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Slough. and to be called " the Windsor Railway." He , UNIVERSITY INT3,LLIGENCE.
again repeated. that any information would be afforded ' OXFORD, Mawr' 20.
to the proprietors on the subject of these lines. The ;
WADHAM COLIEGE.
Chairman concluded by proposing the first Bill—namely, : A Clerkship will be vacant in Let Term, and will be
the West London Railway (the coat of which was filled up on Friday, the 11th of Jine next. Candidates
180,000/.), which having been seconded, : are desired to call upon the Warwn at 9 o'clock in the
Mr. MARRIOTT said that he saw not less than 22 Bills, morning of Thursday, the 10th tf June, bringing with
th© ' them testimonials from their colle;e or school.
which were to be submitted for the e,nsideratiou of
shareholders, many of them lines of great extent, in- : me Lord Bishcp of Oxford prkposes to hold his next
volvitig a vast number of branches. Now, he thought ' Ordination on Trinity Sunday, toe 30th of May next.
that the proprietors ought to know in what financial
1 Lordship's secretary, : All candidates must transmit the requisite papers to his
position they stood already, and he trusted the directors
, Mr. Senior, formerly Fellow of Magdalen?
Mr. John Birder, 27, Parliament-
would be prepared to inform them upon that point. !street, Westminster, on or before he 30th of April.
The CHAIRMAN said that at the last meeting of the :
proprit tors, a full, and in every way satisfactory, state- i only candidate for the Professorshb of Political Economy,
mint of their finances had been laid before the meeting, , is now the
vacant by Dr. Twiss's term of Om having expired.
and he could not think at that time of entering upon a The Professorship was founded it 1825, by Mr. Henry
discursive ar,2,ument involving minute particulars, which Drummond, the banker, and forinaly of Christ Church.
had Even already deemed satisfactory.—(hear, hear.) Mr. Senior was the first professor,and is now re-eligible.
University on the Fast-day.
Every 1111, as it would be prposed, would be explained , Dr. Hampden will preach the sermon before the
as fully as the directors could, and every question they ,
would endeavour to answer. The long-agitated question of the parochial burial-
, SHAREHOLDER thoright that these questions should
' grounds will be proceeded with without delay.
! grounds is now settled, and the enclosure of the three
be answered. He did nut sue that the proprietors should
recklessly rush into an expenditure which might involve
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.
theta in bankruptcy and ruin. Mr. Philip Oxenden Papillon, of University College,
The CHAIRMAN again reiterated his former statement, has been elected to a Mathematical Exhibition in that
that the injority of these Bills had already received the Isociety,
sanctien of the proprietors, and it was really unfair to Th e Rev. W. A. Ormsby, NI.A., of this Col!ege, has
had b,
cdl upon the &rectors to enter into
en at the last meeting fully explained, rticulars which been instituted to the rectory of Edeefield, Norfolk.
The first Bill wA WADHAM COLLEGE.
s then c irried. The Rev. Henry Brancker, M.A., of this College, has
The second Bill, fir makinf* branch railways from the
Great Western Railway to the towns of Egharn, Staines, been licensed to the perpetual curacy of St. Peter's
Church, Bishopsworth, Somerset.
e prop
d,
Brentford, and Twickenham, baying been submitted to The Rev. James Bandinel,
M.A., has been appointed
rietors,
to the curacy of Marshwood, Dorset.
Mr. MARRIOTT asked what the capital estimated for The Rev. Edmund B. Venables; BA ,to the curacy of
the project was?
Buckland Newton, Dorset. *
The CHAIRMAN said 500,0001. The Rev. W. F. Addison, to theeretual curacy of
After a few words from a shareholder against the St. George Kemoyn, Cornwall. p p
project until further information were given ; and from
CHRIST CHURCH.
Mr. VOITSELY, in favour of it, the Bill was approved of. The Rev. F. Lear, 8.A., to the curacy of Bishopston,
The third, a Bill to make a railway from Windsor Wilts.
to Slough, was put and seconded. The estimated cost The Rev. 11. W. Brown, 8.A., to the curacy of West
was 110,0001.
Grinstead, Wilts'
In answer to a question from Mr. MARRIOTT,
Mr. SANDERS The Rev, Barrington S. T. Mills, 8.A., to the curacy
were not liabl e for 14,000,00 (the secretary) said that the como/. in addition topan they of Great Lanford, Dorset.
9,000,0001 which they were authorised to raise by WORCESTER COLLEGE.
shares or debentures. The Rev. R. B. Greenlaw, M.A, of of this College, and
Mr. MARRIOTT said that the simplest way to meet his
chaplain to the Bishop of Rochester, has been presented
inquiry would be to state what the financial position of to the vicarage of Chigvvell, Essex.
LINCOLN COLLEGE.
the company was ? Philip Woolcombe, 8.A., of this College, has been
The CHAIRMAN interposed, and begged the proprie- licensed to the curacy of West Stafford, Dorset.
tors to remember that Mr. Marriott was the gentleman
QUEEN'S COLLEGE.
who urged the claims of other lines, at the recent meet-
ing at Birmingham. in contradistinction to that of the The Rev. Edwin Meyrick, M.A., late of this college,
has been appointed to the vicarage of Chisledon, Wilts.
Great Western Company. He would, under all these
ORIEL COLLEGE.
circumstances, put it to the meeting, whether his ques- The Rev. Anthony Buller, M.A., of this college,
tions should be answered.—(Cries of " No, no.) rector of St. Mary Tavy, Devon, has been appointed
Mr. MARRIOTT denied that he had advocated the chaplain to Henry Claampernowne, Esq., High Sheriff of
claims of other lines, or tried to injure the profits of the Devon.
Great Western. His sole object was to get the best The Rev. J. P. Prescott, M.A., to the curacies of Wil-
price for his own shares. lingale Spain and Willingale Doe, Essex.
The fourth Bill, to approve of constructing a line to
MAGDALEN HALL.
Henley and Radstock, was, after a few words, acceded to. The Rev. Arthur Wellington Wallis, of this Hall, and
The fifth Bill, to make a railway from the Berks and Boden Sanscrit Scholar in 1837, late Principal of the
Hants Railway, at Hungerford, to join the line of the Sanscrit and English College at Benares, in the East
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway at Westbury
Indies, formerly of Sidmouth, Devon, has been appointed,
by the Hon. East India Company, assistant chaplain in
and Devizes, having been put, (estimated cost 600,0000
was unanimously agreed to.
The next Bill was a Bill for making a line from the Presidency of Beneal.
Bridport to export, the proposed capital for which was
proposed to be 1,480,0001., which was also unanimously
agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN then said that the next series of Bills
were those in connexion with the Wilts and Somerset

