The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-17 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL.

THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARTYRDOM
OF THE BISHOPS AT OXFORD THREE
HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
OXFORD, Oct. 16.--In commemoration of this great
event a sermon was preached in the church of St. Mary
\lagdalen this afternoon (Tuesday), by the Rev. J. C.
Miller, M.A., of Lincoln College, rector of St. Mar-
tin's, Birmingham, and honorary canon of WorceAdr,
from the 12th chapter of the Revelations of St. John,
verse 11. The discourse was li,tened to by a crowded
church, Amongst the congregation were—The Vice-
Chancellor, the Senior Proctor, the President of St.
John's, the Warden of Wadham, the Warden of All
Souls, the Principal of Magdalen Hall, the Principal of
New Inn Hall, the Public Orator, the Margaret Pro-
fessor of Divinity, the Rev. Messrs. J. Lee, Gordon,
Andrews, Macreay, and a few other Masters of Arts,
and some hundreds of Undergraduates, the Mayor, seve-
ral of the Aldermen and Town Council of the city, and
a large number of ladies. The sermon, which occupied
one hour within five minutes, will be shortly published.
On this occasion the beautiful memorial of Cranmer,
Ridley, and Latimer, adjoining the north end of Magda-
len churchyard, was ornamented with evergreens ; large
pants in pots occupying the steps within the iron rail-
ing, which had a plea.ing effect.
MORAL PHILOSOPHY.—The Reader in Moral Philo-
sophy (Dr. Daubeny, of Magdalen College) will deliver
an inaugural lecture in the ante-chapel of Magdalen
College, on Tuesday, October 23, at 1 o'clock. He
will also deliver in the same place, on alternate
Tuesdays during term, a course of lectures on the
Philosophy of Kant, to commence on Tuesday, Nov. 6,
at 2 o'clock. He also wishes to form a class to read
the " Nicornactrean Ethics of Aristotle," in the hall of
Magdalen College, every Thursday and Saturday, at 12
o'clock, to commence on Thursday, Nov. 8. This
course is open to all members of the University who
have passed their first public examination. Those who
wish to attend it are requested to call on the Reader.
at Magdalen College, on Tuesday, November 6, at 11
o'clock.

CAMBRIDGE, Oct. 16.—8. A. EXAMINATION, 1856.
The Vice-Chancellor gives notice that there will be a
meeting on Monday, the 22d inst., at 11 o'clock, at
Caius Lodge, of the Syndicate appointed by grace to con-
sider the cases of those undergraduates who have de-
graded and are desirous of becoming candidates for hon-
ours. The Syndicate wish it to be understood that cases
not presented to them at the above meeting will be
precluded from consideration till the next regular meet-
ing in October, 1856. All applications must be made
in writing by the tutors, and accompanied by the neces-
sary medical certificates.

HEBREW.—The Regius Professor of Hebrew gives
notice that his lectures on Hebrew and Sanskrit will be
delivered in one of the lecture rooms of Trinity College,
on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, during term,
beginning on Tuesday, Oct. 23, at the following hours :
At 10 a.m., Sanskrit : Nala. At 11 a.m., Hebrew :
The Book of Numbers. At 12 a.m., Hebrew : The
Grammar, and the Book of Genesis. These lectures are
free to all persons. Gentlemen wishing to attend are re-
quested to enter their names at Deighton, Bell, and
Co.'s.

THE BRODIE TESTIMONIAL.—The committee appointed
to superintend this fund are daily receiving fresh proofs
of the sympathy felt for Sergeant Brodie in all parts of
the kingdom. From the aristocracy, the clergy, the
gentry, and the working classes letters have come to
hand, enclosing contributions, and expressing adhesion
to the movement, not only as a meed due to Brodie for his
manly conduct, but also as a manifestation of public
opinion as to the case in all its bearings.—South-Eastent
anette.

