The Express.
London, England, 1865-11-17 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, Nov. 16.
In a congregation holden this morning at ten
o'clock, the following demise were conferred
Docroa us Ova Law.—Hoe. Anberon E. W. N. Her
Fallow of St. John's College.
DOCTOR IN Mosic.—Cbarlse Donald Maclean, scholar,
Exeter Oolleice.
M.A., Nia RIPLACID.-11•E. E. Cooper. Qemera's
Collage.
UNCTION OF A COZATON OF TER BODLEIAN MILEY.—
Is s convocation holden this el lemon at two o'clock, the
Rev. H. revile Maisel, 8.D., of St. John's College,
Waynflet• Professor of Moral and Metaphysical Philo-
sophy, wan elected to the Osratorship of the Bodleian
Library, vacant by the appointment of Professor Max
Muller to the Sub-librarianstup of that institution.

THE WORCESTERSHIRE UNION OP
INSTITUTES.

At the eveningmeeting in connexion with this an-
neal gathering onWeduesday a large party assembled in the
Bound the walls of the room were a series of
interesting diagrams belonging to the union, which added
so little to the animated appearance of the hall. Mere
were about 600 persons present, amongst whom were the
PAL T. L. Claughtoo, Sir Joha Pakington, Bart., ILP.,
Sir Thomas Winningtoo, Bart., Si.?.; Rev. H. golly
(Landoo) , Rev. J. W. Grier, A. Craddock, L Parry ;
Mr. J. C. Bookmaster (Leaden), &o. The Rev. T. L.
Claughton, Vicar of Kidderminster, occupied the chair.
Mr. Bookmaater, of the Science and Art Department, South
Kensington, moved a resolution to the effect that classes
for drawing and elementary scans are useful additions to
the machinery of the institutes, for whatever nods to
mental red oemeet and artistic a:colleen is highly essential
and beneficial in towns such as Kidderminster and others
in the county, when the local manufacture is &redly
aided by a cultivated taste. Mr. Brinten seconded
the resolution, which was carried unanimously.—
Sir John Pakingtoo moved the neat ma dutioe, which de-
dared that the continuous icemen in the number of can.
didates for examination daring the eight years enumerated
in the report was highly encouraging, and by leading to
raise the intellectual attainments and social 'audition of
the working classes helped to promote the bast interests
of the country. The hon. baronet having touched epos the
practical reasons which existed for entreating the friends
of education throughout that great and populous district to
do all in their power to encourage and promote the union of
tenants', congmtulated the meetiagupon the succor which
had attended the institution during the pest year. He nett
exhorted them to continue their efforts in order
that the like success might attend the future nurse of
the onion, and when he said this he hoped it would not
be supposed that he appealed to those—if there were any
is the room—who still estertained lingering doubts with
regard to the advantages of popular education—to extend
education to the labouring chimes. He happened a abort
time ago to overbear a conversation between two ladies,
one of whom said to the other, " How is it that we newt
get cooks and housemaids' There is something that seems
to prevent young women going out as they used to do to
serve us as cooks and housemaids. It cannot be the polio.,
because women don't go into the police ; it mama be rail-
ways, insane women don't go to the railways. I am quite
perplexed to know what it is." The other lady
replied, "I an tell you what it is; lit is that
horrid education. You may depend upon it we shall do
no good as long es thin education is carried to the extent it
now is ; it turns the heads of the women, who are all for
being lady's maids or housekeepers et the least.* He hoped
there were no persons present who could for on moment
entertain the notion that Providence had blamed this fa-
voured country with great wealth, great prosperity, and a
teeming and prosperous population, with a view that one-
half of the population should be kept in igno-
rance, in order that they might tarnish cooks and
housemaid' for the other half. He appealed oa the other
heed to those—he was happy to believe the great
majority of his fellow.countrymen—who believed that the
more widely they spread the blessings of education,
and the mon they enabled the working classes of the
country to cultivate and improve those grand intellectual
faculties which God had given them, the greater would be
our national happiness, and the more enduring would be
our national greatness. There had been one difficulty,
with respect to which he was afraid there bad bees no
progress, or very little made—he meant that which formed
a subject of complaint in almost every pamphlet and speech
that was published on the subject, and which they found
largely dealt with every year in the reports presented by
the inspectors to parliament—the impossibility, in • general
sews, of keepiog the children of the working climes at
school beyond a very early age. He thought the wisest
course they could adopt, and the course most worthy of those
who called themselves the friesdsof education would be, when
they had found it impossible to remove and overcome this
disadvantage to endeavour to devise means by which they
could compensate for that practical difficulty. He believed
they would find these mondial the union which he was now
advocating, the real object of which was the encouragement
and support of local educational institutions in which a boy
after be bad left school and had commenced hie
life of industry, might Gambia* the adman/as
and the enjoyments of innocent recreation, and
the advantages attending mental cultivation. The
resolution was adopted.—Sir Thome Wineiagton
moved another resolution to the effect that it was desirable
for every town and village to have an institute which should
combine all the advantages of reading rooms, libraries,
museums, working roses halls and clubs, and all such eon
canoes, and should thereby teed not only to assist the
industrial classes in self-improvement, but also to promote
mutual sympathy and friendly intercourse between the
different sections and classes of society.—The Rev.
H. tally "wooded the resolution, and in doing
so said he could easily match Sir John Pakiegtoe's
indenm of dislike to that "horrid education,"
but after all it was nettle opposition of the upper, belt the
apathy of the working classes, which was the greatest dif-
ficulty in the way of mechanics institutes, working men's
clubs, he. The resolution pointed to one net efficient
mein of inducing working men to receive information, ad
of stimulating them to read sod reflect, vie, that friendly
intercourse between them and persons of higher education,
for which the club and institute offered soexcelleotan oppor-
tunity. He knew how cordiallygeetlemeo would bewail:owed
who came is a friendly uspresuming =neer to take pert
io a diseossion at a working meo's club, or in the oonverm-
tion round their fire, whee, perhaps, with the help of • map
or diegram,microesconnewspaper, orbookof travels,beconld
give a great deal of valnabh and internale% informants,
or present argument. that might have a marked effect upon
their views and conduct. Nothing of this would be possible
if we confined ourselves to lecturing from the platform.
But it was not lam important to make use of the infieits
variety of mean afforded by recreations io science an art,
in literature, and in historical or biographical anent., as
well as by reference to the leading events of the day is all
parts of ins world, if they desired to help waking men to
fill op the deficiencies of their early eduestioe, sod to share
is the rich inheritance prepared for them by the works of
the Creator and by batman civilisation.—Mr. folly con-
cluded by earnestly appealing to all classes, especially to
those working men who are themselves alive to the im-
portance of this work, to aid the rest of the working cleans
to shake off their unworthy indifference to mental improve-
meat, and to avail themselves of the advantages now offered
them—The proceedings were soon afterwards brought to •
close. During the events' some vocal mimic was effectively
rendered by the mambos of the Pariah Church choir.

LABOR Sass or Fess.—On Oct. 23 occurred one
of the largest melee of furs ever made in this city. Biz
thwaesed mita skies, Islamising to the Halloo. Bay Com-
pany, which were brought down a few days ago, were sold
to A. Moore, et sine dollars s piece, or 54,000 dela, in all.
TM duties on this lot of furs, collected at Pembina,
sessesasd to 1.910 do/e, in sold.—.W. Past (Afoul.)