The Sun. — London, England, 1866-05-10 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. NOTTINGHAM. The nomination for this borough took place yes terday morning at 10 o'clock. Spacious hustings were erected outside the Exchange-hall windows, so that the crowd of electors and non-electors was in the great market -place. About 45,000 persons were present. There was a great deal of hooting, groan ing, &c., from the opponents of the different candi dates as the latter made their appearance on the hustings. Mr. Bernal Osborne appeared to be the popular candidate. There were plentiful cries of ",No. 30," "Pump-handle Cossham," " Cowjuice," " Traitor Osborne," " Baby Lord," " Tory Baro net," &c., and the Nottingham " lambs" were bois terous, without using the violence they were guilty of at the last election. There was a great display of party colour on the hustings. Lady Amberley was conspicuous by an abundance of yellow (the Radical colour of Nottingham) trimmings, while Lady Jenkinson (who was also on the hustings, besides a number of other ladies) was dressed in blue, the Conservative colour. It was one of the most ex traordinary n ominations that has ever been known in Nottingham. The windows of the great market place were filled with ladies and gentlemen, and at every signal from their own party on the hustings the waving of hats and handkerchiefs and the tre mendous cheering of the crowd which had assembled in the market-place were most exciting. Sir Robert Clifton was on the platform, while Lady Clifton occupied one 'of the window s in the market-place. The mob were on the whole good-humoured, and did not display the " lamb" propensities for which they were so notorious on some previous occasions. A great number of police were present, and a num ber of special constables were in readiness. There was also a troop of the 15th Hussars stationed at the barracks ready at a moment's notice. Dr. RANSOM proposed Lord Amberley as a fit and proper person to represent Nottingham in Parlia ment. (Groans, hooting, cheers, and cries of "He is not big enough; he is only a baby.") Mr. HowITT seconded the nomination. Alderman BRADLEY proposed and Mr. VICKERS, jun., seconded Mr. Handel Cossham. (Loud cheers, terrific yelling, groans, and shouts of " Go to Bris tol," " pump-handle, "a"pump-j uice," &c. ) Mr. SQUIRES proposed and Mr. TURNER seconded Mr. D. Falkner. Mr. JAMES propcsal and Mr. TIMPENNY seconded Mr. Ralph Bernal Osborne. (Immense applause and groans, and cries of " Traitor," " Tory in dis guise," " Go bb Liskeard," &c.) Mr. F. C. SMITH proposed and Mr. W. PARSONS seconded Sir George Samuel Jenkinson. (Cheers and groans, " We-won't have him," " Go home, you Tory Baronet," " Seven shillings a week to your labourers," &c.) Lord AMBERLEY was received with cheers. He said he should nothave come forward as a candidate for this town except at the express invitation and desire of the united Liberal party—(cheers and groans)—but, having received such invitation, he considered it his duty not to decline the contest, however arduous it might be ; but to endeavour by coming forward to unite the Liberal party in Not tingham—(cheers and hisses) —and to obtain a vic tory for the Liberal cause. (A voice—" You're only a baby.") Of the other candidates who had come forward he should say nothing at all, because it had been all along his desire to avoid giving a personal character to t his contest. (" Cossham does all that.") He was determined to maintain that course to the end. (Bravo.) Whatever disguises his opponents might assume, he might fairly say that it was a con test between Liberalism, on the one hand, and Con servatism on the other. (Groans.) That being the case, he wished to put before them the contest about which they were going to decide. Whether they looked to the question of Liberal reform, whether they looked to the question of free trade or of reli gious liberty, they would find that the great mea sures that had done so much for the prosperity of the country had been passed in spite of the opposi tion of the great bulk of the Conservative party, and although in, some cases they might have yielded at last it had been a tardy and ungraceful concession. Whenever they had any new measures to propose they would have from that party the same persistent ' opposition which they had had to meet before. 'Therefore it was not on behalf of himself individu ally, but on behalf of the Liberal cause that he asked I for their support in this election. (Cheers and groans.) He trusted that those who invited him and Air. Cossham—(tremendous groans, and shouts of I "Go back to Bristol," "pump juice," &c.)—to con test this borough would stand by them to the last —(interruption)—and would by their strenuous exertions succeed in procuring their return. If their choice fell upon him, it would be his endeavour to perform, in the most conscientious and zealous manner, the duties that would devolve upon him, so that they might not say that they had got an incompetent member. (Cheers and groans.) Mr. COSSHAM was received with terrific yellings, yells from 10,000 throats, and cheers from his friends on the hustings. He trusted that this con test would be conducted in a fair and orderly man ner. (Cries of " Well done, pump-handle.") He had the honour of being invited to the town in con nexion with Lord Amberley—(groans)—by the Liberal party.. He could not boast of the claims which his lordship possessed, but they had invited him by the almost unanimous voice of the consti tuency. (A Voice—" That's a lie.") His views on political subjects were of a most liberal charac ter. Most of them had had an opportunity of hear ing those views--(" A deal too often ")—and he asked them if those views were not in harmony with the great majority of the Liberal party. (Cheers and uproar.) He had spent nearly twenty years in the great Liberal cause. (A Voice—" Go to America.") He rejoiced to stand there by the side of Lord Amberley. His lordship did not go so far as he did in politics. But he believed him to be an honest and noble-hearted politician, and one who - would leave his mark in the history of the country. (Uproar.) Reform was now hanging in the balance, and that was why Conservatives, w ho hated Reform, had brought M r. Osborn" to divide the Liberals, but they would not succeed. (Uproar) They did not want buffoons or je s t ers i n the House of Com mons. After a fe w more personal remarks Mr. Osborne, he said that Si r George j„:111.1: the Conservative candidate, did not know as much of commerce as he did of a bull's foot. Mr. D. FALKNER was received with ridicule and partial cheers. He pulled off his coat before he spoke, and made a most eccentric speech in the midst of uproar. Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE was received with tremen dous cheers, waving of hats, hissing, &c. He said he addressed them irrespective of class or station. lie craved their indulgence while he answered calumnies and put the issues of this contest on their Proper footi n g. (G rea t c heering, and uproar from a Amberley's side of the hustings.) Were they read '> tingl y ,. ere Thea bell wethers on that side of the hus congratuiatecitet7. 