The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-05 00:00:00

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On Tuesday the following degreesMiTW.-Po irdrrgd in' '. . • ".,
the Exaraination-hail, by the Rig4.4.U64;1-,.l?rittetif.
Black-borne, Vice-Ghancellor of the Lliastereliy,:-- - .
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LL.B. and LL.D. ; George Alex. 1i1411:,q./La ':144-::,;'
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AnTIUM MAGISTRT.
Jac's. A. ; Rev. A. S. ; Clemenger, Rer. R.
P. ;110", ; Golloc!;, 14,v. J. ; A rthure, Rev.
Benedict ; Roman, Rev. P. ; Rev. James ;
Irvin s, Rev. G. ; woods, Rev. C. F. ; Dudgeon. Rev.
C. V. ; Manning, Thoznas A. ; Mots, Rev. John James;
Laughlin, Rev. J. W. ; Milner, W. ; Garnett, H. E. ;
Gore, J. R. ; Le Maitre, Rev. G.
ARTIUM .BACCALEITREI.
Senior Moderators (Gold Medalists)—Maguire, Thor. ;
tSch.] (in classics and ethics) ; Drummond, Robert B.
(in classics) ; Bristow, John (in ethics) ; Smith, Francis,
(ditto).
Junior Moderators (Silver Medalists) —Dawson,
Arthur A.
ResPendents.—Jol3nston, William Henry ; Raymond,
William ; Matthew, Henry W.
Fellow Commoners.—Mr. L. John Litton, Mr. Richard
Dudley Persee.
Pensioners and Sizars.—Ale!ander, F. w, N..
Brierly, Thomas ; Clarke, George ; C +ghlan, John C. ;
Cotter, William ; Dillon, Edward M. ; Evans, Edward
K. ; Fish, John ; Gabbett, Thomas IL ; Garvin, g. ;
Goodman, George ; Barker, Peter W. ; Henderson,
Joseph R. ; Lorg, Thomas ;INl`Creery, Thomas; Mara.
field, Francis ; Mills, Lewis George ; Pauli, Christian,
A.M. ; Read, George F. ; Rowan, Devcnshier John ; -
Scott, Richard IL ; Swanzy, James ; Stenson, John 0.;
Underwood. W. De Lapp ; Williams, Charles IL ;
Whyte, H. F.

COMMERCIAL CIRCULARS.

Much inconvenience and dissatisfaction has been
created among the principal export houses of the City
by a sudden announcement from the Post-office that the
advantage hitherto enjoyed of transmitting commercial
circulars by post under the newspaper stamp lawis withi s
drawn. Annexed is a copy of ..a wino:141004ot Which
tins in collseqnetioe; Veen ..addressed that 'departs • •
mint
"Lime-street, July 2.
"Sir,—ln compliance with your advice, that we should
put on paper the reasons which exist for a continuance of
the privilege which has been so long conceded by the Go-
vernment to Price Currents' and Circulars,' of passing
to the colonies and foreign parts by means of the newspaper
stamp, we beg to submit to you our belief that, instead of
injuring the revenue of the Post-offiee—which must be the
reason for the obstruction—they increase it.
"These Price Currents' are entirely open, never con-
taining an allusion to any transaction between the parties ;
not a word is ever written in or on them but the address.
They gi7e general information of the position and prices of
the various articles to which they refer, producing orders
for goods, and consequently insuring postal communica-
tion, which but for them would be far less frequent.
"We beg also to state that our 'Price Currents' and
Circulars' are literally newspapers, quite at much as is
the city article in the T mes. They do not, it is true, often
contain political news, yet it would be easy to show that
they have done ;7ood service to the cause of free trade, by
their exhibiting its principles during the struggle to obtain
it, and that they are still advocating its advantages ; but
they contain `news' to the mercantile and commercial
world, of the variations in value, the excess or diminution
of the imports to which they relate, and, the general aspect
of trade, which to their readers are news of perhaps more
importance than the collision of armies; and it is not too
much to say that to these 'Price Currents' and Circulars,'
extenCeel es has been their circulation, the cation is in a
consid, degree indebted for that extraordinary rapid
result <c .;o.trade seen in the magnitude of our exports.
" te add that the whale of the merchants and
brokers i u the neighbourhood of Mincing-lane were much
surprised at the decision of the Post-orfice on this subject,
as it is a -retrogradation which a free-trade Government
could never think of enacting. and which they believe must
have been dopted without investigating all its bearings.
" Bevieg, therefore, a reconsideration of the subject,
we are, sir, your obedient servants,
" T. J. AND T. POWELL.
" To Frederick Hill, Esq."

CIVIL LIST PENSIONS.

