The Express.
London, England, 1861-03-28 00:00:00

nil: UNIVERSITY O,IP OXFORD AND "ESSAYS :
AND REVIEWS." .

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The Church of England Clerical and Lay • •
gke fee the hartorpor of Evangelical d'ristrakiell (W ,
intent), lately forwarded a memorial on the Essity744lo
Reviews* athe Vice-Chancellor of Oxford Untiring.. . '
Jeer esiterrisdged its receipt end prentisedtolay it Mire ..
the Rebelomsdal Council. Ge has now dor so, NA seeds
the minion ed reply ;—" Vembrike College, Oxford, .
Ilfeeeh 15,1861.—Rev. end dearffir,—l Its, laid heroes t •
Ikehloradel Council of this Wavering the woos* which
you parented to me, requesting 'to WIG unit-
aura to procure or pronounce an authoritative doter-
tics of linens, setting forth the "judgment of the Xs&
vesslty of Oxford r to the truths contravened or OA
aro promulgated in a book entitled "Esoys and Reviews. '
The corn Itss taken the memorial into Ra grave cork :
'Untie., and lam iustructal to Ore to your that in ey Aor • . ,
to comply with the prayer of the memo • it would brp
nememary that the council and myself should the sett- 'I
jest before the Convocation of the University, • bodycoits-
mhentling between three and four thousand member of .
different ranks and profession ; and we think that any-
thing of a judicial sentence on matters of doctrine would be
more satisfactory if it preened from a tribunal very diffe-
rently coniiituted. , We observe that the archbisbor and
bishops, Whose especial province it is to watch over the
faith • end to reprove error, have •prosennosi their
opinion on the book in
_solarium IRO are under-
stood to have the matter still under thou. consideration. --
We regret that the liberty of opinion' in the chinch of
Ragland which you highly value should ever be carried ao
far as to give pan to . pious minds, but we believe that the •
general and warm expression of veberation for the authority
of Holy Scripture sad of bilk is the greet truths of the
gospel which the publication of the book to which your me- ,
mean refers has called forth tends to prove that the confi-
doped which our church reposes in her ministate is rarely
abused. We believe too, es you do, that disersioe such as
that which has .1101 V arisen, however distressing, and how-
ever injurious ha the first instance, must ultimately WWI
soder God's providence to deepen sad strengthen the form-
dation of the fahk —l. am, rev. and dear Pr, your obedient
humble servant, 7RANCIS drum, Vice-Chancellor.—The
Rev. Aka G. Cornwall, Ice., &c."

nrmicirioNAL EXHIBITION, 1862.

The following is, we understand, the classification
Maly to be adopted by her Majesty's Commisaionen :

kicnoa I.—Raw Ranters—Mining, quarrying. me-
balmily, and mineral produrta ; chemical substances and
prodesta, and phaamancestical manses; substances used
for food, including wines ; animal and vegetable substances
used in manufactures
fineTtOn E.—MACHINERY AND ENOTN E ERINCI. —Railway
plant, including locomotive engines end carriage.; esoriedee
not connected with rail or train roads ; manufacturing ma-
chines and tools machinery in generd as applied to indus-
try ; agriculterrsi and borticultaral machines and
manta; civil engineering, anthitecturel, and building con-
trivances ; military engineering, armour and accoutrements,
ordnance, and small artm • naval architecture, ship's tackle ;
philosophical instruments' and pea erases depending upon
their use ; photography, and photographic apparatus ; born-
logical instruments ; mdsical instruments ; surgical instru-
ments and applinnces.
SECTION 3.—Moirtnraorunes.—Cotton ; flax and hemp ;
silk and velvet ; woollen and worsted, including mixed
fabrics generally ; carpet. ; woven, *pun, felted, and laid
fabrics, when shown sa specimens of printing or dyeing ;
tapestry, lace, and embroidery ; skins., fur, feathers and
Pair ; farther, including saddlery and harness ; articles of
clothing • paper, station, printing, and bookbinding ;
edneatie4l works and appliances ; furniture and uphol-
silvery, including paper angings and pepier-miche ; iron
and general hardware ; steel and cutlery ; work, in precious
metals, and their imitations, arid jewelkey ; gbes ; lottery;
manufactures not included m previous clamor.
tilterrorr 4. Fr.va Aare (SoDralt). Architecture ;
' printings in oil and water colours, and drawings ; sculpture,
models, dio-sinking, and intaglios ; etchings and engravings.

