The Sun.
London, England, 1824-06-26 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, /TINE 25.—Sir Wm. Browne's Gold Medals
were on Saturday lat adjudged as follows :
GREEK ODE.—Subject,
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To Benjamin Hall Mnnedy, St. John's College.
LATIN ODE.—Subject,
Aleppo Urbs &rice term motu funtlitus everse.
To Benjamin Hall Kemedy, St. John's College.

EHGRAMS.—Subject,
Scribinus indocti doctigne—

TO Winthrop Mackwath Praed, Trinity College.
The Porson Prize, hr the best translation of a passage from
Shakspeare into Greel verse, was on Saturday adjudged to
Benjamin Hall Kennaly, of St. John's College.—Subject,
Merchant of Venice, Act Fourth, Scene First. Beginning
with " Portia—Of a strange nature.is the suit you follow."
And ending with " Shylock—The penalty and forfeit of my
bond."

The Rev. Jonathan Wilkinson, M.A. of St. John's College,
Sub-master of St. Saviour's grammar school, Southwark, has
been elected Head-master of the grammar school at Aldenliam,
Herts ; patrons, the Airorshipful Company of Brewers.—The
Rev. James Dowhurst Sprigge has been instituted to the Rec-
tory of Brockley, Suffolk, on his own petition.

OXFORD, JUNE 25.—William Mason, Esq., M.A. of Clare
Hall, Cambridge, has been admitted ad eundem.

Wednesday, June 23, the following Degrees were con-
ferred :

Bachelors in Divisity.—Rev. Charles Henry Collyns, Bal-
Ho) College ; Rev. Daniel Evans, Jesus College.
Bachelors of Arts.—Edward Jones, Jesus College; Isaac
John Horlock, Queen's College.
Friday, June 25, the following Degrees were conferred :
Doctor in Divinity.—Rev. Charles Henry Collyns, B.D. of
Balliol College, and Head Master of Exeter School.
Masters of Arts.—Rev. Thomas Harrison, St. Mary Hall,
Grand Compounder; Rev. W. Knight; Exeter College. Grand
Compounder ; Rev. William Cookesley Thompson, Wadham
College; Rev. Francis Kilvert, Henry Augustus Holden, Wor-
cester College ; Edward Davis Slaae, Rev. Harvey Atkins
Browne, Queen's College ; George Radcliffe, St. Mary Hall ;
William Stedman Gillett, James Galloway, Exeter College;
Thomas• Lloyd, Christ Church; Rev. John Charcourt Girardot,
Hon. Hugh Anthoiy Rous, Brasenose College; William Pole,
John William Eg&.on Green, Balliol College ; Rev. Jacmes
Grassett, University' College.
Bachelors of Ares.—Matthew Hughes Geo. Buckle, Scholar
of Wadham ; William Henry West, Worcester College ;
George Dundas, Charles E. Walker, William Churchward,
Exeter College ; Timms Hart Dyke, Student of Christ Church ;
Rev. Joseph Charts Pring, Jesus College ; George Richard
Port, Charles Miner, Brasenose College ; Percy William
Powlett, George Dacre Alexander Tyler, Trinity College;
Henry Dent Goring, Magdalen College; William Francis
Harrison, Detriy I%lagdalen College; John Hamilton Gray,
Magdalen College ; William Rhodes Bernard, Scholar of
Balliol College Henry Stoneman, Arthur Whalley, Pem-
broke College; Janes White, John Hill, Oriel College.
The number of:andidates to whoin testimoniums for their
Degrees were given by the Public Examiners, but who were
not admitted into either of the classes, amounted to 138.
On the 12th init. Mr. Charles- Palairet, Exhibitioner of
Queen's College, vas elected Scholar on the the Michel's or
New Foundation. • I

