire and Yorkshire towns to establish small papers giving • record of local occurrences and such little essays and attempts at poetry as the talent of the locality produced ; but the lengthy interval of a month prescribed by the Stamp Act for all unstamped inure containing news has effectually prevented most of these attempts from succetding as well as they might have done if a farthing stamp on each copy had permitted them to appear weekly. Here, then, is a large field, from which the government might reap • considerable harvest, and af ford increased facilities for the diffusion of information amongst the people. From our own intimate knowledge of the facts of the case we are warranted in asserting that there is scarcely • town with 15,000 or 20,000 inhabitants that I would be without its newspaper ; and as people will purchase and read (or spell, as the miss may be) • paper published in their own town, when they would not think of looking at a paper from a distance, it seems • perfectly reasonable con clusi,n that the number of readers would be indefinitely augmented. Perhaps it may be argued that the inferior literature thus offered to the people would harm them, and also prevent papers conducted with great talent from exer cising their due share of influence over the public mind. Of Course we are prepared to admit that the new papers we are anticipating would not be conducted with so much talent as the leading journals are at present; but let us illustrate this point by reference to • topic of kindred importance. A few weeks ago we were on • visit to an artist, a friend of ours. On looking round his studio we observed several of those beautifully coloured French prints that have lately become so common. " Do not these," we asked of our host, " injure your busi ness? are they not frequently purchased as cheap substitutes (or paintings?" " No," said he; "itis a common notion, even amongst painters, that these beautiful prints injure us; but I believe they ere • great benefit to us, fur as the humble cottager begins to discover the unsigttliness of his blue and yellow parrots, and replaces them with Hiltons, Shakspeares, yrons, or Jenny Linde, pur chased from some wandering Italian, so the admirers of these prints are led onward and upward in their ap preciation of the productions of the artist, until they are satisfied with nothing short of the highest excellence. While I the common woodcut is awaicening a taste in three who had I it not, the highest efforts of the burin are merely samples of artistic lessons which lead the admirers of graceful forms and ideal beauties to appreciate the productions of the pencil and the palette." So is it with literature. There is • regular grada tion from the lowest to the highest, and although there is much of which we disapprove per se, there is little that we would annihilate—little that Is not prefetable to an entire absence of a taste for reading. But let us not for a moment be supposed to admit that the alteration we propose would deteriorate the productions of ess. Their number would be increased, their prim lessened, and the present high-priced papers brought within the reach of those classes who now see them only by chance; ' but we have not the slightest fear of the quality being worse when we look over some of the penny monthlies published in Ashton-under-Lyne, Oldham, ROCHdale, and other Lanca shiretowns. These papers are respectably conducted, written, edited, by men employ ed durin g the. day I n . the mill or the mine, and who o ccu py their le isure in giving such instructions and amusements as their tastes or their talents have rendered them masters of. The reform, there fore, which we propose, is one that would be followed by on- 1 1 alloyed advantages—the revenue would be increased in the first place, an item of no mean import in the eyes of the mere money grabbing statesmen—ti better dele . nption of new,- papers would take the place of the most in Brier ones, and these inferior ones would descend to • class who have not yet begun to read at all, and who in consequence attribute even their immoralities to bad government. The 'dewy talents of many would be called into requisition in • moderate and beneficial manner, instead of, as is too frequently theme at present, in hotheaded and insane incitements to riot sad revolution. The cool-headed, calm, thinking men amongst the working classes, would through the press be enabled to occupy their true position as teachers of their more ignorant mid impatient brethren, and not as now permit themselves to be pushed aside by men whose only qualification f or popu lar leadership is the otravirtla of their limp. It is a well, kno.vn fact that the best informed of the working classes have taken no part in the