The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-31 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Arrogant, 36, screw frigate, Captain Fitsroy, is
now lying ready for sea at Spithead. She has every
store on board, and she was, we understand, much ad-
mired by the Royal party on board the Fairy as she
passed through Spithead this day. She has received
her shot and shells, and her draft of water, &c., are as
follows:—Her line of copper is much higher out of the
water than we reported. Aft, from the keel upward,
she is coppered 22 feet 7 inches; draft of water, 20 feet;
forward she is coppered from keel upwards, 22 feet I
inch; draft of water, 19 feet 1 inch; her bowsprit sill,
height from water, 10f. 84in.; midship port, height from
water 9f. 51in.; after port, height from water, 9f. 7in.
She has 250 tons of coal on board, and a bower anchor
and 30 fathoms of chain out. When she went out on
Tuesday her funnel was not quite completed, but the
men from the factory at Portsmouth were at work all
night on board. It is supposed the Arrogant will sail
this evening for Gibraltar and Malta, and have two
months' cruise in the Mediterranean, when she will re-
turn to Lizbon, and there await further orders.
The Plumper, screw-sloop, Commander Nolloth,' will
some into dock at Portsmouth to-day, to have one of her
valve cocks repaired, which was broken by accident on
board.

The dockyard shipwrights at Portsmouth have been
at work on board the Mount Stewart Elphinstone.- in
building additional cabins. She is bound for Melbourne,
New South Wales, with 250 convicts, and it is ru:
moured that the additional cabins are for state prisoners.
PORTSMOUTH, WELINESDAY,=The. Fairy royal y actg.,
Commander Crispin, embarked qe„C9urt at Trinity-
pier, East Cowes, this afternoon, abbut Lalf-past two
o'clock, and bore the Royal party fo ufidef the
usual ceremonies. At the Royal Clarestof Victualling
Establishment, Gosport, the Royalipasty,was received
by Admiral the Hon. Sir Bladen,Capel' K C. 8., the
Commander-in-Chiefi Major-General "Lord" Mclerick
Fitzclarence, G.C.H. ; Rear-Admiral Superidtendent
Prescott, C.B. ; Captain Superinte.nclent :Sir Edward
Parry, and the usual other of4cera of
.the port ;1:1(1 gpr-
rison. The royal train was set in motion by Mr. gooCli,
the chief of locomotion of the SOUth-Western 'Railway
Company, and left at 27 minutes to four, in. the charge
of Mr. C. Stovin, the manager of thecompapy:...
The Fairy was afterwards docked, to examine her
bottom, and ascertain the relative merits bf compoSitidns
for prevention of the adhesion of subniarine excrescences
to the bottoms of iron vessels. ; P
The Success hulk, 74, is ordered to be broken up
this dockyard.

