The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-27 00:00:00

FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 27, MIR.

/ SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY.
(From the Caledonian Mercury.)
As some doubt seems to exist in regard to the lease
of this line, we have made special inquiry on the sub-
ject, and are authorised to state, that the original agree-
ment for leasing the undertaking at 7 per cent. and half
surplus profits to the London and North-Western, Lan-
caster and Carlisle, and Caledonian, as approved by the
shareholders of all the four at their respective meetings
—is still in force, and cannot be resiled from. The only
difference now is, that the three companies have offered,
with consent of the Scottish Central, to give the Edin-
burgh and Glasgow an interest in this lease to the extent
of one fourth. It is, therefore, the shareholders of the
latter who alone have the right to repudiate what their
directors have done, and if they do so, they cannot object
to the lease, as
.it now stands, being carried out by the
other companies on a working agreement. Under the
terms of the arrangement, the dividend of 7 per cent.
commenced running from the 22d May, the date of
opning the whole line, and will become payable in
February next.

SABBATH TRAVELLING.
The following letter has been addressed by Mr. Camp-
bell, of Moezie, to Lord Duncan, the chairman of the
directors of the Scottish Central Railway:—
" Callart, Fort William, Oct. 21, 1848.
" Dear Lord Duncan,—As I had the honour to pro
pose the r, solution adopted by the shareholders of the
Scottish Central Railway in reference to Sabbath tra-
velling, I feel called upon to address you as chairman of
the directors of that company, in consequence of a para-
graph, which I assume to be correct, and in which
it is stated by the Scottish Reformer's Gazette, that
the Duchess of Sutherland, hastening to attend the
deathbed of her father, reached Perth on Sabbath morn-
ing, just as the mail train for the south was about to
leave that city; that her Grace stated her object in
desiring to proceed by that train, but that, neverthe-
less, she was not allowed to do so. I attach no im-
portance whatever to the circumstance of its being the
Duchess of Sutherland who was so treated, or to the
fact that even had she been carried forward it would
still have been altogether unavailing, seeing that the
Earl of Carlisle expired on the previous day—but I do
wish in a few words to say—and I ,believe I speak the
sentiments of those with whom I have the honour to
act in these matters—that it is all provision for unne-
cessary travelling on the Sabbath, or anticipated cases
of mercy which may never occur, that I am opposed to,
and that I do trust that in future, and so long as you are
compelled by Government to carry the mails on the
Sabbath Day, you will leave a discretionary power with
your secretary, and others in whom you can place con-
fidence, to forward by the mail trains, any one, whether
peasant or peer,lwho can satisfy them, that his is, indeed,
a case of necessity and mercy, as the one in question
most certainly was.
" I beg to remain, yours faithfully and respectfully,
,‘ ALEX. CAMPBELL, Morale.
"The Viscount Duncan."

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
ADMIRALTY APPOINTMENTS, OCT. 26.

Edward N. Troubridge, captain, Amazon ; Charles
Bromley, lieutenant, ditto; Robert Craigie, ditto, ditto;
F. H. Nublett, master, ditto ; James Kiddie, second
master, ditto ; A. J. Dewar, master's assistant, ditto ;
T. S. Gilpin, ditto, ditto; G. P. Rickord, purser, ditto;
E. M. W. Milman, clerk, ditto; Frank Ramsden, ditto,
ditto; Frank Jenkins, clerk's assistant, ditto ; William
Davis, gunner, ditto ; Hugh Dick, boatswain, ditto ;
Abraham Kingston, carpenter, ditto. E. G. Fanshawe,
captain, Daphne; Edward Lacy, lieutenant, ditto; John
Murray, ditto, ditto; Francis Hall, master, ditto; F. B.
Henwood, second master, ditto; C. G. Grady, master's
assistant, ditto; Thomas Ogler, ditto, ditto; J. R. Bluets,
purser; ditto ; John Seldon, clerk, ditto ; J. B. Water-
field, ditto, ditto ; William Plummer, clerk's assistant,
ditto ; Richard Wall, gunner, ditto ; Thomas Smith,
boatswain, ditto ; William Tucker, carpenter, ditto.
Henry S. Hawker, commander, Orestes; John P. Luce,
lieutenant, ditto ; F. J. Whillier, master, ditto ; John
Molloy, master's assistant, ditto ; C. W. Eales, purser,
ditto; G. A. Welch, clerk, ditto; A. G. Hillyer, clerk's
assistant, ditto ; William G. &agar, acting gunner,
ditto; Thomas Turner, boatswain, ditto; Peter Famish,
carpenter, ditto. William Charles, gunner, Medina.l
Lieutenants—G. H. Clarke (1843), to the Sidon steam-
frigate, in the Mediterranean ; J. J. Kennedy (1841),
from the Excellent to the Powerful, 84, at Portsmouth,
as gunnery lieutenant.
Assistant-Surgeons—J. Fisher, M,D,, and W. B.
Christie, to the Powerful.
The Ajax screw-propelled line-of-battle ship, 55 guns,
has had her detects repaired at Portsmouth, and will be
tried again in a day or two.
MALTA, OCT. 19.—DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDITER-
RANEAN SQUADRON.—At Malta—The Ceylon, 12, re-
ceiving ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Harvey,
second in command, and Superintendent of Malta Dock-
Nard; Harlequin, 16, and Wee Pet steam-tug. At
aples—The Hibernia, 104, bearing the flag of Vice-
Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart.; Howe, 120, Queen,
110; Rodney, 92; Frolic, 12; Terrible and Sidon steam-
frigates. At Castellamare—The Vengeance, 84, and
Bull Dog war steamer. At Palermo—The Vanguard,
80, and Odin steam-frigate. At Messina—The Gladia-

