The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-13 00:00:00

THE RE eActrANTIJOMe.

The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 28th ult., in reporting the
departure on the preiious day of the Italian frigate Re Ga-
lantuomo for Naples, gives the following additional parti-
culars of her disastrous voyage across the Atlantic :—" An
American gentleman, who was accommodated with a pas-
sage to Italy in the ship, bears admiring testimony to the
discipline and calm courage with which both officers and
crow conducted themselves in the perilous crisis. It appears
that for three days and nights they were literally looking
death in the face. The straining of the vessel in the storm
made her leak so much that in the contest between the over
tasked crew at the pumps and the water pouring in from the
opening seams, victory was long doubtful. At one time they
gained slightly on the water in the hold—at another a fiercer
paroxysm of the hurricane overpowered all the exertions of
the crew, and the terrible report went round that the water
was gaining upon them. To add to the horror of their situa-

tion, some of the pumps at one time got out of order, and
water so far got the mastery as to extinguish the furnaces and
deprive the ship of the aid of her steam machinery. But
throughout this desperate struggle for lite nothing like
flinching or despondency was visible, and the American
gentleman who had admired the performances of the gay
young Italian officer in the ballrooms of New York, in which
city they had been hospitably entertained and feted during
the winter, was much struck by the coolness and pluck with
which they worked away at the pumps, and by their ex-
ample encouraging the crew to exertion. There appears to
be an impression on the part of the officers that the Com-
mander of the Star of the West did not make every effort he
might have done to keep by them. When he came within
hail, and their sinking condition was made known, he re-
plied that he could give them no assistance. It is admitted,
however, that he made the signals as stated in his report,
and the circumstance of the vessels parting company is ex-
plained by the fact that they were not lying to, but that the
Re Galantuomo was running free, and the Star of the West
was apparently accompanying her, but not steering in a
parallel line, and therefore her oblique course every hour
separated the vessel by a greater distance. Besides the
main-deck guns, the cattle that had been taken on board for
their supply during the voyage were thrown overboard to
lighten the ship. For three days all the fires were extin-
guished, and officers and men working at the pumps had no
other food than biscuits, water, and whiskey. When the
storm was past the commander of the Re Galantuomo de-
termined to return to New York. A succession of strong
westerly gales frustrated this intention, and he then stood
to the northward in order to make the port of Halifax; but,
as if a perverse fate were opposed to the gallant ship, hard
north-west bre€zes barred her progress in this direction
also, and it was at last decided to bear up for the Azores.
It was thus 35 days after leaving America before the Re
Galantuomo reached a port in which to refit."

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE,

OxFoRD, May 12.

In a Congregation held this day at 2 p.m., the amended
"Local Examination" statute was read end promulgated.
Professor H. S➢fITH rose to propose an amendment. Ho
thanked the Council for the omission of the clause con-
scientice cause,' but could not approve the proposed arrange-
ment of the religious examination. He would omit the
whole of the third paragraph of the statute, and modify the
opening clause of the second in such a way as to make the
history of the Bible alone requisite, and that he would re-
quire of all. He commented with some severity on the cir-
culation of a document by a member of Convocation asking
signatures to a declaration which he thought ambiguous.
Mr. GRIFFITH (of Wadham, secretary to the delegacy)
opposed the statute, pointing out the extreme difficulty of
carrying some of its provisions into effect, and criticising
the looseness of the wording.
Dr. rusEY defended the statute. He characterised the
objections taken to it as contradictory to each other, de-
fended his circulation of the document alluded to, and no-

ticed as important facts that it had obtained 95 signatures,
and that among them were those of all but three of the Ox-
ford parochial clergy. With regard to the alleged difficulties
in the way of working the statute, they were forced on the
framers of the statute by the delegates, who urged that the
case of those persons who should decline the religious exa-
mination altogether required to be met and provided for.
He concluded a long speech by entering into various sta-
tistics, by which he endeavoured to show that the working
of the Oxford scheme, as respected the religious examina-
tion, had not hitherto been satisfactory.
Professor RAWLINSON replied to Dr. Pusey. -It had been
often said that statistics might be made to prove anything,
and he believed that a careful study of the delegates' re-
ports would show Dr. Pusey's to be fallacious. He con-
calved that the difficulties in the way of working the statute
which Dr. Pusey could not see, had been underrated rather
than overrated. It was said that the delegates had forced
these difficulties on the framers of the statue; but this was
not the case. The delegates had asked for no change in the
system actually at work. They had merely (as doubts had
arisen as to the wording of the old statute) asked that the
system at work—with which they were satisfied—should be
legalized. He hoped the present statute would be rejected,
and that the Council would then understand that what Con-
gregation wanted was the plan of the delegates.