'fled not to hear his voice. He a g oo dl y arraly this great constituency that they had That was an of candidates standing before them. been cast on theii7r to the aspersions which had. five candidates before them. fame. (Cheers.) They had a lucky numb er , f i ve , t , h era. (Groans.) Five was t he number which carried the Bill for th e ex t ensi : He hailed No. 5 (Cheers.) with ,acclamation, the franchise. tell the paid hirelings and the chain , and he would should be the first of the number ir iti Liberals that he be," and cheers.) They have tarkienve. (" You must five candidates. (Laughter, and a I;%oto.ek of their lieve you, my boy," and great uproar. c ; I bc- th e teetotallers who were interrupti n ) g ;h othse were knew so well how to behave themselves. ( e c m on en tinned uproar.) These were the men of purit y (Laughter.) These were the devot ees of wate r .. (Immense laughter.) Why, if they would do this upon water, what on earth would they do upon beer? (Great laughter.) They (the five candidates) pre sented the appearance of a happy but not of a united family. They knew they' were all Reformers though differing somewhat ifi 'degree. He should define them what they were. They had their Li beral Reformer, they had their Liberal and inde pendent Reformer, which was himself (hear, hear) —and they had their spouting, longitudinal Re former, and that was Handel Cossham (hooting and uproar) ; they had their moderate Reformer, .that was Sir George Jenkinson (cheers) ; and they had their eccentric Reformer, Mr. Falkner. They had a nice lot ; what they called in the hosiery trade, " choice articles." All agreed that some Reform was was to be chairman of the li ne. He asked their necessary, but all differed on the rate of going and who support upon u nderstood well - principles. He was no wealthy capitalist, versed in the arts of seduction, seeking to make a mercantile investment in Parlia ment. He was no spouting demagogue, who had f orgo tt e n the ninth commandment, and borne false w it nes s against his neighbour. (Great cheering, and " That's Cossham.") That was not the doctrine he taught in his Sunday-schools ; he had not purity on his lipsand pollution in his hands. (Loud c h eers. ) No,e stood before them the free candidate of a free people, adopted by the popular voice. (Tremendous cheering.) He was not put forward by a secret con clave of parochial oligarchs who wished to saddle them with a member of their selection. (Cries of " No. 30 !" " Down with it !") He disowned any coalition. (Cheers.) He disowned entering into anything dirty. He would not be the creature of a dirty conspiracy, and he would not be content to enter Parliament as a mere Tory tool or Whig no minee. (Cheers.) If he went to Parliament he must be sent unfettered; he would be no provincial dele gate or peripatetic spouter. That spouter they could well understand. (Loud cheers.) ("It's Cossham!") The spout was a material appendage of the pump— (laughter)—and the handle they knew must be at tached to the pump. (Loud cheers.) What were the claims of the candidates that stood before them? (Great uproar.) He did not speak to those who were wasting their breath to the whistling winds, but he spoke to the f ree e l ectors o f N ott i ng h am . (Ch eer s.) He did not appeal to those water-doctors ; he did not apPeal to those who were doing painful penance by being kept from their beer. They had five candi dates ; who was the first ? (Cries of " You, Bernal !") Of ccurse he should be to-morrow, if not to-day. (Great cheers.) Of Lord Amberley he did not wish to say one word of derogation. Lord Am berley's opinions he did not question, but what - he did question was this. Lord Amberley had formed a coalition which would have the effect of disuniting their borough. Lord Amberley, the son of the Prime Minister, had coalesced with a stentorian visionary—(True !)—who had by his ranting non sense rendered himself a nuisance to all practi cal politicians. (Great uproar.) Let them be calm, for a clear stage and no favour. He should not lose his temper, but their opponents would lose their election. No doubt they had seen in the Midland Counties' Bouncer—he meant the Nottingham Ex press—an article headed " Notes to the Liberal Electors of Nottingham." He assured them on his honour that those notes were forgeries. Those notes would be acknowledged in no bank in England. They had seen one candidate (Mr. Falkner) take off his coat to address them, but they would not see him, the independent candidate, turn his coat for anybody. (Cheers.) What were the principles of the coalition which -were formed against him? Lord Amberley professed to be a moderate Whig ; it was not certain what he was. They were putting a jibbing horse by the side of a runaway. (Loud ap plause.) Mr. Cossham was against opening places of amusement on Sunday. Lord Amberley was in favour of opening the British Museum on Sunday. Mr. Cossham would vote for the Permissive Bill— Lord Amberley would vote against that Bill. He should be told that these were minor differences. Now, how did they agree upon great political ques tions? Lord Amberley was for a limited liability in the suffrage ; Cossham was for universal suffrage. Lord Amberly was for reform in ecclesiastical matters; Cossham was for entire separation of Church and State--(groans)—and, like those interesting crea tures the Siamese twins, they had one body, but ap peared to have different minds. Mr. Cossham called them crotchets which ought to be dropped at a gene ral election ; but would they look upon anything so bad as placing a moderate Whig with a runaway Radical? [A voice—" We won't have them."] The character and independence of the borough were at stake. Were they content to be ridden over by a set of arrogant persons ? (No, no ! never !") • Were they prepared to be treated like slaves, and driven to the poll like lambs to the slaughter? If they were, he was not the man for them. If they were not prepared to support him as the champion of I freedom of selection, he was not prepared to ask them for their votes. It was an easy matter for Mr. Cossham to tell the dupes who would vote for him that he would go further than the present Reform Bill. What would Cossham do if he went to Par liament ? Those extreme men were the easiest to be managed by the Government Whips. They were easy to be counted upon. They voted for measures which were impossible to be carried ; but on all other questions they would go with the Govern ment. This was poor patriotism, which " naught enricheth them, but makes you poor indeed." His opinions on the great questions of the day were well known—were not spoken for the first time. His votes were before the public. (Cheers and uproar.) They might as well hold their tongues and be quiet. He had a loud voice and a strong heart, and a re liance upon them. He did not mean to be hissed or whistled down by the emissaries of that mon strous coalition. They had heard about the reduc tion of the franchise. His opinions upon that ques tion were uttered when Lord Amberley was in his perambulator (great laughter), and before Mr. Cos sham was being polished as a Bristol diamond. lie always thought that the Act of 1832 wasgiven more to the middle classes than to the working men, and he had always thought another supplementary Act was necessary to give votes to the working men. Let there be no mistake ; he was for moderate and judicious measures of Reform. If sent to the House of Commons he would go as a true Reformer. He hoped that a bill would be brought in against bri bery and corruption, which he considered to be the plague spots of the British Constitution. Referring to the Nottingham Express. which had charged him with coming as nominee of the Carton Club, he said he had placed the libel in the hands of his solicitor. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Osborne then retired amid im mense plaudits. Sir G. JENKINSON was greeted with cheers and hisses. When the hon. baronet rose to address the crowd a quantity of metal spoons and plates were held up by Lord Amberley's supporters and friends. Sir George said he presumed the spoons which were held up on Lord Amberley's side were to feed my Lord Amberley. (Great laughter.) He appeared before them last but not least, for if last to-day he hoped to be first to-morrow. (Cheers and uproar.) He congratulated the moving mass before him upon N f v r s a k t i h n e g r w 8( e u t p h r e o a " r a o m u h L s o ' r ' d w A o m ul b d e h r i a e v y e ,s a s g id o e o . d ) wearing th e b eautiful colour—blue, and that the G so re fi a n t He then vindicated himself fro th m e numerous calum nies that had been spread by Mr. H. Cossham and his party. He would apply to Cossham three lines of the Church Catechism. When the question was asked, " What is your duty to man ?" the answer was 46 Keep your hands from picking and stealing ; your tongue from evil speaking." He thought Zr. Coss ham's accusation beneath contempt. (Loud cheers and uproar.) Sir George professed himself a Liberal Conservative, and was in favour of a reduction of the franchise, and he would give his best support to any measure which would tend to diminish bribery and corruption at elections, and which would cut out that canker-spot in the representative system. A show of hands was then taken, and declared.to be in favour of Mr. Osborne and Sir G. Jenkinson. demanded for Lord Amberley, Mr. A poll was then deman Cossham, and Mr. Falkner. A vote of thanks accorded to the Sheriff con eluded the proceedings, which had occupied four hours. NORTHALLERTON. T he nomination for this borough toot' place yesterday. broTthheer c o a f n t d ids e d ate E a s r l w o f e ar the ew 0 . 