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withdrawn.
At two o'clock the King of Prussia entered the east gate of
the Royal Arsenal, and having inspected the cartridge manu-
factory, and walked rapidly through some of the other build-
ings, proceeded to the wharf, accompanied by Prince Albert
and the Dukes of Cambridge, Wellington, Buccleuch, &c.
His Majesty then embraced the Prince, and having severally
taken leave of those about him, entered the state barge pre-
pared for his reception, in which he was conveyed to the
Firebrand. The scene at this moment was an exceedingly
striking and beautiful one ; the yards of the steamers were
manned, multitudes of people lined the shores, and almost
vied with the cannon in the loudness of their acclamations,
while the extreme splendour of the uniforms presented a
coup cliceil which in this un-military nation at least is seldom
witnessed. Prince Albert and his suite left Woolwich for
Buckingham Palace about three o'clock, escorted by a troop
of Life Guards.

ANTI-CORN LAW AGITATION-THE LADIES'

CARNIVAL

(From the Manchester Courier.)
We believe we are not singular in entertaining a very
strong distaste, almost amounting to dislike, for bazaars and
fancy fairs. We object to them chiefly because they induce
women to throw aside, for a time, those precious attributes
of their sex, by which alone they can command, or have any
right to command, respect. We may be very sure that
when they exchange that graceful modesty and winning gen-
tleness (which constitute their best prerogative to the affec-
tionate loyalty and esteem of the opposite sex—their stoutest
panoply against the approaches of insult and violence) for
the duplicity, the cunning, and the selfish rivalry which pass
current in the outer world, their nature receives a taint which
time will scarcely efface. It is in domestic life alone that
woman appears in all her majesty and power. In the open
glare of the world she sinks to a helpless dependance upon
man. In the retirement of home, she plays the part which
nature designed for her, and her virtues make her all but
omnipotent. Amongst the vanities and follies of the world,
ostentatiously sharing in them,—she becomes an object of
rude contemplation, and delegates the most sacred of her
privileges. " Hine pugnat pudicitia, illinc"—pooh ! pooh !
—let us simply say, vice and folly have it all their own way.
The influence which such public exhibitions as bazaars and
fancy fairs exercise upon females in the higher walks of life,
even when charity (?) is their ostensible end, is sufficiently
objectionable. But when we descend a step lower, and con-
template their effects upon the female portion of the middle
classes, who ought to be engaged in the affairs of their
households;—when we consider that hours, and days, and
weeks, which ought to be devoted to domestic usefulness
(no inconsiderable part of domestic virtue I), are expended
on the tinsel frippery of a bazaar; when we reflect further,
that the proceeds of this ill-spent time are to be devoted to
the furtherance of political and factious ends; and, above
all, when we find females drawn from the bosoms of their
families, to be publicly ogled by giddy and licentious crowds
for a shilling a-piece—to do the work of vulgar and conten-
tious hucksters—and to play the part of factious and heated
partisans (a part in which even men appear to a disadvan-
tage),—when we see the rules of decent society grossly vio-
lated, we are filled with indignation. Such proceedings are
only not characteristic of the most abandoned state of soci-
ety, because they are veiled with hypocrisy ; they are not
only unbecoming in the extreme, but absolutely disreputable;
and—but no matter : if the husbands and fathers and,
brothers of these ladies are content to incur so heavy a re-
sponsibility, and to hazard so much odium from all whose
opinions are worth caring about, it is, we admit, no affair of
ours. We can only say that we should instinctively shrink
from the position in which they have voluntarily placed
themselves. _ _