- The MASTER of BALLIOL agreed with Professor Rawlin-
eon and Mr. Griffith as to the difficulty of working the
statute. He argued that the making the religious examina-
tion a "plucking subject" would induce numbers to decline
it, and tkat it was undesirable to make boys at such an early
age declare themselves Dissenters. The Cambridge system
had been spoken of in favourable terms by the supporters
of the statutes, but they forgot to mention that by that
system no one was "plucked" for failure in religious know-
ledge. He thought the experience of the delegates had been
unduly slighted, and mentioned that Dr. Howfion, of Liver-
pool, and Mr. Giffard (late of Birmingham school) were
strongly against the proposed compulsion.
Professor BERNARD opposed the statute on three grounds

—its extreme complication, the difficulty in working it, and
the contradiction between the compulsion now sought to be
introduced and the principle of opening the examination to
all which had been originally adopted.
Professor SHIRLEY regretted that the statute was not in
English, It might then have been intelligible. He did not
regard it as embodying the principle which he had wished
to support in signing the document circulated by Dr. Pusey,
He disliked the double doctrinal standard—Scripture and
the Prayer Book—which it was proposed to set up in a sort
of contrast one with the other. If the statute was again
brought forward in its present shape, ho hoped the last
us
ggt t
aee I it
wouldee r
wouldtbh
clause of the third paragraph would be made the subject of
a separate vote.
Professor BURROWS thought that complication was a
necessary feature of a statute on such a subject as that before
the
oval di '
the house. He regarded Dr. Pussy's statistics as very unii -
y
portent, and believed that the statute wago:;,tahltddehdebesairtl:eti.e.
acceptable to British parents.
e
The WARDEN of NEW COLLEGE thou
neat difficulty in working the menesaul
already very complicated, and eve
cexualimy-ivnecrly.6, the
garnedattlyheinseccrreeatsacrdy.
Itireo a:01;
hoped
df
the
ee
statute

be rejected. Ox
was in fay(,u. the
t • of
statute,
The rnovosT of
and made light of th o
difficulties which had been spoken of.
He thought the only
proper mode of dealing with the case
to
9„imilate the examination to that already estab-
led
in the university itself. This was what the statute
ii... ..d,

propos..
Mr. IIN.,

of Merton, as one of the three parochial
- •rl not signed Dr. Pusey's document, gave
"-om it. He supported the amend-
,',e Congregation was dissolved

clergymen who h...
his reasons for dissent 1,

went of Profesbor Smith.

at 4 p.m,

that tho Denyer

The Vice• Chancellor has annouttem
prize will not be awarded this year,

Presentation of the Oxford Die;
A large number of the clergy attended yeitei*Y;#
beth Palace to present to the Archbishop thirdie,lar'ao;i.
prepared by the committee appointed at the meet hel .•
Oxford, and which has since received the signatures of up-
wards of 11,000 of the clergy of England and Ireland. His
Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury received the deputation.
in,the library of the palace. About 300 of the clergy were
present. With his Grace there were the Bishops of St
Asaph, Bangor, Rochester, Gloucester, Carlisle, Moray and
Ross ; the Hon. and Rev. G. M. Bourke and the Rev. Pre-
bendary Hall, chaplains to the Archbishop; the Rev. W.
Stubbs, librarian; and Mr Dunning, the secretary.
Among the clergy present were the Ven. Archdeacon
Clerke, Dr Cotton, Provoet cf Worcester College; Dr
Leighton, Dr Courtensy, Rev. It. R. Faulkener, Rev, J.
Baremen, Rev. C. M. Arnold, Rev. E. Bull, Rev. E.
Lavideon, Rev, R. Gunner, Rev. F. 11. Sharp), Rev. W.
Davies, Rev. C. C. Spencer, Rev. Dr BiLier, Rev. W. R.
Coccus, Rev. T. F. Lingham, Rev. M. Mayow, Rev. W.
Lye!, R.2V, W. Gutch, Rev. George Philips, Rev. S. S.
Merry, Rev. E. Over, Rev. -- Ackworth, Rev. T. Sik-s,
Rev. Burman Casson, Rev. Francis Poynter, Rev. Sir N.
Chinnery, Rev. F. T. Leigh, Rev. W. S. DV kle, Rev. W.
W. Robinson, Rev. Ernest Cowan, 11.. v. Henry Conlimpe,
Rev, PrAendary Stevenson, Rev. E. Bull,
The Yen. Dr. CLERKE. ArehAeacou of Oxford, in pre-
senting the address, lordaraecbabuieahinotpe,dewveirty4 nth%)
here present must be so perfectly well
object which has brought us together to-day that I con-
ceive I shall best be consulting your own convenience and
my own feelings by introducing this subject in as few words
as possible. (Hear, hear,) I have been requested, as
chairman of the committee who have drawn up the declare-
, tion so generally published, in the name of that committee
to present to your grace and the bishops now present an
address, and also to deliver to you the declaration which has
met with so large a number of signatures. With respect to
ourselves, acting as the committee, we have drawn up the
declaration in compliance with a request which was made
when we were appointed in February last, at the meeting
in Oxford, to draw up that which would receive the sanction
and approbation of a great number of the clergy, and I am
anxious hero to state that that meeting at Oxford was
called together by a very strong expression of feeling and
of anxiety which seemed to pervade all parts of the land.
;Cheers.) This declaration has since been in circulation,
and has received a number of signatures, amounting, I
at.. least 11,000, end that number is even now
increasing, for we have daily been receiving additions to it.
In discharge, therefore, of the duty committed to me, I
will proceed to read the address to your grace, previous to
delivering to you the declaration. Thus far I think I have
discharged as briefly as possible the duty which has
been committed unto me as chairman of the committee which
was brought together. It was at the meeting at Oxford
that we were appointed a committee, and upon that autho-
rity alone, and not upon any authority of our own, we have
continued to act to the best of our ability. But, my lord, in
the discharge of this duty I feel that I have another which
I ought in the first instance to discharge, and that is to ex-
press to your grace, in the name of the committee and in
the name of a large number of the clergy who are hero pre-
sent with the deputation, how deeply indebted we are to
your grace for your
,kind consideration—(cheers)—in re-
ceiving us in your palace in order that we might here pre-
sent to you, in a manner most congenial to our own feel-
ings, and, as I conceive,
and
suited to the solemnity of
these proceedings itself, and within these walls to have the
honour of presenting your grace this declaration which I
am now about to lay before you. This, my lord, is but one
of the many proofs, if any proofs were indeed necessary,
of your great kindness, condescension, and willingness to
meet all the just wishes, and to consider the accommodation
of the clergy generally, and also to support cordially every-
thing that the clergy may take up which they conceive to
be for the benefit of the Church, for the glory of God, fur
the keeping of the faith of Christ, and for the maintenance
and support and increase of the Church, as the witness and
as the keeper of Holy Writ. I believe it will be necessary
for me only to proceed to read the address, which I now
read in the name of the clergy here present to-day, and re-
presenting also a much larger body of clergy, who are not
able to attend this meeting. The venerable archdeacon
then read the following address:—

