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London, England, 1853-06-11 00:00:00

ING, JUNE 11, 1853.

COLOGNE CHORAL AETY, Exeter-hall.
N../ Monday next.—Mr. Mitc respectinlly announces that
the 80 members of the distinguished cietyastanner-Gasang-Verein
of Cologne, will give one ENTENINis-C(XiCERT only, consisting
ent rely of sacred vocal music, with* accompaniment, which will
take place on Monday evening nextrJunc 13th, at Exeter-hall, and
on which occasion the celebrated ot,ganist, Herr Sc,inelder, of the
Protestant Church, Dresden, will elate upon the grand organ cf
the above Hall several masterpiec of Bach and Handel. Pro-
grammes and further part culars max be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's,
Royal library, 33, 0 d Bond-steet ; and al the dike of the Sacred
Harmonic Society, Exeter-hall.

what he conceived to be an improvement to interfere
with the disposition of collegiate funds, or alter the ar-
rangements which he found existing.. The primary
object was the security of appropriations left in trust
for any public object. He knew there were statutes
which the members of colleges were compelled to swear
to uphold, and not to permit to be altered, but which it
was impossible to carry into effect, because they were
contrary to the laws and principles of the present day.
These were cases in which it was earnestly to be desired
that Parliament might interpose its supreme power, to
give to those who were trustees of the colleges a per-
missive power to deviate from the strict letter of the
statutes, for the purpose of applying the funds to pur-
poses clearly within the spirit if not the letter of the
original endowment. (Hear, hear.) So far from being
offended or irritated, they ought to seek and to court
the intervention of Parliament for giving them facilities
to free themselves from shackles in which it was im-
possible they could move or walk freely, and to relieve
themselves from obligations, compliance with which
they were obliged to evade. Depend upon it that in
these days that which would not bear .the light must
be swept away ; but if they were ready to forego some
advantage for the purpose of adhering
,to established
principle—if in introducing reformation where re-
formation was needful, they did not prejudice great
objects, or infringe great sanctions—even those who
were desirous of going further would respect their con-
scientious scruples. (Hear.) Thus the universities
would be enabled to extend more and more widely the
sphere of their influence, and to prove their capability of
adapting themselves to the age in which we lived.
(Hear, hear.) Though he had regretted at first the issue
of the commission to inquire into the universities, he
was bound to express* his belief that the issue of that
commission produced much good—that it had produced
a spirit of inquiry in the universities themselves—dis-
placed much existing prejudice, and substituted for it a
free spirit of improvement. Let the university proceed
steadily and firmly to adapt itself to the exigencies of
our advanced civilisation, never departing from its ori-
ginal landmark of attachment to the Church of England.
There might be some of latitudinarian views, the advo-
cates of merely secular knowledge, who would be of
opinion that it lagged behind the spirit of the age ; but
the great mass of the country would support them, and
give them strength in the approval of public opinion.
Thus acting, they would never forfeit that respect which
they had enjoyed since an epoch almost coeval with its
constitution, and which he trusted would long continue
their proud and well-deserved privilege. (Loud cheers.)
Tho company separated shortly after. eleven o'clock:
The last installation ball took place in the Town-hall
last night, and was attended by 200 persons.

ALLSOPP'S PALE A_LtE.—l refer the learned
to Baron Liebig, the temperaps to Dr. Carpenter, invalids to
the medical profession, awl the robUtt to the best duke of• London
for the merits of my stock of ALLirOPtS ALE. The "Thirsty
i.oul " and " Constant Read :r "of the Times" I can also satisfy
with my Imperial Measure.
Bottles (quarts) ...... Bs. per dozen.
Do. (pints) „ ss. „
Kilderkins (18 gallons) 30s.

lIARIONGToN PARKER,
1360 r Merchant, 51, fall-mall.

CONTRACT FOR ,COPPER.

