The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-10 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY In TELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, MARCH 7,1- There will be an election at Lin-
coln College on Saturday, the 28th instant, of three
scholars on the foundation of that college. Candidates are
required to present their testimonials to the rector on cr
before the 24th.

The examiners appointed by the trustees of the mathe-
matical scholarships have given notice that an examination
of candidates will be holden, for the purpose of electing a
scholar on that foundation, on Tuesday, the 24th instant,
at the Clarendon.

John Thurston Mott, Esq., having presented the Rev.
J. A. Partridge, of Christ Church, to the rectory of
Beaconsthorpe, Norfolk, he has been instituted to the
same.

The Lord Bishop of Lichfield has appointed the Rev.
F. E. Paget, student of Christ Church, Rural Dean of
the Deanery of Tamvvorth, Staffordshire.
The Rev. J. C. Jenkins, of Lincoln College, has been
instituted to the vicarage of Ashley St. Leger's, North-
amptonshire, on the presentation of Mrs. Gaitakell and
Mrs. Stenhouse.

On the sth instant a meeting of the subscribers to the
Oxford Memorial of Cramer, Ridley, and Latimer, was
holden in the Council Chamber of this city, when it was
resolved that a monumental structure be erected at the
northern extremity of St. Mary Magdalen Churchyard, in
connection with the rebuilding and enlarging the northern
aisle of the church, so as to be capable of containing about
the same number of persons as it was proposed to accom-
modate in a separate building, and that the aisle be called
the Martyrs' Aisle.
Mr. Harris Smith, of Oriel College, has been elected
a Hertford scholar. The examiners have thought fit to
notice that Mr. Henry Cotton, of Christ Church, also
distinguished himself in the examination.

A SWINDLER•—BOULOGNE, MARCH 4.—An
Englishman was this day arraigned for obtaining money under
false pretences of the Countess Reoterlitz, who was, on the
10th ult., at Calais, on her way to England, on a visit to Prince
Albert, but experienced some difficulty in obtaining her pass-
port. The accused found means to introduce himself to her
at Meurice's Hotel, and, representing himself as Lord Alfred
Paget, he first of all obtained fifty francs at her hands, saying
he could procure the passport at the cost of about 47 francs, '
and afterwards he got 160 francs more. In the end the
Countess found she had been duped, and the pretended Lord
Paget. was apprehended by the police. On the trial it appeared
in evidence that the accused had introduced himself to Lord
C. Paget, who commands the Firebrand, and had enjoyed the
pleasure of shaking hands with the Noble Lord. To Mr.
Barry, of the Albion Hotel, he pronounced himself to be
Captain Louis, saying he had to remain at Calais until Lord
Paget's carriages came from Ostend. He told other persons
he was the Duke of Richrrond. With the money obtained
from the Countess it appeared he had paid his bill at Barry's
Hotel, amounting to 130 francs. To most of the questions
put to him he pleaded the shortness of his memory, and that
when he had taken too much wine he was not cognisant of his
actions ; and that, at the moment when he said he was Lord
Page., he really believed himself to be that person. The Pro-
cuseur du Roi addressed the Court, reprobating his conduct in
strong terms, and he was sentenced to thirteen months' im-
prisonment, fifty francs fine, and the costs.
FIRE IN MANCHILSTEE.—About five o'clock
on Thursday morning a fire broke out on the premises of
Messrs. Hilton and Bradshaw, callenderers and makers-up,
Callender-street, leading from Palace-street to Palace-square.
In the whole history of Manchester fires, we scarcely remember
of anything so extraordinary ever. having occurred as the fire
above-mentioned. Two warehouses are entirely destroyed,
and five others are considerably damaged. How to account for
the following fact we know not ; but it certainly is a fact that
although Air. Rose was at the spot in less than ten minutes
after receiving information of the fire, one warehouse was
literally burnt to the ground, and another adjoining it was so
far enveloped in the flames, that in the course of an hour after-
wards it was equally prostrate, and without exaggerating the
least, not one stone was left upon another which was not thrown
down. No doubt the police were on fluty ; and it is not at all to
be supposed that any one connected with our present police
establishment, and especially the patrol appointed to such
an important beat, could be in any way remiss in a matter
like this. What renders the affair still more singular, is the
fact that one of the warehouses which have been destroyed was
empty, and there being nothing combustible about it except
the timber used in the building—the floors in the rooms were
ail flagged—the wonder is that it should have broken out so
suddenly—that, in short, one warehouse should literally be
burned to the ground, and another, where there was scarcely
anything to burn but brick walls and flags, should be in an
almost equal state of destruction while a policeman was going
roiled his beat, which, at most, we believe, ought not to occupy
him more than half an hour. This is truly a phenomenon for
which our philosophy is puzzled to account. The whole esti-
mated damage is about 7,0001., which, though a great sum,
might have been much more. Had the warehouses been well
stocked with the goods with which buildings of this description
are usually tilted, the damage would have been immense, and
the fire might not have been extinguished so readily.—Man•
chester Times.

