The Express.
London, England, 1862-11-20 00:00:00

PROGRAMME FOR TO-MORROW.

Tad W rsaadAT Our 4 6 owe. each, with • silver cap,
value 351. added; Zynalds, 6118 lb ; three, Set ; four, Bst
71b ; lye, six, and -aged, 84 11lb ; mare@ and geldings
allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 21004 ; it not to be
sold, 141 b extra. T.Y.C.
A HANDICAP of 3 soya. each, with 20 added ; for 2-yr-
olds and upwards ; winners after the declaration of the
weights. 71b extra. One mile.
Tad NORSILET Itare (Handicap) of KW., for 2- olds ;
winners after the declaration of the weights, 71b extra.
Three-smarten of • mile.
A HANDICAP PLATE of 25 son., for 2-7 r-olds and up-
wards ; winners after the declaration of the weights 7lb
extra,. Five turbos,.
TIM AUTUMN Ehrizrutcaaas (Handicap) of 100 son..
added to a sweepstakes of 10 son. each, 6 ft ; wino.,. em-
irs. About three miles and • half, over the New Course.
Age at lb 01,8 08
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film- mica, et Seem each, with 23 added ; winners athir
the declaration at the weigh* 71b extra. tine mile and •
quarter.
MI LONGInt HALL STITZLECIIARE (Handicap) PLAT{
of 50 novo • winners alter November 6, at 10 a.m., 7lb
extra; the ;mood, 310. Tw miles, over the New Course.
Ago et 1 , Aff• st 110
Madera (inc. 71b ext, a 12 Emblem 6 1
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Romeo • 10 Whitebait
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late Johnny) a 16 Harry 6 4
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weight for age, with selling allowances, &c. • about one
mile and thres-quarters, over six eights of hurdles.
Tna CLIINIVAL HAXDICAP of 5 son. each, with a set of
china, value 501. ; for 3-yr-olds and upwards • wiuners
extra; gentlemen riders; jockeys, 71b extra. Osm; mile and
a-half.

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EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW UNIVERRITICA.—Mr.
Macawlaud, the chairman of Mr. Gladstone's committee.
has received the following letter ietimating Mr. Glacistous's
acceptance of the odin of Lord Rector of Edinburgh URl-
natty :--" 11, Carlton.houn Terme, Nov. 15, 1862. Sir,—
I bays the honour to acknowledge the receipt of a telegram,
'by which you are good enough to apprise me thin
I have this day been re-elected Rector of Edinburgh
University by • large majority. I beg to acknow-
ledge your courtesy, and to fay that 1 am not
lees sensible of the honour than on the occasion
when I was tint chosen. Nor, however I may regret that my
official and parliamentary engarementa oppose themselves
to my frequent presence in Edinburgh, do I believe that I
shall at any time be thought to fall short in zeal for the cha-
racter, s...ency, and prosperity of that distinguished
university.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your
faithful and obedient servant, W. E. Gutreirolis."
The subjoined letter has been received b 7 the Secretary to
the Liberal Association of Glasgow University, from Lerd
Palmentou :—" 91, Piccadilly. November 17, Mil Sir,—
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 15th
instant, informing me that the University of Glasgow have
done me the high honour of electing me their Lord Rector
for the ensuing three years ; and I beg to assure you that I •
shall accept the distinction so conferred upon me with much
gratification and pride. There wen manes, founded on cir-
cumstances wholly unameected with Glasgow, which led
me before the election to wish that the choice of the uni-
versity might fall upon some other person, but those res.
son must give way to the very Battering decision which tire
university has been pleased to make. —I am, sir, yours
faithfully, (signed) PALVIIIINTON."
ST. JOHN WOOD LITR/ILARY AND SCIENTIFIo
Socurr.—A conerramione, the first given under the sus-
pion of this society, was held on Tuesday evening, at the
Eyre Arms Assembly-rooms, St. John's Wood, which had
been tastefully decorated for the occasion. A numerous
sod fashionable compauy was much delighted with a line
collection of pictures and other ohjecta of art and rend, con-
tributed by the members and friends of this flourishing is-
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HAILwAT.—Dr. Lanka/star, the coroner for Central M iddleser,
and the jury previously empanelled in this rose, re-
assembled at the Bank of Ragland Tavern, Cambridge-
piece, Paddingtoo yesterday, to proceed with the inquiry as
the death of the am unfortunate men who wens lolled by
the falling of the arches of the viaduct on this railway ow
the morning of the 6th instant. The inquest was adjourned
to the present occasion, in order that the jury might satisfy
themselves as to the diameter of the soil on which the
foundation of the piers was built. The coroner and jury.
after having again carefully viewed the spot, retuned to
the above tavern, whin some farther evidence was Ono.
but the proceedings were agars adjourned.
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LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20.

THE Oxford and Cambridge Mission to Central
Africa, commenced so auspiciously about three years
ago, has been in difficulties so serious that some of
its friends have been considering whether it ought
not to be given up. Courage, however, has pre-
vailed over caution, and it may be considered that
the meetings held, at Cambridge on Monday,
and yesterday in St. James's Hall, have set the
enterprise on its legs again. The Mission seems
to have been established on an unhealthy site, and
disease and death have made sad havoc with its mem-
bers, and carried off Bishop Mavesirzre, its chief.
This mistake, however, can be corrected, and even
the loss is not irreparable. A more serious cala-
mity is the armed collision of the missionary party
with one of the native tribes—a strange and
hitherto unexplained accident, which, it is feared,
has prejudiced the interests of Christianity in that
region to an extent which cannot be estimated. Of
course, the missionaries acted in self-defence ; they
did no more than we are all praising Mrs. Nortmes
for doing, in shooting down truculent and cowardly
assailants. On the ordinary principles and maxims
of life, they were quite justified in repelling at-
tacks. But the friends of the Mission feel that
this is not enough. The ordinary principles of ac-
tion would never lead refined and educated
men to go and live among the Ajawaa, or the
Makololo, nor sustain them in the work they have
undertaken there. We might carry our civiliza-
tion into Africa or other barbarous countries by
the employment of msterisl'force, if we could but
bring ourselves to tl"nk it worth while to do so on
a scale sufficient to ensure success. But the mis-
sionary who cannot rely on physical support to
this extent must go forth " with his life in his
hand." If his simple and heroic character does
not protect him, his revolver will not be of much
use.

