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due s iriog l to diP 5, r 11)1 I ° ° t tea, 53 ,04 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 14 ; it° t ?ID% Rteo). 0 44 1- e If " 0 1 1 6 16 0000 , 0 1 11" rtc c oic 11 0 4 ,1 0 X . ' 06 el it ro ;# tch 1990° /j j o 1 t oy Old 01 , 4.19 1;. , 10 4. me ° ' tio .1 C I ° of 4 .$ cofBi7 \O O \lt. * 043;1 — , 6 , ,(‘-' LIFE A.SSURANCE SOCIETY, Iv ItRID 4 GE-STREET, BLACKERIARS. kAo l'OwereaEstablished 1823. 44. - ? by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. Aq Tit, 4,,,,%, lit h EßTe DIRECTORS. Oimil, .421 / 1L ,,, K STEPHENSON, Esq., Chairman. VI-rrirct '' H, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. b11, 4 t P at'l i‘t . t4,ael t , ) er, Esq. Sir Alex. Duff Gordon, Bart. '1 4 ‘4 4 , 4 , 14 At, t Y, Esq., F.R.S. Captain Robert Gordon, R.N. • t Ti, k i .IQ . Archibald Hastie, Esq., M.P. k4Ydell BonVerie, I Charles Morris, Esq. A. gar , t I William Routh, Esq. a. C'.l,_ N. AUDITORS. I John Howell, Esq. s . , John william Stillwell. Esq. Paris, M.D., Cantab., Iroff". - I.t l lll. Oxon. , ".%e„,trthe Royal College of Physicians. ' - exu , 4, - jilenjamiri Travers, Esq., F.R.S. 4 1- --.4 ll oli—llenry Young, Esq. ' 1 ..4 4 ,4 John Downes, Esq., F.R.A.S. /UN,— Alex. icdonald, Esq. 4 4p:i 1 :1 1 4. ati he ll k\rt, e- t , lt ER LOCAL BOARD. p,Nab ITOOT ,bnincrons. .P ''Sq. 'oSwoRT Esq., Chairman. arr, Y, g o ! William Shorter Steil, Esq. de rlx , Sq, 1 Robert Stuart, Esq. Pl It G il stt e T a-- o p i "h"lesuloirWouagtnEyesil, Esq. 4 4, 1 , . : Tf °4 st, gn:Ne—SirjjgaemielsCL. Bardsley, M.D. il;„'111 ,-6 eS 0,, - '°zoN—J. A. nansome, Esq. S h le 04 11 ,‘ered by this Society are : "Nit; 4 14 , with Security, and Lower Rates of Premiums tte %Land: lll er office, which entitle the assured to participate 'llo —,l l,,,, ety."`:tisiderably lower than those of any other Mutual or t , 1 , ,4 4 PROFITS are divided every fifth year among ‘`4, l ' l h,:: . lll rti to t-s ontts is added, after the payment of the h tf, l l7 l loi tl ie th e very Policy effected on . the . participating Scale, • ''tlil t ., 3 s7o re oli prior to the next division of profits. was added to Policies at the last divi!lion, 1 av "age BONES of 671. per cent. on the Premium s et 1. eie ss )( t ,„5/, in force nearly 7,000. An "a amounts to 1,402,522/. Income upwards i 4l , s e o „ l , ,i to r I,o7jenaY Stamps, nor for Service in the Yeomanry o r G gaud particulars may be obtained on application to A LEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. N 4 . v . BSEND S T A a ekets ACKETS. t b !oll 4t eallP at the Greenhlthe and Pardeet Piers. the Piers as underlined (weather perm, 'Aim , --A.CE PIER, GRAVESEND. • E - Time SII ND ATS 12% - ~,...„..............._. 6 k litl tr 7 - _ 0 1 ib 't , F ., tn eii 1N oan hot , urch-street Station to all pure of (Amu ~,,,, Arat. r. ~1 11 1 r /ti„l tZ ,. BLACKW&LL on the arrival of tli , ) 'rt., 'Mtn the Fenchurehjatreet Station 4tll ;.. SUNDAY'S. V 4 " l' a Fen- •,i , '•a : 6 ; V 7 :: z S ' 5 Church " .' 'F' Ili ,-. • Ci .g ° - ' w. , • : -• Street A 1‘• P - I, ----. I- , --- -... h N , -- 10 - -- '' ' -.- 11 -- -\<:.............:... r/ N 4 , 4 ,, qr., _ / It\ i1 1 t11 %, 47 e) V 1 aro Fore Cabin. 6•11 , ',lt , , i g t - 11 :. 4.1 12 6 _, ll la ' CkM ° .,Tl l". =. . ...: 1 21 . .. I R. .' io lg. 2 ~,d L0nt10n..... •• •• - 1. •Og A 4ii,,,,v, tlackwall or Woolwich (44 81 4 ,, u k °4 •••-• • • . .. -._...—• L' •. O. 8d I. t es,no wall or Woolwich.. •• '.. gidt. .. O. lOd. ‘-, l tTs 444 Int trlnediate Piers.. fid. •• f the' r hree , the, 21. Os• ; 'fi Piekete; o ? o l f Mr. Monk, Terrace ad Pier, Graves to be h o. the Col: slid TO soli, • VcitiS; 11 .36, -1., .. 111 `TD AND SHEERNES': ' l > Z:, 7 a o ' -° wlt and R , sherville Piers, 11.30 . and 6.20. r bing5,7,,„ 4 . 3 0. Prom Southend, "" a na. from Sheerness, and 7 from South 'o PAR , ), 44 1 2 CI Cl Es I. ' e %11% r Etas and Ist Class and Return Ticket. , 4 81 4 , end . .. °r e Cabin. Saloon. 2d. Ist. oli 'kd -e 'bess 2 • 6 d. 3s, Od. 3s, 6d. ils. bd. 1 h "outi, - 2 8. od. 2s. 6d. 31. Od. 3s. 6d. 5,,, It, c c ebd i,,, io, i t 4 iß:iraTeses s 15 ' 6 1. 2s. Od. 2s. 6d. 3s. Od. I t i tr t tt . . oN, I r , IT__ -, ki te —4IT/E$ 01 4 ' YOUTH AND MATURITY. ti t4 ,s t It, 1 1, b. 28 , nithstrated with cases; free by post for 3f kA, 11, 4 %ti t Y 0 la stamps, • outy, ~,'a, s S DEBILITY; t 2. - Ith '1, 31 4t0n1 9 d s.'steht, '.4e cr . Tacti cal , an Cure.—An ssay on Spar t ni i , ic,,,, tre., Observations on assfer and more th‘:_t ri li,i, b "; by t h :"bent of the diseases of the Generativ, k,,,t5,1,,,Z3 , 1 or _llrin ar , .!ric of the Microscope in detecting and 1,';',),;41.3 dtaieompiaLT , aTaination, the real cause and effect of t t; i ko b Yet ler el l ".,, Whether arising from solitary habits, k t4 ' AI Nil rs e 'fla t% fell ~1 11 4 ,t„ ty , ~. xp eri .„ ... owed by practical remarks, founde ' l Oll TY i-,i'larc Oral ti"a in the treatment of Impuissance 11, ty t 41t, enta,_ eakness, Spermatorrhrea &c. To which k, be t h 7 °Tt . the Physiolctry of Mar ' riage, with pre (Vl Nt di ens rel'lla emanating ' from empirical pre ctice, 0. 1 b s"Order,'nlQilies advocated by various write,' on alii,4 ; % )2 ) 4 Y ,'' ~1 1 . „ '''1 1,. .b, P 0 if --',, ',l' LAIIRRT, 4 s '‘i ' ,'')? .14 - `''''-s QCTA R E, M.D.. L ONDO*I 00,..l If "9 ct at rittnia .... , ,q,-10. 41 , .o,„_ e tv ,_ ted M.,:mber of the University of Eat, V I at ,4.11,,. ), t ei ,...,'''vT of tbe Londo , Re_s*pit'a? Medic./ Seciet kt,",l4„kii,s_m,ect of ‘, Ran, T (Aide &cc Itc. - '' ' , 0 ti ',.: pr,„"a3 ft,„: i,t treatls is to n ne . int " on ' t the fc.rful c0n *1!.,if.44,411..ed -.lllooeretain habits, Irregularities, and " eXeo3l3oe. t : , i k l i plA . )" , l ilktE i r Z i ( c i n ety s V;gii t, in o.e Y s o oll, fe ileg a a n dati c o r r h . a in ps M it a t 7 , - - h tak i kh:V. e4', 1 , 0 , end!r, l ._ to mode ' m patheMl.:sts. , T its peru;al is 'ls qr.pi y ;' , tlo n. ~ w are entertaiain secret doubts of Ntle ti i.,_ , -`4,1, and"wllo as'e conscious - of g having hazardes - 1 at - ‘ 4 l. T privileges to which every humpu being s litt k te te 'eage. q4 il , ts%_, a 'Ttai taa jTihatall men should know, that there are telai til Dczaltelricnt which cannot be violated without tyk,'" , :oo tc kißid,:. '' and when wisdom and- regret succeed , ~,1 .1 , t ic , c , t, at e self-Irdul , ence, how these penalties i 4 %. t e , (l it, ':`' still; of their ' bitterness may be removed , ~ ' 5 , t. '''' 3' p. m ., °„ll2eettences runty be avoided, and above 4 11 ' , l ea tri c ..9„" l-r e 3 or physical infirmity or fimetionC. Et se ll '''' - ' III Y aid of science cannot apply a cure. 4 Teet, t e L o l Years been engaered in an extensive too ,- tees° delicate complaints, lit. , ..th have 1 gre'ail,,2-rallY confided to the care of ignorant ' , ltitu,. 'ninny on those who are induced to p' erg y .... 4 d, p,,,.,„ . l EO' be had, pr i ce 2 s, o f Messrs. piper, ir.,41047Tn ester -Tony; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; 1Y addre; m3n, 39 , Corniiill; or free by cost for , 3 from the Author's residence, 37, Sod' Itall„ daily from Eleven till_Two„and from I .III E ASYLUM LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, 72, CORNIIILL, London. Established 16.24. NI • --, Ax•—.IOIIN CLAEMONT WHITEM E'q. N ,_eles on healthy and Diseased Lives, at Home and Abroad, for i o ,Prie tar i.Y, and Naval Employments. The only Office on purely 4 1Aki e l ZbleiPles, involving, therefore, no Partnership among For prospectuses, proposal papers, SLc., apply to MANLEY HOPKINS, Resident Director. GREAT WESTERN COALS.—Best, 245. ; ry t litaa;r„,..nds, 225. per, ton. The Great Western Railway Com t6tilatti c o ,_ execute orders for Ruabon Coals, equal to the finest , ( Part r*,at24 9 . per ton, and for excellent and economical Vron Pt .4 Pn e l C annel), at 225. per ton. Cash prices within 4 miles ttte dihrin Pa• 1 1 Station Address to the Superintendent, Great 4- way P * addington. , QAT 49: 1/ Er , WESTERN RAILWAY.—ETON ). Nto,s-ITTA.—On MONDAY, June 4, 1855, Trains will leave ki , k , 1 1 , ,3,7 for Windsor at 10.30 a m., 11.0 a.m., 11.45 a.m., 12.50 11 21 Will r i'if l k, 2 .0p.m , 2.45 p.m., 4.0 p.m., 5.30 p.m., and 6.15 p m ; *, l/ Da l , 'II frOM Windsor to Paddington at 5.0 p.m., 5.50 p.ni., It ati leav e . ands .20 pm. After the Fireworks, Special Trlins lvt ° 's , an,i °r P addington at 10.39 p.m., calling at intermediate n ., )41 , , for Oxford, at 10 20 p.m., calling at Maidenhead, " 'Wading. r , %, it ',, t ,'- WESTERN RAILWAY.-ASCOT T 4 ,-;,"'S- I —On TUESDAY and THURSDAY, June 5 and 7 , ti l s g 'il 4t ~..11.4 will run between "Paddington and Windsor Omni k Nof;Merate and fixed fares, as well as a large number of Car lull' pq,:„"IY de scription, are provided to convey passengers between fr'ile.fkesur k t ation and the Race Course. In addition to the Book it.3.,lst . i 3 P addington, tickets may be procured, on and after 2.5, , 2r„ , ) ; 4 no, at the Company's Offices, 27, King.street, Cheap ki 'IRt o .. 'street 4: 1 / 4 6 4eiii ' r and; 351, Oxford - street ; 63, Bridge-road, Lambeth; ttlil 4, itlld (cornr of ,Termyn-street) ; 261, Holborn ; Peacock, S i. pyrowiatt Messrs. Tattersall's, Hyde-park - corner. b. 14 / 4 ,Zobtal 1 r 3 of the trains, &c., are givenis, which iled at the Railway btations, and at the above•named and SOUTH-WESTERN RAIL et ' 1 ,7 ATEILLOO-B EIDGE STATION, 31st May, 1855. ges t I LE REBY G EVE -Thatthe Polls demanded at the 7, 1 0 e i k acl a teeting held this . day were commenced this after , mr,' , kaa - es ' be continued at these . offices i o -morrow (Friday), Nit,t nl e 14 84 TPRDAY, 310NDAY, and TUESDAY next, at ec tomencing at Ten o'clock in the morning, and t lik,, u ,cela rm `. l n the afternoon of each day. • Niqrs);,,'' e n of the Polls will be made at an Adjourned Meeting alts 4 CY, at these Offices, at 2 p.m., on Wednesday, the 6th sf By order. 4 0 ML. CROBIE, Secretary. qb°lNl- and NORTH-WESTERN 40kek • RAILWAY. 1 %. 