The Sun. — London, England, 1858-12-10 00:00:00

ik.- 7 ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. The GENERAL MEETING of MEMBERS win be held at the Soci e ty' s 'House, No. 12, Hanover - squ are : Louden, on FRIDAY, the 10th of December, at Eleven o'clock. By order of the Council, s. JAMES HUDSON, Secretary. London, Ist Dec., 185,4, BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. Incorporated by Royal Charter. The Court of Directors hereby Give Notice, That a Half- Yarly dividend at the rate of six per cent. per annum (fre e of income tax) on the Capital of the Bank, will be p a y able to the propri7tors of Shares, reg istered in this country, ,on and after the sth day of January next, at the Office of the Corpo ration, on, No. 7, St. Helen's-Place, Bishopsg ate-street, between the _hours of 10 and 4. No Transfer can be made between the 15th inst., and the sth proximo, as the books must be closed during that period. By order of the Cou rt, C. 31‘NAB, Secretary. 2 10 . 7, St. Helen's-place, London, Dec. 7, tB5B. er LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL .ft \VAY.—NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that on and bermT i ,,_ , EDNEDAY NEXT, the Ist December, ALTERA et,'"A S Will ade in the RATES and FARES for MER -I:IANDISE, Cattle, and Passenger Traffic between London, intermediate lanchesier Liverpool, Warrington, Huddersfield, and the and surrounding towns and places in Lancashire and Yorkshire. Full particulars may be obt ained on applica tion at the Company's Offices and Stat ions, and also of the Chap,llleYs Ag;ents, 3lessrs. Pickford and Co., Wo-street, Th and Messrs. Chaplin and Home, Hambro od Wharf, aMes-street. 1., BY order, W. CAWKWELL, General Manager. _ uston Station, 29th November, 1858. --.....--___. LONDON. CRYSTAL PALACE, REGENT tA,EIRCUS, OXFOR D-STREET and GREAT FORT , -STREET. NOW OPEN—ADMISSION FREE. 'SULLIEN'S CONCERT_S.- • LYCEUM THEATRE. LAST NIGHT BUT SIX.—TO-NIGHT, at Eight —34th AryPearance of the celebrated Violinist, 31. WIENIAWSKI. : Madame EVELINA GARCIA. LO-Inorrow, Saturday, Dec. 11, A MOZ ART NIGHT sth DPearance of Miss ARABELLA GODDARD. LY CEUM THEATRE. -M. JULLIEN'S 13t ,_ ANNUAL BAL MASQUE, on MONDAY, December maven 185 &—M. JULLIEN'S present BAL MASQUE will be ~,. en with the same splendour as has been displayed in those .. ,.'"agnificent Fetes he has presented to the public on former iT ' ''''F, i° ll g; Fetes which have unanimously been pronounced h i ITsurpassed in Europe. M. Jullien is determined that this, ' OVENTIETH BAL MASQUE in England, shall excel of its predecessors in brilliancy and splendour. The Nvilnees will be regulated by 12 Maitres des Ceremonies, vci ,°se arrangements will be strictly . carried out.—No one ~ il be admitted' except in Evening Dress or Fancy , i ostume.--No person in the costume of Clown, Har t ~e r iT ,r i b, or Pantaloon, will be admitted. These regulations st I be strictly adhered to. Mr. NATHAN, of Castle t Te,_ t, Leicester-square, has been - appointed Costumier , oe 11a1.—The Supper will be served at One o'eloek.—For this occasion M. JULLIEN is happy to announce that he has made arrangements with Mr. D ONALD, of the St. James s 4testaurantNegent-street, that he may serve a most magnifi lent SUPPER. Th e r eputation which the S t. Jame S's Winei have lately obtained (particularly among connoisseurs) will s ufficiently guarantee for their quality. „ Tickets for the Ball, 10s. 6d. ; the prices of admission for Peetators (for whom the audience portion of the Theatre will „beset apart), will be Dress Circles, ss. ; Private Boxes from ••.,J 4s . and upwards ; Gallery, 2s. Persons taking Private lio • xes will have the privilege of passing to and from the Ball Room without extra charge. Tickets for the Ball, Places, and Private Boxes, may b ate l ic:cured of Mr. Chatterton, at the Box-office, Lyceum and ..!"srs. Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent - st reet.—The Doors w 2.11 be opened at Half-past Nine, and the Dancing commence • a ' Half-past Ten. ..----------- ADELAIDE ROOMS, LOWTHER ARCADE, STRAND.—EVERY EVENING, at 8. Day Perform ance WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY, at 3. Immense sue %Ss of the ".Pas de Crinoline." The' Ohio Minstrels, fifteen number, whose surpassing talent as musicians, vocalists and dancers, is nic,rhtly greeted with rapturous applause by crowded and fashionable audiences. Stalls, 35.; Boxes, 2s. ; Nobilities' is. • Gallery, 64. Schools and Families Half-price. The obilities' Soirees attended. Director, M. Schmidt. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, TICHBOURNE- STREET (Opposite the Hay u'arket), Open daily (f o r Gentlemen only). i t inoprt ECTur„ES by . Dr . SEXTON at Four and Eight o'clock, on oant and interesting topics in connection with ANA ' MY, PHYSIOLOGY, and PATHOLOGY (vide Pro grammes). Admission ONE SHILLING. DR. KAHN'S NINE LECTURES ON THE PHILO '"ITY OF MARRIAGE, &c., sent post free, direct from the Author, on the receipt of twelve stamps. --- HOW E S AND CUSHING'S GREAT UNITED , STATES CIRCUS, ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE, LEICESTER-SQUARE. ' The largest Equestrian Company in the World, numbering TWO Hundred Men and Horses. ELLA, the Wender of the Age, will appear at each ,per romance. The Educated Mule s, " Pete and Barney,' in troduced at each entertainment. Among the numerous and tcautiful stud will be found " Blac k Ea g le," the Horse of auty. Pit, ls. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Reserved Sea ts, 35.; Stalls, 5.5. ; Pr!- Fate Boxes, £2 ; Children under 9, Half - p seatsrice ; Gallery, 6d. may be secured. No booking fees. Carriages at 4 and 10 o'clock. Two performances daily, at Two and half-past Seven A. P.m. : NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS , formerly CASINO DE VENISE, High Holborn.—Visitors to the PRIZE CATTLE SHOW are respectfully informed that these Magnificent Rooms are Open Every Evening, and are the greatest attraction i n London. Doors open from half - Past 8 tilll2. Admission, ls. ARGYLL -ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Pice,adilly.—GßAND CASlNo.—These popular and celebrated rooms arc open every evening, with R. R. Bi, (3i - rand Orchestra, conducted by that great composer, Mons. Antony Lamotte, of Paris. Leader, Charles Hall, of her Majesty's Theatre. Mons. Boukourt, there lebrated cornet a-piston player, performs nightly, iother talented artistes, selected from the Philharmonic Concerts, and Royal Italian Opera Houses. Selections from Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, Traviata, Huguenots, Robert le Diable, and thenew opera Martha. Likewise the following new music, will be played nightly :—" The Lucknow Quadrilles," and " The Fairest Rose of Autumn," by M. Lamotte, introducing a solo obligato for the Saxophon, played by M. Tyler ; a New Waltz, by Charles Hall; Mr. Calkin's New Polka, selected from the popular Opera " Guy Mannering ;" and the New Polistka, " Ma- The Victory," by J. 8., with a solo fo r the cornet-a-pon. nager, It. R. Bigneli, assisted by. Mr. C. Brown, and Mons. Grenet. Masters of the Ceremonies, Messrs. A. and J. Calkin, Jarvis, and Birch. Doors open at half-past 8, close at ten minutes before 12. Admission, ls. to Promenade. N.B.