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THE GODLESS COLLEGES. The following are reports of the Presidents of the Queen's Colleges, Belfast, Cork, and Galway, for the Oession 1850-1 : QUEEN'S COLLEGE, BELFAST. TO THE QREEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. ly it please your Majesty,—l have the honour of submitting to your Majesty this second report of the operations of Queen's Callege, Belfast, embracing the last session from its opening in the middle of October. 1850, till its close on the 15th of June, 1851. The organisation of the different faculties, which another year has enabled the authorities at the college to carry forward towards completion ; the amount of scien tific and literary labour that has been undertaken and accomplished both by the professors and students ; the consolidation and harmony of the varied collegiate interests; the consequent unity of action and of pur pose characterising the whole proceedings of the col lege ; the number of students on the roll ; and, above all, the establishment o the Queen' University float in full operation, securing to the different departments degrees equal iu privilege and value to those of any other university—all these enable me to submit this r e port to your Majesty with a feeling of satisfaction which will be shared by the supporters of united edu cation and the friends of national enlightenment. 1 u various respects the Qieen's Colleges differ from most existing institutions both in their courses and operations. The present state of society demanded the introduction of the applied practical and natural sciences to as great an extent as is compatible with the essentials of strictly professional education ; but this advancement on old established systems, now brought for two years to the test of experiment, has confirmed all the general impressions which the pre tridents and vice-presidents of the colleges from the otitset entertained of the importance of adapting in struction, even as regards the professions themselves, to the wants of the community, and those economic purposes of which science is the real foundation. The details of this report will more fully illustrate these v i ews . Nor will it, I trust, be less apparent whilst the object 4 of science and literature have been zea lously prosecuted that the paramount interests of re ligion have in any sense been dissociated from that true education which deals with the youth not only as an intellectual but as a moral and accountable being. The collegiate scheme established by your Majesty has solved the problem of combining the various de nominations for mental culture, without interference with religious convictions, and of providing at the sa me time for the young man, if under age, that spiritual instruction of.' w hich his parents approve, or if above that age, that spiritual instruction which his own choice and position may dictate. The reports of the two deans of residences, published herewith, will satisfactorily establish this important fact. The only change which took place in the profes sional ranks during the past year were the transfer ence of Mr. M'Douall from the Latin to the Greek chair, in consequence of the acceptance by the Rev. Frederick Ringwood of the head-mastership of Dun gannon Royal School, and the appointment of the Rev. Charles Rachel to the professorship of Latin. By this means the efficiency of the classical department has been fully sustained. The protracted illness of Professor Blakey pre vented a course of lectures on logic from being de liver Id during the past session ; but his Excellency has issued such instructions as will secure proper courses in this branch and in metaphysics during the next winter. Iteferring to the different faculties, I give the offi cial returns of numbers and classes as have been made out from the roll-book, and authenticated by the re gistrar : Number of matriculated students attending second session ... ••• 54 Number of students who matriculated in October and November, 1850 ... ••• 55 Admitted a student of second year, ad eundem, from T. C. D . •" "• ... 1 ... 110 ... 74 Total matriculated students attending this session ... Total non-matriculated student 3 Total number number of students ... 184 In the first session of the college the number of non-matriculated students was 107, and matriculated 85. Tnis large number, at the opening of the col lege, is to be accounted for partly by the circum stance that many young men, who had previously prosecuted their education at the Royal Institution at Belfast and other places, entered the Q seen's College for a year to complete it, partly because a number fell back to compete for the scholarships ; and, to a con siderable extent, by the fact that the college not having commenced its operations for a year after the expected period, there existed an accumulation of stu dents at the time of opening. 'Faking these circum stances into account, and eonsid.inrig the past session by itself, as a fair test of the second year's operations, I speak the sentiments of the council and professors in expressing gratification that since the opening of the college, in the session 1849-50, 2d7 student: h ive been enrolled, and that 184 regularly attended during the past year. The students who matriculated list session are young men from the different preparatory schools ; and it is illustrative of the impulse which has been given to education by the establishment of the college, that these are held by their respective professors to be fully equal to their standing even wi:h those who fell back from different colleges, and carried some of the first year's scholarships. The investigations of comp leitive merit at the sup plemental, entrance, and scholarship examinations in October last, occupied the professors several days, and were conducted with great strictness and impartiality. The competition for honours and prizes, both at the opening and close of the session, was remarkably close, and made it difficult in many instances for the examiners to decide on the relative merits of the candidates. The general conduct of the students has been satis factory, and a very marked improvement has taken place in their attention to academic usages and rules. Means were adopted by the council, in the early part of the session, for securing regularity of attendance at all the lectures aed examinations ; and an inspection of each professor's roll-book is sufficient to show how effective those measures have been. The subjoined reports of the deans of residences will he regarded as highly important, not only because they bear testi mony to religious advantages which the students have enjoyed, but on account also of the practical and un uestiouable proof they afford of the provision that is made in the collegiate statutes for the perfect reli gious instruction os the students. The references to the good conduct of the medical students, and their attendance on the religious exercises prescribed by the deans, is as gratifying as it is illustrative of the fact, that few colleges in the empire possess the same means of religious instruction, pro vided the different religious bodies avail themselves of the privileges which are secured to them by statutory enactment. Iu reference to the subject of religious instruction, I have further to state that the Rev. William Lupton and the Rev. John Porter, of Belfast, have since the close of the session been ap pointed by your Majesty to be deans of residences ; the former over students of the Wesleyan body, and the latter over those of the non-subscribing Presbyte rian bodies. Beth appointments were made in ac cordance with the wishes of the respective churches of these gentlemen. In collecting materials for this report, I felt it my duty to put myself into communication with the deans of the different faculties, in order to ascertain any particular points to which it m i g ht b e d es i ra ble to draw your Majesty's attention. During the past year such additions as the funds placed at the disposal of the college enabled us to procure have been made both to the library and mu ore apparent every d ay t h at fetus] ; but it became no the amount granted by Parliament for both depart ments was quite insufficient to provide such a collec tien of books, of apparatus and objects, as any col lege ought to possess in which so many subjects are taught and illustrated. The governors of the Observatory at sktonegie hav ing generously offered to the college, provided your Majesty should approve of the transfer, some dupli cate instruments which once formed part of the ap paratus in the Kew Observatory, and were afterwards presented to them by your Majesty's royal uncle, his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant put himself into communication with your Majesty and the Primate on the subject, and the permission being graciously granted, that prelate was pleased to convey to me the resolution of the governors, assigning the instruments for the use of the college, so long as they should be applied to their appropriate purposes. I have now the • • gretification of stating that, owing to the exertions of Professo rs W ilson and Stevelly, to whose depart ments this present especially belongs, aided by the influence . and zeal o f t h e v i ce-pres i dent, an observa tory is being erected by private contributions on the college grounds, in which these instruments, and others of a similar kind that may be obtained, will in a short time be deposited, for the benefit of science vantage of the college , and the dd On account of this ma-k of favour, as well as the sub s t an ti a l b ene fi t i t confers, the college authorities are deeply grateful to your Majesty for permission of the transference, and to the Primate and governors of the Armagh Obser vatory, for having proposed and effected it on proper and encouraging conditions. • During the first collegiate session, the President of the Hoye! Irish Academy, Dr. Llyod, expressed a elesite, on the part of that body, for t he co- operation I v or, college, in carrying out 80111 e comparative roeteorologleal observations. At the time we were not in a position to respond practically to this invita tion. A few months ago, however, measures were adopted for effectuating this desirable object, and I have now to report that observations, through the aid of excellent instruments, are being taken regularly at the college, whose results shall be conveyed from time to time to the president and directors of the Royal Irish Academy, As another matter of detail, it may be useful to remark, that the college has experienced much advan tage by the establishment of a lithographic printing press within its own walls, for collegiate purposes. The professors are thus enabled to have all their lexamination papers struck off and corrected under their own inspection, and with such guarantees of I protection as secure from all chance of divulgence the questions which they propose to submit to the different classes about to be brought under examination. Another benefit results from this, that each professor claiming his turn for printing, has of necessity his papers made up in proper time, which immediately after the examination are lodged with the registrar. I take leave to submit in the appendix a number of the questions which were proposed to the students of the first and second years, during the past winter, and in doing so I feel assured that the papers prepared by the different professors are worthy of themselves and the important departments over which they preside. The oral mode of examination continues to be com bined to some extent with the use of printed papers, and perhaps this union affords the best means of testing the qualifications and relative merits of the students. In concluding this report, I am enabled to bear testimony that if it be the object of the supporters of these institutions to have science elevated and ex tended, habits of industry and order inspired , religion honoured and illustrated, social harmony and good will promoted, and all by a system which teaches the young, while respecting their own characters and rights, to reciprocate to others wh at the y claim for themselves—if it be the patriotic desire to qualify the rising generation for individua l exertion and for mu tual co-operation in matters national and public— these ends have been gaine d to the extent of the ope ration and influence of the, colleges. pr ovi d e d ds.atioTnh"oy shall these vas thhaeveht„hneeitir:eunitl schememeasure of of th l ua ble establishments be carried out with the same decision that his s ecured their first s uccess , an d i n a spirit of impartiality similar . to that which ha s a l rea dy won the approbation of friends, and disarmed the hos tility of many opponents. All of which is testified on behalf of Queen's Col lege, Belfast, by your Majesty's most diciful servant, P. SHULDHAM HENRY, D.D., President. Queen's College, Belfast, July 20, 1850. QUEEN'S COLLEGE, CORK. TO THE QUEEN ' S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. May it please your Majesty,—ln accordance with the provisions of the Act of Parliament under which this college has been founded, and in pursuance of the statutes issued by your Most Gracious INlajesty, I beg leave to report as follows regarding the general proceedings of the college during the academic year just now terminated, and on its actual condition. Since the date of last report the organisation of the several departments of the college has been sedulously proceeded with; and although in many instances serious difficulties have occurred, which it required much attention to overcome, the working efficiency of the institution has been materially improved. Most of the essential requisites for the various courses of systematic instruction have been obtained, and been actively availed of by the professors; and it may be now confidently asserted that, although in no one de partment does the college possess all the resources which an institution of its university rank and exten sive range of unity ought to possess, yet an important advance has been made on the position occupied by the college in the last year, and it may now contrast favourably even with many older and more established colleges for university education.: I shall proceed to notice briefly such topics as may serve most fully to illustrate the actual position of the college, and the general working of the several departments since the date of last report. THE SUN, LONDON, now concluded, there were occupied with the lectures in that faculty ten professors. In the courses of the faculty of medicine there were engaged nine professors and the anatomical demon strator. In the faculty of law there are occupied two pro. fessors. In the course of engineering there are occupied five professors. In the course of agriculture there ere occupied six professors and the lecturers on veterinary me dicine. The delivery of the course of lectures on Celtic languages having been delayed from various causes until very late in the session, was attended but by one student. _ . . Tne regularity of attendance of the students upon the class lectures has been upon the whole very satin• factory, the council having found themselves only in a few instances called upon to enforce regularity by a reference to the penalties attached by the college rules to insufficient attendance at class lectures. I had occasion to describe in the report submitted to your Most Gracious Majesty, at the close of the preceding session, the great disadvantages under which the professors of the medical faculty laboured in carrying on the business of their several depart ments, owing to th e t o t a l a b sence o f any prov i s i on o f buildings for their use. lam happy to be able now to report that in the interval a building containing a museum, dissecting and lecture rooms, suited to the plan of medical instruction and sufficient for the present requirements of the faculty, has been erected, and the courses of the medical professors have been transferred there from the rooms of the faculty of arts, which bad been provisionally occupied by the medical school. For the erection of this building of the medical faculty the college is indebted to the en lightened zeal for educational improvement that has been throughout the progress of this institution uni formly manifested by bis Excellency the Earl of Clarendon, under whose auspices and by whose exer tions and liberality the necessary funds were ob tained. The medical faculty and the council of the college, feeling the most lively gratitude for his Ex cellency's active assistance, and being desirous to commemorate his libsrality, have resolved that the new building shall be inscribed and designated as the " Clarendon Building," allocated to the business of the medical faculty of Queen's College, Cork, which appellation it now accordingly bears. NUMBERS AND AGES OF ST-UDENTS3 It is peculiarly gratifying to me to be able to re port that, notwithstanding the exertions made to embarrass the progress of the Queen's Colleges, and to prevent students from availing themselves of the advantages therein afforded for superior education, the beneficent intentions of your Majesty in the foundation of this college have been satisfac torily carried out by the entrance of a still larger number of matriculated students in the session just now closed than in that of the preceding year ; and further, that notwithstanding the influences employed to prevent the students of the last year from return• ing to the college, so large a proportion have con tinued their college studies as to render the total number of matriculated stud- nts almost double that exhibited in the report submitted at the end of last year. The precise numbers are as follow Of 70 matriculated students who were in the callego last year, there have prosecuted their studies this year ••• •• ••• ••• ••• ••• 47 There have entered this session, matricula'ed students ... ... 71 Non-matriculated students 38 Total number of students of the session now closed 156 Those students; were dkributed ai Matriculated. Non-matriculated. Total. Faculty of arts ... 56 ... 12 ... 68 Faculty of medicine 31 19 ... 50 Faculty of la 4 ••• 3 ... 3 ... 6 Course of engineering 18 ... 1 ... 19 Course of agriculture 10 ••• 3 ... 