The Press.
London, England, 1854-11-04 00:00:00

Nuitnrsitg tlttlitgenct.

OXFORD.
The election of a member of Convocation, of not lets
than five years' standing, to the Hebdomadal Council, took
place yesterday week, when the Rev. Charles Marriott,
8.D., fellow of Oriel, was elected by a majority of five
votes over the Rev. Mark Pattison, Bit., fellow of Lincoln.
Some other members also of Convocation had a few votes
recorded in their favour. Although this election did not
cause anything like the excitement of those on the pre-
vious Tuesday, still a great many of the senior members
of congregation voted.
The nomination of the Rev. John D.D., Presi-
dent of Trinity, as delegate of sccounts, in the mobs of
the Rev. John Gnftiths, was approved by Convocation on
Tuesday. At the same time the nominations of the Rev.
William Andrews, M.A., fellow of Worcester ; the Rev. G.
Rawlinson, M.A., of Exeter ; the Rev. Henry Pritchard,
8.D., fellow of Corpus—the two former as examiners "in
Literis Humanioribus," and the latter as examiner " in
Disciplinis Matheinaticia et Physic*" and of the Rev.
Octavius Ogle, M.A., fellow of Lincoln, as moderator "in
Schola Literarum Gnecarum et Latinarum," were also ap-
proved of.

CAMBRIDGE.
The undermentioned degrees were conferred on the 27th
ult. :
M.A.—George Frederick Alfree, St. John's ; Warner Bucking-
ham Otley, Cetus.
LL.B.—William Henry Hicks, Corpus Christi, Compounder.

NOVEMBER 4, 1854.

The Rev. Richard Vance, 8.A., to the Curacy of Ravenfleld,
near Rotherham.
The Rev. John Gorton Bar ale, 8.A., to the Curacy of Thri-
bergh, near Rotherham.
The Rev. G. Bennett, 8.A., to the Curacy of St.. Mark's Church,
Megaton-upon-Hull.
The Rev. Ilugh G. Robinson, MA., to be Principal of the
York and Ripon Diocesan Training School.
The Rev. G. C. Hodgkinson to the Head Mastership of Louth
Granusar School.
Toe Rev. Horatio Samuel Fletcher, MA., to be a Surrogate
for the diocese of Lichfield.
The Rev. John Blake Honnywill, 8.A., to the Curacy of Bow.
don
The Rev. J. Triphook, 8.A., to the Curacy of Nenagh.
The Rev. S. Ram, BA., to the Incumbency of Christ Church,
Stratford Marsh, Essex.
The Hon. and Rev. Delard Loftus Astley, MA., to the Rec-
tory of Foulsham, Norfolk.
The Rev. L. R. Cogan, 8.A., to be a Surrogate for the diocese
of Salisbury.

CUMBERLAND REFORMATORY FOR MALE
JUVENILE OFFENDERS.

THIS Institution ( says the Carlisle Patriot), which has
been established by the unaided munificence of George
Head Head, Esq., is now open for the reception of Juvenile
Offenders from the county of Cumberland. All the internal
arrangements having been completed, Mr. Head invited
several gentlemen of the neighbourhood to meet him at the
reformatory on the 24th ult., for the purpose of intro•
diming to them the governor, and to discuss the principles
on which the institution could be most advantageously
conducted.
Mr. Head stated that from personal observation, as one
of the visiting justices of the county gaol, he had long been
convinced that incarceration in a prison, and conse-
quent admixture with older and more practised criminals,
altogether failed to deter the juvenile offender from the
commission of future crimes ; and he had anxiously waited
to see the result of some of those establishments which
had been founded, during the last three years, for the refor-
mation of juvenile offenders, preparatory to his entering
upon an institution of a similar character. The gratifying
results attendant upon each of those establishments satis-
fied Mr. Head that the time had now arrived when he could
commence the work in this county, and a few months since
he purchased the land and spacious premises in which the
meeting was assembled, intending to receive all such
male juvenile offenders as desired. on their discharge from
gaol, voluntarily to enter upon that course of moral and
industrial training which the reformatoryjwould afford them,
with a view to the redeeming of that character which had
been lost by their foregone crimes, and fitting them for ob-
taining their livelihopd by honest industry. During the
last session of Parliament a bill received the sanction of
the legislature which not only recognised reformatories for
juvenile offenders, but put them on a broader basis than
had before been the case ; inasmuch as it placed them,
when so desired, under Government supervision, and gave
to the magistracy the power of committing to them, for a
lengthened period after discharge from gaol—thus adding
to that class who had voluntarily entered them—another
elan who would be detained in them by force of law.
This bill also made the very important provision of ren-
dering the parents of criminal children liable to a certain
weekly charge for their maintenance, thereby doing away
with that inducement to bring up their children in a course
of crime with a view to their being thereby provided for,
which had been found to render the reformatory system of
France altogether futile.
After some discussion Mr. Head agreed to unite in the
institution the voluntary and the Government systems, and
at once to put himself in communication with the Home-
office, with a view to having the establishment placed under
Government supervision, immediately after which it will
be in the power of the magistracy of this county to commit
to it under the provisions of the new act. Mi. Head fur-
ther stated that he had fully determined that the estab-
lishment should in no way become a premium upon crime,
and that it would be simply endeavoured to educate and
train the boys to agricultural labour—a position which it
is in the power of the poorest honestly to attain.
It is intended that each boy shall receive a certain
weekly sum, which will accumulate until the time of his
discharge, and which will be forfeited in the event of his
absconding from the institution. The amount may be
varied according to the conduct of the boy—thus giving
him a direct interest in his own industry, and proving a
very potent check in restraining any desire he may have to
leave before the appointed time.

