The Express.
London, England, 1868-10-28 00:00:00

CAIrDIDATES /OS TWA SAIL

A correspondent of the Daily News has made a oomplaint
involving a serious charge against the Honourable Society
of Lincoln's inn. Some years ago he joined the society,
with the •iew of being called to the bar, but circumstances

lid him to change his mind and abandon the pro-
ject. He. therefore, ceased to go through the appointed
process, but ho is, nevertheless, yearly sum-
moned by the steward of Lincoln's-inn to pay the sum of
f..t. 7s. 4d.. although he never eats the society's dinner*,
enters its chapel, or makes use of its splendid library. Tho
alternative consists in paying a heavy fine, in addition to
• year's fee, for the purpose of terminating all connexion
with the Inn. The Daily Neer* condemns this practice as
absurd and indefensible, and contends that it the benchers
of Lincoln's-inn are wise they will arrange to let its cor-
respondent and others in a like position go is peace. Oar
contemporary, however, does not anticipate that they will
show themselves wise in time, for the prejudices of men
occupying their positions are strongly opposed to altering
ancient Customs, even though the change lead to the ex-
tinction of a long-standing abuse.

EDt court.

BALMORAL CASTLE, Oar. 24,

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The Queen attendod Divine Service yesterday
in the parish church of Crathie. Prince and Princely;
Christian, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, and Prince
Leopold also attended, end the ladies and gentlemen in
waiting.

The Bey. John M•Leod, D.D., Minister of Morton,
Argyllshire, officiates!.

The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday, attended by
the Countess of Morton.

The Lord Chancellor will rectivo the judges, Queen's
counsel, &c., at his lordship's reiideuce, No. 6, Cromwell-
houses, on Monday, the 2nd of November (thu first day of
Michaelmas Term), at 12 o'clock.

The Queen of Holland and suite visited Brixham
on Sunday afternoon. Her Majesty alighted at the quay,
and walked to the end to survey the memorial tablet ridsod
in honour of the landing of the Princo of Orange. Her
Majesty afterwards drove to Berry Head, finally returning
to Torquay.

We (Port) understand the marriage of the Earl
of Ellearner° and Lady Katherine Phipps will take place in
the course of the ensuing month.

The Lord Chancellor will receive the judges,
Queen's counsel, &c., at his lordship's residence, No. 5,
Cromwell-houses, on Monday, the 2nd of Nov. (the first
day of Michaelmas Term), at 12 o'clock.

The Bishop of Lichfield, when on his way lately
to his diocese of Auckland, in the local company's
steamer Taranaki, wee wrecked. Soon after enter-
ing Queen Charlottes Bound the steamer struck on
a rock, and began to make water rapidly. The boats
were got out, the passengers were landed on the nearest
shore and the mails also, while nearly all the baggage was
obliged to be abandoned. With his characteristic energy
the bishop, accompanied by his son and Lord Burghley,
took one of the boats to sound for a shoal known to be
close by, but the crew, being unable through the strength
of the tide to tow the vessel to it, the Taranaki drifted
further up ►nd sank in 10 fathoms, with little hope of
raising her. A large number of the passengers first
landed, including most of the ladies and children, wore
obliged to remain on the side of the steep mountainous
banks of the sound all night, under the commissariat
charge of the bishop ; others were fortunate in being able
to got to one of the two or three scattered houses belong-
ing to the settlers there, it being 20 miles to Piston by
water, and next to impossible to reach that town by land.
A steamer was sent to their help next morning from
Wellington on the disaster being telegraphed.

Lord Mayo, the new Governoi-deneral of India,
proceeded to Shoeburyneve yesterday to witness a trial of
the Monads& gun-carriage on the protected harbetto
systme, the object of the visit being to see how the prin-
ciple ran be applied to the coast defences of India.
NATIONAL EXHIIIMON OF WORKS OF ART AT
11.mins, 1/468.—Itoturn of admissions: Tuesday, October
27, by season tickets, $l9 ; by payment of le. each,
2,206 ; total, 3,027.

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FO : El GN NE Alir $4
(THIS DAY.)

G, OCTOBER