" MOST REP. AND RIGHT REV, FATHERS IN GOD,
"We, the members of the committee appointed at a MCl-
'ng held in Oxford to draw up a ctatement setting forth the
clear and consistent teaching of the Church of England and
Ireland on matters upon which such clearness and consis-
tency of teaching have been gravely questioned, have now
the honour to present to your lordships a declaration of firm
belief that the Church maintains wirhout reserve or qualifi-
cation the Inspiration and Divine Authority of the whole
Canonical Scriptures as not only containing but being the
Word of God, and also teaches the eternal punishment of
the wicked. My lords, we understand the work entrusted
to us under a sense of many and deep responsibilities ; we
were called upon to act with decision in matters of difficulty
and importance which were heavily oppressing the minds
of Churchmen, and did not issue the declaration till wc had,
obtained the consent and sanction of a large number of the
clergy of England and Ireland. We cannot draw our
labours to a close without first of all expressing before your
lordships and the clergy here assembled that we are heartily
thankful to Almighty God because the task imposed upon
us has been carried through to the end with perfect
unanimity on our part, and because the weight of it hes
been greatly relieved by expressions of cordial assent end by
hearty co-operation on the pact of a large number of the
clergy who have affixed to it their signatures. We can
assure your lordships that, large as this number is, it by no
means represents the whole of those who unswervingly
hold the several articles of faith, the truth of which this
declaration seeks to affirm. Beyond the public means of
communication, we know through a large correspondence
that there are, besides the number of names appended to
the declaration, some thousands of the clergy whose faith
it equally expresses. They assure us they were deterred
from signing it, not by any doubt as to the faith of the
Church of England or their own, but by various natural
and legitimate considerations, Indeed, when we consider
the novelty of the course which the necessity of the case
suggested in order to reassure the lay members of our
Church of the faith of their clergy, we have reason to ba
thankful to Almighty God for the great success with
which He has been pleased to bless it. We trust that the
declaration has had some force in removing the misgivings
of many as to the authoritative teaching of the Church on
matters of such vital moment to men's souls as the accept-
tance or denying the inspiration of the Holy Scriptures,
and also the eternity of the punishment pronounced upon
the accursed. We further trust, that, as expressing the
opinions of so large a body of the clergy, it will strengthen
your lordships' hands in any future measure which you may
devise for guarding the faith of the Church. As we com-
menced our work with humble prayer for Divine guidance,
so we close it with fervent joy that we have been allowed
to promote the glory of our Lord, and with thankfulness
that the acceptance which this document has met with,
affords an assurance that the Church of England can give
to all her members throughout the length and breadth of
the land a witness that the true faith of Christ, which is
her life, is uphold in her by her Divine Lord, and that her
clergy who bind themselves to it, evince their obligation
by a faithful, open, and unreserved acceptance of the doc-
trine of the Church as set forth in her creeds, articles, and
other formularies.
" (Signed) C. C. Clerke, D.D., Archdeacon of Oxford,
chairman; R. L. Cotton, D.D,, Provost
of Worcester College ; G. A. Denison,
M.A., Archdeacon of Taunton ; W. R.
Fremantle, M.A., Rector of Claydon,
secretary ; F. K. Leighton, D.D., War-
den of All Souls College ; J. C. Miller,
D,D„ St. Martin's, Birmingham ; and
B.
E. Pusey, D.D., Regina Professor of
Hebrew."
The declaration, of which the following is a copy, was
next read
" We, the undersigned presbyters and downs in holy
orders of the Church of England and Ireland, hold it to be
Ccha unroical Catholic
Scriptures
the souls of wan
our bounden duty to the Church and
to
4a
of England and
to declare our firm belief that the
qualification, the inspiration
Ireland, in common with the Whole Church,
Word of God; and
fur-
ther vitlioerleblessed Lord, that the
maintains, without reserve or
equally with the 'life' of the
and Divine authority orfsedth,e,
not only containing but being
teaches, in the words of
' punishment' of the on
statedgd.ress handedwthearteamoro complete list of
would shortly be presented.
to his grace by
'righteous,'hedecla riastieov:ralnasdfin.sa
the ARCHDEACON,
of UANTERituity, in reply, said —Reve-
rende
adearsisaal2 EnglandbrPet harrenewednend expression of your belief in those
theThs
Andarteuhr be
we, the Bishops of the United
:Ireland here present, accept this
doctrines of the Church to which it refers. It is satisfac-
tory 0 receive your assurance that there are some thousands
ode:ehetulharerachctlie°ornfgy who, agreeing with you in the substance of
the declaration, hesitated to sign it only by reason of its
form or circumstances. This assurance strengthens our
conviction that the clergy of our Church will never be dis-
posed to propagate opinions which tend to subvert the
fundamental doctrines of Christianity. We, fur our parts,
ever feel it to be our duty to maintain Ihe authorita-
tive teaching of the Church ; humbly trusting that we may
receive guidance from above, and bo endowed with arre,,gtll
and wisdom to promote the glory of God and the we:fare of
Ilia Church, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Archbishop.
'rho proceedings were closed by the benediction of the

