The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, rnuns.b.A.Y EVENING, MAY 13, 1869.

All the fair promise of Mr. REvElanvJomrsoN's-conaing
hi 8 been disappointed. According to his way of
putting it, immediately on his coming, and consistently,
or perhaps we should say, persistently ever since
everything was couleur de rose in these (as he declared
them to be) easily adjusted matters of ditedu'e be-
tween the United States and the United Kingdom.
The song he has been singing all the time of his stay
in England—but the most sonorously at dinner-tables,
has been a poem —an anticipative item over the ia-
evitable sweeping aside of all differerces. Never was
there such an anti-climax as the close of Mr. REVERDY
JOHNSON'S mission, when contrasted with its com-
mencement. his fair promises have proved altogether
illusory. The two Governments, instead of being
brought together in amity, are " wide as the poles
asunder." The claims for compensation have in-
creased and multiplied. They have been coolly ex-
tended from individual loss to national loss. With
those long since intolerable names of the Alabama
and the Sumter—names repeated, or rather dinned
into our ears, with " damnable iteration"—are
coupled the names of other rebel cruisers, such
as the Florida and the Shenandoah. The rough
estimate, as to the probable loss by capture and burn-
ing, set down originally by Mr. COBDEN at some-
where about £3,000,000, has come to be regarded
ofsi etmspolmyahng
as the first item in
.a stupendous amount
very much more like £400,000,000. As
the time has been running on, the implied demand
has mounted higher and higher like the value of
the Sibylline leaves. Meanwhile, there has occur-
red a change of Government at Westminster and
there has occurred a change of Government at Wash-
ington. As PuEsIDENT of the United States,
Gencral ULYSSES GRANT has replaced Mr. ANDREW
JOHNSON. As Prime Minister of England, Mr.
GLADSTONE hai assumed office in succession to Mr.
DISRAELI—the post of Foreign Secretary being
handed over by Lord STANLEY to its present occu-
pant, Lord CLARENDON. Subsequent to which poli-
tical transformations on either side of the Atlantic,
there has been delivered that outrageous speech of
Mr. SUMNER'S, through which, claims of so porten-
tous and preposterous a kind are made upon the Bri-
tish Government, that the only possible reply to a
demand so utterly extravagant will be, can be, must
be, a direct negative. And this is the result of the fair
speaking of Mr. REVERDY JOHNSON—theadvancement
against us of claims so huge that they are like the
bill of costs in a burlesque ! The more quietly
after this the ex-Ambassador from the United
States can take his departure from our shores and
return (after the going forth upon something very
much like a fool's errand) to his native country,
the better. The whole incident of his embassage
has proved to be nothing more nor less than a
fia.ico, linking together a comparatively diminutive
and an eventually enormous imbroglio. The "situ-
ation," before he came over here, was by no means
satisfactory. Now that he is going back again,
it is still more decidedly 'unsatisfactory. The
knot of the difficulty, sufficiently complex to begin
vii h, has by this time, been entangled into a maze
of involutions, so inextricable, that it comes to be
suggestive at last of that old mythical Gordian-knot
that could only be loosened by the edge of the sword.
Of course, Mr. REVERDY JOHNSON is one of those in-
tolerably excellent people who have all along " meant
well." Ile has been all smiles and suavity during his
stay amongst us. His speeches have been run ning over
with jocularity. Representing a great nation at the
Court of an European Sovereign, has been treated by
him, throughout, as, in its way, a capital j )ke.
And, in his appreciation of the rich humour
•of the thing, he has been poking his fun at us during
the whole interval of his sojourn in England. What-
ever excellence there has been, thus, in the coaduct
all this while of his E:tcellcncy can only be accu-
rately described in two words, as" excAleat foaling."
But—with Gur sides aching, a ith the risible muscles
of the face tied into knotsi.as by the tartness of
crude gooseberries—we have had enough of it. We
are not sorry to be rid at last of this fair-speaking
humorist. Never, perhaps, has a country had lucre
reason to "welcome the coming, speed the going
than England has, now, when Mr. REVERDY JOHNSON
is making way for the advent amongst us cf Mr.
MOTLEY, as the repres.mtative of the United Staves
at the Court of St. James's. For, at the least, Mr*
MOTLEY is in serious earnest. lie is coming to us
not as his predecessor did, namely, as a diner-o It,
bent upon repayin; the hospitalities of Ilia host with
bad jokes and over-blown compliments. That was
`really the position hell, herd, in Eagland, by the ex-
Ambassador, during the entire period of Embassage.
Between the rational acting'sof Mr ADAMS, and what
we feel certain beforehand will be the eational acting
also of Mr. MOTLEY—it has been like a broad faro;,
an Adelphi screamer, a depressingly clinic interlude,
this happily brief interval of Mr. REVERDY JOIIN-
NO,Ne' S
cannot
in England as the A
an
yeven temmeproicraarnyAdtusssbtappoadinotr.
_
ment, now that the curtain has been rung down, and
the farceur is no longer before the footlights.