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THE GIGANTIC • PACKET-SHIP
CONSTELLATION. -; ~ es
The splendid packet-ship Constellation, the largeit
merchant vessel afloat, having "completed the;clr(dhprge
of her ponderous cargo, is now fn Our docks; and as*Mtb,
presents to those interested in the growing trade of " the
good old town," as well as to the yaany strangeri that
will visit Liverpool during the present .week; a fief d of
attraction that cannot fail to awaken the'erithusiastistf
unqualified approbation, we subjoin the following.notice
of her:— • .. 7, ; ' I' a. 1
The Constellation was built at Nev York, by_ Messrs.
Westervelt and Mackay, from . thrttrawingeand under'
the personal superintendence of-Wiliiim Skiddy, Esq.
Her length of keel is 195 feet; her lengths over all,- 226
feet; her beam measured from ceilingetgeelling, 43 feet;
and the depth of hold, 281 feet; Her tonnage, estimakd.
by the customs (or new) measurement, is 1,950 tonsOM
she possesses capabilities for the storage ofensiarly .3;500
tons of ordinary goods. It would not for a moment
supposed that 'a vessel of such giant -lilse proportiqiii
would be completed without a due regard' to conaffeative
strength, nor has that important ,objeetheeuedeglected;
Her hanging and lodging knees are. all., from well-
formed timber, of great thickness- JO depth, in = tti6
throat, and each is finished in sUperior style. ' The tins:
bering of the Constellation is excellent, and her sides,
with ceiling and outer planking, form one solid mass.
She has no bilge pieces, but the ceiling is from 7 inches
to 10 inches in thickness, from the kelson to the stringer,
which is 14 inches square ; and thus her timbers ard
outer planking form a solid thickness averaging 3 feet
4 inches. Her kelson and sister kelsous are bolted per-
peedicularly to the keel, as well as diagonally, and
hurls wita.lly. The deck stauncheons are kneed to the
kelson, and in the upper decks are turned as pillars, but
well secured by being bolted through an ornamental iron
cap. In the fore peak there is an inner bow framing of great
strength, and between each of the hanging knees there
is a diagonal trussing running reverse from amidships,
aft and forward, which adds materially to her longitu
dinal e'rength, and prevents the probability of her be-
e9mirg .. hogged." The Constellation is built of the
very best materials, and her bolts and fastenings through-
out are all square.
The appearance of the Constellation when afloat,
though magnificent and mighty, is not exactly what
would please a connoisseur in clippers; for in order to
give her the greatest possible accommodation on deck,
which is most advisable in the trade for which she is in-
tended, the duck beam is carried so far aft that it gives
her the appearance of la, ing heavy in quarters; but we
had the pleasure of seeing her " high and dry," and
found her perfectly the reverse—in fact, if anything:, her
lines are too fine, and there can be little doubt, from her
being clean fore and aft, and sharp without being wall-
sided (as she is not in sailing trim till drawing 23 feet
of water), she will carry a press of canvas that cannot
fail to drive her through it. The stem is adorned with
a well-carved figure of Commodore Truxton, the com-
mander of the Constellation, American frigate ; and the
stern is relieved with beautiful scrollwork. She has all
the modern improvements in rigging, and, from the
royalmasts downwards, lightning conductors of copper
are let into the spars, and carried through the keel into
the water, thus almost averting the possibility of accidents
from electric fluid.
Many very excellent improvements are introduced for
the comfort and convenience, as well as the health, of
passengers, which so far exceed the ordinary arrange-
ments that they merit the highest commendation. The
Constellation has three decks, but, in order to give full
light and a free current of atmospheric air, she is con-
structed with eight hatchways, of capacious measure.
ment, as well as side lights and ventilators fore and aft.
The lower deck is appropriated solely to steerage pas-
sengers, with the exception of a store-room, which is
latticed of&, The upper deck is also divided abaft, to
form a cabin, with permanently-erected state-rooms, for
the more respectable emigrants, and though this only
occupies a small space, being calculated for 80 persons,
it is a great desideratum, as it presents an apartment
far more comfortable than the cabins of many first rate
ships. The state rooms are large, and are each dis-
tinctly lighted from the side; some are furnished with
bedding, and all with toilet ware, washstand, isc. Down
the centre is a long mahogany dining-table, and fitted to
it are reversing seats. Each room is painted and grained
in imitation of oak, and the whole apartment is symbolic
of " home," " cleanliness," and " comfort."
The deck arrangements are most admirable. There is
topgallant forecastle, and a poop or quarter-deck, while
amidships there are erections whist& aro divided into se-
veral apartments, some of which serve as covered com-
panion-ways. The passengers' galleys ,are all separated,
so that each department of the ship has its particular
allotted cocking-room. In the centre there is a sick-
bay, fully fitted out, into which invalid passengers may
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houses on deck there is a neat suspension-bridge, and
forward gangways to the topgallant forecastle, makiir,
b
her almost a " four decker."
Beneath the quarter-deck are the captain's cabin and
the ladies' cabin, both of which are most gorgeously
finished, and are not only lighted from the deck but by
stern ports. The coiling is formed into panels by the
deck beams, which are finished with neat mouldings.
painted in dead white. An architrave of burnished
white, relieved with graceful carvings in gold, augh,
mounts the rich cabinet-work of the room. Pilasters
enamelled in white and gold, with a relief of lake, neat
gold caps, and veined marble pediments, form the state'
room entrances. The intervening space at the sides, as
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on board yesterday was Lord Howard, son of the Duke
of Norfolk, in company with Thomas Sands, Esq., (late
Major of Liverpool), and George Brown, Esq., as well
as many of our merchants. Lord Lloward expressed
himself highly delighted.
The Constellation is consigned here to Messrs. Spooner,

