The Express.
London, England, 1859-01-22 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, JAN.2I.

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MORAL &Innen Tams, 1859.—The examina-
tion for the Moral ficinsess Trips will begin on Monday,
Feb. 7, at 9 o'clock, cm.' in the flesat•-house. The order
of the examination will be as follows —Monday, moral
philosophy; Tuesday, modern history, geueral rarispru-
dence ; Wednesday, political economy, laws of England;
Thursday, mixed questions. All persons desirous 01 being
candidate. in this examination must scud their names, wins
notice of the requisite examinations they hove passed, to the
Professor of Moral Philosophy, in Trinity College, on or
before Friday, Fob. 4, 19:59.

TESTIMONnI, OF RESPECT TO A CLERGYMAN.—
Ths Itev. B. 11. Widdringten, Vicar of St. Michael's, Co-
ventry, was presented, on Janutry 19th, by a deputation
from Waist* parishioners, of Walcot Bt. BwitbM,, Beth, with
• testimonial of 2.501. value, consisting of a massive diver
salver, pair of candelabra. tea and coffee service, and library
inkstand, of tasteful design and workmanship, by Payne, of
Bath, in testimony of their appreciation of his public services
end private worth during the eighteen years he laboured
amongst them as their pastor.
WANT OF CII k PLAIN, IN INDIA.—As we have no
chaplains the troops have no prayers.;,The men feel the went
of one who is their friend in sickness, who writes to their re-
latives. and gives them good counsel and advice. In • previ-
ous letter I pointed out the narrow basis on which the East
India Company placed its ecclesiastical establishments, and
the grievances of which military chaplains complain. The
Scotch regiments have their preebyterian chaplains. There
hen been an excellent Roman catholic chaplain, the Rev. Mr.
O'Dwyer, attached to the column under Lord Clyde, or to
the 6th Fusiliers, but there has been no provision made far
the waste or she protestant soldier. This 1s shame
to the government, and shame to those who ought
to care for the welfare and for the feelings of those
who fight their battles. Let me at ones state that it is no
fault of Lord Clyde that we have had no chaplain with the
head-quarters force ever since it took the field. Long ago
Major Norman, in the name of the commander-in-chief,
applied to the archdeacon, end was assured that three chap-
lains of the Church of England should at once be appointed ;
but up to this moment we have not had even one with our
army in the field. Our army indeed is healthy, but in the
month of May 1,000 Wien died in the Bengal presidency
alone, and I have heard more than I would like to repeat
about unattended deathbeds and careless funerabt. The
health of the .rows in Oude, as will be seen from the final
report, is now satisfactory; but, well or ill, the soldiers say,
We like to have • chaplain."—Cerrespondent of Time.._

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EARLY ASCENT OF SPOWDON.—On the Gth of
this month Mr. Edmund Ping, a gentleman from London,
made an ascent of Snowdon. He started with a guide from
the Snowdon Ranger at nine o'clock a.m., and on arriving
at the top wee recompensed for his trouble by a moat splendid
view equal to any obtained In the summer months. After
remaining half an hour on the summit he came down on the
Beddgetert side to Pitt's Head, and reached the Snowdon
Ranger at half-past two p.m.--Cornarroti Herald.
PRAIsRWORTIIT CONDUCT OF AN EN6INE-DRITER.
—As the Great Northern express train woe travelling be-
tween Crofton and Featherstone, on Saturday last, just after
paring the former place the flenge of one of the wheels of
the engine broke, and the engine was jerked off the rails.
The train had proceeded only about 300 or 400 yards further
when a large portion of the tire of the wheel was propelled
with tremendous force over the engine into a field. The
train, when the accident occurred, was proceeding at the
rats of 60 miles an hour along a steep embankment. The
engine proceeded for about a mile, grinding one set of wheels
against the edge of the rain, whilst those on the other side of
the engine were clubbing the chairs. Providentially, when
almost another revolution of the wheels would have precipi-
tated both engine and train down the embankment, the driver
brought the whole to a stand. To the firmness and courage
he displayed in • situation sufficiently alarming to have mimed
him to ham jumped off the engine may be attributed the safety
of both passengers end train. The passenger' did not know
the nature of the accident till the train was stopped
hat when they beheld the narrowness of their reaps, they at
owe showed their estimation of the conduct of the driver b
irking a subscription on the epot, and presenting him with
the pounds Ttta chairs were broken for the length of a
age, sad the Vela wee delayed two hours by the accident.