The Press.
London, England, 1855-06-16 00:00:00

JUNE 16, 1855.

Volitual nn Otani.

THE REGIUS PROFESSORSHIP OF CIVIL LAW in the
University of Oxford, recently vacated by the death
of Dr. Joseph Phillimore, has been filled up by the
appointment of Dr. Travers Twiss, vicar-general of
the Archbishop of Canterbury, andrecently Professor
of Political Economy in the same university.
SIR JAMES HUDSON, British minister at Turin, left
that capital on the 3rd instant, on leave to England.
In his absence the duties will be performed by Mr.
Erskine, Secretary of Legation, and now Charge
d'Affaires.
THE TORONTO Globe intimates that the removal of
the seat of the Canadian Government to Toronto is
pretty certain. A Government agent has been at
Toronto making arrangements for the necessary
buildings.
THE decision of the Commander-in-Chief upon the
late case of military " joking " at Canterbury, has
been communicated to the regimental authorities.
Cornet Evans, of the 6th Inniskillings, is to be cash-
iered. Lieut. Webster, of the Ist Royals, is to retire
from the service by the sale of his commission.
Lieut. Hartopp is most severely reprimanded, and
his conduct is to be reported every three months by
his commanding officer, for the information of the
Commander in-Chief. Lord Hardinge considers Ser-
geant Brodie's conduct in preventing the duel most
praiseworthy, but it would have been better if he had
retorted his apprehensions to his commanding officer
the previous night. Cornet Baumgarten is directed
to be more on his guard for the future, and his atten-
tion is called to certain sections in the Articles of
War. Captain Fitzwygram's name is not mentioned.
Two ex presidents of the United States, the Hon.
Millard Fillmore and the Hon. Martin Van Buren,
have arrived in London, where they are at present
residing.
CAPTAIN FOX MAME RAMSAY, of the 50th Regt., is
appointed private secretary to Lord Panmure, and
has entered upon his duties at the War Department,
in conjunction with Lord Giffard.
Mn. W. ATHERTON, Q.C., is appointed to the office
of Judge Advocate of the Fleet, as well as counsel to
the Admiralty, vacant by the resignation of Mr. Phinn,
appointed the permanent secretary to the board.
ON Saturday, the Right Hon. Sir George Cornewall
Lewis, Bart., Chancellor of the Exchequer, attended
the Court of Exchequer, at Westminster, in his state
robes of office, and was duly sworn in before the Lord
Chief Baron, Sir Frederick Pollock, Mr. Baron Al-
derson, Mr. Baron Platt, and Mr. Baron Martin.
THE ANNIVERSARY DINNER of the noblemen and
gentlemen educated at Eton College was celebrated
on Saturday evening at Willis's. The Earl of Mal-
rnesbury presided, and a very large muster of
Etonians supported the noble earl in the chair.
ANOTHER SHIP-OF WAR, of the largest dimensions,
is about to be laid down in the dockyard at Pembroke.
She is to carry 130 guns, and one pivot gun, and is to
be called the Howe, in the room of the ship of that
name of 120 guns, broken up a few years since.
The Howe will be several feet longer than the Duke
of Wellington.
A DIFFERENCE has arisen between the Papal Go-
vernment and the little republic of Saint Marino. The
latter refuses to deliver up certain political refugees
pursued by the Roman police.
FROM a summary of proceedings just published of
the Encumbered Estates Court, Ireland, from the
filing of the first petition in 1847 to the present
month of June, it appears that the gross proceeds of
sales amount to the enormous sum of 15,239,5701.
Of this, 11,087,0981. was distributed in cash and
stock, and the total amount of absolute credits
allowed to encumbrancers who were purchasers was
1,873,5671. The number of Irish purchasers was
6,675, against 220 English, Scotch, and foreign, and
the estimated extent of land bought by the latter was
555,000 acres.
A NEW Doerr was opened on Tuesday in Ports-
mouth dockyard, by the entrance into it of her Ma-
jesty's new yacht to be coppered. Its length is 335
feet ; breadth, 82 feet ; depth, 29 feet; ditto at high
water, 23 feet (spring tides) ; width of the entrance,
70 feet. It is 50 feet longer than any other of her
Majesty's docks, and has consumed the following
materials in its construction :-3,000,000 bricks,
152,359 cubic feet of stone, 94,783 cubic feet of
timber, 729 cwt of ironwork, and cost in the aggregate
63,0001.
THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES OF COLOGNE arrested
the Secretary of the British Consul there while
carrying despatches for Lord Clarendon, on suspi-
cion that he was concerned in enlisting for the
Foreign Legion. The Cologne Gazette says that
the English envoy at Berlin immediately made a
communication on the subject to the Prussian
Minister for Foreign Affairs.
THE BISHOP OF LONDON on Wednesday consecrated
the recently erected church of St. Andrew, St. M ar-
garot's, Westminster, situated in Ashley place, south
of Victoria-street., Vauxhall-bridge road, and which
has been built, at a cost of above 8,0001., by voluntary
contributions.