The Express. — London, England, 1864-03-07 00:00:00

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THERE is now at the University of Oxford a Professor who since the time of his appointment Las been lecturing on the Greek language and Greek literature for the munificent salary of 40/. a year. His merits as Greek Professor are acknow ledged, and the estimation in which he is held by the undergraduates is proved by the numbers who frequent his lecture-room. It has been proposed to increase this salary by 360'. a year, and the pro posal has been embodied in a statute. " This " arrangement," we are told, " was suggested by " Mr. li Ent:, and is supported by Dr. PC3II, " and by many other persona who previously " felt a difficulty on theological grounds in con " seating to the payment of a stipend to the Pro " fessor. It is accepted by the friends of Pro " fessor Jowrrr." The statute was proposed by the Hebdomadal Council. It has been accepted by Congregation—which consists of the resident tutors and fellows—by a majority of 105 to 65, and the only sanction which it now requires is that of Convocation. On Tuesday next, at two o'clock, this statute will be brought before that body. It seems almost impossible that so reason able a measure should be rejected, but still it is positively asserted that there will be a vigorous opposition, and therefore an earnest appeal has been made that the presence of those who are favourable to its passing will not be wanting. Many strange things have been done in the name of religion, but it would be difficult to find a parallel to that which is to be at tempted to-morrow under this plea. Professor I Jowrrr 4 safe in his chair. He will not go, and he cannot be removed. Salaried or unsalaried— s,let aterillinvec .debit. So far as he himself is concerned no change of opinion can be expected either by increasing or even by diminishing his salary. So far as his influence upon the under graduates is concerned the amount of his salary is simply immaterial. Upon what principle, then, is the statute to be rejected ? Even the legion of " dusty and deliquescent " country clergymen who will crowd into Oxford to-morrow to record their votes against it would find it difficult to deny that they do not insist upon the ortho doxy of their gardeners, their butchers, or their tailors. A professor of Greek is one thing, a professor of theology is another. Each is en titled to • reasonable salary, and if Professor Jowixr has discharged his professorial duties he is as much entitled to be paid as the tradesman who has made a pair of shoes or supplied • household with bread and meat. Religion 4 not advanced by violating natural morality. But, then, it is said, that no one ought to aid • man whose opinions he believes to be erroneous, and that by granting a salary to the Greek Professor this principle will be sacrificed. The very words of the proposed statute—which declare that the University in making the grant is not to be consi dered as sanctioning the theological views of the Professor—might seem a sufficient answer to such an objection. But, passing this by, it would be curious to know how far this alleged principle 4 to be carried. If an obnoxious professor were struck down with fever, would it be wrong to send him a physician— if he were to fall by accident into the river, would it be wrong to save his life—if he were reduced to extreme poverty, would it be wrong to relieve him I There are times and seasons in which it would be incumbent on Dr. Critnie" himself to assist Cardinal WISEMAN, even though he knew that the Cardinal was about to fulminate the same evening against Exeter-hall. It may possibly be the honest opinion of some excellent persons that both of these individuals are social pests, and that the world would he better without them. But, however laudable that end may be, it must be accomplished by means not only justifiable, but judicious. Let us admit that it would be well to expel the Professor of Greek from hi. professorship. Is it, therefore, justifiable to deny him the fruit of his labour, or, even if it were possible, is it justifiable togetrid of him by rejecting the proposed statute and refusing hini an increase of salary ? The same argument which proves that the Greek Professor ought not to be I aid for his work, would prove that a Protestant cabman ought not to take a Roman catholic to chapel, and that • Roman catholic cabman ought not to take a l'rotestant old lady to a May meet ing. Nay, if this obnoxious Professor proposed to get married, the same argument would prove that he ought to receive no aaastanoe at the hymeneal altar from any one of those country cler gymen who will record their votes against the statute to-morrow. Lilt it is vain to argue this question. The justice of the case is clear. Let us hope, there fore, that Convocation will by its vote to-morrow terminate this dispute, which has roused more animosity and bitterness throughout the University than can readily be estimated. F PAUL', SPE, lALSER‘I. ES.—Yesterdayevenitig there was an enormous congregation at the special service under the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral. There was as tuna! a full choral service, and the sermon was preached by the Rev..loLu Hutton Crowder, J.L.I of Merton College, Oxford, mioister of Octagon Chapel, Bath. The sermon next sunder evening will be preached by the Right Rev. lir. Robert Bickersteth, Bishop of Ripon. CRY-TAT. PALA. E. -- HALF-A-CROWN DAY. •—• SAITI:DAT, M•RCLI s. —Admissions 00 payment, 60$; ditto by moon tickets, 1,799 ; total. 2,4v7, gbe Court. WLNDBOR (WEELM, MAIM b. The Queen, accompanied by the ramose Helena. took a amigo, drive yeatairlay afteruara. The Equerry attended on hareelsok. Her Majesty walked is the grounds lids mars*, 'tended by Lady Augueis Btasky. MARCH 6. Prisms Leaks, 'Modal by Lady Caroline Barrington, the Ham. Memditt lb*" end Lard.rbiTabloy, wad to Loudon yesterday, mad tionoured the performance at the Covent-prden Theatre with her premium Ear Royal Highness returned to Wisdom Castle at night. Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstons, arrived at the Castle from Greenwioh-perk. Earl Granville also arrival, and had the bosom of dining with the Quasi and Royal really. Lad Graaville had en audience of the Queue. The Queen, the Him of the Belgians, Princess Helena, Primus Louise, and Priam Arthur, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, atiesded divine service in the print* chapel this morning. Thu Ron. and Very Rev. the Dees of Windsor officiated. The Prince of Wake took a ride on horseback co Saturday morning, &Minded by Lient.-Colonel Koppel. The Princess of Wass drove out in an open carriage, M ended by Lady de Guy. The Prince and Primes of Wales, with the Countess De Grey and LWM.-Colonel Koppel in Waiting, attended divine service at the Chapel Royal, St. James'a, yesterday Wig• The Prince and Princess of Wafer took a drive in an open carriage to Kew Garda= in the afternoon. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing•street. The ministers present were Lord Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Gran ville. the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, Earl Russell, Earl De Grey, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somer set, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Lord Stanley of Alder ley, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. Despatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial offioe from the Governor of the Falkland Wands. ITeapataeTsmM;;;;ttethe Go errors of the Cape of Good Hope, Nate], St. Helena, and the North American Provinces. THE KING OF THE BELGIANS. His Majesty the King of the Belgians, since his arrival on Thursday last at Windsor Castle, has resided in the York Tower, which is situated on the east of George IV.'s Gateway, on the south side of the Cantle, immediately facing the Long Walk, and commanding some most beautiful views of the scenery of the Great Park and surrounding country about Windsor. The suite of apartments occupied in this tower by King Leopold have only recently been fitted up for the reception of royal viaitors to her Majesty. The furniture and fittinp are of the most costly kind. The walls are hung with amber silk damask, figured, and the fitting and covering are of the mama rich material. Since the return of the court to Windsor her Majesty has frequently been out walking and driving in the Home Park and Prose:dire grounds, and has generally paid visits twice a day to the new royal mausoleum now being erected from the designs of Mr. Humbert in the grounds of Frogmore Howe. The site of the mausoleum is extremely secluded, and although much has been dose to the build ing some time will shine before it is finished. Of course the workman are not present during the visits of the Sovereign, which are made is the strictest privacy. His Royal Highuess the Prince of ' Wales, socom pealed by Colonel Koppel and the 800. R. Mead, honoured the St. James'. Theatre with his presence on Saturday evening. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, CON'EVY GIR DEN. — Her Royal Highness the Prisons Helena, attended by lady Caroline Buringtoo, honoured the new opera She Stoops to Conquer, with her presence on Saturday even*. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cara bridge, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg.Strelitz, and the Princess Mary, attended by Lady Caroline Cast and Captain Ellis, honoured the Duchess of Inverness by their oompany at dinner no Saturday evening, at Kensington Palace. A distinguished company was invited to meet their royal highnesses. His Excellency Count Bernstorff, the Prussian =humidor, bad a lengthened interview with Earl Russell on Saturday last. Viscountess Palmerston has issued cards for a ball on Wednesday, the 16th inst., at Cambridge House. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston received at dinner on Saturday evening, the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, the Earl and Constar of Besaborough, Vie. count Jocelyn and Hon. Misses Jocelyn 12), Viscount Chel sea, the Lord Chancellor, the Right Hon. William F. Cow ' per and Mn. Cowper, the Right Hon. Sir George and lady Grey, Sir Hoary Cottrell, Mr. &menet and Lady Ms:- pret Beaumont, Mr. Duff, Mr. Calera' t, km, at Cam bridge-house, Piccadilly. lady Palmerston had an assembly which won both numerously and fashionably attended. The leading foreign ambassadors and ministers were present. Among them were the Ambassadors of France, Turkey, Russia, Austria, and Prude, and the diplomatic representa tives of Spain, Belgium, Italy, Sammy, Denmark, Sweden, and America. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, a host of the members of the arietocraty who were present in town, together with many foreigners of disarm , don. including his Highnsee Prince Paul Faterhany, the Princes Czerteryaki, Count Flahault, km The company took their departure at midnight. Lady Molesworth entertained at dinner on Saturday, at her residue* in Eaton-place, his Excellency the French Ambusador, the Marchioness of Downshire and lady Aline Hill, the Earl de Grey, the Earl and Countess of Cork, the Earl and Countess Russell, Mr. Chichester Forteame, M.P., and Frances Countess Waldegrave, Vis count and Viscountess Sydney, Lord Henry Gordo° Lan non, M.P., the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, M. l'., and Lady Emily Peel, the Right Hon. Lord Stanley, M.P., Lord Harris, Sir Charles Wyk., and Mr. Henry Greville. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury en tertained at dinner on Saturday evening, at their residence in Arlington-street, Load and Lady Colchester, Lady Claud Hamilton, the Right Hon. J. W. and Mrs. Henley. the Right Hoe. Spencer and Mn. Walpole, Lord Enigma Cecil, Hon. Mr. Abbot, Mr. Wm. Peel, kc. - - The Countess Dowager of Jersey on Friday last emplaned her 79th year, and remind visite from the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Mary, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Straits, and a large number of her Meads. Among the visitors to the countess was her grandson, just arrived from Germany, his Highness Prince Feu' FAteihiney. The marriage of Lady Eleanor Hare, sister of the Earl of Listowel, with Mr. Edward Renege, late of the lit Life Guards, is tied t, take place early in April. Lord Rivers has now obtained by purchase the whole of the parish of Farnham, in Dorsetabire. A public meeting of the working classes, chiefly thus connected with benefit and friendly societies, war held on Saturday night in Exeter Hall, to protest against that clause in the Government Annuities Bill which proposes to authorise the government to take assurances for sums pay able at death to any amount under 100/. Mr. Potter, of the Joiners' Association, was in the chair, and several speakers addressed the meeting, and resolutions were moved con demning the proposal, as involving the insulting averment that the working classes were unable to manage their owe affairs. To this an amendment was mowed, approving of the scheme, and the speakers on that side were heard with tolerable patience, but the original resolution was carried by a large majority. At a numerously attended ordinary monthly meeting of the Luau branch of the German National Verein, at Seidt's Hotel, Finsbury-square, on Saturday, Dr. Kinkel in the chair, Dr. Schlund's motion, "To animate the younger men in Germany to fit themselves for military offices, in order to their being prepared to take charge of superior places in a national army whenever such will be snmmooed," was unanimously tarried. THE 31• Lr T•x.—A meetingof agriculturists of Northamptonshire wee held in the Tows-hall, Peterborough, on Saturday Wt: Mr. W. Whittling, of Thorny, is the chair. Letters were read from Lord Burleigh and Mr. G. W. Haut, county members, stating that though they did not see their way clear to a total repeal at thetas, they should be in th eir p l aces to support Mr. Malvin's motion o n Tuesday next. Resolutions in favour of • total repeal of the tax were put to the meeting and carried by a large ma jority. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1864. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. DESIGNS OF AUSTRIA AND. PRUSSIA. TEE OCCUPATION OF YETLAND. Accounts from Berlin state that lie military au thorities are agreed upon the necessity of threatening at the same time the fortifications of Duppel and the fortress of Frederic* in order to prevent the Danes from concentrating all their forces upon one of the two last strong positions which are still in their hands. The forces at present engaged, not sufficing for the occupation of Jutland, reinforcements are I to be sent to the north. Prusaia sends 10,000 ' more men, a portion of whom are already en route. She. insists that the two powers shall not stop at the occupation of Sleswig, but shall hold Jutland and attack Denmark by sea. CONFLICT AT ROME BETWEEN FRENCH AND PONTIFICAL SOLDIERS. Letters from Rome of the 2nd state that a fight took place in the Forum on the previous evening between Pontifical .and French soldiers. There were several wounded on both aides. General de Montebello has given orders to surround the neigh bouring pontifical barrack. The French and Roman authorities have respectively organised patrols and taken measures for keeping order. One account says that during the conflict both parties were well pelted by the Roman populace. (Itzunca's TELEGams.) THE WAR IN DENMARK. HAMBURG, MARCH 7. Letters received here from Copenhagen state that the civic artillerymen have been ordered to hold themselves in readiness, in case of need, to serve the guns of the forts which protect the town on the seaside. They are also to prepare to occupy the outer fort of the citadel, which dominates the Sound in a northerly direction as far as Charlottes. The Hamburg and American steamer Germania sailed this morning for New York. (man's =muss.) PUBLIC FEELING IN SWEDEN. STOCKHOLM, !Lutes 2. Much attention is directed to the approaching de parture of the King for the Norwegian capital,when his Majesty will open the Storthing in person. It is understood that the government will ask sub sidies for prosecuting the armaments. The atti. tude of the Storthing will give a clue to the direc tion of public opinion in Norway, concerning which various views are current. The Rifle Club at Wasteraas has addressed an in quiry to that of Stockholm, asking if each rifle asso ciation throughout the country cannot furnish volun teers to form a battalion under the orders of a special commandant. The costs should be divided among the clubs, and the battalion placed at the dispo sition of the Danish government. Previous to taking further steps, it was thought advisable to lay the project before the Minister of War, who replied that any such proceeding would be a flagrant breach of neutrality. The recall of Count Hamilton from Copenhagen has produced a great sensation here. THE FEDERAL DIET. FRANSFORZON-THE-MAINE, 3LARcu 5. The vote upon the motion of Hanover, brought forward at the sitting of the 3rd inst., will be taken in a week. The motion is to the effect that the Danish government be summoned to surrender the German ships upon 'which embargo has been laid within a fortnight, under penalty of the Federation declaring war. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. THE PARIS ELECTIONS. (MOM OUR OWN CORREAPONDDIT.) PARIS, SUNDAY EVGNMG. The electoral committee which met at M. Marie's yesterday came to the following resolution " Whereas, the electors have spontaneously consti tuted electoral committees in the two circumscrip tions; and whereas no divisions of a nature to compromise the success of the election are to be feared, the committee thinks that there is no occa sion for their intervention at present." It is ob vious that the above decision betokens great differ epees of opinion among the committee ; and some revelations touching these differences are made by the evening papers. In the first place DI. de Girar din, whose secession from the committee I have 1 1 already mentioned, says that the reason as signed for the adjournment of the meeting from I Monday to Saturday, viz., to give time for all sorts of candidatures to be produced, was but a "pretext." Ile now publishes the following letter in which be announced to a member of the com mittee his determination not to attend the ad journed meeting : Saturday, March 5. My dear friend,—By what passed at the first meeting which we held on Monday. and at v.hich wa