Department of the Storelcemcr General of the Navy,
Somerset place,tfth June, 1853.
THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the Unit Ail Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the 21st
instant, at One o'clock, they will ba ready to treat with such
persons as may be willing to Contract :br sui plying her Majesty's
Dockyard at Chatham with

100 or 200 TONS OF ENGLISH TOUGH CAKE COPPER,
Half to be delivered in One Monthand the Remainder in Two
Months. A Form of the Tender may bit seen at the said Office. No
Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of Treaty, nor
will any be noticed, unless the party ittends, or an agent for
duly authorised in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to e Secretary of the Admi-
ralty, and bear in the left-hand co the words, "
-Tender for
Copper," and must also be delivered at , .erset-place, accompanied
by a letter signed by two responsible taepons, engaging to become
bound, with the person tendering, in the of 5,0001. for the due

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 10.

The following mates, R.N., passed examinations quali-
fying for the rank of lieutenant at the Royal Naval College
yesterday : Messrs. Edye, Grubbe, Natt, Phillips,
Beamish, Heneage, Bolton, and Davidson.
The following second-masters, R.N., also passed for the
rank of master :—Messrs. Drew, Parsons, and Ryan.
The Neptune, 120, Captain E. H. Scott, was brought
down from her moorings this morning, and placed in the
angle dock to have her bottom examined. She is all ataunt
with her sea-going gear.
The Hogue, 60, screw-ship, Captain Ramsay, hauled out
of dock last evening, and out of the sea-fitting basin to-day,
ready to return to Spithead.
The Simoom, 18, screw troop-frigate, Captain Smith, left
this evening with the 34th Regiment for their destination
in the north.
The Geyser, 5, steam sloop, Commander Wilson, came
into harbour this morning to be repaired. Her officers and
ship's company are to be turned over to the advanced pad-
dle sloop Vesuvius, 6.

PLYMOUTH, JUNE 10.
Her Majesty's screw steam-ship St. Jean d'Acre, 101,
Captain the Hon. H. Keppell, pointed topmasts yesterday.
The frigate Sybille, 40, Captain Elliott, having been
masted, was to-day taken to the jetty to be rigged.
The steam sloopMagicienne, 16, Captain Thomas Fisher,
sailed on Tuesday afternoon for Queenstown.
The steam troop-ship Rhadamanth us, Master-Commander
Belam, arrived yesterday from Pembroke, and is appointed
to sail to-day for Woolwich.
Mr. Brown, Master-Attendant, and a party of riggers
and seamen, are ordered to Pembroke, to bring to Devon-
port the Rover brig, which will be launched on the 21st of
June. The Hamoaze lighter is also ordered to Pembroke
with masts and jury gear for the Rover.
On Monday last the Coast Guard instructing gunners on
board the Hotspur gunnery brig, under the command of
Captain W. H. Kennedy, were exercised in firing blank
cartridge, and on Tuesday they commenced exercise with
shot. The target, which was laid out at 900 yards, con-
sisted of the butt-end of a spar, three feet long, tapered off
at one end, with a line fast to it, having a pig of ballast
attached. In the other end a staff, five feet high, was
fixed, with a flag, one foot square, flying at its head. The
weather was favourable, and the • practice remarkably
good ; the flag was frequently struck, and the staff was
cut in two twice. Not one shot passed ten feet clear of
the target, which was made small to avoid the loss of time
that would havo otherwise occurred from its frequent de-
struction. These Coast Guard men; 30 in number, return
to their respectrve districts, in England, Ireland, and
Wales, during the week, for the purpose of instructing
the whole of the force 'employed in the Coast Guard sor
vice. They appear to be very orderly, and their proficiency
goes far to prove how valuable this branch of the navy
may be made for the defence of tho country, afloat or
ashore, when properly instructed.

