The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-19 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGIENCE,
OXFORD, FEB. 18.—The Margeret Professor of
Di"❑••
pity will begin his course of Lectures on Tues-
day, the 9th March, at twelve o'clock. The Lectures
are intended for those who have passed their exami-
nation for the degree of B.A.
..CAMBRIDGE FEB. 18.—At a congregation holden
this day, the following degrees were conferred :
HONORARY M. A.—Sir John Ramsden, Bart.,
Trinity College ; *Robert Thornbagh Gordon,
Trinity College.
M. A.—Edward Lawson, Trinity College;
Richard Thomas Blagden, St. John's College; Con-
rade Makings Wimberley, St. John's College ; Harry
Machin, Jesus College.
LL.B.—Richard Lee James, Clare Hall.
At the same Congregation the following graces
Were offered to the Senate :—" 1. To confirm the
report of the syndicate appointed Nov. 26, 1851, ' to
Consider the steps proper to be taken by the Senate
for carrying into effect the purposes announced in
the communication received by the Vice-Chancellor
from the Provost and Schols.rs of King's College, on
344 1, 1851,' and also authorised, Dec. 10, 1851,
to consider and report upon i the grace offered to the
Senate on the 29th October, .1851. '
The report of the syndicate, which has already ap•
ared, recommended that every undergraduate fel-
l"' of King's College, adrni tted scholar after May 1,
1851, present the same b upplicat for admission ad
respondendum quastioni, E axi present the same cer-
tificate of terms and suppli eat, and pay the same fees
on admission to degrees as the members of any other
College. Those admitted previous to May, 1851,
and who may offer th, ienselves for admission ad
respondendum qucestioni, to satisfy the Vice-Chan.
cellor that he has passed all the examinations en-
titling to such admission, 'but to be subject only to
the existing rules and fees, on admission to degrees.
The Vice-Chancellor read -to the Senate.the oommu•
nication of the Provos: ay id scholars dared May 1,
1851, offering to resign th sir present privileges.
" 2. To appoint the Vi. as. Chancellor, the Master of
Pembroke College, the Master of St. Catharine's
Rail, the Public Orator, Mr. Cocker, of St. Peter's
College; Mr. Martin, of Trinity College; Mr. Bir
kett, of Jesus College; a rd Mr. Castlehow, of Em-
manuel College, a syndica to to inquire into the rights
of the University in respect, to the batiks of the stream
running from the Nine I% through the parish of
Trunopington ; and to cot 'eider what course the Uni-
versity should take in refs rence to the proceedings of
the Council of the borougl i upon that subject; and to
report thereon to the Senn to from time to time.
" 3. To appoint the Vi. e'. Chancellor, the Master of
St. Catherine's Hall, the Master of Christ's College,
,the Public Orator, the Regius Prof,ssor of Gret-k,
I'll% Harvey Goodwin at Caius College, Senior
M"derat"r, Mr. Parkinso D, of Sr. John's College,
junior Moderator, Mr. C bry, of Pembroke College
and Mr. Cope, of Trinit, f College, a syndicate to
consider whether any a Lid what additional tests
should be adopted fur as, ertaining that the candi-
es for the several He tiour Triposes in each year
are of the proper staudi, og ; and to report to the
Senate before the end of t he present term.
suro "4. To allow the Vice-t :hancellor of last year the
of 2181. 10s. 7d., heir .g the amount due to him
botanic garden acco tint for the year ending at
4tichaelmas, 1851.
et,"s To appoint Mr. Pal, of Queen's College,
lust"lain of the Spinning B .ouse for one year from the
„. 'of March next, with tl io same salary as before,
801 e
in explanation of grace 3Sro. 2, it should be stated
thatthat the stream ailud.d to rises at the Nine Wells,
W: supplies Hobson's-conduit in Cambridge-street,
ne s demised in 1610 to feoffees for the joint
ration the 'University and t wn, with (as the corpo-
!°n Maintain) 6 feet of le aid on either side thereof.
thtl.t'itY College possesses a farm on its banks, and
heir tenant, Mr. Bennett, denies the right of access
t
„, °ugh his farm, except !or the special purpose of
%, •
%rusing the bed of the str earn by the feoffees. The
teltPoration claim a right o f way for the public, and
te'le Matter at present seem likely to occupy the at.
ilpo of a court of law.
ne graces all passed without opposition.
