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London, England, 1847-05-26 00:00:00

IVERSFi7 • F LONDON

The exammati.-ins for tn,triculatieil and degrees in
this University have been apt ointed to take place ac-
oording to the fo!iuwing art angement:—
MASTER OF ARTS.—Jane 7 to June 24. Subjects:
Cla4,ics, Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, Logic,
Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of the Mind, Political
Philosophy, and Political Economy.
MATRICELATION.—Pass Examination, July 5 to Jul/
8. Subjects: Mathematics, English History, Gree
Classics and History. Natural fhilosophy, Roman
and Histors, the English Language. Examina-
tion fo, honours, July 13 to July 22. Subiects: Mattis"
unities and Narural Philosop'ny, Chemistry, Natural
History, and Classics.
BACHELOR OF vIEDICINE (FIRST).—Pass examination,
Augu-., 2to August 9. Suhj. eta: Anatomy and rhysi-
Chemi.try, by experimont and printed papers;
B.nane:,
M4teria 3led:ca, and Pharmacy. Examination
honours, August 12 sod 13; the higher branches of
the same subjects, with Pharmaceutical Chemistry.
BACHELOR OF ARTS.—Pass examination, October 25
to 28. Subjects : Mathematics, Natural Philosophy,
Animal Physiology. Classics, Logic, Moral Philosophy,
History, French, German. Examination for honours,
November 2 to November 19. Subjects: The higher,
Physiology, Vegetable Physiology and
branches of the same subjects, with Chemistry, Animal
15
Botany. For tbis degree there will an
November
and 16) an examination on the Hebrew Text of the 014
Testament, the Greek Text of the New Testament, snd
Scripture History.
examina-
BACHELOR OF MEDICINE (SECOND)."—PASS
tlon, NOVeMbt r 1 to November 8. Subjects: Physic,:
logy. General Pathology, General Therapeutics and
Hygiene, Celsus de re Medics. Surgery, Medicine, Mid-
Hygiene,
wifery, Forensic Medicine. Examination for honours,
Structural
November 16 to November 19; the higher branches of.
the same subjects, with Structural and Physiological
Botany.
BACHELOR OF Lows.—November 8 and 9. Subjectgi
Blacks', ty's Commentaries, on the last three volumes o!
Kent's Commentaries, Rutherfurth's Institutes of Nate
Vral
Laws, or the two portions of Dumont's edition of I3l'
'ham's Morals and Legislation, which contain the pi:lo_,"
clines of a civil code and the prim iplvs of a crizoic:
code. Examination for honours. Subjects : Jurist/raw
dence, Conveyancing, Law of the Courts of Equitb.r,l's,,,,
of the Courts of Common Law, Roman Law and
of the Admiralty and Ecclesiastical Courts, Co
1°I)1
Law.
DOCTOR OF LAws.—November 8 and 9. Subiectsj
Common Law, one of the four following subbed 51
printed papers. I. Ci,nveyaneing according to the lsvitt,
England and Ireland. 2. Law of the Courts of q rid
of England and Ireland. 3. Law of ore AdnlitlitYLas4
Ecclesiastical Courts in England and Ireland. 4',„. of
of one of the English Colonies or Dependencies.
the seven following subjects by printed papers
.
science of Legislation applied to. 2
Roman Law, 5.
ternational Law. 3. Civil Law, 4. Criminal Lavii,r,
Law of Evidence. 6. Judicial Organization. 7.
ctdure. o Oilier
DOCTOR OF MEDlClNE.—November 22 to Ire h.',
26. Subjects .—Elements of Intellectual
Logic, and Moral Philosophy. A Comme° 11;. 00
Case in Medicine, Siirgery, or MidwiferY, thet I;,` s,
of the candidate, Celsus de re Medici', Medicine :al'd en
inirvoion on the Answers to the Printed Per"' &este
the C, tritnentaries, and the Examination for a Cert
of special Profiei,ney in Medicine, SurgerY! f the
wilery, as determined by the candidate's chOlca'
case for commentary.
