The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-14 00:00:00

Health of His Holiness the Pope,

(From the Correspondent of the Times.)
RUME, May 8.
The Pope has had another attack, and that un-
expectedly. On Sunday last he administered the
Sacrament of Confirmation to a brother of the ex-
King of Naples, and, while preparing to make
him an address, he was observed gradually to be-
come weaker and weaker, and at last to sink so
far as to rest his head on a table close at hand.
Recovering shortly after, he withdrew, and sent
for his medical attendant, who found that his
Holiness was suffering from a rather strong fever
and an increased irritation of the wound in his leg.
the fever continued for several days. Though the
Pope recovered •rapidly from the attack which he
bed a month or two since, it must not be forgotten
by those who are preparing for the future that he
is menaced continually by indisposition, and that
at any moment the chair of St. Peter may be va-
cant. Of late his Holiness has exerted himself
much more than is prudent, consistently with a
due regard to health, and causes enough of agita-
tion exist, Heaven knows, to try the enfeebled
frame of an old man between 70 and 80.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE,

CAMBRIDGE, MAY 13.

At a meeting of the senate in the Arta School this day
the scheme of examinations for the ordinary B.A, degree,
which was referred to a syndicate last term and has been
amended by them, was discussed. The amended scheme
provides three examinations, two of them, chiefly in classics
and mathematics as heretofore, at the end of the first alai
second years respectively, and a final examination in the
third year in one of the following subjects at the option of
the candidate—either in certain specified departments of
theology, moral science, law, or natural science, or in
mechanism and practical science.

Mr. LA:ru.ku, in reply to questions from Professor Livz-
ING, explained that " practical science" was meant to in-
clude applications of steam and kindred subjects, and would
be mole particularly defined hereafter, and that candidates
fur honours in all the tr poses would have to pass the same
previous examination in mathematics.

Mr. BLORE wishod the clause exempting students pro-
ceeding to the B.A. degree jure nataliuna from the second
examination to be put separately. The propriety of exempt-
ing such persons from the previous examination had been
called in question, and the principle that they required less
education than other classes ought not to be taken for
granted. He shouid like all classes alike required to reside
nine terms, and pass the same examinations.
Mr. LATHAM replied that the new scheme at any rate
provided that that class were grounded in elementary mathe-
matiss, which was not the case with the present regulations.
Mr. J. C. IV. ELLIS said that many tutors felt a great
objections to this scheme, because pollmen were allowed to
graduate 6 months sooner than honour men of their own
standing. The scheme proposed was cumbrous, that two
Terms were not enough for preparing for the last examina-
tion, and that a much greater inducement to industry would
be given to pollmen if they were not separated so distinctly
from honour men. He suggested that a pass class should be
attached to each honour tripos, and if this were done the
chance of obtaining honours would be an encouragement to
reading.
Mr. T. B, WILKINSON ridiculed the examination in theo-
logy in comparison with that required for the Dublin testi-
monium.

Mr. L. STEPHEN objected to the means adopted by Uni•
veraity to suppress idleness. The system of worrYilo
students by a succession of examinations in petty subjects
did not tend to make them industrious, for those who had
sensa merely passed in the way that gave them least trouble.
The University already put a premium on going out in the
poll, and the new schema added a further premium by
awarding for a modicum of science learnt in two terms. He
should vote against the scheme as a continuance of the old
system.
Mr. It. BURN supported the view of Mr. Ellis and Mr.
Stephen.
Dr. P. H. LATHAM objected to allowing medical students
to pass the previous examination at an earlier period than
others, and thought it desirable that none but graduates in
arts should proceed to medical degrees.
Dr. DRoSIER replied that medical students could not be
registered until they had passed this examination, and that
if they came up well prepared in classics and mathematics
there was no reason for keeling them back ; beside the
clause was only permissive.
Mr HATS approved the scheme on the whole, but thought
those who went in for theology were too heavily weighted,
as they had to pass an extra professorial examination. They
could hardly get a decent knowledge of these subjects in the
time allowed, and he should prefer a return to the old sys-
tem of 10 terms residence.

The Conference
(According to an Epigram in the Herald).

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Fray, what can this great Conference do ?
Why sure, adjourn a day or two,
And can the Conference do no more P
Oh yes! adjourn three days or four.

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reason, wo may look upon the sowing machine as instru •
mental in abolishing a vast amount of mortality in a very
large class of workers.—London Review.
LADI ES' WAISTS IN AMERICA.—The unnatural
length and ridiculous smallness of their waists belle
description. A waist that could be spanned is an English
metaphorical expresSion yised in a novel, but it is an Ame-
rican fact ; and so alarming does it appear to an English-
man, that my first sentiment on viewing the phenomenon
was one of pity for the unfortunate being, who might pos-
sibly break ofl in the middle, like flowers from the stalk,
before the evening concluded. Not less extraordinary is
the size of the ladies' arms. I saw many which were
scarcely thicker than moderate sized walking sticks. Yet
strange to say, when these ladies pass the age of 40, they
frequently attain an enormous size. The whole economy
of their structure is then reversed, their waists and arms
becoming the thickest parts of their body. Here is a sub-
ject worthy the consideration of the ethnologist..