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of Edward lll,,and for along periodW ere at deadly
feud on the point of precedence, their processions
never meeting in the streets of the city without a
fight. In the reign of Richard 111. one of these con-
flicts was so violent that several persons weNkilkd
on both sides ; in consequence of this event the point
at issue was decided by the Lord Mayor of the time,
who made an award by which the two companies were
given precedence of each other alternately, and this
old regulation is still observed; according to it Mr.
Locke spoke to the toast, though the representa-
tive of the Merchant Tailors' Company was present.
Mr. Locke also stated that the Prime• Warden of
the Fishmongers' Company then presiding was the
lineal descendant of the Lord Mayor Boddington,
who so long ago made the peace-preserving decision.
The Company, after drinking "The Health of
the Visitors," separated. During the evening a selec-
tion of vocal music was performed by the Orpheus
Glee Union, under the direction of Mr. W. Dorrall.
The dinner, every way worthy of the hospitable
board of the Worshipful Company, was served by
Messrs. Ring and Brymer. Mr. Harker, in fullest
voice, officiated as toastmaster.

DA

VISCOUNT PALMERSTON AT ROMSEY.

Clyde to conduct military operations in that coun-
try, and at having chosen Lord Elgin to carry on
the negotiations with China. (Cheers.) These three
individuals have entitled themselves to the grati-
tude and admiration of their countrymen for the
manner in which they have performed the duties
which respectively. fell to their lot. With regard
to the present topics to which my friend has ad-
verted, it has given me the greatest possible satiss
faction to meet so Many of my friends and neigh-
bours, and I shall ever be proud. to co-operate with
you in those great. objects that form • the sub-
ject and aim of these meetings. Being now on my
legs, 1 'Wish to propose aatoast which somewhat
reminds me of the cry. that used to be heard in the
gallery of the-Dublin Theatre, when, after calling
for cheers for the persons they wished to honour,
they used to call out, "Three' cheers for our noble
selves." '(A laugh:) • I beg to propose " Prosperity
to the Romsey Agricultural Association," and, in
doing so, I cannot but•say I think these associations
are highly descrying of support and encourage-
ment: They are conducive in many ways to the
public interest. They bring. people together in a
body to communicate their ideas and information
in a manner not only agreeable and useful to them-
selves, but also advantageous to the general welfare
of the community. The great- ob)ect of these
societies being the encouragement of agriculture,
it is gratifying to see to what degree that object
has been attained. With regard to the agriculture
of the country generally the progress it has made
since that melancholy epoch, as it was considered,
when the principle of free trade was applied to agri-
culture is most remarkable. We, who always sup-
ported that doctrine, contended that those who
were protected generally went to sleep, and those,:
who' go to sleep tatet do much—that the industry.,
which is left open and subjeet to competition is
wide awake, and those who are wide awake are ge-
nerally stirring and active. The result has justified
those anticipations. From the time that agriculture
was subject to the spur of competition the greatest
possible progress has been made in agricultural.
practice and science. We have seen the introduc-
tion of machinery that was never dreamed of before. I
People used to imagine that agriculture differed
from manufactures in so far that agriculture was the
simple work of the hand, while machinery was,
they thought, to be confined to those other pro-
cesses that did not relate to the cultivation of the
soil. Of late years, however, implements of most
ingenious description have been applied to agricul-
tural pursuits, greatly to the advantage of owners
and tenants of the soil, and, allow me to say, not
to the disadvantage of the labourer. (Cheers.)
People used to think that machinery w0u1.4 cut out
labour and diminish the demand for it. But the
contrary has been proved, for in those manufactur-
ing towns in which machinery is used, in propor-
tion to the increase of machinery so has been the
increased demand for men and women. So it will
be in agriculture. The soil will be better cultivated
when machinery is applied to certain processes, but
the amount of labour required will not be less. I
have no doubt that we shall live to see great im-
provements in that respect, and that the application
of steam to different agricultural processes will be
carried to a much greater extent than it is at pre-
sent, to the advantage of the country and not to the
disadvantage of the labouring class. In our neigh-
bourhood we have seen how greatly agricultural
science has improved. The increased quantity of
stock which has been produced within the memory
of many of us shows the advance in agricultural prac-
tice and science. The land is far cleaner than
it used to be. I am bound, however, to say that one
sees a field now and then that seems rather to be-
long to a painter than a farmer, in which the most
beautiful colours prevail, and over which the late
Mr. Turner might appear to have been spreading
that yellow tint which he so much delighted in.
(Laughter.) Sometimes one might think that there
was a prize to be competed for in '" charlock"-as
well as in other products. In general, however, the
land is much more cleanly cultivated than formerly.
