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ford. Oxford, however, ought not to yield, but to
persevere, trusting that in time the Civil Service
would cease their opposition.
Professor Burrows thought the Law and 11Iodqn
History Examiners were not open to any reproach.
They had given the subjects of Indian Law and
History the place in the examination which they
were entitled to.

JAPANESE IMPERIAL TROUPE.
LYCEUM THEATRE.

RAND MORNING PERFOR MANCES every WEDNES
DAY and SATURDAY, commencing at half-past Two, and ter.
urinating at half-past Four. The Day Entertainments, fully equal
t.lc, those of the Evening, are particularly recommended to Fami-
lies with Children, as they avoid the crush attending the Eight
o'clock Entertainments.—Doors open at Two.

Mr. M.GRNTIi, of gnean'e, thsught a new pin-
civic was involved in appointing a Profc33or to
teach subjects, not on their value per se, bat be-
cause a knowledge of them was necessary to certain
persons. lle proposed, as an amendment, to omit
the reference to parsons about to be employed in
the Indian service.

Mr. GOLDWIN SMITH, of University, said that,
though he did not believe England could ever
govern India satisfactorily; it was most important,
while the experiment was still continued, that those
who went out to engage in the Government should
possess the highest character, tact, and refinement.
It was, therefore, very desirable that the selected
candidates should remain at Oxford. If there was
any unfair opposition on the part of the Civil Ser-
vice Commissioners an appeal should be made to
the Indian Minister. •

Professor BERNARD supported the provisions of
the statute, and observed with respect to the
Civil Service Commission that fie believed their
objection to the.- residence in Oxford of the
selected candidates was owing to the fact that those
who resided generally continued their academical
studies, instead of giving their full attention to the
work necessary to qualify them for India ; and
that, further, they were often tempted to relinquish
their Indian prospects and remain at Oxford alto-
gether.
The Junior Proctor has published the list of can-
didates for Moderations. The number in the clas-
sical school is 308, in the mathematical 15. The
number of candidates for classical honours is 87.

The Professor of Political Economy (Mr. Bonamy
Price) will deliver a lecture on Metallic Currency
at the Taylor Institution on Friday, May 29, at 2
o'clock. •

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LAW AND POLICE.

I.3ITOIZTANT TO SIIAREFIOLDERS.—In the Court of Com;
mon Pleas the case of Brickman v. Chambers and Others
was heard. The action in the first instance was tried
before Mr. Justice Smith to recover back calls, amounting
altogether to 26' per share, on twenty shares taken by the
plaintiff in the General International Agency Company
(Limited), on the ground that the prospectus, on the
faith of which the defendant applied for the shares,
contained false and fraudulent statements. Among
the defendants was Captain Pelly, R.N., whose name
appeared as one of the directors on the prospectus, which
induced the plaintiff to take shares ; and the prospectus
also stated that the first issue bad been 25,000 at £lO each,
and that application had Leen received for upwards of one
half of this issue. The company failed after the plaintiff
had paid up on each of his shares. Subsequently
the plaintiff found that the representations of the
prospectus were false, and he brought an action
to recover back his money from the directors whose names
were attached to that prospectus, and against Captain
Pelly he recovered a verdict, with £l2O damages, the jury,
on the evidence, finding that he had been guilty of no
moral fraud. A rule nisi for a new ti ial having been ob-
tained, the case came on for argument. For the
plaintiff it was held that, being a director, Captain
telly, in a manner, pledged himself to the
accuracy of the statements made in the prospectus ;
whilst, on the other hand, it was contended on behalf of
the defendant that he had taken shares on the faith of ono
prospectus, and having afterwards been made a director,
he had taken it for granted that the prospectus subse-
quently issued was similar. The court gave judgment for
the plaintiff, and said that the case was not one of law,
but the question was one for the jury entirely. The rule
was therefore discharged.

CURIOUS CASE OF DAMAGE.—At Clerkenwell, Samuel
Cohen, a piecebroker, was summoned before Mr. Barker
for having on the 15th instant cut out his initials on the
solicitors' table at the Middlesex Sessions. The damage
was laid at ls. The defendant pleaded guilty, and said
that his senses must have been gone when he was guilty of
such a foolish act. Mr. Barker ordered him to pay the
damage, is., a penalty of 2s. Gd., and the costs, 25., or in
default to undergo five days' imprisonment in the House
of Correction.

ALLEGED CHILD MURDER.-At Hammersmith Police:.
court, Isabella Davidson, a domestic servant, was charged
with the wilful murder of her illegitimate child. The body
of a child was found in the garden of the Park House,
Fulham, and conveyed to the union. Suspicion fell on the
prisoner, and she was charged with the murder, and, in
answer to the accusation, said, " Oh ! what will they do
with me; shall I be hang ?" The body when found was
enveloped in three wrappers, one of which was drawn
tightly over the face and head, and the nose was com-
pressed very much. The sargeon in the case said that the
body was that of a child apparently ten or twelve months
old, and it had been suffocated by the cloth over its face.
The prisoner was remanded prior to being sent for trial.

THE DUKE OF BUCCLEITCH AND THE THAMES EMBANK-
MENT.—In the Court of Exchequer the case of the Duke
of Buccleuch v. the Metropolitan Board of Works
came on for hearing. His Grace sought to recover
the sum of £8,325, being the amount awarded to him by
Mr. Charles Pollock, Q.C., as umpire ; the sum men.
tioned being for costs of the award for being deprived of
the use of a jetty or pier running from Montague House,
Whitehall, to the Thames, and for shutting and obstruct.
ing a landing-place. The argument on the demurrer was
of a public highway like that formed on the embankment
taken first, and raised the question whether the substitution
in lieu of the jetty or pier and a direct view and access
across the river, really did injuriously affect the duke's
property. The arguments are not yet finished.

