The Express.
London, England, 1867-08-07 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1867.

has hitherto enjoyed its own member would be
mat unwilling to share its privilege with any
other borough. The introduction of the Univer-
sity mulergmbiates into the town constituency
must I.e even more obnoxious. This is grouping
iu its worst form; for while the townspeople
will be subject to be overridden by the University
voters, the University will still retain its right •.f
electing its own members. If anomalies such as
these do not produce disastrous consequences to
the peace which now happily subsists between the
towiispeople and the Universities, human nature
must undergo a is more startling transforma-
tion than there is any reason to anticipate.
But it is not only the danger of disturbing the
harmony between the town and the University
that should make Parliament pause before
adopting this proposal. The position occupied by
the undergraduates in Oxford and Cambridge is
quite peculiar. They are not, like the undergra-
duates in London or in Scotland, in the position
of other citizens ; they are under a special juris-
diction. They are not subject to the police, nor
can they be sued in ordinary courts. The heads
of colleges and the proctors are responsible for
them to the State. They are bound to see that
they keep the peace, and these University officers
have the most extensive powers to enforce their
duties, and even to control their morals. An
undergraduate is not a citizen in the ordinary
sense, for he has not all the rights of a citizen.
The case has been put of an undergraduate being
rusticated, or confined to the college, and it has
been asked what is to be done if these punish-
ments are inflicted during an election ? Is the
undergraduate to exercise his privilege of an
elector, and are the rights of the proctors and
heads of houses to be suspended ? or is the civil
right of the citizen to give place? The young
men who are sent by their parents and
guardians to the University aro sent there, not to
take part in elections, but to cultivate their minds
and to devote themselves to study. To permit
them to mingle in the politics of the borough is to
permit them to interfere in matters with which
they have no real interest, and to distract their
minds from those pursuits and associations which
particularly belong to them. It would be strange
indeed if the voters of Dover and Portsmouth
I could be swamped by the Government keeping for
l a year the same five or ten thousand troops in
I barracks, situate withinthe limits of these boroughs.
) And yet it is obvious that officers and soldiers
living for a year in barracks are quite as closely
connected with the townspeople of Dover and
r Portsmouth as the undergraduates of Oxford and
• Cambridge are with the residents of these towns.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
(THIS DAY.)

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.

ROUSE OF COMMONS.-AtGUST 6.
SIMLA COURT-MARTIAL

Motion made, and question proposed, " That an humble
address ho presented to her Majesty, praying that she
will be graciously pleased to reconsider the sentence of
the isourtqmirtbil held at Simla on I..ipt,tin Jervis, with
a view to reinstate that oilicer in his rank in the army
and in his reziment" (Mr. Brett). Motion, by leave,
withdrawn.
Motion made, and question put, " That an humble address
be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be
graciously pie wed to give infect to the recommendation
to mercy contained in the sentence of the court-martial
held at Simla on r:iptain derv:a" (Mr. Otway). The
house divided : Ayes, 48 ; noes, Cid.

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Barrow, W. IL Jervolse, Hr J. I'. Seymour, 11. I).
Barry, C. R. 1: nt. Col. s stnepcole, W.
I:nicc. sir 11. Laicatchere. 11. Stork, 0.
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Binirdate, It. Lowther, .1. Watkin. E. W.
Eykn. It. 11.1..nreu, D. Whalley, G. U.
Fawcett, U. Ilactilre, J. F. White, l'apt.
Filler. J. 31ilhank, F. A. White. J.
I:melte, Serf. 11th, .1. S. Wynne, W. R.
linitlamill, Sir F. Mitchell, A. TELLERS.
Burst, J. E. 3lonek, C.. 1. Brett, W. It.
Cray. Sir J. Norwood, C. Y. Otway, A. J.

NOES. _,
Adderley, C. B. Glyn, 0. 11. Noel. 0. J.
Barclay, A. C. Gurney. K. Northente, Sir R.
Barrington, Slut. Hamilton, Lord C. l'akington, Sir J.
Beach, sir M. Henke,, T. Patten. CuL
Bingham. Lord Hardy, G. Peel, ...en.
Bridges, Sir It. Harlington, Mar- Powell, F. S.
Bruce, Lord C. wile of linbertson. P. F.
Calcraft, J. 11. Hay. Sir J. C. Royston, Viset.
Campbell, A. It. Hogg, Lt.-Col. Rime% Sir C.
Capper. C. Howes, E Satater-Booth, G.
Cave, S. Hunt, ft. W. Selwyn, Sir C.
Cavendish, Lord F. Karslake, Sir I. Seymour, G. H.
Chattertna, 11. E. Kerslake, E K. Somerset. E A.
Clinton. Lord E. Kingsoote, Col. Stanley, Lord
Corry. 11. L. lwforre, 0. J. stopford, S. O.
Cox, W. T. Liddell, H. G. Stuart, Lieut.-Col
Disraeli, It. Lindsay, Col. C. Walpole, S. H.
Du Cane, C. Hamming, T. Wyk', J,
Dist al, R. H. Manners, Lord J. Wyndham, P.
Egerton, E. C. Montagu, Lord R.
Feii,nus.ri, Sir .1. Montgomery, 81r G. 711.1.110 i.
Forester, General Mowbray, J. IL Taylor, Col.
Gladstone. W. E. Naas, Lord Whitmore, H.
Gladstone, W. 11. Norte, C.