In fact, agriculturists have begun to see that weeds
in your field are like a set of tramps in your kitchen
—the tramps eat up your stock to the prejudice of
your family, and the weeds up the nourishment that
ought produce the crop. (Hear.) No doubt great
progress has been made, and greater still remains
to be accomplished. There is one thing that I wish
to press upon your attention—guano is a material
of limited quantity, and the regions that produce it
are not likely to be replenished when once their
stock of gitano is exhausted, because the birds from
which guano is created are driven away, and, like
coal, when it is once dug up you cannot expect to
have it reproduced. I believe that nothing is better
after all than good farm-yardmanure—(hear)—and
if those who cultivate the land would be more at-
tentive thati they are in some farm yards to the
collecting of the manure formed in those yards, and
would apply it to the enrichment of the soil, I be-
lieve that foreign manure would, in many cases, not
be required ; at all events, I think that the time is
not very far distant when the foreign supply will
cease, and when domestic guano will be the source
to which you must apply.. (Hear, hear.) There is
a great subject which is very much discussed, and
which is now under chemical examination, viz.,
whether town sewage can or cannot be advantage-
ously applied as manure. One's hope was that the
application would be easy and certain. Experiment
has shown, however, that it is very difficult ; that
the matter mixed up with the sewage, and which
is of its nature inert, forms so large a portion of the
compound that its removal costs a great deal, and is
not remunerative. I know, however, that the Me-
tropolitan Board of Works are now employing ex-
perienced chemists to see whether town sewage
cannot be applied so that it may be advantageously
transferred at any distance as agricultural manure.
Undoubtedly, if in a town like Romsey you could
mix mould with the contents of your cesspools a
great deal of valuable manure might be obtained
which would otherwise be lost. (Hear.) It is hardly
necessary for me to say—because I know your kind-
ness to those under you—that while agriculturists
attend to their machinery, their cattle, and imple-
ments their labourers ought also to be the subject
of their peculiar care. (Cheers.) As to any idea of
regulating wages according to benevolence, such a
principle is not applicable to hufnan affairs, because
the wages of labour, like the price of all other com-
modities, depends upon the proportion of demand
and supply. (Cheers.) Yet there are circumstances
connected with personal kindness and superinten-
dence with the care of the sick and encourage-
ment of the deserving, and those peculiarities of
intercourse existing between the employer and
the employed, which tend greatly to the com-
fort of the labourer and the improvement of his
social condition. I know people imagine that socie-
ties like the Labourers' Encouragement Societies
are not founded upon sound philosophical principles.
I entirely differ from that opinion. (Cheers.) lam
quite sure that such meetings and such institutions
do immense good. It is all very well to say that
labourers ought not to receive a piece of card or a
few shillings as a reward for many years of faith-
ful and dutiful service—that they ought to throw
back such a thing upon those who give it them,
and say that they are trifling with the labours of
a life. But such an objection is at variance with
the principles of human nature. It is not the few
shillings or the bit of pasteboard that constitutes
the reward, but you appeal to one of the leading
principles of human nature, the one, indeed, most
conducive to the social improvement of mankind—
the love of approbation—the love of approbation of
others, of those whose opinion is of value to those
who are judged and who are capable of judging.
(Hear, hear.) The labourer who comes before such
an institution and who receives a ticket of good
conduct and a few shillings of reward has the
same sense of pride, of self-respect, and of grati-
tude as the soldier who gets the Victoria Cross, or
the officer who gets a riband tied round his neck or
hung over his shoulder—distinctions for which
men risk their lives, and go through the greatest
dangers. (Cheers.) Who in his senses would mea-
sure the inducement given to the soldier to risk his
life in battle by the value of the bit of copper that
he may be entitled to wear round his neck ? Would
it not be a mockery to tell a man, " Go and risk
your life 20 times a day, and if you come safe out
of battle you shall have a piece of copper, or a bit
of riband, of the value of a few pence, given to
you ?" That is not the measure of the value of the
Victoria Cross, or the riband,
in the eyes of the
soldier. He wears them as a token that he is a
brave man—that he has done his duty to his coun-
try—and has preferred his duty to consideratio.nfl
s
of personal safety arid ease. In the same way
regard to the labourer. Go into the eohtt g
labouring man and see the delight
oNvv ipt
points to the card on the chhbi no ecev,ileiNevlhichhe
thising to of
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be deterred by any false ridicule from supporting
his merit as a citizen. I tills; that we shall never
those institutions which tend to the good ofthe
labouring classes. Let them know that their
conduct is watched, that their welfare is
cared for, that their merit will be rewarded
by those above them, and then depend upon it
we shall produce a great improvement in the
trust
moral and social condition of the country. I

that this association will continue to prosper and
extend, convinced as I am that associations of this
kind are beneficial and spread sound principles of
action over the whole extent of the country. Gen-
tlemen, I give you " Prosperity to_ the Romsey
Agricultural Association." (Cheers.)
The noble . ritEsIDENT then pr6posed " The
Mayor and Corporation of Romsey."
Br. BEE•DomE (who 'has served the office of
the head of the corporation, as he was Lord High
cmaessylovre s3i;x6ates
timofo, and who vhsaoidis
tlnutotw hisin Lordshiphis third
smn- was
Steward of Romsey. The inhabitants of Romsey
and the district were greatly indebted in more ways
than was generally known both to Lord and Lady
Palmerston for their kindness and benevolence.
(Hear, hear.) He had the pleasure of seeing the
other day a statuette on which were inscribed the
names," Palmerston—Crimea, China, India," and
those three names would go down to posterity with
the noble lord. - (Hear hear.) His Lordship, how-
ever, could not show_ his moral courage by crossing
the Channel without becoming the subject of public
criticism 'and remonstrance. Yet there was this
coincidence connected. with his visit to France, that
immediately after his return the Emperor of the
French gave a free pardon to Count Montalembert.