.or war-steamer. At Leghorn—The Thetis, 36, and
Porcupine steam-sloop. At Trieste—The Spartan, 26,
and Mutine, 12. At Venice—The Locust steam-sloop.
At Cephalonia—The Spitfire steam-sloop. At the
Piraeus of Athens—The Vologe and Research surveying
vessels, and "Volcano steam-sloop. At Constantinople—
The Tartarus steam-sloop. .At Gibraltar—The Poly-
phemus steam-sloop; and on her way to Gibraltar and
England, from ob. eugore, Go. -
The Superb, which arrived from Naples and Palermo
on the 3d, sailed on the 7th for Gibraltar and England
with military and naval invalids from the garrison and
fleet. On passing the forts she received the usual cheers
from the men of the sister service, who had ranged
themselves on the batteries, and which we believe were
joycusly returned.
It affords us no little gratification, on taking a final
leave of this vessel, to declare, that it will be a matter
of difficulty to find any sh ip leaving the station enjoy •
ing the best feelings of_ our public to a greater extent
than do the officers and men of the one of which we are
now speaking.
The public of Malta, it is well known, depend much,
if not entirely (at least as far as many classes are con-
cerned), on the arrival of strangers, ships of war, and
means
regiments, for their
of
support—and when offi-
cers go away in debt inMictthey as much injury almost
as does the squadron sailing a day or two before the
blue printed papers,Y
Yet we are glad to ei ept quarterly bills, become due.
say, that with a trifling exception or
two (and for these the
due by
are alone to blame for
trusting), every
debt ne byp
theaid ooffffi.cers and men of the
Superb has been religiously
Perhaps, as regards her internal order, she ranks se-
cond to none on the station—for a more united or will-
ing crew coulduoctbs
be met together—nor could a more
efficient set of officers
be found to direct them.
The Antelope left on the 3d for the lonian Islands and
Patras, and returned on the 13th, bringing intelligence
of an insurrection at Cephalonia, which had called for a
reinforcement of th_e. garrison from Corfu, and the pre-
sence of the LordghCommissioner in person. The
screwu i
steam United States frigate Princeton arrived
from Trieste on the 7
7th, and left for Messina on the 9th.
The Secret screw-steamer, which came in from Liver-
pool and Gibraltar on the Bth, proceeded on her voyage
to Constantinople and the Black Sea on the same after-
noon. The Euxine, Pen insular and Oriental Company's
steamer, which arrived from Southampton and Gibraltar
on the 10th, left for Constantinople on the same evening.
We regret to announce the de cease from congestion of
the brain, of her commander, Captain Wilson, four days
after leaving Southampton
Captain Wilson was an officer of considerable merit,
and acquired a reputation for
gallant bearing and decided
courage whilst serving under Admiral Sartorius.
Taken prisoner with many others during the Miguelite
war, he had the pain of seeing several of his companions
led from the chapel in which they were confined at
Lisbon to execution, and was in hourly dread that such
a fate would also be his. He however was spared, and
after reaching England, entered into the service in
which, with so much credit to himself, he continued
till he died.
His remains were consigned to the deep on the 3d
instant, the whole of the crew and almost all the pas-
sengers on board the Euxine having assembled on the
solemn occasion.
Captain Gardner, of her Majesty's steamer Oberon,
during his late visit to the fleet, was severely repri-
manded, and has, it is said, since applied to be super-
seded. The reason is that he had sent one of his engi-
neers on shore on duty under the care of a marine; the
engineer not satisfied that he merited such a degredation
applied for a court of inquiry into his conduct, and, it
having been granted, the captain's charges were found
to be untenable and frivolous.
A singular occurrence took place on Saturday night.
A merchant captain,
John Richards, of the brig Eliza-
beth Hughes, who had got himself into difficulties, which
were under examination by one of our courts, got nnder
way without his regular papers, leaving behind him se-
veral debts, which will not be covered by 300/. The
vessel was at the time under arrest, or, as our legal
phrase terms it, an impedimento di partenza had issued
against her. How the marine-police omitted to take the
necessary measures to prevent such an event remains
yet to be seen. Certain it is, that Rear-Admiral Harvey
bad be had a steamer at his disposal, would have dis-
patched her in search of the runaway.
Her Majesty's sloop Harlequin, from Trieste, arrived
last night, and saluted the Rear- Admiral's flag. She is
not ordered home yet, as was reported.
PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The Driver, steam- sloop,
Commander C. R. Johnson, was paid two months' ad-
vance to-day. She remains at Spithead under orders
for immediate departure, with the " blue peter" flying
at the fore.
The Rosamond steam-sloop, Commander Foote, left
last evening for Chatham, where she is ordered to be
paid off.
The Fairy royal yacht was docked to-day for some
necessary purpose.
The Reynard screw-schooner, Commander Cracroft,
is stripping in the basin, to be properly refitted for sea.
The Rifleman screw-schooner, Lieutenant-Commander
Crofton, was unmasted to-day, also for a refit.
The investigation of the Committee of Revision is
beginning to excite some alarm among the adherents to
obsolete usages and abuses. They are much annoyed
by the searching nature of the inquiries. The commit-
tee appear to be of opinion that there are too many
officers. It is said, also, they contemplate introducing
Mr. Murray's system of paying Wages, by which both
time and money will bo saved.
The Encounter steam screw-sloop was tried again to-
day by Captain Austen, C. 8., the superintendent of the
steam squadron—before reporting her ready for com-
mission, it is supposed. Captain Austen, Commanders
Stevens and Cracroft, Mr. Murray, &c., were on board.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM ONE OF THE CAPE
SQUADRON.

