The Sun. — 1868-11-18 (London, England)

THE AMERICAN HAY QUESTION.-At the meeting of the council of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, on Thursday, it was decided to memorialise the Chancellor of the Exchequer to remove the restrictions uponthe importation of American hay. _ _  The auction sale of S. C. Herring's real estate and personal property at Brimfield, Western Massachusetts, called together a large number of people from dozen towns in this State and in Connecticut, as well as from Providence, R. 1., and New York. The farm of 110 acres was sold off by Amos Munroe, of Brimfield, for $3,900. Alfred Converse was the highest bidder for the homestead, but it is understood that the sale was not genuine. Two yokes of large oxen were struck off for $650. The cows brought from $4O to $9O. Some fine two year old steers were bought by "Ad" Carpenter, of Sutton, the well known horseman. A stump-puller was taken by Agent Hill, of Thorndike; and other farming tools wore bought by various parties at fair prices. The "Brown fattening pasture" of 50 acres sold flr $2O per acre  Rev. Dr. James 111‘Cosh has been inaugurated President of Princeton (N. J.) College, with great ceremony. Governor Ward presided, Rev. Dr. Hodge gave the address of welcome in behalf of the trustees, Thomas J. Finley of the under graduates, William C Alexander of the class of 1824 and President of the Equitable Life Insurance Company, that of the alumni, and ex-Governor Pollock of Pennsylvania in behalf of the friends of the college and public generally, Chancellor Zabriskie administered the oath, and Rev. Dr. M'Cosh delivered au inaugural address two hours long on Academic Teaching in Europe. The President gave a levee in the evening, and his accession gives the heartiest pleasure to all friends of the college. Dr. M'Lean, the retiring presidedt, has held the position for 50 years. Reno and Andrews, the express robbers, have at last been brought back from Canada to Indiana for trial, though they narrowly escaped drowning at Detroit by the running down of the tug boat on which they were by a propeller. General Wurtemburg, an Austrian officer, has visited Fortress Monroe, where he was received with military honours. _ _  A man to ask favours of—General Grant.—Judy. Measures are in progress in Montreal for the erection of a memorial to the late Bishop Fullford. The postal treaty between North Germany and Italy was signed last Tuesday. The progress of American Art, it is stated, will be the subject of a report from the United States Commissioner of Education.  It is proposed to erect a grand monument in Washington, commemorative of the Chief actors in the late war.  Ducks and geese arP more abundant in all the sloughs and rice lakes the Mississippi than was over known before, owie-6. Moses Kitfr to the lugs crop of wild rice. ~ridge, of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, has founded, ,)larst.dp,, by a donation of $l,OOO, "liitteridge Sch! in Dartmouth College. 1-ay.-Congressman Alexander 11. Rice, of Boston, rad just arrived home from Europe. General M'Clellan has lately been in Philadelphia, the guest of his brother, Dr. J. H, B. M'Clellan. Albert S. Bickmore of Cambridge has been elected to the :Professorship of Natural History in Madison University, New York. Professor Bickmore has recently returned from a three years tour through the Indian archipelago, large portions of China, Japan, and Eastern Russia, making collections in zoology, geology, &c. He was for four years an assistant of Professor Agassiz. Captain John G. Mitchell, commander of United States sikamer Saginaw, who was recently murdered in Sall Fr: tneiseo, belonged to Nantucket, where his family lived.  J. It Appleton, of Portland, Maine, has been eleeoed Professpr of Chemistry at Brown University.