1 0 1 d o , n a . n AdlAr r. r c i e g ll h c;_, son, formerly representing the borough in the Liberal interest. Mr. E. rare proposed and Mr. Patterson seconded the nomination of Mr. Wrightson ; Mr. F. R. Gibbs proposed and Mr. Yeoman seconded the nomination of Mr. Lascelles. Mr. WRIGHTSON then addressed the electors, and said as he had had repeatedly to appear mni them, having repre sen t e d t h e borough for abo a o ot 30 years, his principles were pretty well known. He spoke of the measures which had been passed by Liberal Governments, and said it was a Govern ment worthy of such measures that he now sought to be returned to support. He spoke at some length of the influence and action which had been brought to bear in the borough by the family of his hon. opponent, and called on the electors to rally round him at the poll. Mr. LASCELLES also addressed the electors. He deprecated the course of the present Government on Reform, and said the measure introduced by the Government was at the dictation of the party of the hon. member for Birmingham. The distribution of seats was as ,bad as the Franchise Bill. It tacked Northallerton on to the Earl of Zetland's pocket borough of Richmond. He was a Conservative and would support the Earl of Derby. A singular incident happened, which protracted the proceedings to a late hour. Mr. Johns, can didate at the election last Ammer, desired to speak, and to get a locus standi was proposed as a member for the borough. A second gentleman was then proposed on the other side, Mr. W. Trotter, of Bishop Auckland. After the candidates had spoken, Mr. Johns presented himself, but as the Tory por tion of the crowd would not hear him the proceed ings were protracted till a late hour, Mr. Johns alternately sitting and standing for two or three hours up to the time of the despatch of the .parcel. The show of hands, therefore, could not be taken, and Mr. Johns said he would sit till six o'clock in the evening. Mr. Johns at length spoke and retired. Mr. Trotter also retired. The show of hands was declared in favour of Mr. Lascelles. The proceedings lasted six hours. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1866. Naval and Military Intelligence. On Tuesday Major-Gen. Taylor, Inspector-Gen. of Artillery, accompanied by his aide-de-camp, Major Teesdale, arrived at Sheerness, by the 11 10 a.m. train, for the purpose of making his annual inspec tion of the Ist Depot Brigade of Royal Artillery, stationed at that port. The whole of 'the brigade, consistiag of about 700 officers and men, were drawn up in line on the parade-ground after the usual salute. The men were then formed into 12 companies, each of which was carefully inspected. This concluded, the marching past was conducted with beautiful order. The men deployed into line, formed square, and executed various other infantry movements, the whole of which were gone through in a very soldier-like manner. The Inspector was accompanied through the ranks I:ty Col. Riddell, C. 8., Commandant of the Chatham division of the Royal Artillery, and the troops were put through their various evolutions by Lieut.-Col. Crofton, in command of the Brigade. This part of the proceed ings was brought to a close about 1 o'clock, when the men separated to go to dinner. At half-past 2 they again assembled on the parade, and, after being told off into companies, manned the sea defences. This concluded the inspection for the day. Yester day morning the Royal Military Hospital was in spected, together with the barracks, the new fortifi cations, the battery books, the married men's quar ters, the dinners, &c. At the conclusion, the general, addressing the sergeants in their mess-room, ex pressed himself as highly gratified with the inspec: tion, which had been most satisfactory. The half-yearly inspection of the corps of Royal Marines Light Infantry, which commenced at head quarters, Chatham, on Monday, was resumed on Tuesday by Major-G6n. A. B. Stransham, the Inspector-Gen. of the corps. The early part of the morning was devoted by Major-Gen. Stransham to the inspection of the kits and accoutrements of the non-commissioned officers and men, for which pur pose a few of the companies were assembled on the barrack parade-ground in front of their quarters. The Inspector-General afterwards proceeded to the military gymnasium, at the inner lines, Brompton, where the non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Marines, in common with the troops of the Line, undergo daily a course of gymnastic exercises. The non-commissioned officers and men inspected consisted of a squad of about 90 men of all ranks who are now undergoing their. course of instruction at the establishment, prior to embarkation. On this occasion the physical endurance of the men was put to rather a severe test, the detachment being made to run a distance of several hundred yards. They were then momentarily halted and immediately put through the bayonet exercise, which was performed in a highly satisfactory manner, not one of the de tachment evincing any symptom of undue fatigue. After witnessing some other exercises, in, which the Royal Marines displayed considerable efficiency, Major-Gen. Stransham and:staff rode back to the Royal Marine barracks, where he inspected the offi cers and non-commissioned officers in the sword exercise, the party engaged being drawn up in the barrack square. At the close of this portion of the inspection, General Stranslam highly commended the manner in which the ()Ewers andnon-commis sioned officers had acquittel themselves in this part of their duties, intimating is the course of his com mendatory remarks that in the sword exercise the Chatham division was not inferior to either of the other divisions. Major-General Stransham subse quently inspected the barrack-rooms and new bar rack quarters, all of which were found to be models of cleanliness and regularity, and in the afternoon he left bead-quarters to commence his inspection of the Woolwich division. Yesterday the troops comprising the three divi sions at Chatham garrison, including the Ist, 2d, and 3d battalions, together with the division of Royal Marines Light Infantry, were marched to Chatham lines, where tl,ey were put through a variety of brigade and other manceuvres_incidental to a brigade field-day, under Major-General Sir R. Walpole, -K.C.8., commanding the forces in the Chatham districts. The troops engaged in the movements returned to their respective quarters late in the afternoon. Capt. Colthurst, instructor of musketry to the 2d depot battalion at Chatham, has been appointed Capt. and Adjt. of the 14th depot battalion at But tevant, vice Capt. Ileathcote. An order has been received at Chatham garrison from the Horse Guards directing Lieut. Brinkley, of the 2d depot brigade, Royal Artillery, to embark on board the Robin Hood, at Gravesend, for Hong kong, to join the brigade of Royal Artillery in China. Lieut. Wheatley, of the Ist depot brigade, is ordered to be transferred to No. 7 battery, 10th brigade, in Canada, and to embark for Montreal. 