Railway, and with respect to the principle of which the
Committee of tl:e house of Lords had, in the last session
of Parliament, pronounced a decisive and favourable
opinion, The Bilk included under this head were Bills
for authorising certain alterations in the line of the Wilts,
Somerset, and Weymouth Railway; a Bid to construct a
railway from Bkadon Blandford, with branches to
Glastonbury and Gillingham; and a Bill for improving
the harbour of the town of Weymouth, the whole of which
were also unanimously agreed to.
The next series of Bills were two in connexion with
the South Devon Railway, which were brought forward
by independent companies, and in which the Great
Western Company had only interest, by virtue of the
shares which they held in them; the first of which was a
Bill to authorise the construction of a railway from Tavi-
stock to Launceston, and to extend the line of the South
Devon Railway to Torquay and Brixham ; and the
second, authorising certain alterations and amendments
of the line of the Cornwall Railway, passed in the last
session of Parliament, both of which were also unani-
mously agreed to.
The next Bill referred to the districts in the
neighbourhood of Cheltenham, entitled "A Bill for
making a Railway from the;,.Great Western Railway at
Cheltenham, to join the Oxford and Rugby Railway, near
Oxford," for vihich 4 per cent. and half profits were gua-
ranteed by the Great Western Company.
This Bill was also agreed to.

