The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-06 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 4.—The examination for the Pitt
scholarship takes place on the 24th of next month. The
candidates are required to signify their intention of offer-
ing themselves on or before the 31st inst., in a Latin
epistle, to be delivered personally. The examiners are
the Vice-Chancellor, the Public Orator, the Regius Pro-
fessor of Greek, Mr. Humphry, of Trinity College, and
Mr. G. J. Kennedy, of Corpus College.
The following degrees have just been conferred :
MASTER OF DIVINITY—Thomas Willis, Caius College.
MASTERS OF ARTS—S. R. Carver, Catherine Hall ;J.
M. Wilkins, Trinity College ; J. T. Stanford, Christ's
College.

12.-1,..71EL0R OF ARTS—Charles Richson, Catherine Hall.
In the, ex.:4nination held at Gonville and Caius College,
on the 2d and Orb'
_following days, the first places in Ma-
to the following :
thematic* were assignes.
FRESIIMEL—Hopking,
,Ist prize ; Woodhouse, 2d
prize ; Watson, jam,; Brooke. .
SENIOR Sorns.—Suffield ; Otile;", q. ; Eastwood,
se. q.
No prize was given to the Junior Sephs. The first
place in Moral Philosophy for the Junior Sophs to G-puld.
The Rer, I. Whytehead, M.A., of St. John's Colleo,
late curate of Freshwater (Isle of Wight), is appointed
Chaplain to the Bishop of New Zealand, and expects to
embark at Plymouth early in -December.
The Rev. J. J. Frobisher, M.A., of Trinity College,
has been appointed to the Vicarage of Raise, Somerset-
shire patroness, Mrs. Frobisher.
The Bets Isaac Ritchie M.A., late of Pembroke Col-
lege, and assistant curate of Clapham, has been appointed
Rector of the Collegiate Sehoel, and assistant Minister
of St. Mary's Episcopal Chapel, Glasgow.
The Lord Bishop of Ely has collated the Rev. James
Millard, M.A., of St. John's College, to the Rectory of
Connington, in this county.
On the 23d ult., the Rev. Robert Moulton .Atkinson,
M.A., formerly of St. John's College, curate of Madding-
ton, Wilts, was instituted on his own petition, to the
Rectory of Great Cbeverill, in the same county, void by
the death of the Rev. Robert Moms,.

At a meeting of the Corporation of Wimborne, the
Rev. Edward Bankes, LL.B., formerly of Trinity Hall,
and Rector of Corfe Castle, was unanimously elected
official of the Peculiar and exempt jurisdiction of
Wimborne Minister, in !he room of W. J. Bankes, Esq.,
resigned.

WOOLWICH, DEC. 2.
ROYAL ARTILLERY.
Major Kendall's company, 4th battalion, assenilted on
the guard mounting parade, and marched at three o'clo'
this afternoon, preceded by the band playing the usual
parting airs, to the Royal Arsenal ; from whence they
were conveyed in boats to the Numa transport-ship,
anchored in the river, for a passage to Barbadoes, to re-
live Captain I, Morgan's company at that statioh.
Major Kendall being it! Attleties on a particular service
ho,
the command devolves upon Second Captain Mee,
with Lieutenants Ellis and Mackie, accompanies the
company, and embarked at the same time in the Name
transport-ship, Captain Morgans company proceeded
to Barbadoes on the 29th of December, 1834, and con-
sequently have been seven years on that station. Major
mostly re-
_
Kendall's company appeared fine yon men;
cruits, and were in excellent spirits. Captal:! 11.4 e, pre-
vious to their embarkation, read the regulations they
would have to attend to on board the vessel, and they
are well adapted to ensure regularity and comfort, and I
Contain aduilrable precautions against dangers from fire
Othff amitittitth
NAVAL 'Nil-MU tiEnD,
t,
;mhtning steam-vessel, serrinZ in the
The crew of •
Meteor steam-vessel, were to De-121id off to .morrow, hu
the order has been countermanded, and they will be trans-
ferred to the former vessel for immediate service.
HANNWAL.—The keel of a 90-gun ship, to be
named the Hannibal. has been, laid in the same spot
where the Trafalgar was built, in the Woolwich Dock-
yard, and a number of workmen are actively employed
in preparing the timber for her construction. The Han-
nibal will be a splendid vessel, on Sir William Symonds's
plan, and have a great breadth of beam, for which ves-
sels designed by the present surveyor of the navy are
distiwuishod. The following are the dimensions of the
Hannt bal --Length on the gun deck, 204 feet ; breadth
extreme, 60 feet ; breadth for tonnage, 39 feet 2 inches;
breadth moulded, 38 feet 4 inches ; depth in hold, 23 feat
6 inches:.