The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-03 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

DURHAM.-At a Convocation holden on Tuesday, Oct.
30; 1855, presided over by the snl..warden (the Pao
fessor of Greek), in the absence of the warden, the Rev.
John Pedder, M.A., Principal of Bp. Hatfield's 'Hall,
and the Rev. James John Hornhy, MA., Principal of
Bp. Cosin's Hall, made the requisite declaration at
entering upon the office of Proctor.
The Rev. Henry Frederic Long, M.A., of Bp, Hat-
field's Hall, aid the Rev. Frederiii Henry Walrond,
M.A., of Bp. Hatfield's Hall, were nominated to the
office of Pro•proctor, and made the requisite declaration.
The following Degrees were conferred :
MA.
Rev. Walter Brooksbank, 8.A., Univ. Coll.
Rev. Martyn Stapylton, 8.A., Univ. Coll.
B.A.
George Edward Stanley, Univ. Coll.
Charles Clinton Chevallier, Bp. Hatfield's Hall.

The following were admitted to be Licentiates in
Theology :-7.

Allied James, 8.A., Univ. Coll.
Joseph William Wardale, Univ. Coll.
The following were nominated by the Sub-Warden,
and approved by the House, to be Lecturers in their re-
spective offices in the Newcastle-upon• Tyne College of
Medicine in connection with the University of Durham :
Medical Ethics Thomas Michael Greenhow, M.D.
Anatomyand Robert H. Wilson, M.R.O.A. and
Physiology 5 L S.A.
Botany Daniel Oliver, Jun., F.L.S.
Graces were passed to enable
Rev. Thos. Williams, Bp. Hatfield's Hall,
Lovell J. Procter, Bp. Hatfield's Ball,
Rev. William Mayor, Bp. Hatfield's Hall,
to count towards the Degree of B.A. six terms kept,
and two public examinations rassed by them respectively
as Students in Theology ;
And to enable William Henry Wardell to count to-
wards the Degree of 8.A., three terms kept, and one
public examination passed*by him as a Student in Medi-
cine.

On the Ist inst., Alfred James, 8.A., University
College, and Wm. Henry Jackson, 8.A., Bishop Hat-
field's Hall, were elected Fellows of the. University.

THE DISTANCE BETWEEN KINBIAURN AND MO.
LAIEFF.—By an error in our yesterday's impression
the distance between these two places was represented
as a mile and a quarter, the actual distance being up-
wards of 40 miles. Otchakoff the place intended, is only
a mile and a quarter from Kinbourn.
PRESENTATION OE THE LORD MAYOR ELECT TO THE
LORD CHANCELLOR.—Yesterday morning the Right
Hon. the Lord Mayor, Mr. Alderman Salomons, the
Lord Mayor elect, accompanied by several cf the alder-
men, Alderman and Sheriff Kennedy, Mr. Sergeant
Merewether' the Town Clerk—who attended on the part
of the Recorder, he being absent on account of the re-
cent death of his brother, Lord Wharncliffe—the Under-
Sheriffs, and other civic authorities, arrived at the man-
sion of the Lord Chancellor, in -Upper Brook-street,
Grosvenor-square, for the purpose of presenting Mr.
Alderman Salomons, who has been elected by the livery
of London to fill the office of Lord Mayor, to the Lord
Chancellor, for his approval on the part of her Mejesty.
Mr. Serjeant Merevreiher, in introducing the Lord
Mayor elect, passed a high eulogium on the character of
the choice of the citizens cf London, in selecting for
their chief magistrate Mr. Alderman Saloreons, a gentle-
man who was respected and beloved by all classes of
citizens for his unbounded kindness and charitable bene--
volence, without any distinction of sect or creed. The
Lord Chancellor, in expreasiug his approbation on the
part of her Majesty, said he felt gratified at. the inde-
pendent course the citizens of London had pursued in
electing Alderman Salomons to fill the civio chair of
chief magistrate, which was- a proof of the advancing
spirit of toleration that existed at the present time, a
policy, which he had advocated throughout his career in
life. The Lord Mayor elect and the civic functionaries
then retired.