resolutely decided that we would decide nothing, I was led to the conviction that the meeting of this evening, which was to be still more numerous, would be equally abortive. I therefore think it useless for me to attend it. Is not meeting in solemn committee for the sole purpose of saying that we will do nothing a supremely impotent and ridiculous proceeding ? Fallowing this ridicule, I for my own l art prefer not to expose myself to it. The elections of May 31, l'sl3, showed what unity m►y be obtained by the spirit of decision ; the elections of March 20, lS 4 , will show what divisions and confusion may be produced by the sp:rit of indeision. Perhaps it is good that this experiment should be made. Cordialities. E. DE GIRARDIN. The France says that the meeting split into two main sections, one of which was for supporting MM. Gamier Pads and Carnet, while the other thought that a new man should be brought iu for one of the two vacancies. M. Thiers warmly advocated the claims of M. Dufaure, who would doubtless be the most valuable member that the opposition could elect, but, as I had occasion to mention some time ago, petty jealousies stand in his way. The France thinks that the dissensions of yesterday are equivalent to a dissolution of the committee. Ido not go so far ; and I have a very strong opinion that, however much votes may be scattered on this (lay fortnight, there will be suffi cient union at the final poll to defeat auy govern ment candidates. It is to be remembered that the oppoiitiou has an interest in preventing the first trial of strength from being conclusive, because if, owing to no candidates obtaining an " absolute " majority, then shall be a second poll in April, 8,000 newly-registered electors, who cannot vote before March 31, will have a right to take part in it. Up to the present time the government has designated no candidates, and in all probability it will allow the various sections of the opposition to fight out their , quarrels among themselves. A meeting has taken place this day (Sunday) between M. Carrot's and 31. Andre Paaquet'a com mittees, with a view to see whether one of these can didature.; which M. Ilavin, in the little, proclaims equally dear to him, cannot be withdrawn. The Archduke Maximilian went to the Gymnase Theatre last night and occupied the Emperor's box, accompanied by Admiral Jurien de la Graviere. Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clothilde were also at thp theatre The Pays says that the arch- duke will only stay four or five days in Paris, sad that he will thee go to London to take leave of his father-is-law, King Leopold. ♦vitt to the Pope is also on his programme. Easter Monday is the day at present fixed upon for the deper• tore of the archduke from Trieste for Mexico. It is difficult to know what to think of the new "holy alliance," which everybody is now talking about. The Delia' argues with much plausibility that the presence of the archduke at the Tuileries and the official assertions that he is really going I , to Mexico, under French patronage, are quite inconsistent with the idea that Austria is meditat ing hostilities against France. The Pays, which thinks itself illused and misrepresented because several European journals say that it is instructed by the Foreign-office to make the worst of things, holds the balance provokingly even to night, saying that, although the "difficulties of the situation" are too evident, " useless alarms and exaggerated uneasiness" are to be deprecated. It is announced that there will certainly be con siderable promotions in the army on the Imperial Prince's birthday (March 17). One new general of division and six or seven brigadier generals are spoken of. Promotions in lower ranks will fill up all the existing vaceacies in the staff. Trabucco's last request when be left the dock, after his trial, that his horn might be given back to him, has been granted. The instrument has been sent to the prison, and it is understood that the governor has given Trabucco permission to play upon it to the prisoners after mass on Sundays. BRITISH SHIPPING. The Board of Trade Returns for 1863 show a steady increase in the employment of British shipping in our foreign trade. The following are the statistics for the past three years : ENTERED INWARDS. 1861. 1862. 1863. Too,. Tons. Tons. British enamels United States ditto Other foreign coun tries 2,653,394 2,970,661 3,146,192 Total CLEARED OUTWARDS. 1861. 1862. 1863. Tens. Toes. Tons. British vessels United States ditto 1,369,57 1,052,58 647,463 Other foreign coun tries 3,107,523 3,57,303 3,287,067 Total The decline shown in United States tonnage arises chiefly from the direct and indirect effect of the ravages committed by the Alabama and her consorts, and is perhaps in part attribu table to many American vessels passing under the British flag. In nearly every other country there has been an increase. As regards the coasting trade, the following are the particulars, showing that the admission of foreigners has exercised no appreciable influence on our own shipping : ENITIED LYWAIDS. 1861. 1862. 1663. Toss. !Tons. Toes. British vessels Foreign vessels Total CLEARED Ot I WARDS. 1861. 1862. 1863. Tons. Toss. Tons. British vessels Foreign vessels Total The King of Sweden is to leave Stockholm on the 9th init. for Norway, when his Majesty will open the ses sion of the htorthiog in person. The Berlin journals state that M. de Sydow, the late Prussian minister at the Frankfort Diet, is to go to Madrid to replace Count de Galen, who has tendered his resignation. CAFTTRE OF THE TOWN OF OP/TOW Br THE POLES.—The Ost Deutsche Zeettn ! , publishes the following report of the Polish General Bowl on this subject :—" I have the honour to annonaoe, pending the arrival of more detailed reports, that the town of Opatow has been taken by our men under Colonel Topor, commandant of the Cracow division. The Russians were driven back at all points. After our men had remained six hours io the town, they evacuated it in perfect order, taking with them all their wounded and upwards of 100 rifles, with two waggons full of ammunition and linen.—The Chief of the 2nd Corps d'Armi4, General Bosak. Awgrria, Adjutant.