The Sun. — London, England, 1870-05-12 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PA RLIA Al EN F. ROUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. !'he Speaker took the chair at twenty-hve minutes past twelve o'clock. BENEFICES BILL, Mr. CROSS, in moving the second reading of this bill said he had not heard that any opposition was to be offered to the Bill that day, and therefore it was not his intention to make such a lengthy statement, as he otherwise should. He did not intend to interfere with Church patronage as vested in the hands of laymen. He believed that the fact of church patronage not being in one particular hand, tended to give a greater variety and tone of thought among the clergy of the country, and that those who resided in a particular locality were best capable of making an appointment which should be satisfactory to that district. He went on to establish the proposition that anciently there was no right to the sale of the pre sentation of a living, and at the present moment there was a very great distinction between the sale of the right to present, and the sale of the exercise of that right. He would do nothing to endanger the rights of private pro perty, but he believed that it was a property held as trust, and that everyone who valued lay patronage woul do all they could to pass the measure to take away th abuse connected with the property, and by taking away the abuse perpetuate the use. The bill provided that the actual sale of the next presentation should not be allowed. He concluded by moving that the bill be read a second time, remarking that the measure would put an end to a great scandal to the Church, and an insult to the parishioners themselves. Mr. BERESPORD-HOPE hoped the hon. member would not press his motion, but if he did he would not vote against him. He believed that the system of private Church patronage in the Church of England had gone far to produce that class of clergymen—at once men of the world and men of God—which characterised that Church more than any other religious body. If the legal sale of advowsons were prohibited, he was afraid there would be clandestine sales. If his hon. friend's bill had been framed for the purpose of doing away with bonds of resignation, he should have supported it, because that was a practice which he thoroughly reprobated. The best remedy, however, for such a case was the growth of public morality. The moral responsibility on patrons was increasing every day, and the same might be said of those who were presented. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that so far as his expe rience went, he was unable to confirm the statement of the member for the University of Cambridge, that the sale of ecclesiastical benefices was diminishing, or that the morality he had spoken of was increasing. Cases came before him which, had he seen in a book of fiction, he should readily have believed them to have been invented. He did not approve of the lessening of the patronage in lay hands. He could not see why that which was a modal should not be amended by the legislation proposed. He recommended the House to assent tothe second reading on the ground that the bill dealt in a practical and effectual way with a great public and pri vate scandal. Dr. BALL had heard with pleasure the announcement of the Solicitor-General that he intended to support the bill. The ingenuity of lawyers had been employed for the pur pose of evading the laws for restricting the abuse of the system. Knowing as he did the abuse and the way in which the restrictive acts were evaded, he should cordially support the second reading. Mr. STAPLETON said the bill appeared to open the door to very great abuse. When the livings were sold at all it was not by those who were wealthy. It would, if the sale of the next presentation were prohibited, be a great temptation for a person to force his son into the Church, and thus do serious injury to it. Mr. HINDS PALMER supported the second reading of the bill, and spoke of the advantage of church patronage being in the hands of the laity. He referred to the good results which had followed the generous conduct of the Duke of St. Albans, who had left the parishioners to choose their own pastor. Mr, J. G. TALBOT cordially supported the bill. He was of opinion that neither the seller nor the buyer of the next presentation had the approval of his own conscience in the transaction. Mr. HENLEY could not understand why a man might not sell the presentation whilst he could sell the advowson, which carried the presentation with it. He said it was impossible not to see that the bill would strike altogether at the root of private patronage. He believed that sales would take place clandestinely, despite any Act of Par liament. Mr. MONK thought the bill did not go far enough. Nevertheless, whilst admitting with the member for Oxfordshire that if persons were so determined bargains of the kind would be made, he believed it would have a good effect. After some remarks from Mr. DICKINSON, Mr. G. HARDY said they must remember that the Church of England did not consist either of the patrons or the clergy, but of the flock, and he believed that in the bill the House was giving a recognition to the position of the flock. The bill was then read a second time. COUNTY CORONER'S (IRELAND) TITLL. Mr. VANCE moved the second reading of this bill and said there were 38 county coroners in Ireland, and it was proposed on deaths or resignations to decrease that num ber by 18. The bill gave power to the Lord Lieutenant to direct special sessions to be held to redistribute the districts where the reductions were made. On placing the salary for the coroners at £lOO, he took the amount named in the bill which was passed some sessions ago, regulating the office of coroner in which the maximum salary was laid down at ZOO. In placing the salary at £lOO there was no farther burden imposed upon the country than exists at present. He thought a limited superannuation allowance should be made, and that the age at which the coroners should be entitled to the allowance should be 70. He hoped that paying coroners by salary instead of by fees, and granting them a suitable allowance when incapable of performing their duties further, would raise the status and dignity of that order. Mr. SYNAN objected to a provision in the bill allowing coroners to appoint deputies. He referred to the proposi tion to equalise the duties of coroners, and remarked that it was impossible unless they could equalise the deaths. Mr. STACTOOLIC having addressed the House. Mr. CHAFILICT said he thought the coroners had made out a case for payment by salary instead of fees. He spoke in favour of the appointment of deputies, and also agreed with the proposal to grant a superannuation allowance. _ . _ Colonel FRENCH and Viscount CRICHTON having made some remarks on the Bill, Mr. 0, FORTEEKTUE said that so far as the clause to enable coroner's to appoint deputies was concerned, he Lad not heard sufficient reasons for such a proposal, nor did he think they ought to give the coroner power to commit peTsons charged with murder when the local magistracy or the -stipendiary magistrate could deal with the case. -He could not agree with the clause for throwing the superanuation allowance upon either the Consolidated Fund or a local fund, On the part of the Government, he must oppose the second read ing, although he did not think the subject ought to be allowed to remain altogether as it was. The Grand Jury Bill would have been introduced had he had an op portw pity, but when that measure was brought before the House it would include the affairs of the Irish counties, and would deal with the question of coroners. Dr. BALL observed t hat, as a general principl e , w h a t was connected with the administration of justice ought to be introduced by the Government. He had observed that bills brought in by private members when they were of sufficient importance to demand the attention of the executive had a wholesome effect upon the legislature, in_ as much as it stimulated them to activity on that subject He shoe eurc the zeLoncl reading of the bill. Mr. DOWNING strongly supported the measure. Mr. Marmon; advocated the payment by salary in stead of fees, and the proposal- to grant a superannuation allowance. