The Express.
London, England, 1868-10-20 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, Ocr. 17. -
MAGDALEN COLLEGE.—The following gentle-
men were this afternoon sleeted to fellowships in this
college :—To the Classical Fellowship : Henry Maxwell
Spooner. Exhibitioner, of Ballot College. To the Mathe-
matical Fellowship: Briny Damian, 8.A., of Magdalen
College. There were 16 candidates. Mr. Daman was
placed in the first class in mathematics both in the first
and second public examinations, and ha., obtained the
senior and junior mathematical scholarships. Mr. Spooner
was placed in the first class by the classical moderators ih
Michaelmas term, 1885; and in the final examination,
Trinity term, 1868, be secured a imilar honour.
UNATTACHED STUDENTL—Ths first examination of can.
didatea for admisaion.to the ranks of the university as on.
attached students, under the statute pissed last term,
was held before the delegates on Thursday and Fri-
day in the present week. Twenty-one gentlemen pre.
sented themselves for examination, of which 19peased,
the remainder being " plucked." The successful candi.
dates are eligible for residence this term.

OXFORD, Ocr. 19.
CHRIST Cm:mem—The election to open exhi-
bitions at this society, which commenced on Thursday
last, terminated this morning in favour of the following
gentlemen :—J. Gordon Swift Macneile, of Trinity Col-
lege, Dublin ; J. Brooke Little, of the Grammar School-,
Norwich; C. J. Robinson, of the Grammar School, Man-
chester. Mr. Matneile was also elected to the vacant
Slade exhibition: which is of the annual value of 301., and
only tenable for me year. The other exhibitions are of
the value of about 601. per annum, besides allowance
for dinner, and are tenable for three years.

CA.MiIItiDOE, OCT. 19.
Tim LE BAs PRIZE.—This prize; instituted by
nsemters of the civil service of India who were members
of Haileybury College during the thirty years that the
Rev. C. W. Le Bas was connected with that institution,
in perpetuation of. the memory of that gentleman's ser-
vices, and given annually to such graduate of not more
than tbrre years' standing for the best English sabayon
a subject of general literature, occasionally chosen with
reference to the history, institutions. and probable de.ti-
nits and prep cts of the Anglo-Indian empire. has been
this day adjudged to Charles William Stubbs, B.A.
Sidney Sussex College. Subject: "The Origin and
Growth of Sentiments of International Morality." Mr. Le
Bas was formerly Fellow of Trinity.
lirrEn-Couxowre LECTITiES.—A ey'tem of inter-col-
legiate lectures has just been inaugurated for the attend-
ance of the honour men. These are given on subjects
meet germane to the examination the honour men will
have. to go through; by gentlemen bet quailed to treat
of them. They are open to all the examinate, who
have thus equal 'advantages, and a great deal of work is
aLo saved to those engaged in tuition.

