The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-25 00:00:00

THE SIEGE OF GAETA.

°ABTA (AI Marseilles), Drc. 18.
An enormous quantity of shells and shot were
thrown into Gaeta yesterday by the Sardinians.
Some of them fell into the garden of the palace
where the King and Queen were dining with the
Spanish Ambassador.
The bombardment has since slackened, and the
damage caused in the town is not considerable.
The King has received a letter from the Emperor
Napoleon. In this latter the Emperor expresses
his sympathy for the King, but tells him that he
has carried on the siege long enough for his
honour.

The King, in his reply, thanked the Emperor,
but added that he considered it his duty to persist
iu the defence.

HUNGARY.
PEBTH, Dtc. 24.
The appointments of the members of the Gover-
norship Conned for Hungary have arrived here
from Vienna.

Count Ladislaus Korolyi is appointed Vioe-Pre-
sident of the Council.

Court Councillor Szalay has been appointed
Director of the Chancery.
The councillors are to enter upon their duties on
the 2nd of January next, when the present offices
of the goveruorahip will bo abolished.
The circular of Baron von Schwerling has created
a great sensation.
PRUSSIA.

BONN, Dec. 24.
Judgment lies been pronounced in the affair of
Kr. Macdonald.

The defendants Baddeley, Rapp, Washington,
Rochfort, Thurston' and Oldfield were acanitted
Perry. Anderson, Cumberland, and Drummond
were found guilty, with extenuating circumstances,
of Navin; committed an offence against the Slate-
Precuratour Moller while in the performance of his
official duties.

The extenuating circumstances were declared to
apply in a less degree iu the ease of Perry, who was
fined 100 thalera, or five weeks' imprisonment in
default.

The other tlin.r were fined 25 thalers each, or
nine days' imprisonment in default.

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St_
ALLACHIA.
Alto foll address delivered by Prises
Oonza, on opening the Elective Assembly of Walla-
Ibis at Bucharest, on the 11th instant :
Gentlemen,—Ny late Janney toocmatentineyle hes sada-
factorily proved to me, that the country of the Romans
may fully count upon the sympathies both of the Sublime
Porte and of tier gunninteefireiewers. Our duty therefor*

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is, in strengthening our country, to inspire Europe with
confidence in it, which must lead at no distant day to the
realisation of our legitimate desires and wants. In the
short interval which has elapsed since your last union,
my government has not failed to execute any one of the
laws voted by you and sanctioned by me. We are in
the first years of our internal re-organisation, and have
found multiplied obstacles to surmount. I hope you will
make allowances for these difficulties, one of the greatest of
which bu been to initiate the country in • system of taxa-
tion, levied equally and indiscriminately upon all classes.
A series of projects of law has been prepared by the cen-
tral commission. Some of these have already been sub-
mitted to you last session. One, which now claims your
earliest attention, is that destined to fix the relations be-
tween the loaded proprietors and the peasants. This ques-
tion, embradeg as it does the amelioration of the condition
of the lower clan, is at present of the most urgent and vital
importance. Another reform for which our government will
command your co-operation is that of electoral reform,
which is required by the necessity at the chamber represent-
leg more fully the WmeMe of the country.
Gentlemen deputies, an exponents el two years has con-
vinced myself as well as the country, that we should forget
the struggles of the past, and the spirit of party, in order to
offer the hand to each other in sooompliahtng the re-organi-
sation of the country. The time has arrived, for the amain-
pliihment of facts, the chief of which must be the applica-
tion of Article 44 of the Convention. On that depen& the
natural and social prospects of the country. I can promise
all aid that I can bring. I can only hops for a place in the
annals of the country, by furthering its -d,en and develop-
ing its proeperity. I feel that the surest way of being re-
spected abroad ia to be strong, whilst preserving calm and
tranquillity at home.
It is a cause of regret that in one or two places the
r
due to the Lemma forgotten. But the energy of thi:=
authorities joined to the courage of our young army, with
ease and celerity restored order. I can indeed mover for
the maintenance of internal tranquillity and material order,
even in these difficult times of transition.

Foen;s7if,llai;7o 27,1 126;0 the fall COISICianCe at my
mission, nor will I ever forget that I represent the principle
of the union. The realisation of this great object depends
on the patriotism, prudence, and concord of all classes of the
state, as well as on the spirit of order and progress animat-
ing the entire population.

A letter from Constantinople, in the Semaphon
of Marseilles, says :

The affair of the leisure of the Sardinian vessels at Salina
has been settled without giving rise to any diplomatic com-
plication. The following is • statement of the circum-
stances. The Porte having been informed that a vessel
under the Sardinian flag had arrived at Constantinople
laden with muskets, ammunition, and cannon (four batte-
ries, it is said), and being unable to search the vessel with-
out the authorisation of the diplomatic agent of her intim,
addressed • note to General Durando, the Sardinian
minister, who replied that the vessel was only
passing, being engaged in the transit trade, and was
not liable to be visited. The Porte appealed to the treaty
of Pavia which prohibits foreign vessels laden with
arms from entering the Dardanelles, and also to the treaty
of commerce between Turkey and Sardinia, which formally
forbids Sardinian subjects to import arms into the Ottoman
dominions. During this discuasson the vessel in question
set sail and passed through the Straits into the Black Sea,
which was • smart but not over honourable roanceuvre, as
she was the subject of a dispute the issue of which she
ought to have waited for. The Porte accordingly left the
discussion where it was, and without loss of time telegraphed
to the authorities at Willa to stop the vessel. The order
was executed as soon as the vessel arrived, but two other
ships with similar cargoes, under Cho Sardinian flag, had
already palmed Salina before the orders to atop this me
nand The ooly matter to be settled, therefore, was
what should be done with the vessel seised, sad it has been
decided that she should be sent back to hely with her
cargo.

THE BRITISH. LEGION.

(111ILACT nom A PII/VATX LITTIOL)
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BATTERY AT WY. ANOELO, BEPOR
CAPITA, Nov. 14, 1810.