—All applications for the above band for Concerts and Balls, to be made to Mr. William Price, treasurer, at the Rooms. • - THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.- It is only a short time sin ce this s ingularly efficacious article of animal diet first made its appearance ; and already its celebrity is world-wide. It has been a subject of wonder, and has puzzled many a brain to explain how with this a few f has been brought about. Yet when we are acquainted concerning the food, our wonder will cease. A few days since, a gentleman wrote, stating that that he had a horse which was a `'H perfect bag of bones." e tried ail kinds o f things to get the animal into condition , but in vain. He then bought some of Thorley's food ; and he says the effect was wonderful. The horse rapidly grew fat, and in the course of a few weeks had gained no less than 12 stones. Again we find at the late agri cultural shows at Birmingham, Cardiff, &c., the animals which carried off the highest prizes had been partly fed with Thor ley's food for cattle. Such facts speak for themselves, and we are forced to the conclusion that its celebrity arises solely from its own intrinsic merits, and the great demand for it can proceed alone from the good opinion and testimony of those who have tried it. 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In the reign of Richard 111. one of these con flicts was so violent that several persons weNkilkd on both sides ; in consequence of this event the point at issue was decided by the Lord Mayor of the time, who made an award by which the two companies were given precedence of each other alternately, and this old regulation is still observed; accord in g to it Mr. Locke spoke to the toast, though the representa tive of the Merchant Tailors' Company was present. Mr. Locke also stated that the Prime• Warden of the Fishmongers' Company then presiding was the lineal descendant of the Lord Mayor Boddington, who so long ago made the peace-preserving decision. The Company, after drinking "The Health of the Visitors," separated. During the evening a selec tion of vocal music was performed by the Orpheus Glee Union, under the direction of Mr. W. Dorrall. The dinner, every way worthy of the hospitable board of the Worshipful Company, was served by Messrs. Ring and Brymer. Mr. Harker, in fullest voice, officiated as toastmaster. DA VISCOUNT PALMERSTON AT ROMSEY. Clyde to conduct military operations in that coun try, and at having chosen Lord Elgin to carry on the negotiations with China. (Cheers.) These three individuals have entitled themselves to the grati tude and admiration of their countrymen for the manner in which they have performed the duties which respectively . fell to their lot. With regard to the present topics to which my friend has ad verted, it has given me the greatest possible satiss faction to meet so Many of my friends and neigh bours, and I shall ever be proud. to co-operate with you in those great. objects that form • the sub ject and aim of these meetings. Being now on m y legs, 1 'Wish to propose aatoast which somewhat reminds me of the cry. that used to be heard in the gallery of the - Dublin Theatre, when, after calling for cheers for the persons they wished to honour, they used to call out, "Three' cheers for our noble selves." '(A laugh:) • I beg to propose " Prosperity to the Romsey Agricultural Association," and, in doing so, I cannot but•say I think these associations are highly descrying of support and encourage ment: They are conducive in many ways to the public interest. They bring . people together in a body to communicate their ideas and information in a manner not only agreeable and useful to them selves, but also advantageous to the general welfare of the community. The great - ob)ect of these societies being the encouragement of agriculture, it is gratifying to see to what degree that object has been attained. With regard to the agriculture of the country generally the progress it has made since that melancholy epoch, as it was considered, when the principle of free trade was applied to agri culture is most remarkable. We, who always sup ported that doctrine, contended that those who were protected generally went to sleep, and those , : who' go to sleep tatet do much—that the industry., which is left open and subjeet to competition is wide awake, and those who are wide awake are ge nerally stirring and active. The result has justified those anticipations. From the time that agriculture was subject to the spur of competition the greatest possible progress has been made in agricultural. practice and science. We have seen the introduc tion of machinery that was never dreamed of before. I People used to imagine that agriculture differed from manufactures in so far that agriculture was the simple work of the hand, while machinery was, they thought, to be confined to those other pro cesses that did not relate to the cultivation of the soil. Of late years, however, implements of most ingenious description have been applied to agricul tural pursuits, greatly to the advantage of owners and tenants of the soil, and, allow me to say, not to the disadvantage of the labourer. (Cheers.) People used to think that machinery w0u1.4 cut out labour and diminish the demand for it. But the contrary has been proved, for in those manufactur ing towns in which machinery is used, in propor tion to the increase of machinery so has been the increased demand for men and women. So it will be in agriculture. The soil will be better cultivated when machinery is applied to certain processes, but the amount of labour required will not be less. I have no doubt that we shall live to see great im provements in that respect, and that the application of steam to different agricultural processes will be carried to a much gr eater extent than it is at pre sent, to the advantage of the country and not to the disadvantage of the labouring class. In our neigh bourhood we have seen how greatly agricultural science has improved. The increased quantity of stock which has been produced within the memory of many of us shows the advance in agricultural prac tice and science. The land is far cleaner than it used to be. I am bound, however, to say that one sees a field now and then