Lord SEATON returned thanks for the army, and the
Earl of HARDWICKE for the navy.
The Master of PEMBROKE then gave the "Health of
their distinguished visitor the Earl of Derby."
The Earl of DERBY, in returning thanks, said he
should retain to the last moment of his life the most
vivid impression of the kind and flattering reception
which he had experienced at all hands on the occasion
of his visit to Oxford, to assume the dignity to which
he had been called by the voice of the University.
Their respected president had given him credit for
powers of argument and speech wl4ch his kindness was
disposed to overrate, and had paidihim the undeserved
compliment of saying that he was i(le in the conflict of
Parliamentary warfare, and the strife of the most power-
ful intellects in the Legislature, to deal with public
questions without much previous thought upon the
subject. It should be recollected that the absence of
previous consideration of words vAts a very different
thing from the absence of previoes thought. (Hear,
hear.) If there were a single point;-on which ho might
venture to say there was any likeii,is between -himself
and his illustrious predecessor, it *as in the fact that
what he said was the result of earnest conviction of
truth, and having maturely considered any subject, he
trusted to the power of nature, working as it might
work in any honest man, to give effective expression to
what he deeply felt. (Hear, hear.) Let no man believe
that much influence was to be gained in the conduct of
public affairs, or much weight in the public counsels, by
n i neypeurbtl
hiceilife,
uthh
awhnedol
greatestifraen d: merely
ekn l
feelings influence
w
mere fluency of speech. (Ulcers.) Of the men whom
to rs ve r n whoen en— pahosdsehseselcTimuthlde
pwoistsheseserddiltihaerypoewleearrhoefepalhaecfienrgetthheeirirthheoaurgella,its
not except his illustrious predecessor himself—were men
e
and of whom it was remarked, not that they sought to
clothe their sentiments in any artificial dress, but that
thaernyestenpeesnsed
tethetihresewhwolheensioutlheywitwh
were
elaisneneeksig t
plainness and
convince. (Cheers.) Such was the eloquence em-
phatically possessed by the late Duke of Wellington ;
aman who would have raised the wonder of any stranger
hearing
him for the first time, as to who the person was
who with such hesitating and stammering accents so-
licited the attention of his auditory. Yet such a person
would soon have found that there was something to be
listened to, and that there was nothing marvellous in
lati-
the fact that men should hang with rapt attention and This vessel foundered at sea on the 20th of May, in
and the best that could be found to his meaning Tara of
master, sailed
tude 46 N., longitudel3B W. We are enabled, from a re-
breathless silence on every word thet fell from his lips,
perfectly assured that that word wculd be the right one,
from Hull on the 26th of April, for
(Hear, hear.) Though in the
Fort drawnf up by the captain, to furnish the full pal-tim-
e the loss of this ill-fated vessel. The Aurora, J.
Expresshighest attributes that' New York, with a crew of 18 men and 24 passengers. On
adorned his character it would be vain to attempt to the 17th of May, the ship having encountered strong ad-
rival the Duke of Wellington, yet this he could say, verse winds, it as found that she was making more water
misplaced feelinge imitate of se
soma of without, he hoped, anyeem. than usual ; not much notice was taken of this, except that
placency, that he wouldendeavour
hands were kept constantly at the pumps. t was found
te
e
these qualities which had secured him public venera- that the leak increased, though still there seemed no great
cause of alarm. At half-past nine o'clock on the lath,
tion—his unswerving principle, his determination to do
his duty, his fear of falling into anything vile or base. however, the pumps not sucking, the mate went
into the hold, and found the water over the
(Loud cheers.) From the first moment at which it was
suggested to him, after the death of that illustrious man, groundpumps, tie(! ofe casks. All hands were then called to the
to consent to be put in nomination for an office to which um acontiiltdhbo ship was put before the wind, so that both