—February 23., 1864. DOVER, MARCH 6.—The United States frigate Kearsap, Captain Winslow, arrived off Dover at 2.30 p.m. yesterday, and left early this morning for the Downs. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SCRGEONS.—At a special meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 3rd inst., Mr. .14tue, Alexander Grant, of 011ama, Canada Week having undergone the necessary examination, was admitted a mem ber of the college. This gentleman had previously been &Omitted a doctor in medicine of M . Gill College, Montreal, his diploma bearing date May 4, IS.A. Ma. J. M. OPPM:HEINes WILL.-10 the notice of the will of the late John Moritz Oppeuheim, Esq., which we republished from a weekly contemporary in our tramr non of Saturday, it was stated that " the residue, real and personal, he leaves to the family of his partner, Frederick Auguste Sal/aster." We understand that the property is bequeathed to Mr. Schrager for his own personal use and benefit. 31A;I:FAtTURE OF PETROLErM IY SOCTHWARE. --On Saturday a deputation, consistiog of Mr. Locke, M.P., Dr. J. Godfrey, the Rev. W. M. Mungeam, B.A. inctim bent of St. Peter's, Sumner-street, Mr. T. H. Bennett, of Winchester-house, and Mr. George Weller, bad an inter view with Sir George Grey, at the Home-office. on the sub. ject of the manufacture of petroleum in Suffolk-grove, neer the Southwark-bridge-road. It was stated by the members of the deputation that the nuisance arising from the manufacture was complained of so eerly as September, 1862, when a case wee taken to the Southwark police court, and a decisios was obtained against the proprietor. The subject had been brought before the St. Saviour's Board of Works by nine deputations, and • memorial signed by 310 persons ' before the St. George's vestry by six depot,. lions, ; and :14...4 persons had successfully memoralued the Metropolitan Board of Works against the licensing of the manufacture ; and • memorial, signed by in all 613 persons, had been soot to the right boo. secretary himself. Aaseoood application to Mr. Combo had proved fruitless, as coder the Nuisances Removal and the Petroleum Acts be declared be bad no authority to deal with the case as presented. ' Petroleum was, indeed, no longer stored in illegal quo ' titles io the works, but the manufacture was conducted within 7 feet 6 inches of a dwelling-house, to the detriment of the health and comfort of the residents in the locality ; ' water was impregnated, and a well 'lOO yards distant was covered with the oil, which could be tasted in the water, and the noxious vapour could be smelt at times at the dis tance of half • mile. Sir George Grey, who said the com plaint lay not against the law. but against the local rears for neglect of duty, promised that inquiries should be made, and the result communicated to the deputation. 1 THE. LIBERATION SocIETY IN YORERHIRE.—Last week liberation meetings were held at Hull, Wakefield. and Sheffield, and were addressed by Mr. Carvell Williams, Rev. C. W. Conder, Rev. H. W. Parkinson, and Rev. F. Rugby. They were well attended, and, except at Sheffield, • were unanimous. In that town several supporters of the church establishment were present, and both put questions and made speeches. Mr. Willianues references to the fettered cooditioo of the established clergy called forth much contra diction, and a gentleman present undertook to prove from the Prayer-boos that he had indulged in a" tissue of falsehoods," The Rev. J. Battersby, one of the Sheffield claw, on the other hand, said that he concurred with half that the speaker had said, though he deprecated such criticism oo the part of outsiders, and said that the church was capable of managing its own affairs. Mr. Williams, in his reply ex pressed great satisfaction at the interest which the subject bad excited, and answered his critics. The meeting did not close till nearly 11 o'clock, and the discussion was after wards continued by knots of persons in the streets. A MORMON Ex ELUTlON.—Prisoners condemned to death in the Mormon territory, are privately shot» A letter from Great Salt Lake City, dated Jan. 13, says : Jason R. Luce, the murderer, paid the extreme penalty of the law yesterday. He was shot at the court-house in this city, before an invited few, canvas screens preventing the poblie from taking a view, to avoid gratification of a morbid curiosity, according to Mormon custom. The executions's, too, remained in the oourt-house and shot through a window or doorway, to prevent, as far as possible, nnplesaant allu sions in the future. The first locomotive engine was landed last month at Ceylon from the ship Palmerston. It was landed on a bamboo raft, and was to be drawn to the railway sta tion by a team of three aleplasais.—Ceyion Exanuarr. RAILWAYS. MR. ICILNIR GLBSONIS MOTION. _ _ Mr. Milner Gibson proposes to call the attention of the House ri Onsnrose, to-night, to the report of the Joint Occamittee on Metropolitan Communications, with a AIM to more that certain balls shall, not be: proceeded with during this session, and that the less incurred in respect of such Mils shall be remitted. The bills which the joint committee reported Amid not be proceeded with were : 1. The Victoria Station and Maras Embankment. 2. The Oxford.street and City Railway. 3. The Loudon man Trunk Undssvound. 4. The Metropolitan Grand Union (portion south d Themeaatreet). 5. The Charing.crom Northern Exteosion. 6. The Charing-awe Western Extemics. 7. The London Union Railway. 8. The Metropolitan (District) Outer Orris. 