The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-14 00:00:00

University Intelligence.

OXFORD, April 13.
A Congregation will be holden on Tuesday next, the 19th
inst., at 2 o'clock, for the election of two delegates of the
Museum, in the room of Dr. Daubeny and Professor Raw-
linson, whose period of office has expired. Votes will be
received from 2 until half-past 2 o'ciock.

In a Convocation to be holden on Thursday, the 21st
inst., at 2 o'clock, it will be proposed that the Vice-Chan-
cellor be emp3wered to expend the sum of £285 from the
University chest, being the estimated cost of a wall and
iron railing on the south side of St. Mary's Church.
The Deputy Professor of Experimental Physics will de-
liver a course of lectures on heat on Mondays, Wednesdays,
and Fridays, at 12 o'clock, during the present term.

The Chichele Professor of International Law and Diplo-
macy will be happy to see those who may wish for assist-
ance in their reading on Mondays and Fridays during the
team at 10 o'clock.

The Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon will be at
home from 12 to 1 o'clock on Wednesdays and Thursdays
during Easter and Trinity Terms, to receive those gentle-
men who have attended his lectures and who wish for
instruction "in iis quo melius sine ulla solennitate tradi
possunt,"

The teacher of the French language in the Taylor Insti-
tution will begin his lectures for this term on Monday, the
18th of April.

The teacher of the German language in the Taylor Insti-
tution will begin his lectures for this term on Tuesday, the
19th of April,

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS,DUE.

Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton April 18.
via Marseilles May 13,
.Irazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. May 4.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension,: and St. Helena April 29,
lhina, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton April 18.
via Marseilles April 62.

Falkland IBlands
....

Gibraltar, via Southampton ..
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.. April 18.
via Marseilles.... April 18.
India (Bombay), via Southampton ............ April 26.
via Marseilles ........ April 21.
Portuga 1....
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton April 18.
via Marseilles April 21.
Newfoundland .........
April 13.
Oporto and Vigo ..
U. S. and British N. America, Ly Brit. packet.... April 13.
by I.T.S. packet....
by Canadian packet. April 15.
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneride April —.
Bahamas, via New York May 5.
Mexico
.... April 28.
All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru'
California. and British Columbia. April 28.

COUNTY COURTS COMMITMENTS.—In the years
1862 and 1863. the annual number of plaints in the County
Courts of England averaged 822,172. The number ofjudg-
meet summonses that came on for hearing averaged 61,97 3.
in a year, the warrants of commitment issued, :7,309, and
the number of persons actually taken to prison. 8,939° T. w.°o
of the persons committed in the two years were stentani.
prison for refusing to be sworn, and 11 far refusing to °those
swer questions to the satisfaction of the julgen
weeks.
persons remained in gaol upon an average fur threeot
satisfy
But the bulk of the commitments were for not i
so to do,
ing the judgment, though having sufficient wee_
generally of
—the debt remaining due on the judg3mlOes A few persons,
and the imprisonment of these persons avnetrawgasd a fortnight
small amount, averaging less than S •
conduct, or
116 in an, were sent to prison fraudulentforble
imprisoned for longer
contracting debt without reasonable expectation
able to pay, and those persons
sw of being
the debt remaining un-
periods, averaging 25 or 30
paid was commonly
The Great Eastern has
THE ATLANTIC
contractors,CAßLE.
Ivles:::rs, Glass, Elliot,
been taken np by the
laying
the cable. She is to be
and Co., for the purpose of
more codnaeLierable in these cases.
of ;Silty, and when the cable is laid
Great Eastern are to receive £50,000
the
the Atlantic Telegraph Company. The
hthaendperdoporvieetrorosnotfhehelst
in paid-up
cable of
not, however, be e,mnin•eneed before
next
sprin-- will heavier than the old Atlantic cable.
£700,000, It be
hiee cost of the new Atlantic cable will be
laying of thgseh