We landed at Naples on the 15th of °etcher, one month
to-morrow (which appears more like as many years), left
for and arrived at Casertaabout 7 o'clock in the morn-
ing of 16th drawn up in line, and the brave general rode
down our trout ; from here we were marched to our quar-
ters, • wing of the ex-King Bornba's palace, four times the
size of Buckingham Palace—a magnificent edifice. Our
quarters for sleeping consisted of straw on stone loon. The
garden attached to the palace is the second in the world,
and of which 1 will give you a glowing description when
next I see you. Breakfastat quality bourn, varying from
11 a.m. till 3 and 4pm. consisting of half•-pint of sour wine
and bread ;ex medimly fattening. Left Caserta, of little
importance (filled with military), on the morning, at day-
break, of the 17th, for Santa Maria, • distance of three
miles, another town filled with military. It was here thst
we beheld the town of Capin, a distance of two miles-and-a-
half, from the heights of an old amphitheatre, the head-
quarters of the famed Hannibal •• on the morning of the
19th, at 4 a.m., for the front, after marching for some
distance, till we arrived abreast of ban Angelo; we
branched off across ploughed fields, under cultivation, and
beautiful vineyards, until we arrived at a farmhouse ; there
took up our position behind &pod English hedge, enclosing
• vineyard and orchard ; alter • short stay we received
orders to march forward se supports to 4th and 7th com-
psuiee, the 2nd supporting us, and the Grenadiers to the
right todefend a battery, the Bth, 9th, and 6th, being to
the extreme left, and relieved us about 7 p.m., when,
positioned behind • farmhouse, well to the front, and
when we lost all our men. After marching from the
orchard, a dietaries, of say 1,100 yards, we received orders
to halt, this being a small thinly-timbered bit of ground
at the edge of • small plain ; it was here the enemy first
aped our redacts; being a conspicuous target they
opened very heavy upon us from their batteries to the right,
half-face, and from their Riflemen (Swiss and Bavarians,
between 3,000 and 4,000 strong) in front, we caught it very
sharp here, the trees being but little protection, none more
than twelve inches in diameter ,• every miuute shell flew
and burst around us splintering the trees mid uprooting the
ground, and the Millets whined peeped us as if it were •
hail-shower. Well, Harry, I thought, you are in for it
now, hot and strong • of course I felt nervous, being my
lest time under fir, and frightfully weak, with *event
dysentery. After remaining here some twenty minutes,
advance was the word, across the plain, at the double (hav-
ing to CMOS a beautiful limpid stream), exposed fearfully
to the enemy's shell, round shot and bullets, up the hill to
a farmhouse, when an awful sight met our gram poor
Tucker, the correspoodent of the Illustrated London News,
being carried to the rear by four comrades, • bullet having
passed through his left temple, and Mitchell laying deadunder the his breast literally covered with blood from
a wound below the heart, and several wounded were lying
around, and not • doctor on the ground. We (No. 1) were
now extended to the right and left in skirmishing order
(lexleMPanied by the Bersaglieri Rides, splendid fellows, and
as cool as snow); we took up our position behind trees of
front 5 to 11 inches in diameter, which was poor covering,
especially wearing our scarlet uniform. However, we went
to work at the royulista eagerly, and got it very hot from
their shell and bullets in return ; more or leas now fell
killed and wounded, some moat horribly from pietas of
shelL We kept it up in good style until seven o'clock,
when we fell in and were relieved for the night. The Arita
had now slackened materially, and we left the ground for a
farmhouse in the rear, cooked some coffee, and eat some
bread about eight o'clock, being our first taste for led hours,
not having had anything from three o'clock on the 18th.
After breakfast at night we buried poor Tucker in the ad-
joining garden, all the men forming a square round the grave;
two drununera, one at each sod of the grave with a long
candle, the adjutant at the head of the grave, and Colonel
Peard behind him ; and the officers around made the scene
• solemn and imposing our, and many were the moans and
tears which dropped from the lips eyes of his companions
in arms. We planted dips of rose trees, kr., around,
covering in his gr:ive and placing a suitable inscription on
the head stone : de fought sod died for Italian liberty."
At nine o'clock we rolled ourselves up in our blanket, on
the straw in the farmyard ; the enemy not knowing our
posithordid not throw their shell in amongst us, but sent
them whizzing over our heads all night at short intervals.
At three o'clock next morning, the 20th, I volunteered,
with 39 others. to man an English battery, all picked men.
From this date we have had nothing to do whatever
with the English battalion, and Colonel Peard, and the
complaints laid against then,. The colonel we have to do
with is Dowling, a true bit of British pluck. lie is well
worthy of his name, and oinnot be spoken of in too great
terms. He has done everything for our comfort since we
joined the ertillary. We marched to Camila to get our
guns. Left for Volturno on the 24th to throw a bridge
woes the river; accomplished the tack in eight hours; very
heavy work, and up to our armpits in water. We have
received greet praise for this piece of work, and took the
first artil guns across. The whole of Garibaldi's army,
and Sardinians attached to him, crossed during the night
and following day, it being the only bridge pL,ced over the
Volturno: _ _ . -

The following are the names of the British artillery who
built the bridge wren the Volturno, a distance of 120 yards,
not, as the Times boa it, between 20 awl 30 yards. The
part of the bridge which broke down twice was not built
by us at all ; we had nothing to do with it only to clear
away the wreck for the Piedmonteee artillery to rebuild a
distance of not more than 20 yards at the outside :
Dowling, Colonel; Falenborough, Henry, Captain and
Adjutant, Kensington. Loudon; endail.l.ichenl, of N.w.
castle ; Blackott, Frederic, of Leeds ; Hill, Jtdin Munro, of

Edinburgh; ffil, Henry George, of Bristol; S:rre;le,
Nicholas Holder. of Herdord ; Leader, Leonard, of County
Cork ; Wrixou, Nicholas, of County Cork ; Eyre, J. Meek.
of Newcastle • Dunbar, C. S., of Portsmouth ; Morton,
George P. ditto; Brown, Josiah Wayman, of Clifton,
Bristol ; Hinton, John, of Manchester ; James John Rees,
of Chiselhurst ; Dormison, Thomas; of Newcastle ; Hoare,
Edward, of areseeeter ; Squire, of Moniford;
Fl Webster, of Romford ; Aldri , John, of Lon.
don ; Braosuombe, Charles Coles, of Jsmilon,
Thomas, of Queenstown; John, ; Aitken.
heed, Alexander, of Oh/cow Berm Jace, ditto ;
Geneete, Louis, ditto; Adam, Alfred, dim
tto; Udder, Fre.
deric John, ditto ; Seeley, James, ditto.
The following have since left and been replayed by
others:—Williamson, Adamson, Bradbury, Natal, Jones,
Phillips, Burlotgb, King, Keating, Rushborougb,
Jackson.