13 The true significance of these numbers may not, however, be fully understood without a brief expla- nation. It has been objected by those opposed to the Queen's Colleges that the numbers of students who entered in the preceding year did not indicate any conviction of the merits of the educational system, but had been at tracted by the many scholarships, which purchased a support that might not have been accorded on mere principle. But it is now seen that in this year, although, by the scholarships having to be divided between the students of two years' classes, the number of those prizes available to the candidates entering this year was reduced to one-half, nevertheless a larger number of students presented themselves than in the last year for matriculation, and to follow out the academic course for degrees. Another remark able fact is, that many of the students of last year at tenchd the college as non-matriculated students, and mirely followed one or two courses of lectures, from an interest in special subjects, have, in the session now closed, from an experience of the system of education, joined as matriculated students, to pass through the entire course, and graduate in the Queen's Univer sity. Hence the number of merely nun-matriculated or extra collegiate students is not greater than in last year, as the tendency has been to the complete ab sorption of those students into the collegiate organi sation. In regard to the ages of students the averages ap pear nearly the same as in last year's report. For the matriculated students the average ages are— Ye4re. In the Faculty of arts ... ... 18 Faculty of medicine 19/. Faculty of law ••• 18 Course of engineering ... 18 Course of agriculture 19 1-3 General average 18/ Of the entire number of students there are 14 under 16 years of age ; 82 between 16 and 21 ; and 25 over 21 years of age. The extreme ages are 14 and 35 years. The ages of non-matriculated students are generally higher than those of the matriculated, but are not entered, as those students are not subject to the statutes for residence and supervision. MATRICULATION, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. The nature and circumstances of the matriculated examination in the several faculties and courses hav ing been fully explained in the preceding report, it is sufficient now to mention that a very distinct advance has been remark-d by the examining professore in the degree of proficiency exhibited by the young men who presented themselves this year for entrance. Tne nature of the education system of the Queen's Colleges and University being now better understood by the managers of schools, the absolute necessity for a high standard of preparation is recognised, and will be carried into effect by a strict enforcement of the entrance examination by the authorities of the college. The examinations for scholarships were held at the periods arranged in accordance with the statutes, and were conducted by the professors of the several branches of literature and science engaged in the courses for the first and second years' scholarship respectively. Those professor s reported to the council the result of their examination, and the council thereupon allo cated the scholarship s . A s i n th e former year, the council, anxious to render your Most Gracious Ma jesty'srew a reward fvalid liberality in founding those scholarships the d o idand superior merit, did not confer any scholarship except on evidence of positive ability and knowledge. There have, consequenly, remained also in this year some scholarships not filled up, but from the active competition and higher preparation of the candidates, the number undisposed of is much less that in the case of the preceding year. It gives me much pleasure to be able to report that the systematic instruction in the various departments of science and literature in the college (Acuities and courses has been carried on by the several profes• sors with a degree of zeal, diligence, and ability, generally most highly credieable to thernselve.e and most useful to the public; and although in some very few instances the class arrangements haves not yet fully acquired the form which the objects of the collegiate instruction will ultimately require, I am confident that with the anxiety which the college council a n d t h e pro f essors genera ll y h ave s h own to promote the interests of education, every possible ex ertion will be made to realise the full extent of your Majesty's beneficent intentions in organising the im proved system of collegiate and university education. The classes of the second year's course of the al ti faculty having Come into play during the session LIBRARY AND MUSEUMS. The arrangement and formation of the library has been actively proceeded with since date of last report, and, so far as the limited funds available from the Parliamentary grant has allowed, may be considered as being nearly completed, except in the department of anatomy and physiology, in which the requisition lists have not yet been finally arranged. In each department, however, the books n3w obtained can only be contemplated as forming a nucleus for what the library collections of the college ought to be; and I would beg leave to submit the absolute necessity of additional funds being provided for obtaining books, as even already the wants of the professors and more advanced students have outgrown the existing resources of the college. Some additions have been made to the library, by donations of books, of which the most interesting has been that of 51 volumes of works on Oriental litera ture, presented by the Hon. East India Company ; and of 23 volumes and parts of geological memoirs, maps, and plates, precented by Sir Henry Delabeche on the part of your Majesty's Government. The Royal Irish Academy and the Messrs. Chambers have presented their several publications, and I was able to select from my own library 238 volumes of works on the physical and medical sciences, as a donation to those departments of the college library. Donations also of many individual works have been received from Dr. O'Connor, of Cork, and ether persons in terested in the progress of the college. Considerable progress has been made in the arrange ment of the museum, and its collections have been augmented by donations of a series of the fossils col lected in the north of Ireland during the geological survey under Lieut.-Colonel Portlock, R.E., presented by the Right Hon. the Chief Commissioner of Woods; also of a series of casts of the fossils of the Himalayah, collected by Dr. Falconer, presented by the Hon. the East India Company ; also of a collection of specimens of American woods, presented by General O'Leary. Further donations of rocks and minerals have been re ceived from Mr. Greenough, to whose kindness and liberality the college is under the greatest obligation. There no w only remains a department of the general and medical museums in which the collections still require to be organised, and it is to be expected that a very short time will enable those departments also to he rendered tolerably complete as to the arrangements for their illustration. RE,TDENCE4 AND DISCIPLINE OP STUDENTS. The discipline and conduct of the general body of students have nven found during the last session upon the whole extretni.ly satisf,ctory, only a few cases having occurred of infuictiun of rules of discipline, and none which require d other correction than the admr•nition by the vice president and by the college council. In no case has any violation of the rules of diciplirie in regard to morality and religion been known to have occurred. In regard to the conduct of the students resident in licensed boarding-houses, and of the religious instruc tion imparted to those students by the reverend deans of residences of their respective creeds, I have the honour to annex the report of those reverend gentle men; and I b-g to add thereto my own full agree ment in the opinions which are therein so strongly expressed, that the moral and religious conduct of those students is most honourable to themselves, and most decisive as to the beneficial influence of the col legiate system on the habits of the young men who are subjected to its rules. I beg leave also to express to your Most Gracious Majesty the gratitude which is due to those reverend gentlemen, the deans of residences, who having dis charged the wholly gratuitous duties of their offices with such efficiency and zeal as fully proves their conscientious anxiety for the moral and religious wel fare of the students committed to their charge. The number of students of the Wesleyan commu• nion having materially increased, his Excellency the Earl of Clarendon, Lqrd-Lieutenant, has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Mr. Greer as special dean of re siclf nces for that communion. The relative numbers of matriculated students of the respective communities attending the college in the first year of its opening having been shown in the former report, it remains to exhibit, in the following table, the proportions of students of the several creeds attending during the session just now closed. Of the 118 matriculated students on the college books there belong to the— Church of England ... Roman Catholic Church Presbyterian Church ... Wesle, an Communion Other Protestant Communions ... ... 42 ... ... 65 Total ... ... ... ... 118 When di3tributed according to college standing, thefe become-- Freshmen. Sophistors. Total. Church of England ... 