The Sun.
London, England, 1839-06-15 00:00:00

EVENIN(4 oN

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, JUNE 15.—ALASTERSIIIP OF GONVILLE Or
CAIUS COLLEGE.—On Tuesday last, the Rev. Benedict
Chapman, M. A.. Rector of Ashdon, in Essex, and for-
merly Fellow, was elected to the Mastership of this Col-
lege, 'vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Davy. Ir.
C. discharged the office of Tutor for many years, with the
-minent success of the College and the high respect of ;he
University.
At a Congregation on Tuesday last, the following tic'
grees were conferred:..._
DOCTOR IN DIVINITY.---ReV. Richard Wilson, St'
John's College.
Bng eI.ACHELORS IN DIVINITY._. Rev. George Phillips, F f
low of Queen's College
Catherine. hall ; Rev. Robert Birkett, Fellow of Ere,m.,3,
noel College; Rev. Samuel Nicholson Kingdon, Trini''
College. ; Rev. Henry Philpott, Fellow 0
MASTERS OF ARTS.—Arthur Gifford Durnford, !at .
John's College ; Thomas Hayes, St. John's College; ° :
muel George Booth White, Caius College;
man Vawdrey, Queen's College.
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;perabr BACHELORS IN Pin-sm.—Christian Budd,l'
College; William Toroluns, Trinitv College; CO"eliu;
siere ,
William Trine. e.Corpus Christi College; Charles
St. John's College.
_ T 'sily
BACHELORS OF ARTS.-henry Wall Turner, -11 '
College; George Sharp, Caius College. , wee
ntiemen
At the same congregation the following ge appointed Barnaby lecturers. ..m.A.!
MATH William Sea
EMATICAL.--Mr. William WillialllSOD, ..
Clare Hall.
PHILOSOPHICAL.—Rev. James.
Fe
College.
St. p tees
RHETORIC.—Rev. George Ray, M. A ' - c
ay, h . •O.
College. nd3ll, M. A" Jesus
pi oiler'
Loose. `Rev. Roger Buston, M. A , Enoiriu__ C
id,
medal. for the best Greek ode way GREEK ODE.—On Tuesday last,. Sir yin'. HT ;di
Anderlecht Goulburn, of Trinity College. d 8
On Saturday last. Mr. William Tatman was
admitted
Scholar of King's College, in this Universiti.
cent me'
GONVILLE AND CAIUs COLLEGE. 111 the re first
thernatical examination, the following students were
on the list of their respective years : . s'. SENIOR SoPits.—Goodwin, Hue. JuNion Sons,s,
Elarrison, Gooch. FRESHMEN. —Bryan, Ottley, ''-'
an,
H...Eq.
_ _ adjudged to Freer

In Moral Philosophy :
Justott SOPHS. —Pearson, Vipan, ol-
The Rev. James Fendall, M. A., of Jesus C
ofloge,rt
ch Ha in
Charles
ot
Anci.
es University,Anrttihi iys,
eOl county.
nAt.yh.pa
vsaatekr.,:ennestn,
bpt.yhresented to tho ree toy.
of that society.
The Rev. Mr. Frcre has been the /1-5 f
presente. to
living of Cottenh in
am, this county, vacant by the u
'l‘eladseteartheonfdthr"ev!tiso
the Rev. Dr. Davy.
On Saturday. the 25th ult., the Rev. S. H. 1h
M.A., was instituted by the Lord Bishop of E1Y,,,611:.
Rectory of Farnham, St. Genevieve cum- RisbY,
Patron, the Lord Chancellor. ne6r
Rev. T. Daintry, Under Master of Louth Gir;l4,field
School, has been appointed Head Mister of tho
Diocesan Training School. ientea
The Rev. John Jenkins 'Matthews, has been Pre,t /In-
to the Rectory of Melbury Osmond, with Sandie"rk, op
flexed, void by the death of Edward StrangwaYg, Clie
the presentation of the Earl of Ilchester. the
The Rev. H. R. Williams, curate of Leveridge, f
diecese of Ripon, has been appointed to the masterswr °
St. Asaph Grammar School. Col'
The Rev. William Pulling, Fellow of Brasering,re.
lege, Oxford, has been presented to the living of 'Alf -?„
ham, Gloucestershire. Patron, Higford Burr, ESC',"
for Hereford.
begin
An
elegant silver vase 1.,a9 e
, enclosing 220 guineas, •" beße.
presented by his parishioners and other friends, to the el
William Marshall, 8.D., on his retirement from the curabas
of the rectory of Bath, which ministerial office he
filled for nearly forty years.
Gazette Announcements. The Queen
archdeanconry of the Isle of Man to the Re' "Mpuh9lP
Hall, void by the resignation of the Reverend B. • be
The Queen has present the Rev. John Cecil Holt to a.
'
rectory of Andreas, in the Isle of Man, void by the V "
nation of the Rev. J. Philpot. has granted
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THE BOOKSELLERS' PROVID,-',c

