The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-03 00:00:00

CARDWELL, N.?., AT OXFORD.
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OXFORD, IlosoAt.

Tbe annual festival of Lodge 68 of the Ancient
Osier d Demi& was siebeated lide My, is the sew Corn
Assbases, seder the presidesey et ;Nether W. Waarros,
Mee aired Ask. Assess* Ms 'web were the Right Hoe.
11. P., Mr. Neste, ILP., Mr. J. Hughes
(mom), Mr. H. °teat (s►erif), Yr. Carr (.:-sayer),
Abbeys's apse Wad, Randall, Towle, Mr. Justine Pike,
Clapbeis Maws, Captain Yeas, Hestia Hussey, &o.
The usual loyal sad essatitatiosal baste were given and
reesived with greet eeedbality.
The Csaismalt proposed the heal& of the members for
the .olty—the Right Hoe. R. Cardwell and Mr. Neste.
(Led Awing. )

Mt. OAILDIVALL, whoa rang to rowed to the toast we.
'waived wish lead chasm said, in the wane of his
Illoifiali—Geatierees. I have read, sad I am sure that yea
bawl mad with great I■lBlllll to the sews which yea have
reeieved from the Hawthorn Stain of America sot only
loseatne you view with deep sympathy aad regrot the
wolffereep whisk the ocalisweee of the conflict is that
esestry hes IMMlllioesd, but because you have hew a:hooked
he me that danger his bees &etiolated loot Mealy
Miaow should he intennard, and other countries be
mode the omega( pearls; Wale operatioos &pi nate (madly
power. (Hew, hear.) lam ad now is • Position to speak
ea the precise meta of the quota= that hare arisen, but
I bays so hmitalisa is armies yea of ay satire acclaim
that as men are more eiraible the. Lord /1 oack (the Cover-
of onanda) tad his Wean of that which ia due
te the !onward the British mown tad to the !etiolate neu-
trality of the DAM& Unitory. (Heat her.) You may
be certain that if the meant law in Canada be adequate
they will awry it into enteatioe with promptitude and
viral ; sod that if the proseat law he lewd inadequate, it
mill not low be suffend to maim st (Chews.)
had, putlemea. what • spectacle have our owe fallow sub-
job in British Korth America preeented to the world.
They,begve wee la the lass Masa or Sweaty years nearly
way threw is Newma shakes—ead they sow me the
peat republic) of their own matissal the some of cavil cos-
wane ad of civil war—they remember with pride and
pada& that they are the ankjeels of a throaty as wawa
w the eldest lhoopena aweareby, ad that they live war
betitalette is bee am say Oat ever were known la the
beery of mankind. They have esaosived • eagle midden
—they hew designed to bra I aeon to is,, • Mira,
but net • mhos divided from the • which they
owe to the British throat nor se from the WOW-
NOY mica which it is their to live, aer estranged
from the smociations othielussele whisk bind them
to the mother couatry. (fleer, bear.) Oentlences, I
have bad the opportunity of reading able washes
made by loading 8111111111•11111 ia Hoak Analffiedo
to their conslitasata, sad I may say to you in
m eint, what I am sure will Interest yea so it interests me,
Provident of the Cowed d Canada &liven kis
=tto the electors of Caked ; sad when he we. ta
un the other day I asked ha what awl of a place
Odeed was, and he replied amt with medosable pude,
that Oxford was the garden el Canada ; sad I said that I
hoped whoa be returned to this country is May he would
via with meta gardens sad baildisp al ancient Oxford—
(alesere)—and thee, I mid. " You may report to your cos-
mamma from you owe awake how worthy is the city
whom ease you have adopted, ad how greet is the repu-
tattoo whisk she enjoys nenonept the alias of the warn
world. Bat, r I wirezingaint:•_opeseli of the most fervent
loyalty to the in • &we attachment
to the British awn, ad is &wales to British latiaMons,
they hen eared to loam all the Northern previewed the
Massa coast late cue t oaafederstica. Aga ammably
was held composed of esiePMe comprisieg all wake, who
adopted an usaniinoos 11•101116/11, which resolution was
reported to the (overawed of their sovereign. I believe
it le well undentood by you trot the government of this
warmin lost so time in explains to them their cordial
samara and, approval et the premedlep which had Whoa
prim at the cenfereace. 1 believe that It will have your
seaport and the support sad approval of the entire comma-
atty. (Chews.) Is now rear' for the legislatures of the
✓inpective provisoes to decide on the MUM which they will
adopt, and the ultimate daisies will be reseed for the ho-
ping parliament. (Hear.) Be! think you will apse with
as that it will be • very satisfactory day for the mother
eicresay if them communities which have gnaws up under
her throne shall be united ate a pest and powerful com-
munity, with all that isidepsedeam which belay to the
Baia rase, ad able ad to make monism and
eartiose in their own defeat siaready to take their place
amass the powerful csammaailiat el the world. (Cheers.)
Cadema, it rgives to other countries to be ad
powtithe pierem but it has been given to aloes to
aet gnat sad freo Is the
lea esetnry we governed cur easels with tee meek aped
to our own views, and too Hide regard le their Wows ad
istereste. The remelt wee a disastrous sad discreditable ca-
lla., sad is the ea we were compelled to lay what we had
mesh better hove avowed la the begianiag. " Wayward
eleilews,
_depart_ to paw" Thew is so abject of the
Quagga of England when now to deport from the &Walt
seentitutica. What the policy al amnia could not do
the policy of esofklemie has effected. (Hear, bear.) But
some people se), bus you we new Ukase the other
iffirellie. end MI paredag yea edema too musk for the
beneit of the coleeles, sad boo lona at the oost ot the
maim aretairy. Well, lam reedy to wash, =Thin sere
the eakaies will wart, that so permimest ad enduring
eseerieben OM be fried *pow that bra awl that princi-
ple. Bat what the *Asia will be weedy to mean,
art what we shall be prepared to p=
with them to establish, is a esomeellisa landed
the =during pummels§ sympathy,matedsympathy,=ritual interest, of maul wawa. ; sad I barn that
brmay proud to be the pleat of sash seionies,
at be
the day may come is faun when they will be
beth able sod 'Wag to ropey the soda tnee sad eradiation
whisk they have received from the mother wastry, sad
Mem Wand, speaking as the parent of these distal sea
swath; may my she will be glad to have her quiver full
el them, and she will sot be mama when she speaks with
her ememy is the gate (Heat bear.) I have taw occupied
yes • long time, bat I with to lay c few wade cm • sub-
join et gnat iatereet to the people el °shed. It is • cotes-
Mae aflectuag mon directly the nainanty,bot on that wiegmat
of peat interest to you, thecitimes d Oxford. You are &IMO
that the rase with repa to the admiral' to the Mayer-
sity of Cambridge are la some egigassa men favourable Bra
the rules with rasped to the admission le the Unlit/Icy of
Oxford, sad that is the let amiss el parlioneet a Mead
el miss, she hot member for Beam. a most distinguished
member of the wigwag,. beeeglit in • bill which would
have had the effect a rased lag that mieshlel. In sup-
portiag that bill my hoe. triad wed colleague took as active
and distinguished put If that hill had been halted to
that purpose I have little doubt that it would have bee.
carried. I should have cordially rejoiced Is bee esecem.
Bat the authors of the bill went further, and it was ulti-
mately not successful. But the decision the* come to did
not deter me from Pear it my support in the final
Magee in the House of Comma I think It right
tamplainly that is my judgmeat theme taste which
may from joining the University of Oxford are
moat readily taken by those who oars little about the sob-
jsolw they conown. I feel the great importance of keeping
I. the forepaw! all the truths al minas In the trailing
et youth; bat I think that the time of esawatiseee will Dever
be the time of perfect unity of opinion. Amordieg to the
old wag. the deed flab dotted oily with the stream.
Whenever there was earuestoset then would be diver-
gence, and I wish we may look, is the conflict is which we
re engaged, more &rely to the great potato a which we
ON agreed, and lest to the points oa which we un-
fortunately differ —(olteers)--and that we may **m-
ane is hannowous action to fight that great battle
slualder to shredder to which*. an engaged spied the
1111ffaloa enemy. (Hear, boar.)