'The 24th company of Royal Engineers, under the command of Captain Locock, has arrived at head quarters, Brampton, Chatham, from Devonport, having been conveyed to Gravesend in the Ceres, and disembarking at Government-quay. The strength of the company numbered two officers and 78 non-commissioned officers and men, with 12 women and 18 children. During the time the 24th company has been stationed at Plymouth it has been employed on the engineering works at that part of the coast. The ironclad ship Research, 4,200 horse power, Commander Scott, having undergone some exten sive alterations and additions at Chatham dockyard, will be undocked on Saturday. The armoured iron frigate Bellerophon, Capt. E. Tathani, made her first cruise south of the Isle of Wight for trial of the experimental broadside gun carriages she has on board yesterday. The commis sion on board, appointed by the Admiralty to con clude those trials with the Bellerophon, which were begun by Capt. Key, C. 8., with the Minotaur, com prised Captains R. H. Powell, C.B. (Britannia), E. Tatham (Bellerophon), F. A. Herbert (Royal Sove reign), Commanders M. Singer (Helicon) and W. Arthur (Excellent). Admiral E. G. Fanshawe, from the Admiralty, went off to the frigate in- one of the port steam tenders previous to her weighing from Spithead. At 7 a.m. the Bellerophon was under plain sail to topgallant sails, with her head to the southward, well off from• the Culvers, close hauled, and looked remarkably well under her canvas. The unarmoured screw frigate Tribune, Captain Lord Gilford, went into Portsmouth harbour from Spithead on Tuesday, and took up a berth along side the south jetty, where she is ordered to be dis mantled and paid out of commmission. Rear-Admiral George Ramsay, C. 8., has been appointed Commander-in-Chief on the south-east coast of America station, vice the Hon. C. E. J. B. Elliot, promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral. Rear-Admiral E. Ommanney has been appointed a Conservator of the River Thames, vice Captain In glefield, resigned. as T u h e e a f t o . ll C o a n the Admiralty : —Li eu t. J. B. Mi c hell, to the Spider, following p an a di p n o g i , ntments have been !mile at vice Lieut. C. F. Hill, t o th e Gleaner, Kenned y,eaner, aspromotedieu Lieut. com manding, vice Hardy, promoted ; Lieut. Martin J. Dunlop to the Pearl ; Lieut. Henry J. Hesketh to the Amazon ; Lieut. Capel Wodehouse to the -Jason ; and Louis F. B. Farnall, nominated naval cadet ; Lieut. Arthur C. Curtis to the Terrible ; Robert E. Clarke and Chas. G. Robinson, midship men, to the Jason ; Edmond J. Trafford, Charles Windham, Herbert A. W. Onslow, and Thomas Hadlay, naval cadet, to the Bellerophon ; Frank Finnis, William C. H. Snell, Robert Pray, Henry Harris, William 11. Webster, and Charles W. P. Bouverie, naval cadets, to the Pearl ; Alexander E. T. Bruce, Claude Paget, William C. Weed, and 11. B. Buchanan, naval cadets, to the Victoria ; Frederick C. Pike, George H. Smith, Charles M'C. Leblanck, and Bevan W. Slater, na val cadets, to the Jason ; G. M. B roo k e, Willi am J. L. Heyland, Richard T. Rennie, and Francis G. 011iver , naval cadets, to the Duncan • Edward Knipe, Harold G. Bird, Alexander Serie ' and T. C. Fenton , naval cadets, to the Pallas ' • George H. Beaton, chief engingeer, , mtothe p to e t a h r e l ; Jason ' • aJsohßnosGe: Shearman, chief engineer, to the P ear l • Charles M'Vreener, engi neere Jason ; Thomas J. W ar b urton and engineer, Edward son, first-class assist.-engineers, to the Pearl; John Bolas, first-cl ass ass i s t.-engineer, to the Jason ; assist. -engineer, to s,fir t s h t e -c j la a s s s on. assist.-engineer, to the Gladiator ; and Ch ar l es E. St e wart,. second-class University of London. Yesterday tho Vice-ChanQlor and Fellows of the Uni versity of London held a meeting in the Convocation-room of the University at Burlington-house, Piccadilly, for the purpose of admitting graduates and awarding certificates and medals to those who had passed with honours. Mr. GROTE, the Vice-Chancellor, said it was with deep regret ho had to state that Earl Granville, their Chancellor, was prevented from attending by an afflicting family cala mity. It was therefore his duty, as Vice-Chancellor, to preside. Dr. CARPErrrEu (the Registrar) then proceeded to read the report showing the number of candidates (255) ad mitted as graduates and undergraduates during the pre ceding academical year. The following graduates who had passed the examina tions for the higher degrees were then presented, the Vice- Chancellor, as he admitted them, delivering their diplomas. LL.D.—Wm. Willis, Huddersfield College ; Daniel Leg gatt, private study. M.D.—Frank Buszard, Guy's Hospital ; William Dale, Leeds, and Middlesex Hospital ; Thos. Fairbank, St. Bar tholomew's Hospital; Samuel J. Gee, University College; Francis W. Gibson, University College; Gwynne Henry Harries, King's College; Charles A. Hingston, St. Bartho lomew's Hospital; Edmund Holland, University College ; Horace Jeaffreson, St. Bartholomew's Hospital ; Henry L. Kempthorne, King's College; Thomas Morton, King's College ; Walter Rickards, University College ; Eustace Smith, University College; Richard P. Burke Taaffe, St. Bartholomew's Hospital ; Thomas J. Woodhouse, St. Thomas's Hospital. D. Sc.—lnorganic and Organic Chemistry.—Walter Flight, Universities of Halle and Heidelberg; Edmund J. Mills, Royal College of Chemistry. Geology and Palaeon tology.—Edward Hesketh Birkenhead, Royal School of Mines; Frederick G. Finch, Royal School of Mines and University; Clement Le Neve Foster, Royal School of Mines. M.A.—Classics.—Rev. Thos. Ansell Marshall, Trinity and New Inn Hall, Oxford ; James Edwin Odgers, Man chester New College ; William Field, Cheshunt College. Mathematics.—Jonas Ashton, University College. Moral Philosophy, &c.—George Lyon Turner, Cheshunt College; Robert Hunter, University College; -William Field, Ches hunt College. The graduates who had simply passed the examinations for the other degrees were then presented : LL.B.—John Gall, George Gordon, and David Robert son, University of Aberdeen; John Leonard Alcock, Henry Rutter, and Thomas Pallister Young, University College ; Henry Nelson Cape], King's College; James Edward Han num and Septimus Peeche Moore, New College ; Joseph Gill, Royal Belfast Academical Institution ; Frank Crisp, private study ; and William Easterby, self-tuition. M. 8., 8.A., and B. Sc. followed. Those graduates who had passed with honours were next presented : LL.B.—Lindsey Middleton Aspland, University Col lege, first in principles of legislation (scholarship), first in equity, and first in common law ; John Shortt, Trinity College, Dublin, fourth in principles of legislation ; John Stirling Ainsworth, Manchester New and University Col leges, fifth in principles of legislation ; Robert Romney Kane, Queen's University, alone in conveyancing, first (mg.) in Roman law, third in principles of legislation, second (EN.) in common law, and third in equity ; Lewis Adonijah Mendes, Regent's Park and University Colleges, second in equity ; Thomas Charles Jarvis, University Col lege, first (a3q.) in Roman law, second in principles of legislation, and second in common law. M.B. M.S. - and B.A. graduates followed. Graduates to whom a scholarship, medal, or prize had been awarded were then presented : LL.D.—William Willis, Huddersfield College, medal. M.D.—Henry Law Kempthorno, King's College, medal, M.A.—Jonas Ashton, University College, medal in mathematics ; and Geo. Lyon Turner, Cheshunt College, medal in moral philosophy. LL.B.—Lindsey Middleton Aspland, University College, University law scholarship. M.B.—Revet Coleridge Powles, King's College, scholar ship and medal in medicine ; Geo. Oliver, University Col lege, medal in medicine; Revett Coleridge Powles, King's College, scholarship and medal in midwifery ; Arthur Geo. Mickley, Guy's Hospital, medal in midwifery ; and Peter Maury Deas, University of Edinburgh, medal in forensic medicine. M.S.—Peter M. Deas, University of Edinburgh, scholar ship and medal in surgery ; and E. Andrew, University College, medal in surgery. B.A.—John F. Moulton, St. John's College, Cambridge, scholarship in mathematics ; Benjamin Renshaw, Stony hurst College, scholarship in classics ; and Alfred H. F. Burder, private study, scholarship in moral philosophy. B. Sc.