The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-09 00:00:00

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Mr. LAWSON'S Platinerrs Birm..—A meeting of
leading supporters of the United Random Allianas was
bald at the loud.. odium, 336. Stroud, yesterday after-
noon, shortly after the division is the Roam of Oorossosu
A resolution wee pawed, expressing the coarkftion that the
number who bad voted in forcer of the principle of the bill
was • gratifyirrg evidence of progress within parliament
eines the introduction of the nseemue. It wan also deter-
mined —tn reliance upon • read popular sympathy with
the bill—to 'carry oat ideet cemoeation, with aria to
the move 'peed, refereese of the garlic,* of the sale of
drink to the Yukon tetrads*. sad parishes of the canatry.
Tas ENGLISH Cuveea UNION.—Tbe Rev. James
Skinaer and the Rev. Dr. fiber bare withdrawn their names
fres the Opened et the English Chunk Union. oe amount
of the osioltieness tallsenee likely to be .:.,'iced by the
Unintrosseeding to its peusest dessisesseat."—Onerebea.

4:7OTHER COLLISION WITH .AN ASCOT TRAIN.

Shortly before 6 o'clock last evening a collision
toot place between a Soath Western Railway train and as
engine belonging to the South Eastern Railway Company,
at the goods yard junction, neat the Reeding etathic ; but
theacekbeet wufortunately unacconspanMdbyserionsresulta.
The station is jointly need by the two oompanies,and at the
above hour a train arrived with passenger@ from Ascot, and
the empty carriages were shunted out of the station by the
Smith Western engine. When they bad reached within a
short distance of the switch-box they came into colliaion
with • South Eastern Company's engine, which was shunt-
ing acmes to the same Hee on which the empty carriages
were, and the consequemse was that the guard's break,
• horse-box, and two carnage@ were thrown off
the line, and each more or LIMO daillagOli. The
buffer plank of the South Eastern eogine was tweed off, but
the engine itself kept its position on the metals. Mr. Car-
ter' the Mation•mastor, wee immediately os the spot, and
superintended the clearing of the lien, and the tralScorhich
was larger than usual, owing to the number of "specials "
from Amor, was not in the least impeded. It is stated that
the signals were against the South Western driver. This
accident is the first which bee occurred near Readies niece
the South Eastern Railway Company improved their signal-
ling arrangements there, after the fatal collision which took
place at Earley tame years ago.

SorrstAairron, Jess 9.—The Germania, with
the mails from New York, arrived here this morn-
ing. Her news has been anticipated.
The ship Wave of Life, from Melbourne,
Horeb 5, pawed up the Channel yesterday. She briap 26
able, sad a large aumber of steerage passengers, 5,223 as
of gold, sad a cargo of wool, hides, sad tsUow.
ADMIIILALTY Juna B.—ArrournizaTs.—Navel
Cadges (ooraisaiod).—L. Sow* L Borridga, C. Freoch, F.
B. Polly, W. H. Webster, C. IL G. Cooper, Hoa. C. A.
Deaieos, R. A. Dane, R. A. A. K. Aselersoa, W. R.
Chattel, H. B. IL &whams, B. H. A. Sparrow, awl H.
R. Wake.

....fItBMACIAY °VS.—Great intermit and excite-
meat were created yeeterdsy by the exhibitioe as the
Liverpool Exchange dap of the /Jockey sue lied the target
(formed of a mettles of the sew irootied ship Asisooert
which esderwast melt demolitioe daring the retest expo-
rimeata oa the Crosby dasda The sus was murried as •
truck drawn by seem geny decorated harms, sad the
target epos • meek draws by deo homes. The imp and
alma appearaece of the holes reside by the shot, isdicaties
the immeempower of the stroke. wail the theme of mimosa
remark. The has wea afterwards removed to the Money
Bled sad from Works (where it was masefasiersd), aed
will theme be takes is • few days is fibeebarysem for the
perms of ham rated be the somrimeeet
Wogiuga Aiwa OLus Axo Imimins Mum
—A fell report el the newt Oselereese of this eiemeistios
is radiated by Mesas. Bell mil Daily. It emirs a
marble body of reelisel .:prime. reepectiss the stems
of said** the @Wets el limme maitittioca