GLAMORGANSHIRE ASSIZES,WEDNESDAY.—
TriE ATTORNEY GENERAL V. THE BARON SPOLASCO -
When the case came on for trial, the defendant moved,
through his Counsel Mr. Vaughan Williams and Mr.
James, to postpone the trial to the ensuing Assizes, on the
ground of the defendant not being able to obtain the
attendance of the principal witness for the defence, a Mr.
Holbrookc, a copperplate engraver and printer of Dublin,
who was the person that engraved and printed the label for
the Baron Spolasco's pill-boxes, which label is the subject
of the present indictment. It appeared upon the affidavit
that a subrcena, with conduct money, had been forwarded
to this person so far back as the 26th of February last,
but from some unknown cause the witness was not in
attendance on the trial ; and that, moreover, the defendant
had been put to great inconvenience in preparing for his
trial, in consequence of not having an earlier answer to an
application which he had forwarded to the Commissioners
of Stamps. The indictment was of great length, consist.
ing of about 25 counts, a full copy of which the defendant
could not procure in time for his Counsel. Mr. Vaughan
Williams most strenuously urged that, upon this and other
grounds, the defendant was justly entitled to a postpone-
ment of his trial. Mr. Wilson, Counsel for the Crown,
insisted that the present application came too late,
and that as the Government had come fully prepared
to try the case, the Crown would be put to very
heavy expenses by the postponement of the trial.
The Learned Judge considered that it was most requi-
site for the ends of justice that the defendant should not
be taken by surprise, but that lie should be enabled to have
in Court all the witnesses necessary for his defence, and
ordered accordingly.
THE TYRIA/C—This vessel, which was sunk
a few weeks since, off Gravesend, by the Manchester steamer,
has at length been weighed. On Friday, at one o'clock, the
weather being very favourable for the operation, which had not
been the case for some days, the four-chain lighters which- had
been sent from her Majety's dockyard rt Sheerness to raise
the ship were put in requisition, and the four chains which had
been carried under the vessel's bottom, were all Wit at low-
water. Upon the rising of the tide the lighters were almost
drawn beneath the water by the heavy strain upon them o-
duced by the immense weight of the ship and her cargo. Fur
some time great fears were entertained that the lighters would
sink, but at length the vessel, with a sudden spring, left the
c‘ay'in which she had been embedded. The event was imme-
diately notified to those on shore by the union-jack being run
up to the head of her mainmast, the only one left standing.
The Tyrian was taken in tow, with the lighters, the vessel
hanging on their chains, by a, steam-tug, which conveyed her
to the shore at Northfieet. Ihe operation has been a very ex_
pensive one.
It is expected that the Tynan will be
got on
shore this day, when she will be pumped dry, the leaks stopped,
and the bodies of the unfortunate sutti-rers, five in numbei, an;
the cargo, will be got out. At one time great doubts were en-
tertained whether the vessel could be raised at all, in conse-
quence of the great weight of the cargo, and it was in contem-
plation to blow her up with gunpowder, if the plan of raising
her by chain-lighters had not succeeded.
THE UNITED SERVICE MUSEUM,--
The ninthanniversary meeting of the members of this institution was belt!
on Saturday at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's.-
street, and was very numerously attended by officers of hot}
services. At two o'clock the Marquis. of Londonderry was un-
animously called upon to preside. After a short address iron
the Noble Chairman, the Secretary read the proceedings of thf
last anniversary meeting, and then the abstract of the ac-
counts of the institution for the year ending 1839, from
which
it appeared that the receipts amounted to I,Sevq. 19s. 3d.
, and the expenditure 1,753/. IN. Id., leaving balance in hang
of 109/. 9s. 2d.
THE INDIA MAIL.—On Friday the India
Mail from London passed through Faris. There were thirty-six
boxes, containing, besides despatches, 30,000 letters.