The Express.
London, England, 1866-12-06 00:00:00

'OE FENIIN MOVEME.NT.

DUBLIN, WVDNB-SHAY NIGHT.
Mr. Mackay, a respectable grocer, living in
Kingstown, was arrested this morning and sent to
Mountjoy Prison ; three arrests were also made in
Dublin—two blacksmiths named Kearney, cousins
of Richard Kearney who shot the police constable
last winter, and a man named John Connolly,
apparently a returned Irish American. A military
guard has been placed on Richmond Bridewell
Prison at the request of the governor.

THE REFORM LEAGUE.—The weekly meeting of
the council of this league was held last evening at the
offices, No. 8, Ailelphi-terrace, Lieutenant-Colonel Dlckson
in the chair. Mr. Guedalla moved the following resole.
tion :—" That this council desires to express to Mr.
George Potter and the trades delegates intrusted with the
supreme control of the recent Reform Demonstrat'on, its
deep gratification at the imposing nature of that gather-
ing, and its congratulation upon the emineat and well
merited success attending their earnest and ircessant
labours." The resolution was unanimously adopted. On
the motion of Mr. Bubb a vote of thanks was given to
Mr. Connolly, for his successful establishment of a branch
of the Reform League in Ireland. The resolution paxsed at
the last meeting of the council in favour of holding a
reform demonstration on the Monday previous to the
meeting of parliament was rescinded, the members being
of opinion, on re-consideration, mud in deference to the sug-
gestion of Mr. Beales, that it would be more advisable to
hold the demonstration after the assembling of the house.
POPULAR REAniNo,—The following " List of
some of the books in greatest request," showing the num-
ber of times each of the volumes was issued during the
y ear, is taken from the report of the Cardiff Free Library
for 1'865-66 :—Butler's Analogy and Sermons, 8; l'ascal
Thoughts, 6; Moses Right and Colenso Wrong, 14 ; Mill
on Hamilton's Philosophy, 6 ; Coleridge's Aids to Iletkc-
, tbm, ; Abercrombie's Moral Feelings, 14 ; Murchison's
Siluria, 8 ; Lyell's Geology, 6 ; Burn on the Steam Engine,
12; Buskin's Stones of Venice, 8; Buskin's Elements of
Drawing, 10 ; Cherubini's Counterpoint, 16 ; Carlyle's
Frederick the Great, 18 ; Strickland's Queens of England,
26 ; Kinglake's Crime', 12 ; History of ('ardiff, 41) ; Du
Chaillu's Travels, 24 ; Speke's Nile, 16 ; Enter-
prizes in the South Seas, 20 ; Gordon Cummings Lion
Hunter, 20 ; Swift's Works, 16 ; Grantley Berkeley's
Sportsman, 21 ; Females amongst the Mormons, 24 ;
Thackeray's Irish Sketch Book, 21 • Sunsets on the He-
brew Mountains, 15 ; Boy's Journal, Good Words, 34;
Mills Representative Government, 12 ; Fawcett's Political
Economy, 23 ; Goschen's Foreign Exchanges, 8 ; Mills
s
Logic, 10 ; Tennyson's Enoch Arden. 60 ; Tennyson
Poems, 26; Milton s Paradise Lost. 14 ; Ingoldsby Legenda,
18 ; Midshipman Easy, 88 ; Pickwick Papers, 86 ; Frank
Mildmay, 64 ; Dog Fiend, 60 ; Jacob Faithful, 74 ; Hattie
the Reefer, 76 ; Jack Hinton, 54 ; Seer Slick, 44 ; My
Novel, 36; Oliver Twist, 52 ; Westward Ho, 52 ; Blas,
35 ; Ivanhoe, V ; Fair Maid of Perth, 32 ; Adara Bed,
30; Tom Jones (Fielding's), 30; Vanity Fair, 36;ill's
Political Economy, 14.
OXFORD LOCAL ExamirlavioNa.—The distribu-
tion of prizes for the London district took place yesterday
at Willis's Rooms, and notwithstanding the inclemency of
the weather there was a large attendance of candidates
and their friends. The chair was taken by the Right Hon.
Lord Taunton, who opened the proceedings with a few
observations ; and having expresse his pleasure at the
adoption of the system by the Undiversity of Oxford, he
wished to impress upon the successful candidates that
they must not look upon what they had done
in as
an end,
but nd,
but as a means. If they considered their tell
training to have terminated with their obtaining heirt
present position, a great evil would have end
on the education of the country. His lordship
then referred to the middle class education c
essed om-
mission, over which he had presided, and expr
his confident hope that its laours would result in a
ut
g great
impulse being given to middle class educatiho
the country. Schools would be increased in numbers, and
those which were already in existence would be rendered
more efficient than at present. In conclusion he noticed
the forward step which had been taken in the city of Lon-
don in promotion of middle clans education, and thought
that those who had assisted the movement either by their
subscriptions or their personal exertions were entitled to
the best thanks of the public. (Cheers.) His lonlahip then
proceeded to distribute the prizes, which con The following
nre the names of the gentlemen " in honorms "to who
prizes have been warded—(a Serrell, A. W. K. Miller,
A. W. Boulden, J. Lake, G. B. Browne, It. De
A. Goodwin, C. 0. Mack G.
R. W. Perks, G. W. Plow-
men. A. Richards, R. P. Rudd, T. A. Bas'ehurst, S.
ley,
of H. thanks
tai The Tqocedinga termnated with a
chair-
vote of thanks to the presiding examiners and the
man.
THE OVEREND AND GURNEY ESTATEA—THE
NUTFIELD rItOPERTS.—We are requested to publish the
following :—" Sir,—I observe a paragraph in to•day's
Express stating that I am the purchaser of Holmesilale
at a cost of 19,500/., and timber at a valuation. The pur-
chase money stated is far in excess of the real am
Farm.ount,
and the Ilolmesdale property includes Cormonger's
It is further stated that I am the purchaser of two farms
at 12,6001. These I did not buy at all As you have
thought proper, when introducing my name, to mention
that lam the tuary of an assurance company, and am
this has led to the inference that the company had some-
thing to do with the purchase, I beg leave to inform you
that the portions of the property I purchased were bought
by me exclusively on my private account, and in every way
independently of the company.—l have the honour to be,
sir, yam very obedient servant, W. P. PATTISOL-6,
King's Bench-walk, Temple, Deo. 5."