The Express. — London, England, 1851-12-12 00:00:00

bring on a revolution, he could seareel go to work i n it ma nner mote likely to succeed. T he following facts ca n, perhaps, hardly be equalled in the annals of tyranny thousand families have been ban. a : i l from their trades, and friends, and homes in different parts of Austria, and compelled to return to t h e ir birth-place under tile surveillance of the PORTUGAL. Our correspondent writes : LISBON, DEC. 7. The government has adopted a bold st..p to get rid of a considerable and embarrassing floating debt. The ex eention of this measure involves so many interests, that 1 forward the decree entire, so that those who are interested in Portuguese finances may form an unbiassi...l opinion. This !loath - or debt coiisists of unpaid dividends, and pay and ailossances due to the servants of the State, which is pro posed to be capitalised in the following rammer : Decree, &e.—Art. 1 sad sec. 1. The interest of the con solidated internal and external debt belonging to the second half-year of MO, and the first and second half-years ..f 18.31, exclusive of their deductions, shall be paid at the rate of 100 fur 100, by inscriptions and bonds baring 4 per cent. interest from July 1, 18i2, thenceforward subject to the de ductions established by law. Sec. 2. Also the interest of the said debt for the first half year of 1832, with similar deductions. 3. The amount consigned for the payment of the interest to the Hank of Portugal in the first half-ye aof 1352, fur the loan of 1,000 cantos. po lice. All foreign newspapers have been forbidden in H u ngary, till government has decided which arc to aa mined fur the futnee. passports of ally kind, or on any pretence, aro granted to travellers for Hungary, which, it is thus I, o pe mar iu time become as unknown to the rest' of Eur d, ope as China or Japan. Some time ago an order was published forbidding . any newspaper to refer to the movements of any of the imperial family without authority. Hitherto, as tb v did not pattieularly interest anybody, the un lucky journalists have contrived to escape pretty we ll; but a few days since the editor of the i`iiihlicr was brought up before the military governor I of Wotan, Baron Kempfer, and by him solemnly reprimanded for having "dared to publish an article ton e ulogistic respecting the emperor's journey to Galicia. The imperial family, observed the baron, with singular ferret- , , do not require the praise of newspaper writers. The English minister, Lord Westmoreland, has not Yet been received by the Emperor, although his klajestc is having public receptions twice a week. This is understood to be a slight offered him to re yenge the reception of Kossuth in England, an net of svinvathy with liberal principles fur which we shall never be forgiven by the cabinet of Vienna,—l say the cabinet of Vienna:because the people of .lus trio were extremely pleased at it. Notwitluitanding all the promises that were made in the imperial reseripts of the 20th of August, which revoked the constitution of the 4th of March, 1109, nothing is heard of the new charter which was to he given of the Emperor's own free will to replace it. It is, and has for some time past been rumoured that differences., respecting the organiza tion the different provinces, have arisen between Baran Kubeek, president of the Ittielisrath, and the premi.r. It is added that l'rince Schwarzenberg even took the liberal side in the discussions on the subject. But all this is old news ; and for the last two months not a syllable has appeared upon the subject. either in the government or opposition : so that, perhaps, the constitutional question is 'minded to die gradually away. Should their hope- be justified, it will have some day a terrib'e resurrection. The news from the provinces grow more and more discouraging. The Archduke Albert, unable to calm the excitement of nien . s minds in Hungary, has re turned to Vienna, in alarm, for fresh instructions. In hale an organised system of terrorism has eom nu neea. which might lie compared with the White boy days in Ireland, and the Austrian officials re ceive daily threats of assassination, contained in anoticlllqU4 letters mysteriously delivered. Jella ehieli. the Ban of Croatia, is at open difference with the government respecting the administration of that province. Prince Windischgriitz has refused to accept the Stattlialtership of Bohemia, from despair of Is nig able to govern the country on the centra lisation principle of Prince Schwarzeuberg. Even in Sty ria and the Tyrol, the loyalty of the most con aervatice population in Europe has been shaken ; and the nice tariff has been received with so much dis taste in Austria )'roper, that at this moment it is as touch disafficted us any other quarter of the empire, if nut moire so. Art. 2. the same wty *ball be paid, own* the same term., by iniienption of 4 per cent., he unpaid allowances of the active and intetive classes, of the rierraita of the stew, poterior to June, 1848, to lit of July, 1311 ; as well as the debt tOr the supplies to tie army of operation. in 1816 and 1817, except that portion which is ariussacd as belonging to tho revenue. Art. 3. The trews of the navy who are nail by tituire loomed by the navy pay' office, bhAll in hke wanner be riid by in%cti ' ,tiong of 4 per etnt. at the rate of 5:1 iuecriy tion• for 100 repreaciatta in tittles.. . . . . Art. 4. The r aihmattees of the active and inactive classes of cousidcration atoll lu suliket, during the first half-year of 1852, to the further deduction of 5 per cent., I.yood those which aro already cstaldislied by law. Art. 5. During the first half-yen of 182, the amortisa tion of the notes of the B. at Lisbon shall be reduced to 18 mato., of eels monthly on the part of the treasury. Art. 6. 'Phis consignation shall be drawn irons the pro. duce of the impost estahlished by the law of 13:h July, 1848, end 20th April, 1310, and punctually paid ova r to the Junta do Crislib) Public. by the Custom Douse of Lisbon. Art. 7. Front the 1-t of January, 1312. shall be applied to the redemption of the anticipations which preos upon the public receipts awl thy payment of the demands upon the Treasury. 1. The receipts which were destined fur the payment of what the SCCUIIII ant third sections of the first article relate to. 2. The sum destined fir the amortisation of tie loan of 4,050 eOIItIYS in tkc first Will-year of 1352. 3. 11411 the auto destined for the amortisation of the ex ternal debt in the cuer.nt civil year. 4. half the sum applicable in the said civil half-year to the payment of the expenses of the commis-fen and broker age in charge of the Junta do Credit() Publico. A. The produce of the import for the amortisation of the notes of the Bank of I.i.hea, in the hirct half-year of 1352 ; deducting therefrom the 18 comas monthly, which, in con formity to Art. A, the amortisation of the notes is re duced to on the part of the Treasury. G. The produce of the A per cent. upon the pay awl allow ances of the active and inactive claim.* of consideration esta ialiihed by Art. 4. Art. S. 