23 19 42 Roman Catholic Church 42 23 65 Presbyterian Church ... 1 1 2 Wesleyan Communion 5 3 8 Other Communions ... 1 0 1 Comparing the distribution of the religions of stu dents, among those who entered the college in the session commencing in October, 1849, with the reli gions of those who entered in the session commencing October, 1850, the result will be found as given in the following table, extracting the figures of 1849 from the last report : _ _ - Entrance of 1849. Entrance of 1850. Church of England • • 26, or p. cent. 37'14 .. 23, or p. cent. 32'43 It. Catho ic Church •• 38 „ 54'29 .. 42 „ 59 . 18 Presbyterian...... •• .. 1 „ 1'43 .. 1 „ I'3l Wesleyan •. • .. ••• •• 4 ~ 5'71 .. 5 „ 7'14 Other COMMUAIOO .... 1 „ 1'43 .. 0 II -... 70 100 00 71 100'00 Hence the Roman Catholic element appears to have increased about 4 and the Wesleyan about per cent. upon the preceding years. The generid numbers may be considered, however, to represent very fairly the ratio of distribution of the several religions among the class of society from which the students were derived in the south of Ireland. In concluding this report I b-g leave to express the general satisfaction which is felt at the comple tion of the improved system of superior education by the establishment, under your Majesty' s Royal Charter, of the Queen's University in Ireland. The academic career of the students of the Queen's Col leges being thus to be crowned by the reception from the Chancellor and Senate of the highest university degrees in the several faculties, will open to your Majesty's subjects of all creeds an honourable career in practical and professional distinction, un biassed by prejudices, unshackled by illegal ex clusion, and rich in the rewards of honour im partially bestowed. Your Majesty having graciously conceded an organisation, so suitably devised, it becomes the paramount duty of all entrusted with carrying out so great an educational plan, to devote themselves to the fulfilment of those objects of public benefit with which this college and the university have been founded ; and it is my fervent trust that, not withstanding the many and great difficulties with which this college has to contend from various sources, it will each year become more efficient in its depart ments, more extensive and more perfect in its range of action, and more fully known for the steady con duct and discipline of its students. Thus, alone, can it become fully entitled to that award of public con fidence and support of which already it has received so satisfactory a share ; and thus only can the autho rities of the college feel that they have discharged their duty, in carrying out to practical succeEs the beneficent intentions of your Majesty for Ireland and for its people. (Signed) ROBERT KANE, President. Queen's College, Cork, June 18th, 1851. • OFFICIAL LETTERS OF THE SEVERAL DEANS OF RESIDENCES ADDRESSEE) TO THE PRESIDENT OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE, CORK. FROM THE REV. LOUIS PERRIN, DEAN OF RESIDENCES FROM THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. My dear Sir,—l must ask your pardon for the long delay I have made about answering your note; since very shortly after the commencement of this session I have had, as usual, my weekly meetings with my pupils. My own pupils have attended with fair regularity, and some of the o th ers (i e . , those not resident in licensed houses), have also very fre quently been with me. Fogarty has not attended I believe engagements prevented him; but as he is of the Methodist communion, I do not feel that he is bound to come. I have every reason to believe that my pupils are regular and attentive to public worship. The return which you made me at the commence-. meat of the session has been reduced, as Ashe h . ts left the licensed house in which he did reside, and is with his brother ; and Kingston has not been in town since Christmas. I need not ask have any other students, in connexion with the Church, been 'since settled at licensed boarding-house, as no doubt had such been the case you would have informed me of it, I remain, my dear Sir, yours, very f dthfully, Louts PERRIN, Cserk. See House, Cork, March 14, 1851. FROM THE REV. WILLIAM O'C , NN , R, ROMAN CATHOLIC DEAN RESIDENCES. Dear Sir RobettKane,—lo reply to your note of yesterday, it affords me great c,nsolation to bear the same high testimony to the conduct of the Roman Catholic students of Queen's College, Cork (fur what has pissed of the present collegiate year), that 1 did at the close of the last year's studies. The students who reside with parents and guardians, and who do not necessarily come under my control, are equally entitled to my praise for attention and for orderly conduct as those re,iding in b arding-houses ; and I am happy to be able to add, that whatever may be the speculative opinions of some wise and good men, I have not yet seen, nor have the students yet expe rienced, danger to either faith or morals at Queen's College, Cork. I have the honour to remain, my dear Sir Rober yours most truly, WILLIAM O'CONNOR, Feb. 20, 1851. Roman Catholic Dean of Residences, FROM THE REV. WILLIAM MAGILL, PRESBYTERIAN DEAN OF RESIDENCEip TO THE PRESIDENT OF QUEEN'd COLLEGE, CORR. Sir,—l have had under my care, for the last ses sion, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Hogg, Mr. Henry, and Mr. Eunson, students of Queen's College. Weekly lectures on religion, and intended for their benefit, have been delivered from October to June. Regular vieits were paid to the students at their own rooms for advice and superintendence; and evenings were devoted to religious and literary education. All these means of instruction, together with the usual Divine services on the Sabbath at the Scots' Church, were attended by the students with considerable re gularity, I have bad reason to be satisfied with their moral character and habits, their attention to their religious duties, and their interest in their several courses of study in which they were en gaged. They leave Cork, I believe, in every way improved, and they carry with them a purpose of literary industry which mny be regarded as the bud of future promise. The unrivalled advantages they have enjoyed, aided by the kindness of many of the citi zens of Cork, will induce them to commend their alma mater, and thus collect a harvest of almuni for future academic honours and pursuits.—l am, sir, yours, &c., WILLIAM MAGILL, Dean of Residenves of the Presbyterian Church Cork, June 14, 1851. QUEEN',-; COLLEGE, GALWAY. TO THE QUEEN ' S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. May it please your Majesty,—ln compliance with the provisions of the Act of Parliament founding the Queen's Colleges, I proceed to lay before your Ma jesty the report of the proceedings of the session which commenced on Tuesday, the 15th of October, 1850, and which terminated on Saturday, the 14th of June, 1851. At two entrance examinations held on the 15th of October and 20th of December, 1850, twenty-six students were - enrolled on the college books, of these twenty-four were matriculated and two non-matricu• fated students. If these be added to numbers who had entered the Queen's College during the first session, the numbers admitted since the opening of the college in October, 1849, will appear as follows. As great misrepresentations have been circulated of the number of students attending this college, as well as of its general success, I deem it right to make upon this subject a few observations. In estimating the progress of such institutions at the Queen's Colleges, attention must be paid to the district in which they are placed, and the population and wealth of the towns with which they are con• netted. Colleges placed in populous and thriving localities are at once frequented by numerous stu dents, who live in their own homes, and who are not obliged to incur the expense of travelling to or resid ing in a distant neighbourhood. The students of the Queen's Colleges, unlike those of other institutions, must attend its lectures for at least two terms of esch sessi. n—a period varying from five to six months. It will thus he seen how essential it is to look to the condition of the town near which a college is situated to judge with fairness of its real progress. In the great majority of cases the young men frequenting the Galway College come from a distance, the town of Galway not as yet possessing such a population as would furnish a large number of students. Taking these circumstances into account, I do not hesitate to say that the Queen's College, Galway, has fully kept pace with her sister institutions of Belfast and Cork —institutions which, by the confession of all, have equalled the most sanguine expectations of their warmest supporters. Nor do I entertain a doubt that, despite the extraordinary and continued opposition which appears to be in a great degree concentrated upon this particular institutioo, it is destined to out live the hostility with which it has been assailed, and to confer upon the province those countless and ines timable blessings which follow in the train of know ledge, enlightenment, and civilisation. I am glad to be able to report that