9. The Tottenham and Ferringdot-street. The two first a/ these hills were - reported against am lines proposed to be worked on the pweiunatie principle —" a principle hitherto untried se applied to Railway passenger carriages." Three eau be no doubt that theme projeria are well got rid oC The Orford-aireet and City ham already bees formally withdrawn, so that no question as arise on Mr. Gibson's motion ma to that Its. The Main Trunk Underground stands in a different posi tion ; and the promoters, we understand, think they have been hardly used. The principal object of this line was to establish a onamimicatioe, underground, from the station of the Metropolitan Railway at Finsbury, with the North London in Liverpool-street, the Great Eastern, the Black well, the Cennon-street, and the Blackfriars-bridge termini. The joint committee report " that this railway proposes te provide a more central station for the Great Eastern," and they reject the bill because" this is an object which is sought to be accomplithed by the Great Emden: itself." But the promoters of the London Main Trunk aver that it was not their object to provide a more central dation for the Great Eastern in the sense in which the committee report, and that their project was is no way designed to supersede or to compete with the Great Eastern Metropolitan Stations Bill. As the committee have reported upon this bill on an erroneous assumption, and have allowed other bills to go forward which follow the same route with their line, without securing to the public the advantages the Main Trunk proposed to afford, the pro. rooters, we understand, are about to ask parliament re view this portion of the Joint Committee's decision, end to allow their bill to be proceeded with. The Metropolitan Grand Union, which stands next on the list of rejected bills, is in a very extraordinary position This line MA proposed to commence at Kensington, to pun up Victoria-street and along the Thames Embankment and New Cannon-street to Tower-hill, where it threw a bridge over the Thames to join the Brighton Railway. The Corn mittee have reported against " the portion south of Thames , street ;" i. e., the bridge aims the Thames ; bat they have approved the rest of the project, and desired that it should go forward. Pending their decision, however, a carious , incident occurred. The whole bill, as we understand, was withdrawn ; a difficulty having, it is said,:occurred with the capitalists who advanced the money for the parliamentary deposit (a sum amounting to between 300,0001. and 400,0000. The Joint Committee incommoded re specting this line that " its promoters should be allowed to amend their estimate, and be permitted to withdraw a portion of their deposit." The question Mass whether, under the terms of this recommendation, the promoters of the bill, after they have withdrawn the whole of their measure, and the whole of their deposit, can be allowed again to become parties to the parliamentary proceedings of the elusion ! There is certainly no precedent for such a proceeding, which will be entirely opposed to standing olden ; but it is stated that the promoters of the Grand Union are about to petition parliament to be permitted to reinstate themselves under the Lords' report. The Charing-cress Northern Extension is not directly reported against by the Joint Committee, but they observe, in speaking of another railway, that " this line would tend to create a great central station " at Charing.crose. The same objection, however, applies to the rival line, the Hampeteed and Charing-cross Junction, which the am ' mittee have preferred. We have not heard of any attempt to contest the decision of the committee with respect to this line, though there are certainly considerations on which it might fairly be permitted to go before a committee is competition with the Hampden! end Charing-cross scheme. The three next lines upon the list—the Charing-cross (Western Extension), the Logsdon Union, and the Metro politan Outer Circle projects, are proposed to be postponed upon the ground that, "in addition to other objections, they require the construction of bridges across the Thames, one of them being a high level bridge below London bridge." This is a coasideratioa very calculated to weigh with parliament ; and it is, therefore, not at all ihaly that the decision with respect to either of these schemes will be disputed. We have already five authorised railway bridges serews the Thames, at Kensington, Battersea, Hungarian!, Blacktriars, and Southwark ; and if the T flames Tunnel scheme is adopted there will be a sixth communication between the north and south shores of the river within the metropolitan boundary. It is, therefore, difficult to dispute the con clusioa of the Joint Committee that " further connexions are not urgent." In rejecting the Tottenham and Farriegdonstreet rail way, it is probable that the Joint Committee have made a mistake. The ground for postponing it is, " that it is de sirable to ascertain by experience whether any inconve. unlit amount of traffic will be concentrated at Farringdon street, by the lines already allowed to meet there." Upon this, however, it ia to be observed that there is space in Farringdoo-street sad its neighbourhood for enlarged station accommodation should it be required and that the opening of the stations at Smithfield and Finsbury, when they are constructed, will relieve Farringdoostnist of much of the local traffic smartening to the Metropolitan Railway. If the line from Farringdon-street to the Great Eastern at Tottenham in thereto's, otherwise a useful line, it scarcely appears a sufficient reason for throwing out the bill, that it is expedient to wait to ass whether any incooveniest amount of traffic will be concentrated at Farringdometreet. The lines reported against by the joint committee involved the following lengths and amounts of capital : _ _ Borrowing Name of Railway. Length. Capital. Powen. Victoria Station and Thames IL C. itobankmen t Ozkird-areet and City London Main Trunk Grand Union 2 16 306:000 90,000 0 12 666,060 200,000 6 57 1.500.666 100,000 16 76 4.600,0:3 1,2E0,000 Cbaring.crois Northern Ditto Western London Union Metropolitan District Tottenham and Farrtottdow street S 2S 2,54) 0 ,000 650,000 6 ♦ 2.60,.,000 660.000 13 21 2.000.000 660.000 30 73 6,000,000 4.000,000 6 43 1,0°4,000 313,000 From the 10,000,000/. required for the Metropolitan District Railway has, however, to be deducted the amount (at least one•balf) which will be needed for the formation of the Inner Circle, which the joint committee have per to proceed, and which was a part of the Metropo litan Distract scheme. Of that scheme it may be observed that should the House of Commons refuse to accede to the petition of the pro -1 =ours of the London Main Trunk to be permitted to pee -1 aped with their bill, and