'the government will include in the eatitmttts of 1312-55, the own necessary for the interact which will bc• come clue iu the same year upon the bonds and inscriptions, which must be emitted to elfcet the payments mentioned in the Ist, 2nd, and 3rd articles. Art. 9. The Junta do Credit." Puldieo is authorised to ere de and emit the inscriptions and bowls zerroyonding to the payments referred to. Art. 10. Every law and disposition to the cor.trary is ' hereby revoked. Palace of Necessidadoe, the 3rd of December, 1311. Signed Icy the Queen 141111 all the minister. publication of tidy document took the public by cur • prim•, and no one ventured to give en immediate opinion upon it. A mei tin.t of the stockholders was convened for . to•day, but the particulars of their proceedings have not i transpired. The IN rphstampls &dam) (Frankfort), under date Vienna. Ikcember 3, touching upon a subject alluded to in yesterday's Express, says: Whin Lord Westmoreland arrived in Vienna, it was Eger ,Sly suppieed that the differences between Austria and England, which had assumed, especially towards the middle oldie resent year, a somewhat threatening charac ter, were at length arranged. But, to judge from appear ance., this is not the CAW S no one look. upon his departure as improbable, while it is certain that he has not yet pre test, if his credential letters, although the day for hi. doing so had been tiatil. The Emperor intimated to Lord West moreland, through Prince tieliwarzenberg that he could not "mire him until he should have had a satisfactory answer to a note dispatched from Vicuna to London the day be fore y. derday, in which note i 4 demanded in severe terms what .ivnitivation is to he attached to the answer given by lard Patinenton to the deputation from Islington, when the hitter espressos iteell in such mibeemnieg terms with reLard to the monarchs of Austria and Russia. Russia has • e wise an energetic note to London un the same subject. No diplomatic relation will be held with the am hawatlnr of Cheat Britain until the arrival of this answer, Lard tl'ts.tmorland being unable, until such arrival, to ob tain an audience in order to present his letters of credence. lIAM)VEIt. M. StOve has been elected Deputy of the Second Ctuunbce by the constituency of Minden. THE GRAIN CROPS IN PRUSSIA. Our Berlin correspondent, writing on the 9th, save: The very gloomy accounts which have been pub lished ir. several Prussian journals respecting the quantity and quality of the various grain crops, the produce of the past harvest, has induced the Prus sian government to publish in the official Gazette a statement drawn up from the best sources of the quantity and quality of the grain grown in each province of the kingdom. This document is calcu lated to some extent to lessen the unpleasant appre hension that a scarcity of food might be expected in the caurse of a very few months. The falling off of the harvest of the present year in Germany, com pered with other years, has been exaggerated, at least with respect to Prussia. From the reports which have been received in the Ministry of Agriculture, from 214 agricultural unions, it appears that the produce of wheat shows a falling otl of N per cent.; of barley of 12 per cent.; and of oats about 10 per cent., on the general ave rage. ltye, however, which it must be remembered is the chief article of food throughout Germany, shows a more considerable falling off, viz. full 21 per cent. These facts are undoubtedly grave; but the harvest of the former year was so plentiful, that the diminution in the present cannot possibly pro duct. the very serious results which have been predicted. 'That it will not, however, leave the price of food entirely untouched, is shown in the present rising tendency of the markets in Prussia, as well as other parts of Germany. The document published by the government states that there has not been so poor a grain harvest since 1516, when the produce of wheat in Prussia was seventeen per cent. less than the accounts for the present year show it to be. The report respecting potatoes is very lamentable. I The crop has failed more thoroughly even than in 1 1846. In that year fi3 per cent. of the average quantity was produced ; this year the produce has fallen to 46 per cent., or less than. half. test and East I'russia, Posen, Branden- ; pg and Westphalia, are the provinces which have roduced the greatest amount of wheat. In Posen and Silesia the crops have fully equalled the average weight in quantity and quality. The province of Saxony has prod uced the least. The rye harvest displays about the same proportions in the same provinces. The agricultural minister of Prussia lays great stress upon the unusually prolific crops of peas, which have exceeded the usual average by full 22, per cent. Owing to the early frosts, the prevalence of wet weather and other causes, the ha/ al :Il e /rem crops for fodder hare been extensively in quality throughout the whole kingdom ; t eir quantity nevertheless is very great. In concluding this report the ministry for agricul tural affairs remark that the result of the harvest of the present year cannot be considered satisfactory ; but the opinion is authoritatively enforced that the grounds for the apprehensions which have been en tertained are not so serious as they have been made to appear. 'The supply of rye is regarded as quite sufficient for the demand of the forthcoming year, and any deficiency in the wheat and barley harvest will. according to this report, be fully covered by the surplus of the rich harresta al 11149 and 15.;0. IONIIINSION OF Lex.►cr.—On Tlllllllll7llll was opined at the Plough Hotel, Cheltssaism i rl tmpstico Inguireficiu, to ascertain the Mats of mint of i. G. Bravest, Esq., who is well known in Cheltenham as a Rentleasan of independent property, and a magistrate actin for this district. The inquiry was opened before Francis b a!: os tiny., one of the Commissioners of Lunacy, the writ bsing issued old by the friends of the unfortunate gentlentin. After a protracted investigation the jury re turned the following verdict: " That John Griffiths Beavan Lof un.ound mind, and has been so from the Ist day of Jam., THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1851. A curious specimen of disputed jurisdiction took place the other day at Loreto, where the ordinary papal tribunal had condemned a man to the galleys for twenty years for having wounded another man in a fray. Sentence had been regularly passed, and the • prisoner was in jail, preparatory to being sent off to sonic of the arsenals, when a company of Austrian soldiers presented themselves in the town, and inquired for the residence of the President of the Tribunal. That functionary, somewhat alai nwd, made his appearance, anti was informed that according to the tenor of the temp statataria indivi duals secreting arms and making use of them were amenable to martial-law, and that there fore the papal authorities had erred in taking upon themselves the responsibility of the prisoner's trial. The officer concluded by requesting that the man should be immediately given up to hum This the president declined, on the ground that the pro ceedings were over, the affair hail become a re .jordi earn. and the prisoner had commenced his term of penalty. But the officer showed his soldiers as his only argument—it was an irresistible one: the cul prit was given up, the Austrians held a court martial on hint without delay, and he was shot as soon after as possible, on the piazza before the asto nished president's residence. In the provinces one may well exclaim, "Under which king, Ilezonian ? speak or die:" fur there is a great confusion of autho rity just now. All parties concur, however, in dimi nishing the number of his Holiness' lieges, whether by beheading, shooting, or exile. Vie Court. OSBORNE. TIIVRADAY. The Duchess of Kent took leave of her Majesty yesterday morning, and left o.borue nt 10 o'clock, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Cooper, to embark in the rayal yacht Fairy fur Sandia:lllooa. There was no addition to the royal dinner party. NAPLES. DEC. 4. The trials for the 15th of Mn', as they are called, are again put off, the Accuser-General not being p.m pared. The prisoners seem determined to make it a long trial, as they have asked for nearly 2,004) wit nesses, many of whom are in London, Paris, Turin, and Switzerland. On the other hand, the govern ment is anxious to play a better drains thou that in which