The Press. — London, England, 1855-05-12 00:00:00

450 THE PRESS. For the (possibly) vacant elastic boots Of juniors Yawhaw, Heehaw, and Toots. Clean-looking young men can not be admitted ; A preference given to visages pitted With small-pox, and snub or turn-up probosces— No defect thought a bar, except ocular losses. No Cambridge or Oxford men need apply, Save those who've been " plucked," or " didn't try." In short, it requires—in plain English to speak— Something two-thirds a snob, and one-third a sneak. For the better performance of work, the Society Intends to abolish the idle variety Now affected in dress by the junior " fry ;" Who strangely neglect good oil fashions gone by, Aud sport ev'ry thing novel in collar and tie, Disgusting immensely the " business eye," Which is very much duller To beauty of colour, Than the optic " arrangements" of beetle or fly. It proposes to start, for redressing these ills, " A Reform of the Juniors' Tailors' Bills " And, to check any future eissorial enormity, Has drawn up these hints towards " A New Uniformity" : " Coat—a black swallow-tail, tight cuffs, twenty years old ; " Vest—black satin, close-buttoned, with the collar call'd' rolled ;' " Black, or dark Oxford mixture, " continuations," " Strapp'd down, in defiance of late innovations, " Over high-lows, displaying grey worsted socks. " The throat to be cased in the stiffest of stocks ; " Not a vestige allow'd of collar or front, " On pain of forfeiting half a day's ' blunt.' L " The hat, a Perrin's Light Seven and-six; " No canes permitted, but stout oak sticks ; " And, to add to this lengthy description the ' tag,' " Each junior must cany a heavy blue bay." It is humbly submitted that youths, thus encas'd In vestments devoid of fashion and taste, As working clerks, will be vastly superior To those of a more prepossessing exterior ; And, though the Society's fain to own, That none of its speakers yet has shown The objections, upon industrial grounds, To the species of collars call'd all rounds ;" Nor prov'd that Intellect's so-called " March " Tends to abolish the use of starch ; Nor yet that he who follows the rule Prescribed by fashion must be a fool, Or a greater fool than the man who defies What's pro tempore in most people's eyes; Yet, out of its love for innovations, It feels bound to propose the above alterations, And, in matter of coat, collar, neck-tie, and vest, For once the East-end will give laws to the West ! H. S. F. TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGES. I beg to inform the hon. gentleman that the telegraph to the Crimea is open, and that the First Lord of the Admiralty received messages by it to-day and yesterday. Those messages do not contain any news from the Crimea, but simply announce that the telegraph is opened.—Lord Palmerston, House of Commons, April 26. To-day I have received a telegraphic message, stating that there was no news to communi eate.—Sir C. Wood, ibid. It is stated that the Government have been unable to make out the cipher in which the messages from the Crimea were sem. —Deify Papers. All we know is that we know nothing.—Socrates. Cipher: zero, nothing.—Johnsen's Dictionary. Ex nihilo nihilfit.—Scholattic Axiom. " Ex nihilo" ! were it not better read "pro" 1 " Pro nihilo nihil is fit," which would show That Cipher's the guise in which Nothing should come, From the Ciphers abroad to the Ciphers at home. F. H. SATURDAY, irbe VreZZ: TERMS OF Per Annum .. Half-Yearly .. Quarterly .. Fog .. $1 6 0 .. 0 13 0 .. 0 6 6 Payable in advance. Subscribers are requested to send their Orders through thel- News Agent; if direct to the Office, aocompanied by a Remit• ance. Money Orders to be made payable to Mr. ALFRED IVE, 110, Strand. London. TO CORRESPONDENTS. It is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive. Their insertion is often delitied, owing to a press of matter, and when omitted, it is frequently from reasons quite inde• pendent of the merits of the communication. We cannot undertake to return communications of which we do not avail ourselves. Ccmmunications should always be legibly written, and on one side of the paper only. If long it increases the difficulty of finding space for them. Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publica tion, but as a guarantee of his good faith. Advertisements sent from the country must be accompanied by a remittance or a reference for payment in town. V e bt 2 rsrgg+ LONDON, SATURDAY. MAY 12, 1855. POSTSCRIPT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. The House of Lords last night was chiefly engaged in a conversation, begun by Lord St. Leonards, on the subject of the legal bills of the session. Lord BERNERS afterwards offered some remarks on the militia. Some bills were advanced a stage, and their lord ships adjourned at seven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--FRAY. THE CONFERENCES Mr. MILNER GinsoN gave notice, that on the earliest available day he should move an address to the Crown, returning thanks to her Majesty for having directed the communication to the Legislature of the papers relating to the Vienna Conferences, expressing regret that the opportunity of bringing the negotiations to a pacific issue then offered had not been improved ; and asserting that the interpre tation of the Third Point conceded by Russia furnished the necessity of renewed conferences, and a good basis for a just and satisf4otor7 peaces ja reply te Mr, GIIOQAXI Lord PALMERSTON recapitulated the tenor of the despatch received that day from Lord