The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-18 00:00:00

CHRIST CHURCH.

The examinations for the Christ Church Matricu-
lations will take place on Wednesday the 20th.
The Bishop of London has appointed the Rev. W.
E. Jelf, 8.D., of Christ Church, to the Whitehall
Preachership for the ensuing year.
The Yen. Archdeacon Clerke, Canon of Christ
Church, and Rector of Milton, Berks, has obtained a
faculty to remove the pulpit, enlarge the chancel, re-
arrange the pews, the greater part of which will be
free and open, and also fir making certain alterations
in the fabric of the church of Milton.

CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 16.—The Rev. William Hodg..
son, D.D., the respected master of St. Peter's Col-
lege, breathed his last at a quarter past one this day,
at his official residence in Trumpington-street. The
Rev. Divine, who was the'37th master since the foun-
dation of the college, was in the 47th year of his age
and 10th of his mastership, having been appointed in
1838, on the death of the venerable Dr. Barnes. The
lamented deceased entered the University in 1819, and
took his bachelor's degree in 1823, or the year known
as " Airey's year," from the fact of the Astro-
nomer Royal having been senior wrangler on that
occasion. The late master of St. Peter's held the
honourable rank of eleventh wrangler. He proceeded
to the master's degree in 1826, was created B.D. in
1833, and D.D. in 1838, soon after his appointment
to the mastership of his college. His name, however,
does not appear among the successful candidates for
any exhibitions or prizes during his academical career.
Annexed to the mastership is the occupancy of the
rectory of Glaston, Rutland, and the right of alter-
nate presentation to the rectory of Knapton, Norfolk,
with some other college patronage. The vacancy
caused in the presidency by the lamentable dissolu-
tion of Dr. Hodgson must be filled up within twelve
days by the appointment of his successor by the
Bishop of Ely, out of one of two candidates whose
names are selected and submitted to him by the
fellows. Such candidates must be Bachelors or
Doctors in Divinity, and if possible, selected from
the fellows on the foundation. The late master was
universally esteemed in his college, and loved and re-
spected by all in the neighbourhood of his benefice.

PREVIOUS EXAMINATION.-JUNIOR SOPHS.
This examination takes place on the 18th; between
70 and 80 names have been sent in to the examiners.

NOTICES.

There will be a meeting of Syndicate, on Satur-
day the 30th, and Catharine-hall Lodge, at twelve
o'clock, to consider the cases of such undergraduates
as have degraded and are desirous of becoming candi-
dates for honours.

The Woodwardian Professor commences his geolo-
gical lectures on Monday, Nov. 1, at twelve o'clock ;
to be continued five days a week to the end of the

course.

YEOLOSOPIIICAL SOCIETY.

Meetings.—Michaelmas Term, 1847. Saturday,
(anniversary), November 6 ; Monday, November 'B,
22 ; December 6.

CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE.

The examination for SizArships at this college corn-
menced on Friday last.

THE CHURCH.

The following preferments and appointments have
r&cently taken place :
The Rev. A. F. Pettigrew, M.A. (B.A. 1843), of
Trinity College, to the curacy of St. Leonard's-on-
Sea.

The Rev. R. P. Warren, M.A. (B.A. 1839), of
Trinity College, to the rectory of Tregoney, Cornwall.
The Rev. H. W. Kemp, B.A. (1843), of Corpus
Christi College, to the perpetual curacy of St. John's,
Hull.

The Rev. H. Kitchen, M.A (B. A. 1827), of
Queen's College, to the perpetual curacy of liThitbeck,
Cumberland.

The Rev. G. W. Procter, B.A. (1845), Queen's
College, to the perpetual curacy of St. Stephen,
Devonport.
The Rev. B. W. Savile, M.A. (B.A. 1839), of
Emanuel College, to the rectory of Crindon, Stafford-
shire.

The Rev. Arthur Wilkin, M.A. (B.A. 1840),
Christ College, to the rectory of Booth, Cumberland.

SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE.
On Sunday night last, about ten o'clock, a Russian
barque, named the Iris, or Bjornberg, 409 tons bur-
then, bound to Falmouth for orders, and laden with
Indian corn, with a crew of twelve men, was wrecked
near Gunwalloe. She was from Volo, a port in
Turkey, near Salonica. She was observed in the
offing near the Lizard, beating about for the greater
part of the day, and the crew of one of the Porthleven
pilot-boats, supposing the vessel to be in distress,
went to her assistance, but a dense fog came on, and
they were obliged to return. As night closed in, the
wind, which was about south-east, greatly increased,
and all the efforts of those on board the barque were
unavailing to round the Lizard, and they conse-
quently cast anchor off Mullion Cliffs, which stayed
the vessel for some time, but by the violence of the
sea, and being on a sandy bottom, her anchors gra-
dually gave way, and she at last struck on a rock near
Gunwalloe Church, where in less than half an hour she
became a total wreck. Three men swam from the vessel
to the shore ; three others clung to the rock on which she
struck, and were not rescued until assistance was pro-
cured early on the following morning, when, with
great difficulty, ropes were thrown to them from the
shore. They were in a very exhausted state and much
bruised, the heaviest of seas during the night having
passed completely over them. The remaining six of the
crew were drifted on a part of the wreck towards
Poljew, and met with a watery grave—five of the
bodies were found on Wednesday.
f 'Another account states that the crew, suddenly
finding themselves within two cable lengths of the
eastern shore of Mount's Bay, fearing to wear and
stand to westward, came to with both anchors ahead,
and cut away fore and mainmasts, but to no purpose;
the vessel was quickly dashed against the rocks and
smashed to atoms. Three of the crew, the carpenter,
boatswain, and another man, were thrown in high
and ilry on the projecting edges of the cliffs, and
continued to climb up to the summit, and, proceeding
inland, discovered M_rr.eHarry's farmhouse, where the
servants had lit ati
Warmth, food, and to prepare for washing day.
fehlelLrt,sy,
afforded to these poor fellows, waneldcoamemwesesreengaetr once
sent to Mr. Nicholas, at Mullion, the agent at that
place for Mr. R. Pearce, of Penzance, in whose
consular district the sad aceldent happened. At day-
break a careful survey of the coast was made, and
three of the crew were discovered on an insulated
rock near the high cliff, a little west of Poljew. By
great exertions a fishing-line was thrown to the rock,
as a forerunner of a stronger rope, which was fol-
lowed by a stout hawser; a traveller was constructed,
spirits, hot coffee, and bread and butter were quickly
passed along the hawser to recruit the strength of the
exhausted mariners, who were then hauled success-
fully from their perilous position to the mainland, at
about ten in the forenoon, after an exposure of nearly
twelve hours on a small point of rock, over which the
sea had ceased not to beat with fearful violence, and
to the clefts of which, by only the life and death
struggles of men under such awful circumstances,The
they had been able to cling for so long a period.
hurried into
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honoured by royal notice
stood preeminent, the coast-guard, under Lieutenant
Drew, vieing with the inhabitants of the neighbour-
hood.—Cornusall Gazette,