The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-09 00:00:00

ASTON PARK, NEAR BIRMINGHAM.

At a monthly meeting of the town council of
Birmingham, held yesterday, the mayor (W. Holliday,
Esq.) read the following letter which bad been received by
Mr.CharlesSturge, the late mayor, but which circumstances
had prevented that gentleman laying before the council
prior to the expiration of his term of office :—"Windsor
Castle, Nov. 4, 1863.—Sir, I have bad the honour to lay
before her Majesty the Queen the correspondence which
accompanied your letter to me of the 73rd October. The
Queen regrets very much to hear that there exists • possi-
bility of the people of Birmingham Insing the enjoyment of
Astoo-park as • place of healthy exercise and re-
creation. Ia such • hive of industry an open
area for relaxation and amusement after toil must
be most valuable. Her Majesty had honed that this re-
quirement had been permanently provided for, and her Ma-
jesty is still unwilling to believe that in • locality in which
so much wealth is found in proximity to the hard labour by
which it is produced, funds can be wanting to secure to the
Population an enjoyment the value of which they have
been taught to estimate by the temporary use of Anton-
park, and of which it would be very injudicious and unde-
sirable now to deprive them —I have the hoooor to be, sir,
your most obedient humble servant, " C. B. Pawn.
" Charles Sturm, Eaq."
On the motion of the Heron, her Majesty's letter was
received and ordered to be entered on the mientes, and
will in all probability be taken into coodderatioa at a
special meeting of the council.
The "correspoodeoce '' referred to in the letter written by
her Majesty's command was sot reed ; it is necessary there-
fore tomato that this is that Anton-park which the Quota
opened in 11454 but the price of which has only been very
partially paid for—some seven or eight thousand pounds out
of 40,000/. The scheme by which it was intended to raise
the maser money—shares and douationt—has failed, the
persons who took upon themselves to manage the affair being
not only utterly unfit for the work, but having no claim to
the mandate* of she public ; a few individuals possessing
influence and station were on the oommil of manage.
meut, but these took • very small part in the active busi-
ness ; beam the Immutable failure, and the discreditable
feet which has now been made knows to her Majesty
that there is • prospect of the park passing back to the old
proprietors. This is inevitable wakes the purchase is com-
pleted by the town council, who purrs the power to levy a
rate for the purpose.

THE Gax PROFINRIOR'S ENDOWN/017 AT OX FORD.
—ln taking leave of Oxford, Dr. Stanley has bees detested
in another attempt to endow the profeesseship of Yr. Jowstt
in • manner which would have seriously compromised the',
university. But we are not sorry to learn that au arrange-
ment has bees mad* for a satisfactory settlement of this
painful question. There is no prospect of driving Mr. Jewett
out of Oxford by refusing the endowment to which his
professorship is entitled. Its denial has • tendency to
make him appear in the eyes of the world as a martyr
rather than as a beresissch. Whilst, therefore, we rejoice
that Came Stanley has failed in his attempt to obtain
a stipend which would betray the universities into con-
donation of Professor Jowett's heresies we are happy to leers
from several well-informed quarters that there is to be an
honourable arrangement. involving so compromise of prin-
ciple. Dr. Posey. as well as Dr. Jenne, and other orthodox
members of the council, not averse to Staeleyism, have
combined to adjust the difficulty in a manlier which saves
the credit of the university, whilst it robs Pro:senor Jewett
of the tinsel glories of mock martyrdom. They feel the
apparent hardship of enlisting the -young men on the aide
of • heterodox professor, and we are informed that already
a statute is prepared which is likely to recoecile all parties.
If the ;fumble to the statute explicitly declare that the
sniversity,M passieg it, pronounces no judgmeet oe the
opinions of the professor, the dispute would be virtually at
ae red. We maws that we believe that this would be a
wine sad sidiefecteey terminatio• of this disagreeable die.
pain —Receyel.
PATENT Itosatlle, SOUTH KINSINGTON.—Num-
bor of sleben for the week ending December 6, 1.172.
Total sisialssr niece the opening el the Moss= free dsOg
(12th May, lOW, T 71,776.