The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-05 00:00:00

The Windsor Express says the crop of potatoes in
that neighbourhood is nearly all housed, and the general
opinion is that it will be greatly below the average. Even
where the disease has not affected the tubers, their size is
unusually small, and in very many instances the crop has
not been found worth digging up.
UNIVERSITY or LONDON.—The annual examination
of candidates for the degree of bachelor of arts in this univer-
sity is appointed to commence on Monday, Oct. 25. The
candidates are to be examined in Latin, Greek, mathematics,
and philosophy, the examiners being Mr. T. B. Burcham,
M.A., late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and the
Rev. H. Alford and the Rev. Dr. Jerrard, D.C.L.
GREAT BOAT RACE FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF
THE THAMES.—The great boat race for the championship of
the Thames and 4001., is appointed to take place on next
Thursday week, and creates the most lively interest in sport-
ing circles. The candidates for fame are Thomas Cole, of
Chelsea, and IL Coombes, of Mortlake, the latter of whom
held the proud position of champion of the Thames and
Tyne, until this season, when he was defeated by Cole, but
the match was so closely contested throughout that the
friends of Coombes, anxious to give him an opportunity of
retrieving his lost laurels, made the present engagement for
him. The whole of the stake of 4001. was made good last
night at Mr. Iladland's, Poppin's-court, Fleet-street, and
preliminaries arranged. The race is from Putney to Mort-
lake, and the Messrs. Searle have chartered a steamer for the
conveyance of the elite of the Thames.

Mr. Saville Morton, whose untimely and painful
death we yesterday recorded, was a gentleman of good
family; a graduate of Cambridge, and a talented and zealous
man of letters. He was attached to the staff of the Daily
News from the day of its commencement,—his first duty
being that of correspondent at Constantinople, from which
place he travelled in succession to Athens, Madrid, Vienna,
Berlin, and Paris. In these different cities he passed the last
six years of his life, arid the readers of this journal are in-
debted to his fluent pen for many a pleasant description of
scenes and events of interest, and for many a valuable dis-
quisition on passing political events. He was an ardent
liberal, and wrote boldly and constantly in support of politi-
cal progress ; he had a keen appreciation of that which was
generous and true ; fine literary taste, and a lofty idea of his
profession as a journalist. During the revolutionary period
of 1848, as after the coup d'etat of Dec. 2, he never allowed any
consideration of personal risk to interfere with the performance
of what he considered to be his duty towards the journal to
which he was attached; and when a few months ago the
Minister of Police in Paris threatened and attempted to
silence the representatives of the English press in that city,
Mr. Morton was honourably conspicuous for the calm and
dignified—the firm and proper tone he assumed in his com-
munication with Louis Napoleon's agent, and subsequently
with the British Ambassador, Lord Cowley. As a corres-
pondent he was indefatigable in the performance of his
duties—and his most untimely death is at once a grief and
a loss to those with whom he was honourably associated.
He was fortunate enough to number amongst his friends
many distinguished men—most of whom will forget any
faults he might have had in the recollection of his; warm-
heartedness, his talent, and his melancholy and painful end,
--Daily News.

ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCHES.—An English gentle-
man of fortune, of the name of Lassen, has lately arrived in
Malta, with a telescope of considerable magnitude, for the
purpose of making astronomical observations. ➢lr. Lassell
has obtained permission from H.M. Ordnance Department
to erect a temporary observatory on the Cavalier St. John,
which is in coarse of construction, and will soon be in a fit
state for operation. The telescope measures twenty feet in
length and two in diameter.

THE CLEOPATRA STEAMBR,--The following is an
extract from a letter dated Madeira, Sept. 13 :—" From first
to last the ship is well manned by most agreeable people, and
one of the owners is on board. We anticipate a delightful
day in Madeira. The captain read morning service yester-
day, in the aft saloon, to a numerous congregation. On
Saturday night there was an alarm of fire, some of the wood-
work round the base of the funnel having' caught, or rather
it was found to be smouldering; ad the tewbuckets of water, I
am told, quite extinguished it, and captaini
tei
leehrande
atthde.
whole of this woodwork torn down and thrown
You will probably see some account of this u
perhaps an exaggerated one; for myself, I was asleep,l3 aqpi itse,
unconscious of what was passing, and only heard of it in the
morning."
LEGAL FICTIONS.—OD the 24th inst. the Common
manymtnon
Law Procedure Act will come into force, when a goo
legal fictions will be abolished. In proceedings in ejectment,
as already stated, John Doe and Richard Roe will depart, and
with them a great number of technicalities. There will be no
"casual ejector," and the pleadings will be Simplified so
that they may be understood. Instead of delivering a de_
claration and notice, a writ is to be issued and served on the
persons in possession, and under a penalty of being turned
out of possession they must appear within 16 days and make
their defence In dehtulf of an appearance the plaintiff may
at once sign judgment and obtain possession of the property.
-Under the new law the jury is to find specifically—that is, to
Which part of the property the plaintiff is entitled. Another
alteratian is that actions of ejectment are not to abate by
the death of a claimant or defendant. There are 54 clauses
in the Common Law Procedure Act with respect to proceed-
ings in ejectment.

Proposals were issued yesterday for a Four per
Cent. Swedish Mortgage Loan of 450,0001., at 93. I
raised for provincial improvements, and is secured„ut s
ni to be
derthe
authority of the Swedish Diet and a Royal charter,
by the estates of the district in which the outlay is
made, such estates being valued for the purpose at
two-thirds the amount of :their rating for public
taxation. The Swedish Government have no doubt
whatever, and the present loan is analagous to a
county loan in this country. Stock of a similar description
has from time to time been negotiated in Hamburgh, where
it is popular, and a year ago it was proposed to raise 300,000/ in London at the same price as that now fixed. The bonds
in that case, however, were rendered intelligible by being in
marks banco instead of in sterling, the coupons also being
payable at Hamburgh ; so that it is presumed a very small
Portion, lf any, were taken hero, and that they were subse-
quently subscribed in Germany as usual. In the present
instance the dividends will be payable at Messrs. Palmer,
Mackillop, and Co.'s The extinction of the bonds is to take
place at par by drawings to the extent of 1 per cent. per an-
num. A payment of 13 per cent. is to be made on the is-
suing of the scrip, and the last instalment will be on the Ist
of September, 1835.
Toe annual dinner of the typos of Newington and
Lambeth took place last evening, at the Printers' Arms,
Lower Kennington lane, Lambeth, the chair being occupied
by Mr. Gadsby, and nearly the whole of the " Knights of
the stick and rule" in the two parishes being present. After
partaking of most of the good things in season, served up in
Mr. Roberts' usual style, the company were greatly enlivened
by the
not vocal abilities of Messrs. Debbin, James, Norcliffe,
Arden.
Sce., forgetting the originality of the inimitable John
THE LATE EXPLOSION IN PINSBURY.—Another of the poor fellows who was burnt during the explosion which
occurred on the premises of Air. Holyhead. in Finsbury,
ritiiy noticed in this journal of yesterday, expired from the
of he injuries there received.