late turbulent preceding' in the I different parts of the country; they had sot impudence or couragv enough to confront the braggarts who have talked of aaggers and death; but had they been enabled to exer cise their legitimate influence through that silent but power ful and impressive monitor the press, freed from its shackles, the pike and pistol orator might as well Dave bid the dawn of morning come at sunset as bid the people seek reform in civil war. And even the very men who tare made the most violent speeches would be the last to commit the same Beau meats to paper, however much applause might greet their public ut'erance. Throw open the press to the working classes in the manner we have indicated, and we shall have the full benefit of working-class intelligence, without heirs • compelled at brief interval to place our cities and towns in a state of sieoe lest " bloody treason" should reduce surety to its elements, and make our country a wilderness. IRELAND. Derunr, JIILY 1. The accounts from official quarters in England leave it no longer doubtful that her Majesty will visit her Iriab dominions about, it is said, the second week in August. An official communication from the Lord Chamberlain has been received by the Kingstown or Royal Irish Yacht Club, informing the committee that the Queen bad been pleased to give a cap, value 100/., as an annual prize to be contended for at the club's sailing matches, which take place each year in the first week of August, and expressing regret that she "cannot reach Ireland in time to witness" this year's contests. This was quarter-day in our corporation, and as it has hitherto been usual to nominate on such days the lord mayor for the ensuing year, some anxiety was 'felt in consequence of a rumour prevailing that a cer tain alderman of the body was intriguing for the baronetcy, which it is anticipated he: Majesty will confer upon the head of our civic body. Mr. Maurice O'Connell is a candidate, but he refuses to accept un less at a salary of 2,0001. The point of the intrigue was said to turn upon this. The alderman would take 1,000/., and trusting to the known disrelish of the present lord mayor for his office would enter im mediately as successor, and thus be the fortunate occupant on the Queen's visit. " The pear is not yet ripe," it is said, and the election, or rather nomination, is postponed to the Ist August next. There is no doubt there will be this year a mar shalling of the orangemen on the anniversaries of their "glorious days of July." The government is not inattentive to this movementnor apparently with out knowledge of its gravity, for the Gazette, besides the appointment of one or two additional " resident magistrates"—as they are called—has taken the pre caution to send seven additional stipendiaries on "special temporary duty" into the counties of Down, Cavan, Monaghan, Armagh, and Derry. The " con federates" boast that they have made great way with the orangemen of late : the present anniversaries are likely to speak otherwise. At taut so say those who know Ulster beet. MELANCHOLY SCICIDE HY AN OFFICER.—On Wednesday last a melancholy occurrence took place in the barrack at Castlecomer. A young officer, T. Stewart Lane, Esq., a lieutenant of the 83rd Regiment, had been ill of fever for some days previously, and in charge of two servants, and, being labourzog under the effects of delirium, during the temporary absence of the servants, he left his bed, took a pistol from a table, charged it deliberately, and shot himselt through the head. The unfortunate g nUcman only sur vived a few hours afterwards. Da. RELY, ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF FERNS, AND THE CARLOW CLUB.—We have beard with unfeigned sari-faction (-sys the Carlow Sentinel), that the above respected prelate, on Thursday morning last, from Ilse pulpit, took occasion to denounce that mischievous and Illegal confederacy lately established in Carlow, and with much earnestness and energy he warned the people of the evil consequences, both to themselves and to their families, of countenancing such dangerous assts. ciations, alike injurious to their spiritual and temporal welfare, as subversive of peace and social order. He dwelt at considerable length on the confusion and anarchy that prevailed in that devoted city, Paris, arising from the organization of clubs and revolutionary factions, and on the massacre that ensued in a struggle to protect the lives and properties of the citizens. After pointing out the ' folly and wickedness of any project having for its object a conflict with disciplined troops, he particularly addressed himself to the working classes, strong.y recommending them to depend upon their labour and industry, as the more safe and natural mode of supporting their families, instead of following the councils of those who would first lead them astray and then betray them. The observations of the right rev. prelate, of which we have received but a faint outline, appeared to have made a deep impression on a crowded congregation. THE EARL OF ROSSE AND REPEAL.