31 4 i rl S ens r, Vis. ARCEorder Of the Postmaster- Gene ‘:44ts ail Trains on and after the Ist June next, are to be te trai, Scotland on all parts of the North of England, .4 33 will leave Euston-square Station at 8 and 8.45 cts, t 4 facili „, tate the dispatch of these trains, it will be desirable l 'llst ttd lam. kio: 1 o Packages at an earlier hour. It is therefore 4 2 Q Of the ltges, boxes, and large articles should be delivered r , cra„,,,r,git agents' offices not la er than half-past six, and 'Qe kt Parcels not later than 7.15 p.m. By order. MARK MUSH. 1 1 al Kati 2 - 8 Z V a l; c% .s Euston Station, 1 . 10 1 Tap ) Ltbel.T .A. ,: t ', l) ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL (} A. ;2-NAL ORPHAN HOME will take place at the " T ER, Richmond Ili% on FRIDAY, June 22, ghness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE will preside. l'lasT eANNOUNCEMENT OF STEWARDS. Th e „ Ei ght Hon the Earl of Effingham. , rght Hon.. the Earl of -haftesbury. the Ilrght The Right Hon. Lord Bernsrs. Hon. Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P. The Hon. P. Tollemache. .B J. King King, Balls M.P. • rig. ) ; 441 Charles J. Bevan, Esq. 04 4 E. F. Leeks, Esq., F.S.A. Ilkker E. .The Rev. W. M. Lusignan, M.A. It t .,:is ktti, • 13O 'D h brow ss The Rev. C. Mackenzie, M.A„ ea - Nh •n. Prebendary of St. Paul ' s. M.A„ 41. Web, jM n, M.A. Rev. J. W. Markwell, M.A. hi 00, ttno re J. J. Mechi, Esq. ) 4 , 8g J. AI.A. W. Parkin, Esq. Ir er 4 a, John Parsons, Esq. 1. 141 ' 4. t . e gg The Major Pole. 4 •A•;P.S.A. J. Compton Port, Esq. °Washend Drif- J. D. Powles, Esq. k•ll ' ''be k., 4 4 41 °)r Rev. A. J. Ram. 'tft * b e kl ' 4; s g. W. Rogers, Esq. 0h...4 80 -N7 ood . L ., n C. Sawbridge, Esq. )1, 31. A: J. Scratchley, Esq. k 444 eoN* Sheppard. Esq. I''l',t,•As„, The ReV. Stewart Smythe, M.A. msst ils f , • The Rev. T. Spyers, D.D. j,sr C. p M.A. The Rev. 11. I. Symonds, LL.D., ''bosi..•,;',.°agh,Chaplain to the Forces. 'Jug, 31. A., J. D. Tronghton, Esq. I , 4 l tts. t. Esq, Samuel Walker, Esq. [he Rev. R. Whittington, M.A. t ag. 6.4 an, B.A. William Woods, Esq. s, ' l4 tte °f Ai. any ° ear nestly appeal for help, that they may admit, ii 1 11 .4 D c a orphans left at this Limp by the war and pesti i tli.h o . } ,)rs, s , e ° for tbe S'ew.riships (the number of which will , ‘ "hpy, c `a., made befor;the 9th or June, addressed to the ' l l w - !ca, National Orphan [some , Ham-common, or to (.I ri i t is , by rattington ILA Chapter House, St Paul's as Whein every ' inform " aVon respecting the Institution I,ll l `s, as by the Rev. Joseph Bro, Rector of tot,. aka 'il,arsroad. W— give •at all elections ; ; dye gahw ,Avo lire votes " 4 0, 1 , 4N , 4 tit ro r e 1 1, 14 ,4‘4.,kte1 3 , 4 t re 4 ti' , i• 4 ve;PritZtet 11 4 t h 4 i?"'ikt tt,,v_arty psi --, ~. e 1 :~4 -- ~ t '.{M NO. 19,556. j LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JEll r.slE 2. 1855. PUBLICATIONS. CI_RYSTAL PALACE.—The GRAND CONVERT on MONDAY NEXT, at which Mdlle. Al , it"NI will sing. —Se son Tickets, 1/. Is. e ac h, are issued at Mr. Royal. Library, 33, Old-Bond-street, admitting to the above attrac tion, and also for every, fete, entertainment, and daily use, until the ead of April, 1856.—Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. orderlies, as privates, 25.; total, 702. Quarters and ra tions in addition, and to be very liberally pensioned on being discharged. points which appear to us to require to be distinctly laid down as within the competency of the commis sioners and the particular college, acting jointly, in the manner indicated by the bill, to regulate as may appear to be expedient : " 1. The revision of all college statutes, generally and in particular. " 2. The abolition of all oaths taken to enforce their observance. ~ 3. The alteration of the p.wers of masters, fellows, and college officers, both absolutely and relatively, inter Be. " 4. The conversion of close fellowships into open fellowships, as well as their commutation into scholar ships or exhibitions. " 6. The incorporation of bye fellowships in reduced number, as the amount of funds belonging to the foun dation may render advisable. • The THIRD and FOURTH VOLUMES are now ready, comprising the pe•.iod from 1800 to 1810, and completing the work, of THE DUKE of BUCKINGHAM'S MEMOIRS of the COURT and CABINETS of GEORGE 111., from Original Family Irocuments. "The present volumes exhibit the same featureS as the former por tion of the series. The general reader is elite , tainei and the reader for historical purposes is enlightened. Of their value and importance there cannot be two opinions. Our extracts sufficiently slam the high interest belonging to these volumes." Athenamm. Hurst and Blackett, publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. THE MILITIA. The Royal Bucks Yeomanry have assembled this week at Buckingham for eight days' exercise. They were reviewed on Wednesday in Stowe•park by Major Mountj , )y Martin. 4g T. JOHN DEL REY MINING COMPANY. 1.3 The Twenty-fifth -ANNUAL GENERAL MEETI•G of the Proprietors of the Kt John Del Key Mining Company will be held at the Company's Office, No. B.Tokenhouse-yard, oa FRIDAY, the Bth day of lulie, at Two , o'elock precisely. At this-Meetinglone Director, viz., R. S. Illingworth, Esq., will go out by rotation, but is eligible to be re-elected. JOHN HOCKIN, Secretary. 8, Tolrenhonse-yard, May 25, 1855. The 2:i West Yorkshire Militia, who are to embarkrat Liverpool in the sailing clipper Tudor, arrived at that town yeSterciay, together with two field officers, six cap tains, five ladies, 87 children, and 50 soldiers' wives. The Tudor is expected to sail to-day for Gibraltar. The North Cork Rifles got a sudden route, on Wed nesday morning, for Limerick, Leaving Buttevant Bar racks without a single comp any to do duty. This regi ment has given 68 volunteers to the Buffs this week in Buttevant. NEW, REVISED, AND CfIE.A.PER EDITION. Now ready, in 1 vol. post Svo., SALATHIEL, THE' IMMORTAL. By the Rev. G. CROLY, LLD. magnificent fiction. One of the most splendid Productions among works of fiction that the age has brought forth."—Athenmum. Published for 11. Colburn, by his successors, Hurst and Brackett. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steam ship Simla ' transport No. 118, Captain T. S. Russell, will embark at Southampton this day the A troop of Royal Artillery for conveyance to the Crimea, consist ing of 300 horses and 350 men, under the command of . Captain Philpott. The Simla will also convey Lieute nant,Colonel Gough, 33d Foot ; Captain Pocock, 30th ditto ; Captain Sergeant, 95th Regiment ; Assistant- Commissary-General Midwond, and the Rev. H. M. Wheeler, chaplain ; the Rev. Mr. Corke, officiating chaplain ; and the Rev. H. Robinson, assistant ditto, besides six hospital-orderlies, will he passengers to Con stantinople. Ten privates of the Royal Marines, volun teers as hospital orderlies to the Black Sea, are also to leave in the - Simla. The whole of the ordnance appoint ments arrived at Southampton yesterday, and were ship ped. The Simla takes her departure to-morrow (Sunday). The Bacchante, steam-transport No. 12, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday Morning and steamed into har bour from the East. She left Constantinople on the 9th of May. On the 10th she saw the steam-transport No. 186 (./Etna) steering up the Dardanelles ; on the 11th, saw No. 89 transport in Doro Passage ; on the 12th, off Cape iingeln, she saw the sailing-transport's Nos. 57 (Lady Russell), 41 (Kent), 223 (Hollander steamer), and 251 (so reported, but there is no such number in the transport list as yet) ; on the same day she saw the General Screw Steam-Shipping Company's steamer Emu, towing a ship. The Bacchante arrived at Malta, May 14. On the 15th, the Great Britain arrived, towed into Malta harbour the transports Saldanha and Blun dell ; left Malta on the 16th and arrived at Gibraltar on the 23e1, heard there that the Medway steam-transport had passed through, and had lost 65 horses • the Lanca shire. Witch, with cavalry and horses, arrived at Gibral tar on the 24th, on which day the Bacchante left ; saw a transport (No. 46), steering eastward ; on the 29th spoke her Majesty's steam-frigate Odin, towing three mor tar-boats ; on the 30th saw the steam-transport No. 103 steering south-west. The following passengers arrived at Portsmouth in the Bacchante : Captain Marsh, R.N., Capt. Barnett, R.N., Mr. Prichard, R N., Ensign Gill more, of the 40th ; Mr. G. A. Bates and Mr. John S. Lynch, Engineers ; Mr. R. Waterstone, Messrs. Wm. Rice, John Bellman, Henry Denman ; and Mesdames Lynch and two children, Fitzpatrick, and Margaret Shaugness. After landing them she left for Deptflrd. The screw steam transport Australian (No. 120), Capt The 2d Somerset Militia bas got 19 recruits this week from Bath. " 6. The regulation of tutors and lecturers by the ordinary government of the college, and as part and parcel of the collegiate system. " 7. The creation of suitable boards of election and government, where the whole body of fellows, after the changes contemplated by the bill had been made, would be too numerous for such purposes. " S. The provision of a suitable income for masters of colleges, so as to dispense with the necessity of their holding any of the ecclesiastical preferment of the college. " 9. The creation of a sufficient number, of open &Warships, and of adequate value, either by the con verzion of Fellowships or otherwise. Just published, (esp. Bvo., price Is. 6d., by post 25., APLEA for PAINTED GLASS • being an Inquiry into .its Nature, Character, and ajects, ,and its Claims as an Art. The following regiments of militia will proceed during the ensuing we -k to the encampment at Aldershott— viz., Tower kfamlete (King's Own Light Infantry), from Hackney ; City of London, from Finsbury ; 3d Middle sex (Westminster), from Turnham-green ; and Hants Artillery from Portsmouth. It is expected that the Ed mouton RiflPs will be in an efficient state as to numbers to proceed to the encampment, under the command of Viscount Enfield, about the 15th inst. The above-men tioned regiments will increase the number of the troops on the heath to about 6,500. , By FRAS. W. OLIPHANT. Oxford : John Henry Parker, and 377, Strand, London. " 10. The commutation of all claims of preference which may be thought worthy to be retained into exhi bitiOns. "11. The extinction of the powers of all external electors to Fellowships and Scholarhips. " 12. The modification of the rules which are now ap plicable to the tenure of College emolument, the election thereto, and the qua7ifications of candidates. "13. The application of a portion of the collegiate funds to the establishment of a more extended Profes• soriate to the University at large. "Section 31. The three Royal Professorships of Di vinity, Greek, and Hebrew, are regu l a t e d a t present b y a statute of rinity College, which stands in urgent need of revision. 