SIIIELDS, May 11.—A large fleet of laden vessels
sailed from the Tyne this morning, many of them bound
for the Baltic, as the armistice has opened out the Getman
ports. Thera is a considerable demand for coals to be sont
out to Cronstadt, and many ships have been chartered
thence, the rjites being about £l3 per keel. The wind is
not favourable for quick passages to the Elba and Baltic, as
it is still from the north-east,
The barque Francis Milley, from. Mauritius
landed at Plymouth last night Captain Howes, his wife, two
children, and five seamen of the Boston ship Avon, laden,
with guano for Queenstown,
which was destroyed by the
Confederate cruiser Florida, on the 29th of March, 14 N.,
long 34 W,

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ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA,
Covent-garden.
From this time until the end of the season there will be four
Opera nights in each week, viz., every Monday,Tuesday,
Thursday, and Saturday.
Mdlle. Lagrua ; Mdlle. Battu. Herr Schmid; Sig. Naudin.
TO-MORROW EVENING (Saturday), May 4, will be
performed, for the first time this season, Meyerbeer's Grand
romantic Opera, ROBE KTO IL DINVOLO. Alice, Mdlle.
Emilia Lagrua, her first appearance in that character
in
Eng'and ; Isabella, Mdlle. Marie Battu; Elena, Mdlle. Sal-
vioni ; Bertramo, Herr Schm•o, his first appearance in that
character in England ; Eraido, Signor Polonini ; Alberto,
Signor Capponi ; Cava ieri, Signor Lucchesi, Signor Rossi,
and Signor Fallar ; tiambaldo, signor Neri-Baraldi ' • and
Roberto, Signor Naudin, ha first appearance in that charac-
ter England.
Conductor, Mr. Costa.
Commence at half past Eight.
Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre rta Is, 10s. 6d., 75., and ss. ;
smphitheatre. 2s. 6(1. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had
st the box-office under the portico of the theaire, which is
("pen from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellas' and

THEATRE ROYAL DRU B. Y-L AN E.
Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and
F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Belmore.
Alter which, will be produced the Grand Stage
Revival of' Shakipere's Chr,,nicle or Historical Play, entitled
the First Part of
HENRY THE FOURTH.
The cast will include impersonations by those eminent
krtists, Mr. PR ba.rs, Dlr. \Yalta* Montgomery, Mr. Walter
Lacy, Mr. Addis° Mr. Ryder, Mr. Hobert lloxby, Mr.
Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vandenhoff, Mr.
Belmore, Mr. Elierton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville ; Miss
Edith Wynne, Mss It, se Leclercq, nd Mrs. Edmund Fal-
coner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-laue Ccm-
pany.
Concluding with 3IY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS.