—Stephen W. Bushell, Guy's Hospital, scholarship in biology. First Scriptural Examination—Geo. Alex. Christie, New College, prize ; Arthur Win. Kay Griffith, Spring-hill Col lege, prize ; Charles S. Slater, Spring-hill College, prize ; and Edward Barnett Wensley, King's College,.prize. The Registrar then read a list of all the undergraduates who had obtained honours. The VICE -CHANCELLOR, after referring to the exertions of Dr. Storrar as a member of the Senate, as chairman of Con vocation, and as therepresentative of the university in the Medical Council, to the death during the last year of four members of the Senate—Lord Monteagle, Sir J. Lubbock, Mr. Braude, and Mr. Hodgkin—and the resignation of Mr. Billing, said that the. more immediate representatives of the university had during the past year endeavoured to extend and promote its usefulness. Their degrees were known throughout the land to be the result and recom pense of serious and wall-directed studies. Their curriculum was large and well defined, but large as it was at present the Senate was on the watch for any well-considered means of" improving it. Various suggestions had been made to them. The medical degree had been successful, and a degree had been suggested as a parallel to it, for the encouragement of literary acquirements, to be called (as we understood) "Doc tor of Letters ;" indeed, similar to the degree of Doctor of Science. The University had also established a degree of Master in Surgery. They had likewise made a useful im provement with regard to the degrees of Bachelor of Law and Doctor of Law. Hitherto law had not been treated as a separate faculty, like arts and medicine, but had been regarded as a sort of superstructure upon the department of arts. The rule had been that no student could come up for examination in law until he had passed an examination for and had taken the degree of Bachelor of Arts. But, ac cording to the scheme which was to commence next Ja nuary, students of law would no linger be required to take a degree in arts before they came up for a first examination inlaw. He would be entitled to come up within on yearafter matriculation ; but at the same time, inasmuch as this de gree in law would become a separate and substantive degree there would be required a far higher range of legal studies before it would be allowed to be obtained. He was led to hope, from various inquiries which had been addressed to the Senate, that this improvement would accord with the aspirations of many young students who sought to qualify themselves for the practice of the legal profession. He had had the satisfaction during the past year of discovering the active influence of the University of London might be ex pected to spread, not only over England and Ireland, but over the British colonies. They had been holding provincial exa minations in various colleges in Great Britain and Ireland ; and which were in every respect the same as the examina tions held in that hall. The system of examination, under certain qualifications, had been extended to the Mauritius. A similar arrangement was expected to be made with British India, communications with Calcutta having been opened with that object, and he hoped in no very long time they would he able to establish a practical system of co-operation, and make the University of London actively instrumental in promoting the spread of European know ledge in the East. (Cheers.) Ho would now turn to one or two other points of interest. He was happy in being able to congratulate all the friends of the University of London upon two measures which her Majesty's Government had proposed since the commencement of the present Session of Parliament. (Cheers.) One of these measures was the declared intention of the Government to provide the Uni versity at last with an adequate and substantive building of their own. (Cheers.) And not merely was it their in tention to do this, but a motion was made in the House of Commons about ten days ago for a vote of £20,000 on ac count of expenses, and which vote was introduced as the first instalment of a total vote of £65,000, at which the Government estimated the entire cost of the building. (Cheers.) The other proposition was that which geatle ment had read in the speech of Mr. Gladstone the-other evening —namely, the intention to erect the University of London into a Parliamentary constituency return ing one member to the House of Commons. He need not point out the great importance of these two mea sures as affecting the position, the dignity, and the future efficacy of their University. It indicated that the University had at last arrived at the period of its majority. They might be said now to have become of ago, after a minority which to some extent had been in conveniently prolonged. As to the building, it was a most pressing want. It was really not without pain and humi liation that one heard and read of discussions being carried on not merely in newspapers, but in the House of Com mons, where some persons were not able to distinguish the University of Loudon from University College. The University College was known to all the world, and that was the advantage of having a conspicuous, distinct, and substantive building. The University of London was comparatively unknown. They were taken as a sort of invisible agency, having a name, but no-local habitation. Ho rejoiced, therefore, that this want of a house was about to terminate. The Government proposed to place a new building on the north front of Burlington-house gardens. It would be central, accessible, and public, and as little dis turbed with noise and traffic as would bo consistent with those conditions. From the grant of £20,000 having been passed by the House of Commons without a division, ho thought they might fairly conclude that the proposition of the Government would receive the approbation of the Le gislature. Respecting their prospects of becoming a Parlia mentary constituency, that must depend upon the temper of Parliament. Upon that point he would only remark that it would be perfectly consistent with the performance of their educational duties, and would not only bo giving a standing and a dignity to the University in the eyes of the country, but would be realising those hopes and aspirations they had long cherished, on its being held out to them 30 years ago that they should be received upon an equal footing with the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Ile was not about to argue any disputed points on Parlia mentary reform. It would be out of place ; but this much he might say, that if the proposition of the Government should be adopted by the Legislature no person would ac quire a vote within the walls of the University except those who should have passed through three successive and se rious examinations at least, and he was convinced that the preparation necessary for obtaining a bachelor's degree in arts, science, or in medicine afforded proof of a competency to exercise the elective franchise greatly superior to any amount of property they might please to suggest. (Cheers). With the speech of the Vice-Chancellor the proceedings terminated. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. ~~_ TIMES.—The great moral to be drawn from the present Financial Panic is that money is really not worth 30 per cent. A delusion upon this point was the source of the speculations which are now proving so unfortunate. Owners of money handed it over to organised Finance Companies with the expectation of receiving four or five times the amount of interest usually returned. The Finance Companies, bound to exact these rates of interest for the satisfaction of their shareholders, were compelled to make corre sponding reductions in the quality of the securities obtained for their advances, and the result is what we now see. It is not to be assumed, and is pro bably not the fact, that any great„proportion of these advances has been lost. The moneyis not lost, but it is locked up, and that at a moment when it is im peratively needed, is almost as bad. We called this Panic " Financial" because it is in the new system of " financing" that it has originated, and because the new Finance Companies feel the effects most severely. Of course the difficulty is complicated and aggravated by the calamitous prospect of Euro pean war, which depreciates ruinously the funds and securities of the States embroiled, and neces sarily acts in some degree upon the whole money market at home. But the depression thus created is comparatively slight, and it is due, moreover, as regards our own Funds, in some degree to other causes. Mr. Gladstone explained the other day that the present quotations of Consols indicated, not a diminution of the national credit, but an enhance ment in the value of money. Our credit stands as high as ever it did, but the highestcredit in the world is not proof against competition. No