IN the early days of South Australia the land put up
for sale was sold at 12s. the acre ; and by the then rules
the purchaser of a town acre was entitled to an acre in
some suburban allotment. One of the purchasers of such
a brace of acres held his land for a year or two, when he
sold it for 4001. At the end of a few years this purchaser
sold his country section for 3001., and within a few more
years the town acre for 2,0001. This last was resold, after
a lapse of three or four years, for 8,0001. Not long since,
three-fourths of this acre have been disposed of for
18,0001., and the remaining one-fourth is now about to
change hands at the rate of 32,0001. the acre. This land,
though in the best situation in Adelaide, has not yet been
built on. . .

A PUBLIC CHARACTER, known as the " Welshman
Jones," who has been for thirty years exhibited as a dwarf
throughout Great Britain and Ireland, died last week in
Kilkenny workhouse. He had come to that town in a
show, but was taken ill a fortnight previously, and died in
the infirmary. When the " show " moved away the poor
dwarf complained bitterly of the hearthss conduct of his
w'fe—also a diminutive specimen of humanity atta 'bed to
the same exhibition—in abandoning him to his fate with-
out as much as calling to take leave of him. Jones has
left several young children, who promise to afford a plen-
tiful crop of pigmy wonders for the curiosity of the rising
generation.

Lllong glade anb ditg

FRIDAY EVENING.

NOTWITHSTANDING the war in which we are engaged,
the extreme range of Consols during the month that
has just closed amounted only to resulting in a
fall of 1 per cent. Consols on Monday opened
firmly at a rise of Ito on Saturday's prices, and
this is attributable, amongst other causes, to a
slight decline in the price of corn—about 2s. per
quarter—the continued arrivals of gold, and the low
terms on which money can be obtained. But in the
middle or the week a fall of full one half per cent.
occurred, owing to the strange silence of our Govern-
ment, who were believed to be in the receipt of un-
favourable intelligence from the Crimea, and the
arrival of more than one telegraphic despatch from
Russian sources announcing positively•that the allies
had sustained reverses. These Russian accounts
would produce little or no effect if our own Government
were a little more communicative; and much die-

satisfaction is expressed, in consequence of this
taciturnity, both against the Premier and the Duke
of Newcastle. The funds quickly recovered from
this depression, and have closed to-day with little
difference from the opening prices of the week.
Consols, which on Monday were at 941 to 95, and on
Wednesday fell to 94f, to-day are quoted 941 for
money, and C4l for the 14th instant.
_ _

Exchequer Bills, which, in common with the funds,
had also declined, have recovered again, and are at
Os. to 9s. premium. India Bonds, 10s. to 12s.
premium.
The total arrivals of gold during the week has
been 614,9661., and the Golden Era is reported from
Pernambuco, on her way to England, with 200,0001.
on freight.
Money being thus abundant, it can he had on the
Stock Exchange at from 2 to 21 and 3 per cent.;
whilst in Lombard-street good commercial bills are
discounted at 4 to 4i per cent.
Some large failures in the United States have been
announced, the principal of which is that of Messrs.
Gibson, Stockwell, and Co., New York. This firm
was engaged in the western provision trade.
An official report of the loss occasioned by the late
fire at Liverpool gives the total as 102,0001., the
goods destroyed being valued at 96,0001., and the
buildings at 6,0001. The insurances amount altoge-
ther to 87,3331., of which more than 49,000/. will fall
upon four offices—the Liverpool and London, Royal,
Lancashire, and North British. The salvage will
not exceed 10 or 15 per cent.

