The Sun.
London, England, 1837-11-25 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, Nor. 23.—A Congregation was holden this day
for granting Degrees, &c., when the following were conferred :
MASTERS OF A RTS.— J. G. Seymer, Alban 11.11; Rev. R.
P. Allen, Magdalen Hall ; Henry Cooper, University Col-
lege ; D. A. Godfrey, Queen's College ; Rev. 'l'. Jackson,
St. Mary Hall.
BACHELORS OF Arrrs.—E. T. Williams, Exeter College ;
W. Dyke Poore, Exeter College ; W. 1). Furneaux, Exeter
College ; T. D. Bernard, Exeter College ; J. E. Hensley,
Corpus Christi College; M. Harrison, Corpus Christi Col-
lege; W. R. Ward Ale, Corpus Christi College; F. M.
Knollis, Magdalen College ; G. Atty, Lincoln College ;
Hon. W. Howard, Christ Church ; G. S. Dudley, Jesus
College ; R. G. Craufurd, Magdalen Hall ; E. W. Morris,
New Inn Hall • H. Highton, Queen's College ; W. Lons-
dale, Oriel College; C. K. Grenside, Brazennose College ;
H. Formby, Brazennose College ; Robert Town, Braumnose
College.
The Regius Professor of Divinity (Dr. Hampden), com-
menced his course of lectures on Monday last.

Mr. J. Green, of Lincoln College ; and J. Person, Baltic)]
College, have been elected Fellows of the former College.
A Fellowship is vacant in Brazennose College; natives of
Cheshire and part of Lancashire, being Graduates of this Uni.
versity, not more than eight years' standing, are eligible.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to specially
appoint Mrs. Sadlier, of No. 4, St. James's-place, as embroi-
deress to her Majesty.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge had a dinner
party at Cambridge-house, Piccadilly, on Thursday evening.
The company included her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Gloucester, Baron Gersdorff, the Saxon Minister ; the Earl
and Countess of Jersey, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, the
Hon. Mrs. Wellesley, Mademoiselle D'Este, Colonel Fre-
mantle, Colonel Cornwall, and Baron Knesebeck.
The Marquis of Salisbury gave a second grand
dinner on Wednesday last at Salisbury-house.
The Earl and Countess of Lichfield had a dinner
party on Thursday at their residence in St. James's-square.
Among the company were—The Marquis and Marchioness of
Exeter, the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, the Earl and
Countess of Wilton, Colonel and Mrs. Anson, and Lord A.
Paget.
The Bishops of Bombay and Madras were conse-
crated in Lambeth Palace Chapel on Sunday last.
Last week pilchards were so!d at Falmouth at 2s.
for 126.
The usual weekly meeting of the National 'Trade's
Political Union was held last Tuesday evening in Dublin.
The Reform Club have taken a long lease from the
Crown, not only of the house which, they at present occupy,
but of the vacant space to the west, and the house, till lately
called the National Gallery, to the east. On part of this
large area a new Club-house is to be erected, which, by im-
proving upon all previous ones, is to excel them all in splen-
dour and convenience.

SUICIDE.—At Kirkton, parish of Kirkmahoe, on
Saturday week, Janet Smith, an elderly, industrious, and re.
spectable individual was found suspended by the neck from a
joist in the garret of her house. Surgical assistance was im-
mediately called for, but proved unavailing—life having been
for some considerable time extinct. The cause for the com-
mission of this rash act is unknown.—Dumfries Courier.
About eight o'clock on the evening of Saturday last,
a woman named Devellin threw herself into the Nith from
the Dock. Mr. Wallace, of the National Bank, who heard
the plunge, and suspected the worst, immediately procured a
light and assistance, and succeeded in rescuing the infatuated
woman from her perilous position—little the worse, if we ex-
cept the effects which may reasonably be expected to arise
from a thorough ducking on a November night. Habits of
irregularity and consesuent want are assigned as the cause of
the insane attempt.—Dun fries Courier.
The Leamington Hastings Estate, in Warwick-
shire, near to Dunchurch, has changed hands this week through
Mr. George Robins' instrumentality. The price is said to be
40,0001, independent of timber, which is thirty years' purchase
on the present rental.
The Government of Spain is about to sell all the
gold and silver plate and jewels belonging to the convents and
churches of Madrid, to which will be added those brought
from the cathedral of Toledo, one of the richest of the Pe-
ninsula. Among these precious relies are to be found master-
pieces from the hands of the great goldsmiths of the fifteenth
and sixteenth centurics, and some wrought by Benvenuto
Cellini, Alonzo Cane, Michael Angelo, and other great ar-
tists of more Modern date. The plate will, it is said, be dis-
posed of by weight. The manuscripts and rare books are be-
ing rapidly carried off by agents from England and Germany.,
BRUSSELS, Nov. 21.—The new Engli4h cltitFa
erected on the Boulevard of the Observatory is finished, and
will V opened 19. F PiYine gel"fice on Sunday' next,
e continue under the influence of severe
winter
weather in this quarter. The wind has been very strong
from west and north-west, accompanied by torrents of rain,
or overwhelming showers of sleet and hal. Little or no
damage, however, has been done that we hear of; the river;
have been swollen very considerably, but a: the te4t butt
of grain and potato wa..; p.reviowily seirecl; /he debris borne
Meng' by thetto&l; was of little consequence, being composed
phietly of toppings from trees or bushes.—Ayr Obseever.