national credi tor doubts for a momentthat he will receive histhree per cent. for his money, but people have now become unwillingto lend their money at three per cent. They expect at the least three and a half, and the actual price of Consols shows that they can get it, even on Government security. It isnot probable, even if the world were at peace and the share-market tranquil, that the funds would stand now where they stood in 1859. It is something, indeed, to find that the perfection of our credit saves us so much as it does, and that consols can only be bought to pay three and a half per cent. when judicious investments re turn six or seven, and unexceptionable securities nearly five. But all this, though perfectly intelli gible, will not explain the condition of the " finance" market, nor even help to explain it. The panic in that quarter is special and peculiar, arising partly from the nature of th e d ea li ngs a d o pted,i and partly from the terms on which the capital was raised. If the capital of a company were represented by £5O shares, and £5 only of each share had been called up, every holder of a share would be liable to a de mand for £45 more. Practically this is unlimited liability, and so formidable is the obligation that nobody is willing to accept it when it looks like a reality. In theory, of course, the original in vestor in such a company should hold his money in readiness to meet any call up to the value of his shares, whether to provide for losses sustained or the needs of expanding business. But this is theory only ; in practice, the speculator looks only at the actual price of the share, and thinks nothing of the contingency of further demands. If he has £5O to spare, he buys, not one share of that amount, but ten shares, with a payment of £5 each. This leaves him with a liability extending to £450 more, but of that obligation he takes little heed. In the or dinary state of the market, he would either never be called upon for further payments, or, if calls were made for business purposes, he could easily and without loss make a partial realisation of his securities in order to meet them. But when a panic sets in, this chance is gone, and gone just when it is most panted. Calls are regarded, either with or without reason, as inevitable, and no money can be had for the occasion. At last we see shares at an actual discount—that is to say, shareholders offering money to any purchasers who will take them off their hands, and so relieve them of the dreaded obligation. But how came these money-fending companies to be without the money which is their stock in trade, and why should it be feared that they will call upon their shareholders for further contributions ? The answer is to be found in the new system of business, which the new expecta tions of interest rendered almost inevitable. The finance companies raised their .capital, or, in other words, obtained subscriptions from the public, on the faith of the profits which they promised. It was represented that the fabulous profits made by old banks and discount houses could, through the agency of joint-stock companies, be realised by the humblest individual. A capital of a million formed by £lO shares was just as good as the same amount in the hands of a single millionaire, and would yield just as large a re t urn. Th e doctrine, condi tions of management being equal, was sound enough, though it should have been remembered that if there were twenty money-lenders in the market instead of one they would certainly undersell each other in some way. And they did undersell each other, not in interest asked, but in credit given. They de manded higher interest than had been ever exacted before, but they contented themselves with inferior securities. They did not trouble themselves with petty transactions at bank rates of profit, but 4 , financed" new concerns on a prodigious scale of business. In other words, they took up the whole of some great speculation—say, a railway or other such work—and found the money for it on condi tion of getting a lion's share of the ultimate profits. Millions are soon spent on terms like these, and pre sently the companies found themselves with their capital sunk in investments which could only be pro ductive at some distant date. In some instances, no doubt, the management was injudicious —per haps worse, and actual losses were incurred ; but in the majority of cases the advances are probably covered by material securities, only the securities are inconvertible. A Finance Company, with its assets represented by an unfinished railway, is naturally in difficulties. It may possess property to the extent, perhaps, of its paid-up capital, but it is not property on which money can be raised. Its only remaining resource is a " call," and the pro spect of a call puts its shareholders in such a fright that they are ready not only to give their shares a way, but to pay anybody for taking them. If it is inquired why these Companies should have com mitted themselves to so hazardous a system of busi ness, the reply is to be found in the conditions on which they started. They were bound to make profits enough to provide handsome dividends and maintain the value of their shares, and they could only get those profits out of ventures proportion ately exceptional. Men will not pay twice for a thing, even when that thing is money, and a borrower who was taxed 30 per cent. for interest balanced his account by a reduction in security. Good negotiable securities, on which money could at any moment be raised, would not have brought all this interest with them. If the customers of the Finance Companies could have offered such securi ties, they need not have paid 30 per cent. interest, or the fourth part of that rate ; but they could give no such pledges, and so they had to comply with the demand. Lender and borrower were thus fairly matched ; but the lender, on the prescribed terms of business, had no alternative. Ile could not get 30 per cent. and good security too, and if the share holders insisted on the profit they could not escape the peril. lIERALD.—Even at a time when the political horizon was unclouded, the speech made a few days since by the French Emperor at Auxerre would have occasioned no little uneasiness. At a moment like the present it is not surprising that it should have been received as the keynote to a great Euro pean war. The Emperor of the French alone, among the Sovereigns of Europe, has contracted the habit of indicating from time to time the policy which he proposes to pursue, not in set speeches to his Parliament, but in casual observations to indi viduals with whom he may happen to be brought in contact. Now it is in receiving the congratula tions of the diplomatic body on a New Year's-day, now, again, in the act of investing a newly-created cardinal, and now, again, in acknowledging the attention of the mayor of a provincial town, that Napoleon 111. takes the opportunity of raising for a moment the veil which, in the opinion of the world at least, conceals his designs. Without venturing to offer • an opinion on the expediency of the prac tice, it must be confessed that it has at least one - drawback. The most trifling remark which falls from the Emperor's lips is submitted to the most rigid analysis, and, by a process of strained inter pretation, it is invested with an importance which it does not possess. The world is always more ready to give a person credit for evil than for good inten tions, and the net result, after a number of enigmas have been submitted to the test of popular criti cism, must on the whole be unfavourable to their originator. Now, we are far from thinking that the language used by the Emperor at Auxerre was enigmatical, although it turns out that it has- been greatly misunderstood. Indeed, it was particularly clear and explicit. He announced his detestation of the treaties of 1815, and declared, that he had more confidence in the working einem than in the bourgeoisie , and those whose intelligence+ no less than their wealth, ' is supposed to place thcrs at the top of the social tree. It was in the year d that Europe was mapped out as it is at present it certainly was not unreasonable for persone.L by implicatioo_, conclude