Four Bills were then proposed in connexion with the
South Wales Railway, which were brought forward by
the South Wales Company, and upon the capital of
which 5 per cent. was guaranteed by the company, in.
eluding a all fur making certain alterations and amend-
ments in the South Wales Railway; a Bill for making a
railway from Ystradgunlais, in the county of Brecon, to
Swansea, in the county of Glamorgan ; a Bill for
enabling the Vale of Neath Railway Company to make
certain alterations and amendments in their line of rail-
way; and a Bill to authorise the Gloucester and Forest
of Dean Railway to construct a dock or basin at Glou-
cester in connexion with that railway—which were also
unanimously agreed to. -
Two Bills in connexion with the Oxford, Worcester,
and Wolverhampton Railway were then submitted to
the meeting, the first of which authorised that company
to make a railway from Cheltenham to join the Strat-
ford-upon-Avon branch of that railway ; the second
authorising the construction of a railway from Stour-
bridge to join the line of the Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton Railway; near Dudley and Hales Owen,
the capital required for which would be about 700,0001.,
both of which were also agreed to without opposition.
The next was a Bill which was merely a duplicate
Bill of the former ones, and authorising the construction
of a railway from Stourhri lge to West Bromwich. •
The three remaining Bills had reference to the Bir-
mingham and Oxford Railway, passed in the last session
of Parliament, but ,which had been purchased by the
Great Western Company since the passing of the Act,
authorising the construction of several small branches of
railway, and the application to Parliament for power
to purchase the Birmingham, Dudley, and Wolver-
hampton Railway.
In laying those Bills before the meeting the
CHAIRMAN alluded to the circumstances which had
attended the course of conduct pursued by the
London and North-Western Railway Company,
with respect to the Birmingham and Oxford Railway
Company, and the purchase by the former company
of a great number of shares for the purpose of
obtaining the management of that line in their
own hands. The subject was under the consideration
of the Court of Chancery, and the directors had also
felt it their duty to bring the subject before the atten-
tion of the 1-I,aise of Lords itself, who had appointed a
Committee to inquire into the allegations contained in
the petitions which the directors had felt it their duty to
present. The members of that Committee would be ap-
point. d immediately after the Easter recess, and the
directors had not the slightest doubt of the ultimate
success of the course they had adopted. The Bills be
would propose on this subject were—first, a Bill to
make certain alterations in the Birmingham and Oxford
Junction Railway Company, and to purchase the Strat-
ford- upon-A von Canal Navigation.
The second was a Bill to authorise the construction of
a line from the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Rail-
way, near Warwick, to join the line of the Stratford-
upon-Avon branch of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton Railway, and for other purposes.
The third was a Bill for uniting the Birmingham and
Oxford Junction Railway Company, and the Birming-
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Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley, and other
new works, to the Great Western Company.
These Bills were severally passed, and the business
of the special meeting was declared at an end.
After a few words from Mr. VOtYSELY,
The CHAIRMAN begged to assure the Hon. Proprietor,
and all the Proprietors, that every effort would be made
by them to vouie to amicable terms with all their neigh-
bours. •
After a vote of thanks to the Chairman and directors
the meeting separated.

CAMBRIDGE, MARCH 20.
BELLS SCHOLARS.
Calvert, Trinity College.
Collett, Clare Hall.
SCHOLASTIC APPOINTMENTS.

The Rev. George Moyle, M.A., of Pembroke Col-
lege, to the Second Mastership of the Grammar School,
Bury.
C. Scott, 8.A., of St. John's College, to the Mathe-
matical Tutorship of the Grammar School, Bury.
THE INSTALLATION.