ABAI3IC,
eon &c.—The Aral do Professor proposes to
lecture Arabic, Sanskrit, and Gothic, during the
Chaster
tparine's-hall, beginning "1
Term, in the Corn bination-room of St. Ca-
hArabie, sail
IC. restomatladaiies Tuesday, April 27.
J. at twelve o'clock.—Subjects: The
40ra17
ruhfatuof Kosar ten and de Sacy
;
Ikhw egani s-Safa ; the Makamat
ariri. 2. Sanskrit, .daily at one o'clock.
jleitbojects : Nala ; the :Iltaws of Menu ; the
,s. padesa ; the Rfarniva ria, Books I. and 11.
Gothic, on Mondays, Wodnesdays, and Fridays,
at two ,
kept `'heuxk•—Subjects : The Gothic New Testa-
other ;I
t-e Affinities existing• between the Gothic and
udo•European Languages.
bo*n!ldest grandson of N. tholes William Lord Col-
lie, bYoued frh
om bloodis daughtroyal.er fieniietta Susannah, and de-

SUSP'EC'TED MURDEA: of an ENGINEER.
~.. "a Tuesday morning, Mr. \"eilliarn Carter held an
,;441uest at the Canal House, Old Kent-road, to in-
ofestißate the circumstances connected with the death
.11,1fred Jewell, aged twenty -three, an engineer, re.
tslint'Y in the empley of Messrs Amos, of the Grove,
4%ltbwark, a workman who lb.ad withdrawn from the
ciaal,.sigarhated Society, and signed the Masters' De-
ec-cVen• Deceased was most. respectably connected,
botii.`l,4o greatest excitement p revailed in the neigh-
--"°04:1; and long before the. hour appointed fur the
111citiire 1.,
lari,„ - the inquest room was d eosely crowded, and a
house. Concourse of persons had assembled outside the
bod The jury having been sworn, and viewed the
Y, the following evidence was adduced :
IV .
tl, libarn Pocock, waiter at the above house, deposed
0--oitt the hat of deceased was found in the Surrey canal
of d'ridaY last, and on the folio wing evening the body
Clldeeesed was drawn from be,rieath the bridge in the
fetilt-road. There was no paper or anything
. POI:1 bias to indicate his having committed
&lucid,.
vheo
tak yv lute,
John n-, .
one of the detectives, was present
found ''," body was found, iiirld searched it. He
keys' u:k !ha Pocket six sixpence s, one halfpenny, two
book' ilt clam knife, a silk handkerchief, a pocket-
it, i some slices of bread and butter, a book belong
out to tome
of
his amides.
Amalgamated Socie ry of 'Engineers,
.and
The cravat of deceased, and the strings
/trout3:l44r, were drawn tigh fly round his neck
Air the throat was a livid anark as from pressure.
of 14„;,..1eh".,!es George Jewell, proprietor of the Ciry
edoeCodeaSe-d°4 14allebeen-rooms, G•racechurch-street, said
He possessed remarkably
uc• • healwth4sahnida brother.
thing to lead soli a In his opinion there was
suicide to the belief that he had committed
hec.
tc:4o,' hens
11441, ostler at the Tark's Hesd, Old Kent-
zzill`4 stated that on Friday morning, about twenty
4ppetea,to. Aix o'clock, he saw the deceased, and he
left bed In remarkably good health and spirits. He
th,,,,il „haroper at the stable-yard, directed to his bro-
-I;:.lari W. A. Jewell.
e.44r. Jenkins, a solicitor of the deceased's family,
re (der, f apOied to the coroner for an adjournment, in i
the
e family a poste ortem examination to be made as
wiafor the fullest investigation. kr. Hawkins, surgeon, upon being questioned by
tile coroner, said that some violence might have been
a%iratnitted, although marks were not seen on the sur-
It. eof the body He thought Under all the circum-
ste4tes. a nog mortem examination was highly pa'
ees,iri ..-
The Coroner here read the following letter found
Feb,
home
ili ~t _
k 144, hamper : .0. 2, Taylor's
cottages, Asylum-road,
to ear you l3, 1852.
