The Sun.
London, England, 1838-10-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1838.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, OCT. 25.—A Congregation was this day holden
for granting Degrees, &e., when the following were con-
ferred:—

Masters of Arts.—J. W. Weare, of Christ Church ; Rev.
W. Green, of Lincoln College ; Rev. H. Mackenzie, of
Pembroke College ; Rev. J. Farquhar, of Jesus College ;
Rev. R. Maynard, of Wadham College; Rev. W. Maskell,
of University College.
Bachelors of Arts.—Frederick Stephens, of Exeter Col-
lege; J. Day Collis, of Worcester College; T. H. Baylis,
of Brazennose College ; J. Slatter, of Lincoln College ; J.
Edwards, of Lincoln College.
The Professor of Chemistry has announced a Course of
Lectures on that Science to begin on Tuesday, the 30th inst.,
at eight o'clock in the evening, and to coutinuc on Tuesday,
Thursday, and Saturday evenings.
The Regius Professor of Medicine has issued a notice of
his delivering a Course of Lectu. es on Anatomy to commence
on Monday, the 29th inst., at two o'chck.

OPENING OF THE NORTH UNION
RAILWAY.

This Railway, intended as a continuation of the Grand
Junction line from London, and as a direct line from Man-
chester and Liverpool to Preston, was opened from end to
end on Monday last.
Shortly after eight o'clock, Hardman Earle, Esq., Jo-
seph Hornby, Esq., Theodore Rathbone, Esq., William
Taylor, Esq. (the Chairman of the Preston Committee),
and several Shareholders in the Company, started in an
open carriage, propelled by their No. 2 engine, manufac-
tured by Messrs. Jones, Turner, and Evans, of the Via-
duct Foundry, Newton, from Parkside, the place celebrated
in railway history as the spot at which the late Mr. Huskis-
son met his death.

The entire line from Parkside to Preston measures twenty-
two miles and a half ; the first two miles and a quarter is up
a slight incline and a curve ; next comes four miles of dead
level, and perfectly straight. A steep incline rising at the
rate of one in a hundred, brings the traveller to the town of
Wigan, the Company's first station on the line. Here a
splendid station-house has been erected, alike well adapted
for the transaction of the Company's business and general
public accommodation. The line is carried, by means of
an iron bridge, supported by massive pillars of the Doric
order, across the turnpike-road leading into IVigan. This
commences the Douglas contract, undertaken by Messrs.
Mallens and M'Mayor, which extends five miles along the
line to Coppull, through some exceedingly heavy embank-
ments, and cuttings in some places full sixty feet deep. In
this distance there are two inclined planes, the highest
rising in the ratio of one in a hundred. Coppull forms the
summit, and here commences the Yarrow contract, which
is carried across one of the most beautiful valleys in Eng-
land. From Coppull to Yarrow there are three incline
planes, two short ones, and the third extending to more
than a mile in length, and formed by embankments
raised in places more than sixty feet above the natural
level. The chief alteration in this line is the wooden
bridge across the river Yarrow. It will be recollected by
those conversant with railroad affairs, that a culvert of con-
siderable extent had been formed across the river, and the
embankment placed upon it. The floods of last November
caused tin river to overflow so considerably as to blow up the
arches and to carry away the embankment to a very consi-
derable extent. The loss to the contractor was estimated
at nearly 6,0001. In the place of this culvert and embank-
ment a bridge, made of frame-work, has been erected. It
is 73 feet above the bed of the river, 400 feet long, a•-.d
32 feet wide ; and in its construction more than 30,000
feet of timber was used. The prospect is truly beautiful.
On the hill stands Gillibrand-hall, the seat of Mr. Fan-
kerly, and Chorley Church, and in the distance Itirington
Pike, or Hill, known as a land-mark for inward-hound
ships on approaching the port of Liverpool. There are
two more inclines between the Yarrow-bridge and Pres-
ton, one at Leyland, the other at Farrington ; and imme-
diately previous to reachin Preston there is a deep excxya-
tion, forty-one feet cutting. The bridge over the river
Ribble is a fine specimen of architecture, erected by
Messrs. Mullen and Co., at the cost of 40,0001. It is
composed of five elliptic arches, of 150 feet span, and 33
feet rise. The stone of which it is constructed was raised
from quarries at Lancaster and Whittle, anti is called
" Mulstone Grit"—a very durable material. The span of
the arches are the same as those of Waterloo Bridge,
London.

At this place the engine was stopped, and the Directors
there terminated their trip. The distance from end to end
was performed in 43 minutes. After taking breakfast in
Preston, the Directors returned to the Yarrow-bridge,
where a thorough inspection took place. The engine was
made to pass over the bridge several times at a very rapid
rate, the vibration was scarcely perceptible, and sonic of
the company expressed to Mr. Mackenzie, the contractor,
who was present, their approval of the manner in which this
arduous task had been completed.
The Directors, in their trip, were preceded by the No.
5 engine, built by Messrs. Hicks, of Bolton, which, with
Messrs. Jones and Co.'s engine, worked admirably.
The Directory, on their return, arrived at Parkside at
20 minutes past one o'clock. The line, it is expected, will
be open to the public on Wednesday week. The mails are
not expected to run upon it prior to the 9th of next moAh.
—Liverpool Courier.

