The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-14 00:00:00

SHIPPING—This Day.

LONDON, March 14.—Wind this day at noon—South.
Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.

PORTSMOUTH, March 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrrived—Spes
Nostria, from London for Monte Video—Her Majesty's
ship Prince Consort, from Portland. Sailed—Charlotte
Ann, for Colombo.

NEWPORT, March 12.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Ellora,
ror New York,

BRISTOL, March 13.—Wind N. W.—Arrived —Aolus,
from Pernambuco—Casonbe, from Tulme.
GRIMSBY, March 'O.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Electric,
steamer, for Calcutta.

SWANSEA, March 12,—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Rose
of
England, from Caldera, Sailed—Francio, for the Cape o
Good Hope,

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)

GRAVESEND, Monday Morning.
Arrived, March 13—Gerda, from Helsingborg; William
Thobnbaro, and Ino, from Guernsey; Andover, from
Sines; Mary Ann, from St. Michael's; Norman, from
Seville; Jane, fiom New York ; Italia United Unitia, from
Alexandria; Providence, and Jules, from Gravelines ;
Adler, from Alexandria ; Donald Mac Kay, from Mel-
bourne ; Regina, from Demerara ; Excel, from St.
Michael's.

Arrived, March 14--Magnoria, from Belize; Oriental,
from Marrathonate ; Atlantic, from New York; Dolphin,
from Helsingborg.
Sailed, March 14—Triton, steamer, for Boulogne.
DEAL, Monday Morning.
Passed, March 13--Ocean King (bark), from the west,
for London.
Anchored, March 13—Puzzle (schooner), from St.'
Michael's for orders; Bertha Marian (bark), from the
north, for Arica ; Devonshire, from London, for St. Kitts;
Frigate Bird (ship), from the north, for the west,
Anchored, March 14—Queen of Ocean. of Shields, from
Shields, for Shanghai ; Colombo, from London, for New
York; Vanquisher, from Alexandria, for London.

THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.—There was a
vast assemblage of gentlemen at Putney on Satur-
day afternoon to view the practice of the Oxford crew.
There was a most agreeable change in the weather, and the
water, instead of being extremely rough and "lumpy," as
on the previous day, was hardly disturbed by more than a
ripple; i!but the tide was exceedingly bad, having been
retarded by the flooding of land water from up the country.
The crew started a little before four o'clock from nearly
opposite the Star and Garter, and so marked was the diffe-
rence of their rowing, compared with that of the previous
day, that the ordinary looker-on, unacquainted with the
difficulties which men have to contend against in light
craft in very rough weather, would scarcely have be-
lieved it to have been the same eight. They, however,
made but an indifferent start, but after a few pulls
settled down into a better form, and continued up
to Chiswick Church at the rate of 34 strokes per minute,
but from thence up to Frank Godfrey's, at Mortlake, where
they ceased labour, they increased the work to 36, drawing
their oars well through the water, the time occupied being
22m. 348., as taken by some of the equestrians who
accompanied them up the towing path, Some irregu-
larity had, on their first appearance at Putney, been re-
marked in the work on the port side of the boat, which
has been remedied and the return down to Putney on
the first of the ebb was still an improvement upon the
rowing up. They were more together, and in some of the
fresh starts gave the utmost satisfaction to their friends,
prominent amongst whom, in superintending or directing
their efforts, was Mr. Morrison, who so distinguished himself
in the crew last year. The Cambridge as well as the Oxford
crew will go over the course this (Monday) afternoon, when
we have no doubt their exertions will be regarded with the
strongest interest. The betting still continues at 7t04 on
Oxford, but good aquatic judges are taking the odds freely.

A PENNY-POST TRIBUTE TO ROWLAND HILL.—
It is proposed, says the Spectator, to present a national
memorial to Sir Rowland Hill, to consist of a penny stamp
contributed by every man and woman in England, That
would be about £70,000; but the difficulty would be collec-
tion. Let the post offices but receive them for one week,
and Sir R. Hill would be buried beneath his own stamps.
MR. DYCE, it appears, when he found that the
state of his health would not allow him to complete the
pictures which he was commissioned to paint in the House
of Parliament, offered to return the money he had received
on account from the Treasury, but the authorities would
not, nay could not, accept it.
The municipal counoil of Marseilles has just
adopted the plan of a splendid new building to be erected
on the site of the old college, and which will unite under
one roof the Public Library, the School of Fine Arts, and
the Conservatoire de Music-ins,

" M. Jiasin," says the Moniteur "yesterday even-
ing repeated at the Sorbonne the lecture which he
had commenced on Monday last on the different states of
matter. The crowd was just as great as on the former
occasion, Thanks, however, to the precautions taken by
the Vice-Rector of the Academy, the most perfect order
prevailed, although the public began to assemble at six
o'clock, and more than 2,000 persons were obliged to be re-
fused admittance."

Galtanani says :—" A curious electoral question
has just been decided. Are the students of a semi-
nary for the education of persons intended for the
priesthood, when they fulfil the conditions required
by the law for every elector, to be inscribed on the
electoral list of the commune iu which the establish-
ment is situated ? Also, do the vacations constitute
an interruption of the term of residence required ? Such
are the questions on which the Court of Cassatijn has had
to decide, in cmsequence of an appeal made by the semi •
nary of Rho against a judgment of the juge de pais of
that place, which had ordered the names of 118 of the stu-
dents to be struck off the electoral list. The court quashed
the judgment of the juge de pail, and has thus established
in principle that the students ina seminary must be inscribed
on the electoral list of the commune in which the establish-
ment is situated; and, next, that the vacations cannot be
considered as an interruption of the six months' continuous
residence required by law."