After the completion of the bridge at 10 p.m. we set
on the opposite batik of the Volturno, eating our bread aid
drinking our wine, admiring with true English ease ;leis
the novel spectacle presented to our view. The moon, ss
if to honour the occasion, threw her beams more brilliantly
than neual upon the seam. The rapid waters of the
Volturno reflected her rays like a sheet of silver, uld
played upon the bayonets of the troops as they wended
their way across with • silent and measured tread. It wee
truly • magnificent spectacle. Looking down the river
towards Capmt, the rune of a Roman bridge stood out4n
dark relief. Across the river stood the remnants of a ferry.
house, its wall' and battered roof showing a stern memo-
rial of the celebrated Ist October; it was taken and retaken
five different times before the Genbaldians obtained final
possession of it. On the right of this were the remains of a
sand-bag battery, which bad been completed to cover en
while building the bridge, so nobly defended by our gallant
colonel on that day. n the left, another half-finished
battery, indistinctly &immix'. The camp fires around us
whined and crackled ; the hum of voices and steady tread
of troops could not fail to impress upon us that something
great was impending. On the 26th, at sunset, we received
orders to march immediately for Calvi, • distance
of twelve miles, over a very rugged road.
On arriving at a deserted village two guides
awaited us, end led the van over such roads sed
through such pares as called forth expressions of great
surprise. The moon was at it. full, and the distant Agee.
nines, covered with snow did not fail to strike the • .
tion that the scenery around was of extreme
We arrived at the bridge at Cain about 12 o'cl tired;
and were only too glad tolie down on our bed of draw in
• stable. On the following morning the general and bin
staff halted at oar door, and quenched their thirst. The
general wore his usual dress 'a red shirt, with handkers
chief tied round the neck and hanging loosely. down his
back. It was here I bed a good opportunity of judging the
man. He appears everything that has been mid of him,
and was as affable with us as if we were hie moat intimate
friends. His appearance bore strong marks of the harassing
duties he has had to contend with. later in the morning
the King Victor Emmanuel passed our quarters, with a few
of his staff. He is • fine-100 fellow, and I should say
every inch a soldier. At night, whilst I wee on duty, shoat
10 p.m. one of our cavalry nide past me with the try
of " N;apolitan cavalry!" I pasted the word, and our
men were reedy in two minutes at their posts, and pre-
pared to sweep the roads of all comers • but we were not
troubled, it being a false alarm. Whilst quartered here
we were driven up for rations. Our colonel kindly shared
his loaf with us. A little incident worthy to be mentioned
of the man has just been brought under my notice. A
little time before starting for Wei be broke a blood-vessel,
which caused great weakness, but finding one of our company
a cripple, having run a spike nail into his foot, and limping
much, be insisted upon his mounting his horse, and for a
distance of eight miles he marched on foot with us. I
merely mention this to show of what material the man is
made in comparison with the colonel of the English Legion.
On Sunday morning, the 28th, at daybreak, we marched
back to San Angelo with the main body. We were just
in front of the general and his staff, which afforded him a
11:rplriltir7y: of
judging
thee ge ridge' obcv:rs thoef the
tame we found it had agaiarrivning4l... way on the side just re.
paired by the Piedmontese artillery. This occasioned a
halt of some hours, and enabled us to get a swim in the
river, but prevented our getting any rations until the next
morning • therefore, turn in, was the word, on straw and an
empty stomach. Our battery at San Angels', rising some
hundred feet above the vast plain in front °peered with beauti.
ful vineyards and dotted with farm-houses, encircled by the
Apennines, and commanding a splendid view of the city of
Capon, and of the position occupied by our besieging
troops, at once impresses the mind with the contrast be-
tween the beauties of nature and the desolations of var.
For general days we witnessed the dashing exploits of the
Oariteldians on the plain before Capna, as they repulsed the
vigorous and oft-repeated sortie of the royalurts. Oar
general, quickly tiring of this waste of time, resolved upon
bringing the siege to an issue, and, much against his lush.
nation, as he was loth to injure the property and endanger
the livesof the peaceful inhabitants, gave them 24 hours to
capitulate, or the option of 1,200 shells being thrown into
the town; but from the repeated firing of one of their
largeat guns, which we had christened "Tom Sayers," we
could easily imagine that they had no inclination to adept
the more merciful proposal of our general, or, in other
worth, "Tom Sayers' " beakers would not throw up the
sponge without another round or two. At 4 p.m. on the
let November, the 24 hours having expired, the signal to
commence the bombardment was given by the hoisting of a
red flag on the heights above us. Then followed • ACM
novel tome, and of which the impression will be indelible.
From all sides our guns opened with a roar upon the city
famed for having for months defied the effort.' of two of the
world's most renowned generals. As the evening closed
the scene unproved in grandeur. The passage of the shells
through the air was plainly discernible u they converged
from the different points of attack upon Caput. The result
of each shell was made perceptible by the explosion threw.
in its towers in strong relief against the darkened sky.
A garden battery to our right received some semen hitting,
and frequent visits from the shells of "Sayan.' A
mortar battery to our left was nearly silenced by the well.
directed shells of another gun of heavy calibre,
which we christened " Jack Henan.. Away to the S.W.
the Sardinian gunners played upon the town with goodeffert.
At half-put twelve a blue light appeared to the &W.
point of the city, which we were unable to interpret, but
which was intended by the enemy to indicate • cessation
of hostilities, and confirmed at day-break by a white flag
Boating from one of the principal towers. Thin day the
terms of capitulation were agreed to. On the following
morning we were among the first at the gates, and witneeed
the marching oat and piling arms of 9,000 Neetitan
gtisollyers, as
Iw;elltrolas the
th entrance
after the oCityourand viewed the' re.
'traction committed by our shells, one of which pissed
through the roof of the principal chapel, elaborately punted
and decorated with gilded images. The town has nothing
to recommend itself save its chapels and hospitals, the
latter being ilea-ventilated and filthy ; bat as to the [edit-
cations I cannot speak in too high terms, and if =mei
by British troops would hold out against united Italy. Os
our return we took a stroll over the ground, viewed the
farm house of the memorable 19th October ; its front me
one rams of ruins, and all amend the grimed lay strew'
with bullets, round shot, and large pieces of 12 and.lB-ink
shell, and at sheet distances gravel where our commies
had been buried in a hurried manner during the 'sniper
meet. Bearing away to our right other farm houses pie
'anted to our sight the destruction committed by tie
enemy's fire. Now let us draw a veil over the pest had
speak of the sunny aide of the picture. Directly after tie
cessation of hostilities it was pleasing to behold the mem
of the peaceful inhabitant to their cottages, so recently
' occupied by rude soldiers, who bad left trace' of their ir
structive propensities on the walls, furniture, and rode
and everything comestible in the shape of word, and as fe
as the eye could reach they might be seen tilling tier
small farms and trimming their vines, working early ucl
late. We likewise turned our attention to peaceful &yea•
tines by dining the little garden in front of nor villa, and
laying in • stock of are wood for the winter. Haying herd
that a beautiful view was to be obtained from the top of
mountain directly above San Angelo, I, accompuied bl
three comrades, started sten early hour mu I aczomplidiedtle
ascent after three hours' arduous exertion, and was repel
tenfold on arriving at the summit by the view obtainoi
Several thousand feet below us lay Caput+, amidst vinepot
and gardens lovely to behold. Extending our view the
we met the eye covered with sails, and encircling fie
islands of Ischia and Capri. Turning to the right might iv
seen the Apennines covered with snow eparkhaa 3
the mid-day sun, sod the Volturno incited, ring tlin4
the vast plain lying at their base. In the back-geoid
might be seen Santa Maria, easicova, and Carers, with ice
beautiful palace and gardens. To complete the piton.
I Vesuvius in the far distance emitted its neyer-reliu
I volumes of smoke, and at its feet lay Naples and its keel
bay ; and now descending on the other side of the mimesis
through intricate pewee and thick underwood, 1 arm."
our villa as the rays of the setting sun gilded the ileteSr
peeks of the mountains before Gaeta, the last strenehel
of the tyrannical Bond*. Enclosed is • rose 'decked rf
my band from the garden where poor Tucker is buried. We
visited his grave just now, and were pleased to find that use
inspect is paid to it. 1 got leave to go to the feel
Wile sport a few days before the Ist November. Wh-"
firing alongside one of my friends, a Beresglieri, 1!"1.
struck in the thigh by a swot bullet, and a likenevs
I carried in my pocket was smashed which prevented inf
injury. We had sharp work on that •Loy, sad loot
300 killed and wounded. We low noire men than ha ,'‘'
been known. Upon second thoughts, I would not scud tls
letter, because, if not approved of, it is a question ifa!
I editor would return it, and as I have kept to) ,
should like a copy of the incidents' at sonic futuir
0 I end should therefore suggest, if you are going to
' i fur you to take this letter with you and leave it with fief,
to extract, or, better than all, if not too much trouble 4
' I make a copy from where I mark.