There is some doubt as to whether this anxiously
looked for event will come off in the July of this, or the
next year. The obstacle to the taking place of the fes-
tivities this year is a probable one resting on the suppo-
sition that the general election is fixed for July.
CAIUS COLLEGE.

DISTRESSED IRISH AND SCOTCH.—It appears that the
rumour, which assumed the shape of an authentic state-
ment in the local papers regarding the intention of this
College to devote the cost of the Annual Foundation
Feast to the relief of the distressed Irish and Scotch was
incorrect. On the other hand, it is but justice to the
College to state that the sum 431. 6s. 6d. was collected
in chapel for the same benevolent purpose.
THE CHURCH.

The following appointments t►ave taken place:
Trio Rev. Robert Allwood, 8.A., of Caius College, to
the bishopric of Morpeth, Australasis.
The Hen►. and Rev. William Henry Lyttleton, M.A.,
of Trinity College, to the rectory of Hagley, Worces-
tershire.

The Rev. Isaac Wood, M.A., of Trinity College, to
the archdeaconry of Chester.
The Rev. Charles Craven, M.A., of St. John's College,
to the rectory of Spexhall, Suffolk.
The Rev. Robert Scarlett Grignon, 8.A., of Trinity
College, to the vicarage of Dedham, Essex.
The Rev. Joshua Greaves, M.A., of Trinity College,
to the donative curacy of St. Kenelm's, Worcestershire.

The Rev. William -Oliver, 8.A., of Trinity College, to
the curacy of Westbury, Salop.
The Rev. Charles Nourse Wodhouse, M.A., of Trinity
College, to the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The Rev. John Henry Gray. 8.A., of Christ's College,
to the euracy of Rothley, Leicestershire.
The Rev. Ebenezer Howell, M.A.. of Emmanuel Col-
lege, to the perpetual curacy of Lundy, Yorkshire.
The Rev. John Wilson, 8.A., of Clare-hull, to the
curacy of St. John, Preston, Lancashire.
The Rey. Thomas William Thompson, 8.A., of Pem-
broke College, to the perpetual curacy of New Bucken-
ham, Norfolk.

PRODUCE OF THE GOLD MINES

IN OREL AND SIBERIA.
We are indebted to Mr. Frederick Scheer, of Adam's-
court, Old Broad-street, for the following interesting
information respecting the gold mines of Siberia, which
he has just received from official sources in Ru-sia:—
Of the quantity of gold worked in 1846 in the Crown
mines, and in the mines in Orel and Siberia, the Mint
has received to this date (6th Feb. 1847) 1,397 poods
15 liv. 13 zol., to which must be added 325 poods 14
liv. 74 zol. expected during the winter, thereby making
the total production of gold in 1846 amount to 1,722
poods 29 liv. 87 zol.
Formerly gold was only worked in the district of the
mines of Catherineberg, belonging to the Crown, in the
mines of Perezoff, and in the district of the mines of
Kolyvano-Voskressensk and of Nertchinsk, and was ex-
tracted from silver, which was worked in those mines :
the whole quantity extracted annually amounted to but
34 to 40 poods.
In 1819 some veins of golden sand were discovered- in
Orel. Since then, the production of this precious metal
has increased in the following proportions :—ln 181.9,
40 pools 9 liv. 55 zol. ; in 1820, 44 poods 3 liv. ; in
1821, 52 poods 24 liv. 85 zol. ; in 1822, 79 poods 21 liv.
36 zol. ; in 1823, 125 poods 19 liv. 79 z3l. ; in 1824, 228
poods 13 liv. 38 zol. ; in 1825, 257 poods 12 liv. 14 zol. ;
in 1826, 257 poods 25 liv. 15 zol. ; in 1827, 307 poods
30 liv. 95 zol. ; in 1828, 317 poods 39 liv. 44 zol. ; mak-
ing a total of 1,711 poods 0 liv. 21 zol.
It was in 1829 that some veins of golden sand were
also discovered in Siberia. At first the working of it
was not very productive, but after a while, and more
especially during the last six years, the results have
been very brilliant, as the following figures will prove:—
In 1829, 314 poods 31 liv. 1 zol. ; in 1830, 378 poocis
15 liv. 79 zol. ; in 1831, 396 poods 29 liv. 37 zol. ; in
1832, 410 poods 8 liv. 61 zol. ; in 1833, 408 poods 22 liv.
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36 liv. 69 zol. ; in 1839, 525 poods 6 liv. 38 zol. ; in
1840, 585 poods 15 liv. 60 zol. ; in 1841, 681 poods
20 liv. 34 zol. ; in 1842, 950 poods 26 liv. 68 zol. ; in
1843, 1,283 poods 2 liv. 60 zol. ; in 1844, 1,341 poods
125 liv. 60 zol. ; in 1845, 1,386 poods 6 liv. 41 zol. ;
and in 1846, 1,722 poods 29 liv. 8 zol. ; making
a total of 12,624 ponds 28 liv. 24 zol. Thus, since
the discovery of the golden sand—that is to say, since
1819, the working of fine gold, both in Orel and Siberia,
hasmet producedal
o fwhich
14,335 the
Crown poods 2B
mines
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tributed 2 924 ponds 24 liv. 32 zol.; those in Siberia,
1,293 poods 7 liv. 28 zol.; the private mines in Orel,
4,219 poods 39 liv. 70 zol.; and those in Siberia, 5,897
poods 37 liv. 11 zol.
The produce of the year 1846, which, as before stated,
amounts to 1,722 poods 29 liv. 87 zol., forms more than
a tenth of the whole quantity of gold worked since 1819,
and surpasses by 336 poods 23 liv. 46 zol. the result of
the working of this metal in 1845.