should they refuse to reinstate the Metropolitan Grand Union scheme, of which the deposit is withdrawn, the Inner Circle project will go through parlia ment virtually as an unopposed measure. There are no other lines to compete with it; and consequently the recom mendation of the Joint Committee, that the engineers of the opposing schemes "should communicate together, and de vise the most perfect line of which their several pleas will admit," falls wholly to the ground. This is a result which the Joint Committee clearly did not contemplate, and which may scarcely be thought desirable. Mr. Milner Gibson further proposes to move that the parliamentary fees incurred in respect of any bills not allowed to be proceeded with shall be remitted. This is but an ordinary act of justice. Those fees must necemarily form a very small proportion of the total expense entailed on the promoters of these lines in preparing them for pre sentation to parliament in accordance with the forms of the house. But it may be said, upon the other hand, that they took their chance ot failure. When the Irish volunteers of 'B2 marched to their famous meeting at the Rotunda, the muzzles of the guns accompanying the peooerioo were decorated with the motto, "O Lord, open Thou our lips, and our mouths sh a ll show forth Thy . sise ~ " But this inscription was only an afloribought. The original device of the Dublin Arta. levy as borne over their cannons' mouths bad more sub stance and less profanity in it. It ran as follows :—"A free trade, or a speedy revolution." Advices from St. Petersburg state that in the southern provinces of Runk a large extent of country has been " tapped," yielding very fine petroleum. Should the supply prove to be in any degree permanent sad of the quality supposed, the diecovery is likely to have an im portant bearing on the trade of Odessa or of Sebastopol, and to hasten the contemplated construction of a railway to the latter *me, which is to be declared a free port. MIL LOCKE KING'S BILL THR COUNTY FRANCHISE. The following is a copy of the bill prepared brought in the Howe of Commons by Mr. Locke K.ng Mr. Heating, Russell, to extend the franchise in co tags In England and Wake : " Where's it is expedient to extend the elective fr.t.. this" to many of her Majesty's infirm who have not lici t . toter enjoyed the rms. Be it therefore enacted by tt.. Queer's most excellent Majesty, by and with the adnp. and cement of the lads spiritual and temporal, and c.on. moos, in this present parliament assembled, and by th. authority of the rms, as follows : "1. From sad after the passing of this act, every person, of full age and not subject to any legal disatil:t i. who occupies, se owner or tenant, any land or tent-Let. situate without the limits of any city or borough cattle to return a burgess or burger's to parliament of the (lea: yearly value, or for which be is liable to a clear yearly :eat of not less than ten pounds, and comprising a house of cher yearly ►alue of not less than six pounds, shall be it titled to vote in the election of a knight or knights ti. shire to serve in any future parliament for the riding, part, nr division of the county in which such : or ' tenement ' is situate ; but no such occupier be so entitled to vote unless he be duly tired so such voter, nor shall be entitled to . registered in any year unless he ha►e occupied sash • !an or 'tenement' of such value or at such rent as aforeta.!. for air calendar mouths at least next before the last day ' of July in such year. "2. The act pissed in the second year of King the Fourth, to amend the representation of the peopll England and Wales, and the act passed in the sloth of her present Majesty's reign, to amend the law for the registration of parlor entitled to vote, and to define certain. rights of voting, sod to regulate carbine proceedings in t!.. election of members to serve an parliament for England or., Wales, and the present act, shall be construed as one act. SHIPWRECKS. CARNBORE, Co. WEXFORD, SATURDAY NIGHI. At a late hour ytuterday morning (report.; Ur. Waddy) intelligence was received of a large vessel bein: ashore on the Long Bank, about seven or eight miles N.N .1 of this place. The weather was very thick and rainy, mid the wind was blowing fresh from S.S.E. The lifeboat the National Institution stationed at Canners was at oiii• launched, and proceeded to the scene of the wreck, nu.] arrived there about noon, after having passed through sou, very high seas, particularly off Greenore Point, and south end of the Long Bank. The vessel had Briti.h colours flying, and the lifeboat ran close to b.: through a tremendously heavy sea which was bre...: nog over the ship half-mast high. On arrivit.i alongside, she was found to be abandoned, It was sible for the boat to return to her station directly 'rait-• the sea, wind, and flood tide, and she was according beached at Whitehouse. The surf hers was very hen, but the landing was safely performed with the loss of boathook only. The wrecked weasel proved to be the sL Desert Flower, of and from Liverpool to Calcutta. w i t : 2,000 toes of coal on board. The crew, consisting of men, had managed to reach the shore in their own boat.. with the exception of the chief mete and carpenter, al, were unfortunately drowned while leaving the ship. The lifeboat, which was the gift of a benevolent lady t‘i the National Lifeboat Institution, was instrumental, abou• two years since, in rescuing 19 persons from the bane Guyana, of Glasgow. KINGSGATE, SUNDAY . . . . . The following is the report of the oo — i.swain of the limo. gate lifeboat, belonging to the National Lifeboat haw, Yon :—" About 9 p.m. on the night of the sth inst., tiiv coastguard man oa duty saw a vessel on shore ou Whitenes.. rocks, It was then blowing strongly EN.E., with a he..ry surf on the shore, very thick fog and very dark, with rani. On the first intimation being given to me, 1 sent for horses and took the lifeboat to Joss gap, manned her with coastguard's:sea, and proceeded to the vessel. which proved to be the snuck Ann and Elizabeth, of 'Whitstable, from Shoreham, bound to Whitstable, with oysters. When we arrived alongside, the vessel's crew refused to leave her, as the tide was ebbing and they coo• sidered they were in no immediate danger. Some tune afterwards the vowel dried, and the master of the vessel walked on shore. The number of the crew, including master, was six men. I left two of the lifeboat's crew on board the smack, and we returned to Kingsgate Bay with the boat a short time after midnight, wet through. Thy lifeboat behaved very well on the csonsidom The smack has not gone to pima's, but I don't know what damage she sm tained this high tide, as there is a heavy sea on the rocks while lam writing.