THEATRE ROYAL HAYNIA
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Blackstone.
THIS EVENING, AN UNLUCKY 31ORTAL Mr. Wm.
Firren and Miss NI Harris.
Atter which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern,
Chippendale, Buckstone. Rogers, Clark, Weatheraby, &c. ;
Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam.
After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND
ADONIS. Messrs. Compton,Mes-
dames Louise Keeiey, Snowden, NellyrOVrer, nal, Wright,
33o.zers, &c.
To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARN.

Commence at 7.

tone to his discourse, and impresses his hearers
very favourable. Lord GRANVILLE, however,
possessed this advantage, and. stood on this van-
tage ground, that proof were not wanting to
illustrate his words, and he accordingly adduced
this unanswerable argument in favour of the
benefits conferred by this university, of which he
that day treated. This year, for the sixth time,
there is at the University of Cambridge a senior
wrangler who is one of its members, and also
there are a second and third wrangler also, be-
sides many others who have taken very distin•
guished honours. These circumstances certainly
speak volumes in favour of the success of the
Efforts that are made to promote progress and attain
efficiency. It is not often that so sltisfactory an
account can be given of an institution, and in the
present instance it is the more gratifying, because
there has been from time to time a great prejudice
engendered against this university on account of its
more liberal and extended views. It is well, then,
that answerable testimony should be afforded to its
excellence and utility. Lord GRANVILLE made
some very sensible remarks concerning the mode of
education that was carried on in different places,
and on the peculiar nature of university instruction.
' It is only of late years that this subject has been
mooted at all. People used to go on as if it was
an established fact, and a well known thing, that
whatever was the order of the day regarding educa-

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter.
With the most earnest d sire to adhere to the previous
announcement, Mr. FECHTER is compelled, in consequence
ot the extraordinary Scenic preparAtinnPONE
the production of HAMLET until SATURDAY, May 21.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
THIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA. Messrs. Fining,
Hermann Vezin, Nelson, D. Fisher, &c.; 4fesdames Hermann
Vezin, C. Carson, Szc
After which, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two
Dromios, by the Brothers Webb.
To conclude with: DRAWI'N.TC -ROO3IS, SECOND
FLOOR, AND ATTICS.

THEATIti_4:-ItO YAL, ADELPHI.-.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, M:. B. Webster.
Last Week but lour of Ihe Groat Trag-ediene, Miss Bateman,
in the character of LEAD.
THIS EV ENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S
HOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson.
Af er which, at 8, LEAH Miss Bateman, supported by
Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Biilington, Stuart, Eburne,
Stephenson ; Miss H. Simms and Mrs. _Billington.
To conclude with T LIE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Toole,
P. Bedford, K. Romer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis.
Commence at 7.

MISS BAT E M A N.-L E A H.-THI
EVENING and EVERY EVENING.--Miss Bateman
will appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish
maiden until turther notice. In order to give due effect to
tois most remarkable success of the season, entireiy new
scenery by the celebrated artists Messrs. Danson and Sons,
and T1101111)8011. New dresses and appo'ntments have been
prepared for its production.—N. H. In consequence of the
rressing and numerous applications at the Box-office, ar-
mgements have now been made by which Seats m‘y be ob-
tained a Fortnight in Advame.

ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the
Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER.
Crowded with rank and fashion.— The greatly successful new

Comedy every Evening.
Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular
names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr.
Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. . Clarke, Mr. Paul
Bedford, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr, Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews,
Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss
Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and
Mrs. Stirling.
EVERY EVENING, at 7. a Farce, with a new sensation,
called aHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Ashley, Mr.
Johnstone ; Miss Fanny Josephs and Miss Patti Josephs.
After which, a new and oriOnal Comely, in 5 acts, by Dion
Boucicault, Esq., entitled THE FOX CHACE. Mr. Charles
Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. F. Robin-
son, Mr. Ash ey, Mr. W. Cham`,erlaine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews.
Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Henrietta Simms (her third
appearance here).
At 10, OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles
Mathews and Mrs. Frank Matthews.
To conclude with UNDER THE ROSE.
• -

Commence at 7.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. W. li. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, ON AND OFF.
Followed by ORANGE BLOSSOMS.
After which (14th time) MAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey,
Turner, &c. ; Marie Wilton, bimpson, &c.
To conclude with TURN HIM GUT •

Commence at'.