WHEN one of Rossma's operas was hissed he sent
to his anxious mother a drawing of a bottle, the
Italian word for, which—fiasco—has a double signifi-
cation. On a subsequent occasion, when the com-
poser had an only partial success, he drew a fiaschetto,
a little bottle. Mr. DANIEL O'S umavAN has, we
trust, sent a full-sized bottle to Cork. Anything more
comic thanthe termination of the mayoralty tragedy it
would be impossible to conceive. If Mr. O'SULLIVAN
were a Frenchman he would be wholly extinguished.
But there are Celts and Celts. There is the French
Celt, with whom laughter is fatal; there is the Irish
Celt, who cares for the light arrows of raillery as
little as he cares for the blow of a substantial shil-
lelagh. So we have not yet heard the last of the great
butterman. He is not going to surrender the fame
which he has already attained by discharging
drunkards and by eulogising O'FAnnEr.L. For such a
master mind as his there must be other even greater
deeds to do. _For a Corkof such dimensions as this
there must be other "bottles" of the Italian kind,
even larger than this of Tuesday. And yet surely
that fiasco was big enough. When a man has the
eyes of three kingdoms upon him ; when a Queen's
messenger is sent in despatch of him ; when the first
legislative assembly in the world is asked to pass a
special bill relating to him ; when eminent counsel
are retained to prosecute him and others to defend
him; when there are murmurs of rebellion among
the Ministerialists, and " Whips" are anxious and
the PREMIER is gloomy ; when no one can tell
but what O'SuradvAN is to lead to the return of the
c l process ess
of and
the a
Tories as Onsna led to their return eleven years ago;
when, in fact,
piece possible
suddenly pa c
rrei
ri
everything is ready for a great politi-
a
btottehkai:irge
the
out, collapsing, evaporating—the thing
is too absurd,
at least it would be if it were not so thoroughly
Irish.

Farcical as the whole performance is, we may learn
a lesson from it. It appears that the Frenchman's
ideas as to the supremacy and the power of the Lonn
MAYOR of LONDON were not so extravagant after
all. In fact, his greatness is shared in some measure
by the mayor of the smallest borough in the three
kingdoms. It seems that there is no means of
removing a mayor for misconduct, except, indeed, he
should be guilty of murder, when he would be
removed by Mr. CALCRAFT. But if he committed
any minor offence, such as inciting to the murder of
a prince, he would not be removable, except
by a special Act of Parliament. The LORD CHAN-
CELLOR can strike off a magistrate by the stroke of
his pen ; a judge can be removed on the petition of
both Houses of Parliament ; but a mayor, a person

• holding magisterial office for only two years, Cannot,
'however outrageous his. conduct, be disposed of
unless the Three F./states of the Realm concur in
dealing with him. This is really as needless an
expenditure of force as setting a steam-hammer to
crack nut 3. Besides, it involves a serious delay,
during which the delinquent might be outdoing his
previous proceedings by still more monstrous achieve-
ments. Mr. EASTWICK very properly asked if the
Government intended to legislate for such a cases
wnissus as this. Mr. Bnucl; not very happily replied
that the Government had no such intention,
for " legislation ought not to be influenced
by passing events." This seems to us very like an
absurdity on the part of a Government which was
prepared to take so extreme a course as legislating
against a particular person. We now know that the
law is defective ; we know that in consequence of
this defect the Government may be exposed to an
unpleasant dilemma. It would seem to be but com-
mon prudence that, in order to avoid falling into that
dilemma again, the defect in the law should be sup-
plied. We did not know of it until " passing
events " brought it to light. Not to profit by the
lesson which they have taught us would be unwise,
would be unstatesmanlike.

