The Express.
London, England, 1858-11-19 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, Nov. IS.
Woacan i Couaos—Tha Provost and Fellows
vet this collate have pmerisheil the Rev. Thome. Sawed
Fraser Rawliaa, M.A., Fellow of the Society, to the vicarage
of Denchworth, Berke. Mr. Rawlinsod the pleb& clamital
examination in Lent Tan., 1862, obtained a meand elem.
FINAL MATHIMATICAL ENAILINATION.—The Remises
la the Fiera Mathematical &heal (Mama. H.
0.8. Ward, mid T. Rennie* have to day given =agi
the examination will commenca es the let ed Desember.

13zczcv Pagnuains.—ln a senvoostineloldea to-11;;y the
following gentlemen wen append of ea West praechere fur
tM Jeer commeedng WARMar, 1869 :—The Rev. Frame
K. Leigh D.D., word= of All Soule College ; the Rev.
J. Sbuegeld It.A.,Chrhet Church ; the Rev. William
tlLdst%.
Col M.A., Ueteueeity College;ev the Rev. Charles P.
Rueter
ICA., Oriel College; the R. William Inc., M.A.,
lege.

Fiat i'osuc SwintArtox.—For this examinatice,
which commences Nov. 10, then irs 62 okrinass.

TEM HON. W. F. COWPDX, M.P., ON THE CON-
prow' OF rag Aeascovream. Lasousaa.—At the en-
amel saastag of the Ilsimey Labeerertf Boomnagement As-
arnistisa. held ea Weleroday, the Boa. W. F. Cowper, la
the obese of the prudent, Lord Paleasretoa, took the
&dr. Ia a speech of oossiderable length he defended the
=glel mefarring prizes on agricultural labourers as
e eacouragemett to them to endeavour to win such
tokens of esteem from those whose good opinion they value.
It was but an application of the principle of conferring
beetturs which to other grades of society ia found to have
such a stimulating and binuti,tal effect. By means of those
sanoelationa competition was brought to bear opoa, and acted
me a lever In, the canes of progress among the rural popnin-
lion in the same way WS it did on a morn extended soak la
°Gumtree and manufacture, by developing the powers mad
energies of those upon whom it bears, Be then pawed ea to
the improved condfdon now eo often loured in the hone of
the saveszltural labourer, owing to the Opeeatleae ef etieb
asucuttions as that. It sus is romp* to the less
of the labourer that they weld saris • hear
load Manse, by &hat _ era, A. lesleass, cow
fortable cotters sad podia Ailments la itakit le esvierf
their Wore bow* Woad of eotatber thee t I Wows er
is the twialsowee of keeeepwasee. lt wee net IMMO nil'
plat owt to km blower the mkt of **kW, bat a *died-
kb am* la shwa Is kn. The boor-leaso wee * the *-
bean, whet iie dab b es the deli am. !mak dor kma
ems ether pion la kit Asp of nedlorreser. alkelesene,
koeitaier, or the Ike, osil a keg seep mold be taken to-
wards ressofrtg lee al km poste* obweeles to the proper
of tide dew of rte. The bet NW sat be laird, that the
=rof dwilitatiet rather andel Is the wealthy
e pew class, sad Wass ke weendly of mob ems.
sleds= se watch ono the karate a sae* iiewrolag
ehet.

MR. DUNLOP, M.P., ON PARLIAMENTARY Rouen.
Dualop, N P. foe Greenock, met his constitimats at
Onsets* an Tuesday, and sddrewed them an the political
event of the duly. He said, so fez se regerele the terobise.
be expected that the Rovemount moment woeld go tortilla,
then was generally looked for. The goverment bill, mom
though plausibly liberal In many of its provisions, would re-
quire to be narrowly watched, to secure that it shall be a real
and true, and not a sham reform. la this view, the question
of the ditnitmtion of seats was one of vital importance,
though be moat guard himself manse being committed to
any @lsolate rule which, If moiled out without qualification,
would give London as many members am Sontlead, the num-
ber et whom representatives be trusted to see adequately in-
, creamed. He was still opposed to the ballot, which he
believed would prove • cloak of corruption, and would un-
dermine the bold Independence of spirit end action which le
far more valuable to a nation than any form of voting could
possibly be. Nor was be quite setialled with the proposed
rating ; ft would, he feared. exclude • large body
of clerks sad rising esthietke not settled dowel in life, who
ad& perhaps be the very fists of their clean, while it would,
he feared, embrace classes, particularly la the English
liceongtei, whom experience under the soot and lot system bad
shown sett be beyond the of corruEtton.
OKFORD Fain-LENDIRO LIBRAIY.—FIRST YEAR'S
Ritroim.—The workimer of this Menhaden, established in
1867, in ocnotesion with the Pattie Reading-room, is clearly
shown by en salamis (the bet isened) carefully compiled by
the Liberian, Yr. Dews, sod.** trued, by the authority of
Mr. Mamma Boar, olednons et the library connitter,
and the original promoter of the same. The statistics ex-
tend hoe November 6, 1867, to Oct. BB,IYB, during which
parted 13,296 volume have beet hosed, the number of
reed's being 9,862. The imanosof nein, thee the open-
leg of the lesaing_ library, is essidireble. Thai for tee
bet Nonnbao, 1867, 7E7 11116eillee wave issued
*SS wh airbag the 'math of October
INN gond stionslialbsboodla of the wed wire afet.
dad emengpst 1118 Comidarloger *eery
wain I,lllllvelasese, end that nob' nohn la allowsd
to nada Ids boa fir a ass* the working tithe inedintion
non le supsiol non nonnotol. It nay be nsoosod
Una the nod usaabos of riados far exceed the number of
amaisents, es wberka are inhtler frequently nand from
ow puma Is anartr. me the average we fled that each
bask Is r Mbar, be, Owls* the twelve months, peened
through the Aram sloth seven times. Of the total
asabw Inewid 11.214 ism =dor the classification of novels
and Wee, while 4,891 twee ender the denomination of !Mi-
kity sod osimeel Ilterature, • fact which clearly demonstrates
theme's' taste for light literature. Owing to the great in-
mates of feeders farther cantributione of booka an Nollaitod.