I Her Majesty's steam troop-ship Simoom, 13, Captain
T. R. Sulivan, R.N., having had new engines and
boilers fitted by Mr. Murray, the superintendent en-
- ginger of Portsmouth dockyard, was taken to Stokes
Bay yesterday to test them. The first run at the mea-
sured knot, with the tide, realised 16 682 knots ; the
second, against the tide, 10.027 ; third, with the tide,
11.726 ; against the tide, 9.113, making an average of
10.387 knots per hour, or about 31 knots more than she
did with her first engines and boilers. She made from
• 52 to 55 revolutions, and every part of the machinery
worked admirably. The Simoom, it is reported, goes to
Cork to embark troops.
The Powerful, 84, Captain Massie, sailed from St.
Helens for Lisbon and Jamaica yesterday.
The Pembroke and Cornwallis, 60-gun blockshipa, Cap-
tains Seymour and Wellesley, were preparing to sail last
' evening at sunset from Spithead for Bermuda ; both had
the blue peter flying to recall shore parties, and steam
was up. A portion of her crew have had wages paid
them, and 10 days leave granted ; they are men who
prior to going up the Baltic, had been en lengthened
service in the Black Sea. Their places have been filled
up to-day by drafts from the Calcutta, 84, sailing-ship.
The Russell, 60 ; Hawke, 60 ; and Hastings, 60,,
screw-ships, are to be treated in a similar manner, and
are reported to be intended for the same destination--
the reinforcement of the North American and West
Indian squadron.
The Lizard ,steam-vessel, with No. 14 mortar-vessel
in tow, went Tinto Portsmouth harbour yesterday from
the eastward.
The court-martial on Mr. Youel, master of H.M.S.
Hastings, having concluded yesterday afternobn the
Court proceeded to try Mr. Charles Edward Stillman,
assistant-surgeon on board the Otter, 3, paddle steam-
vessel, on a charge of having gone on duty to Haslar
Hospitdl, on the Bth of October, and not returning to
his ship till the following day, and then doing so in a
state of drunkenness. The charge was fully proved, and
the prisoner was sentenced to be, and was, dismissed
her Majesty's service.
The Court would have proceeded to-day with the trial
of Mr. Jeremiah Hyde, boatswain of H.M.S. Russell,
60, and Mr. William Ridout, boatswain of H.M.S.
Penelope, both charged with drunkenness, but by some
means or another the last named had succeeded in ef-

fecting his ecape from the Penelope, to the great morti-
fication of the captain, Sir W. Wiseman, and those who
had him in charge. He has not yet been picked up.
Her Majesty's steam store-ship Dee, Master Com-
mander Pullen, left Woolwich yesterday afternoon with
machinery, from Mesrs. Maudslay, Sons, and Field, for
the Chesapeake, 50, screw frigate, now building at
iThatham. The steatn-ve,sel Monkey left with theboil-
ers, and the dockyard lighter Fly took the remainder of
the engine gear, for Sheerness.
The screw steam-corvette Pearl, 20, has received her
masts, and is now under the shears to finish her engines.
The Baron Von Humboldt is at present lying off Dept-
ford, taking in upwards of 170 tons of bread, and an im-
mense quantity of warm clothing for the Baltic fleet.
The Euphemus, No. 121 transport, has sailed from
Woolwich, with a mixed cargo, for the East. She had
her sailing orders on Saturday. A steam-tug has been
moored alongside side since that day, but, a portion of
her crew not answering to muster call, the captain had
to engage a duplicate number of seven or eight hands,
which was the cause of the delay. The absent men
have benefited by what may he obtained on the bar-
ter of a month's pay-ticket, which was handed to them
on signing articles, and have not since turned up.
The Euphemus was towed down the river yesterday for
Gravesend with an effective complement of hands, and
will sail thence for Balaklava direct. The paddle-wheel
steamer Dee, Master-Commander Pullen, left Woolwich
yesterday for Sheerness with boilers, taking in tow the
Fly barge, laden with machinery for the same port.
Yesterday a general muster for the autumn quarter took
place in the dockyard at Woolwich, when the whole
number of men and boys, to the amount of 1,500 passed
in review before the Commodore Superintendent J.
Shepherd.

Capt. Inglefield's company turned out yesterday at
Sheerness for target practice with round shot and shell,
firing at a target distant 1,500 yards. Eight rounds had
been fired from the 56-pounder, in turn with four 32-
pounders, the 55-pounder firing roundshot, the 32's shell.
On firing the ninth shot from the 55-pounder the shot
bad left the gun, and was near the target, when, from
some unaccountable cause, the gun burst into several
pieces, the whole of the inner end of the guu dropping
at least 100 yards from its original position, the outer
end taking an opposite direction, doing considerable
damage to the next gun carriage on the same battery.
The outer fragments of the gun cot off both legs and part
of the body of Gunner George Brown, and took off the
upper part of tl'.e head of Gunner George Gosling.
Brown was alive when taken from the battery, but has
since died ; Gosling was killed on the spot. Several
fragments of the gun, with the entireinfter end, passed
within arm's reach of Capt. Inglefield and Lieut. George
Maule. Had the sad accident occurred 5 minutes sooner,
from 6 to 8 persons must have been killed, as they had
only that moment left to witness the entry into the gar-
rison of the two field batteries of horses for practice.
The unfortunate men who have lost their lives by this
sad accident were both volunteers from the Lancashire
Artillery Militia, and joined the Royal Artillery on the
20th of August last.
The wood portion of the new barracks at Hobbs Point
has now been finished, and a large number of the hands
employed have been discharged. A month or six weeks
will still elapse before the whole of the fittings, &c., will
be completed for occupation.

As many hands as can be employed are now engagld
upon the gun-boats at Pembroke dockyard. The keels
of the,e vessels were laid but a short time since ; yet

such are the resources of this large establishment that
great progress has been made. The new gas-houses aro
to be erected immediately.
Colour-Sergeant J. Cunan, Gist Regiment. has re-
ceived his discharge, a:,d, as a reward for long service,
has been appointed Quartermaster in the Italian Legion
at Turin, and will immediately proceed thither.