The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-25 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD. FEB. 20.—The Reader in Mineralogy has
announced that he will commence his course of lectures
on Tuesday next, the 25th inst., at two o'clock, at the
Clarendon.

The President and Fellows of St. John's Coll .ge have
presented the Rev. T. C. Curties, Fellow of their Sa-
ciety, to the Vicarage of Linton, Herefordshire, to which
he has been instituted.

The Trustees of the late Wm. Hulme, Esq., have
presented the Rev. M. Davies, of Brasennoie College,
to the Perpetual Curacy of Hinstock, Shropshire, to
which he has been licensed.
The Rev. Wm. Linwood, Student of Christ Church,
has been appointed one of the officiating Ministers of
St. Chad's, Shrewsbury.
The Lord Bishop of Salisbury has collated the Rev.
William Dolby, of Exeter Colltge, to the Rectory of
Compton Bassett, Wiltshire.
The Rector and Fellows of Exeter College have pre-
sented the Rev. Geo, George Dawson, Fellow of their
Society, to the Rectory of Woodlcigh, Devonshire.
The Rectory of Dinton, Wiltshire, has become va-
cant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Linton ; patrons,
the President and Fellows of Magdalen College.
The Rectory of Aktrcum-Stockholt, in the gift of
the Warden and Fell'ewsiot New College, has become
vacant by the death of the Rev. John Young.
The Rectory of Remenham, Berkshire, is vacant in
consequence of the death of the Rev. James Jane ; pa.
trons, the Principal and Fellows of Jesus College.
The Vicarage of Sparsholt, Berkshire, in the gilt of
the Provost and Fellows of Queen's College, is vacant
by the death of the Rev. Thomas Pearson.

TIIE LATE TRAGICAL OCCURRENCE AT
NIITCHAM. —The prisoner, whose name, it ,appears, is
Thomas Moss, and not Potts, as was stated inhe former
account of the proceedings, was on Tuesday brought, in
custody of the police, before Mr. Elyard, the Magistrate,
at his residence at Streatham, far final examination upon
the capital charge of shooting at Emma Mass, his wife,
with intent to murder her. The unfortunate woman was
brought from Mitcham in a fly. Her face was blackened
all over from the effects of the gunpowder, and it is feared
that her eyes are very much injured. The prisoner, the
moment he saw his wife brought into the room, turned his
head away, and he never looked up or uttered a word
during the inquiry, and appeared to be almost in a state
of insensibility. Since he has been in the gaol under
remind, his conduct has created an impression that ho is
out of his mind. The wife stated that on Tuesday even-
ing last she had been to chapel, and was returning home
about nine o'clock, and near her own house she met the
prisoner, who said, " Emma, is that you?" She joined
him, and asked him if he had been to her father's, and be
replied he bad not, and by this time they had got to her
mother's house, and just as she raised the latch to go in
the prisoner put a pistol underneath her bonnet, close to
her face, and fired it off. The prisoner bad left her about
a month before, and she had not seen him un.l that
evening. They had no angry words, and nothieg toore
occurred than she had stated before the prisoner silo'. her.
A number of other witnesses were called to prove the
main charge against the prisoner, when he was fully com-
mitted to take Isis trisl at the ensuing Surrey assizes, for
shooting at his wife with intent to murder her.

NOBLE EXAMPLE.—Tuesday the 16th, the
larger portion of the creditors of the late Sir T. S.
Mostyn Champneys, resident in Frome and neighbour-
hood, and whose claims have arisen since 1835. were
paid in full by the munificence of the Lady Mostyn
Champncys, relict of the deceased Baronet. The sum
paid on that day was in addition to a larger sum lately
paid in London to creditors having claims equally re-
cent, and also to about 20,000 guineas paid recently by
her to the assignees of the creditors under the schedule
of 1835. What further debts contracted by the Baronet
since 1835 still remain unliquidated will be discharged by
her in the course of the ev.suing month. The whole sum
thus paid by her Ladyship will amount to about 30,000/.
When it is considered that this large sum, the raising of
which involved a great sacrifice of property on her part,
has been paid by this lady to those who had no legal
claim on her, it must appear to be an instance of noble
munificence, and of high principle, such as is seldom wit-
nessed.—Devizes Gazette.