CAPTAIN Lora.—A correspondent of the r
minghata Daily Post rays : " Observing All iatel,..;:i
aooount in the Pat of this date of the tamer ':f.'
Parkes, lately taken prisoner and 'Orin up Ly the ‘1,,,1
Authorities, and of his oonnexion with till., town, it ins
to the gratification of your readers to know that hi, 0.7,
passion, Captain Loch, is lirother to the stesaol ..!
Duke of Sutherland, and residing at Trentlano,
shire."

The ship Royal Albert left Southampton Y: -
day with upwarie of 200 emigrente f. e• ot
llopo. The Ntawilia are.red et 4....lenmpten ‘•
take out the India mail of the 27th not.

Till IRISH EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

At tile .lieteibutiou of pries, at Quetan's C*11•Ille
C•vit, oa Friday, the president, Sir R. Kars, seeds the
following rerumbs, which at the present jemotexe are of
wee thee usual importance. After uoticaag the respective
merits the eroviecial college, he said, is relermiee to the
r %rennet.* for the tied service :
I o some institutions • system of special instruction in the
eillecta .4 exantiantwo has lecu iotroduced, which super-
mho to a great extern t the on:inary course of education, and
which has certainly the mere of sharpening op the 4:Audi.
tate retie:fitly for Oust cue definite object, and isemasing
hi. chests of sumer at stab an examination. This system
ha, however, tonne aria ...nous disadvantages. it is very
••••11 for the cam:elate abu •occeeds by means of it, but for
those who .l. out, cal on such occasions there must be
emsy conapetitom unsuccemful, the time thus taken away
from mend Inlet-ante, and from the preparations that
night be aveitahle for other careen is lif
bet, at r lere.l of life when such hew of time is an irre•
tri• vable moan. Th.t kind of special preparation also is
estreawly hall, to tlegeoclate in what is technically termed
enonto.ng. where *memo At the examination 111 all in ell
bat edueateni in the true sense is sot an object Thu
has bore ictuarked, as I have beard, by persons
w▪
ho have cuedutted those examinations, roil who find that
the clam of candidates sow .penally prepared do not
.item M high or so well grounded • standard
of education as di.' the clam of atoditlates who
preeetal then elves before this special cramming
amtece was employed. Morns most incelleat Jute
telems in which this special trail. had been orpa-
not have becom to esensible of its in urions effects upon
general system of olueatios a. to we relinquished*
awl whilst alfordirie every asaiitam• and facility I. these
who may web to for rock examinstkes, r Mew
bold eat any • micron:wet, or even any loyal mad, he
ealS4 candidales. la these opiates', I believer my col-
liegsme la the college for the mist put ~sear. Same three
years ego the subject wee fully coesidered D=7=
sad it wee derided that whilst attestim be
to those mehismie of mane:tam given is the mime fist
an& he awful to persona preparing for Civil &who ma-
sehatiess„ and espeohdly to
oth em extra clamoos whish mey
Is eaneidered seplenemes the *Winery comes, it wee
ace sewniderod to image the Tiaras&
of inelniellon, er to wile to be the
flynjur of mepseW, ley trades say
Perim ive .111. A might divert
time and selineica sr the aimed.' so fully
mil no es fatly esospled, too ofßagetionable &dean-
tag.. The senemenle ea ale aubjat win& took place
is autumns Wheel the preleison sod seanell to again
coaster whether, hose aelnequeat experience, it ap-
prated &Mehl° I. mobs any altendes those
mews. It ha. been herd, however, /hat the me
delates prepared seder the actual ageism in the efah
leo have bees found almost uatfomly w.afmh god that
whilst every aminanee mod ennOnerigalinent b lei preset
oven to t)oase who wish to peeper. for sash ea-
r•er., it is heeler to Weak from a system el belted in-
.lu. 'meets, which might lend peens men amp ham pm,
ama for which they were mere goselledy sighed, in
• !,. h, although on the one haled semen mss have bra.
bait notate, yet we the Mime lr J Mon it gligledgd with
many .milwrioua ilsadvanhgati The pees .pees to
me a imitable npportunit• to bring wider year amen Pea
recent arrangement. of the quer'. I.l•Mapallp ,mate,
.b.. b are likely to icifitience in • material degree libe ode.
rateaail .yet.vii is this coll end, to!nagrain militate
of
the attaiument a still i of t•nal
bram•he. litersture and science then has been hitherto
pimowally i.mo.dje for our students. By the esiessaity re-
gulations hitherto in force instruction in chesiee, in French,
awl io inathenuities ceased for an interval of from one to
two year. bet ore the degree examinatioe, at which, how.
ever, every student was required to allirlrer CS times mob**
although his attention during Uri Memel led len man-
,
psol by other sal important akar of Mama hkedih
which necessarily withdrew his attentime and hI assisry
from them branches to whi:h he earlier yams bed been
devoted. The student was thus placed in • very ember-
laming dilemma, either to keep up his knowledge of those
Met subjects by resoling which, of cower, limited materially
the time available fur study of the new and advanced sub.
ewm, or elm to devote himself specially to the subjects of
the last seen course, trusting to his recollectioem ,of his
mrliey studies for pawing in those nabjecte at the examine•.
two for his degree. In either oft it practically resulted
that the student, when presenting himself for his degree
cammeatioo, head to occupy his mind with so many thing.,
and had to qualify himself in so maoy breaches of know-
lobe., that it woe almost impossible, except with such ex-
.
tr.... Amery :Utility as must he extremely rare, that the very
I,6gliest degree of proficiency could be attained •
in any breach ; and hence the remark was made
a by very competent and very impartial judges, that
whilst oar weevers student., our pedsates as a
clam, were decidedly superior in knowledge to any
Menhir clam of average erncluatee elsewhere, whilst oar
D • pare examination wee upen the whole of • higher elentiud
than other peas et:anemic ions for similar degrees, sad that
• thereby the degree of the Queen's University has already,
attained deservedly high ybaracter, and was everywhere