'But it may be doubted how far they are professorships in the University within the meaning of the words of the section. We would suggest the expe diency of mentioning these foundations by name, to pre vent the possibility of doubt. "A similar suggestion may be made regardin g the office of Christian advocate, w hi c h d oes no t appear to us to come with the meaning of any of the words employed in the section. A. change in this office was specially noticed in our report as expedient to be made. "These observations on the Cambridge University Bill we respectfully submit to your Lordship's judgment, being much impressed with the importance of the ques tion, and being at the same time convinced that the pro visions of the bill as it now stands are not only not ade quate to supply the chief wants which are experienced, but will, in their leading features, tend to perpetuate the principal defects of the existing Rystem. "We have, &c,, " GEORGE PEACOCK. " JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM HERSCHEL. " JOHN ROMILLY. " ADAM SEDGWICK. W. H. BATESON (late Secretary). " The Right Hon. the Lord Chancellor, &c." UNIVEI#SITY INTELLIGENCE. Mason, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the East. She left Scutari on the 12th of May; Malta, the 18th ; and Gibraltar, the 24th. On the 25th, in lat. 36.30 N., long 7.50 W., she spoke the American ship John Bria,nt ; on the 28th, in lat. 45.20 N., long. 8.30 W., passed a large steamer, supposed to be the Orinoco. The Australian has brought 164 military invalids, and tbe following cabi n passengers :—Lieut.-Col. Hayzarth, of the Scots Fusilier Guards ; Battalion Surgeon Bostock, 'VI.D. 9 of ditto; Capt. Simpson, R.A.; Assistant-Surgeon Lynch, of the 7th Hussars; Lieuts. Savery, Ives, and Rase'', R.N., on promotion from her Majesty's ships Princess Royal, Agamemnon, and Leopard ; ieut. Lambert, 41st Regiment, in charge of the invalids ; OXFORD, JUNE 1. The following amendments were proposed yesterday in Congregation upon the Craven Statute : By Mr. Conington, of University 1. To reduce the number of scholarships to six, tenable each for six years. Aessrs. Newsome and Morris, Engineers (the former lunched to the Royal Sappers and Miners and the lat ter to the navy) ; Messrs. Hooper and Brookin, Gun ners, R.N. ; Mr. and Mrs. Mason, and upwards of 150 invalids from Kul46, Scutari, .and Malta, comprising 10 of the Royal Artillery, four of the Grenadier Guards, one of the Coldstream Guards, five of the Scots Fusilier Guards, two of the Ist Foot, eight of the 4th, two of the 7th, two of the 9th, three of the 14th, three of the 17th, three of the 18th, four of the 19th, six of the 20th, five of the 21st, one of the 23d, five of the 28th, six of the 30th, four of the 33d, 11 of the 38th, two of the 41st, three of the 44th, five of the 46th, seven of the 47th, one of the 49th, five of the 50th, four of the 55th, two of the 57th, two of the 62d, one of the 63d, two of the 68th, three of the 77th, three of the 88th, three of the 89th, five of the 90th, five of the 95th, six of the Ist Battalion of the Rifle Brigade, two of the 2d ditto, one of the 11th Hussare, 12 seamen and marines. Thirteen of the worst elses, who were unable to help themselves, and in a very -ickly state, Were - reln oVict: to' flit Gi neral Military Hospital at Portsea. The rest disembarked to temporary quarters in barracks until removed to invalid depots. 'Major-General Breton, Assistant-Quartermaster-General Dalgetty, and Lieutenant Parks, R.N., superintended their disembarkation. They came home in medical na2m.oTofo t a h b:l f i o s u h n a d l e l r. preference for persons of the kin or 3. To require of candidates that they should have passed one of the final examination schools. By Mr. Palmer, of Balliol— To substitute for the proposed board of electors a board consisting of the Professor of Greek, the Professor of Latin, and one Master of Arts nominated by the Vice- Chancellor. By Mr. Tweed, of Exeter 1. To retain two scholarships for the kin of the foun der. 2. To make non-residence vacate the scholarships. 3. To provide that in case of the non-appearance of any qualified candidate of the founder's kin, the scholar ships be thrown open to undergraduates of limited means. In the same Congregation the Statute requiring that no elections, except those of Members of Parliament, shall take place unless in full term, was submitted and approved, The University sermons on Sunday next will be preached in the morning by the Senior Proctor at New College, and in the afternoon by the Ven. Archdeacon Garbett, at St. Arary'R. The latter will preach the an nual sermon on church extension in the colonies. charge of Dr. Hutchinson, The Australian left Eng land in August last with siege guns, ammunition, &c. She towed the reserve powder vessels from Varna to BalaMaya., since which time she has been employed con veying sick and wounded from the Crimea to Constan- RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. titiopre. The Royal yacht Fairy, Master Commander Welch, had her masts taken out yesterday preparatory to going into dock this morning at Portsmouth to undergo a few repairs and a thorough re-embellishment. The Falcon, 14, screw-sloop, Commander Pullen, was ordered to leave pithead last evening fog Sheerness with supernume raries for the blockships at the Tore, and others for passage to join the Baltic fleet. The Imperieuse, 51, Captain R. B. Watson, was not docked until yes terday, owing to the foul weather. The Sealark, naval instruction brig, Lieut. Lowther, returned to Ports mouth yesterday morning from a cruise in the Channel. By letters from Bombay Dockyard, dated the 30th of April, we learn that an important and powerful expedi tion was ready for the word to proceed to the Persian Gulf and commence the offensive against the Shah of that territory. "We have now," says our letter, "ready to embark 15,000 men, and only wait for the word Go.' There are eight heavily-armed steam-ships, six smaller ones,lo river boats well armed, and 12 guraboats. This fleet will be commanded by Rear-Admiral Sir H. Leeke, Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy, who will hoist his flag in the steam-frigate Assaye, which mounts two 84-pounders on pivots, and ten 68's." The Geyser, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Commander R. Drew, reported yesterday from Woolwich, is from the Baltic. She left Elsinore on the 23d ult., with eight prizes in charge, towing six of them. She passed the Scaw on the 27th ; on the 28th, during a heavy gale, five of them parted their tow-ropes, the other was cast off, about half sea over, it blowing at the time a heavy gale from east-south-east. The Geyser has brought home the crews of the late brigs Commodore, of Montrose, and the Ophelia Mary, of South Shields, except the masters, who remain by the wrecks. The Commodore was wrecked on the Lessee Island, and the Ophelia Mary on the coast of Sw( den. Both crews, 16 iu number, were landed at Sheerness on To ursday afternoon. The followins , officers have taken up their commissions add joined t he Glutton floating battery at Sheerness : First Lieutenant Richard Dawkins, Lieut. Nares, Mr. Richards, master, and Mr. W. C. P. Grant, paymaster. A court-martial assembled on board the Waterloo, at Sheerness, yesterday, to try Mr. William Lane, a first class assistant-engineer, supernumerary on board the Hastings, for desertion. There were other charges against him, but he was tried on the one charge named. Ie addition to the officers who sat on the former court martial to try Lieut. Packwood, were Capt. James J. Stopford, of the Calcutta, and Captain Arthur Cum ming, of the Glutton. The charge of desertion was fully proved, and the prisoner was sentenced to six months' irnnrisonment in Maidstone Gaol. Orders have been forwarded to the detachment of the 94th Foot, doing duty at Aldershott Camp, for the men to be held in readiness to join the headquarters of the regiment at Portsmouth, previous to its embarkation at Gibraltar. It was expected that the head-quarters at Windsor and the detachment at the Tower would have proceeded to Portsmouth yesterday; the departure, however, has been postponed : and at a late hour yes terday evening no order for the march was received at the Tower. It is considered probable that the regiment will not embark before Thursday, the 14th ire-t. The new large screw steamer Oneida will leave Green wich to-day for Liverpool, with the following officers on board :—Lieut.