The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-11 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, MAY B.—On Saturday, June 11, the annual
_election of postmasters will take place at Merton College.
There are three vacancies. Candidates must be between
17 and 19 years of age, and are required to deliver the
usual certificates and testimonials to the Warden on Mon-
day, the 7th of June. The examination will begin on the
Bth. These postmasterships 'are 14 in number ; 12 of
them were founded in 1380, by Dr. Wylliott, Chancellor
of Exeter ; and two were subsequently added by J. Cham-
ber, Canon of Windsor.
There is now an exhibition vacant at Pembroke Col-
lege founded for the sons of clergymen in the diocese of
Gloucester. Candidates are to present the proper certi-
ficates and testimonials to the Master on or before Wed-
nesday the 26th inst.

The election of a Vinerian Scholar took place on
Thursday last in Convocation. At the close the num-
bers were—

John Gordon, of Brazenose College
S. H. Northcote, of Balliol ditto 34
G. L. Browne, of St. John's ditto

These scholarships are tenable for ten years—value 30/.
per annum.
_

In the same Convocation it was unanimously resolved
to contribute 1,000/. to the fund for the endowment of
colonial bishoprics.
The Regius Professor of Divinity has given notice that
his public lectures will commence on Wednesday, June
2, at twelve o'clock, and that he will resume his private
lectures on the Epistle to the Hebrews on Tuesday next,
the 11th inst.

The Sedlian Reader in Natural Philosophy has given
notice of a course of lectures on Newton's Prmcipia, and
another course on the Principles of Mechanics, on Tues-
day next, the 11th inst.
The Professor a Botany has issued notice that he in-
tends to begin a course of eight lectures, comprehending
a sketch of the characters of the principal families of
plants, on Friday, June 4, at two o'clock.
C. 0. Bowles, Esq., has presented the Rev. R. Brown,
of Pembroke College, to the vicarage of North Aston, in
this county.
The Rev. G. W. Langmead, of Exeter College, has
been appointed Chaplain of the Citadel, at Plymouth.

THE SUGAR DUTIES.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
You observed on Saturday that Dr. Lushington spoke
with energy, and carried conviction, because he spoke
with sincerity ; nevertheless, it cannot be denied that he
has been so much hurried on by his honest feelings of
alarm lest the great question of universal freedom for
the black population should be retarded by the proposed
reduction of the sugar duties, that he has omitted to
give the subject that calm consideration which it merits,
or he would have perceived that the duty of 365. per
cwt. applied only to Muscovado sugar ; that, for
the ostensible sake of protecting the British re-
fineries, but really for the purpose of excluding
them from home use, an additional duty would be im-
posed on all clayed and white sugars. This is tapping
the right nail upon the head, for if the planters of Cuba
and the Brazils wish to participate in the advantages of
the British markets, they must relinquish the toilsome
process of partly refining their sugar for sale. The admis-
.sien of brown sugars only would lead to the abolition of
the laborious practice of whitening them. This dimi-
nution of work would confer at once an immense be-
nefit upon the whole body of slaves in the two coun-
tries. It may be safely computed that one-fifth
of the whole is now employed at this arduous
and unhealthy task. This fifth would be put
to assist the field-gangs, and thus diminish the
labour of the remaining four-fifths. Moreover, the
planters, having more slave strength at their command
than the cultivation of their respective plantations needed,
would cease to purchase hands in the slave market.
This stagnation would presently bring down the value
of slaves until the price of them fell below the costs of
stealing and conveying them • to the Brazils or Cuba,
checking by this plan the abominable slave-trade
more effectually than all the vigilance of our cruis-
ers, and all the results of our slave treaties.
put together. It is therefore fair to assume Dr. Lush-
ington has not investigated the question very closely,
or he would have arrived at the conclusion we have
pointed out.
This country has already suffered in purse enormously
for the sake of the negroes in our own sugar colonies ;
first in the price paid for their freedom, and secondly in
the vast amounts extracted by excessive prices paid for
all West India produce, bolstered up, as it has been, by
an active and vicious monopoly ever since the date of
emancipation. We will plainly tell Dr. Lushing-
ton and the other influential friends of the blacks,
that so long as they advocate a system of mo-
nopoly in sugar, so long they continue to sti-
mulate the cupidity of the proprietors of es-
tates. It is now a matter of notoriety that all our
West India settlements are sugar gardens from end to
to end ; and they can only be maintained in that high
State of cultivation by the painful exertions, the ex-
torted labour of the negroes, who can by no possibility be
a happy race, while the drift of the law made by their
taskmasters, is to compel them to pursue unhealthy and
exhausting labour. What does it matter to the black whe-
ther he be forced to the field by the lash, or whether he is
coerced by crafty and cruel laws, which merely take the
whip from one hand to put it in another, to the same
description of toilsome labour ? This evil, the source of
wretchedness to the black population, is within our
grasp. The Government measure will bring the Eastern
grown sugars into competition with that from the West
Indies—the rubbish, which the low classes of sugar from
the Brazils and Cuba certainly are, will be rejected on
account of quality by all consumers in Great Britain.