the conduct of the students (including young men of all p-rsonsions) has been generally all that could be wished. If some acts of insubordination and breach of college discipline have occurred, they have yielded in almost every in stance to remonstrance and persuasion. The college authorities have but rarely been compelled to resort to penalties. The reports of the professors, to which I shall subsequently refer, give, on the whole, a very satisfactory account of the attention which the stu dents have paid to their studies and their progress in the different branches of learning to which they de vote themselves. I feel, indeed, sure, that in no col legiate institution do the professors labour with more indefatigable zeal to promote the interests of the stu dents ; and it is right to say that, in the majority of cases, their efforts have been met and responded to as they deserve. The great dearth of schools in the province, and the faint desire for knowledge which has hitherto manifested itself, is strongly perceptible in the state of preparation of many of the students who offer themselves for entrance • and nothing better can illustrate the necessity and advantage of such an institution as the Queen's College than the change which a few months' attendance upon the lectures of the professors has wrought, not only in the aztuel at tainments of the students, but in awakening within them a desire for knowledge. Young men, whose attainments on entering the college were barely suf ficient to enable them to pass the matriculation ex amination, have within a short time become most as siduous and attentive in their studies, and before the conclusion of the session have evinced an improvement which has called forth the admiration of their teachers. In the appendix annexed to this report will be found the courses of instruction which are pursued by the students in the several faculties and schools, as well the examination fur matriculation and the scho larships of the different years. I have also added se lections from questions given at the scholarship and prize examinations. These questions will be a test from time to time of the effect which the college may produce in elevating the standard throughout the province. With regard to the religious instruction of the Roman Catholic students, and their attendance upon their religious duties, I think it right to state the fol lowing circumstances. By the statutes of the Queen's Colleges the Crown has been empowered to appoint deans of residencies for the different persuasio ns , t o whom complete control i s given over every student of their respective creeds not residing with his parent or guardian, and who can also call for college penal ties upon any student, no matter where resident, who may not be regular in attendance upon his place of worship. Immediately on the opening of the college, in October, 1542, a Roman Catholic dean of resi dences was appointed, who continued to discharge, during the entire of the first session, the high and sa lutary duties of his office with the most exemplary attention It was my grateful duty to lay before your Mjesty, iu my first report, the statement submitted to me by this excellent gentleman, of the extreme satisfaction he had derived from the conduct of the students submitted to his care. This statement was, indeed, a gratifying . proof that the stat u t es h a d prov id e d a b un d an t securities fi>r the faith and morals of the students, and that soy danger whi c h m i g h t ar i se cou ld only ari,e from Churches not availing themselves of the opportunities afforded them by the statutes, and from not co-ope rating with th e co ll ege au th o rities in providing for the spiritual welfare of the students. Among other interesting portions of the report of the Raman Catho lic dean I beg to refer to the following statement : " I am happy to say that the Catholic students , ha ye, up to this time, evinced a deep sense of the an xiety which yourself, sir, the college council, and tb.e entire body of professors, have felt for their reli gious instruction in appropriating one day in each week for that purpose. I have had the satisfaction to se() them attend my instructions regularly on every St iturday. My notes of their attendance enable me tc, report that they have been generally present, ex et •pt when prevented by some reasonable cause. " All students who have been present at my in structions have given me the greatest satisfaction, by the attention which they have paid to the various sub jects on which I addressed them, and the thorough knowledge which I found by . interrogating them they acquired of them. lam happy to report, as the fruit of such religious dispositions, that on a late oc casion several of the students, who had not previously received the sacrament of confirmation, were confirmed by the Right Rev. Dr. O'Donnell. "I am also gratified in being able to report that, during the visits which I paid to the licensed houses, I have heard no complaints nor observed any symp toms of disorderly conduct ; on the contrary, I have received repeated assurances from the parties who hold these houses, that the students have conducted them selves in a quiet, moral, and gentlemanly manner." Such was the satisfactory manner in which, during our first session, the religious and secular instruction of the Roman Catholic students went hand in hand, the latter given by the accomplished scholars who fill our professorial chairs, a large number of whom are Catholics—the former dispensed by the clergyman who, in accordance with the statutes, bad entered upon his office under the sanction of th e constituted authorities of his church. I lament to say that this gentleman has intermitted during the last session the performance of those sacred duties which he had dis charged with ao much honour to himself, and so much advantage to the college. In the absence of that minister whom the public care of your Majesty provided for the Roman Catho lic students, the heads of the college have not failed to use all the weight of their influence and advice in enforcing upon them a diligent attention to their re ligious duties. It gives me sincere pleasure to de clare that that advice has been attended to. From the repeated inquiries I have made, I am able to state my confident belief that the conduct of the Roman Catholic students has been excellent; that they have been regular in their attendance upon their place of worship, and in the performance of every religious duty belonging to their creed. To the cordial support and co-operation we have received from the reverend deans of the Established and Presbyterian Churches I find it hard to do jus tice. These gentlemen have been instant in the dis charge of every duty connected with their office ; they have endeavoured to carry out the benevolent intentions of the Legislature, in giving confidence to the parents of the students submitted to their charge, and in blending with that instruction which prepares a man for his walk through life that higher teaching which sanctifies and elevates his path. Some diffi culty has been felt by these gentlemen in the case of students who do not reside in the boarding-houses, and over whom their control does not extend. They , have, however, endeavoured to compensate by an in crease of zeal for that legal authority of which they are deprived in the case referred to. I may hare ob• serve, that every inducement that could be afforded to students to reside in licensed boarding-houses would be in itself an additional security for religions and morals, by enlarging the power and control of' those ministers, who, in some degree are accountable for the conduct of the students. As connected with the distribution of scholarships, a circumstance occurred towards the commencement of the session to which I think it necessary to refer. In awarding those scholarships which the munificence of the Legislature has placed at the disposal of the college, the authorities considered that they were dealing with a fund which was given to promote edu cation, and which ought not, under any circum stances, to be bestowed upon undeserving candidates. While they had regard to the low state of education in the province, and considered that a high standard of knowledge ought not for some time to be insisted upon, they were determined not to confer scholar ships upon any candidates whose answering did not imply such an amount of previous preparation as would enable them to derive advantage from the teaching of the professors. Acting upon this princi ple, they stopped several scholarships at the exami nations held during the first term of the present session. On one occasion a student who consi dered himself aggrieved by not obtaining one of these endowments, memorialed the visitors against the decision of the college council. As the transac• tion involves a principle of law deeply interesting to all the colleges, and as it tends to show the prompt attention that is paid to any student who may con sider himself unjustly treated, I deem it right to state the particulars of the transaction, and the deci sion of the visitors. A few scholarships of the second year not having beers awarded at the first examination of the session in October, were held over to