rereived as evidence of edutetion of the soundest character
• 'ad highest value; yet the lower examination were not
• coooderwi to rank as entirely equivalent W the highest
• bouours of the older uoiversities, where the arrangements
• are calculated for the pmpose of coocentratiog attention
• epee is much more limited field, but obtaining within
s. those limits a more intense and brilliant illumination. In
7 miler to obtain this devilish'e elevation of our standard of
honour examination, but without in any degree sac:Acing
th.• extent or the enuodnem of the couree to In followed by
is the ceneral laxly of the Mediate who do not aspire beyond
obtaining their depee, the genet* has instituted what is off'.
It 'Mlle termed • preliminary examination, but usually called
r. • little go, by which at the sod of the second year, the
r• student is arts will par in all the compulsory Medics of the
list too years of hie coons, and will he then left free to
devote himself uninterruptedly to the special study in
3- which he proposes to pawed to his degree. Under them
eireciaistaoces, it is Dot ton much to expect that with such
leachers as we have here the tropisms to pasem. with each
t, means of instructs*, as are afforded by the libraries and me-
i. inane of this college, we shall be enabled to attain each •
steed ml for university honour. in literature sad iciest* aa
shell place ear priasewe on an+ality with the proudest
diatioeteem of Oxford. of Ownt or of Duties. Another
eery important seep ham hese taken • reference to theses leutm
is art., which I shall hrielly ecities. It is a remarkable fee-
ler* in lb., and ia all abwilar sheastionel beetitutiona that the
eander of Modest+ dimiaish very raphlly is the senior
ammo. Tien changes of deetinatice ofyoung men, from
cheeps in the positiou .4 families, fives diasppoietalent at
the wilt of osesees, sot (P.m various other moms • somber
of peewee drop all alter having been one or two peen at
collece, leaving their education incomplete ; sad even at
it.,, who remain the fall time of the A.B. cowrie • Legs
poTortoon do sot proceed to the seat of the raireraisy
• 4418 their degree. All such persons onosequently re.
maim ester tie arraegereent• hitherto in force without any
oedema of university aluention. and are coneequiretly de-
emed .4 what might he a 'alewife ameitatios in obtaitime
To resualv Slue diaadvantege, and to movele
thew peream who amid See devote mittkient time to the full
• fey the degree 4 arts, the university senate haa
betel • .liplerne Inreutiate ie arts, which may be ob-
tain! after • meanie of *tidy r 4 two more, awl the rams of
seedy ler thus limn tette is not merely shorter is time then
the io th.• degree., hut It hot alneether • less abstract sad
ease preened character. It w brought more immedleliely
Si• olstion with the unpin Awl peculawitis• et poitionissol
.mil Moises. life. It la hope* therefore, that It will be
moist of to many who. not havtag the amens or leisure
!ie three er four e'en ..f strictly collegiate dolly required
fa thee derrem.is arts, iiionciou the attempt to secure for
Me children the advantage., of even a move moderato
f mug of sopertor education. It is &mad also that the
tomatoes of this ignition of licentiate in arta will react
toteciebilly to tumbrel elevation. ecoeiderable diffierdty
hi. *leave hues tat se to the preliminary or peers: •du•
ea.. oof me4eal mow is no proneeion, is no sphere et
e the primeneles of eateesive awl varied Liformation
11111msetere sod mimes of an touch and such immediate
reined impertmese as to the eselind emfemicin.
fe• ',swam is the heeding of &mese, or in the knowledge
tie Orveture and festetion .4 our booties, belong to so one
."...” •..1•11•0 a. one period. The power, therefore, of re-
km* t. work.. 4 c•aintriee and of different lon-
▪ r..; the rooliosl nem ohwet =WI sasprunison
t.. • and the set metheime ; nature and the
• 'scot tit three sarious ouorhille eseuencee, na the avoiding
cr se eralimtamof chili may &peed the lives of *oared.
- new ual other Neatly sasporteet plirsommek winch form
et -mes '4 study to the educator' physician- repent from
tco • Number sequeietaece with the scientifie plilCil4lo of
in Ito wildest memo Ao6l it is to the honour of that
lt • - erofeatiee that all time. and in all muutries where
eofenui romired relief, it. mensbers have twee ever
I. .1 iolitiencit toilsngrr, eat7Pll.'"M" ; Ignid'i
*
•:- I elidagwo, eerily proffering the aids and coon-
s enlochtesieil etpericuce, the sympathies and ODOW
▪ o.f kindly Itertevolence. With sock important., almost '
1, function. des oh cog linos the medical me* it will
•••I mfo.od how eery Deerwary it is that not merely
•let ii ho4osvional mullet-4a of his education ahoubl
" ttals•l for, het that also that general seteatitte and
- • • r. ,liiratimi which is so is limpensable, not merely to
NI.- hi. prefesaireed studies bet to give him in society
- • .• the state that potation .roil influence on which et
• f public usefalnew mud depend, 4.061 lie by 110
a •!. f • out .4 view, On thew, [round. d 5h...11.1 appose
••b .1 shell' torbole nrceoled by the fullest
•• 61,..5ti0u in art.. Ito to this, however flesinshle„
ersnie preetical olotorles. The medical profession
• ••• great awl so mired knowledge fur even nialemte
; cm/. cat haringany direct connexion erithpuhlic
' • ....I life, waa rather *voided by the governing chaste..
• I ft to le dealt with by the various iodependent
' saronling to their individual pleasures.
, • vice ileplomble. in the sister king.
• auctim. of diploma, was set on
. • lowered it. requirement. t. draw
• earehewre of it. diplomas. In this country
f• • I as Lou- lemlac Isneln ID the rreolkciwa
• lemma; sod the holmium of the pro-
- s. I r• awl that up to the present
• •• eel., .4 an lend+ surgeon or physician bee been a
•' • Il:at the heltk r we. soundly edoeeted is his pro-
, • •I a centime:tn. But it was felt that every
• . tote er eelarge medical educetioe, by which
• •,.• es' more molly either is time or tooney.
• i• • • •:.• .• u'le in .enitiiig more esedirlates to throe
• • •leloms. erolltl l.e ra.tgi•g,vi f. r a ter,
•••• • I Loewy mid • still more limited propurtioa