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tion at these places must be right end fitting. The
question is, however, not what course of study trains
up scholars of solid learning, and proficients of bril-

liant excellence, but whether from those
seats of study issue men fitted for
the business of life, who are qualified to be of ser-
vice to themselves and others. The Commission of
Inquiry approved highly of the course pursued at
the London University as to what was required of
scholars before being admitted at all within its
precincts. Lord GRANVILLE explained the im-
portance of this strict rule being enforced, because

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it is the only way to compel parents and masters
of schools to make a change. Every one knows
how addicted people are to old established rules and
regulations. Many pedagogues will declare all
new ideas a sham, and all strange suggestions a
perfect mockery. To guard against the narrowing
tendencies and contracted scope of these prejudices
it is necessary to take every precaution. If the
heads of a University enforce their edict that such
and such things must b 3 studied before an entrance
is permitted, it follows as a matter of course that
all ambitious of the privilege will make themselves
in some way or other acquainted with the deside-
ratum of information. It stands to sense that
many striking alterations are highly imperative,
for as Lord GRANVILLE forcibly put it, it was
shown that the large mass of students quitted the
University " with a great knowledge of cricket
and a very good knowledge of rowing, with only
that sort of Latin and Greek which is perfectly
useless in after life, and entirely destitute of ma.
thematical, scientific, elementary truth, a know-
ledge of history and of their own country, which
it must be admitted are desirable if possible to
attain." It is a great pity that many cultivated
men will fancy that no way is right but what they
themselves have previously taken, and that all suc-
ceeding generations must follow in their wake
until the crack of doom. Far otherwise is
the view taken by the wise and experi-
enced ; they can appreciate the good of
their own style, without at all ignoring the benefits
conferred by other means which a more advanced
state of society may deem to be requisite. Lord
GRANVILLE did well to dilate upon this topic, be-
cause he thus furnished food for reflection to his
hearers, when the first excitement of the hour was
over. The more the fundamental principle that
guides and governs all connected with Ueiversities
is recognised to be, that the main object is to fit
youths to be men of service in their day and gene-
ration, fitted to fulfil with honour and credit the
station appointed for them by their Maker, fitted to
serve their fellow men, and to adapt their talents to
be a benefit and blessing to themselves, the better
it will be for the state of scciety and the recipients
themselves. Lord GRANVILLE has well performed
his, and it is to be trusted that his earnest exhorta-
tions and eloquent language will not be thrown
away, bat stimulate and encourage all who heard
them to renew their energies and press on to the
prize of their calling, making it their endeavour to
attain what should be the end and object of all
training, whether school or college, the privilege of
becoming " useful and virtuous citizens of that
great country to which we are all so proud to
belong."

LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1861.

Lord GRANVILLE is one of those fortunate poli-
ticians who contrive to keep on good terms with all
men, and both sides seem to concert in bearing tes-
timony to his gracious demeanour and universal
B"vity. In the storm of debate he is ever careful
in his expressions, and so times his replies as to ex-
cite no bitter feeling and wound no prejudices. Of
course, in a more genial sphere, and among an
auditory who meet for a common object and are

It is satisfactory to find an idea or a theory put
to practical use. We have all heard so much about
the celebration of the three-hundredth birthday of
our great poet that it is pleasant to find the com-
memoration leaving some tangible results behind it
—not melting away into the things of the past
without effecting any other purpose than giving
occasion for a temporary rejoicing. The opportu-
nity, however, has been turned to good account by

the managers of the Royal Dramatic College, who
have seized the moment when the public sympa-
thies are awakened on behalf of the greatest of
dramatists to bring for ward the claims of the pro-
fession for kindly help and encouragement. It is
proposed by these gentlemen to establish a new
public school for boys and for girls, to be called
" The Shakspere Foundation Schools," whose dis-
tinguishing feature should be to have an endowed