be contended for at the second and last examination in December. On this occasion the scholarships exceeded in number that of the candidates ; but, as the answering was very de fective, the college council determined not to award any of the scholarships. An unsuccessful candidate protested against this act of the authorities, and urged them to reconsider their decision, and to grant him a scholarship. Upon their refusing to do so, the stu dent memorialed the visitors of the college, praying for an extraordinary visitation to consider his claim, which he rested upon two grounds—first, that he had not been examined with sufficient care and perfect fairness; secondly, and chiefly, that the council had no right to refuse him scholarship under the circum stances in question. An extraordinary visitation was at once granted to the student, and his case received the most patient and attentive consideration. I feel much pleasure in stating that the accuracy, care, and honour of the professors who examined the student were completely vindicated, and that the decision of the college authorities in not awsrdiag a scholarship upon defective answering was fully confirmed. Bat I feel equal satisfaction in referring to the prompt at tention that was paid to. the prayer of the memorialist, and to the proof which has been thus given that any student who may consider himself aggrieved will have the wrong of which he complains at once inves tigated by a tribunal composed of men whose rank, integrity and attainments place them above the sus picion of injustice. With respect to the educational progress of the stu dents, I beg to refer to the reports of those professors who have been engaged in their instruction, and who state with perf-ct candour the real condition and pro gress of the students. The complete foundation, under letters patent granted by your Most Gracious Majesty, of an uni versity, where the students of the Queen's Colleges will obtain degrees, and the attaching to them " all such rights, privileges, and immunities," as belong to similar degrees granted by the most ancient and honoured universities of the empire, is a fit comple tion of the system of education which your Majesty and the Legislature have provided for the people of Ireland. The establishment by the university of prizes to be contended for by students from all the Queen's Colleges, will keep alive a spirit of generous emulation amongst these institutions. It will be a gratifying and instructive spectacle to see young men from every province, and of every creed, contending in honourable rivalry for those prizes which will at once confer distinction upon those who may obtain them. The high and respected names which consti tute the senate of the Queen's University have already attracted public confidence, and are a sufficient ear nest of the success that will attend its proceedings ; nor can I allude to the constitution of that body with out expressing the entire satisfaction which every sup porter of the Queen's Colleges has derived from find ing at its head the statesman who, in an auspicious hour, was called to preside over the destinies of this country, and to whom the friends of united education owe a debt of endless gratitude. The annexing, by the benchers of the Queen's Inns, to the A.B. degree of the Queen's University the privileges that attach to the same degree when granted by the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, and Dublin, is a just recognition of the high coutse of education pursued in the new colleges, and does honour b 3 the liberality of the benchers. The student who shall obtain the degree of A.B. will now be called to the bar without being compelled to attend the extra terms hitherto required of all who had not graduated in the older universities. Certain other privileges have been asked from the benchers for the diploma of elementary law, and the degree of LL B. Into the particulars of these demands I do not think it right to enter, because they are still under the consideration of the benchers, and because I have the fullest confidence that every privilege that justice can require will be ceded by that learned body. I hope, however, it will not be con sidered improper to observe, that the Queen's Col leges have peculiar claims to the favourable consi deration of the heads of' the legal profession, as being the first collegiate institutions that have given to the science of law its due importance, and that by in troducing into its ordinary courses the study of its noble principles, as well as by the creation of legal , faculties, and the endowing them with scholarships, bare endeavoured to premote the cultivation of legal knowledge. As regards the profession of solicitors, a recent act of the Legislature has conferred some very important advantages upon the students of the Queen's Colleges. First, by extending to the degrees of A B. and LL.B. the same privileges which have hitherto been confined to the degrees of the Universities of Oxford, Cam bridge, and Dublin, students now obtaining these degrees being entitled to be sworn in as solicitors after three years apprenticeship, instead of five ; and next, by conferring on all matriculated or non-matriculated students who shall attend the lectures of the professors of the faculty of law in the Queen's Colleges the pri vileges set out in the following clause 8, 1851 " That every person who has matriculated, or as a non-matriculated student of one of the Queen's Col leges, shall have attended, or shall attend, the pre scribed lectures, and shall have passed or shall pass the prescribed examinations of the professors of the faculty of law in any of the said Queen's Colleges for a period of two collegiate years, and who shall have duly served as an apprentice or clerk, by con tract in writing, duly stamped at or before the sign ing thereof, or within six months after, fir the term of four years, in like manner as by the said herein before recited Acts is directed respecting the service for the term of five years, shall at any time after the expiration of five years from the commencement of such attendance on lectures, or of such period of service which shall first happen, be qualified to be sworn and to be admitted as an attorney or solicitor respectively, according to the nature of his service, of the several and respective superior courts of law or equity in England or Ireland, as tul,y and effectually, to all intents and purpuses, as any person having been bound and having served five years is qualified to be sworn and to be admitted or enrolled an attorney or solicitor, under or by virtue of an Act or:Acti now in force for„the regulation of attorneys or solicitors in England or Ireland, anything in the said Acts or any of them to the contrary, in anywise notwithstanding." It will bs seen from the reports of the professors that the students have been generally most assiduous in their attendance upon lectures, and that when they enter on their stu.iies wi'h a sufficient amount of preliminary learning, their progress has been only retarded by their endeavours to pursue at the same time too many branches of knowledge. It will be necessary to explain what has mainly given rise to this. In many instances young men are unable to meet the expense of residing near and attending the college unless they are sufficiently fortunate to obtain scholarships. The large majority of these endow ments are annexed to the faculty of arts, while there are comparatively few in the faculties of medicine and law, and in the schools of agriculture and engineering. Now, the students attending these professional and industrial departments are pre cisely those who, looking to the profession or em ployment they may adopt in after life for support, stand most in need of those aids in obtaining edu cation which scholarships afford. Accordingly many students enter the faculty of arts, gain scholarships therein, and thus deriving the ueises, , ary means for attending the college, endeavour to pursue, cotempo raneously with the studies required in arts, the courses of instruction given in o. her departments. Scholars in arts are constantly found ate ending niedis cal, legal, or engineering lectures, hut particularly the former. IP, would be urjust to previont any stu dent from obtaining at, once by increased l:.bour the endowment which enables him to prosecute his colle giate career, and that particular sp. cies of knowledge which he may consider most useful to his future pro spects. But the pursuit of so many branches of know ledge serves, it is feared, to distract his attention, and to prevent his attaining that complete familiarity with the subjects of his duty which so effectually helps to sharpen and fortify the mind. Acting upon this belief, the college authorities have determined to recommend to the senate of the Queen's University that a modification Je made in the courses of instruction in arts for such students of the faculty as may be in attendance at the same time upon the medical lectures, and that they may be thus enabled to carry on simultaneously their edu cation in both departments. They conceive that, by such an arrangement, many persons will obtain the means of pursuing their medical studies who would otherwise be precluded from