'et pededeera education. Fortunately, this state of things
may ire maddormi sie belonging to the past. When things
are all the want they emend, and the attention of the go-
verimmaell wee at het forced to the necessity for placing the
medial clonsficin on • better footing. A central medical
comma London, with branch councils in Dublin and
Fidlederagli, has been formed, in which the university
and a ether medical oolleges and universities ware repro
Marti, and with authority to enforce • certain minimum
thasderd of medical education. This does not, nor can
II for some time, attain the standard already required
ythis university, but it is far better than had been re.
gutted by many licensing bodies hitherto. We shall not
fail, by means of our representative in the council, to re-
present the oecessity for enforcing a larger proporttou of
peoeral education. and we anticipate that, although it
Indgbt be too much to require every medical man to tile
the degree of Bachelor of Arts before commencing his pro.
keelenal studies, yet it would be very desirable that the
aldose of Licentiate le Arts should be required, eppedelly
m the armee of education requisite for it has been wide I.
seders be • girt degree to the peculiar exigencies of the
seethed prelemos. I shall take the opportunity of re
your attention to one other subject of the recast
regulations. Many here are aware that within
ihe I iTs tte w years the universities of Oxford and thmbridge
land that much disadvantage arose from the total isola-
tion ef the universities from the general body of the
mid& dames ; and as no evidence of certificate of
education had been hitherto obtained by any except the
eamparztively few who entered the numerrities and pro-
ceeded to degrees. those universities arranged to hold ex-
&mindens is various part' of England, at which students
from any schools or from pelves) teachers might be ex-
amined in more ur lese extensive courses of school educa-
tion. and to Woe candidates who satisfied the require-
meals et the examiners • certificate was awarded with the
eareeraffiatinoongruous title of Associate in Arts. The um-
=mate have cossidared very fully now far it was
to adopt or introduce into this country the plan
of middlaclass examinations them carried out in England. It
is ties that the Irish maivereitio, whether the University
of Willa or the Queen's University, are far more closely
meted ti lim mei& body of the middle classes of
pamie thaa ere Se mimmithe of Oxford or of Cum-
biddy; mid thoseteme_llo. ad/ dab it has bass nowsbi
be Wigs seer be arse by ammo of these. bow
erememeeede serreely odds. or at leant is by met'
mum m wide eon se lopeembie with o. It as.
paw& bemerer, to the smite that eve, in this immigy
esseldeenble sdvaatage would be gained by silk be
Om who mast NORM foe the. chilies the Hoe red ,
met at ea university ortausties the mans of is leg the
mine and @Maser,/ of thesisailies thy may havemeeeived
ell 'shoot it is Maestri ea the me heed that the holler
of a sertiforat• el at easel el the Enter sound
dam aerardiag te deo milli hare been blued,
A II ad that medireie mallable le him le
eMerger* to the
ember emplemseele. *ail" be, la bim= life ; eed
• red amierat Impudent esemeedd elabliameateeed
dor be Zomba mid Dublin •
mil sew bow annomed
OM they weed glee • yrotamee is tea Mans to yams
min edam Mime sad amadly Medd lime bees thee
aellatheterily preeed. I mend bail bet Hat ia • oemme-
WM se alive to the adembale of eiemelee no that of
Os* a similar meteemee moil be dam. To school-
masters' I believe edemas!m el them mombeileas should
be eill mon implode.* ma mem &dive. Hitherto the
ale WWI. am to the ameneeee et lie oohed et Held&
deemem et be air milem h ads Ike istrustine wen the ems
Mee d Ho pViz the esteem dseholmilp aramina-
Um b theer ?deity Collam Dublin.
Het those emedeasaTiallidereeee merely Ili the oho-
omit commend theme colleges, and had no earmarks with
isty career et Abele external to the college. The ethool-
sow wee tbardire Mom to enbarribeto be tie Naiad
warythier thin HI aillsalleag le the miligememea Hence
we lied in the bin NIA tede .at eel memered melt
Omsk sad Ls* *be add ad mite or spell English.
Oeed 11118bM111101. Mai ml work a sew in the rule of
area Practise. mmermille ederatirm was ism
Aimed empedby ef bememe it 1111116eashow in an
edevertieenient ef the dome at mierem here or in
Debby. A great dell les bees 1111111111•11remplythio by the ini-
porthnce mtavbei In the ewe% Oriblie and University
mot by the Civil lervise Oemendolessem, is English ammo-
Abe, grammar, eshospley, and arithmetic ;be aril I bbehove it ill be a great an to all Mode et etheibeile
anahliehoeske that in addition I. the tare et umeirdid
seed art mothematimel ledeuettra Add by the
mime, and eadership exemleMbee et the esibme, they
ahead dm base the roams elpreele. Heir title to pabile
esellimee be regard to them bombe d practial and
muomatile armies MA Hear sew middle-class exami-
Selleles mli ellord. I de bon that the heads of the
•111111•11111641111 be tide AO sod county, whoa, reputation
is already and deservedly so high, will waist in giving
practical fdrect to the intention of the senate by present-
ing candidates for oerttheates at the examinations which
will he conducted by the officers of the university In this
city in next June. Before concluding I wish to express
to our yoseg friends the students, and to their
relative' and treads who may be here present,
lefmy sense of what iv due to them in recognition
the excellent good conduct which has distinguished theta
during the part year. I believe it is almost, if not entirely,
unexampled in the history of a college containing close upon
SOO students of various ages end of different religious, that
far more than • year there should not have occurred •
&pie ease of irregularity, of niisrooduct, or "yen of inatten.
tirm requiring the notice of the college corneal ; and this
bee me. been from any absence of ropervisiou or laxity of
tents, but from the admirable conduct and steady if nod
aloe ef the whole body of students. I regard the as
'We me of. indeed the most important features in oar
1, sin shoeld he the ability and zeal of our
peerYerers ; profitless should be the liberality of the
elate; futile should be OTOII the appearance of strength
gives by a large number of students, if the conduct of
Noss students had not been such as to inspire confideoee
be their friends and in the public, that whilst obtaining in
this =the moat efficient means of aeculir instruction
a. return to the bosom of their families pure, up-
end besounible as they had been committed to us
meth bee bees the remit of now PO many years' ex•
Mirb demeedrated by our annually increasing num-
the masses of those most eminent in this city,
die smelt not have hammed this college with their peer
amen es this occasion if they had not full confteleoce in its
eigrangemeota. To those students who have to receive col•
leg ate prize., and to theme others whi may hope to be
orally fortunate at another time, I wield point out not
sierelv the eminent positiose that are opened to them in the
screed professioes and in the several departments of the
public service. but also, and in even • more important de-
pea, the SIONIUDOO whisk the habits of application, the
discipline of mind, sad the regularity of conduct will afford
thous is the attainment of the highest positions of coin.
MIMI Of memeseturing industry. We have in this country
tee mob eves still remaining of that feudal prejudice in
fewer of profeeriorsal aad governmental employment over
the pones of Ma& and commerre. There was grooml for
this at a time when oommerce was limited by laborious in.
&miry. wben tratle consisted iaa dull end unintelligent you-
th's. • But sow. when the greatness, the very existence of
' Nis empire rests no the allergy, the intelligence, the finale.
peodence of its industrial cheese ; when the several benne-ties
of manufacturing and agricnitural iodustry have attained
the position of ideates, end the most illustrious names
in sciences deem theniaelvess honoured in exydniniav se
improving technical °potations ; whoa the princely libe-
rality of u, ill jails Brow. has gifted LiverPoel with • library,
and the benevoleace of • Beget has giro to Derby a
psspls'e park ; when here in Cork, equal to say of those,
im me is our respected !layers. worthily decorated triply
with the municipal crown of this important city, a type not
merely a mermatile women but of the happy CODlbinatios
of that mem with erthaurtlam beim. °Noce and mural
worth —thee, truly, I feel lam justified in saying to our
students that in this college they have before them net
merely the ambition of professional eminence, the gilded
liveries of the rtale, but greater than all, the example of
well mental wealth, well-earned honour, conferred by the
unsolicited &eels:nations of his fallow.cit Irene and sauetiosied
by the blessings of the poor.
The seamed President was repeatedly applanded in the
course of the address, which concluded the proceedings.