(Cheers.) He hoped that when his Lordship again
(Ch
cottagesee (Cheers.) f
rHtehei
their
trustedlabo
labourers,
forhe attentiont
the
practice
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visited Frame his return would be marked by the
removal of all impolitic restrictions upon the French
landowners would be directed to the building of
su press.itab e
of huddling together the poor in small rooms was
Most prejudicial to their morals and comfort. He
entirely agreed with the vicar that some legislative
interference with beer-houses was requisite. Beer-
houses were at present the greatest curse that now
existed. in this country—(hear, hear)—and their
suppression or reguhltion was imperatively de-
manded. He was happy to say that the noble
viscount had given £5 to the Total Abstinence So-
ciety, and had promised an annual subscription of
the same amount.
Lord Palmerston then left the chair amid the
cheering of the meeting, and the proceedings ter-
minated.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, 8111 DECEMBER.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the
next Examination of Candidates for the appointment
of Assistant- Surgeon in her Majesty's Indian Military Forces
will be held in this House on MONDAY, the 10th January,
1859, and succeeding days, and that the probable number of
vacancies in the Medical Establishment to be then filled
MELVILL.up
will be fifty-one. J. COSMO

Yesterday the Romsey Agricultural Society held
its annual Christmas show of fat and lean stock.
The stock exhibited for prizes was shown apart
from the ordinary market stock, in the spacious
opening in Church-street. The cattle,, sheep, and
pigs, were of first rate quality. Lord Palmerston,
who is at present staying at his adjacent seat,
Broadlands, and who is president of the society, was
on the ground, and inspected the stock with great
attention. The noble viscount appeared to be in
excellent health.
The annual dinner took place inthe afternoon in
the White Horse Hotel, Romsey, when about 90 of
the leading agriculturists of the district sat down.
Lord Palmerston took the chair, supported by Sir
J. B. Mill, the Hon. R. H.Dutton, M.P., Dr. Bed-
dome (Mayor of Romsey). the Rev. A. Moore (vicar)
Messrs. G. Eyre, T. W. Henderson, R. Eyre, Tay-
lor, J. Ashe, J: C. Sharp, G. Sharp, &c.
After the cloth had been drawn raid_grace said,
The noble PRESIDENT said—Gentlemen, I rise to
propose that first toast which embodies the wishes
that arc deepest in the hearts of all Englishmen
and uppermost in their lips—" The health of her
Majesty the Queen." (Cheers.) I need not say
that which we all feel, that we have the good for-
tune to live under the best Sovereign that ever
reigned over this or any other nation, and it is diff -
cult to express our thankfulness for having the good
fortune to be so governed. (Cheers.)
The noble PRESIDENT next . proposed " The
Health of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort,
the Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal
family." He need scarcely remind such alnecting
that the Prince Consort was a distinguished farmer,
and that in many other capacities he occupied a
prominent and distinguished place. (Cheers.)
The noble PRESIDENT, in proposing the toast of
" The Army and Navy," said—lt is gratifying to
know that these two great services are in as effi-
cient a condition as they ever were in the whole
course of the 'history of the country. (Cheers.) The
glorious exploits of Alma and Inkermann may
rival any of the acts contained in the brightest
page of this or any other nation. In India the
heroism of our troops has been equalled by that
displayed by civilians of both sexes. (Cheers.)
Indeed, the gallant and intrepid conduct of all
English men and women during the lamentable
events that have blackened the history of that
country during the last two years has obtained the
admiration not only of this country but of the
world. (Hear.) The navy have not had the same
opportunity of distinguishing themselves, but,
whether they have had to act in co-operation with
the army or, as in China, upon their own basis,
they have maintained their old reputation. In the
Crimea, finding that the Russian fleet would not
give them an adequate opportunity of distinguish-
ing themselves, the naval brigade rendered great
services on shore, headed by Sir W. Peel, who pro-
mised to be one of the most distinguished orna-
ments of the profession to which he belonged.
(Cheers.)
Mr. BARFOOT, of the Yeomanry Cavalry, ac-
knowledged the toast.
The noble PRESIDENT next gave " The health
of the Bishop and Clergy of the Diocess."
The Rev. A. MOORE, in returning thanks, said
he could not help adverting to a movement that
was now going on in the parish of Romsey. They
might laugh at the temperance movement, but he
had known many whose persons and habitations
formerly exhibited the greatest degradation, po-
verty, and misery. Since these persons had joined
the temperance movement he had gone into cottage
after cottage, and had found husbands and wives
who used to live like dogs and cats, but who now
abstained from the habit of drinking, living in
domestic happiness, comfort, and cheerfulness.
(Hear, hear.) In Romsey, with a population of
5,660 persons, there were 1,235 houses, 52 of which
were publichOuses and beerhouses. There was,
therefore, a publichouse or beerhouse to every 112
persons, and one to every 23 houses. He once
thought that his parish was one of the worst in the
kingdom, but he had seen some reason to modify
this opinion. The crowded state of the cottages
cried aloud for amendment. He ought not to
omit to express his heartfelt thanks to their
noble President for the great consideration he
had shown here to the labouring classes of the
parish, more especially to those employed on his
estates. (Cheers.) The beerhouses next required
attention. Some of rev, brethren wished them to
be put under the control of the magistrates. For
himself he should rejoice to see every beerhouse put
down. Without a more efficient control over them
the labours of the clergy were in vain. (Hear.)