LATEST INTLLLICIEIkTCE.

(sauna's TELEGRAMS.)
HUNGARY AND CROATIA.
PESTH, AVGCAT 6, EVEMNG.

From the Ist of September next the Croatian
llnancea will be placed under the control of the
Hungarian Finance Minister. The Croatian Credit
Establishment will also be placed under the mune
control as soon as its statutes have been sanctioned.
A general meeting of the shareholders to deliberate
on the statutes takes place to-day.

ROUMANLk.

BUCHASEST, Accost, 6, Evmix°.

Prince Charles of Roumania paid a visit of cour-
tesy to the Sultan at Rustchuck to-day, crossing
the Danube in the French steamer Magicion. The
Prime had a prolonged interview with the Sultan,
and was received with great honours.

ITALY.

FLORICNCIL Auaort 6, Evcanwc.

The Opinions of this evening says :—" The late
order of the day adopted by the Chamber of
Deputies upon the incident of General Dumont's
mission to Rome is not judged favourably by the
Paris press. According to their views it would
appear that a convention between France and
Italy is net equally binding upon both govern-
ments, seeing that France could interpret it in the
manner most suitable to herself. The journal La
France goes as far as to threaten holding up to our
view the spectre of a new armed intervention. We
shall not look upon such fits of ill temper as
serious. We are sure that the French government
will not allow itself to be cheated by insidious sug-
gestions into undertaking another expedition to
Rome, which Italy would feel herself bound to
oppose to the utmost, and which, even if success-
ful, would only place France in the same position
as that recently occupied by Austria in Venetia."
The Italia, of this evening, referring to the
mine subject, says :—" Liberal journals are seeking
to induce the belief that the incident of General
Dumont's mission to Rome may give rise to. fresh
complications between France and Italy. We
consider ourselves able to affirm that the incident
in question terminated with the publication of the
late note in the Monitettr, and a despatch to that
effect must already havebeensentbyourgovernment
to Paris. If Signor Rattami has displayed in the
negotiations on this subject a proper firmness, for
which ho has the thanks of the public, he also
knows that it is necessary to stop when full satis-
, faction has been received."

(opposition) was returned by 1,001 against 671 given
to M. Panama. In the Dordogne, M. Gagnebe, a
mayor, a notary, ands capitalist, who, under prefec-
torsi patronage, had sat in the council for Cartes
unintemiptedly since 1852, is thrown out. Five
other opposition candidates have been elected for
the arrondissement of Sarlot. In the Sarthe the
Duke de la Ruchefoucauld and Count de Dreux
Bread, both opposition candidates, are returned by
large majorities. At Nantes two opposition can.l
didates are returned, and for the third seat there
must be a second election. MM. Nassans,
Pereira, Maurice, Richard, and Le Pere, oppo-
sition candidates, have been returned respectively
at Limoges, Orleans, Houdens, and Auxerre ; thel
figures from these towns have not yet come to
hand. At Montrevault (Maine et Loire) M.
d'Armailld was returned by 1,978 against 1,690
given to the government candidate, M. Saillard,
a judge of the Paris Court of Appeal,
and brother-in-law of the prefect. M. Saillard
had thought it consistent with his judicial position
to issues circular to the curds calling upon them
to give him that support which was " his due."
Opposition victories have been gained at Lille,
Met; Niort, and Dieppe. In general it may be
safely said that the elections have been far more
favourable to the cause of liberty than could have
been expected. Wherever a struggle was possible
—wherever it was practicable for opposition candi-
dates to publish their circulars, to obtain the sup-
port of a local journal, and to put themselves in
communication with the mass of electors, there
has been a good fight. The example will have an
immense influence in the next general elections
for the Corps Legislatif, whenever they may occur.
Everybody feels that the immense majority for
government which the Muniteur returns will make
up, and which the Constitutionnt/ will glorify, is
nothing. The real question is what is the number
of votes obtained by the opposition as compared
with the last election.

The final ballot for one remaining member of
the Council of the Order of Advocates resulted to-
day in the election of M. Ernest Picard, the de-
puty, after a close contest with M. Champetier de
Ribes. M. Desmarest, the last battonier, is thrown
out of the Council of the Order this year. It has
hitherto been customary to elect past batt4miers
without exception, but there is a strong party
among the junior bar in favour of a large infusion
of new blood at every election.
Four writers in the antrrier Francais, MM. Ver-
morel, Page, Duchene, and Towne, are cited to
appear before the Correctional Tribunal on Friday
next to take their trial for a libel upon the Caasag-
nac family.
Tho Bourse was very firm. There were rumours
of a peaceable character. Rente fell 10c. for cash,
but rose 7c. for account.