Anomie* has suddenly lost her meet striking,
otecomplithed, and popular novelist, and the world
it large a writer gifted with a subtle and meditative
intellect, a graceful fancy, an affluent imagina-
tion, and • humour as rich and delicate as it was
thoroughly originaL The loon will be felt as a
personal one by many on this aide of the Atlantic,
to whom the author of " The Scarlet Letter" had
endeared himself by his gentle and genial bearing,
his refined and cultivated taste, his quiet depth and
sincerity of nature, and his moral elevation of heart
and life The only occasion on which he can be
said to have taken any part, or, at all events,
any active part In politics, was at the Pre-
sidential election of 18b2, when, his old
college friend and fellow-student Franklin Pierce,
being the democratic candidate, he published a
sketch of his life, with the view of making
his merits better known, and thus strengthening
his claims to popular support. Under President
Pierce% administration, Mr. Hawthorne was ap-
pointed ignited States consul at Liverpool, where be
sooartengly resided for some years, esteemed by
all ileto knew him, and beloved by the few who
were bumbered amongst his intimate friends.
lift leaving England, he published " Trans-
formation,* on' of the most weird, dreamy, and
wonderful of all his stories, and later Milk under
the title of "The Old Country," sketches of English
life and manners, which, though not always very
flattering to ourselves, are in the main truthful
and appreciative. Though he had been for a time in
weak health, he died almost suddenly in the fullness
of his powers, Laving not yet completed his
sixtieth year. He was undoubtedly the most
original and profound writer of fiction that America
has produced, and his place in the literature of his
country will not be easily filled.
Mr. Hawthorne's writings are marked by quali-
ties rarely. found united in a single author, which
few American writers, and no American novelists,
have displayed in anything like the same strength,
delicacy, and concentration. With extreme and
poetical sensibility, arich and delicate imagiustioe,
and a fund of tender humour springing from the
profoundest feeling, he combines a rare power of
mental analysis and an ethical spirit which, though
veiled under the most graceful literary forms, is
not only earnest, but severe and almost puritanical
in its depth, decision, and intensity. While the
refined and excessive sensibility he inherited from
his mother unfitted him for active life, he bad at
the same time such • full, if not exaggerated, ap-
preciation of the value of action, that be was more
than once tempted to plunge into affairs, in the hope
of realising, under loftier conditions, the kind of
existence he so much admired. This was un-
doubtedly the motive that prompted him to join the
romantic Brook Farm enterprise, which involved,
amongst other conditions, a stated and considerable
amount of physical as well as of intellectual labour.
He speedily abandoned the effort, not necessarily
because it was a failure, but because, however suc-
cessful it might have been it was wholly un-
suited to his temperament and habits. His poli-
tical friends afterwards appointed him to important
public posts, which he appears to have accepted at
first with some zest, but the feeling did not last,
and he soon relapsed into the careful but routine
drudgery of his official duties.
While thus constitutionally averse to the turmoil
of active life, he keenly injbyed the spectacle of ac-
tivity, and entered with a still higher relish into the
imaginative contemplation and reflective analysis of
human life and character in its more tender and
tragic phases. With his acute sensibilities a little
active experience went • great way, supplying him
with • rich fund of materials of me native els-
boratlon. His mental activity thus naturally
assumed a literary form. The strange and pas-
sionate stories he first published were the natural
reflex of his wild solitary rambles, and weird
imaginative dreams. The " Blithe Dale Romance"
was a graphic acid humorous delineation of the
characters and incidents that the strange life
at Brook Farm bad suggested. The " let
Letter," written during his official residence at
Salem, shows the powerful hold which the place
and its associations had upon him, the strong,
absorbing, and mysterious influence which the tra-
ditions, antiquities, and mouldering relics of this
primitive Posit= settlement exercised ever his
feelings and imagination. His direct connection ,
with the Puritan settlers through the vital link of
his own ancestry deepened the famiaation which the
subject had for him, and in "The House with the
Seven Gables" he wOtics still f urtber the same prolific
and congenial vein. These stories of early Puritan
life are undoubtedly his most complete and striking
works, and they bring into full relief the reflective
and ethical elements of the author's mind and cha-
racter. He shows in these stories that the present
is not only indissolubly connected with the past,
but alive, and trembling, as it were, in every fibre
with its ransmitted influences. You are made to
feel in almost every page that actions, so far from
expiring in their immediate results, survive not
only the agent but the age in which they were com-
mitted, that a man's character continues to live
and act even as a physical muse long after he has
been laid in the grave. The stern moral
that the sins of the father should be visited
on the children to the third and fourth generation
pervades the entire conception of human life and
social relations as exhibited in these stories, the
mysterious sense of coming retribution for sins
buried in the past, and almost forgotten, being at
times painful and oppressive. This is the meaning
of the charge sometimes brought against Hawthorne
of being a morbid writer. It is true that in this
way he gives peculiar impertenostocertain sooralre-
item= of character and action, but in this he merely
reflects the higher sensibility of a poetic nature,
feeling acutely convictions and experiences that are
common to the race, and that sooner or later force
themselves on the attention of aIL His error, if it
be one, is in the opposite direction so that
of some novelists on this side the Atlantic whose
intellectual v*our Is combined with the very ex-
treme of moral languor and indifference. Here we
have a writer gifted with a poetical temperament
finding the materials of exquisite delight in a way-
aide flower, a simple air or common incident, having
the physical languor of weak health and the mental
timidity produced by sensibilities crnellytender, and
yet maintaining the clearest moral insight, the
strongest moral sense, and an ethical judgment on the
momentous issues of life as decisive as the sternest
of his Puritan sires. It is a striking combination
of the poet and Puritan, and one, perhaps, which
only America could have produced.