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for IRELAND said Government intended to deal with the question, but not during the present session. The present bill was as bad in point of detail as a bill could possibly be. Colonel STUART KNox said the importance of the sub ject had been admitted on all hands, and he hoped the bon. gentleman who introduced the measure would divide the House. THE O'Comron DON approved of the course Govern. went had adopted . , inasmuch as he thought the subject ci coroners should be dealt with when the grand jury system of Ireland was considered. After some further discussion the House divided, when there appeared For the second reading Against it 172 Majority against the bill 74 SUBURBAN COMMONS BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. J. LOWTHER opposed, and moved as an amendmerrt that the bill be read a second time that day six months He objected to the measure, as it would absolutely pre vent for ever all works of improvement and developments of large places, such as Cannock Chase, whereby great loss would be occasioned to thousands of persons. Mr. COWPER-TEMPLE said the objection of the hon. member was such that if the bill went into committee alterations in some of the clauses could easily be made to remove the enactment of which he complained. He wished the House to affirm the principle of the bill, which was to give the Enclosure commissioners authority, after con sulting the wishes of the Commoners, to take steps to drain and lay out commons that had hitherto been altogether neglected, and thereby make them really places of recreation and enjoyment. It was not the object of the bill to deprive commoners of any right that they at present possessed, but simply to give them an opportunity of taking advantage of certain enactments by which they would render these neglected spots places of healthful pleasure and exercise. Mr. GOLDREY said the bill would not, in practice, carry out the object of the right hon. gentleman, and as it pro posed to do certain matters which he should like to see done in a very crude manner, he should oppose the second reading. Mr. K. HUGGESEN, on the part of the Government, said'he should give his vote in favour of the second read ing of the bill. He was quite prepared to affirm the prin ciple of the bill, but he could not entirely agree to the details. He hoped the House would come to a unanimous vote on the subject, in order that the House might recog nise the right of the public to these common lands. Sir SELWIN IBBETSON thought that there were many reasons why the bill should be considered by a select committee. Colonel BARrrELOT did not wish either to hinder the bill being referred to a select committee or being read a second time, but he wanted to know whether it was fair and right after what had been said by the Government that the principles of the measure should be affirmed. Mr. G. B. Gregory, Mr. Assheton, and Mr. J. R. Ormsby Gore having made a few remarks, the bill was read a second time, and the committee was fixed for the 22nd of June. Mr. GOLDNEY then moved that it be referred to a select committee. Mr. BRUCE pointed out that a large number of questions aal been referred to select committees, and said it was undesirable to increase the number. He asked the hon. member to withdraw his motion. Mr. GOLDNEY said he should withdraw, whereupon Mr. LOWTHER said he should make a similar proposi tion. The House then divided, when the amendment that the bill be referred to a select committee was rejected by a majority of 56. PETTY CUSTOMS (SCOTLAND) ABOLITION BILL. The House went into committee on this bill, which passed. Several orders were disposed, of, and the House adjourned at ten minutes to six. THE SP tNISH THRONE. It is announced that the Spanish Progressistp, the most powerful party in the Cortes, have chosen General gspartero as their candidate for the Crown. He is nearly eighty years of age. Born in 1792, he began his career in South America, where he accumulated a con siderable fortune and put himself into relations with Lopez, Narvaez, and many others of the men whom it was afterwards his fate to oppose in political warfare. To Englishmen who remember the Spanish Civil War his name is familiar as the Commander-in-Chief of Queen Isabella's forces. On the close of the war he was ennobled, and received at his own request the title of Duke of Victory. The sole regency of Spain was con tarred upon him on the Bth of May, 1841. THE E 111.17111:ANI5 News has lust been received from New York of the acquittal on Tuesday of Mr. Daniel M'Farland for the murder of Mr. Richardson. It will be remem bered that Mr. MTarland shot Mr. Richard son in the Tribune office, to whose staff he belonged, owing to his wife having left him for Mr. Richardson. Mrs. M'Farland obtained a divorce, and on Richardson's deathbed she was married to him by Mr. Beecher. The circumstances of the case excited the greatest' Interest in the States, and the trial, which has lasted more than a fortnight, produced intense excite- Inent. THE INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACE. The American yacht Sappho has been victorious in the first of the matches with the English yacht Cambria. At twenty minutes past eight on Tuesday morning the yachts were started off the Wight, the Cambria's bows being slightly in advance of those of the Sappho at the moment of departure. The Sappho carried a jib more than her spponent, and in a few minutes after the tun had been fired she was seen gaining on the English vessel port tack in a surprising manner. A. fleet of crack yachts followed, and the Solent was alive With the white wings of all sorts of craft. The early morning was dull, the sky leaden, and the atmosphere cold. The wind blew from E.S.E. rather fresh, and the prospects of a fine race were favourable. As the squadron dotting the Solent bowled along eastward the clouds gradually disap peared, and the first race is being contested in "Queen's weather." The breeze lulled during the next hour or two, but as the morning advanced the wind freshened. There was a west-going tide as the yachts went out,_ and the chances of success on either side were, judging from the betting, quite equal As long as the two yachts could be seen from the umpires' steamer (which went a long way ahead), the Sappho was continuing to gain rapidly ; but eventually, as the competing ships kept landwards, whilst the umpires' steamer preserved a straight coursa, they were for some time lost sleht of. Between five and six o'clock on Tuesday the Cambria was sighted with the American yacht Dauntless on her quarter, but at 6.55 the former gradually bore up for home several miles short of the whole course, which the Sappho completed, being then_flfteen miles ahead