INSTITUTION.

,
The second anniversary of this Association was CO„,1„--re,
morated on Thursday at the %Vest India Dock lays";
Blackwall. About 160 of the most eminent bookseller`
publishers of the metropolis were present on the oecasT2e
Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., was called to Ow Chair. In_
company partook of an excellent dinner, after!which-17
Nobis was chaunted by the professional gentle:nen present,
and the respective healths of her Majesty the Queen, r
Queen Dowager, and the rest of the Royal Family, we
drunk with loud applause. uln•
The CHAIRMAN, in a neat speech, passed a warm c
glum upon the general merits, and a special tribute of re..
;
spect to the talents of the Duke of Wellington. as exhi-
bited bited in his late published despatches, the 12 volutnes,„"o
which he advised the company to read.—( Laughter.) fi f
begged to propose the health of " His, Grace.tlie Duke 0,,
Wellington, in connection with the Army and Na'y'
The toast was responded to by the compady with tpc
greatest enthusiasm. •
The CHAIRMAN, on rising to propose the nevi tosit, b
served that he could not say why that Society, throat_
whose hands passed all the wisdom and experience of t'le
nation, should be the last to found a provident institution;
but he would say, in accordance with, the old adage, "het'
ter late than never:" .Tho. Society was now pet agoing.
and was prosperous. The object thii*.they proposed was
'the establishment Or a fui:d for the permanent assistance of
decayed aged booksellers, or their widows, and'temparary
assistance to members, their widows, and children, when
in necessitous circumstances. The aged and infirm should
ever be attended to by the prudent. Those things set'
batter done in that way—he would not allude to the Sr,
Poor-law_-(Laughter)—than by any general measure
the Government. In conclusion, he begged to Prq°,,-,.e.
" The success and prosperity of the Booksellers' I", I
dent Society." The toast was drunk amidst loud elle: r"o.lc,
" The health of the Treasurer, Mr. Brown,"wasur„
and in returning thanks be stated that the fund was ridarforcy
approaching 10,0001., the sum they proposed to raise
lo
bo
commencing active operations to the fullest extent. jtosr
amounted to upwards of 8,000/., and by the end 4of t"ne6ol.
he fully anticipated they would realise the sum of 9',l"rok,
" The health of the Authors of England" Was " ho
and acknowledged by Mr. JERDAN, who appeared to bet
on"
Th healthly literary gentleman Greenwood,
prreenwood esent.
and the FOIJ derg
of
e ~
the Institution," was proposed, and received with all boou
Mr. GREENWOOD returned thanks.
Several large subscriptions were announced in the courre
fro
t
of the evening, amongst which were 50 guineas fr
executors of Cadell and Co. ; 20 guineas from Mc'
Waugh ; and 10 guineas from the Chairman.

