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308 loud shouts of applause, and when the choristers came on in the Turkish costume they were greeted by shrill whistling, and retired behind the scenes much alarmed and discomfited. The tenor, who also advanced in the Turkish dress to sing his solo, was received in the same manner. He, however, had the presence of mind to throw away his to b an,, and and on this he was loudly cheered. The war was played, a nd the King and Queen were seen to applaud vigorously. CoLosszuw.—The evening concerts at this place of amusement are becoming attractive. They con sist of vocal and instrumental performances, in which a file of young ladies take a prominent part. THE "Relation of the Price of Wheat to the Reve nue derived from Customs and Excise Duties" was the subject of an able paper read by Dr. Guy at the last meeting of the Statistical Society. The paper abounded in statistical facts and tabular comparisons ; but the general conclusions arrived at by the author were as follows : " The influence of the price of wheat on the revenue derived from customs and excise duties is not such as to establish a very close and uniform relation between the one and the other ; for equal prices of wheat do not coin cide with equal amounts of revenue, nor equal amounts of revenue with equal prices of wheat. "The influence of the price of wheat on the revenue from customs and excise is much less considerable than its influence on the net ordinary revenue of which the customs and excise duties constitute so considerable a part; for while, in five out of six instances, the net ordinary revenue in groups of years of low prices exceeded the net ordinary revenue in similar groups of years of high prices, in no less than four out of the same six instances the yield of the customs and excise duties was higher in the groups of dear years than in the corresponding groups of cheap years. " When the amount of the revenue derived from customs and excise duties in different years is subjected to the ne cessary correction of taxes imposed or remitted, and the years of successful and unsuccessful financial operations are compared with the price of wheat, the results are found to be more in harmony with those obtained in the case of the net ordinary revenue, though the irregularities are such as to confirm the principle laid down in the first pro position, that there is no close or uniforni relation between the price of wheat and the revenue from customs and excise." Cdtsiastiral. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. The Rev. J. Gregory Smith, MA., to the Rectory of Tedetone de la Mere, near Bromyard. The Rev. Rowland Hill, BA., to the Incumbency of Worms ley, near Hereford. The Rev. Wm. Holt Beevor , 8.A., to the Vicarage of St. Hilary. The Rev. Wm. Hey, MA., to a Prebendal' Stall in 'York Cathedral. The Rev. Mr. Lowe to a Minor Canonry in Durham Cathedral. The Rev. Win. Wilbraham Johnston, MA., to a Minor Canonry in Manchester Cathedral. The Rev. F. 1). Perhius, M.A., to be a Surrogate for the dio cese of Worcester. The Rev. J. B. Harrison, M.A., to be Chaplain to the Nigh Sheriff of Kent. The Rev. F. Tripp, 13. A., to the Curacy of Trinity Church, Wakefield. The Rev. John Noble Bennie, M.A., to the Curacy of Acton, near Nantwich. The Rev. Win. Fred. Attenborough, 8.A., to the Curacy of Runcorn. The Rev. Edmund John Hitchings to the Curacy of St. Georges, Hyde. The Rev. Wm. Alfred Tattersall. 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Mary's. Kirkdale. The Rev. Arthur Denne Wilton, MA., to the Rectory of Or lingbury, Northamptonshire. The Rev. James Darnell, M.A., to be Second Muter of Arch . bishop Tenison's Grammar School, St. Martin-in-the-Fields. The Rev. W. D. P. Belcher, MA., to be Chaplain to the High Sheriff of Leicestershire. The Rev. F. Elmer, 8.A., to the Curacy of Doncaster. The Rev. J. S. Master to be one of the Honorary Canons of Manchester Cathedral. The Rev. Alfred Thomas Armstrong, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Ashton-on-Ribble. The Rev. John Wilson. MA., to the Perpetual Curacy of St. James, Preston. The Rev. John Pilling to the Perpotual Curacy of Grimeargh. The Rev. Thomas Sikes, M.A., to the Vicarage of Cheyening, near Serenoaks. The Rev. Charles John Armistead, 8.A., to the Curacy of W estwell, near Maidstone. The Rev. Wm. Henry White, 8.A., to the Vicarage of Kenton, near Debenhatn, Suffolk. The Rev. J. Colborne, M.A., to the Incumbency of Holy Trinity Church, Painswiek, near Stroud. The Rev. Fred. John Poole, 13. A., to the Curacy of St. John the Evangelist, Leeds. The Rev. H. W. Egan, BA., to be one of the Chaplains toiler Majesty's Forces in the East. 