that seems rather to be long to a painter than a farmer, in which the most beautiful colours prevail, and over which the late Mr. Turner might appear to have been spreading that yellow tint which he so much delighted in. (Laughter.) Sometimes one might think that there was a prize to be competed for in '" charlock" - as well as in other products. In general, however, the land is much more cleanly cultivated than formerly. In fact, agriculturists have begun to see that weeds in your field are like a set of tramps in your kitchen —the tramps eat up your stock to the prejudice of your family, and the weeds up the nourishment that ought produce the crop. (Hear.) No doubt great progress has been made, and greater still remains to be accomplished. There is one thing that I wish to press upon your attention—guano is a material of limited quantity, and the regions that produce it are not likely to be replenished when once their stock of gitano is exhausted, because the birds from which guano is created are driven away, and, like coal, when it is once dug up you cannot expect to have it reproduced. I believe that nothing is better after all than good farm-yardmanure—(hear) — and if those who cultivate the land would be more at tentive thati they are in some farm yards to the collecting of the manure formed in those yards, and would apply it to the enrichment of the soil, I be lieve that foreign manure would, in many cases, not be required ; at all events, I think that the time is not very far distant when the foreign supply will cease, and when domestic guano will be the source to which you must apply.. (Hear, hear.) There is a great subject which is very much discussed, and which is now under chemical examination, viz., whether town sewage can or cannot be advantage ously applied as manure. One's hope was that the application would be easy and certain. Experiment has shown, however, that it is very difficult ; that the matter mixed up with the sewage, and which is of its nature inert, forms so large a portion of the compound that its removal costs a great deal, and is not remunerative. I know, however, that the Me tropolitan Board of Works are now employing ex perienced chemists to see whether town sewage cannot be applied so that it may be advantageously transferred at any distance as agricultural manure. Undoubtedly, if in a town like Romsey you could mix mould with the contents of your cesspools a great deal of valuable manure might be obtained which would otherwise be lost. (Hear.) It is hardly necessary for me to say—because I know your kind ness to those under you—that while agriculturists attend to their machinery, their cattle, and imple ments their labourers ought also to be the subject of their peculiar care. (Cheers.) As to any idea of regulating wages according to benevolence, such a principle is not applicable to hufnan affairs, because the wages of labour, like the price of all other com modities, depends upon the proportion of demand and supply. (Cheers.) Yet there are circumstances connected with personal kindness and superinten dence with the care of the sick and encourage ment of the deserving, and those peculiarities of intercourse existing between the employer and the employed, which tend greatly to the com fort of the labourer and the improvement of his social condition. I know people imagine that socie ties like the Labourers' Encouragement Societies are not founded upon sound philosophical principles. I entirely differ from that opinion. (Cheers.) lam quite sure that such meetings and such institutions do immense good. It is all very well to say that labourers ought not to receive a piece of card or a few shillings as a reward for many years of faith ful and dutiful service—that they ought to throw back such a thing upon those who give it them, and say that they are trifling with the labours of a life. But such an objection is at variance with the principles of human nature. It is not the few shillings or the bit of pasteboard that constitutes the reward, but you appeal to one of the leading principles of human nature, the one, indeed, most conducive to the social improvement of mankind — the love of approbation—the love of approbation of others, of those whose opinion is of value to those who are judged and who are capable of judging. (Hear, hear.) The labourer who comes before such an institution and who receives a ticket of good conduct and a few shillings of reward has the same sense of pride, of self-respect, and of grati tude as the soldier who gets the Victoria Cross, or the officer who gets a riband tied round his neck or hung over his shoulder—distinctions for which men risk their lives, and go through the greatest dangers. (Cheers.) Who in his senses would mea sure the inducement given to the soldier to risk his life in battle by the value of the bit of copper that he may be entitled to wear round his neck ? Would it not be a mockery to tell a man, " Go and risk your life 20 times a day, and if you come safe out of battle you shall have a piece of copper, or a bit of riband, of the value o f a few pence, given to you ?" That is not the measure of the value of the Victoria Cross, or the riband, in the eyes of the soldier. He wears them as a token that he is a brave man—that he has done his duty to his coun try—and has preferred his duty to co nsideratio.n fl s of personal safety arid ease. In the same way regard to the labourer. Go into the eo h tt g labouring man and see the delight o N v v i p t points to the card on the c h h b i no ecev,ileiNevlhichhe thising to of iliat he is wor tthoetl dieisetlyneestioofnhoifs r n e e e i e g i v provesto be deterred by any false ridicule from supporting his merit as a citizen. I tills; that we shall never those institutions which tend to the good ofthe labouring c l as ses. Let them kn ow that their c onduct is watched, that their welfare is cared for, that their merit will be rewarded by those above them, and then depend upon it we shall produce a great improvement in the trust m oral and social condition of the co untr y . I that this association will continue to prosper and extend, convinced as I am that associations of this kind are beneficial and spread sound principles of action over the whole extent of the country. Gen tlemen, I give you " Prosperity to_ the Romsey Agricultural Association." (Cheers.) The noble . ritEsIDENT then pr6posed " The Mayor and Corporation of Romsey." Br. BEE•DomE (who 'has served the office of the head of the corporatio n, as he was Lord High c ma ess y l o v r e s 3 i ; x 6a tes t im ofo , and who vh sa o id is tl n ut o t w his in Lordshiphis third s mn- was Steward of Romsey. The inhabitants of Romsey and the district were greatly indebted in more ways than was generally known both to Lord