Sar4Cand Co., but we learn that Messrs. W. Tar seott
end Co. undertake the passenger department.— Live, :pool
Standard.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD, MAY 30.—Inla Conroe3tioa holden ,this day
.he following gentlemen were nominated masters of tha
schools:—
The Rev. James Peers Tweed, M.A., Fellow of
Exeter.
The Rev. Thomas Henry Sheppard, M.A., Oriel.
The Rev. Henry llubert Cornish, M.A., Magdalen
Hall.

In the same Convocation the Rev. John Basset
Dovoton, M.A., of Downing College, Cambtidge, was
admitted ad cundem.

In a Congregation holden at the same time the fol-
lowing degrees were conferred:—
Masters of Arts—The Rev. Samuel Frederick Big.
fold, I3aliol, grand compounder; James Edwin T. Rogers,
Magdalen Hall; Rev. Jonathan Douphrate, ,Magdalen
Ha'l; Rev. Frederick Wilson Kittertriaster, Pembroke;
Rev. Ilanmer Morgan, New Inn Hull; deorge David
William Dickson, Exeter; Watkin Homfray, Exeter;
James Pascoe, Exeter; Thomas Espinell Eapin, Fellow
of Lincoln; John Russell Baker, Lincoln; Charles
Frederick Hayden, Scholar of Corpus; John Charles
Smith, Queen's; Rev. Alfred Povab, Wadham; Maze
William Gregory, Wadham; William Blake Doseton,
Trinity; William Park Dickins, Fellow of Alevon;
Rev. Richard Lloyd, Merton; Rev. Robert Arrowsmith,
Oriel; John Hey ward Jenkins, Oriel; John William
Robins, St. John's; the Hon. and Ruv. Charles F.
Cranstoun, Jesus; Charles Tamberlane As.ley, Jesus.
Bachelors of Arts.—Charles Fredt rick 'fink, Exeter,
grand compounder; Alexander Dixon, Lincoln, grand
compounder ; Edmund Powell, Lincoln ; Charles Ed-
ward Shirley Woolmer, Exeter ; Freeman Wilson,
Thomas West, Richard Austin Tuckniss, Thomas Wim-
berley Mossman, James Siely Wilkinson, Edmund IIall;
John Hushworth Pilling, Magdalen Hall ; George Fre-
derick Bullock, Queen's ; William Ogle, Fellow of
Corpus ; Osmond Casey, Edward Jonathan Birch,
Wadham ; Charles Richard Will. Waldy, Edward
Chivers Bower, University; Hon. William John Aronson,
Thomas Mainwaring, B. Bulkeley Owen, William
Wither Branston Beach, Henry William Parry Richards,
Matthew Watkin Davies, Maxwell Close, William Gas-
kell Rouse, Christchurch; John Ewing, George Normaar,
Maule, St. John's ; Charles litid Nichol!, ,A. 140 *MP
liam Howell, William Ltwes Henderson, Richard John
Mahony, Worcester; Nathaniel Alexander Nicholson,
Trinity ; David Lewis, William Hughes, David Owen
James, Jesus. • • - - -
SIR WILLIAM BROWNE'S MEDALS.
CAMBRIDGE, MAY 30, —These medals have been ad-
judged as follows :
Foi: Greek Ode.—J. D. Williams, Trinity College.
For Latin Ode.—D'Arcy W. Thompson, Pembroke
College.
For Epigrams—J. D. Williams, Trinity College.
THE DOWNING PROFESSORSHIP OF THE LAWS OF
ENCLThrn-- -
Andre w Amos, Esq., M.A.; formerly Fellow of Trinity
College, has been unanimously selected as the successor
in this professorship of the late lamented Professor
Starkie by the electors, who are the Archbishops of Can.
terbury and York, and the Masters of St. John's, Claro
Halt, and Downing.
_ -