'VACANCIES. The Chaplaincy of the Radcliffe Infirmary, at Oxford; worth 01. a year. The Rectory of Little Wyborongh, near Colchester ; worth SOU a year. in the gift of the Charterhouse. The Rectory of Martin, near Horncastle ; worth 1801 a year, in private patronage. The Rectory of Sotby, near Wragby; worth 20W. a year, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor. The Incumbenoy of Baumer or Bantburgh, near Horricastie; worth 501. a year, in the gift of the Duke of Newcastle. The Head Mastership of Horncastle Grammar School, and a Chaplaincy to the Duke of Newcastle. The Curacy of Christ Chweh, tit George's East; in the gift of the Rev. Wm. QUaketti THE PRESS. thibtrsitg Itttiligtutt. OXFORD. Tan result of the examination for the Hertford or University scholarship was announced on Monday by the Vice-Chancellor. The examiners elected Mr. Frederick B. M. Montgomerie, Commoner of Bakhol ; and found eminent in Latin literature Mr. Robinson Ellis, Seholar of that college, and Mr. Catlow, of St. John's. Tun Lusby open scholarship in Magdalen Hall has been awarded to Mr. C. H. Boole, from the Islington Proprietary School. Mr. F. E. Thompson, Worcester, and Mr. J. H. Overton, Wadham, have been elected scholars of Lincoln College ; Mr. G. Mackness, Wadham, and Mr. Vincent Pearse, Exeter, have been elected exhibitioners of the same college. MR. WILLIAM CHARLES TROTMAN, PrObalolllo7 Fellow of New College, has been elected an Aetna) Fellow. THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEw RECTOR OF EXETER Counoz, the Rev. John Prideaux Lightfoot, M.A., took place yesterday week in the college chapel, with the usual forasalities. THE KEEPER OF THE ASHMOLEAN MCSECTI, Mr. Philip Bury Duncan, M.A. late Fellow of New College , who ha s held that office near ly ' thirty years, has signified his inten tion of resigning it. The appointment is in the gift of the visitors to the museum. The emoluments arising from this office are comparatively trilling. THE EXAMINERS FOR THE MATHEMATICAL SCHOLARSHIP have elected Mr. Joshua Jones, 8.A., of Liacoln College, to the senior scholarship ; and Mr. M. B. Moen*, post master of Merton College, to the junior scholarship. THE REV. JOSEPH FAWCETT BEDDY, M.A., and the Rev. John Selby Watson, M.A., both of Trinity College, Dublin, have been admitted ad eundem. THE following degree was conferred on Wedneadarr-- Mal.—Rev. W. P. Chappel, 8.A., Worcester College. IN • CONVOCATION held on Wednesday the Vice-Chan cellor submitted to the house the report of the delegacy appointed last term to take into consideration the subject of the erection of a new museum. The report, which recommended the outlay of between 30,0001. and 40,0001. on this object, was adopted by s majority of iS to 4. CAMBRIDGE. THE CRANCELLON'S GOLD MEDALS, for proficiency in classical learning, have been awarded to F. V. Hawkins, Trinity College; S. H. Burbury, St. John's College. SHREWSBURY SCHOOL has well maintained its reputation in the " honour lists" at Cambridge this year. Among the wranglers it has Messrs. Horne, Day, and Burbury (all of St. John's College), fourth, fifth, and fifteenth respec tively. In the first class of the classical tripos are Bur bury (second), Campbell , Magdalen (seventh), and Day (ninth). kiii, sto ltmg• WAR-OFFICE, Maws 28. 2nd Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant Edward Ffolliott Wingfield to be captain, by purchase, vice Totten ham, who retires ; Cornet and Sub• Lieutenant the Hon. Charles Spencer Bateman Hanbury to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wingfield ; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant the Hon. Thomas Hatton George Fermor to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Awty, who retires. Ist Dragoon Guards—Captain Archibald Henry Plan tagenet Stuart•Wortley, from the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be captain, vice Digby, appointed to the Grenadier Guards. 