of the Cambria. The latter was out of the course of the umpire's steamer, which returned without her. The Cambria reached Cowes at four on Wednesday morning, the American representative coming in two hours later, both in good trim. Though the decision of the umpires has not yet been formally glven, it is understood that no objection will be raised to the Sappho being declared the winner. No similar international race has been run on the Cowes waters since the celebrated clipper America beat every vessel that raced with her while she was in American hands ; therefore the interest taken by the yachting world in these races was great in proportion to the novelty of the contest. When the Sappho sailed round the Wight, about two years since, she disappointed her admirers—not to say that she came tO grief. The Cam bria, which was built at Cowes in 1866, draws 12ft. 6in. aft, and Bft. 6in. forward, and the greatest draught of the Sappho is 12ft. 10In., being about two-thirds of her length from the bow. Her draught forward cannot well be told, because her keel is cambered. The American is a fine handsome yacht, and a good representative craft. To give some idea of the legitimate means adopted to ensure success, it may be mentioned that the Sappho was carefully covered with black lead and polished from keel to gunwale. The Cambria also had her copper blackleaded most oarefully. This was done that the yachts might slip more freely through the sea, and to make the water fly off the hull speedily. The conditions of the races have been freely commented on, and the fact that no " conditions" are attached to the race is hailed with much approbation. That there is no time allowance, and no conditions, despite the apparent dispa rity in measurement, might cause some surprise, but it has been tritely argued by the American press that " the feeling is justly assuming righteous proportions that matches should not be trammelled by purely arbitrary and technical conditions, for all rules of measurement, and theories as to size and conse quent speed are faulty. The belief is that in the prelimi naries of a race the vessel that gets the better of the ' con ditions' manifestly obtains the better of the contest, and allowances may be so tortured that a fast yacht may be beaten by a canvassed snail." Since the American craft sailed in English southern waters she has been increased in breadth below her water line eighteen inches on either side, thus giving her three feet more beam, and con sequently, a greater degree of stability, a quality she was deficient in before the alteration. Her deek is of the normal breadth, and the side now forms a "tumble home." A Central Press telegram says :—" There seems to have been some little difficulty es to the Sappho passing the winning boat ; but the umpires have awarded the prizes to the Sappho. She now lies in the roadstead with all her bunting flying ; but the rain spoils the beauty of the ships in harbour. the telegram to th e Shippi ng G az ette says the owner of Sap ho claims t o h ave beaten the Cambria by nine miles. Mr. A s hb ury admits that his yacht was fairly beaten. and abandons the cups. The police hays been informed of the death of Mr F. Tyrell, formerly of Bow -street Police-court, who over heard the conversation between Lord William Russell's murderer, Courvoisier, and his friend, in the cell of the former, and thus enabled the prosecution to prove the murder and where the stolen property had been re moved to. - - - - - The Imparcial, a Madrid Ministerial journal, says, on the sth, that the negotiations for a treaty of commerce with England are being followed up in the Spani s h Foreign Office with the greatest activity: ; that the bases proposed by Spain are not objected to in principle, and that the only cause of delay is from the examination of them on the part of the English Government for the pur pose of ascertaining whether they are in opposition to any other stipulations in existing treaties with other countries. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAI , MAY 12, 1870 THE' OPENING OF LONDON UNIVERSITY BY THE QUEEN. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) NV EDNESDAY. At last London - University has a local habitation a► well as a name. For more than thirty years it has pos sessed the first only. Settled dwelling it had none, but was driven about from pillar to post in most undig nified fashion. To the public it was a mere nomintis umbra. Even a Londoner, if he were asked to mention its locale, would either confess thut he did not know or answer " Gower-street." The first answer would have been a good deal more accurate than the second. The building in Gower-street was Uni versity College, not the University itself. The University had apartments only; in Somerset House at first, then in Burlington House ; and when that building was pulled down to make way for the Royal Academy, the University had to descend lower still—to take rooms in a private house in Saville-row. But the Senate and Convocation were cheered under this humiliation by the knowledge that olose by their last and shabbiest tabernacle a gorgeous temple was being erected for them. Yesterday that temple was opened by no less a person than Queen Vic toria.. _ . _ Before I describe the ceremony, let me say very briefly what London University is. It is mainly an examining body. It has a Chancellor, Earl Granville ;it has a Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Grote, the historian ; it has a Senate and Convocation. But its chief function is the examination for and conferring of degrees. The confu sion between University College and London University was not altogether unnatural. When University College WILS first formed it wasknown as London University, although a mere joint-stock undertaking. In 1836 a charter was given to that institution, and it was then known asUniver sity College. About the same time another charter was given, and by it London University was established. This was granted during the Royal will and pleasure, and it therefore had to be renewed after the death of William IV., which was done December 5, 1837. Addi tional powers were given in 1850, and on April 9, 1858, a wholly new charter was signed, instituting many changes in the func tions and arrangements of the University. At that time there were forty-seven colleges and collegiate schools in connection with the ,University. The number is now considerably over fifty. The degrees conferred are those of Law, Medicine, Surgery (which is distinct from Medicine), Science, Literature, and Arts. The degrees in Surgery, Literature, and Science are of very recent origin, and at the present time Literature has but one doctor, Dr. Weymouth, formerly of Plymouth, now of Mill Hill school. It wil be seen that Divinity has no place. This is intentional. It was expressly excluded at the foundation of the University, and the exclusion for a long time was reckoned as a reproach to the institution. That feeling no longer prevails, and the result is that men of all religions and races can and do obtain the benefits ofthe University. The new building is very ornate, but most unfortu nately situated. It lies at the back of the new Royal Academy, and its front is in Burlington-gardens, a street so narrow that it is impossible to obtain a proper yiew of the elaborate elevation. A street running at right angles to the gardens gives the only opportunity of seeing the structure at a convenient distance, and even then only a portion of it is visible. The architect is