The noble PRESIDENT next gave "The health of
the Members for the Southern Division of Hamp-
shire," reminding the meeting that he had once had
the honour of being one of those members. (Cheers.)
Mr. DUTTON replied.
The Secretary (Mr. Eggar) having read the list
of prizes, the noble PRESIDENT proposed in suc-
cessive toasts the " Health of the Successful Candi-
dates," the " Unsuccessful Candidates," the
" Judges" (Messrs. Oliver, Blundell, and Sillence),
and " Successful Candidates elsewhere," coupled
with the name of Sir J. B. Mill.
Sir J. B. MILL returned thanks, and said he
might perhaps claim some merit for his success at
the present Baker-street show, as the pigs there
exhibited were a class of animals second to none in
this country. It was unnecessary for him to eulo-
gize the abilities, the kindness and urbanity of the
noble lord the president of their society, who was
not only known to them as one of the greatest ad-
ministrators of this country but also as a liberal
and kind landlord. (Cheers.) At the meetings of
agricultural societies politics were not admitted,
and it was not for him to broach questions of a
political character in proposing the noble viscount's
health. Their noble president had referred to the
glorious deeds of the army and navy in the Crimea,
but he would ask one question,—Who was the con-
queror of the Crimea ? (Cheers.) At one particu-
lar juncture the heart of England was cast down
and desponded, although it did not despair. No
sooner was the noble viscount called by the voice
of the people to occupy the first position in her
Majesty's councils than new armies came forth,
and new navies came into existence, and the
waves of our sea-Firt isle bore them to their des-
tination. A glorious peace, gained under the walls
of Sebastopol, was the fruit of the energy displayed
by his noble friend. (Cheers.) As an Englishman
he was proud to recall these facts, and to remind
them of the day when, in conjunction with our
allies, his noble friend restored a lasting peace to
Europe. It was a proud day for Englishmen,
French, and Sardinians, when their combined
power left at the bottom of the sea the topmasts of
those Russian ships that only marked the degrada-
tion of that country. He called upon them to drink
the health of the noble viscount as an English
geritleman and as a statesman. Here, at least, the
noble lord was " the right man in the right place."
(The toast was drunk with three times three hearty
cheers, with supplementary huzzas for Lady Pal-
merston.)
The noble PRESIDENT, who was received with
enthusiastic cheering, said,—Gentlemen, I must beg
in the first place, on behalf of Lady Palmerston, to
thank you for the honour you have done her, and to
assure you that if it suited our habits and arrange-
ments that ladies should assist on these occasions,
it would have given her the greatest satisfaction to
have the honour of being here. (Cheers and laugh-
ter.) I am quite aware, as my friend Sir J.
Mill
has stated, that politics are out of place in meetings
of this description, but as he has been pleased to
advert, although briefly, to topics of that kind, I
may be permitted to say, with regard to the con-
duct of the Russian war, that it certainly was
brought to a successful and glorious issue under the
Government of which I had the honour to be one,
in co-operation with our allies the French and Sar-
dinians—and let us not altogether forget the brave
-Turks who, for the whole 12 months, defended the
line of the Danube unsupyorted by any allies.
(Hear, hear.) But if we were able to bring that
war to a successful and glorious termination, it was
not owing so much to any merit on our part as to
the determined and manly spirit of the British na-
tion. The people of this country took it up
as a national question, and when English-
men are determined to assert their rights
and make their will prevail it is difficult to find
a resistance that will thwart them in the pursuit of
their object. It is no doubt gratifying to us who
were members of the late
themerataAdnisttion to see
that the great features of policy at we re-
commended to Parliament have been carried out by
our successors to a successful and satisfactory result
—that the rebellion in India is now nearly quelled,
that our operations in China have led to a success-
ful and satisfactory treaty, and that we have ob-
tained a very satisfactory and advantageous con-
vention with Japan. (Hear.) If we are entitled to
claim any merit it is one that belonged more pecu-
liarly to the late Administration than to any other
portion of the community—viz., the choice of
agents, and we may look with peculiar pride and
satisfaction satisfaction at having selected Lot d Canning or
the Government of India, at having appointed Lord

EAST INDIA HOUSE, December 8, 1858.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
-I- INDIA COMPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE,
That a GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will be
held as above, on SATURDAY, the 18th instant, between the
hours of 12 and 6, for the Election of Three Directors, in the
room of
JOHN SHEPHERD, Esq.
Sir JAMES WEIR HOGG Bart., and
'
W LIAM JOSEPH • EASTWIC Esq.,
L
who have disqualified.
The form of a letter of attorney, and of a declaration for
ro enabling Proprietors of East India Stock to vote by proxy on
this occasion, will be prepared for delivery to the pprietors
at the Treasury, in this House.
C. CRAUFURD Acting Secretary.

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MR. LOWE. M.P., AT KIDDE.RMINSTER.