3rd Dragoon Guards—Charles John White, Gent., to be assistant-surgeon, vice Allen, promoted on the Staff. 9th Light Dragoons—Major Charles John Foster, from the 18th Light Dragoons, to be major, vice Allen, who ex changes. 18th Light Dragoons--Major William Warner Allen, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be major, vice Foster, who exchanges. lst or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Captain John Almeras I)igby, from the Ist Dragoon Guards, to be lieutenant and captain, vice Pole, appointed to the Cape Mounted Riflemen. Ist Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Alfred Crocker, from the 55th Foot, to be surgeon, vice Robertson, promoted on the Staff. 7th Foot—lush Edwyn Stanhope Jervois, from the 10th Foot, to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Keightley, who retires ; John Phillipson Langham, Gent., to be as s i s tant-surgeon, vice Sunter, promoted on the Staff. 10th Foot—Home Purvis, Gent., to be ensign, by pur chase, vice Jervois, promoted in the 7th Foot. 14th Foot--Brevet-Major John Watson to be major, without purchase, vice Tidy, who retires upon half-pay . Lieutenant David Thomas Armstrong to be captain, with out purchase, vice Watson; Ensign Gage Hall Dwyer to be lieutenant, without purchase, vice Armstrong ; Gentle man Cadet Edward William Saunders, from the Royal Military College, to be ensign, without purchase, vice Dwyer. 15th Foot—Lieutenant William Smith, from half-pay Slat Foot, to be lieutenant, vice Tilghman, appointed pay master of the regiment; Ensign George Edward Hunter to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Smith, who retires ; John Smyth, Gent., to be ensign, by purchase, vice Hunter. 17th Foot—Assistant -Surgeon Walter Simpson, M.D., from the nth Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Crnikshank, pro. moted on the Staff. 19th Foot—William Marshall Webb, Gent., to be Assist ant-Surgeon, vice Longmore, promoted. 29rd Foot--Aseistant•Surgeon William Godfrey Watt to be Surgeon, vice Smith, promoted on the Staff; William Cattell, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Watt. 35th Foot—Lieut. Charles Miller Layton to be Captain, by parcheae, vice Berkeley, who retires; Ensign Rauulph SATURDAY, Charles Lee to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Layton ; Albert John Revell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lee. 41st Foot—Lieut. Edwin Richards to be Captain, by purchase, vice the Hon. Richard Handcock, who retires; Ensign Edward Every to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Richards. 42nd Foot—William Alexander Davidson, M.D., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Muir, promoted in the 33rd Foot. 55th Foot—John James Norris, Gent., to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Crocker, promoted in the Ist Foot. 63rd Foot--StaffSurgeon of the Second Class Robert Lewins, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Mitcdonell, promoted on the Staff; William Wilson Mills, Gent., to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Lewins, promoted on the Staff. 65th Foot—Lient. Charles John Ewen to be Captain, by purchase, vice Anderson, who retires ; Ensign Frede rick Wemyss to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ewen ; Walter Higgin, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wewyss. 71st Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Barrett, M. 8., from the Staff, to be Surgeon, vice Carr, promoted on the Staff. 77th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Christopher Macartney, M. 8., to be Surgeon, vice Prendergast, promoted on the Staff; Ormsby Bowen Miller, Gent., to be Assistant-Sur geon, vice Macartney. 81st Foot—Major John Hamilton Stewart to be lieu tenant-colonel, without purchase, vice Farrant, deceased ; Captain Henry Edward Sorell to be major, without pur chase, vice Stewart ; Lieutenant William Benjamin Browne to be captain, without purchase, vice Sorell ; En sign Charles James Hughes to be lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Browne. 