Raglan, announcing the repulse of further Russian sorties. MAYNOOTH. rOn the motion that the house, on rising, should adjourn till Monday, Mr. HORSMAN vindicated the accuracy of the version of the evidence given before the Maynooth Commission, as published in the Blue Book. The addition of their territorial titles to the names of the Roman Catholic bishops he stated to have arisen from an oversight. Mr. Spodfizu justified his own assertion that the Commission had been one-sided, and the evidence garbled. STATE OF THE NATION. Major REM called attention ta the unsatisfactory state of public affairs, and urged a heavy charge against the Government of not having fulfilled the popu►ar wishes, and brought forward the reforms which had been promised and demanded. He called upon the Prime Minister to make a declaration of such character as would satisfy and appease the anxiety of the country. Lord PALMERSTON admitted that the chief of a Cabinet should fill the high offices of state with men selected solely on account of their proved ability, irrespective of all party or family considerations. In practice, however, it was found impossible to realise the idea. The men who were best endowed with capacity for official service were often embarked in private business, which prevented them from under taking political duties. Adducing instances of the difficulty thus occasioned from the experience of Lord Derby as well as his own, Lord Palmerston submitted that the members of the present Adminis tration were qualified for their functions, and entitled to the confidence of the public. With regard to Administrative Reform, he acknowledged the neces sity of making considerable changes in different departments, declaring at the same time that the Government were not neglectful in this matter having achieved many ameliorations, and prepared others. On this point he entered into a prolonged detail of changes completed or in progress, giving an outline of the reforms that had been efiected in the War-office, the Commissariat, the hospital service, the land and naval transport service, and then pro ceeding to sketch the plan upon which the consoli• dation of the several military departments was to be accomplished. He repudiated the charge of apathy or inactivity, asserting that the Ministry in every department were inspired by the single object of advancing the public service, and rendering the most efficient cooperation in carrying the country through the struggle in which it was engaged. Mr. DISRAELI commented upon the inconvenience of irregular discussions on by-motions, and in re ference to Lord Palmerston's statement, contended that he had furnished but a meagre and frigid pro gramme of reform. Mr. BULLER called attention to the state of the nem; service, alluding especially to tilt) vow of the Seringapatam, which had been hired for the con veyance of troops, notwithstanding her recognised unseaworthiness. The First Lord of the Admiralty explained the constitution of the new transport board, which be believed insured the future good management of that branch of service. After some remarks from Admiral Walcott, Colon(1 Knox, Captain Scobell, and other members, the sub ject dropped. NEWSPAPER STAMP BILL. The adjourned cgbate dh tliti third reading of the Nevispaper-Btimp Vitties till was resumed by Mr. PACEE, who protested against the measure. Mr. Macguire, Sir J. Walmesley, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Montague Chambers, and Mr. Bentinck having spoken, a division took place, on which there appeared—For the third reading, 138 ; against 60-7 S. Mr. NAPIER moved a clause allowing journals to pass through the post under a penny stamp if not above six ounces in weight. The clause was opposed by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, and negatived without a division. The bill then passed. The Spirit Duties (Scotland and Ireland) Bill went through committee. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER announced his intention not to persevere with his measure for imposing a penny stamp duty on banker's cheques. The bill, which stood for second reading, was accord ingly withdrawn. Several measures were advanced a stage, and the house adjourned at half peg twelve o'clock. Enibusity ~ntcli tote. OXFORD. The following degrees have been conferred ; D.C.L.—Rev. Frederick Godfrey, Wadham. B.D.—Rev. John Sedgwice ( Fellow), Magdalen. M.A.—George G. Eiger, Trinity; Rev. Albert Banff, Pembroke; William Butterfield, St. Mary Hall; Rev. Donald Cameron, St. Mary Hall. B.A.—William Douglas, Exeter; Richard H. Colley, Christ Church ; Dormer Fynos Clinton, Wadham ; John R. Steare, St. Mary Hall. CAMBRIDGE. The following degrees were conferred on Wednesday:— 8.D.—8. M. Cowie, St. John's College; J. C. Franke, Trinity College. M.A.—W. L. Christie, Trinity College; A. A. Ellis, Trinity College; D. H. Hodgkinson, Trinity College; Alexander Taylor, Trinity College ; J. C. Reade, St. John's College ; Charles Parke, Pembroke College ; G. W. Pierity, Cahn; College; W. G. Searle, Queen's College; E. 1). Marshal, Catharine Hall ; E. J. Huntsman, Jesus College ; pi T. Salisbury, Magdalen College; V. V. Fowler, Sidney College. B.A —Wm. Charles Green, King's College ; Peter Righton Atkinson, Trinity College ; John Bateson, Trinity College; Goodal, Clare Hall ; John James Scerpill! Clare Hall ; Johnathan Henry Bennett, Corpus Christi College; Shovell Henry Brereton. Corpus Christi College; Paul Louis Sanberg, Christ's College; lieory Watroll Wow, MilVdtileu college,