The Sun.
London, England, 1823-09-06 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

Omionn, SFPT. 11.—,Tuesdny huit Mr. Wm. John Meech
was admitted Fellow of New College. Founder's kin.—Same'
day the Rev. Thomas Robinson • M.A. was presented, by the'
Provost and Fellows of .Queen's 'College, in this University, to
the Vicarage of Milford with Hordle, in the county of Hants,
vacant by the death of the Rev. George Thompson, MD.—
The Reveiend F. R. Brbomikld, A.M. Vicar of Napton,
to a Prebend, Stall in the Cathedral. Church of Lichfield.—
The Rev. R. Thomas, to the perpetual Curacy of Hemswell,
Lincolrn,hire, vacant by the death of the Rev. ‘V. Jackson.—
The Rev. Gorge Greaves, of Corpus Chiisti College, Cam-
bridge, is alipointed Chaplain to the British Factory at Arch,
angel.—The Rev. John Edmund Jones, M.A. Curate of St.
Nicholas and Lecturer of St. John's, Gloucester, has been ap-
pointed Domestic Chaplain to the Right Honourable Baroness
Dowager Lavington. •

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.AstEnrcasr UNlvEnstvi.-LThe following AceOunt of a
University Commineementin the distant state of Kentucky is
taken front the Chatieston Courier of the 31st of July :—" 'The
annual commencement of Transylvania UniverOty was held at
Lexington, Kentucky, On the. 9th inst., when the degree of
Bachelor of Arts was conferred on 32. you Gentlemen. At
the same time four Geptlernen recetrea.the • ree of Alastex of.
young
Arts, one the degree of Doctor of Divinity, and three the degree
of Doctor of Laws. The ' Gentlemen on whom was conferred
the tlegtee of Doctor of I.awlf Nerf-rmtnp lowan. late Judge
eft fferciiirf of Appealsiii that seatel . iimi lltirnett. of Cin-
cinnati, late Judge of one of the•Ciaurts in Ohio i and Hugh
Lawson White, quo of the Gornmissionent for thi!'settlement of
claims under the Spanish Treaty. A great concourse of re-
spectable strangers, exceeding in number those on any former
acasion, were attracted to Lexington by that literary festival.
The exercises took place in the Episcopal church, to which
place a large procession, formed at the thilversity, had repaired.
The wall,pews were tilled with ladies, Ole other seats occupied
by spouthers, and the andie were throngott with the crowd Which
had assembled troll-Lithe neiqhhourbood. The orations were
ganerally delivered with graceful and appropriate elocution, and
some of them with considerable energy and power. The happi-
ness of a philosophic old age, the revival of lilserty in Greece,
the pleasures of genius, and the dignity of human nature, wc;e
among the prompient subjects which formed the topics of the
speakers.”
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Aceidolit at DAVIS'S al mphitheatre,Westminster.:
ridge.—L9st night a boy, named JAMES ABRA-
HAM, let a bottle fall from the gallery of this
Theatre, which struck a Mrs. STEVENS, of 96,
in the Strand, on the heed. She fell senseless
from her seat, and on being taken up, was found
severely wounded. She wee. conveyed ,home in
a coach. The.,hoYl ithappeersi was in the act. of
holding the bottle*); his.mouth, io the front seat
of the
‘gallery, when several persons came behind
him,--and in their eagerness to procure seats,
struck his elbow, and foiced the bottle from his
hand over the front, of the gallery.
DESTRUCTIVE This morniogt ;about
three o'clock, a drtadful fire brokeout at Mr.
Cartwright's, a trunk-ma ker, iu hiehester Rents,
Chancery-lane,. which speedily consumed the
same, and the. flames rapidly communicated to the
premises of Mr. Flood's oyster warehouse adjoin-
ing ; and, at.the time our Paper waSput to prelli
the,fiamps were "'aging syith unabated fury,. nOt.
with'itanding.the greatest.. exertions by the fire-
men of the different Offices,'Who were instantly
at their posts.
,The houses, being principally of
wood, and very old;,every effort to stop the pro-
gress•of the flames was ineffectual. The extent
of the loss could not be ascertnioed, nor whence
the fire arose.--(lllortaitig Paper).
MantjaY a remarkable at/ttulitianal occurrence
took place at Glasgow. gent! lillas 19', birth a German,
publicly teuounced the errors. of udaism, the Episcopal
Clutiml, there, and was baptized into the Christian Faith, ac•
cording to the rites of the English Ch‘lre4.
NEIV GOLD MINE.-7.A Now; York Pa per of
the .7th alt, contains the,following paragraph :
46 We hatte seen some specimens of the ore taken
from the gold pine• lately discovered in North
Carolina, and brought to this city by.a gentleman
from Cheraw (South Carolina), about 30 miles
reo) the mine. The !mete', as taken from the'
130, is almost in a p4r#, state, there being: not
more than ten per cent. of alloy. The wee is
supposed to be very rich and extensive, and the
precious metal is contained in a sand.bed., ft is
obtained by sifting the sand. Sometimes - large
and *tillable masses are fOutid• A p9or man, we
are,toldi lately, found a piece by accident, which
is worth. 1,700 dollars.' We fear that 'our trans.
4tlantic brethren, Amidst the scarcity of the cir-
coatinionoipm
,know*, to exist in the Unite,d
States, are. but tantalizing themselves with these
golden .visions, or ,that this .rich gold mine of
Carolina wilLrove little, more productive or, the
precious meth! than the* famed WiCklow moun-
tains 411'e sister Wand,