NEW CARRIAGE ENTRANCE IN HYDE
PARK.—Her Majesty, we understand, in compliance with
the numerous applications addressed to her by the inha-
bitants of the vicinity, has formally signified her approval
of a plan for making a carriage entrance into Hyde-park
from Knightsbridge ; and powers have been given by
Parliament, enabling the Dean and Chapter of West-
minster to sell, and the Commissioners of Woods to pur-
chase, sufficient ground to secure a wide and handsome
approach, and the erection of houses of a class and cha-
racter which must eventually effect an improvement of
the whole neighbourhood. Difficulties, we are informed,
are likely to arise in meeting the demands of some of the
tenants ; and these, if persisted in, will necessarily delay
the measure, and render another application to Parlia-
ment indispensable.—Observer.
DISCOVERY OF AN ANCIENT WELL.--.Hav-
ing heard that a very ancient well had been lately dis-
covered at Wilmecote, in this county, in which many an-
tiquarian curiosities had been found, we very naturally
felt a desire to obtain some further particulars on a sub-
ject so interesting ; and being unable, at present, to visit
the spot, we wrote to a very talented young friend, wh,,
had been " an eye-witness," and is a very promising
classical student, under the tuition of a learned and worthy
clergyman, resident in the immediate neighbourhood of
the discovery to which so much interest is attached.
From that young friend we have received the following
communication : Stratford, April 24th, 1841..
Dear Sir,—l received your letter of yesterday, in
which you express a desire to have the particulatres. of the
well well that has lately been discovered at Wilmecote.
well is in a quarry belonging to Mr. Mills,k
in which have been found horns of the
eson% e skulls of
size, being from two to three feet long ;
to them ;
animals of the cow
kind, with short horns affixed
elk, of iallegrsieeYal
d a
together with some Roman pottery, an.ure,. ,(a Roman
few coins, one
of which has the inscription of taus 4._, laul
verysthheapser
and
and the letters
T. P. D., which signify Tri u .
Emperor, who reigned abou.tb4
wwhihoclhe being
imperfect. The well is
the other characters beingnitiaA.Peote)state Donati,—
dwiththe
:constructed being regularly
built in perfect symmetry
ten Other wells, of less size, have
.vieinity : there have also been
asinmdiliasr9 tea
in
nadrznal
elpenetrates several solid rocks,
if
.they had
i.
theevestkeelleitClins, lying asbeendeposited
. Dugdale mentions that Wesley, ad-
,, was antiently a place of some im-
joining h place,eet"land that, in his time, " there 'WU no more
polo'. ' h manor home, and *calve half the Church
withbe n foundgclisrogecaiscare
left than i e in
there.
,
that antiently stood ere..
that antiently
me, Dear Sir, yours very faithfully,
OULIZIAIJS DE STRATFORD.