Mn. KNATCHDULL-MTGESSEN'S bill for the esta-
blishment of County Financial Boards is superior in
some respects to previous measures of the kind. In
the first place, it possesses the charm of simplicity,
consisting of only twenty clauses; whereas no legis-
lator has hitherto been able to elaborate a
Financial Boards Bill with less than six times that
number. Previous measures have dealt with a great
variety of complex details, but the Government
reduces the reform to one of general principles. In
the next place, it is not designed to apply the per-
missive
prhiciple to the case of County Financial
Boards, as was done by Mr. WYLD, and in this
respect the course adopted by the Government is
probably the best. Thepermissive principle is one that
may be adopted with great advantage in numerous in-
stances, but in all legislation affecting jurisdiction
and government it is desirable that there should be
one uniform rule. A Permissive Financial Boards
Act would undoubtedly give rise to fierce county
disputes touching the advisability of adopting its
provisions ; and as the Act might be accepted
in one county and rejected in another, an in-
jurious diversity of county government would
not improbably be the result. In legisla-
tion of this kind, it is better that Parliament
should act directly, and give a final decision which
would be applicable throughout England and Wales.
At present the functions of the county magistrates at
quarter sessions are of two kinds—the trialof prisoners
and the administration of the county finances.
The Government proposes that the justices retain
their judicial power precisely as at present, but the
administration of the county is to be taken out of
their hands and entrusted to a Financial Board, con-
sisting partly of magistrates and partly of repre-
sentatives elected by the boards of guardians.
To all these provisions no exception can be taken.
But at this point the merits of the Government bill
terminate. In the most important particular—the
constitution of the Board—the measure is thoroughly
unsatisfactory, and, indeed, worse than any of its pre-
decessors. The bill proposes that the representatives be
elected in proportion of one to every union with a
rental of £30,000 ; two when the rental is between
50,000 and £100,000; three when the sum exceeds
this last figure; and four when it is over i:150,000.
No union, whatever be its rental, can return more
than four members to the Board. The result of these
stipulations will be that, on the average, the Finan-
cial Boards will number five magistrates to every
single representative chosen by the guardians. This
is simply ignoring the whole principle for which the
advocates of the reform contend. Mr. KNATCII-
UGESSEN does not believe that the boards
will be able to govern the country more
economically than do the justices ; the select com-
mittee, too, was of opinion that there is no great
practical hardship to complain of in the
present system.. The question of economy is one
which only the actual trial of the board
system can settle. But looking at the matter purely
from Mr. KNATCHDULL-ii 1G ESSEN'S point of view—
that the ratepayer has a right on principle to a voice
in the disposal of his own money, even if it be well
spent now—it is clear that the present bill only
concedes this principle in theory to withhold
it in practice. The mag)strates will be as absolute
on a board of which they number five-sixths as they
are now. With a minority of one-sixth, the
ratepayers will be as powerless as ever.
Mr. KNATCHBULL - lIUGESSEN argues that
the magistrates will not be opposed to the
ratepayers in the great majority of cases ; but
this plea, if worth anything, is equally valid
The reform is deemed necessary be-
cause county government, unlike every other
British institution of the kind, is not self-government.
Under the provisions of this bill, the magistrates, if
they choose, can set the ratepayers at defiance ; and
it is no argument in favour of such provisions that
this power will probably be used with moderation.
The proposed constitution of the Board is such that,
for all practical purposes, the new system will not
differ from the old one. As this is the vital element
of the reform, the Government bill must be deemed
unsatisfactory.

11ONV.

LATEST INTELL MENGE

(REIi'"ER'S TELEGRAMS.)

PORTUGAL.

LISBON, May 13.

The Ministerial reply to the speech from the
throne was voted to-day unanimously, and with-
out discussion by the Chamber of Deputies.

In a few days the discussion of the bill of in-
demnity will commence, which will be immediately
followed by that on the new loan to be concluded
with Messrs. Fruehling and Goschcn, of London.

SPAIN.

MADRID, May 12, Evening.

In this evening's sitting of the Constituent Cortes
several amendments opposing the hereditary priu-

eip!e were rejected.