HMV'S Tl'llf RICHIPTER.—Since the decease of
" Rein. Guide," many substitutes hare attempted to take
Ito place ; but nose have been nearer perfection than
"Rally's Ted Guide and Racing RegiAllf." the winter
edits... of whirl, made its appearaoce a few days since, and
Tures.. will and it as useful a works eon possibly be
compiled for their guidance, a great feature being the auction
sales blood Mock during the tmr,
Tats OfillAZ ESSITHAN,—Tbe required remit." of
this vessel. sow lying meurely sad smugly on the hooch at
Milford Haven, bars been enanneeneed, and are vigorously
being earned on under the elleinat imperintendenoe of Cap-
tain Jackson. of the firm of lord and Jackson. They will
la completed early la the ageing of the taming year.
gEßVleltn.—Wraronti Die. 22. —The
Danish brigantine Preis, from Konigsberg to Dublin,
[ grounded on the Avow Rank Send. off Wexford, on
Thursday night. At daylight is Friday a pilot beat, and
aftermints a fishing cot, attempted to get her off, but in
vain. The master sad crew declined to lame is either
brat. A snow storm prevailing, the wind increasing, cod
the mu jetting up, the master afterwr.rds made signals for
the fishing host to return immediately, hut it was too late,
fur the sea was rolling en high that the fishing beat dont
not venture near the seed bank. As soon, however, as the
vessel's signals of distress were (Nerved the Rosslars life-
boat, belonging to the National Lifeboat Institution, was
immediately launched, and baying promptly been taken in
tow of • steam tug. she soon reach.vl the scene of danger.
The sea was sow running very high, but the
noble craft with her hardy crew, after some skilful
management, and incurring sonic risk of life, eureeeded in
r,kiug off the whole of the crew, consisting of six persons.
They were afterwards safely put on board the Mementos
end brought to Weirton'. The lifeboat was reported to
have behaved admirably, and to have given her ere, every
satisfaction. Duogeness, December i2—flat sight the
schioner Nathaciel. from Hamburg for Mediu. sad the
torque Kingston. of Hull. from London o Algae Bay,
got on shore during a gale of wind mid heavy sea, off
Dangiesess. The lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Insgl.
talus proeeedol off to the maistanoc of both vessel., but
soother of them would accept of its help. although the
barque burned signals .4 distress. It was a bitter cold night,
and the inspecting chief Aker of the mast-mord reports
that the lifeboat ereves conduct on the occasion was moat
praiseworthy. It was expected that one or both vessels,
aro now chili ge of Deal boatmen, will laixoractut.il
wreak&