KIDDERMINSTER, THURSDAY.
The Right Hon. R. Lowe, M.P., addressed a
large meeting of the inhabitants of Kidderminster
and neighbourhood last night at the public rooms,
which were crowded by upwards of 1,000 people.
The Mayor of tho borough, Mr. Dixon, presided.
Mr. Lowe had dined on the previous evening at the
Lion Hotel with a number of his chief supporters,
and had addressed them briefly on several political
topics, but left the question of reform for discussion
last evening,
Mr. LOWE, after some introductory remarks, re-
ferred to the war with China, upon which the last
appeal to the people had been made. To that ap-
peal the electors of the country had nobly responded,
and they saw the fruits of the policy which had led
to that war in tho opening of the traffic with China
and Japan. But siir:e that election a change had
taken place, and the Ministry, then so powerful,
had been hurled from power and had been succeeded
by others. It was the pleasure of the House of
Commons to depose that Ministry, and the country
had not reversed that decision. He bowed to it,
although his opinions of Lord Palmerston were un-
changed. As regarded the present Government,
he was not disposed to find fault with them ; they
were very obliging, and had even divested them-
selves of a portion of their old principles to assume
those of which the Liberal party had always been
supposed to possess the monopoly. But such a
change of opinion on the part of the Conservatives,
while, no doubt, productive of loss to the Liberal
party, could not but conduce to the benefit of the
country. It might now be taken
reat for granted that
of
all parties were united on the g principles
free trade, religious toleration, and public economy ;
while other distinctions had vanished which for-
merly marked the Conservatives and Liberals.
Sheridan once said, when he saw a Highlander in
trousers,"Conya ts are always enthusiast ic. ;(Laugh-
ter.) That was a fault which he had to find with
the Tory party. Not that they had adopted Libe-
ral opinions, to which they were quite welcome,
but that they had gone beyond them, had carica-
tured them, and made themselves ridiculous by
making them their own. (Hear.) He instanced
the India Bill and the proposition of a £lO house-
hold franchise for the election of the executive board
as an illustration, and he then went on to contro-
vert the statement in M. de Montalembert's cele-
brated pamphlet that the Liberal party had been
most anxious as soon as the Conservatives were in
power to unseat them. The Liberal party were
not on that occasion anxious to recover office. They
felt their time was not arrived, and that it was
best :the present Government should remain in
office until the unhappy differences which existed
amongst themselves could be made up, or that
when they again took the reins of government it
might be with the full strength of the Liberal
party. Mr. Lowe then came to the subject of
parliamentary reform. Many of those present,
no doubt, remembered the first ReforM Bill. At
that time the whole elements of society were trou-
bled from top to bottom, the most extraordinary
excitement pervaded all classes, and it was felt that
political matters had come nearer and dearer to
them than their own private interests. He venture I
to say that this country never feltmore dismay and
apprehension when it was feared the Reform Bill
was in danger ,nor ever experienced such a thrill of
triumph as when it was at last successfully carried.
But what was the case now ? The question of re-
form was broached again ; but where was the en-
thusiasm, where were the crowded meetings, and
the petitions signed bv thousands in favour of Par-
liamentary Reform ? Vhey took these things more
coolly now. Lord J. Russell's two bills of 1852 and
18M were dropped, and no earthquake followed—
no one lamented that they were nipped in the bud;
and so it was with Lord Palmerston's third bill.
The fact was that their grievances pinched them so
slightly that seven years had passed over their
heads without a Reform Bill, and still they were in
a placid state of mind. After some further remarks
on the altered tone of the public mind, he said that
while it was hard to find a man who was not enthu-
siastic on the old Reform Bill, there were mani-
festations in many quarters of indifference a, d even
hostility to a new bill. Therefore he considered he
was justified in Assuming that up to the present
time the Reform Bill which they would next ses-
sion be called upon to consider had not been de-
manded by any large amount of popular sympathy,
but that the proposal had been treated with the
most galling indifference. When the Bill of 1832
was proposed and in agitation, they had a House of
Commons that did not regard the interests of their
constituents, and there were many things re-
quiring reformation that had since been altered.
They had a civil list overloaded with sinecures—
they had been swept away; the exclusive local
governments of that time, formed a junto who
kept the local government to themselves, had
yielded to representative gOvernment in towns ;
and their County Courts had given them cheap and
speedy law. These were a few of the matters that
had resulted from the passing of the old Reform
Bill, 27 years ago. That bill gave to the people a
power of direction in the House of C ommons and
an influence which they had never possessed be-
fore ; and the House of Commons was now only too
anxious to meet the wishes of the people of the
country and to carry them out. If the House of
Commons had not appeared anxious on this ques-
tion of reform it was because the people had not
urged them onward. He denied the truth of Mr.
Bright's statement at Birmingham, that the House
of Commons did not posSess the sympathies of the
country, and if they would examine the evidence
which Mr. Bright had brought forward in proof of
his assertion they would see that the House of Com-
p mons was not any wiser than the country generally.