Possibly it may be thought that we are treating this matter
somewhat too gravely ; and we are free to confess that if the
incidents that have distinguished the " bazaar" are kept !n
in view, we are quite open to such an objection. A more
absurd affair, we verily believe, has seldom been presented to
the public. The first ludicrous scene, as we are told, occur-
red on Saturday night, when the various stalls were appor-
tioned to the fair occupants. This, we understand, had well-
nigh given occasion for a battle-royal, much after the fashion
of shch things as occasionally exemplified by " Sally Scrubbs"
and' her wash-house coterie. Mrs. Somebody (we have the
name) was going to be put off with a very ineligible stall,
where " nobody could see her ;" whereupon the said Mrs.
Somebody got into a" flust," and " kicked up," what is vul-
garly called " a row." The plan of drawing lots was resorted
to, but still Mrs. Somebody a position did n't mend ; ergo,
Mrs. Somebody was for turning her back upon the whole
concern ;—Mr. Somebody should withdraw his support, his
subscription, and the high sanction of his name,—aud the
thing should go to the dogs its own way—which it would be
sure to do ! The mal-are was about a public ball. Some of
the " ribs" of the dissenting teachers were for (hibernice)
" slackening the lace" for a frisk, but the straight-laced
would not hear of it, and—the ball was upset ? Not so ! The
frisky ladies were determined to have their own ends (as
what Liberal " rib" is not ?) and, accordingly, entered into
an arrangement to let the theatre, for a night, to the "Young
Men's Anti-Monopoly Association," for the recognised pur-
poses of a ball !
Skipping from the preliminaries to the bazaar itself, it is
impossible to pass over the humours of the " post-office,"
the which young ladies (how witty and cunning they become
all at once, when emancipated from the thraldom of mamma's
apron-string and the terrors of the rod !) converted into a
" conveniency " for communicating their pent-up senti-
ments to " agreeable younz men." Then amongst the
attractions of the stalls we find offered for sale (oh ye
nymphs !) several stray hairs from Sir Thomas Potter's head,
dignified with the name of " locks of hair," and—according
to the description—enclosed in " perforated card cases, with
glass box, embroidered;" ditto Mr. T. M. Gibson; ditto
the Rev. Joseph Brotherton ; ditto Dr. Bowring; ditto John
Brooks ; ditto Ebenezer Elliot ; ditto George Thompson ;
ditto the Rev. Mr. Gadsby, and ditto (though last not least)
Jeremy Bentham !

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE

(From the Oxford Herald.)

In a convocation holden on Thursday last the following
gentlemen were admitted ad eundem :
The Rev. James Henry Wilding, M.A., Trinity College,
Cambridge.
The Rev. Francis Vansittart Thornton, M.A., Trinity
College, Cambridge.
_ The Rev. Charles Mayor, M.A., Trinity College, Cam-

bridge,

In—a—Congregation holden at the same time the following
Degrees were conferred :

MASTERS OF ARTS

Rev. James Thompson, Lincoln College.
Rev. James Carthew, Exeter College.
Rev. James Ward, New College.
Rev. Robert Powell, Worcester College.
George Joseph Bell, Balliol College.
BACHELORS OF ARTS.
William Savage, Queen's College.
Isaac John Innes Pocock, Merton College.
Stenning Johnson, Merton College.
Frederic Bowes, Oriel College.
Charles Cavendish Clifford, Christ Church
Edward Augustus Ferryman, University.
PROMOTIONS.

Rev. Henry Vivian Broughton, of St. Peter's College,
Cambridge, to the Vicarage of Wellingborough, Northamp-
tonshire; patron, L. Vivian, Esq.
Rev. Elijah Smith, Chaplain of King's College Hospital,
has been appointed to the Mastership and Librarianship of
Archbishop Tenison's Grammar School and Library, and
also to the Chaplaincy of St. Martin's Workhouse.
Rev. James Going, Curate of Kilkeedy, to the Living of
Kilgaroin, in the county of Kerry, Ireland.
Rev. Maurice Hecvson, B.A. to the Curacy of Ballycotton,
by the Dean and Chapter of Cloyne.
Rev. E. Lane, 8.A., late Curate of Illingworth, to be Cle-
rical Principal of the Gloucester Diocesan School.

Rev. T. F. Layng, M.A.,'of Sidney Sussex College, Cam-
bridge, has been elected for the probationary year to the
Head Mastership of the Bristol Diocesan and Cathedral
Middle School.

Rev. S. Monsell, son of the Archdeacon of Derry, to the
Curacy of Aghadoe, Kerry.
A. R. Velma, 8.A., late of Jesus College, Cambridge, to
be Second Master of the Thame Grammar School, in this

county. 11.
Rev. J. FL F. Kendall. lately Assistant Curate of Long-
wood, West-Riding of York, to the Perpetual Curacy of
Hutton Roof, Westmorland.
Rev. F. T. O'Donoghue, 8.A., Curate of Heywood, Lan-
cashire, to the Perpetual Curacy of Over Peover, Cheshire,
vacant by the resignation of the Rev. C. S. Bushe.
John Cartman, Esq., 8.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge,
has been elected Second Master, and James Belden, Esq.,
late of Hull College, English Master, of the Yarmouth Pro-
prietary School.
F. Calder, Esq., 8.A., Scholar of St. John's College,
Cambridge, has been elected to a Mastership in King Ed-
ward the Sixth's Free Grammar School, Birmingham, vacant
by the resignation of the Rev. H. B. Mason, M.A.
Rev. Stephen Nosworthy, Curate of Widdecorobe-in-the-
Moor, Devon, to the Rectory of Buckland Filleigh, Devon.
Rev. Thomas
Langharne, late Curate of Tamworth, has
be
en appointed by the Earl of Warwick his Lordship's
Domestic Chaplain.