Hoarrrai. folauicar. RILIZP.—It is a feature
worthy of mace in the charities of this vast metropolis
that of late years, since the principle of freedom of adrois.
sloe of patients to hospitals has hese established, the anemia
of medical relief admisistared to the poor and destitute is
perhaps unequalled in any other country. As as instance
of the utast to which that relief is afforded, the inimenes
sambaed 996 amnesia were prescribed fee on Monday het'
t the Royal Free Hospital, Orsy's.isaelad : of that num.
bow 375 were males, and 721 were females. From an early
boar until late le the evening the resident sad bosomy
staff of the hospital were eoesteatlM y_ supped.
TRH MIDNIGHT MINTING OTIIIIIIINT.—A large
meeting was bald on Tuesday evening in the seighbolarhood
of Ozferdotrest, when 130 prior girls were gathered tow
ther. The Rev. C. D. Marston offend prayer. sad pee ea
address from the 32nd realm The Re.. Koval Demise
elbow* a ghat address, sad the meeting wee dosed with
prayer by the Rev. W. O'Neal. Among the somber who
have slam applied far relief and comsat many had only
recently fallen, and deeply felt the degradation sad wretch.
edema ef the counts they were pumas&
Calmer. Ponca—Mr. Colwell will make as
swami from the palace gtoaads this maim at never
o'clock, la Ids high level helloes, which km been cc,-
strooloi to mothball at Mew slatted. the miestife
eteireetiam monlloll4lll some eighteen "math' risco by
kir. Olashise.
Hosiriiimt's Tit it choke sad strong, usaiamite
m sod wMieseMw So um nips advaatiesi bon *mead
Ho Ups tea • Nowa pritirsoolt is sold to packets byl,Mal
amenat-(AitrielbsmeM.l