l'ocrio figured, and the difficulties are great —one of the principal being the tact that no more than 46 nee accused, whilst some 600 were taken with arms in their hands on the 15th of May, 181 s. Why have they not been all brought to trial is the general question. '•You see the King is not fond of revenge," say the court party, whilst the constitu• tionahsts reply, " Hut his Majesty should be fink of justice.' Theta there is the royal amnesty published atter the fight—that is another difficulty. So dou d the government would be glad to get out of it, and might do so, hut for the determination of the King to continue that reactionary policy, which is not only Neapolitan but European. I have heard amain of the state of Poerio and his SIT JIMICA Brooke had on interview with Earl Grey yes terday at the Colonial-office. Secret:try Sir George Grey, accompanied by 'ebb, left town yesterday to itetpeet thu New Convict Prison at Dartmoor. _ ..... Lord and Lady John Rowell It ft Pembroke T....1.ze, Rich mond-park, vevterday afternoon on visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bedford at Woburn Abhoy, llilfortlaiire. Mr. Currie, M.P., had an interview rudertlay with Earl Grey. Mr. Sevactur Tryon...lncr.. had also un interview with his 'ordaiup at the Colonial-office. companions. The former still remains in the infir mary; his health has not improved, liar have the chains been removed. It appears, however, that he is allowed more comforts. No one here entertains the least hope of his release, because there is no hope of a change of government. If 1802 passes off quietly, the whole of Italy will remain in the same state; indeed the government here, if anything, must increase the police force and spy army ; the people will only be kept quiet as long as they arc surrounded by bayonets. Letters from Sicily speak of more political arrests, amongst whom arc t7astantini, Nicolesi, Favaro, and Baron S. Guseppe. Some exaggerated news from France, it appears, had again induced the Sicilians to speak out their discontent, which, being reported by the shirri, caused several persons to he thrown into prison. Such trifles clearly indicate the fears of the government on the one humid, and the inquietude of the people on the other. A portion of the Sicilau claims has already been paid at Palermo, and in a few days the larger sums I will be handed over to the Briti;ll embassy for dis tribution. Piedmont has now come forward, and a commission is formed to investigate the claims of Sardinian subjects, which are under LOW/. ITALY. ROME, Nov. 30. The international committee resident at Modena has just published a note, containing the conditions to be observed by thole contractors aha are willling to undertake the great and important central line of railway, which the iron will of Austria has insisted on carrying out in spite of the coy timidities of the Papal court. There is no doubt that the direction of the line is hurtful to the commercial interests of the Roman States, but what is to lie done in such a case? Those who are a century behind all other competitors must of course be outstripped in the race, and the Austrian line will be in full traffic before the Roman line through the legationa will be able to boast of a single rail. The point of departure. according to t'ie notiticat on of the international com missioners, will be on the right hank oF the Po, near Piacenza, whence it will stretch north of the Via Etnilia, or Parma ro id, passing the torrents of Ititi uto, Sure, Riglio, Chiavenna, and Aria, thence beyond Sau I)onnino to the Taro, and so on to the Purina. passing to the south of the city of that name. Rejoining the Via Emilia, the line will then pass the Estense frontier, and touching the north side of Reggio, will cross the torrent of Secchia, and lead to Nlodena. and thence over the Panari to the north of Forte Urbuno, to the walls of Bologna. It will then remount the valley of the Reno to the Appennines, which it will cross to join the Tuscan railway, either at Pistoja or Prato. From Reggio a branch line will lead through Guastallaa to Mantua, the passage of the Po being effected for the present by means of a steamer. The first-class stations will be at Piacenza, Parma. Reggio, Modena, and Bo logna; and those of second-rate impsrtance at Fio nnizuola, San I)onnino, and Guastalla. The line will be calculated for double rails, except in that part which traverses the Apennines, but only one line of rails will be required at first. The commissioners invite parties willing to undertake the work, either' 1 altogether or for one of the three branches, to send in their tenders without delay, specifying all partial- Mrs. A million of francs will be required for gun- ' ranter of the execution of the work, and 250,000 francs for guarantee of the commencement of the work within a given term. The notification, which bears the date of the 21st November, is signed by the Papal, Austrian, Modenche, Parmesan, and 'f us can commission. It appears that brigandage is inherent in the northern provinces of his holiness's dominions, for no sooner is one band destroyed than another springs up. Eight marauders, belonging to a band which sacked a country house in the territory of Imola, at the beginning of the present month, are in' the hands of justice, and have confessed their participa tion in no fewer than twelve attacks on houses in the same province, so that we shall shortly hear of their execution. That fatal word reminds meof the recent horrible transaction at Fabriano, where I mentioned to you in my last, that three young men, of good family in that city, had been publicly beheaded for having, as was aanerted, hired an assassin to murder a priest during the revolution. The only evidence on which these young men, the youngest of them under twenty, and the eldest 21 years of age, were sent to the scaffold, was, that of the assassin himself, a re probate, whose guilt was considered sufficiently chas tised by a years imprisonment, which he had al ready undergone during the trial, so that at the very moment that his victims fell beneath the guillotine, he himself went forth scot free. This villain swore that the three young students, one in medicine and two in the law, suborned him to kill the priest and his brother—that he warned the priest's sistet—that the sister (a most improbable story) had not time to warn the priest, but that he, the assassin, put off the attempt until the next evening, when, meeting the priest and his brother he fired, but purposely in the air. Now it is proved that he had only one pistol and one bullet; how then could he have been so ill supplied if his employers wished him to kill two per sons. Ile furthermore swore that, on the papal re- , storation, he consulted a person of sense (probably a confessor) on the occurrence, who advised him, if he had no other evidence than that, to hold his tongue and keep his own counsel, but he insisted on reveal- • ing the affair to the government authorities, and the tribunal of the consulta found the story suffi ciently plausible to warrant the beheading of the three unfortunate students. The printed sentence is a rare specimen of ferocity and stupidity. One of the first clauses dwells upon the spirit which would naturally impel the young men to the crime imputed to them, viz., they being hot republicans, whilst the priest was a noted up holder of the Papal government. And so they jump to the conclusion that as the assassination might have been planned from party spirit, it actually was so, and the three victims of priestly vengeance have met with an ignomi ions death at the evidence of a vile assassin, who, together with the Pap alino priest, walks the streets of Fabriano with exultation and triumph. It is the opinion of the exasperated and aggrieved citizens