The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-28 00:00:00

DEMONSTRATION OF THE STUDENTS AT

UPSALA.

STOCKHOLM SEPT 18.

In celebration of the fall of Sebastopol all the eta-
dents of the University of Upeala assembled about
six o'clock in the evening of the day on which the news
arrived, on the great square of that city, with flags
and banners, and, accompanied by masses of the
people, proceeded in solemn procession, singing at
the same time patriotic songs, to the monumental
Gustavus the Great in the Wood of Odin. On their
arrival at the obelisk the patriotic song composed by
BOttiger on the occasion of the great festival in honour
of Gustavus Adolphus, celebrated here in the year
1832, was sung in chorus with uncovered heads, after
which the curator of the University mounted the
pedestal of the monument, and made the following
speech
" On the occasion of the glad tidings we have
received of the victorious triumph of the Allied
Western Powers and the progress they are making in
the war they have so nobly undertaken for the ad-
vancement of liberty and civilisation in Europe, the
students of the University of Upgala cannot let the
opportunity pass without raising their voice and
giving. utterance to the expression of their sympathy,
their joy, and their hopes for the future. And,
why should not the sons of the country and people of
the Charleses and Guatavuses lift up their voices is
exultation at the glorious news received, when the
messenger of victory is blowing the trumpet through•
out the whole world, causing millions of hearts b
rejoice and flutter with joyful sympathy ! No, tke
flower of Sweden's youth can never forget the
reminiscences of the past, because they are far too
important, too grand, and too sacred. They, cannot
forget them, because they contain their own demands,
hopes, and vows for the future, of which they form
the light and warmth. Animated by the most sincere
and lively conviction, that those high-minded heroes
who are magnanimously fighting the battle of
justice, freedom, and civilisation, against the power
of despotism, slavery, and ignorance, are engaged in
mortal combat for the peace and happinma
of the whole human race, the students of
the University of Upeala voluntarily congratulate
them on their victory, and express their sincere
gratitude, fervent respect, and disinterested homage
to them for their meritorious services in the cause of
the happiness of mankind. From the deepest recesses
of our hearts we wish them an uninterrupted con-
tinuance of victorious successes, which must sooner
or later infallibly lead to the destruction of desp?tisint
the humbling of arrogance, and the consolidation of
justice and good government in every country on this
globe."
This address, which was listened to with the most
decorous silence, was scarcely finished when the most
deafening shouts broke out from the assembled mul-
titude, and gave sufficient proof how sincerely the
sentiments expressed found a corresponding sympathy
in the minds of the auditors. After nine additional
tasty cheers were given for the Allies, and as many
groans for Russia, Runeberg's beautiful Finnish
popular song, ',Our land, our land, our fatherlands"
was rung in chorus by the inspirited populace, and
he singing of the Swedish National Hymn con-
cluded the imposing ceremony.
Accounts from the frontier town of Haparanda,
at the extreme northern end of the Gulf of Bothnia,
state that another shipment of 1,000 lispunde
(28,000 lbs.) of lead had arrived there, sent by the
Finnish merchant Olosemeyer, of Stockholm, but
that although the royal ordinance lately issued, de-
cluing lead to be contraband of war, had not then
been received, yet there being no doubt of its being
intended for transhipment to Russia, it had been
stopped and seized by M. Westendahl, the director
of the Custom-house at Haparanda.