The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-25 00:00:00

ELECTION

CHANCEL L

OF
THE UNIVERSITY
OF

CAMBRIDGE.

(THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.)

(EROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
CAMBRIDGE, lIALF-rAIST Ti
The Senate-house was nearly full at ten o'clock, the Pit
O
tisans of either party were strenuously applauded' to
strongly hissed, as they entered and proceeded
git
the tale to vote, by their friends and opponents. .0,1111,, 0
the gownsmen who thronged the galleries a great nuaw"
distinguished Senators voted.
Although no official declaration of the poll will be Intl:
until four o'clock, I am enabled to send
you the follovr"
accurate statement.

ELEVEN O'CLOCK.
Prince Albert
..... 93
Earl Powis
........ 123
Majority f9r Earl Powis —3o
TWELVE CCLOCK.
•
Prince Albert 148
Earl Powis
Majority for Earl Powis — 66
T.hclsicsutiaatto
statement
isent_was published by Earl Powis's committer
Pt ince Albert
Earl Powis ......... 225
Majority
ONE O'CLOCK.
Prince Albert . 230
Earl Powis
Majority
TWO 0 CLOCK.
Prince Albert .. 292
Earl Powis
Majority
• stB'd
The majority varies with the arrival of each candid to
rains. The numbers are as correct as I have been able A
ascertain them. Once Earl Powis was as high as 85'
train of his supporters bas just arrived.

Y•),

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS na
Loxr)obt, FEa. 25.—Wind E.N.E.. moderate breeze
tine clear weather. The Resource, from ltivali 134s''er)
wrecked near Encounter Bay. The Harmonica (stem
citr
from Hull, was on shore about two miles below Gino's—
jlst inst.
OFF PLYMOUTH, Fzs. 24.—Wind E.—W S1)01/'
illiam
Cleland, Calcutta.
FALMOUTH, FEB. E.S.E.—Arrd. Naut
Sur tier, Falkland Island and Ascension; Dido, Mauritius'
GUERNSEY, Fels. 22.-81 d. Dewdrop, Adelaide, S°ll
America.
OFF HOLYHEAD, FEB. 23.—Scotland. China, fot Abe
Clyde.
LivattPoot, FEB. 24.—Wind S.S.E., freab.—Arrd. llaha,
inian, Hawkins, China; Columbus, Green, Penambuce,
30th ult. Sld. the outward bound ready for sea. OfPoff
Sarah, Savannah; Symmetry, Carl, and Mary Roberts.
ex
PADSTOW, FEB. 23.-1 he smack Busy, of Fowey, stritlo
on the rocks at Slippar Point this morning and
pink; c"
saved.

BANTRY, FEB. 21.—The Elizabeth, Bebbv, of St. Stepbell,
New Brunswick, has been towed into lienman's 130 o
masted, waterlogged, and abandoned.
GooLE, FEB. 22.—The Two Sisters, from Wells, is O°P
at Swinefleet ; cargo saved in a damaged state.
WEYMOUTH, FEn. 23.—A boat waa picked up 21st int
near Whitenose, with the name of Rose, of Brixham, 811111
Salisbury,' painted inside the stern. •
MARGATE, FEB. 23. The Hope, Seaham to Hastings;
was iu contact with the brig Hermes 21st inst. off Orfordoe '
and received damage.
DUBLIN, FEB. 24.—Wind Sld. Atalanta, t 5.
John's, New Brunswick.
„jc.
NEWBY, FEB. 22. Arrd, Conesea, Monzre, New 1, °' '
Sid. Brothers, New York.
Gong, FEB. 20 —The Thomas and William, Whitebsge°
to New York, arrived here to-day leaky.

(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)
CAMBRIDGE, TwaLvE
The last train last night brought down a host of gent:
men anxious to take a part in the election of a Chenee!
for the University. Several came down in the earlier tole,
and by night the town was full. The principal inns wee
crammed, and private houses, by the judicious mariegee:,
11
of the committees of the respective candidates, were
uito requisition, and afforded many a "Cambridge" may
hed. Beds, indeed, for the nonce. were at a premium,
were eagerly bought up wherever a vacant tenement ces:
be discovered—in short, we use no hackneyed term when
say that the greatest excitement prevailed.
There have been many elections of Chancellor during ;
last ten years, but none poetess so much real claim to inter'
as the election which commenced this morning. It doee,c;
certainly partake of a political character ; but party ec'
runs equally high, and the contest will be a hard fought c
Of course, last night and this morning many oantraclie ,
rumours were floating about; some saving that the ,
had issued a Royal mandate, declaring his intention tow'',
draw from the contest altogether,—whilst on the other 1311/,:
it was asserted, with equal show of truth, that Earl 11,r,)
had also resigned. But there is not the slightest truth
either of them,— nothing of the kind has occurred uP te'
rime I write.
The special trains this morning have brought See:
hundred electors, and the greatest animation prevails ele;4
where—vivacity one might almost say, for the old meID
of the colleges seem to grow young again at sigh'
Cambridge.
As nearly as I have been able to ascertain, sild“F
conversed freely with gentlemen of both parties, the rrrie,
is the " favourite," and will be returned by a large Meta.—
His supporters say it is of advantage, of paramount e'rl,
tage, to have one of the Royal Family, the King Cone
the may-be Regent, and the progenitor of the future lid
of England, connected with the University-, as his feeli,i)°,,
and his prejudices, as it ware, will be with Cambridge; t.
reject him, and you will offer a direct insult to the Quee°:„;
the Prince himself, and turn Royalty to Oxford ; for if rfr,ci,;
Albert be rejected here, they " say Oxford mot, g.'o
have him, when the venerable Duke of
has passed away from amongst us, though :f
rel,
hope his Grace may be yet blest with
,'
years. They say, further, that the Prince is wet
longer a foreigner, but stnalienised and a Briton; that Pa-01
a Civil Doctor of the University, and consequently ee; th
the University, and that 90 far he is an eligible caudt4to
Keep Royalty to Cambridge," say his supporters; fo
patronage of Royalty ought not to be lightly thrown I°l'o'
The supporters of Earl Powis argue thus :—We are fori ge
independent candidate; for one educated within our e%-elio
walls; one who will have a feeling in common with us
t.
knows our privileges, and who, by his position in the l'en'tji
ature, will protect them when assailed, as they freque"
have been in the Lower House; in short, we will here 1
" man of our own choosing ;" the office shall no longer
mere honorary one—a graceful appendage to the wearer cr
Snon after ten o'clock a procession was formed at Sit* 06
-herine's Hall, which proceeded immediately towards 33,1
Senate House, on arriving at which the Bedell read the ti,
statute of Elizabeth, " de electione Cancellarii." The sc,rujoll
neers and the representative of each candidate having , '1,4
up their positions at the table, those entitled to vote ePPe 0,
4.
in their gowns, and were supplied with the following
which, after filling up, they returned to the scrutineere'..;
" elegit in Cancellarium najus Acadelni.
~A
STATE OF THE POLL, BY ELECTRIC TELEG—
QUARTER TO ELEVEN.
Prince Albert
..•
Earl Powis
QUARTER TO TWELVE.
Prince Albert
Earl Powis
TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Prince Albert
Earl Powis