that the position and principles of the young men formed their real crime in the eves of the government, and that the story of their having planned and paid for the priest's death was a mere tale trumped up for the occasion by their enemies, and this idea is corroborated by tho slight penalty inflicted on the aseasain himselL LA I'LATA. In connection with the close of the war in the Oriental State, it may be as well to stute that the following were the terms of the capitulution tivallc agreed to : _ . Art. 1. It is admitted that the opposition of the officers and civilians to the An:du-French intervention was net lip in the belief that by this means they were defending the independence of the republic. Art. 2. Equal rights, equal rrrotr.ition of past services, and equal eliaibility to public offices, in conformity with the constitutions, are recognised for all Orient 11 citizens of every party into which the community of the republic has been divided. Art. 3. The republic reeogni... a. national debts those which General Oriiie has contracted in ropect to eneh 'nat ter. a. have beau conducted in accord.niee with the esta , Art. it. The election of serfdom and of representatives in all the departments, who ahall proceed to elect a pretident of the republic, diall take place inunetliately, in conformity with the minatitution. ..... Art. S. It is Ilechrol that amontr.t all the different par ties which have divided the Oriental eitisem, there shall be none styled conquered or conqueror:4 but that all shall unite under the national standard for the good of the country, and to ilefoul its laws and independence. Art. 6. General Oribe, and the other cithisns of the re public, shall submit to the constituted authorities of the state. Art. 7. In conformity with the conditions of the pre ceding °nide, the personal freedom of General Oribc is secured to him. (Signed) Jt,To J. DE URQUIZA. These conditions were frankly and thankfully ac cepted by Oribe, and immediately afterwards the Argentine troops which were under his command marched over to the camp of Crquiza, at Penarol,and requested to be enrolled in his ranks. LATEST FOREIGN EXCIIANGES. PARIS BOURSE. PARIS. Dee. 11. I Par Mote. Fo Aeconot t )peninir Lowent.l :Ls :SS IS SS 9 3 SS - 2 --- SI IS i per . I;ests. ..... I .... I, . 7.4 93 7, MSS ". per l'ento .- .. -.. IF i.l I +O, awr Cvn:o. Neil lan' ... .- ... -. ... Iter Cent......„ - .. "' Ii per °rota ... ... ... Esehaespees leedes.: ruled, 23 20 ; 90 days, 3 s. asisba, a. MO -. RI Keen 24spass Rests nosey. Lie. 1, 1111...... ... Korean Luus, 1651 16 ... Da. Si ......... ... Da. 144.1 ... .. 741 ... De. n - .. Treasury Bon& ... 41 ... Paseaset S Let.. St t 3 .. I Hank Snare. ... 2255 Pans, DBO. 11.—Venailles (right bank), 258 75; ditto, (lel bank`, 211 72; reds and 1i11ean.,9,5 ; Pare ead Reece, 537 Stl; WARM 1111 d !lair,. —; MaMelile4 .011 AVi4l.Oll. 201, Str.,.. 1.1,111( ar6l Bally US IS; Centre, 412 50 ; Boulogne awl Amiens, 260; (Weans and Hordeens, 330; Northern. 475; Purl* and Stew exec 1 :1'13; Tows and Nantes, 260; Monter/mu sad Troyes, 97 SO; Dieppe and Femme, Val ; It. Germain, 410. MADRID, DEC. 6.—Three per Cents., 331; after Boise, 351. Four per Cents., ; after Bolsa, —. Five per Cents., 131; after Bolan, 13k,. Cou pons, 7;; after Bolas, —. Passives, 51; after }Soles, 51. Bank of St. Ferdinand, 98 c. Exchange on London, 50.30. ROSIE, Dec. 4.—Exchange on London, 495. Roman Consols (Five per Cents.) have risen slightly, being 83.25. &teem, Dec. 4.—Neapolitan Five per Cents.,lo3. A COURT of DinEcrons was held on Wednesday, at the East India Haim, when Captain Sir Henry J. Leek., IL.N., appointed Superiutendent 'and Conunander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy, was sworn in. TUE AMAZON WEST INDIA ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKIST started yesterday on a further trial down the river, but after proceeding about five miles below Gravesend, the , fog became so thick that it was considered advisable to drop her anchor. The trial of her speed between the Nore and Mouse lights is consequently deferred until Saturday. I The vessel has been surveyed and considered capable of car rying ! , fourteen 32-pounders anti two 10-inch pivot guns, the latter of fld cwt. each, on her main-deck. Her coal buses are constructed to carry 1,000 tons of coals, or upwards of 161 days' consumption, at the rate of 2i tons per hour for hei 26 furnaces. PIRATICAL CONDCCT OF VESSELS IN TILE vettuaNzam.--Captain E,nbleton, of the British barque Juliana, arrived, has written the following note to the Slap ' piray Gazette, dated Barcelona, Dee. 2, Nil Having been very much annoyed with a small vessel which mine from among the islands of Colunabretas, end which could have had no other intention than to rob us, I would desire you to report that the Juliana was all but Marled by the , ! above vessel, under the pretence of wanting water ; and , bail we not have seen such a number of men, cad other un- , mistakable signs of piratical intentions, we should have been boarded and robbed ; fortunately we saw it in time ; and having our swivels standing prominently, we got clear of him. One of our crew told me that, twelve months ago, a vessel that lie was then in was boarded, and they were obli .t ed to ;rise them rope, provisions, clothes, coals, `, and in fact everything they desired, which is very grievous. Could the same message not be sent to the government of I Spain as was sent to Morocco.—P.S. Vessels ought to be cautious whom they allow to come alongside." STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH THE CAPE AND AC4TRALIA.—It was understood in the City yesterday that the government have accepted the tender of Mr. Walton for a mail to Australia every alternate month, via the Cape of Good Hope, at an annual payment of 26,0001. The ports to be visited are the Cape, King George's Sound, Adelaide, Port Philip, aad Sydney. TIIE SMITHFIELD C.IITLE-SHOW. The public appear hut little inclined to " take tie: by the forelock" in the matter of sight-seeing. It is with the Christ:a:en Cattlwshow os it was with the more general exhibition of the iuilustrial skill of the whole world, which gave suet unpreee.l..nted fetid to our summer season. The full forte of the popular title is only felt when the source oC attraction is about to cease. Oa the two first days, as we stated, thane was ro deficiency of visitors to the yard in Baker-street, as compared with the corresponding days of previous years ; but yesterday, from the opening of the show iu the mar tt itt g until the hour for closing in the ' evening, the crowd was so dense that to obtain anything like a fair view of the stock was impo:sible. The el ow of the visitors KOWA, however, to h ice untler_pme some chimp. Tin ge were fewer butchers and dealers, and u much larger proportion of persons whose Presence was the result rather of curiosity than pecuniary interest than on either Tuesday or Wednesday. Their was, however, a very considerable attendotice of formers and others alums occupations were more or lees connected seals land • and the nnlier of Indies fin rent—mostly from the rural ui istricts—was also remorkalile. The number of animals unsold is now very inconsiderahle, being confined to a few of the least promising of the cattle, and some half-dozen pews of Leicestershire sheep. There is every probability that no animal brought to the show for silt will hove to seek another market. The different character of esterday's visitors in regard to occupation was noticeable in the interest they took in the articles exhibited in the implement gallery. American reaping machines, portable steam engiam, grinding mills, threshing machines, ploughs, and every other modern mechanical contrivance for ins proved cultivation, was the subject of anxious