They.had never found when the country had been
unanimous in wishing this or that to be clone that
the House of Commons had resisted the demand or
' set itself up against public opinion. Mr. Bright said
the House of Commons was not favourable to free
trade in 1841, but neither was the country at that
time, and the Anti-Corn Law League had been
obliged to admit their members by tickets for that
I reason. Since the passing of the Reform Bill
they had had the invention of railways and
electric telegraph, which had brought mem-
bers and their constituencies nearer together,
and by which the influence of constituencies over
their representatives had been very considerably
increased, and had been brought to bear upon the
House of Commons ; and that had brought to bear
upon the House of Lords. Mr. Bright, for the
purpose of gaining a fleeting popularity, had en-
deavoured to raise a feeling against those placed in
a superior position to the remainder of the people ;
but if they were to abolish the House of Peers to-
morrow, the best thing
dpaayt:iyteof
He
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considered
ld do would
be to
constitution.the
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Lowe went on to say that he was an advocate for
further•improvements in the representation of the
people based on the principle of the Reform Bill of
1832, varying its details to meet the improvements
and wants of the times, but he considered the prin-
ciples of the old Reform Bill were immortal, and
disconnected from the times. Any further reform
should be based upon the old principles. He was
favourble to lowering the franchise in counties, and
he considered that property and knowledge should
have a proper amount of influence in the country.
He considered the working classes were, in great
part, paymasters of the country—as a body, they had
great power, wealth, and knowledge, and as such
should have a due representation. The ballot was
only incidentally alluded to by Mr. Lowe, in con-
nection with the universal suffrage system of the
United States.
At the close of the address, a vote of thanks was
passed to the mayor for his conduct in the chair,
and Mr. Holloway, a Chartist member of the Kid-
derminster town council, afterwards addressed the
el ectore.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, DEC. 9.
In a convocation holden this morning at 10
o'clock, the nomination of the Rev. Henry L. Man-
sel, 8.D., late Fellow of St. John's, as a curator of
the Taylor Institution, in the room of the Rev. W.
Lake, resigned, was submitted to the house and
approved.
In the same convocation Charles Tickell Proctor,
M.A., King's College, Cambridge, was admitted
ad eundein.
In a congregation held afterwards, the following
degrees were conferred :
DOCTOR IN DIVINITY.
George Hunter Fell (Fellow), Magdalen College.
DOCTOR AND BACHELOR IN DIVINITY BY ACCUMULATION.
Robert Chohnely (Fellow), Magdalen College.
MASTERS OP ARTS.
The Rev. Henry Everett Ravenhill, University College.
The Rev. Edward Duke, Exeter College.
The Rev. Thomas Sykes lichens, ditto.
The Rev. William Gildea, ditto.
The Rev. Edward Charles Wickham (Fellow), New College.
The Rev. James Bevan Gwyn, Jesus College.
John William P. Jones. Worcester College.
Frederick Charles Skey, ditto.
BACHELORS OF ARTS.
Edmund Price, University College.
Henry Western Plumptre, ditto.
George Hanbury Field, ditto.
James M'Conechy, Balliol College.
Robert Dobie Wilson, ditto.
William James Bristow, ditto.
George James Crewys, ditto.
Francis G. C. Braithwaite, ditto.
Charles Synge Christopher Bowen (Fellow) ditto.
Albert Venn Dicey, ditto.
Henry Johnes Fielding, Exeter College.
Edward Dix, ditto.
Henry Benwell, ditto.
George Congreve, ditto.
William Powolt-James (Scholar), Oriel College.
William Rutter Bayley, ditto.
William Edward White, ditto.
John Swan, ditto.
Harry Davidson, ditto.
Robert Burroughes, ditto.
Thomas Cochrane, ditto.
John Postlewaite Airey, Queen's College.
Englebert Horley, ditto.
Collin Threikeld, ditto.
John Wharton, ditto.
Thomas Bromley, ditto.
Frederick Samuel Newman, ditto.
Thomas Dowker Shepherd,ditto.
Charles Lawrence Butler, ditto.
Reginald St. Pattrick, ditto.
John Butler Harrison (Fellow), N©w College.
Thomas Beevor Daveney (Scholar), Lincoln College.
Samuel Robson, ditto.
Robert Henry A. Otter, Corpus Christi College.
James Tate, ditto.
William Cornish Hunt, Christ Church College.
James Frances Hewitt, ditto.
Richard Blackmore, ditto.
Joseph Eaton, ditto.
Edward Campbell Browning, ditto.
Charles Henry Boivman, ditto.
Francis Valentine' Paxton, ditto.
Ronald Ruthven Leslie Melville, ditto.
John Parsons, Trinity College.
William Bennett, ditto.
John Matthias Procter, ditto.
Pynson Wilmot Bennett, ditto.
William Gordon Cole (Scholar), ditto.
William Wynne Wilson (Scholar), St. John's College.
Alfred Willis. ditto.
Owen Roberts (Scholar), Jesus College.
Arthur Gresley Hellicar, Wadham College.
Edward Henry Whinyates, ditto.
Frederick Frost, ditto.
Edwin Stowe (Scholar), Brasenose College.
Edwin Dakin Garven, ditto.
Henry Eden Sullivan, ditto.
James Hamer Rawdon, ditto.
Francis Richards Bryans, ditto.
George Emerson, ditto.
Charles John Astbury, ditto.
Pembroke College.
