The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-13 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.

At the Matriculation Examination of 1840, the num-
her of candidates that presented thcmselves was seventy-
six ; of these the following have passed :
First Division Bewglass, Blackett, Carpenter,
Charlton, Clarkson, Conder, Cos,r,reave, Cowie, Creak,
Cullen, Davison, F. Field, H. Field, Foster, T. Hall,
C. N. Hall, Heap, Huston, Ili:H.ord, Hutton, Iliff,
Jarman, Jesse), Kingston, Lupton, Madge, Marsland,
Munster, Osler, Robson, Roscoe, Smith, Stratten,
Vaughan, Watts, C. Wills, W. R. Wills, W. Wood,
G. Wood, W. Rayner, WOodward.
Second Division—Baines, Beaumont, Blount, Bowie,
Cooper, Curran, Danell, De!f, B. A. Ilarling,
R. D. Liarling, Haynes, Hoggins, Lambert, Langdale,
Marum, Mott. Ogg, Rymer, Sanford, Sherlock, Thorn-
son, Walker, Walnasley, Wigley, Williams, Woolrycb,
Wright, Wy Ide.
Examiners—J. H. J:!rrard, T. B. Burcham, It. Mu-
rphy, G. B. Jerrard.
The examination in chemistry, botany, and zoology,
was voluntary this year, for the last time.

We notice with satisfaction that several of the candi-
dates were from Stonyhurst, Highbury, and other
Catholic and Dissenting Colleges.

At the Wandsworth Petty Sessions on Saturday,
three men named Thomas Homan, John Homan, and
George Long, were charged with a violent assault upon
Waland, the sexton and grave digger of Mort-
lake, in the churchyard of that place, under the following
circumstances —lt appeared from the evidence of the
complainant- who is a very aged man, that on Tuesday
afternoon he had assisted to prepare a grave in Mortlake
churchyard for the reception of a body, of which the defen-
dants and three other men were the bearers,. After the
body had been placed in the grave, the mourners and three
of the bearers retired, and the defendants then began throw-
ing bricks and pieces of wood upon the coffin, at the same
time making use of very bad language. The complainant
told them to go away and not interfere with " as lie
was master there ;" but they said they would do as they
liked, and jumped into the grave, and said they would take
care, that although he had had hundreds of bodies out of
the churchyard, he should not have this one. He at length
laid bold of Thomas Homan, and attempted to get him
away, when he seized him most violently, knocked him
down, and beat his head against a tombstone, until he
was covered with blood. The other defendants, it ap-
peared, did not take any share in the assault, but merely
made use of bad langu,ge, and encouraged Thomas
Homan in his violent conduct. The complainant's state-
ment was confirmed by other evidence, and the Bench
ordered Thomas Homan to Fay a fine of fifty shillings and
costs, and discharged the others.
HAAIMERsLEY'S BA NK.—We understand that
the affairs of Harnmersley's Bank will be so far wound up
by Christmas as to allow a dividend of 10s. in the pound,
which will be followed by a second and ultimate dividend
of ss. more, making together 15s. in the pound. It is
understood that the expedition with which the suit at pre-
sent pending in Chancery, in relation to the affairs of the
bank, will be brought, will be unexampled in the history of
Chancery proceedings. The m,rnent the necessity of
filing a bill was found unavoidable, the Vice-Chancellor
came to town expressly to put matters in such a train that
no time should be lost, and the afftirs of the banking-house
are already before the Master. The creditors of the estate
amount to nearly 12,000, and the stoppage of the beak
has been severely felt by many of the west-end trade amen,
of whom a large portion of that number consists.
DIVINITY CHAIR, GLASGOW.—Some of our
London Contemporaries are stating that " the venerable
Mr. Lee, of Carnpsie," is a candidate for this chair. They
are in a mistake. The only candidates who have yet offi-
cially conic forward arc—Dr. Chalmers, Dr. Hill, and Dr.
Patterson, of St. Andrew's, Glasgow. Assuming that the
contest will rest wholly between the two former, viz. Dr.
Chalmers and Dr. Hill, we understand that the following
is likely to be the state of the votes :—For Dr. Chalmers—
Mr. Ramsay, Humanity; Dr. Lushing:on, Greek; Dr.
James Thomson, Mathematics ; Dr. Nichol, Astronomy ;
Mr. Davidson, Law ; and Dr. Jeffery, Anatomy. For
Dr. Hill—Mr. Buchanan, Logic ; Dr. Fleming, Moral
Philosophy ; Dr. Meikleham, Natural Philosophy ; Dr.
M'Turk, Ecclesiastical History; Dr. Gray, Oriental Lan-
guages ; and Dr. Badham, Physic. Thus the Professors
are equally divided. Great efforts are making by the
respective friends of the candidates to secure the votes of
the Lord Rector, Sir James Graham, and the Dean, Mr.
Kirkman Finlay. If the matter rests with the Very Rev.
Principal NV Farlan, who can only vote in case of parity, it
is understood that he will decide in favour of Dr. Hill,
who at present has the best chance of carrying the elee•
tion. But Dr. Chalmers's friends are working for him
like tigers.—Scotch Reformers' Gazette.
SUMMARY VENGEANCE.—At the late fair
held in Wincanton, a wax figure of Courvoisier, the mur-
derer of Lord William Russell, was exhibited for the gra-
tification of the curious in such matters. Among the vi-
sitors to the show was a person named T. S—, of North
Cadbury, who, on observing the figure of Courvoisier,
asked who it was, and on being told the murderer of Lord
William Russell, he solemnly declared " that he would
knock his head off, for that such a person should not be
kept at Wincanton." The man made no more ado but
absolutely inflicted the threatened thump, and, sure enough,
off tumbled the bead of the Swiss murderer. This zealous
guardian of the good natne"of Wineantoo, however, had to
pay the sum of. 10r, s& for the assault committed on the
unconscious body ot)Courvoisier.—Sherbourne Journal.
By the 41st section of the Police Courts Act
Magistrates are-empowered. upon the application of any
Union or the Guardians of the Poor of any Parish, to or-
der any house shown by the evidence of a medical officer
to be in such a filthy state as to endanger the health either
of the inmates or persons being in the neighbourhood to
be cleansed within seven days, or, in the event of the
order not being complied with, a warrant may be issued
authorising the parties making the application to get the
house cleansed, and the goods on the premises may be
distrained to defray the expenses. In consequence of the
state of many of the houses in the parish of St. Martin-
in-the-Fields and in the Strand Union, it has been found
necessary to put this law in force, and it is now the deter-
mination of the officers in these districts to proceed in all
cases which come within the meaning of the Act. If
every Union in London were to follow this example the
health of the inhabitants would be considerably improved,
and the poorer classes in particular would be greatly
benefited.