On the 14th ins!. the Rev. Joseph Smith, M.A. Scholar of
Trinity College, was elected Fellow of that Society. Mr. George
Dowell (Exhibitioner of the same College) and William John
Copeland, of Queen's College, were elected Scholars, and Henry
Davison, of St. Alban Hall, Exhibitioner of the same Society.
The Rev. William Buckland, Professor of Mineralogy and
Geology in this University, has been elected an HonoraryM em-
ber of the Imperial Society of the National Museum of Bohe-
mia, by diploma from Bragne, dated March 4, 1824.
Ecclesiastical Preferments.—The Rev. Thos. Henry White
has been inducted into the Stall belonging to the Priest Vicar
of the Very Rev. tie Dean of Litchfield, vacant by the death
of the Rev. R. Btckeride.—The Rev. James Donne, A.AI.
Curate of Kingston Daverill, Wilts, to the endowed Vicarage
of St. Paul's, Bradbrd ; patron, Lord Carteret.—The Rev. J.
D. Spriggs, Clerk, to the Rectory of Brockley, Suffolk, on his
own petition.—Ti Rev. J. T. Grant, to the Rectory of But.
terleigh, Devon.—The Rev. G. Macfarlan, M.A. Fellow of
Trinity College,
Oambridge, and Vicar of Shudy Camps, in
that county, has been presented, by the Master and Fellows of
that Society, to the Vicarage of Gainford, Durham, vacated by
the death of the Rm. J. Blackburn, M.A.—The Rev. Edward
Gwyn Blyth, 8.A.0f Christ College, Cambridge, to the rec-
tory of Burnham Ileepdale Norfolk, on the presentation of 11.
Blyth, Gent. of Burnham Westgate.—On' the 10th inst. Mr.
James Adcock, BA. of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, was
elected second Mister of Horncastle School, Lincolnshire.
There Were sixteen cadidates.

WrxeirEsTER,JuNE 25.—At a public ordination held by
the Lord Bishop of Winchester in St. Margaret's Church,
Westminster, on Sinday the 20th of June, the following can-
didates were ordain'd.

715eacons.—Thos. Stanley, A.B. St. Mary Magd. College,
Cambridgeshire; Srilliam Quarterman, Magd. Hall, Oxford,
on Letters dismisso7 from the Bishop of Rochester.
Priests—Christo ser Thomas Robinson, A.B. Brazennose
College, Oxford; muel Benson, A.B. St. John's College,
ir
Cambridge; James Edward Austen, A.B. Exeter College,
Oxford ; William Henry Butler, A.B. Christ Church, Oxon ;
Frederic Rich. Stevens, A.B. Worcester College, Oxon ; Her-
bert Gower, A.B. Christ Church, Oxon ; George Parry Hollis,
St. Alban's Hall, Oxon ; Charles Courtenay, A.M. St. John's
College, Cambridge ; Philip la Cloche, a literate person.

DISCIPLINE OF THE SURREY GAOL.

CASE OF MR. O'CALLAGHAN.

A meeting of-the visiting .Justices took place.
yesterday at the Surrey Prison. There were present Lord East-
nor, M.P.; Mr. H. Sumner, M.P.; Mr. Denison, M.P.;
Mr. Crawford, and Mr. Hedger. They were attended by the
High and Sub-Sheriff, and the Itev. Mr. Mann, the Chaplain.
Soon after the business of the day commenced, the following
communication from Mr. O'Callaghan was delivered in :
"To the Visiting Juitices of the Surrey County Gaol. .
" Gentlemen,—,The undersigned, a prisoner now confined
under sentence of the Court of Quarter Sessions, begs respect-
fully to call your attention to a Memorial which he addressed
to you as a body; or to any of you, on the 16th instant, and
which was delivered to Mr. Hedger, a member of your body.
" The undersigned bees to state, that a part of the restric-
tions of which he complained in that memorial have been since
removed; but that he is still Confined for 12 hours out of the
24 in a solitary cell ; that he is not al;ow_itil to see his friends
except for twohours in the day, and tliteltaltogetlier
.vented from seeing them gn Sundays ; that he is prohibited
the use of any other liquor than water, and subjected to many
other restrictions and privations not called for by the nature of
his case, or, as he' believes, contemplated by his sentence.
" The undersigned is now given to understand, that the
Noble Lord who presided at his trial, and who pronounced the
judgment of the Court upon him, has sMce declared that he
could not have imagined at the time that his sentence would
have subjected him to such rigorous treatment as he has since
experienced. . .