EMANCIPATION IN THE SPANISH COLONIES.—
An address, rgned by men of letters, professors of the
Univenity of Madrid, and other gentlemen, asks the pro-
visional government to declare tree all children born in
the Spanish West Indies after the 17th September last; to
grant the political liberties of the peninsula to those pos-
sessions ; and to allow them to send deputies to Cortes (as
was the case under two previous mustitutions) : the suffrage
to be granted to all free, 26 years old, and born or natu-
ralised Spaniards, without distinction of colour. The
committee of the Anti-Slavery Society have also pr sented
an address to the provisional government of Miidrid ex-
pressing a hope that personal freedom will be at once
conceded tot a slave population in Cuba and Porto Rico.
Tim SCBSIDENCE OF Ilsweit.—The Honolulu'
correspondent of the New York Tribune, writing on the
lfith of August last, before he could have known of the
earthquakes in South America, from the 13th to the lath
of that month, says, "It is believed that Hawaii is sinking
into the ocean. Ever since June last unusually high tided
have prevailed along the southern and eastern shores, and
it is now evident that the island has sunk • few feet on
its southern and western shores• and a few inches on the
east and north. At Hawaii there has been noticed a con-
tinued succession of volcanic waves which cannot be
accounted for. The first of these waves was ob-
served at Honolulu on the night of the 13th of
August. and at almost the Same moment it was no-
ticed 200 miles to the south east. They were more
powerful at those pare, of Hawaii which are
nearest to the South American coast. They rolled in at
the rate of three or four per hour for four daps. They
were net like the sweep of the furious breakers that •
lashed the shores during the April eruptions, but appeared •
to be the effects of SONIC gigantic oscillation Ames the
Pacific. The speed of tidal movements through earth-
quakes is very great. The earthquake wave of April 20
was trun.natted from Hawaii to Mexico, California, and .
Oregon. a dlitince of . from 3.010 to 6.0U0 miles, iu live
Lours.. Ow the 23rd of December, 'ISA a similar wave
was Van,initted across the: mitiro breadth of the Pacific
Oecan, in m Jarall to .Calitnruia. in 11 hours and 38
ninnies. Thc'e facts convey 'a copy impr.-.-,i;•• 'idea of
the tremendous power required toil:store, tl.e whale body •
of an ma an• fur le,t(lal miles by a movement distinct from
the tidal swim.
ATTEMPTED SPUTDA BY A PIHENT.--An cites.
ordinary attempt at Suicide was made vedenlay at the
A•pi lest, aged chola OM was veiling •
the tomb of Napoleon. when he suddenly drew a pistol •
from his pocket, and discharged it in the direction of his
heart. Probably from his agitation at the moment, his
hand wavered, end the ball merely passed through his left
ann. He immediately reeeived medical assistance• and was
afterwards removed to his home. Ho declared that • dif-
ference with dine members of hie family had Owl kits to
make the attempt ou his life.—Galidnaa.
'ALLNOLIb MURDEIi AT BEDMINSTER.—Ruiny
Beeves, a single woman. 23 yams of age, died on Sunday
morning at her mother's house in lii.hoi-iitteet. Bed-
minster, from, it is said, the effects of bear!: thrown into
the water of the New-cut. It is alleged that about eight
o'clock on Friday night the deceased met a young man
named Ileury Jenkins, with whom she was intimately
acquainted, and by whom, it is stated. she hid •
child, and twilled to him for some money to sup-
port the infant. They were walking together along
the New-cut on tLe Itedcliff side, and when near Har-
ford-street Jenkins exclaimed. "Take that, you
and pushed her off the pathway into the river. The tide
was at its height at the time, and the woman would soon
have been drowned had not the act been witnereed by
several persons, amongst others William Searle. of Dean-
street, who immediately gave an alarm. Poliee-constahle
Spear (27), hearing a cry of a woman in the water, pro-
cured the Humane Society's hooks, and, aided by Mr.
Summons, of Nelson-parade, Heade. and ono or two
other persons, succeeded iu rescuing her. She weir taken
to her mother's house, situate as above, and attended
by Dr. T. T. Smart, of Southville. On Saturday
evening it was found that she war in a dying state,, and
information of her precarious condition was given to
Police-sergeant Corp, the officer on duty at the Bed-
minster police-station. The sergeant, on receipt of the
intelligence, telegraphed to the mond station. and com-
municated to Mr. Ruperintendent Handeoek, who sent to
Mr. Herbert noMaa. one of the city Magistrate& Mr.
Thomas, accompanied by Medan. Regersand Wood, clerks
at the Council-house, proceeded to &mop-street, and
there took the deposition of the dying woman. She
stated most positively that Jenkins pushed her into the
water. Thellledmiustor police were communicated with,
and Police-constables Donovan and Dickinson were
despatched to the necuesd'e house in Ship-lane. CA4hal.•
Dickinson went up-stairs, and found Jenkins in bad.
Jenkins jumped out of the window into the street, and
tried to make his escape, but was captured by Doseevan,
who was stationed outside, and conveyed to the police-
dation. He denied all knowledge of the affair. Jenkins.
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EXPLOSION AT A POWVEN Mai.t..—Au alarming
explosion took place at the Basinghyll tlunpowder Mills,
Westmoreland, on Saturday. The two mi where the
explosion took plme were entirely unroofed, and shout
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Two workmen were on the premises at the th.tirth-...i:
losion, but fortunately they were et • sufficient distance
r"m the building destroyed to escape.
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11in in the quality of tea as usually
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