FRANCE.—HA VRE, OCT. 9.-.--The Amsterdam
steamer, from St. Petersburgh, which city she left on the
evening of the Ist inst., arrived this morning. Amongst
the passengers are Mons. Mauguin, the French Deputy,
and Madame Berskendorff, Abe wife of the Russian Minis-
ter of Police at St. Petersburgh. Mons. Berskendorff, in
confiding his lady to the care of the French Deputy so far
us Paris, en route to Italy, took him aside, just as the
steamer was wider way, and said, " You will be naturally
anxious to hear the latest news, and I must tell you. We
have this day received the account of the bombardment and
capture of Beyrout, and the decheance of Mehemet Ali b!
the Porte. His Majesty the Emperor regrets the latter
step as too precipitate against • the Paella. Our Ambas-
sador at Constantinople, knowing his master's wishes, re-
fused to attend the Divan on the day the measure was
taken into con,,ideration, and protested against its preci-
pitancy to the English Ambassador." You may depend
on the authenticity of this anecdote.

THE RUSSIAN FLEET.—The Journal du
Havre contradicts, in the most positive manner, the ru-
mour of the Russian fleet having sailed down the Channel.
The captain of the Amsterdam steamer, which arrived at
Havre yesterday from St. Petersburgh, reports that at
Copenhagen everybody was certain that no Russian fleet
had passed through the Sound, and that only a transport
had come through, bound for Karpschatka. " The Rus-
sian Baltic fleet is composed of three divisions," it adds,
" two of which are stationed at Cronstadt, and the third at
Revel. At the time of the Amsterdam sailing, one of the
divisions from Cronstadt had sailed to
,relieve that of
Revel, which was to return to Cronstadt to refit. The
other division was ready to sail, and only waited for
orders."

THE SALMON FRY.—The following conversa-
tion concerning the theory that the parr is the young of
the salmon, which took place at the recent meeting of the
British Association, is of great importance, as showing
that that theory was' tacitly admitted by the whole of the
eminent naturalists assembled, and expressly assented to by
some who bad previously committed themselves to darent
opinions :--Mr. James Wilson exhibited a series of speci-
niens illustrating Mr. Sbcw's (of Drumlanrig) views on
the development and growth of salmon fry. Mr. Wilson
read a portion of an article on •his subject by Mr. Shaw,
which appeared in the 14th volume of the Transactions of
the Royal Society of Edinburgh. .The series of experi-
ments last performed by Mr. Shaw seetn,,to have satis-
factorily settled the question, that the fish called the parr
is but one form of the fry of the salmon, and that the
differences of opinion on this point have resulted, first,
from the varying time which the young fish remain in the
rivers—from fifteen months to two years; and, secondly,
the different dress or colour which they assume during
their growth.—Sir 'W. Jardine thought the question o,
the nature of parr was set at rest by Mr. Shaw for ever.
He had witnessed the places in which the experiments
had been performed, and, from the care which had been
taken to make the ponds so much like their natural haunts
as possible, he had no doubt of the correctness of his con-
clusions. Mr. Shaw was now trying a series of expert.
ments on the sea-trout, which he made no doubt would
be interesting to naturalists—the fry were batched in
January, and in May last were one inch and a quarter long.
—Mr. Lingwood had seen parr longer than six inches,
which was about the size that they appeared to migrate.—
Sir W. Jardine : Parrs frequently attain the size of eight
or nine inches, but they do not exist in any great numbers,
and appear to be those that remain longer than usuallia
the rivers. Dr. Lankester wilted to know if any struc-
tural difference existed between• the salmon at various pe
riods of growth, or whether any difference existed in dif-
ferent individuals of the same species,
re-
gard to the number of rays in their fins.—Sir W. Jardine
was not aware that any difference existed in the number
he
especially with
eof the rays of the fin at various stages of growth,f b
of the
had obaervcd a very decided difference in the .
gohnnt be seen
pectoral fin at various stages of growth,
by the specimens on the table. The. nu.masnbrnerl-nodt
was not
in
the fin he thought a bad specific distinction, _
to be depended on among the Salmonidaa. —Bet Ad-
vertiser.
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Thursday. The ravings of these
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