The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-18 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, OCT. 14.---On Saturday last the Rev. A. T.
Gilbert, D.D., Principal of Brazennose College, having
been re-nominated Vice-Chancellor of the University, took
the oaths of office, in full convocation, and entered upon
the duties of the Vice-Chancellorship for the second year,
with the accustomed solemnities. The following heads of
houses were afterwards nominated by the new Vice-Chan-
cellor, to act as Pro-Vice-Chancellors during his absence
from the University, via.:—Dr. Jenkyns, Master of Bal-
liol ; Dr. Jones, Rector of Exeter ; Dr. Bridges, Presi-
dent of Corpus ; Dr. Marsham, Warden of Merton.
On Tuesday last, being the first day of Michaelmas
Term, the following degrees were conferred :
MASTER or ARTS—Rev. C. G. Owen, Queen's College.
BACHELOR OF ARTS—Rev. E. J. C. Gosling, Magda-
len Hall.

PREFERMENTS, &C.
The' Rev. Edward Postle, of Colney, to the rectory of
Yelverton, Norfolk, on the presentation of the Queen.
The Rev. John Casebow Barrett, 8.A., of Christ Church,
Oxford, to the perpetual curacy of St. Mary's, Birming-
ham, vacant by the death of the Rev. Edward Burn.
The Rev. Thomas Finch, 8.A., appointed assistant cu-
rate of the parish of Morpeth, by the Rev. Frederick
Ekins, rector.
The Revs. John Mason, of Tuxford, Morgan Watkins,
of Southwell, and Thomas S. Basnett, of Southwell, have
this week been appointed by the Archdeacon, Surrogates
for granting licenses for marriages, within the county of
Nottingham.
The Rev. John R. Barnes, to the curacy of Drumcon-
dra, diocese of Meath.

Rev. Thomas Phillips, of Holybourn, to be chaplain to
he Newport House of Industry.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

SECOND OCTOBER MEETING.— YESTERDAY.
Match, 100, h. ft., A.F.—Lord Exeter's Comate, received
forfeit from Mr. Wilson's f. by Emilius, out of Maria, Bst. 41b.
each.

Match, 100, h. ft., T.Y.C.—Mr. Poyntz's f. by Camel, out of
Ursala, Bst., received 25 sovs forfeit from Lord Tavistock's c. by
Taurus, out of Mysie, 51b. each.
(First Class)—Fifty Pounds, for two-yrs-old ; colts, Bst. 41b. ; and
fillies, Sst. 21b. T. Y. C.
Colonel Peel's Paganini Davis 1
Lord Berners's ch. f. by Lamplighter, dam by Oscar 2
Lord Chesterfield's Anchorite
Lord Exeter's f. Kirtle, Sister to Green Mantle ... 4

Won by a neck.
The following also started :—Sir S. Graham's c. by Emilius,
out of Variation ; Mr. Thornhill's Munchausen, Mr. J. Weather-
by's Padronessa, and Duke of Richmond's c. by Tranby, out of
Conciliation.

Betting—Even on Anchorite, 5 to 1 agst Paganini, 5 to 1 agst
Lord Berners's f., 5 to 1 against Munchausen, and 6 to 1 against
Kirtle.

(Second Class)—Fifty Pounds for two years old; colts, Bst. 41b. ;
fillies, Bst. 21b. T.Y.C.
Mr. Hunter's Osprey
Colonel Peel's St. Vitus

J Day 1
2

Won by a neck.
The following also started :—Mr. J. Rogers's b. f. by Long-
waist, dam by Soothsayer, out of Miss Teazle ; Lord Exeter's f.
by Sultan, out of Salute ; Duke of Richmond's Hoogley, Mr.
Blake's b. f. Mirth, by Grey Momus ; Mr. Sowerby's Marigold,
by Stiff ; and Lord Jersey's f. by Priam, out of Johanna.
Betting-6 to 4on Osprey, sto 1 agst Mr. Rogers's f., and sto
1 asst Lord Exeter's filly.
Match, 200, h. ft., D.M.—Mr. Thornhill's Egeria, Bst. 81b.
(Conolly), beat Lord Exeter's Velure, Bst. 11b. Betting-7 to 4
on Velure, who was beaten by three lengths.
The Clearwell Stakes of 30 sons, each, 20 ft., for two-yrs-old;
colts, Bst. 51b. ; and fillies, Bst. 31b. T. Y.C. The winner of
the July Stakes to carry 71b. extra.
Colonel Peel's lon
Colonel Peel's Paganini
Mr. Thornhill's ch. c. Saintfoin

... ......... ...Paris 1

Won by a length.
The following also started :—Lord Exeter's Mecca; Lord Exe-
ter's f. by Sultan, out of Ramona ; Mr. Bowes's gr. c. Grey Mo-
mus, and:Lord Suffield's Bamboo.
Betting-2 to 1 agst lon, 10 to 6 agst Grey Momus, and 6to 1
agst Saintfoin.