—The President of the Royal Society has addressed a long letter to his tenantry in the King's County, on the subject of repeal. He invites them to sign the Anti.Reptal Declaration, and sets forth at length, in plain and perspicuous language, the arguments which should convince them. Of the chances of success in ' civil war, and the injurious consequences of agitation to so ciety his lordship observes Of those who think repeal desirable many , believe there would be nothing antler CM the consent of England, than to resort to what = i callas aid Irish constitution; but the thing iv impossible t the de net exist. The old proprietary boroughs are extinct; progerty se blew returns the Irish county members; Catholic Ms been conceded; and the influences all friendly to = l air d risb tiled the old Irish house of Commons would not be iNami Y the a Me ; there would obviouely therefore be an lona.- dine *Alm Mowed by a complete separation, and that follows:* =stela warm ampainary as any on record. In such a contml would be teastrained to interfere, and with all her power bat were ehe merely to blockade the Irish coast, and prevent the id. part of warlike stores, the issue would not, I think, be for a moment doubtful; for on one side there would be the property, the grist majority of the people of education, and a very large part of the population, with ail the appliances of modern warfare—on the other I I side, there would perhaps be a numerical majority of the peasantry without supplies, without even gunpowder, for the principal in mMient of gunpowder is the natural product of the hot countries— (we import it from the East Indies;—and although in this climate, by on artificial promo of two years' duration, it might be procured in mullqueintities, that would be of no avail. The contest over, many inallaUe lives would have been lost. The peasantry, their cottages bused down, their provisions wasted and destroyed, a 'prey ti cold and hunger, would have been swept off in immense numbers, and Ireland would once more become an integral part of the British em: • Believing repo* to be utterly impossible under any circum stances, it would be useless to do more than to glance at the come. quencm. The repeal agitation, however, is a great evil, as it remade the progress of the country, and is a variety of ways keeps the people poor and unemployed. England, rich se she is, felt very severely the effects of the short agitation pending the progress of the Reform Bill. What must have been the effect of so many years of agitation in Ire land? Capitalists know well that a country cannot prosper where agitation is in the ascendant; they have therefore actually sent capital to Spain, to South Am..rica, to North America, and to France, in preference to Ireland. In our Mt Farming Re port it was stated that the preliminaries for four large public drainage works in this union had been completed ; but two have been proceeded with, for want of capital. While the minds of men are dis. trotted by agitation they cannot apply themselves to practical ques tions; hence we find that no remedy has been provided far the crying evil that it is impossible to buy or sell land in small quantities. These, however, are but examples of the many ways in which agitation works so injuriously; and I think, were it possible to get rid of agitation altogether, Ireland would soon revive from its present de pression. THE CONDITION OF NORTHERN TIPPERARY appears to be pitiably distracted and distressed. It seems there is in Nenagh Laion not leas than 16,000 persons receiving out door relief daily, and yet we learn from local sources that the town is every day overflown with paupers who are in so wretchedly destitute a state, that they commit trivial lar cenies, for the purpose of being committed to prison. The per. law union, as may be well concluded, is in deep em barrassment. The expenditure in food alone in the union is 4521. Is. 4d. weekly, and the weekly receipts of rates do not exceed 3501.; the consequence is, that the debts of the union, on the 31st May, were 3,1021. exclusive of those due fur primary advances and under the Relief Act. The uncollected testes amount to 6,0001., and the guardians have received an intimation that they must forthwith strike an other, which shall cover not only the estimated expenditure of the union, but also the 3s. in the pound instalment on the relief advances which were postponed collection in considera tion of the