unwed in their sentiments,
he can appear to foundation for a limited number of scholars, who
more
advantage and meet with no opposition to must be the children of actors, actresses, or dra-
his benevolent wishes and cordial sympathies. On matic writers. By this means it is hoped to corn-
-Wednesday
be presided at a meeting at Burlington bine the benefits of an institution with the nume-
House for the purpose of awarding certificates and rous advantages of a free public school. This very
medals to those who had pissed with honours at excellent scheme does not indeed own its origin to
the University of London. His lordship, who wore the Tercentenary Festival, but since it had been
his robes as Chancellor, informed the meeting that, long cherished by the projectors, it was felt that
in order to be present among them, he had obtained this was a fitting opportunity to invoke the aid of
permiesion from the QuEEN to absent himself from the public in endowing the foundation. A public
Court. In treating of the various subjects which meeting was held on 'Wednesday at the Adelphi
appertained to his theme, his lordship expressed his Theatre, under the able presidency of Mr. CHARLEI
satisfaction that they had contrived to retain among DICKENS, whose admirable speech set forward the
them those principles of a liberal and comprehen- claims of the proposed institution on the public for
sive character which had always distinguished that encouragement and support in so clear and forcible
University. It is a great proof of the necessity of a manner as to carry conviction to the hearers.
establishing some institutions of this extended class There was no cod misericordiam address, no mourn-
that so much support and patronage is always ful lamentation over the errors or misfortunes in-
accorded to it. "13`1"8, some exclusive rules and cidental to the profession, but a brave, cheery,
regulations are necessary in certain quarters, and manly appeal fora little kindly help in giving the
may be productive of great benefit in effecting the first start to an establishment which should here-
objects in view, but still it is highly requisite that after pay its own way; a demand for a helping
some establiehments should exist in which a more hand in pushing off the vessel, which, once afleat,
irnrartial rule ebonld bold sway and reign para. will need no other aseietance, "The school," said
mount as its guiding it:thence and infcrming prin.
the chairman, after recounting the origin of the
ciple. Lord GRANVILLE' had the proud task of scheme," is to he equal to the best existing public
commenting upon the vast improvement that had school. It is to impart a sound, liberal, and coin-
taken place in the condition and prospect of the prehensive education, and it it to address the whole
Unisersity of late ram There 7 ere nearly double great middle class at least as freely, as widely, and
the number of candidates in 1863 to what there
-Nero in 1857. This increase is not owing to any are foundation
es cheaply as any existing public school. There
foundation scholars at Eton,
faeiiities afforded by the examination, for that scholars at most of all our old schools, and if the
flee been still more extended, and of a more public, in remembrance of a noble part of our
searching ch'lracter. Everyone knows that a man standard national literature, and in remembrance
of experience in public speaking, still more a of a great humanising art, will do this thing for
I
fluent orator and an accomplished debater, can at these children, it will at the same time be doing a
all times, and in all places, make a good case out of wise and good thing for itself." Ia answer to a
very little, end with ingenious deeceiption and possible objection, Mr. IJecieeNs remarked that it
dexterous management may impart a very animated v was a singular thing that the childr,,, of actors and

actresses very seldom followed their parents' profes-
sion, so that there is no reason to fear overstocking

course provided for in the regular expenses of the
year, was reckoned among the extra expenses of the
war. So that in spite of the opium disappoint-
ment the Calcutta public is able to rejoice in a
surplus instead of a deficit. We are sorry to fad
part of the surplus attributed to the
saving in the Public Works Department. £5,000,000
was the sum allowed, but owing to several hin-
drances and drawbacks not nearly that amount has
been spent. Possibly the obstacles were not of a
nature to be easily removed ; but we fear that there
is not that spirit and energy put into the prosecu-
tion of these important works that their public
nature would justify. The salt trade, which is said
to be failing, returned but little, and the Customs
receipts are less than the estimates. The land
revenue and the Excise have, however, come to the
rescue and helped to restore the balance. Sir
CHARLES TRENELTAN reduces the duty on tobacco
frome 2
roe torai 10 per
p h
er cent., and also—a less popular
asu
the import duty on cotton goods
measure—raises
from 5 to 71 per cent., with adjustment of value to
market rate. This part of the measure has
excited a strong opposition in commercial circles,
and most of the Bombay journals concur in de-
nouncing it as retrograde and impolitic. It will be
seen whether Sir CHARLES may be induced to re-
consider this part of his Budget. For the coming
year the estimated expenditure is £45,340,000, and
the estimated revenue £46,160,000, thus leaving a
surplus of over £BOO,OOO. It remains to be proved
whether so favourable an augury will prove correct,
or whether the monetary crisis of last year, with
which the Government proved so powerless to deal,
will reappear in the autumn. But at present we
may content ourselves with rejoicing that Sir
CHAS. TREVELYAN has successfully passed through
the ordeal of £217,700 deficit on his estimates.