This appears to be the sentiment of the friends
of the Central African Mission. Opinions differ as
to the parties to blame for the recent conflict. The
Rev. Professor JEREMIE appeared inclined in his
speech to fix it on the late Bishop MACKENZIE, of
whom he is nevertheless the warm admirer; and
in this view of the case he exclaims, " Save us
" from the errors of good men." To him it is
moat painful to reflect that one so imbued with
Christian charity as the Bishop should have fallen
into the melancholy mistake of allowing in any
way, and under any provocation, the deeds of war
to mingle with a mission of peace. The new Bishop,
Mr. TOZER, also thought it " much to be re-
" gretted that the Mission should have fallen foul
"of the African tribes ;" but he thought the
" crime, if so strong a word was to be used,
" should not be laid in the first instance at Bishop
" MACKENZIE'S door." His way of getting
at the truth is to assume that so
amiable and loving a man could not have
adopted a war policy ; therefore, he says, " they
" might feel certain that some overpowering cir-
" cumstance either of place or advice on the part
"of those whom the Bishop looked up to with
" respect and reliance, had caused that policy to
" be pursued—that in fact Bishop MACKENZIE had
" acted by the advice and with the co-operation
" of the great and good Dr. LivlNGsrowr, and on
" him must he laid the Warne, if any were to be
" laid at all, for the adoption of the policy now so
" much deplored." Whether the impartial friends
of Dr. MACKENZIE will derive any comfort from a
vindication of this kind we cannoeconjecture, but
it seems a very free and easy way of dealing with
the character of Dr. LiviNawroNa. It appears
more respectful to the office and memory of Dr.
MACKENZIE to regard him as quite able to bear
the responsibility of his own conduct. Candid and
sensible people will not be disposed to forget the
high and sterling qualities of his heart and life in
the memory of this one mistake. It is right and
necessary that we should keep our conception of
missionary work up to a high standard, and for
that purpose we must note the aberrations of
good men with blame ; but while doing this
we may make every allowance for the diffi-
culties of a position like that of the late Bishop,
placed with his party in extreme peril, and com-
pelled to take a hurried decision. We make these
remarks without wishing to shield Dr. LIVING-
STONE from any degree of censure which may be
found on inquiry to be due to him. The chief
pointafter all is to restore the Mission to its earlier
position of advantage, and take precautions against
future mistakes.

It was not unnatural, when the use of fire-arms
by bishops was under discussion at Cambridge, that
some allusion should be made to the remarkable
letter of the Bishop of Boaxxo, which excited so
muoh attention when it was published in London
last summer. The Bishop, it will be remembered,
had taken a leading part in a warlike expedition
against some pirates in his neighbourhood; be•
lieving, as he wrote home, that "it is the duty of
" every Christian man to do all that can be done
" to rid the earth of such horrible and dangerous
" monsters." So one fine morning, getting on
board a steamer with young Rajah BROOKE, he
went to work with a will. " Our weapons, though
" few," he wrote, " were good and well
" served, and, in justice to the maker, I must
" mention that my double-barrelled Terry's
"breech-loader, made by Rstuy, New Oxford-
"street, proved itself a most deadly weapon, from
" its true shooting, and certainty and rapidity of
" fire. It never missed once in eighty rounds."

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The transaction was much ca'ainsied in this '
country : some people who would have applauded
him if he had been a layman, thinking such
an occupation unsuitable for a Bishop ;
others maintaining that he had raised the
idea of the Episcopal character. It is a
point of expediency rather than of morality,
but it is one which it is very desirable to have
settled. Even Dr. Jzazmis, on Monday, entered
his " earnest and indignant protest " against the
tone and tenor of the BISHOP'S letter. " Sir,"
he exclaimed, " we should listen with shuddering
" ears if 'ore heard the wild Indian, even it the
" haste and fervour of unpremeditated speech,
" &welling with delight on the murderous efficacy
" of the old tomahawk, and with what feelings can
" we read a cold, deliberate epistle, written in the
" quiet of the closet, and intended for extensive
" circulation, in which a Christian Bishop dwells
" with exulting minuteness on the destructive pia.
" perties of the modern revolver ? Christisnity,
" sir, needs no such aid—no such defen-
" dere." A missionary even amongst Dyaks
should have, according to Dr. J EIIEMIE,
no other armour than " the armour of
" righteousness on the right hand and on the left."
We believe he is right ; but the adoption of that
principle in the fulness of an implicit faith
would have for a great many Christians
at home consequences which they are at present
far from accepting. Such heroic simplicity of
faith is not given to all men, and we should be
Flow to judge others until we are very sure we
have it ourselves. The Bishop of LABOAN will
doubtless ponder the opinions his fiends have
been publicly expressing, but it is not certain that
he will change his mind. There is this to be said,
that when he did at length take down his breech-
loader for a holy war he did not, like his African
contemporaries, let the Devil get the best of it.