The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-16 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, Dsc. 15.

MATIEZNATICAL HONOITZ.S.—ibe Examiners in
the Ana Metherostkal School have Ws afternoon made
known the tonowte award of classes:
CLAN I.—John lepb, Merton College; &maid Kiddie,
Corpus College.
CLASS 2—Hap Burrell, Exeter College; Charles
Walker, Qessn's College.
Cuss S.—John F.seaserrr, Lincoln.
CLAM 4.—Thomas F. Collins, Bruceton; Philip 8.
Dave% Corpus; Retry L. Herrn, Owlet Church; William
H. Mainmald, St. 'Edmund Hall; George B. Main%
Bessmass; John Nichol, Balliol.
B. Plum,
T. B. GRAND, Examiners.
G. 8. WASS,

DISCUSSION AT MAIDSTONE ON
MUM UNIONS AND STRIKES.

Oa Wt mains a public discussion took
• lisidat, between Mr. C.
of the town in the Home
of Commons, sn r. O. Fumy, a member of the London
Conference of the Building Trades, who was acconimaled by
Mr. Potter, Mr. Noble, and Mr. Wheeler, all con-
nected with the same body. The subject of dascumlon,
announced la placards circulated in the town, wee "Trades
Colons their Uses and Abuses ; the Master Builders' De-
claration, its besting thereon." Prior to the convening of
the meeting a correspondence bad taken place between Mr.
Buxton and the committee of the local trade societies, and
the mult was that arrangement* were made for holding an
amicable dlemeelos on the questions at issue, Mr. Boxtan
having taken the Initiative is the matter. Admission being
free, the meeting was a very crowded one, comprising pro-
bably trout 1,600 to 2,000 pereons, the vast majority of whom
appeared to Woos to the working classes. The meeting was
from fret to last exceedingly orderly, and in that respect
highly creditable to the town of Maidstone. •
The proceedings commenced at eight o'clock, when, in
credence with previous arrangements, the Hon. George Dee-
ms, M.P., took hie seat as chairman for Mr. Buxton, and
Mr. Sturgeon, berrister.st-law, as chairman for Mr. Yam ;
Mr. Blarickell mourning at the same time the post of Retorts.
Each of the chairmen made a few appropriate remarks in In-
trodneit.g the gentlemen for whom he acted in that capacity.
limey Madded that each speaker was limited to two speeches,
which it was understood were not to extend beyond half an
hoer each, Marsh that period wee, in one or two instancee,
exceeded by cement.
Mr. Buxton, M.P., addressed the sterling first, and was
followed by Mr. Face,. A second exchange of arguments
followed.

liir.llltacniti.i. (the ranee) them odd the gentlemen around
hint—Mr. Beaton, Mr. Feosy, and their respective &sir-
nien—had agreed to submit three questions for the consids-
rotten and decides of the meeting. He then put the three
questions saccessively. The firm was, " Are trades unions
a benefit to the working clamps or sot r' The affirmative
was carried by a nmfority of about 10 to 1. The next ques-
tion wee, "Are •ites benefices' or not r It was met with
load cries d uNek so," sad "Only as a last resource," and
when it was put a very large majority of bends wee held up
for the mgetive. The last question was, " Should the master
builders' declaratkin be approved or condemned r On the
show of hands the condemnation of the document was all bat
unanimous, and loud groans were directed against it.
On the motion of Mr. POTTER, seosided by Mr. NOWA,
thank' were unanimously voted to Mr. Buxton for the course
he had pursued in bringing about the diectusion, and for the
mans in which he had treated the question that evening._
On the motion of Mr. BUXTON, M.P., seconded by M.
DIXYLN. M.P., a similar compliment was paid to Mr.
Pony ; and, thanks having be.. euesequently accorded to
the two chairmen and the referee, the mewing separated
about 11 o'clock, scarcely say one in the vast amemblege
having departed before the termination of the prowedinge.

THE TWO BARRELS.

Tborea a barrel I hays 1s a color so song,

With a tankard of that how the time will slip by,

With • pipe and • song or good tale :
If a Irked from just over the way should step in,
He's hailed with • hearty good cheer,
And user repents as he tastes the contents
Of an Englishman's barrel of beer.
Tbaria a barrel I have, but mach stronger than beer
Is the charge which for that I intend ;
It hangs by the chimney, in readinees near,
For I mean it my hearth to defend.
If a tie from just over the way should drop to,
Welt meat him with three hearty cheers ;
Bet I think he'll repeat when be tastes the contents
Of the berets of stout volunteers.
And thus double.hartell'd, my boys, let us live,
Prepared for our friends or our foes :
The hand that In friendship we readily give,
le as ready at need to give blows.
And whether the spigot or trigger we draw,
Our barrels won't fail us, I went
So tankard. end rifles let's charge, hip-hurrah!
For oar Freedom, our Country, and Queen
SAXOII.

ROYAL COLLEGE 01, BURGEONS.—In the late list
of members admitted to the Fellowship by election the fol-
lowing axe omitted, via. :—Henry Lionel Cowen. Ceylon
Rifles, diploma of membership doted 30th Aegint, 1829; and
Richard Nugent, Wr.lvahampion, 7th Febraary, 1843.
STATISTICAL SOCIETY. The second ordinary
meeting at this society but the make 18.59-60 will tate place
on Timothy ant, the 20th Mat., when a peper will be reed
Os the 31161 of Wages in tho Cotton District daring the
W. Ten Years," by David Chadwick, Bp., treasury, of
lisiferd.
Tun LIVERPOOL CHAIN CABLE TESTING MACHINE. I
—At the Meng Docks and Barbour Board's meeting yes-
terday, the Works Committee reported that they had liken
leas the aaeporatlos the whole of the buildings sad plant
eennested with the chats esbis letting machine; the oar-
rsatheekies, since the abolition of the town dam,
irtnit no amnion with the anntageoteat of the dodo.