-Colonel Stratton, of the 77th Foot ; Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. H. Hancock, 97th ; Lieutenants M`Donald, Makinson, Durand, Allen, M‘Nore, Crauford, Cleather, M`Murdo, Bryan (Royal Artillery); Mr. Les lie and Ensigns Campbell, Allayne, and Hankys; Major Weylen, of the Turkish Irregular Cavalry; Captain For rest ; Drs. Scott, Morton, and Ford, will also proceed by the Oneida. On Wednesday the depot of the 3d Buffs arrived in Cork from Buttevant, en route for Winchester, num bering about 300 rank and file, under command of Major Green, with the following officers :—Capt. Cole, Capt. Kains, Lieut. Coussmaker, Depot Adjutant ; Lieut. Pope, Depot Paymaster, Lieut. Henry, Lieut. Suttie, Ensign Breeden, and Assistant-Surgeon Day. A strong draught of the Buffs is to embark from Cork for the Crimea in the course of a few days. On Sunday 13 invalids from the 41st, 63d, 30th, 77th, and 83th regiments, arrived in Cork per the London boat, from Chatham. The appearance of these men, heroes of Alma and Inkerman, was deplorable, some having lost legs and arms. They have been discharged on a pension of ls. a-day, with travelling money to enable them to proceed home. It is in contemplation to establish a "Medical Staff Corps,"io be made up of volunteers from the regular army or from .men lately discharged, to consist of nine companies, and to be composed of—Purveyors' Depart ment, 1 steward, as sergeant-major ; 4 assistant stewards, as sergeants ; 6 issuers, as privates ; 2 washerrnen, as corporals ; 1 cook, as sergeant ; 3 assistant-cooks, as privates. Surgeons' Depart ment —1 wardmaster, as colour sergeant ; 8 as sistant-wardmasters, as corporals ; 2 barbers, as privates; 50 orderlies, as privates ; total, 78. The corps will thus consist of 9 stewards, as sergeant-mnjor, pay ss. a-day ; 9 wardmasters, as colour -sergeants, 45.; 36 assistant stewards, as sergeants, and 9 cooks, as sergeants, 3s. 6d.; 90_ assistant-wardmasters, as corporals, 2s. 6d. ; 549 GREAT WESTERN AND BRENTFORD. A meeting of the inhabitants of Brentford was held on Tuesday to consider the propriety of supporting the above undertaking ; Mr. J. Montgomery in the chair. Mr. H. G. DAY, one of the directors, having explained the advantages of the proposed line and docks to the town of Brentford, and also to the Great Western Rail way Company, resolutions were passed in favour of the project, and the meeting separated. -- , . • • . "•; . , . . . . . i . ...' ~,,--, , ,• - , „,.4.-- • - :"4"' ,K,,,,.. 40 1 \ .. .. ‘,... 40 :- "-77'''' 1 ;,, ' • , roan' fr: , o.'ol - Ar• .., '---- , . EMS ,o , _d".-.. . t -- • • ,' ...,, / r\ - \:7.h. 4 '; Nl ° •S.'• . , , : t , -1.4,4-N • ~,,,.,•, 4 1 -,,-- A N ti j 1 11 ' • -,1. ' ' ' /:' .i, • 4A.cp . i• _,. , „.•,, —,,,.„ 1 ) ~. ~ „•_... :1 „/ . ~-, -,....- ~ / \;.,-:,•,----- 4,., 4 • ~,, „.....„.,-.., _ -- , -,.2 _„.„.. _ .„,,:...,...,-,_,.4„.7 ail, ~,,, - -,,,-, ~ -.'-''' re • cf , 2 i -, ,4470 4 4 x.,,,, .:__ . , . 01 „ ~ 1 407.... ~, - :,,,_ I'h ~::"•‘. '',..;"••‘, .'5 , .. ,, - • ~ '-'1 . , s : '--- .._ . ,.. ''r .*, ', , 4 - , 4, , • • ,fra'' ~/...„-____-----___ ~,,,.. A I ... ~ ..„,, ~, . ,„..., : ir , , 4 , ,‘ ~_ ~.. __,,,. 4 PRICE SD. ANOMALOUS CONDUCT OF THE GEILIIAN GOVERNMENTS. The German Governments appear to us, throughout the great transactions of diplomacy and of war which have for the last two years engrossed the attention o 1 the world, to have taken a very inaccurat e and incom plete view of their own interests and of their duties to wards the other Powers of Europe. They have nego tiated without effect, they have partially armed them selves without an ohject, they have even signed protocols and treaties without the resolution to act up to their en gagements ; and, as we advance more and more deeply into this contest, we are reluctantly compelled to lay aside and to dismiss all faith in the assurances or the energy of those States. AL the present crisis in the war, at the outset of the second campaign, and when the ope rations of the allied armies are beginning to tell with effect upon the enemy, we hold it to be not only our right but our duty to point out to the Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin the results of their own puerile and unde cided conduct. We say of Vienna and Berlin, because, from the recent language of the Austrian Government, we infer that it must, for all practical purposes, he ranked with that of Prussia. Indeed, of the two leading German Powers, Prussia is at least entitled to the merit of greater consistency than her rival. Prussia has not incurred the expense of raising, equipping , and main taining an army of 000,000 men which sh is afraid to use. Prussia has not signed a treaty of allian ce w ith one of the belligerents in June, and another treaty with the Western Powers in December, binding herself to unite her whole efforts with those Powers until the just objects of the war are thoroughly obtained. Prussia was not present at the Conferences of Vienna, and there fore did not give her unqualified moral support to the propositions of the Western Powers. • Thus far Prussia at least escapes the charge of inconsistency which may be urged against Austria, and the only practical diffe rence between the two States now is, that while the Court of Berlin has long since neutralised and extin guished whatever influence it once possessed in Europe, that of Vienna is somewhat more slovily following its example. The object of the German Courts has been—first, to prevent, and afterwards to arrest, the course of hostili• ties, and to obtain some securities from Russia against the renewal of these calamities. They have utterly failed in their attempts to accomplish these objects, in spite of every advantage of geographical position, or political in fluence, and of military power. They have failed for want of determination to give effect to their policy, and to assume an attitude which should convince Russia they were in earnest. They had it in their power to prevent the war, by a positive declaration to the Emperor Ni cholas in April, 1854, that his refusal to submit to terms would be regarded as a cases belli by the whole of Eu rope. Austria had it again in her power to compel Russia to terminate the struggle by declaring her resolu tion to go to war in April, 1855, if the Third Point of the negotiation was not fully accepted and put into exe cution. Having failed on these occasions by their own want of decision and courage, these Courts are entirely mistaken if they imagine that they can continue to exer cise any influence whatever on the policy of the belli gerent Powers. They might have been powerful against Russia, but theyare powerless against us. The same in capacity of action which has confined them within a neu trality guarded by protocols blunts the edges of their weapons, and the West has nothing to fear from their de sertion or their resentment. If they imagined that their assistance was necessary to our success, or their counsel to our policy, the events of the past week and those which are rapidly succeeding each other on the theatre of war may undeceive them. They might have shared in the measures of the Western Powers, destined to restore security to the East, and to reduce the preponderance of that empire which hangs like a cloud upon their own frontiers. They might have participated in the arrange ments which victory will one day enable the allied Powers to dictate. Great concessions and an extreme forbearance have been resorted to for the purpose of ena bling Germany to resume her proper position in Europe. Those conciliatory measures not having been attended with success, and Germany having withheld her support when it might have been of use to us, it remains for the Western Powers to show th e world that they can carry on the war without it. The day of negotiations is past ; the feeble artifices of irresolute Ministers are at an end. We are now entitled to use the language of Powers hav ing 200,000 effective troops in the Crimea, and, while Russia contends for her preponderance in the Euxine, the allied flotilla sweeps the coasts and harbours of the Sea of Azoff. The storm of war which has long hung lowering over the southern coast of Russia ha= now burst in all its fury urn the empire. The affrighted craft which had sought refuge within the straits of Yenikale, and the steamers of-war employed by the enemy in maintaining his com munications with the opposite coast, have within four days of the seizure of Kertch perished by the hands of the Russians, or fallen a prize to the allied fleets. Im mense stores of grain, of cattle, and 100 guns have been taken or destroyed. About 24 ve:sels of the allied fleet are of sufficiently small draught to navigate those waters, and this flotilla has instantly swept all resistance before it. The fort of Arabat, commanding the southern ex tremity of the tongue of land along which one of the post roads passes into the peninsula, has been shelled and blewn up, The town of Berdiansk, one of the best ports on the north coast of the Sea of Azoff, burned its magazines and scuttled its steamers on the approach of our ships ; and we shall without difficulty retain posses. sion of these waters, forming an inte g r a l p or ti on o f t h e Russian territories, during the conti nuance o f t h e war. The possession of the north eastern coast of the Crimea enables the allies to cut off the supplies, and even to menace the retreat of the enemy, while the increased force of the allied armies enables them to assume a more threatening attitude in his front. On the same day that the forces occupied Kertch a French corps d'arntee crossed the Tchernaya and encamped at Tchorgoum, on the right bank of that stream, and there is rea son to believe that the Turkish army at Eupatoria has received reinforcements, which will speedily enable Omer Pasha to advance. The general plan of operations is still disguised in secrecy, and as our observations are transmitted daily to St. Petersburg in four or five hours, we shall not attempt to fathom it. But it is no secret that the Allied commanders are now in possession of forces which must be greatly superior to those of the enemy, and of a position which enables them to use those forces with the utmost facility. These preparations were made while Prince Gortschakoff was exhausting the Conference of Vienna by the prolixity of his speeches and the subtlety of his objections, and the diplomatic scruples of that Envoy will cost his Sovereign and his country millions of treasure and thousands of lives. Such we believe to be at this time the prospects of the war. A career of success seems opening before us, which we trust our officers, both by sea and land, will energetically pursue to its furthest consequences, with out fear of being impeded by any further negotiations during the course of the campaign. Any attempt of the German Powers to renew these discussions at the pre sent time deserves only to be regarded as an attempt to mske a diversion in favour of the enemy. The basis on which the negotiations were opened in April is no longer applicable to the present state of affairs. Russia has had numerous and ample opportunities of averting the calamities and reverses which seem destined to befall her, but she has deliberately rejected them, because, in the ignorance and presumption which have marked her conduct throughout this quarrel, she had miscalculated the power really arrayed against her. Austria and Prussia have had similar opportunities of arresting the effusion of blood, but they have failed as me diators because ihey had failed an Allies, and they have seen nothing in this broad European ques tion but their own petty advantage. War by its stern reality, redu ces th ese i llusions and artifices to their proper value. The principle of military honour, which is in the eyes of Mr. Gladstone of such small account, is in reality the ultimate test to which these contests of mankind mist be submitted, for the battles of the world are its lessons, its judgments, and the sanc tion of its laws. Every success of our arms is a step to the restoration of order and of peace, on condition that we never recede, but advance fearlessly to the end of our efforts and the triumph of our cause.