Philosoop .70

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~,,,v EsscAll
ASCENT OF R. GYESON. AND NARROW L' AlbeP
OF THE AERONAUT.—Monday, at the Boyne holiday
Saloon, among the entertainments offered to the ieht
folks, Mr. Gy peen was announced to .inake a.,11,7 0
ascent in his Lalleon, to whieh was to be atteeneund,
model of the late Royal Exchange, when, ulio° B,seetske
ing a certain altitude, its destruction by fi -e was ,° The
model was
(iwiyu.aatsnheecy,m,nsi,tirsutc(tiefd aofd:wscbt(l,adrgnendote•
afiorveaswsor,
an before
about eight feet long by three feet broad. Shortly.
ti_ for
[line o'clock, the inflation being stated to be sufficie tei_u_.
gas beings._%,
plied from the Independent Gas Works,
of the serial machine, the
theggr
etg°e"o„,
the car was attached to it, which Mr. Gyp eon ill the
----
tleman slept into, when, by means of a long rope, ,"
motel was connected to the car. The fusee vil4ic"
el was
to ignite the pyrotechnic machinery in the -117°d
terra
then lighted, and the balloon was released fr"ato raise
firma. Its ascending power not being sufficient
w..,e is
t' e model, it reclined outside the garden, witeja., nil
few .seconds the model was in a blaze. . uc
that position, the fireworks began to discilaterg
aeronaut, as had
stantly prevailed for the safety of the
~ .n it
the balloon caught, the immense volume of
gal tete,
would have explod,d, and he.ve caused their .
_!
hilt and
armi ni
a!
death; . Seeeral of the men in the gardens hastenedww_
detach the model, but it is supposed that the rope
ids I
cut by Mr. Gyeson. who took the precaution to prey
_
himself with a knife. The balloon was then seen grog
dually to aimed, involved in smoke, and Mr. GYPstee
waved his Hag, when all fears were removed for
safety and-that of his companion. The total destruction
of the model took pace in the garden, no personal nr
jury
H h EAGLE
having;eh
iu i ,
,c, baAenre
In
eminencyu
K s receivedp by any of the company
---
inA G largeienmore. mountainstrath eaglespe) , 7:4.1..
latelywri)iincigg hswbtao, asmupret
rtnryesagervuteerp, ptelfcyea.tetotebxttshhtererraevoese
extraordinary.
iiimeaehirety..n winged of " NI a eke;
DuringT he
pit_irei
bird
of immense size, and the magnitude of the OS
ate lambing S-asoD a she peerd who resides in l'-
th en
exultedbe wringn
o t a
alititalme batawtahy,-
dator darting down with the velocity of an arrow, alle-
indetsrtiruomotpioho.
ofTthheeisrhefoprholeri.;
able enemy, as he had done considerable depredation
among the flocks pasturing in the glen. The caPtul
was planned by Donald Grant, gamekeeper.--Inverne—
Courier. . .
OBTAINING ONE HUNDRED POUNDS Of FALSO
PRETENCES FROM LORD (iXORGE BENTnics,..--.Two per
Soli') have been in custody in Hull for several week°,
upon various charges of obtaining money under false
pretences, and the facts elicited by the olice
make out a case of strong suspicion of an extensively,
organised system of fraud, carried out by means ovargo
fee steadies of the hand-writing of parties in il
renks of life. The two prisoners are known in Pile
as Henry Adamson and Bridget Adams. On We,"'
nesday the prisoners were examined, when Lord tli•
Bentinck deposed :—On or about the 19th of ItPri'd'
I received in London a letter, dated from Hull, tt°
signed James Turner. I answered that letter and de'
se reyed it. The letter purported to be from the master.
end owner of a schooner out of Lynn, on her 61:$:
voyage, and bound for Sunderland. It stated that 2;
had lost his mast, his rudder, anchor, and cable, in
last last gale. Ile stated that he had not money enore
pay for the repairs. without breaking into his cargo, egoxlf
sum of money which was designed to pay for his carg.„uo
eo.ds, and that he would be obliged tit return to Lileid+
without making a voyage at ail, unless he was assist se,
ile enclosed at the same time a letter purporting
fromto.e-
Mr. R. Bagge, of
una:rnuri.eddrve:ei
Lynn, and a list of subscrir
retire amouutittg to 801. or threabouts which v.!
perfectly insufficient te re his • ' tits. '"'
meet requireme ties
Bagge's name was down furi3 201., and another gen' .
