The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-29 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, Nov. 27.—There will be an election on Fri-
day, Feb. 11, at Corpus Christi College of two Scholars,
open to natives of Bedfordshire and Lincolnshire, respec-
tively, candidates for which must be under 19 years of
age, and are required to present themselves to the Presi-
dent on Saturday, Feb. 5, at eleven o'clock, with the
usual certificates and testimonials ; also Latin epistles to
the electors. The following Scholars of Corpus Christi
College have been admitted Probationary Fellows of that
Society :—The Rev. M. Harrison, and the Rev. W.
.R.
Wardale.

C. J. Dawson, of the Charterhouse School, and J.
Taylor, of St. John's College, have been elected Exhibi-
tioners on the Michel Foundation, at Queen's College.
J. H. Latham, of Brazennose College, has been
elected to the Craven Scholarship.. _ _ _ _ _

E. Palmer, of Charterhouse school, and E. Walford,
late of that School, have been elected Scholars of Balliol
College. Thirty candidates offered themselves for these
Scholarships.
The Lord Bishop of Oxford will hold a General Or-
dination at Christ Church, on Sunday, December 19.
The Master and Fellows of Balliol College have pre-
sented the Rev. R. Hill, Fellow of their Society, to the
Rectory of Timsbury, Somerset.

In consequence of the failure of the Chichester
Old Bank, a meeting was held on behalf of the Chiches-
ter Infirmary, the whole of their funds being deposited
in the Bank. Lord George Lennox proposed that a
subscription be immediately set on foot, when, in the
short space of 12 hours, upwards of 5001. was subscribed.
LONGEVITY.—About six months since we no-
ticed the death of Mr. Mark Nathan,
,of this town, at the
good old age of 96 ; and this week it is our melancholy
duty to record the death of his still more venerable widow,
Mrs. Mark Mathab, who died at the abode of her son, Mr.
Barnard Nathan, Snargate-street, Dover, on the 24th in-
stant, at the uncommonly advanced age of 104.—Dover
Chronicle.

TouRsING.—We understand that the Hampton
Park Club will course at Streatly, near Reading, by per-
mission of the proprietor, on Thursday and Friday, not
being allowed to meet in the park this season.
Yesterday evening, about five o'clock, a young
woman, named Emma Wardlow, a dressmaker, in the
employ of Mrs. Macmillan, of White Horse-street, Lam-
beth, committed self-destruction. She complained to her
mistress of being low-spirited, and said she thought that
she should go out and call upon her sister, instoad of
which she walked to the river side, and when nearly op-
posite the Penitentiary, Millbank, threw herself into the
wilier, and was instantly carried down with the current. ,
During the last few days we have experienced
tremendous gales at Weymouth, varying from the N. W.
to S.W. We regret to state that fears are entertained
of a vessel having gone to pieces,in the West Bay, during
the awful storm of Saturday night week, as no fewer than
four bodies have been seen in the wash of the sea near
the shore, one of them that of a woman.—Dorset Chron.

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The following statement from the Number of
Tait's Magazine just published, illustrates the mis-
chievous consequences of the attempt of the followers of
Sir A. Agnew to subvert the Christian character of the
first day of the week by engrafting on it some of the obso-
lete restrictions of the Jewish Sabbath :--" The recent at-
tempt to prevent the running of coaches on, and even to stop,
the conveyance of the mail by, the Edinburgh and Glas-
gow railway on Sunday, has already had a serious influ-
ence in depreciating the stock. No longer ago than 28th
July last, when 40/. a share had been paid, the shares
were selling at 391. 10s.; now that other 101. per share
have been paid, they are only worth 44/. ss. Since the
stopping of the trains on Sunday has been so much agi-
tated, the price has sunk rapidly ; so that, taking into
account the interest on the instalments, about 71. per
share have been lost during four months; and seeing that
there are 18,000 shares, the proprietors of this single
railway have lost within four months, 126,0001. by the
attempt to enforce an ultra-puritanical observance of the
Sunday.
We understand that Messrs. C. Chubb and Son,
of St. Paul's Churchyard, have just had the gratification
of receiving the following appointment, by command of
his Royal Highness Prince Albert :—" TheMarqu
Marquis of
ExeterCh nhh a
has thewarrant pleasure s
appointingur eof forwarding
himpatent lock and
Mr. Charles
patent fire-proof safe-maker to his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, by his Royal Highness's command.—
Buckingham Palace, November 22, 1841."
RESTITUTION.—The executors of a late
draper, in Truro, have received an anonymous letter, en-
closing sixty postage stamps, and stating that some years
ago, a person having the care of a draper's shop, made
the writer a present of a black silk handkerchief, which
he fears was not paid for. A sermon which the writer
heard led to this act of restitution.—Plymouth Journal.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—A fine youth, son of
Mr. Anthony Cliffe, of Bellevue, had his arm so shattered
by a bone-grinding machine a few days back that ampu-
tation has become necessary. The unfortunate young
gentleman unguardedly approached too closely to the
machinery, whilst in full play, and having got entangled
therein the terrible result ensued.—Wexford Independent.
A Bayonne Correspondence of the France Me-
ridionale writes on the 22d:—" The French ehasse maree,
La Nouvelle Lune, having been driven on shore within:
two gun-shots of Behobia, the Spanish authorities de-
manded the usual dues in such cases, maintaing that the
essel had stranded on Spanish ground. The captain
appealed ;1
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beenthe Cgoimv
given
Commissary rt yh
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Spanishf r a in e ,
troopslvho to enter on, seeinw that
orders
the disputed territory, and make a seizure of the Nou-
velle Lune, demanded the aid of the armed force. Two
companies wore immediately marched from Crogne to
Hendaye, to support the detached company in that
lage, and a brisk firing ensued, which was heard at St.
Jean de Luz. The fact is positive, but any further de-
tails are wanting. There are fifty men employed at our
arsenal in making up 9,000,000 ball cartridges, and it ap-
pears beyond all doubt that five or six regiments wil
shortly be in this country. The arrival of three regi-
ments of dragoons and tome strong detachments of ar-
tillery is talked of.
The:Stockholm papers mentics that the Jury has ac-
quitted the publishers of the Swedish translation of
Str auss's "Life of Christ," against whom proceedings
• bad be`'.ll opened by the Government.