The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-07 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, SEPT. 6.—The Rev. B.A. of
Balliol College, has been appointed Chaplain to the Right Hon.
Lard St. Helen's.—The Rev. H. W. Whin4cld, M.A. and
Chaplain to Lord Viscount Keith, to the Rectory of Tyringham
cum Filgrave, Bucks, with the Rectory of Battlesden cum
Potsgrove, in the County of Bedford ; Patron, his father-in-law,
W. Praed, Esq., of Tyringliam.

CURIOUS DISCOVERY. -
Extract of a Letter from Feriy Harty, east end of the Island

of Shep- py, dated sth of :S'ept. 1822. •
In excavating by the side of the slope hill be•
longing to Mr. YOtING, where-they are making a well, they
have found an entire hut or small house buried under the earth,
apparently from part of the hill falling down and covering it.
It is of the most remote antiquity, and I have prevailed on
them not further to demolish this extraordinary antique, but
to clear away the rubbish ; for which, we have sent to Sheerness
for assistance. Two skeletons have been found. The build-
ing had no roof, or it might have been of some perishable ma-
terial ; the walls were wood, and no iron or other metal is seen.
There are flints and hard stones, apparently intended for axes,
and cutting instruments, with handles of wood, quite complete,
and in good preservation ; and earthenware utensils (one ap-
pears to have been a lamp) ; a few fish-hooks of hard stony
horn, and an immo.se quantity of a kind of horse hair. Mr.
Barrow, the resident Commissioner of Sheerness, has arrived ;
and by his desire a fence will be erected to enclose and pre-
serve this extraordinary remnant of antiquity.

THE RETORT COURTEOUS.---A Member of one
of the learned professions was driving his Bennet along the road
at Tooting, in Surrey, when he overtook a pedlar, with his pack,
and inquired what he had to sell. The man produced, among
other things, a pair of cotton braces—they were sixpence, he
szid. The Gentleman paid the money, and then said, " You
have, I suppose, a licence.—" Y---e—s," was the reply, hesi-
tatingly. I should like to see it." After some further delay,
it was produced. "My good fellow, all's right I see. Now,
as Ido not want these things, you hall have them again for
three-pence." The bargain was struck; but how surprised was
the querist to find a summons to attend the County Magistracy,
sitting at Croydon. The Gentleman 'was convicted in the full
penalty, for selling goods in the King's highway, without a
hawker's license—he is a lawyer.
FAI RTES.—Strange as it may sound in this en-
lightened age, a correspondent informs us, that there is at pre-
sent a great talk of Fairies having been seen about half-way
on the old line of road betwixt Portpatrick and Stran-
raer. According to the gossips, nothing could exceed the
beauty and splendour of the elfin cavalcade ; and if report speak
true, the Usher of the 'White Rod had better look well to his
laurels, and.prepare himself for a sturdier competition than he
has yet encountered. Agreeably to use and wont, the aerial peple
were dressed, to admiration, and while winding their. tiny
bugles, and careering on their foam bell steeds, they-appeared as
superior. to an earthly pageant as a rainbow is to a tartan ribbon.
At the date of our correspondent's letter (Aug. 29), a number of
the inhabitants of Stranraer had gone to watch and " sit up"
with the fairies, as the great .Samuel Johnson did with the
Cock-lane :ghtsst. The. Ettrick Shepherd has lately published
44. Mask, intended to, celebrate ,the Royal visit, in which the
'fairies act a distinguished part': 'and it is not impossible that the
dyes seennear the Port, were. lidy t of; the same squadjourney-
ing from Holyhead, and enjoying themselves a little before
repairing to their retreat among the Hebrides.—(Dumfries
Courier.) -
The KOlit Herald gives the following account of
the wounding of Capt. OwEN ;—" On Thursday the 28th ult.
Capt. Owen, of the Bellerophon 'convict hulk, at Sheerness, re-
ceived a severe stab in the left side from a convict, whom he was
reprimanding for bad behaviour.: The convict had been receiv-
ed on board only on.the preceding Monday, and had continually
evinced syniptoms of insubordination-; on the day above-men-
tioned he was sent on shore to work, and would not, and was
of course sent on board again, and whilst receivinga reprimand
from Captain 0 gen, he drew his hand from his bosom, where
he had kept it all the time, at a moment when Capt. Owen turn-
ed his head to look at some object, and gave hiiii a hack-handed
blow with a sharp pointed knife, which passed between his
ribs and touched the lungs. Symptoms of convalescence ap-
peared on Friday and Saturday last, but the life of the worthy
Capt. is now despaired of, it being feared that a mortification has
taken place. Mr. Capper arrived on board on Saturday, and
gave orders for the future disposing of the miscreant, till the
pleasure of the Secretary of State for the Home Department is
known."

SWIMMING.--We copy from a German Paper
the following paragraph, which if interesting to the inland
provinces of Germany, ought not to be neglected in Great
13ritain, surrounded as it is by the element in which the
art can be taught and practised with the greatest benefit
" On the afternoon of the 24th ult. the Grand Duke of BADEN
was pleased to inspect the Swimming School of Illanheim,
and to be present at the various evolutions, which the troops
of the garrison performed with great precision and effect, first
in the Rhine and afterwards in the Neckar. There were many
spectators assembled, who highly applauded the dexterity of the
swimmers; who having placed their muskets and cartouches in
large baskets, drew than with great apparent ease across ,the
pleckar." „ „ • • • _ . _