Yr. Nun, M.P., dee remoulded be the toed, expressing
his pearal ecrocurresee is the tem•rlrs which had fallen
from his right boo. colleape with respect to the question
of reform. Be o►sssed itt both thegreat politiati parties
had reason to be wheeled of the ammo at amiduet which
They Dad pursued. Bat there wee nommen why the matter
shield sot be takes up by the constituents generally. He
did not see the neceerity of any great champ with respect
to boroughs es with respect to ootnities,where he conaidered
the rate of voting mesh too high. (lieu, bear.) He
wished to see • gradual eirtiection of the nomination
boroughs, end was of opinion that the greatest blot on
the legislation at the eoustry wee the predominant influence
of the landed aristocracy. (Cheers.)

Several other torte were afterwards gives mad re-
sponded to.

SINGULAR Dams.—An inquiry was held het
evesisg by Mr. Humphreys, coroner, at the Oreen-gete
tams, City-road, 'eructing the death of William George
Deeper, aged 80 years. The deceased. it appeared, bad Ivrea
a boo lcsid and definer is If rebore, sod was a very
studiou map. Hie eye eight pre way, and be lost his best-
rews, sod although be bad base {might the printing trade by
apprenticeship to his father, a master printer in the City,
be found that he could sot follow mu that recupatioo sad
Ise became a hawker of pent, de. la consequence of the
cheap in his position be became reserved, and would lock
himself up in his room for emend days together without
seas{ any use. For the hat ex TOM be followed this 'dad
of life at No. 8. Gelway-strut, St. Luke's. Ou the 18th of
December he was bawd by a boy ankles a noise as if fight-
iag the furniture. Nothing unseat of him midi two days
afterwards, the pollee broke late his room. Hs was thee
found lying ou the floor, with a /trip of iron eat from a tea
tray twisted forcibly rood his waist. He was dead,
was supposed that be bad eoennitted Maids. He had placed
on the door where belay strips of red and blue paper sad
white he.., formieg a French tricolour. 25.. sod 58 paw*.
tickets, primevally of bob sad jewellery, were feud is
the room. Dr. Xs Me. polies eargerno, and that deceased
was quits emsciatsa, bat them was so leek of toed is the
room. Death arose from Ohmic* ef serum late the basis,
which wse oaf teed. Tb. tree twisted mend the body had
net caused his death. The jury Maned • radiated "Death
from 'Mural esame.._

—fhCLTHIN THE Swow.--There was a very heavy
fall d mow ea Dartmoor es Saturday sight. The roads an
Ideated up. A yang maw, a schoolmaster, beloadwi to
the weeds* pride, lad hie life fa attemplieg to walk
Gam Twilled to the weide at Prised/avow, a disband et
owes Whs. His body was fond he a wow diet ea
Osalsor idea by the *sae alma Amebae maa bad •
saw saw; bill was hoed fassasikka