The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-14 00:00:00

University Intelligence,

OXFORD, April 13.
A Congregation will be holden on Tuesday next, the 19th
inst.. at 2 o'clock, for the election of two delegates of the
Museum, in the room of Dr. Daubeny and Professor Raw-
linson, whose period of office has expired. Votes will be
received from 2 until half-past 2 o'clock.

In a Convocation to be holden on Thursday, the 21st
inst., at 2 o'clock, it will be proposed that the Vice-Chan-
cellor be emppwered to expend the sum of £285 from the
University chest, being the estimated cost of a wall and
iron railing on the south side of St. Mary's Church.

The Deputy Professor of Experimental Physics will de-
liver a course of lectures on heat on Mondays, Wednesdays,
and Fridays, at 12 o'clock, during the present term.
The Chichele Professor of International Law and Diplo-
macy will be happy to see those who may wish for assist-
ance in theft reading on Mondays and Fridays during the
te:m at 10 o'clock.

The Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon will be at
home from 12 to 1 o'clock on Wednesdays and Thursdays
during Easter and Trinity Terms, to receive those gentle-
men who have attended his lectures and who wish for
instruction "in its qua) melius sine ulla solennitate tradi
possunt,"

The teacher of the French language in the Taylor Insti-
tution will begin his lectures for this term on Monday, the
18th of April.

The teacher of the German language in the Taylor Insti-
tution will begin his lectures for this term on Tuesday, the
19th of April,

THE ATLANTIC CABLE.—The Great Eastern has
been taken up by the contractors, Messrs. Glass, Elliot,
and Co., for the purpose of laying the cable. She is to be
handed over on the Ist of May, and when the cable is laid
the proprietors of the Great Eastern are to receive £50,000
in paid-up shares of the Atlantic Telegraph Company. The
laying of the cable will not, however, be commenced before
next spring. The cost of the new Atlantic cable will be
£700,000. It will be heavier than the old Atlantic cable.

COUNTY COURTS COMMITMENTS.—In the years
1862 and 1863 the annual number of .plaints in the County
Courts of England averaged 822,172. The number ofjudg-
ment summonses that came on for hearing averaged 61,973
in a year, the warrants of commitment issued, 27,309, and
the number of persons actually taken to prison. 8,989. Two
of the persons committed in the two years were sent to
prison for refusing to be sworn, and 11 far refusing to an-
swer questions to the satisfaction of the judge, and those
persons remained in gaol upon an average for three weeks.
But the bulk of the commitments wore for not satisfy-
ing the judgment, though having sufficient means so to do,
and the imprisonment of these persons averaged a fortnight
—the debt remaining due on the judgment was generally of
small amount, averaging less than £3 10s. A. few persons,
116 in all, were sent to prison for fraudulent conduct, or
contracting debt without reasonable expectation of being
able to pay, and those persons were imprisoned for longer
periods, averaging 25 or 30 days—the debt remaining
cun-
paid was commonly more considerable in these cases.
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A meeting of shareholders of the London and
Middlesex Bank was held to day to consider the
position of the establishment and the proceedings
in Chancery recently instituted for the winding-up
of atiairs._Dr. Cooke occupied the chair, and stated
that seven months had passed away without the
directors affJrding the Proprietors any statement of
their accounts, and hoped the meeting would
adopt the most efficlent and speedy manner for
arranging as full a settlement of their accounts
as possible. A motion was proposed, appoint-
ing a committee of shareho:ders to wind up
the affairs under the supervision of the Court of
Chancery. Mr. Begin opposed this proceeding,
and moved an amendment to the tffeet that, with
the view of giving the directors an opportunity of
holding an extraordinary general meeting of share-
' holders for the purpose of taking their opinion in
relation to the propriety of electing the officers of
the bank, the Master of the Rolls be solicited to
order the petition to stand over for 21 days. After
some discussion the amendment was carried by a
very large majority.
The quotation of gold at Paris is about i per milk pm., and
the short exchange on Landoll is 25.1.71 per .CI sterling. On
comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3
loieL per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is
about the same price in London and Farb.