-1 am, &c. "JAMES Branxisar, Coxswain. " To Capt. Isaacs, Bosomy Secretary of the K inmate Branch of the National Lifeboat Institution.° FATAL ALPINE EXCURSION. On Sunday morning, February 28, a young Au, mint gentlianan, M. B—, sad an English friend, Mr. G—, set out on an alpine ascent of some difficulty. Accompanied by low guides, and well provided with all the noceasanas for a similar excursion, they left Sion at 2 o'clock a.m., and proceeded to a village aided Ardon, whence they commenced the uomision of the Dent d'Ardoo. Owing to the heat of the inn, and under the influence of the warm wind which prevailed, the snow was exceedingly soft, and on nearing the summit it became almost impos sible to advance. Still persevering, however, in their hazardous enterprise, tie travellers waded, so to er, through the yieldieg snow, when suddenly the mar oo which they were gave way and dashed down the side of the mountain with fearful velocity. At the time of the acci dent all were properly attached by a seer rope, made on purpose for the ascent. In some unaccountable manner the rope snapped in two places during the deftest, so that when the avalanche reached the valley below, after a slide of WO metre, (or 1,800 feet), the travellers were no longer roped together. The two gentlemen and one of the guides were entirely buried in the snow, another guide partly so, and the only two uninjured were the remaining guides, who were attached to the two ends of the rope. Notwithstanding the most heroic efforts of these two men, only two of the pa rty could be got out in time to seen their lives. N. was toned dead in a recumbent position. with his bead downwards, and it was only after two days' continual search that the mining guide's body was found. This sad affair haa thrown • gloom over the surrounding neighbour. hood, and those who knew M. B— will long remember the deep imprerion that his untimely fate has left behind. The funeral took place on the 3rd inst., at Lausanne, in the Oury burial-ground. THE LATE Sil, W. BROWN AND TEN BANK Of ENGLAND, —ln the summer of 1837 it fell to the lot of William Brown to ask the aid of the Bank of England; and to ask it wider circumstances of extreme peril. Almost every bank in the United States had stopped payment. Bills to the amount of some 750,009/. had been re turned upon the bowie, protested ; sod when a con ference is the Bank Parlour revealed the extent of what might follow, it was clear that a credit of two millions sterling w ould be required to carry through the storm the house of Brown, Shipley, and Co. It was given. For the tiers all rejoiced at a deliverance shared by thousands; and afterwards the tale was told, as it will hereafter be told, with wonder. But, as usual in such cases, the weeder is much diminished when the facts are known. The relief given was great. and the risk was mall. The Bank of England had, more clearly than on any other occasion yet recorded, helped to bring about the pressure she was asked thus to relieve. —L. r• r. pwl A/Won. A FILIALLE POLVGAM IST. —Au extraordinary MAC has lately been under investigation before the • lice at Woolwich, is which a man named John Ogden, a har dier in the Royal Artillety, was accused of steely sundry articles of household s from Reuben Cox, a tarots . in the Royal Arsenal. tolen furniture was discovered in an apartment in William-street, Woolwich, occupied by the accused and Cox's wife, who were provided with a certificate of ' e celebrated two days previously in the adjoining pireh of umstead. Thepolioe, acting on their instructions, took polemical of the property, and have sin , * recovered certificates sod ample proof showing that four men with whom the woman has entered into the contract of mart info are actually living. The case under investigation is not the only one, it appals, in which the woman has de camped with one man's furniture and hes married another. It is also proved that she lived as the wife of s fifth man for some years, between the dates of the first and wood certificates, and kept a cotfee•house at Barking. The certi ficates in the hands of the police-constable. Beer, who has charge of the case, are a, follows:—No. I, certit; rote of marriage oelebrated between Joseph Outer and Rebecca Scarborough at the church of St. Mary, Stratford, on the 19th of December, 1642 •' No. 2. between George James Wellington and Rebe c ca Scarborough, at Poplar, 29th of May, 1856 • No. 3, between Samuel Cox and Rebecca Wel !instep (vrikow ), also at Poplar, 7th November, ; No. between John Ogden and Reboot* Scarborough. spinster, at St. Margaret's Church. Plumatead, January 8, lm;-l. When informed of the many proofs of her delinquencies. she replied "that when she bad done her bit of imprienurent she had no fear of getting another husband or two to comfort bar." —• The celebrated Colclough case, which excited so much interest at the Wexford saline that a large pinery woe set mart for the ladies. the admiessou being by tickets, for which there was the greatest competition, came to an abrupt and disappointing termination last Friday. The plaintiff, Mr. P. 8. Colclough, claims the Tinteru Abbey estates in the county of Wexford. value 10,001. W. a year, on the !round that he is the true legitimate heir. The defend- ant is Mr. J. T. Ressborough Colclough, who married the widow of the late C 1131112 Colclough, to whom they were bequeathed. An application for the postponement of the trial was refused by the court, and the plaintiff, after con sulting his counsel, withdrew the record. This is probably the lest of the oasis. 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