The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-08 00:00:00

SHIPPING---THIS DAY.

LONDON, July B.—Wind this day at noon—West;
pleasant breeze, and fine weather.
PLYMOUTH, July 7.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Bell
Bronard, from Monte Video.
CARDIFF, July 7.—Wind W.—Arrived—Sohn, from
Bilboa.

SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived—New York, steamer, from Bremen ; Havre,
steamer, from Havre.
The United States steamer Tuscarora remains in the
river.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH).
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived, July 7.—lsabella, from Antwerp ; Arthur Par-
den, from Algoa Bay.
Arrived, July B.—Sultana Reina, from St. Vincent;
omas, from Havannah ; Mignionette, from Berbice; Shell-
burne, from Madras ; Grenmar, from Quebec ; Polly, from
Colombo ; Brilliant, from St. Lucia Brackley, from
Guernsey ; Il Trovatore, from Guernsey.
Sailed, July B.—LadylHavelock, steamer, for Valparaiso;
Lina, for Lisbon; Coromandel, for Bombay; Cossack,
steamer, for St. Petersburgh.
DEAL, Thursday Morning.
Fassed.—Ealing Grove, bark, from Trinidad, for London.
Anchored.—California, from Vlaardingin, for Palermo;
Ellen Edwards, from Rotterdam, for Dublin; Shakespeare,
from St. John's, for Grimsby ; Carybrig, from Antwerp,
for Santa Maria; Emile, bark, from Shields, for Alicante;
Teresna, from Shields, for Naples.

—.ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE A COLONEL.—PORTS-
MOUTH, Monday.—A report was freely circulated in Ports-
mouth to-day that an attempt had been made by a soldier
to shoot Col. Palmer, C. 8., of the 60th Rifles, 2d battalion,
quartered in Cambridge Barracks, Portsmouth. The facts
are as follows :—Just before 11 o'clock last night the
report of firearms was heard from the barracks. This may be
explained by the fact that at a quarter to 11 the sentry per-
ceived a man named Michael Griffin " snapping caps" in the
barrack-square near the colonel's quarters. The sentry told
the sergeant of the guard, who went into the yard and there
saw the prisoner, rifle in hand. Griffin said, "If you don't
go away I'll shoot you," whereupon the sergeant retired
and called out a file of the guard, and while about to go into
the square again he heard the report of a rifle, which at
that hour created much alarm. Upon examination it was
found that Griffin's rifle ball had penetrated the area wall ad-
joining Col. Palmer's quarters without doing further harm.
It is stated that the man's intention was to shoot his colonel
or one of the officers, and whether his rifle went off acci-
dentally or not is yet a mystery. The present belief is that
Griffin hovered about, loaded rifle in hand, awaiting the
chance of Colonel Palmer's appearance at the window or
elsewhere. The alarm raised by the sentry no doubt frus-
trated his plats. Nine rounds of blank cartridge were
found in his breast, one being missing out of the ten
allowed the men, end that can, of course, be fully ac-
counted for. Griffin bsears a bad character. He was taken
before the colonel this morning for examination, when het
dectined to explain his conduct or to say
the matter. A court•martial will try him shortly.
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any
about
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.--At
thtueens
of
of Council on Saturday last, the acceptance byhospitaakl
was!
Argyll of the office of vice-presidentthe
of
to Mr. Stansfeld,
announced; a vote of than was passedd the
M.P., for presiding at the ell rises to the
students of the Faculty of Artsißtornibliateii7s. The Jews' Com-
t inst. and for the
excellent address then delivered i.:37
um, tenable for two
memoratioa Scholarship of £l5 P
pass-
years, founded to perpetuate the Parliament, and
-rteeornseirburance of the
ing of the act enabling the
jliegiv:osus denomin,ltion, wherever
open to members of every
previously educated, was awarded to Mr. N. I:. Hartog, on
Arts that, of the st`uslents of
the report of the Faculty
the faculty of not more thanr, one year's standing. in the
he was non the ydea _862 the most chstinguisheo7 by
good conduct. For the next
college,
general proficiency an
arrangements were made as follows
academical session,
The introductory lecture at the opening, to be given by
Professor De Morgan; for the two Andrews scholarships of
£B5 each, for the best proficient in mathematics and classics
respectively. Mr. W. H. Besant, ', of Sto
forhn'
De s
College, Cambridge, was invited to be the examiner;John's
mathematics, in conjunction with Professor Morgan
and Professor Potter ; and Mr. BunnelllLeewis, professor of
Latin in Queen's College, Cork, wasinv d to be examiner
for classics, in conjunction with Professor Newman and Pro-
fessor Malden; Mr. George lt. Rickards, late professor at
Oxford, was requested to join Professor `'Paley in examina-
tion for the Joseph Hume political lyeeacroe.nomy scholarshigf o
£2O per annum, tenable for threet
MIDDLESEX CORONERSHir.—Yesterday the poll-
ing commenced for the central district, at 8 o'clock, and at
the final close, at 4 o'clock, Dr. Lankester was understood
to have been elected by'a majority of from sto 18. In the
early part of the day Mr. C. E. Lewis had, according to the
the returns from his committee, a majority. At 2 o'clock
the committee of Mr. C. E. Lewis made the return—Lewis,
894; Lankester, 806; majority for Lewis, 88. From 2
o'clock to the close of the poll no satisfactory account could
be obtained. About 2,200 freeholders voted. Both candi-
dates have demanded a scrutiny, which the sheriffs of Lon-
don and Middlesex will proceed with this day (Tuesday),
and the official state of the poll will be declared on Wed-
nesday, before 2 o'clock. The committee of Dr. Lankester
claim a majority of 18, but the supporters of Mr. Lewis
is
consider that it is not more than five. The expenses of
his
contest have been considerable on both sides, and as far as
the central district is concerned the election roaY °sail-
dered in favour of the medical profession. On Monday
next the question will be decided for the western. district
whether a medical or legal gentleman should hold the office
of coroner.