" The undersigned, therefore, most respectfully requests of
the Visiting Justices, that as he has already suffered a greater
degreq-,of punishment than the Court intended to award, and
that in consequence of the prison regulations, they may be
pleased not only to mitigate the severity of those regulations to
which he is still subjected, but to recommerd his case to the
Secretary of State for the Home Department, as a fit one for
the Merciful interposition of the Crown.
" He is, with much respect, their Worship' very obedient
servant, "LUKE CARLOS O'CA HAN.
" Surrey Gaol, Horsemonger_lane, June 25."
The meeting lasted till two o'clock. It was (as usual) pri-
yate ; but we understood that the case of Mr. O'Callaghan was
for some time the subject of discussion.
Mr. DNisost (as we are informed) contended that, under
the circumstances of the case, Mr. O'Callaghan wasentitled to a
.still greater relaxation of the prison regulations; tut this hu-
mane suggestion was overruled by the Hon. Member's brother
Magistrates, who decided, that no further indulgence should be
allowed to the prisOner than those already given by Mr. Deni-
son's order. Their Worships did not even condescend to give
Mr. O'Callaghan's communication any answer ; but left him to
infer their decision from the continuance of their restrictions.
With respect to the future treatment of the debtors, the Ma-
gistrates have recommended some relaxations of the present
rules to the Court of Quarter Sessions.
In the course of the day, Lord Montford, accompanied by
Captain Boyle, ,R.N., called on Mr. O'Callaghan to commu-
nicate the official answer of Mr. Peel to the memorials addressed
to The following is Mr. Peel's letter :
.

" Whitehall, June 24, 182.1.
" Iffy Lord—ln reference to the memorial of Mr. O'Callag-
han, 'which your Lordship put into my hands yesterday, I beg
leave to express my regret that I do not feel myself warranted
in recommending to the King a remission of the sentence passed
upon Mr. O'Callaghan.
" I have made inquiries into the circumstances which your
Lordship mentioned to me relative to the treatment of Mr.
O'Callaghan in prison, and I understand that at present Mr.
:O'Callaghan is allowed to provide himself with food, and that
his friends have access to him.

" I have the honour to be, my Lord,
" Your Lotdship's most obedient humble servant,
" To Lord Montford, &c. " ROBERT PEEL."
Before leaving the prison, Lord Montford and Capt. Boyle
visited the cell to which Mr. O'Callaghan is confined for 12 out
of the 24 hours.

The following is a copy d' the notice given to
the Stock Exchange; respecting the determina-
tionof the Bank to lend mcney on stock :

" NOTICE.—The Bank propose to make advances on Go-
vernment Stock to a certain amount,for periods of not less than
one or more than six months. The tdvance to be three-fourths
of the value of the stock at the time of making such advance,
at the rate of four per cent. interest ; likewise the same accom-
modation will be given on Bank Stodt."

PaonucrivExEss OF CANALC.—TiIP Canals in
England have often been cited as a proof of the
advantage of such undertakings being confided to
private individuals. In such hands, it is observ-
ed, tha-t the most beneficial consequences aret he
results of that industry which has for its object
the formation of great public works. We have
no occasion, by-the-bye, to go out of France to
offer proof of the fact. At this very moment we
have under our eyes the mast striking evidence
of the enormous profit yieked by the Canal of
Givers—a Canal (and the only one) which has
been constructed in France by a company of pri-
vate individuals. It was made towards the con-
clusion of the last century. We have attained
to this knowledge in consequence of the details
and vouchers which have been made public, by
reason of a suit pending before the Conseil d'Etat,
between the!Canal Company in question, and the
Commercial Body of the Arrondissement of Saint
Stephen's. From these documents it appears that
the Canal cost 1,900,000 francs, and that its
annual produce is 817,000 francs, which explains
sufficiently the exceedingly high price of each
share. The cost was originally 35,000 francs,
but they are now worth upwards of 170,000
francs ! It may he fairly questioned whether
any of the Canals which are now in process
of execution by the Government, by virtue
of the Loan of one hundred millions of francs, spe-
cially granted by the Laws of the Session of
1822, will ever be productive of similar benefit.
The annual expose of his Excellency the Mini-
ster of the Interior ought, conformably to law,
to exhibit to the Chambers the precise state
of all the public works, with the sums
taex-
pended on them up to thistpodfaiY—the e
fail to throw great light theqeusestiaoltla .lt
i
(Constitutionnel, June 15.)

In consequence of the cheap fares by the
steam packet from Ireland, this city was honoured
a few days ago, by a visit from a party of chim-
ney sweepers from Belfast. In strolling through
the streets, no object seemed to excite their ad-
miration so decidedly as the chimneys in the new
buildings at London-street, some of which are
nearly horizontal. One of the Party leaped down
into the area to inspect them, and desirous of
proving the easy ascent, crept up,
and soon made
his appearance at the top, where he proclaimed
his prowess with a loud huzza. Instantly the
whole crowd of gentlemen travellers rushed for-
ward, entered the different chimneys, followed
their companion to the top of the building, where
they remained cheering the spectators, and were
with difficulty dislodged.---(Glasgow Herald.)