THE METROPOLIS POLICE COURTS B
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:
Thursday last,
—This Bill now pending in the House of Comni°llsiu n
derwent discussion in the Court of Common Couriel 0
and was unanimousl and indigo6'lY or
ymr unl
posed as a most unconstitutional measure- railvi ,
phreys, Sir Peter Laurie, Mr. Asburst, 31. r. g-,-,,--'mara
and Mr. Anderton, severally addressed the L'°"-ii°,..
Councilmen by whom petitions to both Houses of Par
meet e ere adopted. ' 4 it*
ROYAL VISIT TO THE ZOOLOGICAL CTR' y I
DENS, REGENT'S- PARK.—Yeiterda afternoon her - °- al
bps Rl'
Highness the Princess Victoire,- accompanied by •
Highness the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, Lady
ilonourable Augustus Murray, and many lorCignrl4, °IC,
Cs risgets
men proceeded in two of her Ma'esty's °Pe'
each drawn by four fine blood horjses, with out-ride's,. °
teliere the}
s
the Zoological Gardens, in the Regent's-park,
remained several hours viewing the collection 'rt. beasts
and suite
and birds, with which their Royal Highnesses
seemed highly gratified. ' I
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THE STEAM SHIP LIVERPOOL 'FO ,h
YORK.—This beautiful vessel proceeded, on- b r '—full
voyage to New York yesterday at !loop, viitk her she
number of piesengers and as many light elwas a,,ness
could conveniently carry. The interest excited to wrote..
her departure was great, and independent of tlie co
le
n ant amongst the friends of the passengers.
able to the inhabitants of the town, as indicative of Ow,
good wishes for "their" transatlantic steam-ship. 9lee,
to some mistake of the engineer, a slight delay took p. _
at the appointed hour of departure. In a few mornents,er
it was hoil?ueir
ever, her paddle-wheels acknowledged the potency of St
s!lit;
she went down the river in gallant style, and was SOWI I°,
_re
sight, before she retched the rook,
that prevailed. Her quarter-deck was completely crolld;
with passengers, who reciprocated the cheers give,'
parting by the gentlemen in the several river steam° *
° she
wh"hole
in the hazy attraosP°,e,
that had taken leave of their friends on board,
was about to start from her anchorage ground: he"
and
length of the quays was crowded as she passed
dre'veral
hearty cheers-Tiven for her success. She fired by the
guns, by way of salute, and these were eeturnsiveliam,
complimentary discharge of a gun from the I?' it may be
then lying in the river—a fine vessel,
said (though now on another station), and bowed
that crossed the Western Ocean from this s
passedp George''
the Liverpool the way. The Liverpool
Pier at about twenty minutes past twelve o'clock.:
the
THE MAILS.—On next Friday morning,
Was first steamer
Dublin mail-bags will cease to be sent by way'of Shrewsbury
and Holyhead, but will be forwarded by railway to Liver-
pool, from whence they
will be conveyed to Dublin by
packet : the calculation being, that by this route the dis-
tance from London to Liverpool, will be accomplished in
10 hours, and the sea voyage to Dublin in )4 hours;
thereby
the time
and efor
Ireland
to 2 communicating 4 hours be-
tween
instead of 28 or 30 hours, as at present. The mail
through this town and North Wales will not be discontil
the
o f
nued in consequence of these arrangements;, nor will
the night Government packet at Holyhead, whieb
will sail on the arrival of the Shrewsbury Wil
as at present; but the morning packet from Holyhead to
Dublin will immediately cease. These alteration' trill be
accompanied by the acceleration of the mail to Silrewsburp
by fully half an hour each morning ' • whilst the departure
for London in the evening will be b delayed hallan hour;
and the mails to Pool, Newtown, Wbitchtirch, Oswes e t /',
and all the surrounding towns, will be dispatched in the
morning half an hour earlier, and in the evening half a°
hourwill
inlater.ft;tu The Holyhead mail from this town onwards,
re, in consequence of being lightened from the i
load of Irish t
correspondence, carry four inside and eight
outside=
passengers.—Shrewsbury Chronicle.
BRIGHTON LIBERAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL
ASSOCIATION.—At a special general meeting of the above
Association, held at the Sea House Hotel on Wednesday
last, the Rev. Dr. Shepherd in the chair, it was resolved
that a petition in favour of the Ballot should be adopted,
and be engrossed, for signature by the members-of the A -
sociation, and such other electors and inhabitants as log
wish to sign it. e It was also resolved to forward the p
Lion etie
on to Captain Pechell for presentation to the House of
Commons by the 17th inst., and the Secretary was i°-
structed to write to the borcugh and county members re-
questing their support to thesame. —Brighton Herald.
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