The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-13 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, Jt*LY U.
In a Convocation held this morning, being the
List day of Term, Mr. Cheeks Neste, M.A., Fellow of Oriel
College, was admitted and took the oaths na Professor of
Economy ; the report of the delcgsey for repairing
St. Mtry's tower and spire wee read ; and the 11ev. Henry
Bediord, 8.C.L., Emanuel College, Candaidge, was ad-
mitted ad soindna.

Ins Congregation holden immediately afterwarde, the
following degrees were conferrer) . Masser of Arta—The
Rev. Joieliti Lloyd Brewton. University College; the Rev.
Alfred Puvey. QUelll.l. College ; the Rev. George Fimcla-
ranoe Slade (Fellow), All Souls College; the Rev. John S.
Barrow, Wadham College ; the Rev. William Henry Free-
mantle (Fellow), All Souls College ; the Rev. John God-
ding, Magdalen Hall ; the Rev. Je.eph Baly, Worcester
College who is &Went in the colonies. Bachelor of Arta—
Marin Swete Alexander Walrond. Sallie) College.
. .

At a meeting of the Gradtuktcs of Theology, held this
morning, the Rev. C. A. Heartley, 11.1)., Canon of Christ
Chan:li, was re-elected to the office of Margaret Profinaor of
Divinity.

rz.vnlxo UP OP JOINT-SMCIC COMP.d.:I lES.

IRISH WASTE LAND IMPROTtiiIENT CoMPANY,—
The Muter of the Rolle in i iclani has Mussed to make an
order to wind up fide company's affairs on the ground that
the petition for that purrs.. woo pnisented by a person
under no obligation to pay rte debte, and also on the ground
that the only seitistatotel debt arm onc in which there was
only an interloeut.my judgment.
ltiomiaty I ILI: U A MDENti COYTAS V.—A petition hae been
presented to the Court of Chancy.) to lave this company,
established in 15,9 u the Kent Zoological and Botanical
Gardena Society, wound up.

Tile. LATE TRIAL AT GLASGOW.—it was sup-
posed by wont that M 441 Smith, although she looked cool,
was in n frame Of mind which would precipitate her into a
brain feet r whenever the trial terminated. This notion hu
not beta vet teed. Whoa she went down the trap-stair to
the cell beneath, a flee woman once more, it wart with a slow
steady step. When she arrived at the feet of the stair wo
believe she met her brother, the ...lack " of her letters,
without evincing any feeling at the sight of one whore pro-
spects she has blighted, and over whore future life she bar
thrown a dark shadow. She talked treaty about the pro-
ceedings in court, pronounced the Ism! J melee Clerk "a
tedious old man," praised the Lord Arlvocate'a speech usenet
her as a very clever speech, and did not levitate to ennuis°
the audience end the jury. When it was found that the im-
mense crowd in Perlisment-square were waiting in the ex-
pectation of getting a last look of the &reused, and when a
young woman was procured who agreed to permeate her to
the throng, provided she eras favoured with a sight of Min
Smith, the ex•prisoner not only agreed to bo seen, but with
her own hands aft t had the curious girl in a dress of her own,
that the people outside might the more rarely be imported
upon and led away from the spot. A while afterwards, hav-
ing disguised bereelf slightly, rho walked out on her
brother's arm from a door at the other end of the square,
accompanied by another young gantleman, and, hating gone
to the front of St. (iiles'a Church, Peeped a cab, and was
deicers in it to one of the rend etation• of the Caledonien
line. She left rho train at a email side-elation near Glasgow,
relight a train for Orono& on the same line, crossed thu
Clyde in one of the poaoenger etcam-boats, and the same
night wars with her mother, at Bow, wht re the poor lady
has been in a dying condition for the tint month. So that,
through all the first evening and night of her reknit,, at
leapt, the has shown no symptom of the anticipated reaction.
lien father refuses to sae bar, and ere this ahe has lilt for a
foreign band. The defence has core somewhere about 4,0001.
.t greater sum than that was euharribed for the plenum by a
few of the leading Giesler's. inereleufte. One old bachelor, a
Marilee And namesake of the junior frontier for the city, put
down a tbourand pounds as his own share. The Mtwara.
Ileldsworth, to which firm William Minnoch belonga, were,
it is earl, willing to give the same measure of assistance ; so
were the wealthy family of the Baird., and a rich uncle of
the prisoner, from whom she has " expectat cm." The Dean
art FratulWe I.e was 240/., end a "refrerher" of 701. every
morning of the trial. Mr. Young, who was associated with
the Dean in the defence, reetafed 4001. altogether.—Licer-
peel dation.
THE HoYAL COLLEGE or —The
President (Dr. Mayo) and Fellows of this institution issued
cards of invitation or a raorersozione on Saturday evening
Net, when a numerous assemblage thronged the library and
suite of rowan of the Colaerte. Among the company were
mome of the most eminent turn of the day in the various de-
partments of the liberal prolmsions. There were present—
Lord Campbell, Lord 't% melt:3.We, Sir Iticherd Kindersley,
Vice-Chaneellor ; Sir John Stuart, Vice-Chancellor; Mr.
Grove, Sir Ilenry Ellis, K. 11., Sir Joshua Rowe,
K.C.B. Profesaore Witte., Sully, Stephen', and Wheatstone,
General Sir Frederick Smith, M.P., Mr. Gladstone, M.P.,
Mr. ItAbtiell, M.P., Mr. A) rton, MX., Mr. Grogan, M.P.,
Mr. Briscoe, M.P., Mr. Hope, M.P., Mr. (Trepan. MX.,
Mr. Inghatn, M.P., Mr. The, MX.' Mr. Locke. M.P.. th•
Rev. Dr. Livingstone, the Rev. Dr. Whiteside, the Rev. Dr.
Major, the Rave. Henry Howarth, John Dyne, George Geer-
ring. Flood Jones, John Ketupe, nod Baden Powell ; Mr.
Landes:ler, R.A., Sir. l'ickersgill, R.A. Sir Benjamin
Brodie. Sir Thomas Phillip. Captain E. J. (!erpenter, R.N.;
Js. Kerr, Andrew Smith, Julius Althea, Belmont, Koepi,
Roberts, and Hiddingh ; Alderman Salomon, Mews.
Arnott, F.lt C.S. Bishop, F.R.C.S., Dodgem, F.It.C.S.,
Partridge, F.R.C:S., De Grave, Osborne Smith, Words-
worth, Smythe, Lonadalo, Joseph Wilke, Charles Mashy,
Eallwisen, Every, Spencer Smith, Jacob Bell, Ike.