" The Dee returned from NMI on tio 20th of August,

having landed the 73d Regiment. She is at present in
Table-bay, embarking stores, &c., for the lighthouse
erecting on Cape Agulhas. She is to leave Table bay
on Thursday next (the 7th). The Arab, 12, arrived
here on the 31st of August, from Natal. She expe-
rienced very bad weather on her passage down, and
sprang her mainmaet so badly as to require a new one,
which is being made, and she is expected to leave this
for India in :about a month. The Eurydice, 26, leaves
this on Saturday, the 9th, on a five months' cruise in the
Mozambique, Zanzibar, Comers Islands, &c. Captain
Fulford, recently posted from the President, goes heree
passenger in the Rosamond ; also Lieutenant Dash wood
(acting), from the Nimrod. No commander is likely to
be appointed to the President until after the Rosamond
has sailed, when Lieutenant Von Donop, it is expected,
will be appointed acting. The Nimrod has received
orders to-day to hold herself in readiness to proceed to
sea in a day or two, but where is not known—the Mau-
ritius or Natal, most likely."
Wind, S.S.W.; moderate breevs and fire wearier.PLymotrrn, GT. 25.—Her Majesty's ship Impreg-
nable, 104, will be taken into dock to morrow to have
her copper cleaned and examined.

The-revenue steam-vessel Vulcan sailed yesterday for
the westward, and the Nautilus, 6, tender to flag-ship,
for a cruizo in the Channel.

Wind, W.S.W., blowing strong.
WOOLWICH, Oct. 26.—The Arrogant steam-frigate,
46 guns, fitted for a screw-propeller, was taken out of
dock to-day, at Woolwich, having had her engines put
on board, and also her boilers. She will be towed to
Deptford to-morrow, by the Monkey steam-vessel, to
have her coal bunkers put in by Messrs. Penn, who
have made the auxiliary engines for her of 360-horse

power.
The Flamer steam-vessel was taken into dock to day
on the Arrogant being taken out.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, THURSDAY.—The following letter appears
n the Mail of last night :
" GORT, OCT. 24.—There was another attempt yester-
day to levy a ss. rate, but it was a total failure. A force
of 50 police and 45 military, infantry and cavalry, ac-
companied by three officers, left Gort at ten o'clock, to
distrain for poor-rates at Kinvarra; they were there met
by Mr. Davys, the stipendiary magistrate; they had not
proceeded above a mile, when they found walls or barri-
cades, some six or eight feet high, built across the high
road, from which the party was assailed with showers of
stones. The police were ordered to prime and load, but
this had no other effect than bringing more volleys of
stones, which injured some of them very much, and
broke four or five of their firelocks. The magistrate re-
ceived several blows, and finding he could make no im-
pression, upon consulting his staff, thought it more pru-
dent to retire."
The Freeman's dmirmal gives more ample details :
" On Monday last a detachment of the 4th Light Dra-
goons, headed by Captain Brown, and another of the
89th Regiment of Foot, commanded by Lieutenant
Skinner, 40 men in all, left Gort, for the purpose of
collecting poor-rates in the parish of Kinvarra, eight
miles from Gort. There were also 50 of the police force,
commanded by T. M'Mahon, 5.1., and J. Davys, sti-
pendiary magistrate. On passing through the village of
Kinvarra, the cars that were to convey away the corn,
being at the rear of the military, were laid hands on sud-
denly by people there, who upset the horses and the cars,
but assistance was immediately rendered by the force at
hand. They went on for the distance of a mile
and a half, until they came to the district they were
to distrain on, when a barricade obstructed their passage.
They then got on another road leading to the same dis-
trict, when a barricade, partly formed, met their view,
protected by about 300 men and women. They refused
to let the armed force pass, and said they would rather
sacrifice their lives than permit it. They were told re-
sistance would be useless, but they persisted to maintain
their ground. The Riot Act was read three times, and
still they would not give way, when the police were or-
dered to charge with fixed bayonets, and also the 89th.
Stones were then thrown by the people, many of whom
received severe wounds in the charges of the police.
They then commenced a guerilla warfare from behind
the walls, and severely injured some of the police and
military. One of the police got a most severe cut in the
face, and Mr. Davys and his horse was struck two or
three times. The police drove the people for a quarter
of a mile into the fields, but they were as certain to be
back again to the scene of action. Mr. Davys did not
wish to shed blood by ordering the military or police to
fire, and in being late in the day he ordered them to turn
round and proceed home. Much praise is due to the
forbearance of the authorities, as among such a deter-
minded people there is not the least doubt but much
blood would have been shed. There was a greater
number of people further down towards the sea coast,
protecting another barricade, in case the people above
should be scattered. Of course there will be a greater
force brought down there in some few days. This union
is in a wretched way, the poor-house, built for 500, with
sheds, is now holding 2,000, and a Si. rate, which now
makes Bs. in the pound this year, and 1,0001. due of the
union, leaves us in a poor way indeed."
MURDER OF A BAlLlFF.—Further indications of
the winter's pastimes are shadowed forth in the fol-
lowing paragraph, extracted from the Limerick
Examiner of yesterday :
"An atrocious murder was perpetrated yesterday
near Mungret. The corn of a man named Flanagan
was seised by the landlord for rent, and a bailiff,
_named Michael Donoghue, appointed to take charge
of it. Ho arrived at the premises about one o'clock,
and in about an hour after, while he was engaged
with the owner of the corn in acutching it out, a
man having a handkerchief over his face, and armed
with a gun, entered, and, without uttering a syllable or
delaying an instant, lodged the contents in the unfortu-
nate bailiff's body. The bailiff survived but a few mo-
ments. He was the father of eight children. The
murder took place within forty paces of the police bar-
racks at Ballinacurra, in which, however, there ware
only two constables at the time. They heard the shot,
but were unable to institute an immediate pursuit. In a
short time after a search was instituted, and two persons,
named O'Neil and Flanagan, were arrested on suspicion.
Some witnesses who, it is said, can identify the party by
whom the daring and atrocious deed was perpetrated
have been brought into Limerick. The gun was found
this morning in a field near where the murder was com-
mitted. A man of the name of Mulqueen has been
this day arrested by the police. He is fully committed.
He has, it is said, been identified as the person who
actually fired the shot. An inquest has been held by
Mr. J. Bennett, coroner, and a verdict of Wilful Murder
returned against Mulqueen."
TRE FUNDS.—There was a slight rally yesterday in
the prices of Government securities. The Three per
Cents. were done at 84; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent.
Stock, 84k k; Bank Stock, 190; Royal Bank Shares,
10k; British and Irish Steam Company, 39; Dublin and
Belfast Junction Railway, 3i; Great Southern and
Western, 21i; Midland, 161; Belfast and Ballymena, 16;
Dundalk and Enniskillen,