POLITICAL MOVEMENTS IN

UPPER CANADA.

(From Montreal Papers received to the 4th instant.)
" GREAT MEETING OF THE FIVE COUNTIES.
" ST. MARC, Tuesday Morning, Four o'Clock.
" The meeting of the Five Couaties took place yesterday
at noon, at St. Charles. There were pr.:scnt at least 5,000
persons. The roads throughout the country arc in a bad state.
Were it not for that circumstance, the number present at tho
meeting would have been double what it was. The delegates
from the several parishes were in regular attendance, and ap-
peared to feel the importance of the business which brought
them together.
" At a little after noon the proceedings of the day com-
menced. The people met in a large meadow, near the village.
Among the gentlemen present were thirteen members of the
House of Assembly, and one member of the Legislative Coun-
cil, who came as delegate from Vereh6res. Every gentleman
of character and influence on the river Chambly and adjoining
p rislics, was on the groun.l, and among them were to be seen
many, who, up to this day, entertained very moderate opinions,
but Idiom Lord Gosford's policy has driven into a determina-
tion to stand by their country, come what will.
" Wolfred Nelson, Esq., of St. Denis, presided over the
meeting. The meeting was addressed by the President, the
Mr. Papineau, L. M. \Tiger, Esq. M. P. P., L. Lacoste,
Esq., M.P. P., C. H. O'Cote, Esq., M. P. P., E. E. Rodier,
Esq., M. P. P., T. S. Brown, E-3q., and Mr.. Girod. The
resolutions passed on,this occasion are 13 in number. They
commenced by briefly enumerating the rights of man, among
which is that of changing its political institutions, and altering
the form of its Government whenever the people please. The
inhabitants of the several counties arc next incited to meet
simultaneously in their respective parishes in the month of
December, and elect magistrates and officers of militia; any
person accepting a commission from this time to Lord Gos-
ford's departure is declared infamous. One of these recom-
mendations, it will be recollected; is to train the militia. The
recent nominations to the Legislative and Executive Councils
are gravely censured, together with the baneful policy pursued
by Lord Gosford. The meeting protests strongly against the
introduction of armed troops iu time of peace in the celony.
The meeting afterwards solemnly approves the organization of
The Sons of Liberty' in Montreal, and calls on the young
men throughout the. country to organize themselves into
similar bodies, in their respective parishes, to be prepared to
assist the Society in Montreal whenever circumstances call on
them to act.

" I forgot to state that previous to the resolutions having
been proposed, Dr. Cote, one of the members for L'Acadie
County, came on the ground at the head of a delegation
from the County, and presented an energetic and well-written
address, to the people of the Five Counties, en the state of
the Province, and praying that the County of L'Acadie be
admitted into the union of these Counties. This proposi-
tion was agreed to with acclamation, amid the firing of
vollies of musketry and the roar of cannon, and it was fur-
ther resolved, that the Connties of Laprairie and Missisquoi
(bordering on the Richelieu river), may join the confederation
if they think proper. Tb's will make eight counties instead
of fire.