inquiry and critical ex:min:vitro. There are three or four stills iu this port of the building devoted to the display of held produce, as beets, maugold wurzel, seeds ' eke., and by far the moot intereotimt of them is that of the Royal Dublin Society, of which Lord Clerendon is the president. The specimens hero shown forineol a portions of the last , autumnal exhibition of that society, and have berm brought over at the instance of his Led-nip, with the view of placiag before the eyes of the British farmer and capitalist the qua• lity of the root and other crops whic4 arc now raised from the Irish soil. There are unmeriois roots or the different kinds of marigold wn zel, swedes, and other turnips, red and white carrots, parsnips, chieory, kolderaiii, many of them of extraordinary size, and all peculiarly clean in the growth, and free from grub or woo. The smut remarka ble feature, however, in r. Bard to these crops, is the eau-I ca-showy weight per acre pro-inecd. One of the specimens of manauld se-lurid is from a crop upon [and in Ma tart, near Dublin, which averaged 119 tons to the Irish acre, the proportion of an Irish to an English acre bo inn as 20 to 12, alma ill 1:19,4 ill , talleet , the owcoles carrots, and other roots, are taken fruit crops ranging front 411 to 6•11 tons the acre. These ne t s come front curios parts of Ireland, from . . the 1t!dI of the Kiri et Charlenont, the Earl of liapten, the Marquis Dro;hcits, [Aril Monck, Lord Tslbut de taltiltide, Chief Justice Biscliburue, Cotunel La Touche, the Galway Poor law Guardians, and others. There ere also some gigantic eatilsnre heads from Lord Itoden's estates weighing near 418bs. each, and of which 741 tons per acre were grown. And, besides these, the einlertion includes specimens of 84x and grain crops, some of the latter (oats) having been grown on lands 1,000 feet above the level of the sea. Mr. Corrigan, the vitiator of the Royal Dublin Society's Museum, who has been specially. deputed to give explanation. in reference to these several treys and the cost at which tin y have been raised, was fully occupied the greater inert of the day in answering iptestionii. Amongst his interrogators were the Duke of Wellington and General Weany,3, l7;th of whom appeared to take a lively intercut in the ',object ill with. the future provecta of Ireland. IHRMINGHANI CATTLE SHOW. BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY. During the lost two dawn about two-and-twenty thous:mil persons hare paid toe admission to this show ; amongst these were many noblemen, members of parlin• limit from all parts of the country, and other persons of distinction. Prince Albert's wire on, soul the late Sir Francis Lawley's oft, hare been plait, as indeed hare most of the best cattle, at very high prices. Today Lord Calthorpe was elected president for the ensuing year. rite DINNEIL took place at the Royal Hotel this evening under the presidency of Lord Litteltott, who was supported by Mr. Scholefiehl, M.P. ; Mr. Spooner, M.P. ; the lion. if. Goulb. the Mayor of llirrniforhain, &c. The vice chair was occupit ul by Mr. Lucy, the ex.3layor, having on his left the Mayor of Worcester. Lt propusiu4 the first toast, " The Queen," the noble Cut t tax ss said that however different circumstances might have been in other days, fears might have been en tertained ou the present day that the preati9e attendant upon the Monarch might be dimmed by the personal at tractions 01 the Sovereign ; but certainly late events on the Cuutinent and in France had deepened our attachment to the well-being of our hereditary throne surrounded by free institutions. (Cheers.) Tile CHAIRMAN next gave " Prince Albert," whose name would he handled down to posterity an the promoter of the greatest industrial exhibition the world ever saw. (Hear.) As the patron of this exhibition:his Royal Ingham:kw was entitled to their eperial regard. (Cheers. The other loyal toasts followed in succession. Lord LYTTELTON, in proposing the " Army and Navy," ex pressed an opinion that if the time of dang,er should come, !soh services would sustain their ell-earned reputation. Mr. Alderman Leee proposed,' the " Ileuw of Lords," to which the noble CHAIRMAN re•pondelt. He expressed his satisfaction that due respect had been paid to one of the an cient and esslmtial branches of the legislature. Many of his noble brethren had gained prizes at this show, and he could not help expres,ing a hope that they might always be as usefully and patriotically employed as they had been in preparing fur these shows. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN gave as the next toast, "The House of Commons." Mr. SPOONER, in returning thanks, said that he be lieved that the House of Commons would consider well before it quarrelled with the House of Lords; the latter branch of the legislature gave all time to think, and the House of Commons gave the House of Lords time to rectify mistakes. After apologising for the absence, unavoidably so (he said) of Messrs. Manta and Newdegate, he declared that all he and they desired was the esteem, good-will, and re gard of thei' fellow countrymen. Mr. SCRuLEFIELD, M.e.„ said that commercial men wished well to the agriculturists. He rejoiced in such meetings, if only that they brought both classes together ; and although agriculturists might occasionally think that they, as manufacturers, were too fast, he was quite sure that both had a common interest, and that it was for the permanent welfare of both that they should pull together (Cheers.) Mr. SPOONER, M.P., gave " The memory of that emi nent agriculturist, Sir Francis Lawley." They had fondly hoped that he would have presided that day; he had been, however, called suddenly from his useful sphere is this world ; and of that hon. baronet and good man it might be truly said that he lived beloved and respected— by those best who knew him most. (Drank in sole= silence.) The MAYOII or Biamcio HAM, in complimentary terms, gave " The health of the noble chairman." Lord LYTTELTON, in responding, said it was not easy at meetings of this kind to travel out of routine without tra velling into party politics. lie deprecated such discussions either at agricultural meetings or at meetings like this — the meetings of bucolic societies—especially when they were so far in the way of perfection that each exhibition had im proved upon the other. His lordship, iu conclusion, gave " The Vice-Presidents," which was acknowledged by Henry Smith, Esq. - The remaining toasts were " The President Elect, Lord Calthorpe," acknowledged by the lion. F. Calthorpe ; " The Honorary Secretary," which Mr. T. B. Wright, who was most cordially revivedl, briefly but pertinently acknow ledged ; " The Agricultural Interest ;" " Earl bade and the Royal Society ;" " The Exhibitors," &c. ; and so ended a very pleasant meeting. DONATION or THE ATSTRIAN EXHIBITION MAPS. —The government of Austria has just presented to the Royal Geographical Society of London the entire collection of maps which obtained so many admirers in the Austrian department of the Great Exhibition. The works in ques tion were exhibited by the Imperial Military Geographical Institute of Vienna, and have been secured to the society by the good offices of Marshal von Skribank, now a member of our Geographical Sociery. Scltoot FOR TUE INDIGENT BLlND.