COMMISSION COURT—WEDNESDAY.
Judges Torrens and Crampton sat yesterday morning
at ten o'clock, and were engaged all day in trying the
following important case of assault upon a police-con-
stable in the discharge of his duty. No allusion what-
ever was made throughout the day to the pending pro-
secutions against the proprietors of the Nation and
Tribune newspapers, nor is it likely that the prisoners in
any of those cases will be brought to trial before Friday
or Saturday.
STABBING WITH INTENT, &C.—Three young men,
between 25 and 30 years of age, named Michael Moran,
John Joseph Moran, and John M'Cormick, were placed
at the bar and indicted for having, on the 25th of July
last, in South Great George-street, wilfully and mali-
ciously stabbed Police-constable John Byrne, whilst in
the execution of his duty, with intent to kill and murder
him. Michael Moran was the person actually accused
of the stabbing, and the other men as being present
aiding and assisting. There were several counts in the
indictment varying the precise nature of the charge.
Messrs. Plunkett, Q.C., and Smyth, were counsel for
the Crown, and Messrs. J. A. Curran and R. Armstrong
defended the prisoners, who having refused to join in
their challenges, the trial of one of them, Michael
Moran, was proceeded with in the first instance.
_ _

The Hon. Mr. Plunkett having briefly stated the case,
Police-constable John Byrne, 132 A, the prosecutor,
was examined. He deposed that upon the night of the
2ith of July last, or on the morning of the 26th, between
one and two o'clock, ho was on duty in South Great
George- street, when the prisoner, and the other two men
charged, passed him, making a great noise, cursing and
swearing, &c. He addressed them, and told them to be
quiet, and to go home; but the prisoner immediately
stopped and said, " Constable, will we have a rebellion?'
Witness replied, that he hoped not; upon which the pri-
soner said, that the time had come, and that they would,
and at the same moment pulled a pistol from under
his coat, and struck it against the shutters of a window.
The city having been proclaimed at this time,
witness demanded the pistol to be given up to
him, or that the prisoner should bring it
himself to the station•house, but he refused to do
either, and when the prosecutor attempted to take it,
he drew a dagger and stabbed him in the groin most
severely, so that his life was endangered for a consider-
able time. The pistol, which was loaded with ball and
cocked, and the dagger were here both produced, and
appeared to be most formidable weapons.
On cross-examination the prosecutor positively swore
to the identity not only of the man on trial, but to the
other two prisoners, after which several witnesses were
examined in corroboration; and also medical witnesses,
to show the serious nature of the injury received by the
prosecutor. The Crown case having closed.
Mr. CURRAN addressed the jury for the defence, and
examined some most respectable gentlemen to give the
prisoner a character.
Judge CRAMPTON then charged the jury, who con
victed the prisoner upon all the counts in the indictment,
with the exception of the capital one.
It is probable that the other two prisoners will plead
guilty to a common assault.

GRAY'S INN.—The lectures on the law of real
pro &c., will be resumed in the hall of this society
on
of Monday, the 6th of November next,
tpheert eveningy
when an introductory lecture will be delivered on " The
Law of England considered as a Science." A series of
lectures will follow on the subject of " Covenants,"
which will be delivered as usual, on the Monday and
Thursday evenings in each week, at half-past seven
o'clock; and the examinations and mootings will take
place every Friday morning, at half-past nine o'clock.
We are also informed that a change is contemplated, by
which members of the several Inns of Court may be
admitted to the lectures more freely than heretofore.

