The Express.
London, England, 1865-10-27 00:00:00

waging to the other omnibuses journeying through
the City, had crape on their *fps.
Lady Palmeeston will not return to town until
nest week, and then not to Cambridge-house,
another residence being in course of preparation
for her ladyship.

Our Southampton correspondent telegraphs to
vg :--" All the shops here are partially closed. The
church bells are ringing muffled peals, and minute-
gam are being fired on the platform."

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
CAMBRIDGE, Oct. 26.
At a congregation this day the following degrees
ioned _
ales
Hppleby Bower. St.
were opt
°singe ; Charles Anshan Baker, St Catharine's
collsge ; James Edward HST* Cable Callous. Modem.
opus Mr. Barrie woe conferred In his
ke abenoe,Faber be
Tr
being
Cadent le B.A.—Williara Coo, ialty
College. Than owe wen! grans paned, bet they wino
purely of • formal character.
OXFORD, Oar. W.
In • congregation holden this morning the follow-
ing degrees were costarred, sir. :
nv= or AM.—Rev. Williams Geon Yaaom. R.v.
Frederick Albert O. Eiebbaum, Exeter College ;
George
Mare, Allen, Liooola College ; O•orp Augustus Simeon
(fellow). Queen's College ; Rev. David Ri&ard Thomas,
Umund T. Owe, Jens College; Rev. William
Rothman Parkhoute, Magdalene pfan.
Omour•vis 041:1111L—Rev. 81111¢1111 B. James,
Ennui Seymour, Trinity College, Dublin.
BACIIILOBB or Am.—Horatio Hide Shepard, &Mot
Cot-
; Arthur Odeon. Prichard, John Weedswerili, scholar.
Nov College ; Chalks Seamy Keseard. Univenity College ;
Richard Frederick Palmer, New lot Hall ; John E. Lone-
isc Sheave', Augustine Ley, Osbert llordaust, James
Hahn Chine Chunk. A *segregation will he holden for
the purse of granting grace and conterriag dares on
hide). OA. 27.

LONDON MERCANTILE DAY.)E DISCOUNT COMPANY.
(THI

This day the Adjourned meeting of shareholders
was held at tle Loudon 'ravers ; Mr. lanaer in the chair.
At the lad sleeting the moieties for winding up the
affairs of the compasy was costumed. but the &e-
-pistolist of lisuidaton was postpeued, sod the
asebng ediourned for the purpose of alums' the ooratnit.
tse of inemanenon to Mire cusiasa's *aim upon cpsslious
Mud by the shareholders with reference to the soundness
leplity of the eatablialluseat of the min y. A
case was agenda* draws up mid en to Kr.
Saddam sad Mr. Mestlalne for their opision.
Kr. Noma, as the part of the committee, read the ems
which had bees submitted to ommil--• lengthy document,
u it included • history of the formatter' of the company.
The meeting had come to no resolution when we west to
Few

DETERMINED SUICIDE IN THE HOUSE Or
DEN.

-- -
Yesterday afternoon Charles Chitaldi, an Italian,
ad cue el the men wader reamed from the
emit policiaeourt, ohargod, with other% wt.=
Ito the residence' of the Hari of Fits I. D
sed the Earl of Wes, fismdtea-place,=
'acids is Ida wanly Imaging himself with his handker-
chief, which be badattsehed to the veetilalme la a mast
egetious sourer, making use of a spore to amble him to
carry out his eked. He bad bees visited in his will about
half as hour previously, mad nothing was thou observable
is hie &mecum' to lead the of to imagine that he
contemplated taking his Fifa.

THE SPECIAL COMMISSION.

THE FENIAN TRIALS.
Although the special commission for the county
sad city of Dublin will not issue acid the pnaset commis-
Ie of Oyer and Tarmisior shall have oncluiled its sittings
vs (Dubin wales Neil) are enabled to state that it has
tees prepared and is sow ready for signature and enrolment
by the clerk of the crows sad hamper. It is dinned to the
Eight Hoe. Wm. Keogh, mooed justice of the Court of Coss-
mos Plass, sad the Bight Hon. John David Fitsgemildjoerth
justice of the Court of Qssea's Beach, who an directed to
hue it sped on Monday, the 27th of November. The
requisite direetiou have bees given to the Clark of
the Crows to have the precepts signed by thou learned
judges. The object of Wining this commission is to re-
move any doubt of the competency of the court sitting
coder the Commission of Oyer and Tarnow Issued in
the first year of the pressed reign, to try all the
snoopers charged with complicity is the Fenian conspi-
racy, no matter where arrested or to what tribunal
committed for trial. As we have already stated it is the
intuition of the crows to try all the prinoses charged
throughout the country with high treason, treason felony, or
the administration of unlawful oaths in Dublin, sad pro-
motions are being made to afford the nausea,' gaol 'mom.
modulo, for them. Indictments are also being prepared
Wier the value in Dublin. These documents are exceed-
Ugly voluminous, and an at present taring ell the resources
el Mr. Anderson, the efficient Crown Solicitor, to have them
completed in time. The informations have been printed
sod copies furnished to the prior:tem who will also be sup-
plied with levies of the indictments se early as 'lda
The effect of the lane al the Special Coro n be
to supersede the orreedsition which has been acted upon few
eight and twenty yean, so that when it next becomes neon
vary to ay ordinary offenders, a new general Commission of
Oyer and Terminer will have to be directed.
The prosecution will be oonducted by the Attorney-Cone-
ml, the Solicitor-Oemeral, Mr. Brewster, Q.O. ; Mr. J. E.
Walsh*, Q.C. Mr. Charles R. Barry, Q.C. ; Mr. James
Murphy. sod lit. Edward Bey
The °ousel fee the defenoe will be Mr. !sue Butt, QC.;
Mr. William J. Sidney, Q.C. ; Mr. R. Dowse, Q.O. ; Mr.
George Waters, and Mr. Michael O'Loghlen, instructed by
Messrs. Edward A. Eons and John Lawless.
With reference to the statennet appeariag In a morning
contemporary of yesterday, that Mr. Whiteside, Q.C.. had
"refused" to conduct the defame, we may state that we
are informed that the loused gentleman on being spoken to
on the subject said that having, when Attorney-Oeneral,
conducted io 'hales aid Cork the prosecution of the mem-
ber of the Pinsoix conspiracy', which was in many respects
similar to the Fenian conspiracy, and having then given
uprossion to certain opinions, he would not wish to be
prolinioly engaged in a cue in which those opinions
might become the subjoin of comment or observation.