Articles 32 and 33 of the Constitution will be
discussed and voted upon jointly. Twelve mem-
bers will steak on the 'ciliation. •

M. Mercier is making great efforts to bring about
a decision on the regency question.

CHINA. AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS.
AIALTA, May 12.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Tanjore arrived at noon to-day, and leaves at six
o'clock this evening for Southampton, where she
may be expected about the 21st inst.
_ _

The Delta, from Southampton Ist inst., reached
Malta at five o'clock on Monday morning, and
left for Alexandria at six o'clock the same evening.
QUFENSTOWN, May 13.
The Guion Steamship Nebraska, from Liverpool,
arrived here at 9 a.m. to-d ty• She embarked pas-
sengerd and proe.e.led at Doan for New York.

FRANCE.
Lb UItSE, May 12.—Three o'clock—The market
closed as follows :-
43, per Ceut.
End of mouth... ItAl'an Fives iJG 95
3 per Cent
End of mouth.., 71 85 Mexican Loan —
Cre,dit Mobilier ._ 948 75 Do. Bonds 160
End of month... 255 Spanish Threes 29
Ortmlit Fonder —.1577 50A Home Debt —
End of month... Deferred 2B 75
Cash
Orleans
, ............................ .• . . ,
Northern 10689i
Lyons and Mediterranean ......... . 94li
Southern._ ..
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard 475
North of Spain • 55
Saragossa
Roman 541

RAILWAYS.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM on OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS. WEDNESDAY, May 12,

The homely proverb which relates that the leading men
of a city met to consult as to the best 'Beans of fortifying
it, and that each tradesman advocated the adoption of the
material in which he dealt, is especially appli-
cable to political affairs. The Emperor, in his
speech at Chartres, delivered his customary exhor-
tation that different parties should conciliate each
other for the common good. The various journals of Paris
have replied by each urging the adoption of its special
policy as the only means of conciliation. In the opinion
of the itveitir IVational, the Republic alone can unite all
parties ; the Debats believes that a parliamentary
regime would suffice to effect that object ; the Gazette de
France does not think such a combination possible with
the existing Government ; whilst the Union considers that,
without the Italian campaign and the half-abandonment
of the Temporal Power, the Empire might have been able
to attain the result in question, or at least approach it.
The fact is, it was a mistake to make such a speech on the
eve of the great political contest. If the Emperor
had any great change to announce, any liberal
concessions to make, he might fairly have asked
for conciliation in return. But he makes no pro-
mise of meeting the Opposition half way. It is absurd
under such circumstances to ask the different grades
of French politicians to give up their differences
just at the time when rivalry is most strongly
excited. More than this, the Emperor's condemnation
of all forms of opposition, as "subversive passions"—for
thus his remarks are interpreted—has given great offence.
It is almost universally agreed that the Emperor has not
done well in delivering this address.
The Imperial Court of Douai has just given a very fair
decision in a case involving a point of international law.
Some time ago a Madame Sluys was detected, at Valen-
ciennes, in an act of importing from Belgium into
France some 400 copies of the famous La Lan•
t, e, several other newspapers objectionable to
imperial taatca, a few equally objectionable books, andone
or two publications described in the information as
" erotiques," All this cheap literature was found under
the lady's crinoline, which had been expressly provided
with pockets capable of bearing this extensive ballast. She
was sentenced to four months' imprisonment. Just at the
same time four other women were sentenced to short im-
prisonments for newspaper smuggling. They were accom-
panied by a Belgian, named Puissant, who was sentenced
to ten months' imprisonment and £l2 fine. It was proved
that he was guilty, for it was known that he was manager
of Madame Sluys's business, which business was nothing
less than an agency for the exportation of forbidden lite-
rature into France. Moreover, all the four women were
employed by Madame Sluys. But the Imperial Court
decided that his sentence was unsound. No papers had
been found upon him. He was in company with the
women, but be carried nothing. It was, indeed,
true that he carried on a regular contraband business, but
this business was centred in Belgium, and a French court
could not try a prisoner for an offence committed across
the frontier. Hence, though there was no doubt that
Puissant was a worse offender than any of the
women, yet, in point of law, it was necessary to
annul his sentence. This decision is quoted with great
satisfaction in Belgium.
A message from Agram says that General Gablentz, the
only Austrian officer who had any success during the war
of 1866, has met with an accident. lie was paying a
farewell visit to Prince Napoleon, who was departing
for Trieste, when his horse fell, and the General's right
leg was broken.

