The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-21 00:00:00

DEPARTURE OF THE HIMALAYA.

SOUTHAMPTON, Friday, January 20.—The Peninsular
and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Hima-
laya, Captain A. Kellock, sailed this afternoon for
Gibraltar, Malta, and Alexandria, taking out the East
India, China, and Mediterranean [mails. She has 90
passengers, specie (chiefly in silver for India, &c.), valued
at 160,0001. sterling, and a large and valuable cargo.
Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather,
a large number of people crowded the docks to witness
the first departure of this gigantic steamer. She was
handled with the greatest ease, being in charge of Mr.
James Bowyer, a first-class pilot of this port. At 3.30
p.m. the steam-tender left the Himalaya outside Calshot
Castle, where she was steering for the Needles at the
rate of at least 12 knots against a strong headwind-
The topgallantyards had been sent on deck, and the
topgallantmasts struck to make all snug for the dirty
weather and adverse wind evidently likely by all ap-
pearances to be encountered in the Channel. During
her short stay in Southampton Docks the Himalaya
has been visited by a great number of persons. She
was thrown open to the public by order of Captain
Engledue, the company's superintendent, the admission
fee being 6d. only—the proceeds being handed to
the committee of the South Hants Infirmary. In
this way the large sum of 140/. has been obtained,
and will prove a welcome addition to the funds of
this excellent and useful institution. The experimental
voyage of the Himalaya will be watched with consider-
able interest, and there is no doubt her performance will
in every respect justify the expectations formed by
scientific authorities, from the result of the trial trips
hitherto undertaken.

uNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, JAN. 20.
REPRESENTATION OF THE UNIVERSITY.

The committee for promoting the election of Sir Wil-
liam Heathcote has received this day the following
accessions :—The Principal of New Inn Hall (Dr.
Wellesley), the Hon. E. Lascelles, Fellow of All Souls' ;
the Rev. T. Chaffers, Vice-Principal and Tutor of
Brasenose ; the Rev. T. Shadforth, Tutor and late Fel-
low of University ; the Rev. G. W. Kitchen, Student
and Tutor of Christ Church, together with four or five
others. It is still uncertain whether any opposition
will be offered to Sir William's return.

A deputation yesterday waited on Sir John Pakington
with an invitation to him to become a candidate for the
vacant seat. This morning intelligence reached Oxford
thathe had declined the offer to bring him forward. An
invitation has, it is believed, been now sent to Dr.
Travers Twigs, who is at present in London. Dr.
Twiss's answer is not yet (half-past seven o'clock) known
in Oxford.

The Laudian Professor of Arabic (Mr. Reay) will re-
sume his lecture, at the Clarendon, on Wednesday, the
Ist of February at 3 o'clock.
The University sermons will be preached to-morrow
in the morning by the Rev. Dr. Jacobson, Regius Pro-
fessor of Divinity, and Canon of Christ Church, at
Christ Church ; and in the afternoon by the Rev. James
Fraser, M.A., Fellow of Oriel, at St. Mary's. The
sermon on Wednesday (St. Paul's-day), will be preached
by the Rev. J. B. Hughes, M.A., of Magdalen College.
We are requested to state that Trinity College meets
on the 28th, not on the 21st inst.

THE PRESTON STRIKE.

PRESTON, JAN. 20.

At a meeting of nearly twenty thousand people, held
yesterday afternoon, a manifesto of great length was unani-
mously adopted, detailing a number of facts connected
with the past and present position of the ten per cent.
movement. " We" (says the manifesto) " adopt this
course, because we wish to place before the world a
plain unvarnished statement of what we have done to
bring this unhappy affair to a settlement, and also the
course our opponents have taken to mislead the public,
by false averages and mystification of proposals, with a
view to destroy the generous sympathy of the public, and
to decoy the operatives from the path of duty."
The " manifesto" then replies very minutely to the
statements in Messrs. Sharpies and Mr. Hollins' circu-
lars ' • and, in conclusion, says :
" Who has been the aggressor ? They have been
foolish enough to say that we are. We ask, who closed
their mills to starve us into an abandonment of the legi-
timate use of our own money ? Who proposed to reduce
our wages ten per cent. ? The associated masters of
Preston. We are defending a right, guaranteed by act
of Parliament in the first instance, and in the second,
we are defending the only property we possess—our
labour—from the aggression of capital.

"We feel, assembled here, beneath the anopy of
heaven, at this inclement season, that the world's eye
is upon us ; and the consciousness that our cause is
based upon justice prompts us to ask its minutest scru-
tiny. It is no child's play we are engaged in ; we are
struggling, not for our own wages only, but for our
children's after us ; and we feel, too, that we are strug-
gling for the rights and interests of labour throughout
the world.

"We have been branded with imbecility. We are de-
termined the brand shall never disgrace the brow off our
offspring ; that future generations shall not curse but
bless us for the result of this contest. But whilst we
are thus determined, we are still, as we have ever been
from the first, willing to adopt any course calculated to
lead to a fair and equitable adjustment."
The document is signeo..by Mr. Cowell.

Earl Granville, as Lord President, will give his annual
official banquet to the Ministers, the great Officers of
State, and the Clerks of Council, when the roll of
Sheriffs for the ensuing year will be arranged, on Satur-
day next, in Bruton-street.
The Earl of Jersey was sufficiently well on Thursday
to take a carriage drive, for the first time, at Middleton
Park, since his late severe indisposition.
The Duke of Leeds has arrived at the Clarendon
Hotel, from a visit to Earl Fitzhardinge, at Berkeley
Castle, where a select party of noblemen and gentlemen
are enjoying the sports of the field.
The Earl of Lonsdale has left Carlton-terrace, for his
hunting lodge, in Herts, for a few days.
Sir Charles Morgan, Bart., M.P., and family, have
been placed in mourning by the demise of the hon.
baronet's heir-apparent, Charles Rodney Morgan, Esq.,
who died at the early age of 25. The deceased gentle-
man was heir to one of the largest fortunes in the
Principality.
The Marquis of Lansdowne leaves Bowood for Lans-
down House, on Wednesday. Lord Shelburne arrived
in town on Thursday from Bowood.
Lord Crewe has left Hill-street for Crewe Hall,
Nantwich, until the meeting of Parliament.
Lord and Lady Mary Brackley have arrived in Gros-
venor-street, from Burwood Park.

The Earl and Countess of Derby and Lady Emma
Stanley returned to St. James's-square, yesterday, from
a visit to the Marquis of Salisbury, at Hatfield House.
BARON BnuNow.—lt was generally reported yester-
day that Baron Brunow, the Russian Ambassador,
regarded his departure from this country in a few days
at farthest, as a matter of certainty, in consequence of
an open rupture between Russia and England. What-
ever may be the feeling in this country towards Russia,
all those with whom his Excellency are on habits of
intimacy will, on personal grounds, much regret his
quitting England ; for, during the long period in which
he has filled the post of Ambassador for the Court of St.
Petersburg, his courteous deportment, and the high
sense of honour he has ever shown, have won the friend-
ship and inspired the respect of all with whom his Ex-
cellency has come in contact.
Among the contributiOns received this week for the
relief of distress in Dundalk, are 401. each from Lord
Clermont, George Bowyer, Esq., M.P., and the Earl
of Roden.

A munificent manufacturer in Leicester has under-
taken to provide underclothing—shirts, stockings, and
drawers, for a thousand Turkish soldiers.

Count Fane de Salis, high sheriff of the county of
Armagh, has given the Primate, Dr. Cullen, the munifi-
cent contribution of 1001. towards the completion of the
Catholic cathedral, Armagh.—Dub/in Freeman.