that an expression of detestation of the treaties by which the present boundary lines Pere established was tantamount to the declaration of willingness to see any enterprise undertaken ww, j , would have the effect of redistributing the Cont nent amongst its present possessors. no secret of her intention of plunging Germ.. il l , into war for the sole purposes of personal and the Emperor's speech was therefore interpr; as . an approval of the aggressive policy of vuof Power, if not as an intimation of the existence ia some bond of Union between France and P rils : g bie et with a view to the realisation of the common e ,A O ,e Prussia ra a es ., of self-aggrandisement. The explanation whici! been given in a French semi-official journal ot. Emperor's language has already been well rece i lv , ire The Emperor merely intended to repeat the ace Pare which in different language he expressed twl ta tes and a half ago, when he invited the Europeans eh to a Congress, namely, that the questions should be have arisen during the past half century or definitively arranged. Nor is the Emperor F4 13 1:45 in the expressions of a wish that the treaties of vibe should be reformed. When the diplomatis ts d 3 were assembled at Vienna in that year devieethey scheme by which European territory should, c o uld considered, be fairly parcelled out, theyne have hoped that the arrange m ents which they then. .Mre ati r made would endure throughout all time. more than once, as all the world knows, the trestle° r' of 1815 have been reg ar ded as waste -di Pa yide If Austria and Prussia at this m oment ;gh between them the sovereignty of the Dem—of Duchies, is it not in direct violation_. those much-vaunted treaties which NaPnlee n re candid enough to declare that he has ceased : , W . oo to spect ? H that Sovereign is to-day in a pol o 40 terrify Europe by hinting at his readiness to teeth under foot the treaties of 1815, is it not in the ss of the compact which was then formed tha t I t e of poleon should never ag a i n oc c u py the thr o i l l th o France ? And assuredly it m us t be confessed for no Sovereign in Europe has stronger gro w l:Won detesting the treaties which marked the terninend of the First Empire than the founder of the Se' ico a one. It is, then, scarcely surprising that N,,,,P ° ra ted 111., when year after year he sees these ce! ee m, ta te,4 treaties modified to suit the exigencies 0 1 t hat scarcely so powerful as France, should declar e ee of alo and. he abhors arrangements by which France all the European Powers is expected to be , b° o l / 9 It has been surmised, and probably not liner , w hat that the sneech at Auxerre was provoked bybutt has lately passed in the French Chambers ; th e assuming that such was the case, it furnialle°o - reasons for attributing the langnab;ter, ployed to irritation rather than to a settledn,h; tion to encourage a great European war. _ l 5 O O planation published in the Constitutionnell 'li e f 111 vague, as all semi-official declarations of Pe... e yert ' French journals invariably are , p os sesses, bLY' t this important character, namely, the inalw . :, - , r oe o tention of allaying the fears which the En 3l yect language served to create. It is perfectly e'Pr e latg that if the Emperor intended to plunge Fran.vo• war, and to avail himself of the present criti7tef, sition of affairs in Europe to increase hie, te , Lper+ and if, having such intentions, he thought r e f the when replying to the complimentary address. ie f t 3 mayor of a fifth-rate town, to go out of hi°, ii " e wiog declare them, it is not that on th ... V, e ° ' t day he would be at the pains to put a cilll — roSe i „ . terpretation upon the language he employ er i yorw ing, however, from the consideration of t0.,,e.,,,e5r used by the Emperor to that of what is actuaiL e .vithst ing in Europe at the present moment, we enn't:hat if danger threatens it is certainly not France 000 11 to blame. We believe that the'Emperor, in e ° , na with the English Government, is smcerelY be uf bet of seeing peace preserved. The issue, Wf r oc e peace or war, does not, however, depend °ll-filAyl of any more than it does on England. Tile i .;:deoe Clarendon stated frankly in the House of J-.,;,,erfe Tuesday evening that we were powerless to : I . l ; f ast the peace of Europe ; and, notwithstanding,, 00 0 influence, we believe the Emperor is in position. Prussia—that is to say, Count : o f tioi marck, insists on war now as he did upwari: m ies years since, and war he will have. The ° 'l 3 - ose Austria, and Italy, and Prussia, besides t,.."00: some of the minor States, are prepared for tuv, io .oo ilia, and it only needs some one to give the 4.s l° to fire the first shot. What the treaties a lo orr ot to-day, we all know ; what they will be to-in jo .-- 11 no one can say. This much, however, is eeritae the the war which now seems imminent takes 1 1 ,,% c i Ll erg ° treaties of 1815 will, at its conclusion, r.,,00 modifications so great that their original A . '" would fail to recognise them. WINDSOR. The election for the borough took place at the Town-hall at 11 o'clock yesterday morning, Mr. John Jones, the mayor, presiding. Inasmuch as the Conservative candidates, Sir H. D. Wolff and Colonel Richardson Gardner, had announced their retirement on the preceding evening, the excite ment was not great, although the Town-hall was well filled. After the usual preliminary formalities, Mr. DRIVER, a borough magistrate, proposed the nomination of Mr. Roger Eykyn, who, as a neigh bour, a stanch Liberal, and a firm supporter of the present Administration, was , fully qualified to represent the borough. He then alluded to some circumstances connected with the recent petition which resulted in the unseating Sir 11. Hoare and Mr. Labouchere, and observed that the unopposed return cf two Liberals. formed a suf cient answer to the imputations passed upon the borough by the Conservative party. Mr. CHAMBERLAIN, town councillor, seconded the nomination in a speech of some length, in the course of which he expressed surprise at the deci sion of the election committee, especially when con trasted with that of the committees on other boroughs, in comparison to which Windsor was a model for its purity. He admitted in that, like other boroughs, there might be a small number open to undue influences, but even they had been corrupted by the Tory party. Mr. W. HARRIS, borough magistrate and ex- Mayor, nominated Mr. Charles Edwards, of 12, St. George's-place, Hyde Park-corner, London, who, he said, up to the present election was an entire stranger to them. He, however, ;fully believed, upon good authority, that he was a thorough Re former and a decided supporter of Government in its progressive policy. He expressed his great re gret at the unexplained, and he believed inexplic able, decision of the election commitee, which re sulted in the loss of such excellent ropresentatives and rising statesmen as Sir H. Hoare and Mr. Labouchere. The conduct of the electors on this occasion proved that Windsor was not the corrupted borough represented by the Opposition. Mr. BEDBOROUGH,'borough magistrate, seconded the nomination. Both members were then duly elected, amid loud cheers. Mr. EYKYN, after thanking the electors, declared he would enter Parliament as au indepen dent supporter of the present Government in refe rence to the Reform Bill and other Liberal mea sures, and he was especially an admirer of Mr. Glad stone's financial policy. As a statesman he believed him to be unequalled by any Minister in Europe, or even in the world. .The honour the electors had conferred forme I the best answer to the calumnies heaped not only upon himself, but upon their late esteemed representatives, Sir .H. Hoare and Mr. Labouchere. Mr. EDWARDS, M.P., likewise announced himself a suppDrter of the present Administration, and cha racterised the parting addresses of the Conservative candidates as insulting to the borough. Whatever the experience of Sir 11. Wolff and Mr. Gardner might be, he could say he never met with a more honourable or straightforward body of electors than those of Windsor. Sir IL Hoare and Mr. Labouchere came too late for the nomination. After the proceedings in the hall were over, several