the already overcrowded ranks of minor players.
With the hearty English nature belonging to him,
Mr. DICKENS bestowed cordial praise on our public
schools, and more especially commended the honest
self-respect which had hindered the promoters of
this scheme from making it an exclusively chari-
table asylum, and had induced them to throve
open their school to all comers of those sturdy
middle classes which form so important a part of
our English social system. There appeared to be
some doubt on the part of some gentlemen present
as to the risk of parents in an iniependent position
getting upon the foundation, and it was suggested
that a clause should be introduced in its charter ex-
pressly limiting the benefits of gratuitous education
to those whesa circumstances rLally need such
assistance. There was a strong feeling, however,
on the part of the meeting that it would be un-
wise and unseemly to brand the foundation scholars
with the stigma of poverty, and put a distinction,
as it were, between them and the other children.
It would not be the same as any other charitable
educational institution where all the children are on
the same level, but as the school is to be thrown
open to the public, the insertion of such a condition
would be invidious. Besides, as Mr. Tom TAYLOR
and Mr. B. WEBSTER explained, every eleetion
must, according to the rules of the society, be a
public one, so that there is no risk of the child of
wealthy parents reaping the advantages designed
for those who need help. Publicity is, as we all
know, the beat protection against any underhand or
unfair dealings, and so we may reasonably hope
that the substantial benefits of this institution will
be reserved for those on whose behalf it is founded.
The plan will commend itself to many who might
be more indifferent to the claims of refuges and
asylums. It is always a good thing to give
a fair start in life, and a good education
is the best patrimony. Tha fact of throwing
open the doors of the schools to all corners
has a substantial advantage, since by so doing the
managers, as we have said, hope to make them
self-supporting. If they are conducted on the
principles and with the spirit of our other public
schools, there is little fear of their ultimate suc-
cess, especially as they are to be situated in a part
of the country where no such establishments exist
at present. The question of middle class educatio❑
has lately occupied:a good deal of attention, and
wise men urged the necessity of putting within
their reach the same advantages that Rugby,
Eton, and Harrow confer on the higher classes.
Therefore these new schools may be looked upon
as the first step towards supplying this want, and
in so doing the managers of the Royal Dramatic
College have shown the foresight and good sense
of practical men of business, instead of the indis-
cretion cnco popularly attributed to their profes-
sion. The charter of the college expressly provides
for the establishment of schools, but their erection
has been delayed in favour of the erection of a
harbour of refuge for those having, as Mr. DICKENS
pathetically expressed it, their faces turned to the
setting sun. The young could afford to wait—
they could not, and their needs claimed the first
care. But there could be no more fitting time than
that of this national commemoratio❑ to begin this
good work, to show our sense of the claims of those
who toil for our pleasure. and to express our sense
of what we ow© to the art of which SIIAKSPERE is
the undisputed king.

The annual budget of national receipts and ex-
penditure is always one of the most important poli-
tical events of the year. The question of pounds,
shillings, and pence may nfitct, as we all know,
matters seemingly far beycnd its range. It may
influence a nation's policy, and by so doing inter-
fere with the proceedings or interests of other
States. A. country whose exchequer is known to
be flourishing is regarded with very different eyes
by the statesmen and potentates of Europe from one
whose finances are at a low ebb, and her friendship
or her menaces are often respected accordingly.
In younger States, the condition of the finances is
always a matter of very great importance, since
they only lack the credit and prestige of older
nations, which may enable them to recover in one
year what they lost in another. The finances of
India were, as we all know, until very recently in
a highly unsatisfactory position. So great were
her embarrassments indeed, that serious fears were
entertained as to her prospects, and many wise and
cautious men gravely advocated the abandonment
of our possessions, since, instead of being a source
of profit, she was likely to produce nothing but loss
and discomfort. Thanks to the new and enlight-
ened policy which, in spite of many serious obstacles
and difficulties, has presided over Indian finance for
the last few years, so groat and startling a change
has been wrought that the most lugubrious of sight-
seers cannot now indulge in the gloomy anticipations
once so general. Since the inauguration of the new
system there has been a continual and decided pro-
gress. Year by year matters have mended until, in
the budget of 1863, Sir CHARLES TREVELYAN felt
himself justified in anticipating a considerable sur-
plus. But, as we know, there has of late been con-
siderable anxiety felt as to what his disclosures for
1864 might be. Thanks to the expenses of the

frontier war, the tightness of the money market
and the receipts on account of opium, which ex.
ceeded Mr. LAING'S estimates by £1,750,000, fall

ing short of Sir CHARLES TREVELYAN's calculations
by more than a million, there have been rumours
current that the prosperous financier would have
this season to report a deficit. Happily, the event
has not fulfilled these sinister predictions, and a
balance of £30,000, though far short of what was
reasonably hoped for at one time, is sufficient to
spare Sir CHARLES TREVELYAN the necessity of
imposing new and unwelcome taxes, or of making
any addition, direct or indirect, to the fiscal burdens
of the people. It seems that much of the uneasi-
ness re;pec ing the finances was occasioned by a
miscalculation regarding the expenses of the Sit•
tana war. The authorities, on that occasion, acted
with commendable promptitude, and being uncer-
tain how wide or deep the disaffection bad spread,
having at the moment no means of distinguishing
between the insubordination of a few mountain
tribes and an organised Mussulman conspiracy,
they moved up men and batteries in large num-
bers ready for action. By this means the out-
break was promptly suppressed, and it was surely
wiser, after the lesson of 1857, to be too well armed
than too little prepared. It was known that the
expense incurred must have been great, which
knowledge prepared men, we suppose, for the mis-
take we have alluded to. The war was declared to
have cost a million sterling, and had it done au it

would, of course, have produced a disastrous effect
upon the Budget. As it is, with the cost of the
Sittana expedition, reckoned at less than one guar.
ter of the sum supposed, there is, as we have scan,
a bare surplus, and consequently had these calcula-
tions been correct, there would naturally have been
a deficit of something like three quarters of a mil-
lion, We may, indeed, be thankful that the pro•
press of Indian development has not been checked
by such a weight, which must have pressed heavily
on her industry and restricted her awaking energies.
The mistake about the war arose from the fact that
the cost of the force in peve time, which was of