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London, England, 1845-07-29 00:00:00

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ETON COLLEGE ELECTION.
Erox, JULY 28. —" Election Monday," as us 1, attract"
an immense number of distinguished persons to the College,
many of whom had been educated at Eton, from Oxford, Cam-
bridge, and the metropolis, and from the more distant parts of
the kingdom. From an early hour in the morning until nearly
noon the visitors continued
_to arrive at this ancient seat of
learning. A splendid breakfast was given by the Rev. Dr.
, Hawtrey, the head master, at his residence in Weston's-yard,
to a party of upwards of 160, including the Chevalier and
Madame Bunsen, Lady King, Lord Clive, Granville Penn, Esq.,
Lady Hampson, &c.
The speeches cortnneneed in the upper school, shortly after
eleven o'clock, immediately upon the arrival of the Reverend
Mr. Hodgson, the Provost of Eton, who was accompanied by
the Rev. Dr.;Thackeray, the Provost of King's College, Cam-
bridge ; Dr. Latham, and the Rev. Mr. Sampson, Fellovreer
King's; the two Posers ; the Rev. Septimus Grover, the Vic*-
• Provost of Eton, the Rev. Dr. Hawtrey, and Rev. R. Okes, thy
head and lower masters, and nearly the whole of the authori ties
of the College. The extensive and raised galleries at the north-
end of the spacious apartment and the area were crowded
with the numerous distinguished visitors and their fami-
lies. Amongst those who were present we observed
Viscount Emlyn, Viscount Clive, the Chevalier, Madame,
and Miss Bunsen; the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Hobart, Dean of
Windsor ; the Hon. and Rev. John Saville, D. A. S. Davies,
E.q., M.P. ; W. Ewart, Etq., M.P. ; W. Tattoo Egerton,
Esq., M. P. ; Rev. W. Canning, Thomas Brccklebank, Esq. ;
Rev. Mr. Prettyman, Lady Hampson and family ; Rev. E.
Coleridge, Rev. W. G. Cookesley, Rev. E. H. Pickering.
Rev. Harry Dupins, Rev. Mr. Moore, Rev. T. Carter, Rev.
C. 0. Goodford, Rev. G. Bethel, Rev. G. R. Green, Rev.
J. F. Plumtre, Rev. C. J. Abraham, Rev. W. A. Carter,
Rev. F. A. Dumford, Rev. G. .1. Dupins, Rev. J. Wilder,
Rev. E. Balston, Rev. J. E. George, Rev. Stephen Hawtrey,
Rev. C. Luxmore, Rev. W. L. Eliot. Rev. J. W. Hawtrey,
Granville Penn, Eq., Major Beat, E. Jesse, Esq., Colonel'
Cannon, Capt. Phillips, Captain Randall, Captain Brooke,
W. H. Whitbread, Esq., &c.
The speeches were then proceeded with. The whole were
admirably delivered.
At the conclusion of the speeches the numerous company
retired from the upper school and proceeded to the long cham-
ber, which was tastefully ornamented, as usual, with boughs
and evergreens; the fifty beds which this room contains being
covered with elegantly embroidered green counterpanes, which
were presented to the College by the Duke of Cumberland is
1735.

Ti.e election banquet was served in the College-hall to the
guests of the Provost, numbering upwards of seventy, at three
o'clock.
The splendid silver model of the college,
_ upwards, of two
feet in length, which was Presented is the Institution by
his late Majesty William IN., was displayed upon a pe- .
destal in the centre of the hall. A large portion of the
valuable silver plate, consisting of ancient. salvers, antique.
drinking cups, curiously wrought flagons, S‘c., belonging to
the college, was also displayed upon a large sideboard near
the principal table, at the centre of which were seated the
Provosts of Eton and King's College, Cambridge, and oppo;
site to them the two Posers (according to ancient custom),
supported on either side by the Vice-Provost and the Head-
master ; the two Provosts, the Rev. Messrs. Betbell and
Carter, being seated at either end of the banquet tstrle.
At the concla'ion of the banquet the Provost and his -distin=
guished guests retired to the electioo-hall to partike •of wine
and dessert.

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THE ROYAL CONTINENTAL EXCURSION.-By .
vate letters from Cologne received yesterday, we leans that her
Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert are expected to
arrive at Stolzenfels on the 15th of the ensuing month, and not on
the Bth, as at first anticipated. Her Majesty remains five days It
the royal residence, and then proceeds by Wuraburg and BM-
burg to Coburg, where, as we have before stated, the Palace Rose-
nau has been prepared for her Majesty's reception. It may not be
uninteresting to state that in that royal abode Prince Albert ras
born. •

LIFE BOATS.—The Norfolk and Suffolk Associa-
tions were established by subscriptions in the respective counties,
for the support of life boats built for those associations. A lift
boat costs about 3001. to complete her outfit, and her wear and
tear is considerable. These boats vary in tonstiue,tion, being
adapted to the nature of the sea, or their particular locality. The
crews average fifteen men each ; and though gallant hearts to man
the boats are never wanting, subscriptions frequently are; this it
is hoped, however, arises only from want of their necessity being
known. At Yarmouth regatta, on the 29th inst., a series of Wale
will be made, to test their various qualities, and encourage the
brave men that man them.—Norfolk Chronsek.

UPSETTING OF A SAILING BOAT WITH SIT PER-
SONS ON BOARD.—On Sunday morning, a party of young men,
consisting of six printers, proceeded in a sailing boat down the
river for a day's amusement. On arriving off the Plumstead
marshes, the wind blew violently from the sout►_west, and as not
any of the party properly understood the management of a sailing
boat, the rope, which should have been slack, got into a knot, and
before a knife could be procured to cut it, the boat was upset, and
all the six young men were immersed in the water. Fortunately
they could swim, and there being two fishing boats close by, they
succeeded in getting them on board, having only sustained a severe
ducking.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

PORTSMOUTH (ATMOSPHERIC) DIRECT-

itAILWAY.

