The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-05-17 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OxeoaD, MAT 14.
Wednesday last, the University Seal 11113 affr:ed to a Deed of
Foundation of a Professorship in Political Economy, on the en.
dowment of Henry Drummond, Esq. of Albany Park, in the county
of Surrey. The Professor is to be elected by Convocation, and to
hold the Professorship fur the space of five ran, being capable of
re-election after the lapse of two years. He is to read a course of
nine lectures at the least during one of the four Academical Tams
in every year, and to print and publish one of the same lectures.
Three persons are to be considered as forming a class, and if the
Professor neglects so to read or to publish, according to the inten-
tion of the Founder, he forfeits all claim to the 'Ahoy attached to
the Professorship during the period of such neglect.

FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

DIVIDENDS.

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June 11. Henry Harrison' Southwark Bridge Stone-Wharf„
stone-mason, at eleven, at the Bankrupts' Court.
June 7. John Howkins, Penny-fields, and Thomas Morris and
William Constable, Regent-street, Blackwall, all in Poplar,
builders, at ten, at the Bankrupts' Court.
June 4. George Edwards and Thomas HoggaM St. John-street,
West Smithfield, stationers, at ten, at the Bankrupts Court.
June 7. John Thomas Hughes, High-street, Shoneditcits
dasher, at twelve. at the Bankrupts' Court.
June 15. Job Lea, Halghton, Flintshire, mile,, at two, at the
Wynnsfay Arms Inn, 14'rexham, Denbighshire.
June 15 Richard Bithell, Lanvpwll, Denbighshire, clam-factor.
at twelve, at the Wynnatav Arms Inn, Wrexham.
June 4. Stephen Page Seeger, Maidstone, dealer, at twelve, at
the Bankrupts' Court.
June 4. Lazarus Barron, Strutton-ground, Westminster, and
Old Kent-mad, linen-draper, at eleven, at the Bankrupts' Cour.
June 4. Thomas Pine and Edward Davis, Maidstone, mil. a, at
eleven, at the Bankrupts' Court.
June 4. Antonio Joze Loureneo A'iehra and Antonio 3lafhado
Braga, Tokenhouse-yard, merchants, at one, at the Bank upts
Court.

May 17. Bryan Bentham, Chatham and Sheerness, bailor, at
twelve, at the Bankrupts' Court.
June 2. William and Robert Both, Bi.hopwearmouth, Fur-
ham, ship-builders, at eleven, at the Bridge Inn, Bishoprie.,:.
mouth.

June 8. Adam Knibb, Barnwell St. Andrew, Northampt,
%hire, miler, at eleven, at the Talbot Inn, Oundle, Northrunvo:

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June 4. Henry 3liater Fyffe, Holborn, grocer, at twelve. at t!,.:
Bankrupts' Court.
June 21. Frederick Meyhruch, Old Cavendish-street, Oxfod.
street, tailor, at twelve, at the Bankrupts' Court.
June 11. John and William Buckmaster, Old Bord.strcct.
tailors, at ten, at the Bankrupts' Court.
CERTIFICATES, JUNE 4.
John Davis, Hereford, cabinet-maker—David Rees. lAremnol.
merchant—Thomas Farley, Ilereford.pluce, Commercinl.toad. ha-
berdasher—John Crossley, Holborn-badge, cheesemongyr—Wil.
Liam Jelretics, %Wick and Abaon, Gloucestershire, plundr.r—t.co.
Smith, Bishopsgate.street Without, butcher.

The Protestants of Belfast intend giving a public dinno
on Monday next, to the Right Rev. Doctor Crolly, di,.
new Roman Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor.—
Dublin Paper.
The Bel st News Letter publishes a contradiction to the
report of Mr. Brownlow having been burned in effigy in the
town of Lurgan.
On Wednesday last, Mr. Green, the aeronaut, made an
excursion from Newcastle, being the 29th successful voyag
which that gentleman has performed.
The Hotel Estate in this town was sold last WednesdaNt
evening, by auction, for 15,100/. Mr. W. Ilo:ntes, land
agent, is the purchaser.-I.erds Paper.
MINING INTELLIGENCE.—The quantity of copper ore
sold at Redruth on the 12th inst. was 2,664 tore—Average pro-
duce, a. Quantity of tine copper, 20.3 tons 2 cwt. Amount at
sale, 18.0661. 4s. 6d. Average standard, 125/. 2s. There are 2,469
teas of copper ores for sale at Truro next week.
A few days ago a young woman, servant in a family near
Liverpool, was poisoned by drinking coffee boiled in a copper ves-
sel, which, it is supposed, must have contained a quantity of ver-
digrise.
A man named Collins lost his life, and another was dan-
gerously wounded, at Kilnoe, barony of Tulle, county Clare, a few
days ago, while attempting to make a seizure of the stock of his
tenant, named Burke, for non-payment of rent. An inquest Si
held by R. G. Greene, Esq., Coroner, and a verdict of " wilful
murder" returned against Burke and his associates.
FOUR CHILDREN AT A BIRTH.—We have been in-
formed that a WOMRR who keeps a small public bowie ir. Caven-
dish-street, in this town, was on Wednesday safely delivered of
four children, two boys and two girls, who are all hying, and likely
to do well—Liverpool Mercury.

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