generally higher than those of the matriculated, but are
not entered, as those students are not subject to the
statutes for residence and supervision. In reference to
creed, the 118 matriculated students are thus classed:—
Church of England, 42; Roman Catholic, 65;
Presbyterian, 2; Wesleyan communion, 8; other Protestant
communions, 1. In reference to "standing," the
majority are Roman Catholics: the Church of England
Freshmen are 23, Sophisters, 19; the Roman Catholic
Freshmen are 42, Sophisters 23. President Berwick, of
Galway College, reports that the matriculated students
are 24, non-matriculated 2. He adds the following
remark, explaining the comparatively slow progress of
this college:—"In the great majority of cases, the young
men frequenting the Galway College come from a
distance; the town of Galway not as yet possessing such
a population as would furnish a large number of students.
Taking these circumstances into account, I do not
hesitate to say, that the Queen's College, Galway, has fully
kept pace with her sister institutions of Belfast and
Cork,—institutions which, by the confession of all, have
equalled the most sanguine expectations of their warmest
supporters. Nor do I entertain a doubt, that, despite
the extraordinary and continued opposition which
appears to be in a great degree concentrated upon this
particular institution, it is destined to outlive the
hostility with which it has been assailed, and to confer
upon the province those countless and inestimable
blessings which follow in the train of knowledge,
enlightenment, and civilisation."

PERSONAL NARRATIVE.

The Queen and the Royal Family left Osborne on the
27th of August, for her Majesty's Highland residence,
Balmoral, where they arrived on the 29th. Her Majesty
passed the previous night in the palace of Holyrood,
where she conferred the honour of knighthood on Mr.
Johnston, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh.

Her Majesty has intimated her willingness, to act as
patron of the Colonial Church and School Society, an
institution formed expressly for sending to the colonies
clergymen and other religious teachers stedfastly attached
to the doctrines of the Reformation. The archbishops
of Canterbury and York have also intimated their
adherence to the society.

The Duke of Cambridge has presented the committee
of the Cambridge Military Asylum, to be erected in
memory of his royal highness the late Duke, with an
eligible site for the proposed asylum, a building for the
reception and maintenance of 40 widows of
non-commissioned officers and privates of her Majesty's land
forces. The public subscriptions already received are
sufficient to induce the committee to commence forthwith
the erection of the asylum.

The Duke of Norfolk has Left the Church of Rome,
and joined the Church of England. The Duke and
Duchess, with Lady Adeliza Howard and other members
of the family, attended divine service at the collegiate
church, Arundel, on Sunday, the 7th, and after the
service partook of the sacrament.

Lord Cranworth and Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce
have been appointed Judges of Appeal, the latter with
a seat in the House of Lords. Sir W. Page Wood and
Mr. James Parker are to become Vice-Chancellors. A
vacancy is thus created in the post of Solicitor-General.

Lord Saltoun is to be a Knight of the Thistle in the
room of the late Viscount Melville.

Mr. Dominick Daly, formerly Government Secretary
and member of Council in Canada, is appointed
Lieutenant-Governor of Tobago, in the room of Mr. D. R.
Ross, whose death by accident we recently described.

The Reverend Owen Emery Vidal, Perpetual Curate
of Holy Trinity, Arlington, Sussex, has been nominated
as the first Bishop of Sierra Leone. The Archbishop of
Canterbury and her Majesty's Government have signified
their consent to Mr. Vidal's consecration, if a moderate
endowment can be secured.

Professor Wilson, of Edinburgh, has received from
her Majesty a pension of £300 a year, in consideration
of his literary merits.

Accounts have been received from the Expeditions in
Search of Sir John Franklin and his Companions.
Captain Parker, of the Truelove, whale-ship, which
arrived at Hull on the 6th inst., has brought home
memoranda communicated by Mr. Kane, the surgeon
to the American portion of the expedition. The
interesting portions of Mr. Kane's information are the
following:—"On the 26th of August, 1850, traces were
found to northward of Port Innis, Wellington Channel,
confirming those previously found at Cape Riley by
Captain Ommaney. These consisted of fragments of
clothing, preserved meat tins, and scraps of papers, one
of these bearing the name of M'Donald, medical officer
in the expedition. On the 27th, Captain Penny's party
reported graves. These were at once visited by Captain
De Haven (of the American expedition), Mr. Penny,
and Dr. Kane. They bore respectively the names of
W. Braine, R.M., and John Hartnell, of the Erebus,
and John Torrington, of the Terror; the date of the
latest death being the 3d of April, 1846. Added to
these sad but unmistakeable evidences, were the remains
of the observatory, carpenters' shop, and armourers'
forge. Upon the hill-side and beach were fragments of
wood, metal, and clothing, and stacks of empty meat
tins. Everything indicated permanency and organisation.
There can be no doubt that the cove between
Cape Riley and Beechey Island, facing Lancaster Sound,
was the first winter station of the missing vessels." The
Admiralty have received several other documents
relative to these expeditions, particularly a report drawn
up by Captain Austen, dated the 12th of August last.
The only discovery made has been the above traces of
the quarters occupied by the vessels of Franklin's
expedition in the winter of 1845-6; but Captain Austen
speaks hopefully. He thus reports his determination as
to his further search:—"I have now the honour to
state, that having maturely considered the directions
and extent of the search (without success) that has been
made by this expedition, and weighed the opinions of
the officers when at their extremes, I have arrived at
the conclusion, that the expedition under Sir John
Franklin did not prosecute the object of its mission to
the southward and westward of Wellington Strait: and
having communicated with Captain Penny, and fully
considered his official reply to my letter relative to the
search of Wellington Strait by the expedition under his
charge (unhappily without success), I do not feel authorised
to prosecute (even if practicable) a further search
in those directions. It is now my intention to proceed
with all despatch to attempt the search of Jones's
Sound; looking to their Lordships' intention, and to
the impression that may now become strengthened with
reference thereto. I have at the last moment the
satisfaction of stating that we are proceeding under favourable
circumstances."

A meeting of the Arctic Officers, Captain Parry, Sir
James Ross, and Captain Beechy, has taken place at
the Admiralty. The result has been the expression of
their unanimous conviction that Sir John Franklin has
taken the passage to the north-west out of Wellington
Channel, and that he must be sought by taking the
same route. But it is the opinion of these authorities
—while fully recognising, and even insisting upon, the
advantages of immediately dispatching a steamer to
carry on the abandoned search in that direction—that
no vessel can be started with any hope of reaching an
advanced position in Davis Straits, and getting into a
safe harbour before the winter.

Obituary of Notable Persons.

REAR-ADMIRAL LORD JOHN HAY, C.B., Superintendent of
Devonport Dockyard, died on the 26th of August, in his 58th year.

Dr. LORENZO OKEN, the celebrated naturalist, Professor of
Natural History at the University of Zurich, died lately, at the
age of 73.

Dr. H. E. G. PAULUS, Doctor of Theology, Philosophy, and
Laws, died at Heidelberg on the 10th inst., in his 90th year.
He has been for more than half a century known as one of the
most able and active among the theological and philosophical
writers of Germany.

The EARL OF DONOUGHMORE died on the 12th, at Palmerston
House, in the county of Dublin, in his 64th year.

MAJOR-GENERAL SIR HENRY WATSON, C.B., died on the
31st ult. He was Colonel of the 15th Regiment of Foot.