Mr. Pennethorne, the style Palladian, and the building is remarkable for the large amount of sculpture introduced. In fact, it may be called a combination of sculpture and architecture. As regards ground plan, the building consists of two oblong blocks, the smallest of which is placed behind or to the south of the principal one. The front presents a central portion about l2oft. in length, flanked by two square towers, and ex tended farther east and west by wings, apparently two storeys in height and. 6:ift. in length. The towers carry a clock and a wind dial, and between them is a projecting portico with five entrances. The portico, the centre, and the wings are all surmounted by balustrades, on the pedestals pf which balustrades are placed statues of eminent men, selected as fitting illustrations of the various forms of academic culture. The statues over the portico are seated, those on the Ivof line are standing ; and there are also standing figures in the niches on the ground floor of each wing. The principal figures are on the balustrade of the por tico, and are by Mr. Durham. Taking them in order from east to west, they are statues of Newton, Bentham, Milton, and Harvey, as representatives of the four Facul ties—Science, Law, Arts, and Medicine. The figures on the central roof line are Galen, Cicero, Aristotle, Plato, Archimedes, and Justinian, representing ancient culture. Of these the first three are by Mr. Westmacott, the last three by Mr. Woodington. The east wing is devoted to illustrious foreigners. To the roof line Mr. Wyon has contributed Galileo, Goethe, and Laplace ; whilst for the niches Mr. M'Dowell has furnished Leibnitz, Cuvier, and. Linnasus. The west wing is adorned with English wor thies—Hunter, Hume, and Davy—by Mr. Noble on the balustrade ; and Adam Smith, Locke, and Bacon., by Mr. Theed, in the niches. Shakspere is conspicuous by his absence. For him is reserved the place of honour, a niche inside, out of the cold, and at present a cast of the Westrainstey Abbey statue faces the visitors ascending the great central stair case. This stair case is exceedingly fine, and is quite the principal feature of the interior. White marble balusters are surmounted bs' a grey nimble handrail. Before mounting the 4afrms-. ® a fine corridor is passed, running at right =glee. On the right or western side the corridor leads to the torture chamber, otherwise the great library or examination hall, a room 72ft. by 58ft. which coon pies the whole of the corresponang wing. On the left, or eastern side, it leads to the theatre or lecture hall, 'Which occupies the whole of the eastern wing, and is capable of seating nearly & . 0 persons. At each end of the corridor is a transverse passage, and these passages give access to the smaller examination halls which are situated behind the main building, at the extremities of the southern or secondary block, and are separated by private rooms for the use of examiners. The eastern smaller hall will serve as a place of assembly for official persons on public occasions. Ascending the main staircase we reach a landing of polished marble, inlaid in various colours. This landing gives access in the centre to a very handsome Senate room, forty-three feet by 27ft. and 56ft. sin. high. On either side of it are smaller rooms for committees, and for the Registrar and Assistant-Registrar of the University. At the extremities are entrances to the respective galleiies of the greathall and Of the theatre, and transverse passages, correspon din g t o those below, give access to the first floor of the southern block. This first floor is occupied by two examination halls, placed over the smaller halls of the ground floor, and fitted up especially for the conduct of practical examinations in chymistry and in anatomy. At present the tone of the building is too white. But this will be remedied if Parliament consents ; if that is, the House of Commons will find the needful funds. The Theatre is not yet quite finished, the lights having to be introduced. But it is a fine room, and the eleven tiers of benches rising one above the other in a semicircle render the place admirably adapted for hearing. To-day Bond-street and Burlington-gardens presented a gay appearance. Flags innumerable were suspended across the former street, and the balconies in the second Were hung with crimson cloth and filled with well-dressed visitors. As the Queen had arranged to go through the building, every one of the principal rooms in the university was tenanted with a goodly and distinguished company. For once the ladies were eclipsed in costume by the gentlemen. It is impossible for tongue or pen to describe the gorgeous and many coloured robes in which the members of the university arrayed themselves. The older members were themselves astonished. They had on plain simple gowns, or if they indulged in hoods, these were of the quietest colours. But at London University there are many faculties and grades and there wasthus room for invention. The i result s that though the University is distinctly non-reli gious, to-day's beautiful garments excelled anything seen in the most advanced Ritualist church. It would be an ex aggeration to say that every man wore that which was right in his own eyes for there were certain broad principles laid down : brown for arts, yellow for science, blue and white (a sweet dress) for Bachelor of Laws, blue and purple for Doctors ; and so forth. But the amount of colour in each seemed left to the decision of the wearer. The effect was grand, and must have astonished even an 04ord Mus. D. if any were present. The most favoured place was the theatre. So favoured was it, and so select was the company, that the building was not filled. The tiers of seats were occupied by mem bers of the Senate (robes were de rigueur) and distin guished visitors, but no ladies were admitted except five, to be named presently. The gallery was filled with ladies and members of theUniversitynot belonging to the Senate. The five ladies were seated in the front row. There was the Countess of Granville (wife of the Chancellor) who °coupled the post of honour. On herright were Mrs. Grote (wife of the Vim-Chancellor) and Mrs. Lowe, wife of the representative of the University in Parliament. On her left were Lady Louisa Cavendish, daughter of the late Duke of Devonshire, formerly Chancellor of the Univer sity, and Mrs. Storrar, wife of the chairman of Convo cation. On the same bench were seated Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Forster, Mr. Cowper- Temple Lord John Manners, Mr. Ayrton, Canon Leighton (Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University), the Lord Mayor and Sheriff Paterson. Those behind them were General Sabine, President of the Royal Seciety, in general's uniform, Sir John Bowring, olive-skinned Babes. Ikeshub Chunder Sen. I noticed, also, Mr. Leatham, M.P., Mr. Winterbotham, M.P., Mr. Shaw-Letevi e, M.P., Sir William Jenner, and a whole crowd cf dicals—Quain, Russell Reynolds, Professors Bentley, GoGrdon, Reynolds, Angus, and a crowd of other magnates political, literary, scientific, and the rest. Of the most distinguished persons, Mr. Disraeli was the first to arrive. He was dressed in Windsor uniform, and was greeted with round upon round of applause, chewing that even in so Liberal a body as the London University there are some Conservatives, or else that the Liberals are liberal enough to cheer great men of every sort. Mr. Gladstone arrived later, and he alone of all the Ministers present was in plain morning