The Rev. T. Dale, 111. A., late Professor of
English Literature and Modern History in King's Col-
lege, London, has been presented with a silver waiter by
the students who formed his class.

EXPENSE OF POSTING IN ENGLAND.-This
mode of travelling involves an expense which a very large
number of invalids would rather not encounter, and which,
with the much higher charges made for everything at the
Spas, raises the total amount of expend:turo fir the one
single object of !rj, ieg mineral waters as a means of cure,
too high for, or beyond the reach of, ti.e majority of per-
sons requiring such a mcdc of treatment. If, for instance,
any one, after having fur some weeks sojourned, in the
character of a quiet b.chelor at St. Leona-d'3, for the
take of sea-bathing and excellent house-room, desired to
try the effect of the vaunted steel-water of Tunbridge,
and proceeded thither in a posting-carriage, he would find
that a sum of money suffic'ent to have enabled him to con-
tinue where ho was a fortnight longer would pass from his
pocket into those of three postmasters and postboys, and
not fewer than twelve turnpike men, upon his line of cis-
tauce, nominally of thirty, but in reality only of twenty-
and a half Y:;-: ,-21113 fll. the ;..
amples of this class I could cite from experience.....Grart-
vill,e's Spas of England.

RAILWAY NOTICES.
SHEFFIELD AND ROTHERHAM RAILIVAire...,r
to
the 31st December last, 1,008,500 passengers hadto as
conveyed along this line since its opening, withou
accident, except a man (not a passenger) who, WPI
Crossing the rails at a place where he had P 0
to cross ; and who, being deaf, did not hear tbe onwr
man's whisie. A ddi'
MARYPORT AND CARLISLE RAILIVAI"'..- 11
a •
tional mile of this railway is expected to be opened,:
April, leading to the town of.Aspatria which. ill 11?di.
8i miles opened. The present traffic consicto I! .
pally of coal ; and, owing to the opening
it is steadily increasing. As soon as the portion threall,
the coal fields is completed, a junction will be mildew;
the. Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, from Carlisi°
Wigton, eleven miles.—Whitehaven Herald- t, as.
PROJECTED RAILROAD THROUGH BURNMICT,
BURN, &c.—A deputation from the temporary Chad
tee, appointed at the meeting in this towo, 11,1`1„,1
interview, by appointment, with some of the Priaaltrio
inhabitants of Burnley and the neighbourhood, at op
of new collect;
Bull Inn in that town, on Friday last, to confer 000.0
subject of the intended railroad. The chair Wattake,
by J. R. Walton, Esq., of Marsden 1-3.1a11.--hir;',l bit
the surveyor, exhibited to the meeting the draft 0.
plans for the whole line, which gave gr eat satisfactlol
He also, at the request of the meeting, exPlaiaad„;:sp
fully his views as to the practicability a the 1.7,jd
and the probable cost , which, he thoni Tht,
within 20,0001. per mile, including locomotive engto
carriages, &c.—An interesting discussion subsequemi
took
place with resptet to the probable
• for the
Committee was appointed to raise subrcrip voila op
survey, and the meeting separated, after pa ishpg
l far
~
of thanks to the Chairman.—Blackburn 49 age," tllO
Box-TUNNEL.—This stupendous work. by is fart
greatest of its kind in this or any other ,eot tour gdi
approaching completion, less than forty )'a os la: -fief
now remain to be excavated, and Stlvere 1,5
bap
probability that the entire work will be ifinisheu ci
th or six weeks. The length of
a mon
3,128 yards, or 48 yards more than mile& 1;4
width is 30 feet, and the height from tb ,e line °f
the
to the crown of the arch varies, nem !ding tell 40
nature of the ground excavated, from 2. sto tell
fee. The total amount excavated cane 'pt ani°:" a, or
lss than 450,000 cubic yards. The irk beal° do
avoidable in this locality,
we cordially co 3Kr wool'
Company on its successful progress and 1. war ;air t
socti'etuutnifineoltun
to completion. Ole tunoe...
It is unquestionably the- Wu° .01
goureratiensotnil specimen
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