George Sheffield (Scholar),
George Birbeck Norman Hill, ditto.
Alfred Hooke, Worcester College.
William Garwood, ditto.
John Clement Barnwell, ditto.
Algernon Emeric Clementi Smith, ditto.
Arthur Whitmarsh Phelps, ditto.
Thomas Clark Donkin (Scholar), ditto.
Charles Henry Olive Daniel (Scholar), ditto.
Herbert Henley Richardson, St. Mary Hall.
Daniel Robertson Fidler, ditto.
John Arthur Henry Scott, Magdalen Hall.
William Tuckness, ditto.
Edwin Puckle, ditto.
William Ferris Reynolds, ditto.
John Alexander DrakEe, ditto.
STUDNTS IN CIVIL LAW.
William Douglas Parish, Trinity College.
William Waldron Ravenhill, University College.
LINCOLN COLLEGE.—There will be an election in this
college on Saturday, Feb. 5, 1859, to three open Scholar-
ships and a Bible Clerkship ; also to a Scholarship for per-
sons born or educated in the county of Bucks. Candidates
are required to call upon the rector on Tuesday,. February
1, between two and three o'clock, with testimonials ofgood
conduct and certificate of haptism. C andidates for the
shire Scholarship must also bring certificates
Buckingham
of the place of their tirth and of talso be awarded. heir education. Two
Exhibitions of £2O a-year each may

FISHMONGERS' COMPANY.

The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers gave
a court banquet yesterday evening at their hall,
King William-street. Though the dinner was
not a political demonstration, the number of in-
vitations being limited, yet the proceedings were
of some interest, as the Earl of Carnarvon took the
opportunity of declaring the total dissent of the
Government from the recommendations of Sir
J. Young's purloined despatch relating to the
future policy to be pursued in the protec-
torate of the lonian Islands. Among the guests
invited were the Earl of Carnarvon, Lord
Chief Justice Campbell, Viscount Raynhana, M.P.,
Vice-Chancellor Sir W. Page Wood, Admiral Col-
lier, the Hon. H. Campbell, Mr. Bovill, Q.C., M.P.,
Alderman Sydney, Sir R. Carden, M.P., Mr. R. J.
R. Campbell, M.P., Mr. J. Locke, M.P., the Cham-
berlain of London, Messrs. R. Mackintosh, R. Ogil-
vie, Dr. Wild, the Master of the Merchant Tailors'
Company, &e.
The Prime Warden of the Fishmongers' Com-
pany, Mr. Thomas Boddington, presided.
After the removal of the cloth, the PRIME WAR-
DEN gave " The Health of the Queen," with the
recent additions to the Royal titles of " Queen of
India and Empress of Hindostan ;" it is the first
time these titles have been given in public, with
that of the Sovereign of Great Britain. After the
usual toasts of " The Prince Consort, " The Prince
of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family,"
and "The Army and Navy" (acknowledged by Ad-
miral COLLIER), had been drunk,
The PRIME WARDEN gave "The House of Lords,"
connecting with it the name of the Earl of Carnar-
von and the Colonial-office.
The Earl of CARNARVON, in returning thanks,
rather for the compliment paid to the Colonial-
office than the House of Peers, which he thought
was more worthily represented by Lord Campbell,
alluded to the condition and progress of British
Columbia, the newest English colony, from which
he said the accounts were very favourable. He
attributed that satisfactory state of things in the
recent settlement, in a great degree, to the tact.
judgment, and firmness of Governor Douglas ; very
few men placed in his position would so soon have
appreciated the difficulties of the case, so readily
have accepted the responsibilities, or succeeded so
well in organising a new community. He believed
Governor Douglas had acted on the broad and safe
policy of dealing in a just and straightforward man-
ner with all, and that was a principle that applied
equally well to all people, to Greeks as to Eng-
lishmen. In the same spirit, the noble earl stated,
the Government would deal with the difficulties
presented by the condition of the lonian Islands.
In that spirit his right hon. friend Sir B. Lytton
had proposed a mission to the Protectorate to Mr.
Gladstone, who, of all men, from the circumstances
of the case and his own character, was most fitted
to conduct such a difficult task ; and Mr. Gladstone
had accepted that mission from a high sense of
public duty. It might be that all the objects con- 1
templated would not be effectually secured. There
might be some failure and disappointment, but he
was convinced that the Colonial Minister who made
the proposal would never have to regret the gene-
rous policy adopted, nor Mr. Gladstone the patrio-
tism that induced him to undertake so difficult and
arduous a commission. It was undoubtedly very
unfortunate that the despatch of Sir J. Young had
gained publicity ; but now the whole hi3tory of the
case was known, he was sure the public would see
it was entirely. an accident—such an accident as
would happen in the best regulated establishments.
(Laughter.) When such a misadventure had hap-
pened, it was the duty of the hrads of the depart-
ment to enforce such regulations as would prevent
the recurrence of anything of the same kind ; no-
body had seen the sudden publicity given to that
despatch with greater dismay than himself—
(laughter)—but, while it was not the first time con-
fidential papers had been abstracted from a public
office, it must be admitted that it was the first time
the person who committed it had been immediately
traced out. In one week the author of the act was
discovered, and only another week was required to
complete the chain of evidence necessary to prose-
cute him to a conviction. As to the policy de-
scribed in the despatch, it had never for a moment
received the slightest regard or countenance from
the Government. The Government wished, as far
as possible, to improve the lonian constitution and
to remedy the defects in its working ; but it could
never have entered into the contemplation of any
practical statesman, in endeavouring to improve, to
subvert it, or be false to those great obligations we had
entered into in the face of all Europe. In conclusion
the noble earl gave " The Health of the Prime
Warden of the Company."
