The Express.
London, England, 1868-04-22 00:00:00

DUBLIN, Tormat Nu mm.
This morning the Prince and Princes visited
Trinity College, where the Prince, the Lord-Lieu-
tenant, and the Duke of Cambridge had oonfetred
upon them donors' degrees. With this ceremony
was combined that of the inauguration of the statue
of Burke. Speeches were delivered by Sir J.
Napier, the Vice-Chancellor . of the Uni-
versity, Chief Justice Whiteside, and the
Provost of Trinity. Afterwards the Prince
unveiled the statue. The reception of their
royal highnesses both within and without the
college buildings was most enthusiastic. During the
afternoon the Prince and Princess has visited the
Hibernian Academy, the Cattle Show, the Catholic
University, and other places, and have overprints
met with a most cordial reception. The weather
is showery.

There was • convenazione last night in the
=Dublin Society-house. The Prime and
of Wales arrived before 12 o'clock, and
were enthusiastically received. About 1,000 per-
MOD WWI presoak
By pertmesatte et the Prince of Leiniagen, Cap-
tain of the Victoria and Albert, a very large num-
ber of ladies and gentlemen were allowed on board
yesterday, and were shown all over this handsome
craft. Many took advantage of the steamers and
went rotuid,tle fleet in the Man-of-war Roads. As
the weather was rather boisterous there was no
getting on board of any of them.
H.11..H. the Priace of Wales and H. R.H. the
Duke of Cambridge wereyesterday sworn in as mem-
bers of her Majesty's most honourable Privy
Council in Ireland.
The following is the address presented to the
Princess of Wales on the occasion of her visit to
the Alexandra College :

TO Eli ROYAL SIGHTLESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES,
PAMIR:SS OF ALEXANDRA OOLLIGS.
May it please your 'Loyal Ilighnem,—We, the visitor,
council, professors, Mime, lady visitors, and students of
Alexaadra College, desire to express our gratitude to
A toyal highness for graciously allowing this college,
while pit =preyed sad untried, to be called ly rim
name, and for that continued interest in it which the visit
of this day has declared. The object it proposes to itself
—namely the enlarging, deepening, and strengthening the
foundations on which the education of women in the upper
and middleclasseereste—isonedear to yourroyal highnem's
heart—ono, therefore, which we are sure your royal high-
ness will hiarn with pleasure it has not altogether failed
in promoting. Trusting that we may still show ourselves
not unworthy of the august name we bear, and may, by'
God's biasing, still more effectually set forward these
high purposes for which we ant associated together, sad
earnestly praying that to your royal highness all health
and ha Ines may be vouchsafed, we remain your emir
faithful and devoted servants,
Tri Viairon, COUNCIL, PROFESSORS, Omen's,
LADY VISITORS, AND STUDENTS OF ALEXANDRA
OOLLIGE.
April 17, 1868.

Cantu PONIBIOIIIITIL
The Laity News regards the passage througk
committee of the bill for sarryiii out the punishment of
death within prisons as marking a silent but irresistible
revolution of public sentiment. Mr. Mill attributes the
amigo le att nervation of elaraotor, but his estimate of
the superior importance of the things which make lit.
valuable over mere liiidene• deprived 9f them wwictr,
would justify the infliction of death for c•rtain climes et
offences now otherwise puaisha3. If his recommendations
were adopted, the chances of escape would be greatly la-
mmed, seeing that he would remit the penalty wheat
there was anything oempkined and mysterious in the OUR
Mr. Mill's plea for capital ptudshment fails of its purpose.
The reluctance deliberately to inflict death, which is at
the not of the movement which be combats, does act
spring from any superstitious regard for human life apart
from the purposes of living, but from a desire to give those
defeated purposes a new chance of partial fultbeett. Bo
this as it may, there is little room for doubt that the foil-
ing which mitten to tolerate public ezeoutiots will seen
prohibit any aztottligni at all. In the meantime everyone
toast sympathise with .Mr. Noste's abhorreace of the
brutalities of death by banging. The guillotine is mote
serials and ripiti, and km shocking.
The Timm surprised at the mnim icf the minority,
due, it mud re, to amsegst other causes, the remarkable
speech delivered by Mr. Mill. Murder, it proceeds le
i argue, is generally the offspring o' that kind of savage dia.
position which only the fear of death will efficiently con-
, Mel ; and the punislunent for it shc bo dist inguishoci treat
the punishment for every other er.cce. The abolitionists
would hays us kill the murderer by inches, but not
kill him outright. The country is, however, against
the proposed change, and is rig! t in its opposition. To
nye society from the prevaleme of s,..ch aims as the
Todmorden murder in this country, or the murder of Mr.
M`Gris in Canada, is the tease momentous of all public
duties, end to the elvers administration of justice on the
offending it is due that among thirty millions of people is
them islands so few acts of premeditated murder are com-
mitted in the year.

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The Star mentions, as flaws in the arguments of Mr.
Will, that every perpetrator of murder is Lot within that
eategory of hopeless villains which Mr. Mill has de-
pissed; that the absolute wickedness he describes 6pplim
to many habitual perpetrators of smaller crimes ; and that
be altogether leaves out of view the idea of the futon
life. If there is one class of persons whom the great
majority of Saglish people would shrink from condemning
to sudden death, it would be those criminals of whose sal-
vation it was most difficult to entertain • hope ; yet it
would be precisely these whom Mr. Mill would calmly eon-
sign to extinction.

The Herald thinks that, apart from the main negative,
the public will rejoice to know that the evil which has
keg been deemed the chief reproach of the law inflicting
capital punishment, is being rapidly !misdated out et
existence. The reform is cue which the Herald believes
to have been projected in the interest of popular morals
and mothers without detriment to justice.
The Telegraph thinks the argument, of the abolitionists
are together very forcible, and cannot be thruet aside by
mere utilitarianism ; they are making way in a remark-
' able manner; and though the time may not be Dome for the
final disappearance of the hideous paraphernalia of Cal-
craft, the "blood for blood" code—which Christ repealed
two thousand years ago—oan scarcely remain moth lama
in force through the meat civilised parte of Christen-
dom.