The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-10 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD, JULY 9.
Tl 4 Et LOGICAL PRIZE.
The l'rnetic (,)9ioe uncl.,-.l' the .`vloslie Dispensation."
The buljeet a, ove sia(e.l, as appointed by the judges
or an English Essay, is proposed to members of the Ura-
on the following conditions, viz.:—
The candidate must have passed his examination
Or the degree of B,A. or B.C.L.
"2. He must not on this day (July 8) have exceeded his
28th term.
"9. He must have commenced his 16th term eight
weeks previous to the day appointed for sending in his
essay to the Regi,trar o►' the University.
"In every case the terms are to be computed from the
matriculation inele.ivelv.
MRS. DENVER'S THEOLOGICAL PRIZE.
The subj, cts for hi- 3 e,r 1848 ari :
" The Doctrine of our Lord's Incarnation, as distin-
guished from the principal Heresies on that subject."
"In what sense is it a New Commandment to Chris-
tians that they should love one another?"
Persons entitled to write for the above-mentioned
prizes must be in deacon's orders at least, and on the last
day appointed for the delivery of the compositions to the
Registrar, have entered on the eighth, and not exceeded
the tenth, year from their matriculation.
The essays for the theological prize are to be sent
under a sealed cover to the Registrar of the University
on or before the Wednesday in Easter week next en-
suing. The compositions for Mrs. Denyer's prises are
to be sent in the same manner, on or betore the Ist day
of March, 1848. None will be received after those
dates. The author is required to conceal his name,
and to distinguish his composition by what motto he
pleases, sending at the same time his name sealed up
under another cover, with the motto inscribed upon it.
The essay to which the theological prize shall have
been adjudged will be read before the University in the
Divinity School on some day in the week next before the
Commemoration; and it is expected that no essay will
be sent in which exceeds in length the ordinary limits
of recitation.
B. P. SYMONS, Vice-Chancellor.
CAMBRIDGE, JULY 9.
At a congregation held yesterday the following de-
grees were conferred :
HONORARY MASTER OF ARTS.
Lieutenant• General Sir Lewis Grant, K.C.R., Colonel
of the 96th Regiment.
DOCTOR IN MUSIC.
T. A. Walmisley, M.A., Trinity College, Professor of
Music in the University.
MASTERS OF ARTS.
T. G. Parry, Trinity College.
S. L. Chase, Emmanuel College.
T. G. Hughes, St. John's College. •
Ralph Congreve, Corpus Christi College.
BACHELOR OF THE CIVIL LAW.
J. T. H. English, Christ's College.
The following gentlemen of Oxford were also admitted
ad eundem of this University:—
J. L. Richards, D.D., Exeter College.
R. Michell, 8.D., Lincoln College.
J. Ley, 8.D., Exeter College.
S. A. Pears, 8.D., Corpus Christi College.
J. B. Mosley, 8.D., Magdalene College.
L. R. J. Langhorne, M.A., Jesus College.
H. A. Dodd, M.A., Queen's College.
F. Metcalfe, M.A., Lincoln College.
W. J. Crighton, M A., Merton College.
H. B. Newman, M.A., Wadham Collage.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
JULY 9.
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.
At the general meeting of the members of the
squadron, at the Squadron-house this day, Commodore
the Marquis of Donegal in the chair, Sir John Bayley's
Bart., proposed, and Almon Hill, Esq., seconded, " that
Sir Bellingham Graham, Bart., be elected to the honour'
able office of Vice-Commodore of the squadron," which
being put, was carried unanimously. There were
twenty-two members present. Arrangements were then
made about the regatta, the annual committee sr
pointed, &c., after which the meeting broke up.
ARRIVALS.
July 3. Magic schooner, Viscount Chetwynd, fives
Southampton; Proserpine schooner, Hon. G. Anson
Byron, from Ipswich.
5. Peterel cutter, Earl of Ilchester, from the westward•
8. Syren yawl, John Davenport, Esq., from Plymouth
and other ports.
9. Nymph cutter, Sir John Bayley, Bart., from Lon'
don; Aurora cutter, Le Merchant Thomas, Esq., from
the eastward.

SAILING.
July 3. Resolution schooner, , Duke of Rutland, Or
Cherbourg.
YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. ,
Schooners—Flirt, Ariel, Esmeralda, Magic, Matiof
Proserpine, Camilla, Fair Rosamond, Merlin.
Cutters—Alarm, Sparrowhawk, Lark, Noran, Tar'
quoise, Osprey, Elizabeth, Gauntlet, Talisman, Witch?
Peterel, Dryad, Heroine, Nymph, Aurora, Stormfinch•
Yawls—Dream, Susan, Water. lily, Albatross, Syrea•

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.
Lord and Lady Somerville are expected at Trafsler
House to-day, from Leamington.
The Marquis of Blandford and family arrived
Long's lodgings yesterday.
Thomas Hallifax, Esq., and family are expected aS
Gothic Villa to-morrow.
Sir Harry Bold Hoghton, Bart., and family have sr'
rived at the Bth cottage.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Ormond are 0
Beach Cottage.

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RAILWAY RETURNS
RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of ...11,1111.
ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which w;
respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the OW
week in the previous year:—

A ,14 •
F•S'S
20.01
i,
c 5.... j.,...
A

Week
ending

Last
week.

June 2S
July 3

21:i96

6-,;7 5

9-7240
1' 295
577
620
6:i11

222
8,984
7,324