THE ham TRAITORS: —A correspondent at Havre
informs us, that Michael Doheny was at that port on
Wednesday, seeking a passage to the United States.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, THURSDAY.
The Queen and Prince Albert took their accus-
tomed early walk.
The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise
in the pleasure grounds around the Castle.
Prince Albert hunted this forenoon. His Royal
Highness was attended by General Wemyss, Colonel
F. H. Seymour, and Captain the Hon. J. Denman.
Her Serene Highness the Princess of Hohenlohe
left Windsor Castle, this afternoon, for the Priory,
Stanmore, on a visit to her Majesty the Queen
Dowager.
The Lord Chancellor and Lady Cottenhars, and
Viscount and Viscountess Hardinge, left the Castle
to-day. _

The Queen's private band was in attendance in the
Castle yesterday evening, and performed the follow-
ing pieces :

0--eiture "La Barcarole."

Selection;

" Robert le Diable" Meyerbeer
" Adelaide" Beethoven.

Cradzoudza.

Tunnel Fest Walzer Labitzky.
General Wemyss has relieved Colonel the Hon. C.
Grey in the duties of Equerry in waiting to the Queen.
The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening,
will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester,
Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lady Caroline Murray,
Baroness de Speth, Dowager Countess of Mansfield
and Lady Elizabeth Murray, the Right Hon. Sir
Robert and Lady Peel, Mr. G. E. Anson, and Colonel
Reid.

The band of the Coldstream Guards attend during
dinner, and perform the following pieces :
Overture, " Leonora" . Beethoven.
Glee, "Blow, gentle gales" Sir H. R. Bishop.
Selection 2d, " Foscari" (arranged
by C. Godfrey)
Waite, " The Pearl of England"...Jullien.
Polka, " The Caricele" ...Koenig.
Her Majesty's .private band will afterwards attend
in the Castle.

Sir John Pelly had an interview with Earl Grey
yesterday at the,Colonial Office.
Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an
interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes-
terday. Mr. Macgregor, M.P., had also an interview
yesterday with the Right Hon. Baronet, at his offi:
cial residence, in Downing-street.
The Earl of Clarendon visited several of the Cabi-
net Ministers yesterday.
Dispatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good
Hope were received yesterday at the Colonial Office.
Dispatches were also received yesterday from the Go-
vernors of the West India Colonies.

The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President) left
town yesterday for his seat Bowood Park, Wilts.
The Earl of Lincoln left town yesterday for Nune•
ham, Oxford.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
THE PUBLIC ORATORSHIP.
CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 25.—The nomination by the Heads
of Houses of two gentlemen to proceed to the poll for
the office of Public Orator took place this morning. Mr.
Bateson, of St. John's, and Mr. Williams, of King's, are
the gentlemen selected. The voting is understood to
have been :
For Mr. Bateson (St. John's) .-

... 10

For Mr. Williams'(King's)
For Mr. Frere (Trinity) ... .
It remains to be seen into which scale the preponde
rating influence of Trinity will be thrown. The chances
are that it will be divided, as Mr. Williams is a Conser-
vative, and will secure the votes of that party (for politics
enters into this as well as all else) and those who look
with an eye of jealousy on the office going to St. John's.
Mr. Bateson, on the other hand, is a Liberal, as are also
many of the fellows of Trinity. The poll opens at 9
o'clock to-morrow (Thursday) morning.
At a Congeration holden this day the following de-
grees were conferred :
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE.—H. B. Jones, Trinity College.
BACHELOR OF DIVINITY.—H. Cole, Clare Hall.
MASTERS OF ARTS.—A. J. Pile, Trinity College; J.
Gorton, Queen's College.
BACHELORS OF Lews.—J. Wright, King's College;
Charles Wolley, King's College; A. F. Birch, King's
College.
At the same congregation the following graces passed
' the Senate:-
1. To confer the degree of Master of Arts by Royal
mandate on Henry Woodrow, 8.A., Fellow of Caius
College.
2. To appoint Dr. Webster, of Jesus College, Ex-
aminer for Medical Degrees for the ensuing year.
3. To allow Mr. Bernard, Hebrew Teacher, 301. from
the University chest.
4. To appoint Mr. Stokes, of Pembroke College, and
Mr. Parkinson, of St. John's College, Mathematical Ex-
aminers of the questionists who are candidates for ho-
nours in January next.
5. To appoint Mr. Gaskin, of Jesus College, and Mr.
Cory, of Pembroke College, Mathematical Examiners
of the questionists who are not candidates. for honours,
6. To appoint Mr. Peill, of Queen's College, and Mr.
Collett, of Caius College, Classical Examiners of the
questionists.
7. To appoint Mr. Dalton, of Queen's College, and
Mr. Crowfoot, of Caius College, Examiners of the
questionists in the Acts of the Apostles, in the Epistle to
the Galatians, and the two Epistles to the Thessalo-
nians, in ecclesiastical history, and in "Paley's Moral
Philosophy."
8. To reappoint Mr. Beatson, of Pembroko College,
an Examiner of the Classical Tripos of the ensuing year.
9. To reappoint Mr. Atkinson, of Clare Hall, an
Examiner of the Classical Tripos of the ensuing year.
10. To appoint Mr. Wratislaw, of Christ's College, an
Examiner of the Classical Tripos of the ensuing year.
11. To appoint Mr. Hutt, of Caius College, an Exa-
miner at the previous examinations in the Lent and Mi-
chaelmas Terms of the year 1849.
12. To appoint Mr. Rowlands, of Queen's College, an
Examiner at the previous examinations in the Lent and
Michaelmas Terms of the y ear 1849.
13. To appoint Mr. Woolley, of Emmanuel College,
an Examiner at the previous examinations in the Lent
and Michaelmas Terms of the year 1849.
14. To appoint Mr. Ackland, of Clare Hall, an Exa-
miner at the previous examinations in the Lent and
Michaelmas Terms of 1849.
15. To allow Mr. Skinner, of Jesus College, to re-
sume his Regency.
16. To allow Mr. Frere, of Downing College, to re-
sume his Regency.
17. To allow Mr. Eddleston, of Trinity College, to
resume his Regency.
18. Te allow Mr. Ferguson, of Pembroke College, to
resume his Regency.
19. To allow Mr. Bright, of Magdalene College, to
resume his Regency.
20. To re•appoint the New Botanic Garden Syndicate
of last year to report from time to time to the Senate
until the end of the Michaelmas Term 1849.
THE PUBLIC ORATORSHIP.
CAMBRIDGE, THURSDAY, TEE O'CLOCK.
Bateson ... 458
Williams • •• ... 396
Majority for Bateson

