The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-18 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE. Aram 17.
Veciorr Pazrzatrwr.—The Vice-Chancellor has
given notice to the that thereetory of Ovingtoo.in the
county ot Norfolk (grom value 4361. and house), bas booms
vacant by the death of the Rev. Edward Simone. The
Vice-Chancellor farther etres notice that the election of a
successor to Mr. Simons will take place in the Senate-house
on Wednesday, May 10. The hours of polling will be from
10 Ito 12 o'clock I. the morning and from 2to 4 o'clock in
the afternoon. The election will be more Burgeraines.
LAW. —Paorzesoaw. CEITIFIC ;at EXAMINATION.—The
examination of the Downing Professor of the Laws of Eng-
land la the subject of hie lectures during the Lest term will
take place on Monday, the 24th instant, at 10 o'clock, in
the Sesatrhousa.

ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.—A ferocious
attempt at murder was made on Seturday ef memos,
broad daylight, oa • man, nearly eighty years of age, named
William Holm*, toll collector, at • lonely crowing on the
Middlewith Road, about a mile from Congleton. A tramp,
who is desmibed as dreamed in • white slop, with black cap
and cord trousers, patched on one leg, walked op to the col-
lector's box and mitered into conversation with the old man,
who allowed him to sitdown. Alter talkieg some time the
fellow took up • small axe with which Halms had
been employing himself in chopping billets of
wood, and, pretending to play with it,
ha
watched his opportunity, and suddenly struck
the old man • tremendous blow ea the back of
the head, which brought him to the floor. He than hacked
away at the head, inflicting no fewer than eleven scalp
wound*, and striking deep into the large mu ne' at the
back of the neck. The ruffian then seems to ham marched
the box and made of with three sovereigns, 0:4111/ NUM end
copper, and an old-fimbioned Gamma alive: double-cased
watch, with bull's-eye glass and hind guard afteched.
young lady. named Washington, living at Padelimyy Home,
shouts quarter of • mile from the spot, happeang to be
paring, beard the old men's Foam and at once gave the
alarm Kr. Harrison, mimeos. wa quickly on the spot,
and rendered every poerible emidenos. The old man ma
removed to bilious*, sad bed his woods droned. niter
a time be breams quite ego* end woe able to make a
oohing declaration as to the aremegasees of the outrage.
It is feared, however. that be will ant remmer„ The polka
have sot yet summeded is apprehogias the ream who
singed bin—Meimisster finarelims.
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poisilorilim Nervous, NEless, liver, awl Newell
sad same Mr Vass Its cost Is remade. =6:WAVISI
aenasur.—ne Bury sad Co., No. 77, llisprulelrest. Ludo% W.
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DREADFUL CALAMITY AT MA.

YWE RUNDWID Lnl2

The New York papers report the destruction by
ire of the &Aura temspert G..& L►ea, walk a kw ri
o►er 500 lives. The New York Timm gives the tealowias
soosuat of t►e disaster :

"Om Wedneoday, the 29th elk, the Genesi Lyon, •
screw stonier, which had formerly bees used as • blockade
maw, said from Wilmington for Fortrem Monroe, with
Dearly 600 persons co hoard, istandiag the crew. Her
=waisted of discharged sad paroled soldiers.
penmen, and refugees, swag wham were about
thirty worse and twastrive man &Mem Two
=were also among the refugees. The weather wee
oil. !anise Wilmington, but the steamer pat bite the
port of Smithdsld for the night and roman bee w sOa
the following moraing. Soca after leaving Sml hdeld, the
wind, which was blowing frogs the scath.wart, lanneed is
violins, and the vessel made but little proven At boa
o'clock on Friday morning, when off Cape Hanna, an
alarm of fire was gives, and in • few minutes afterwards
the dames broke oat at the rear of the pilothouse, and
Dearly in the entre of the vessel. Several of the crew were
is the rigging, and there were very few persons ea deck at the
time, many tette paineapes beteg wished to their berths
by sickness. The tint mute, James Gib* and the other of-
limn of the vowel, immediately got the firrpzunarbotot work
but the Amass steadily pdsed headway, and the
pumps were worked with willinching peneverasse, Sr.
mos spread over the centre portion of the deck, &Meg the
crew and thee who were assign; them to the dna avid
bow of the vessel The hatches bad been eloped is comer
quern of the decks being so constantly under water, bat
those below, alarmed by the smoke which was s
through the cabins, rushed on deck only to be drivtiadia
by the Eames. The frightful shrieks 021 the weenie awl
children, and their piteous supplications for help, were
drowned by the roaring of the storm. Several of the
r bertha. Some
soldiers were sick and confined to their
Some of them managed to crawl ea deck, sad
clung there until washed overboard by the waves. In
shoat half an how attar the Ste broke out the engines
partially stopped, and the venal immediately swung
round with her broadside to the wind, the flames then
nand* across the deck. It bed now thane quits evident
that the ship could not be saved. The first offing acted
with peat courage, and nly abandoned the weed when all
hopes of
orb, her were sons. The Sr. pumps wen still
kept at work, and the domes were fought back with pest
determination. Many of those below were doubtlessaiready
suffonted. The shrieks and moans of the dying ears up to
thee on deck, but they could do nothing to help them.
Jost at this time the United States transport Gen esi
Sedgwick, Captain Starkey, sad a small whopper hove in
sight. But neither of them could tender any sesistaasi
owing to the violence of the storm, and the fact
that the Wining steamer bad drifted in towards the
breakage. The flames were sow spreading with fearful
rapidity. The boats were launched, although there
appeared little hope of their living is such • sea.
Into the firet boat ten men lowered themselves, in-
cluding the captain of the General Lyon. It Is affirmed
by several of those who escaped that the captain had lost
all control of himself, and was evidently crazed with fear.
Hardly had this boat been loosed from the vessel's side
than she drifted under her stern, was struck by the screw,
end almost instantly wept down. bah Lewis, • private
in the 89th New York Regimsut, who was is the boat at
the time, states that he saw the captain sink. Lewis and
two others elan escaped. A second boat wee launched, and
rn this 2T persons lowered themselves and sweeeded in
eching the General Sedgwick, which was about a mil*
and a half distant. As the boat touched the steamer's
side • wave dashed her violently against it, and she
filed and went down. Of the twestyeena person in
the boat sever only were saved. Among these were
the mate, James Gibbs, Berne* Lowy, of the sth
Virginia Regiment, wed Jobs Fitzgerald, of the fieth
Moon In the meantime a number of the roes bed
thrown themselves overboard, trusting to a spar far imp-
pert. One man (Isaiah C. Coltby, of the sth Ohio Oavalry),
after working at the fire pumps until he was simian
exhausted, seated one of the doors of the galley, sad maim
overboard. He was in the water three hours beton he we.
pinked up. Others were also is the water for several hems,
and many doubtless sack before assistance could be sea-
dared. It is 'apposed that the achoooer did not noosed
is rescuing any Of them. When the General Sedgwick left,
being usable to render any farther assistance, the ill-fated
steamer was drifting in towards the frightful breakers off
Cape Hatteras. She was then barbed down to the waters
edge, and every soul on board bad doubtless periehed."
The New York Tribune states that the number known
to have been saved was 29. of whom 20 were soldiers, sad
Din the crew of the ship. Of the 204 of the 56th Minis
Regiment oe board, ell but four perished, including all the
officers. Not on of the women appears to have ben saved.