distress. The guardians do not appear ready to deal with a case of such difficulty, and it is not unlike', that paid guardians will be sent to that union also. As might perhaps be expected in such &condition of society, there have been three nocturnal attacks on homes within the week—a serious number in summer period. SCOTLAND. JCNE 30. The Glen Tilt case comes before Lord Ivory in the outer court of session to-day, and the first point to be disposed of is the title to pursue. The parish schoolmasters are wroth at Lord Mel gund's notice of motion regarding the parish schools. In ordinary cases it should not excite much attention, as its object greatly wants definition ; but of late the teachers have become sensitively alive to the slightest appearance of encroachment. It is understood that they have to a great extent succeeded in carrying their objects before the committee of the House of Lords. A majority have decided that the present session clerks should be registrars under the new system, except in cases where a multiplicity of other duties occur. The existing machinery is also to be retained so far as it may possibly be compatible with an improved method of registration. AMBILICAN LIBERTY 114 BRITAIN.—One afternoon last week one of the seamen on board the barque Pilgrim, of ' New York, now at Glasgow, having had occasion, as he con ceived, to be dissatisfied with the way he had been treated by the master of the vessel, went to his cabin and requested to be paid the money due him, as he wished to leave the ' ship. Some high words ensued, which resulted in the cap Min giving the seaman into custody. The charge preferred by the captain was of such a trivial nature, amounting to nothing mote than that he had been insulted by the seaman asking him to drink along with him, that the officer on duty refused to take it up, and the parties were accerdingly dis missed. The captain then went to the residence of the American consul, who was unfortunately nbeent from %own, and received a piece of advice from his 1 eon, which appeared to accord erectly with the views of the captain on the eub l ect ? as it wit immediately put in execu -1 tiait. • This wag sink% km Ilan vu unt. tin ma nia n irons. The occurrence got wind in the evening, and came at length to the knowledge of Assistant Superintendent Mac farlane, of the Clyde police, who felt that such proceedings csuld not be allowed to pa= unchecked ; and he, accompa nied by an officer proceeded to the vessel, and demanded the liberation of the seaman, stating that, if the man had been guilty of any breach of the peace or disorderly conduct, he would be responsible for his answering the charge bef , re the proper authorities. Neither the captain tier first mate being on board at this time, the second mate refused to libe rate the accused party, who was fastened by the arms to a heavy iron chain rivetted into the deck, and of such contracted sire that he was unable to stand upright. The American consul, or rather his representa tive, was next appealed to by Mr. M`F.irlane ; and afterwards an order was received for the seaman's liberation, and he was ultimately given in charge to the police. The prisoner was detained in custody till Friday, on the new charge pre ferred by the master of the Pilgrim, who alleged that he bad been guilty of disorderly conduct, and bad broken his cabin windows. The case was then gone into, and the parties examined at the River-Bailie Court. After hearing evidence the seaman was discharged, and • severe rebuke administered to the prosecutor. PROVINCIAL THE FRENCH NEWS IN THE PROVINCES. Devizes.—ln common with so many other papers, we ((Viltshire Independent) have to express our acknow ledgments to the sparised proprietors of the Daily Netrs for the fi rst notice of the dreadful insurrection in Pa ri s. Early on Monday morning, hours before any other account reached Devizes, we were in .passeesion of full particular; and al though the news reached us on a city when it was of no ser vice, so far as our journal isconcerned, we feelequally obliged as if it had been rec sised on the morning of publication. From the numb r of acknowledgments of the enterprise as we ll as of the courtesy of the Daily News, our contemporary merits the distinguished title of the Early News, for no other paper, from the very first day of the outbreak in Paris, has given such early and lull accounts of the proceedings in that metropolis. YORKSIIIRE.—We (lrakefeld Journal) beg to acknow ledge the courtesy of t he proprietors of the Daily News, by which we received a detailed account of the revolution in Paris at least half a day in advance of the other papers.