The Cambridge Chronicle, in allusion to this appoint-
ment, says—" The various grounds of Mr. Amos's emi-
nent fitness for this chair, are too well known to require
enumeration.
Since, however, this professorship has acquired
additional importance, in consequence of the scheme for
Professional Lectures lately adopted by the -Senate, it
may be as well to mention that in addition to other qua-
lifications, as well personal as professional, Mr. Amos
was for five years one of the four members of the Su-
preme Council of India, and that during this period he
had the principal charge of the self•legislation of that
important colony, vested in the Governor-General by the
last charter. Since his return from India, ho has been a
member of the CommissiOn for Revising the Criminal
Laws, and also judge during the two last years of a very
populous metropolitan district of County Courts. We
may add, that Ur. Amos's eminent success as a lectur, r
to large-law classes in London at University College,
furnishes the best guarantee for the efficient discharge of
the more immediate duties of his new office."
• CONGREGATION.

At a Congregation holden this day the following graces •
passed the Senate:-
1. On the recommendation of the Observatory Syndi-
cate:—
The flat roof of the tower of the small dome of the
Observatory being in a defective state, and not water-
proof, to authorise a contract to be made with Messrs.
Peck and Son, builders, for repairing it at a cost of 701.,
according to a specification of Mr. T. Smith, curator of
,the Firzyvilliam Building.
The specification and plans were laid on the Regis-
ttury's table. -
2. • On the recommendation of the Press Syndicate:—
To grant frog] the common chest an annuity of 65f. to
James Twitchett for the remainder of his life, in consi-
deration of his faithful services at the press during a
period of 55 years.

3. On the recommendation of the Library Syndi-
eate:—

To authorise the Vice-Chancellor to insure the new
building of the library for the sum of 2,0001., and the
books, bookcases, and furniture therein for the silt cf
4,000/.
4. To confirm the report of the Syndicate appointed
to confer with a cAntnittee of the parishioners of St.
Mary-the-Less ; and to authorise the Vice-Chancellor,
under the advice of counsel, to take the necessary steps
for resisting the claim made upon the Fi!z,villitm fund
for the payment of parochial rates on account of the
museum.

A report respecting the affairs of the Pitt Press (pre-
pared by the Syndicate) was laid on the It gistrary's
table.

At the same Corgregation the following degrees were
conferred :--

Masters of Arts.—H. 13. Sands, Trinity College ;
J. H. Simpson, Trinity College ; H. J. Wilkinson,
Trinity College ; J. J. Beresford, St. John's College ;
Walter Chamberlain, Corpus Christi College.
Bachelors of Arts.—J. A. James, King's College;
M. Forster, Trinity College; E. M•Niven, C. A. Nichol•
son, Trinity College; H. T. W. Ralph, Trinity College;
S. N. Yowler, Trinity College ; J. F. Gresham, Sr.
John's College; S. W. Lloyd, St. John's College; F. J.
Rawlins, St. Peter's College; A. Smith, St. Peter's Col-
lege ; R. W. L. Tollemache, St. Peter's College; Jer..
W. Haddock, Clare Hall; J. G. Baker, Caius College;
H. E. Yeeman, Trinity Hall; J. W. Sharpe, Corpus .
Christi College ; R. Charlton, Queen's College; R.. G.
H. Ware, Queen's College ; L. A. Way, Magdalene
College ; G. H. F. E. Hodson, Emmanuel College ; J.
G. Pearse, Sidney College.