dress. For him there was an even more distinguished recep tion than for his rival, the whole company rising to greet him with cheering and waving of hands and academic caps. At 12.20 the sound of the band playing " God Save the Queen " told us that the Prince and th, Frinotio of W4eis 10.4 arrived. It wan nau au oour later oerore the second performance of the National Anthem announced the arrival of the Queen. She was accompanied by the Horse Guards, and the Coldstreams on foot were drawn up in front of the building with their band. Her Majesty was met at the grand entrance by Lord Granville, Mr. Bruce, Mr. Lowe, and several other Ministers and mem bers of the University ; and having been conducted into the Western and Eastern Halls, and up the grand staircase into the Senate Room, she descended said entered the theatre, just before one o'clock. She was preceded by the members of Convocation, who took their places on either side of the dais (Dr. Caipenter, the Registrar, having previously received a hearty cheer. The royal party consisted of the Queen, • the Prince and the Princess of Wales, and the Princess Louise. Her Majesty was dressed in a black morning dress and bonnet. The Princess of Wales was also in mourning ; the Princess Louise wore a resplendent costume which alone of all the ladies present outvied the doctor's gowns. The Prince was in a general's uniform. The great officers of State and attendants stood in a group on the left, the members of Convocation on the right, and the spectacle at that moment was decidedly imposing. The royal party did not sit down but remained standing while Lord Gran ville presented and read the following address : "May it please your Majesty : "We, the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Fellows, and Graduates of the University of London, hail with feelings of loyal attachment the presence here to-day of your Majesty and of other members of the Royal family. " The influence of the Crown, during your Majesty's reign, has been exerted in an especial manner to promote and extend education. " It was in the year of your Majesty's accession to the Throne that the University of London began its labours for the encouragement of a regular and liberal course of education among all denominations of the subjects of the Crown. " We offer our dutiful thanks to your Majesty for con senting to open a building which, with the sanction of the Crown, has been granted to us by Parliament, and which, while distinguished by its architectural merits, fully satisfies all the requirements of the University. "We venture to interpret this gracious consent as a personal recognition, an the part of your Majesty, of the progress which the University has made in numbers and in reputation ; and of its success in developing an enlarged sybtem of education among all classes, races, and creeds of your Majesty's subjects in every quarter of the globe. " Your Majesty's visit will confer an historical interest on this building. It will dwell in the memory of those who are this day to receive distinction earned by honour able diligence and ability; and will sustain the Senate and Convocation in their combined efforts to elevate their university still higher in public esteem. The. Queen bowed at the conclusion of the address, took it from Lord Granville's hands, and passed it to Mr. Bruce. She then said in a clear voice " I declare this building opened." A flourish of silver trumpets from the gallery announced the fact to outsiders. Then the loyalty which would have broken out when the Queen entered, but was suppressed by a vigorous official hush, was allowed to have full play. "Three cheers for the Queen" were called, and a good many more were given. Each member of the Royal Vamily present had the orthodox three, and the Queen Looked particularly pleased when the last of them, " the Prince of Wales was called. Then there followed general bows and graceful curtsies, and the royal party disappeared, having been in the theatre scarcely more than five minutes. As soon as they were out of sight the Chancellor, the Premier, Mr. Disraeli, and other favourites were called, and then tht degrees were conferred by the Chancellor. CHARGE AGAINST THE DIRECTORS OF AN INSURANCE COMPANY. At the Mansion House, yesterday, Mr. Hodges, the manager, and the Hon. A. Joscelyn, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Carnegie, Mr. Wright, Mr. Horwood, and Mr. Bulmer, formerly directors of the Monarch Marine Insurance Company, attended before the Lord Mayor, Alderman Sir R. Arden, and Alderman Carter, to answer two summonses, charging them with unlawfully conspiring together to cheat and defraud the shareholders of the above company, which is now in course of liquidation. Mr. G. Lewis conducted the prosecution. The defendant( were represented by Mr. Digby Seymour. Q.C.,. Mr. Ribton, and Mr. Bagley. The defendant torwood did not appear, and it was stated that he was un the Conti nent whenthe summons was delivered. A similar excuse was made for the non-attendance of Messrs. Hodges and Wiight.--Mr. Lewis opened the case at some length, but the inquiry was of course only partially gone into. The Monarch was established on the 3d of May, 1869, for the purpose principally of effecting marine insurances, auJ it suspended payment in March, 1870, having liabilities to the amount of 2200,000, debts to the amount of £20,000, and with no assets whatever. The ostensible charge against the defendants was that they had fraudulently conspired together to deceive and defraud the shareholders by issuing false balance sheets, and other proceedings of a similar character. It appeared that the company was ori ginally Eromoted by a person named Swetenham, who was described as an esquire of Huntingdon, in the county of York, but who, in reality, was a clerk in the Monarch Company, and who was to be paid a sum of £6,000 for his services in promoting the company ; but, by the Articles of Associa tion, the directors were empowered to give any further remuneration they might think proper to the same gentleman. The capital of the company was to be £1,000,000, or 22,000,000 shares of each, and it commenced business in June 1869 ; and it was alleged that the defendants took a num ber of shares ; but although, in accordance with the terms of the prospectus, ten shillings were have been paid upon each share, it was stated that not a farthing was paid upon any of the shares so taken, but immediately afterwards they received considerable sums out of the funds of the company as directors' fees. The case on the part of the prosecution was that the company never had been a bona, fide company, and that the whole of the proceed ings was nothing less than a gross fraud. The prospectus that was the subject of the charge appeared to have been issued in February, 1870, when the company had only been in e: 3tence a few months ; and when, ac cording to the case for the prosecution the com pany received very large sums of money which they was utterly unable to pay, and were, in point of fact, in a state of hopeless insolvency. Mr. Lewis referred at considerable length to the facts he proposed to put in evidence, and said he should be able to shew that at the time the company was in this condition a sum of £3,000 was borrowed from a gentleman named Law, portion of which was used by the defendant§ for their own purposes. The actual amount paid up in the shares, it appeared, was only £BOO, and Mr. Lewis said he should shei,v that the prospectus and the names of the shareholders that were published were entirely fictitious and fraudulent. He said there would not be the slightest doubt that a gross fraud had been perpetrated, and the only question for the consideration of the court would be, who were the persons who were responsible for that fraud.