88th Foot—Lieutenant John Jerome to be captain, by purchase, vice Croker, who retires; Ensign Robert John Wallace to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Jerome ; Francis Drewe Edwards, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wal lace. 91st Foot--Assistant-Surgeon Miah William Murphy, from the 80th Foot, to be surgeon, vice Jameson, promoted on the Staff. 97th Foot—Edward Malcolm Sinclair, M.D., to be assistant-surgeon, vice Cay, appointed to the Coldstream Guards. Rifle Brigade--Assistant-Surgeon David Reid McKnnon, from the 78th Foot, to be surgeon, vice Anderson, promoted on the Staff. Cape Mounted Riflemen Lieutenant and Captain Charles Van Notten Pole, from the Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, to be captain, vice Stuart Wortley, appointed to the Ist Dragoon Guards. STAFF. Brigadier-General William Lennox Lascelles Fitz-Gerald Lord De Roe, Unattached, to be deputy quartermaster general to the forces proceeding on a particular service ; Brigadier-General James Bucknall Bucknall Eatcourt, Unattached, to be deputy adjutant-general to the forces proceeding on a particular service; Major Thomas Holmes Tidy, from the 14th Foot, to be depnty adjutant general at Jamaica, with the rank of lieutenanteeolonel in the army, vice Farquharson, wbo resigns. UNATTACHED. Brevet-Lieutenant -Colonel Peter Farquharson, major on half-pay 85th Foot, late deputy adjutant-general at Jamaica to be lientenant-oolonel, without purchase. HOSPITAL STAFF. Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals John Hall, M.D., to be Inspector-General of Hospitals. To be Deputy Inspector-Generals of Hospitals—Staff- Surgeon of the First Class William Henry Burrell, M.D. ; Staff-Surgeon of the First Class David , Staff Surgeon of the First Class Thomas Dambreck Atkinson, M.D. ; ; Staff Surgeon of the First Class John Forrest ; Staff-Surgeon of the First Class William Linton, M.D., vice Hall, pro- moted. To be Staff-Surgeons of the First Class--Staff-Surgeon of the First Class Peter Robertson, M.D., from half-pay, vice Burrell, promoted; Surgeon Alexander Sheriffs Mac done], from the 83rd Foot, vice Dumbreek, promoted; Surgeon William Cruickshank, M.D., from the 17th Foot, vice Atkinson, promoted ; Surgeon George Gordon Robert. son, M.D., from the let F oot, vice Forrest, promoted Surgeon Joseph Samuel Prendergast, M.D., from the 77th Foot, vice Linton, promoted ; Surgeon Thomas Ross Jameson from the 91st Foot ; Surgeon Robert Smith, from the 23rd , Foot; Sta ff -Surgeon of the S eco nd Class Richard James O'Flaherty ; Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class John Thomas Telfer ; Surgeon George Carr, from the 71st Foot; Surgeon Arthur Anderson, M.D.. from the Rifle Brigade ; Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class John Charles Graham Tice, M.D. To be Staff-Surgeons of the Second Class—Assistant - Surgeon Alexander Forteath, M.D., from the 2nd Dragoon Guards, vice Teller, promoted; Assistant-Surgeon George Cunningham Meikleham, from the 51st Foot, vice O'Fla herty, promoted ; Assistant-Surgeon Robert Marshall Allen, from the 3rd Dragoon Guards, vice Lewin, ap pointed to the 63rd Foot ; Assistant -Surgeon George WA %).m Powell, from the 34th Foot, vice Tice, promoted ; Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Moore Bunter, M. 8., from the 7th Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon were Webb, from the 10th Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon Charles Frederick Stephenson, from the 81st Foos ; Assistant -Surgeon Samuel Smith, fkom the Ceylon Rifle Regiment ; Assistant-Surgeon David Anderson, M.D., from the 9th Foot; Assistant-Surgeon Peter Mackey, M.D , from the 12th Foot; Assistant-Snr mn Hampden Hugh Mas s y , M.D., from the 4th Light pone ; Assistant -Surgeon Mark Stanley Todd, from the 86th Foot. To be Assistant Surgeon to the Forces--Assistant-Sur geon Thomas O'Kearney Gordon, from the 78th Foot, vice Barrett, promoted in the 71st Foot. MESSORANDUM.—The Christian names of Brevet-Major Sterling, Unattached, are Anthony Coninghazn, and not Anthony Cunningham, as previously stated, Jr I\