The Express.
London, England, 1859-03-29 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1859.

UIIIVE.RSITY INTELLIGENCE.

LORD STANLEY O.V NATIVE WORSRIP LN
INDIA.

—...—.
OXFORD, MARCH 28.
Thia morning was issued • copy of a despatch from LIROOI.II CCU-Enz.—This morning Mr. Willies
the St watery cf Stele for India to the Oovenicw-Gemerel, Welter Merry, WA., of Balliol College, formerly scholar,
dated the 24111 alt., la which two rarest petitkes trees rank- Tire 10_,_,the___,fleleesae. 01,41,,fellewehiP in 1868 thie collogs.
eiceiriee feistiest° the ennui= of the government of lade. ' ;'"" WS" '
ad tar rla7Zeteli '"lo:llbenu.Y., 741151°!:,tstiltd_
with native woes ildp Sr. rehired to. His lordship stets 1 lawiaa, ym. a Mitt ci., of
In Sd.til Notwoh.o`"y;;
that is the *aka of lee Msjes'y's goomserent tat roped year 6e gained the Chancellor's prize for the bat Latin
of the regulations of the Bengal end Madras Codes, by which Nosy, the 'object tang .. ttrum hone an male de Papal*
the gums' writ intandasee of hads pawed fv, the oupp,o, Ltotuar. meritrstit:in
wsenit.,. Constantinus, qui sedan Impede
of reerquais mad temples is vested to the officers of the
Yrate imCottroz.—There will be an election to a fellow-
Ineetninent, should an koleee he Meryl. " Peneillien 1 ship of this college on Friday, April 29. Candidates must
being made at the same time for ea 'ppm! to the established .be under twenty-ex years of are, and must have takes their
counsel jetties ia all disputes relating to the appointment ' degree of B.A. in eons university of Great Britain or Ire-
ood 000.,ka to the ioooogosoii, of f1i,,,b0 sad m0bm,,,., ; = ancodpLheizadare reqttieetth.ed.tousicatllaeleurionitie
.Prozoaiyt
et
, des religious Institutions, and to the °cutlet and applicatious ! poodbk. "°°'
of that, fends. I request that you will take the necessary 1
steps for bringing the subject unit r the consideration of the '
, Legislative Conseil." Upon soother prayer of the toiti.iou ;
I his lordship thus remarks i l
1 "In presenting that petition for a lagialetiee enactment to ,
suppress cruel and inhuman practices at the Chorruck
1 Po ,jah, the meta."( for the Lower Provinces of Bengal
rsfeit,d t i an opinion cf the court of directors, to the effect
that /West oor. fur the suppression of the cruelties of the
festival shoed be laced on the elution of influence rather
than upon any act of authority, to accordance with that
view, her Illiejeoty'a government would be diapered to leave
the remedy, as suggested by the Lientetaut-Govitenar of
Seaga, to the rogues of education end its legitimate alma, ,
were ay Lope held out of the discontinuance, within $
resiosable time, of there public inhibitions of cruelty. Of I
this. however, there serous to be but little prospect, asks( I
as those who engage in them are left in ignorance of ths
light ia which mut exhibition' are viewed by the orsentr
mat. la the presidesey of Bombsy the pre(' ice of beak-
swinhig has bees enpreesed by order of the sessmest,
sad (werodins to the reporto of the district asegidestee)
without say dinetidsctios es the part of the general minio-
ns. la the Mabee Prosiokacy, the res. or senesess
has Men marked by the Meant e, A. opportunity owned,
is eusside for Is appropriated to the suppirt of religlos
feetiesils, of • clans declaring that forfeiture will follow say ;
manias of the pounce of Mole-sw toping, and in several
ports of the presidency the practice her entirely ceased. •
It Is is lend thistly that the revolting ceremonies con-
sects! with the holiest set Intensively prevail, sad that
the carte midi to dimesateneace them Live been attended '
with the least IMOCtle. Akhough the suppreieion of • crud
and dersendinag public "treacle iii a et PUbjett for keels,
Os it is sot the Steatite of bee Mejesey's goverment. be
the foreseen rusk% to woe lips yes any ioneellele le-
gislative interfereace is the matter. It ammo es 6E14
boss that the lissitamectegovevnee of lend might be
iaamad'd to hike senates of wadi onortuaittea se stp
occur of disc matessechn the plactice se fez se in his pose.
Possibly • revisits, beet& le the melds of the hydra,
may he Seriel Is lase of goversaisat lends, t r of leads
anew the MlllllSplailli of goverment Seen ; the epos-
thiee of laleestiel landed proprietors, and other members of
the satire community, may be =SW in the same Semis
wad o, bee means, such se will oftim be toad in the mane
of olsal adadaktration, may also be taken of making
Isis the views of the pahlic authorities In regard to such
aulubiticee, without mit ohs es to the intectiona of the
gosamest, or !reducing dbealishictles in the minds of the
people. Shouid mock Mea.1719 fail to produce any percep-
tible diesiastioa of the section it will then be neoemory to
molder wholes, the gamesman Mss celled spot to ties
mole docided steps fee potting sa end to obeenscos so ea-
greatly opposed to the dictates of COMICS lionsemity."

FINE AR7S.

•
CONTEREAZIONE AT THE MARTLEBONE INSTlTr-
rtox,—Last night the opening of en exhibition of pictures at
the Marykhans Literary and Scientific Institution was in-
'emoted by a convertazione. The collection is the property
of Jacob Bell, Eaq., and has been lent by him for the benefit
of the institution, of which he is president. There are
sixty-nix waybill all; end it would be difficult to point oat
one that is destitute of value as a specimen. This is thegreat
desideratum in small galleries, and i 4 far more important
than any consideration of superlative merit. A repremmtalthe
character distinguishes the picture gallery of a true judge
' of art from the heterogeneous gatherings of the mere man of
wealthorho furniahee a mansion with a sot number of duly
authenticated Xi:actions of well-known masters." Such
I 'picture* as Sir L,ndeeer's " Maid and the Magpie,"
▪ Shoeing," and " The Sleeping Bloodhound,"- are
really too well known to need more than enu-
meration here. His " Alexander end Diogenes" will
be hardly leer familiar to most of our readers. The
famous interview is represented by Landauer in alitopbus
ti Asia', the chwortera tofeg personated by dogs. The
•• Defeat of Comas," by the same nth*, le of another and a
higher order of ark, and is not the Ina remarkable from the
fact of ita Leing in an imperfect Mage of labour. Though
we do not advocate the general or bequest exhibition of un-
anithed painting.. it must be owned that they are instructive
to the student, and interesting to the lover of art. Most of
Sir Edwin's smaller works in this exhibition see simply
sketches; but there are a few which were evidently begun
with the intention of being elaborated to the full extent of
the artist's custrataty finish. There is a curiosity In the
room which we cannot omit noticing in connexion with Sir
Edwin Lthdther. It is a painting of a hate's heed, done
I when the artist was a little bar. and was his first parformance
'in oil colours. There is Mr. Fri.h's DerhyDay," and there
Is Mdlle. ROM Bonbeur's "Horse Fair,. end there are
many leading works by leading artiste • but it is In the staple
of the exhibition that the collector's MAD ippon. We direct
attention specially to a work of sicip..ear power by Mr. W.
Douglas. It is called " Biblicassins, and is a very lifelike
and picturesque representation of a scene at a book-atoll.
The meeting last evening was a full one, and passed of to
the satisfaction of all present.

DRAMA.