The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-16 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.
The Rev. George John Dupuis, Fellow of Eton, has
been instituted by the Bishop of Norwich to the conso-
lidated Rectories of Greeting St. Olave's, Creeting All
Saints, and Creeting St. Mary's. in the county of Suf-
folk. Patrons, the Provost and Fellows of Eton College.
His Grace the Duke of Beaufort has been pleased to
appoint the Rev. Thomas John Powell, M.A., Rector of
Cantreff and Llanhamlach, in the county of Brecon, to
be one-of tibet.iracers domestic chaptaidi..
The Rev- Thomas Hill -Lowe has been instituted to
,the Vicarage of Littleham and Exmouth, on the pre-
sentation of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter.
Thee Rev. William Hinson, M.A., Curate of St.
George's; Sutton, near Macclesfield, to be Incumbent
of St. James, Higher Sutton, near Macclesfield. Pa-
trons, the Trustees of the Church.
The Rev. J. Finlison, 8.A., to be Assistant Curate
of Oldham Church.

The election of Chancellor is appointed to take
place on Wednesday next. The office is biennial, or
tenable for such a length of time beyond two years as the
tacit consent of the University may choose to allow. The
election of a Chancellor must be within fourteen days after
the vacancy and is more burgensium. At the time of
election, the Vice-Chancellor, the two Proctors, and the
junior D. D. present, stand in scrutiny (in failure of the
latter, ttle junior D. C. L., and in the absence of such, the
junior M.D.) and first write their votes. All members of
the Senate then bring their votes written in the same
form, and the Senior Proctor pronounces the election,
During the last three centuries the following Noblemen
have filled this distinguished office :-
1533. Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex.

538. Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester.
546. Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset.
549. John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland.
[553. Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester.
1557. Reginald Pole, Cardinal, Archbishop of Canter.
bury and Chancellor of Oxford.
[558. Sir William Cecil.

598. Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.
600. Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury.
612. Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton.
616. Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk.

626. George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham.
628. Henry Rich, Earl of Orkland.
648. Edward Montague, Earl of Manchester.

651. Oliver St. John, Chief Justice of Common Pleas.
660. Edward Montague, Earl of Manchester.
670 George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham.
677. James Scot, Duke of Monmouth.

682. Christopher Monk, Duke of Albermarle.
688. Charles Seymour, Duke of Somerset.
748. Thomas Holler Pelham, Duke of Newcastle.

1768. Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton.
1811. H. R. H. William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester.
1834. John Jeffreys Pratt, Marquis Camden.
We presume that his Grace the Duke of Northumberland,
the present High Steward, will be elected without oppo.
sition. Cambridge Advertiser.

The election of a Professor to fill the Divinity
Chair in the University of Glasgow, has created a great
sensation. Even the London Jmunals have taken part in
the war of words on the respective merits of the candidates.
The Times has been much laughed at for the ignorance it
has displayed, not only in reference to the individuals
proposed for the Professorship, but as to matters of fact
with which no one paying attention to public events could
be supposed unacquainted. The Chair is the richest in
Scotland.—Ayr Observer.
LONDON TRADES' HALL.—The following is
an extract from an Address that is now in circulation :
" Where is your Trades' Hall? Where can you meet in
your collected thousands in the metropolis? Nowhere. It
is time to remedy this want—you are equal to this great
work. It is never too late to erect a Trades' Hall, to pre-
sent in the metropolis a practical ' Mechanics' Institution,'
on a magnificent scale ; the noblest exhibition of your
wisdom, prudence, and energy—the trades of Londen
under one roof—a mighty pillar of strength against oppres-
sion 1 The morality of a Trades' Hall justifies its imme-
diate establishment by the united operatives of London.
What is its expense amongst you? but as a drop of
water in the ocean. Do you love economy ? Do
you attach any importaace to the intellectual struggle
for your social and political improvement ? Do yeti
enjoy innocent amusements, the festive scenes which mu.
tualise your hearts to one another ? Show it, by a Trades'
Hall of your own I—the moral influence of its interior will
increase your political importance. In your several
trades then discuss seriously the practicability of such an
erection by shares of 11. each. You may easily dignify
London with a Trades' Hall—you have union, determina-
tion, and judgment to carry out this important project. We.
exhort you to consider the position you will take in
important matter, your prompt decision in its favour is
highly essential ; an extensive source of moral and social
improvement hangs on the declaration of your will ! Lon-
don claims a Trades' Hall 1 Brethren 1 shall it now be
built ?"
The death of the Marquis Camden leaves a
vacancy among the Governors of the Charter House.
This eminent and important Corporation has`
rattle
within a very few years, failed to be graced the
of the Prime Minister—witness, at the present moment,
the illustrious names of the Duke of Wellingtcn, Earl
Grey, Viscount Sidmouth, Earl of Ripon, and Sir Robert
Peel ; and it is confidently hoped and expected, by
in
who feel the sincerest and most ardent interest in its
future prosperity, that so good a rule will not in the pre-
sent instance be departed from, but that the present op-
portunity may be seized for adding to the already splendid
list of its Governors the name of her Majesty's chosen
chief confidential adviser, Lord Melbourne.—Globe.