his highest ambition would not hive prompted him to found to be increasing,i gtollengm.,ateArthen,,iidnight the leak was
Ting risen half way up
aspire, and for which he had sedulously and anxiously the second tier of casks. The passengers
abstained from asking a single opinir in his favour, no- and, with the men, continued to worl
at Nlziere then called,
thing had occurred in his intercourse with the authorities gently until four in the morning of Friday, thielnar ie
whenns.
and members of that University but what was caloulated the ship was evidently settling down in the water, and the
to give him the highest gratification. He was elected
chionss, was making a complete breach over her. The sten-
without any solicitation of his own through a prevalent and and bulwarks were then cut away between the fore
and almost unanimous feeling that bk allowing his name and
to
oiain rigging to let the water run off the decks
to be brought forward he would prevent the possibility
wadter
were
facility for launching the boats. Food and
bteeplaced in the boats, and then
of any dissension between opposite parties, and the a look-out ewi'srelftteta
satisfaction he felt was enhanced by the belief that the No ship was near, howeverseeanifd it
was in. sight.
adoption of his name might tend to promote the peace, Aurora was sinking fast, some of the mena plain
man thea
above all the religious peace of that great university. get out the boats. The skiff was hauledoutof
(Cheers.) He had been received yesterday by the mem- boat, but as it was being lowered on to the deck, a sea
hers of his own house in a manner that he would never broke on board and dashed the boat into some spars, stav-
e of that isigreina
wheerresttaifeboard bilge, and making her useless. The
forget though ho should live even to the ag
time-honoured and venerable personage whose hand he passed over the
nlatairnto the long boat, and a warp was
d bow of the ship, outside the fore-
had had the pleasure of grasping that day—the Presi- rigging into the gangway to the boat, leaving sufficient
dent of Magdalen. (Cheers.) Next to the satisfaction slack to allow her to go astern. Just as the boat was
of renewing old recollections and friendships he placed position for launching, a sea struckand 'in
a
it, stove in two
that of forming new. For that reason he hailed with planks of the larboard bilge. All hope seemed now at an
the utmost gratification the opportunity of meeting, not end, but the master cheered the crew and passengers as
only those visitors who Were honouring the university much as he could, and by almost superhuman efforts they
with theirresence, but the itemisers of that college succeeded in launching the boat. Six or eight of the crew
p
of which, aCCofairig id the statutes, the Chancellor was Two
45mpedintoher with buckets, and began bailing her out.
*fd
blankets were thrust over the whole, and the carpen-
appointed visitor. Thy o "visitor" bore very terdif-
stood upon them to keep them in. The boat had now
ferent significations ; but in &id Vetere he was quite sure drifted to the weather quarter of the ship, and it was
that there was not a single man thete,who would not now found that the weight of the rp kept the boat down,
feel that thd eltnation of visitor of tho College of Pem- and a new line was made fast to the
broke was a most enviado one. (Cheers and laughter.) go. The master and - '
some more of the crew then got into
But there were other duties dtit'Olviini upon the visitor the boat, and succeeded in nailing a plank over the leak,
in the Academic sense of the word, mil be apprehended which began to abate. It wee then hauled towards the
that the visitatorliti fiftieth:Ms consisted in watching ship with the view of taking the passengers aboard. The
over the progress and from time to time carefully ex. 1 Master urged those on board to lower the quarter-
arnining the condition of the society, in using his bog
i which had previously been cast adrift. Robert
mg liiVlLtani Guest (seamen), and Cbatles Pawson
infludiied to amend that which might be amiss, to point gam
(passengerl, got into this boat, but the rope they_ had
out what deserved ittiptevernent, and to see that the made fast to &A' Wag too short to get her clear of the
lirit of tlx statute's was propetlY carried out. (Hear.) ship and they iaped to slip it. They had, how-