doing so, while the stu dents of the medical faculty will be encouraged to cultivate, together with their professional pursuits, those branches of classical and general learning which every day's experience proves to be so essential to the medical practitioner. I have referred to the fact, that the scholarships in the faculty of arts are often sought for b y students to enable them to attend lectures in o th e r departments, and to the injurious effects likely to result from such a practice. The cause of this I have already ex plained to be the difficulty which students find in meet ing the expenses of the college. This difficulty, I have little doubt, will form the only real obstacle to the speedy and entire success of the institution, and not any opposition arising from a misconception of its nature, which every hour must serve to dissipate. I am far from wishing to recommend that any of the scholarships at present annexed to the taculty of arts snould be transferred to the other departments, be cause I believe it right to encourage the youth of the present day to a diligent cultivation of those great models of ancient literature, and those exact sciences, which form the best mental culture ; but I most re spectfully venture to submit that some means should be devised by which the cost of attending the college would be lessened, and the advantages it offers be thus more widely diffused. The tees pay able to the college, which at present constitute the sole means of defray ing its current expenses, add largely to the cost the student must encounter. To enable the authorities of the colleges to reduce these fees, by a grant for meeting this expenditure, would be an object worthy of the wise and benevo lent policy which, in other respec's, has so nobly en dowed it. No educational institution that I know of is left wit iout some provision for its maintenance. The establishment, too, of boarding-houses or halls under the control of the authorities, where the stu dents could reside at a fixed and moderate rate, would largely contribute to extend the ben.-fits of the holm , tution. If the college tees were reduced to tls, same moderate standard which premiss in the universities of Scotland, and boarding-houses or hails provided tor the students—all of which could be dune at en expense utterly insignificant as compared with the great end in view—the college would, I am persuaded, overcome every obstacle it may have to encounter, and would cast far and wide throughout the province those precious seeds of knowledge sure to yield at no distant period that abundant harvest which would repay with usurious interest whatever cost or care has been expended in its establishment. (Signed) , E DWARD BERWICK, President. Q.Leen s G ilw4y, A ul4. 5 1851. POLICE INTELLIG6INCE. MANSION-HO US E. Walter Whittaker was charged with having com mitted an assault upon a policeman with a tobacco pipe, and inflicting a most dangerous wound. It app'ared that the policeman was called in by the landlady of a public-house called the Custom-house Stores, to remove the prisoner from the bar, on ac count of having used offensive language to her. He induced the prisoner to leave the house quietly, but after going a short distance he returned, and said he should go in again. The policeman told him he mu-t take the consequences it he went back. Upon this he took a long pipe from his mouth, and thrust it into his face. On finding that blood began to flow, he went to Mr. Childs, surgeon to the police force. Mr. Childs said the pipe had made a most danger ous wound; it had penetrated the side of the face. With great difficulty he contrived to extract a piece of pipe about two inches long from the wound, it had forcibly perforated the bone, and was lodged in the cavity of the upper jaw. To do this great violence must have been used. He could not say what would be the effect of the wound, but the complainant would perhaps suffer more or less from it all his life. The prisoner was apprehended by another police man while running away. He said the landlady had given him a pinch of snuff, after which he became in sensible and knew nothing of what had occurred. It was proved that he was not in liquor. The prisoner was committed for trial for having assaulted the policeman with intent to commit some bodily harm. MARYLEBOIVE. James Cummins and William Cummins (brothers), both of them well known to the police as being most desperate characters, were placed at the bar before Mr. Long, charged with outrages of a very brutal description upon the police and other persons. The first •named prisoner has for a long time been known by the appellation of the "Slasher," and has several times been punished for murderous assaults committed by him ; the other has also been more than once in " trouble" fir offences of a like nature. Sergeant Bushell, 9 D. whose eyes were shockingly bruised and swollen, deposed that on the same morning, at two o'clock, as he w as on duty in Hare wood-square, he saw a woman leaning against. the rails, and, on his asking her wha' was the matter with her, she told him that she felt ill. He advised her to make the best of her way home, which she sail was near at hand, and at the same moment the pri sonere made a remark to him the purport of which he did not understand, and he then went on towards Dorset-squere, on the way to,which spot the prisoners rushed out upon him from a mews, and, seizing him, beat and kicked him most severely upon the face and different parts of his body; the prisoner James Cummins also tore a quantity of heir from his (wit ness's) head. Hr (the sergeant) cried out " Murder" as loudly as he was OA., and in a short time some c , -nstables and other persons came to his assistaoct ; had they not done so his life would probat.ly have h , t , n sacrificed. A great deal more evidence was gone into, from which it apprsred that the prisoners had assaulted other police f , ffiee ni and two per , ons, who, hearing the cries of murder, went to Birdiell's assistance. The prisoners, who had no witnesses to speak in their behalf, said that they were improperly inter fered with in the first insturice by the sergeant, itiAi illtreated by him. Mr. LONG characterised the assaults as being of a most unprovoked and brutal nature, and therefore felt himself bound to inflict a `were punishment, which he hoped would he a i ., :i!utiry lesson to the prisoners with regard to their future conduct. Each of the prisoners was fined 203. or fourteen days' imprisonment, in two cases, for attacks upon civilians and for assaults ul3Oll the police. James ur toe d Cummins was sent for three mo nths to the Pic)--tio Correction, being one month for each of the assaults. Wi Cummin3 was, in addition, t°,.4, fines above stated, sentence d to two months' iverl ration, being one month each for the attacks W him upon two officer:,. _---------_ ~,.. THE COUNTRY MARK -El° oil et t 041.11 dr LIVER'. . OL, SEPT. 6 -We are very qui not much passing in the trade. the w tber o s MANCHESTER, SEPT. 6.-Altbough - %It ring the week has fur the most port bees . 010 cloudy, with occasional slight showers of " In : o er M not on the whole been .favourable for batleP to if tions. The trade throughout the same WO' OU le r I na of mained in much the same state as noted jo port, a m, derate, but by no mea ns brink, de,°! is ro, experb need for approved marks o f fresh-maae 0 1 0 oatm , a), without varia!ion in prices. Cca`tvleorpoll from Ireland the arrivals at Liverpool and 1 S,!„, ( 10 11 again to a limited amount, and those from suividic this week on a less extensive ,Cale than we h i ' ve c iatf, notice" of late. At our was ket this morning 50 .0 4 tt occurred in the value of •wh-st. Floor W o e slowly, but good qualities, maintained the currency of this day se'liidgbt• wise oatmeal, continuing in moderate s upply, lik e put. d late rates. . w ell /!.,,I s NOTTINGHAM, SEPT. 6.-The market wa- di e e pli. d with now wheat to-day, but notwitbstSui old large quantity well got, many of the sastosot whether Eltlish Oro, poor condition, and sold very slowly. Til ° ''' tbson of new and fine old were Is per quarter lowa 0 ,17 A week. Some samples of new barley wer e ° WI 41. the quality was coarse and condition not goali to sti not tear of any sales being made. Iti oa 11 4 peas no alteration. , ..,,, a stik 7 Af GLASG.W, SEPT. 4.-Owing to the Aw ry lic' cattle from Ireland this morning, sales wer e ve t, 400. A effected. Best ox beef, 42s per cwt; c arrel , . to r , ferior, 34s to 365. At the close a greats 01 1 0 d Ist s r out unsold. Although the number of sheP, of IP ; was smaller than last week's mark* -t, ,e ll s d 6' equal to the demand. Best aged weth ers p,' tobs V middling quality, 4to 41d; inferior, 3 i d ' i2e; °,.,‘ dull in sale; best, 15s each; current, 103 to *,,,,,, Pa from 6a to Sw; a few lots of small inferior 8070rA 3s to 4s. At the close a great many tu r° _, ed f ° ost u l i file" DALYEITH, SEPT. 4.-The relative weight n i b, sr#) of the three pi ices of wheat were Ibst 71b, ' B Li t 0 1 11 , 1 01b. Oats, 12st 'lb, 12st 81b and lOst 121 b. v" - ,,0,."' , 1 1 ' lest 01b, and 15st 21b. Peas and beans, I9st w end 15st 131bs. bi eri l Q l4 . Wheat ... ...... Z2 Be s st. 6 ' EC2urreint.l). £Bl 1861 11l 602 Oats 164 Barley '27 Peas and Beans 1 19 6 1 17 ° 01, Average of wheat .. , ... 