The Press.
London, England, 1855-06-02 00:00:00

Have thy years nothing taught
Save the heart-hollow laughter,
And exile of all thought
To some remote hereafter?
From Time's unchanging laws
Thou cans't not be exempt,
The tyrant will not pause
'or even thy contempt.
Then make of him a friend,
Retrieve thy errors past,
There yet is space to mend,
Tho' years are crowding fast.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1855.

POSTSCRIPT.

THE WAR.

An order of the day from General Canrobert,
dated May 19th, appears in yesterday's Paris papers,
announcing the appointment of General Pelissier as
commander-in-chief. In descending from his high
position, General Canrobert tells the troops whom
be had lately commanded that he was not about to
separate from them ; ou the contrary, he should
have the happiness of more closely sharing in their
glorious fatigues and labours in discharging the
fresh duties now assigned to him by his Imperial
Sovereign.
Nothing has been heard lately of the Emperor's
intended visit to the Crimea. His Majesty's cam
paign furniture sent to Constantinople has been
brought back to France, consequently it may be
inferred that the journey has been abandoned for the
present.
A letter from St. Petersburg in the Patrie says
that the number of troops in that capital was not
great, as every available man had been sent off to
Finland and other places where their services were
more likely to be needed.

It is rumoured that the Grand Duke Constantine
has resigned the office of Grand Admiral of the Bus
sian navy. The peace party in St. Petersburg has
regained the ascendant, and it is said that a new
note is to bo sent to the German Powers.
Accounts from Constantinople of the 23rd ult.,
state that the Ministry of Ali Pacha was not
likely to be of long continuance, when Reschid
Pacha would no doubt be replaced in his former
office.

The Sardinian Ministry has been modified, at the
head of which is M. Cavottr. The nee► Government
is thus composed :—President of the Council,
Cavour ; Foreign Affairs, Cibrario ; Public Instruc•
tion, Lanza ; Interior, Ratazzi ; Justice, De Foresta;
War, Durando ; Works, Faleveassa.

The quibble and the jest,
The hollow, heartless mirth,
The sneer at what men hold most dear,
The scorn of honest worth.
The power to feel no shame—
To laugh at it instead—
No pride in England's fame
No sorrow for her dead.

THE PRESS.

Nnibusiti flttiligentt.

OXFORD.
The following gentlemen were on Wednesday appointed
Masters of the Schools ;—Rev. F. Meyriek, Trinity; Rev.
George Ridding, Exeter; Rev. William Salter, Bklliol.
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The following degrees were conferred :
Af.A.—Rev. Thomas C. Baring, William Yates (fellows),
Robert S. Wilson, William K. Macrorie, Rev. Roger Kent,
Brasenose ; Rev. Thomas G. Mortimer, Jesus ; Rev.
Charles Palmer, Henry P. Wolrige, Exeter ; Rev. F. Cox,
Rev. John Maskery, Wadham ; Rev. Charles J. Le Gert,
Magdalen; Rev. John S. Sidebotham. New College; Rey.
William Bashall, Rev. Henry A. Daniel, St. John's ;
William L. Lewis, Robert B. Bartlett (fellows), and Rev.
Peter Pe Jersey Trinity.
B.A.—William Poppa Crotch, New College ; Rev.
George Ogill'ie, Wadham.
MERTON COLLEGE. —Mr. G. C. Broderick, 8.A., of
Balliol, was on Wednesday elected Fellow of Merton.

CAMBRIDGE.

The undermentioned degrees have been conferred :
B.D.—W. W. Harvey, King's.
M.A.—J. J. Dent Dent, William Hughes, F. G. Lugard,
Trinity ; E. A. Newton, Pembroke.
B.A.—..Stair Andrew Agnew, Charles Alexander Baynes,
Francis Westby Bagshawe, Edward Cu rteis Graham,
Trinity ; Philip Windsor Curtis, John Robert Legh,
Frederick Smith, St. John's; G. St. Alban Godson,
Pembroke ; G. Frederick Adley, Edmond Thomas Butler,
Fretkirick Watson, Caius; Joseph Barthorp Tweed, Corpus
Christi ; William Edmund Cater, Queen's ; Horace Meyer,
St. Catharine's Hall; Thomas Backhouse Sandwith, St.
Catharine's Hall; Samuel Edmund Bengough, Christ's;
Henry Cumberland Stuart, Thomas Slater, Emmanuel;
John Henry Bullock, Downing.
The following gentlemen were also successful, but did
not proceed to their degree:—Baugh, Queen's ; Eldin,
Trinity ; Pyper, Downing ; C. H. Smith, Cath.
The following gentlemen have been elected University
Travelling Bachelors :—C. A. R. Browning, 8.A., and H.
F. Sheppard, 8.A., St. Catharine's Hall.

THE POSTMASTER• GENERAL has instituted a series
of pecuniary fines, varying from half a crown to half
a sovereign, to be inflicted on his sub ordinates who
are guilty of errors that endanger the safety of regis-
tered letters while passing through the post.
THE FRIENDS OW THE LATE MR. LOCKHART are
raising a subscription sufficient to erect a monument
at Dryburg Abbey over his remains. The chief sub-
scribers are the Earl of Ellesmere, Dean Milman,
Mr. Richard Ford, Mr. John Murray, Dr. Ferguson,
and the Rev. Dr. Wellesley.

MRS. THoMSoN, the Jessy Lewars of Robert Burns,
died in Dumfries on Saturday last at the advanced age
of nearly fourscore years. Up to a recent date Mrs.
Thomson enjoyed excellent health, but some months
has been gradually sinking.

'ran TWENTY-NINTH HALF YEARLY MEETING of the
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Ziavigation Company
was held on Thursday. The report stated that two
new ships, the Ava and the Alhambra, will be ready
for sea in a month ; that eleven of the company's
ships, amounting to nearly 18,000 tons, are now em-
ployed in the war transport service ; that the direc
tors are prepared to make proposals to Government
for the renewal of the Australian postal service, as
soon as the release of their vessels from the trans
port service shall give the means of carrying the
plan into effect; that it is expected the railway from
Alexandria to Cairo will be completed in October
next; and that the continuation of the railway from
Cairo to the Red Sea has been decided upon by the
Viceroy of Egypt, who intends that the line shall be
completed by the summer of next year—thus afford-
ing a cheap, easy, and quick means of transit
between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. The
directors recommend a dividend of 3i per cent. for
the half-year, clear of income tax.
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