I. ha It teseit id tire period in which he was an ever,ip only one owarereailthe heat toss unmanageable. Those
under-graduate of the university' and compared the pro- on board the ship and those fit the long-boat each
sent state of Pembroke College with that which he re- threw them an oar, but they coulel not reach them.
collected in his day, he certainly thought there WOO no The long-boat, however, was hauled close to the ship and
grotittd to find fault, but, on the contrary, every reason made fast. Tho rope used, however, was too short, and, he-
progress of the insti- fore theovil could be remedied a sea struck the boat, causing
to congratulate themselves on the
Mien. Something perhaps might be attributed to the it to ship a great quantity of water, and whop teha
eller:lel-Om:lee
from the ship, the sudden jerk broked th
gtimewhat pharisaical pride with which the members of to pullph to the ship,
Christ
off. The crew attempted
Christ Church were wont to look down upon the smaller long-boat.
but owing to the quantity of water in her they could not
College, but more to the real improvements which had I succeed. They then left off pulling, and began bailing the
tiederibteelly been made. When he came visit lb to '` that
boat out ; 'and while they were doing so, those on board the
day, lie mast confess he hardly knew where he was ; he ship pulled up the ensign as a signal of distress, and the ship
found a new range of buildings, and an entirely new went down immediately, head foremost, taking with her
structure of fair proportions and considerable extent twenty-six souls. This occurred at eight in the morning.
(his lordship alluded to the new hall in which the corn- The jolly-boat was lost sight of during the night, and on
erected in that architectural taste which Saturday the crew of the long boat were picked up by the
pany were met), Volusia, M`Nab, of Belfast, from Ifavannah for Greenock,
he always wished to see followed, preserving the old
• where they arrived safely. The names Hof those saved are
foundations and the old form. (Cheers.) Their Kest- Joshua
Cherry, master ; Henry Appleby first mate ; Wm.
dent, the master, had spoken of the present position of I
White, 2d do. ; Wm. Hopper, cook; George Laud, car-
the academical question, and the expediency of making enter • Thomas Hall, Hy. Pickering, Wm. Wardale,
some modifications in the existing discipline and studies enter
Simpson, James Anderson, all able seamen ;
of the university. The duty of the visitor in such cases,
Henry Dennis Alcock, apprentice ; Samuel Taylor, ordi-
er. Those
he apprehended, was to give to the existing statutes the nary seamen ; Wm.
Reston, passeng drowned
greatest possible latitude consistent with the clearly-ex- are John Barker and wife, Chir•les Bushly and wife,
r• Charles Spink wife, and two children, George Drewery
pressed intention and determination , of the founde..
and wife Th ' as Batley and wife, Jane Person, Mary
Where these intentions were clearly and definitely laid a
Coomer, 'Geo eme
Hill, Robert Poole, William Parr, CharlesrY
down, then he held that the power of the visitor was
Liddell, wife,rg and three children, passengers ; Gilliam
restricted, and that it was not competent for him to' Scholey, steward; Batchelor, s'ailmaker ; William Mit-
depart from the directions of the founder. It was not shell Reed, apprentice ; Richard Fletcher, ordinary sea-
competent for him, even for the purpose of introducing man,

WOOLWICH JUNK 10.
APPOINTMENTS.

Lioutenant.—Thomas H. M. Martin (1848), at present
serving as additional in the Waterloo, 120, flag-ship, at
Sheerness, to the Terrible steam-frigate at Woolwich.
Mastor.—James G. H. Thain (1815) to the Terrible.
Paymaster Benjamin P. Heather (1851) to the Vesuvius,
6, paddle-wheel steam sloop of 280-horse power, at Ports-
mouth.

Assistant-Surgeons.—David H. 'Wright, M.D. (1845),
to the Terrible ; Patrick W. Dillon (1852), acting-assistant
surgeon to the Trincomalee, 24, on the Pacific station, is
confirmed as assistant-surgeon to that vessel.
The Archer screw steam-sloop, Commander James N.
Strange, having had her defects made good at the factory
here, had her steam up to-day in the inner basin.

WRECK OF THE AURORA OF HULL, AND

LOSS OF TWENTY-SIX LIVES.