The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-01 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY IN TErLIGEN CE.

NEW ASTRONOMICAL PRIZE.
CAMBRIDCP., IIA&CU 31.—The following proposal
having been placed in the hands of the Vice-Chancellor,
by the Master of St. John's College, the Vice Chancel-
lor has given notice that a grace will be offered to the
senate on Friday, April the 7th, 1848, to accept the
same.

Several members of St. John's College having raised
by subscription a fund for the purpose of establishing a
prize, to be connected with the name of Mr. Adams, in
testimony of their sense of the honour he has
conferred on his college and the university, by
having been the first among the mathematicians of
Europe to determine from perturbations the unknown
place of a disturbing planet exterior to Uranus, beg to
offer the said fund to the university tor its acceptance,
under the following regulations :-
1. That a prize, to be called " The Adams Prize," be
awarded every two years, during the Michaelmas term,
to the author of the best essay on some subject of pure
mathematics, astronomy, or other branch of natural
philosophy.
2. That the Vice• Chancellor and the Plumian Pro-
fessor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy be
requested to undertake the office of examiners and adju-
dicators of the prize, in conjunction with two persons to
be nominated, by colleges in rotation, according to the
cycle of proctors, and to be approved by grace of the
senate, provided always that not more than two of the
examiners be members of the same college.
3. That the Adams Prize be open to the competition
of all persons who have at any time been admitted to a
degree in this university.
4. That the successful candidate receive two years'
income of the fund; and, in case no essay be considered
deserving of the prize, the income of the past two years
be added to the capital of the fund.
5. That the first two examiners to be chosen by the
Senate be elected at the second congregation of the Lent
Term of 1849, and that the future examiners be in like
manner elected every second year.
6. That as soon as may be after the election of the
said two examiners, or at least before the end of the
Lent Term in which they shall have been elected, the
four examiners select and publicly announce the subject
for the next essay, and that the prize for the same be
awarded in the Michaelmas term of the year next fol-

lowing.
7. That the essays be sent in to the Vice-Chancellor
on or before the Ist day of. July preceding the Michael-
mas Term in which the prize is to be awarded, in the
same manner and form as are prescribed in the regula-
tions for the Chancellor's English medal.
8. That the essay be printed at the expense of the
successful candidate, and a copy be presented to the
University Library, to the library of SL John's College,
and to each of the four examiners.
9. That if at any time hereafter it appear to the Senate
to be expedient to alter the foregoing scheme, it be com-
petent to the master and senior fellows of St. John's
College, at the request of the Senate, to propose for its
adoption an amended scheme.
B.A. EXAMINATION, 1850.—Notice has been given,
that in addition to the fixed subjects of examination for
the degree of 8.A., the following are selected for the
year 1850:-
1. The first fourteen chapters of the Acts of the
Apostles.
2. The Epistle to the Hebrews.
3. Demosthenes Adversus Leptinem.
4. Third Book of the Odeand
fifths of Horace
Books of Paley's
Moral Philosophy.
NOTICES.—
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course on Optics, Hydrostatics, and Pneumatics, com-
mencing
on Thursday, m,”
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same room.
A copy of the standing order against racing, or pro-
moting racing, has been re-issued.

DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Last night between eleven
and twelve o'clock a fire of a very destructive character,
end attended with considerable loss of property, broke
out in the extensive manufacturing premises belonging
to Mr. Collinson, a hatter, carrying on business at 4s,
Castle-street, Southwark-bridge-road. Tho flames ori-
ginated from some unexplained cause in the midst of a
large building termed the body shops, and soon extended
to the finishing rooms, both compartments being filled
with goods, the inflammable nature of which caused the
flames to rise to a considerable height above the build-
ing. Several engines arrived in quick succession, and
the fire was got under about half-past twelve o'clock,
not, however, until the pile of building in which the
mischief occurred was completely gutted, and the whole
of the valuable contents reduced to ashes. During the
confusion which prevailed it was impossible to learn
whether or not Mr. Collinson was insured.

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