—Yesterday a I general court of the governors and patrons of this institu tion was held at the London toffee-house, Ludgate-hill, the Rev. J. Evans in the chair. The report stated that subscrip tions to this institution were first solicited in December, 1799. I Since that time the institution had answered the mist ran i guine expectations of its friends, both in the encourage meat it had received from the public and in the results l which had been produced. Four hundred and fifty per -1 sons, exclusive of those wbo had been placed on the per manent establishment or died in the institution, had been returned to their families, able in most instances to i earn a livelihood, or at least some considerable portion of it, according to their abilities. Tne number of pupils had beeu gradually increased from 1.5 males to upwards of 1f..0 of both sexes, and a manufactory had been established where articles made entirely by them were sold last year ' for upwards of 1,3001. The receipts for the last six months lamounted to 3,4271. 17s. Bd., and the disbursements to 1,877/. Some routine business was transacted, and the meeting separated. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL Yesterday a court was held. ELECTION ACTS AMENDMENT RILL. Mr. DorEu(iTt the stiotnee of Deputy Ilarrison) brought up the report of the freedom cooonittee, to whom thin bill hod been ref:Trvd for re-consideration. Mr. wool.) ruottPE. read the report, which was as fol lows :—" To the Right Honourable toe Lori Mayor, Alder men, and Commoners of the City of London, in ommon Cuuncil assembled,—We, whose names are hereunto sub scribed of your freedom committee, to whom do the 4th I day of Dccember instant was referred back by this honourable court the proposed London Corporation Bill, with instructions to consider whether a clause should be in soled in the said bill prtscribing the skeiarations and oaths (if any) mast:miry to be made or taken by aldermen, cent mon councilmen, :mil other 'nankin-I officers who may be elected under the act, do certify that your cammittee, cousidcred the said referwice and being of opinion that it was intended by this honourable court by the bill to give liberty to trade within the C-ty to all persons occupying premises within the City, your committee directed a clause to be prepared, enacting that every person in the City of I London may keep any shop for the sale of ell lawful wares tuid merchandises, by a lioleitalo or retail, and use every lawful trade or occupation, mystery and handicraft, Mr hire, gain, gale, or otherwise, within the ',lid City and That your committee.bving also tifopittion that the tulle taken at the several bars of this city should he immediately abut ished,they directed a clause to be nrepartd for that purpose. That the subjects of theft, two clauses not being imeeified in the parliamentary notices, thise etauses connot be intro ductal in the bi 1 in the first instance. but may, with the sanction of the standing orders committee of the House of Common-, be introduced in the committee on the bill. That with respect to the qualification of voters, your committee directed clause• to be prepared, extendlug the right of vother 1.11 . aldermen, COLUILIUII isoutteilmen, :slid ward officers, :tad also for mayor, sheriffs, chamberlain, and other officers elonta by the livery, to all persons occupying premises within the city for a year and a day previously to the lot day of Septendxir in any year, and rate I to the police rate of the City of London. L hat your cumusittee also directed provisions to lac inserted in the bill, requiring the ward clerks to make out lists of the names of voter in their re spective wants, anti to transmit thc same to the town clock, and also requiring the town clerk to make tint an alphabetical lot of all such 113111 es, mid for the appointment of a court or courts to revise such lists, and for printing and puldiehing the said lists, and also for regulating the qualifi cation or dimpialificatiou and acceptance of °thee of alder man, sherd'', and common councilman. Thu it oppears to your committee that the insert' in the bill of any clause by the declarations and oaths to be made sub taken hy municipal officers will interfere with the ;eneral law ; and, us the subject is not included in the parhatuentary no tiers, your cmumittee are of opinion that it is inexpedient to Mit...duce this natter into the bill. That your committee have caused the bill, As approved by them, to be printed fur the emmiderrtion of yo honourable court. that it will be neorsivary to depoatt a petition for leave to bring in the mid bill, at the private bill °thee of the House of Com moor, on or before the '3161 instant. Your committee dircets.sl Mr. ltentetsibranessr to prepare the draft el a peti tion aecordinaly, and your conticsittsys, baring approved of the k.4il draft petition, subnut the ' , anal: to the. honourable court. Dated the 11th day of lkeenther, 1841." Then follow the signature's of the members of the committee. Mr. BOWER. said, in inmrintr that the preamble, on al- ..—. ..---- . - ...., . Willi ill CO:ll:tlittt.t., And AS II WI brought up, be read, it was his duty to inform the court that the Iteeorder and the other Ltsr °diem of the corporation had attended the min .... . . . Iltitt:c; that thu whulu suerits of the hill had tweti very seriously cll.:ewe:eel, awl he thought some very valuable and uecessery al(erationi had b•Cli mole, which wmlhl suable it to paw through sterlivinent. There w,ll, however, very little, it anything, added to the bill siuee it Will loot before the court: I lie preamble was read. Clauses I, 2, 21111 3, were passed. Mr. ELLIOf f objected to &attic 4, on the ground that it gave Ow right of voting to occupiers not mident in the Cityy ' ANDEIITON said it was the very object of the bill to give to persons living out of the City, and having a right to vote, an interest iu it. (Hear, hear.) The clause Was pa•Stal. Clauses ~ 11, 7,8, 9, and 10 were passed unanimously, hut upon 11 and 15 being hut tttt itted, several verbal alterations were proposed, none of them, however, being of much public importance. Alter a most tedious discussion on the remaining clauses (Pi to 34 inclusive), the question, "That this bill do new pass as ,iinomileol," woo put and carried amidst much cheering. Mr. IL L. Taylor having previously obtained the permission of the court to add to it another clause, which will have the effect of giving of to the elections of municipal representatives on St. 'I 1 ah's-day without the necessity of their being referred to any other tasty on the ensuing Plough Monday, such an arrangement living considered likely touch to facilitate the transaction of the public business. RE-OPENING OF LIMEIIOUSE CIIURCII. Yesterday the ceremony of re-opening this church far the'ne service took pdace, under the auspices of the Bishop of London anti a large holy of clergymen. The event was regarded in the neighltourhuod with very considerable interest, and Lana twiny° the com mencement of the service, the church was crowded to excess. It may be recollected that this church was de stroyed by tire un Oatail Friday, lfi4o, and since that period the parishioners have experienced twiny difficulties in their endeavours to restore the building to its former condition. At length, it appears that by the levy of a church rate, 1,50/. was raised towards the restoration of the edifice, uud 1,39 V/. by an association of young men who had formed an union for the purpose of collecting subscriptions in further anceof the object. 11.