OXFORD, OCT. 26.
In a convocation holden this day the nomination of
the Rev. Dr. Symons, Warden of Wadham, to be a Dele-
gate of Accounts in the room of the late Dean of Car-
lisle, was approved by the House. At the same time
the nomination of the Rev. Nicholas Pocock, M.A.,
Michel Fellow of Queen's, to be a Public Examiner in
Disciplinis Mathematicis et Physicis, was approved.
In a congregation holden at the same time the fol-
lowing degrees were conferred :

BACHELOR IN CIVIL LAW.
Rev. F. Begot, Fellow of All Souls.
MASTERS OF ARTS.
James Tomlin, Brasenose, Grand Compounder.
Rev. H. R. Smith, Brasenose.
R. K. Bailey, Nen-inn Hall.
J. 13. Taunton, All Souls.
W. H. Stanton, Exeter.
Rev. P. Downward, Queen's.
T. J. Prout, Student of Christ Church.
L. C. Randolph, Student of Christ Church.
J. W. Whitmore, Christ Church.
E. Armitage, Fellow of Magdalen.
H. Lewis, Pembroke.
A. R. M. Wilshere, Pembroke.
Rev. J. B. WollocombeLTrinity.
Rev. W. V. Yarworth, Trinity.
BACHELORS OF ARTS,

..,.
G. R. Winter, Brasenose, Grand Compounder.
R. E. Nlorres, Wadham.
W. H. M. Style, Merton.
Peter De Putron, Pembroke.
W, . C. Jones Parry, Worcester.
Eldborough Woodcock, Worcester.
F. Chippendale, Worcester.
In the Convocation holden on the 19th inst. the Rev.
George Campbell Gordon, M.A., of Corpus Christi
College, Cambridge, was admitted ad eundein.
Dr. Lee's Reader in Anatomy proposes to commence
his elementary course of lectures on General Physiology
to-morrow, the 27th inst., at one o'clock, in the Anatomy
School, Christ Church.
The Clinical Professor of Medicine purposes to com-
mence his lectures on Wednesday, Nov. 1, at the Rad-
cliffe Infirmary, at eleven o'clock.
The Savilian Professor of Astronomy proposes to
begin a course of lectures on Tuesday, Oct. 31, at two.

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.-

NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING.
THURSDAY.

Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each; for two yrs old, ist; and
three, Sst 121 b; fillies allowed 21b; the winner to be
sold for 80 Boys., if demanded, &c. T.Y.C.
Mr. A. Bartley's Grist, 3 yrs ~. (Hornsby, jun.) 1
Mr. Dyson's Whitstonr, 3 yrs
Mr. Marsen's Sir Oliver, 3 yrs ••• ••• ••• 3
Mr. Watts's Ortez, 2
yrs ... 4
Even on Whitstone. A very-closely-contested race
between the first three ended in favour of Grist by a
head; the same distance between second and third. Run
in 1 mih. 17 sees.
Sweepstakes oflo soya. each for two.yrs old, colts, Bst
7lb anABst 41b; the winner to be sold for
150 soya., if deum2dFd, ace- T.Y.C.
Lord Orford's f by Sir ti.-rcules, out of Peeress (Nat)
's c 'y. Clwrles
•.•
••• 0
Mr.Barornoßdoietyh,ss p
chierEld
picacity' rr, ..• s

Mr. Merry-'s Miss Ann ..# P•• 4
Mr. B. Green's Prime Minister .•• 5
Betting-7 to 4 agst Perspicacity, sto 2 agst Peeress
filly, and 3 to 1 apt Emerald colt. lALCS Ann made
play at a moderate speed to the new ground, where the
Peeress filly and Emerald colt singled themse.'ves out,
raced home head and head, and finished with a dea,i hMt•
Run in 1 min. 19 secs.