—Tinges. _ _____ ______ P ) f - -7 --, ',,:';' , ! -=•‘..;c:-'i,e,' '4%, d';', f -1 --t.ple, ) ;,- J 4 ) ti - 'I I 4"C Vl'S' ,' G %~~ ---- --) a corps of Royal Military Ariiacers was accordingly :N . El VS it seems to have occurred to Lieutenant- lif64.lEi.iliVlk e Green, the chief engineer at the fortress, itilistgot*,•,.;;-, formation of a company of " military alai` ,7?e4;e-,11%, men who would be at once artisans an, I.' ...04::4P . who at one and the same time might be d: i'';•'—'1.K.317,,,, for mechanical dexterity and n ilitary obeciienche Ti , scheme was adopted, and on the 6th of 14arch,"VP72, • warrant was issued for the formation of a body to be nalled "the Soldier-Artificer Company," or "the Military ' Company of Artificers," and the description of its com position will show how well the designation was de served. This singular company was to consist of 1 sergeant-major, 3 sergeants, 3 corporals 1 drummer, and 60 privates, or " working men skilled in the follow ing trades :—stonecutters, masons, miners, limeburners, carpenters, smiths, gardeners, or wheelers ;" so that the - service was provided with a regular body of trades, and all the mechanical arts likely to be useful in military operations seemed to be brought effectually under com mand. Such was the origin of that corps which is now styled "the Corps of Royal Sappers :lad Miners," arid which, from these special and circumscribed functions, has since been advanced to duties mere universal and multifarious than those of any other department of the army. It soon became clear that a class of men so servicea ble at Gibraltar would he useful in other spheres too, and raised in England in 1787. This corps, which was to , be 600 strong, was composed of carpenters, masons, bricklayers, smiths, wheelers, sawyers, miners, painters, Coopers, coll ar - ma k ers, and a spec i es of general rank and . file termed comprehensively "labourers ;" and with this body of men the original Soldier-Artificer Corps of Gibraltar was incorporated ten years later. The Artifi cers, of Course, took part in the employment with which all departments of the army were soon provided by Vie great wars of the Revolution, and it was during their service in the Peninsular campaigns that they first as sumed those pec u li ar functions and acquired that cha racteristic designation by which they have been since distinguished. Their agency s m ty i l n e i d ng t , he th , e , R ß o o ya a l l was princip a lly r equi r ed i u siege operati ons , and, A tif l i t c ifi p e r : c rs esas a o m f e sa u p lt p i i m ng at a erely d as th ese operations involved scien y the army had suf fered and Miners," th oug h i t was not until severely from the want of a sufficient body of skilled workmen t o execute the design s of engineer officers that this change took place. After the peace the duties of the corps, which had been thus in some sense contracted, or, at any rate rendered special, were expanded fn-eiraost_ remarkable degree. Ai the days of war seemed to be over, and as there were no more sieges going on, the Royal Sappers and Miners, though theoretically instructed in the use and practice of miningasapping, &c., became employed on services so various and extraordinary that as much:work was found for the corps in peace as in war. They represented, in fact, a body of men of the most useful description. For military purposes they were soldiers, and as such were disciplined, obedient, trained to act in concert, familiar ised with the use of arms, and ready, according to the terms of their engagement, to be despatched at a mo ment's notice to any part of the world. For civil pur poses, again, they were artisans, and artisans of no com mon proficiency. They were practically conversant with the principles of mathematics, skilled in the use of machines and instruments, and taught to extemporise resources in positions of difficulty or hazard. In short, they were so many clever, well-instructed men, made manageable, and when, as occurred often enough, a man of this stamp was wanted, recourse was had to one of the Sappers and Miners. Sappers and Miners accom panied the expedition to the Euphrates, the journey into the interior of Africa, and the mission for settling Ame rican boundary questions. Sappers and Miners con ducted the Ordnance survey of the kingdom, Lithe course of which duty they constructed their aerial observatories like crows' nests on the summit of our loftiest cathedral towers. Sappers and Miners, again, superintended some of the principal arrangements of the Great Exhibition, and thus applied their talents to service after service until they were once more summoned to their more spe cial duties before the work of Sebastopol. In making this reference to Mr. Conolly's work we have been desirous not only of introducing the reader to a subject of considerable interest at the present time, but of pointing out what very ample scope is provided in this department of the army for any volunteers whose qualifications may happen to exceed those of mere phy sical strength and capacity. Such a service as we have been describing must combine with the ordinary allure ments of a military life unusual facilities for the display of mechanical dexterity, and much of the talent com monly discernible in the working classes of the popula tion would find; we should think, a suitable field in the corps of the Royal Sappers and Miners.--Times. 'ITER ~~J DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT MESSRS. PENN AND .SONS', THE GOVERNMENT EIVOINEERS. Yesterday morning, between the hours of twelve and one o'clock, considerable consternation was causedin the neighbourhood of Greenwich and Deptford, owing to the outbreak of a most extensive fire in the well-known pre mises belonging to Messrs. J. Penn and Sons, Govern ment engineers, &c., situate at Deptford -pier, near Greenwich. The building in which the fire was first perceived was of considerable extent, and was used as the painters shops, in which property of great value was deposited. From the last-named compartment the flames seized hold of the spacious floors containing models valued at some thousand pounds, termed the pattern stores. Owing to the magnitude of the premises and • the vast extent of goods deposited therein, the flames speedily assumed a most fearful aspect, and rose so high as to illuminate the east and south end of the metropo lis. Owing to the bend in the river many of the Bre men imagined that the confiaeration was raging on the Surrey side of the water, whilst others came to the conclusion that is seat was at Blackwell, consequently not fewer than eleven of the Brigade engines, includ ing the steam-flo a t an d t h e l ower float, as well as that of the West of 'England Fire•engine, started towards the spot from London, Mr. Superintendent Braidwood having the command of the first-named force, and Mr. Connorton the charge of the West of England body of firemen. Upon gaining the scene of the disaster, which was ultimately learned from a mounted police express, the firemen found that two private engines had previously arrived, as well as two from her Majesty's dockyard at Deptford, and lengths of hose having been attached to the supply-cooks of the reservoirs, some thousand tons weight of water were thrown upon the conflagration ; but in spite thereof and the exertions of all present, in cluding upwards of 40 firemen, the flames could not be entirely extinguished until nearly five o'clock in the morning, and not until the painters' shops and all they contained were destroyed, the pattern stores of the first floor burned out, and about half of the roof burned off. The lower floors and the valuable stock in trade are also severely damaged by water, and RO are the carpenters' wo7ksbops by fire, &c. The loss, which is very heavy, will tall upon the Sun, Phoenix, and Rent Fire-offices. A very searching inquiry was made during the day by the principals of the firm to ascertain if possible how the misfortune occurred, but nothing satisfactory could be obtained ; but the prevailing, opinion is that it arose from the spontaneous ignition of some o il y wipings. The business which the firm has on hand for the Government, it should be stated, will not be in the least degree inter rupted, as that waS carried on iu the other factory at Greenwich, the premises in which the fire broke out being used only as the boiler-makers, coppersmiths, painters, and carpenters' shops: The police and inhabi tants rendered essential service to the firemen in extin guishing the conflagration, and had it not been for their exertions a far more serious amount of property must have been destroyed. THE REPRESENTATION OF MALDON. Mr. Mechi has issued the following address to the electors of the borough of Maldon : I "Gentlemen,—l a spi re t o th e h onour of representing you in Parliament whenever a vacancy occurs. I do not ask this as a favour, because I consider the obliga tion in such cases mutual. Living, as I do, aniongstr you, you are well acquainted with my general conduct, character, and opinions. In politics I have always been a consistent Liberal, having invariably, as a citizen of London, voted for lib era l candidates. My patural in clination is for improvement, whether general or poli tical, and we know that all things require looking after to repair the damage caused by time, corruption, or