—The Right Hon. William, Earl Poulett, deposed that he never applied for any shares in the Monarch Company, or authorised either of the defendants to do so, and although his name appeared in the prospectus as the president of the company, he had never attended at .the offices in that capacity, but he had been once or twice in the Board-aoorn. Ile had never acted as director of the com pany, or as president, although he was aware that his name appeared in that firm in the prospectus. He was aware that the salary of the president of the company was to be £4OO, but he had never received any money for acting as president. IT knew nothing about the company, except what Mr. Hodg,s, the manager. told him. He was informed by him that the company was established for the purpose of insuring ships, and witness thought Mr. Hodgeson told him that they had £7,000 balance at the bankers. He did not take any interest in the matter.— Mr. Lewis : Very likely not, but the share holders did.—Examination continued : Witness never received any notice to attend the meetings, of the directors. He saw his name advertised almost daily in the newspapers as the president of the company. It was at the suggestion of Colonel Paget, a friend of his, who was one of the directors, that his name was put to the prospectus as directed. Witness only attended at the board room twice a year, and he merely took part in the business of the day, and signed some policies for ships that bad flailed or were about to go to sea. Witness never had his name removed from the prospectus as president until the Court of Chancery interfered, and wound •up the company. In cross-examination, Lord Poulett stated that the direc tors appeared to take very active interest in the success of the company, and there was nothing to induce him to believe that all the proceedings were not bond fide and regular. After some further. evidence the inamry was adjourned. A DESPERATE COMBAT, The Petit Marseillais gives the details of a homicide committed in that city on the person of a workman named Tronc, aged 25, employed in the mill of M. Canapal, by a guard of the octroi, named Sansonetti, a Corsican, and attached to that administration for the last ten years. This man had been for some time past made the butt of sarcasms on the part of the millers on account of his political opinions, and especially for the warmth with which he had espoused the cause of Prince Pierre Bona parte during the trial. On the morning in question he came to the mill as usual, but in a state of high excite ment, and showing a poniard, threatened to use it if he were subjected to any fresh insults. Thereupon Tronc, with a view to preventing bloodshed, slipped behind the other, and locked him firmly in his arms, a proceeding which immediately led to a desperate struggle between the parties. Both soon lost their balance, and rolled on the ground, Sansonetti striking at his adversary with the dagger, and four blows taking effect. He at length abandoned his victim on the arrival of M. Druere, the inspector, who came to separate the combatants, and in reply to some indignant remarks made by the latter drew a double-barrelled pistol from his pocket, saying, " And here I have the means of killing some more of you !" He then walked quietly off to the octroi, and there suffered himself to be arrested. Tronc was taken to the hospital in a hopeless state. An outbreak of small-pox has taken place at Kingston-on-Thames. A few days since there were five cases in the workhouse infirmary, and the medical officer reported that the cook and two men nurses had taken it. The district medical officers reported eighteen cases. It is said to have broken out in a place known as Young's buildings in the town. . The British Museum was open to the public up to eight p.m. for the first time on Monday last. The total number of men, women, and children who entered the Museum in the extra hours between six and eight was on the first day seventy-five. MR. BRIGPIT. Referring to the already contradicted rumour of Mr. Bright's retirement from the Government, the Scotsman so f ys that the truth is simply this, that before his illnevs Mr. Bright felt very severely the responsibility at taching to a Minister, although the burden of depart mental business fell mainly on Mr. Shaw Lefevre's younger and more active shoulders ; that Mr. Bright's medical advisers are very anxious that he should enjoy complete mental repose for some time yet ; and that he himself has had some doubts as to the propriety of retaining office under the circumstances ; but that his colleagues are unanimously of opinion that there is no present need of such a question being raised at all. It is probable enough that Mr. Bright will remain on furlough till the end of the session. CLERICAL OPINION ON EDUCATION. Archdeacon Freeman, speaking on the subject of educa tion in his visitation charge at Exeter, on Tuesday, said the poverty of the poor was the reason, to a great extent, why their children were not found in schools as often as they should be ; therefore no bill would be of real service which did not take into consideration this great social difficulty. The question now raised, as far as the Church was concerned, was whether they could with a safe conscience, accept the terms offered in Mr. Forster's bilL The clergy hitherto had found no difficulty in de ciding as to the degree and manner in which they should impart religious instruction to those who were not children of the Church. But with regard to the conscience clause it was plain that there were consciences on both sides to be considered—the conscience of the teacher, the clergy man as well as that of the parent; and there was another as of the question. If it were said by the parents, "You must forbear during the whole time of instruction from all manner of Christian talk and teaching ; you must not breathe religious thought, much less generate a Christian-like or a Church-like atmosphere in your room," he (Archdeacon Freeman) should reply, " You are asking too much ; you are asking me to forego the varied advantages for the sake of which alone I ever turned secular teacher at all—it is not worth my while, spiritually speaking, to be a secular teacher at such a sacrifice." AGITATION MANUFACTURE. "The Governor of a County Prison" writes to the Pall Mall Gazette, complaining that certain persons who are now promoting an agitation against the Contagious Diseases Acts are in the habit of deliberately getting up fictitious testimony adverse to those measures. It is their practice to find out a girl who has been committed to prison for refusing to submit to examination. They ascer tain when she is to be discharged from prison, and when she issues from the gaol they meet her, and thereupon extort from her if possible the statement that she refused to be examined from modesty. In support of his statement the writer tells the following remarkable story :—" A few days ago two respectably dressed females, who did not give their names, came to the prison of which I am the governor, and de sired to see a female (name unknown to them) whose imprisonment was to expire on the fol lowing morning, and who had been committed from a certain town (name of town given) on a certain day. Their object, they said, was to see that the