Trams Twins, is lizerq:Latin oddness., presented
Peat midst mach end laterreption in the follow.
keg ewer The Right and Most Rev. Manus
Gamin Beeseford, D.D. Lord Archbishop Armagh.
Primate of all Prelate of she order of St. Patna.
2. The Right Hoe. the Earl of Bandon. M.A., Oriel
College. 3. The Right Hon. Lord Overstep., M.A., Trinity
College, Cambridge. 1. M. Amides Thierry, Member of
the Imperial Senate and of the Inetitete. 6. Sir Rowland
Hill, K.C.B. 6. Arthur Helps, Req., M.A.. Trinity
College, Cambridge, Clerk of the Conseil. 7. Arthur
Conley, Esq., M.A., F.E.S., P.8.A.5., &Annan
Profeseor of Mathematics in the University of Cambridge.
The reception of Sir Rowland Hill was of a more enthu-
siastic Manner than usual, and loud and oroloaged cheer-
ing greeted him es he took his seat on the left of the View-
Chancellor. Upon the anclutos of the doctorial ceremony,
Captain and Adjutant Wm. Folcroft Jones, of the Oxford
University Rifles, win presented by the Public Orator for the
hancery degree of master of arta, and the apprize's*, of the
pliant captain at the foot of the sosatereil chair was the
for • spontaneous and mtbusiestic burst of applause,
which was again and again repeated. The formal Crevasse
man succeeded the retirement of Captain Jones, aid
although Mr. Matthew Arnold, who delivered it, mdse.
inured to do the unmet Janice to kis sob**, the ender-
graduates were again any boisterous, sad sees tadmaroes,
le toot so much so that the greaser proportion of it was un-
intelligible excepting to than in close proximity to the
—Sr.____The eseal compstitors for the various university
.grins new rented their compositions in the following
auks. :—L Latin Vems—" Faroe& Geadiam" William
Met" Scholar of New College. 2. Bailin llesav—" The
rainier of civilized with uncivilized Rama, Thomas
Rally Chum. 8.A.,. Scholar of Worcester. 3. Latin
Eery—" De Niebutirit mantis in Historic Rotuma
laveei-
poda," George Augusts' Minoan, 8.A., Fellow of Queen's
College. 4. Sir Roger Newdigate's Prize—•• The three
hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Shakespeare,"
William J. Courthope, New Odium. Arnold— The
Value of Numismatics in the Study of Ancient Histen,"
Charles &proms Medd, 8.A., University. (indeed Prize
—" Pericles, Act V., sc. L, " Hall, sir ; my lord . . .
pm% sit by " Real Abbott, Ba Stanhope—
' The Wars ofme, the Bose " Clines Wrnailbraham Collins,
Dsmy of Magdalen.
The delivery of the prises mere or lees called forth ap-
*use, many pottier of the Newdigate "bringing down
the house.' The company separated at half- 12 o'clock,
the orris striking up with "Rule " which was
joined a with nosh fervour br the eindermudeates.
In the afternoon the Moscato Jere was Mid in the peciere
of St. John's Collage,
.and proved most anecusful, the
dainties of the season being dispensed with a liberal band to
several themand gores. M. Jellies'. iterivalled bond, end
the pleases( Orpheus Glee Bake, were in Weeders, and
tiltreiVo-ath"Tte irtyizbuichaageng UteafT= •The li=t
Tuesday •••11114
off with the greatest Mel, and the cornetts held at Exeter,
Pembroke, Magdalen, Hs. John's, Ira, passed off most sec-
cassfeßy. A speml team last Gemini took away a
Wombat of visitors, and in the course of a few days
Onfood will amine he long vacation dulness.

