The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-11 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.

Mr. Francis Digby Legard, scholar of this college, has
been elected to a mathematical exhibition.

RATING THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM.

CAMBRIDGE, DEC. B.—At a congregation on Wed-
nesday next, the following grace will be offered to the
Senate:—
" To authorize the Vice-Chancellor, in consequence of
the opinion of the University counsel upon the question
at issue between the University and the parish of St.
Mary the Less, respecting the liability of the Fitzwilliam
Museum to pay parochial rates, to desist from further
opposition to the claim of the parish."
In the list of gentlemen upon whom the degree of B.A.
was conferred at the last congregation, Mr. S. E. Bond
was stated to be of St. Peter's College. Mr. Bond is a
member of St. John's College.

The Lord Mayor received, yesterday, at the
Mansion-house, a deputation from the Promoters of the
Loudon Necropolis and National Mausoleum Company,
accompanied by their secretary, architect, and solicitor.
M. TIIIERS' CONSULATE AND EMPIRE UNDER
NAPOLEON.—The new volume (the ninth) of Mr. Col-
burn's authorised translation of this important work is
just published. Among the other interesting subjects
treated of in this volume are the following:—The Abdi-
cation of Ferdinand VII. and Charles IV.—The Spanish
Insurrection and War against France—The Battle and
Capitulation of Baylen—Rising of the Portuguese and
Lending of Sir Arthur Wellesley in the Peninsula—
The Battles of Rolice and Vimiera—The Capitulation
of Cintra—Napoleon's Visit to La Vendee—lnterview
between Napoleon and Alexander at Erfurt, and their
Views for the Partition of the Turkish Empire—The
Convention of Erfurth—Organizeticn of the Army of
Spain—Battle of nrnosa—Napoleon's Plans at Vittoria
—Battles of Sono, Sierra, and Burgos—Attack and
Surrender of Madrid—Abolition of the Inquisition—
Siege of Rosas—Triumphal Entry into Barcelona—
Passage of the Guaderama—Retreat of General Moore
—Battle of Coruna—Death of Moore and Embarkation
of the English—The memorable Siege and Surrender of
Saragossa, &c. &C.
COLLINS'S DISINFECTING POWDEIL—Mr. R. N.
Collins, of Oxford-court, Cannon-street, has recently
invented and patented a disinfecting powder, for the
prevention of choler«, typhus, and other fevers, by de-
stroying malaria and offonsive smells. This powder does
not contein any metallic or poisonous substance, and it
will not stain limn. By placing a small quantity of
the powder in stores or larders, where provisions are
kept, the progress of taint in meat, poultry, and game,
will he arrested. A small portion of the powder
dissolved in water makes an excellent bleaching liquid
for taking out the stains of ielc, paint, &c. It is sold at
a very reasonable rate, and bids lair to become popular.
It is said to be the intention of Ministers, in
the ensuing session, to repeal the window-tax alto-
gether. Too amount is about 1,500,0001, ; but its
abrogation will be chiefly hailed by the country on ac-
count of its sanitary tendencies. The repeal of the tax
on paper has also been fixed on, because of the intoler-
able vexation which the excise-laws occasion to persons
engaged in the paper trade.—Liverpool Albion.