The papers are full of long reports of those remarkable
crimes half•a-dozen of which accumulate in this city every
week. One case has excited great interest. A silk-dresser,
named Peteau, has just been tried for the murder of a mar-
ried man, named Bailleux. Between the last-named and
Peteau's wife there had been compromising relations. The
husband, on discovering the misconduct of the
woman, waited for Bailleux in a cafe, and dis-
charged at him three shots from a revolver,
wounding him mortally. From the evidence of
the wife, the conduct of Peteau appears not to have been
irreproachable, as he had encouraged the attentions of
Bailleux in order to obtain pecuniary aid from him ; she
even declared that her husband was aware of her
relations with the deceased, and had tolerated
them. It is a very lamentable fact that pleas
of this kind are constantly being raised in these days,
especially in divorce cases. The wife gave evidence againSt
her partner with great energy, and seemed to be appre-
hensive of his escape. The evidence of other witnesses,.
however, sustained her miserable narrative ; but so tole-
rant is French law of this sort of homicide that" Peteau
was only condemned to be imprisoned for five years, and
to pay £BO damages to the widow.
The storms in the south of France are still very nume-
rous and severe. In the Aube department twenty-five
communes have been ravaged by showers of hail. The
damage amounts to many thousand pounds. Great
injury has likewise been inflicted in the neighbourhood of
Toulouse.

THE COMIC PAPERS.

From the OA

FROM COUNT BLOWMYNOSOFF.

Well, here we are, pretty well at the end of that curious
affair, the debate on the Irish Church Bill ! Singular
nation this! The object being to conciliate the Irish
people, one set of politicians think of nothing but how to
prevent the Catholics being satisfied, and the other of
nothing but how to make the Protestants dissatisfied.
The only sympathy manifested is for landlords, who are
to get one half of the Church property on account of
their liability to be shot, and lunatics, who are to get the
other on account of their able personification of the Rid'
character.
Strange story about a mayor, who administers justice
in the Queen's name, and says it is a noble exploit to kill
her Majesty's sons. His friends say he is not a patriot
but a butterman, and that the more treason he talks the
more butter he sells. He is soon to come into Parliament
on the great butter principle.
Much excitement about Mr. Bright, who, in proclaim-
ing his zeal for the rights of property, explains that a
gentleman will be richer by giving up to his tenants half
his estate. The sentiment not being popular amongst gentle-
men with estates, they are told that the indiscreet speaker,
though mature as an orator, is a baby as a Minister ; but
that if he is only allowed to remain somewhat longer in
office, and really means what he says, he will never again
say what he means.
I was much struck by the admirable address with which
my friend Granville spoke for half an hour with an exube-
rance of frankness without saying anything.
The American excitement balances itself between
Sumner's speech, which menaces instant war, and a letter
from Motley to a friend whom he asks to engage him a
house for five years. Betting to assume a definite cha-
racter after Sir Henry Bulwer's speech on the Ist of
June.
All the ladies who have credit or money are rushing to
Paris to refresh their morals by the last French novels,
and their persons by the last French fashions.
I feel inclined myself to make an effort, and have
written to take the entrcsol at the Hotel Bristl. But it
is a great fatigue ; and after all—" Je m'ennuie quand je

m'amuse."

(From Punch.)
VICTOR Huco's NEW NOVEL.—L'HOMMe qui Fit is
addressed to L'Howne qui reads.
HUMBLE PIE (?)—(A Yankee presenting a dish labelled
£800,000,000 to Reverdy Johnson).—Jonathan (as inter-
preted by Mr. Sumner) : " Waal, Reverdy ! Guess this
lot'll about du for your friend John Bull thar." Reverdy
Johnson : " Ha ! I've dined with him a good deal lately,
and he won't eat that, I promise you."
MOST REFRIGERATING.—In the Royal Academy (the
new " Palace of Art ") there is a grand landscape by Mr.
Mac Whirter, entitled " Loch Cornisk, Isle of Skye."
In the hot summer with which the weather-seers again
threaten us, his will be a most refreshing picture to stand
before, seeing that it not only represents the Loch, but
also the Cuchulin (Coolin') Mountains.
THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE OF CORK.—Under the head-
ing of " Extraordinary proceedings at Cork," the Globe
states that " on Sunday the Mayor of Cork went to the
Bridewell, and discharged the prisoners confined there.'
Did the Mayor of Cork really talk the treasonable Thug-
gery that he is reported to have vented at the Fenian
dinner ? Did he countenance the Fenian dinner at all
Then there is no wonder in his having gone to the Bride-
well, and let all the scoundrels loose. But it is to be
lamented that he went to Bridewell on a Sunday of hie
own accord, instead of having been sent there upon a
working-day by lawful :tuthority.