Gass: NORTHZEIf HOSP/TAL, CALIDONIAN-10AD.
—The eighth animal festival of this abarity was held lest
*ethics at the Albion, Alderagatastreet, Paz L. Palk. IL P..
in the chair. The hospital had its odes la • dispreary,
eslahlished ea • large sails by the late Mr Statham, at•
heavy thposse to himself, ia other to seou'ily what he felt
was an urgent wait ia the thighboorbood d Kieglanner.
But it has bog thus assumed • very diffuse, polities.
Coeverted leto as boirpital, much needed by the coustsetly
irereasiag northers diarists, it now farms the waelons of a
peat metropolitan charity, which, is the some of lima, It
will nadisebtadly helm& It has • large and elYiwt
medical aid sargical staff, under whom our are received
:oto the maths, without letters of rthossomodation, argent
oases and asoidsete—the latter of °mutant occur era ia
this neighbourhood, which the new Oattle Market, several
railway station, and many large manuissiories are situated.
The North Load= Deacoosams' lastitutios bath under-
takes the nursing of the bosMtal, and have fthy answered
thee:potations formedof thunt. TM admirable macaw in
whisk the patients bash hem thasudoil M sad cared for he.
been • mouths ammo of gratification. Only inereased
funds are now implies to mate the hospital fully assilable
for the relief of the northers districts. The receipts for
the death mouths eadieg 31st May, 1864, amounted to
1.4970 11s. 7d.. the layman. to 1,4811.85. 7d. The MlN-
bur of out- patents relieved during the ma period has bath
44,396, making a total relieved aims the °posing of the
hospital of 398,000. Au energetic appeal was made to the
public for additional funds, which are ninth seeded, is
order to carry oat the proems* of theme:mitts& It was
reopothissi to by sidiesriplathor athaudiag to 7501. The
mat el esthetien was nag by Mies Poole, Mies Wel* the
Mimes Meg, Kr. D. King, and Mr. Lawler.
Pußiao Mamma fa TEI Paw. —Feeterd ay
Whams the committee of the metropolitan elation ap-
to confer with the membon for the marepolits•
as to the right of the gewerareest to prohibit
peaceable public nuatisgs ia the park, assembled in the
tea-room of the Rome of Commons, for the purpose of re-
osiving a report draws up by the legal mintlemes corineeted
with the minuaittse. Mr. Mimed &WY WY called
to the elude, sad after a few iatrodestery remarks reed •
bag end elaborate report, treating of the rights formerly sod
now passered by the mown over what were called the royal
perks. The repert stated that all persosal right 0,07 the
by the moire aid all revenues andel them.
1:111.118 gives ap in 1701. and the pub dedicated to
the am of the people, with cortale restrictions, thee of
which relate to public rthetiogs, in Mara for • find pay.
inset from the coasolidated feed, sow (mein part of the
roysl citrU ilst. The lassogemest parka wm thino
meted in • asamissios, the Aideaimieme Wag
paid an of the pantie maim sad all expense el
she parks bass also paid from the suns seams. The
report naiad various acts of parliannot relating to these
tramectione, and thee west as to my that so set could be
fasid apes the statute-book confavisg either apes the
Home Secretory, them Chid Ocsdithuser of Works, or the
Comminiomor of Pdios, the power of preventing pownsahth
public meetings is these puke. As to the right of the
people to meet in what were called the parliameatery parka,
seek ea the Ragent's.pirk, Prieernrbil Victoris.park,
it stood as • fonodthioa bored dispute. Considerable die.
cosies followed the maw of the report, in whisk Mr.
Locke, M.P., Mr. Wbußey, IL P., Major litiebsols, Captain
Rows, Mr. /finicky, Mr Wahines, Mr. Sham. sad
Mbar gestlenses took wt. :and altinastel it w resolved,
os the moths of Major Richards, by Mr. The-
ta/tea,. That the report pea dby Mr. Belles be paled, sad
proofs supplied to every smeeelor of the eeemittes previews
to its dial adoption mid Wore the nastropolitan members
are hiked to take adios spas the aebjeot." • vote ed
thaaks to the &slams baring bees pried, the committee
Vie observe that the Foyle and Beau Fisheries
are advertised to Ist. Them earslitsle Ibis gnat Meets
of tae liceoersii• tie bib illedistp►
lima sae unsays) mom max ova.—iThie
M W bowl and lava Moak of speft end simmer
ever sabfallara far pal& approval Tho vrodilimad
hate' ..trosous at Slhed Webb Miro: Ms illeaSOWlfildi eel&
Laws. hrookuimit, paoeseeteers. metweole 1411.