and Lady Palmerston for their kindness and benevolence. (Hear, hear.) He had the pleasure of seeing the other day a statuette on which were inscribed the names," Palmerston—Crimea, China, India," and those three names would go down to posterity with the noble lord. - (Hear h ea r.) His Lordship , how ever, could not show_ his moral courage by crossing the Channel without becoming the subject of public criticism 'and remonstrance. Yet there was this coincidence connected. with his visit to France, that immediately after his return the Emperor of the French gave a free pardon to Count Montalembert. (Cheers.) He hoped that when his Lordship again (Ch cottagesee (Cheer s.) f rHtehei their trustedlabo labourers, forhe attentiont the practice _ o visited Frame his return would be marked by the removal of all impolitic restrictions upon the Frenc h landowners would be directed to the building of su press. itab e of huddling together the poor in small rooms was Most prejudicial to their morals and comfort. He entirely agreed with the vicar that some legislative interference with beer - houses was requisite. Beer houses were at present the greatest curse that now existed. in this country—(hear, hear)—and their suppression or reguhltion was imperatively de manded. He was happy to say that the noble viscount had given £5 to the Total Abstinence So ciety, and had promised an annual subscription of the same amount. Lord Palmerston then left the chair amid the cheering of the meeting, and the proceedings ter minated. EAST INDIA HOUSE, 8111 DECEMBER. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next Examination of Candidates for the appointment of Assistant- Surgeon in her Majesty's Indian Military Forces will be held in this House on MONDAY, the 10th January, 1859, and succeeding days, and that the probable number of v acancies in the Medical Establishment to be then filled MELVILL.up will be fifty-one. J. COSMO Yesterday the Romsey Agricultural Society held its annual Christmas show of fat and lean stock. The stock exhibited for prizes was shown apart from the ordinary market stock, in the spacious opening in Church-street. The cattle, , sheep, and pigs, were of first rate quality. Lord Palmerston, who is at present staying at his adjacent seat, Broadlands, and who is president of the society, was on the ground, and inspected the stock with great attention. The noble viscount appeared to be in excellent health. The annual dinner took place inthe afternoon in the White Horse Hotel, Romsey, when about 90 of the leading agriculturists of the district sat down. Lord Palmerston took the chair, supported b y Sir J. B. Mill, the Hon. R. H.Dutton, M.P. , Dr. Bed dome (Mayor of Romsey). the Rev. A. Moore (vicar) Messrs. G. Eyre, T. W. Henderson, R. Eyre, Tay lor, J. Ashe, J: C. Sharp, G. Sharp, &c. After the cloth had been drawn raid_grace said, The noble PRESIDENT said—Gentlemen, I rise to propose that first toast which embodies the wishes that arc deepest in the hearts of all Englishmen and uppermost in their lips—" The health of her Majesty the Queen." (Cheers.) I need not say that which we all feel, that we have the good for tune to live under the best Sovereign that ever reigned over this or any other nation, and it is diff - cult to express our thankfulness for having the good fortune to be so governed. (Cheers.) The noble PRESIDENT next . proposed " The Health of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal family." He need scarcely remind such alnecting that the Prince Consort was a distinguished farmer, and that in many other capacities he occupied a prominent and distinguished place. (Cheers.) The noble PRESIDENT, in proposing the toast of " The Army and Navy," said—lt is gratifying to know that these two great services are in as effi cient a condition as they ever were in the whole course of the 'history of the country. (Cheers.) The glorious exploits of Alma and Inkermann may rival any of the acts contained in the brightest page of this or any other nation. In India the heroism of our troops has been equalled by that displayed by civilians of both sexes. (Cheers.) Indeed, the gallant and intrepid conduct of all English men and women during the lamentable events that have blackened the history of that country during the last two years has obtained the admiration not only of this country but of the world. (Hear.) The navy have not had the same opportunity of distinguishing themselves, but, whether they have had to act in co-operation with the army or, as in China, upon their own basis, they have maintained their old reputation. In the Crimea, finding that the Russian fleet would not give them an adequate opportunity of distinguish ing themselves, the naval brigade rendered great services on shore, headed by Sir W. Peel, who pro mised to be one of the most distinguished orna ments of the profession to which he belonged. (Cheers.) Mr. BARFOOT, of the Yeomanry Cavalry, ac knowledged the toast. The noble PRESIDENT next gave " The health of the Bishop and Clergy of the Diocess." The Rev. A. MOORE, in returning thanks, said he could not help adverting to a movement that was now going on in the parish of Romsey. They might laugh at the temperance movement, but he had known many whose persons and habitations formerly exhibited the greatest degradation, po verty, and misery. Since these persons had joined the temperance movement he had gone into cottage after cottage, and had found husbands and wives who used to live like dogs and cats, but who now abstained from the habit of drinking, living in domestic happiness , comfort, and cheerfulness. (Hear, hear.) In Romsey, with a population of 5,660 persons, th er e were 1,235 houses, 52 of which were publichOuses and beerhouses. There was, therefore, a publichouse or beerhouse to every 112 persons, and one to every 23 houses. He once thought that his parish was one of the worst in the kingdom, but he had seen some reason to modify this opinion. The crowded state of the cottages cried aloud for amendment. He ought not to omit to express his heartfelt thanks to their noble President for the great consideration he had shown here to the labouring classes of the parish, more especially to those employed on his estates. (Cheers.) The beerhouses next required attention. Some of rev, brethren wished them to be put under the control of the magistrates. For himself he should rejoice to see every beerhouse put down. Without a more efficient control over them the labours of the clergy were in vain. (Hear.) The noble PRESIDENT next gave "The health of the Members for the Southern Division of Hamp shire," reminding the meeting that he had once had the honour of being one of those members. (Cheers.) Mr. DUTTON replied. The Secretary (Mr. Eggar) having read the