decay. Our glorious constitutionlforms no exception to this general rule. In religion lam a steady Church man, with a large measure of toleration for those who conscientiously differ from our formularies. I can never forget that much of dissent was caused by the once lax and venal condition of our state church. Hap pily those days of pluralities and neglect have passed away. lam decidedly in favour of educating the mil lion. As a mere matter of business, knowledge is power gaenntumber as ignorance is weakness. You know my practice in daawiynlisegd,lfare is attackedudirectly this matter. lam an advocate for cheap, quick, and dense and simplify our statutes. I have a great horror honest law, and will support any measuroerthmatowntihllse,obny of the Court of Chancery. In caonbeuusiianteiosEicoubnttrywmlhiekeneni ours it never can be necessaenrwyteeatkonsdoccinutpeylli of years in the investigation of facts that Would be i n oogufn a ri tapy f ie e , a w ocofer d ol a a u n s r c a e o m r r h t d:i n i a n n o a a um r b y r l a, e n t r d i i or through our allies, let us castigate our fully and effectively. I like no half enemies man are un-British. Let us do in war, : measures —they try to find the right man for' the a . s we do in business, taken a deep interest in the irn right place. I have tional agrieu!ture as a means of P f rovetnent of our Na our industrious millions, anti 1 pee meat and employing holder, I have t . ' a thou -h but a small land prac scd what I ti?lis with my tenasit. wilii preached in my transac wish y( , )u clear]y to und e . ,t, soliciting your votes, I unshackled by any rsiand that Ido so individually, elusion, I wili,:make Personal or political alliance. In con shall exercise 11 ' inn pledges, but if you elect me, ,I ent man, accuridYinju(igmult as an honest and independ my ciinntrv.—l h ave to circumstances, for the benefit of , . .., ave the honour to Le, gentlemen, faith. oily yonr% " - J. J. MEcur. I,lptree-ball, Kelvetion, Essex, May 2G, 1855." A CASE OF POISONING LT CIIATRAL—On Wednes day mo) ring intelligence reached the barracks that Private W. Walsh, 45th Reknisnt, was in a dying state at a small inn called the George. A party from the garrison wa, immediu;.tely despatched ; on reaching the inu the-deceased was sitting between two young women of the town, who, it would appear, had been NN ith him during the night. He was taken back on a stretcher to the garrieoo hospital, where he expired in the course of the day. .The only word that he was understood to utter was " nsison, poison." A coroner's inquest is to be held, when further light may be thrown upon the subject. A draft of the 45th left on Wednesday morn• ing, in which Walsh was to have been ineuded. On the sth June will be publshed, price 3s. Gd , cloth, IMPERIAL PARIS ; including New Scenes for Old Visitors. By W. BLANCIIAIti JERROLD. Bradbury - and Evans, 11, Bouverie-street. This day is published, price 4s. 64. bound, with an illustrated cover by I. Tenniel, STORIES FROM A SCREEN By DUDLEY COSTELLO. " Look here upon this picture —and on this !"—HAMLET. Bradbury and Evans, 11, Boaverie street. LONDON LABOUR and. the LONDON POOR, by HENRY MAYNE W. (Which has neen sought for unsuc cessfully by thousands during the last two years.) 2 vols., 21s. Or, exclusive of the section relating to " Tbosewho will not work" (which is to some objection , ble, from motives of delicacy), price 16s. ndon: George Newbold, 8, Regent-street, Westminster, and all booksellers. Just published, New and Improved Edition, price ls., THE CURABILITY of CONSUMPTION ; being a Series of Papers, presenting the most prominent and important Practical Points in the Treatment of the Disease. By FRANCIS 11. RAMADGE, ALD., Fellow of the College of Physicians, late Senior Physician to the Royal Infirmary for Diseases of the Chest, &c. Also, by the same Author; Price 10s. 6d., A TREATISE on ASTHMA and on DISEASES of the HEART. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Just nnblished, price 55., by post, free, ss. Gd., STRICTURE of the URETHRA : its Rational Treatment and Prompt Cure. • By F. B. COURT E NAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. " We believe Mr. Courtenay's experience in the treatment of stric ture during the last twenty years has equalled, if, indeed, it has not surpassed, that of any of his contemporaries. It is, therefore, no matter of cut prise that he should enjoy the reputation of being a most dexterous and skilful manipu ator with urethral instruments : and when it is remembered that the lamented Liston used to assert that the introduction of instruments through a stricture which bad previously been impermeab'e to them, was the most difficult in the whole range of surgical operations, it must be no slight source of gratification on Mr. 'ourtenay's part to have achieved the reputation he has in this res sect; and for our part, with the knowledge we have of his experience, we know of no man to whose care we would with greater confidence entrust the treatment of a severe case of stricture of the urethra."—Medical Circutar. London: 11. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. ARGYLL ROOMS.—lmmense success of tilt new dance, L A VAINOVIANA : Music by Li. LAURENT. —Danced every evening. MM. AGUILAR respectfully announces that he will give a M aTINEE MUSICALE at Willis's Rooms THURSDAY, June 14, under diitimmished patronage, arid assisted by 1: dile. Anna Rockholtz Talroni, Mme. Ferrari, Mr. Mirandi, s!gnor Ferrari, Signor Nabatti, Herr Ernst, Signor Pla.il, Mr. R. S. l'ratten. and Mr. F. Mori —Reserved seats, 15s. ; tickets, 10s. 6d.. to be had of Mr. Aguilar, 68, Upper Norton-street; and at all the principal music publishers. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The LECTURES and EXPIBITIONS, as delivered before her Nfost Gracious Viajesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Patron of the Institution, will he continued, consisting of the TELE PHONIC CONCERT, DISSOLVING VIEWS of ~I NBAD the SAILOR, DUCOSCQ'S ILLUMINATED CASCADE, the DIORAMA, inns rating the Voyage across the Atlantic, and the Cities in the United States. LECTURES on MUSIC, by GEORGE RUCKLAND, Esq., with Vocal Illustrations. DISSOLVINi ; VIEWS of the WAR, &c. On Monday, the 4th inst., and Thursday, the 7th Inst., at Eght o'clock, LECTURES by Mrs. CLARA LUCAS BALFOUR on " The POETS of the PEOPLE, their Lives and Writings," with Illustra tive Readings. TiViPO24T4NT , TO-TADIE4 ,AILDBIDGE'S JL I.LM'tiftol,l7llMA p.tcse , ses this distinctive feature: If will not soil the most delicate bonnet, which renders this well known preparation for the hair invaluable. In bottles, with full instruction; for use. 3s. Gd. 65,, I Is. Wholesale and retail 13, Wel lington-street North, Strand. ASCOT RACES.-JOSEPH THTJMWOOD, Contractor to the Oreat W stern Railway for Carriages, Post Horses. Flies, &c.. at Windsor Station, begs to inform the nob; lity and Gentry that he has provided a large SUPPLY of superior CARRIAGES and HORSES. to be in attendance on the arrival or the various trains on the race days but to prevent disappointment, he respectfully requests that an early application may be made.- Orders should be addressed to Joseph Thumwood, Great Western station, Windsor, wh'eh will be also forwarded to him by the Su perintendent or the Paddington Station, from whom every informa tion sr ay be obtained. The charges will be as follow: — Carr. and Single. Carr and Pair. Tuesday. June 5 .... £2 2 0 Wednesday, June 6 .... 1 1 0 2 2 0 Thursday, June 7 •• •• 3 3 0 5 5 0 Friday, June 8 .... 11 0 22 0 Carriage and Pair for four days..£lo 10 0 ASCOT RACES.—The PROPRIETORS of the PADDINGTON CONVEYANCK ASSOCPA lON beg to inform the Public that they have arranged for a plentiful supply of well-appointed OM NIBUSES, to work from the Windsor Station of the Great western Raihiray on all the four race days, which will be convenientlyplaced in the Station-yard at Windsor on the arrival of the several trains Each omnibus will be conspicuously numbered, so that parties mar readily recognise in the afternoon the vehicle that conveyed them in the morning. Fares from Windsor to the Course and Back: Tuesday, June ii .......• ss. Od. I Thursday, June 7 Rs. Od. Wednesday, June 6 4s. 01. Friday, June 8 .........4s. Od. N.B —Tickets, with the number of the omnibuses on them, will be delivered to each passenger on paying his fare. These tickets will also e marked "Inside " and " Outside ; " and passengers tak ing outside tickets cannot be allowed to change to the Inside, nor inside passen:ers to the outside, unless by mutual consent. Both inside and outside tickets are the same price. CONTRACT FOR HIDES IN THE HAIR. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 31st May, 1855. THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Bri t and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the 19th June next, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such aer sons as may be willing to Contract for supplying her Majesty's several Dockyards with DRIED HIDES IN THE HAIR. A sample of the Hides and a form of the tender may be seen at the said office. No tender will be received after two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every tender mast be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty . end bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Hides," and mncit also be delivered at S merest-place, accompanied by a etter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of 500/. for the due performance of the contract. riRTESEMAR, protected by Royal Letter Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole d harmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. 1, a remedy for Relaxation. Spermatorrhma. and Exhaustion, of th -tern, whether arising from excesses, accident, or climate. To those persons who are prevented entering the married state by consequences of early errors it is invaluable. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, ectnally, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely adicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs ,ye so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health if a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, No. 3, the great Continental. Remedy for that class of Disorders , whi ct infortunately-the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in witable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the ,arsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIESEMAR, No, 1,2, and 3, aro alike devoid of taste or smell. ;nd of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet ta - oli without their use beitn suspected. Sold in tin cases at I is. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into teparate doses, as admln'stered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, k.c.,&c.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of John sten, 68, Cnrnhill; Hannay and Co., 63. Oxford-street. end genve , , Ml. Ox rord-street ; R. H. 'lngham, druggist, 46, Market-street, Manchester ; El. Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton ; J. Prie4ly, chemist, 52, Lord-street, Iperpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, We Dublin; Winnall. bookseller, High-street, Birmingham EVENTS OF THE TIME S.- The royal distribution of medals to men who hive won fame by toil and bravery—who have shown themselves superior to enter prises or danger—the excitement of the Derby Day, which has drawn thousands to witness a victory in the race, have been more than usually demonstrative of the universality of E. MOSES and Sox's business. On these occasions their talents and facilities have been displayed ; the military and naval costumes they mathus hnufac tefor eure, and the splendid styl es they have introduced, have been the bar of p ib is opinion, and well are E. MOSES and SON satisfied with the result, but they are determined to give tuber expression to their magnificent commercial capabilities in the following order:— Summer Dress in the most Juvenile Attire in innumerable novel materials and styles; the n ovel designs—comfort, elegance, productions of the highest orde r durability, end cheapness being of talent applied to attire for all, visible in every form. adies' and classes, and charged more econo mical prices than on any previ- Children's Dress, and every de- The Emperor's Cape, one season. suiption of elegant and u eful only made underclothing*, at remarkably by E. MeSES and SON, a economic prices. novel and thorou g hly w aterproof Hats and Caps, Boots and material—folds in very smal Shoes, &c., &c., in more ample space, is gentlemanly in appear- and stylis h arrangement ban at since, and charg e d (plain) s.; any other 26 house in the wor ld . trimmed with silk, 538. E. MOSES and SON are Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, hirers, Boot and Shoemake rs , an d G enera l Outfitters Gentlemen. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and So w b eg t o s t a t e they have no connexion own with any other house in or out o f L on d on, exce pt their 0 Esta blishments, as follow : S ift for Ladies ltra nti an fe d - London City CstabW.hment, corner of the Minories, and Aldgate (opposite the church). London West-end Branch, New Oxford-street, corner of Sart street. Country Branches—Sheffield and Bradford, Yo* :shire. Colonial Wholesale Branch—Melbourne, Australia. The establiAhments are closed from stm , et on Fridays till sunset on Saturdays, when business is ruurned till 12 o'clock. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction it will bo ex changed or, if preferred, the money returned without hesitation. All goods arc marked in plain figures, the low es t pr i ce, from which no abatement can be made. A New Book, with lists of prices, system of self-measurement, and other information, may be had on application, or post free. An Illustrated Almanac for 1855 gratis, on application, or post free Id on parle Francais. I Qui Si parla Itali ano. flier *richt man Deutsch. Aqua so habla Espagnol. KILLARNEY JUNCTION. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held in Dublin on Thursday ; Alderman Roe in the chair. The directors' report stated that, by economy and management, and the increase of traffic during the last year, the loss of 2,0191. in the revenue account for the winter half-year, ending April, 1854, had been reduced in the corresponding half of the present year to the small sum of 1551. 10s. 2d., and the clear gain on toot of the revenue account for the year ending April, 1855, after payment of all outgoings for management, and interest on Government loan and debentures, amounted to 7931. The Great Southern and Western Company had agreed to reduce the annual charge for working the line to 5,0001. They had also reduced by 5001. their charge under this head for the last year. Under these circum stances the directors expressed their sanguine expecta tions that the proprietors would, for the future, be fairly remunerated for the capital invested in the line. The report and statement of accounts were adopted without any discussion, end after a brief conversation the proceedings terminated. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. opened, 1855. NAME OF RAILWAY. ttbeeipts. 1854. BRITISH. Aberdeen .• ••••• ••.••••• • • • • ••• •• Belfast and Ballymena • • ••••• • • • Belfast and County Down • • • • • • • • • • Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, and West York Bristol and Exeter •• •••••• •• •• Caledonian.— • • • ••••• • • • • • Chester and Holyhead. •• ••• • • !• • • • • Cork, Blackro c k, an d Passage ••• • • • Cork and Bandon • • • • • • • • • • Dublin and Belfast Junction Dublin and Drogheda.... • • • •• Dublin and Kingstown ........ • • •• • • Dundee and Arbroath •• •• Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk aul Enniskillen...... •..• •• East Anglian.... East Lancashire • • • • • • • • • • • • Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. • • F,astern Union .. • • • • • • • • • • • • 3 Edinburgh and Glasgow •• •• •• •• Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee.. • • • • Exeter and Crediton.. • • • • • • • • • • Furness Railway ... .• .. ••.. • • • • Glasgow, and South-Western.• Great Northern and E. L..... • • • • .• Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western •• • ••• • •• •• • • ••• • • • Irish South Eastern • • • • .. • • •• •• Lancaster and ........ Lancashire and Y0rk5hire............ Leeds Northern .................... Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.. London and North Western ......... London and 81ackwa11.............. London, Brighton, and South Coast.. London and South We5tern......... Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. Manchester, Sheilleld,and Lincolnshire Manchester and South Junction ...... Maryport and Carlisle Midland .... • • • Midland Great Western (Irish) . alonklands ...........• •• • ..... Newcastle and Carlisle.. ...... .... North British North Staffordshire North-Western .......... Scottish Central Scottish Midland ........... Shrewsbury and Birmingham Shrewsbury and Chester •••••• ••• • • • Shropshire Union •• •• •• ••••• • • • • • 9.outh . • • • • South Eastern • • .... ..... South Wales South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. Waterford and Limerick • . West Cornwall • •• •• • Whitehaven Junction ..• • • •• • • •• York and Newcastle, and Berwick & Ylrk and North Midland & Leeds.. FOREIGN. Dutch Rhenish ...... •• • .• • • Lyons and Mediterranean ...• • •. • • Montereau and Troyes •• Namur and Liege Northern of France • ..... ...... • • • • Orleans and Central+ „ ............. Paris and Lyons Paris and Rouen. .. ............. . Paris and Strasbnrgh .........• • • .-tonen and Havre .. .. Western of France ..... • - • • „ . • • • THE LUNATIC SYLUM ( IRELAND) BILL. The minutes of evidence taken before the Select Committee on the Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Bill were published yesterday. The bill has been reported to the house with sundry amendments of detail, which gave rise to three divisions in the committee. 1,953 865 2,192 5,996 11,776 4,648 252 947 1,27 i 921 547 933 849 5,204 23,137 5,820 3,219 5,546 17,027 5 ,366 23,180 6,029 19,336 401 55, 88 1,539 12,198 13,763 567 7,628 719 783 23,132 2,736 4,688 1,021 2,374 962 2,247 707 2,216 16,034 5,375 1,813 V 39 1,23 f; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY BILL. The following is a copy of a Mtter from-the Royal Commissioners for Inquiry into the Univer sity of Cambridge, addressed to the Lord Chan cellor, on the subject of the Cambridge University Bill, as amended in the committee, dated May, 1855 : "My Lord,—We, the undersigned members of the late Commission for Inquiring into the State of the University of Cambridge, beg respectfully to convey to your lordship the following observations on the amended bill for the good government and extension of that University. Our remarks will have reference to the several sections of the hill as they now stand seriatim. " Section 5. We greatly regret to find that the duty of the new Council of the Senate is defined to be the con sideration and preparation of Graces. Its functions, therefore. will be legislative only. It will have no power of administrat►on. It will be known to the Senate only by the Graces which it may propose. It will not be the body whom the Vice-Chancellor would naturally consult in cases of difficulty or emergency. It will not have a single power or privilege which is now exercised by the Heads of Colleges. This latter body will still retain the power of nominating the Vice-Chancellorship and the other statutable offices of the Uhiversity. They will be the assessors and administrative councillors of the Vice-Chancellor and the authorised interperters of doubt ful statutes. In short, the Heads of Colleges will con tinue to possess, under the present bill, all those powers and privileges which, under the statutes of Queen Eliza beth, have enabled them to become the actual governors of the University. " And here we cannot but observe that the provisions of the measure of last session for the good government of the University of Oxford were entirely different in this respect. There the Heads of Houses had by a distinct statutable enactment to that effect long been the irresponsible governors of the university, yet we find all their powers at once transferred to a new council, liberally constituted and freely elected. If such a mea sure is proper and expedient at Oxford, why is it not equally so at, Cambridge ? Why should we erect a new Council-of the Senate, and still leave the old government standing by its side ? Why should we leave two bodies in the University with corporate rights and distinct powers of government, thus sowing the seeds of intrigue and divided councils ? " We earnestly hope to see this section of the bill so modified as to vest in the new Council of the Senate, not only the powers of the Caput, but also all those powers, privileges, and functions which are now possessed or exercised by the heads of colleges in their collective ca pacity, by virtue of any statute of the University. " Sections. 