Match, 200, h ft. First half of Ab.M.
Lord Exeter's Bishop of Romford's Cob, Bst 71b (Bar-:
tholomew), beat Mr. Payne's Farthingale, 6st 3:IJ, by a
lengtb. .

11 to 10 on the Cob. Run in 50 sees.

Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sons. each, 10 It; for tv►o

yrs old, D.M.

Mr. T. B. Charton's kissaway, Bst 21b (Templeman)
Lord Bateman's Goodwood, Bst 71b 2
Lord Clifden's Cacus, Bst 6lb 0

Mr. Watt's Andros, Bst 41b

Mr. S. Scott's Willingham, Bst 41b

Colonel Anson's Bon-Bon, Bst 31b
Duke of Bedford's Retail, 7st 121 b

Mr. Hargreave's c by Beiram, 7st 81b
3 to 1 each agst Metope colt and Bon-Bon, 4 to ljeach
agst Cacus and Retail, and 5 to 1 each agst Willingham
and Goodwood. Retail went away with the lead, Kiss-
away lying second, and the others close up. There was
no alteration until they reached the cords, where Kiss-
away, Goodwood, Cacus, and Bon. Bon singled them-
selves out, and made one of the closest races home ever
seen; Kissaway winning by a head, and only, a head be-
tween Goodwood and the other two. Run in 1 min.
51 secs.

Match, 50. D.M.
Lord Stanley's Archery, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Nat), beat
Mr. Shelley's Watchdog, 4 yrs, Bst 41b, by a neck.
6 to 5 on Archery.
Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each; for two yrs old, colts,
Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 41b; the winner to be sold for
40 sovs., if demanded, &c. Last half of Ab.M.
Major Pitt's Piccola ... ... ... ... (Sly) 1
Mr. Rogers's Sister to Jolly Dick ... ... 2
Mr. Verity's Routh ... . ... ...
Mr. Mostyn's f by Auckland, out of Mopsa...
Mr. Greville's Paquita
Mr. G. Bulkeley's Diana, by Harkaway .. . ... 0
Betting-6 to 5 agst Paquita, and 3to 1 agst Routh.
Won by half a length, and only a head between second
and third. Run in 56 secs.

Match 200, h ft. D.M.
Match,

... 3
... o

.
Mr. Verity's Diplomatist, Bst 71b (F. Butler), beat
Mr. Greville's Giselle, 7st 71b, by a neck.

Run in 2 min. 25 secs.

2 to 1 on the mare.

The Glasgow Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft; for two yra
old colts, Bst 71b. Last three-quarters of R.M.
Mr. Gully's Osterley ... (A. Day) 1
Lord Clifden's Tiresome ... ... 2
Lord Chesterfield's Drakelow... ... 3
_ 5t04 on Tiresome, and 2to 1 agst Osterley. Drake-

low made the running at a bad pace for the first quarter
of a mile; it was then taken up by Tiresome, who made
it good, and had a decided lead into the cords; Osterley,
however, came in the last four or five strides, and de-
feated him on the post by a neck; Drakelow a very good
third. Run in 1 min. 25 secs.
Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each; for three yrs old, 7st 41b;
four, Bst 41b; five and upwards, Bst 111 b; mares and
geldings allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 250
sous., if demanded, &c. A.F.
Mr. Verity's Diplomatist, 4 yrs
Mr. Douglas's Tom Tougb. aged
2tol on Diplomatist. Won in a canter by a length.
Run in 2 min. 25 secs.
Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, h ft; for two yrs old, colts,
Bst 7113; fillies Bst 41b. .rib..ll.
Lord Orford's c by Cotberstone
Mr. R. H. Nevill's Eugenie
Lord Clifden's Hidallan
Duke of Bedford's Beauvale

(F. Butler) 1

... (Nat) 1

5 to 4 agst Eugenie,l2 to 1 agst Aida Han (t). Eugenie
made the running, followed by ilidallan and the Man-
de ne colt, to the bushes, where the Mandane colt took

the second place; a few strides further he took the lead,
and after a good race won by halt a length; Hidallan a
bad third. Run in 1 min. 54 secs.

Handicap Plate of 50/. D.L
Lord Exeter's Tophana, 3 yrs, 7st 21b ... (Pettit) 1
Mr. St. Aubyn's Julia, 5 yrs, Est 91b
Mr. Roles Bibury, aged, Bst 61b 3
Mr. Shelley's Tarella, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ... 4
Mr. Osbaldeston's Chat, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b 5
Betting-7 to 4 agst Tophana, sto 2 agst Bibury, 3
to 1 agst Tarella, and 4to 1 agst Julia. Julia made the
running at an indifferent pace, the others lying a length
from ber up to the Duke's Stand. Tophana then took
the second place, waited on her into the cords, and won
by a neck; Bibury a bad third. This race was not timed.
The Prospect Stakes of 10 sovs. each; for three yrs old,
Sat; four, gat 11b;:five, 9st 81b; six and age'd, 9st 101 b;
the winner to be sold for 200, if demanded, &c., and
allowance if to be sold for less. D.I.
Mr. Shelley's Watchdog, 4 yrs, 7st 51b
Mr. Lowther's Black Doe, 3 yrs, 6st 41b
Mr. Greville's Mirmillo, 4 yrs, 7st 51b
Mr. Douglas's Sam Hoed, 3 yrs, Est 41b ... 4
Betting-2 to 1 agst Black Doe, and sto 2 agst Mir-
millo. Won by halt a length; Mirmillo a bad third.
Run in 4 min. 5 secs.
Match, 100, h ft; Est 31b each, both yearlings. Y.C.
Mr. Gregory's f by Irish Birdcatcher, out of Gag's
dam, received forfeit from the Duke of Bedford's f by
St. Francis, out of Misnomer.
Match, 200/., 50 ft. D.M.

