The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-09 00:00:00

CHRIST CHURCH.

The Rev. Samuel Buckland, M.A., student of
Christ Church, has been licensed to the perpetual
curacy of Great Torrington, Devon, vacant by the
death of George Morgan, clerk, on the nomination of
the Dean and Chapter.
The extensive :sanitary improvements called for by
the state.al the public health throughout the United
Kingdom have been carried on within the precincts
of the •UniverAty during the long vacation in several
of -the'colleges, particularly in Christ Church and
Corpus, where the sewerage and other domestic de-
partments have undergone great ameliorations. The
restorations and improvements. at Merton Chapel and
at St. John's College have also been continued.

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, MoNDAY.
The Queen and Prince walked this morning at an
early hour in Osborne Park.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales,- the
Princess Royal, and younger members of the Royal Fa-
mily, walked and rode as usual.
There was no addition to the royal dinner party yes-
terday.
The Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley left Osborne this
forenoon.
Sir James Clark left Osborne yesterday for London.

-A- Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at
the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Lord J.
Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lans-
downe, Sir George Grey, Viscount Paltnerston, Earl
Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis
Baring, Lord Campbell, the Right Hon. IL LAbouchere,
and the Earl of Carlisle. The C,,uncil sat two hours
and a half.

Mr. Norman Macdonald, Governor of Sierra Leone,
had the honour of an interview with Earl Grey yester-
day at the Colonial-office, to take leave of his Lordship,
prior to embarkation to resume the Government of that
colony.
Mr. French, M.P., had an interview with Lord John
Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-
street.

Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland
Revenue, had an intervit w with the Chancellor of the
Exchequer yesterdly.
Mr. More O'Ferrall had an interview yesterday with
Emil Grey at the Colonial office.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governor of Canada, and also from the
Governors of the other North Arn,rican colonies.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF S URG EONS. —The follow-
ing gentlemen having undergone the necessary ex-
aminations for diploma, were admitted membns of the
Collet eat the meeting of the Court of Examiners on
the sth inst , being the first meeting this session:—
Messrs. George John Ilinnell, Tamworth ; Henry
Merrill Williamson, Chapel•en-le•Frith, Derbyshire;
Richard Skinner Henning, East Brent, Somersetshire;
John King Maconchy, Dublin ; Henry Tregelles Fox,
Dunmov., Essex; John Stream Armstrong, Belfast;
James Denholme, Pridie, Stocktorken-Tets, Duram;
J hn Horsley Whit, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire; C.
Nathaniel M'Caull, Dublin; William Henry Tinney,
Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire ; and William Cowen
Stokestown, county of Roscommon,
WALTHAM AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—TI annual
meeting of this society was held on Friday last, the sth
instant, in the Agricultural Hall, Waltham. Amongst
the company present were the Marquis of Granby, M.P.
(President for the year); E. B Farnham, Esq., M.P.;
W. F. N. Norton, Esq.; the lion. W. H. Wilson, &c.
About ninety of the members sat down to dinner. In
the course of his address the Nob!e President asked his
audience—" Why is it, when both the quality and yield
of the harvest are above the average, that there is a
general gloom spread over this meeting? Why is it that
our hopes are damped —our spirits not the same as they
were three years ago? Why is it that your countenancE
are overcast, and that even on this festive occasion we
have not the spirits we used to have? This question
must be put, it shall be put—(Loud cheers)—aye, and it
must be answered too.—(Cheers.) We have heard many
plausible reasons assigned, but there are few persons
that have ventured to state the real and plain truth.—
(Cheers.) I think the statement which I hold in my
hand will give the true answer. The quantity of wheat
imported during the last seven months (from Feb. 8 to
Sept. 12) ig 3,344.239 quarters. There are some people
who would attempt to delude you into the belief that
the reduction of taxation is the remedy for our distemper;
and I mention this to show that if there had been a fixed
duty of Bs. the taxes might really have been reduced
1,337,6951.—(Cheer5) The total quantity of grain im-
ported in these seven months Was 5,399,658 quarters;
and if there had been a proportionate duty on the other
kinds of corn (such as ss. for oats, &c.), the revenue
would have gained 1,749,455/. That is my answer to
the question,—(Loud cheers.)" At the conclusion of
his speech the Noble Marquis insisted that all the
efforts of the farmers would be useless unless they got
back protection.

The following promotions have taken place in the
Customs, consequent upon the decease of Sir Cuthbert
Sharpe, collector at Newcastle:—W. J. Williams, coi-
-1 lector at Dover, to be collector at Newcastle. W. Wil-
cox, comptroller at Gloucester, to be collector at Dover.
W. Davies, comptroller at Douglas, Is!e of Man, to be
comptroller at Gloucester. W. G. Beresford, comptrol-
ler at Dundalk, to be comptroller at Douglas. John
dDaaikly., cmolrle.cEtorersahtfiWeidic,keloolwle,ctotroolafeccuosmtopmtrsoaltleßr
sDgauten
has been appointed collector at Ipswich, in the room cf
Latotaßbchester, to be comptroller at Aberdeen. Lane,
le cdoelcecatsoer at
Ramsgate. Mr. rest
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Bellamy,3at comip)rtrosller at Aberdeen,
n, comptroller
ehdeacustoms M rMr. Tht. s.
Lee, comptroller at Drogheda, to be comptroller at e
Ro-
chester. Mr. Hughes, comptroller at Caernarvon, to be
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SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. B.—The —C
Company's
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Oriental Steam Navigation
Captain R. W. Evans, arrived here at noon with ship-
letter bags of the following dates, which were her days
of sailing :—Constantinople, September 19; Smyrna,
September 22; Malta, September 26; Gibraltar, Octo-
ber 3. She brings on freight 16 packages of specie,
value 60,0001. sterling; 150 tons of figs, in drums; 33
bales of silk, 354 bales of goats' hair, 52 tubs of leeches.
25 cases of scammory, 1 case of Jarbois rats, 1 case of
ostriches alive, 60 packages of general merchandise, and
32 passengers. The Euxine has experienced very aormy
weather on her passage home. On the 27th ult. Ahe
spoke her Majesty's steamer Dragon off Cape Bon, and
the screw steamer Bosphorus, 16 miles to the westward
of Cape Bon. On the 28th exchanged colours with the
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's
ship Hindostan (bound to Malta), about 30 miles to the
eastward of the inland of Galita. On the Ist of October
signalled the brig David, off Cape de Gatte, and on the'
4th saw the Peninsular steamer Sultan, about 20 miles
east of Cape St. Vincent.
DEATH OF THE FATHER OF FRANCE...—.The oldest
man in France, M. Jean Baptiste Robillard, died on the
Ist of October at Fontenay, near Paris, at the age of
113 years, 4 months, and 2 days. He was born in June,
1736. Robiilard retained the use of all his faculties to
the last moment.
Failures are with heroic minds the stepping'
stones
to success.—Eliza Cook's Journal.