The PRIME WARDEN, havinc, returned thanks
for the compliment, gave "The House of Commons,"
wishing the members present health to get through
the labours of the next session.
Viscount RA Y NIT AM, M.P., acknowledged the
toast. In doing so he stated his belief that the
House of Commons, representing the feeling of the
nation, was fully convinced of the necessity of a
Reform Bill.
" The Health of Lord Campbell" was then given
by the PRIME WARDEN.
Lord CAMPBELL, who, on rising, was warmly
greeted by the assembly,
long
thanks. He had
known the Fishmongers Company, its public
spirit, its attachment to the constitution and order.
Lord Ravnham had alluded to some plan of Re-
form ; he did not :know whether that
.plan was to
come from Birmingham or from Downing-street—
'1 and it appeared that something alarming
.was ex-
pected from that quarter—but wherever itmight
come from the Fishmongers' Company, would re-
ceive it in the spirit of independence. I.f it t.ended
to confirm the constitution and their liberty,
illingly ; if it tended
they would receive
.it
to overturn that constitution, they would manfully
resist it. They would oppose any alarming change,
but their love of order would not prevent them from
doing all they could to correct abuses. It might
be that in England the Whigs would become the
Conservative party ; if so, the Fishmongers' Com-
pany, as good Whigs, would become Conservatives.
Mr. BOVILL, Q.C., whose name had been joined
to the preceding toast, returned thanks for the Bar.
Vice-Chancellor Sir W. P. WOOD, whose health
was next given, iu acknowledging the honour, con-
gratulated the people of England on having secured
a pure and impartial administration of justice pre-
sided over by independent judges, checked by a
jury in all cases affecting life and honour, and as-
sisted, but also watched, by an able bar, with the
courts open to the public. He believed that the
administration of justice in England was unparal-
leled in the world. Its superiority was' never more
evident than at the present moment, when, in an-
other country, a man of high character and talent
had-been subjected to a trial in a court from which
the public was almost entirely excluded.
" The Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of

CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 9.
i A "
D. D. "FROPTER MER T •
' Caius Colley
(Dean of Ely).
congregationdeAarteeasNver
e confer r
etahi:sz ay the undermentioned
Harvey Goodwin, 0
HONORARY M.A.
The Hon. Win. Proby, Trinity College. Downing
College
Wm. Richard Bermingham M‘Gregor,
LL.D.
Thomas Waraker, Sidney College.
M.D.
Wm. Ogle, St. Catharine's College.
MASTED. OF LAW.
Frederick Summer Irving.
8.%
W. R. Jolley, ditto.
Itiß..L.lm.aßaekseliar
Baker, St. eTteheoraag
s College.AiC.orP
S. R. Waddelow, ditto. Corpus Cluisti College.
F. K. Clarke, Clare College.
H. T. Riley, ditto.
Ri. Hughes, Corpus Christi College.
LL.B.
Thomas William Watts, Ulu College.
M.B.
Art. Ransome, Caius Colleg
Be.
A..
E. W. Ashfield, Trinity College.
Spencer Clarke, ditto.
W. H. Deverell, ditto.
J. S. Thomas, ditto.
W. S. Thomason, ditto.
Thomas Houseman, St. John a College.
John Geo. Christoffelz, Clare College.
H. N. Bernard, Caius College.
T. F. Bignold, ditto.
G. C. Reynell, Trinity Hall.
R. J. Porter, Corpus Christi.
James Colwill, Magdalene College.
The following were admitted ad eundem :
Edmund Hobhouse, Bishop of Nelson, D.D., Merton
College, Oxford.
Charles Pettit Mcllvain, Bishop of Ohio, LL.D., Oxon.
Wm. Tate, M A., Trinity College, Dublin.
At the same congregation graces passed for ac.
cepting the munificent gift of Mr. Sheepshanks for
the promotion of astronomical studies, and for the
admission of Mr. Harvey Goodwin to 'the full de-
gree of Doctor in Theology. The attendance at the
congregation was large, and it almost appeared as
if the same were in especial honour of the Dean
of Ely, who on proceeding to the various forms of
his degree was vehemently cheered by the under-
graduates in the galleries, and the cheers were
again and again renewed as Mr. Goodwin received
be congratulations of his friends on the floor
of the Senate-house on the completion of
he ceremony. The public intimation of Mr. Sheep.
;hanks' munificent gift and the reading of the pub-
ic orator's letter of acknowledgment were duly
onoured.

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Col. R. C. Moody, R.E., Commissioner of Lands
and Works at British Columbia; Captain R. D. Gossett.,
It.E., Treasurer; and Judge Begbie, sailed from New Yc.rk
on the 2d ult. for Vancouver's Island, via Panama, on their
way to the new colony.