—The Doncaster Chronicle says : " Through the kindness of the publishers of the Daily :sews the important intelligence from France reach, d us early on Monday morning, anticipating the London morning papers by et least seven hours. The intelligence was posted up at the front of this office, and was read throughout the day with the greatest avidity."—We (Bradford Observer) beg to acknowl due the courtesy of the proprietors of the Daily News, by which we received in telbgenee of the revolution in Para at least halt a day in advance of the other papers. We would take this opportu nity of bearing testimony, not only to the early intelligence of this spirited paper, but also to the clearness, breadth, and gent nil ability of its leading articles, and the highly artistic arrangement of the entire journal. Cu MST/I/M.—We (Stockport Advertiser) beg to record our grateful thanks to the conductors of the Daily A ewe, for ttv-ir kind attention in forwarding to us by express, which reached us early on Monday morning, the full particulars of the insurrection in Paris to Saturday evening ; thus an ticipating by six hours the arrival of the same intelligence by the morning journals. WATEltYottu.—To the editor of the Daily News we (IVaterford Mail) are indebted for an expressed report of the latest important intelligence from Paris, which will be found in full in.another column. DEVONSHIRE.—We ( P/ymouth Jourtia/) were indebted, in common with most of our crnternporarii 5, to the activisy of the Daily News for a full and early account of the French insurrection. BnisvoL.—The Bristol Gazette of June 29, says :—For the ample record contained in our columns this coy of the awful and eventful scenes in Paris, we are indebted to the activity and enterprise of part of the London daily press, never more strikingly displayed. We have particularly to express our obligations to the Daily News, which has been remarkable for the priority and accuracy of its intelligence. GLABOOW.—We (Glasgow Constitutional) have to ex press our thankful acknowledgments to the Daily News for the very important intelligence transmitted to us from Paris. Although we could not make use of it, our obliga tion is the same. The Edinburgh Advertiser makes a similar LANCASHIRE. THE RIOTERS AT MANCHESTER, Or at least that portion of them charged with rioting within the borough, were tried on Friday evening at the sessions. The names of the prisoners for trial at the sessions are as follows : J. Hayes, aged 20; J. Hall, 18; and W. Cronshaw, 2.5. [The prose cution against C Preston and R. Noblett, taken at the same time, was abandoned for want of evidence.] The indict ment charged the prisoners with rioting and assenting the police.—The first witness called was Mr. Watts, who de scribed the state of confusion the city ‘, SS thrown into on the 31st May by the attempt of a body of people from other towns to enter, and in ccnaexion with others within the city to hold a meeting, in consequence of which the military and police had to be called out. He also detailed the state of the city in the neighbourhood of New Cross on the night in question, after the police and military had been called out, and said he saw the prisoner Hayes throw two stones at the police.—Mr. Superintendent Sawley was next called he proved that he was in Ancoats-lane with a body of police on the evening of the 31st of May, and saw the prisoner Hayes, who was leading a number of the rioter, put up his band and say with an each be should like to stab the police.—Another policeman stated that he saw Cronahaw throw two stones at the police, near Bennettstreet, and that he followed him into a cellar and captured him.—Mr. Helmick, chief superintendent of police, was also called, and anted that he headed a large body of police with whom he had to clear the streets very frequently in the neighbourhood of New Cross. He said that a great number of stones were thrown at the officers whilst in the performance of their duty, and when he was in Bennett-street he had been struck en the ancle with a stone, from the effects of which he had been unable to walk to the office ever since. He could not identify Cronshaw. Hall was identified by a policeman as having thrown stones, bat in this case an alibi was set up and he was acquitted. The other two prisoners were con victed and sentenced to be imprisoned for four months. The rioters taken with arms in their hands were committed, it will be recollected, to the assizes at Liverpool. FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT AT WIGAN.