FOREIGN FUNDS.
In Buenos Ayres Bondi, early in the week, a con-
siderable rise occurred, amounting in the whole to 4
per cent. in two days; but, owing to certain proposi-
tions which have been made to the English creditors,
they have subsequently fallen 10 per cent. On Mon-
day the Bonds were quoted 08 to 70, today they are
called 58 to 80.

1053

In Belgian there was a fall of about 2 per cent.,
and French Rentes were slightly lower; but this is
attributed entirely to speculative causes. Turkish
Scrip is flat at from l i to 2 pm.

SHARES.
Shares and miscellaneous stocks have been
buoyant, with the exception of mining shares ; these,
however, show no depression, but continue at former
prices.
The railway calls for the month of November, so
far as they have yet been advertised, amount to
831,6371., against 1,239,9761. in the corresponding
month of last year. The total called during this
eleven months of 1854 bas been 12,903,7021., against
10,263,7771. in the like period of 1883.
The traffic returns of last week are all of a favoura-
ble character, and show a marked progression on the
returns at the same period last year. The lines
showing the principal increases are as follows :—Lon-
don and Brighton, 2,8891. increase ; London and
North-Western, 3,1591.; Great Northern, 3,2761. ;
North-Eastern, 2,747/. ; Eastern Counties, 2,7151, ;
Great Western, 2,0481. ; Caledonian, 1,8651.; Mid-
land, 1,4911.; Manchester and Sheffield, 1,3271.;
South Wales, 1,1681.; South Eastern, 1,0181.; Ox-
ford and Worcester, 8291.; East Lancashire, 7821.;
Lancaster and Carlisle, 6591.; Chester and Holy-
head, 6281.

There has been a considerable rise in railways
generally, particularly in the preference shares, during
the past week.
BRITISH FUNDS. Closing Prices.
OFFICIAL QUOTATION.
ond. Tuesd. Wed. rs ?Map.
II per Cent. Consols 19(41 91 M
741
Ditto for Account
$ per Cents Reduced 193 193 t: 931 93
8 per Cents 91$ 4 931 ti2k 4 03
Long Annuities
Bonk Stock, 7 per Cent 2lll 3 211 3 211 511
ladle Stock, 101 per Cnt. 331 931
Exch. Bills, sd, per diem 9 GM 3p 8 6p 9 Op
India Bouds, (1,0001.) lO I

BANE OF ENGLAND.
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, a sp. 30,
for the week ending on Saturday, the 28th day of 001,1804.
MUIR DlPkarlliNT.
Notes issued 127,022,310 Government Debt 511,015,100
Other Securities .. 2,984,900
Gold Cotn et BuUlwt 11,022,310
Silver Bullion

£27,032,310 )

•97,029,1 W

NANKING D AAAAA NEST.
Proprietomeoapitel 314,553,000 Government Seen.
Rest
Public Deposits* 1,003,513 Dead Weight An.) 110,060.71$
Other Deposits
Seven Day a other Notes 6,086,4115
Bills
-- ---.--..-
132,163,215 133,1611,1115
0 Including Exchmquer, Savings Banks, Commissioners of
National Debt, and Dividend Accounts.
The foregoing return, when compared with that of the preceding
week, ending Oct. 21, exhibits the following uhanges. In the
Public Deposits
Other Deposits
Notes Issued
Do. Reserved INCRILASS of
Seven-day Bills lncitittsa of
Coin and Bullion
Government Securities . . DILCIZASIL of 154,511
Other Securities Dscagtas of 186,661
The Rest
The amount of active circulation in Notes 120,935,885
Do, in Seven-day and other Bills 1,130,644

Coin and Bullion in both

£ntw. & Rttrdm.
Ftezrs.to °raise.
Belgian East. J.
Eberle. & Erque.
Dijon & Besanq
Dutch Rhenish

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Ot. Indian Pen.
Grand J. of Fri.
G. W. of Can.,Sh.
„ B. (2d is.) 1e731
La.& Pis. 5 pepf.
Luxembourg ..
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Madras

91,068,539
Departments 15,581.466

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