The Sun.
London, England, 1824-07-23 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAM:MIDGE, JULY 22.—The Lord Bishop of Exeter held
an ordination in the cathedral of that city on the 11th instant,
when the following Gentlemen of this University were ordained
DEACONS—Chas. Wicksted F.thelston, 8.A., Trinity Col-
lege; John Glencross, B.A. Queen's College; George Kemp,
13. A., Trinity Cameollege.
PIIIESTs—Js Hamilton, and John Chichester, 8.A.,
Magdalene College ; Geo. Robert Pte, 8.A., Caius College
Michael Nowell Peters, 8.A., .' College and John
Truman, 8.A., Catherine Hall.
The Rev. Joseph Holden Pott, 11I.A, archdeacon of London,
vicar of St.. Martin-in-the-Fields, and formerly of St. John's
College, has been presented, by the Lord Bishop of London,
to the vicarage of Kensington, vacant by the death of the Rev.
T. Rennell.

PROJECTED IMPROVEMENTS
generally circul in the
University :
The main street of Cambridge is obviously unworthy of the
noble buildings which abut upon, it, several of which are nowin .a coulee of, receiving great extension and embellishment..
There appears, theranirs, 14.' ,e
_peculiar, can, upon the, Uni-
versity at this time, to provide what 'is 'wanting of spice and
area, both for general effect and for general convenience. The
great bar to such an enlarged plan of improvement is tho posi-
tion of Caius College ; but from the liberal and public-spiritcd
manner in which a proposition for its rlnoval has been enter.
tamed by the Master and Fellows, no insuperable difficulty
seems now to present itself. On the other hand, Plans having
been actually submitted to that Society for the extension of
their present front, should the existing opportunity be neglected
by the University, it will be lost to us fur ever.—lt is no slight
additional motive for endeavouring to obtain the site of that
College, that the University will 'hue be enabled to allot a
central position to the l"itzwilliam Museum ; and by
.associat-
ing it with the other public Edifices, to fulfil the wish of its
noble Founder. The funds provided by his will are amply
sufficient for all that is connected with the erection of that
structure. All, therefore, that the University would be called
upon to do, is to provide ground sufficient, and to erect ade-
quate buildings for the accommodation of the Society of Caius
College ; and it is calculated that about 80,000/. would be re-
quired for these purposes, which may be raised • in the follow-
ing manner :
The suns of 11. paid annually 1- by every Member of
the University would produce - .£4,500
An additional fee of 51. for each Degree
taken at a Bye-Term - - - 400
A additional fee of 101. upon Degrees of
Ten-Year Men B.D. - 100
An additional fee of 11. upon Matriculation 400
An additional fee of I/. upon all first Degrees 200

£5,600 per ann.
Setting aside 2,100/. as a Sinking Fund, (which would re-
deem the debt in about 30 years), the remaining 3,5001. will
pay the interest of 100,0001. borrowed at 3i per cent.
Other available sources of supply.
£12,000, at the least, to be paid from the Fitzwilliam Fund,
as the price of the ground allotted to the Museum.
£2,000, or thereabouts—The residue and surplus of the Pity-
ing Fund, to be contributed in consideration of the proposed
improvement of the principal thoroughfare and other communi-
cations.
The Society of Trinity Hall has the disposal of what is
termed the Causeway Fund, applicable to the amelioration of
the Ways in and about the University. Possibly this might
appear to them a fit occasion for a temporary application of
it. The present amount is supposed to be from 2001. to 3001.
per annum.
Some of the Colleges in the more immediate vicinity of the
alterations suggested, will probably be disposed to contribute ;
of which Clare Hall has set an example by a vote of five
hundred pounds.
Cambridge—Commencement Tuesday, 1024.
• At Oxford, the sum of twelve shillings per annum is paid
by each Member to the Bodleian, and to the fund tier general
purposes. In 1700, a tax of one shilling per quarter was laid
on every Member of that University, for the support of the
Volunteer Corps. This tax has since been made permanent,
and applicable to general purposes.
t This annual payment may be made redeemable at ten or
twelve years' purchase.

Advices have been received from Major Cuis-
not.m, who commands at Cape Coast, to the 12th May. They
state that the Ashantees had pushed their success nearly to the
Gardens, which are only four miles distant from Cape Coast
Castle, but that no apprehensions were entertained of an at-
tack ; on the contrary, preparations were making to collect
together a sufficient force to advance and give the Ashantees
battle. Colonel SUTHERLAND was expected from Sierra
Leone with reinforcements. The new ordnance which arrived
on the 19th March has been mounted. The landing place has
also been secured by building a strong wall from one of the
bastions of the Castle to a considerable depth in the sea, and
commanded by several nine pounders.
Mr. BAILEY,
the King's Messenger, arrived at
the Secretary of State's ()Rice for Foreign Affairs,
Downing-street, yesterday morning, with dis-
patches for Mr. CANNING from Sir CHARLES
RAGoT, our Ambassador at St. Petersburgh, dated
up to the 7th intant.
Prince LEoPOLD arrived at Marlborough.house
yesterday afternoon from Claremont.