Monday night.
The following are the only particulars necessary in addition
,o those sent from the Heath :

The Handicap.—Toothill made the play to the new ground,
where Puppy went in front, and kept so till within three or
four strides, when Toothill challenged him, and won by a
head, after a severe race. Florestan was beaten upwards of
a length.
The Garden Stakes.—Velure made running at a severe
pace, was always &length in front, and won by three lengths.
Mango was in difficulty before he reached the ditch, and was so
lazy that his-jockey was tired of whipping. Castaway never
had a chance.

CLEARWELT, STAKES, P.P.
6 to 4 agst Mr. Bowes's Grey Momus
4 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Saintfoin
8 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's mares, Mecca and Kirtle—taken
10 to I agst Lord Chesterfield's Anchorite
Offers to take 6 to 1 about one of Colonel Peel's, supposed to be
.on.

THE DERBY.
12 to 1 egst Mr. Bowes's Grey Momus—taken
12 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Cobweb colt—taken
17 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's The Early Bird—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Armitage's colt, out of Nonplus's dam—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Coombes's Cobham—taken
12 to I agst Nonplus and Lord Chesterfield's Bamboo—taken
In the course of the last week Nonplus has been backed for
nearly 1,0001., and Cobham for upwards of 1,2001.
Vulture is the favourite in her match with Grey Momus.
ARRIVALS.--The Duke of Rutland, Marquis of Granby,
Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, Lord and Lady Chester-
field, Lord and Lady Suffield, Lord and Lady Seymour, Lord
and Lady Albemarle, Lord G. Bentinek, Lord Stradbroke,
Lord Jersey, Lord Villiers, Lord F. Fitzroy, Lord C. Man-
ners, Sir L. Glyn, Sir J. Graham, Hon. Colonel and Mrs.
Anson, Hon. General Grosvenor, Hon. George Byng. Hon.
Captain Fitzroy, Hon. Captain Rous, Messrs. C. Wilson,
Sowerby, Neville, D. Radcliffe, Elwes, Thornhill, Hawker,
Portman, Irby, Roberts, Gardnor, S. Stanley, Newton, Gre-
ville, Batson, Crommelin, Worrell, Hunter, Lushington, &c.

The following fashionables have visited the Hay-
market this week, to witness Sheridan Knowles' admirable
comedy of The Love Chase, which is increasing nightly in
attraction—Princess Augusta of Saxony, Earls Belfast and
Charleville, Lords Augustus and Adolphus Fitzclarence,
Lord Errol, Sir H. Webbe, Hon. Lincoln Stanhope, Hon.
Fitzroy Stanhope, &c.
NATIONAL LOAN FUND ASSURANCE.—WC
hailed as a national blessing the establishment of a Loan
Fund Assurance Society some months since, when we were
informed by the Metropolitan journals that Mr. Lamie
Murray had such an in contemplation, and we then
gave our opinion that a Society founded on the principle of
encouraging providence, thrift, and industry in tradesmen,
and persons of limited and uncertain income, would do more
to elevate the character of that numerous and important
class than anything that has taken place in Ireland for the
last century. We arc happy now to learn that the project
of Mr. Murray is likely to meet with general support.—
IVaterford Chronicle.
MRS. TROI.LOPE'S NEw WORK OF FICTION,
" THE VICAR OF WREXHILI.."—Mrs. Trollope has pro-
duced a very important book, and one not only very likely
to make a general impression upon society in this its
dullest season, but further to work its effects upon our time,
and prove its gifted authoress invested with the rare
power of influencing, in some degree, the manners of the
period in which she writes. There is no lady writer of
the present day who can approach the novel before us,
either in its strong masculine purpose, the fearless mode
in which that purpose is executed, or the great controul
over the narrative, its style, its incidents, and its events,
which Mrs. Trollope wields and evinces with a power and
a pliability quite beyond the reach or conception of me-
diocre minds. Mrs. Trollope grasps the episode of society
which she has chosen to work upon with the grasp of a
giant genius, and faint must be the emotion she does not
depict, and worthless and insignificant the shade of cha-
racter that eludes her vigilance or defies her detection.
She is in the Argus of her theme, watching it with the
hundred eyes of mind. Nothing passes her unheeded ;
persons, characters, and things ; passions, sentiments, and
principles ; motive, disposition, and temper ; she marks,
and reads, and digests.them all as they pass ►n review before
her ; and the impress that she gathers from them she de-
livers in graphic depth and vivid brilliancy to the world.
" The Vicar of Wrexhill" is, beyond all question, the best
and most striking novel of the season.
A meeting of the Directors and Friends of the Lon-
don Miss►onary Society was held yesterday morning in
Exeter Hall. W. J. Blair, Esq., Mayor of Bath, was in
the ohair, and opened the proceedings of the day ; after
which Dr. Fletcher, Dr. Philip, and several other reverend
gentlemen, entered into a statement of the results attend-
ing the labours of the Society's missionaries in India, South
Africa, and the South Sea Islands. Not the least interest-
ing part of the proceedings of the day were the addresses
of several gentlemen, about to proceed to these colonies
with their wives and families, all of whom attended, for
the purpose of bidding a long adieu to the Society, under
whose auspices they are to commence their arduous and
difficult duties.