prisoner was `safely sent home to her friends.' The date of committal, the name of the town whence she was committed, and the date of the expiration of her imprisonment being given, I easily found the prisoner alluded to, and thinking that the ladies were philanthropists who wished to do the girl a real good on her discharge, but had for gotten her name, I asked them to come to the prison on the following day. In the meantime I learned from the girl that she had no friends, but that a lady in the town from which she was sent had introduced herself to her, and to all the girls residing in the house with her, before she went to prison, and told her that she hoped all the girls in the house would be of one mind, and not go up any more to be examined. This lady gave the girl, on her being committed to prison, the address of a certain person in the town where this gaol is situated, and told her to go to him on her discharge from prison. I have very good reason to believe that the lady who visited the girl before her com mitment, the gentleman whose address was given to the girl, and the ladies who came to meet her are all con nected with one another, and with the society who are desirous of altering the law. The ladies, in fact, ad mitted this to be the case. The girl informed the that she had been examined fortnightly since the law first came into force, and had never objected until she was persuaded by the lady to do so. Modesty, therefore, had nothing to do with the girl's commission of the offence for which she suffered imprisonment. Surely the work ing members of this society will do well to reflect that the law can punish not only those who break the law, but those who incite others to do so, and they may rest assured that false representations will do no good what ever to their cause." REFUSAL TO MARRY UNBAPTISED PERSONS. A dispute has arisen at Braintree on the question of marrying unbaptised persons. Mr. Carey Rees, the Rev. Mr. Cartwright, the vicar of Braintree, and the Bishop of the diocese of Rochester, are the parties. On New Year's Day, Mr. Carey Rees sent a letter to the Bishop of Rochester, of which the following is the main portion " A few days ago I called on the Rev. Mr. Cartwright; vicar of Braintree, to ask him td publish the banns of matrimony between myself and a lady (a member of his congregation) residing in Braintree. Mr. Cartwright, on ascertaining from me that I had never been baptised, declined to publish the banns. I have therefore taken the liberty of writing to ask your lordship whether Mr. Cartwright was acting in accordance with the laws and usages of the Church of England in thus declining to publish the banns." Whereupon the Bishop returned the following answer, dated J anuary sth : " Sir, —I believe Mr. Cartwright was acting strictly ac cording to law in refusing to publish the banns of a per son whom he knew to be unbaptised. I remember the same case occurring some thirty years ago, when I was at Oxford, and it was considered that the clergyman was justified in his refusal. But, while I say this, permit me to say that I feel the same pain which, I am sure, Mr. Cartwright feels in placing this obstacle in the way of your union. Ido most earnestly wish that the hindrance might be surmounted by your receiving Holy Baptism. You meditate entering into a state in which the future happiness of others (if God should bless you with chi'. dren) will depend on your Christian life and example; and as I used always to exhort those whom I married to receive the Holy Communion at the first opportunity after their marriage, so now I do exhort you, if, by God's grace, you can overcome your scruples, to be baptised, in order to your marriage being celebrated with our holy service. I shall make further inquiries as to the legal question; but I have very little doubt that it is as I say. I cannot tell you how much I shall be relieved if you could consent to be baptised.—Yours, &c., ROCHESTER." To this letter Mr. Carey Rees returned an answer on the following day. He said that with every veneration for the inspired writings, he thought that the inspired Apostles treated baptism and the Lord's Supper as outward institutions Divinely appointed to symbolise and illustrate certain important religious truths. And that to force them into association with marriage was nothing less than profana tion. However, the bishop made no reply, and Mr. Carey Rees now publishes the correspondence, hoping that the refusals of clergymen to bury and to marry un baptised persons will alike receive attention. It appears that the vicar has acknowledged the illegality of his con duct in refusing the banns. FORGERS IN RUSSIA. An extensive capture of forgers has been made in Russia. In August last a large number of forged five rouble notes were thrown into circulation, and the police lighting upon tracks of the forgers, followed them to all parts of the country. Each day they discovered fresh accomplices. The organisation of the band extended throughout the whole empire, with the exception of Moscow, where there was a separate body. They were divided into two sections, one of which put the false notes into circulation, whilst the other superintended the employment of 10 per cent., which was set aside for the liberation of members who might be arrested. On the 19th of January the police succeeded in getting together in Odessa the principal culprits by pretending to treat for the purchase of a large quantity of notes. The leader of the gang, the cashier, and others, were arrested. The, next day two others of the forgers were taken into cus tody, one at Nikolagew and the other at Kursk. 'lilE - RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN BELGIUM. A correspondent furnishes some particulars of the dread. ful catastrophe which has just taken place at Dommel dange in Belgium. A passenger train, which had left Luxembourg on Saturday last, at half-past eight in the evening, and going to Mersch, Ettelbruck, &c., was stopping at the Dommeldange station, and its locomotive working. The signals announcing that the way was free, a goods train, consisting of 40 waggons of 10 tons each conveying minerals,left Luxemburg, coming from Esch-on. the-Alzette, It had scarcely arrived on the inclined plane, when the breaks broke at once ; then the velocity became prodigious, and a misfortune seemed inevitable, They perceived the danger from the Dommeldange station ; the employes opened the doors of the passenger train, crying, Sauve qui peat / At the same moment the goods' train came on swift as lightning, and crossed over the passenger train in its whole length. The latter train was smashed in pieces, and many people standing on the station's quay were wounded by the cUbris. It is impossible to describe the horror of that dreadful scene. During the whole night workmen were busy at se tti ng f ree t h e way. hirteen corpses, mutilated, most of them affording no sign of recognition, were brought on the platform. All the persons unable to jump out of the train were killed, with the exception of 1,1, Gervais and his wife. M. Gervais, burgomaster of Merch, mem ber of the Chamber of Rep resen t a ti ves , and brother to the Minister of State of Luxembourg, is seriously wounded ; his wife was also severely hurt near the right eye, And a most extraordinary thing the only vestige which remained of the carriage occupied by them, was only the copper-plate, on which was written "First class." The wounded are numerous. The mechanician of the goods' train and the fireman jumped from it before