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-
linsoD, 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 emp3wered 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 their reading on Mondays and Fridays during the
te7m 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 quoit 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 Islonday, 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,

Foreign Mail Packet List.
INIAILS DUE.
Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton....... April 18.
Lirazil and Ca via Marseilles ......... May 13.
pe Verds, by British packet........ May 4.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. April 29.
China, Penang., and Singapore, via Souilianipton.AprP- 11.
via Marseilles ...April

Falkland Islands ....... • • ..
Gibraltar, via Southampton April !S..
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southatopton Apri ,be
via Marseilles April I,°'
India (Bombay), via Southampton April ',:.
via Marseilles April 21.
Portugal.... May. 4.
Malta, Egypt, and Men, via Southampton April IS.

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 suuamozses that came on for hearing averaged 61,973
in a year, the warrants o 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 tor 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 were 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 persons were imprisoned for longer
periods,
or 33 days—the debt remaining t o pay, and
averaging those2s
un-
paid was commonly more considerable in these cases.