(Continued from our Third Edition of last night.)
The Earl of HARDWICKE had no objection to do
anything that the House thought fit. The Committee
had no sort of interest in the undertaking, nothing to
influence them in the performance of their duties, ex-
cept a desire to serve the public.—(Loud cheers.)
The Duke of RICHMOND made no such charge
against the Committee. He simply thought that they
had acted erroneously.
The motion, as amended, was then carried.
MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS.

A messenger from the House of Commons brought up
several Bills.

PUBLISHING THE LIVES OF PEERS-RE-
PEAL OF STANDING ORDER.

Lord CAMPBELL rose to move the motion of which
he had given notice. It was that the standing order
with respect to the publishing of the lives of
Peers, without the consent of their relative',
heirs, and executors, be repealed. The Noble
Lord said he would briefly go into the origin
of this standing order. It took its origin, in 1720,
when Mr. Edward Curll gave notice of Ms in-
tention of publishing the life of the Duke olf Buck-
ingham. The notice appeared as an advertise-
ment in a London newspaper, when the family
of the Noble Duke just dect ased interfered, and they ap-
plied to their Lordships' House to interfere to stop the
publication, on the ground of its being a libel. The appli-
cation was made on the 22d of January, 1722, ac-
cording to the new style. It was complained of the
work announced that it would contain particular& of the
public and private life of Lis Grace, with a copy of his
last will and testament. the House ordered that Ed-
ward Curll du attend the house on to-morrow. On
the ftllowing day Edward Curll attended at ai+e bar, and,
after an examination, he was ordered to withdraw. On
his withdrawal, a resolution was put and agreed to, ren-
dering it a breach of privilege to publish The life of any
Peer without the consent of their relatives ; thiat resolu:

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tion was entered on the rolls of the House. Edward
Curll was then called in and reprimanded by the Lord
Chancellor. The matter did nut terminate here. A
Committee was appointed, and the subject being
duly investigated by them, on their report being'
present( d, a standing order, embodying the prin-
ciple of the previous resolution, was duly passed.
No attempt was made to enforce this standing
order till 17:35, when Edward Curll again ex-
cited the a!arm of the House. An intimation tsp.
peared on the 12th of May, 1735. in the Daily Post Boy,
announcing " Mr. Pope's Literary Correspondence for
thirty years, being a collection of letters written to hive
by the Earl of Halifax, Lord Ferrers, and others ; pub-
lished by Edward Curll, and sold by all booksellers."
Instructions were given to the Gentleman Usher of the
Black Rod forthwith to seize all copies of the advertised
work, and that Edward Curll the publisher of the book,
and J. Wilford the printer of the newspaper, be summoned
to the bar of the House. These parties attended and
were examined and severally reprimanded for what they
bad done. After they retired, the Gentleman Usher of
the Black Rod informed the House that he had seized
503 of the book in question at the house of Mr. Curl!.
No attempt had for many years been made to enforce
the standing order, and as it had not only fallen into
disrepute, but was entirely unnecessary, and contrary to
the spirit of the times, he should move that it be repealed.
The motion was agreed to without a division.
The Duke of BUCKINGHAINI presented a petition
from the gentry, and clergy, and inhabitants of Ayles-
bury, praying their Lordships to take into consideration
the law relating to the punishment of death, with a view
to its abolition.
The Bishop of NORWICH presented a petition for
the better observance of the Sabbath.
SYRIA.

Lord ABERDEEN took the opportunity of laying on
the table the papers moved for by the Noble Duke op-
posite (Beaumont) relating to Syria.
The Duke of BEAUMONT said that he would rut
a question to the Noble Earl on Thursday next, relating
to the recent events in Syria.
COMMONS INCLOSURE BILL.
The House resolved itself into Committee on this
gill.

On the Ist clause being proposed,
Lord PORTMAN objected to the clause. lie consi-
dered it would have the effect of throwing all the waste
lands into the hands of the Government.
Lord STANLEY thought the Noble Lord did not
understand fully the nature of the clause. The Commis-
sioners could take no steps unless two-thirds of the par-
ties interested in the inclosure were assenting parties.
It was necessary that ono-of the Commissioners should
be a responsible Minister of the Crown, and. therefore
the Government had named the Chief Commissioner of
the Woc;ds and Forests s s one of them. The other
Commissioner would have duties assigned hint indepen-
dent of that office. Local valuers would be appointed
by the Commissioners to estimate the value of the lands
required.
e elatrie, with some amendments, %%as then agreed
to.
Clauses up to 11 were agreed to without mosition.

Clause 12 being proposed,
Lord STANLEY moved the omission of the words,
•'all the forests belonging to the Crown," and the sub-
stitution of " the Ness Forest" and the "Forest of Dean,"
which was agreed to.
Clause 13 was ugreed to ; and on clause 14 being pro-
posed,
The Earl of FITZHARDINGE inquired how the Go-
vernment defined village greens, and Low they would be
influenced by the Bill.
Lord STANLEY said power was given to the Com-
missioners to take any existing town greens in lieu of
other land still appropriated to the recreation of the
people. They would, however, be devoted to the sane
purposes as now. They would be applied to no other.
Clauses up to 19 were agreed to.
In answer to a question from Lord YORTMAN,
The L 0111) CHANCELLOR said that in reference
to the appointment of reviewers or guardians over land
in a parish to be inclosed, the owner of which might be
an infant, the Commissioners would appoint such guar-
dian, but they would have no interest in doing so.
Lord STANLEY said the only object of the clause
was to take care there was no interest unrepresented.
Clauses 19 and 20 were then agreed to.