The Sun.
London, England, 1849-07-20 00:00:00

LONDON, PRIDAY
_EVENING, JULY 20, 11;40

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.

Yesterday, a special meeting of the Senate was held,
for the purpose of considering the provisions of the new
Charter which her Majesty has been pleased to grant to
this University, and which will enable the Senate to con-
fer degrees on persons from any other University in the
kingdom.
The members of the Senate present were—J. G.
Shaw Lefevre, Esq., Vice• Chancellor; the Bishop of
Durham, the Bishop of St. David's, Sir J. Clark, Bart.,
Sir P. Crampton, Bart., Professor Empson, Professor
Faraday, Sir S. L. Hammick, Bart., C. Locock, Esq.,
Sir J. W. Lubbock, Burt., Sir J. M'Gregor, Bart., J.
Quain, Esq., J. Ridout, Esq., P. M. Roget, Esq., N. W.
Senior, Eq., J. Walker,:Esq., El. Warburton, Esq., B.
W. Rothman, Esq , the Registrar, and Harry Moore,
Esq., Clerk to the Senate.
The Vice-Chancellor, in the absence of the Earl of
Burlington, the Chancellor, presided.
It was unanimously agreed by the Senate that the
Charter, which was read by the Registrar, should be ac-
cepted.

There have for some time been several vacancies in
the Fellowship of the University, which will now be
filled up. The Crown is the patron.

DEATH OF RICHARD PENNEFATHER, ESQ.—With
sincere regret we have this day the paitrul duty to an-
nounce the death of Richard Pennufather, Esq., of
Suockeven, in this county, which melancholy event
took place this morning at four o'clock, at Newton
Anner, the residence of Colonel Osborne, M.P.
for Middlesex. The deceased was eldest son
of Baron Pennefather, and was appointed Lieu-
tenant-Colonel of the Tipperary Militia, by the Earl of
Glengill, on the death of Lieutenant-Colonel Purefoy.
He also filled the important office of Under-Secretary,
during the late administration of Sir Robert Peel, for
which he proved himself peculiarly adapted from
his excellent business habits—the intelligence of his
mind—personal civility and courteous address. Mr.
Pennefather was High Sheriff of this county during
the past year, and his great courtesy during that
period of extraordinary excitement—the sittings of the
special commission for the trial of the state prisoners—
deservedly gained for him the approbation of ail who
attended the court during those trials. As an es officio
guardian of the Clomnel union, his zeal and in-
dustry to benefit the poor, whose destitute condition
he incessantly laboured to ameliorate, made him
a most popular member of the board. Indeed, to
his ardent and unremitting exertions in that capa-
city may be in some degree ascribed the fatal attack
which terminated his existence. To those who bad the
happiness to know Mr. Pennefather all eulogy is unne-
cessary. His death will be deeply felt by many and sym-
pathised in by all to whom he was even casually known.
The deceased was about 40 years of age, and was mar-
ried to Lady Emily Butler, sister to the Right Hon.
Richard Earl of Gl-ngall.—Clonniel Chronicle.
EDINRURGEL—DEATH OF ANDREW BELL, ESQ.—
We regret to have to announce the decease of this gen-
tleman, well known as a teacher of mathematics, and as
the author of some mathematical treatises, published by
the Messrs. Chambers, of this city. The melancholy
circumstances attending Mr. Bell's death are these:—
Having gone to reside at his country residence at
Sheardale, near Dollar, in the county of Clackmannan,
he went on Friday last along with his son-in-law, Mr.
Brutherston, surgeon, Alloa, to fish in Glendevon
water. Returning home in the evening, both gentle-
men being on horseback, Mr. IBell fell from his
horse, and was dragged along the road a con
siderable distance, with his foot in the stirrup-
iron. On being rescued from his position, Mr. Bell
was taken to an inn near Muckart, where Mr. Brother-
ston dressed the wounds, and then proceeded to
Dollar for additional aid. By the time of his return,
however, Mr. Bell had ceased to exist. It is believed
the deceased received the fatal blow in falling from
his horse, and not in consequence of being dragged along
the road. This melancholy event has caused much grief
amongst a wide circle of relatives and friends. About
fifteen years ago Mr. Bell was teacher of mathematics
in Dollar Institution, but owing to a disagreement will
the principal, the Rev. Dr. yJilue, Mr. Bell resigned his
charge and became a bookseller in Alloa. This adven-
ture not proving a very successful one, Mr. Bell came to
Edinburgh, where, till recently, he devoted himself to
his favourite study, mathematics. Deceased was about
sixty years of age.—Glasgow Paper.
GOD IN NATURE.—There is religion in every-
thing around us—a cairn and holy religion, in the un-
breathing things of nature, which man would do well to
imitate. It is a meek and blessed influence, stealing as
it were, unawares upon the heart. It comes quietly, and
without excitement. It has no terror, no gloom in its
approaches. It does not rouse up the passions; it is
untrammelled by the creeds, and unshadowed by the
superstitions of man. It is fresh from the bands of its
author, glowing from the immediate presence of the
Great Spirit, which pervades and quickens it. It is
written on the arched sky. It looks out from every star,
It is on the sailingcloud, and in the invisible wind. It
is among the hills and valleys of the earth, where the
shrubless mountain-tip pierces the thin atmosphere of
eternal winter, or where the mighty forest fluctuates,
before the strong wind, with its dark waves of green
which uplifts ocean. It is the poetry
the spirit within us,
foliage. It is spread out like a legible language, upon
broaduthfeuature. facletoifs
tthheisu:hi
until it is strong enough to overlook the shadows of our
which breaks, link after link, the
materiality; and which opens to
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that
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our imagination a world of spiritual beauty and holiness.
—Eliza Cook's Journal.
DRAINAGE OF LANDS.—A Bill has been brought
down from the House of Lords, iutituled "An Act to
promote the Advance of Private Money for the
Drainage
of Lands in Great Britain. It empowers the Inclosure
Commissioners for England and Wales to act as com-
missioners for the executionofthcom
epiremseisnstioAncetr,safnodr
authorises owners of land in Great Britain to borrow or
aagdev.ancseumchot(t)ewyneir,rs
mustthe improv'eme'nta
the requisite authority, and those functionaries may
cause toe land to be inspected by their own officers, and
thereupon determine whether any, and what amount of
money shall be authorised to be borrowed or advanced,
and fix the rate of interest thereon, not exceeding 5 per
cent. per annum.

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the opening of the
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Churnet Valley line, with the Willington branch, which
took place on Friday, and thus offers the shortest route
between Manchester, Derby, and
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between Liverpool and Derby. crming liam gawk.