The Express.
London, England, 1848-06-30 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL.

HORSHAM ELECTlON.—Yesterday the poll com-
menced at eight o'clock: and at the close the numbers were
—For Mr. Fagg. raid (conservative) IS2; for Lord Edward
Howard (liberal) 115. It was said Mr. Fi•zzerald's re-
turn would be conteided, on the ground that he bad been
guilty of treating.
GLOUCE-TERVIIRP.

CHELTENHAM ELEA Tit/N.—CHELTENHAM, THURS-
DAY EvEietno.—This election has terminared in a decided
majority in favour of the liberal candidate, the lion. Craven
Fitzhardinge Berkeley. The polling commenced at eight
o'clock, and the supporters of the hon. gentleman ruined
early to record their votes. At the close of the poll the num-
bers stood:—lion. Craven Fitzhardinge Berkeley, 1,024;
Mr. Agg Gardner, 818: Majority for M. Berkeley.

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TUE CONSECRATION Ok'.
Sr. AUGUSTINE'S COLLEGE,
CANTERBURY, took place yesterday. The ceremony was at-
tended by a large number of the aristocracy, and there were
upwards of 1,000 clergymen present. The cathedral service
was poatroned until 12 o'clock, to meet the convenience of
the clergy and others arrivingtrom London. Meanwhile,
however, the consecration service of the college had taken
place, none being admitted except those dirt etly interested
in the proceedings. St. Augustine's College was founded in
the year 596. The monastic institution, thus early (sta.
btished here, was dedicated to St. Peter and St. l'aul, but
the name of St. Augustine was given to it by Dunstan in the
year 978. From this time it grulually became one of
the meat important religious establishments in the country,
In the year 1589 its annual revenue amounted to the then
large sum of 1,4001. ; but in that year it shared the fate of
the other monastic institutions, and passed into the hands of
the crown. The buildings were once again converted into a
royal palace, and in 1473 Queen Elizabeth held her court
there for a short time. In June, 1625, Cherie' 1. was here mar-
ried to Henriette Marie, daughter of Henry 1 V., of France.
Cromwell granted the building to Lord Wootton, and at the
Restoration Charles 11. rested here on his way to London.
From this time the importance of the place rapidly declined,
the buildings were allowed to fall to ruin or wantonly de-
stroyed. In 1836 the lower part was converted into a brew-
, house, the room over the gateway, said to bane
been the state bed-chamber, into a vat, the turrets
flanking the gateway were used as pigeon-houses, the chapel
as a public-house, and the cloisters assiakittletround. About
three years ago the property was purchased by Mr. Hope,
with the view of t reefing a missionary college on the spot.
Subscriptions for that purpose were entered into, Mr. Hope
giving the munificent sum of 60,0001. A sufficient sum
having been subscribed (aided by the exertions of the Rev.
E. Coleridge, one of the assistant-masters of Eton Col-
lege, who laboured most indefatigably to carry out the de-
sign of a missionary college), Mr. Butterfield, the architect,
was engaged to superintend the restoration and erection of
the buildings of the college. The new apartments are of
small dimensions, but care seems to have been taken to
nder them convenient. The east side of the quadrangle is
occupied by the library and museum, the latter forming the
ground story, the root being groined and supported by sir
cular shaft, of stone. The library is a fine room, with an
oak roof. The buildings on the left side comprise the chapel,
dining-ball, and warden's house. The west end of the chapel is
a restoration of the original structure. The wiedows are
filled with stained glass, and the floor paved with coloured
tiles. The library and museum are of undressed Kentish
rag, in irregular course., with Caen stone dressings.
The buttresses of the chapel are of square flint, and
the whole of the other buildings of flint and Caen stone.
The service of the cathedral commenced at twelve o'clock, at
which hour the archbishop ascended the throne, a new erec-
tion, standing on the south side of the choir. Full choral
service was performed, the lessons being read by the Rev.
Dr. Russell, and the communion service by the Dean of
Canterbury. The sermon was preached by the Archbishop
of Canterbury, who selected for his text the 3rd chapter of
the Epistle to the Ephesians, eerie 10—" To the intent that
now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places
might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of
God." A paper exp'anatory of the origin and design of the
new college was presented to the subscribers. It stated that a
sufficient reason for the promotion of such instit cation might
at once be -hown in the fact that there existed at present in this
country, wielding an empire over more than a hundred
millions of souls, and those chiefly heathen, but one college
(the Church Missionary College, at Islington) or institution
of any kind in connexion with the Church of England for
the education of missionary clergy, and that one by its very
constitution limited as to the object and extent of its opera-
tional The document alluded to stated that "while a body of
14,00 a or 16,000 clergy was perpetually maintained by Eng-
land, there roasted but little provision for the replenishment,
training, or supply of a body of missionary pastors. The
entire number of clergy at the present moment scattered
throughout our ewe colonial empire, ono- seventh of the whole
habitable earth, was not a thousand—a mere handful of men,
perpetually diminishing by climate, by hardship, by the maai-
fold casualties of an exposed and laborious life." The parer
proceeded to state " under a deep /tense of the duty incum-
bent upon us both as subjects and as Christiaus, and at the
urgent desire of several of the bishops of the colonial dioceses,
especially those of Australia, New Zealand, and Tasmania,
this proposal, under the sanction and countenance of his
Kraft the primate and others of the episcopal order, is now set
forth, in the hope of exciting an active and lasting resolution
in the members of the Church of England to sepply this
shameful defect, by founding a missionary college worthy of
the greatness of our obligations and of the sacredness of the
work."—At the close of the cathedral service the college was
inspected by the company, and a luncheon was provided for
the guests. Contrary to general expectation no speeches
were delivered, and the company separated shortly before
six o'clock.

fun farts.
STATUE OF SIR JAMES SITAW.—Mr. James Fillans,
the sculptor of a very clever bust of Prof ssor W ilson (Chris-
topher North) has just completed a marble statue of the late
Sir James Shaw, in his robes as Lord Mayor of London.
The statue is a standing one, with ease and dignity about
the figure, great taste in the adjustment of the rob. s, and
considerable nicety in the management of the details. It is
formed of a hard Sicilian stone that suffers, it is said, very
little from the cold snows and rain of even a northern cli-
mate, and will be erected near the old Market cross, in Kil-
marnock. It is the first portrait status Mr. Mans has
made.