• [Ow) for 301. It was Mr took 41"
agge's letter that
off my guard. I thought. suchbig
hand writinr. The
tenorthought of it, too, was just .„„_
stating that he k Mr. Bagge would have Writ
stating;
he could not
think
kew I was so much enetto
period ; but it was of troubling me at the
second person, and concluded addressed to Turner' il!.
_.O
to make any useoneluded, " but you are at line,
_•,.
the half of a of this you think proper." It as
note so post'
mark upon it. I , that there was no ~,a,
was so entirely without suspicluita
that I did not examine
sure there was minneoit minutely; but lam
wires,
requested I would thereturn him
Thneeiesur;.o,
and answer his letter by return of poms • e did, all
enclosed him my cheque for 1001. .Th'i, which
I -
stated that I could form no opinion ofeque.
iswiLthe ch
cost
of 0
rudder, mast, and cable would be, but thattltenliceosed2,ot
as a gratuity, and the remaining 801. was to be repsia 5;
his earliest convenience. I know of a John Turner. I $4""
aware that there was a Turner who was the master of
$
vessel at Lynn, but I am not acquainted with alai CaanPci
(limn Jas. Turner, of Lynn. His Lordship retired, e
the proceedings were adjourned to the Town 11$11' where
Mr. M.Manui applied for a further remand to produc
other witnesses. esere
GLASGOW COTTON MIE ARET--MAY 2L— We ...- ~.
to notice an impreved feeling in our Cotton Market tin:
week, and rather more business has been
th done, in s
e tttar,
eases at an advance of about * per lb. on e price
f
rent last Friday.—National Advertiser.
THE FOLi.ir OF AVARICE.--A very strong proo
cat'
of the folly of farmers holdutg their corn in the expe
ti,
don of realising enormous prices has just been cousin 0
ideated to us by a gentleman of this town, who is
licic
acquainted with the circumstances here represented.i
of
appears that recently a farmer, in the neighbourhonb,
Bererle3, commenced thrashing some wheat, for 10,7er
nine years ago, he refused 70e per quarter, ancl7ling
labouring from seven o'clock till eleven in th bushels a
he succeeded in obtaining four quarters seven. ~,gg
corn, and the enormous quantity of 3,250 mce !--.13
AdverSiser.
A Pude°
ELECTION FOR NORTH ESSEX.—__ corres . ,
ridaY 0
writes as follows :—" It was announced in last F
__e
Ch,onicle that Captain Du Cane of Braxted
tLeodrgoete, Wsl.
likely to offer himself tor North Essex, i
Member, b o 1v .
__i
• the present ov
Charles Gray Round, Esquire,
stand for Oxford. Vie
has accepted the iuvitat
'°ihiisodisinclination to comply'
eormer gentleman has stated
Far advanced in life now to cone"
feeling that he was too
We understand a retell"'
tnenee a public pulitical career.v. of
signature to J. G. Rebow, ~bci ,
titian is in course of
to al °"
,Vivenhoe Park, near Colchester, soliciting him _..
aimeelf to he put in nomination at the ensuing electiow
—Esscr Herald. visited
'lnc Royal Polytechnic Institution was
6_,„_
on Monday by the Grand Duke Constantine of 1111,_.:
attended by Admiral Liitru, Baron Frederiks, Dr. kt°2o
rowitch, Hon. Colonel Grey, M. De Berg, and self
Schwabe. His Royal Highness expressed 1110", re
ighly gratified with the scientific arrangements, niv
particularly with the diver and electric eels. eheo
A strike for increased wages took place amow ong
k6'-..
slaters and plasterers of this town last week,
believe, to the present high price of prorisions. ::S%
wages, when in regular employment, were 17
•Eif
'tweak, but from the nature of their oecupation---e Ind
eork being frequently stopped for weeks at a tint 11_`";
variations of the weather—their earnings did no tivir..
Wee
rage on the whole year more than 13s. 6d. per
reed
A meeting of the masters was held, when it was erg
to assent to their demand for 20s. weekly, and
rrner/Y
to cb!sib-. _
he Toth!, 4,, tier day, instead of as. 6d. as fo
Berwick Warder. he Colonia
Dispatches were received yesterday, at t .. „Is
Office, frem the Governors of the hiaurititte and P"'
Leone,