-,ide4 these sums 500/. was received from Braxenose College. Oxford, 1001. from the Rev. J. Ratcliffe, 1001. (ruin the Rev. E. it. J one-, the rector of the parish, dull, from the Bishop of London, and 50/. from the Bishop of Chichester. The church, it appeared, was in sured fur 4,0001., and the organ and fittiogs for 1,01)01., and these sum., added to the amount already mentioned, have afforded the means of completing the restoration attic building. At the conclusion of the service a collection was made amounting to 115/., which :turn will be appropriated to the payment of the building expenses. TILE EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF LIFE AT DARTFO R.D. Yesterday, Mr. C. J. Cantu resumed, at the Dart ford Union, the adjourned inquest on the bodies of Chris topher ilaggart, William alfrilloll, 110M11/ Nash, Joseph Loft, James (1101d.Mitil, Sarah G 'Were, and Ann Drown, who lust their lives by an explinsion which occurred on Tuesdiy week, in the premises of Mr. E. Callow, a blast ing rocket manufacturer of Joyceti-green, about a mile and a half from Dartford. The investigation lusted upwards of six hours ; and, after a lengthened consultation, the jury returned a verdict "That the deceased lost their lives from an aeciden tal explosion of blasting powder on the premises of Mr. E Callow," and added, " that they were unanimously of opinion that gross carelessne,s had been displayed on the part of Mr. K Callow in suffering blasting cartridges to be manufactured in a building quite unfitted for the purpose, having imperfect floors of wood and gravel, and suffering the employed to work in nailed boots and shoes, and in not having any defined rules or regulations, either written or printed, for the guidance or protection of the persona em ployed on the premise.." The learned coroner said he perfectly concurred in the verdict of the jury. TIIE WOODTIIORPE COLLIERY EXPLOSION.—On Wednesday the inquest on the bodies of Win. Hamden, 17, Samuel Bacon, 18, and Charles Stones, 23, who were killed by an explosion at the Woodthorpe Colliery, on Satur day last, took place before T. Badger, Esq., at the Ball Inn, Intake. The principal facts connected with the occurrence appeared in the Express of Tuesday, and the following are material portions of the evidence adduced at the inquest, which terminated in a verdict of manslaughter against the steward of the pit. Thomas llobson, of Intake, collier, stated that he worked for Mr. John Rhodes, at the Wood thorpe Colliery. On Saturday afternoon he Came out of the pit about 2 o'clock, when, for anything he knew to the contrary, all was safe. At the beginning of last week he complained to Joseph Oldfield, the underground steward, that the boare-hole where he worked was unlit to go into in a morning, it being so full of sulphur, that before he commenced working he hal to waft it for upwards of half an hour to clear out the sulphur. In the morning he used a Davy lamp, but throughout the rest of the day naked candles. Ile had made no complaint to Mr. Rhodes. Mr. John Rhodes, of Woodthorpe, colliery owner, expressed his regret at the accident, having taken every precaution ary measure he was acquainted with to prevent such occur rences. He frequently went down the pit himself, to see as to its state, and to Ins inquiries Oldfield usually replied, "We are all right ; we have a good air." He frequently asked if there was anything wanting to make the pit safe, and the answer generally was "No, we ore all right." He bad constantly cautioned Oldfield to be careful and sec that there was no stagnstion in the air in the pit, and to nost pone nothing that would add to its safety. When Oldfield told him all was right, he believed him. By Mr. Morton: Oldfield is the responsible underground manager of the pit in which the accident occurred, and also of the Manor coal mine. Some other witnesses having been examined, la eluding Mr. Morton, government inspector of coal mina in the district, the jury returned the following verdict:— " The jury find a verdict of manslaughter against Joseph Oldtield. We cannot, however, separate without expressiag• our,ppinion that Mr. John Rhodes ought to hare employed a more efficient and intelligent underground steward than Oldfield." Oldfield was immediately taken into custody, and the coroner made out his warrant of committal for trial at the anima. Poalustouru, 11.—Lord Palmerston and others connected with the cabinet, accompanied by an officer in the Prussian service hearing a letter from the ' King of Prussia to the Queen, arrived at this port this i morning from London, and proceQded in the Fairy steam yacht to Osborne. The I. airy returned with them this afternoon at four o'clock. The Rapid, 8, Commander Blanc, sailed to-day for the East Indies. The Arrow cutter has been brought down the harbour for commissioning for foreign service. The Britannia, 120, Captain Goldsmith, was taken out of dock this morning. The Avon steam vessel arrived yesterdky from Plymouth, having on board the remains of the Rev. Gilbert Langdon, vicar of Oving, Sussex, and sou-in-law of Admiral Sir John Ommaaacy, commander-in:chief at Plymouth. IRELAND. DUBLIN. Dee. 11. The following paragraph from the Limerick Chronicle will, I believe, be found eventually to bo correct, and is worthy of . attention : The " Catholic University " project is making progress in a circle of the Roman catholic prelates hitherto fivour able to the provincial colleges, and in a few days adhesions will he given in to Primate Cullen and the synodical majo rity of Thurles that must remove all doubt of unanimity in the episcopal bench ns to this important movement in Ire land of the court of Rome. The collections or agricultural produce now exhi biting at the Smithfield Club Show, in London, and favourably noticed by the English papers as speci mens of the productiveness of the soil of Ireland, have been forwarded by the Royal Dublin Society, under the auspices of their president, the Earl of Clarendon. _ ----- Th e magistrates at the Tunm Petty Sessions on Monday were called on to adjudicate on several charges of assault arising out of religious excitement, which just now disturbs the tranquillity of that town. It appears that a number of rripture readers have lately been introduced into the place by the Lord Bishop of Tuam, and that these men having visited the houses of some Boman catholies for the purpose of carrying out the objects of their mission, the priests preached some violent sermons against them, and the excitement among the populace be ' came so great that the scripture readers on making their appearance in the streets were mobbed and hooted in an outrageous manner. Several boys and women were either arrested by the police, or summoned to answer the charge of riotous conduct, but it appears that in all the eases tho magistrates dismissed the charges. One or the scripture readers carried a life-preserver, which, how ever, he did not use, for his defence, but it was taken from him by the mob. The accounts of the attar in the newspapers are written with hi) u'n'ions a bias and so violent a tone, that it is difficult to arrive at the precise truth. A correspondent of the Dublin Daily Express says on Thursday, the '27th of Novemher, one of the !turne r ins priests of Timm, addnssed, in Iliohop-strvet, an infu riated rabble, and in reply to a question put to " his reverence," "what shall we do with the dumpers:" (ivripture readers), he said, " Kill them." This eau be proved by three renwetahla persons who heard him. Sir J. K Tennent had been prevented from com menting a personal canvass at Lisburn, owing to a recent domestic calamity. and the illness of another menilx•r of his family in London. The election will not take place fur three weeks longer. umvEitsrry AND CLERICAL.. Os. Foal), Dec. 11.—In a convocation holden this ntorniie , , the names of the following gentlemen to till the office ui . sleet pre where lw nr the year Iti - e), received the unanimous appronul of the house, viz..—Rev. C. A. Huntley, foruterle lellow of Corpus Christi Colli ge, Hamp ton lecturer in 1545, honorary canon of %Corte-ter ; lice. W. B. Itentlwotv, tutor, and dean of 14o:, New College; Rev. J. Fraser, 'M.A., fellow of Oriel Col lege ; Rev. E. Stok,, M.A., bus and sttelent of Christ Church ; Rev. E. 11. Plumptre, M.A., of Bra.teno-e Col lege, chaplain and tutor of Kimt'sColloge, Loudon. In the same' eonvipation, the nomination of the Ikv. J. M. Wil.on, 11.1)., fellow, tutor, stud Latin ruder of Corpus Christi College, to be curator of sir. liqbert Tat lor's histi• tot ion, in the room of the Rev. Joseph Smith, follow of Trinity College, re-igned, was also unattimute.ly ap proved of. Mr. Jones, of Qui-en's College, was this afternoon elected to the vacant fellowaltip at University Collette. ritiortioSolt.llll. or PoLITICAI, hisitNilOt .