38i Sit to 11 , 1 00 4 ABZILDIEN, SET . T 5.-Grails-Oats-. 2,)%-dibspsr,o4o, 401bs pm bushel; foreign oats, 00s Od to 170 un , ";" 00'i/ ~ ol barley, 23, od to 24s od. 521bs per buabel ; b e :j6 &W. ; (td, 521bs per bushel, wheat illsto 425; ° straw , "; I ,sair,7 l per boll ; flour, 30s to 3ls per sack. Pro ce - , i , dill; 3n to 6d per lb; mutton, ditto, 3d to , 6 t r lb, 56 , 1 P61: to 5d ; pork, per stone, 3e 6d to 3s 9d ; lamp , 1, 0 ,,,, r . ' d r tallow, per stone, 3.> lid to 35 6cl; Pe 6 0 64 , _72 40; 6d to 8d ; rabbits, each, Od to 0d; '"",.- P"..,1 01 Ito „A : sr to 050 d ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter , P e ,: 1, ~,,,, i t , eggs, per doz, Bd to 10d ; cheese, per oft, 1 86 . pd. ‘ lO.- , 0 pe is i 6 p d ai t r o , 2 2 s s od od ; to du ts k 6 l d in; gcsh,icdkitetnos,,2,dsittoto2, i l :6 6 d; ti t te ur . i lt , i tsc ot ? r , 0 U• e3A ii, t. to u. ea sr B 6i e, d s de r m, tt :op e ; a4i g or: e sc e tw s id e t , ditto. 76 to 8s; butter for e p l.: ea ..--t e (1 71 10 ;10' to bid; 41b loa:f, 7 p c 3 o als k t° ll, fi t s:d e s f • s c e m r g e a g d i lt:, w 6 b d ° • les u a r iel " P er 't°° 1 al Oatmeal, 15 Sd to Is 9d• ship pork per basrsrelcrotf°2o°%°cllbs;:i:'l; 3d; 110d to 2s Od ; aids , 7 b d ar to leY ° %ld ' ul l i bet" r ro gelidl4llll.l to Is 6d; flour, Is 9d to is 10d; bar ' ley, per lb, -) flou p r, uß os L O l d N, to s in aistelt E 1 PT 8' . 1. 5.-The supply of new g ri t, O r c l e l p io 6 c E u v r e re y n a i d e c a li P r e i P l ,t'i :d i n e m etaa last, s l) but demandofd t w, with:, h : ti n e : $ 1 .10 d; il l / ' 4 of feeding oats, continues without ae cn ' - o'4 corn_ scarcely saleable, and our quotattul, 10 $ . 09 , b Wheat, white, 19s to 215 od; red ditto; ; 1 04l: 0 01 ere, new 9s Od ti lOs 0.1; oats, 14s Od 1° ~- 6 l; 011 4 new, 9s Od to Ila Oil; oatmeal, lis 6 d to lb' per B,j,l!,tti, ur, per cwt., 12 s Od t o 1 4 . 0 i.; Indian su rgi t i per 25s Dr to 27a OJ ; rapeseed, new 14a Od to 15 ' . "- . Oh We have had anotCnOerß+.KeeSkEoPTt SEPT. 54 in-actill with scarcely any business passing in ei ther to 01/ % 10 cle se iste of grain. Indian corn, especially, °wi n g': t ed. i. a II supply_ of potatoes, is almost totally OP; 010 i English advices continue to represent th e e ,; . . o srf ill coming in in fine condition, and of extra 01.100010. quality. hetoreig T n h a is , t i i i c a i s e, t haencdffuetct damping in ti fl ° b P r irh i j gc o l trade materially. Tile supplies of g . ra i° re il 3 :110 condition, increase daily. The oats arriviog s lit y ` 01 •0 (1. are-of mT wheatehnetlate ai ntiesandiadhrisydo good, of but t e wheat,weather, Irespect. ,5 5 4 Theb however, arr e totalls 38 4 b 0 d eo 0 the value barrels. lue o a n y W d e e s h er a i v p e t t i 'cl o v ' e u n c r a o lui f t l dy g i ii t bsei a l P: e r i uT n ere c :c :b i(eise i s iaP ; l g ti : 4ll: l Cr r e ."-'.;1:19 0 1: 05 : 1 : e : riPl ! which are 3d to 4d pe r brl lower, I t ti be i n i t h - e_ s l ro - t itoi li g lii , if o mtwheeeliht mosto s, ve b h y a rs d e, et b aa u imi t very little doin and eve ° "" sllio racte b r s o e a p ts p . ly oTfhteheflmouoerrereshaswmey recis el ll o I N° noticed, the purqpase have v immejiatee Exceptwa s a g ts e $0 : 5°;18:111311° Li°. °5117141 market continues p i solely e e p trn i e e tsi t rh e e r working off tnei a r de st b o e c i k n s before patio hiicergi fate elyngliaeggebnocrdts;. stilll ud p i r a i n ce c s or a n re , ansoamllnesodifY °boo' last quoted. Barrels. C iti l l.es 83 White wheat ...16s 9d t o 18 5 6d ,„„,171 a Pcl-4° 0 54 Red wheat 1 45 Fel to M s Od "'" 67 Ditto 32 Ditto . 16s 6d to 17. 9d n o s Ofr 42 Barley 16 here - - ...... 357 Oats od 8s Od to bs 8d Ofr m no: 179 Ditto .... r } -- ,siti 51 Ditto .. ... 0 Pigs Otis 111 to 00s Od `'" siti' ; Quantity sold at the Highest Priceily:fe 5 11 barrels white wh ea t ; 11 re d ; 18 barley; 4 0 13igs. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs en" -t rill i; Whea u t a , lict l yA ,os NT 3.. Barley, 799. Oats, ' 2,67 ~ 1. ., frei V . . PRICES OF BUTTER. ~..• 6 1 ' jaw' ... Third Second db qdu: quality li t y coot .... ' ir Whisky.Fourtl.ld qualitype Fifth quality Sixth quality t Return of Cattle sold for week e nding Pl. OP average agw,B a iasno . l o.ot 7 7,a t , s:o l ( d ' i ti t . o : 1: : 0 1; h i ( 4s )use ::: 6 h d ol SF d iit :::: hl 4 l2qq t u ; aa16 : :i1Yt;)61 .i ..: : :::. 7 .irG'. ° 31;45 04 "11°! r.. Sheep, 339. C° l4 ' 7 02 51 0 0 12 05 . ;thddealteorin;s3°3,edsa Oatmeal o :I : 61 p r cwt. Indian corn 5i 10s to 3g4; s l A o l 00 7 1 ; 8 5 1 5 v pe ' ode r : t 6 ga o;n d e . ; ragi fl B l Hay-- i ooe a . n , F e m a ariu pr ea er. : t e:r 9 2n ° B 9l : 4 *B : ,...,,ti t i '6 o s : o l l4 ; o l:l household loaf 4 12: ne.r C ar. c I seconds, o rte 1P49: 30:.e1. per ton. to Bread - Wheate n per 41b. W hea f t r: bl°s ----t b'at°f'C l° l 94 per 15 . Eggs-45 3d to 4s 4d per bu sarv oT• ifi ;o 4 Dort Od Lydney 15s ; Landore ( o ye 0 1 per bacon cwt.o n 9d per Tallow 38s Od t° 3 .fl' oe• .i i.- Vi -Beef sid to 7d; mutton 5d to 6itd; 1 btl Coe ?to ; p s p 6los 4d2s to t_o . n_. Bark-Barbary 7t Os to 8/ Os ; Valonis 15 1 °, pet' r d sitd4tar e t m ok, p eT2t2l6i 291 12 to o o:ro 3: tto g iv pe p3l i per barrel 7ois salted l BtooFish d .1; p N2e ß re a t n o u f g t ono o wo u t ; r e n 13 3 7 r s d l ose d i h a ad t e ; : pv_ ;;;:!: : :: : : : : :: : :s . : 00 1 01 : u ti l us ; Spanish 0 / per ton, Fleece Wool 14 5 0 I ' 6 0 0 ' ; 0( ditto,_. 15s per ton; deals, 12s to 155 per I : 6 01 1 '.001 ...... ovrt I p1ie1,,,,s 3d to 3.id i 7 t „,,, 2 per lb. Potatoes , white 4ha tn km. Bite Wa to 00d. Guano- Peruvian, 11/ 105 [ells" per ton. Tar-Archangel, 195 per barrel- . (t)°l"W'On°B aP. : .. 67776.t2: :ss TFSFeoihrcuistrrt)dnt hqdququqa igaliaati iltliYittlY::: ... ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' 61°4(1 5;11 .—.................--...-........ ~,-7 , 4101 . g lJil Msj M or O Zen T e n ra l ia l lW M . l ß L i l d l d ' a A ll i , l isq ° , llßj:-P;rlll°°- tif° °‘ Mills, Captain, h p., 9%11 F. 1 Armyti ilit' Lieuter.aqt-Colonels—Day, late Bengt. leod, C. 8., late R. Eng ,Penrith; P. Mac Dot ' g lolf, Majors —Kitson ; ret. f 62d F., Bat h ; rat s 75 ret. t:n., 13i h Vet. 80., Loudun;P Cradockt .- i i d Mil. Knight of Winthor. . 6 41 , Jam e. ___ Captains—Gordon, 42d F., Cairo; llyderabad; Mitchell, 84th F., Trichinopolh .1 ; f' 4 o Lieutenants—Glasgow, 4th Dr. Gds., Lilvel;coo3 fi t. Ist Bat. lit F., at sea, on passage how e J- Cal lv f,l Scitia; Dawson, Ceylon Reg., song. NOP 6113 ~ wood, ret. f. p., sth Vet. Bu.; Downe, hkP ß " fi II:J. Upson, h.p., 15th F.; Haz-n, 11. p , 49'11 F., 6 t h a*.— W.:- wick ; Phillips, h.p., 57th F ; Scott, b.p., ,1,01 Reg, nDeubtiwn;atWts,atilla.pc.:, 2d Dr, Yorkr. utbin; Chaa 6Bl3 "' D s o slA Cornet —Watts, h.p., staff. —Pilkington, b.p., Staff, B ff 0 d sbile t; Lord Bagot's seat Brthfi ld B 11 St e- h r w'oga has been the ecene of great IfestiCities weepold, the arrival of ' the lion Baaot. too" bride, daughter of Lady Dover, from their wool' BIRTHS. ,00' OF A SON. Tb°l On the 4th inst., at Salisbury, the ladi. of 11 111 $, Grove, Esq., of seagry-house, Wilts. of an het..., of Oa the 4th inst., at St. Helen's-place, the Wo e Soly, Esq., F.R S. ii. On the 2d inst., at Peubury, Kent, the • _.oft st;f r_ ot VI. OF A DAUGHTER. Wall, Esq., of Tunbridge•wells n o gi ddier • On the ler inat, at. Eutcote-house, Beie•-0 the wife of Francis H. Deane, Esq. tseirn A g t olef t Christchurch, ot,naeHi4,,ipeerr by the Rev. Robert Walpole A : 15 1 MARRIED. ter of the late h of Hat chu m . near St. Austell, Cornwall. P ' q" f . A , A . a Herd', . ~?..hio',,,qa":,,RsNte ,hetouesvAnEnse Sop o h f i L a, g e v _ l ... : 11°''' On the 4th inst., at Hampstead, Middlese z. l'" . sr le, ' tt: ca , tle, Esq.. younger son of the late Alfred flard c3sr t dild o l , heath, and Samuel Hoare. jun.. 1% 4 1. , .. IL. .u,Stirrty. to Priscilla Buxtol:),ejlilalopteforl, step-d,iuzliter of Captain Sir Wililde H i of the Royal N ' a J'' f ~,,/w t , On the -lth it;s tv t. 3 ;:a Trinity Church, St. 31 0 Y le " v fi c i''ro l Henderson, Esq., eldest son of J. P. flentlerVil' alog ~. n o ' In' Manchester-square, to Aim Mary C . Coo^s-- t„ ,f Lit Cughter of tit, late Dr. William Cyok•on , M.P.,' DIED. ,7 D , 6 , i l' On the Ist inst.. at Thames Villa, Kino of ton, T r e o ilis i 63, John Young, el lest son of the late J. You n g , th e house, Newport, Isle of Wight. Ar eclat Oa the 4th inst., at Woolwich, Cordelia Viritr,!' 0 1 wite of Captain the 11 , n Montagu Stopford, li.i',,t_Col° At Ramsgate, on the 3d inst., age , ' ;8, Lientelle' tbj' ~d Tart liff Boger, K..H., late of the Royal ArtillerY.stres On the .ith its t.. William Stericker, Eal,•°l and Penehurch-street. Ezell 51. London: I'rittted and Pub' i be M OW° I:u sak fi l :pl No. 112, Strand, P c rinter: s The )- Sun in Lli ehi ce ' ' OI3V p Strand, in the recin of the SalimY , Q° Middlesex, Monday, b•ptember Si Issl. ••• C oxTi $0 e U m ed i nit sup !) . Salt tor lio Tend er k titbo u l ris Y notie l Ind V i: e rY or T end 7 to to , .. ded b , , me b on me d uo „ C° -.Par Of Iheed -ell n. 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