the collision. The station master of-Dom meldange, the inspector of the Luxembourg line, the mechanician, and the break-man of the goods' train, have been arrested. Most of the victims were poor miners returning home with their weekly salary. A telegram from Berlin states that the Emperor of Russia will arrive there on Friday next, and leave on Saturday morning for Ems. The bookbinder, Wittman, of Wollin (Pomerania), who had been condemned to death, has been pardoned. He had poisoned six wives with whom he had successively married. THE GREEK MURDERS. The Vienna correspotdent of the Eastern Budget says , writing on the 7th inst. :—" According to the accounts which have reached me from Athens, the French Ainba s sador there has officially notified to the Greek Government that France will in future hold it responsible for the securityof every Frenchmanwho may travel in the country after receiving an official assurance that the roads by N ail he intends to proceed are safe. Such an assuran ce is no to be required in the case of Frenchmen travelling be tween Athens and the Pirmus, as there are French shill of war in the latter port, and the French Governmen" c Insiders that Greece is bound to provide for the security of the road between the capital and the sea . is reported at Vienna that an exchange of notes has taken place between London, Paris, and St. Petersburg, on the Greek affair. The British Govern m ent, sal. ° the report, is disposed to enter on a very energetic policy in the matter, but Russi', supported by France, warmly opposes Lord Clarendon's views, and urges thlts diplomatic representations would be sufficient. I ts't' added that Austria strives to detach France from Eus in this controvers as she regards the maintenanc e of in cordial understanding between France and England in Eastern affairs as the best guarantee for the mainte nance of the status quo. THE PLEBISCITE. Now that the first excitement of the Plebiscite is over, people are busying themselves in analysing the character of the votes. The course taken by the army is of cours e the first consideration, and the fact that 36,598 soldiers have voted with the " Noes, ,, has been brought pronli• nently forward by the Opposition. In 1852 the militarY. " Nona" were only 11,077 ; in 1870 they are, as we see ' En more than three times that number. The Prince Ellget barracks appear to have been the most disaffected, e r " as many negative as affirmative votes being given. Fe l° soldiers who voted early in the morning insisted on beia allowed as electors to remain and watch the ballot. Th e Y were allowed to do so, the officer probably being averse t : provoke a collision as the men declared t 'v e, ' ' .would remain at the risk of being shot. -'-'' publican agents are said to have been busy among these troops, and severe measures are spoken of. One of th e regiments stationed at the barracks will, it is said, be chs banded, and the men scattered among other regireel lts ' Six thousand of the Paris garrison, it is said, voted .0e• The ,friends of the Empire point to the negative vote; given by - the soldiers as a proof that no pressure was T, upon them. They explain the number of the Noes bY,t,O unpopularity of Marshal Niel's administration. ni Illarseillaise is enthusiastic about the military vote, an deelai.es the soldier citizens have done their duty like Ill ell ! and the moral victory is with the Republicans, as the towns and a large portion of the army are with them. Thefign i . says that the Duke of Hamilton made a bet on the vat"e of the vote. He was to receive a louis d'or for every The over six millions, and pay two for every one below it. Th e the Duke has gained a handsome sum by his bet. returns of the voting came in from the department s th e were telegraphed to the Emperor, who did not retire lint'Y; the last news was received on Tuesday at thr,ee o'clock a.m., and the Prince Imperial insisted on renalon. ing up also. The following are the full returns of the votes recorded in the departments :- t Registered V 1 0 st. es Departments. Voters. Voters. Ayes. Noes. A° 6 36 Ain • 107,179 91,671 84,021 7,015 L ~,8 Allier 106,876 90,791 82,690 7,417 L E; Alpes (Haute) 34,173 27,160 22,934 3,82 8 •-'" 57 0 Aube Ancle Bouches du Rhone 140,606 93,790 39,573 52, 975 1 , ' ) " ..... Calvados - - 97,944 10,993 230 Cantal 62,433 47,540 44,483 2,85 8 9 65 Charente 116,622 103,538 95,516 7,0 57 E; Charente (Infre.) 148,188 126,819 109,298 1.0 941 I,°,.' ' 84 Correre '4oo • 2° ,392 69,616 65,951 3, 'O5 Cotes du Nord 169,345 -131,118 121,943 8,242 °reuse Dordogne 146,696 126,277 114,694 10,657 ro Doubs Eure'- 116,887 95,226 72,404 18,453 1, 2 6 Eure-et-Loire 84,521 74,751 61,553 11,371 1,,',71 Finistbre 161105 121,358 116,313 13,297 " Gard 133 , 310102,113 63938 38,67 5 '- Gironde - - 123,956 38,512 ":2g Herault 137,1355 105,404 66,090 38,389 `4`"o Indre Indre-et-Loire Isere 168,871 131,7 0 7 87,262 43,826 coti Landes Loire 143,261 112,365 78,563 33,204 J A7 6 Loire (Haute) Loire (Inferieure) 154,407 110,391 92,943 15,928 1 6 3 1 Loiret 100,219 87,295 72,531 13,067 I, r a l Lot:et-Garonne - 82,082 72,527 14,5241'517 Marne-et-Loire 154,004 123,789 106,917 14,266 2 , Manche 153,875 132,921 - --- 04 121,390 99,989 89,896 47 Mayenne Bas Rhin 21 0 Haut Rhin 129,166 102,476 80,994 19,689 2,--,„ n RhOne 181,832 144,693 90,669 92,094 1, 1 1,1 Haute Saone 93,371 72,273 55,208 19,912 I,r io Sarthe 132,943 116,286 101,048 13,893 1 6 17 Seine 417488 333,291 139,928 184,18 6 9, 0 , 1 Seine (Inf4rieure) 20 1 ,333 170,621 123,173 44,939 3 6 96 Seine-et-Marne 102,000 88,814 64,931 23, 3131, 588' Seino-et-Oise 142,122 128,840 93,598 32,654 2,,,,q Sevres (Deux) 102,954 87,015 79,380 6,632 I,°' Somme 168,286 148,846 134,042 13,131 111 Vaucluse 85,111 60,211 33,942 25,5 67 o 3 30 Vendee 185,043 91,290 84,205 4,7 65 `' o oo Vienne 96,692 82,617 76,006 5,611 1,n.,3 Marine (Marne, deux posts) - 15,498 2,970 4' A STARTLING DISCOVERY. Dr. Johnson, as we all know, was a goo d liste s r i and his hatred to the Scotch was one of his l ie strongly marked peculiarities. - What, then, i s it surprise of the literary world on hearing 9 asserted that Johnson was himself a ScotchinfLll„i The.story is not authenticated, but it is put for` be by an adventurous writer as an explanation s doctor's mysterious antipathy to the Land 0' C a b e and all its belongings, which has given rt to so many various conjectures on the P, 3 . 0 9 of his critics and biographers. Bishop Percy be lie il l his invectives were uttered more in jest 0 - 1° ,4 earnest. Croker suspects that he had some Per s° , - 0 11 cause for his unwarrantable dislike, and 13 ° 5 - t o .plainly intimates that he was jealous ~- i t success of the Scotch. The enterprising exP ° 9,, -l is of the mystery, who believes the illustr'' l t i Samuel to have been himself born 11 , °1 ; ,.r; of the Tweed, considers that his explanation up the matter. The Scotch were un p o p u lar in -P g land in Johnson's time,and he theretoresought to 071.- to ceal a damaging fact, and affected great bitterner . 0 , mislead the He had to dissemble his 1° : and somewhat overdid the process. His hatred we r e sham, as Percy supposes, and Croker and Boswell J hig right in believing he had a personal object. explanation, based as it is on the supposed unpnliisr larity of the Scotch in Johnson's time, does not t 14 with Boswell's assertion that " their succes i s ,,,ir England rather exceeded the due proportion of 1'" real merit." „ o L ADVERTIBEMENT. 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