(Pearl) 1

Lord Glasgow's Big Jerry, Bst 71b, received forfeit
from Mr. Sandford's The Sheriff, Bst 21b.
Match, 2001, h it, Bst 71b each.

A.F.

Mr. Greville's Damson received 70 forfeit from the
Duke of Bedford's Opossum.
Deciding Heat for the Two yrs old Stakes. T.Y.C.
Lord Orford's fby Sir Hercules, out of Peeress ...
Baron Rothschild'‘ cby CharlesXlL, out of Emerald *

Betting-6 to son the Emeraldcoli. Won by a length.
Bun in 1 min. 20 secs.

The weather was remarkably fine, and the sport bril-
liant in the extreme; indeed, such a succession of ex-
citing contests it has rarely been the lot of any man to
witness in one day, and we can only regret that the
quickness with which they came off prevents our going
more fully into details. Great sport is promised for to-
day and tomorrow.
NURSERY STAKES BETTING.
FIRST CLASS.
7 to 2 agst Strongbow—(t) I 9 to 2 agst Grief.
4 to 1 agst Jane Eyre 1 6 to 1 agst Mbtrinella f.
Miss Bunny is scratched.
SECOND CLASS.
No betting.
Syrup is scratched.
DERBY.
20 to 1 agst Osterley (taken).
NEWMARKET, THURSDAY NIGHT.
ENTRIES FOR FRIDAY.

Sweeps for threo yrs old. Winner to be sold

for 601.

Archery Besborough Alpheia Tamarind—Di-
manche.

Sweeps ,for three yrs olds and upwards. First half of
Ab. M. Winner to be sold for 4001.
The Widow, aged—Elimea, 5 yrs--Ulysses, 4 yrs—
The Moor, 3 yrs.

- Plate of 501. A.F."
Sagacity, 4 yrs—Wee-bit, 4 yrs—Craftsman, 4 yrs—
Beauclerc, $ yrs—Duplicity, 3 yrs.
Sweeps for two and three yrs old. First half Ab. M.
Winner to be sold for 3001.
Sir Oliver, $ yrs—b c by Voltaire, out of Mecca, 2
yrs—ch f by Jereed, out of Rhodanthe, 2 yrs—Raillery,
2 yrs—Memento, 2 yrs—b f by Bay Middleton, out of
Mustard, 2. yrs—Rackety Girl, 2 yrs.
Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each for two yrs old ; first half

of Ab.M. Winner to be sold for 501.
Perspicacity, lone, His Excellency, Damson, Prime
Minister, Alzire, br c, by Charles xlI., out of Emerald.
Sweepstakes for two and three yrs old. T.Y.C. Op-
tional Selling Weights.
Hind► of the :Forest (1001.), 3 yrs—Kennet (1001.),
2 yrs—Nectar (500, 3 yrs—Paquita WO, 2 yrs—
Tommy (50L), 2 yrs—b f, by Gladiator, out of Gamelass
(501.), 2 yrs—•ch c, Epirus, dam by D'Egville (50), 2
yrs—Tuscan (500, 3 yrs—Cashier (501.), 2 yrs—
Cotton Lord (501), 2 yrs.
_ . _

Handicap of 20 soya. each, 5 ft. T.Y.C. (13 subs.), 2 paid.)
Bishop of Romford's cob, aged, 9st 71b—The Widow,
aged, Bst 101b—New Forest Deer, aged, Ist Gab—Cocoa
Nut, aged, Bst—Little John, aged, 7st 91b—Distaffinit,
3 yrs, 7st 71b—Man of my Heart, 5 yrs, Ist—Gabbler,
4 yrs, 7st—Serenade, 3 yrs, Est 121b—Circassian Maid,
4 yrs, 6st 121b—Circus, 3 yrs, Est 41b.
Acceptances for the Audley End Stakes.
Miss Sarah, 6 yrs, Bst 121b—Giselle, 5 yrs, ist 71b—
Palma, 4 yrs, Est 51b—Remembrance, 3 yrs, Est 11b—
Tisiphone, 3 yrs, sst 121b—Tophans, 3 yrs, sst 121 b.
LATEST BETTING.
THE NURSERY STAILES—rIRST CLASS.

7to 2 agst Strongbow—(t) 6to agst Marinello. f (t)
4 to 1 agst Jane Eyre 8 to 1 apt Concertina c
9 to 2 agst Grief

SECOND CLASS.
3to 1 agst Tiresome Jsto 1 agst Daheotah Chiekt)
_

5 to 1 agst Clarissa.

HULL QUARTER-SXSSIONS.—These sessions, which
terminated on Tuesday night last, showed an increase
of petty felonies over the preceding quarter, there being
no less than sixty cases. To attendants at this court it
also showed a large increase of barristers, there being
no less than fifteen in attendance.

" 11l fairs the land, to hastening ills a prey,
Where lawyers quibble and their clients pay."
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