6 to 17.—The amendments which have been introduced into these clauses, though they provide for the enfranchisement of all the present members of the Senate resident in the University, leave no room for the introduction of those persons who may hereafter graduate at the private Halls to be erected under the provisions of the bill. Moreover, that system of what has been called sectional election, which was deliberately rejected by Parliament last session in legis lating for Oxford, is retained here in an aggravated form. " For Oxford it was proposed tirahtlio Council should be elected by three separate bodies— the Heads, the Professors, and the remaining Members of Congregation. But Parliament determined that there should be only , one electoral body for all parts of the Council. At Cam bridge, ❑nder the present bill, we shall not only have the electoral body divided into 19 parts— i, e., the 17 Colleges, the Professors, and the Heads, but we shall have this additional inconvenience, when the turn of a College to nominate arrives—it will be limited in its choice to either a non-regent or a regent, according as it may stand first or second on the cycle. And when it is remembered how strongly the inducements to nominate one of their own members operate in our Colleges at Cambridge, and how unlikely it is in many cases that the College, when its turn arrives, should have at band the most 'suitable candidate, it cannot but be admitted that the mode of election is singularly ill-adapted for securing the services of the most distinguished or the most efficient memb rs of the University. We would respectfully ask, why are the resident members of Cam bridge to be deprived of the privileges of free election which are conceded at Oxford ? Why embarrass the con -titntion of the Council of the Senate with the obsolete and inconvenient medimval distinction of regents and non-regents ? Why not resort to a Congregation, as at Oxford, instead of a mode of appointment by Colleges, singularly complicated and inconvenient, e Bich will not only exclude very frequently men of eminencefrom the Council, but will make it the representative of the narrow interests of the Colleges rather than of the Univer sity, thus tending to perpetuate one of the worst evils of our system We feel satisfied that there are few per sons really acquainted with the University, and not inte rested in the maintenance of 'the privileges of the Heads of Colleges, who will not be ready to admit that themode of appointment to Council at Oxford is greatly superior in simplicity, and in the prospect which it holds out of har monious and efficient action, to that which is proposed by the bill for Cambridge. "But it is said that Cambridge differs from Oxford in having two large Colleges with a predominating influ ence, and that with the Oxford system of election the smaller societies would be in danger of being excluded from their fair share in the representation. TEis objec tion, it may be re lied could only find place in the event of the non-residents as well as the residents being in cluded in the electoral body. No such objection could apply to a Congregation constituted on the model of that of Oxford ; for the united number of residents be longing to Trinity and St. John's forms but a small frac tion of the whole body of resident members of the Senate. We believe the whole number of resident mem bers of the Senate is now about 250. Of this number not more than 60 altogether belong to Trinity and St. John's. " It may further be observed that the word 'resident' in the seventh clause will require a definition either in the bill itself, as was done for Oxford, or by a by-law of the University. We shall thus have in effect all the machinery requisite for the construction of a Congrega tion, and no additional cuange will be imported into the academical system beyond that which is already contem plated by the bill, in order to give effect to our recom mendations. " Sections 27and 28.—Although the University is em powered, and in the event of the University failing to do so, the commissioners are required, to make statutes for the regulation of private halls, no power or direction is7given by the bill for the repeal or revision of the uni versity statutes now in force. The University of Oxford bad only two permanent statutes ; one constituting the hebdomadal bo trd, which was repealed by the aet o f last session • the other constituting the cycl e o f proctors, which is still in force. All other matters are within the competency of Convocation to regulate at pleasure. At Cambridge the case is widely different. The cumbrous, and in many respects obsolete, code of Queen Elizabeth is still in existence, and no power is given by the bill to enable the university or the commissioners to revise or to repeal it. It is well known that considerable progress has been made by the university itself in the labour of amending its statutes, and it is expected that before long a petition, which has only been delayed on account of the impending bill in Parliament, will be presented to the Queen, for the Royal sanction to a new code of uni versity statutes. The executive Government would probably refer such a new code of statutes to the coin mis•ioners appointed by the bill, for their opinion and approval ; and yet they will have no power whatever to deal with the question. ' "If a Council of the Senate were satisfactorily consti tuted, it would probably be found sufficient to define by the bill the order'of the proctors' cycle, and to leave all other matters to be regulated by bve-laws of the uni versity, as occasion may require, from time to time, subordinate to the provisions of the bill. "Section 29. Th e p ream ble of this secti on i s b orrowed, with slight a lt era ti on ', from the 28th sectio n o f the Act for the Gov ernmen t o f th e U n i ve rsity o f O xford. As it now stancl.4, it becomes the bails of all th e p owers con ferred upo n th e co ll eges an d th e comm i ss i oners jointly, for the reg u l a ti on o f a grea t num b er o f very important details, which are not afterwards enumerated in the enacting parts of the bill. Bearing in mind the import ance of avoiding- frequent appeals to our courts of law in matters regarding the exercise of special powers, we cannot do otherwise than express a' wish that the seve, ral points which require the revision of the colleges and the commission ers may b e more distinctly defined, lest there should be any miscarriage on putting the po wers of the act into operation. As nothing can be done in these respects under the bill, except with a certain con currence of the colleges and the commisaoners, we a p, prebend that no - obj-ction can be made to a detailed enumeration of the subjects in which a change m a y b e either necessary or desirable. The following are the 26 103 S 189► 91\ 20 81% 417 16k 553 174 257 171% 94 4931 i 126)4 234 162% i +s. 2,350 81) 2,237 5,839 11,781 4,753 244 1,174 1,406 915 6,739 24,029 5,281 3,270 5,203 19,86 6,177 27,987 5,803 20,181 246 59,743 1,525 18,861 16,492 630 9,815 803 26,208 2,868 5,37? 1,078 2,581 .937 1,351 2,416 760 2.326 17.247 5,925 1,927 4,052 1,213 1,317 THE ROYAL SAPPERS AND MINERS. Among the various improvements in military orga nisation which recent experience has suggested, one of the most considerable seems likely to consist in the in troduction of non-military or semi-military levies into the system of the army. A remarkable example of what can be accomplished by such agencies has been shown in the rapid construction of the Balaklava Railway by skilled workmen despatched for the purpose, and it has reasonably presumed that if the fighting men of an army could be relieved from extraordinary labour in the way of digging trenches, or construction of field wor k s gene rally, not only would they be maintained in far greater efficiency for the shock of battle, or any other special duties of soldiers, but the works in question would themselves be more rapidly and dexterously executed by the skilled labour thus applied to them. Without enter ing, however, at prssent upon the general question, we may observe that there exists at this moment a depart ment of the regular army constituted especially for the execution of all skilled mechanical works which the course of military operations may demand. Perhaps it is not commonly understood that the men of a ci-rtain corps, although soldiers in designation, discipline, and cos tume, are nevertheless essentially workmen, and skilled workmen too ; they were originally raised as w orkmen, and for some theta past actually styled so, and th a t th ee still represent a department of which the special funs tiou is skilled labour. This corps i s now k nown as the Royal Sippers and Miners, and a history of it hr s - been published by Mr. Conolly, o ne o f its qtio.rterniasltie'; t e rsergeants t , which throws considerable l ig h t on a very in- It e s s i h i r e ti c y t. before a sie ge as memorable in its Way s wasing as that of Sebastopol promises to be that the repairs ant i the Corps i n Lad, up question received its or i g i na l formation Gi braltar T improvements in the foitifieations of to the period of whi c h we speak, been executed by me chanics hired from England or ~ulaea,rions parts of the con tinent, who were und er no reglrYonroPerTelnliaanneeentooeunlgdagbee. placed for that sp ec i es of such a service demanded. fidelity and st ea di ness w hi c h Under these circumstances