AN ADVERTISING WIDOW.—At the Marylebone Police-
court, Frederick Barry, an elderly person, described as a
doctor, residing at Somers-place, Edgware-road, and
Amy Rose Stewart, who said she was a widow,
appeared to summonses for having fraudently ob-
tained the sum of £174 19s. 4d. from Walter
Malein. The prosecutor said that about the 15th
of April last he saw the following advertisement in the
Times :—" Offer.—To Visitors, &c.--A lady, occupying a
superior house, close to Hyde Park, containing billiard-
room, bath-room, &c., will accommodate a lady or gentle-
man with residence, board, washing, &c., equal to that of
a West-end hotel, for twelve months, continuous or during
two seasons, in return for an advance of 8200 to enable her
to complete her handsome furniture arrangements. Letter,
first, to Mrs. Butler, post office, Hyde Park, W." Wit-
ness went and looked over the woman's house, which he saw
was only partially furnished, and offered to lend her the
required sum, provided there was good security. The
female prisoner said she was a widow, of very respectable
connection, and had private property in Edinburgh, and
she was in expectation of receiving a large sum of money.
Witness proposed a bill of sale on the furniture, but she
letterba r
landlord(lecl ned
hmakingaa knsnuwe such
her for some time and would testify to her good character;
adnid
arrangement, saying aat
and the witness replied, that perhaps under those circum-
stances the bill of sale ought to be done away with if
the landlord (the male prisoner) would give a guarantee.
Mr. M‘Klein afterwards went to the " widow's" house,
and there saw the' other prisoner, who said that he was
her landlord, and knew her to be a person of good means,
and he would give a guarantee. He talked about having
money in the Consols, but never mentioned that the
woman was in debt. The case was adjourned,

THE EMPRESS CHARLOTTE. —The Empress
Charlotte takes, every morning early, a long drive in the
neighbourhood of Laeken in an open carriage. The
health of the princess appears to become more and more
satisfactory.

The following letter has been addressed by Mr. Eurtoit
to one of his constituents, who had remonstrated against
his subscribing to the Eyre Prosecution Fund :
"Dear Sir,--I have received your letter, aria have no
right to complain of the severe tone you have thought fit to
adopt. Throughout this unhappy Jamaica business I have
been well aware that my course has been highlydisapproved
by some of my most respected supporters ; but I am sure
you would have despised me, and I should have despised
myself, had I, feeling so intensely on this subject, have
suffered that consideration to silence me. On one point
you are completely deceived. I have not, as you think,
denounced Mr. Eyre for his conduct during the sup-
pression of the disturbances. So far from it, I have re-
peatedly said that much allowance was due to a governor
'n a time of great panic and. emergency, and I Lave
icliberately refrained from commenting on his condact
during that crisis. On the other band, I hays never
Wavered in the opinion that there ought to Lea judicial
investigation into his conduct in putting 350 men and
women to death after his own official statement bad
aunJuuced that all disturbance and danger was at an end.*
That conduct may be shewn to have been justifiable—
nay, to have exhibited admirable force and firmness.
Great numbers of the wise and good think so, and you
agree with them. But am I really wrong in my opinion
that acts of that kind ought to be examined, not in a news-
paper controversy, but by a competent tribunal ? Candidly,
now, would not you feel that yourself had these persons
not been negroes but Irish or Englishmen? So long as
the demand for that investigation was made upon a
charge -of murder I refused to concur in it. When
that charge was dropped and the investigation was
demanded upon a simple charge of misdemeanour, I could
not with honour have stood aloof. You urge that, the
attempts to prosecute Mr. Eyre in Shropshire and General
Nelson in London having been made and failed, it is cruel
persecution to continue such endeavours. On this point I
have felt the greatest hesitation. There is, I admit, a
shocking look almost of malignity in such persistence. It
is, however, my deliberate judgment that acts of the kind
referred to ought not to be condone-CaTioin -"`
ever honourable and humane, for the feelings of the actor.
It would be very painful to me to suppose that these pro-
ceedings would entail pecuniary ruin upon Mr. Eyre's
family. Happily, it is notorious that sums vastly beyond
all possible cost are at his disposal. I, for one, shall be glad
to learn that the present Government has undertaken his
defence. Many of Mr. Eyre's warmest supporters are
my personal friends. I admit and admire their chivalrous
spirit. But let me, on the other side, assure you what I
know to be true, that Mr. Mill and his coadjutors are
swayed by no base ill-will towards Mr. Eyre, but by the
most disinterested public spirit and sense of duty. They are
and will be subject to an almost overwhelming torrent of
public indignation. Now, lam painfully deficient in that
`pure and perfect courage' which is the first of political
virtues, and I shrink from a timidity of which I am myself
ashamed from the irritation this step will excite. Still, I am
not so mere a coward as not to challenge my fairshare of the
obloquy and expense which these proceedings must involve,
when I believe them to be founded in justice, and highly
important for the protection of our subject races. I feel
it due to myself to publish this letter, not that I expect to
convince anyone that I have acted rightly, but in the
hope of its shcwiug the more candid of those who have
condemned Me that I am not influenced by the' cruel
malignity which many seem to suppose. I have carefully
excluded everyword that might seem to prejudice the case.'
—I am, dear sir, yours very faithfully,
" CHARLES BUXTON.
" P. 5.—1 ought to say that I write without any concert
with the Jamaica Committee, to which I do not belong."