list of prizes, the noble PRESIDENT proposed in suc cessive toasts the " Health of the Successful Candi dates," the " Unsuccessful Candidates," the " Judges" (Messrs. Oliver, Blundell, and Sillence), and " Successful Candidates elsewhere," coupled with the name of Sir J. B. Mill. Sir J. B. MILL returned thanks, and said he might perhaps claim some merit for his success at the present Baker-street show, as the pigs there exhibited were a class of animals second to none in this country. It was unnecessary for him to eulo gize the abilities, the kindness and urbanity of the noble lord the president of their society, who was not only known to them as one of the greatest ad ministrators of this country but also as a liberal and kind landlord. (Cheers.) At the meetings of agricultural societies politics were not admitted, and it was not for him to broach questions of a political character in proposing the noble viscount's health. Their noble president had referred to the glorious deeds of the army and navy in the Crimea, but he would ask one question, —Who was the con queror of the Crimea ? (Cheers.) At one particu lar juncture the heart of England was cast down and desponded, although it did not despair. No sooner was the noble viscount called by the voice of the people to occupy the first position in her Majesty's councils than new armies came forth, and new navies came into existence, and the waves of our sea-Firt isle bore them to their des tination. A glorious peace, gained under the walls of Sebastopol, was the fruit of the energy displayed by his noble friend. (Cheers.) As an Englishman he was proud to recall these facts, and to remind them of the day when, in conjunction with our allies, his noble friend restored a lasting peace to Europe. It was a proud day for Englishmen, French, and Sardinians, when their combined power left at the bottom of the sea the topmasts of those Russian ships that only marked the degrada tion of that country. He called upon them to drink the health of the noble viscount as an English geritleman and as a statesman. Here, at least, the noble lord was " the right man in the right place." (The toast was drunk with three times three hearty cheers, with supplementary huzzas for Lady Pal merston.) The noble PRESIDENT, who was received with enthusiastic cheering, said,—Gentlemen, I must beg in the first place, on behalf of Lady Palmerston, to thank you for the honour you have done her, and to assure you that if it suited our habits and arrange ments that ladies should assist on these occasions, it would have given her the greatest satisfaction to have the honour of being here. (Cheers and laugh ter.) I am quite aware, as my friend Sir J. Mill has stated, that politics are out of place in meetings of this description, but as he has been pleased to advert, although briefly, to topics of that kind, I may be permitted to say, with regard to the con duct of the Russian war, that it certainly was brought to a successful and glorious issue under the Government of which I had the honour to be one, in co-operation with our allies the French and Sar dinians—and let us not altogether forget the brave - Turks who, for the whole 12 months, defended the line of the Danube unsupyorted by any allies. (Hear, hear.) But if we were able to bring that war to a successful and glorious termination, it was not owing so much to any merit on our part as to the determined and manly spirit of the British na tion. The people of this country took it up as a national question, and when English men are determined to assert their rights and make their will prevail it is difficult to find a resistance that will thwart them in the pursuit of their object. It is no doubt gratifying to us who were members of the late themerataAdnisttion to see that the great features of policy at we re commended to Parliament have been carried out by our successors to a successful and satisfactory result —that the rebellion in India is now nearly quelled, that our operations in China have led to a success ful and satisfactory treaty, and that we have ob tained a very satisfactory and advantageous con vention with Japan. (Hear.) If we are entitled to claim any merit it is one that belonged more pecu liarly to the late Administration than to any other portion of the community—viz., the choice of agents, and we may look with peculiar pride and satisfaction satisfaction at having selected Lot d Canning or the Government of India, at having appointed Lord EAST INDIA HOUSE, December 8, 1858. THE COURT of DIRECTOR S of the EAST -I- INDIA COMPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will be held as above, on SATURDAY, the 18th instant, between the hours of 12 and 6, for the Election of Three Directors, in the room of JOHN SHEPHERD, Esq. Sir JAMES WEIR HOGG Bart., and ' W LIAM JOSEPH • EASTWIC Esq., L who have disqualified. The form of a letter of attorney, and of a declaration for ro ena bli n g Proprietors of East I ndia Stock to vote by proxy on this occasion, will be prepa r e d for delivery to the pprietors at the Treasury, in this House. C. CRAUFURD Acting Secretary. R NAMENTS for the Drawi n g -room, Library. O and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obe lisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &c., in Italian Alabaster, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured b JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections o f SHELLS, M INERALS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study. of MINERALOGY, C4OINC achHOLOGY, and G EOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas e. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strand. MR. LOWE. M.P., AT KIDDE.RMINSTER. KIDDERMINSTER, THURSDAY. The Right Hon. R. Lowe, M.P., addressed a large meeting of the inhabitants of Kidderminster and neighbourhood last night at the public rooms, which were crowded by upwards of 1,000 people. The Mayor of tho borough, Mr. Dixon, presided. Mr. Lowe had dined on the previous evening at the Lion Hotel with a number of his chief supporters, and had addressed them briefly on several political topics, but left the question of reform for discussion last evening, Mr. LOWE, after some introductory remarks, re ferred to the war with China, upon which the last appeal to the people had been made. To that ap peal the electors of the country had nobly responded, and they saw the fruits of the policy which had led to that war in tho opening of the traffic with China and Japan. But siir:e that election a change had taken place, and the Ministry, then so powerful, had been hurled from power and had been succeeded by others. It was the pleasure of the House of Commons to depose that Ministry, and the country had not reversed that decision. He bowed to it, although his