THE STATE CARRIAGE FOR THE LORD MAYOR ELECT.
—Although the well-known City state coach conveys the
Lord Mayor to and from the point of embarkation on
the day commencing his official year, as well as upon the
ether principal state occasions, yet another carriage,
occupied 14 the Lady Mayoress on Lord- Mayor's Day,
is annually constructed, which is called the Lord Mayor's
state Carriage. Such vehicle has this year, as usual,
been built by Messrs. Laurie and Marner. It is painted
of a beautiful deep brown, relieved with vermilion. Upen
the centre panels are emblazoned the City arms ; on one
,ide of which are displayed the arms of the Coopers' Com-
pany, with the motto, " Love as Brethren," and on the
other side those of Mr. Alderman Salocuons (Lord Mayor
elect), surmounted by the crest a lion rampant gules,
tud beneath the motto " Deo Adjuvante." The lining
is of rich amber satin, with superfine white cloth and
ace of the same colour, and the roof is fluted in rays of
white silk. The hammercloth has a field of superfine
cloth, in colour of a brilliant scarlet, decorated with
cringe of the same colour arrariged in festoons. In the
centre of each side are escutcheons of the City arms,
encircled by the cellar of S.S., the whole relieved with
gold hangers and borderings of gold gimp and gold lace.
The wheels, perch, &c., are brown, picked out with gold
and vermilion, while the holy loops are richly gilt. The
axles, lamps, &c., are of the most modern and appropriate
construction, the whole forming a very tasteful, though
unostentatious, equipage.
THE Loss OF THE SHIP FREDERICE.—The ship
-Mend, Christie, from Calcutta, has arrived in the West
belie Docks, with the crew of the ship Frederick, W. S.
Borden, of and for Liverpool from Bombay, which was
Abandoned near the Western Islands. The Frederick left
Bombay on the 11th July with a cargo of cotton, gum,
&c. ; off the Cape of Good Hope encountered a heavy
breeze, which lasted a couple of days, ship continuing to
ease a good deal of water ; close reefed topsails. The
wind was heaviest on the night of the 22d of August ;
and morning of 23d lost pert bulwarks, and the watch
were washed out of their berths in the forecastle. Oct.
7, when in about the latitude of the Western Islands,
and rather to the westward of them, the water was
seining upon the ship, with both pumps constantly
going. On the 9th and 10th it came or' to blow fresher,
And the leak became more serious. Fell in with the
ship Shand on the 10th ; bore down to her and hailed
her, and Captain Morden asked her to lay by them during
die night, in order to take them off iu the morning
should another attempt to keep her free prove unsuc-
cessful. The Shand lay by them on the 11th, 12th, and
13th. The water kept gaining upon the Frederick. On the
morning of the 13th Captain Christie came on board the
Frederick, and, with Captain Morden, there was a con-
aultatton of the oldest hands, and there being 6 feet 4
inches of water in her hold, and which was increasing
with both pumps hard at work, the weather being calm,
and the crew getting exhausted with constant pumping,
*e; was detei mined to abandon the ship, which the crew
/lid, and went on board the Shand. When they left the
Frederick, on the evening of the 13th, she had 12 feet
1 inch in her, and was rapidly settling down. The crew
f the Frederick have been lodged in the Well-street
Sailors' Home.

VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN THE
CIVIL SERVICE.—Board of Trade—Mr. Robert Lowe,
Vice-President of the Board of Trade, hat, appointed Mr.
G. J. Swanst-n as his private secretary. General Post-
office—A vacancy has been created in the office of chief
clerk in the Plymouth Post-office by the death of Mr.
John Lee. The office of postmaster at Portaferry, Ire-
land, is vacant by the death of Mr. Charles Press. Mr.
rbour
T
Jeremiah Jolliffe, lately an officer of Inland Revenue in
dants collection,
hasbeen
Harbour--The appointed
a he postmaster
office oat
f
harbour-mastertlasiere ' Sre
at Holyhead has become vacant by the
retirement of Lieutenant Lasceltes, upon a pension.
Salary 2001. Customs—Mr. Walter John Cleave has
emur y. Holyhead
been appointed a clerk in the Inspector-General of
Imports and Exports' Office in London. Mr_ John
Turner, tidewaiter of the first class, has been ap-
ointed a tidesurveyor of the fourth class in London.
okr. W. Petherick, comptroller at Peterhead, has been
appointed comptroller at Ramsgate. Mr. W. Coghlan,
principal coast officer at Wicklow, has been appointed
collector at Coleraine. Mr. W. Stevenson, clerk of
general business of the fifth class, bas been appointed
clerk of the fourth class at Liverpool. Mr. G. H. Parry,
clerk of general business of the sixth class, has been ap-
pointed clerk of the fifth class at Liverpool. St. Katha-
rine's Docks—A vacancy has occurred in the Comptrol-
ltes-office, St. Katharine's Docks, through the resigna-
tion of Mr. G. P. Hewlings. Mr. T. H. Askew has
been promoted from the fifth to the fourth class of clerks
to the Comptroller of Accounts, St. Katharine's Docks.
Mr. J. Cleave bas been promoted from the sixth to the
fifth class of clerks to the Comptroller of Accounts, St.
Kothariue's Docks. Ire and—The office of Judge of the
Admiralty Court has become vacant by the death of Dr.
J. Stock. —Kilinainhate Royal Hospital—The office of
secretary and treasurer has become vacant by the death
of Mr. C. W. Pengelley.—Civii Service Gazette.