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PRESENTATION OF COLOURS.
colonel, were presented with new colours this afternoon, on
i tenant-GenerallAl'e 1122.—ri
the e Hon. Majesty's Sr Hercules c ußegiment,
n h a m ,
Southsea Common, by the Hon. Lady Pakenham. The
colours were consecrated by the Rev. Mr. Madden, who was
it. The usual addresses were made on this occasion, but in-
stead of the general practice of the officers giving an expen-
sive ball and supper to their friends, they subscribed a con-
siderable sum of money, and gave all their soldiers and their
wives and children a good dinner, with plenty of pudding
and beer, and to each of the sergeants the addition of a bottle
of wine. Lieutenant. General Sir H. Pakenhatn will resign
the lieutenant• governorship of this garrison and the com-
mand of the south-western district to Major-General Lord
Fitzclarence early in the ensuing month.
BRIXTON HOUSE OF CORRECTION.--Monday, at
an adjourned quarter-sessions for the county of Surrey, Mr.
Johnson, the chairman of a committee of magistrates ap-
pointed to ascertain the best means of providing aecommoda-
tion for prisoners, described the evils arising from the present
deficiency of prison accommodation, and moved a resolution
to the effect that a new prison be erected ou. some convenient
site. The motion, after some discussion, was carried
by a
majority of 28 to 9.
, ,
I.I.EPORTS OF THE ADMIRALTY ON THE PROPOSED
DEVONSHIRE LINES.—The Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty have reported that the promoters of the Plymouth
and Dartmoor Branch, the South Devon Extensions, and the
Yeovil and Bridport to Exeter Railway (with branches),
have not ccam,lied with the requisition made to them, in
common with others, to deposit a sum to cover the expense
of a local examination, and the Commissioners above named
are not prepared to offer any opinion on the provisions of the
proposed Acts.—Devonpot t Independent.
The Church of Englund Journal has freely exposed
Church abuses in %Vales A Bishop is annoyed, and sends
the following courteous note ;—" The. Bishop of Bangor re-
quests that no more numbers of a newspaper called the
Church of Enpland Journal may be Bed to him." The paper
was pent grat4itously...Shttivskr7 Chronicle.