(From Fun.)

NOTIIING SO VERY STRANGE !—The Spiritualists make
a great deal of fuss about what they call" levitation," and
count it a miracle that Hume has been floated in the air.
In our city experience we have seen humbugs just: as
notorious—a joint•stock company and a whole board of
directors " floated "—and as in the case of the Spiritualist,
without any visible means of support. As for the writing
of names on pieces of paper, wh:ch the Spiritualists seem
to think so wonderful—ask any magistrate, and he will
tell you it is not, unfortunately, very uncommon.

171. e remain of ex-Chief Justice Lefroy were or
Tuesday n moved from Iti6 country residence New Court, Bray
to Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin, where thPy wore iu
tcrrcd in the 'tunny vault.

OPENING OF THE NEW CHAPEL OP ST.

JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

On Wednesday this anxiously expected event took place,
and was the means of attracting a very large number of
old members of the college to Cambridge. Among those
present were the Earl of Powis, LL:D.; High Steward o:
the university ; the Bishops of Lichfield, Gloucester and
Bristol, and Hereford ; Sir Thomas Watson, Bart., M.D.;
Canon Selwyn; his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, Chan-
cellor of the university; Lord Lyttelton ; Dr. Merivale,
Chaplain to the House of Commons ; the Bishop of Oxford;
Mr. Beresford Hope, M.P.; and the Right Hon. S. lI.Wal.
pole, M.P.; the heads of the various colleges, and the Dean
of Hereford. The new chapel, which was erected from
designs of Mr. G. G. Scott, R. A., will probably take the
second place in ecclesiastical architecture at Cambridge,
for with all its beautiful buildings, with the exception of
King's and Jesus Colleges, there is not a single college
which possesses a chapel worthy of the attention of the
archxologist. The ground plan is copied from that of
Merton College, Oxford, a cross church minus the n ave with
a pinnacled towerat the intersection and an organ chamber
projecting to the north-east. It is in the early decorated
style, which was the original style of the old chapel. The east
end of the chapel forms a five•sided apse, the windows of
which are the gift of the Earl of Powis. They are filled
with richly-stained glass, the subject being " Passages
from the Life of our Lord." The tracery of the various
windows is varied and rich, and the carving which em-
bellishes their exterior and interior is well executed,
and has a most pleasing effect. The ceiling is a
coved one of wood, decorated with various colours.
The stall work is handsome, the east end of the choir being
furnished with those removed from the old chapel, but the
new ones are finely conceived. The dimensions of
the chapel are as follows :—From the exterior the extreme
length from east to west is 193 feet 1 inch; its breadth,
from north to south, 52 feet ; the ante-chapel is 89 feet
long and 50 feet wide. The exterior height is 50 feet to the
top of the parapet, and 80 feet to the ridge of the roof.
The total cost of the chapel, exclusive of the organ and
the painted windows, is estimated to exceed £53,000. A
procession was formed at 11.13 in the morning. After
singing the processional hymn, the company took the
places assigned to them, and the service of consecration
was read by the Bishop of Ely, the visitor of the college
and diocesan. At its conclusion the Bishop signed the
sentence of consecration, and ordered it to be recorded.
The service then proceeded by the choir singing the
Hundredth Psalm, and after the lesson, 'taken from Ist
Kings, chap. viii., v. 22-62, the " Te Deum " was sung,
During the service a new anthem, composed for the occa-
sion by Professor Bennett, was performed. The com-
munion service was next celebrated, after which a most
excellent sermon was preached by the Lord Bishop of
Lichfield (Dr. Selwyn). The offertory was collected,
and the Holy Sacrament administered to about 300. The
scene was a most imposing one, all the members of the
college being habited in surplices, with the hoods of their
respective degrees. The doctors wore their scarlet robes,
and the light and shade cast through the stained glass
windows disclosed a spectacle which can never be effaced
from the memory of those who took a part in the service.
After the service the Master and Fellows entertained the
members of the college and the guests in a most sump-
tuous manner.

THE MAY MEETINGS.