Duri,g the meeting. a company of botween 60 and 100
militia men attended kith arms on the grow: d, under the com-
mand of Captains Lacaisse and Jalbett. They went through
their manoeuvres in very good style; a volley was fired at the
passing of every resolution.
" A very handsome column, surmounted with ' a cap o f
Liberty,' was erected, on the occasion, in honour of Papi-
neau, on the ground. It bears an inscription of which the
following is a translation :-1 To Papineau, by his grateful
brother patriots, 1836.' After the meeting was over, Mr.
Papineau was led to the front of the column, and addressed
by one of the gentlemen, to which the Honourable Gentle-
man replied in a suitable manner. The young men who at-
tended the meeting afterwards marched in procession to this
pillar, before which they sung a popular hymn, and, laying
their hands on the column, swore that they would be faithful
to their country, and conquer or die for her. This solemn
vow was registered in the hearts of all present, amidst vollies
of musketry and the thunders of artillery. It was a solemn
and impressive sight."—Vindicator.

Res Cautions ad—opted by the Whitchurch Union Society :-
2.—That we view with hatred and abhorrence the course
adopted by the British Government relative to Lower Canada,
and that it is our duty not only to sympathise with, but in case
of the inforcement of Lord John Russell's resolutions, to
support the Lower Canadians in their struggle of indepen-
dence.

A.—That for as much as F. B. Head has virtually suc-
ceeded in wresting from this Province the same inestimable
right that Lord John Russell's atrocious measure of coercion
would take from the Sister Colony by force; namely, the
the control of the provincial revenue, by which a constitutional
check might be exercised over the corruption of the execu-
tive ; we most heartily sympathize with the people of Lower
Canada, and wholly approve of the course taken by Louis
Joseph Papincau, and the majority of the House of Assembly
of Lower Canada ; we consider their cause to be our cause,
and tender to them our warmest thanks and gratitude for their
manful support of civil and religious liberty.

MONTREAL, OCT. 16.—1 f Cord Gosford will not arm the

loyal inhabitants of Lower Canada ; he may rest assured that
they will arm themselves. This is no vain, no idle threat,

We speak not from hearsay, but from actual knowledge, and
from what we know of the inflammable state of parties
in this city, we are very much deceived if blood, and
to a considerable extent, is not shed before the first day
of January next. The law of God requires that peaceful
subjects should use all lawful means to protect their lives and
properties, and though the law of Lord Gosford, does not
coincide with it, his proclamations will be treated as so much
waste-paper, and thrown to the four winds of heaven. The
" Sons of Liberty" arc armed ; and the different clubs in op-
position are arming themselves I.kcwise.—Heruld.
QUEBEC, 17 Oct. 1837.—Some military movements have
been spoken of for the cantonment of the troops during the
winter months, and active preparations are making for carrying
them into execution. The posts to be occupied are said to
be Carrillon, on the Lake of the Two Mountains, Three Ri-
vers, William Henry and perhaps, Chambly. Some pieces of
field artillery will, it is also said, be sent with some of these
detachments. The men of the regiments in this garrison be-
longing to the companies which arc to proceed to the canton-
ments arc in the highest spirits, as British soldiers always are
when they think there is a prospect of coming in contact with
the foes of their Sovereign, of their country, or of the Constitu-
t ion. —Mercury.
TORONTO, OCT. 20.—We understand that Lieutenant-Ge-
neral Sir John Colborne, the Commander of the Forces in the
Canadas, has written to his Excellency the Lieutenant Go-
vernor, requesting to know what troops can be spared from
this Province, should their services be required below ; to
which his Excellency is understood to have replied all. Re-
lying on the well-tried lo)alty of the militia, and inhabitants
generally of Upper Canada, Sir Francis Head is willing to
trust the tranquillity and safety of the common weal, as well
as the dignity of the Crown, and the prerogative of our gra-
cious Queen, in their hands.—Patriot.

Sir John Colborne is purchasing horses for military opera-
ions in all parts of Lower Canada. _

DISARMII74O THE MlLlTlA.—Letters from the Credit advise
us, that on Friday last Capt. Magrath called his company of
militia men out, and ordered them to deliver up to him their
arms and accoutrements. About forty stand of arms, of
which they had had possession for several yeirs, were thus
taken from them. Of course their loyalty is doubted in time
of war. We sec the object of this ruovern,mt. It is to dis-
arm the faithful and peaceable yeomanry, fir the purpose of
strengthening the bands of the vile Orange bullies who figured
at aurchville, and the like of them. Thus is the supremacy
of the Church of England to be upheld.— Vindicator.