The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-02 00:00:00

CAMBRIDGE, FEB. 1.

There will be an Examination at Sidney Sussex College
on Tuesday, Oct. 11. of students who intend to commence
residence, when (provided fit candidates present them-
selves) the following Scholarships will be filled up :—One
for Classics and Mathematics combined, £BO per annum ;
one for Classics only £4O per annum. These two
Scholarships are limited to candidates under 20 years of age.
Also two for Mathematics only, and two for Natural Science
or Mathematics% each £4O per annum—preference to Oak-
ham or Uppingham School. Sizars will also be appointed
at this examination. Two Scholarships may be held by the
same person, and each will be tenable for three years at
least, or until promotion to another of greater value. Sub-
jects :—Classics—" Cmsar de Bello Galileo," Books VI,,
VII. ; " Xenophon Anabasis," Books 111., V. Passages
will also be set from other authors, as also prose and verse
composition. Mathematics—Arithmetic, Algebra, Euclid,
Plane Trigonometry, Conic Sections (geometrical and ana-
lytical). Natural Science—Electricity, Chemistry, Geology,
Anatomy. N.B. All candidates will be expected to pass in
both classes and mathematics. Every candidate must send
in to the tutor (the Rev. J. C. Williams Ellis) on or before
the 10th of October his name, the date and place of his birth,
the names and residence of his parents, the place of his edu-
cation, and a certificate of good conduct from a graduate
member of a University or a beneficed clergyman. Can-
didates must present themselves in the College Hall, on
Tuesday morning, the 11th of October, at 9 o'clock.
The Downing professor of the Laws of England will ex-
amine in the subjects of his lectures during last term on
Saturday next, tb.e 6th of February, at 10 o'clock, a.m. in
the Senate•house.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

The first portion of the armour plates for the new iron
frigate Bellerophon have boon sent into Chatham dockyard
from the Milli; all works, selected by the Admiralty to sup-
ply the plates for that vessel. The plates are of the best pos-
sible rolled iron, and each weighs between six and seven
tons. They are 10ft in length and rather more than Oft wide,
while those received up till now aro Gin thick. Yesterday
one of the plates was selected from those sent in, and will
be forwarded to Portsmouth, where it will undergo a series
of trials to ascertain its powers of resistance when tested
against the spherical steel and other shot. About 150 tons
of the 41in and 51in armour plating for the Lord Warden
frigate have arrived at Chatham, and have been landed at
the Anchor-wharf, from the firm of Messrs. J. Brown and
Co., Atlas Works, Sheffield, who have contracted to supply
the Admiralty with 1,000 tons of armour plates for the Lord
Warden.

The paddlewheel steamer Adder, Mr. W. Blakey, Master
Commander, tender to the Wellesley, 74, and now employed
in transporting the officials and workmen to and from Chat •
ham dockyard to the iron frigate Achilles, will, as soon as
released from her present duties, be placed in dock and
broken up, her condition being such that it is not deemed
advisable to effect any extensive repairs on her. The Lo-
cust, now employed on harbour service between Chatham
and Sheerness, will succeed the Adder as tender to the Wel-
lesley.

The Amphion, 2G, 1,474 tons, 300 horse power, screw
steamer, the name of which has been removed from the list
of vessels of the Royal Navy, is to be sold out of the ser-
vice, and orders have been received at Chatham for a report
to be made to the Admiralty of the quantity and condi-
tion of her stores and gear. Every precaution will be
taken to prevent the Amphion, as well as the other vessels
heretofore belonging to the Chatham steam reserve
which are ordered to be sold, falling into the hands of per-
sons who might use them in committing an infraction of
the neutrality laws.

The Duncan, screw line-of-battle ship, 3,727 tons and
800-horse power, Capt. R. Gibson, flagship of Rear-Ad-
miral Sir James Hope, K.C.8., the future Naval Corn-
mandcr-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships on the North
American and West India stations, steamed out of Ports-
mouth harbour yesterday, and anchored at Spithoad, where
she will take in her ammunition preparatory to sailing for
Halifax. On clearing the harbour channel she exchanged
the usual salutes with the Victory, flagship of Vice-
Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, G.C,8., Port Admiral and
Commander-in-Chief of the district. The Duncan is ex-
pected to sail about the end of the week, and will call in at
Plymouth Sound,

Orders have been received at Portsmouth dockyard from
the Admiralty to suspend all further work upon the Royal
paddle yacht Alberta until after a third trial of her powers
under steam. The trial will take place at the measured
mile in Stokes Bay about Thursday next,
The Helicon, designed for a paddlewheel despatch vessel
of 835 tons, which has been standing in frame for nearly
two years on No. 1 building slip of Portsmouth dockyard,
has been taken down from her midship section forward, the
Admiralty, acting under the advice of the Chief Construc-
tor, having decided upon giving her a somewhat flatter
floor, with a different form of bow. The latter will be
lengthened Gft., and will have an upright stem. The
Helicon was laid down originally on similar lines to those
of the Admiralty yacht Enchantress.

The Orontes, screw troopship, Capt. IL IV. Hire, got up
steam yesterday alongside Portsmouth dockyard preparatory
to her official trial on the sth or Gth inst.
Tho following appointments were made yesterday at the
Admiralty :—T. F. Simmons, chief engineer, to the Fisgard
for the Gorgon ; J. Bearden, engineer, to the Duncan for
service in the Nimble tender; 11. Leslie, engineer, to the
Asia for the Pheasant; It. H. Dobney and J. H. Brad-
shaw, assist.-engineers, to the Duncan, additional, for
service in the Nimble tender; and Mr. Henry Leach,
nominated to a naval cadetship.