:
`'o. 2,
Brother—l was gladdry
the hamper ist, We have 10. thank you for the content f
left tin the care of Mr. Nash. 1,3 o
for a feji and I have . 1 ing On Monday I Engel
the d -,- iv(irdt about engineer
bay
oecteration, and sent a letterk to Mr. Wane to erase
The shops are filliug
%At, abile from the society's boo
d',epute will end, but I
hope
i. do not know how
Ot tbi 4 111437 end in the employersthe' behalf. In cane any
lic,,,are attacked, we are constantly guarded by the po-
°realties% dinner, and
JEWELL.
(Signed) " ALFRED
I. ~0 going time.
,-,,,_t Mr. W. A. Jewell."
auVle reading of this letter created great interest,_as
adjournl4' afr some further conversation, the inquiry w
ed.
T- ____

THAMES'
...41R GnisDOLA. STEAM-BOATS Fon THE
the
t%tes,ers. Jordan and Getty, of L..ibvuesrpsooh have obtained
t for the Steam Gon-
g:lo4 act for building eightf steam-boats
ousrearnd which re to be ready in
Irlat., e",Pany, London,
soon afterwards as possible.
'11" hand the other four
frarnulls will he built on Jordan's patent, that is, an iron
strenN, with timber bolted to it, combining lightness and
tir,4 gth. The length of the
.boats' will be about 1:.0 feet;
fr,,,,nt of water at the load line about 18 inches; engines
each boat. The latter are
heir, sto 30 horse-power in 5 teed
a •e and Co., or Newcastle,
With ~,,h. Le by Messrs.
" constri,e" exception M
d decorate ' all the vessels.
eLs(sTs-Ln(Jgordan and Getty are to
Th,y co,"'Lt• furnish, upholster, an
dolas which sail on the
lralian ‘,74",14, the form of the
4tftrners -1-,rtl with the best parts of the American river
/°, itil Bi.;: t", eY will be painted in
added to the till-
.y colours, anu decorated
Ilene -‘taute carvings. These things,
4rnokYe Of the Plate-glass windows,
earance, and no
dulibt ihw ill
, give them a very prei ty
an t the entire absence of
Batare
-I'43' -Y
will become popular and res
"London-bridge and
atter.
ea intended to ply between ap•tpable conveyances.
t; N' ii
-•cult W; --•••°l3tE (1, PLANTING APPLE TIIF.ES —A
applestiti,t in I3ohernia Las a beautiful plantation
sends
nor
r,fti trees, which have neither sprung
I.romthe choicest
of the best
Nil", I.'• Thii plan is, to take shoots
f'm
both in the
grotldith-ert them in a potato, and plunge
a4ritae ' I),.„aving put an loch or two ut the shootua.tvse
,tuiet
toorF, e'' A. 115 potato nourishes the shoot while it pushes Pbe'cumes a
bea.,and the Hearin graduvlly springs up, and • •
grafted ee. g the best without e 0
141 tree,
. fruit, requiring to be
as ro ilt IN Datss.—Skyblue is aiwnys considered
e
as :skt, IN;
to fair persons, and it contrasts
eee--€.:'3;Lth than , any. other colour ith the
.complementary
IcliZN,r,, . oleo, constitutes the key-note, as it
,were, of the
t. nue of their complexions and hair. Yellow and red,
le 010'.14.. !i or:wig., Font, ast best with stark hair, ni,t
co.rn'.
4/4,24: but in brilliancy ; violet, and green also, the
lirlle,,,lrieli of these two colours, do not produce a in
4.0t4/4-I,lPgeki Vith dark hair.-Xrs. Merrifield in " Art-
effect