opinions of Lord Palmerston were un changed. As regarded the present Government, he was not disposed to find fault with them ; they were very obliging, and had even divested them selves of a portion of their old principles to assume those of which the Liberal party had always been supposed to possess the monopoly. But such a change of opinion on the part of the Conservatives, while, no doubt, productive of loss to the Liberal party, could not but conduce to the benefit of the country. It might now be taken reat for granted that of all parties were united on the g principles free trade, religious toleration, and public economy ; while other distinctions had vanished which for merly marked the Conservatives and Liberals. Sheridan once said, when he saw a Highlander in trousers,"Conya ts are always enthusiast ic. ;(Laugh ter.) That was a fault which he had to find with the Tory party. Not that they had adopted Libe ral opinions, to which they were quite welcome, but that they had gone beyond them, had carica tured them, and made themselves ridiculous by making them their own. (Hear.) He instanced the India Bill and the proposition of a £lO house hold franchise for the election of the executive board as an illustration, and he then went on to contro vert the statement in M. de Montalembert's cele brated pamphlet that the Liberal party had been most anxious as soon as the Conservatives were in power to unseat them. The Liberal party were not on that occasion anxious to recover office. They felt their time was not arrived, and that it was best :the present Government should remain in office until the unhappy differences which existed amongst themselves could be made up, or that when they again took the reins of government it might be with the full strength of the Liberal party. Mr. Lowe then came to the subject of parliamentary reform. Many of those present, no doubt, remembered the first ReforM Bill. At that time the whole elements of society were trou bled from top to bottom, the most extraordinary excitement pervaded all classes, and it was felt that political matters had come nearer and dearer to them than their own private interests. He venture I to say that this country never feltmore dismay and apprehension when it was feared the Reform Bill was in danger ,nor ever experienced such a thrill of triumph as when it was at last successfully carried. But what was the case now ? The question of re form was broached again ; but where was the en thusiasm, where were the crowded meetings, and the petitions signed bv thousands in favour of Par liamentary Reform ? Vhey took these things more coolly now. Lord J. Russell's two bills of 1852 and 18M were dropped, and no earthquake followed — no one lamented that they were nipped in the bud; and so it was with Lord Palmerston's third bill. The fact was that their grievances pinched them so slightly that seven years had passed over their heads without a Reform Bill, and still they were in a placid state of mind. After some further remarks on the altered tone of the public mind, he said that while it was hard to find a man who was not enthu siastic on the old Reform Bill, there were mani festations in many quarters of indifference a, d even hostility to a new bill. Therefore he considered he was justified in Assuming that up to the present time the Reform Bill which they would next ses sion be called upon to consider had not been de manded by any large amount of popular sympathy, but that the proposal had been treated with the most galling indifference. When the Bill of 1832 was proposed and in agitation, they had a House of Commons that did not regard the interests of their constituents, and there were many things re quiring reformation that had since been altered. They had a civil list overloaded with sinecures — they had been swept away; the exclusive local governments of that time, formed a junto who kept the local government to themselves, had yielded to representative gOvernment in towns ; and their County Courts had given them cheap and speedy law. These were a few of the matters that had resulted from the passing of the old Reform Bill, 27 years ago. That bill gave to the people a power of direction in the House of C ommons and an influence which they had never possessed be fore ; and the House of Commons was now only too anxious to meet the wishes of the people of the country and to carry them out. If the House of Commons had not appeared anxious on this ques tion of reform it was because the people had not urged them onward. He denied the truth of Mr. Bright's statement at Birmingham, that the House of Commons did not posSess the sympathies of the country, and if they would examine the evidence which Mr. Bright had brought forward in proof of his assertion they would see that the House of Com p mons was not any wiser than the country generally. They . had never found when the country had been unanimous in wishing this or that to be clone that the House of Commons had resisted the demand or ' set itself up against public opinion. Mr. Bright said the House of Commons was not favourable to free trade in 1841, but neither was the country at that time, and the Anti-Corn Law League had been obliged to admit their members by tickets for that I reason. Since the passing of the Reform Bill they had had the invention of railways and electric telegraph, which had brought mem bers and their constituencies nearer together, and by which the influence of constituencies over their representatives had been very considerably increased, and had been brou g ht to bear upon the House of Commons ; and that had brought to bear upon the House of Lords. Mr. Bright, for the purpose of gaining a fleeting popularity, had en deavoured to raise a feeling against those placed in a superior position to the remainder of the people ; but if they were to abolish the House of Peers to morrow, the best thing dpaayt:iyteof He t cu ho considered ld do would be to constitution.the House e. s n e f t Peersit up aagain essentialnex t Lowe went on to say that he was an advocate for further•improvements in the representation of the people based on the principle of the Reform Bill of 1832, varying its details to meet the improvements and wants of the times, but he considered the prin ciples of the old Reform Bill were immortal, and disconnected from the times. Any further reform should be based upon the old principles. He was favourble to lowering the franchise in counties, and he considered that property and knowledge should have a proper amount of influence in the country. He considered the working classes were, in great part, paymasters of the country—as a body, they had great power, wealth, and knowledge, and as such should have a due representation. The ballot was only incidentally alluded to by Mr. Lowe, in con nection with the universal suffrage system of the United States. At the close of the address, a vote of thanks was passed to the mayor for his conduct in the chair, and Mr. Holloway, a Chartist member of the Kid derminster town council, afterwards addressed the el ectore. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, DEC. 9. In a convocation holden this morning at 10 o'clock, the nomination of the Rev. Henry L. Man sel, 8.D., late Fellow of St. John's, as a curator of the Taylor Institution, in the room of the Rev. W. Lake, resigned, was submitted to the house and approved. In the same convocation Charles Tickell Proctor, M.A., King's College, Cambridge, was admitted ad eundein. In a congregation held afterwards, the following degrees were conferred : DOCTOR IN DIVINITY. George Hunter Fell (Fellow), Magdalen College. DOCTOR AND BACHELOR IN DIVINITY BY ACCUMULATION. Robert Chohnely (Fellow), Magdalen College. MASTERS OP ARTS. The Rev. Henry Everett Ravenhill, University College. The Rev. Edward Duke, Exeter College. The Rev. Thomas Sykes lichens, ditto. The Rev. William Gildea, ditto. The Rev. Edward Charles Wickham (Fellow), New College. The Rev. James Bevan Gwyn, Jesus College. John William P. Jones. Worcester College. Frederick Charles Skey, ditto. BACHELORS OF ARTS. Edmund Price, University College. Henry Western Plumptre, ditto. George Hanbury Field, ditto. James M'Conechy, Balliol College. Robert Dobie Wilson, ditto. William James Bristow, ditto. George James Crewys, ditto. Francis G. C. Braithwaite, ditto. Charles Synge Christopher Bowen (Fellow) ditto. Albert Venn Dicey, ditto. H e nry Johnes Fielding, Exeter College. Edward Dix, ditto. Henry Benwell, ditto. George Congreve, ditto. William Powolt-James (Scholar), Oriel College. William Rutter Bayley, ditto. William Edward White, ditto. John Swan, ditto. Harry Davidson, ditto. Robert Burroughes, ditto. Thomas Cochrane, ditto. John Postlewaite Airey, Queen's College. Englebert Horley, ditto. Collin Threikeld, ditto. John Wharton, ditto. Thomas Bromley, ditto. Frederick Samuel Newman, ditto. Thomas Dowker Shepherd,ditto. Charles Lawrence Butler, ditto. Reginald St. Pattrick, ditto. John Butler Harrison (Fellow), N©w College. Thomas Beevor Daveney (Scholar), Lincoln College. Samuel Robson, ditto. Robert Henry A. Otter, Corpus Christi College. James Tate, ditto. William Cornish Hunt, Christ Church College. James Frances Hewitt, ditto. Richard Blackmore, ditto. Joseph Eaton, ditto. Edward Campbell Browning, ditto. Charles Henry Boivman, ditto. Francis Valentine' Paxton, ditto. Ronald Ruthven Leslie Melville, ditto. John Parsons, Trinity College. William Bennett, ditto. John Matthias Procter, ditto. Pynson Wilmot Bennett, ditto. William Gordon Cole (Scholar), ditto. William Wynne Wilson (Scholar), St. John's College. Alfred Willis. ditto. Owen Roberts (Scholar), J e sus College. Arthur Gresley Hellicar, Wadham College. Edward Henry Whinyates, ditto. Frederick Frost, ditto. Edwin Stowe (Scholar), Brasenose College. Edwin Dakin Garven, ditto. Henry Eden Sullivan, ditto. James Hamer Rawdon, ditto. Francis Richards Bryans, ditto. George Emerson, ditto. Charles John Astbury, ditto. Pembroke College. George Sheffield (Scholar), George Birbeck Norman Hill, ditto. Alfred Hooke, Worcester College. William Garwood, ditto. John Clement Barnwell, ditto. Algernon Emeric Clementi Smith, ditto. Arthur Whitmarsh Phelps, ditto. Thomas Clark Donkin (Scholar), ditto. Charles Henry Olive Daniel (Scholar), ditto. Herbert Henley Richardson, St. Mary Hall. Daniel Robertson Fidler, ditto. John Arthur Henry Scott, Magdalen Hall. William Tuckness, ditto. Edwin Puckle, ditto. William Ferris Reynolds, ditto. John Alexander Drak E e, ditto. STUDNTS IN CIVIL LAW. William Douglas Parish, Trinity College. William Waldron Ravenhill, University College. LINCOLN COLLEGE.—There will be an election in this college on Saturday, Feb. 5, 1859, to three open Scholar ships and a Bible Clerkship ; also to a Scholarship for per sons born or educated in the county of Bucks. Candidates are required to call upon the rector on Tuesday,. February 1, between two and three o'clock, with testimonials ofgood conduct and certificate of haptism. C andidates for the shire Scholarship m ust also bring certificates Buckingham of the place of their tirth and of t also be awarded. heir education. Two Exhibitions of £ 2O a-year each may FISHMONGERS' COMPANY. The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers gave a court banquet yesterday evening at their hall, King William-street. Though the dinner was not a political demonstration, the number of in vitations being limited, yet the proceedings were of some interest, as the Earl of Carnarvon took the opportunity of declaring the total dissent of the Government from the recommendations of Sir J. Young's purloined despatch relating to the future policy to be pursued in the protec torate of the lonian Islands. Among the guests invited were the Earl of Carnarvon, Lord Chief Justice Campbell, Viscount Raynhana, M.P., Vice-Chancellor Sir W. Page Wood, Admiral Col lier, the Hon. H. Campbell, Mr. Bovill , Q.C., M.P., Alderman Sydney, Sir R. Carden, M.P., Mr. R. J. R. Campbell, M.P., Mr. J. Locke, M.P., the Cham berlain of London, Messrs. R. Mackintosh , R. Ogil vie, Dr. Wild, the Master of the Merchant Tailors' Company, &e. The Prime Warden of the Fishmongers' Com pany, Mr. Thomas Boddington, presided. After the removal of the cloth, the PRIME WAR DEN gave " The Health of the Queen," with the recent additions to the Royal titles of " Queen of India and Empress of Hindostan ;" it is the first time these titles have been given in public, with that of the Sovereign of Great Britain. After the usual toasts of " The Prince Consort, " The Prince of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family," and "The Army and Navy" (acknowledged by Ad miral COLLIER), had been drunk, The PRIME WARDEN gave "The House of Lords," connecting with it the name of the Earl of Carnar von and the Colonial-office. The Earl of CARNARVON, in returning thanks, rather for the compliment paid to the Colonial office than the House of Peers, which he thought was more worthily represented by Lord Campbell, alluded to the condition and progress of British Columbia, the newest English colony, from which he said the accounts were very favourable. He attributed that satisfactory state of things in the recent settlement, in a great degree, to the tact. judgment, and firmness of Governor Douglas ; very few men placed in his position would so soon have appreciated the difficulties of the case, so readily have accepted the responsibilities, or succeeded so well in organising a new community. He believed Governor Douglas had acted on the broad and safe