The Press.
London, England, 1858-03-27 00:00:00

THE CHINA MAILS.

The Colombo steamer, Captain Field, arrived at
Southampton yesterday afternoon with the mails
from China, Ceylon, ite. ; those from Calcutta having
been lost in the Ava.

She left Alexandria on the 13th; Malta, 17th;
Gibraltar, 21st.
The Colombo brings 107 passengers, among whom
are the following from Lucknow :—Lady Inglis, Mrs.
Bruene, Mrs. Ruggles, Mrs. Apthorpe, Captain Law-
renc ieut. Powell, and Lieut. Cook.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Wm.
Lawrence, Esq., F R.S., to be one of her Majesty's
Sergeant Surgeons in Ordinary, in the room of
Benjamic Travers, Esq., deceased.

A deputation, headed by 'Viscount Goderich,
waited on the Home Secretary yesterday afternoon,
to represent the evils of the present beerhouse
system. After several speeches from the members
of the deputation, Colonel Wilson Patten suggested
that the judges should make a repo' t o 11 t. 3
nions on the state of drunkenness as causing an
increase of crime. Mr. Walpole said he thought
Colonel Wilson Patten's suggestion a very good one.
He thought they were all agreed upon the fact
that great evils arose from the present state of beer•
houses. The suggestions which had been made,
with a view to a remedy, bad been various, and there
fore it was impossible for him to give an opinion at
present. He had caused the deputation to be put
off until this day, the last before the Easter huii•
days, so that he might be able to take the matter
into consideration during the recess. Soon after
the recess he should be prepared to bring in a bill on
the subject. The deputation then withdrew.

CAMBRIDGE C.
FIRST CLASS.
Trin.

LSSICAL TIIIPOS.
SECOND CLASS.
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Idasheden f Idagd.
Dalby l Trin.
Lu clock J Jesus
Barff Trin.•hall
Green John's
Watson Caius
MariHier 1 King's
Worthington Corpus
Leighton Emmen.
East 1 Trin.
Mowatt f Sidney
Lindsay Trin.•hall
Holland Trin.

Potts 1 John's
Robertson J Jesus
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Donne 1 Trio.
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Smith

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Butler ' John's
ll'elelloan I Trin.
Barton 1 Emman.
Stanwell j John's

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Bull 1 Emmen .
Martineau 1 Trin.-hall
Fisher ) Trin.
Henniker f Trin.•hall
Budge Trin.

The sen•ices of the Chapel Itnyal, St. James's, will,
on Easter Sunday and the following Sundays, until
further notice, he celebrated in the German Chapel,
Marlborough-house, at 8 a.m. and 5.30 p.m.

A SCPPLEMENT to the London Gazette of Tuesday
announces the appointment to the Order of the Bath
of a number of officers who have distinguished them.
selves in suppressing the Indian mutinies. The
new K.C.B.'s are Colonels Cotton, Mansfield, and
Seaton.

THE MILITIA, according to a new return, consists
of 37 regiments in the United Kingdom whose quotas
are complete, and 127 whose quotas are incomplete.
The number of men requires to complete the quotas
is 15,851, and there are 10,323 men whose service
expires within six months; 0,620 men are required
in England, 1,041 in Scotland, and 4,281 in Ireland.
VICE-ADMIRAL MARTIN, First Naval Lord of the
Admiralty, accompanied Rear-Admiral the Hon.
George Grey to Portsmouth on Thursday, and
inducted him into his office as Superintendent of the
Dockyard.
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS iS the estimate of
the sum required to be voted for the educational and
scientific brunches of the army—viz.. for the surveys
of the kingdom and for the topographical depart-
ment—" on account."