gentlemen addressed the pub lic from the Castle Hotel on political topics, the con duct of the Tory party, &c. Royal Botanic Society of London. The first of the general exhibitions of flowers and fruit in the gardens of this society for the present season took place yesterday, and, owing to the fine ness of the day„'wa,s numerously attended. Amongst the distinguished visitors were the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge, and Prince Teck (who were received by the President, the Bishop of Winchester and Oxford, Earl Mansfield, Sir W. Stirling, and other members of the council), the Marchioness of Nor manby, the Countess of Gainsborough, Prince Soltykoff, Baroness Rothschild, Earl of Sherborne, Baron Brunnow, Lords Sefton, Sheffield, Lans downe, Miss Burdett Coutts, Hon. Mrs. Stonor, the Danish, American, Italian, Austrian, Brazilian, Spanish, and Russian Ambassadors, &c. The ex hibition, which was an unusually fine one, took place in the grand marquee, the plants being arranged in amphitheatre form upon the grassy mounds. The beautifully bright and showy tints of the flowers were admirably relieved by judi ciously placed Cape heaths, and numerous other exotic plants celebrated for their foliage. The azaleas, pelargoniums, and roses were very fine— some specimens of the latter measuring nearly six inches across. The calceolarias were not numerous, but of good quality ; there were some pretty auri cular and pansies in pots, and the variegated gera niums were much admired. Of orchids there was not a large collection, but there were many good plants amongst them. The stove and greenhouse plants, heaths, exotics, ferns, and plants remarkable for the beauty of their leaves, were both numerous and good. Amongst the noticeable and rare plants may be mentioned the clerodendron Balfourii, the flowers of which are white and red; the auricula, named after the late John Leech, Nidularium Pinelli ; the selaginella mertensi (variegated) ; the Maranta .splendens ; the primula intermedia ; a bright purple primrose for garden growth ; the immulnus duplex, very well marked and pretty; the rhododendron bianca, a white flowered dwarf rho dodendron. The ananas Porteana, a new variety of pineapple, attracted notice, as did some fine i}ew azaleas, called Refine des Roses. Some variegated grass, which has a pretty effect as a border plant, the leaves being almost white, and the dianthus Dampieri, a very curious plant, the flowers, being somewhat like lobster's claws, hung point down wards, were also much admired. The bands of the Ist and 2d Life Guards were in attendance up to 6 o'clock, about which time the company dispersed. THE DOVER GARRISON. - -Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Garrett, K.C.8., K.H., commanding the troops of the Shorncliffe division,onTuesday made a general inspec tion of all the troops in Dover garrison, upon the parade ground adjacent to the Castle-hill Fort. The troops in spected were the 13th brigade Royal Artillery, under the command of Colonel Elwyn ; the Royal Engineer; com manded by Colonel Chapman; the 74th Highlander; under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel 31‘Lood ; and the 44th Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Allfahon, C.B. 3lajor-General Ellice, C. 8., assisted the general in his inspection, and there was also a largo staff of officers present. The inspection and evolutions .were witnessed by a large concourse of spectators. COUNTRY MARKETS. GAINSBOROUGH—TuEsDAY• iie jsqi th t Our corn exch ange t o -d ay was mo d er ately 5uP,P,,, 4 .- of 14 4 7 - g ; wheat. Ther e w as a f a i r d eman d , an d the to week advanced 18 p er qr — w hit e ma king from 50e S ho o , red, from 47s to 49 s p er qr. B ar l ey a v ery ine t to 6 l .ll°- but enough for th e d eman d. O a t s scarce , at "- tatious. Beans realised high prices. HIILL.—T UESDAY. . 41 Since our last a fair business has been don° "." wheat, and prices have been firmer. In foreig o there have not been many transactions. At wheat' `l,llcl to-day there was a poor supply of English vi•" -- c t met an inactive sale at is 6d to 2s over late r ates. , gyre d in good request, and the market was entirely c' c o, al l extreme prices. Beans, peas, and oats in fair r°(111 04" without change i n value.. 4 4s to „y, English old white wheat, 50s to 54s ; o ld red,„7, — to ' t j); Barley, E ng li s h , 36 s to 375. Oats, Russiant.'4l,llo, Beans, new English, 43s to 445. Peas, English to 41s Od ; grinding, 40s to 41s Od per 36 stone. oi SALISBURY.—TuEsDAY. r s ed p The following are the quotations :— Wheat rsaLoo, 38s to 52s ; barley, 85s to 44 s ; oa ts, 22s to 3 20 ; Gs teo, to 525; and peas, 42s to 50s p er qr. Tares, fr°,,l7ito, 6d per bushel ; Best bread, 13d ; househol d per 81b loaf. Flour, 34s to 38s per sack. • :T ter MONMOUTHSHIRE—TtrEsDAi r • , A to-. 0 At all of the markets in this district there It; able supply of wheat, more especially home - V," e sold briskly at the late advanced rates erg e little better demand for foreign. Barley 11 ' re d, quest, at full prices. Oats brisk. gc; •+ The following are the average quotations: " t i, 55 Od to 5s 9d to Gs 5s 6d per ; b mal ush ting el ; inferio barley, r Gs t0 , 43s per ditto 4s 9d ar ; g to 11 ad white 6s; ing ditto, 27s to 328; beans, 44s ; white oats, 2` l '' black ditto, 23s 6d to 24s 6d. A LYNN—TUESDAY. wi t her o ffor, ..o We had a middling supply of wheat ell „f 1$ r - ,d firm demand—lath rates being at an adranc e u s ' e fiseg' for all descriptions. Barley a slow sale, and u value. Beans is dearer, and oats in demand- 01 a n o r New wheat, 42s to 46s ; new red, 41s to 4 40 ; - sa rleiet, 51s to 53s ; old red, 48s to 51s per 36 stone - o — qts, jj re as, malting, 37s to 40s ; secondary, 33s to 3 """ 465. 24s to 26s per 24 stone. Beans, small, 43s to 36s to 40s per 28 stone. NEWCAS TLE—TUESDAY. At to-day's market there was a good supPll 11 ; i pa from the growers and coastwise, and a fair arrows, abroad. The trade ruled firm, with a fair bus thatlP, English and foreign bringing is more monei e ipe,; e ji week. Barley was a small show, with el.° r astd r Malt was firm. Beans were 6d to is dearer? maintained late prices. The average prices of British grain for the vie°ner qr been—wheat, 47s 2d ; oats, 37s Od; barley, Births. . fb. w it° °I BLACK—On the 6th inst., at Blackheath-Par l4 ',ALl ittl ro Capt. G. R. S. Black, 60th Royal Rifles, of a -,,.. t erra,' BAKER—On the 9th inst., at 30, Queensboroug'of o°lo Kensington-gardens, the wife of T. Baker, sc l . ,.' c leas , t HODGSON—On the 9th inst., at 24, Princes -0' wife of J. S. of aughter. OSWALD—On the Hodgso n, at 9th inst., at Croydon, Mrs' °sllla°l of a son. ph Marriages. .t St. ILIPi JOHNSON—WOODCOCK— On the 9th inst., .-- o ,- , - e lf v Piccadilly, E. C. Johnson, Esq of the Al w .b a o n o d' c oA - ' Stuart, only daughter of the " Bev. E. Clifton-place, Hyde-park-gardens. 0 9, St aelib il LIIEBOCK—T TJRTON—On the Bth inst•, at -- - , 0 0 0-, to Hanover-square, Henry J. Lubbock; secon d ' pli'l If. late Sir J. W. Lubbock, Bart., of High ° Pls 'o3 134 V. Frances Mary, youngest dauhter of the lat Turton, incumbent of Betley, Staffordsh ire ' t Deaths. c berwou ,,o a. CLARKS—On tho Bth ins t., at 126, am 7.1 W - r °d' ~,,tv, T. W. Clarke. vliPw v o . , DESPARD—On the Bth inst , at Choltenhari, ,Ootie ' daughter of the late Captain Despard, of (Peen Ireland, aged 96. Gouon—On the Bth inst., at West ItacklieY*l Wl9' a ; 11 0 : 11 1: MrL ag NE, ed u B - 7. 0n the Bth inst , at Stubbing B tl g e 11°11' ~ O bli William Milner, Esq, aged . 81. 0 ''' .l 1 ' MILDmAYL-On the 6th inst., at Milan, Horac e 'WO ' Mildmay, third son of thlato Sir H. St• ` Tulin Bart., of Dognersfield Park, Hants. So uth' SHARMAN—On tho 6th inst , at 22, West-4113re' wank, Mr. Fred. Sharman, aged. 67. . 010 P• SnirsoN—On the 7th inst , at 50, Govier_stroo-7 dP Simpson, Esq., aged 24.. E. C s ‘ sll SANDY—On the 7th inst., at St. Leo nard% Esq., of West Dulwich, aged 47. 1.•••• ___.---+------------- -- '-'-''. .001F2: London : Printed and Published by WILLT- 6-It ,,e, 11. ,. ° ,tf liof of No. 112, Strand, Painter , at Tits SIN '4,-: coin Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy in "- Middleaci,.—Thursday, May 10, 1866.