policy of dealing in a just and straightforward man ner with all, and that was a principle that applied equally well to all people, to Greeks as to Eng lishmen. In the same spirit, the noble earl stated, the Government would deal with the difficulties presented by the condition of the lonian Islands. In that spirit his right hon. friend Sir B. Lytton had proposed a mission to the Protectorate to Mr. Gladstone, who, of all men, from the circumstances of the case and his own character, was most fitted to conduct such a difficult task ; and Mr. Gladstone had accepted that mission from a high sense of public duty. It might be that all the objects con- 1 templated would not be effectually secured. There might be some failure and disappointment, but he was convinced that the Colonial Minister who made the proposal would never have to regret the gene rous policy adopted, nor Mr. Gladstone the patrio tism that induced him to undertake so difficult and arduous a commission. It was undoubtedly very unfortunate that the despatch of Sir J. Young had gained publicity ; but now the whole hi3tory of the case was known, he was sure the public would see it was entirely . an accident—such an accident as would happen in the best regulated establishments. (Laughter.) When such a misadventure had hap pened, it was the duty of the hrads of the depart ment to enforce such regulations as would prevent the recurrence of anything of the same kind ; no body had seen the sudden publicity given to that despatch with greater dismay than himself — (laughter)—but, while it was not the first time con fidential papers had been abstracted from a public office, it must be admitted that it was the first time the person who committed it had been immediately traced out. In one week the author of the act was discovered, and only another week was required to complete the chain of evidence necessary to prose cute him to a conviction. As to the policy de scribed in the despatch, it had never for a moment received the slightest regard or countenance from the Government. The Government wished, as far as possible, to improve the lonian constitution and to remedy the defects in its working ; but it could never have entered into the contemplation of any practical statesman, in endeavouring to improve, to subvert it, or be false to those great obligations we had entered into in the face of all Europe. In conclusion the noble earl gave " The Health of the Prime Warden of the Company." The PRIME WARDEN, havinc, re t ur ned thanks for the compliment, gave "The House of Commons," wishing the members present health to get through the labours of the next session. Viscount RA Y NIT AM, M.P., acknowledged the toast. In doing so he stated his belief that the House of Commons, representing the feeling of the nation, was fully convinced of the necessity of a Reform Bill. " The Health of Lord Campbell" was then given by the PRIME WARDEN. Lord CAMPBELL, who, on rising, was war ml y greeted by the assembly , long than ks. He had known the Fishmongers Company, its public spirit, its attachment to the constitution and order. Lord Ravnham had alluded to some plan of Re form ; he did not :know whether that . plan was to come from Birmingham or from Downing-street — ' 1 and it appeared that something alarming . was ex pected from that q uarter —but wherever itmi ght come from the F ishmongers' Company, wou ld re ceive it in the s pirit of independence. I . f it t . ended to confirm the constitution and their liberty, illingly ; if it tended they would receive . it to overturn that constitution, they would manfully resist it. They would oppose any alarming change, but their love of order would not prevent them from doing all they could to correct abuses. It might be that in England the Whigs would become the Conservative party ; if so, the Fishmongers' Com pany, as good Whigs, would become Conservatives. Mr. BOVILL, Q.C., whose name had been joined to the preceding toast, returned thanks for the Bar. Vice-Chancellor Sir W. P. WOOD, whose health was next given, iu acknowledging the honour, con gratulated the people of England on having secured a pure and impartial administration of justice pre sided over by independent judges, checked by a jury in all cases affecting life and honour, and as sisted, but also watched, by an able bar, with the courts open to the public. He believed that the administration of justice in England was unparal leled in the world. Its superiority was' never more evident than at the present moment, when, in an other country, a man of high character and talent had-been subjected to a trial in a court from which the public was almost entirely excluded. " The Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 9. i A " D. D. "FROPTER MER T • ' Caius Colley (Dean of Ely). congregationdeAarteeasNver e confer r etahi:sz ay the undermentioned Harvey Goodwin, 0 HONORARY M.A. The Hon. Win. Proby, Trinity College. Downing College Wm. Richard Bermingham M‘Gregor, LL.D. Thomas Waraker, Sidney College. M.D. Wm. Ogle, St. Catharine's College. MASTED. OF LAW. Frederick Summer Irving. 8.% W. R. Jolley, ditto. Iti ß..L .lm . a ßa e k s e liar Baker, St. e T te h e oraag s College. AiC.orP S. R. Waddelow, ditto. Corpus Cluisti College. F. K. Clarke, Clare College. H. T. Riley, ditto. Ri. Hughes, Corpus Christi College. LL.B. Thomas William Watts, Ulu College. M.B. Art. Ransome, Caius Colleg B e. A.. E. W. Ashfield, Trinity College. Spencer Clarke, ditto. W. H. Deverell, ditto. J. S. Thomas, ditto. W. S. Thomason, ditto. Thomas Houseman, St. John a College. John Geo. Christoffelz, Clare College. H. N. Bernard, Caius College. T. F. Bignold, ditto. G. C. Reynell, Trinity Hall. R. J. Porter, Corpus Christi. James Colwill, Magdalene College. The following were admitted ad eundem : Edmund Hobhouse, Bishop of Nelson, D.D., Merton College, Oxford. Charles Pettit Mcllvain, Bishop of Ohio, LL.D., Oxon. Wm. Tate, M A., Trinity College, Dublin. At the same congregation graces passed for ac. cepting the munificent gift of Mr. Sheepshanks for the promotion of astronomical studies, and for the admission of Mr. Harvey Goodwin to 'the full de gree of Doctor in Theology. The attendance at the congregation was large, and it almost appeared as if the same were in especial honour of the Dean of Ely, who on proceeding to the various forms of his degree was vehemently cheered by the under graduates in the galleries, and the cheers were again and again renewed as Mr. Goodwin received be congratulations of his friends on the floor of the Senate-house on the completion of he ceremony. The public intimation of Mr. Sheep. ;hanks' munificent gift and the reading of the pub ic orator's letter of acknowledgment were duly onoured. 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