A list of all pensions granted between the 20th day of
June, 1854, and the 20th day of June, 1855, and charged
upon the Civil List—(pursuant to Act 1 Vic., c. 2) :
Mrs. Montague, widow of the late Mr. Montagne.—
In consideration of her husband's services in the
penal settlement of Van Diemen's Land, from.
1824 to 1842, and of his further valuable and im-
portant services to the British Treasury, and to
the army during the Kaffir war, while secretary
tp Government at the Cape of Good Hope, from
1842 to 1853, when he died, leaving his family in
very straitened circumstances. In trust to Major
John Bower, of the Madras army, and W. H
Hamilton, sq £3oo
Eleanor Philippa Ward, :Horatio Nelson Ward, and
Caroline Mary Ward—The three daughters of
the late Mrs. Horatio Nelson Ward, the adopted
daughter of Lord Nelson. In trust to the Rev.
Illoratio Nelson Ward, and Nelson Ward, Esq 3OO
Gedrgina Hay Fullerton, widow of the late eminent
Scotch judge, Lord Fullerton,—ln consideration
of the destitute condition in which she is left at
bjs decease. In trust to the Right Hon. Andrew
Rutherfurd, one of the judges of the court of
session, and John Dundas, Esq., c.s 2OO
C. Moore, widow of Colonel Willoughby Moore,
Who recently lest his life in the Europa, trans-
port.—ln aid of the military pension which has
been granted to her as the widow of a regimental
officer. In trust to Henry M. Clarke, Esq., and
Captain Frederick W. Fitzwygram, of the 6th
Dragorms lOO
Thomas Keightley, in consideration of his services
to historicai literature, and of the straitened cir-
clmstances to which he is reduced lOO
Maria Margaretta Crafer, widow of the late Edwin
Turner Crafer, Esq., of the Treasury.—ln consi-
deration of her husband's long and faithful ser-
vices, and the distressed situation in which she is
left, with a large family, at his decease. In trust
to Charles L. Crafer, Esq., and Thomas J. Crafer,
Esq.
Annabella Kitto, widow of Dr. John Kitto.—ln
consideration of the services rendered by her hus-
band to Biblical literature, especially by his works,
the "Pictorial Bible," the Pictorial History of
Palestine," and the " Bible Cyclopedia," and re-
duced circumstances in which she is placed at his
death. In trust to John Labouchere, Esq., and
Rev. Cornelius Hart 5O

21,260
JAMES WILSON.

Whitehall, Treasury Chambers,
June 28, 1855.

THE RATES OF POSTAGE.

A Treasury Warrant regulating the rates of postage
on newi.papers, printed periodicals, and price currents,
under the new arrangement has appeared. The chief
points have been already made public in the Post-office
circulars ; hut the details are here presented at one view,
in a convenient form. Every such newspaper, printed
periodical, or price current, must be without cover, or
in a cover open at the ends ; there must be no commu-
nication in marks or writing, except the name and ad-
dress of the party to whom it is sent (except also the
name of publisher, newsvendor, or agent on the cover) ;
nothing else must be enclosed within such newspaper,
Ste. The following schedule of British rates is appended
to the warrant :

ON BRITISH NEWSPAPERS AND PRINTED PERIODICALS.
—From one post-town to another within the United
Kingdom (except by private ships), free. By the post
of a post-town within the United Kingdom, addressed
to a person within the limits of that place or its suburbs,
one penny each. Between places within the United
Kingdom by private ship, one penny each.
ON BRITISH NEWSPAPERS.—From the United King-
dom to any British colony (except the East Indies or
the Mediterranean by the closed mail via marines),
by packet boat, one penny each ; by private ship, one
penny each. From the United Kingdom to the East
Indies or the Mediterranean by the close nun! via Mar-
seilles, by packet-boat, 2d. each. From the United King-
dom to France, or Algeria, Belgium, Prussia, or any
foreign country, via Prussia, or to New Granada, or
st
Peru, by packet boat free ; by private ship, one pennY
each. From the United Kingdom to any other foreign
the East Indies
country, including any transit rate payable
k °nrivate
rr Kingdom).
ehachp;acbkyetp ovate spiv,
h newspapers, by packet boat, twopence eacu.; by
rat_ll_ _ay.
ship, twopence each. Where no such transitevae n p
..
0 a
1 p ,
able, by packet boat, one penny
one penny each.
e°lonieS, whether
erOtNheCmoLedoiNteurrLeeNeezwe
tseratrastr.—ntFitee
by the
closed mails, via Marseilles, by
, Kingdom or not, or
colony, or
private ship, and prtly by
two-
pencetrenereietatechd.
thßreeutwgheenthetwuo_n.Biteari.tish
between two ports in the same
_y, . from a British
ynited
acket boat
United Kingdom, byti by P one. penny each; by
private ship,
colony to a foreign
orp
orpnoirte,:chi
packet boat, one
_l2
Ap .
ON FOREIGN ris7Bl. "o.—From a foreign port to
without passing through the United
Kingdom, by packet boat, one penny each ;by private
ship, one pennY eah.
pßross CURRENT PRINTED IN THE EAST INDIES.—
Between two British colonies, whether transmitted
athrßorviiitihshthceoloun
Kingdom or not, or between two
ports in the same colony, by packet boat, one penny
each ;
by private ship, one penny each. From a British
colony in the East Indies to any foreign port, without
passing through the United Kingdom, by packet boat,
one Penny each ; by private ship, one penny each.

PEMBROKE YARD.—In consequence of the great de.
wand for small class vessels, the energies of this estab-
lishment have almost entirely been withdrawn from the
large ships, and applied to the former. Among these, a
despatch boat, a vessel of promised great speed, is to be
built with all possible quickness. Her keel was laid on
Saturday last, and a powerful array of artisans will
shortly be employed upon her. Notwithstanding this
change of tactics, the blacksmith are employed from 6
a.m. till 10 p.m. on the Repulse, though she is not likely
to be launched for some time, her ironwork being in a
very backward state. The contract for the erection of
gasworks and main of pipes has just been taken, and
the contract specifies the arsenal is to be lighted by the
let of October. This will be a great accommodation to
the esta',l, :,:nent. This is at present the only dockyard
that produces its own gas. The enlargement of the dry
dock is
progressing rapidly, as is the- formation of the
new slips and boat

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