Thomas Barrett Leonard, Esq., of Rottingdean,
Joseph Montcfiore, Esq., of Worth Park, and David Salo-
mons, Esq., of Broome Hill, Tunbridge Wells, who have
lately been added to the commission of the peace for this
county, took the oaths of qualification at the Lewes Sessions.
This is the first instance, we believe, of Jews being put into
the commission of the peace.—Brighton Gazette.
A venerable female thief and swindler, named Ma-
dame Gauls, who is in the 77th year of her age, and during
ber long career has been an inmate of almost all the prisons
in the kingdom, was on Friday brought before the Tribunal of
Correctional Police, for obtaining support and money from
two silly men, by representing herself as a relation of theirs,
arrived from America after an absence of fifty years, promis-
ing to one 2CO 000 f. at her death and to the other an imme-
diate gift of 28,000 f., which she was expecting by the dili-
gence. While on her way with him to the coach-office, un-
der pretence of bringing away the money, she contrived to
slip out of his hands, and was no more seen until in those of
the police. In consideration of her repeated offences, she was
condemned to ten years' imprisonment, and to remain for ten
years afterwards under the surveillance of the police.—Galig-
nani's Messenger.
Tuesday evening, about six o'clock, much conster-
nation was created in St. James's Park in consequence of a
bull in an infuriated state having escaped from its owners at
Buckingham-gate, and passing through the Park. When it
arrived opposite the Wellington Barracks, the animal attacked
a lady, named Barker, and tore off her shawl. A female ser-
vant, in charge of two children, was knocked down, but the
children luckily escaped without injury. The animal then con-
tinued its course until it came closely in contact with the sen-
tries stationed in front of the Horse Guards. Private Benton,
of the 3d battalion Grenadier Guards, confronted the animal
with his bayonet, but the concussion was so violent that,
although the bayonet penetrated the chest, it was forced from
the musket, and the stock of the gun was shivered to pieces
At the same time the soldier received a severe wound on the
head, and was taken to the hospital. After running upwards
of thirty yards the animal fell with great. vio'ence against t,le
railings of the enclosure, and died in a a short time from the
effect of the bayonet wound.
An inquest was held On Tuesday at St. Dunstan's-
bill, City, on the body of an infant named Piercy, whose mo-
ther had administered to it a teaspoonful of oil of vitriol, in
mistake for some medicine. The two phials had been placed
near each other on a shelf, neither being labelled. The child
died in great agony about eight hours after the occurrence. The
Coroner sent for the chemist at whose shop the articles had
been purchased, and censured him severely for neglecting to
put a label on the phial containing the poison. Verdict—Ac-
cidental death.

The peaceful and beautiful village of Pangbourn has
been of late subjected to every species of annoyance by the
riotous and disgraceful conduct of the labourers employed on
the railway in and near that place. The Church-yard has
been more than once desecrated by fights and riots, until at
length the civil power was completely set at defiance, and pri-
soners rescued from custody by their companions. The Ma-
gistrates have now received from the Home Office effectual
assistance in the presence of a small police force, since which
a degree of quiet has been restored, to which the village has
long been a stranger. Still they have not been able to pre.
vent numerous robberies of gardens, orchards, and fowl-houses
in the neighbourhood. On Tuesday night last ten fowls were
stolen from Flower's farm, we presume in gratitude to the
worthy occupier for his permission to the railway men to sleep
on the premises. A reward of 21 has been offered for the
discovery of the offenders.—Berkshire Chronicle.

An inquest was held at Charing-cross Hospital
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hopes were entertained of her recovery. She gradually sank,
and expired on Monday evening last. Verdict_" Accidental
death."

Yesterday information was received by the police
that the parish church of Alderton, Gloucestershire, was
broken open on Sunday night, and a plain silver sacramental
cup, with a lid, a pewter plate, and a pewter flagon, stolen
therefrom. The cup was not marked. A reward has been
offered for the apprehension of the thief.

COLOSSAL COLUMN.—The mountain called " Co.
niston Old Man," which forms so striking an object in our
lake scenery, is on the eve of being rendered still more con-
spicuous by the erection of a column upon the summit of
nearly one hundred feet high. The mining company, it is
said, intend to erect this tower at their sole cost. —Cumber-
land Pogue'.

We learn from the Ayr Observer that the weather
has been rather unfavourable for harvest operations during,
the last week. A considerable portion of the ()fit crop still
remains eut i 4 the higher districts of tho county, ,