Oriental scholar, Justice Alderson, and Dr. Paris, the
President of the College of Physicians. The
undergraduates were even more uproarious than usual; in
consequence, seemingly, of an order, issued by the
authorities, against practices which of late years had
brought "great discredit on the University." Great
cheers were raised for "the Duke" and Lord Brougham,
on account of the sentiments they have expressed
respecting the Royal Commission; while, for the same
cause, loud groans were uttered at the names of Lord
John Russell and Sir Robert Peel.

On Sunday evening, the 16th, the people of
Pentonville were surprised by the spectacle of a Mormon
Baptism. Two handsome carriages, containing several
fashionable-looking ladies, drove up to the Pentonville
Swimming Baths. They went into the boxes, and
having put on bathing dresses, were thrice immersed in
the water by a Mormon minister, who has a chapel in
the neighbourhood, a number of people of the persuasion
being present. The singing of a hymn closed the
proceedings. The names of the fair converts did not
transpire; but they appeared to belong to the higher
orders of society.

The Duke of Wellington gave his annual banquet, on
the 18th, the Thirty-fifth Anniversary of the Battle of
Waterloo. Covers were laid for eighty guests, seventy-
two of whom were the Duke's Companions in Arms on
that memorable day. Most of these veterans are general
officers, and the lowest in rank are lieutenant-colonels.
Prince Albert and a few persons of distinction
completed the company. The entertainment was in the
usual style of magnificence. When the party broke up,
about midnight, the gallant host, who had done the
honours with great animation, ordered his carriage and
went off to a ball.

About a hundred members of the House of Commons
waited on Lady Palmerston on the 22nd, and presented
to her ladyship a full-length Portrait of her Husband,
painted by Partridge, in token of approbation of Lord
Palmerston's public conduct.

Mr. Robert Hunt, an elder and only surviving brother
of Mr. Leigh Hunt, has been nominated one of the
Poor Brethren of the Charter-House. He is in his
77th year.

Mrs. Harriett Waghorn, the widow of the late
Lieutenant Waghorn, has received a pension from the Crown
of £25 a year, "in consideration of the eminent services
of her late husband."

Senor Isturitz, the new Ambassador from Spain,
arrived in London on the 5th, with a numerous suite.

The late Lord Chancellor has been created Viscount
Crowhurst, of Crowhurst in the county of Surrey, and
Earl of Cottenham, of Cottenham in the county of
Cambridge.

Letters have been received from Mr. Layard, our
enterprising countryman, so late as April 10, and dated
from Arban, on the River Khabour. The last accounts
from this quarter mentioned Mr. Layard's purpose of
penetrating into the Desert, which he has now done, and
explored for three weeks, meeting with numerous traces
of ancient population, though not so productive of
antiquities as was hoped for. His present site, however,
is richer in archæological remains, and is important, as
these are undoubtedly Assyrian, and thus establish the
fact of the extent of that empire. Two winged bulls and
other fragments have been discovered among the ruins.
Mr. Layard was desirous to examine the Khabour to its
mouth; but the Arabs in that direction were hostile to
those whom he ranked among his friends, and amid whose
dromedaries, flocks, and tents he was located. The sheikh
and all the tribe were kind and hospitable.

Obituary of Notable Persons.

The Hon. FRANCES GABRIELLE TALBOT, sister of Lord Talbot
de Malahide, Countess of the Austrian Empire, and Canoness of
the RoyaI Order of St. Ann of Munich, died at Vienna on the
28th April.

Sir GEORGE CHETWYND, Bart, for many years clerk of the
Privy Council, died at Grenden Hall, Warwickshire, on the 24th
May, in his 67th year.

Mr. RICHARD WYATT, the eminent sculptor, died at Rome on
the 29th May. He had resided there for the last twenty years.

Lieut.-Colonel P. CAMPBELL, C.B., died at Brighton on the
31st May. He served with great distinction throughout the
War and at Waterloo.

Lieut.-Colonel Sir JOHN BUCHAN, K.C.B., died on 2nd inst. at
his house in Harley Street. He entered the army in 1795; and
served in the Mysore War, in Ceylon, the West Indies, and
through the Peninsula campaigns.

His Royal Highness WILLIAM FREDERICK MAURICE, of the
Netherlands, second son of the King, died on the 4th, at the age
of six years and nine months.

Mr. JAMES SMITH, of Deanston, the eminent agriculturist,
whose practice and opinions have been so often referred to during
the Protection controversy, died on the 10th at the house of his
relative Mr. Buchanan, of Catrine, in Ayrshire. He is regarded
as the Inventor of the modern system of drainage.

Lord CANTILUPE, eldest son of the Earl of Delawarr, died on
the 25th, of rheumatic fever, in his 37th year. He sat in Parliament
for several years; first for Helston, and afterwards for
Lewes.

COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES.

THE disturbances on the North- Western frontier of India have been quelled for the present, and the leading
Affreedee chiefs have formally submitted. The passes between Kohat and Pashawur are nevertheless not
considered safe, though nothing further can be conclusively done till the season for a regular campaign. Such
other interests as appear to occupy the Indian newspapers, centre almost wholly in railways, which have also
lately occupied the attention of the House of Commons, on the motion of Lord Jocelyn. Upon the whole,
the prospects in this respect are not unfavourable; and it is curious, that, of all the apparently mad
speculations originating in the fatal railway enthusiasm of five years ago, the companies which most bravely have
weathered the panic are those for the promotion of railways in India.

From Canada we have news of a series of successes of the government party, the most remarkable
of which is an amendment to the address raising the question of an elective upper chamber, defeated
by a considerable majority. Another somewhat notable question started in the Assembly was embodied in
an address to the Queen for the independence of the British North American provinces, and voted for by
seven members. We may add, that one result of the London visit of the Bishop of Toronto, to which we
formerly adverted, has declared itself in a vote of four thousand pounds by the Christian Knowledge Society
towards the endowment of two additional bishoprics in Canada.

But bishoprics are quite the order of the day in Colonial matters, and episcopal sees are founded before
even outlines of congregations are found. The proposition for what is called the Canterbury Settlement in
New Zealand, for example, is based upon the reservation of a pound per acre for ecclesiastical purposes.
The land is to cost ten shillings an acre, the public works are to engross another ten shillings, and a sum
equal in amount to both is to be laid aside for episcopal endowments. We doubt if history contains a
satisfactory example of a religion planted in this particular manner, or if the Canterbury Settlement is in
any way likely to furnish the example needed.