The Sun.
London, England, 1838-01-16 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENijt.

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Ox bqing the first day of Hilary or
Lent Term a congregation Wit f,,,r granting degrees,
&c. when the following were conferred.
Mt.:TA,lf.t, or Aars.—John Joseph Pratt, Fellow of St.
:folio', College Charles Hew, ditto ; Rev. Henry Fleming,
gittoi Fior: Henej, J. P. Cote, ileory Gough,
Queen's College.
BACHELORS OF ARTS. -FAVrgilltip Rowden, Fellow of
74evr C9llege; Thomas Ward, New Inn Hall,
The B;iiii.7p Oloueester and Bristol has collated the Rey,
J. R. Port, of Brazennatiti culLge. to the Perpetual Curacy
i 4 Oxenton, Gloucestershire.
The iiish6p Of Bath and Wells has appointed the
B. Whitehead, of Worcester College, Prebendary of `Veils
end Vicar of Chard, to be Rural Dean of Crewkerne.
The key. A. O. S. Shirley, of Christ Church, hea been
instituted, on the presetifatitly of the Earl of Ilchester, to tilt
Vicarage of Stinsford, Dorset.

The following days have been appointed for iio!thils Con.
:rogations for conferring Degrees and granting Graces du,
ring the present Term,

• Wednesday, Jan. 24; Thurgdtty, reb: 1,8, ID, U• ; ?burs,
dny, March 8, 15, 29; Saturday, April 1.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT SIR E

SUGDEN'S SEAT, 1.11-A-Mu---D-ITT-ON-:

At an early hour yesterday morning the retirecl erntlge of
Thames-Ditton, in Surrey, was in a mate of considerable con-
fusion and excitement in consequence of en alarming fire
breaking out at the seat of Sir E. Sugdcn. It app6ars from
inf xmation obtained from a highly respectable and authentic
source, that between four and five o'clock yesterday morning a
private watchman named Miles, attached to the est,iblishinent
of Sir Edward, discovered a vast quantity of smoke issuing
from the north aide of the mansion betiveen the conservatory
and the suite of dining-rooms ; he gave an instant diarm, when
Sir Edward, his family, and domestics were quickly apprised
of the imminent peril that awaited them, and the most active
measures were adopted to stop the progress of the fire, which
by this time had gained considerable ascendancy id the con-
servatory, where it was evident it had broken out.
Shortly after the first alarm was given by the watchman,
the inhabitants, to the amount of some hundreds, repaired to
to spot, anxious to give all the assistance in their poiCet.,
horse express was sent off to Kingston for the engines ; in
the mean time those assembled, under the orders of Sir
Edward and a number of gentry in the village, were engaged in
removing the furniture and valuables from the house. A
small engine, kept in the grounds, and used for the purpose
of watering the shrubs and plants, was put into requisition, and
had the effect, in a great measure, of allaying the fury of the
flames; in addition to which, a great number of the inha-
bitants were actively employed in fetching bueketa of water
from a pond in a meadow adjacent to the premises.
In about half an hour after the fire was discovered the whole
of the conservatory was destroyed, and the flames were raging
in the drawing_room. Not only was the furniture in this
apartment consumed, but what is more to be lamented, a
choice collection of valuable paintings shared the same fate.
By the continued and praiseworthy exertions of the inhabit-
ants, aided by the example of Sir Edvvard and his friends, the
flames did not extend beyond the drawing-room. Imme-
diately after the fire was got under the engines from Kingston,
Ewell, and other places arrived. Mr. Carter, the Coroner
for Surrey, Mr. Harry Self, and other respectable individuals,
accompanied the engines. It has been satisfactorily ascer-
tained that the fire originated in the Conservatory, in conse-
buence of overheating the pipes.