The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-09 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, MARCH 8.
THE GREEK PROFMORSHIP. —The voting on the
question of the endowment of the chair of the Regius Pro-
fessor of Greek took place in a Convocation holden in the
fthelioutan Theatre, at 2 o'clock this afternoon. From an
arty hour in the morning the utmost excitement prevailed
is the University and city, and large numbers of onotry
clergymen, distinguishable by their beavers," were to be
seen in the streets, a circumstance which gave strong indi.
cation of the exertions used by the opponents of the statute.
The doors of the theatre were besieged long before the
voting, and upon the Vice-Chancellor and his retinue ea.
teeing the spacious area was well filled. The Vice-Chan.
cellar ha opened Convocation, and submitted the statute
for approval, was met with cries of " planet" and "noon
plaint," on which Archdeacon Denison proceeded to widows
the house. The Vim Archdeacon, although meeting with
strong opposition front the undergradostesin tbegallery,would
not be pat down, and strongly protested in Latin apart
the proposed statute. The voting immediately took plans,
sad after the of half an horn. the members of Como.
cation were readmitted to hear the resat. The &mice
Proctor proclaimed Majori parts pleat, but before the
words had barely escaped his lips, be discovered he bed
made a miniike, but pot is time to prevent a burst of
cheering from the undergraduates and friends of Profane*
Jowstt, which being ono tinned for some few minutes, left the
Proctor in • very unpleasant position. The Vice-Chancellar,
alter some difficulty, having restored order, the Proctor era.
nuanced Majors µITU non place, the numbers being, non.
Filson, 467 ; planet, 395 ; majority against, 72. The result
was received with loud cheers from the opponents of the
statute and violent biasing from the ungraduates' gal.
lery. Amongst those who supported the statute wen many
dignitaries of church and state, the followiog being
the number:—The Earl of klareowby, Right Hon=
R. Cardwell, M.P., Lord Taunton, Honourable
E. L. Stanley, the Dean of Westminster, Dr. Pussy,
Professors
Goldin Smith sod Montague Bernard ; Dr.
Luabinton, Deane( the Arches ; Dr. Temple, head master
of Reek School; Mr. Commissioner Law, C. limn. Farb*
M.P., Professor Pompon, Mr. Grant Duff, M.P., Mr. 80.
new Price, Professor Price, the head mister of Marlk
College ; the Rev. Coleridge,
of Eton ; the Rev.)"Zt F.
Marriott, of Etoo, Ec. Amongst the opponents of the mm.
sure, we uoderstand, were the Right Hon. J. W. Healey,
the Rev. Dr. hone, the Rev. Dr. Jell, ice.

The cue of the Attoeney-General v. Sill=
and others, claiming the Alezaadra, comes before the Hones
of Lords u the highest court of appeal on Friday.

On the eeeolid reacting of the Testa Abolition
(Oxford) BM, Sir W. Fleathcote will aloes that it be read a
mood time that day six moods&

On Friday eveuiag Sir W. Fraser will call the
atientioo of the First Commissioem of Works to the state of
the road round St. Janasespark "at present and for many
years past."

- Ongoing into committee of supply after Easter,
Yr. Richard Long will move for a select committee on the
Post-office, with ao especial view to the improvement of
existing scranesesesta for the transmission of mails in the
provincial districts. _

- The tsum required to defray the first moiety of
the charge payable by Great Britain for the redemption of
the Scheldt toll, under the treaty dated July 16, 180, is
175,650(.
Mr. Neste intends to move an an amendment to
Mr. Morritt's rosolatiou on malt, "That, oonsidsraug the
immuoities from taxation now enjoyed by the owners and
occupiers of land, any redaction that may be made in the
duty oil malt should be compensated to the extent of two.
thirds of the almost by an addition to the land tax." Mr.
Dearman will more man anisodrosat to Mr. Morritt's rear
Warm, after the word " malt," to add the words "that the
duty should be made annual instead of pernamseut."

RAILWAY./ IN TN/ CITY.—MI. CraWfard'S motion
last night (which was ansuccomful), to the effect that es
mach el the Metropolitan Adria Railways Bill No. 33
r refers to the proposed works situated to the erteard eff
Bleekfdarbridge, together with the Metropolitan MAIM
Railways Bill No. 34, be not proceeded with on the preen.
rearoo, wu supported by the following matrepobles
member :—Mesers. C. S. Butler, P. Dadra, Sir Jamie
Duke, G. J. Goschoo, Alderman Salomoos, sad Sir J.
Shelley ; also by several members whom as are maw
slated with the city of London : as Mr. T. Bering, Alder.
man Cerra& G. C. Glyn, G. G. Glyn, J. H. Ganisy, .3„
Garry, R. Haabury, T. Hockey, J. G. Hubbard, J. B.
Mills, I'. A. Mitchell, Alderman Rose, .11deernan Sidney,
J. A. Smith, T. M. Warmth). he.

Nonneerton or BLOCK ADE. —A supplement to
the Gazette teat eight cattails the following :—" Foreign.
Mos, Minh 8, 1864.—Notifiontion of Blockade.—lt let
hereby edified that, oil the 7th instant, Earl Rummell, her
Majesty's ;nisei* Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
received from the Danish Envoy Extraordinary and Mishear
Plesipoteetisry at the court of St. James's the announce.
meet, that the port of Nenstedt will, from the sth of thin
month (March), be blockaded by the Danish naval forma,
together with the other porta and inlets on the east coast of
the daohies of Womb; and Holstein, mentioned in his (the
said Delilah minister'.) note of February last, sad
souse of which was gives in the (supplemental) Lou.
don Gamete of Maeda y the 29th February MM."
The following is the official communication received by Earl
Raised t —" Legation of Denmark, Landoll, March 7, 1864.
My am directed by my government to inform year
'Radiancy that the ppooertt of 14 enstadt will, from the sth of
this eras* he hioekaded, together with the other pores
and islets es the east coast of the duchies of Slostrig and
Holstein, mestiesed in my note of Feb. 2i iut. I bays,
ho., Tear= BILLI.—To the Right Hoe. Earl Russell, hc."
FALL or • Horse IN TiN Gras—ln Con-
sequence, it in supposed, of the heavy reins which bays
labia fallen, the gable end of the Feasts/a 'ravers is
assapekle, fell to the ground on Monday
night. floor'e of the tomato% warned by the tweaking ef
the timbres, easerred ; others were left in the upper part el
the hoime, bat they were all reecned without injury to any
of them.
_ _ _

By the last advice. the amount of grain in store
at Cbissge is 3,621,000 bushels.