LONDON, CHATHAM AND DOVER
Yarrow morning, the adding materials having been dam-
pened of by auction, a number of workmen were employed
I the demolition of the extensive range et warehouse' and
office' at Saint Anne's Wharf, Esrl-street, Blackfrian, for
the extension of the works of the London, Chatham, and
Dover Railway. A temporary obstraction has arisen to the
emigres of the works of this line at the Dover Terminus,
the inhabitants of the bounce in Limekiln-street and
Stroh street having just ma& en application to the Court
of Chancery forth* appointment of an arbitrator, as they
object to the erection of a bridge calculated to be injurious
to their property; • proceeding which must necessarily
delay the operations of the contractor
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY AND
TEN 0181.11VAECIE or THE SABBATIL—This company have
Just nerd Instructions to the effect that every officer and
servant (including the engine-driven) throughout their
system of lines shall in foam have one half of the Sunday
free, ea as to give them the opportunity, if they should so
think fit, of attending Divine Service, either at the nom-
rail's own churches at Wolverton and Crewe, or elsewhere.
Can Town RAILWAY AND DOCK COMPANT.--.
The half-yearly ordinary general meeting of this company
was held yesterday at the London Tavern. Mr. Harrison
Watson presided. The Chairman, in moving the adoption
of the report, which has been published iu our columns.
briefly touched upon its various points, and congratulated
the proristore upon the satisfactory condition of the com-
pany. They would recollect that at the last meeting some
reinialcs bad been made on the way in which the accounts
had been made up, and the amendments suggested had been
adopted by the directors, and the works on the line wen
being constructed as rapidly as parable. Mr. Brown
(managing director) seconded the motion, and in a speech at
considerable lestilwelt on the details of the company's
affairs. Mr. J. , a member of the Legislative Cowan
of Cape Town, said e works on the line were proceeded
with quite to the satisfaction of the government, and he
hoped to the shareholders. He bad no doubt that, unless
some accident occurred, the line would be opened next
month as far as Stellenbosch. After a brief discussion the
motion was adopted, and the proceedings terminated in the
trial

SOMNAIIitILIBM IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE—A
singular accident, attended with serious injuries, but at the
same time a providential escape from instant death, occurred
to Mr. Maanah, landlord et the Cock publio•house, Ro-
chester, an evening or two duos, while travelling on the
North bent Railway. It appears that Mr. Macnab took
his seat In a third-elms carnage by the 910 p.m. train from
London. Whoa between Gravesend and Rocheater, the
train travelling at a very rapid rate, be sislieuly gorcent
from the seat on which he bad been sleeping, and
the carriage door, when he was obeerved by a young
man, the only other occupant of the carriage, to throw
himself out of the carriage. The occurrence wag so sudden
that the young man was unable to prevent its taking
place and on the train arriving at Highien uitormatiob
at once given to the statiou•nnister, who immediately de-
'pitched servants of the compuiy to search dolmans line.
On proceeding to the spot indicated they found Wow.
Waste man appuestly in a dying slate and imensible, he
having sustained a severe fracture of the skull. He was, at
once conveyed to the Gravesend infirmary, whim% en
covering consciousness, he had no resollection whatever of
jumping from the train. although them is no doubt be did
so while in a state of seninamsm.' He still remains in
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LONDON, THURSDAY, MAIZCII 28.