SAINT ANDIIEWS.—A case of considerable impor-
ance to letters of furnished lodgings has- been decided,
in the first instance, by the Sheriffs of this county, and
finally at Perth, by Lord Medwyn, on appeal. The
facts are these :—A teacher of music hired furnished
lodgings in St. Andrew's, and occupied the same from
Martinmas, 1838, to 10th July, 1839, at the rate of
7s. per week. He brought a pianoforte to the lodg-
ings at the date of his entry. He soon afterwards fell
into ill-health, was unable to follow his profession, and
died indebted to his landlady in the sum of Si. 175., in
the name of rent. Shortly after his death the piano
was claimed by certain music-sellers in Edinburgh as
their property, and they alleged that it was merely lent
on hire to the deceased. An application was presented
to the Shrift's in their names, against the landlady,
to compel delivery of the instrument. In answer,
the landlady pleaded—lst, That she had a right
of hypothec over the instrument, in security of
her rent ;-2(1, That she had a lien or right of re-
tention ; 3d, That in moveables possession im-
plies property that she trusted her lodger
on the faith of the instrument being his own—
and that persons lending furniture on hire arc presumed
to know the risks of their trade, and to stipulate accord-
ingly for a higher rate of profit. To this the petitioners
answered—lst, That the principle of hypothec does not
apply, inasmuch as the lodgings were let from week to
week ; 2d, That there can be no retention where the
instrument does not belong to the debtor ; and, 3d,
That it was the duty of the landlady to prevent ar-
rears. In reply, the landlady maintained that the
principle of hypothec did apply—that a lodger is
substantially a sub-tenant—that the premises must
therefore be held as let for the ordinary period of a
year—and that hiring lodgings, as in this case, at the
rate of so much a weed, was altogether different from
hiring lodgings from week to week. Domestic servants,
she maintained, in illustration, are held to be engaged
for sir months ; but the law is, that the term is not
altered, although they should be hired at the
rate of so much a year ;—'2d, 'Phut the in-
strument was legally in her custody ;—and,
3d, That in the circumstances of the case, she
could not prevent the rent from accumulating. The
Sheriff-substitute (Mr. Jameson) held that the prin-
ciple of hypothec applied and decided the case in favour
of the landlady, with expenses. This decision was,
however, reversed by Sheriff Monteith, on appeal, who
held the case to be one of considerable general im-
portance, and one which had not been previously de-
- tided. He thought there was a distinction between
the case of a landlord and a letter of lodgings. The
former, in his opinion, relied for his security on the fur-
niture placed in the premises by the tenant ; the latter
did not rely on the furniture, but on the personal credit
of the lodger. He thought that it might even be
doubted how far a letter of lodgings was entitled to
retain effects belonging to her lodger in security of
arrears of rent. If the landlady, in the present case,
had any claim at all, it was, in his opinion, on the
ground of retention, and not on that of hypothec ;
but he held that, as there was no legal possession,
there could be no retention. He therefore ordained
the respondent to deliver up the piano, and found her
liable in expenses. This decision was confirmed by
Lord Medwyn on appeal.—Fift.shire Journal.
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\Vc quote this for the purpose of pointing out its
bearings. The case was evidently one of doubt, by the
adverse decisions of the Judges. On the part of the
landlady there appears to have been no mala fides, and
her only fault was to have been ignorant of a doubtful
point of law, if that were a fault, when the point
was not settled till after the decision. But, having
done no wrong having only honestly endea-
voured to cover herself from loss—she is saddled with
the expenses of the suit, and exposed to that loss in
addition, not by any fault of hers, but because
the law was not settled. Her case, we have no doubt,
represents an immense number of cases, in which indi-
duals, acting from the very best intentions, trespass on
some unknown law, or some law made, as in this case,
after the trespass ; and for that—which is in truth
an offence of the law or the law-makers—they are
mulcted in expenses. This is not merely an act of in-
efficiency or negligence on the part of those who en-
deavour to provide for all difficult and disputed cases,
but an act of gross injustice. At least in such cases the
public ought to pay the expenses, or provide for the
administration of the law, without putting the well-
meaning clients to a great loss of money, as well as of
time. Such cases have a moral for individuals, as well
as for legislators. They teach them to accommodate
their differences on small points, to waive something
of extreme pretension, and share a loss between them,
rather than make it tenfold greater by the applying to
the protecting law.