monxiNer EDTTION,

THIi; EXI-RESS STEAM-PACKET.
(Er,,m th,
The Express st.am-packet is noW fairly at wofitliti.
ing betwixt the new town of Fleetwood and Bardsea.
Hence, the Bardsea people- are looking forward, hop-
ing to see many fresh faces in their neat, pleasant, and
healthy little village—the Ulverston people are looking
forward to visits from their relatives and friends ; indeed,
the steam conveyance is an accommodation to the man
of business or the party of pleasure—to the invalids who
seek to have their health restored 'by the bracing sea
breeze or the mountain air, for which the localities about
Ulverston are so admirably fitted, while the scenery which
meets the eye of the traveller to the Lakes is diversified
and beautiful. To those who are in populous cities
pent, accustomed only to the glare of pavements and the
dull-red brick of long-continued streets—those there is a
sweet repose to the mind which the works of Nature can
alone afford, and in the district to which we allude Pro-
vidence has been most bountiful in displaying his Lundy-
work. But while we feel thankful for the accommoda-
tion of a packet from Fleetwood, we must not forget
that our oid friend, the Windermere, is ag,:in ploughiug
the briny sea betwixt Ulverston and' Liverpool ; we
ought, and we do remember, that great has been the
accommodation she has given to Ulverston, and that at
times without any adequate remuneration ; but we wish
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hearty success to both—land with such convenience none
need fear to land upon the shores of Morecambe Bay.
If you land at Bardsea, you are about three miles from
Ulverston. If iou wish to ride, you have conveyances
from Mr._ Smith s, the Braddyl's Arms, and Mr. Parker's,

the Sun Inn. with good horses and ca'reful drivers, and
accommodation at each place fit for any noble of the land.
We have just had a peep into Mr. Parker's establishment,
the Sun Inn, which has undergone not only a thorough
repair, but has also been newly and elegantly furnished,
and tastefully painted and papered throughout ;and both

the sitting aixf other room; are fit for England's Queen
and her Royal Consort. Then if you wish to have a drive,
either in your own carriage or a conveyance. from the inn,
think of the splendid scarlet liveries of Mr. Parker's post-
boys, and with his excellent cattle, how soon you are
landed at Newby Bridge (if that be your route). If at
Newby Bridge you don't wish to remain for any length
of time, you can take a snack of Mrs. White's far-famed
potted char and Westmorland hams—and then again
forward your post boys, clean and neat, dressed in a
livery matching Mr. Parker's. But who would not spend
a night with Mr. White, when they remember that close
to the Swan Inn, at Newby Bridge, is the Lake of Win-
,
uermere—not only the largest, but one of the prettiest in
the lake district—on the glassy waters of which you may
sail and feast your eyes with the beauties of nature—
wild, rugged, and fantastic—with which her banks are
clothed, and which has been the theme of many a poet's
song.

fiat we must not forget to remind the traveller. there
are other roads which may be travelled to much profit ;
the pedestrian should take a survey of Conishead Priory.

the tinnily ksidence of T. R. G. Eraddyll, Esq., and not
forget to have a peep at the neat sweet little Hermitage
behind. I3ardsea, too, is five miles from the Ruins of
Furneis Abbey, and here, in the vale of nightshade,
might the botanist luxuriate in what has been truly
called a botanical paradise. The geologist, too, in Low
Furness, might find that geology might there be studied
to profit. The traveller should not miss sing the iron
ore works about Lindal Moor, nor the slate quarries at
Kirkby Ireleth, from whence he might proceed to Conis-
ton copper ore works, at which places he'would find both
pleasure and profit from his visit. But it is not for ua
point out the route of the traveller—though we ag*in
wish, in conclusion. " Success to the Steam Packets."

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