THE WEATHER AND THE PARES.—A PATAL
ACCIDENT.
The weather continued intensely cold yeaterday,
and the wind was exceedingly cutting, especially in the royal
parka, when little or no shelter could be obtained by pedes-
trians. The thermometer at the Royal Humane Society's
reeerving•honee in Hyde-park, daring Sunday Mght, was as
low as 21 deg., being 11 deg of treat. At 9 o'clock yester-
day morning the mercury roe to 26 deg., and at noon it
went no hillier than 30 deg., and at 5 o'clock last evening
the ghee tottered 23 deg., and showed that the weather,
although tine, was getting much colder. The bar meter
during the day stood at rJ.SI. During Sunday night
some persons, regardless of the danger they exposed others
to, out down the whole of the "caution boards," and
threw them upon the ice. The Humane Society's mon, in
order to get the boards off, were obliged to run great risks.
During yesterday the beaks of the royal parka presented
a •ezd animated impoaranox, . seek carriage drive being
em with feabionahle equmeger, whilst the footpaths
were crowded with fashionable company. Mr. Stmerbi-
Indent Williams,,, of the Royal jimmies Society, sod also
Mr. 'Young, the secretary, dad all they peeeibly could to
warn the public from westering upon the stall ineeottre ice,
bat in spite .4 their reinovistraacee many would insist upon
risiding their lives. A men (name at t on-
bows) permed the barrier marked
i " ....
and the lee braking. only his bead was Mehl,
above • water. A cry was mmediately • when
Brown sad mother iceman writ to his meow with r-
igida* aid hand-lime, but owing to the Me being what is
tweed " oak" it was usable to bear the weight of the ap-
sad 7.the icemen were unable to get to him. Mr. 8...„, a gentleman belonging to the Skating Club.. &P-
-as near the spot as ponible, and haviog pulled.
=hot of the darner poles, he thrust it towards the mem,
but although it fell within three feet of him he was unable
to mm it, and he went to the bottom. At a late hour last
eight the body had not been recovered. Brown the We-
MLR, in trying to save the poor fellow, also becameL im-
mersed, and when entreated was obliged to be removed to
the Roo. • -home whom he sherd y
_recovered. The
other aooidesle on the Berpmeine River - .ag the day were
of trilling importance.
Tan ROYAL ROUND TO/D.—The lee here was much slam
Non is myother pima One pedlars broke through
lee slid was enimierged. H• was ealiested and to
the Royal Enemas Sodeifs Hoses, vim be soon reco-
vered, sad puenned the Marreass that far the attention
ed is him, be and his famibr would bums eshearibers to
Tan LONG WAITS IS lICEEKIPEYOLOASEGEIL —The ice
upon this water was in • very dmigerem madensa, but
several hundred persons ventured timers irk* the ay,
Maud* a few umbers of lie filleatirtg Clals, who had yes-
. today A greed pavan masted en the beak. Dam is for I
the enshrine um el the esemises of the eh&
Sr. JAmmtwaums.—Azhage ember of poisons of
NA,
ea
both nun Maillad their lives the me in the
1 enclosure of this the ice was invoked and
the water kept up. A number fell through, but
they vivre al sad enabled to Mars to their
1
Mara =I"REGEWINPABIL —lll4 wind having got under the is
a......„
it wee la a meefe suadliprd many ponces would
insist spice ea the noses enrisco. Mr.
Term Eloperintendient Williams, of
the Royal Ramos , mooed the river and warned all
who wen hell&
dust imingh to go on that OW lives wens
plead in jespardytyat they ran all Mame, aad kepi es the
rotten Me er the day. No socklmts lisqpiamd beyond
a few cut beads.
Vicroara-rang.—Aat rnany meow amusedfiliMl e-
selves upon the ice in this part during the day, and several
were injured bytheing tripped up by the skaters. No serious
inunerinons rammed.