—Oa Friday an inquest was held before Mr. Heys, county coro ner, at Mr. Latham's Navigation Inn, in Ince, on the bodies of T. Wilford, aged 37, and J. Atkinson, 23, ;who were killed at the Ince Hall Colliery on Wednesday morning. From the evidence adduced, it appeared that the deceased parties were sinkers, and were repairing a certain part of the pit which had been injured by the la'e inundation, of which an account was given in the Express some months sgo. They were upon a scaffold, and the bucket or hcppet, which is used for taking down bricks, was ascending the shaft, and when about twenty yards from the top the en gineer perceived a sudden jerk of the engine, and imme diately reversed the engine. The rope broke, and the two unfortunates were precipitated a distance of about 70 yards. When found they were quite dead. It further appeared, both from the evidence of the witnesses and several of the jury who were acquainted with the men, that the whole of the materials were in excellent audition.—Verdict, "Acci dentally killed." 071911,215T1P MANSLAUGHTER. — On Friday John Hayes, a pipe maker, aged 25 years, was charged at the court-house, Leeds, with having caused the death of an elderly woman, named Hartley, m whose cellar he lodged. On Tuesday he went home in a state of intoxication, and asked the woman's daughter, Dinah Dutton, if she had "get that shilling." Oa her replying in the negative he began to ill-use her; and upon the old woman beginning to rate him for his bad behaviour he kicked her, which broke two or three of her ribs, and caused such severe internal itinerations as to lead to her death ou Friday morning. lie was com mitted for trial. ..... THE. EXPLOSION AT THE BLOOMFIELD IRON WORE6.—Another man has died from the injuries received by this accident. Ile has left a wife and two children desti tute. A correspondent says, looking at the number of per sons employed at the works, it is miraculous that oompara. tively so small a number received injuries, seeing that many hundred workmen were concentrated in a limited space, and that, too, closely adjoining the scene of the disaster. lied it occurred ten minutes earlier, or had the boiler been projected into the works instead of across the canal, hundreds of lives would undoubtedly have been sacrificed. Not ninny minutes before the explosion, in consequence of the iron not being sufficiently heated, about twenty persons employed at a rolling mill immediately be hind the boiler threw the rolls out of work, and went off to amuse themselves. If they had been engaged at their usual avocations not one of them, in all probability, would have escaped. On each side of the spot between two and three hundred persons were employed. The number of liras thus perilled ought to induce the greatest care in rendering steam boilers secure. For some time put scarcely a week his elapsed without loss of life from explosions." KENT. REPORTED ROBBERY OF 1,000 SOVEREIGNS. —A. report was current in Dover during last week that a gentle man named Brett was robbed of 1,000 sovereigns by a com panion on the Castle-hill. Mr. B. has offered to give 1001. if the robber is taken. It appears strange (says the Dover Ch►oniele) that a gentleman should take his airings with 1,000 sovereigns about him, and stranger still that he should have it taken from him, and allow tke party taking it to escape. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL. CAMBRIDGE JOLT I.—At the Cen egation holden this morning the followins degrees were .• :A. D. White, Perab. Col.—B. .: W. fienith. St. John's Col.—M.A. •• of St. Peter's Col., A. Salkeld ; of Pasts. QL, W. B. Calvert, C. Herat; of Trin. Hall, S. B. Bartow ;of Ccer u it a rtW Cal., H. m e nu% E. p. Davie; A. Fll4Oll, W. IL ;Of KilleS Col., J. I, Bumpaod, E. Thring ;of QQ.lllll' 01., • Bard, R. Illekersteth, J. Buckles ; of St. Cath Hall, W. Banks, R. J. Heageld, J. Hollings worth; Y. Pugh, T. H. Muirpe, J. Thornton, J. Wilson ; of Jam Col, B.W. Bheeler ot Christßlackburn, C. Hill, S. C. Sharp ; of tit. John's Col., E. If. Brett, T. Coo, It. Parson ; of Tofu. Col., C. H. Barton, U. Blackburn, W. lizTans, E. Cootie, E. O. Hart- Dell, B . J. Lyon, F... F. Nevi ll e, Rode, A. Wasuart, R. S. Tabor ;of Emu. CoL, L Smith ; of Bid. buss. toL, T. Crcablaad, T. P. Del., F. J. Hapkinn—LL.B. bLeosenbe, Tria.HaLL—B.A. : E. T. Hudson. Tan. OM. • J. White, Clare Hall. An =SIMS (AUDI:IL—R. Wass% ILA, Won , . OA, and 6S. Paulson, M.A., Ballot eiford. At the same congregationpared tho senate : 1. To appoint Yr. Ackland, of the al= Proctor, in the ab. some of - the Senior Piodor, Mr. Bally. 2 . a aPpout Mr. G. iv/G. barna, of King's College, Deputy Proctor. in the nbetsie of the Junior Proctor, Yr. Williams. S. To appoint Mr. C. Bahington, of Bt. John's College, Deputy Taxor, In the absence of Mr, Hs Gosaus o$D Csiat CoLLsos.—J. H. Smith. b.. b een tib.lbted from a Frankland to a Stoky'sscholanhip, and. Whiting t r . a Hewitt to a Cahn. The following have been clotted to scrahrships : J. J. Stephenson (ilewittl; Ferrers Terse); Ash,. . Whit e . imutt, Glzll4l VMS ina (csiaoi.