SIR JOHN RARSDRN having induced the West
Riding to elect him as a Reformer, thinks himself
justified in doing all he can to thwart any measure
of Reform. Lest year he was one of those who
with professions of friendship did their best to
damage the Government measure ; and this year,
because the Ministerial Bill is not re-introduced,
he objects to any other being attempted. The failure
of the general scheme last session was ascribable
mainly, he tells us, to the opposition it encoun-
tered from the Liberal aide of the House. He
forgets to recall the fact that of its insidious oppo-
nents under the mask of advocacy he himself was
one ; yet now he seeks to take the benefit
of his own wrong, and makes his conduct last see-
lion a justification for more open tergiversation in
this. The ministerial measure of 1860 proposed
to conifer a 61. borough franchise, and from that
measure Sir JOHN Riateree did not then venture
openly to dissent ; in 1861 be plucks courage
from impunity, and coolly announces his determi-
nation to vote against the identical proposition as
brought forward by Mr. SAINLX. The measure
of last year likewise enfranchised the 10!. occu-
piers in counties., and in that portion of it also the
bon, baronet acquiesced ; but now to make all
square he votes against that also, thus delibe-
rately repudiating the two principles when em-
bodied in two separate bills which he affected
to support when combined in one. This
is what may be called the high-flying style
of desertion—desertion alike of friends and of
principles—of friends by whose aid, and of prin-
cipks by whose profession the pre-eminent post
has bean gained, which the recusant thus betrays.
It is certainly well worth while sacrificing time and
nosey at every general election to put fine
gentlemen into Parliament, who, when they get
tier*, think it shows blood and a tree aristocratic
spirit to trample on promisee and to treat with
amen the wi.lies of their constituents. With
what face will the managers of the next party
hocus-pocus ask the middle classes to vote for
their Conservative-Whig candidates, after what
we have lately seen t Whether another general
election be distant or near we know not : one
thing we know, that whereas we were blind, now
we see.

If Mr. Bstess' Bill, which is soon to be offered
for • second reading, were any novel or undisoussed
project of franchise extension, there might be some
excuse for refusing to vote for it. We ourselves
have never said that we regarded a 61. rental as a
perfect test of capacity for the use of the suffrage ;
on the contrary, we have never shrunk from de-
claring that, after its adoption, large numbers of
the working classes would continue outside the
pale of the constitution whose admission we should
consider most desirable. But we are willing to
take what the whole of the Liberal party in Par-
liament were content to offer, and it is because
that offer has not been made good by the reintro-
duction of the measure promised at Willis's Rooms,
that it has become the duty of an independent
member like Mr. Barris to produce it afresh,
and to press it upon the deliberative attention
of the House of Commons. A majority of that
Home, after several nights' debate two years ago,
declared that without a lowering of the borough
franchise to this extent at least it was impossible to
expect general contentment in the country, or that
confidence would be reposed in the administration
of affairs. A minority, strong in talent, influence,
and numbers, denied that such a reduction of the
borough franchise was necessary. Appeal was
made to the nation ; and the nation believing the
majority to be 'linear., ratified its decision at the
hustings. Profiting by the opportunity thus
afforded, the leaders of the majority expelled
their rivals from power, and seated themselves
in their room. What has since happened
we all too well know. The question
was trifled with last session by those
who had no right to trifle with it,
and covertly betrayed by others. But the
majority have not yet as • party burned the ships
in which they sailed into power : that is a feat
still to be performed, and we shall not believe in
its possibility until it has been done. It will not
be the fault, however, of men like Mr. Romanis
or his brother-in-law, Sir JOZN RAMSDIN, if the
vengeance of displaced Toryism be not wreaked on
the Whig party by their own hand. Reform,
according to theme gentlemen, is to be baled by
loud and lavish promises of concession, which it
is allowable to laugh at whenever their exaction
is practically demanded. It was in this sense
that the hon. Member for Stroud undertook
to pinch the ears and pull the noses of
his constituents last Christmas for presum-
ing to call him to account, and insinuating
that he had changed aides. The Member for the
West Riding, with less wit but hardly lees effron-
tery, ventures to claim credit for seal in the came
of Reform, upon the ground that he his refused to
vote for Mr. Loam Kixe's Bill, and that he
means to do the like by that of Mr. Barites. We
should be curious to know what the speculation of
the hon. baronet is in making this announcement,
or whether he really believes the men of the great
county he misrepresents are such idiots as to be
duped by gilt-edged imposture of this description.
The Liberal party in Parliament would have ren-
dered themselves accomplices in the deplorable act
of their courtier chiefs had they tacitly consented
to the abandunnient of the great principles
of extended suffrage. It was bad enough
that a Cabinet which owed Its existence to the
assertion of these principles should have arbitrarily
and wantonly laid there aside ; but it would have
been immeasurably worse for the sake of all eon-
eased if in that hour of lamentable dereliction
independent men had not been found ready to
snatch from the ground the fallen Beg, to bear it