The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-08 00:00:00

OXFORD U

RETURN OF SIR W. HEATHCOTE.

Yesterday a convocation was held, in the Convocation
House, Oxford, for the purpose of electing a burgess to
represent the University in Parliament, in the place of Sir
Robert Harry Inglis, Bart. At 12 o'clock the Vice-Chan-
cellor appeared, attended by the Proctors, the Warden of
New College, the Warden of Wadham Col:ege, the Pro.
vest of Oriel College, the Warden of All Souls, the Prin-
cipal of New Inn Hall, a considerable number of the chief
men of the University, and a few undergraduates and
strangers, about GO in number altogether.
The proceedings commenced by the Vice-Chancellor
opening the convocation, and stating the object of the
meeting. The Registrar, E. W. Rowden, Esq., then read
the precept for proceeding to election, after which the oath
was administered to the Vice-Chancellor, as returning
officer, and the Registrar then read the ,usual statutes
against bribery and corruption.
The Warden of New College next addressed the house
in Latin, and said that he should be unwilling to delay
even for a moment the business for which they were as-
sembled had not the mention of the name of Sir Robert
Harry Inglis, which all members of the University held in
honour, and now heard spoken with regret, affected his
mind with peculiar emotion, as it brought back to him the
recollection of one whom, from the time when he sat next
to him in the school of Winchester College, be had always
regarded, and always should regard, with feelings of affec-
tion, as a man of the highest excellence of character, distin-
guished for his love and patronage of literature, science, and
art, and for his faithful and unwearied devotion, as a mem-
ber of parliament, to the welfare of the university, the
church, and the country. (Applause.) Scarcely, he added , had
the report been circulated that this respected burgess of the
University was about to retire, when he was agreeably sur-
prised to hear that many persons who were looking out for
a fit person to succeed to the vacancy, had fixed their eyes
on another gentleman, whom also he had known from his
earliest years. It was generally felt that the interests of
the University, particularly in these times, req aired that
her representative should be a man of high character,
ability, and experience. The conviction entertained by
his friends that these qualities wore to be found in an
eminent degree in Sir William Heath cote had become
general ; and although it could not be expected that he
should at once satisfy all the electors in every point, there
was good ground to hope that all would at length agree
that as a man free from the entanglements of party,
with pure sentiments on all matters of church and
state, and held in high estima, ion by those who formerly
sat with him in Parliament, he would be able to render
good service to the University in her hour of trial by such
counsels as should tend most effectually to avert from her
all injury, and to extend her capacity of doing good to the
present and all future generations. ( Applause.) The War-
den concluded by nominating Sir Wm. Heathcote, Bart.,
of All Soul's College, D.C.L.,. as a fit and proper person to
represent this University in Parliament.
On the occasion of an election of a representative for the
University, it is customary to dispense with the form of
seconding the nomination. The Vice-Chancellor then in-
quired if any member of Convocation desired to put any
other candidate in nomination.
After a short pause, no other candidate being proposed,
the Vice-Chancellor declared Sir W. Heathcote to be duly
elected.
The writ was then signed and sealed, after w hich the
Vice-Chancellor dissolved the Convocation. The proceed-
ings—the whole of which, with the exception of reading
the writ and bribery clauses were conducted in Latin—
occupied about half an hour. Sir W. Heathcote was not
present, as it is contrary to etiquette for acandidate to be
on the spot or to take part in the proceedings. After the
election has been notified in an official manner, it is cus-
tomary for the newly-elected representative to call on the
resident members of Convocation, and leave his card re.
turning thanks for the honour conferred on him.

LUDLOW ELECTlON.—Yesterday the election:of a mem-
ber of Parliament for Ludlow, in the place of Robert
Clive, Esq., who has vacated the seat in order to stand
for the southern division of the county, took place at the
Guildhall. The proceedings were of a very quiet and
orderly character, and but few persons were present.
James Davies, Esq., of Elm-lodge, proposed Lieut.-Col.
the Hon. Percy Egerton Herbert, younger brother of
the Earl Powis, as a fit and proper person to represent
the borough in Parliament ; and Mr. Marston, druggist,
seconded the nomination. No other candidate being
proposed, the Mayor declared the Hon. P. E. Herbert
duly elected. The member elect then addressed his con-
stituents, promising to support the Government in offer-
ing strenuous resistance to Russia. He hoped that in
their new Reform Bill the Government would respect
the rights and privileges of ancient cities and towns that
have returned members to Parliament for many centuries.
The hon. member concluded by referring to some sub-
jects of purely local interest. There was no " chairing"
or public demonstration. •
NEWSPAPERS FOR TURKEY, GREECE, &C.—GENERAL
POST-OFFICE, Jan., 1854.—Information has been re-
ceived from the Prussian Post•office, that newspapers,
forwarded from the United Kingdom tc Greece, or to
the lonian Islands, or to the under-mentioned places in
Turkey, &c., in which Austrian post-offices have been
established, viz., Beyrout, Botuschany, Bucharest, Canea,
Constantinople, Dardanelles, Galatz, Gallipoli, Ibriali,
Jassy, Larnaca, Mytelene, Mostar, Rhodes, Rutschuk,
Salonica, Samsoun, Seres, Smyrna, Tenedos, Tchesme,
Trebizond, Tultcha, and Varna, cannot be transmitted
through Prussia, as newspapers, unless a postage of 1-ad.
per half ounce be paid in advance, and further that a
rate of Id. each• must be prepaid upon newspapers ad-
dressed to other places in Turkey. The foregoing rates
of postage must, therefore, be paid in future upon news-
papers for the places mentioned. Particular attention
is called to this regulation, as if newspapers are posted
not so paid, they will be chargeable on delivery with
the same postage as letters.
THE OLINDA'S Mans.—The following notice was
issued by the Postmaster-General yesterday, viz. h—The
mails for Brazil, which were despatched from Liverpool
on the 25th ult., by the Olinda steamer, have been re-
covered from the wreck of that vessel. The mail for
Pernambuco was forwarded on the Ist inst., by the
Genevieve, and the mail for Buenos Ayres on the 2d
inst. by the Neptune. That for Lisbon will be des-
patched this day by the Peninsular mail packet, and the
rest of the mails landed from the Olinda will be for-
warded on the 9th inst., by the inxil packet Severn.
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. —Among the papers recently
laid before Parliament, by command of her Majesty,
the following are of importance :—A convention between
her Majesty and the Free Hanseatic city of Hamburg
for the establishment of an international copyright ; a

treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation between
her Majesty and the Republic of Paraguay, the chief
articles of which have already appeared, and declara-
tions exchanged between the Governments of Great
Britain and the Roman States, for securing na-
tional treatment to the vessels and commerce of the one
country in the ports of the other.
PRINTING PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.--Yesterday, a
select committee, consisting of the Speaker, Mr. Strutt,
Sir J. Young, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. T. Greene, Mr. Wil-
son, Mr. Beckett, Mr. Divett, Mr. Gaskell, Mr. Hume,
Mr. V. Smith, and Mr. Sotheron, met for the first time,
to consider all matters relating to the printing executed
by order of the house, and for the purpose of selecting
and arranging for printing the returns and papers pre-
sented. The stupendous blue book on the Hull bribery
commission will, it is understood, engage their atten-
tion. _ _

MEXlCo.—Letters received from Mexico give further
details of the treaty just concluded for the sale of the
Mesilla Valley to the United States. The surrender of
the territory has apparently excited no popular dissatis-
faction, since in its existing state it was worse than use-
less, the Indians having long made it one of their prin-
cipal retreats, whence they ravaged the surrounding
country. Meanwhile, the cash to be received will, it is
thought, establish Santa Anna so as to enable him to
maintain his power for some years. The boundary limits
between Mexico and America are now definitively
settled. The Rio Bravo constitutes part of it, as
formerly, but one league above the Paso del Norte
a line is drawn south, with a westerly inclination to
latitude 31 deg. It then follows that line to a small
village called San Lorenzo, whence it ascends north,
still with a westerly inclination, and joins the confluence
of the Rio Gila with the Colorado. Lake Guzman is
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vernment proving beyond a doubt the discovery of
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" placers" in five or six different rivers running through
the State of Guerrero. The localities are said to agree
with those described in the let`er of Cortez to the King
of Spain as the spots from which gold was washzd for
Montezuma.
REBUILDING OF DONCASTER PARISH CHURCA--The
committee appointed for superintending the rebuilding
of Doncaster parish church, which, it will )e remem-
bered, was totally destroyed by fire on the morning of
the 28th of February, 1853, have accepted the tender of
Mr. Janson, of Northampton, for the stove work of the
new edifice, according to the plan of Mr. Gilbert Scott,
of Spring-gardens, Low?on, the ecoit,act for which is
21,0001. The remainder of the w rk, exclusive of organ,
hells, &c., is estimated to cost about 10,0001. more. Mr.
W. IL Foreman, of Pippbrook-house, Docking, Surrey,
who is descended on the maternal side from an influen-
tial family formerly resident at Doncaster, has given
directions for the construction, in the most elaborate
style, sad at his own cost, of a chapel on the south side
of the chancel, hi commemoration of his ancestors. This
is, in addition to the sum of 1,0001. contributed by Mr
Foreman to the restoration fund. The subscriptions
already received and promised to the committee amount
to nearly 30,000/. It is intended, if possible, to lay the
' foundation stone of the new church on the 28th of this
month, the anniversary of the day on which the late
church was destroyed.
PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is
about 3 per mille discount (according to the last tariff),
which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 104 d. per
ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.091 ;
and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being
24.971, it follows that gold is about 0.48 per cent.
dearer in Paris than in London. By advises from Ham.
burg the price of gold is 4231 per mark, which; at the
English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for stan-
dard gold, gives an exchange of 13.41 ; and, the exchange
at Hamburg on London at short being 13'24, it follows
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that gold is 0.65 per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in
London.
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4,256,188 shillings, 3,387,930 sixpences, 16,038
fourpences, 36,168 threepences, 4,752 silver twopences,
and 7,920 silver pence (of these last two coins the same
number is printed every year, for Maunday money, we
believe), 1,021,440 pennies, 1,559,040 halfpence,
1,028,628 farthings, and 955,224 half-farthings. The
total value of the coinage of the year was 12,663,0001. ;
the average of the previous five years /vas only