—Mr. Barry . , of Queen's College, has withdrawn from competi tion for the next vacancy in this Mike. The Can test will now lie between Mr. Charles Neate, Fellow of Oriel • Mr. Robert Lowe, late Fellow of Magdalen ; and Mr. (1. K. Rickard., late Michel Fellow of queen's and formerly Scholar of Trinity. The candidates are all intauln•rs of the bar. *f he present profesmir'a term of oilier will expire in March next. Thu appointment is in the members of Convocation. ConutinGE, DEc. 11.—At the congregation ye.. tentay the decree of 1.1..11, Was cenlerral upon Mr. William henry Shore, of Trinity College. REetsius OF THE NTATCTES.—The following important Report has been this day issued:— ' The Syndicate, appointed by grace of the senate, March 7, ND, renewed March 15, 18.70), and again, March, 19, 1851, to revise the statutes of the University, and to report to the senate, beg leave to state that they have taken the utmost pains to fulfil the task entrusted to them; and yet, in a work of so great extent anise varied a character, they can scarcely permit themselves to indulge the hope that they have suet-ceded in all particular... Hav ing, in the first instance, revised the statutes with reference to existing and authorise fl practice, the syndics afterwards metalled to the consideration of prepositions involving more important changes, which are all severally specified in the present statement. In onto: to ensure to the metntiers of the senate the bet means of judging elan these ultfratiens, and to enable them to see everything in its proper place and due connexion, tt draft of the statutes has bait printed, which represents the form they would bear, if all the pro posed alterations were adopted. Alter the opinions of the senate have been emir. ssed on all points, the syndics aro ready to apply themselves to the correction of the draft in aeturtlance with those opinions, so that it may finally ho . . . - - submitted m its amended form to the judgment of the senate. Many objets of at...rendre' legislation are of so fluctuating a character that however expedient it may be that they should be regulated by general anti established ordinances, yet it is by nu means 'Advisable that those ordinances should have the permanent nature of sta tutes. Care therefore has been taken that, while the new code is drawn up eo as to recognise the vali dity of such ordinances, resting un graces of the senate, the senate shall have a free poser of altering or abrogating them, whenever it may be deemed advisable to do so. On the other band the syndics have incorporated with the pro posed statutes certain graces, to w hieh it seemed to them desirable to give a mit re permanent character. In many eases, as with respect to forms of . Imm:ceding, this was quite unavoidable ; in others the spittle, have been guided by a sense of the real advantages, which result to all corporations from the permanence of laws enacted fur the prose rvation of order and uniformity; an object mon than ordinarily essential to the well-being of a corporation, sad). as is the university, comprehending within itself many distinct and independent communities.. The syndics beg leave to suggest that, when the new body of statutes is completed and ratified, a collection of eardinances which resting on graces of the senate have not Leen einl.edied in the new code of statutes, yet which it is desirable should remain in force until reversed by the senate, should be made and printed, in order that tire whole law, by which the Univer sity is to be regulated, may be exhibited and known. The syndics, induced by a consideration of the inequality and oppressiveness of compounders' fees, have recommended that they should no longer be exacted. The adoption of this recommendation alone would make it necessary that the stole subject of fees should be reviewed ; which is also desirable on otlwr accounts. 'the syndics beg cistern, recom mend that graces should h. offered to the senate fur the in troduction of the following laws and regulations into the proposed new body of statutes. 1. ifesideoce.—That for the keeping of a term residence during two-thirds of the term shall be necessary. 2. Arts.—That every person proceeding to the degree of bachelor of arts shall lie required to keep by residence in the university nine several teno, or more, if the university please by any fixed ordinance to require more, exclusive of the term in which he is first entered on the boards of any college ; but that he may be admitted in the last of the re quired terms, after he has duly kept it, to the title of bachelor designate in arts. 3. That the comitia forth, inauguration of the bachelors of arts and perfecting of their degree shall he on the day after Ash Wednessley (now culled the first Tripes day); and that there shall be no prorogation of the ceremony (as at present to the second Tripos day). 4. That on the Friday after the said day of annual in auguration those who have been actual bachelors of arts three years, may be admitted as iuceptors in arts without the accustomed delay of a week. 5. Creation.—That the magna comitia for the creation of the incepting musters of arts and doctors of the year re maining, as at present, on the first Tuesday in July, the personal att. ndance of the inceptors and doctors shall imt be required at the ceremony of creation. 6. Acts, EscrciNts, and Strranns.—That the reading of the dissertation being retained, acts in the faculties of law and physic may be conducted by the regius protisieor, if he think fit, either wholly or in part after the manner of a vita rum examinatinn, the saute being restricted to the subjects proposed ; and that the professor himself shall , perform the part of opponent or disputant as well as ex ' lamin,r, oid no one else be required to do so. 7. That masters of arts, unless proceeding to degrees in ' theology, shall not be subject to theological exercises., ex cept when in holy orders, to English sermons ; and that no declaration of change of ine shall be required. I 8. That both the morning and afternoon sermons at St. • I Mary's Church shall be preached by Bachelors of Divinity and Masters of Arts in holy orders of one year's standing ' at least in the order of their academical seniority (such order to be determined by grace of the senate). 9. That, excepting on Michaelmas Day, the University may intermit the sermons during the summer vacation. 10. Theu'ogy.—That, under regulations to be laid down by the senate, and after making the same subscription as Bachelors of Arts, students in theology may obtain the title of Licentiates in Theology ; provided that, when any one has obtained this title, no residence kept by him for the purpose of obtaining it shall avail for the obtaining of any degree. It. That the privilege of taking the degree of Doctor in Divinity per saltuni (that is, without having previously • taken the degree of Bachelor in Divinity) shall be conceded only to non-resident Masters of Arts, and of them to ; such or.ly as tire employed in ecclesiastical or civil affairs ' creditably to themselves and usefully to others, who being of the usual standing for the degree of doctor iu divinity, (twelve whole years from their admission to the degree of master of arts,) and having performed all the exercises and all other things required of a bachelor in divinity proceeding to the same degree, shall produce a certificate, under the hand and seal of the master of their college, that six years t--, I ~'~ L :~